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Overview of Super-Compactness on Topological Spaces
No full textSuper compactness is a property of topological spaces that generalizes the concept of compactness. A topological space is super compact if every open cover has a finite sub-cover that is "super-refining," meaning that it can be further refined to an open cover with a smaller mesh. Super compactness was first introduced by E. Michael in his paper "A note on paracompact spaces" in 1951. In this paper, Michael introduced the concept of a super-refining open cover and proved that a space is super compact if and only if it is paracompact and has the property that every open cover has a super-refining open cover
Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Girish Kumar, Carpenter & Sharma 2014
No full text128) Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Girish Kumar, Carpenter & Sharma, 2014 Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Girish Kumar, Carpenter & Sharma, 2014b: 133. Type data: Holotype female, NZC. Type locality: East Garo Hills, Darugiri, Meghalaya. Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014b).Published as part of Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita & Carpenter, James M., 2020, An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India, pp. 1-87 in Zootaxa 4784 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/386231
Rhynchium haemorrhoidale subsp. andamanicum Girish Kumar & Sharma 2013
No full texta) Rhynchium haemorrhoidale andamanicum Girish Kumar & Sharma, 2013 Rhynchium haemorrhoidale andamanicum Girish Kumar & Sharma, 2013: 114. Type data: Holotype female, NZC. Type locality: Delanipur, Port Blair, South Andaman, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Distribution. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2013).Published as part of Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita & Carpenter, James M., 2020, An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India, pp. 1-87 in Zootaxa 4784 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/386231
Story of the Story-Teller: A Conversation with Ramendra Kumar
No full textRamendra Kumar (Ramen) is an award-winning writer, storyteller and inspirational speaker with 42 books to his name. Ramen’s writings have been published by many of the leading publishers in the county and translated into 30 languages. They have found a place in several textbooks and anthologies. He has written across all genres ranging from picture books to adult fiction, satire, poetry, travelogues, biographies and on issues related to parenting and relationships. He has been invited to literary festivals held in Denmark, Greece, Sharjah, Sri Lanka as well Indian events including the prestigious Jaipur Litfest to conduct storytelling sessions and creative writing workshops. He has also been empanelled by Pearson India Education Services as well as several schools to conduct workshops. He was nominated as a Jury Member for the Best Children’s Author Category of The Times of India’s ‘Women AutHer’ Awards 2020. Many of his stories have been showcased by popular audio streaming, apps both within and outside the country, such as Spotify, Gaatha, Talking Stories Radio – London et al.
An Engineer & an MBA, Ramen was serving as the General Manager (Corporate Communications), SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant, when he took Voluntary Retirement to pursue his passion, in August 2020. To know more about the writer, you can visit his website www.ramendra.in & his page on Wikipedia. Dr. Sagar Kumar Sharma interviews the author and unfolds the pages of his life.
 
Interview with Lakshmi Raj Sharma, Author of The Tailor’s Needle
No full textInterview with Indian writer Lakshmi Raj Sharma, author of 'The Tailor's needle
Recent advances in drug delivery technology/ Raj K. Keservani, Anil K. Sharma, and Rajesh Kumar Kesharwani [editors].
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index."[This book] is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the application of pharmaceutical technology to optimize techniques for drug delivery in patients"--Provided by publisher.Personalized approach in nanomedicine: understanding adverse effects and their risk assessment / Maria Vlasova, Boris V. Smirin -- Drug delivery strategies for tolerogenic therapy for autoimmune diseases in an antigen-specific manner / Kevin J. Peine [and 3 others] -- Cancer drug delivery: pharmacogenetics, biomarkers, and targeted therapies / Jai N. Patel, Jeryl Villadolid -- Genomics and proteomic approach in the treatment of various human diseases: applications of genomics and proteomics / Urmila Jarouliya, Raj K. Keservani -- Bioinformatics and its therapeutic applications / Sarvesh Kumar Gupta, Kamal Kumar Chaudhary, Nidhi Mishra -- An overview and therapeutic applications of nutraceutical and functional foods / Raj K. Keservani, Anil K. Sharma, Rajesh K. Kesharwani -- Phytoparmaceuticals and its applications in therapy / Alejandra Hernández-Ceruelos, Sergio Muñoz-Juarez, Patricia Vázquez-Alvarado -- A perspective on the phytopharmaceuticals responsible for the therapeutic applications / Rajesh K. Joshi -- Phytopharmaceutical applications of nutraceutical and functional foods / Dhan Prakash, Charu Gupta -- Cosmeceuticals: safety, efficacy and potential benefits / Long Chiau Ming [and 5 others] -- Cosmeceuticals: camel and other milk -- natural skin maintenance / Reuven Yagil -- Resealed erythrocytes as drug carriers and its therapeutic applications / Prabhakar Singh, Sudhakar Singh, Rajesh Kumar Kesharwani -- New herbal approaches for the treatment of diabetic kidney diseases and its therapeutic implications / Durgavati Yadav [and 3 others].1 online resource (509 pages)
I Was Addicted to Sex With Married Women
No full textAs a young man, Akhil Sharma revelled in the most dangerous of liaisons, having sex with other men's wives – until the thrill began to pall
Maldives Resorts: Eco-Friendly Vacations
No full textLuxurious, exclusive and remote, the Maldives are the ultimate beach escape. They’re also a case study in the risks of global warming. Writer Akhil Sharma visits the country’s most eco-friendly resorts and discovers a remarkable cuisine worth protecting
Recollections of a Hindu Hedonist
No full textNovelist Akhil Sharma grew up in a teetotaling Indian household. Here, he tells how discovering a passion for great wine helped him create a new identity out of a painful past
Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Kumar, Carpenter & Sharma, sp. nov.
No full text2. Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Kumar, Carpenter & Sharma sp. nov. (Figs 1–6) Diagnosis. This species can be differentiated from all other Indian subcontinent species by having the following combination of characters: clypeus of female without large punctures; occipital carina distinctly sinuate at middle of vertex; scutellum convex; metanotum oblique; maximum width of T 1 1.42 x its median length; transverse groove on T 1 preapically not very broad and deep; punctation of T 2 not very coarse, punctures are considerably smaller than those of pronotum or mesoscutum; T 2 normal without hump; last antennal article of male (Fig. 5) expanded towards the apex, not finger-like and not straight. Description. Female (holotype) (Fig. 1). Head. 1.05 x as wide as long in frontal view (Fig. 2); clypeus slightly convex, pyriform, transverse anteriorly, with two longitudinal carinae, the space between them with fine sparse punctures and few indistinct longitudinal striations, maximum width 1.05 x length medially; mandibles on inner side with four sharp teeth; maxillary palp 6 -segmented; labial palp 4 -segmented; interantennal space almost smooth; frons closely, strongly and rugosely punctured, interspaces weakly carinate; ocular sinus with weak punctures; area between the antennal toruli and inner eye margin almost smooth; POL as long as OOL; diameter of anterior ocellus as long as the distance between anterior ocellus and posterior ocelli; vertex and upper half of temple strongly punctured; cephalic fovea absent; tempora 0.50 x as wide as eye in profile (measured through its ocular sinus); interocular distance 1.41 x greater on vertex than at clypeus; occipital carina strong, complete and narrowed ventrally, distinctly sinuate at middle of vertex. Antenna 3.29 x farther from each other than from eyes; antennal scape 3.68 x as long as F 1; F 1 1.05 x as long as F 2; flagellomeres widening towards apex except last antennal article; apical antennal article 0.93 x as long as wide. Mesosoma. Dorsal surface of mesosoma convex in profile view; anterior face of pronotum with two almost coalesced weak foveae, punctate laterally, interspaces weakly carinate, lower side of anterior face of pronotum smooth without punctures; pronotal carina weak towards middle, at middle carina absent, strong towards lateral sides and reaching the lateral margin of pronotum; posterior face and lateral sides of pronotum (except lateral corner with few transverse striations), mesoscutum and scutellum strongly, closely and rugosely punctate, interspaces carinate; median length of mesoscutum as long as its maximum width; scutellum convex except first raw of scutellar sculpture deeply impressed, interspaces strongly carinate; metanotum very oblique, with weak rugose punctures, except at posterior margin smooth; propleuron almost smooth; mesopleuron rugosely punctured except large area of epicnemium and posterior margin smooth; epicnemial carina distinct; upper metapleuron transversely striated, lower metapleuron almost impunctate with weak transverse striations on vertical groove. Propodeum vertical; concave-truncate posteriorly; punctures on dorsolateral area rugoso-reticulate with interspaces carinate; posterior concave area of propodeum smooth except at anterior margin with rugoso-reticulate punctures; median carina present at smooth concave area; lateral sides of propodeum with strong rugoso-reticulate punctures towards posterior margins and weaker punctures towards metapleuron; submarginal carina projecting as a rounded lobe above propodeal valvula; propodeal valvula broadly rounded. Tegula not evenly rounded posteriorly, emarginate adjoining parategula; parategula exceeding tegula at apex; axillary fossa broadly rounded. Fore wing length 3.70 x its maximum width, prestigma 0.20 x pterostigma, second submarginal cell not petiolate, both recurrent veins received in submarginal cell II. Metasoma (Fig. 3). T 1 with maximum width 1.42 x as long as median length, 0.76 x as wide as T 2 in dorsal view; T 1, T 2 & S 2 with narrow crenulate apical lamellae; the narrow basal part of S 1 smooth, posterior transverse area of S 1 with rather irregular striations; transverse groove on T 1 pre apically not very broad and deep; punctures of T 1, T 2 & S 2 considerably smaller than those of pronotum or mesoscutum; dorsal face of T 1 closely punctate, diameter of punctures on average greater than the distance between punctures, ventral face with sparse punctures; T 2 without hump, diameter of punctures on average equal to the distance between punctures; S 2 with diameter of punctures on average less than the distance between punctures; visible part of T 3 –T 5 closely punctate and visible part of S 3 –S 5 less closely punctate. Colour. Body black (metasoma brownish black) with yellow and reddish brown markings. Yellow markings are as follows: a mark at base of mandibles; spots on each side of clypeus at base; a vertical spot above clypeus in interantennal space extends up to lower frons; at emargination of eyes; a line behind eyes at tempora; ventral side of scape; a band on dorsal side of pronotum; tegula (except brownish yellow at middle); parategula; a band on metanotum; apex of fore and mid femora; outer face of fore and mid tibia; transverse bands on apical margins of T 1, T 2 & S 2, narrower on T 1 and broader on T 2 & S 2. Reddish brown markings are as follows: at mandible; at ventral side of apical flagellomeres. Tarsi brownish yellow. Wings slightly infuscate, prestigma and stigma dark brown. Pilosity not prominent. Size. 6 mm. Male. Head (Fig. 4) 1.18 x as wide as long in front view; interocular distance 1.60 x greater on vertex than at clypeus; apex of clypeus (Fig. 4) deeply emarginate, maximum width 1.30 x length medially; POL 1.39 x OOL; antenna (Fig. 5) with the last article hook-like, reaching to the basal margin of eleventh antennal article in curved position, last antennal article expanded towards the apex, not finger-like and not straight; genitalia as in figure 6, apical tip of aedeagus rounded, parallel spines elongate without hairs. Other characters are almost same as in female. Colour as that of female except clypeus entirely yellow. Size: 5.5–6 mm. Variations. One paratype from Sikkim has reddish brown markings instead of yellow. Material examined. Holotype ♀, INDIA. Meghalaya, East Garo Hills distr., Darugiri, 14–20.v. 1979, Coll. S.B. Roy & Party, NZC No. 14718 /H 3. Paratypes: 1 ♂, same data of holotype, NZC No. 14719 /H 3; 1 ♀, Arunachal Pradesh, Papumpare distr., Itanagar, 5.ii. 2001, Coll. P.T. Bhutia & Party, NZC No. 14720 /H 3; 1 ♀, Assam, North Cachar distr., Dehangi, 23–24.v. 1979, Coll. S.B. Roy & Party, NZC No. 14721 /H 3; 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Sikkim, exact collection locality not known, September 1897, Coll. Dudgeon, NZC Nos. 14722 /H 3 & 14723 /H 3; 1 ♂, West Bengal: Darjeeling distr., Kalimpong, 9.ix. 2012, Coll. B. Mitra & Party, NZC No. 14724 /H 3. Etymology. The species is named after the locality (Darugiri) where the holotype was collected. Distribution. India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal). Discussion. This new species comes close to Paraleptomenes communis Giordani Soika but distinctly differs in having the last antennal article of the male expanded towards the apex, not finger-like and not straight (in P. communis last antennal article of male small, slender, finger-like and almost straight). In the new species the mesepisternum lacks a yellow mark (in P. c om m u ni s mesepisternum with yellow mark).Published as part of Kumar, Girish P., Carpenter, James M. & Sharma, Gaurav, 2014, A review of the genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae: Odynerini) from the Indian subcontinent, with the description of a new species from the eastern Himalayas, pp. 131-143 in Zootaxa 3802 (1) on pages 133-135, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3802.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/25008
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