Effect of Brisk Walking On Body Fat Percentage of Sedentary College Students

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of brisk walking on Body fat percentage of sedentary college students. The sample was consisted of thirty (N 30) sedentary college students and their age ranged between 18-25 years of age .the subjects were briefed in details about the study. The criterion measures for the study was Body fat percentage and it was measured by skinfold caliper in nearest of %. The total research period was of 12 weeks out of which six (6 weeks) of brisk walking programme was employed. Mean fat percentage differed statistically significantly between Observation points (F (1.58, 45.66) = 110.16, P < 0.000), insignificant difference was found in case first observation and second observation (MD=0.05, p=0.49), whereas significant difference was found in second and third observation (MD=1.30, p=0.000), also in third observation and fourth observation (MD=0.59, p=0.000) and fourth and fifth observation (MD=0.31, p=0.01). Keywords: Brisk walking, Fat Percentage, Sedentary

Effect of Brisk Walking on Flexibility of Sedentary College Students

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of brisk walking on Flexibility of sedentary college students. The sample was consisted of thirty (N 30) sedentary college students and their age ranged between 18-25 years of age .the subjects were briefed in details about the study. The criterion measures for the study was Flexibility and it was measured by flexibility measuring box in nearest of cm. The total research period was of 12 weeks out of which six (6 weeks) of brisk walking programme was employed. Mean flexibility differed statistically significantly between Observation points (F (2.50, 71.22) = 90.78, P < 0.000), insignificant difference was found in case first observation and second observation (MD=0.01, p=1.000), whereas significant difference was found in second and third observation (MD=0.84, p=0.000), also in third observation and fourth observation (MD=0.86, p=0.000) and fourth and fifth observation (MD=0.90, p=0.000). Keywords: Brisk walking, Flexibility, Sedentary

Stratigraphy sedimentation and petroleum possibilities of the Middle Ordovician (Kimmswick-Galena) rocks of Missouri, Illinois and Iowa

Detailed surface and subsurface studies of the Kimmswick Limestone and the Galena Formation of Middle Ordovician age in eastern Missouri, western Illinois, and southeastern Iowa were conducted in order to examine their stratigraphic relations, geological history, environment of deposition, and petroleum possibilities. The main objective of this study was to seek a stratigraphic subdivision of the Kimmswick Limestone in Missouri, based on its gross lithology and thin section study, and its correlation with the Galena Formation in Illinois and Iowa. As a result of this study, based on the examination of twelve surface sections and 92 thin sections a three-fold subdivision of the Kimmswick Limestone is proposed for Missouri. These subdivisions are designated the Lower, Middle, and Upper members in ascending order. The Lower Member can be identified in the outcrops by its coarsely crystalline texture and frequent occurrence of dark-gray to black organic matter. In thin sections it is coarse-grained and well sorted and contains about 35 to 40 percent of sparry calcite. The Middle Member is essentially characterized in the outcrops by medium crystalline limestone, with several chert zones and common occurrences of Receptaculites oweni throughout the unit. In thin sections it is an aggregate of fine-grained fossil debris with up to 10 percent sparry calcite. All the beds above the bentonitic shale bed which occurs at the top of the Middle Member belong to the Upper Member of the Kimmswick Limestone. In thin sections the Upper Member appears coarse-grained and well-sorted, and contains 40 to 50 percent sparry calcite and 15 to 20 percent brachiopod fragments. The Lower, Middle, and Upper members of the Kimmswick Limestone in Missouri have been correlated with the formations of the Kimmswick Subgroup in Illinois and the members of the Galena Dolomite in Iowa. The Cape Limestone, occurring on the top of the Kimmswick Limestone in the Cape Girardeau sections, is retained as the lowermost beds of the Cincinnatian Series. Regionally the lower contact of the Kimmswick and Galena shows conformable relationships with the underlying Decorah Formation, but locally, the contact is unconformable in the vicinity of the Ozark Dome. Their upper boundary is marked by a pronounced unconformity throughout the area. The structure contour map drawn at the base and the isopach map of the Kimmswick-Galena Formation, based on the subsurface data from 299 wells in the area, regionally show a northwesterly structural trend with several major and minor local structural features. A change from a limestone facies in the south to a dolomite facies in the north occurs in the area. The Ozark Dome was a major land area in southeastern Missouri during Kimmswick-Galena time. Continuous deposition of the Kimmswick-Galena strata occurred in north and northeastern Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa from Early to Late Kimmswick-Galena time, but the maximum flooding occurred during Middle Kimmswick-Galena time, which was also associated with volcanic activity in the area. The end of the Kimmswick-Galena deposition was marked by a widespread uplift of the area. The Kimmswick Limestone seems to have been deposited in shallow water, warm temperature, and high energy conditions on the submerged flanks of the Ozark Dome, in southeastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois. The Galena Formation was deposited in relatively deeper water, and low energy conditions, initially as an aggregate of very fine-grained organic debris washed from the shore areas, and dolomitized by the magnesium-rich waters penecontemporaneously within a few feet of the depositional interface. Oil production from the Kimmswick Limestone is associated with small anticlinal structures which have thin limestone cover. Several such anticlinal structures, bearing promise for future petroleum production, are described, mainly in northeastern Missouri and southeastern Iowa --Abstract, pages xii-xiv

Higher accuracy protein Multiple Sequence Alignment by Stochastic Algorithm

Multiple Sequence Alignment gives insight into evolutionary, structural and functional relationships among the proteins. Here, a novel Protein Alignment by Stochastic Algorithm (PASA) is developed. Evolutionary operators of a genetic algorithm, namely, mutation and selection are utilized in combining the output of two most important sequence alignment programs and then developing an optimized new algorithm. Efficiency of protein alignments is evaluated in terms of Total Column score which is equal to the number of correctly aligned columns between a test alignment and the reference alignment divided by the total number of columns in the reference alignment. The PASA optimizer achieves, on an average, significant better alignment over the well known individual bioinformatics tools. This PASA is statistically the most accurate protein alignment method today. It can have potential applications in drug discovery processes in the biotechnology industry

Enabling Location-Based Services in Data Centers

In this article, we explore services and capabilities that can be enabled by the localization of various assets in a data center or IT environment. We also describe the underlying location estimation method and the protocol to enable localization. Finally, we present a management framework for these services and present a few case studies to assess benefits of location-based services in data centers

BEES AND WASPS VENOM TOXINS, ITS IMMUNE-ALLERGIC RESPONSES, DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPEUTICS

Present article explains insect toxins, its immune allergic, pharmaceutical and therapeutic effects. Insect venom glands generate enzymatic and non-enzymatic toxins and are inflicted by the stings. Insect’s envenomation are highly painful, inflamed and life-threatening. It causes breathing difficulties, bronchospasm, hypotension and arrhythmia, cardiopulmonary problems, and imposes allergic reactions. Wasp venom toxins generate strong T-cell responses in hypersensitivity patients and stimulate the production of IgE antibody molecules. Massive envenomations causes the death of victims due to the toxic effects of the venom toxins if clinical treatment is delayed. This article also emphasizes the role of natural and recombinant toxins for the development of highly sensitive immune-assays for diagnosis of allergen-specific tolerance, its early and delayed effects in patients to avoid fatal anaphylactic reactions. It also directs about the essentiality of immune diagnostics, vaccines and antiserum therapy in high population density regions where incidences of wasp and bee envenomations are more frequently occur. Venom immunotherapy can restore normal immunity against venom allergens and may also provide lifetime tolerance against venoms. This article highlights the major effects of insect venom allergens, its diagnosis and venom immunotherapy

Indirect Estimation of Selected Measures of Fertility and Marital Fertility from Information on CWR (0-9): An Application to India /States /Districts

Fertility is one of the important components of population change, the other two being mortality and migration. When vital statistical data on number of births is readily available it is estimated directly using various direct measures of fertility such as the crude birth rate (CBR). When the information on number of births is not directly available, fertility is measured using the census information on child woman ratios (CWR) of various types. CWR has several limitations, but gained importance with the attempts made by Rele in 1963, and followed by several other researchers such as Hauer and his co-authors in 2013 deriving TFR from it. In the present study yet another attempt is made to use CWRs to derive not only TFR but also other summary indicators such as the TMFR. A set of simple mathematical formula have been used to estimate the fertility and marital fertility using the CWR of the ages 0-9. The 2011 census age-sex data of districts in India was used to derive a set of fertility estimates for total, rural and urban areas of all districts. Further, these estimates of 2011 have been compared with the estimates of 2011 earlier made by Guilmoto and Rajan to analyse the robustness of the estimates.Keywords: Fertility, Child Women Ratio, Indirect Estimation, Age-sex data, TFR, TMFR, India