CCMAS Course Search

Definition; Spectrum and types of Research; Development of conceptual framework in Geological Research; Preparing a Research Proposal Approach to Geological problems; Systematic collection of field and laboratory data; Statistical analysis; Geo-writing and referencing; Ethics in Research; Common errors in Research process; Publishing Research; Scientific Creativity

Introduction mapping of prokaryotic genomes eg; E coli; gene libraries; sequencing; experimental techniques; hybridization tests; Yeast (S; Cerevisiae) genome; Pattern of gene expression - SAGE DNA chip technology; etc; Functional genomics - computer analysis; experimental analysis; Proteomics

History of microbial technology; Microbial biodiversity; Protein production by bacteria; Production of fuel alcohol; beer; wine; dairy products; etc; Biomass transformation and microbiology of pulp and paper; Polymer synthesis and biodegradation; Use of viruses in biotechnology

Introduction and overview; properties of wireless; PANs; LANs and WANs: Ad-hoc and infrastructure networks; physical constraints and limitations (transmission and reception); network structures and architectures; including hand-off and mobility support at the physical/link level; example technologies at the physical/link layers: PANS - bluetooth; LANs - IEEE802.11; HiperLAN; basic GSM and GPRS network structures and protocol architectures; next generation wireless overview including UMTS; IMT-2000 and W-CDMA; mobile IP: mobile IPv4 and mobile IPv6; problems with routing; quality of service and security; overview of use of intelligence in mobile systems and power management issues; file systems: CODA and the like and mobile infrastructure support; Adaptive and re-configurable systems; mobile multimedia and its relationship to proxying; context sensitive applications; ubiquitous computing; pervasive computing and ambient networking; overlay networks and vertical hand-offs; programmable networking and applications for mobile systems; code mobility and control/signalling

Modelling conditions; modelling parameters; The resistivity model tank; magnetic response modelling; Electromagnetic scale modelling; Applications of modelling to geophysical interpretation

Bacterial and viral chromosomes; Bacterial plasmids; Replication; transcription and translation of prokaryotic genomes; Regulation of protein biosynthesis; Transposons as mobile genetic elements; Eukaryotic chromosome and its ultrastructural organization; DNA synthesis in eukaryotes; Biochemical aspect of cell division; cell cloning and cell fusion; Biochemistry of growth and differentiation in eukaryotes; Principle of PCR technique; Isolation and purification of RNA and DNA; Hybridization techniques; Recombinant DNA technology and proteomics applications (e.g; production of insulin; drugs etc); Microarray; Genetic engineering and its social implications

Multivariate normal distribution; estimation of mean and covariance matrix; Wishart distribution; distribution of partial and multiple correlation coefficients; Hotelling's T2; Principal components

The history; basic principles and cultural practices of Mushroom production; including a survey of locally occurring edible species; Various methods of growing mushrooms; Factors affecting growth and basidiocarp formation in vivo and in vitro; Mushroom abnormalities; their pests and control; Mushroom chemistry; including nutritive value; poisons and treatment; Growth habits of selected local species of edible mushrooms

Radiometric Units; Lasers: Laser operations; Lasing Actions; TEM modes; Biological effects: eye damage; skin damage; Protection Guides and Standards; Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE); Safety Measurements; power and energy; Beam divergence; Radiofrequency (RF) and Microwave: Communications; antennas and antenna gain; Penetration depth GSM handsets and base stations; Biological Effects; Thermal and Non Thermal Effects; temperature-humidity index microwave Measurements; survey meters; Protection Guides and Standard Maximum permissible exposure (MPE); Safety

Types of non-linear dynamical systems and connections between them; Poincare sections; conjugacy and flow equivalence; Review of portraits and the geometry of solutions to ordinary differential equations; Stability: Liapunov; quasi-asymptotic stability; Liapunov functions; Liapunov stability theorems and linear stability (for distinct eigenvalues); Stationary points in R2; Population models as examples; Periodic orbits in ordinary differential equations; Statement and explanation of Poincare-Bendixson theorem; Poincare index and Dulac criterion; Bifurcation theory (by Taylor's series) and Hopf bifurcation; Maps of the interval; Fixed points; periodic points and stability; Saddle-node and periodic doubling bifurcations; Chaos: Piecewise linear maps; the tent map; Transitivity and chaos (sensitive dependence on initial conditions); Brief description of the maps x - nx(1-x); particularly for n=4; and topological conjugacy; Period three implies existence of all periods; Statement of Sharkovskii theorem