River-Aquifer Interaction is a complex phenomenon that occurs through the sediment-water interface. Understanding the mechanism as well as quantification is an important aspect of the hydrological cycle for sustainable ...
Nucleic acid sequences containing series of guanine can form G-quadruplex structures, which are of special interest because of their high thermal stability, resistance to denaturing conditions, and stiffness. Moreover, due ...
This work is concerned with developing compact finite difference schemes for simulating incompressible viscous flows governed by the Navier-Stokes (N-S) equations on non uniform grids without transformations. The main work ...
In the current century, the rising environmental issues caused by increased carbon footmarks and waste generation from conventional packaging systems have gained concern in developing environment benign polymers based ...
The use of plastic products increases problems associated with waste disposal and management. Growing concerns related to environmental degradation has directed research towards the development of plastics that could undergo ...
The present thesis, entitled as “Organocatalytic Asymmetric Reactions with Hydroxy Containing Carbon Nucleophiles” is divided into five chapters, based on the obtained results of experimental works performed during the ...
Alzheimer’s disease is a fatal neurodegenerative disease which affects the elderly population leading to the loss of memory and the ability to perform activities, and eventually death. There is no cure for Alzheimer’s ...
Production of clean water and energy from renewable sources via an innovative technology is very important to minimize the freshwater usage and greenhouse effect. Considering the recent innovations in membrane development ...
Increasing concern on white pollution has necessitated the need for an alternate polymer possessing excellent performance. Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a highly biodegradable and sustainable polymer which is entirely sourced ...
Despite the superior renewable source of biodiesel, microalgae cultivation technology has been facing commercial challenges such as inefficient photobioreactor (PBR) design and low biomass yielding open pond practices. The ...
The macrophages express various receptors on their surface to assist in the innate immune response. The scavenger receptors expressed on the macrophage cell surface are involved in a broad range of functions, including ...
The present study has been designed and executed with a keen interest on eliminating the major bottlenecks of butanol fermentation, in order to render the developed bioprocess strategies economically feasible and commercially ...
The problem of dam failures has always sought attention of the researchers and engineers, owing to its devastating impact upon humankind and the environment. Studies have shown that poor drainage caused by clogging can ...
For a developing country like India, which currently has more than 239 million people without access to energy, propagation of decentralized energy utility especially solar photovoltaics is of utmost importance, as the ...
Hemicellulose is the second most abundant polysaccharide present on earth. The presence of arabinose side chains in hemicellulose such as xylan interact with other polysaccharides and forms complex network resulting in the ...
Speech signal analysis is a crucial study that helps to develop methods for problems like phoneme segmentation, speech recognition, speaker verification, etc. There are various frameworks and techniques that support these ...
The work presented in the thesis emphasizes mainly on the simultaneous identification of unbalance and misalignment faults as well as AMB stiffness parameters in a magnetically levitated rigid and flexible rotor system ...
Advancement in synthesis and characterization protocols and demand of new chemical entities (NCE) have contributed to the development of peptide-based therapeutics. The introduction of cell penetrating and tumor homing ...
Braided rivers are characterized by complex, unstable river network formed due to the interaction of high flow energy and intense sediment transport. They generate complex morphological adjustments over a braided corridor ...
Microalgal biomass based biofuel has gained impetus as one of the most promising renewable energy source, in recent years. Although microalgal biofuel technology is gaining ground, there are several bottlenecks towards its ...