Context/Background: Time motion studies involve the collection of data regarding amount time necessary to perform a specific movement or task by individuals groups people. Thus, hospital administrators can determine how much is needed execute that activity and whether used efficiently there any possibility improvement. Aims/Objectives: To study operational efficiency an immunization clinic atta...

Landslides are a serious geological hazard caused when masses of rock, earth, and debris flow down a steep slope during periods of intense rainfall and rapid snow melt. The western (Konkan) coast and the Himalayan region of India are subject to many such landslides every year. Landslides in these rocky regions are mainly caused by the increase in strain due to percolating rain water in rocks fi...

Biodiesel is an alternative fuel for diesel engines that is produced by chemically reacting vegetable oil or animal fat with an alcohol such as ethanol or methanol in the presence of catalyst. The growing interest in biodiesel (fatty acid methyl ester or FAME) is because of the similarity of its properties when comparing with diesel fuel. Karanja (Pongamia pinnata), which is one of the source o...

Various researchers have reported and described the adverse effects of saltwater ingression in coastal zones of different parts of world like Italy, Japan, Greek islands, Oman, Nigeria, Atlanta Coast USA, Turkey, Netherlands, Catalonia and Sardinia and various coastal areas of India [1-35]. India has long coastal line of 5700 km. The east coast (Coromandel Coast) extended from West Bengal to Ka...

Various researchers have reported and described the adverse effects of saltwater ingression in coastal zones of different parts of world like Italy, Japan, Greek islands, Oman, Nigeria, Atlanta Coast USA, Turkey, Netherlands, Catalonia and Sardinia and various coastal areas of India [1-35]. India has long coastal line of 5700 km. The east coast (Coromandel Coast) extended from West Bengal to Ka...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) was surveyed in the residential biotopes of Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Raigadh districts, Maharashtra State during dry (January-May & November- December) and wet (June-October) months in 2002 to update information on its distribution, to analyse post invasion establishment, and to study its prevalence. METHODS The survey was design...