Identifying the windy sites in Arunachal Pradesh and feasibility of installing small wind power plant thereof

Wind energy is a clean, eco-friendly, renewable resource and is non-polluting. Wind is an indirect manifestation of solar energy and hence we can say that wind energy is a form of solar energy, about 1 to 2 % of the energy coming from the sun is converted into wind energy. Generation of air currents is a direct effect of the combination of two phenomenons, Circulation of hot air and Earth rotation. Accordingly winds are broadly, local winds and planetary winds. China and U.S. are the two top countries ofhaving highest capacityinstallations of wind power plant. India is one of the blessed countries having an estimated gross potential of 45,000MW power from the wind and is fifth largest installed wind power capacity in the world.This paper studies, analyzes and identifies the windy potential sites in one ofIndian Frontier Stateof Arunachal Pradesh and the papercould successfully be able to assess wind resources and identify the windy potential sites like Sela andLikabali in the state for setting up small wind power plant thereof

Collisional and thermal ionization of sodium Rydberg atoms I. Experiment for nS and nD atoms with n=8-20

Collisional and thermal ionization of sodium nS and nD Rydberg atoms with n=8-20 has been studied. The experiments were performed using a two-step pulsed laser excitation in an effusive atomic beam at atom density of about 2 10^{10} cm^{-3}. Molecular and atomic ions from associative, Penning, and thermal ionization processes were detected. It has been found that the atomic ions were created mainly due to photoionization of Rydberg atoms by photons of blackbody radiation at the ambient temperature of 300K. Blackbody ionization rates and effective lifetimes of Rydberg states of interest were determined. The molecular ions were found to be from associative ionization in Na(nL)+Na(3S) collisions. Rate constants of associative ionization have been measured using an original method based on relative measurements of Na_{2}^{+} and Na^{+} ion signals.Comment: 23 pages, 10 figure

Proteomic profiling of antigens in circulating immune complexes associated with each of seven autoimmune diseases

Objective: Immune complexes (ICs) trigger humoral immune responses. Therefore, the identification of constituent antigens within ICs would have very different clinical significance than identification of free antigens. Design and methods: Here, we applied immune complexome analysis of serum to the study of seven major autoimmune diseases-anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis, Takayasu\u27s arteritis, mixed connective tissue disease, dermatomyositis, Sjogren\u27s syndrome, systemic scleroderma, and systemic lupus erythematosus-and healthy donors to comprehensively identify antigens incorporated into circulating ICs and to find disease-specific antigens. Results: We identified 468 distinct IC-associated antigens using this method. Importantly, 62 of those antigens were disease-specific antigens, and there were at least three disease-specific antigens for each of the seven autoimmune diseases. Of the disease-specific antigens identified, coiled-coil domain-containing protein 158 and spectrin were identified as potential autoantigens important to SSc and SS pathogenesis, respectively; notable titin and spectrin autoantibodies are reportedly found in SSc and SS patients, respectively. Conclusion: Immune complexome analysis may be generally applicable to the study of the relationship between ICs and autoimmune diseases in animals and humans

Angiotensin-II type 1 receptor gene polymorphism and long-term survival in patients with idiopathic congestive heart failure

It has been suggested that a genetic polymorphism in the angiotensin II type 1 receptor gene (ATRG) and the ACE gene DD genotype might have a synergistic influence on the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.To study the possible interaction between polymorphisms in the ACE gene and the ATRG, regarding survival and left ventricular function.Polymorphism of the two genes was studied in a population-based cohort of 194 patients with idiopathic heart failure, recruited from the western part of Sweden 1985-1988. The patients were investigated by echocardiography. The survival status was checked during the 7-year follow-up period.Although there was no statistically significant additive risk of the ATRG polymorphism, patients carrying the ACE gene DD genotype in combination with a C allele of the ATRG tended to have a poorer prognosis. DD +AA, OR 1.24 (95% CI 0.67-2.32, P = 0.49); DD +AC, OR 1.64 (95% CI 0.95-2.83, P = 0.08); DD + CC, OR 3.54 95% CI 0.78-16.1, P = 0.10); DD +AC/CC, OR 1.84 (95% CI 1.10-3.08, P = 0.02). Patients with the DD +AC/CC genotypes tended to have lower ejection fraction and increased left ventricular mass.There was a trend toward a worse prognosis in patients with the combination of a C-allele in the ATRG and the ACE gene DD genotype, suggesting an interaction of these two genetic polymorphisms on disease severity