Molluscan Diversity in and Around Sakharwahi Lake Near Chandrapur Maharashtra India

The present study was conducted on the molluscan diversity in and around Sakharwahi lake of Chandrapur district, which harbors a variety of flora as well as fauna in the submerged as well as floating state, due to availability of ample of food and suitable condition. During the study total 19 species molluscs were found out of which 16 species of Gastropoda and 3 species of Bivalvia were collected from Sakharwahi lake which belongs to family Vivipiridea, Thiaridae, Melonidea, Lymnaeidae, Planorbidae, Valloniidae, Unionidae, Parresysiinea. Keywords: Mollusca, Sakharwahi, Gastropods, Bivalvia, Ecosystem

Cool–Warm Temperature Stratification and Simulated Bird Digestion Optimize Removal of Dormancy in Rosa rugosa Seeds

Rosa rugosa Thunb. has been explored multi-function in medicinal, edible, cosmetic, ornamental and ecological etc. However, R. rugosa natural populations have recently declined substantially in China, besides of global climate change, this species also has the defect of limiting the reproduction of itself such as the hard-to-release seed dormancy. In this study, only 30% of R. rugosa seeds were viable, and the others were incompletely developed or diseased seeds. Without stratification, morphologically complete viable seeds imbibed water but those seeds could not germinate even after seed husk removal under suitable condition to exhibit a physiological dormancy. After cold (4°C) and warm (18 ± 2°C) stratification, macromolecular substances containing carbon or nitrogen accumulated, and respiration, antioxidant enzyme activity, and gibberellin (GA3) /abscisic acid (ABA) and auxin (IAA)/ABA ratios increased significantly in seeds. Water absorption also increased as endocarps softened. Thus, physiological dormancy of seed was broken. Although warm and cold stratification increased separation between endocarp and embryo, the endocarp binding force was removed insufficiently, because only 10.20% of seeds germinated. Therefore, stratified seeds were treated with simulated bird digestion. Then, folds and cracks in loosened endocarps increased permeability, and water absorption rate increased to 64.43% compare to 21.14% in cold and warm stratification treatment. With simulated digestion, 24.20% of radicles broke through the endocarp with plumules and cambiums to develop into seedlings. Thus, the seed dormancy type of R. rugosa is physiological as seeds imbibed water and possessed fully developed embryos with a low growth potential in combination with a mechanical constraint from the endocarp. Cold stratification helped remove physiological dormancy, and additional warm stratification accelerated the process. The optimal stratification treatment was 4°C for 45 days followed by 18 ± 2°C for 15 days. After warm and cold stratification, simulated bird digestion broke the mechanical constraint from the seed covering layers. Based on this research, production of R. rugosa seedlings can be greatly increased to help protect the species from further declines.

Evaluation of Epidemiological Investigation 1 -2-5 Implementation Program in Sukabumi

Epidemiological investigations as part of the malaria surveillance system in Indonesia are carried out through the 1-2-5 method. Assessing the 1-2-5 strategy compliance level at the district level is the first step towards determining whether the surveillance and response strategy is working as planned or not. This study was conducted in order to determine whether PE 1-2-5 had been implemented in health centers (puskesmas) in malaria receptive areas according to the technical guidelines issued by the Indonesian Ministry of Health. Health centers were determined through purposive sampling technique. The sampling is determined by selecting health centers that have been doing malaria vector control service in 2018 and 2019. Ten Puskesmas in malaria receptive areas in Sukabumi District were selected. The informants in this study were the key players in the malaria program at the health centers: the head of the health centers, the manager of the malaria program, and the village malaria officer (JMD) who were involved in the vector control process in 2018 and 2019 at the selected health centers. Data collection was conducted through in-depth interviews done by researcher with informants. The interview showed that the malaria program personnel in Sukabumi are doing the strategy as best as possible in order to achieve malaria elimination. 1-2-5 surveillance program in Sukabumi district has been implemented even though the implementation is not as ideal as the technical guidelines suggested by the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Sukabumi district still applied the strategy based on it by adjusting various aspects (resource situation and the availability of facilities) to the suitable condition in Sukabumi.

Effect of treatment condition on perovskite film for perovskite solar cell application

In this study, the Perovskite material CH3NH3PbI3 was prepared using two-step sequential solution deposition technique. The treatment condition for Perovskite film including dipping duration, reaction temperature and annealing temperature was studied. Crystal structure, grain size, and purity of the prepared material were examined using XRD and SEM methods. The results indicate that controlling treatment condition has a significant effect on the crystallinity and purity of Perovskite film. Under suitable condition, the obtained Perovskite material has a tetragonal structure and grain size ranges from 200 to 400 nm. The Perovskite film was then applied as a light-harvesting material in Perovskite solar cell. The device exhibits a power conversion efficiency of 5.18% with JSC of 13.6 mA cm-2, VOC of 0.83 V, and fill factor of 45.9%.

Total Phosphorus and Reactive Phosphate Removal from Aquaculture Wastewater using Calcined Eggshell

Phosphorus is the key nutrient in fish feed, and it has been one of the major soluble nutrients found in aquaculture wastewater (AW). This work aims to evaluate the removal of Total Phosphorus (TP) and Reactive Phosphate (PO4 3-) via adsorption in batch studies using thermally calcined eggshell as adsorbent. The effect of calcination temperature (700 – 1000°C), particle size and holding time were investigated. The screening phase showed that calcined eggshell at 800 °C for 30 minutes was the most suitable condition. Characterization of adsorbents revealed that crystalline structure and functional groups were responsible for the TP and PO4 3- removal using calcined eggshell from AW. Adsorption equilibrium was attained after 15 min with the dosage of 0.2 g of the optimized adsorbent, capable of removing more than 97 % of TP and PO4 3- from AW. This finding has proven the ability of calcined eggshell waste as a potential phosphorus adsorbent from liquid effluents.

Evaluation of photocatalytic activities in decomposition of methylene blue in aqueous solution of Mn-ZIF-8 and Mn@Zn

In the present study, manganese modified zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (Mn-ZIF-8) and zinc-manganese bimetallic oxides (denoted as Mn@Zn), which was formed by Mn-ZIF-8 heat treatment, had been prepared and applied as photocatalysts to decompose methylene blue (MB) under UV radiation. The influence of manganese content on the structure of ZIF-8, as well as the temperature and heat treatment time of Mn-ZIF-8 material to produce Mn@Zn with high photocatalytic activity was investigated. Results showed that all Mn-ZIF-8 samples have photocatalytic activity, but the MB decomposition efficiency of Mn-ZIF-8 samples were lower than pure ZIF-8. The suitable condition for heat treatment of Mn-ZIF-8 to produce Mn@Zn with high photocatalytic activity was at 500 ºC for 5 hours. However, the MB decomposition efficiency of this sample only reached 22% after 180 minutes of UV radiation.

Deliberate Practice and Motor Learning Principles to Underpin the Design of Training Interventions for Improving Lifting Movement in the Occupational Sector: A Perspective and a Pilot Study on the Role of Augmented Feedback

Spine posture during repetitive lifting is one of the main risk factors for low-back injuries in the occupational sector. It is thus critical to design appropriate intervention strategies for training workers to improve their posture, reducing load on the spine during lifting. The main approach to train safe lifting to workers has been educational; however, systematic reviews and meta-analyses have shown that this approach does not improve lifting movement nor reduces the risk of low back injury. One of the main limitations of this approach lies in the amount, quality and context of practice of the lifting movement. In this article, first we argue for integrating psychologically-grounded perspectives of practice design in the development of training interventions for safe lifting. Principles from deliberate practice and motor learning are combined and integrated. Given the complexity of lifting, a training intervention should occur in the workplace and invite workers to repeatedly practice/perform the lifting movement with the clear goal of improving their lifting-related body posture. Augmented feedback has a central role in creating the suitable condition for achieving such intervention. Second, we focus on spine bending as risk factor and present a pilot study examining the benefits and boundary conditions of different feedback modalities for reducing bending during lifting. The results showed how feedback modalities meet differently key requirements of deliberate practice conditions, i.e., feedback has to be informative, individualized and actionable. Following the proposed approach, psychology will gain an active role in the development of training interventions, contributing to finding solutions for a reduction of risk factors for workers.

The affection of fine bubbles (FBs) aplication on growth, feed efficiency of striped catfish, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) and water quality in aquaponic system

This research aims to determine the effect of fine bubble technology with different pressures on Siamese catfish seed's growth and feed efficiency in an aquaponic system. This research used a completely randomized design with four treatments and three replications. Treatment A (Control), Treatment B (FBs with a pressure of 4.5 atm), Treatment C (FBs with a pressure of 5 atm and treatment D (FBs with a pressure of 5.5 atm). The parameters observed were Specific Growth Rate, Feed Conversion Ratio, water quality (temperature, pH, DO, and ammonia), and plant productivity. The seeds used were catfish seeds aged 16-36 days, 1-2 inches long, and weighed 0.26-0.29 grams. The container used is a fiber tub of 16 units with a size of 70 cm x 70cm x 70 cm. The feed used is commercial feed PF 1000 content crude protein 35%. The data were analyzed using variance with the F test at the 95% confidence level. The best treatment for catfish growth was treatment D (pressure 5.5 atm), which gave the highest SGR value of 7.24 ± 0.5 and FCR value of 1.19 ± 0.09. The value of water quality parameters is in suitable condition for the growth of catfish seed. The best plant productivity was found in treatment D with an average weight of 60.75 g.

Vibrodiagnostics Faults Classification for the Safety Enhancement of Industrial Machinery

The current digitization of industrial processes is leading to the development of smart machines and smart applications in the field of engineering technologies. The basis is an advanced sensor system that monitors selected characteristic values of the machine. The obtained data need to be further analysed, correctly interpreted, and visualized by the machine operator. Thus the machine operator can gain a sixth sense for keeping the machine and the production process in a suitable condition. This has a positive effect on reducing the stress load on the operator in the production of expensive components and in monitoring the safe condition of the machine. The key element here is the use of a suitable classification model for data evaluation of the monitored machine parameters. The article deals with the comparison of the success rate of classification models from the MATLAB Classification Learner App. Classification models will compare data from the frequency and time domain, the data source is the same. Both data samples are from real measurements on the CNC vertical machining center (CNC-Computer Numerical Control). Three basic states representing machine tool damage are recognized. The data are then processed and reduced for the use of the MATLAB Classification Learner app, which creates a model for recognizing faults. The article aims to compare the success rate of classification models when the data source is a dataset in time or frequency domain and combination.

Research on adsorption of Cd2+ by hydroxyapatite/chitosan nanocomposite

Hydroxyapatite/chitosan nanocomposite (n-HAp/ChS) was synthesized successfully from 0.5 M Ca(NO3)2 + 5 % chitosan/2 % acetic acid solution and 0.3 M (NH4)2HPO4 solution at pH 10-11 using 28 % NH3 solution by chemical precipitation method. n-HAp/ChS was used for the adsorption of Cd2+ from aqueous solution. The effect of factors on the Cd2+ adsorption efficiency and capacity was investigated. The adsorption efficiency and capacity obtained 97,75 % and 58,65 mg/g respectively at suitable condition: pH0 5.9,n-HAp/ChS mass of 0.1 g, initial Cd2+ concentration of 60 mg/L, contact time 40 minutes at room temperature (30oC). The experimental data was described by Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models.