Conservation Agriculture
An Approach to Combat Climate Change in Indian Himalaya
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Pankaj Kumar Mishra
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The Cardiorespiratory Implications of Pectus Excavatum
Pectus excavatum (PE) is the most frequently encountered congenital chest wall abnormality. There is a growing body of evidence about the physiological impact of pectus excavatum with particular reference to c...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Rice Moisture Detection Based on Oven Drying Technique Using Microstrip Ring Sensor
A new microstrip ring moisture sensor is proposed for determining the moisture of rice grains using the oven drying method at multiple frequencies, i.e., 3.7, 5.8, 6.9, 8.4 GHz, with low insertion loss as well...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
On Adaptive Control for AGV with Vision Sensor as an Unknown Nonlinear System
Adaptive control using neural network provides a real-time systematic approach to achieve or maintain a desired level of control system performance when dynamics are unknown. The paper proposes a novel approac...
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Article
Genetic diversity and functional characterization of endophytic Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from the North Western Indian Himalayas
A total of 15 endophytic Bacillus thuringiensis isolates were obtained from root nodules of six legumes (soybean, ricebean, gahat, frenchbean, lentil and pea). All of these isolates were characterized by the pres...
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Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
Laparoscopic (transperitoneal) nephrectomy is a well-established and versatile technique in pediatric practice [1, 2]. It allows surgery to be carried out by a minimally invasive approach in the familiar intra...
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Open AccessDoes Ethnicity Impact Outcome Following Cardiac Surgery?
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Open AccessA survey of contemporary usage of epicardial pacing wires among UK cardiothoracic surgeons: A call for a more conservative approach
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A modified technique of laparoscopic mobilisation and transfer of intra-abdominal testis via inguinal canal
Several techniques have been described for mobilising intra-abdominal testis (IAT) into the scrotum. Many are associated with significant morbidity. We hereby introduce our modification of the technique that i...
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Electronic transport properties of BN sheet on adsorption of ammonia (NH3) gas
We report the detection of ammonia gas through electronic and transport properties analysis of boron nitride sheet. The density functional theory (DFT) based ab initio approach has been used to calculate the e...
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Open AccessRole of topical application of gentamicin containing collagen implants in cardiac surgery
Sternal wound infections (SWI) continue to be a major cause of concern after cardiac surgery. It leads to prolonged hospital stay and increased morbidity, mortality and increased hospital costs. Prophylactic s...
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Incarcerated inguinal hernia management in children: ‘a comparison of the open and laparoscopic approach’
To compare the outcomes of management of incarcerated inguinal hernia by open versus laparoscopic approach.
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CspA encodes a major cold shock protein in Himalayan psychrotolerant Pseudomonas strains
The major cold-shock protein (CspA) encoding gene cspA were detected in three Himalayan psychrotrophic Pseudomonad strains, by PCR amplification. Partial sequencing of three Pseudomonas strains cspA gene and BLAS...
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Diversity of Cold Tolerant Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms from North Western Himalayas
The environmental conditions on planet earth are extremely diverse, with enormous variations in pressure, pH, temperature and salt concentration. All these environments are inhabited by living organisms, parti...
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Open AccessCryotolerance strategies of Pseudomonads isolated from the rhizosphere of Himalayan plants
The cold stress biology of psychrotrophic Pseudomonas strains isolated from the rhizosphere of Himalayan plants have been explored to evaluate their cryotolerance characteristcs. Pseudomonas strains were examined...
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Rock phosphate solubilization by psychrotolerant Pseudomonas spp. and their effect on lentil growth and nutrient uptake under polyhouse conditions
Psychrotolerant Pseudomonas isolates (RT5RP2 and RT6RP) isolated from the rhizoplane of wild grass at 3,100 and 3,800 m above mean sea level, respectively, from Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand (India), were f...
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Genetic and functional diversity among root-associated psychrotrophic Pseudomonad’s isolated from the Himalayan plants
Out of 534 psychrotrophic bacteria, 12 bacteria were selected on the basis of plant growth promoting activities at 4 °C and identified as Pseudomonas genus. These strains showed high level of genetic polymorphism...
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Cold-Tolerant PGPRs as Bioinoculants for Stress Management
Cold stress is a major environmental constraint to plant productivity. Cold-induced losses in yield probably exceed those from all other causes, since both the severity and duration of the stress are critical....
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Alleviation of cold stress in inoculated wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings with psychrotolerant Pseudomonads from NW Himalayas
Twelve psychrotolerant Pseudomonad strains were selected on the basis of various plant growth-promoting (PGP) activities at cold temperature (4°C). The effect of inoculation with Pseudomonad strains on cold al...
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Cold-Tolerant Agriculturally Important Microorganisms
Cold-tolerant microorganisms are endowed with the ability to grow at 0°C, though their growth optima lie in the mesophilic range. To overcome the stress induced by low temperatures they have evolved a variety ...
