The study entitled Integrated Rural Area Development and Planning: A Case of Mursan Block, District Hathras (U.P.) is an attempt to analyse the planning process for the sustainable rural development. The term development is concerned with economic and human welfare and progress....

Streptomyces toxytricini a Gram-positive bacterium belonging to the genus Streptomyces is producer of the pancreatic lipase inhibitor lipstatin,of which the antiobesity drug orlistat is a derivative....

A river basin has a definite potential of water resources. Normally, the water resources projects are conceived in isolated manner. In such approach the planning for that particular water resources project may be sufficient and technically viable but it is quite possible that the project may influence adversely to other downstream projects....

Cognitive radio technology is introduced to improve the spectrum utilization by allowing unlicensed users to share spectrum with licensed users in an opportunistic manner. Cognitive radio is still in the infancy stage....

Iris recognition is regarded as the most reliable and accurate biometric identification system available. Iris recognition system captures an image of an individual’s eye, the iris in the image is then segmented and normalized for feature extraction process. The performance of iris recognition systems highly depends on segmentation....

The Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) are primarily a freshwater group and an important component of the crustacean zooplankton. Seventy seven water bodies have been sampled from South Rajasthan State (India) for the study of Cladocerans covering seven districts: Udaipur, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Bhilwara, Dungarpur, and Banswara....

The use of plant extracts in cosmetics is fast gaining importance due to the ever increasing side effects of synthetic drugs. The growing resistance to antibiotics in microorganisms has also further merited investigation for alternative treatment methods. Plants have been utilized for their medicinal values since time immemorial....

Tomato being a classical experimental material because of its self pollinated nature easy in crossing with other varieties, large number of seeds/fruit, easily grown under varied climatic conditions and large number of mutable loci, has been given little attention towards its genetic improvement especially for quality traits....

During the past years, our knowledge on genodermatoses has undergone dramatic changes. In the light of the present molecular research, the vehement discussions regarding nosological categories that prevailed in the past century are now coming to an end, and new avenues of thinking have been opened....