PALAEOCLIMATE EVOLUTION AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY DURING PLIOCENE SHIZIGOU STAGE, QAIDAM BASIN


Phytochemical characterization, antimicrobial activity and reducing potential of seed oil, latex, machine oil and presscake of Jatropha curcas

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the antimicrobial activity, phytochemical studies and thin layer chromatography analysis of machine oil, hexane extract of seed oil and methanol extract of presscake& latex of Jatropha curcas Linn (family Euphorbiaceae).Materials and Methods: J.curcas extracts were subjected to preliminary qualitative phytoche

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Conditioning or cognition? Understanding interspecific communication as a way of improving animal training (a case study with elephants in Nepal)

When animals are trained to function in a human society (for example, pet dogs, police dogs, or sports horses), different trainers and training cultures vary widely in their ability to understand how the animal perceives the communication efforts of the trainer.This variation has considerable impact on the resulting performance and welfare of the a

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