Notions and practices of masculinity are often reconfigured in the wake of rapid economic
and socio-political transformation. This paper explores this aspect in a south Indian village …

Most of the micro-level studies on abortion reach a misleading conclusion that abortions are
exclusively a method of family limitation or family planning. A study conducted in four …

… (3) The self respect marriage between two activists of the movement, S. Neelavathi and
Ramasubramaniam, took place at Pallathur in Ramanathapuram district in 1930. The marriage …

In the 1930s the Madras Legislative Council saw the passage of a bill on the abolition of the
devadasi system. This event generated an extensive debate on the issue in the course of …

Pesticides are inevitable in agriculture to enhance crop yield. More than 90 percent of
insecticides used are lost due to drift, leaching in soil, degradation process (Photolysis, hydrolysis)…

Plant diseases have turned into a dilemma as it can cause significant reduction in both quality
and quantity of agricultural products. Automatic detection of plant diseases is an essential …

Object tracking is a fundamental problem in Supply Chain Management (SCM). Recent
innovations eliminate the difficulties in traditional approach such as manual counting, locating …

Chalcone based materials are widely used in many industrial applications. The two new
similar chalcone based single crystals, namely (E)-3-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)…

Nerium oleander Linn (NOL) an evergreen shrub belonging to the Apocynaceae family has
been reported to have a wide spectrum of bioactivities. In in vitro study, the free radical …

… (3) ε = ( β s cot θ ) / 2 where β s is the integral breadth of the (h k l) reflection, θ is the
Bragg angle [46], [47]. Raman Measurement was performed using RENISHAW in Via Raman …