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Introduction: History and scope of / terms used in Toxicology. Toxicological Evaluation. Purpose and Value of ED50 and LD50 determination. General management of poisoning including resuscitation protocol, methods of reducing poison absorption, increasing elimination and antidotal therapy. Toxicokinetics including metabolism of toxic substances. Carcinogens and mutagens. Toxins of plant, bacteria and animal (snake, scorpion, bees, spiders, clostridium and botulinum) origins. Toxicology of ionizing radiations. Toxicity of pesticides, Insecticides (Organochlorine insecticides; DDT; chlorinated cyclodiene insecticides: Organophosphorus insecticides, acute poisoning, delayed neurotoxic effects; Carbamate insecticides; Herbicides; Chlorophenoxy- compounds; Dinitrophenols; Bipyridyl compounds: Fungicides (mention only). Rodenticides: Warfarin and Nafluorantate; Inorganic rodenticides (salts of thallium, barium zinc, and many others) and Fumigants (mention only)). Toxicity of Heavy metals including lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, iron, chromium, cyanide and their antagonists. Toxicity of Cosmetic ingredients such as talc, hydroquinone and many others. and Testing. Poisoning and Management of Drug Poisoning. Environmental Pollution. Industrial Toxicology including solvents, vapours and gases (Aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbons; Chloroform; Carbon tetrachloride; Tri-and tetrachloroethylene (briefly); Aliphatic alcohols: Ethanol; Methanol; Aromatic hydrocarbon solvents: Benzene, Kerosene, Carbon monoxide). Toxicology of Food Additives (preservatives, seasoning, flavouring, colouring agents) and contaminants. Forensic Toxicology.

Animal toxins/venoms such as snake venoms; bee/wasp toxins; poisonous fishes; toads etc; will be studied; Anti-toxins and other agents employed in the management of such toxicities will also be undertaken

Outline of TCM therapeutic procedures. Gain familiarity with the practice of TCM and Acupuncture

Introduction: Development history and primary function of Train Control System (TCS); Current applications in the world; Technologies development of CTCS. Basic principle of TCS: Train blocking, speed protection, TCS composition. Principle and composition of CTCS-2: System requirements, technical principles, system principles and composition, track circuit coding, balise message, temporary speed restriction, section logic occupation checking, operation scene. Land-based equipment of CTCS-2: Land-based equipment of Locomotive signal system, train control center, balise, temporary speed restriction server. Train-based equipment of CTCS-2: Composition and function, work mode and driver machine interface. Land-based equipment of CTCS-3: Introduction, operation scene, radio block center. Train- based equipment of CTCS-3: Functions and principle of work, key technology, composition of hardware, work mode.

Steady State Conduction. Forced and Natural Convection. Reynolds' Analogy. Heat Transfer Film Coefficient Correlations. LMTD Heat Transfer Design. Fouling Factors. Radiation; Blackbody Radiation, Emission from Real Surfaces. Kirchoff’s Law. Unsteady-State Conduction. 2-D Conduction. Fundamentals of Mass Transfer. Similarity of Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer. Convective Mass Transfer. General, Molecular and Turbulent Diffusion Equations. Fick’s Law for Diffusion. Molecular Diffusion in Gases, Liquids and Solids. Diffusion Coefficients in Gases. Liquids. Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers. LMTD Correction Factors. Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlations. HX Design and Performance (Kern’s and NTU Methods for Multipass and Cross-Flow HX). Compact Heat Exchangers. Plate Heat Exchangers.Operating Principles, Series and Parallel Combination, Use and Limitations. Comparison with Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers.

Chain of infection. Routes of transmission of infection in the dental clinic and know prevention of cross infections within the clinic. Sources of infection and occupational risk in dentistry. Transmissible infections in the dental setting. Concept of standard precaution. HIV and Dentistry. Infection control procedures and recommendations and Post exposure management.

Helminth parasites of medical and veterinary importance; including life history of parasites; Food and vector-borne parasitic infections; Type of diseases caused by helminth parasites; The role of host behaviour in parasitic helminth transmission; Circadian rhythms in the transmission of helminth parasites (filarial periodicity); Control strategies

Parasitic Protozoa of medical and veterinary importance; Transmission patterns and types of diseases caused by protozoan parasites in the tropics; The role of vectors in the transmission of protozoan diseases; The role of host behaviour in the transmission of protozoan parasites

Basic equations of fluid statics and dynamics, Fluxes, Phenomenological laws, and Conservation law, Momentum transfer and viscosity, Convective and diffusive momentum transport. Modes of heat transfer (Conduction, Convection, and Radiation), Steady and unsteady state heat conduction, Heat transfer coefficients. Fick's law and diffusivity of materials, Mass transfer in fluid systems, mass transfer coefficient. Diffusion as random thermal jumps of atoms (1 d random walk), Self-diffusion coefficients, Vacancy and interstitial mechanisms of self-diffusion, Diffusion in presence of driving force and mobility, Interdiffusion and Darken’s equation, Simple solution of diffusion equation, Grain boundary and surface diffusion. Rate controlling steps in processes, Interface reaction-controlled processes, Diffusion controlled processes.

Properties of fluids. Introduction to food rheology. Dimensional analysis and similitude. Fundamentals of fluid flow leading up to the Bernoulli theorem and power calculations. Fluid flow in pipes. Measurement of flow in pipes. Reynolds number and frictional dissipation and factors. Branching in pipes. Fluid machinery with special reference to pumps and fans. Thermodynamic properties of liquid and solid foods. Equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics as applied to phase-transition dominated processes such as contact equilibrium separations.