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Item The fermentation reaction producing biosurfactant using Pseudomonas aeruginosa CFTR?6 was studied. The progress of the bioreaction was monitored in terms of biomass production, product formation and substrate consumption in shake flask experiments using different initial sugar concentrations. A logistic model for biomass growth was found to be satisfactory. Average estimates of the specific growth rate, biomass yield coefficient and maintenance coefficients were obtained. Copyright © 1991 Society of Chemical Industry(A mathematical model for the production of biosurfactants by Pseudomonas aeuginosa CFTR?6: Production of biomass) Ramana, K.V.; Charyulu, N.C.L.N.; Karanth, N.G.1991Item [No abstract available](Geochemical significance of some major and minor elements and their incidence on the environmental conditions of Godavari valley coal fields - A case study) Pavanaguru, R.; Venkat Reddy, D.1990Item Coconut pith, available in abundance, especially in tropical countries, can be an excellent new substrate for the production of cellulase enzyme by solid substrate cultivation of Trichoderma viride NCIM 1051. The effect of type of pretreatment, type and level of nutrient medium, inoculum volume, average substrate particle size, and time of fermentation on cellulase enzyme production by T. viride in coconut pith solid culture was studied. The hydrogen peroxide-pretreated coconut pith was found to be a better substrate. Reese and Mandels' mineral solution mixed with coconut pith in the ratio of 10:1 (v/w; ml g-1) supported maximum cellulase activity. The effect of inoculum volume on enzyme production was only marginal. An average substrate particle size of 375 ?m resulted in better enzyme production. The highest filter paper activity and carboxymethylcellulase activities of 4.27 and 12.05 IU g-1, respectively, were obtained in 7 days of fermentation, and the maximum cellobiase activity that could be obtained was 1.8 IU g-1 in 8 days. © 1994.(Solid substrate fermentation of coconut coir pith for cellulase production) Muniswaran, P.K.A.; Charyulu, N.C.L.N.1994Item Coconut coir pith, available in abundance especially in tropical countries, was studied as a substrate for the production of cellulase[1,4(1,3;1,4)???D?glucan 4?glucanohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.4] and ??D?glucosidase(??D?glucoside glucohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.21) in solid state fermentation. The effects of fermentation time, nutrient level, substrate particle size and inoculum size have been examined for optimal production of these enzymes by the fungal strain Aspergillus niger NCIM 1005. The highest filter paper activity (FPA) of 4.11 IU g?1, carboxyl methyl cellulose (CMCase) activity of 15·55 IU g?1 and cellobiase activity of 9·31 IU g?1 were obtained after 7 to 8 days of fermentation. Reese and Mandel's mineral solution in the substrate to mineral solution ratio of 1:10 (w/v) supported high cellulase and cellobiase activities. An inoculum size of 20–50% (v/v) based on the volume of mineral medium and substrate average particle size of 375 ?m were optimum for enzyme production. Copyright © 1994 SCI(Production of cellulases from coconut coir pith in solid state fermentation) Muniswaran, P.K.A.; Selvakumar, P.; Charyulu, N.C.L.N.1994Item Stimulus response experiments are conducted in four different rectangular columns having two and three spout cells. A pink-coloured polymer material is used as bed material with ambient air as the spouting fluid. A pulse input of dark blue colour polymer material is used as the stimulus, when the column is operating under steady flow conditions, and the response measured. A mathematical model 'plug flow-mixed flow in series' is used to fit the experimental data and the model parameters are evaluated.(Can Soc for Chem Eng, Mixing behaviour of solids in multiple spouted beds) Saidutta, M.B.; Murthy, D.V.R.2000Item Digital watermarking is a technique of hiding specific identification data for copyright authentication. This technique is adapted here for interleaving patient information with medical images to reduce storage and transmission overheads. The text data are encrypted before interleaving with images to ensure greater security. The graphical signals are compressed and subsequently interleaved with the image. Differential pulse-code-modulation and adaptive-delta-modulation techniques are employed for data compression, and encryption and results are tabulated for a specific example.(Compact storage of medical images with patient information) Acharya, A.U.; Anand, D.; P, S.B.; C, N.U.2001Item A novel visualization technique for voluminous ECG data acquired over several hours is presented. The classified data is displayed in a sector graph, with a menu driven hierarchical display strategy, which progressively unfolds greater details for chosen intervals. A color code is employed to identify different types of abnormalities. Provision is made for fine tuning the classification. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.(Comprehensive visualization of cardiac health using electrocardiograms) Acharya, A.U.; Subbanna Bhat, P.; Niranjan, U.C.2002Item Benthal-sludge deposits utilize the oxygen available in the overriding waters, (contacting the sludge deposits) for their bacterial decomposition. The rate of benthal decomposition depends on the availability of decomoposable material and the amount of oxygen being supplied. This paper provides a simple relationship of benthal oxygen demand with time. The rate of benthal degradation decreased with increase in the influent water flow rate.(Kalpana Corporation, Kinetics of benthal sludge stabilization) Bhargava, D.S.; Shrihari, S.2002Item A simple, rapid, selective and sensitive spectrophotometric method for the determination of platinum has been proposed based on the colour reaction between platinum(IV) and piperonal thiosemicarbazone (PATS) in 0.008 - 0. 032 M sulphuric acid medium. The greenish yellow complex has an absorption maximum at 360 nm. Beer's law is obeyed upto 6.5 ppm of Pt and the optimum concentration range is 1 - 5.1 ppm of Pt. The molar absorptivity and Sandell's sensitivity are 3. 239 x 104 1 mol-1 cm-1 and 0.006 ?g cm-2, respectively. The optimum conditions for complete colour development have been investigated by studying parameters like effect of medium, acidity, reagent concentration, time period and effect of diverse ions. The method is used for the determination of platinum in hydrogenation catalysts and platinum complexes.(Rapid spectrophotometric determination of platinum (IV) using piperonal thiosemicarbazone) Shetty, P.; Nityananda Shetty, A.N.; Gadag, R.V.2002Item A simple, rapid and accurate complexometric method for the determination of palladium(II) is proposed, based on the selective demasking property of 2-mercapto propionyl glycine (MPGH2) towards palladium(II). In the presence of diverse metal ions, palladium(II) is complexed with excess of EDTA and the surplus EDTA is back titrated at pH 5-5.5 (acetic acid-acetate buffer) with standard zinc sulphate solution using xylenol orange as indicator. An excess of a 0.2% aqueous solution of MPGH2 is then added to displace EDTA from Pd(II)-EDTA complex. The released EDTA is titrated with the same standard zinc sulphate solution as before. Reproducible and accurate results are obtained in the concentration range 2-22 mg of palladium with relative error of ±0.36% and coefficient of variation (n=6) not exceeding 0.31%. The effect of diverse ions are studied. The method is used for the determination of palladium in its complexes, catalysts and synthetic alloy mixtures.(Complexometric determination of palladium(II) using 2-mercapto propionyl glycine as demasking agent) Shetty, P.; Nityananda Shetty, A.N.; Gadag, R.V.2002