1,613 research outputs found
Corrigendum: Thalassemia, biobanking infrastructures, and personalized stem cell therapies in Chennai
No full textA Corrigendum onThalassemia, biobanking infrastructures, and personalized stem cell therapies in Chennaiby Panwar, A. (2023). Front. Sociol. 8:1057220. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1057220In the published article, there was an error in the Funding statement. The Funding statement displayed did not acknowledge UKRI/NERC funding during preparation of the article. The correct statement is “The author also acknowledges support from the NERC grant (NE/T013230/1) during preparation of this article.” The correct Funding statement appears below.<br/
Energetic and Exergetic Evaluation of Biomass Fired Water Heating System
No full textThis paper deals with thermal and exergy efficiencies of biomass fired water heating system. Water heating system is extensively suitable to generate hot water in rural areas. The developed water heating system was tested with Desi babul (Acacia nilotica) wood. Thermal and exergy efficiencies of the system were estimated at 54.5 percent and 6.79 percent, respectively.Citation:Â Panwar, N. L., and Paul, A. S. (2017). Energetic and Exergetic Evaluation of Biomass Fired Water Heating System. Trends in Renewable Energy, 3, 153-159. DOI: 10.17737/tre.2017.3.2.004
Energy bands and density of states of B1-XTMXP (TM = Cr, Fe and Co; X = 0 and 0.25) using FP-LAPW scheme
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The mycobiota of grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) grown in Kırşehir
No full textBu çalışma Kırşehir ilinde 2015–2018 yılları arasında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmada Vitis vinifera L. üzerinde gelişen Ascomycota (5 sınıf, 18 takım, 33 familya, 44 cins ve 50 tür) ve Oomycota (1 sınıf, 1 takım, 1 familya, 1 cins ve 1 tür) bölümlerine ait toplam 51 mantar türü tespit edilmiştir. Araştırmanın sonucunda Vitis vinifera üzerinde bulunan mantarlardan Cryptovalsa ampelina (Nitschke) Fuckel, Didymosphaeria vitis Fabre, Diplodina vitis Brunaud, Leptosphaeria viticola Fautrey & Roum., Leptosphaeria vitigena Sacc., Leptostroma sphaeroides Fr., Monodictys abuensis (Chouhan & Panwar) V. Rao & de Hoog, Phoma cookei Pirotta, Phyllosticta viticola Thüm ve Pyrenochaeta vitis Viala & Sauv. Ülkemiz mikobiyotası için yeni kayıttır.This study was carried out in Kirsehir province between 2015–2018. In this research, 51 fungi species of Ascomycota (5 class, 18 order, 33 family, 44 genera and 50 species) and Oomycota (1 class, 1 order, 1 family, 1 genera and 1 species) divisios have been identified developing over Vitis vinifera L. As a result of the research on Vitis vinifera: Cryptovalsa ampelina (Nitschke) Fuckel, Didymosphaeria vitis Fabre, Diplodina vitis Brunaud, Leptosphaeria viticola Fautrey & Roum., Leptosphaeria vitigena Sacc., Leptostroma sphaeroides Fr., Monodictys abuensis (Chouhan & Panwar) V. Rao & de Hoog, Phoma cookei Pirotta, Phyllosticta viticola Thüm ve Pyrenochaeta vitis Viala & Sauv. were recorded first time for Turkish mycobiota
Pearl Millet (Pennisetumglaucum L.) Research in India: A scientometric journey through the last two decades (2000-2022)
No full textPearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.), a member of the Poaceae family, is a widely cultivated cereal crop and considered to be one of the most important millet crops globally due to its remarkable drought tolerance, adaptability to marginal environments, and high nutritional value. This scientometric study aims to identify the most relevant sources of information in the field of pearl millet research in India during 2000-2022. A total of 844 documents from 181 sources were identified, indicating a moderate level of research activity. The average citations per document were 13.42, suggesting that the research landscape in India has received a reasonable level of attention in the scientific community. The highest number of articles published were in 2021 (55) followed by 2020 (51) and 2018 (44). The data showed that the Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences was the most prolific and the other journals maintained a relatively stable production over time. The most frequent topics were downy mildew, Sclerospora graminicola, and sorghum. The results suggest that India has established collaborative relationships with various countries worldwide to produce scientific papers
Current status of MR imaging of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
No full textJuvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic arthropathy in the pediatric population. Although the diagnosis is essentially clinical for many affected joints, MR imaging has become an important tool for the assessment of joints that are difficult to evaluate clinically, such as temporomandibular and sacroiliac joints, and for screening of inflammatory changes in the entire body by whole body MRI (WBMRI) assessment. The utilization of MR imaging is challenging in the pediatric population given the need for discrimination between pathological and physiological changes in the growing skeleton. Several multicentric multidisciplinary organizations have made major efforts over the past decades to standardize, quantify, and validate scoring systems to measure joint changes both cross-sectionally and longitudinally according to rigorous methodological standards. In this paper, we (1) discuss current trends for the diagnosis and management of JIA, (2) review challenges for detecting real pathological changes in growing joints, (3) summarize the current status of standardization of MRI protocols for data acquisition and the quantification of joint pathology in JIA by means of scoring systems, and (4) outline novel MR imaging techniques for the evaluation of anatomy and function of joints in JIA. Optimizing the role of MRI as a robust biomarker and outcome measure remains a priority of future research in this field
Development Changes in the Physicochemical Composition and Mineral Profile of Red-Fleshed Dragon Fruit Grown under Semi-Arid Conditions
No full textRed-fleshed dragon fruit offers an array of bioactive compounds. Its cultivation is gaining momentum in India, including in arid and semi-arid conditions. Among various factors, the fruit developmental stages and climatic conditions of locations greatly influence the biosynthesis and actual contents of different bioactive compounds and mineral contents of the fruit. The changes in physical attributes, and bioactive and mineral content in red-fleshed dragon fruit grown in semi-arid conditions in India were assessed and quantified at six developmental stages. Significant changes occurred in the physical attributes of the fruit and the bioactive compounds and mineral content during the fruit maturation stages of the red-fleshed dragon fruit. The fruit physical characteristics, such as fruit size, fruit and pulp weight gain, peel thickness, and fruit firmness, along with eating quality parameters, such as soluble solids, sugars, acidity and soluble proteins, were observed at optimum at 35 days after anthesis (DAA). The decrease in total phenolics (29.96%), total flavonoids (41.06%), and vitamin C (75.3%) occurred throughout the fruit development stages, whereas the content of betalains, which was detected initially at 25 DAA, increased (48.6%) with the progression of the fruit development stages. However, the antioxidant capacity and free radical scavenging activity demonstrated variable trends throughout the fruit maturation period. There was an increasing trend in all the minerals up to 35 days, followed by a slight decrease, except for phosphorus content, which increased until the last stage of evaluation. The colour characteristics, in conjunction with the bioactive and antioxidant potential determined in the present study, suggest that red-fleshed dragon fruit can be harvested at 35 DAA for long-distance transportation, and from 35 to 40 DAA for local marketing
Cross-Layer Solutions for Cooperative Medium Access Control Protocols
No full textAbstract— Recent studies have shown that designing a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol combined with a cooperative approach may improve the attainable network throughput, despite reducing the mean packet delay. In this paper we design a MAC scheme adopting cooperative physical layer aided cross-layer techniques. We consider a popular cooperative MAC protocol, namely the CoopMAC technique of Liu et al., which is improved by facilitating cooperative signal combining at the destination and employing two relays in the context of a successive relaying technique. The performance of the proposed scheme is evaluated by Monte-Carlo simulations. We demonstrate that a cross-layer design further improves the performance gain provided by the CoopMAC protocol over that of the legacy 802.11 Distributed Coordination Function (DCF), enhancing both the achievable network throughput and the outage probability
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