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Data-driven reference evapotranspiration (ET0) estimation: a comparative study of regression and machine learning techniques
Precise computation of evapotranspiration is critical for an efficient irrigation planning and managing agriculture water. This investigation aimed to study the performance of regression techniques and machine...
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Production, Purification and Characterization of a Novel Thermostable Caffeine Dehydrogenase from Pichia manshurica Strain CD1 Isolated from Kombucha Tea
Kombucha tea is a consortium of yeasts and bacteria (predominantly acetic acid ones). One caffeine-degrading yeast was isolated from kombucha tea, identified using 18S rRNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis...
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Spatiotemporal variability of weather extremes over eastern India: evidences of ascertained long-term trend persistence and effective global climate controls
The present study acknowledged climate variability induced periodic variation in localized extreme weather event occurrences under diverse agro-eco regions of Eastern Himalayas of India during the past five d...
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Status of Hilsa Fishery in Hooghly-Bhagirathi River System and Associated Coastal Waters of Northern Bay of Bengal
Hilsa, Tenualosa ilisha, is a popular fish in northern Bay of Bengal and Hooghly-Bhagirathi river system in India. Despite the high commercial and cultural importance of the species in the region, data on its cat...
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Assessment of large aperture scintillometry for large-area surface energy fluxes over an irrigated cropland in north India
Amount of available net energy and its partitioning into sensible, latent and soil heat fluxes over an agricultural landscape are critical to improve estimation of evapotranspiration and modelling parse (ecosy...
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Open AccessErratum to: The impact of user fees on health services utilization and infectious disease diagnoses in Neno District, Malawi: a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study
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Open AccessThe impact of user fees on health services utilization and infectious disease diagnoses in Neno District, Malawi: a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study
User fees have generally fallen out of favor across Africa, and they have been associated with reductions in access to healthcare. We examined the effects of the introduction and removal of user fees on outpat...
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Aircraft Altitude Estimation Using Un-calibrated Onboard Cameras
In the present study, implementation and study of aircraft altitude estimation using un-calibrated onboard camera is obtained. A camera model has been implemented to simulate the test data. From the results, i...
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Open AccessP4.07: on the Relevance of A PPG Based Two Pulse Synthesis Model for Screening Against Coronary Artery Diseases
Arterial stiffness is an independent predictor for coronary artery diseases (CAD). Various methods to predict coronary artery involvement are known but most of them have limited applicability in large-scale po...
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Development of regional wheat VI-LAI models using Resourcesat-1 AWiFS data
The time of forcing of spatial LAI to crop models at single or multiple stages is important to simulate crop biomass and yield in varying agro-climatic conditions and scales. The high temporal resolution (5-da...
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Study of the optimum time span for distinguishing Avena ludoviciana from wheat crop based on their spectral reflectance characteristics
The study to establish the optimum time span for distinguishing Avena ludoviciana from wheat crop based on their spectral signatures was carried out at Student’s Research Farm, Department of Agronomy during 2006–...
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Open AccessSocietal preference values for advanced melanoma health states in the United Kingdom and Australia
No studies measure preference-based utilities in advanced melanoma that capture both intended clinical response and unintended toxicities associated with treatment.
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A comprehensive program for countermeasures against potentially hazardous objects (PHOs)
At the hundredth anniversary of the Tunguska event in Siberia it is appropriate to discuss measures to avoid such occurrences in the future. Recent discussions about detecting, tracking, cataloguing, and chara...
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Modeling of Echocardiogram Video Based on Views and States
In this work we propose a hierarchical state-based model for representing an echocardiogram video using objects present and their dynamic behavior. The modeling is done on the basis of the different types of v...
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Studies on the production and purification of an antimicrobial compound and taxonomy of the producer isolated from the marine environment of the Sundarbans
A microorganism isolated from the Sundarbans region of the Bay of Bengal, India, showed potent antimicrobial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, molds, yeast and several multiple-drug-re...
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Fruit yield predicting model of tomato using spectral and hyperspectral indices
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Documentation of immune profile of microglia through cell surface marker study in glioma model primed by a novel cell surface glycopeptide T11TS/SLFA-3
Statement of the Problem: The sheep erythrocyte membrane glycoprotein T11TS/SLFA-3 can form a ligand-receptor complex with CD2 present on immunocyte and exert stimuli for activation and proliferation. Regression...
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Development of a Computer Program to Predict the β-Lactamase Activity on the Basis of Ampicillin Fluorescence Values
Decrease in ampicillin fluorescence values (Ex. 385 nM, Em. 460 nM) were correlated with the increase in the pUC 19 plasmid-encoded β-lactamase activity of Escherichia coli DH5α. The fluorescence data were then u...
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Application of oxygen vectors to Claviceps purpurea cultivation
The application of a two-phase fermentation system for the production of ergot peptide alkaloids by Claviceps purpurea is described. Perfluorocarbons (PFC) are used as oxygen vectors in Claviceps fermentation fo...
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Studies on nutritional and oxygen requirements for production of L-asparaginase by Enterobacter aerogenes
The carbon and nitrogen sources most suitable for L-asparaginase production by Enterobacter aerogenes were selected and their concentrations optimized in shake-flask cultures. Sodium citrate (1.0%) and diammoniu...