1,305 research outputs found
Evaluating capacity development for participatory forest management in Bangladesh's Sal forests based on '4Rs' stakeholder analysis
ArticleForest Policy and Economics.8(8): 785-796 (2006)journal articl
Aged leaves effect on essential components in green and oolong tea
Tea leaf encompasses essential components like caffeine, polyphenol, lipid etc. The study was conducted to find out the essential constituents in green and oolong tea from aged tea leaves during the year of 2012. Tea leaves with different plucked aged were collected from Lackatoorah Tea Estate at sylhet district in Bangladesh. Collected leaves were processesed to make desirable samples for biochemical analysis in the laboratory of Department of Food Enginnering and Tea Technology, SUST. Results revealed that the essential constituents like moisture, caffeine, polyphenol, lipid, protein, ash, ascorbic acid, acidity and pH value in green tea made from different aged leaves were found slightly higher than oolong tea, ranged from 6.38±1.06 to 3.49±0.59%; 4.91±0.82 to 1.49±0.24%; 30.88±5.15 to 18.23±3.04%; 7.50±1.25 to 9.58±1.59%; 13.15±2.19 to 17.33±2.88%; 3.87±1.65 to 7.86±1.31%; 48.4±8.05 to 21.3±3.55(mg); 2.13±0.68 to 1.18±0.19% and 5.52±0.11 to 5.97±0.18%, respectively. Similarly, the moisture, caffeine, polyphenol, lipid, protein, ash, ascorbic acid, acidity and pH value from different aged leaves were found in oolong tea from 6.19±1.04 to 2.98±0.49%; 4.68±0.78 to 1.11±0.19%; 20.89±3.48 to 8.23±1.37%; 6.40±1.07 to 9.13±1.52%; 13.03±2.17 to 17.19±2.86%; 3.44±0.58 to 7.57±1.27% 6.44±1.08 to 0.98±0.17 (mg); 2.02±0.34to 1.02±0.17% and 5.53±0.11 to 5.97±0.20%, respectively. Therefore, young tea leaves (i.e. 5 to 8 days tea leaves) should be plucked for considering useful constituents in processed green tea and oolong tea. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ijarit.v3i2.17845 Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech. 3 (2): 54-58, December, 201
Community forest management in Thailand: current situation and dynamics in the context of sustainable development
The original publication is available at www.springerlink.comArticleNew Forests. 31(2): 273-291 (2006)journal articl
Factors influencing the sustained participation of farmers in participatory forestry: a case study in central Sal forests in Bangladesh
ArticleJournal of Environmental Management. 74(1): 43-51 (2005)journal articl
Evaluation of jute leaf as substitute of fish meal in the diet of mrigal (Cirrhinus cirrhosus) fingerlings
The study was conducted to identify jute leaf powder as an alternate to fish meal in diets of juvenile mrigal (Cirrhinus cirrhosus) for 60 days. Tossa jute (Corchorus olitorius) leaf was selected to utilize this unexplored nutritious resource rather leaving under water for potential pollution. Three isonitrogenous test diets were prepared and applied as treatments (T) in triplicates (R). In control (T0) dietary inclusion rate of fish meal was 30%, of which 10% was substituted with jute leaf powder in T10 and in T20 replacement was 20%. Mrigal fingerlings (9.38±0.13 cm and 7.94 ±0.26 g) were stocked in nine plastic half drums (0.26 m2 each) at 10 fish per drum and fed test diets. Although, growth parameters among the treatments were statistically similar, the highest mean length gain, weight gain, SGR and production were 1.51 (±0.18) cm, 2.96 (±0.13) g, 0.53 (±0.03) %/day and 4084.00 (±50.67) kg ha-1, respectively in T10. However, significantly higher (P<0.05) survival was found in T10 (93.33%) and T20 (90.00%) compared to T0 (83.33%). Juveniles in T10 and T20 showed better tolerance to low pH stress than T0. Water quality parameters were within acceptable range in all the treatments. Moreover, carcass composition of fish was statistically similar among the treatments. Importantly, feed formulation cost was reduced by 3.7% and 20.4% in T10 and T20, respectively compared to T0. Therefore, the results signify that jute leaf powder could be a promising substitute of fishmeal in mrigal diet without hampering growth along with improved survival and low feed cost.
Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. Tech. 10(1): 117-122, June 202
D* K molecular structure of the Ds1(2460) meson
We discuss a possible interpretation of the Ds1(2460) meson as a hadronic
molecule - a bound state of D* and K mesons. Using a phenomenological
Lagrangian approach we determine the strong Ds1 to Ds* pi0 and radiative Ds1 to
Ds gamma decays. In order of magnitude our results for the partial strong and
radiative decay widths are consistent with previous calculations.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure
Gene polymorphisms of TNF-α and IL-10 related to rheumatic heart disease
Background: Rheumatic fever (RF) is inherited as a single recessive gene. Several genes are Likely to predispose an individual to develop rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Polymorphisms of TNF-α gene were associated with susceptibility to develop RF.T cells from all rheumatic fever patients produce significant amounts of TNF-α in response to steptococcal peptides with the highest production attained by the chronic rheumatic heart disease patients,and IL-10 expression was characterized in heart tissue of RHD patients by immuno-histochemistry. Objectives: To test the relation of RHD and gene polymorphisms of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α gene at position -308 and anti–inflammatory IL-10 gene at position -1082. Subjects and Methods: This study included 20 children with chronic rheumatic heart disease (group A) and 10 healthy children as a control group (Group B). Patients group was classified into patients with single and multiple valvular lesions, both of them were classified according to the severity by Echocardiography into: Group I: mild valvular lesion (n=7) Group II: Moderate lesion (n=4) Group III: severe lesion (n=9) Real time PCR was done for both TNF-α at-308 and IL-10 at position – 1082.Results: All cases showed significant higher frequency of TNF-α homozygous genotype G/G compared to control group (
Next-to-leading order QCD predictions for the hadronic +jet production
We calculate the next-to-leading order(NLO) QCD corrections to the
production in association with a jet at hadron colliders. We study the impacts
of the complete NLO QCD radiative corrections to the integrated cross sections,
the scale dependence of the cross sections, and the differential cross sections
(, ) of the final -,
Higgs-boson and jet. We find that the corrections significantly modify the
physical observables, and reduce the scale uncertainty of the LO cross section.
Our results show that by applying the inclusive scheme with and taking , , the
K-factor is 1.15 for the process at the Tevatron,
while the K-factors for the processes and
at the LHC are 1.12 and 1.08 respectively. We conclude that to understand the
hadronic associated production, it is necessary to study the NLO QCD
corrections to production process which is part of the inclusive
production.Comment: 26 pages, 27 figures, accepted by Phys. Rev.
Underground Wireless Channel Bandwidth and Capacity
The UG channel bandwidth and capacity are vital parameters in wireless underground communication system design. In this chapter, a comprehensive analysis of the wireless underground channel capacity is presented. The impact of soil on return loss, bandwidth, and path loss is discussed. The results of underground multi-carrier modulation capacity are also outlined. Moreover, the single user capacity and multi-carrier capacity are also introduced with an in-depth treatment of soil texture, soil moisture, and distance effects on channel capacity. Finally, the chapter is concluded with a discussion of challenges and open research issues
Pair Production of Charged Higgs Bosons from Bottom-Quark Fusion
For very large values of , charged Higgs boson pair production at
the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) from the scattering of two bottom quarks can
proceed dominantly. We investigated the cross sections of charged Higgs boson
pair production via the subprocess at the LHC including
the next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections in the minimal supersymmetric
standard model (MSSM). We find that the NLO QCD corrections can significantly
reduce the dependence of the cross sections on the renormalization and
factorization scales.Comment: small changes are mad
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