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Novel Techniques for Communication Engineering Problems Authored by Chakravarthy VVSSS Nature inspired meta-heuristic based approaches are likely to dominate the conventional numerical and deterministic techniques. This paper presents a short review on the applications of the evolutionary computing tools and bio-inspired techniques for solving communication engineering problems. Primarily, the design issues of electromagnetic systems and techniques in image processing are summarised and the discussion is confined to these areas only. To read more.... Full Text in Trends in Technical & Scientific Research in Juniper Publishers

In Vitro Toxicology, Biodetection and Risk Assessment Authored by  Benoît Schilter Food may be assumed as a complex mixture of chemicals. Some are intrinsic components, including macro-and micronutrients, anti-nutrients and inherent toxicants, while others are extrinsic, either added or resulting from natural or industrial sources. In addition, process-related chemicals are formed during processing. To understand the health significance of food chemicals is complex. Many increase but others reduce nutritional value. Some may be associated with beneficial effects. A number have been shown to be harmful, producing toxicity. Therefore, chemicals must be managed to ensure that food is safe. Risk assessment, combining exposure and toxicological information, has been valuable to identify chemicals of concern on which management efforts should focus. Toxicological characterization is a resource-intensive and time-consuming process based on feeding experimental anim...

A Brief Account on Metal-Based Drugs in Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry Authored by Santarupa Thakurta The discovery of arsenic-based drug "Salvarsan' to treat syphilis in 1912 can be considered as the first evidence of the use of metals in medicine. Since then medicinal inorganic chemistry, which deals with the application of inorganic chemistry to therapy or diagnosis of disease, has become the most emerging area of research. The complexes of transition metal ions, especially those derived from chelating ligands find potential use as antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antitumor agents. Nowadays, metal elements such as platinum, titanium, antimony, selenium, silver, gold, vanadium, copper, manganese, germanium, iron, ruthenium, gadolinium and technetium have gained attention for their significant roles as pharmaceuticals as well as diagnostic agents. The aim of this mini-review article is to highlight some of the most widely used inorganic compounds as therapeutic metallo...

Evaluation of Antagonistic Effect of  Trichoderma Harzianum  against  Fusarium oxysporum  causal Agent of White Yam  (Dioscorearotundata poir)  Tuber Rot Authored by Gwa VI Studies were carried out on biological control using dual culture method to assess the potential of Trichoderma harzianum against Fusarium oxysporum, the causal agent of tuber dry rot disease of white yam in vitro. The rot-causing fungal organism was isolated from rotted yam tubers collected from different storage barns in Zaki-Biam, Benue State of Nigeria. The biological agent (T harzianum) was introduced at three different times (same time with the pathogen, 2 days before the inoculation of the pathogen and 2days after the inoculation of the pathogen). The experiment was conducted in the Advanced Plant Pathology Laboratory, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria. The plates were incubated for 192 hours and measurements of mycelial radial growths were done at 24 ...

Using Data Science to Establish Relationships between Key Railroad Engineering Parameters and Behavior Authored by Allan M Zarembski The railroad industry is an infrastructure intensive industry that has found itself collecting large volumes of data due in part to the implementation of a new generation of sophisticated inspection and monitoring systems. These systems, which are being utilized to monitor infrastructure condition, optimize and plan maintenance, and improve safety, have resulted in an exponential growth in data collected. While traditional analysis of data, particularly "threshold” based analysis, are still being used, there is a growing awareness of and use of "Data Science” to provide new and innovative insights and an improved understanding of maintenance and safety issues. To read more.... Full Text in Trends in Technical & Scientific Research in Juniper Publishers

Why Complexity? Authored by Miklos N Szilagyi Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a great painter, sculptor, architect, mathematician, scientist, inventor, engineer, musician, writer, astronomer, historian, etc. He even found time and energy to fight the tax authorities. He was a Renaissance man, a polyhistor, a polymath, i.e., a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas. He was not alone: Michelangelo (1475-1564), Galileo (1564-1642), Isaac Newton (1643-1727), Gottfried Leibniz (16461716), Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) and many others were knowledgeable in many different fields.  To read more.... Full Text in  Trends in Technical & Scientific Research in Juniper Publishers