The knowledge of hydro-mechanical response of the two extreme clays namely, kaolin and bentonite are important due to their presence in many parts of the world and these clays are subjected to wetting cycles under external ...

Cancer is a chronic disease that requires long-term interaction with chemo drugs for efficacious therapeutic effects. Chemotherapy is the most fundamental treatment option as it is prescribed to each cancer patient at some ...

Extraction of sand from streambed has catastrophic repercussions on aquatic animalia habitat, surface water quality, and environment. Sand mining in an active alluvial channel can compromise the streambed stability of the ...

Ever since Paul Ehrlich proposed the concept of “magic bullet”, the pharmaceutical sector has been on the lookout for that special molecule. However, with the reducing chemical universe and strict Food and Drug Administrator ...

Cardiac disorder is one of the major risk factors for human mortality. Continuous monitoring and assessment of cardiac mechanics are most important to reduce the risk factors of cardiovascular dis- eases and death rates. ...

The objective of automatic modulation classification (AMC) is to classify the modulation type of an unknown communication signal. AMC is a widely investigated area. The initial works on AMC were primarily devoted to ...

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα), is involved in maintaining a plethora of immune responses in the human body. Although the anti-cancer potential of soluble TNFα was discovered more than a century back, its dual nature ...

Relay feedback identification technique is widely used in process control industries, but its application is limited mainly to linear systems. This thesis focuses on extending the applicability of relay feedback to nonlinear ...

The thesis mainly focuses on the investigation of the structural changes in conventional SAW one-port resonator for sensing application leading to higher sensitivity. Two structural changes are proposed, i) introducing ...

Dissimilar metal joints are widely used for the technical and economical reason in various industrial applications which involves lightweight design. To deal with all those challenges in conventional joining, advanced ...