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The District Cooch Behar endeavours a number of freshwater bodies both of lentic and lotic types having zooplankton communities. A total of sixteen taxa of zooplankton were recorded from the Panishala Beel (one lentic system) encompassing three rotifera, five copepoda, one ostracoda and seven cladocera. On the other hand, a total of thirteen taxa of zooplankton were recorded from the River Ghargharia (one lotic system) that includes five copepoda, one ostracoda, one rotifera and six cladocera. Both the water bodies contains four zooplankton groups and show same kind of group diversity in respect of their zooplankton group. Both the water bodies were dominated by Cyclops sp. most probably due to organic pollution and abundant nutrients.

Desertification is considered as an important problem facing arid and semi-arid regions, as Iran. These processes are resulted either from human activities or adverse natural conditions. However, the combination of both is often applicable. The aim of this study is the identification of areas sensitive to desertification in the southeastern coast of Iran. In this study we used from IMDPA model for quantitative of this problem and we used from GIS for mapping of desertification. Three main benchmarks of desertification, including: soil, wind erosion and climate were considered. The results show that the weight of soil is 1.7 that it is the most effective benchmark in region. On the other hand with analysis of indicators we know that the most important is annual precipitation. After obtain each weigh of benchmarks we understand that the weight of desertification intensity (DS) in region is 1.61 and located in very high class. We know more that 1321.74 (Ha) is in medium class and 2639.30(Ha) of area is in very high class. After soli benchmark, wind erosion with 1.64 value and climate with 1.51 value are effective in desertification.

In this study, a hydrometallurgical treatment for valuable metals recovery from rinsing water of electroplating industries is reported. This water contains high contents of Copper, Nickel, Lead, Zinc and Chromium ions. Copper is recovered by leaching in hydrochloric acid solution. The effects of acid concentration, temperature and treatment time were investigated. Lead and Nickel are removed by adsorption onto activated carbon from artificial binary-component aqueous solutions. The effects of pH, time, temperature, and amount of adsorbent were investigated. Maximum Lead adsorption was obtained at pH 5.5-6 and 80?C for 30 min., while for Nickel at pH 7 and room temperature for 60 min.

A regional geoelectrical study was embarked upon covering some major towns within the Niger Delta and Anambra basin. Some of the towns include; Owerri, Umuahia, Ohafia, Aba, Umuosu, Ngwa, Mbaise, Okigwe, Lekwesi, etc. About 100 Vertical Electrical Sounding points were established along two long profiles running perpendicularly to each other at North-South and East-West directions covering a distance of about 110km in each traverse. The maximum electrode spread was 500metres, AB/2. The schlumberger array was adopted on the field. The ABEM Terrameter SAS 4000 was used for the data acquisition. The purpose of the study is to examine the variability in lithological units both vertically and horizontally from the North to South and East to West along these profiles because there have been reported cases about land degradation like; gully erosion, landslide, minor subsidence, road failure, etc within the study area. The field data were processed with computer softwares. Iso-resistivity values at AB/2 equals 1m, 4m, 8m, 15m, 50m, 150m, 250m and 350m at surface electrode spacings were plotted and processed for each VES point in order to reveal the variation in resistivity with depth and variability changes in lithological units with depth. This procedure was repeated for all the VES stations on the East-West profile and North-South profile. Results show that the top soil contour has resistivities between 200?m and 9000?m while at AB/2 = 4m, resistivities are 500 - 1000?m (Aba), 1000 - 5000?m (Owerri), 2000 - 2500?m (Afikpo). Results were also obtained for AB/2 = 8m, 15m, 50m up to 250m. These resistivity values were interpreted as clay, shale, sand, etc, accordingly. From the correlation of the VES points, other geologic structures like faults, boundaries, flood plains, landsides are identified. Other environmental implications are highlighted.

The project named ‘RFID Based E-Document Verification Using Cloud’ proposes to make the E-Document Verification the new technology to reduce the human efforts for getting the documents from certain institutes and even from Government offices. It provides an easy access to the document generation even if the document is lost or misplaced. Radio Frequency Identification is the hardware concept to provide small RFID tags to the user with the electromagnetic waves and produce the signals to it and then access the data. In this project we have implemented the concept of Networking using java and the web application. The project aims at making the document verification and accessing very easy and saving a lot of time and energy and commotion among users.

To assess the relationship between placental location and development of Preeclampsia and its maternal and perinatal outcome. Methods: Patients attending antenatal clinic at second trimester in the Dept of OBG in Dr. B R Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital during June 2014 to December 2014.It is a prospective study. Result: Out of 100 patients in the study, 61(61%) patients developed Preeclampsia. Conclusion: This study indicate that presence of lateral placenta strongly suggest preeclampsia and also shows that lateral placenta have high uterine artery resistance, so can be considered as screening method also.

The case of prohibition of transaction for real or legal persons is a common case in notary public’s offices. Notary public’s offices avoid doing their routine duties in creating documents when they encounter personal names that their legal actions are banned by judicial authorities and related circulars have been announced. Studying the legal basis of individuals’ transaction restrictions, the limitation of basic conditions of transaction correctness, the position of legislator’s Injunctions to stop transactions and similar issues, bring this point to mind that doing transactions and transferring properties in these situations is correct, and such injunctions cannot form a reason to nullify the transaction.

Accurate estimation of water and soil losses from agro-ecologically diverse areas is extremely important for designing appropriate resource management or soil/ water conservation measures. The developed KW-GIUH-MUSLE(Kinematic wave-Geomorphlogical Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph-Modified universal Soil loss equation) model is tested for its sediment yield estimation potential on three agro-ecologically diverse micro-watersheds in Almora district of Uttranchal. It is observed that estimates are associated with about 49% mean relative errors and mean DV value of about 0.51 in Salla Rautella and Naula micro-watersheds. This showed that point predictions of annual sediment yields are of moderate quality. However, root mean square error estimates and comparison of mean and standard deviation values for the observed and simulated sediment yields showed that long term sediment yields could be estimated quite realistically. This is also observed in Deolikhan micro-watershed that storm wise sediment yield estimates are associated with about 6% mean relative error and 0.94 mean DV value. The analysis thus clearly showed that the developed KW-GIUH-MUSLE model could indeed be utilized for obtaining reasonable sediment yield estimates for un-gauged/ inadequately gauged micro-watersheds.

Short term load forecasting is very essential for daily planning in an electrical system. Power demand for the next few hours or days need to be predicted for smooth and economical running of a power system. Prior data is essential to make the prediction. There are different methods to do the forecasting or prediction based on previous data. This paper analyses the time series method of forecasting.

This study examines the relationship between socio economic and demographic factors on the child health status by employing Logistic Regression Model. For this the data from the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) 2006-07 was utilized. Education affects the capacity and the behaviors of the people living in the various regions along with some other explanatory variables. It was found that child’s health depends directly or indirectly on parental education and health acquiring activities. Parents with improved social status, protected source of water and access towards health services had better status of their child health. Death rate of child was found high among children of small aged mothers. Increase in birth space diminishes the chances of death and sickness of child. First order births faced great risk of death and sickness. Health care matter like maternal and fetal care in expecting period, delivery place and person who assisted during child birth also impact child physical condition. Research study suggested that Literacy rate should be enhanced to develop the understanding about reproductive health and to optimise the use of accessible health resources. Training and skills should provide to traditional birth attendants and enhance their contacts with professional health staff.