Biometric systems

Biometric systems make use of the physiological and/or behavioral features/traits of an individual for recognition purpose (Jain et al 2004). Chapter 1 introduces biometric systems, its modules, functionalities and types. Before going into multibiometrics, this Chapter discusses the design and development of unimodal systems, using appropriate methods with exhaustive study suitable for every biometric trait … Read more

Method validation

Validation procedures were carried out according to FDA guidelines [17] as follows System suitability System suitability experiment was performed by injecting six consecutive injections using aqueous standard mixture equivalent to MQC concentration of the calibration curve. System suitability was performed at the start of the method validation and on each day as a first experiment. … Read more

Müllerian mimicry

The South American rainforest contains a big range of different butterflies, even more so then initially suspected. In 1862 when these butterflies were first studied by Henry Bates (1) he quickly realized there were loads of species with similar appearances but they still were distinctly different species. Two of these species mimicking each other are … Read more

Composite material

A composite material is defined as a mixture of 2 or more material that results in improved properties than those of the individual components used. In comparison to metallic alloy, each material retains its separate electrical, physical, and mechanical properties. The 2 materials are reinforcement and a matrix is developed. The main advantages of composite … Read more

Measurement Folio Task – Rainwater Harvesting

Introduction: In today’s world, the scarcity of water due to global warming and climate changes is a major problem. This cannot be reduced just by introducing water restrictions, it is necessary to collect and store water in order to use them during droughts and situations where the supply of water is limited. For this purpose, … Read more

RECOVERY OF OLEUM FROM SPENT ACID

Abstract Sulfuric acid is widely used as raw material in various industries such as textile, pigment, dyes, metal processing, pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper industries,etc. Spent acid recovery process is designed to regenerate or recover sulfuric acid from a variety of spent acid containing a varying degree of contaminants. Spent acid contains 15% oleum, 70% H2SO4, … Read more

PERIODICAL ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF SURSAGAR LAKE AND SAMA TALAV AT VADODARA, GUJARAT, INDIA

INTRODUCTION The study of the relationships between living things and their environment is known as ecology. Ecology, as a science, deals with interactions of all organisms within the environment. These interactions not only Encompass between-species interactions (e.g., plant-animal interactions), but also interactions between individuals Of the same species (e.g., sibling relations; competition for mates; etc.). … Read more

Introduction to Nanomaterials:

Materials in the micrometer scale mostly exhibit the same physical properties as that of bulk form while materials in the nanometer scale may exhibit physical properties distinctively different from that of bulk. Materials in this nanoscale size range exhibit some remarkable specific properties for example of gold which does not exhibit catalytic properties as bulk … Read more

Answers – Science questions

Section A 1.a. The organelles labelled Y are called Ribosomes, They are attached to the endoplasmic reticulum. The ribosomes make proteins for use in the cell and hold together all components of protein synthesis. The endoplasmic Reticulum spreads all through the cytoplasm and has a large surface area for the attachment of many ribosomes. Also … Read more

Soil bacteria testing for polymer biosynthesis and compared with Cupriavidus necator

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), also referred to as bioplastics or biopolyesters have been biosynthesized through metabolic transformation of various carbon sources and composed of (R)-3-hydroxy fatty acids (Allen et al., 2010). These biopolyesters have been produced by many bacteria and some archaea, recombinant bacterial strains and recombinant eukaryotes. In native PHA producing microorganisms, these polyesters have been … Read more

What is forensic entomology?

Forensic entomology is the branch of forensics dealing with the use of insects and arthropods as living evidence in crime investigations and legal matters. One the most important purposes of forensic entomology is determining the minimum time since the person is dead, also referred to as minimum post-mortem interval or PMI. The start of this … Read more

Process-based terrestrial ecosystem model

Abstract The current capacity of northern high-latitude forests to sequester carbon has been suggested to be undermined by the potential increase in fire and insect outbreaks. Here, we use a process-based terrestrial ecosystem model for the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada to investigate the response of the province’s ecosystems to continually increasing atmospheric CO2 … Read more

Effects of light and dark on Zophobas morio (superworm)

Introduction The darkling beetle has 4 stages of life that they will go through. Those are the egg, larvae, pupae, and beetle. These mealworms will not pupate, unless they are in complete isolation. Pet stores that sell these superworms, have to successfully cultivate them; they require a specific and proper understanding of its environmental conditions … Read more

Biopolymers

Many biopolymers have been synthesized by the living matter. On the basis of their chemical structures, different classes of these biopolymers were distinguished such as nucleic acids, polyamides, polysaccharides, polyoxoesters, polythioesters, polyanhydrides, polyisoprenoides and polyphenols, etc. (Tan et al., 2014). PHAs (a type of natural polyoxoesters) have been produced by different bacteria as energy storage … Read more