The main focus of this thesis is to study the topology of some spaces associated with polynomial knots and determining the least polynomial degree in which a given knot can be represented. A polynomial knot is an embedding ...

Crop-raiding, herbivores, wildlife, conservation, agriculture, nilgai Crop raiding by wild herbivores close to an area of protected wildlife is a serious problem that can potentially undermine conservation efforts. However, ...

Sialic acids (Sia) are nine-carbon backbone monosaccharides, typically found at the terminal position of the glycoproteins and glycolipids. Over the decades, sias have been reported in various pathological and physiological ...

Anchorage independent growth of cancer cells is a key component of cancer invasion and metastasis. Cancer metastasis is a major cause of mortality, making the understanding of the basis for anchorage dependence and how it ...

Covering arrays have been successfully applied in the design of test suites for testing systems such as software, circuits, and networks, where failures can be caused by the interaction between their parameters. There has ...

Chemically reactive species derived from oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur are produced in nearly all living cells and play important roles in numerous physiological processes. Recently, several studies have demonstrated that ...

Single molecule detection and characterization is essential in several realms of science and technology to understand fundamental aspects of molecular dynamics. Surfaceenhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has emerged as a ...

The chiral vicinal amino-alcohols and diamines moieties are found in a variety of biologically important compounds, e.g. natural products, naturally occurring peptides, pharmacologically active compounds as well as in ...