Surface sediment geochemistry for understanding the recent sedimentary environment in northwestern Karnataka, south India

Ishfaq Ahmad Mir,Aijaz A. Bhat,M. Sreeprabash,V. Sridhar,K.V. Maruthi 한국지질과학협의회 2022 Geosciences Journal Vol.26 No.6

Geochemical study of 195 stream sediment samples (in less than 75 μm grain size) distributed in parts of Belgaum, Dharwad, and Uttar Kanada districts (bounded by latitudes from15°15'00'' to 15°30'00'' and longitudes from 74°30'00'' to 74°45'00'') were studied for the major oxide, trace and rare earth element content. The objective of this study is to understand the recent sedimentary environment by establishing the generalized climatic conditions, chemical weathering, sediment sorting and recycling, sediment sources, and the tectonic setting of the study area. Geochemical signatures of the sediments indicate a semi-arid to the moist climate in the study area. Geochemical proxies show that annual rainfall in the study area varies from 378 to 692 mm, higher in the western part compared to that in the eastern side. The chemical index of alteration (67.70–94.01) and chemical index of weathering (76.24–97.37) collectively suggest moderate to high chemical weathering. Studied samples show a wide variation in major oxides and trace elements. Fe2O3, MnO, K2O, P2O5, Rb, Zr, and Sc display a positive correlation with Al2O3 confirming their possible hydraulic fractionation. Zr/Sc vs. Th/Sc plot and correlation between CIA vs. Al2O3 indicate strong sediment recycling and sorting. Bulk geochemistry data suggests the involvement of granite and other felsic rocks, intermediate and mafic rocks as the sources of surface sediments. Our observations are very well matching with the geology of the area. Major and trace element set of discrimination diagrams demarcates the passive margin settings for the studied samples, except for a few samples plotting into an active continental margin tectonic settings.

Electrical transport studies of MBE grown InGaN/Si isotype heterojunctions

Mahesh Kumar,Basanta Roul,Mohana K. Rajpalke,Thirumaleshwara N. Bhat,A.T. Kalghatgi,S.B. Krupanidhi 한국물리학회 2013 Current Applied Physics Vol.13 No.1

The temperature dependent electrical transport behavior of nen InGaN/Si heterostructures grown by plasma-assisted MBE was studied. Structural characteristics of the as-grown InGaN epilayers were evaluated high resolution X-ray diffraction and composition of InGaN was estimated from photoluminescence spectra using standard Vegard’s law. Current densityevoltage plots (JeVeT) revealed that the ideality factor (h) and Schottky barrier height (SBH) (Fb) are temperature dependent and the incorrect values of the Richardson’s constant (A**) produced, suggests an inhomogeneous barrier at the heterostructure interface. The higher value of the ideality factor compared to the ideal value and its temperature dependence suggest that the current transport is mainly dominated by thermionic field emission.

Photochemical and biochemical responses of heliconia (Heliconia stricta ‘Iris’) to different light intensities in a humid coastal environment

K Nihad,Mukesh K. Berwal,K. Balachandra Hebbar,Ravi Bhat,A. Abdul Haris,S. V. Ramesh 한국원예학회 2019 Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology Vol.60 No.6

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance of heliconia (Heliconia stricta ‘Iris’) grown under four levels of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) in a randomized block design. Photochemical and biochemical parameters were recorded to assess the physiological and biochemical changes in heliconia that accompany varying light intensities. The plants grown under the lowest PAR (30 to 35% of open condition) showed enhanced growth with a higher biomass accumulation, plant height, suckering habit, emergence of flowering shoots, inflorescence yield, and light use efficiency. The leaves exposed to high PAR (open condition) recorded reduction in chlorophyll content (60.8%), chlorophyll index (43.9%), and Fv/Fm (21.4%) compared to values for the leaves exposed to the lowest PAR (30 to 35%). Plant soluble sugars were reduced with the increasing PAR, whereas reducing sugar content was high under fully irradiated conditions but showed a decreasing trend with a reduction in PAR. Total phenolic content and malondialdehyde were lower at 30 to 35% PAR with a reduction in magnitude of 58.4% and 34.8%, respectively, compared to the open condition. Similarly, super oxide dismutase, peroxidase, and polyphenol oxidase activities in the leaf decreased 36.2%, 28.7%, and 23.3%, respectively, from the highest PAR (or open condition) in this range. Improved photochemical and biochemical activities of plants grown under lower light intensities resulted in production of quality inflorescences. Hence, Heliconia stricta ‘Iris’ can be recommended as an intercrop on coconut plantations where the light intensity is low (30 to 35%) for improving the livelihood of farmers.

Characterization of New Two Parametric Generalized Useful Information Measure

Bhat, Ashiq Hussain,Baig, M. A. K. Korea Institute of Science and Technology Informat 2016 Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Vol.4 No.4

In this paper we define a two parametric new generalized useful average code-word length $L_{\alpha}^{\beta}$(P;U) and its relationship with two parametric new generalized useful information measure $H_{\alpha}^{\beta}$(P;U) has been discussed. The lower and upper bound of $L_{\alpha}^{\beta}$(P;U), in terms of $H_{\alpha}^{\beta}$(P;U) are derived for a discrete noiseless channel. The measures defined in this communication are not only new but some well known measures are the particular cases of our proposed measures that already exist in the literature of useful information theory. The noiseless coding theorems for discrete channel proved in this paper are verified by considering Huffman and Shannon-Fano coding schemes on taking empirical data. Also we study the monotonic behavior of $H_{\alpha}^{\beta}$(P;U) with respect to parameters ${\alpha}$ and ${\beta}$. The important properties of $H_{{\alpha}}^{{\beta}}$(P;U) have also been studied.

A Comparison of Three-Phase High-Frequency Transformer Isolated LCC and LCL-Type DC-DC Resonant Converter Topologies

M. Almardy,A.K.S. Bhat 전력전자학회 2015 ICPE(ISPE)논문집 Vol.2015 No.6

A comparison of HF transformer isolated, softs-witched 3-phase LCC-type and (LC)(L)-type dc-dc resonant converters with capacitive output filters including the effect of the HF transformer magnetizing inductances are presented. These converters are designed for the same specifications based on the approximate analysis approach. Intusoft simulation results for both designed converters are given for various input voltage and for different load conditions. The experimental verification of the designed converters performance are established by building a 300W rated power converters in the power electronics lab and the experimental results for both converters have been given. A variable frequency control with 180<SUP>0</SUP> wide gating pulses is adopted for regulating the output. Both converters operate in zero-voltage switching (ZVS) at various input voltage and different load conditions.

Compact nanoarchitectures of lead selenide via successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction towards optoelectronic devices

Bhat, T. S.,Vanalakar, S. A.,Devan, R. S.,Mali, S. S.,Pawar, S. A.,Ma, Y. R.,Hong, C. K.,Kim, J. H.,Patil, P. S. Springer Science + Business Media 2016 Journal of materials science Materials in electron Vol.27 No.5

<P>Thin films of Lead Selenide (PbSe) having compact nanoarchitectures were synthesized by a facile and cost-efficient successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) technique. The structural, morphological, optical and compositional properties were studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-vis spectrophotometer, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) techniques. Moreover, the effect of SILAR cycles on the morphology of PbSe thin films was investigated. XRD patterns revealed the formation of crystalline PbSe with the cubic crystal structure. FESEM images show shape evolution from nanoparticulate to merged pyramidal-like structure with variation in size from similar to 200 to 430 nm. The optical direct band gap energy of PbSe were varies from 1.32 to 1.20 eV with the increase in deposition cycles. The HRTEM and SAED results show the crystalline nature of the sample which is in good agreement with the XRD. The electrical characterizations were performed in order to obtain the ohmic behavior in the metal-semiconductor interface. The deposited thin films show a good ohmic behavior.</P>

The ultrafast nonlinear optical response and multi-photon absorption of a new metal complex in the near-infrared spectral range

Kiran, A J,Lee, H W,Sampath Kumar, H C,Rudresha, B J,Bhat, B R,Yeom, D-I,Kim, K,Rotermund, F IOP Publishing 2010 Journal of optics Vol.12 No.3

<P>A new coordination compound, chloro(1,10-phenanthroline-<I>N</I>, <I>N</I><SUP>′</SUP>)(triphenylphosphine)copper(I) dichloromethane, incorporated in poly(methyl methacrylate) exhibits superior nonlinear optical properties in the near-infrared spectral region. Its nonlinear response time and third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility at 800 nm are ≤ 90 fs and 1.8 × 10<SUP> − 10</SUP> esu, respectively. Considerable nonlinear absorption is observed with this sample, near 800 and 1250 nm. The contribution of the excited states to the total nonlinear absorption process is discussed. The results reveal the potential of this newly designed compound for multi-photon absorption-based photonic applications.</P>

Fungal diversity notes 367–490: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa

Hyde, K. D.,Hongsanan, S.,Jeewon, R.,Bhat, D. J.,McKenzie, E. H.,Jones, E. B.,Phookamsak, R.,Ariyawansa, H. A.,Boonmee, S.,Zhao, Q. Springer Science and Business Media 2016 FUNGAL DIVERSITY Vol.80 No.1

<P>This is a continuity of a series of taxonomic papers where materials are examined, described and novel combinations are proposed where necessary to improve our traditional species concepts and provide updates on their classification. In addition to extensive morphological descriptions and appropriate asexual and sexual connections, DNA sequence data are also analysed from concatenated datasets (rDNA, TEF-alpha, RBP2 and beta-Tubulin) to infer phylogenetic relationships and substantiate systematic position of taxa within appropriate ranks. Wherever new species or combinations are being proposed, we apply an integrative approach (morphological and molecular data as well as ecological features wherever applicable). Notes on 125 fungal taxa are compiled in this paper, including eight new genera, 101 new species, two new combinations, one neotype, four reference specimens, new host or distribution records for eight species and one alternative morphs. The new genera introduced in this paper are Alloarthopyrenia, Arundellina, Camarosporioides, Neomassaria, Neomassarina, Neotruncatella, Paracapsulospora and Pseudophaeosphaeria. The new species are Alfaria spartii, Alloarthopyrenia italica, Anthostomella ravenna, An. thailandica, Arthrinium paraphaeospermum, Arundellina typhae, Aspergillus koreanus, Asterina cynometrae, Bertiella ellipsoidea, Blastophorum aquaticum, Cainia globosa, Camarosporioides phragmitis, Ceramothyrium menglunense, Chaetosphaeronema achilleae, Chlamydotubeufia helicospora, Ciliochorella phanericola, Clavulinopsis aurantiaca, Colletotrichum insertae, Comoclathris italica, Coronophora myricoides, Cortinarius fulvescentoideus, Co. nymphatus, Co. pseudobulliardioides, Co. tenuifulvescens, Cunninghamella gigacellularis, Cyathus pyristriatus, Cytospora cotini, Dematiopleospora alliariae, De. cirsii, Diaporthe aseana, Di. garethjonesii, Distoseptispora multiseptata, Dis. tectonae, Dis. tectonigena, Dothiora buxi, Emericellopsis persica, Gloniopsis calami, Helicoma guttulatum, Helvella floriforma, H. oblongispora, Hermatomyces subiculosa, Juncaceicola italica, Lactarius dirkii, Lentithecium unicellulare, Le. voraginesporum, Leptosphaeria cirsii, Leptosphaeria irregularis, Leptospora galii, Le. thailandica, Lindgomyces pseudomadisonensis, Lophiotrema bambusae, Lo. fallopiae, Meliola citri-maximae, Minimelanolocus submersus, Montagnula cirsii, Mortierella fluviae, Muriphaeosphaeria ambrosiae, Neodidymelliopsis ranunculi, Neomassaria fabacearum, Neomassarina thailandica, Neomicrosphaeropsis cytisi, Neo. cytisinus, Neo. minima, Neopestalotiopsis cocoA << s, Neopestalotiopsis musae, Neoroussoella lenispora, Neotorula submersa, Neotruncatella endophytica, Nodulosphaeria italica, Occultibambusa aquatica, Oc. chiangraiensis, Ophiocordyceps hemisphaerica, Op. lacrimoidis, Paracapsulospora metroxyli, Pestalotiopsis sequoiae, Peziza fruticosa, Pleurotrema thailandica, Poaceicola arundinis, Polyporus mangshanensis, Pseudocoleophoma typhicola, Pseudodictyosporium thailandica, Pseudophaeosphaeria rubi, Purpureocillium sodanum, Ramariopsis atlantica, Rhodocybe griseoaurantia, Rh. indica, Rh. luteobrunnea, Russula indoalba, Ru. pseudoamoenicolor, Sporidesmium aquaticivaginatum, Sp. olivaceoconidium, Sp. pyriformatum, Stagonospora forlicesenensis, Stagonosporopsis centaureae, Terriera thailandica, Tremateia arundicola, Tr. guiyangensis, Trichomerium bambusae, Tubeufia hyalospora, Tu. roseohelicospora and Wojnowicia italica. New combinations are given for Hermatomyces mirum and Pallidocercospora thailandica. A neotype is proposed for Cortinarius fulvescens. Reference specimens are given for Aquaphila albicans, Leptospora rubella, Platychora ulmi and Meliola pseudosasae, while new host or distribution records are provided for Diaporthe eres, Di. siamensis, Di. foeniculina, Dothiorella iranica, Do. sarmentorum, Do. vidmadera, Helvella tinta and Vaginatispora fuckelii, with full taxonomic details. An asexual state is also reported for the

(p, q)-ANALOGUE OF THE NATURAL TRANSFORM WITH APPLICATIONS

Altaf A. Bhat,Faiza A. Sulaiman,Javid A. Ganie,M. Younus Bhat,D.K. Jain 경남대학교 수학교육과 2023 Nonlinear Functional Analysis and Applications Vol.28 No.4

The natural transform is represented by two $(p,q)$-analogues,and their comparative characteristics are established. To resolve some $(p,q)$-difference and functional equations, applications are carried out.

GENERATING FUNCTIONS OF (p, q)-ANALOGUE OF ALEPH-FUNCTION SATISFYING TRUESDELL'S ASCENDING AND DESCENDING F_p,q-EQUATION

ALTAF A. BHAT,M. YOUNUS BHAT,H. MAQBOOL,D.K. JAIN The Korean Society for Computational and Applied M 2023 Journal of applied mathematics & informatics Vol.41 No.2

In this paper we have obtained various forms of (p, q)-analogue of Aleph-Function satisfying Truesdell's ascending and descending F_p,q-equation. These structures have been employed to arrive at certain generating functions for (p, q)-analogue of Aleph-Function. Some specific instances of these outcomes as far as (p, q)-analogue of I-function, H-function and G-functions have likewise been obtained.