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Teaching Writing to Elementary School Learners - A Study
Authors: Vrutti Dave
Published: April 2023

The majority of students in the Netherlands, as well as in other countries, are unable to write at a high enough level by the end of elementary school, according to research. The time allotted to writing is extremely constrained, and only a small percentage of institutions are successful in imparting this skill effectively. There is little doubt that the way writing is taught in elementary schools has to be improved upon. In order to uncover effective techniques to teaching writing to kids in grades 4 to 6, a study of writing intervention studies was conducted. There were eleven intervention categories: strategy teaching, text structure instruction, prewriting activities, peer aid, grammar instruction; feedback; evaluation; process approach; goal setting; and revision. Each intervention category had its average impact size computed. Five of the 10 categories had statistically significant results. In a pairwise comparison of these categories, goal setting (ES = 2.03) was found to be the most effective intervention for improving students' writing performance, followed by strategy instruction (ES =.96), text structure instruction (ES =.76), peer assistance (ES =.59), and feedback (ES =.88), all of which were found to be effective. Finding out how these therapies may be applied in the classrooms of primary school students will require further research.
The Effect of Handwriting vs. Keyboard Writing on the Learners’ Reception of Words: Challenges and Benefits
Authors: Nilesh Nandaniya
Published: April 2023

In this study, we were interested in determining how writing mode affects word memory and recognition. Handwriting using a pen on paper, typing on a regular laptop keyboard, and typing on an iPad touch keyboard were chosen as the three writing modes. Using a completely counterbalanced and in-subjects experimental design, 36 women ranging in age from 19 to 54 participated. Participants were asked to jot down words that were read aloud to them in each of the three writing modes using a wordlist paradigm. By handwriting, on a keyboard, and on an iPad virtual keyboard, we assessed our participants' verbal recall and recognition abilities. For the purposes of this study, the data were analysed using non-parametric statistics. This study's findings show that writing modality has an overall effect, and further analyses show that participants had much stronger free recall of words written in the handwriting condition than words written in either of the keyboard conditions. The writing mode had no influence on recognition in this circumstance. According to the results shown in the graph below, handwriting may have certain cognitive advantages over writing on a computer keyboard when it comes to word recall components. Findings are investigated for their educational and cognitive value in this study.
Book review: Traditions of Writing Research
Authors: Dr. Paresh Jotangiya
Published: April 2023

The editors of Traditions of Writing Research created an eclectic collection of short essays for publishing in the journal Traditions of Writing Research using the contributions from the 2008 conference Writing Across Borders (henceforth WRAB). As a result, I've included the following language from WRAB's initial Call for Papers to further clarify the selection process: " 'This conference brings together the many writing researchers from across the world, drawing on all disciplines and focusing on all elements of writing across the lifespan and across all segments of society,' according to the conference's website. "This will be an opportunity to learn from other research traditions, exchange our findings, identify common agendas, and set the framework for future communication and partnerships," according to the website (http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/wrconf08.html). A guide or anthology would hope to discover articles that fit neatly into pre-existing categories, but the WRAB conference is all about forging new research paths and bridging gaps between previously unrelated ones. Keeping in line with their mission of bridging cultural barriers, this anthology features voices that are rarely heard together. An Argentinean etymological society is one of the 31 organisations that have contributed to this collection of etymological entries. Accordingly, there are no discipline-specific divisions in the book, nor do any of the parts match to specific research approaches or theoretical frameworks. Others report on new research projects that have not yet been published in this book. in this collection of scholarly essays
A Book Review on The Evolution of a Person's ‘Written and Spoken Language Development Across Lifespan’ by Liliana Tolchinsky
Authors: Dr. Raviraj Raval
Published: April 2023

The current book was prepared as a tribute to Liliana Tolchinsky's excellent work as a researcher in the field of writing development. Researchers from across the world who were affected by or inspired by Liliana Tolchinsky's thoughts and research have been brought together to help the editors of Written and Spoken Language Development Across the Lifespan accomplish their aim.

The editors Perera, Aparici, Rosado, and Salas wrote an introduction to the book in which they go into great depth on Liliana Tolchinsky's professional background. Liliana Tolchinsky's outstanding career, which is full of ambitious and creative initiatives, global partnerships, and achievements, is well-illustrated in this introduction. In total, there are 19 chapters in this book, all of which are devoted to studying how languages emerge. Part I focuses on early literacy development, whereas Part II covers later literacy development.
Analysing Self-Regulation in Academic Writing: A Study of Select Essay Writers
Authors: Dr. Shyam Shukla
Published: April 2023

A sociocultural approach to understanding how social environment and social interaction are connected to writing regulation has been more important in writing research over the past several decades. Self-regulation in three successful Bachelor essay writers in literature is examined via a participatory appropriation theory lens, and how contact with supervisors helped them acquire writing regulation in ways appropriate to their academic backgrounds. With the help of Pintrich's self-regulation framework, we conducted three in-depth qualitative interviews with participants at three different stages throughout the research. Using data from this study on students' self-regulation of writing and social interactions, such as their conversations with their supervisors, researchers were able to see whether there was any overlap between the two. In light of our results, we may infer that supervisors acted as socializers, helping students adopt disciplinary-relevant ways of thinking and behaving while also encouraging students' motivation and re-conceptualizing the writing process. This study, seen as a whole, answers to requests for research into the social framework in which self-regulation is rooted.
Notes Taking: Researching the Art
Authors: Nirali Ravaliya
Published: April 2023

Writing a thesis is like offering retirement planning counsel to a 65-year-old: you can't start with a blank sheet and you'll be in trouble from the first. Ahrens does not hold back in How to Take Smart Notes when it comes to making big statements and his critique of academic writing guides is unrestrained. It is important to take notes before beginning to write an academic paper, even if the author does not give precise direction on how to construct a strong research topic, how to arrange a lengthier piece, or how correctly reference sources. As a result, Ahrens' book doesn't fit into either category: broad advice or particular instruction. Rather, it sits somewhere in between. Either a practical how-to guide or a psychological self-help guide that offers suggestions on how to deal with the mental challenges of finishing a piece of writing without incurring emotional breakdowns.
Symbols – The Historical Artifacts of Identity
Authors: Dr. Mrinalini Thaker
Published: April 2023

Symbols are conscious communication and language of the subconscious minds. They represent our multidimensional universe. Symbols surround us in numerous forms and form a complex part of our daily lives. They represent a nation's culture, heritage, and history and are part of collective human consciousness. Every culture has its own set of symbols, which are associated with different practices and perceptions. Thus, as a representation, a symbol's meaning is neither instinctive nor automatic. The paper discusses two powerful symbols namely Om and Tai-Chi and concludes how symbols have hidden meanings and doubtlessly they are historical artifacts one attires to identify with one’s faith.
Epistemological and writing beliefs in a first-year college writing course: Exploring shifts across a semester and relationships with argument quality
Authors: Mohammad Azim M. Saiyad
Published: April 2023

This study's purpose was to analyze 164 first-year students who had previously participated in another study. Attended a writing course on their rhetorical writing skills and epistemological viewpoints. At the start and conclusion of the semester, students had to complete epistemological and writing belief scales. The argumentative writing assignment that was due after the semester was also gathered. In a sixteen-week semester, correlational studies demonstrated a significant link between students' writing perspectives and their epistemological beliefs. The findings of the research revealed that the students' epistemic viewpoints on how quickly they may learn new information and the particular knowledge they already had experienced considerable change over the semester. In addition, during the semester, the student's perspectives on writing constantly evolved. as a final product, its role in resolving disputes changed considerably. The calibre of the rhetorical writing students creates intimately related to their beliefs about writing. The study examines the students' writing philosophies and contrasts them with their writing abilities.
Explicitly Teaching Five Technical Genres to English First-Language Adults in a Multi-Major Technical Writing Course
Authors: Dr. Samir Khan
Published: April 2023

My research focuses on students who speak English as their first language and are currently enrolled in a technical writing class open to students from many majors. I will report in this post on the outcomes of teaching these students five distinct types of technical writing. In this case, the students in issue have English as their mother tongue. Previous experimental research has shown that it is useful to explicitly teach academic writing to adults who speak English as their first language. The findings of the research have proved this.

In contrast, no research on technical writing has ever been conducted compared to this study's level of depth and breadth. In order to investigate these effects, I employed a strategy that included a few different research approaches. In order to present a more comprehensive, in-depth characterization of the 534 texts authored by 316 student authors, this approach consisted of a control-group quasi-experimental design with a qualitative analysis. These were the components that made up the strategy. According to the findings, the participants in the genre workshop created writings with a significantly higher sensitivity to audience, purpose, structure, design, style, and editing than those generated by participants who were taught using more traditional approaches. Participants displayed a superior awareness of audience, aim, and editing while working within the framework of technical genres in the job materials text type instead of the procedures text type. This was the case when comparing the two text types. When contrasting the two different forms of text, this was the result.
Resistance and Identity: A Postcolonial Feminist Study of Ismat Chughtai’s Fiction
Authors: Devindrappa Mallikarjun
Published: April 2023

Postcolonial feminism has streamed out from the mainstream feminism in the latter half of the 20th century. It is a critique too and the reaction against the mainstream feminism. Postcolonial feminism deals with the social, political and economic marginalization of the third world women which has been overlooked and subsided by the European or mainstream Feminism. It disseminates the struggles and resistance of the “doubly marginalized” woman of the colonized nations. The postcolonial female writer believes that the feminist (mainstream) narratives have failed to bring the overall issues of third world women in their discourse. The woman, according to them does not share the common identity globally and there is a deep sense of dissatisfaction among them with patriarchy, colonization, and also with the mainstream feministic narratives. Postcolonial feminism seeks to address colonial oppression and turns down the idea of ‘global sisterhood’ as propagated by Western feminism. Whenever one talks about the feminism or post colonialism, they restrict themselves either to the unfair treatment of patriarchal forces in the western and the oppression of the imperial powers. Further they never paid attention to the ground realities of race, ethnicity, coercion, and intimidation of postcolonial cum patriarchal culture of downtrodden and less educated women of underdeveloped nations. The major concern of this paper is to look into Ismat Chughati’s works in the lens postcolonial feminist. And an attempt to deconstruct the patriarchal culture by looking the socio- political and economic conditions of the women and by reconstructing the lost identity of third world women in her work.
Cidadania e planejamento orçamentário na proteção do meio ambiente
Authors: Gebran Batoki Chad José
Published: April 2023

O meio ambiente ecologicamente equilibrado é direito fundamental das presentes e futuras gerações. Sua implementação passa por contextos históricos de diferentes fases, desde uma escassez normativa até a atual fase holística, na qual se busca tutelar osdireitos da natureza de maneira sistêmica. No Brasil, essa exigência de proteção eclode com a Política Nacional do Meio Ambiente, em 1981, sendo posteriormente consolidada pela Constituição Federal de 1988. E é na instituição dessa proteçãosistêmica que nasce a necessidade de um desenvolvimento sustentável. O desenvolvimento decorre de um panorama multidimensional, que permeia algumas perspectivas, dentre elas a socioambiental. A sustentabilidade, em seu conceito amplo,passa a abranger diferentes concepções, como as sociais, ambientais, políticas, dentre outras, assumindo papel relevante na tutelaambiental, passando-se a exigir a instituição de um padrão comportamental ético cuja efetivação pode ocorrer pela educação ambiental e participação da sociedade de modo ativo. Mas para uma implementação dessas políticas, é necessário previsão orçamentária pelo Estado. É no segmento financeiro estatal que se estipula e se verifica o planejamento orçamentário da Administração Pública, necessário para instituição de metas, diretrizes e objetivos do gasto público como um todo, abrangendo a proteção do meio ambiente. A partir de uma análise jurídica dogmática – buscou-se tentar compreender qual é a possívelrelação entre o exercício de cidadania e o planejamento  orçamentário público e sua relevância na proteção do meio ambiente.
Uma base para os pilares ESG: indicadores e regulamentação como ferramentas para superar o greenwashing
Authors: Martins de Arruda Câmara Luísa
Published: April 2023

A Agenda Ambiental, Social e de Governança - mais conhecida por sua sigla em inglês, ESG - aparece com cada vez mais força na mídia e na comunicação das empresas. Enquanto a inserção das discussões sobre meio ambiente, sociais, e degovernança representam um importante avanço nos patamares de discussões envolvendo empresas e o mercado financeiro, é necessário avaliar o movimento com cautela. Nesse contexto, o trabalho objetiva analisar o papel dos indicadores eregulamentação como ferramentas com potencial de combater o greenwashing. A pesquisa tem início com a análise do relatório Who Cares Wins, pontapé inicial para a discussão da temática ESG. Na sequência, pondera-se sobre a necessidade de cuidado ao encarar as comunicações relacionadas aos pilares ESG. Em um terceiro momento, discute-se aimportância de indicadores padronizados e regulamentados como instrumento para aprimorar esses pilares. Por fim, sãodescritas as perspectivas regulatórias existentes atualmente no Brasil representadas pelo Projeto de Lei 5442/2019 e as Consultas Públicas nº 85 e 86 do Banco Central do Brasil. Conclui-se que as métricas, associadas a uma regulamentaçãoadequada, representam um caminho possível para solucionar essa questão, na perspectiva de estabelecimento de um piso mínimo.
A nova governança pública e os princípios ESG
Authors: Augusto Marx César
Published: April 2023

Os Princípios ESG – Environmental, social and Governance consistem em fatores usados    para avaliar o comprometimento das organizações com o desenvolvimento sustentável, a responsabilidade social e as boas práticas de governança corporativa. Segundo esses princípios, as organizações devem criar instrumentos para fortalecimento da governança corporativa aliada à preocupação com os impactos ambientais gerados pelas suas atividades, bem como com a promoção do desenvolvimento social. Este texto propõe-se a analisar a possibilidade de aplicação dos princípios ESG na Administração Pública brasileira identificando possíveis ações governamentais já implementadas em órgãos e entidades federais que representam iniciativas voltadas para o fortalecimentode questões relacionadas a desenvolvimento ambiental, social e fortalecimento da governança. Com isso, pretende-se discutir a necessidade de regulamentação dos princípios ESG como forma de incentivar sua implementação nas organizações públicas em consonância com as medidas de implementação dos programas de integridade já em curso no Brasil.
Temas emergentes em ESG: uma revisão da literatura
Authors: Akiyoshi Nagai Ronaldo
Published: April 2023

Artigo traz revisão da literatura acerca do tema ESG e as contribuições principais da produção acadêmica. Primeiramente, fornece um mapeamento da bibliografia na tentativa de identificar uma atenção acadêmica desproporcional sobre a pesquisa na área, o que contribui para uma desconexão significativa entre os diferentes temas de pesquisa do SRI e ESG e, por consequência, um desvio em relação ao objetivo final do SRI, que é tornar a empresa mais ética e sustentável aos stakeholders. Em segundo lugar, aponta novos insights sobre a importância das métricas ESG por meio de um panorama sobre a os termos que compõe o conceito, abordando sua evolução conceitual de forma longitudinal, além de identificar as principais publicações acadêmicas e autores que abordam o tema e, finalmente, mapear oportunidades de estudos futuros e direcionamento das pesquisas sobre o tema na literatura acadêmica.
A emissão de títulos verdes no brasil
Authors: Rodriguez Gomez Furtado de Oliveira Pedro Ernesto
Published: April 2023

O artigo 225 da Constituição de 1988 estabelece que todos têm direito a um meio ambiente ecologicamente equilibrado, bem de uso comum do povo e essencial à sadia qualidade de vida, impondo-se ao Poder Público e à coletividade o dever de defendê-lo e preservá-lo para as presentes e futuras gerações. Os Títulos Verdes são instrumentos que representam uma grande oportunidade para direcionar capital aos investimentos necessários para o atingimento dos objetivos de proteção, conservação e desenvolvimento do meio ambiente, bem como no combate às mudanças climáticas e aos inúmeros riscos ambientais que a sociedade atualmente enfrenta. No artigo, o autor defende a necessidade de criação de novos procedimentos que simplifiquem a emissão desses títulos – principalmente em âmbito da CVM (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários), para facilitar a estreia de novos entrantes no mercado dos Títulos Verdes.
COMPOSIÇÃO FLORÍSTICA DA VEGETAÇÃO DE UM AFLORAMENTO ROCHOSO NA SERRA DE ITIÚBA (BAHIA, BRASIL)
Authors: Carvalho Ângela Silva de , Santos Valdira de Jesus
Published: April 2023

Os afloramentos rochosos são reconhecidos como ecossistemas e estão localizados nos topos íngremes das serras e morros. No Brasil, essas formações são bem investigadas na região Sudeste, contudo, são escassos os estudos florísticos e ecológicos desenvolvidos no Nordeste. Portanto, esse trabalho teve o objetivo de realizar o levantamento florístico da flora de um afloramento rochoso na Serra de Itiúba (BA). Foram realizadas coletas mensais entre outubro de 2018 a outubro de 2019, utilizando o método de coleta aleatória de indivíduos que apresentavam estruturas reprodutivas. O material botânico foi herborizado, identificado com auxílio de bibliografia especializada e consultas a especialistas e introduzido no Herbário da Universidade do Estado da Bahia UNEB/ Senhor do Bonfim. Os dados foram analisados com o programa estatístico RStudio para calcular a similaridade. Foram identificadas 49 espécies distribuídas em 25 famílias e 49 gêneros. As famílias mais representativas em número de espécies foram: Fabaceae (10 spp.), Asteraceae (6 spp.) e Apocynaceae (3 spp.). A similaridade foi realizada entre (9) nove áreas de afloramentos rochosos, mostrando que a vegetação da Laje do Céu possui composição florística mais similar à flora dos mirantes naturais no parque urbano de Igatú em Andaraí (BA), e com a diversidade florística em afloramentos rochosos do município de Esperança na Paraíba com aproximadamente 59% de similaridade.
A RECICLAGEM E A PRESERVAÇÃO DO MEIO AMBIENTE
Authors: Varjão Levi Menezes , Silva Márcia Raimunda de Jesus Moreira da , Cardoso Jusceli Maria O. de C.
Published: April 2023

A qualidade de vida é mantida quando o meio ambiente é preservado. É direito de todos os indivíduos viverem em um meio ambiente saudável, bem respirável, com água limpa e propícia para consumo, com solo compensado, enfim um ambiente equilibrado. A agressão que vem ocorrendo ao meio ambiente é alvo de uma preocupação constante da humanidade, de instituições, governamentais ou não, seus representantes e das pessoas em geral. Um dos motivos do desequilíbrio ambiental é a geração do lixo e o seu descarte. Esse é um impacto que ocasiona um grande desequilíbrio ao meio ambiente, por meio do tratamento inadequado do lixo, alterando a qualidade de vida no planeta. Nesse sentido, são muitos os procedimentos de redução da geração de lixo praticados como forma de se implantar alternativas convenientes que busquem soluções para a problemática do lixo que é gerado em grande escala pela população urbana, dentre os diversos métodos para o descarte do lixo, a reciclagem é uma solução viável que depende de uma conscientização da população sobre esse método. Com a intenção de conhecer este mecanismo e os seus impactos ao meio ambiente, é que esta pesquisa foi desenvolvida, onde a proposta é de abordagem dos conceitos básicos que constituem o processo da reciclagem e do reuso de materiais, além de dar uma visão geral a respeito do lixo, e do meio ambiente.
Perkawinan Usia Muda Di Indonesia Dalam Perspektif Negara Dan Agama Serta Permasalahannya (The Under Marriage In Indonesia On The Country Perspective And Religion As Well As The Problem)
Authors: Jayadi Nurman , Suarjana Suarjana , Muzawir Muzawir
Published: April 2023

Masalah fenomena sosial perkawinan usia muda di Indonesia merupakan salah satu fenomenayang banyak terjadi di berbagai wilayah di tanah air, baik di perkotaan maupun di pedesaan.Hal ini menunjukkan kesederhanaan pola pikir masyarakat sehingga fenomena sosial(pernikahan usia dini) masih berulang terus dan terjadi di berbagai wilayah tanah air baikyang di kota-kota besar maupun di pelosok tanah air. Fenomena perkawinan usia muda akanberdampak pada kehidupan keluarga dan kualitas sumberdaya manusia Indonesia. Usiaperkawinan muda berbanding lurus dengan tingginya angka perceraian karena pasangan suamiistri yang remaja belum siap untuk membangun kehidupan rumah tangga. Secara psikilogismereka masih belum matang berfikir, bahkan mereka cendrung labil dan emosional Ketika terjadi permasalahan dan pertengkaran dalam rumah tangga yang pada akhirnya berujungpada perceraian. Selain banyaknya terjadi kasus perceraian, kematian bayi dan ibu dalamkasus perkawinan muda merupakan kasus tertinggi di Indonesia. Oleh karena itu fenomenasosial usia perkawinan muda kembali diperbincangkan oleh berbagai pakar dan tokohmasyarakat. Mereka mencoba meninjau kembali UU No.1 1974 pasal 7 ayat 1 yangmenyatakan bahwa wanita diperbolehkan kawin pada usia 16 tahun dan laki-laki usia 18tahun. Oleh karena itu Tulisan ini menjelaskan bagaimana usia perkawinan dini dalamperspektif hukum positif Negara dan hukum Islam. Ada perbedaan antara hukum agama dannegara dalam melihat usia perkawinan dini yang masih terjadi di tanah air.
MARGENS, ESCURIDÃO E TÁTICAS DE CONTRALUZ:
Authors: Silva Barbosa Arthur , Fernandes de Oliveira Cássio , Bauer de Oliveira Erika , Caldas Vargas Leonardo , Veloso Gomes Serena , Pereira de Freitas Gabriela
Published: April 2023

O presente artigo pretende investigar movimentos de insurgências no cinema brasileiro contemporâneo a partir de dois filmes: Era Uma Vez Brasília (Adirley Queirós) e Voltei! (Glenda Nicácio e Ary Rosa). Ao relacionar essas obras, bem como seu modelo de produção, aspira-se compreender a perspectiva dos vencidos (BENJAMIN, 1994) ligada à dimensão simbólica da noite e das zonas de contraluzes das margens como espaços epistemológicos de fabulação e resistência. Zonas em que também se fazem mais perceptíveis as luzes intermitentes dos vaga-lumes, como propõe Didi-Huberman a partir de Pasolini, em detrimento do brilho ofuscante dos holofotes do poder hegemônico. O objetivo é compreender de que forma tal perspectiva é construída pela linguagem fílmica, colocando esses grupos minoritários como sujeitos participantes do tecido estético-político na sociedade a partir das fabulações cinematográficas que geram sobre si mesmos. Como resultado, percebemos a transição de um cinema de representação para uma perspectiva de criação e partilha política, propondo práticas coletivas como agenciamentos fundamentais de uma virada insurgente.
CONTRIBUIÇÕES ADORNIANAS NO RECONHECIMENTO DE UM CINEMA EMANCIPADOR
Authors: Ribeiro Pollyanna , Santiago Oliveira Keyla Andrea
Published: April 2023

Embora o cinema possa ser situado em uma indústria cultural, produzido como uma mercadoria que segue as tipificações para ser consumida pelas massas, o intuito deste trabalho é levantar, a partir do referencial da Teoria Crítica adorniana, as possibilidades de um filme constituir-se como uma obra de arte. Como tal, desde sua produção, pode romper com os estereótipos e ser constituído em multideterminações, inclusive estéticas, em teor emancipatório e de caráter resistente. O desenvolvimento desta discussão será ancorado em Adorno (2003, 2018), Adorno e Horkheimer (2014), Chaves (2015), Loureiro (2012), Rezende (2010). A partir de um paralelo entre dois filmes, um típico produto comercial e outro, de mesma temática, mas que consideramos obra de arte, visualizamos como estética e conteúdo fílmicos se apresentam nessa perspectiva.
Efficiency Indices for Agriculture Management Research
Authors: Devasenapathy P. , Gangwar B
Published: April 2023

Sustainable agricultural management technologies should be studied in terms of increased productivity, profitability, energy saving and efficiency of agricultural inputs usage by using efficiency indices and sustainable indicators.. The book serves as a complete source of information on efficiency indices and sustainability indicators followed in different branches of agricultural management research like nutrient, water and weed management, cropping and farming system studies, meteorological and crop physiological studies and economic assessment of all the management techniques. Keeping these things in mind the entire book has been divided into ten chapteThe book has been written for teachers, students, researchers and policy makers and extension workers engaged in agricultural management research strategies.
Drying Technologies for Foods: Fundamentals & Applications: Part Ii (Co-Published With Crc Press,Uk)
Authors: Majumdar Arun
Published: April 2023

Sustainable livelihood security of resource poor farmers is the top priority for the nation today. However, there is wide gap in productivity of various horticultural commodities among different eco-regions, where horticulture can play significant role particularly in arid and semi arid regions, it is far below than the potential productivity. Hence, sustained and steady growth in rural income is critical for positive impact on living standard of various stakeholders. Therefore, an appropriate strategy needs to be devised for such climatically vulnerable regions. The net income of farmers can surely be increased by efficient management of nutrient, water and agri-input, integrated horticulture based farming system, better market price realization, post harvest management and value addition, integration of secondary enterprizes and thereby improving productivity of arid and semi-arid horticultural crops. In this book, several such interventions are given inform of various chapters which will be of immense use improving the productivity and profitability of horticultural commodities.
Elements of Entomology
Authors: H.Lewin Devasahayam
Published: April 2023

Acquiring knowledge about different aspects of entomology is of vital importance in adopting appropriate measures for the control of pests and also for utilizing the beneficial insects for the benefits of man. This book deals with the basic concepts of entomology, which include: - Morphology, anatomy, adaptation and classification of insects, especially the parasitic ones, which do harm to plants, livestock and even to man. Economic role of insects with special reference to productive ones such as, honeybee, silk worm and lac insect as well as beneficial ones such as, parasitoids, predators pollinators etc. Pest management that covers usage of various plant protection chemicals, plant protection equipments, toxicology of pesticides, compatibility of pesticides etc.   Non-insect pests viz., nematodes and mites, their economic role and control measures. The text is substantiated with many fine, hand-drawn figures and illustrations that will help better understanding of the text. The book, which is primarily intended for the undergraduate students of agriculture, will be of use to the postgraduate students of agriculture, to the officials working in the department of agriculture, especially those involved in plant protection work and also to the elite public who are interested in scientific agriculture.
Dairy Plant Management
Authors: Puranik D.B.
Published: April 2023

Dairy Technology is the industrial, non-farm phase of the tremendously large, dynamic and complex dairy industry. This phase represents a combination of science, engineering, business, and art as applied to all dairy and dairy-type foods and their industries. Dairy and dairy-type foods represent a major segment of the vast and varied food industry. This comprehensive book has been written encompassing entire gamuts of manufacture of dairy products, functional foods, utilization of dairy byproducts, cleaning and sanitization and quality assurance. The main objective of the book is to provide the latest information in a consolidated form at one point to meet the requirements of not only undergraduate and postgraduates students but also teachers and dairy professionals.
Dryland Horticulture
Authors: Saroj P.L , Jatav M.K.
Published: April 2023

Sustainable livelihood security of resource poor farmers is the top priority for the nation today. However, there is wide gap in productivity of various horticultural commodities among different eco-regions, where horticulture can play significant role particularly in arid and semi arid regions, it is far below than the potential productivity. Hence, sustained and steady growth in rural income is critical for positive impact on living standard of various stakeholders. Therefore, an appropriate strategy needs to be devised for such climatically vulnerable regions. The net income of farmers can surely be increased by efficient management of nutrient, water and agri-input, integrated horticulture based farming system, better market price realization, post harvest management and value addition, integration of secondary enterprizes and thereby improving productivity of arid and semi-arid horticultural crops. In this book, several such interventions are given inform of various chapters which will be of immense use improving the productivity and profitability of horticultural commodities.
Economics in Shrimp Farming
Authors: PATRA BISWABAS
Published: April 2023

In India, shrimp farming has gathered its momentum in the early 1990s, and the country has earned huge foreign exchange by exporting shrimp. It is one of the important sources of income for the rural population, particularly those who live in the coastal region. But, shrimp farming is volatile in nature. It can give a huge profit and at the same time it can also ruin a farmer. Previously, only rich farmers dared to do shrimp farming. But now, allured by profit, marginal and poor farmers also started doing shrimp farming. As this farming requires huge investment, the success rate among the poor farmers is very low. It also has an adverse impact on the environment.The book has eight chapters. The first chapter deals with the introduction, problem, global shrimp production, shrimp production in India, significance, objectives, methodology and limitations of the study. In the second chapter a review of the existing studies on shrimp farming and its impact on economy, society and environment is presented. Socio-economic profile of the shrimp farmers is discussed in the third chapter. The fourth chapter discusses the shrimp farm management and marketing. The fifth chapter analyses the socio-economic impact of shrimp farming. The sixth chapter highlights the environmental problems due to shrimp farming. An evaluation of the existing policies related to shrimp farming is made in the seventh chapter. The last chapter presents the major findings for a sustainable, economically more viable and environment friendly shrimp farming.The book is very useful for the pisciculture students, academicians, policy makers, fish farmers, fish traders & exporters and other stakeholders; and will help shaping public policy for economically viable and environmentally sustainable shrimp farming in the future.
Ichthyofaunal diversity of various water bodies of Kokrajhar district, BTAD, Assam
Authors: Sharmistha Chakraborty  , Arvind Kumar Goyal  , Birendra Kumar Brahma
Published: April 2023

Background: Kokrajhar district of Assam is endowed with myriads of rivers and beels which in turn house a richvariety of fish species. Methodology: The present study deals with the extensive ichthyological field surveyconducted over a period of one year from June 2014 to May 2015. Results: The survey revealed the occurrence ofinexplicable diversity of fishes representing 77 species distributed under ---9 orders, 26 families and 53 genera.Labeo genus with 7 species was the most diverse followed by the genus Channa with 6 species. The fishes weredivided into seven broad categories namely Indian major/minor carps, Exotic carps established in Assam, Live fishes,Cat fishes, Feather back, ornamental fishes and river fishes representing 10, 4, 10, 23, 2, 18 and 10 speciesrespectively. Out of the 77 species recorded 74 were considered as food fish while only 3 species viz. Erethistespusillus, Tetradon cutcutia and Aplocheilus panchax as not food fishes, 36 were commercially important food fish.Chitala chitala and Tor tor had sport values in addition of being commercially important food fish. Conservationstatus revealed that Tor putitora was the only fish species that was under endangered category. Apart from this a totalof 2, 10, 47, 16 and 1 species represented vulnerable, near threatened, least concerned, not evaluated and datadeficient categories respectively
Sero prevalence of surra in camels using flagellar antigen in some areas of Rajasthan: A pilot survey
Authors: Sengupta P. P  , Ligi Jose  , Rudramurthy G R  , Rahman H
Published: April 2023

Background: Surra is caused by Trypanosoma evansi and is considered as one of the important disease in camels inIndia. Very often camel acts as the carrier of the infection with very low level of parasitaemia which cannot bedetected by conventional blood smear examination. Methodology: In the present study, a pilot sero-epidemiologicalstudy was conducted among camels for trypanosomosis in Rajasthan using purified flagellar (FLA) antigen basedindirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (I-ELISA) and compared with standard CATT/T. evansi test. Thediagnostic potentiality of purified FLA antigen based I-ELISA (FLA-I-ELISA) were evaluated using 230 camel serasamples from different districts of Rajasthan including Jaipur, Udaipur, Bikaner, Jodhpur, and Ajmer. Results: Thetest showed an overall 23. 04% sero positivity (S. P). In Jaipur, S. P was found to be 23. 07%, in Udaipur 25. 5%, inBikaner 18. 18%, in Jodhpur 25. 3% and in Ajmer, S. P was found to be 23. 33%. Conclusion: Thus, epidemiologicalsurvey were done in camels with purified FLA-I-ELISA test in different districts of Rajasthan and revealed that,Udaipur showed the maximum sero positivity for trypanosomosis
Extraction and characterization of gelatine from chicken waste for application in food and pharma industry
Authors: Divya R  , Raksha Suresh  , Srushti Tamhaney  , Seema Tharannum
Published: April 2023

Gelatine is a known biopolymer and hydro collides which is richly used in food industry to improve elasticity, stability and consistency in foods. Gelatine is an essential ingredient having wide range of application in various industries like food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetic is gelatine. Gelatine is a translucent, odourless, solidifying agent derived from partial hydrolysis of collagen. The gelatine has been sourced from skin and bones of animals. In recent years, fish has been an evident source.The present study has focussed on designing a low cost isolation and characterization of gelatine from food waste especially chicken waste.The present study has focussed on designing a low cost isolation and characterization of gelatine from food waste especially chicken waste. Gelatine was isolated by acidic method. Both the methods involved pre-treatment, extraction and product recovery. Extraction process was carried out with hot water and diluted acid. Recovery treatments included filtration, evaporation and dehydration. Characterization of gelatine included qualitative and quantitative analysis.Results show that the yield of chicken acidic gelatine is 15%, which is higher than other reported gelatine of 7.5% from fish 3 and 2-3% from bugs 2 but quality factors of acidic gelatine were also good. Chicken skin and other waste is major by-product of the chicken-processing part, causing waste and pollution. This being utilised could provide a valuable alternative source of gelatine to be used in food and pharmaceutical industry
A review on glycerol purification consequent to its formation as a byproduct in biodiesel manufacture by trans-esterification process of fats
Authors: Chaitrali Ketkale  , Medhaa Shankar  , Varsha Suresh  , Kavitha S H
Published: April 2023

roduction of biodiesel is becoming popular for its obvious reasons. Tranesterification technology is till date the mainmethod to get fatty acid methyl esters or biodiesel. Glycerol formed as a byproduct in transesterification could beutilized after freeing it from contaminants. This short review provides critical and essential process parameters firstlyto have pure biodiesel product and more particularly to get pure glycerol byproduct, both being used in their purerforms for different purposes. The work of several workers suggests that glycerol washing as a focus comprise rawglycerol being treated with a few physicochemical processes and enhance its purity to as high as over 95% whichsince from commercial angleis a good achievement. The steps suggest what among others are safe process steps, what physical processes are bestsuited and what practices yield highly pure glycerol. Not only the chemicals like solvents utilized in the process couldbe recovered but also value-added pure byproduct glycerol could be produced on a substantial scale from biodieselindustry.
Antibacterial efficacy of some Indian medicinal plants against human commensal pathogens
Authors: Boovaragamurthy Ahilan  , Pachaiyappan Saravana Kumar  , Veeramuthu Duraipandiyan  , Melvin A Daniel  , Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu
Published: April 2023

Background and Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate the antibacterial efficacy of the total flower extracts offive medicinal plants widely used in folk medicine in India, against some Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria.Methodology: The present work designed to assess the in vitro antibacterial activities of five medicinal plants(flowers of Bauhinia purpurea, Clitoria ternatea, Millingtonia hortensis, Nyctanthes arbortristis and Combretumindicum) against panel of Gram positive bacteria and Gram negative bacteria using disk diffusion assays. Results:Among the plants screened, Combretum indicum showed effective and broad spectrum antibacterial activity withzones of inhibition ranging from 10.33±0.57 to 23.33±1.52mm. Among the other four plants, only Clitoria ternateashowed moderate antibacterial activity at high concentration. The other three did not show any antibacterial activity.The phytochemical analysis of the active crude extract from C. indicum revealed the presence of steroids, terpenoids,phenols, flavonoids, quinonoids, alkaloids, glycosides and saponins. Moreover, C. indicum showed the highestactivity against the tested pathogens with minimum inhibitory concentration (MICs) values ranging from 125-1000μg/mL. The qualitative chemical characterization by using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)revealed the presence of compounds such as beta-sitosterol, gallic acid, lupeol, rutin and quercetin which could beresponsible for its significant broad spectrum activity. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that the C.indicum flower extract could be probed further for possible use to control bacterial infections
In-silico discovery of potential anti-malarial drugs targeting pfATP6 using Artemisinin as a model
Authors: Anushree Jai Kumar  , Deeshani Laxmesh Salian  , Pradeep S
Published: April 2023

Malaria is one among the major reasons responsible for deaths worldwide than any other parasitic disease.Due to the emergence of strains that are resistant to the current chemotherapeutic antimalarial arsenal, the search for new antimalarial drugs remains urgent though hampered by a lack of knowledge regarding the molecular mechanisms of artemisinin resistance.In this study, pfATP6 is used as a target to come up with different compounds that have high binding affinity to it. Artemesinin constitutes the frontline treatment to aid rapid clearance of parasitaemia and quick resolution of malarial symptoms. Artemesinin, which is the current anti-malarial, has some drawbacks like low bioavailability which makes it even more necessary to develop more effective anti-malarial drugs.
Leishmanial Excretory-Secretory proteins: A potent vaccine candidate
Authors: Jalaj Kumar Gour  , Manoj Kumar Singh
Published: April 2023

Leishmaniasis is caused by the intracellular parasite of the genus Leishmania. It now becomes a major public health problem in many countries all over the world. It is always better to prevent the disease than to treat it. The vaccine prevents disease in the people who receive them and protect those who come into contact with an unvaccinated individual. Because of the large genome and complex biology, developing a vaccine for this pathogen has proved to be a challenging task. Leishmania promastigotes are successfully cultivated incompletely defined medium and their excretory-secretory proteins/factors which may act as antigens are easily purified form culture supernatant of cultured Leishmania species. These leishmanial excretory-secretory antigens serve as a candidate for vaccine development in formulation with muramyl dipeptide (MDP) as an adjuvant. However, currently, there is not a single vaccine is available against any form of leishmaniasis for general human use. According to the estimate of the World Health Organization (WHO), 90% of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) occurs in just five countries (Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Nepal, and Sudan). Those in need are amongst the poorest people in these countries to develop a vaccine. The main purpose of this review is to present only the use of Leishmania excretory-secretory antigens (LESAs) as a candidate for the formulation of a potent vaccine against the severe disease leishmaniasis
Nutritive and nutritional analyses of Chanda nama consumed by the Bodos of Kokrajhar District, BTAD, Assam
Authors: Sharmistha Chakraborty  , Arvind Kumar Goyal  , Mehdi al Kausor  , Birendra Kumar Brahma
Published: April 2023

The small indigenous food fishes are enriched in high quality nutrients. They are cheap sources of high grade protein. Due to the low price they are reachable to the poor communities and admired by the different classes of people of the country. Chanda nama is though small but popular food fish in Assam having good consumer preference. Proper measures must be taken for the better conservation of these fishes. In the present work, we report the nutrient profile of Chanda nama collected from ponds and wetlands in and around Kokrajhar Assam. The proximate analysis showed that the contents of moisture, ash, total protein, total carbohydrate and total lipids were 68.12 ± 0.06%, 5.59 ± 0.02%, 14.86 ± 0.04%, 0.33± 0.04% and 11.09± 0.07% respectively. The amino acid profile revealed the fair content of essential amino acid L-histidine (8.36 ± 0.05g/100g). The fatty acid profile documented that the fish is having a good content of palmitic acid (4.49 ± 0.01g/100g), oleic acid (1.94 ± 0.03g/100g) and stearic acid (1.43 ± 0.02g/100g) apart from various others. It was also found that Chanda nama may be a rich source of iron (3.90 ± 0.02mg/100g), zinc (3.18 ± 0.02mg/100g) and calcium (807 ± 0.02mg/100g) Phosphorus (2470 ± 0.02mg/100g). One of the macro mineral phosphorous was traced to be the most abundant one (2470 ± 0.02mg/100g). The good content of Vitamin A (378.96 ± 0.03µg/100g) was also reported in the present study. In conclusion, C. nama have plethora of nutritive
Extraction and identification of terpenes from Myristica fragrans (nutmeg) oil and comparing antibacterial property with the commercially available oil sample
Authors: Mariyam Ishraag Waheed  , Neha D L  , Shama Omkumar  , G. Padma Priya
Published: April 2023

Traditional herbal medicine is gaining demand as an alternative to chemical antibiotics as their side effects and drawbacks of comes into light. Myristica fragrans plant paves its way to become a boon to the medicinal community with its antibacterial and therapeutic applications. The phytochemicals present in nutmeg oil play a vital role in inhibiting the growth of undesirable bacterial strains. This study enable the concept of using phytochemicals to fight against pathogenic strains to progress by leaps and bounds. Furthermore, the study of the components present in nutmeg oil gives an idea as to which phytochemical, i.e. terpenoids is responsible for the antibacterial property of nutmeg oil by performing GC-MS for the oil. Therefore the study of the phytochemicals present in nutmeg and their effectiveness due to the presence of terpenoids, i.e. the requisite component responsible for the antibacterial activity of the oil can aid mankind in its approach towards effective and organic medicine. However, further studies need to be done for the identification of effective dosages for the production of antibiotic drugs.