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Potential assessment of Chrysanthemum flowers from various cultivars as sources of natural antioxidants and bioactive compounds
Chrysanthemum blossoms are renowned for their aesthetic appeal and have gained recognition as potential contributors to nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, and pharmaceuticals, benefitting human health. This study as...
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Synthesis and photoluminescence properties of polycarbazole/tin oxide (PCz/SnO2) polymer nanocomposites
In this article, polycarbazole/tin oxide polymer nanocomposites were synthesized by an in-situ chemical polymerization of carbazole monomers using anhydrous iron (III) chloride as an oxidizing agent. The influ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Performance Analysis of Semi-active Suspension System Based on Suspension Working Space and Dynamic Tire Deflection
Vehicle handling and ride comfort are very important characteristics that influence the riding quality of the vehicle which depends on suspension. Semi-active suspension has the performance in between the acti...
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An extractive studies on behavior of thorium(IV) from malonate media by 2-octylaminopyridine: a green approach
Thorium(IV) was extracted from 1 × 10−2 M sodium malonate medium by using 5 × 10−2 M 2-octylaminopyridine in xylene. The extracted thorium(IV) was stripped with 5 × 10−1 M HNO3 from organic phase and determined b...
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Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence of Graphene Oxide
Graphene oxide thin films have been deposited by spray pyrolysis using graphene oxide powder prepared by modified Hummers method. These thin films were characterized by different physico-chemical techniques. T...
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Effect of oxidant to fuel ratio on properties of yttrium doped barium cerate (BCY20)
20 % yttrium doped barium cerate (BCY20) powder has been synthesized by cost effective solution combustion method and the effect of oxidant to fuel ratio on the structural morphological and electrical properti...
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Prevalence of emm types of Group A streptococci recovered from school children and hospital patients in Bangalore City, India
A total of sixty non repetitive isolates of group A streptococci (GAS) recovered from throat cultures of asymptomatic school children (n = 36), school children with clinical pharyngitis (n = 9) and hospital patie...
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Widespread Emergence of Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from CSF Samples
Bacterial infections of the central nervous system, especially acute infections such as bacterial meningitis require immediate, invariably empiric antibiotic therapy due to the widespread emergence of resistan...
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Prevalence of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in diabetics clinical samples
Antibiotic resistance in 40 Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates from 110 diabetic patients (36%) was evaluated. Of these, 32 (80%) of the isolates showed multidrug-resistance to more than eight antibiotics an...
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Synthesis, physicochemical investigation and biological studies of Zinc(II) complexes with 1,2,4-triazole Schiff bases
A series of metal complexes of Zn(II) have been synthesized with newly synthesized biologically active 1,2,4-triazole Schiff bases derived from the condensation of 3-substituted-4-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazo...
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Aminoglycoside-Resistance Mechanisms in Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates
Aminoglycoside resistance in six clinically isolated Staphylococcus aureus was evaluated. Genotypical examination revealed that three isolates (HLGR-10, HLGR-12, and MSSA-21) have aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme ...
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Increase in cell size and acid tolerance response in a stepwise-adapted methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus mutant
A methicillin-susceptible strain of Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) showed stepwise adaptation when grown in increasing concentrations of oxacillin, eventually reaching a maximum of 35 μg/ml. The resultant oxacillin...
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High-Level Oxacillin and Gentamycin Resistance with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin in Staphylococcus aureus-Carrying mecA and femA Gene Complex
Staphylococcus aureus oxiva 10 and oxiva 14 strains clinically isolated from diabetic patients were resistant to gentamycin and oxacillin The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of oxacillin...
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Structural, dielectric and transport properties of Pb(Mno.5Wo.5)O3
Polycrystalline Pb(Mn0.5W0.5)O3, a ferroelectric oxide having perovskite structure, was prepared by high temperature solid state reaction technique. Preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis confirms single phase fo...
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Multi-Level Screening of a Proposed Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal Facility Site – A Case Study
A comprehensive environmental assessment (EA) is a pre-requisite before the site for develo** a hazardous waste treatment and disposal facility (HWTDF) is selected. However, the resource limitations, especia...
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Electrical Conduction and Magnetoelectric Effect in CuFe1.8Cr0.2O4–Ba0.8Pb0.2TiO3 Composites
Magnetoelectric composites of CuFe1.8Cr0.2O4– Ba0.8Pb0.2TiO3 were prepared using high temperature solid-state reaction technique. X-ray structural analysis of these composites confirms the presence of both the ph...
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Dielectric behaviour and a.c. conductivity in Cu x Fe3−x O4 ferrite
The dielectric properties (dielectric constant and loss) for the system Cu x Fe3−x O4 with x = 1.0, 0.8, 0.6, 0.4 and 0.2, were studied in the temperature range 3...
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Conductivity, dielectric behaviour and magnetoelectric effect in copper ferrite-barium titanate composites
Composites of CuFe2O4 and BaTiO3 were prepared using a conventional ceramic double sintering process. The presence of both phases was confirmed by X-ray diffraction. The variations of resistivity and thermo emf w...
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Effect of Si/Ti substitution on magnetic properties of cobalt-cadmium ferrites
Polycrystalline samples of mixed ferrites Cd0.5Co0.5 + tAtFe2 − 2tO4, where A = Si or Ti and t = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 were prepared by ceramic processing. X-ray analysis showed that the lattice constant inc...
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Conduction in Mn substituted Ni-Zn ferrites
The d.c. electrical resistivity ‘ρ’ and thermoelectric power ‘α’ are studied as a function of temperature for Mn substituted ferrites with general formula Zn0·3Ni0·7+x Mn ...