Heavy metals affect the ecosystems through bioaccumulation and bio-magnification processes. Studies done elsewhere showed contamination of coastal sediments with heavy metals. However, information available on this ...

Weather research forecast model simulations were performed in summer month in order to evaluate the bio-meteorological indices in the tropical urban coastal site. Assessment and forecast of thermal indices is an important ...

The present study was carried out to analyze the possibility of aquaculture in selected mangrove regions in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. A detailed study on the possibility of aquaculture was carried out in Sarasaalai (L1) and ...

Black Soldier Fly (BSF) is known for its potential use as a decomposer and as an insect feed all over the world. However little is known on the antimicrobial property of the larval forms. A series of experiments were ...

Ponds are one of the important wetland ecosystems where birds are playing a major role in their stability. As far as avifauna of Jaffna is concerned there are few recent publications related to the bird diversity and ...

Salmonella is a major food borne pathogen and Salmonella detection in food is an essential food safety standard. Conventional methods of Salmonella detection are laborious and require multiple days for confirmation. ...

The amount of commercially available food items containing genetically modified organisms have increased in recent years. Regulation for the labeling of Genetically Modified food is required in most of the countries. ...

Generally, fruits and vegetables are very good source of natural antioxidants which consist of many different antioxidant components. Though there are many vegetables available with high antioxidant values and high ...

A natural disaster is a natural event which can cause damage to both lives and properties. Since SM are capable of real-time nature of sharing the information, post-disaster management can be improved to a great extent ...

Mathematical field of geometry and topology a coarse structure on a set X is the collection of subsets of the Cartesian product X×X with certain properties which allow the large scale structure of metric and topological ...