Carnatic music, the classical music of South India, is rich in melodic and devotional content. Vocal renderings effectively convey the devotional aspect, and a variety of instruments enhance the melodic effect of the vocal renderings. After briefly tracing the origins and early development of Carnatic music, we will describe vocal and instrumental renderings and provide a comparison. We also al...

A convolution approach to X-ray powder line-profile fitting is developed in which the line shape is synthesized from the Cu Ks emission profile, the dimensions of the diffractometer and the physical variables of the specimen. In addition to the integrated intensities and 20 positions of the line profiles, the parameters that may be fitted include the receiving-slit width, the receiving-slit len...

The general ring laser operation model is adopted for the large gyroscopes C-II and G. An extended set of auxiliary sensors information is used for the long time period data modeling and ring laser behavior analysis with respect to the ideal case. Both instrumental errors and orientational effects are estimated and compensated where possible. The instrumental stability improved approximately fo...

Sensory evaluation techniques and instrumental analyses were used to investigate the changes in crumb appearance, texture properties and taste profile of bread containing tea antioxidants. Bread incorporating green tea extract (GTE) at the levels of 1.5 and 5.0 g/kg flour was analyzed concurrently with the control in a random order by panelists. Sensory analysis was carried out through a descri...