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Systematic Documentation and Drug Development from Local Health Traditions (LHTs) and Ethnomedical Practices (EMPs): Challenges and Way Forward
India is one among the countries that enjoy great antiquity of health practices imbibed into their daily lifestyle and culture backed by a strong base of its documented and/or in practice, traditional knowledg...
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Local Health Traditions and Preservation of National Heritage: Emphasis on Intellectual Property Rights Protection, Benefit Sharing and Mainstreaming
Traditional knowledge on health sciences in India is broadly comprised of systematically documented and dedicated compendia of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Sowa-Rigpa. Besides this, there are health traditions ...
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Evaluation of Substitution of Small Branches with Roots of Desmodium gangeticum (Physicochemical Analysis, HPLC, and GC–MS Profiling) and In Silico Study of Pterocarpans for Pharmacological Target
The present research article proposes a conservative approach for the Desmodium gangeticum by using small branches instead of roots because the plant has many important chemical constituents that show different m...
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Open AccessQualitative and quantitative estimation of Diosgenin in coded ayurvedic formulation and its ingredient Trigonella foenum-graecum Linn. seeds used in diabetics
Trigonella foenum-graecum (Methi) is a leguminous plant and botanically known as Trigonella foenum-graecum Linn, belong to the family Fabaceae. Trigonella foenum-graecum is used for a variety of health conditions...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Review on Sliding Wear of Ti–6Al–4V Alloy Concerning Counterface and Sliding Conditions
In recent years, the investigation of tribological behaviour of various materials has been remarkable considering the production and analysis factor of wear, friction and sliding factors. The Ti–6Al–4V combina...
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An interval type-2 fuzzy inference system and its meta-cognitive learning algorithm
In this paper, we propose an evolving interval type-2 neuro-fuzzy inference system and its meta-cognitive learning algorithm. The antecedent of each rule is an interval type-2 fuzzy set and the consequent real...
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Simultaneously enhanced tensile and compressive response of AZ31–NanoAl2O3–AA5052 macrocomposite
New bimetal AZ31–Al2O3/AA5052 macrocomposite comprising (a) Al2O3 nanoparticle-reinforced magnesium alloy AZ31 shell and (b) aluminum alloy AA5052 millimeter-scale core reinforcement was fabricated using solidifi...
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Symmetric Edge Cracks in an Orthotropic Strip Under Normal Loading
The problem of two edge cracks of finite length, situated symmetrically in an orthotropic infinite strip of finite thickness 2 h, under normal point loading has been discussed. The displacements and stresses in p...
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Fundamentals of thermo-sonic copper wire bonding in microelectronics packaging
Fine copper wire bonding is capable of making reliable electrical interconnections in microelectronic packages. Copper wires of 0.8–6 mil diameter have been successfully bonded to different bond pad metallized...
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Dynamic properties characterization of metastable Al/Ti composites
A new idea of using stiffer metallic reinforcement, such as titanium, in a ductile metallic matrix, such as aluminium, to enhance the dynamic properties (viz., stiffness and dam**) is successfully attempted....
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The modeling and determination of dynamic elastic modulus of magnesium based metal matrix composites
The aim of the present study was to determine elastic modulus of the magnesium-based composites containing different volume fraction of SiC particulates using an innovative free-free beam type impact based tec...
