Based on analyses of concatenated internal transcribed spacer regions of the nrDNA operon (ITS), large subunit rDNA (LSU), γ-actin and β-tubulin gene sequences the taxonomy of coniothyrium-like fungi belonging in the family Montagnulaceae, order Pleosporales, was re-assessed. Two new genera are proposed, Alloconiothyrium, to accommodate A. aptrootii sp. nov., and Dendrothyrium for D. longisporu...

A predictive control strategy is developed for set-point tracking of LTI plants in the presence of joint positional and incremental (rate) input saturation constraints. The resulting control algorithm is built so as to provide an integral action capable to asymptotically reject arbitrary constant disturbances. This task is achieved by possibly modifying on-line the set-point in the case this be...

This paper considers the single machine scheduling problem with uniform parallel machines in which the objective is to minimize the makespan. Four different GA based heuristics are designed by taking different combinations of crossover methods, viz. single point crossover method and two point crossover method, and job allocation methods while generating initial population, viz. equal number of ...

Background Evaluation of serological assays for hepatitis C (HCV) antibody screening is crucial ,as supplemental testing [Nucleic Acid Testing & Recombinant Immunoblot Assay (RIBA)] to verify anti-HCV reactive results is not widely practiced, due to limited availability and high cost. The current study was undertaken from January to May 2011, to evaluate 4 serological assays for HCV diagnosis, ...

Dear Editor, Radiation is part of mans’ environment, and people are usually exposed to both natural (viz. cosmic rays, environmental soil, water, vegetation, etc.) and man-made (viz. medical exposure, occupational exposure, nuclear fallout, television, mobile, etc.) sources of radiation. In the modern era, radiation is like a double-edged sword, with utilities in fields like medicine, industry,...

The binary logistic regression model is used to analyze the school examination results (scores) of 1002 students. The analysis is performed on the basis of the independent variables viz. gender, medium of instruction, type of schools, category of schools, board of examinations and location of schools, where scores or marks are assumed to be dependent variables. The odds ratio analysis compares ...

The effect of tillage, crop establishment and weed management was studied on theperformance of wheat grown after soybean at New Delhi, India during 2010-11 to 2011-12.Sixteen treatment combinations involved 2 tillage, viz. conventional tillage (CT) and zero tillage(ZT), two crop establishment practices, viz. raised-bed and flat-bed and four weed management,viz. isoproturon + hand weeding, mesos...

A new fully integrated ultrasound based in-line fluid characterization system, FlowViz, has been developed especially for opaque, non-Newtonian industrial fluids. The new embedded and commercially available system is designed to meet industrial requirements. Flow-Viz enables true non-invasive, real-time Doppler measurements and is able to visualize the flow and to rheologically characterize ind...

The boundaries of protein coding sequences are more difficult to define at the 5' end than at the 3' end due to potential multiple translation initiation sites (TISs). Even in the presence of phylogenetic data, the use of sequence information only may not be sufficient for the accurate identification of TISs. Traditional proteomics approaches may also fail because the N-termini of newly synthes...

Here we describe DataBiNS-Viz – a visualization and exploration environment for non-synonymous coding single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) data gathered by the BioMoby-based DataBiNS workflow. DataBiNSViz enables execution of the DataBiNS workflow on proteins described by KEGG, PubMed, or OMIM identifiers, followed by manual exploration of the integrated structure/function and pathway data ...