Synthesis, Characterization and Biocidal Studies of Co(ll), Ni(ll) and Cu(ll) Complexes with O, O and N- Donor Ligand

Vinod Kumar

Department of chemistry, Agra College, Agra

Email: vinodkchem@gmail.com

Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes of phenylglyoxal anil of 4-aminoantipyrine have been prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, infrared, magnetic measurements and electronic spectral studies. From the analytical and spectral data, the stoichiometry of the complexes has been found to be 1:2 (metal: ligand). All the complexes have octahedral structures. The Schiff base and the metal complexes have been screened for their antifungal activity against Aspergillus sydowi and Curvualaria tetrasperma.

Keywords: Phenylglyoxal, Aminoantipyrine, Tridentate Schiff bases, Metal Complexes, Biocidal studies.

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Ecological Observations of Avian Fauna on Different Trees in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India

G. R. Parihar

Department of Zoology, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan,  India

e-mail: grpariharjnvu@yahoo.co

The vegetation of the Thar Desert has great economic importance and many of them contribute to varieties of product for human use and also meet out the domestic requirement of birds. Among these, the Khejari (Prosopis cineraria), Ker (Caparis decidua), Jal (Salvadora persica) and Bordi (Zyzipus nummularia) have the vital role for biodiversity and supporting biocological activities of many birds for their survival in this region. The observations reveal that the Khejari has major important role and support a varieties of birds onthe tree and in the understory of it. These trees are used for night rest as well as for short rest during the day by birds. Caparis decedua is found to support about five species of birds. This shrub provides shelter to birds as night abode. Salvadora percica support four species of birds. Interestingly its holes of old tree trunk provide nesting to nocturnal bird i.e., spotted owlet (Althene brama). Similarly, Zyzipus nummularia support birds primarily for food and subsidiary for nesting purposes. This also provides shelter to birds from predator attack. In present work, bio-ecological observations related to food, feeding and resting behavior of various birds are discussed and are and presented in tables.

Key words: Birds, Thar Desert, Biodiversity, Predator.

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⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study of Sedimentary Samples from Goru Formation in Well MNW-1 of Jaisalmer Basin, Rajasthan, India

Samay Singh Meena, Sahi Ram*, Beena Bhatia, and R.P. Tripathi

Department of Physics, Jai Narain Vyas University,

Jodhpur-342005, India

*Corresponding author: sr_–panwar@yahoo.co.in

The test well MNW-1 is located in the Manewala structure of Jaisalmer basin. The Cretaceous sediments are believed to contain source rocks in this basin, the samples collected from Goru formation of upper Cretaceous sedimentary sequence were investigated using Mössbauer spectroscopy to understand the relative distribution of iron bearing minerals with depth.

Iron was found present mainly in siderite, Fe²⁺ in clay minerals and Fe³⁺ in clay minerals. Large abundance of Fe³⁺ in clay minerals in comparison Fe²⁺ in clay minerals results into lower ferrous to ferric ratio in this Formation. This is an indication of poor reducing environment which is not favorable for transformation of organic matter into hydrocarbons.

Keywords: Source rocks, Mössbauer spectroscopy, Iron bearing minerals.

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Performance Enhancement through Handling of False Classification for Smart Video Surveillance

Lavanya Sharma^1,* and Nirvikar Lohan²

   ^1,*Department of Computer Science, Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun, India.

²Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering Roorkee, Roorkee, India.

Over the last decennium, Visual surveillance has become an active research domain for academicians, researchers or industry due to its rapid day by day growing importance in terms of realistic environment. The solutions of the video surveillance are security tools that help us to monitor various things in terms of moving object (i.e. locations, monuments, building, people, etc. In this paper we proposed an efficient method for detection of object using background subtraction technique by enhancing the exiting method. To preserve the shape and removal of noisy pixels some post processing tools were also used. Comparative analysis of our method with considered state-of-the-art method reveals that proposed method shows better outcomes both in terms of qualitative and Quantitative analysis.

Keywords: Video Surveillance, Background Subtraction, Object Detection and Tracking, Pedestrian, Morphology.

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Defluroidation of Drinking Water by

Different Techniques

Sangeeta Parihar^1,* and Raina Jadhav²

^1,*Department of Chemistry, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

²Department of Chemistry, IPS Academy Indore, MP, India.

Fluoride has been reported as a health affecting substance by health organization. Fluoride in water may be beneficial and detrimental depending on their concentration and total amount ingested. The permissible limit for of fluoride is 1.0- 1.5 mg/l. Fluoride greater than limit is toxic and is associated with dental fluorosis. The flurosis is caused by oral intake of fluoride when drinking water contain more than the permitted concentration of fluoride. The amount of fluoride is increasing day by day in water samples. So, here in this research paper a comparative study has been done of the water sample containing fluoride is present in the recommended limit or not. The defluoridated is done by the mean of precipitation adsorption or ion exchange method. The comparative result is reported in the research paper.

Keywords: Fluoride, Adsorbent, Fluorosis, Defluoridation Methods.

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