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Unit costing of technical processing in an academic library: a case study of Central Library, B.H.U. for conducting cost benefit analysis
(Department of Library and Information Science, 2000) Prasad, H N
The University libraries in India are in the midst of financial crisis. A number of events taken together have contributed to the crisis like the phenomenal rise in cost, the gradual decline in the budgetary resources, phenomenal rise in the publication and steady increase in the number of users and their expectations. Among the factors contributing to the crisis, the most critical is finance. The fiscal management of libraries has always been a difficult task because of the imbalance between the cost of services that libraries would like to provide and the resources available to meet these. The chronic imbalance between the library’s commitments and resources threatens to become a vast gulf with the soaring information and declining budgetary support that characterizes the present time and the next decade.
Genetic improvement of tomato for high temperature stress
(Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2013) Srivastava, Kartikeya
Tomato is one of the most popular and widely grown vegetables throughout the world either in outdoors or indoors because of its wider adaptability and versatility. Tomato is usually produced during the winter season in India and fruit production is gradually dropped as the temperature increases by the end of the winter season. In summer due to high temperatures, tomato production almost ceases and shortage of tomatoes is common.
Evaluation of efficacy of phytoremediation in decontamination effluents using biossay analysis of fish tissue bearing
(Department of Zoology, 2013-03-22) Banerjee, T.K
Toxicity of the effluent generated at the Rajrappa coalmine complex under central coalfields limited, Jharkhand was analyzed. Coal mining generated huge quantity of toxic effluent which regularly pollutes the neighboring wetlands where the local inhabitants often cultivate fishes for eating purposes
Toxicity of dying chemicals used in carpet industry on the skin and gills of certain freshwater teleosts
(Department of Zoology, 2014-12-31) Mittal, Swati
Increasing industrialization and urbanization leads environmental pollution. A polluted ecosystem may threaten fish population, can cause accumulation of pollutants and environmental toxins in fish, and thus could have direct effect on human nutrition and health.
A low cost approach to remediation of Cadmium contaminated soils using organic and inorganic amendments
(Department of Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry, 2015-06-30) Ghosh, Amlan Kumar
Over the past few decades, the term heavy metals (such as lead, mercury, and cadmium) have been associated with contamination and potential toxicity or eco-toxicity, even at low concentration tend to bio-accumulate and cannot be processed by living organisms (Rand et al., 1995). Often as pollutants, which poses severe threats to environment and their occurrence in soils indicates the presence of natural or anthropogenic sources (Yoon et al., 2007).
Modulation of Nitric Oxide synthases and induction of apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma by fiestin
(Department of Zoology, 2015-06-30) Trigun, S.K
Fiestin, a natural flavanol, found in many common fruits and vegetables, was evident to modulate tumor growth associated signaling cascade in HCC cells in vivo and thus provided a cellular and molecular basis of anti cancer activity of this compound. Thus, this outcome provides a base line data to (a) evaluate translational feasibility of fisetin as an effective anti-HCC therapy and (b) advocates fruits and vegetable rich diet to prevent development of HCC and other tumor growth in human subjects.
Design and development of some new cost-effective optical sensors for the detection of Zn2+, Cd2+ and Hg2+
(Department of Chemistry, 2015-07-30) Upadhyay, K.K
To further validate the feasibility of receptor 4 for the detection of Al3+ in vivo, confocal microscope images of HeLa cells incubated with receptor 4 were obtained. As shown in Figure 40, no fluorescence was observed in HeLa cells upon their incubation with 40 μg mL-1 of receptor 4 for 30 minutes. The cells were washed five times with PBS (Phosphate Buffered Saline) buffer solution and 250 μM Al3+ was added. The same is well within the range shown to elicit physiological responses (10-500 μM). After further incubation for 5 minutes, an enhancement of the fluorescence in the cells was observed.
Genetic diversity and phylogenetic analyses of cyanobacteria based on nif K, psb A and ntcA conserved sequences
(Department of Botany, 2015-08-31) Mishra, A.K
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes, which possess mainly chlorophyll-a. Cyanobacteria are approximated to have occurred as a long ago as 2,600 to 3,500 millions years based on fossil records, organic biomarkers and genomic sequence analysis. They are known to inhabit a range of habitats, including plant surfaces but this has not been adequately explored for improving their biofertilizing potenctial in agriculture and the rhizosphere is a relatively unexplored frontier.
Antiproliferative and Antitumor Activity of Extracts of Certain Orchid Plants
(Department of Zoology, 2015-12-31) Koch, Biplob
1. To investigate the in vitro anticancer activity of the three Dendrobium species ethanolic extracts. 2. To determine the cytotoxic effect of the extracts against both normal and cancer cell lines. 3. To study the effect of plant extracts on induction of apoptosis in cancer cells. 4. To elucidate the effect of the plant extracts on the expression of apoptotic proteins and genes in cancer cell lines. 5. To investigate the anticancer activity of the Dendrobium species ethanolic extracts in in vivo condition
Synthesis of novel zwitterionic polymers and study of their optoelectronic, electrochemical characteristics and application for sensor development
(Department of Chemistry, MMV, 2015-12-31) Singh, Meenakshi
Although the project was sanctioned on 1st of August, 2012, I received the official letter in third week of August only. So official work could be started in September only. On getting the grant, the necessary chemicals and glass wares were ordered and purchased.
Agricultural utilization of sewage sludge and fly ash: single and interactive effects on soil and plant grown
(Department of Environmental Science, 2015-12-31) Singh, Rajeev Pratap
The present study clearly indicates that sewage sludge / fly ash and amendment of their mixture modified the characteristics of agricultural farm soil. Organic C, nitrogen, available P etc. increased in soil due to sewage sludge as well as fly ash amendments. The present report examines the levels of essential (Cu, Zn, Cr and Ni) and nonessential heavy metals (Cd and Pb) in sewage sludge, fly ash and in its mixtures. The report also examines the concentrations of heavy metals in different test plants grown at different rates of fly ash, sewage sludge and their mixtures.
Germplasm conservation of Couroupita guianensis and Spondias mangifera through tissue culture
(Department of Botany, 2015-12-31) Kumari, Nishi
Seedling of Spondias mangifera were raised. Nodal explants were used to raise in vitro plantlets through the protocol developed by Tripathi and Kumari(2012). Leaf segments from in vitro raised plantlets were used as explants to induce callusing. Inoculation of leaf explants were done on Murashige and Skoog's medium supplemented with various auxins and cytokinins either alone or in combinations.
A novel study of nanolayered tunable optical filter based on photonic band gap materials with various applications
(Department of Physics, 2015-12-31) Srivastava, Sanjay Kumar
In this work, a highly sensitive surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor with Kretschmann confguration having alternate layers, prism/zinc oxide/silver/gold/graphene/biomolecules (ss-DNA) has been presented. The eﬀect of zinc oxide layer thickness on the sensitivity of SPR biosensor has also been analyzed. From the analysis, it is found that the sensitivity increases significantly by increasing the thickness of zinc oxide layer. The sensitivity of the proposed SPR biosensor has been demonstrated for a number of design parameters such as gold layer thickness, number of graphene layer, refractive index of biomolecules and the thickness of biomolecules layer. SPR biosensor with optimized geometry has greater sensitivity (66 deg/RIU) than the conventional (52 deg/RIU) as well as other graphene based (53.2 deg/RIU) SPR biosensor.
Transition metal complexes with Heterocyclic Schiff bases: synthesis, characterization and applications
(Department of Chemistry, 2017-01-31) Singh, Vinod Prasad
The aim of this work is to explore the ligational behavior of some heterocyclic Schiff bases derived from acylhydrazine system towards some transition metal ions and to arrive at the probable structures of the coordination complexes on the basis of spectroscopic studies. By carefully selecting the organic ligand one also aims to tune the physical properties and thus realizes various applications such as catalysis, electrical conductivity, luminescence, chemo sensing and anticorrosion behavior. Schiff bases are one of the most important and widely explored organic species. Their low-cost, synthetic ease and tremendous applications, inspired us to work on Schiff bases as chemical probes for selective detection of toxic metal ions.
To study expression profile and epigenetic modification of DNA repair genes in testicular biopsies of infertile patients with impaired spermatogenesis
(Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, 2017-03-31) Singh, Kiran
The complex networking of signalling pathways like DNA damage, DNA repair, apoptosis, differentiation and proliferation, coordinates the fate of the cell at different developmental stages of spermatogenesis. An integrated DNA repair pathways exits in the human genome to repair a variety of DNA damage in somatic and germ cells.
Synthesis and electrical characterization of starch based electrolyte system
(Department of Physics, 2017-03-31) Srivastava, Neelam
Today's lifestyle (use of too many portable electronic gadgets) demands large amount of energy. Till now the synthetic polymers with lithium salts are being used to develop portable energy devices. It is adding to world’s chemical garbage. Hence for sustainable development it is very important that the constituent materials of energy devices are eco-friendly, low cost and easy to synthesis/handle. Electrolytes prepared in this project are based on starch (abundant in nature, renewable biopolymer, low cost and easy to handle) and sodium salt (cheaper than lithium, abundant in nature) and the preparation methodology is simple and it does not need costly instrumentations. Preliminary testing of the prepared materials for supercapacitor and Microbial fuel cell device fabrication is very encouraging. Hence present proposal has successfully framed the guidelines for future developments of sustainable energy devices
The status of sanitation and water supply under Jnnurm in Uttar Pradesh: a case study of Allahabad, Lucknow and Varanasi
(Department of Political Science, 2018) Jha, Rajani Ranjan; Sharma, Abhinav; Kamthan, Sarita
Cities are the hubs of much of national production (they contribute 56 per cent of India's GDP) and consumption, economic and social processes that generate wealth and opportunity. But they also create disease, crime, pollution, poverty and social unrest. Never before in history has the world witnessed such a rapid growth of urbanization. No doubt migration is largely responsible. This applies equally to India. We have already added 65 million persons to our urban population in the decade of the '90s alone. We are having nearly fifty per cent of India living in our cities by the beginning of this century. The lack of substantial new investments mean that existing infrastructure is outdated, inefficient and highly stressed, leading to high degrees of unaccounted supply for water and poor sanitation. Limited metering and efficiency incentives, unviable pricing (does not even cover O&M costs), poor revenue recovery rates, high unfulfilled investment needs lead to inadequate service coverage; unreliable and poor quality service provision. Commercially unviable urban local bodies mean that fresh investments by external agencies and the private sector will not be forthcoming. Keeping this in view the United Progressive Alliance (U.P.A.) Government launched Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in 2005. The programme is based on the premise that for cities to work, it is essential to create incentives and support urban reforms at the city level, develop appropriate enabling frameworks, enhances the creditworthiness of municipal governments and integrates service delivery system.
Studies on haemolymph and its modulation by entomopathogenic fungi in an insect pest, Dysdercus koenigii (Heteropteran:Pyrrhocoridae)
(Department of Zoology, 2018) Kumar, Dinesh
An attractive alternative method to chemical pesticides is the microbial biocontrol (MBCAs) agents. They are the natural enemies devastating the pest population with no hazardous effects on human health and the environment too. Entomopathogenic fungi have an important position among all the biocontrol agents because of its route of pathogenicity, broad host range and its ability to control both sap-sucking pests such as mosquitoes and aphids as well as pests with chewing mouthparts, yet they only cover a small percentage of the total insecticide market. Improvements are needed to fulfill the requirements for high market share. Entomopathogenic fungi differ from other microorganisms in their infection process: they directly breach the cuticle to enter the insect hemocoel, while other microorganisms enter by ingestion through the mouth and then cause disease.
Horizontal excavations of pre NBPW and NBPW levels at Agiabir, District Mirzapur and explorations in the adjoining areas
(Centre of Advanced Study, Department of AIHC & Archaeology, 2018) Singh, Ashok Kumar
The archaeological excavations at Agiabir, District- Mirzapur was conducted in the year 2015, 2016 and 2018 by the permission of the Archaeological Survey of India, Government of India, New Delhi under the Major Research Project grant approved by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi.

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