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Shahina Kalim ¹, D. R. Sood ², Ajit Singh ³, Shilpa ⁴

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, J.C. Bose Institute of Sciences, Bundel Khand University, Jhansi-284128, IN
2 Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Advance Sciences and Technology, National Institute of Medical Sciences, Rajasthan, Jaipur-302004, IN
3 Department of Veterinary Microbiology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004, IN
4 Division of Veterinary Pathology, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, R.S. Pura, Jammu-181102, IN

Abstract

Potato is one of the most important staple food crops both in developed and developing countries upon which mankind depends. The potato is grown in 130 countries it is a nutritional food that is high in vitamin C and contains much needed B vitamins, iron and protein.

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O. R. Sood ¹, Shina Kalim ¹, Shilpa ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar - 125004, IN
2 Department of Veterinary Pathology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, R.S. Pura, Jammu - 181002, IN

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Potato (Solarium tuberosum L.) is a wholesome food containing carbohydrates, protein, minerais and vitamins. The crop produces more food than cereals and vegetables and as much protein as soyabean per unit based time. The principle disadvantage associated with the crop is that it is seasonal and the bulk of the crop is of shorter shelf life due to limited cold store facilities accommodating only about one fourth of the produce. Potato processing industries require potatoes round the year to run the plant and for this, they have to depend upon the cold stored potatoes.

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D. R Sood ¹, Shina Kalim ², Shilpa ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar -125004, IN
2 Department of Biotechnology, J.C. Bose Institute of Sciences, Bundel Khand University, Jhansi-284003, IN
3 Department of Veterinary Pathology, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, R.S. Pura, Jammu -181002, IN

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Potato is one of the most important food crops in developed as well as in developing countries. India is amongst the five major potato producing countries in the world, it produces more food per unit area than cereals and that too in a short time. Potatoes are non-fatening, nutritious and wholesome food which supply many important nutrients to the diet. Potato provides significant quantities of protein, vitamin-C, carbohydrates and iron and to a lesser extent vitamins of B-complex and vitamin A. Identification and screening of potato genotypes is required for desired functionality and unique properties.

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D. R. Sood ¹, A. P. Singh ¹, Shilpa ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar - 125004, IN
2 Veterinary Pathology, SKUAST, R.S. Pura, Jammu - 180012, IN

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Rice (Oryza sativa.L.) is an important stapie crop of the world and mainly consumed in the form of whole grains. The rice obtained from freshly harvested paddy is less suitable for processing and culinary utilization. The cooking and eating properties of rice change dramatically with its storage after harvest and this phenomenon is called ageing of rice. It is a common practice to age the freshly harvested rice at least for six months before consumption. Basmati rice is valued highly in many parts of the world and is preferred over non-basmati, because after cooking, they are soft, non sticky, possess pleasant exauisite aroma, elongate extremely lengthwise with least breadth-wise swelling on cooking.

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D. R. Sood ¹, A. P. Singh ¹, Shilpa ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004, IN
2 Department of Veterinary Pathology, SKAUST, R.S. Pura, Jammu, IN

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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the most important staple food crop of India. Global production of rice has doubled between 1996 and 1990 by adopting high yielding varieties and improved farming methods leading to green revolution, but to meet food demands of burgeoning population, there will be need for 60 per cent more rice production by 2020.

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D. R. Sood ¹, A. P. Singh ², K. R. Gupta ³, Shilpa ⁴

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, Kaul CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar -125 004, IN
2 Regional Rice station, Kaul CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar -125 004, IN
3 Kaul CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar -125 004, IN
4 Department of Veterinary Pathology,SKUAST, R.S. Puram, Jammu, IN

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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) occupies the enviable prime place among food crops. Increasing productivity and sustained production of rice are critical for food and nutritional security. Rice is consumed largely in the cooked form and is also nutritious and hypoallergenic which make rice products staple food ingredients. It is also used in many value added products due to some of its unique functional properties such as flavour carrying capacity and hypoallergenity. It is a common practice to age the freshly harvested rice at least for six months before consumption.

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Sujit Bhattacharya ¹, Shilpa ¹

Affiliations
1 CSIR-National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS) and Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) at SIRNISTADS Campus, K. S. Krishnan Marg, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110 012, IN

Abstract

This article attempts to identify the dynamics of knowledge production. Conceptual framework is based on research publications taken as 'proxy' indicator of research process and outcome. Indicators are constructed from research publications to capture the dynamics of research. The rationality of this approach is discussed. The study also shows that publications are increasing exponentially underscoring the intensive research undertaken globally. Determinants of publication growth have changed significantly in comparison to earlier periods. The study argues that the above determinants are indicators of changing global research structure and dynamics, and should be considered in national research and innovation policy making.

Keywords

Emerging Areas, Global Research Landscape, Publication Trend, Scientific Research.

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P. Sasikumar ¹, Shilpa ¹

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1 School of Electronics Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, IN

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Objectives: A new method of cluster head election based on Energy Evaluation Factor (EEF) using multi-packet reception technology is proposed in clustering the Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) to improve the performance and makes the network efficient and increases lifespan of the network. Methods: First EEF is calculated initially for clustering the WSN, the transmission power ranges of the CH elected in each group is calculated and adjusted considering the count of Cluster Head (CH) in elected in the area of interest as second, and thirdly we determine the distance from the sink to CH and its residual energy to implement interference cancellation algorithm in sink using transmission power levels. Findings: Simulation results show that this power control strategy can reduce the energy consumption of sensor nodes and increase network throughput, which can greatly improve network lifetime. Improvements: The authors believe that their findings will be useful guidelines for moving forward with successive interference cancellation research in WSNs.

Keywords

Cluster Head (CH), Multi-Packet Reception (MPR), Signal to Interference Noise Ratio (SINR), Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC).

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Nutan ¹, Swapnil Jain ¹, Shilpa ¹, Akanksha Tomar ¹, Harish Changotra ¹, Jitendraa Vashistt ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan - 173234, Himachal Pradesh, IN

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Objective: Computational infrastructure of medical biotechnology provides insight into elements of genomics, proteomics for understanding diseases and biological systems in a more comprehensive and systematic way. The present study exclusively focuses on role of computational and bioinformatics tools employed in troubleshooting heterogeneous data of biology origin. Method and Analysis: Methodology adopted for study included analysis of online literature through Google Scholar, Pub-med, and Science Direct by searching with comprehensive input like computational tools, biotechnology, proteomics, genomics, drug design and discovery, metagenomics to include all relevant research/review articles within period from 1980 to 2016. Collection, inclusion and exclusion of published articles, review and reports were critically assessed and discussed within line of available databases. Furthermore, bibliography of relevant research articles was taken into consideration. Findings: Major conventional biological databases i.e., National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and its subset PubMed, not only provide and exchange biological sequence information but also allow comprehensive analysis for sequence alignment and comparisons to find out disease biomarkers like Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs). Likewise, other computational tools and servers are developed to be specific for organism, disease, biological pathway, microbial resistance and drug design. Use of currently available computational techniques provides rapid cross-reference search with higher accession of the sequences with statistical approach. However, a significant challenge in this field is to organize and provide user access, readability and skill sets to heterogeneous data repositories like databases and web servers as well as to keep data privacy. These temporal processes significantly enhanced the vision and understanding about cryptic biological processes. Novelty/Improvement: Present study exclusively targets computational tools employed in deciphering complex biological systems through use of algorithms and software which made available large data repositories in public domain. Current study will enhance and compile amalgam of computational and bioinformatics pipelines engaged in vast perspectives of basic and applied biology.

Keywords

Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Computational Tools, Genomics, Proteomics, Web-Servers.

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Shilpa ¹, Arvinder Pal Singh Kalsi ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara − 144402, Jalandhar, Punjab, IN

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Objectives: To study the review of Amplify and Forward bidirectional relaying with channel estimation error and cochannel interference. Methods/Statistical analysis: This research approach is based on detailed study and analysis of two way relaying network with Amplify and Forward technique. Amplify and forward technique is preferred over decode and forward technique because it is simpler than decode and forward technique as it does not include the complex procedure of encoding and decoding process. it also includes the performance of two way relaying network or we can say bidirectional network with relay selection scheme and all relay participating case under the effect of Co-Channel Interference (CCI) and Channel Estimation Error (CEE) .Comparison between one way relaying and two way relaying is also included in this paper. Findings: Wireless communication suffers from various problems like CCI and CEE. Previous research work on bidirectional relaying networks doesn’t include the effect of CC1 and CEE, but in practical, these errors exists so it is important to study the effect of these problems in our wireless communication networks. This research includes the complete survey of amplify and forward technique with one way relaying channel and two way relaying channel. It is also shown that performance of relay selection case is not always better than all relay participating case for two way relaying network. Cooperative communication is an efficient technique to deal with these types of problems by offering significant multiplexing and diversity gains without increasing power and bandwidth. Two way relaying helps to improve the overall system performance in wireless networks. Cooperative communications also deals with the various problems like fading and shadowing with the help of two way relaying. It has been proved that two way relaying is spectrally efficient technique which provides a way to surmount half duplexing loss in one way relay channel. Application/Improvements: Wireless Communication has gained a lot of interest nowadays. Our future generation requires higher data rates and a more suitable transmission with a adequate quality of service. Two Way Relaying techniques is an efficient technique to fulfill these demands with less interference.

Keywords

Amplify and Forward, Bidirectional Relaying. Co-Channel Interference, Channel Estimation Error, Cooperative Communication.

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Sangita Sood ¹, Shilpa ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, College of Home Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, IN

Abstract

Giloy is rich in nutritional and therapeutic values. It is consumed by the people in the form of decoction to cure certain ailments. The plant is well known for its phyto-chemical constituents. There was an urgent need for recognition of medicinal properties of giloy and to prepare certain value added products. Results of the study revealed that Giloy contains good amount of crude fibre (5.72) and ash content (6.35%). It is also rich in various minerals, especially calcium and iron (9.41 and 0.29 mg/100g, respectively). An attempt has been made to utilize giloy stem samples for the preparation of value added products viz. RTS, squash and syrup. The prepared products were assessed for chemical, nutritional and sensory parameters. All the beverages prepared from Giloy were acceptable. The blending of kinnow further improved the sensory quality as well. In the present scenario, where lot of emphasis is being laid on the consumption of healthy food, development of such products might help the consumers to harness the nutritional and medicinal properties of such unexploited locally available herb.

Keywords

Giloy, Kinnow, RTS, Squash, Syrup, Chemical Evaluation, Nutritional Evaluation, Sensory Evaluation.

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Shilpa ¹, Navdeep Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Dept. of Computer Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, IN

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For the retrieval of images, CBIR (Content Based Image Retrieval) technique is used for extraction of features from the images. Various approaches exist for the feature extraction from the images in the database, but they lack in accuracy. To solve this - a hybrid technique is proposed in this paper for efficient feature extraction of images. Local Binary texture patterns such as LBP (Local Binary Pattern) and CS-LBP(Center-Symmetric Local Binary Pattern) are used with color descriptors such as Color Histogram and Color correlogram to form a hybrid approach to make retrieval more accurate and efficient. Euclidean Distance classifier is used for the similarity matching between the query image and the images stored in the database. The proposed technique has an accuracy of 0.86 with precision and recall factors of 0.92 and 0.93 respectively which is fairly large then the techniques used so far in isolation.

Keywords

Content Based Image Retrieval, Color Descriptors, Euclidean Distance Foe Similarity Measure and LBP Patterns.

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Shilpa ¹, Sujit Bhattacharya ¹

Affiliations
1 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies Campus, Pusa Gate, K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110 012, IN

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Water scarcity and quality are among the key challenges of the 21st century. Compelling necessity to address this problem has led to the emergence of various types of international collaboration. India is one of the countries seriously affected by water scarcity and quality. International collaboration has emerged as an important component of India’s strategy for mitigating the water-related challenges. One of the key linkages in India’s international cooperation in water sciences is observed with France. This cooperation has led to the establishment of two joint laboratories: Indo-French Centre for Groundwater Research and Indo-French Cell for Water Sciences.

The present study examines the structure of this research cooperation through co-authorship analysis. Analysis over a period of time showed that authors from the two laboratories played a key role in developing the network. The importance of this network is also discussed.

Keywords

Co-Authorship Network, International Collaboration, Research Dynamics, Social Network Analysis, Water Sciences.

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Arvinder Kaur Kahlon ¹, Shilpa ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Commerce & Business Administration, Khalsa College, Amritsar, Punjab, IN

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The aim of the present study is to examine job satisfaction level among employees of municipal committees of Gurdaspur district in Punjab. The municipal committees play a vital role in economic development of a country. Job satisfaction relates to employees’ way of thinking and feeling about the work. The research covered 108 employees of three municipal committees, viz. Batala, Qadian, and Shri Hargobindpur in Gurdaspur district. This study identifies the employees’ job satisfaction level on work environment, employee behaviour, team spirit, salary, job security, and welfare measures of employees in municipal committees of Gurdaspur district. The statistical tools like factor analysis and percentage analysis have been used in this study. The employees are satisfied with their jobs in the municipal committees, but there are certain factors they need to get improved, like drinking water facilities, canteen, generator, online records, Internet facilities, salaries and wages on time so that their satisfaction level may be further enhanced.

Keywords

Job Satisfaction, Municipal Committees, Work Environment, Job Security, Welfare Measures.

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Shilpa ¹, Janardan Singh ¹, Navneet Kaur ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agronomy, Forages and Grassland Management, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur - 176 062, IN

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A field experiment was conducted during Kharif season of 2017 at Agronomy Research Farm, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur to study the effect of black gram genotypes and nitrogen levels on yield attributes and yield of maize under maize + black gram intercropping system. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design comprising of five genotypes of black gram (Him Mash-1, DKU-118, DKU-82, DKU-98 and DKU-99) and two nitrogen levels (50 and 100 % recommended dose of nitrogen for maize). Experimental site was silty clay loam in texture, acidic in reaction, low in available nitrogen, and medium in available phosphorus and potassium. Intercropping with different mash varieties significantly influenced yield attributes and yields of maize. The highest number of grains/cob (539), test weight (238 g), grain yield (3501.3 kg/ha) of maize was recorded in maize + Him Mash-1 intercropping system. Application of 100% recommended dose of nitrogen resulted in significantly higher values of yield attributes and yields as compared to 50% recommended dose of nitrogen. Sole maize crop recorded higher values of yield attributes and yields of maize over intercropped maize. Him mash-1 with 100% recommended dose of nitrogen significantly improved the yield attributes of maize.

Keywords

Black Gram, Maize, Yield, Yield Attributes.

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