AIM The present investigation was conducted to locate the critical sources of bacterial contamination and to evaluate the standard sanitation protocol so as to improve the hygienic conditions during collection, evaluation, and processing of bull semen in the Semen Station. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study compared two different hygienic procedures during the collection, evaluation and processi...

The goals of this project are to develop rehabilitation strategies and enhance seismic design guidelines for key equipments in power substations, which are one of the most critical facilities in a power system. Furthermore, it will provide the knowledge base to be integrated into the overall loss estimation model for the entire power network. To achieve these goals, key substation equipments ar...

Maintenance is one of the important activities in any industry. In a large industry, in order to prioritize the maintenance action, we need to identify the critical equipments. The present paper has explored to identify the critical equipments of a coal based power plant and rank them accordingly. Multiple criteria like: environmental impact (EI), customer inconvenience (CI) and maintenance cos...

In this paper we describe the architecture of an e-learning environment that blends concept maps with Online Labs (OLabs) to enhance student performance in biology. In the Indian context, a secondary school student’s conceptual understanding of hard topics in biology is at risk because of a lack of qualified teachers and necessary equipments in labs to conduct experiments. Concept map provides ...

This paper describes a micro-grid system and its monitoring system. This micro-grid system consists of generation systems, consumer electrical equipments, auxiliary equipments and the monitoring system. All the equipments have 485 communication interfaces. In order to monitor and manage this micro-grid system, we built a monitoring system, which contains modular instrument system and industrial...

Healthcare associated infections are important cause of patient morbidity and mortality. Microbiological contamination air environment in the operation theatres (OTs) major risk factor for surgical site other hospital-associated infections. To identify bacterial colonization surfaces, equipments to determine microbial OTs a tertiary care hospital Lunglei, Mizoram which is north eastern part Ind...