“There are known knowns; these are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns, that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don\"\"t know we don\"\"t know....

Human safety in case of fire is one of the major considerations in the design of buildings. It is extremely necessary to have a complete knowledge about the behaviour of all construction materials before using them in the structural elements. Concrete is a non-homogeneous material consisting of hardened cement paste and aggregates....

The field of track detection using solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs) is being constantly developed for last couple of years. Track detectors are being increasingly used in various fields like Biomedical, Environmental, Anthropological, Nuclear sciences and Space research....

Full adder is an essential component for designing all types of processors viz. digital signal processors (DSP), microprocessors etc. In most of the digital systems adder lies in the critical path that affects the overall speed of the system. So enhancing the performance of the 1-bit full adder cell is of prime concern....

The paper describes a new architecture for implementation of 8 X 8 FDCT (Fast Discrete Cosine Transform) using Distributed Arithmetic (DA). This proposed architecture combines both DA based approaches for distributed input vector and constant coefficients....

A miscarriage is any pregnancy that spontaneously ends before the fetus can survive. Among pregnant women, the miscarriage rate is about 15-20%. Suffering from a miscarriage can be very traumatic. ‘Garbhpal Ras’, a drug mentioned in the text of 17th century viz. ‘Ras Chandanshu’ is being used since ages....

The close proximity of wild animals to human settlements in the Gir forests has given rise to a number of management problems. The extensive agricultural lands around Gir are blessed with fertile black cotton soil on which the farmers grow a whole variety of crops including fruits....

Cephalosporins beta – lactums, broad-spectrum antibiotics. After penicillin, cephalosporins are the most important ?-lactams inducing IgE-mediated reactions. Cephalosporins are antibiotics characterized by a cephem ring system in which a beta–lactam ring is fused to a dihydrothiazine ring....

Sports achievements and movements are gaining momentum by scientific investigations in modern times in terms of training. The research has produced valid and precise information about the relative effects of training methods. As a result, we know much more than before about how to develop endurance, power, agility, speed and other athletic skills....

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