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Remote Detection of Hydrothermal Alteration Zones Using WorldView-3 VNIR-SWIR Reflectance Data: A Study from Lawa Gold Mines, India
WorldView-3 sensor with higher spectral and spatial resolution provides greater opportunity to map the hydrothermal alteration zones. Advancement of remote sensing techniques have been manifold in the field of...
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Glacial lake formation probability map** in the Himalayan glacier: A probabilistic approach
Glacial lakes are critical zones for future flooding and events such as glacial lake outburst floods, a threat to infrastructures and human life. A recent catastrophe (Chamoli flash flood) indicates its comple...
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Shock Metamorphic Features in the Archean Simlipal Complex, Singhbhum Craton, Eastern India: Possible Remnant of a Large Impact Structure
The Simlipal complex in eastern India is an elliptical structure with diameter of ca. 50 km coinciding with an elliptical region of high gravity. It overlies the Archaean basement of the Singhbhum craton and h...
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Appraisal of long-term shoreline oscillations from a part of coastal zones of Sundarban delta, Eastern India: a study based on geospatial technology
This study aims to analyze the long-term shoreline oscillations and its impact on coastal environment from a part of coastal zone of Sundarban delta over the last four decades. The present study was executed u...
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Nano-therapeutic Approaches for Targeting Cancer Stem Cells
Emerging evidences suggest that a small population of highly tumorigenic cancer stem-like cells (CSC) or tumor-initiating cells (TICs) is responsible for sustaining multiple types of tumor. Like normal stem ce...
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Dendrimers as Nanostructured Therapeutic Carriers
The unique features of dendrimers, such as their high degree of branching, multivalency, globular architecture, and well-defined molecular weight, make them promising carriers for the delivery of therapeutics....
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Carboxymethyl Polysaccharide-Based Multiunit Hydrogel Systems for Drug Delivery
In recent years, natural polymers are being modified chemically to search for new materials for drug delivery applications. Natural polymers possess functional groups like hydroxyl, carboxyl, and amide that ma...
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GIS based beach sand budget analysis through seasonal beach profiling using cartographic techniques
Seasonal morphological variations and effect of oceanographic processes such as erosion or accretion along beaches are important aspects to understand the sand budget. The nature of the beach and their seasona...
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Analysis of short-term shoreline oscillations along Midnapur-Balasore Coast, Bay of Bengal, India: a study based on geospatial technology
Shoreline is one of the quickly fluctuating linear landscapes of the coastal zone which is active in nature. In the present study, the analysis of remote sensing data sets covering Midnapur-Balasore coast, wit...
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Ocular Preservatives: Risks and Recent Trends in Its Application in Ocular Drug Delivery (ODD)
Topical application of eye drops, ointments, gels, or emulsions to treat ocular anterior segment diseases is preferred due to the ease of administration and low cost. Preservatives are the most important ingre...
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Seasonal change monitoring and map** of coastal vegetation types along Midnapur-Balasore Coast, Bay of Bengal using multi-temporal landsat data
The present study highlights the application of satellite remote sensing in seasonal change monitoring and map** of coastal vegetation types along Midnapur-Balasore coast, Bay of Bengal, using multi-temporal...
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Tailored Bio-Polysaccharide Nanomicelles for Targeted Drug Delivery
For poorly water-soluble drugs, the dissolution time in the gastrointestinal contents may be longer than the transit time to the intended absorptive sites. Therefore, dissolution of drugs is quite often the ra...
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Shoreline changes in response to sea level rise along Digha Coast, Eastern India: an analytical approach of remote sensing, GIS and statistical techniques
Shoreline is one of the rapidly changing linear features of the coastal zone which is dynamic in nature. The issue of shoreline changes due to sea level rise over the next century has increasingly become a maj...
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Nanovesicular Formulation of Brimonidine Tartrate for the Management of Glaucoma: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation
In this study, nanovesicles were developed for brimonidine tartrate by film hydration technique and dispersed in viscous carbopol solution for ocular delivery. Scanning electron microscopy revealed spherical s...
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Polyethyleneimine-treated xanthan beads for prolonged release of diltiazem: in vitro and in vivo evaluation
The purpose of the study was to develop a multiunit sustained release dosage form of diltiazem hydrochloride using a natural polymer, sodium carboxymethyl xanthan gum and polyethyleneimine (PEI) from a complet...
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Investigation on Processing Variables for the Preparation of Fluconazole-Loaded Ethyl Cellulose Microspheres by Modified Multiple Emulsion Technique
Fluconazole-loaded ethyl cellulose microspheres were prepared by alginate facilitated (water-in-oil)-in-water emulsion technology and the effects of various processing variables on the properties of microspher...
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Some observations from radiometric ‘8 bit’ data of sediment thin sections based on alternative petrographic image analysis method
This paper deals with the experiment of sediment microstructure analysis especially microfabric map** by digital imaging. For that purpose the greyscale images (Red band from RGB combination) of the thin sec...
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Preliminary Investigation on the Development of Diltiazem Resin Complex Loaded Carboxymethyl Xanthan Beads
The objective of this study was to develop a multiunit sustained release dosage form of diltiazem using a natural polymer from a completely aqueous environment. Diltiazem was complexed with resin and the resin...
