Comparison of JSS Formula with Modified Shukla's Formula for Insertion of Umbilical Venous Catheter: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Objective: To compare the rate of optimal position of UVC between modified Shukla's formula and JSS formula.

Methods: Babies requiring umbilical vein catheterization were randomized to either Shukla or JSS formula group. Post-procedure X-ray was taken to check the tip position.

Heterotrophic free-living and particle-bound bacterial cell size in the river Cauvery and its downstream tributaries.

This is the first comprehensive study on planktonic heterotrophic bacterial cell size in the river Cauvery and its important tributaries in Karnataka State, India. The initial hypothesis that the mean cell size of planktonic heterotrophic bacteria in the four tributaries are markedly different from each other and also from that in the main river Cauvery was rejected, because all five watercourses showed similar planktonic heterotrophic bacterial cell size. Examination of the correlation between mean heterotrophic bacterial cell size and environmental variables showed four correlations in the river Arkavathy and two in the river Shimsha.

Utilization of glycerol as carbon source on the growth, pigment and lipid production in Spirulina platensis.

The ability of the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis to utilize glycerol as the carbon source was investigated. In this work, we report on some physiological parameters that characterize the adaptive response of Spirulina platensis for the utilization of glycerol as the carbon source. A marked decrease was observed in the pigments Chlorophyll a (Chl a) and phycocyanin content of Spirulina platensis grown on glycerol medium when compared to the control.

Effect of using seaweed (eucheuma) powder on the quality of fish cutlet.

Physico-chemical properties of Eucheuma, such as soluble solids (27.5+/-0.02%), water holding capacity (17.

Performance evaluation of up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor for treatment of paper mill wastewater.

The present study deals with the performance evaluation of the UASB reactor under varied organic loading rate (OLR) for the treatment of paper mill wastewater. The sludge granulation process started after 120 days from the start-up period. Sludge granules size was found to be 0.