A Study On Demand Of Handmade Products With Reference To Chennai, Tamilnadu.

Handmade Products Have Its Own Market Spot In Our Country Where They Carry A Unique Expression. They Come Along With Our Culture And Heritage. Its Importance Is Felt Through Centuries And Now We Have The Support Of Government Through Programs In Order To Develop The Interest On Handmade Products. The Purpose Of This Study Is To Know The Preference Of Handmade Products Among Consumers. The Analysis From The Study Will Lend A Helping Hand To Retailers To Know Their Demand In Market Place. The Study Here Is Done Through Mail Survey And The Data Is Collected From The Age Group Of 18 - 50 Years. From This Population We Used Convenience Sampling Method To Collect Samples. Here We Intend To Do Descriptive Analysis With The Assistance Of Ms-Excel Software Where The Data Are Analysed Through Different Charts And Graphs

Adsorptive performance of sunflower seed ash as a novel biosorbent for the elimination of Congo red from aqueous solution

This study investigated the adsorption of an azo dye called Congo red from aqueous solution. Ash prepared from sunflower seed waste was used as the adsorbent. Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Fourier-Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analyses were performed to characterize the prepared adsorbent. Based on the results of BET, the specific active surface area was about 102 m2/g, and the results of SEM indicated that the adsorbent surface had a very fine porosity that could be attributed to the presence of cellulosic materials in the adsorbent structure. In this study, the effect of the initial concentration of Congo red dye (10-50 mg/L), the concentration of adsorbent (1-5 g/L), and the processing time (10-240 min) on the rate of Congo red dye removal was investigated. The results showed that the highest percentage of dye removal, i.e., 92%, was achieved at a dye concentration of 50 mg/L, an adsorbent concentration of 3 g/L, and a processing time of 180 min. Under these conditions, the amount of adsorbed dye per gram of the adsorbent was 15.5 mg/g. In addition, pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order kinetic models were also used for modeling. The modeling results indicated that the pseudo-second order model had a higher level of accuracy. Finally, washing adsorbent with different solvents (one molar sodium hydroxide, double distilled water, and ethanol) was investigated, the results indicated that the adsorbent washed with one molar sodium hydroxide had a proper performance after five times of reuse

SCHEMING AND ESTIMATION OF HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE

Our project deals with high level bridge in Medak district which is going to be constructed at km 4/0-4 on Nizampet X road to Kalher road. While the existing bridge is not capable to offer highest flood level and gets submerged during floods, thus a high level bridge is designed. We require designing bridge, characteristics of preferred bridge, site details, and hydraulic particulars. The design of the bridge is determined by means of type of bridge which is being constructed. The high level bridge can carry the roadway above highest flood level of channel and it is moreover for free flow of traffic. It offers the transportation means among two villages which is constructed above an obstruction. The catchment area is 151sq. km as well as it completely deals with designing of abutments, piers, bed blocks as well as wing walls and moreover includes estimation as well as costing of high level bridge. Bridge estimation can be made following its completion of design and so on and the proposed high level bridge is designed to be cost-effective in all aspects

Comparison of proteomic profiles of the venoms of two of the \u27Big Four\u27 snakes of India, the Indian Cobra (Naja naja) andthe common krait (Bungarus caeruleus), and analyses of their toxins

Snake venoms are mixtures of biologically-active proteins and peptides, and several studies have described the characteristics of some of these toxins. However, complete proteomic profiling of the venoms of many snake species has not yet been done. The Indian cobra (Naja naja) and common krait (Bungarus caeruleus) are elapid snake species that are among the ‘Big Four’ responsible for the majority of human snake envenomation cases in India. As understanding the composition and complexity of venoms is necessary for successful treatment of envenomation in humans, we utilized three different proteomic profiling approaches to characterize these venoms: i) one-dimensional SDS-PAGE coupled with in-gel tryptic digestion and electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-LC-MS/MS) of individual protein bands; ii) in-solution tryptic digestion of crude venoms coupled with ESI-LC-MS/MS; and iii) separation by gel-filtration chromatography coupled with tryptic digestion and ESI-LC-MS/MS of separated fractions. From the generated data, 81 and 46 different proteins were identified from N. naja and B. caeruleus venoms, respectively, belonging to fifteen different protein families. Venoms from both species were found to contain a variety of phospholipases A2 and three-finger toxins, whereas relatively higher numbers of snake venom metalloproteinases were found in N. naja compared to B. caeruleus venom. The analyses also identified less represented venom proteins including L-amino acid oxidases, cysteine-rich secretory proteins, 5’-nucleotidases and venom nerve growth factors. Further, Kunitz-type serine protease inhibitors, cobra venom factors, phosphodiesterases, vespryns and aminopeptidases were identified in the N. naja venom, while acetylcholinesterases and hyaluronidases were found in the B. caeruleus venom. We further analyzed protein coverage (Lys/Arg rich and poor regions as well as potential glycosylation sites) using in-house software. These studies expand our understanding of the proteomes of the venoms of these two medically-important species

A branched chain amino acid metabolite drives vascular transport of fat and causes insulin resistance

Epidemiological and experimental data implicate branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) in the development of insulin resistance, but the mechanisms underlying this link remain unclear.1–3 Insulin resistance in skeletal muscle stems from excess accumulation of lipid species4, a process that requires blood-borne lipids to first traverse the blood vessel wall. Little is known, however, of how this trans-endothelial transport occurs or is regulated. Here, we leverage PGC-1α, a transcriptional coactivator that regulates broad programs of FA consumption, to identify 3-hydroxy-isobutyrate (3-HIB), a catabolic intermediate of the BCAA valine, as a novel paracrine regulator of trans-endothelial fatty acids (FA) transport. 3-HIB is secreted from muscle cells, activates endothelial FA transport, stimulates muscle FA uptake in vivo, and promotes muscle lipid accumulation and insulin resistance in animals. Conversely, inhibiting the synthesis of 3-HIB in muscle cells blocks the promotion of endothelial FA uptake. 3-HIB levels are elevated in muscle from db/db mice and from subjects with diabetes. These data thus unveil a novel mechanism that regulates trans-endothelial flux of FAs, revealing 3-HIB as a new bioactive signaling metabolite that links the regulation of FA flux to BCAA catabolism and provides a mechanistic explanation for how increased BCAA catabolic flux can cause diabetes

A Study On Effectiveness Of Competency Mapping Through Training AndDevelopment

In today’s corporate world, many companies and organization are increasingly focusing on human capital as a competitive advantage in rapidly changing environment. Many successful companies realize that their employees are their greatest asset. Therefore, companies are increasingly investing in educating their own employees so that they can grow and change within the company and make it more profitable.&#x0D; The range of training opportunities varies considerable from company to company so, when researching potential employers, it is important for job seekers who  care  about  this  to  investigate  the  level  and  type  of  training  provided  to employees.  After  employees  have  been  selected  for  various  positions  in  an organization,  training  them  for specific  tasks  to  which  they  have  been  assigned assumes greater importance.&#x0D;      This study suggests the organization to implement more modern training methodologies, then to provide practical training to the employees and to provide specific learning assignments or projects for participants to improve on their competency gap.</jats:p