There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.

Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

I and i

Advanced Statistical Methods in Biometric Research.

An artery, vein, aneurysm, vascular malformation or arterial fistula is occluded through endovascular occlusion by the endovascular insertion of a platinum wire and/or tip into the vascular cavity. The vascular cavity is packed with the tip to obstruct blood flow or access of blood in the cavity such that the blood clots in the cavity and an occlusion if formed. The tip may be elongate and flexible so that it packs the cavity by being folded upon itself a multiple number of times, or may pack the cavity by virtue of a filamentary or fuzzy structure of the tip. The tip is then separated from the wire mechanically or by electrolytic separation of the tip from the wire. The wire and the microcatheter are thereafter removed leaving the tip embedded in the thrombus formed within the vascular cavity. Movement of wire in the microcatheter is more easily tracked by providing a radioopaque proximal marker on the microcatheter and a corresponding indicator marker on the wire. Electrothrombosis is facilitate by placing the ground electrode on the distal end of the microcatheter and flowing current between the microcatheter electrode and the tip.

Endovascular electrolytically detachable wire and tip for the formation of thrombus in arteries, veins, aneurysms, vascular malformations and arteriovenous fistulas

Inulin and oligofructose belong to a class of carbohydrates known as fructans. The main sources of inulin and oligofructose that are used in the food industry are chicory and Jerusalem artichoke. Inulin and oligofructose are considered as functional food ingredients since they affect physiological and biochemical processes in rats and human beings, resulting in better health and reduction in the risk of many diseases. Experimental studies have shown their use as bifidogenic agents, stimulating the immune system of the body, decreasing the levels of pathogenic bacteria in the intestine, relieving constipation, decreasing the risk of osteoporosis by increasing mineral absorption, especially of calcium, reducing the risk of atherosclerosis by lowering the synthesis of triglycerides and fatty acids in the liver and decreasing their level in serum. These fructans modulate the hormonal level of insulin and glucagon, thereby regulating carbohydrate and lipid metabolism by lowering the blood glucose levels; they are also effective in lowering the blood urea and uric acid levels, thereby maintaining the nitrogen balance. Inulin and oligofructose also reduce the incidence of colon cancer. The biochemical basis of these beneficial effects of inulin and oligofructose have been discussed. Oligofructoses are non-cariogenic as they are not used byStreptococcus mutans to form acids and insoluble glucans that are the main culprits in dental caries. Because of the large number of health promoting functions of inulin and oligofructose, these have wide applications in various types of foods like confectionery, fruit preparations, milk desserts, yogurt and fresh cheese, baked goods, chocolate, ice cream and sauces. Inulin can also be used for the preparation of fructose syrups.

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Applications of inulin and oligofructose in health and nutrition.

The herb Artemisia annua has been used for many centuries in Chinese traditional medicine as a treatment for fever and malaria. In 1971, Chinese chemists isolated from the leafy portions of the plant the substance responsible for its reputed medicinal action. This compound, called qinghaosu (QHS, artemisinin), is a sesquiterpene lactone that bears a peroxide grouping and, unlike most other antimalarials, lacks a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring system. The compound has been used successfully in several thousand malaria patients in China, including those with both chloroquine-sensitive and chloroquine-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Derivatives of QHS, such as dihydroqinghaosu, artemether, and the water-soluble sodium artesunate, appear to be more potent than QHS itself. Sodium artesunate acts rapidly in restoring to consciousness comatose patients with cerebral malaria. Thus QHS and its derivatives offer promise as a totally new class of antimalarials.

Quinghaosu (artemisin): an antimalarial drug from china

Thermal properties of CuO, Li doped CuO pellets and YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) thin films have been studied using the photopyroelectric (PPE) technique. The inverse of PPE voltage (V) is proportional to the specific heat of the sample. Hysteresis in V in the temperature range 90 < T < 260 K for CuO and for YBCO looks similar. The magnitude of hysteresis in V is more for oxygen deficient CuO and no hysteresis in V was observed for Li doped CuO. It is concluded that the hysteresis in thermal properties of YBCO as well as of CuO is related to metastable phases of oxygen arrangements within YBCO and CuO.

Hysteresis in thermal properties of CuO and YBa2Cu3O7-x

In present study 20 diets were formulated using Heteropogon contortus (HC) grass with 5 tree leaves (Hardwickia binata-HB, Albizia lebbek-AL, Grewia optiva-GO, Anogeissus pendulla-AP and Leucaena leucocephala-LL) and 5 shrubs (Dichrostachys cineria-DC, Securengia virosa-SV, Zizyphus xylophyrus-ZX, Helictris isora-HI and Acacia catechu-AC) in 75: 25 and 50: 50 ratios, which were evaluated for their nutritional composition and in vitro nutrients digestibility, fermentation and gas production in sheep and goat rumen inoculums to select grass: tree leaves/shrubs species and their ratio for silipastoral system of small ruminants. Diets differed significantly (P<0.05) in CP, NDF, ADF, cellulose and lignin contents. Diets with 50: 50 and 75: 25 ratios of HC grass with foliage also differed significantly (P<0.05) in CP and fiber contents. Nutrients degradability differed significantly (P<0.05) amongst diets in rumen inoculums of both sheep and goats and were similar between HC-foliage diets in 50: 50 and 75: 25 ratios. Sheep and goats had similar nutrients degradability, while sheep and goats tended to degrade more nutrients at 75: 25 than 50: 50 ratios, respectively. Diets degradability values for DM, CP, NDF and ADF were 62.73, 57.90, 47.22 and 42.75 in sheep and 63.22, 62.06, 49.22 and 42.77% in goats, respectively. Diets differed significantly (P<0.05) for in vitro TVFA, total N and ammonia N concentration in rumen inoculum of sheep and goats. Total-N and ammonia-N was higher (P<0.05) from diets with 50: 50 ratio of HC grassfoliage diets than 75: 25 ratio. Mean TVFA, total-N and ammonia-N contents were 62.38, 40.20 and 9.31 in sheep and 63.40 meq/l, 41.72 mg/100 ml and 9.45 mg/100 ml in goat's rumen liquor. Diets differed significantly (P<0.05) in IVDMD, gas production and partition factor in both species. Gas production tended to be more in sheep (156.73) than goats inoculums (142.76 ml/g). Results showed that HC: LL and HC: GO diets are superior in nutrients content, digestibility and metabolites production, while sheep and goat exhibited relatively higher nutrients utilization and more total volatile fatty acid production at 75: 25 and 50: 50 ratios of HC-tree foliage diets, respectively.

Effect of foliage supplementation to Heteropogon contortus based diets on nutrients digestibility, gas and metabolites production in sheep and goat inoculums.

The bark root of Phyllanthus emblica were digested with HNO 3 and HClO 4 (4:1) and the contents of trace elements such as As, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K , Mg, ,Ni, Mn, Pb, and Zn were determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy. The presence of beneficial element i.e., Fe, Zn, K, Mg,Mn, Ca, Co, Ni are within limit. The concentration of heavy trace elements Cu, Cr, and Cd are within limit but the concentration of Pb and As are high.

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Determination of Trace Metals in the Bark Root of Phyllanthus emblica (L)

Maize is the third most important cereal crop of world and India after wheat and rice. Maize has diversified uses as food for human, feed for livestock and raw material in industries. Out of the total production 45% is consumed as staple food in various forms. Maize alone accounts 30% of total global grain production and the crop is cultivated on 161.11 m ha of land worldwide producing 826.22 mt with an average yield of 51.28 q/ha (Digest of Statistics, 2012). In India maize is grown on 8.49 million ha with production and productivity of 21.49 million ton and 2.51ton per hectare. It is miracle crop because of its International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 04 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com

Effect of Resource Conservation Practices on Productivity of Maize Intercropped with Soybean under Maize + Soybean – Wheat Cropping System and Soil Microbial Population

A. K. Gupta

Papers

Hysteresis in thermal properties of CuO and YBa2Cu3O7-x

Effect of foliage supplementation to Heteropogon contortus based diets on nutrients digestibility, gas and metabolites production in sheep and goat inoculums.

Determination of Trace Metals in the Bark Root of Phyllanthus emblica (L)

Effect of Resource Conservation Practices on Productivity of Maize Intercropped with Soybean under Maize + Soybean – Wheat Cropping System and Soil Microbial Population

Studies on epitaxial growth of ybco thin films deposited in-situ by dc magnetron sputtering