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Assessment of phenol infiltration resilience in soil media by HYDRUS-1D transport model for a waste discharge site
The movement of contaminants through soil imparts a variety of geo-environmental problem inclusive of lithospheric pollution. Near-surface aquifers are often vulnerable to contamination from surface source if ...
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Evaluation of the insect growth regulator Lufenuron (Match®) for control of Aedes aegypti by simulated field trials
The insect growth regulator, Lufenuron, at concentrations of even multiples of LC90 (determined under laboratory conditions) was tested against the III instar larvae of Aedes aegypti under simulated field conditi...
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Leachate from market refuse and biomethanation study
The market place is considered to be an important centre of daily life of campus community. In India, as in Europe and the USA, other forms of shop** have emerged significantly and now predominate, for insta...
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Absence of Food Aversion Learning in the Polyphagous Noctuid, Spodoptera litura (F.) Following Intoxication by Deleterious Chemicals
The objective of this study was to determine whether the presence of a deleterious chemical in a preferred host plant could alter the feeding preference of a polyphagous insect. The preference of the Asian arm...
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Effect of thermal cycling on the solder joints' reliability of ceramic ball grid array
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A simple coordinate space approach to three-body problems — Examples: Halo nucleus and double-λ hypernucleus
We show how to treat the dynamics of an asymmetric three-body system consisting of one heavy and two identical light particles in simple coordinate space variational approach. The method is constructive and gi...
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Laboratory screening of different Bacillus thuringiensis strains against certain lepidopteran pests and subsequent field evaluation on the pod boring pest complex of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan)
Laboratory evaluation of different Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies revealed that B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki (NCIM 2514) at 108 spores/ml concentration caused more than 85% mortality to the neonate larvae ...
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Growth Inhibition and Impairment of Reproductive Potential in Tribolium Castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) by Commercially Available Plant Extracts
Postembryonic development and adult emergence of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) were adversely affected in varying degrees when its larval stage was reared on wheat flour treated separately (at concentrations of 0....
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Hormetic concentrations of azadirachtin and isoesterase profiles in Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Electrophoretic pattern of esterases from larvae ofTribolium castaneum fed on a diet which included hormetic concentrations of azadirachtin (viz. 0.001, 0.01 and 0.1 ppm) for 10 d were studied. The results showed...
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Effect of rutin on the neonate sensitivity, dietary utilization and mid-gut carboxylesterase activity ofSpodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Rutin (quercitin-3-β-D-rutinoside) a widely occurring plant glycoside affects neonate survival and inhibits early larval growth of the tobacco leaf eating caterpillar,Spodoptera litura (F) when added to an artifi...
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Criterion for a unique non-relativistic quark model
We have calculated the mean square charge radii of the neutron and proton, and compared them with the experimental values, to construct a unique non-relativistic quark potential model. It is shown for the firs...
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Electrical and optical properties of µc-SiH films
Microcrystalline silicon films have been found quite useful in amorphous silicon solar cells as a contact material in n-i-p cells. Microcrystalline silicon films are obtained when amorphous silicon films are p...
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R-matrix plus potential analysis of unbound states of33S
Single channel single levelR-matrix plus potential analysis of the resonances observed in the32S(n, n) reaction for the neutron energy lying from 20–1100 keV has been carried out to determine the properties of th...
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A study of premature births
In this study, 252 prematures were seen among 2,886 deliveries. The average prematurity rate was 8.73 per cent. Most of the prematures (36.5 per cent) were born of women 21–25 years of age. The premature babie...
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Collective behaviour in some 1f7/2 even-even nuclei
Low-lying excited states of some of the 1f 7/2 even-even nuclei have been calculated employing the simple asymmetric rotor-vibrator model. The results obtained are in agreement with experiments and another fairly...
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Pediatric and adolescent gynaecological emergencies
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On the size and binding energy of the helium nucleus
Irving wave function has been modified to fit the size and the binding energy of the4He nucleus. The wave function naturally reproduces the electric dipole bremsstrahlung weighted cross-section.