Archives-December 

Tropical forests are more diverse than the other terrestrial ecosystems by possessing greater number of life forms. It is widely accepted that the identification and prioritization of important centers of biodiversity are necessary at both the national and the global scale for conservation action. Indian subcontinent, with diverse bio-climatic regions supports one of the richest flora and fauna. The increased human pressure and consequent effects on the landform and land use changes has a profound effect on the present vegetation and the biodiversity. The present study is one of the important parts of Gangetic plains whose flora is unique to India because of the tropical drier and occasionally humid climate, it provides the information on the present status of biodiversity of the forests of Dalma in Jharkhand state through analyses of phyto-sociology and remote sensing data, as to their structure and compositional variations correlated with topography, fragmentation and threats operating, which may be useful for planning and monitoring sustainable management of forests and conservation of biodiversity. The objective of the present study is to present initial information of vegetation through the application of RS and GIS techniques along with a phytosociological analysis of the forests for their diversity and it’s based on three major approaches i.e. Remote Sensing, GIS and Ecology.

Purpose of the paper is to examine the presence of market anomalies and how stock prices are affected due to market anomalies which may affect investors’ returns. It is a conceptual paper and it will definitely helpful to know how market anomalies affect the concept of efficient market hypothesis and importance of anomalies for the investors while decision making. In literature there are contradictory views for negative Monday anomaly and Positive January anomaly and this paper put the attention of investors on the factors that cause financial anomalies. It is proposed that we can find more accurate results about negative Monday anomaly and Positive January anomaly if different sectors of the economy will be observed separately.

Weather Generators (WGs) are widely used in water engineering, agriculture, ecosystem and climate change studies because observed climatic series have deficiencies related to length, completeness and spatial coverage. WG models can simulate daily temperature data in a few parametric ways. One way is to simulate daily minimum (Tmin) and maximum (Tmax) temperatures using an autoregressive model. Another way consists of the simulation of daily average temperature (Tav) and daily temperature range (R) and then the calculation of Tmin and Tmax indirectly. In this study, four different algorithms were assessed for daily temperature in combination with a well-tested weather generator. M1 and M2 algorithms simulated the daily Tav and R values directly and Tmin and Tmax indirectly. M3 algorithm simulated Tmin and Tmax and M4 algorithm simulated Tmin and Tav directly and the other variables indirectly. The results showed that each algorithm could perform better in simulating primary variables (which are simulated directly). This issue was more considerable in relation to daily R values. M2 overestimated the cross-correlation coefficients of this variable because of the assumption of a strong autocorrelation structure between primary variables in the WG model. M3 and M4 outperformed the other algorithms in relation to most studied indices. This study showed the importance of choosing the best temperature generation algorithm according to the requirements.

We are very happy to announce that from 14th November 2014, Dr. Arvind Bijalwan has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Agroforestry, Silviculture, Remote Sensing & GIS. Dr. Arvind Bijalwan currently working as Assistant Professor (HRD scale), Faculty area of Technical Forestry, Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), (Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, P.O.-357, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal, M.P., India. The appointment of Dr. Arvind Bijalwan as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com.

We are very happy to announce that from 14th May 2014, Dr. John Odiaga Oloo has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Environmental Science. Dr. John Odiaga Oloo is currently working as Department of Environmental Science, Egerton University, P. O. Box 536 Egerton, Kenya. The appointment of Dr. John Odiaga Oloo as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal.

We are very happy to announce that from 22nd September 2014, Dr. Seyyed Ali Kazemi has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Literature. Dr. Seyyed Ali Kazemi currently working as Department of TEFL, Payame-Noor University, Yasuj Branch, Iran. The appointment of Dr. Seyyed Ali Kazemi as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com.

We are very happy to announce that from 26th March 2014, Dr.P.Sanjeevikumar has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Power electronics and Electrical Engineering. Dr.P.Sanjeevikumar is currently working as Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology, Puducherry, Karaikal, India. The appointment of Dr.P.Sanjeevikumar as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com. Sincerely Editor-in-Chief

To investigate the protective effect of ?-Tocopherol (?-TP) in monosodium glutamate (MSG) induced liver injury in albino rat model. Experimental/Analytical study Place and Duration: Animal House, Isra University Hyderabad from February to September 2013.Subjects and Methods: Sixty albino rats were divided into three groups; Group 1. Controls received 0.9% isotonic saline, Group 2. received MSG orally (3mg/kg), and Group 3. received the MSG orally (3mg/kg) + ?-TP (0.2 mg/kg). Blood samples were collected for liver biochemical assays. The animals were sacrificed, liver tissue, after fixation in 4% formaldehyde, was embedded in paraffin. Tissue sections of 5? thickness were subjected to haematoxylin and eosin staining and were assessed by light microscopy. The data was analyzed on SPSS 21.0 using appropriate statistical tests. A p-value of ? 0.05 was taken statistically significant.Results: The liver biochemical and histological findings reveal statistically significant differences among the controls, MSG and MSG+ ?-TP groups (p=0.0001). Liver enzymes and histology was deranged significantly in MSG group compared to controls and MSG+?-TP group (p=0.0001). The MSG+?-TP group shows less elevation of liver enzymes and derangement in liver histology when compared to MSG group (p=0.001). The histological findings of congestion, inflammatory cell infiltrate, vacuolar degeneration and necrosis were found prominently in MSG group animal. The monosodium glutamate has deleterious effects on liver. It is important to reconsider the monosodium glutamate as a food flavor additive. ?-tocopherol protects against monosodium glutamate induced liver injury.

In this paper we introduced the concepts of fuzzy generalized super continuous mappings and explore some of its basic properties in fuzzy topological spaces.

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