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182 articles for “cultivation”
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Is the propensity of increasing the rice production a sustainable approach? Experiences from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
Abstract: Half of the world’s population consumes rice as their staple food, making it one of the most demanding crops in the world. South Asia covers 37.5% of global rice harvested area and contributes 32% of global rice production. Due to high population growth rate, the demand for rice in South Asia will continue to increase. At present, around 276 million people in South Asia are undernourished. India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan …
Published in Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 12–28 Read article
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Floodplain Inundation Modeling and Mapping for Geray River: Nile Basin, Ethiopia
Abstract: Flood is among the most devastating natural hazards in the world claiming lives and properties more than any other natural phenomena. During high flow, the Geray River flooded the vicinity of the area and causes loss of cultivated land and life. The objective of this study describes the flood extent and depth in the Geray River for different flow conditions. This research involves the integration of HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, and GIS …
Published in Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2019 · pp. 25–45 Read article
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Flood Frequency Analysis of Big Akaki River, Awash Basin, Ethiopia
Abstract: Flood is one of the most dangerous naturally occurring catastrophic hazards now days displacing and killing people and destroying properties. During high flow, the Big Akaki River flooded the vicinity of the area and causes loss of cultivated land and life. Flood water inundates the floodplain areas and cause vast damages to life and property. The main objective of this paper is to analyze the inundation area along the Big …
Published in Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 35–48 Read article
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HEC-HMS Based Estimation of Rainfall Runoff Relationship in Central Highlands of Ethiopia, a Case Study in Beressa Watershed
Abstract: Rainfall and runoff are the most frequently used events in hydrology. Calculating of a flow at the outlet of river is vigorous for a number of hydrologic studies like water resource management and flood forecasting. This study supported out to estimate rainfall-runoff relation in Beressa watershed. HEC-HMS model is used to pretend rainfall-runoff process and to apply the rainfall-runoff analysis by using SCS_CN method in Beressa Watershed. A physical based …
Published in Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management · Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2021 · pp. 40–63 Read article
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Increasing Flood Resilience through Planning Practices in Heritage Cities: Case of Mandu, Madhya Pradesh
Abstract: Over the past few decades, India has witnessed various types of natural disasters with changing times such as wild fires, cyclones, earthquakes, floods, landslides etc. Out of which, flooding has severely affected different Indian states in past few decades. Various Government reports shows that between 1953 to 2011, floods have claimed on an average 1653 lives every year and the numbers have been increasing since then. Floods have eroded the …
Published in Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 49–60 Read article
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IoT Based Smart Agriculture
Abstract: AbstractAgriculture, farming or cultivation are important occupations since the history of the human race is maintained. The word "Agriculture" represents all entities that came beneath the linear sequence of links of organic phenomenon for masses. Since humans are the smartest living species on earth, their smartness always encourages them to discover and innovate. This desire to innovate led to many inventions like the wheel, advancement in standards of living, language, …
Published in Recent Trends in Sensor Research & Technology · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 7–11 Read article
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Accurate & Efficient Plant Disease Detection using Transfer Learning with Edge Impulse
Abstract: Transfer learning is a powerful machine learning technique that allows optimization of pre-trained models for related tasks on small datasets. In this research paper, we explore the application of Edge Impulse & transfer learning for plant diseases and aim to detect on edge devices more effectively at low cost. We collected and preprocessed many plant images and used this data to fine-tune a neural network model pre-trained by Edge Impulse. …
Published in Recent Trends in Sensor Research & Technology · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 30–41 Read article
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Green Gesture Control Tractor
Abstract: India being the agricultural country a clean technology for farming can increase the prosperity of farmer and prosperity of the nation at large. Prototype of Green Gesture Control Tractor is designed and developed specially for the farmers. The main objective was plowing, planting, sprinkling of pesticide, harvesting the crop and transportation of crop with least efforts. In Green Gesture Control Tractor, human hand motions are sensed by sensor (ADXL345 accelerometer) …
Published in Current Trends in Information Technology · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 12–17 Read article
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Advancement of Lifelong Learning Through Online Communities
Abstract: The concept of long-lasting learning has risen with the development of web and e-learning. In today's competitive environment, learning is not restricted to a conventional four-year degree but is a progressing handle that endures all through the lifetime of a person. The Web offers curiously conceivable outcomes for dispersing instructive fabric to understudies, both locally and as portion of farther education. One of the vital parts of higher instruction in …
Published in Current Trends in Information Technology · Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 9–17 Read article
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Revolutionizing Agriculture: Integrating IoT, Machine Learning, and Image Processing for Smart Farming
Abstract: Precision agriculture, characterized by data-driven decision-making, has revolutionized modern farming practices. This abstract explores the integration of sensor monitoring, machine learning, and image processing to enhance agricultural efficiency and sustainability. In precision agriculture, a network of sensors continually collects vital environmental data, including temperature, humidity, rainfall, sunlight, soil moisture, and conductivity. The real-time data supplied by these sensors empowers farmers to make knowledgeable choices concerning irrigation, fertilization, and pest management. …
Published in Journal of Communication Engineering & Systems · Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 28–45 Read article
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Comprehensive Review of Satawar (Asparagus Racemosus)
Abstract: Asparagus racemosus Willd belongs to the family Asparagaceae, commonly known as Satavari. This Asparagus genus has around 300 species cultivated in the world, mainly grow in shade and tropical climates at low altitudes throughout the India, Asia, Australia and Africa and it is an indigenous monocot medicinal plant of India. Asparagus racemosus root extracts (AR) have possess a variety of pharmacological and therapeutic properties like Antioxidant, galactagogue, antiulcer, rejuvenative, phytoestrogenic, …
Published in Journal of AYUSH: Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2020 Read article
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Artavachakra: An Ayurvedic Perspective on Menstrual Cycle
Abstract: In womanhood, important physiological manifestation is Artavachakra, i.e. menstrual cycle, which gives her identity of motherhood. The concept of Garbhotpatti is compared with Ankurotpatti of plants. For the proper growth and development of any crop, four suitable conditions are required which are: Proper Rutu (Season), Proper Kshetra (cultivated land), Proper Ambu (Water supply), and Proper Beeja (Uncontaminated seeds). From the four essential factors for Garbha, i.e., Rutu, Kshetra, Ambu, and …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Ayurvedic Science, Yoga and Naturopathy · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 11–15 Read article
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Smoking and Body Weight: Is There Any Relation?
Abstract: Tobacco is a tall, green leafy plant, originally grown in South and Central America, but now cultivated throughout the world. The link between smoking and body weight is evident as early as adolescence. Nicotine acts on nicotinic cholinergic receptors in the brain and autonomic ganglia. The binding of nicotine to the nicotinic receptors opens ion channels, allowing entry of sodium and calcium, thereby; augment the release of various neurotransmitters. This …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions · Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2013 · pp. 33–36 Read article
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Progress from the Traditional Vaccines to Novel Rational Vaccine Designs
Abstract: Vaccines are among the most valuable assets for saving human and animal lives. The vaccines discovered and designed on the Pasteurian principles laid the foundations of the traditional vaccine regime during the late-19th century. Some traditional vaccine designs proved remarkably successful, while others had safety or efficacy problems, and still others failed- particularly those against diseases caused by non-cultivable, hyper-variable or opportunist pathogens, or those requiring cellular immunity. The problems …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Immunology · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 17–31 Read article
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Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Properties of Medicinal Mushrooms with Reference to Their Role in Treating COVID-19 Infections
Abstract: Emerging, respiratory coronavirus like severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), producing the disease COVID-19 has become the major cause of posing biological threat to mankind in today’s world. It is referred as typical pneumonia associated inflammatory infection of lungs with high morbidity and mortality rate in humans. The virus has affected more than 200 countries across the world leading to death of more that 32,000,00 people across the globe, as …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Immunology · Vol. 11, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 23–34 Read article
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Review Paper: Pharmacists in Ambulatory/Outpatient Patient Care Settings
Abstract: Ambulatory consideration pharmacy practice is characterized as the arrangement of coordinated, open human services benefits by pharmacists who are responsible for tending to medication needs, creating continued associations with patients, and rehearsing with regards to family and network. This is cultivated through direct patient consideration and medication the executives for ambulatory patients, long haul connections, coordination of consideration, patient support, wellbeing and wellbeing advancement, triage and referral, and patient instruction …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 45–65 Read article
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Novel Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria from Rhizospheres of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera): 16S rRNA Typing and Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal their Distinct Identity
Abstract: AbstractPlant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) comprise a large portion of soil microbiome and are essential for the growth of plants as they are capable of exhibiting a range of plant growth promoting biochemical mechanisms. Reports on rhizosphere microflora of date palm tree Phoenix dactylifera are scarce and the rhizomicrobiome of the date palm tree is expected to have microbial members that exhibit features to overcome stress due to varying conditions such …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Microbiology and Virology · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 11–25 Read article
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Biotechnological Applications for Microalgal Enzymes
Abstract: Enzymes are essential components of biological reactions and serve significant roles in the scalability and optimization of many industrial processes. Because of the rising economic demand for newer and more efficient enzymes to help further optimize these processes, many researchers are now focusing their efforts on more renewable and environmentally friendly sources to generate these enzymes. Microalgae are especially promising in this area since they can be cultivated in photobioreactors, …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Microbiology and Virology · Vol. 12, Issue 1, 2022 · pp. 24–27 Read article
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Puerperal Infection: A General Review
Abstract: The Puerperal infection includes all abnormal conditions resulting from the entrance of organisms into the genital tract during labour or the puerperium. Puerperal infection has been recognized for many hundreds of years, and was mentioned by both Hippocrates and Galen in their works. Later, in the seventeenth century, Willis, in England, wrote a treatise on the subject as it occurred at that time. About the middle of the nineteenth century …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Surgery · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 32–38 Read article
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Kapikacchu (Mucuna pruriens): A Promising Indigenous Herbal Drug and Its Effect on Different Disease Conditions
Abstract: Mucuna pruriens is widely known as “velvet bean,” which originally belongs to eastern part of India and China where it is cultivated as vegetable crop. It has been shown that its seeds are potentially of substantial medicinal importance. Kapikacchu belongs to Fabaceae family and it is widely used for aphrodisiac purpose as well as for Parkinson disease. It has lots of pharmacological properties such as hypoglycemic activity, antioxidant activity, aphrodisiac …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Toxicology · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 1–5 Read article