@Editorial <#LINE#>Super-Molecules: An Emerging Chemistry in Recent Science<#LINE#>Mandalia Hiren C. <#LINE#>1<#LINE#>From_the_Editors_Desk.pdf<#LINE#> @Research Paper <#LINE#>Trace Metals Contamination of Surface Water Samples in and Around Akot City in Maharashtra, India<#LINE#>Haribhau@MurhekarGopalkrushna<#LINE#>5-9<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJRS-2012-088 Done.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Chemistry, Dr. R.G. Rathod Arts and Science College, Murtizapur, Dist.- Akola-444107, MS, INDIA <#LINE#>24/2/2012<#LINE#>1/3/2012<#LINE#> The Trace metals contamination of water samples from various samples surface water in and around Akot city was assess. The sampling points were selected on the basis of their importance. The heavy metals like Cd, Cr, Pb, Cu, Ni and Zn were analyzed in surface water samples of rivers lake and field water pond. The results were compared with standards prescribed by WHO and ISI. It was found that the surface water was contaminated. Some sampling sites showed trace elements contamination above the water quality standards and the quality of water is very bad and it is unfit for drinking purpose. <#LINE#> @ @ Basavaraja Simpi, Hiremath S.M. and KNS Murthy, Analysis of Water Quality Using Physico-Chemical Parameters Hosahalli Tank in Shimoga District, Karnataka, India, Global Journal ofScience Frontier Research, 11(3), (2011) @No $ @ @ Julie Ranee S. and Vasantha S., Physicochemical analysis of bore well water samples of anaiyur area in Madurai district, Tamilnadu, India, J. Curr. Sci., 15(2), 403 (2010) @No $ @ @ Gupta V., Agarwal J. and Sharma M., Adsorption Analysis of Mn (VII) from Aqueous Medium by Natural Polymer Chitin and Chitosan, Asian J. of Chem., 20(8),6195-98 (2008) @No $ @ @ Tahir M.A., Rasheed H. and Malana A., Method development for arsenic analysis by modification in spectrophotometric technique rink Water, Eng. Sci. 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Bull. 14, 1158 (2005) @No $ @ @ Gupta V.K., Jain C.K., Ali I., Sharma M., Saini V.K., Removal of cadmium and nickel from wastewater using bagasse fly ash—a sugar industry waste, Water Res., 374038 (2003) @No $ @ @ Massod Alam, Sumbul Rais and Mohd Aslam S., Hydro-chemical Survey of Groundwater of Delhi, India, E-Jour. of Chem.6(2), 429-436 (2009) @No $ @ @Arvnabh Mishra Comparative Study of Physico-Chemical and Microbial Parameters on Lotic and Ground-Waters in Selected Outlying Areas of Central Gujarat, Chem. Pharm. Res., 2(4),174-177(2010) @No $ @ @ Elizabeth K.M. and Premnath Naik L., Effect of polluted water on human health, Poll. res., 24(2), 337-340 (2005) @No $ @ @ Vijender Singh, Physico-chemical Examination of water, Sewage and Industrial effluents, Res. J. chem and ENV10(3), 62-66 (2006) @No $ @ @ Arunabh Mishra and Vasishta Bhatt, Physico-Chemical and Microbiological Analysis of Under Ground Water in V.V. Nagar and Nearby Places of Anand District, Gujarat, India, E-.J. 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Pragati Prakashan Meerut, (2005) @No $ @ @ Trivedy R.K. and Goel P.K., Chemical and Biological methods for water pollution studies, Environmental Publication, Karad (1986) @No <#LINE#>Effect of Polyherbal Aqueous Extracts (Moringa oleifera, Gum arabic and wild Ganoderma lucidum) in Comparison with Antibiotic on Growth Performance and Haematological Parameters of Broiler Chickens<#LINE#>A.O.@Ogbe,Affiku@JohnP.<#LINE#>10-18<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJRS-2012-110 Done.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, NIGERIA<#LINE#>6/3/2012<#LINE#>10/3/2012<#LINE#> The search for safe and natural alternative to reduce over-dependence on the use of antibiotic (growth promoters) has led to the evaluation of the effects of polyherbal aqueous extracts from Moringa oleifera, Gum Arabic and wild Ganoderma lucidum on growth performance and haematological parameters of broiler chickens. Eighty (80) day-old Arbor acre broilers were procured from a commercial hatchery and brooded together at the first one week of age on deep litter to acclimatize. At 2 weeks, the chicks were randomly distributed into five groups (8 chicks, each) in duplicate, labeled A-E. All the chicks in all the groups were fed with broiler starter diet containing 22% CP and 2800 Kcal/kg ME from 1 to 4 weeks of age, and broiler finisher containing 20% CP and 2649 Kcal/kg ME was given from 5-8 weeks. Moringa oleifera leaves, Gum Arabic and wild Ganoderma lucidum were collected in Nasarawa and Plateau state for proximate study, mineral and phytochemical analysis. Hot water aqueous extraction (5%, 10% and 20% w/v, each) was carried out and polyherbal mixtures were prepared at equal volume (1:1%w/v ) for oral administration at 2, 4 and 6 weeks, respectively: group A (Moringa + Gum Arabic + wild Ganoderma), B (Moringa + wild Ganoderma), C (Gum Arabic + wild Ganoderma), D (Moringa + Gum Arabic) and E (antibiotic, tetracine). Blood was also taken from each group for haematological analysis. The results of proximate study revealed the presence of appreciable amount of crude protein (17.01%) in Moringa leaves, Gum Arabic (15.38%) and wild Ganodema lucidum (16.79%). They also contained appreciable amounts of carbohydrates, crude fibre and fatty acids. The ash content revealed the presence of minerals: K, Na, Fe, Mn, Zn, P, Mg and Cu. The results of phytochemical analysis and anti-nutrients showed the presence of tannins, phytates, oxalate, saponins, trypsin inhibitors and hydrogen cyanide, with Moringa oleifera leaves having higher levels of the anti-nutrients (tannins). Broilers in group E (7.18kg), D (7.18kg) and B (7.03kg) had higher feed intake. Feed intake and mean weight were significantly different (P0.05) at 10 and 20% w/v concentration of extract. The cost of feed consumed did not differ significantly (P&#x-1.0;ȃ0.05). Group E (1.85kg), D (1.75kg) and B (1.73kg) had higher mean weights (gained 1.75kg, 1.65kg and 1.63kg, respectively). Group A had higher feed to gain ratio (4.6), thus low feed conversion efficiency. Carcass and organ weights in all the groups were not significantly affected (P&#x-1.0;ȃ0.05). Haematological parameters (PCV, Hb, RBC and WBC) were all within the normal range values in all the groups. 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Cassia alata as a Potential Coagulant in Water Treatment,.Research Journal of Recent Sciences, 1(2),28-33, (2012) @No <#LINE#>An Investigation on Crashworthiness Design of Aluminium Columns with Damage Criteria<#LINE#>Ali@Dadrasi<#LINE#>19-24<#LINE#>3.ISCA-RJRS-2012-114 Done.pdf<#LINE#> Department of Mechanics, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, IRAN<#LINE#>7/3/2012<#LINE#>23/3/2012<#LINE#> This paper presents a crashworthiness design of aluminium columns with damage criteria. A parametric study is performed to study the effect of loading and geometrical parameters. The effect of impact mass, impact velocity, side length, thickness and length of columns are investigated numerically. 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Recent Sci., 1(3), 76-79 (2012) @No <#LINE#>Optimization of production conditions of lipase from B. licheniformis MTCC 10498<#LINE#>C.K.Sharma,P.K.@Sharma,S.S.@Kanwar<#LINE#>25-32<#LINE#>4.ISCA-RJRS-2012-140 Done.pdf<#LINE#> Department of Biotechnology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla-171 005, INDIA<#LINE#>23/3/2012<#LINE#>5/5/2012<#LINE#> The initial broth containing 0.3 (%; w/v) yeast extract, 0.1% sodium nitrate (w/v) etc. were calibrated to a final pH of 7.5 to determine cumulative effect of all the selected components on lipase production by B. licheniformis MTCC 10498. The MB broth was autoclaved at 1.1 bar for 20 min. at 121°C. This broth was inoculated with 10% (v/v) of 36 h old seed culture and incubated under shaking at 55ºC for 72 h. The inoculated MB broth was harvested at 72 h by centrifugation (10, 000 X g for 20 min. at 4ºC; Sigma 3K30, Germany). The supernatant was filtered through Whatman filter paper no. 1. This enzyme preparation was termed as crude lipase. 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In this paper, an attempt has been made to study the effect of fluid flow due to geometry changes using commercial CFD tool. The study has been conducted assuming the fluid to be air. A section of catalytic converter has been solved for analysis due do its rotational symmetry. The substrate region is modeled as a porous medium. The governing equations namely conservation of mass, momentum will be solved for analysis. The predicted numerical results are validated with those available in literature. The analysis involved determining back pressure across the converter system for mass flow rates and inlet pipe angle. The numerical results were used determine the optimum geometry required to have a uniform velocity profile at the inlet to the substrate. <#LINE#> @ @ Howitt J.S. and Sekella T.C., Flow Effects in Monolithic automotive Catalytic Converters, SAE paper 740244, (1974) @No $ @ @ Wendland D.W., and Matthes W.R., Effect of Head Truncation on Monolith Converter Emission-Control Performance, SAE paper 922340, (1992) @No $ @ @ Hwang K., Lee K., Mueller J., Stuecken T., Schock H. and Lee J.C., Dynamic Flow Study in a Catalytic Converter Using LDV and High Speed Flow Visualization, SAEpaper 950786, (1995) @No $ @ @ Lee S., Bae C., Lee Y. and Han T., Effects of Engine Operating Conditions on Catalytic Converter Temperature in an SI Engine, SAE paper 2002-10-1677, (2002) @No $ @ @ Cho Y.S., Lee Y.S., Kim D.S., Jung S.Y. and Ohm I.Y., An Alternative Method for Fast Light-Off of Catalysts – Cranking Exhaust Gas Ignition, SAE paper 2002-01-1678, (2002) @No $ @ @ Gregory D., Read M., Campbell B., Inman G., Nice G., Hims R., Rabinowitz H., Tauster S., and Collin T., Emissions Implications of a Twin Close Coupled Catalyst System Designed for Improved Engine Performance on an In-line 4 Cylinder Engine, SAE paper 2001-01-1092, (2002) @No $ @ @ Onorati A., Ferrari G., and Derrico G., 1 D Unsteady Flows with Chemical Reactions in the Exhaust Duct-System of SI Engines: Predictions and Experiments, SAE paper 2001-01-0939, (2001) @No $ @ @ Jeong S.J., and Kim W.S., Three-Dimensional Numerical Study on the Use of Warm-up Catalyst to Improve Light-Off Performance, SAE paper 2000-01-0207, (2000) @No $ @ @ Jinke Gong, Longyu Cai, Weiling Peng and Jingwu Liu, Yunqing Liu, Hao Cai and Jiaqiang E, Analysis to the Impact of Monolith Geometric Parameters on Emission Conversion performance Based on an Improved Three-way Catalytic Converter Simulation Model, SAE paper 2006-32-0089 (2006) @No $ @ @ Bassem H. 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However, in spite of the importance of training, the unskilled workforce is one of the most problematic factors for doing business in Iran. Therefore, the current paper aims to introduce a new training model the application of which will improve the training state and the performance of Iranian SMEs. To achieve the goal of the research first, the factors for increasing training motivation have been identified. Second, performance indicators have been selected. Third, the questionnaires have been prepared in a way to obtain data on the motivation factors and performance indicators. Further, a survey of 714 Iranian SMEs has been conducted. The collected data have been analyzed to test the relationship between training and motivation; training and performance. 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Many studies have been undertaken on the relation between job satisfaction, and organizational commitment; but, there are few studies on the relation between job satisfaction, motivation and organizational commitment among nurses. So, this paper aimed to investigate the effects of job experience, satisfaction and motivation on organizational commitment of the nurses in Ghaem Hospital of Mashhad city, Iran. The sample of this study included 50 nurses of Ghaem Hospital in Mashhad city, determined by Cochran formula at the error level of 0.07%. The results showed a significant correlation of job experience and satisfaction with organizational commitment; but, no correlation was observed between job motivation and organizational commitment. 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