Angular dioxygenation has been established as the crucial step in dibenzofuran degradation by Brevibacterium sp. strain DPO 1361 (V. Strubel, K. H. Engesser, P. Fischer, and H.-J. Knackmuss, J. Bacteriol. 173:1932-1937, 1991). The same strain utilizes biphenyl and fluorene as sole sources of carbon and energy. The fluorene degradation sequence is proposed to be initiated by oxidation of the flu...

Polambakkam Leprosy Centre was started by Dr. R. G. Cochrane in 1 937 . Mter'a pause in the activities for a few years , it was then handed over to the Belgian Foundation for Leprosy III 1 955 and Dr. Hemerij ckx gave it a new life . I t s erves an area of 6000 sq . km (2300 sq. miles ) with a population of 650 ,000 inhabitants , 53 roadside clinics (Mobile Treatment Units ) covering the Contro...

BACKGROUND THE RAVAGES OF epidemic poliomyelitis have been well documented in the industrial world since the turn of the century, but it is not generally realized that a similar state of affairs has also existed in remoter parts of the world for many years. One such area is the Solomon Islands which has been particularly badly affected and a history of the disease in that territory is now prese...

Urbanization generally serves as a key navigator of the economic growth and development country. There is need for fast accurate urban planning to accommodate more people in city area. Remote sensing technology has been used expansion design areas. A novel machine learning (ML) classifier formed by combining AdaBoost extra trees algorithm have investigated change detection area three cities Guj...

The United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (United Nations 1982) came into effect in 1994. Signatory nations have substantial management obligations for conservation of marine natural resource and ecosystems. In this paper we discuss the challenges of defining and monitoring biodiversity at scales required for management of marine ecosystems. Australia's area of immediate responsi...

The Haynesville Shale lies under areas of Louisiana and Texas and is one of the largest gas plays in the U.S. Encompassing approximately 2.9 million ha, this area has been subject to intensive exploration for oil and gas, while over 90% of it has traditionally been used for forestry and agriculture. In order to detect the landscape change in the past few decades, Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) im...

Introduction The livestock sector is vital to the socio-economic development of Nigeria; it contributes about 9-10% of agricultural GDP. Livestock represents an important source of high quality animal protein providing about 36.5 % of total protein intake of Nigerians (1). Lagos State, located in the south-western part of Nigeria, has the smallest landmass (3577 sq. km) and the highest human po...