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Neoteric Design of Natural Polymers for Smart Wound-Healing Materials
The skin is one of the most vital parts of the human body and is the largest sense organ performing crucial functions in regulating the homeostatic functioning of the body’s mechanisms. It is divided into thre...
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Finite-time dissipative synchronization of discrete-time semi-Markovian jump complex dynamical networks with actuator faults
This paper is concerned with the problem of finite-time synchronization for a class of discrete-time semi-Markovian jum** complex dynamical networks (CDNs) with actuator faults based on reliable control. The...
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Assessment of reactivity of energy efficient high volume fly ash based geopolymers through various approaches
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Microbial Management of Organic Waste in Agroecosystem
Organic waste materials occur universally as surplus agricultural waste, municipal solid waste, industrial waste and poultry waste. Microbial management of organic waste is a promising, environment-friendly ap...
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Various Techniques to Functionalize Nanofibers
Surface properties of a material control cell adhesion, adsorption, wettability, and colloidal stabilization. The surface functionalization of biomaterials or metals improves the biocompatibility and facilitat...
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Anticancer potential of pyrrole (1, 2, a) pyrazine 1, 4, dione, hexahydro 3-(2-methyl propyl) (PPDHMP) extracted from a new marine bacterium, Staphylococcus sp. strain MB30
Marine bacterium, strain MB30 isolated from the deep sea sediment of Bay of Bengal, India, exhibited antimicrobial activity against human pathogenic bacteria. Based on the 16S rRNA sequence homology and subseq...
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Anti-leukemic, anti-lung, and anti-breast cancer potential of the microbial polyketide 2, 4-diacetylphloroglucinol (DAPG) and its interaction with the metastatic proteins than the antiapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins
The microbial polyketide, 2, 4-diacetylphloroglucinol (DAPG), exhibited a broad-spectrum of anti-leukemic, anti-lung, and anti-breast cancer properties. The aim of the present investigation was to study the in...
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Phenazine-1-carboxamide (PCN) from Pseudomonas sp. strain PUP6 selectively induced apoptosis in lung (A549) and breast (MDA MB-231) cancer cells by inhibition of antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins
Phenazine-1-carboxamide (PCN), a naturally occurring simple phenazine derivative isolated from Pseudomonas sp. strain PUP6, exhibited selective cytotoxic activity against lung (A549) and breast (MDA-MB-231) cance...
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MPI Implementation of Expectation Maximization Algorithm for Gaussian Mixture Models
Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) is a mathematical model represented by a mixture of Gaussian distributions, each with their own mean and variance parameters. In applications like speaker-recognition, where the GM...
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Isolation and characterization of a novel thermostable β-glucosidase from Bacillus subtilis SU40
A new bacterial strain SU40 with ability to produce thermostable β-glucosidase was isolated from soil located at Puducherry (India) and identified as Bacillus subtilis. The conditions like temperature, pH, carbon...
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Stochastic Sampled-Data Control for Exponential Synchronization of Markovian Jum** Complex Dynamical Networks with Mode-Dependent Time-Varying Coupling Delay
In this paper, we address the problem of exponential synchronization of Markovian jum** complex dynamical networks with mode-dependent time-varying coupling delay via a stochastic sampled-data controller. In...
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Mechanisms of Fluorescent Pseudomonads That Mediate Biological Control of Phytopathogens and Plant Growth Promotion of Crop Plants
Plant pathogens cause persistent and significant yield losses in economically important crop plants. Incessant use of chemicals to control pathogens causes health problems and environmental pollution. Biologic...
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The effects of carbon sources (sucrose, glucose, fructose and mannitol) and auxins [indolebutyric acid (IBA) and α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA)] on in vitro propagation of banana (Musa spp. AAA) were studied. Ove...
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Influence of Liquid Pulse Treatment with Growth Regulators on in vitro Propagation of Banana (Musa spp. AAA)
The effect of liquid pulse treatment of growth regulators on in vitro propagation of banana (Musa spp. AAA) was studied. Optimal shoot proliferation rates were achieved due to the pulse treatment of 6-benzylamino...
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Compositional Difference of the Exopolysaccharides Produced by the Virulent and Virulence-Deficient Strains of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
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Detection of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in artificially inoculated and naturally infected rice seeds and plants by molecular techniques
A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique was developed for detecting the presence of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, the bacterial leaf blight (BLB) pathogen in rice seed and for study...
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Exopolysaccharides of Xanthomonas pathovar strains that infect rice and wheat crops
In order to understand the mode of action of the taxonomically related pathogens Xanthomonas campestris pv. translucens, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, which attack wheat an...
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Sheath Rot Disease of Rice: Current Status and Control Strategies
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a versatile food crop of the World, providing staple food for almost 2 billion people. More than 90% of the World’s rice is grown and consumed in Asia. Rice crop is attacked by several b...
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Strains of fluorescent and nonfluorescent bacteria that were isolated from rice rhizospheres of Southern India and showed antagonism towardsRhizoctonia solani were evaluated for biological control of rice sheath-...
