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    Interview: Older universities tend to take students for granted, says OP Jindal Global University Vice-Chancellor C. Raj Kumar

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    Last week, Sonipat-based OP Jindal Global University (JGU) broke into QS Asia University Rankings 2019—the annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds, the British education company. Earlier, JGU found a place in QS BRICS University Rankings 2019, from among 9,000 universities. “Asia rankings—the region has 13,000 universities from over 40 nations—are more competitive than BRICS rankings,” says C Raj Kumar, the vice-chancellor. In an interview with FE’s Vikram Chaudhary, he adds that getting a place among the top 3% in Asia—JGU is ranked in the 400-450 bracket—is an achievement for the nine-year-old university and for Indi

    Bibliographics for the 983 eprints in the live archives of E-LIS : trends and status report up to 7th July 2004, based on author-self-archiving metadata

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    The priority for ideas and philosophy related to "Network Theory" have been traced back and documented by Braun(2004),and credit goes to Karinthy(1929).The IT has empowered to realise it, as the most practical phenomena and it is no more a humour. The OAI (Open Archives Initiatives)and ACIS (Academic Contributor Information System)are progressive in the direction ,which may lead to realise the "Collective Genius" at global level. Focus of present study is on Author-Self-Archiving (A-S-A)Metadata of the 983 Eprints in the Live Archives of the E-LIS (EPrints of Library and Information Science),which were approved till 7th July 2004.The A-S-A Metadata was used for librametric analysis. Self-explanatory bibliographics are illustrated.The highlights include: Conference papers (34%); highest approval, June 2004 (28%); published archives (76%);not refereed (52%); not in public domain (60%); highest self-archiving-author (De Robbio, Antonella).The Nos. of EPrints having single JITA domain specifications were: Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information(27); Information use and sociology of information(80);Users,literacy and reading(13);Libraries as physical collections(30);Publishing and legal issues(57);Management(13);Industry, profession and education(36);Information sources, supports, channels(113) ; Information treatment for information services, Information functions and techniques (101); Technical services libraries, archives and museums(25); Housing technologies(1); Information technology and library technology(92); and Inter-domainery (395) i.e. having specifications of two or more than two JITA classes

    Interview of Dr. C. Raj Kumar: Private sector can help boost higher education quality in India

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    With higher education institutions in India, barring a handful struggling to make a mark at the global level, Vice chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) in Sonipat, Haryana, Professor C. Raj Kumar, is vouching for greater engagement from the private sector to improve both quality and access to higher education in India

    Careers in Law

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    Careers360 conducted a live session with Dr. C. Raj Kumar, VC, O.P. Jindal Global University, on April 22 on Facebook and Youtube, to discuss on these interesting topics, as well as on a gamut of other questions posted by students on topics ranging from what it takes to build a global university, internships, different types of exams, scholarships for students, and also the impact of COVID-19, which at the moment has the entire world in its grip, on study abroad prospects. Dr. Raj Kumar also took a lot of questions on the important aspect of careers in law, a major concern among student

    Brassica Oilseeds: breeding and management/ edited by Arvind Kumar, S.S. Banga, P.D. Meena, P.R. Kumar.

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    Includes bibliographical references and index.This book contains 12 chapters focusing on the breeding aspects, i.e. genetics and breeding, intersubgenomic heterosis, induced mutagenesis and allele mining, seed quality modifications and genomics, and the management of diseases, such as Albugo candida and Alternaria species, insect pests and abiotic stresses, in rapeseed-mustard.Importance and origin / Arvind Kumar, P.A. Salisbury, A.M. Gurung and M.J. Barbetti -- Genetics and breeding / Shashi Banga, P.R. Kumar, Dhiraj Singh, Ram Bhajan and S.S. Banga -- Intersubgenomic heterosis : brassica napus as an example / Donghui Fu and Meili Xiao -- Induced mutagenesis and allele mining / Sanjay J. Jambhulkar -- Seed quality modifications in oilseed brassica / Abha Agnihotri -- Genomics / Venkatesh Bollina, Yogendra Khedikar, Wayne E. Clarke and Isobel A.P. Parkin -- Diseases / C. Chattopadhyay and S.J. Kolte -- Albogo candida / P.R. Verma, G.S. Saharan and P.D. Meena -- Pathogenesis of alternaria species : physiological, biochemical and molecular characterization / P.D. Meena, Gohar Taj and C. Chattopadhyay -- Plant disease resistance genes : insights and concepts for durable disease resistance / Lisong Ma and M. Hossein Borhan -- Insect-pests / Sarwan Kumar and Y.P. Singh -- Abiotic stresses with emphasis on brassica juncea / D.K. Sharma, D. Kumar and P.C. Sharma.1 online resource (xvii, 261 pages)

    Methocha keralaensis Hanima & Girish Kumar 2019

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    1. Methocha keralaensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2019 (Figs 1–12) Methocha keralaensis Hanima & Girish Kumar (2019): 63 (♀, India: Kerala (ZSIK). Diagnosis. Female. Body length 5 mm. Bases of fl 1 –fl 5 brown; ocelli arranged in acute triangle; mesosoma black; head strongly narrowed behind eyes; POD 1.06 × AOD, 0.47 × OOD; apical margin of clypeal lobe rounded; basal metasomal segments black. Male unknown. Distribution. India: Kerala.Published as part of Hanima, Raveendran K. P., Kumar, P. Girish, Binoy, C. & Sureshan, P. M., 2021, A taxonomic study of Methocha Latreille (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Methochinae) from India with description of three new species, pp. 258-272 in Zootaxa 4999 (3) on page 262, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/511905

    Bacillus maritimus Pal & Mathan Kumar & Kaur & Kumar & Kaur & Singh & Krishnamurthi & Mayilraj 2017, SP. NOV.

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    DESCRIPTION OF BACILLUS MARITIMUS SP. NOV. Bacillus maritimus (ma.ri′ ti.mus. L. masc. adj. maritimus maritime, marine). Cells are Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming (bulging sporangia) and aerobic. Tolerates up to 7 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 5 %). No growth occurs in the presence of>8.0 % (w/v) NaCl. The temperature range for growth is 12– 42 Ǫ C (optimum 30 Ǫ C). Growth is observed in the pH range 7.0-11 (optimum pH 8.0) but no growth is observed at pH below 6.0. Negative for hydrolysis of casein, starch and gelatin. Nitrate is reduced to nitrite; H 2 S is not produced. Acid is produced from fructose, raffinose, lactose and melibiose but not from adonitol, dulcitol, dextrose, galactose, inositol, inulin, mannitol, mannose, maltose, rhamnose,, sucrose, salicin, sorbitol, trehalose or xylose. Positive for arginine dihydrolase 1, urease, sucrose, trehalose, raffinose, maltose, L- lactate alkalinization, Oi -galactosidase, L- proline arylamidase, Oi -glucosidase and arginine dihydrolase 2, but negative for β -glucosidase, β - galactopyranosidase, β -galactosidase, salicin, optochine resistance, D- amygdalin, phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C, D- xylose, Ala–Phe–Pro arylamidase, cyclodextrin, L- aspartate arylamidase, Oi -mannosidase, phosphatase, leucine arylamidase, L- pyrrolidonyl-arylamidase, β -glucuronidase, alanine arylamidase, tyrosine arylamidase, D- sorbitol, polymixin B resistance, D- galactose, D- ribose, lactose, N -acetyl-D- glucosamine, bacitracin resistance, novobiocin resistance, growth with 6.5 % (w/v) NaCl, D- mannitol, D- mannose, methyl β -D-glucopyranoside, pullulan and 0/129 resistance (comp.vibrio.). Major fatty acids are iso-C 15: 0, anteiso-C 15: 0, iso-C 14: 0 and iso-C 17: 1 I and/or anteiso-C 17: 1 B. The only menaquinone present is MK-7. The major phospholipids are diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The type strain, KS16-9 T (= MTCC 12305 T = DSM 100413 T = KCTC 33834 T), was isolated from a marine sediment sample collected from Kovalam, Kanyakumari coastal region of the Indian Ocean, India. The DNA G+C content of the type strain is 45.4 mol%.Published as part of Pal, Deepika, Mathan Kumar, Rajendran, Kaur, Navjot, Kumar, Narender, Kaur, Gurwinder, Singh, Nitin Kumar, Krishnamurthi, Srinivasan & Mayilraj, Shanmugam, 2017, Bacillus maritimus sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Bacillus isolated from marine sediment, pp. 60-66 in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 67 (1) on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001569, http://zenodo.org/record/604839

    Spilomena keralaensis Tessy, Sureshan & Girish Kumar In 2018

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    <i>Spilomena keralaensis</i> Tessy, Sureshan & Girish Kumar, 2018 <p> <i>Spilomena keralaensis</i> Tessy, Sureshan & Girish Kumar <i>In</i> <i>:</i> Rajan <i> et <i>al.</i> 2018: 158, Holotype f#, India: Kerala (ZSIK).</i></p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Female (Rajan <i>et al</i>. 2018, figs. 1–10). Inner mandibular tooth pointed; clypeus weakly convex medially, anterior margin slightly incised medially; propodeum areolate with network of coarse ridges, without two longitudinal carinae near middle, with smooth area at apex; lateral face of propodeum with some strong transverse striations anteriorly and large smooth area medially.</p> <p> <b>Male.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> India: Kerala (Rajan <i>et al</i>. 2018).</p>Published as part of <i>Rajan, Tessy, Kumar, P. Girish, Sureshan, P. M. & Binoy, C., 2021, A review of the genus Spilomena Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with the description of six new species from India, pp. 263-276 in Zootaxa 5068 (2)</i> on page 269, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.6, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5704375">http://zenodo.org/record/5704375</a&gt

    Raman Spectroscopy and In Situ XRD Probing of the Thermal Decomposition of Sb2Se3 Thin Films

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    Sb2Se3 thin films have received increasing interest for their applications in optoelectronics. However, technological intervention demands a material-specific understanding of the reactivity to different environments. Both thermal annealing and laser irradiation carried out in an ambient atmosphere are expected to induce changes in the pristine crystallographic phase of Sb2Se3, causing the creation of additional secondary phases. Here, we investigate by means of Raman spectroscopy the effect of thermal annealing and laser irradiation at different fluencies on the structural and vibrational properties of Sb2Se3 thin films. The vacuum-annealed Sb2Se3 thin films at 290 °C and subjected to laser excitation power above 2 mW exhibit a secondary phase, revealing the occurrence of selenization. Further,in situX-ray diffraction over a broad range of annealing temperatures in N2and ambient atmospheres was employed to study the structural properties of the Sb2Se3thin films.In situXRD performed in a N2atmosphere does not show the formation of the Sb2O3cubic phase upon annealing until 500 °C. Conversely, a thermally activated systematic crystallization was observed upon annealing in an ambient atmosphere with the formation of the Sb2O3phase in the temperature range between 280 and 420 °C, until the complete decomposition of the material at 500 °C. Further, the orientation of vertically stacked (hk1) planes remains unchanged under a N2atmosphere, while horizontally stacked (hk0) planes dominate the (hk1) planes under ambient atmospheres

    Multivariate Quantitative Representativeness and Constituency Analysis of Ecological Observation Networks

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    Cite this code as: Kumar, J. (2023). Multivariate Quantitative Representativeness and Constituency Analysis of Ecological Observation Networks (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8048530 Multivariate Quantitative Representativeness and Constituency Analysis of Ecological Observation Networks Author: Jitendra (Jitu) Kumar ([email protected]), Oak Ridge National Laboratory Regional and global ecological research networks, representing coordinated and standardized as well as adhoc networks of observation sites, provide valuable observations necessary for ecological modeling and synthesis studies. Studies conducted across observational networks strive to scale up their results to larger areas, trying to reach conclusions that are valid throughout regional, continental, and even global scales. Network representativeness and constituency can show how well conditions at those locations represent conditions elsewhere within a larger area containing the network and can be used to help scale-up results over larger regions. Representativeness: Euclidean distance between two sites plotted in multivariate environmental space can be used as an inverse measure of multivariate similarity to quantify representativeness. Close sites in environmental space have a similar combination of environmental factors, and therefore are highly representative of each other. Constituency: For any site in the network, its Constituency represent all locations that are best represented by the multivariate environmental drivers at that site. Code Compilation: make Edit the ```makefile``` as needed for your platform. CC=gcc CFLAGS= -O3 hpea: network_representativeness.o\ utility.o (CC)(CC) (CFLAGS) *.o -lm -o network_representativeness .o: (CC)(CC) (CFLAGS) -c $< clean: \rm *.o network_representativeness Running the representativeness analysis: Usage: network_representativeness -infile input data file [ASCII] -coordsfile coordinate file name -clustfile coordinate file name [OPTIONAL -- must be used with -siteclustfile] -sitefile site data file name -siteclustfile site data file name [OPTIONAL -- must be used with -clustfile] -nsites No. of sites -minmaxfile minmax file name -outfile output file name -nrows No. of rows in input data -ncols No. of variables -details [OPTIONAL -- turn on output representativeness for each site, default is to write network representativeness and constituency only.] -help program usage help. Publications using ```network_reprentativeness``` code: Kumar, J., Coffin, A. W., Baffaut, C., Ponce-Campos, G., Witthaus, L., and Hargrove, W. W. (2023) "Quantitative Representativeness and Constituency of the Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network, and Analysis of Complementarity with Other Existing Ecological Networks", Environmental Management (in press) M. M. T. A. Pallandt, J. Kumar, M. Mauritz, E. A. G. Schuur, A.-M. Virkkala, G. Celis, F. M. Hoffman, and M. Göckede. Representativeness assessment of the pan-arctic eddy covariance site network and optimized future enhancements. Biogeosciences, 19(3):559--583, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-559-2022 J. Kumar, F. M. Hoffman, W. W. Hargrove, and N. Collier. Understanding the representativeness of FLUXNET for upscaling carbon flux from eddy covariance measurements. Earth System Science Data Discussion, 2016:1--25, August 2016. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2016-36.If you use this software, please cite it as below. Kumar, J. (2023). Multivariate Quantitative Representativeness and Constituency Analysis of Ecological Observation Networks (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.804853
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