Sarada,S; Sankaranarayanan,K C(School of Management studies, Faculty of Social sciences, 2004)
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The focus of this study is the stress of women entrepreneurs.As stress is associated with constraints and demands, and as a set of emerging conditions seem to affect the quality of life of women, it is more than just an occasional need to enquire in to the possibilities of promoting entrepreneurship by empowering women.As women entrepreneurs are increasingly involved in inherently complicated activities of improving their enterprise functioning ,it would be appropriate for women entrepreneurs to focus on transformational coping interventions.The study is limited to women entrepreneurs in the tiny sector.Women entrepreneurs registered in the Distric Industries ( DIC) and in the Kerala State Women’s Industries Association (KSWIA) are only selected for the study.It gaves a detailed description about empowerment of women.The social , economic ,political,ecological,and psychological importance of the study are detailed.It explains the family related stress, and the contextual system.This study is suggested on beliefs and values of women about their self-perception influencing gender bias, which contribute to stress and coping.This study is also needed about women’s believes and expectations about the probable effectiveness of various course of action and their ability to perform those actions.It is also neede for appraising coping potential of women and enhancing their stress base.It is important to research on stress and self-concept
Sunil,K Narayanankutty(Technomic Publishing Co., Inc., April , 1998)
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The stress relaxation behavior of polyurethane elastomer and
short polyester fiber filled elastomer composites with and without bonding
agents at different strain levels and strain rates was studied. It was found that
these compounds exhibit a multistage relaxation mechanism and that the rate
of relaxation and cross-over time depend on the strain level and strain rate.
The incorporation of fibers reduced the stage-I relaxation rate and increased
the cross-over time of the gum vulcanisate. A higher rate of relaxation (first
stage) was shown by the composites with longitudinal fiber orientation and
composites with bonding agents.
Anupama Nair, P R; Dr.Mohammed Salih,K Y; Dr.Sujatha, C H(Cochin University Of Science And Technology, May , 2008)
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Poisoning by pesticides from agricultural fields is a serious water
pollution problem and its environmental long-term effect may result in the
incidence of poisoning of fish and other aquatic life forms (jyothi and
Narayan, 1999). Fishes like Heteropneustesfbssilis and C/arius batrac/nus are
especially prone to serious pesticide pollution as their habitat is mostly the
agriculture area. Though only few studies are conducted in this area, it can
be assessed from the local information that, population of such fish is on
the verge of vulnerability due to extensive use of pesticides. The knowledge
of sublethal effects of xenobiotic compounds on hematological parameters,
enzyme activities and metabolite concentrations is very important to
delineate the fish health status and provide a future understanding of
ecological impacts. These pesticides act by causing inhibition of
cholinesterase enzymes (ChE) by formation of enzyme inhibitor complex
(O'Brien, 1976) and damaging the nervous system. These effects may result
in metabolic disorders. Associated to cholinesterase activities, a study of
other enzymes such as phosphatases and aminotransferases close to
intermediary metabolite determination provides a wider view of
metabolism. Interest in toxicological aspects has grown in recent years and
research is now increasingly focused on mechanistic aspects of oxidative damage and cellular responses in biological system. The term ‘biomarker’ is
generally used in a broad sense to include almost any measurement
reflecting an interaction between a biological system and a potential hazard,
which may be chemical, physical or biological (WHO, 1993). As biomarker
stands for immediate responses, they are used as early warning signals of
biological effects caused by environmental pollutants.
The present work attempts to assess the toxicity of organophosphorus
insecticide monocrotophos on the experimental organism selected for this
study namely stinging catfish (Heteropneustesfossi/is) (Bloch), and to probe
into the stress responses of the organism
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Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and
Biochemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology
Bright Singh, I S; Rosamma, Philip; Rejish Kumar, V J; Cini, Achuthan; Manju, N J(Springer, September 21, 2008)
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For establishing nitrification in prawn (non-penaeid, salinity 10–15 ppt) and
shrimp (penaeid, salinity 30–35 ppt) larval production systems, a stringed bed suspended
bioreactor (SBSBR) was designed, fabricated, and validated. It was fabricated with 5 mm
polystyrene and low density polyethylene beads as the substrata for ammonia and nitrite
oxidizing bacterial consortia, respectively, with an overall surface area of 684 cm2. The
reactors were activated in a prototype activator and were transported in polythene bags to
the site of testing. Performance of the reactors activated with the nitrifying bacterial
consortia AMONPCU-1 (ammonia oxidizers for non-penaeid culture) and NIONPCU-1
(nitrite oxidizers for non-penaeid culture) was evaluated in a Macrobrachium rosenbergii
larval rearing system and those activated with AMOPCU-1 (ammonia oxidizers for penaeid
culture) and NIOPCU-1 (nitrite oxidizers for penaeid culture) in a Penaeus monodon
seed production system. Rapid setting up of nitrification could be observed in both the
static systems which resulted in a higher relative per cent survival of larvae
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Aquacult Int (2009) 17:479–489
DOI 10.1007/s10499-008-9218-2
K G Nair; Mohanan, P; Stephen, Rodrigues(Department of Electronics, 1991)
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Design and development of a new feed -horn antenna
with low sidelobe levels is reported . The E-walls of this
antenna are fabricated with low -loss dielectric substrate , periodically
loaded with thin conducting strips . The antenna is found
to be simulating the radiation characteristics of metallic corrugated
horns . This can be an ideal substitute for metallic corrugated
horns with added advantages like light -weight and low
production cost.
Mohanan, P; K G Nair; Stephen, Rodrigues(Department of Electronics, November , 1991)
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Design and development of a new feed -horn antenna
with low sidelobe levels is reported . The E-walls of this
antenna are fabricated with low -loss dielectric substrate , periodically
loaded with thin conducting strips . The antenna is found
to be simulating the radiation characteristics of metallic corrugated
horns . This can be an ideal substitute for metallic corrugated
horns with added advantages like light -weight and low
production cost.
Design and development of a new feed -horn antenna
with low sidelobe levels is reported . The E-walls of this
antenna are fabricated with low -loss dielectric substrate ,
periodicallyloaded with thin conducting strips . The antenna
is found to be simulating the radiation characteristics of metallic
Corrugated horns . This can be an ideal substitute for metallic
Corrugated horns with added advantages like light -weight and low
production cost
Joseph, V P; Biju Kumar, S; Mathew, K T(John Wiley & Sons, April 5, 2001)
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The radiation characteristics of a new type of hollow dielectric H-plane sectoral horn antenna are presented. Metallic strips of optimum length are loaded on the H-walls of the sectoral horns. The effects of strip loading for producing square patterns in the H plane are discussed.
A graph G is strongly distance-balanced if for every edge uv of
G and every i 0 the number of vertices x with d.x; u/ D d.x; v/ 1 D i equals the number of vertices y with d.y; v/ D d.y; u/ 1 D i. It is proved that the strong product of graphs is
strongly distance-balanced if and only if both factors are strongly
distance-balanced. It is also proved that connected components of
the direct product of two bipartite graphs are strongly distancebalanced
if and only if both factors are strongly distance-balanced.
Additionally, a new characterization of distance-balanced graphs
and an algorithm of time complexity O.mn/ for their recognition,
wheremis the number of edges and n the number of vertices of the
graph in question, are given
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European Journal of Combinatorics 30 (2009) 1048- 1053
Rice husk silica was utilized as the promoter of ceria for preparing supported vanadia catalysts. Effect of vanadium content was investigated with 2–10 wt.% V2O5 loading over the support. Structural characterization of the catalysts was done by various techniques like energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), BET surface area, thermal analysis (TGA/DTA), FT-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), UV–vis diffused reflectance spectroscopy (DR UV–vis), electron paramagnetic spectroscopy (EPR) and solid state magnetic resonance spectroscopies (29Si and 51V MASNMR). Catalytic activity was studied towards liquid-phase oxidation of benzene. Surface area of ceria enhanced upon rice husk silica promotion, thus makes dispersion of the active sites of vanadia easier. Highly dispersed vanadia was found for low V2O5 loading and formation of cerium orthovanadate (CeVO4) occurs as the loading increases. Spectroscopic investigation clearly confirms the formation of CeVO4 phase at higher loadings of V2O5. The oxidation activity increases with vanadia loading up to 8 wt.% V2O5, and further increase reduces the conversion rate. Selective formation of phenol can be attributed to the presence of highly dispersed active sites of vanadia over the support.
Anantharaman, M R; Saravanan, S; Venkatachalam, S(Elsevier, August 20, 2006)
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Polyaniline and oligomeric cobalt phthalocyanine are blended in different proportions by chemical methods. These blends are characterised by
spectroscopic methods and dielectric measurements. Dielectric studies on the conducting polymer blends are carried out in the frequency range of
100 kHz to 5MHz from room temperature (300 K) to 373 K. Dielectric permittivity and dielectric loss of these blends are explained on the basis
of interfacial polarisation. From the dielectric permittivity studies, ac conductivity of the samples were calculated and the results are correlated. In
order to understand the exact conduction mechanism of the samples, dc electrical conductivity of the blends is carried out in the temperature range
of 70–300 K. By applying Mott’s theory, it is found that the conducting polymer composites obey a 3D variable range hopping mechanism. The
values of Mott’s temperature (T0), density of states at the Fermi energy (N(EF)), range of hopping (R) and hopping energy (W) for the composites
are calculated and presented
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Materials Science and Engineering B 135 (2006) 113–119
Varughese,Philip; Prathapachandra Kurup, M R(Dept. of Applied Chemistry, July , 2004)
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The study deals with structural and spectral investigations of transition metal complexes of di-2-pyridyl ketone N(4),N(4)-disubstituted thiosemicarbazones. The main objective and scope of the work deals with di-2-pyridyl ketone N(4),N(4)-disubstituted thiosemicarbazones are quardridentate NNNS donor ligands. To chosen this ligand for study because, the ligands are prepared and characterized for the first time, since there are two pyridyl nitorgens, dimmers and polymers of complexes may result leading to interesting structural aspects. The work includes the preparation of the thiosemicarbzones and their structural and spectral studies, synthesis and spectral characterization of complexes of copper(II),,nickel(II),manganese(II), dioxovanadium(V),cobalt(III),zinc(II),cadmium(II) of the ligand HL, synthesis and spectral characterization of complexes of copper(II),manganese(II), of the ligand HL and the development of X-ray quality crystals and its X-ray diffraction studies. The structural characterization techniques are elemental analysis, conductivity measurements, magnetic measurements, electronic spectroscopy, H NMR spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.
Seven bis(ligand) Co(III) complexes {[CoL21] NO3 · H2 O (1), [CoL21] Cl · 2 H2 O (2),[CoL21] ClO4 (3), [CoL22] NO3 (4), [CoL22] Cl · 2 H2 O (5), [CoL23] Br · 2 H2 O (6), [CoL23] ClO4 · H2 O (7)} of three thiosemicarbazone ligands {pyridine-2-carbaldehyde-N(4)-p-methoxyphenyl thiosemicarbazone [HL1], pyridine-2-carbaldehyde-N(4)-2-phenylethyl thiosemicarbazone [HL2] and pyridine-2-carbaldehyde-N(4)-(methyl),N(4)-(phenyl) thiosemicarbazone [HL3]} were synthesized and physico-chemically characterized. All complexes are assigned octahedral geometries on the basis of spectral studies. The ligands deprotonate and coordinate by means of pyridine nitrogen, azomethine nitrogen, and thiolate sulfur atoms. The single crystal X-ray structures of HL3 and two nitrate compounds are discussed. The structural studies corroborate the spectral characterization.
Junaid, Bushiri M; Gopakumar, V; Vaidyan, V K(January 17, 2013)
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ZnO thin films were coated on amorphous glass substrate at various temperatures in the
range 160-500 0C by spray pyrolysis method. The as deposited films were characterised by
using XRD and SEM. Wurtzite phase of ZnO was formed at a substrate temperature of
400 0C, highly oriented (002) phase was developed with respect to increase of substrate
temperature from 450 to 500 0C. Morphological and growth mode of these films were
analyzed with respect to structural orientation of films from wurtzite to highly (002)
oriented phase. Present study reveals that substrate temperature was one of the important
parameters which determine the crystalline quality, population of defects, grain size,
orientation and morphology of the films
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Journal of Optoelectronics and Biomedical Materials Vol. 5 Issue 1, January - March 2013 p. 1 - 8
Bessy Raj, B N; Dr.Prathapachandra Kurup,M R(Cochin University of Science and Technology, February , 2009)
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The present work deals with the complexation of Schiff
bases of aroylhydrazines with various transition metal ions. The hydrazone
systems selected for study have long 7I:-delocalized chain in the ligand molecule
itself, which get intensified due to metal-to-ligand or ligand-to-metal charge
transfer excitations upon coordination. Complexation with metal ions like copper,
nickel, cobalt, manganese, iron, zinc and cadmium are tried. Various spectral
techniques are employed for characterization. The structures of some complexes
have been well established by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The nonIinaer
optical studies of the ligands and complexes synthesized have been studied
by hyper-Rayleigh scattering technique.The work is presented in seven chapters and the last one deals with
summary and conclusion. One of the hydrazone system selected for study proved
that it could give rise to polymeric metal complexes. Some of the copper, nickel,
zinc and cadmium complexes showed non-linear optical activity. The NLO
studies of manganese and iron showed negative result, may be due to the inversion
centre of symmetry within the molecular lattice.
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Department of Applied Chemistry,
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Rajive, Tomy M; Dr.Jayalekshmi, S(Cochin University Of Science And Technology, July 20, 2012)
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The main challenges in the deposition of cathode materials in thin film form are
the reproduction of stoichiometry close to the bulk material and attaining higher
rates of deposition and excellent crystallinity at comparatively lower annealing
temperatures. There are several methods available to develop stoichiometric thin
film cathode materials including pulsed laser deposition; plasma enhanced
chemical vapor deposition, electron beam evaporation, electrostatic spray
deposition and RF magnetron sputtering. Among them the most versatile
method is the sputtering technique, owing to its suitability for micro-fabricating
the thin film batteries directly on chips in any shape or size, and on flexible
substrates, with good capacity and cycle life. The main drawback of the
conventional sputtering technique using RF frequency of 13.56MHz is its lower
rate of deposition, compared to other deposition techniques A typical cathode
layer for a thin film battery requires a thickness around one micron. To deposit
such thick layers using convention RF sputtering, longer time of deposition is
required, since the deposition rate is very low, which is typically 10-20 Å/min.
This makes the conventional RF sputtering technique a less viable option for
mass production in an economical way.
There exists a host of theoretical and experimental evidences and results that
higher excitation frequency can be efficiently used to deposit good quality films
at higher deposition rates with glow discharge plasma. The effect of frequencies
higher than the conventional one (13.56MHz) on the RF magnetron sputtering
process has not been subjected to detailed investigations. Attempts have been
made in the present work, to sputter deposit spinel oxide cathode films, using
high frequency RF excitation source. Most importantly, the major challenge faced by the thin film battery based on the LiMn2O4 cathode material is the poor capacity retention during charge discharge cycling. The major causes for the capacity fading reported in LiMn2O4cathode materials are due to, Jahn-Teller distortion, Mn2+ dissolution into the electrolyte and oxygen loss in cathode material during cycling. The work discussed in this thesis is an attempt on overcoming the above said challenges and developing a high capacity thin film cathode material.
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Division for Research in Advanced Materials
Department of Physics
Cochin University of Science and Technology