Three New Species of <i>Microdochium</i> (<i>Microdochiaceae</i>, <i>Xylariales</i>) on <i>Bambusaceae</i> sp. and Saprophytic Leaves from Hainan and Yunnan, China by Jie Zhang, Zhaoxue Zhang, Duhua Li, Jiwen Xia, Zhuang Li

“…The proposed three species, viz., <i>Microdochium bambusae</i>, <i>M. nannuoshanense</i> and <i>M. phyllosaprophyticum,</i> are based on multi-locus phylogenies from a combined dataset of ITS rDNA, LSU, RPB2 and TUB2 in conjunction with morphological characteristics. …”
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Fire Resistance Behaviour of Geopolymer Concrete: An Overview by Salmabanu Luhar, Demetris Nicolaides, Ismail Luhar

“…The impact of heat and fire on mechanical attributes viz., mechanical-compressive strength, flexural behavior, elastic modulus; durability—thermal shrinkage; chemical stability; the impact of thermal creep on compressive strength; and microstructure properties—XRD, FTIR, NMR, SEM as well as physico-chemical modifications of geopolymer composites subsequent to their exposures at elevated temperatures is reviewed in depth. …”
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O PIBID de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso e a formação de professores de Sociologia para a Educação Básica by Francisco Xavier Freire Rodrigues, Edilene da Cruz Silva

“…Finally, in the light of the experiences described in the second part, the article presents an assessment of current features of the educational systems that can prevent, if they not changed, the objectives pursued by the Program, viz. fostering the improvement of training and the enhancement of the teaching career, integrating the theoretical and practical training in the curriculum of the courses with the inclusion of schools as loci of training.…”
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Identification and characterization of promising endophytic bacteria for growth promotion in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) by Priyanka Batra, Monika Barkodia, Umang Ahlawat, Rekha Sansanwal, Rajesh Kumar Vaid, Leela Wati

“…A total of 107 endophytes were isolated from five districts of Haryana using three media, viz. YEMA for rhizobia, Pikovskaya and TSA for non-rhizobial isolates. …”
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Microstructure and mechanical properties of aluminum cast alloy A356 reinforced with dual-size B4C particles by J. R. Chandrashekar, M. H. Annaiah, R. Chandrashekar

“…Three composite compositions, viz., A356 plus 2% B4C (44�m size and 105�m size in 1:1 ratio), 4% B4C (3:1 ratio), and 6% B4C (1:3 ratio) were cast in finger molds, from which test specimens were prepared for hardness and tensile tests as well as for metallography. …”
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Spatial and Host-Related Variation in Prevalence and Population Density of Wheat Curl Mite (Aceria tosichella) Cryptic Genotypes in Agricultural Landscapes. by Anna Skoracka, Mariusz Lewandowski, Brian G Rector, Wiktoria Szydło, Lechosław Kuczyński

“…In addition to improving basic ecological knowledge of a widespread arthropod herbivore, the results of this research identify high-risk areas for the presence of the most pestiferous WCM lineages in the study area (viz. the entirety of Poland). They also provide insight into the evolution of pest species of domesticated crops and facilitate testing of fundamental hypotheses about the ecological factors that shape this pest community.…”
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Inheritance studies on different quantitative and qualitative fruit traits in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) by Ramandeep Kaur Sidhu, Mohinder Kaur Sidhu, Ajmer Singh Dhatt

“… Generation mean analysis of brinjal lines, GL 401 × BR 104 (CROSS I), GL 401 × W 230 (CROSS II) and W 230 × RMO 1142 (CROSS III) six generation of three crosses viz. highlighted the involvement of epistatic interactions (duplicate) for most of the qualitative traits. …”
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An Adaptive Maximum Power Output Sustaining System for a Photovoltaic Power Plant Based on a Robust Predictive Control Approach by I. Elzein, Yu. N. Petrenko

“…Photovoltaic power plants have non-linear voltage-current characteristic, with specific maximum power point, which depends on operating conditions, viz. irradiation and temperature. In targeting the maximum power, it is by far known that the photovoltaic arrays have to operate at the maximum power point despite unpredicted weather changes. …”
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The synergistic inhibitive effect and the thermodynamic parameters of 2 (2- hydroxylstyryl) pyridinium-N- ethyl iodide and some metal cations on the acid corrosion of low-carbon st... by F.H. Assaf, M.Abou-Krish, A.S.El-Shahawy, M.Th. Makhlouf and Hala Soudy

“…The synergistic effect of 2(2-hydroxy styryl) pyridinium -N- ethyl iodide (cyanine dye) and some selected metal cations viz. Zn+2 or Cr+3 on the corrosion of low carbon steel in 2M H2SO4 has been studied by weight loss measurements and galvanostitic polarization technique over the temperature range 30 to 60ْC. …”
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Effect of Various Compost Doses on the Soil Infiltration Capacity by Barbora Badalíková, Jaroslava Bartlová

“…In the years 2008–2012, the infiltration capacity was monitored in the different sites, viz. on the arable land and permanent grassland. …”
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Modelling and forecasting sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) production in India using hierarchical time-series models by SOUMEN PAL, RANJIT KUMAR PAUL

“…There are certain specialized strategies, viz. top-down, bottom-up, middle-out and optimal approaches which take care of predicting future values for such multi-level data. …”
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Bael Tree Leaves as a Natural Adsorbent for the Removal of Zinc(II) Ions from Industrial Effluents by P. Senthil Kumar, K. Kirthika, K. Sathish Kumar

“…Thus, experiments have been conducted to test the efficiency of bael tree leaves in removing heavy metal ions, viz. Zn(II) ions, from wastewater derived from the electroplating industry. …”
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Delineating bacteriostatic and bactericidal targets in mycobacteria using IPTG inducible antisense expression. by Parvinder Kaur, Saurabh Agarwal, Santanu Datta

“…Induction of antisense expression in embB and ribosomal RNA genes, viz., rplJ and rpsL showed only a marginal growth inhibition. …”
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Modeling of aphid complex and its associated natural enemies in rapeseed-mustard in relation to climatic factors by SAURBH SONI, SURJEET KUMAR, AJAY KUMAR SOOD, RANBIR SINGH RANA

“… Effect of climatic factors on population build-up of aphid complex of rapeseed-mustard viz. mustard aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach), cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus), and green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and associated natural enemies (coccinellids, syrphids and a parasitoid, Diaeretiella rapae M’Intosh) was studied at Experimental Farm of CSK HPKV Palampur over a period of three years. …”
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Formation of bioethical positions in pharmacy students regarding their educational and consultative activity by I. Yu. Nefedov, I. Yu. Nefedova, M. B. Toirova, P. A. Polezhaeva

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Analysis of Factors Affecting Use Behavior towards Mobile Payment Apps: A SEM Approach by Ashish A. Linge, Tushar Chaudhari, Baldeo B. Kakde, Mahesh Singh

“…The main aim of this research study is to examine the impact of five independent variables viz. performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, and hedonic motivation on behavioral intention to use mobile payment apps. …”
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A Short Non-Saline Sprinkling Increases the Tuber Weights of Saline Sprinkler Irrigated Potatoes by Rob M. Stevens, Joanne M. Pech, Gary J. Grigson

“…We incorporated this finding into an investigation of two approaches to the conjunctive use of saline and non-saline water sources for sprinkler irrigation of potatoes viz., (i) mixing waters prior to application, and (ii) keeping waters temporally separate, that is commencing each irrigation with saline water and finishing it with non-saline sprinkling. …”
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Characterisation, genetic parameters of variation and correlation studies in Molakolukulu Rice cultivars of Andhra Pradesh, India by G. Srihari, P. Ramesh Babu, J. Dayalprasad Babu, K. Jayalalitha and Ch. Sreelakshmi

“…High PCV and GCV were recorded for gel consistency followed by alkali spreading value, zinc content and oil content, the estimates of heritability coupled with genetic advance as per cent of mean were high for the characters viz., plant height, flag leaf length, filled grains per panicle, gel consistency, iron content and oil content. …”
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Macromicroscopical, physicophytochemical, and high-performance thin layer chromatography-based diagnostics of an antihypertensive drug "sarpgandha" resolving adulterant/substitute by Saba Irshad, Sayyada Khatoon

“…Conventionally, it is used in the treatment of several body ailments, viz., abdominal pain, circulatory disorders, dysentery, gastrointestinal disease, hypertension, mental illness, malaria, and snakebite, and as a uterine stimulant; however, its monoterpenoid indole alkaloid reserpine extracted from the root is used for the treatment of hypertension. …”
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Two dimensional in-vitro phenotyping of root system architecture using Poly Ethylene Glycol in backcross inbred lines harboring drought tolerant QTLs of rice (Oryza sativa L.) by K. Baghyalakshmi, P. Jeyaprakash, S. Ramchander, M. Raveendran and S. Robin

“…Under field screening for drought, CB 229 out performed in both spikelet fertility percentage and yield than the remaining BILs. The traits viz., major ellipse axis, maximum number of roots, network bushiness, specific root length, network convex area and network width are positively correlated with spikelet fertility percentage and single plant yield under drought experiment. …”