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Microbial biomolecules : challenges to control and prevent vector borne diseases / Madangchanok Imchen, Jamseel Parammal, Eswara Rao and Ranjith Kumavath -- The autodissemination: current and future potential in the application of entomopathogens against mosquito-borne diseases / Mario A Rodríguez-Pérez and Filiberto Reyes-Villanueva -- The inhibition of mosquito vectors of malaria and filaria using the marine microorganisms and their associated compounds / A. Vishnu Kirthi and L. Karthik -- Entomopathogenic fungi mediated biocontrol mechanism against mosquito vectors : recent trends and future perspectives / Subhaswaraj Pattnaik, Parasuraman Paramanandham, Siddhardha Busi -- Bioprospecting of fungal metabolites for mosquito control / Perumal Vivekanandhan, Murugan Arunthirumeni, Govindraj Vengateshwari and Muthugounder Subramanian Shivakumar -- Mosquito larvicidal property of mycogenic silver nanoparticles derived from Aspergillus niger against Culex quinquefasciatus / M.Poornima, G.Kanimozhi and A.Panneerselvam -- Larval toxicity of entomopathogenic bacteria Bacillus cereus against Aedes aegypti, Anopheles stephensi and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes / Chinnasamy Ragavendran and Devarajan Natarajan -- Natural weapons used against dengue vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti / Nilufer Orhan and Didem Deliorman Orhan -- Paratransgenesis involving microbes : the new avenue for the control of vector borne diseases / Vitthalrao B. Khyade and Brij Kishor Tyagi -- Microbial control of mosquito borne disease : summary on researches from Thailand / Viroj Wiwanitkit -- Biocontrol potential of symbiotic Bacterium wolbachia against mosquito borne diseases / Saikat Mandal, Bhaskar Biswas -- Wolbachia an effective biocontrol agent / Sankaranarayanan, A., Amaresan Natarajan and Jinal H Naik -- Microorganisms in the management of mosquito vectors : a sustainable eco-friendly approach / Sajal Bhattacharya and Probal Basu -- Microbiota of mid-gut of important disease vector mosquitoes in India and their role in disease control / Kamlesh Kumar Yadav, Kshitij Chandel & Vijay Veer -- A review of control of blood sucking parasites by marine actinomycetes- derived compounds / K.Kannabiran -- Cyanobacterial toxins as biolarvicides for blood sucking vector / Reehana Nazar, Mohamed Imran Mohamed Yousuff, Thajuddin Nooruddin and Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai -- The genetically altered microbes and viruses in control of mosquito borne diseases / Amrita Kumari -- Antileishmanial compounds from microbial sources for the prevention of leishmaniasis / Amaresan Natarajan, Jinal H. Naik, A. Sankaranarayanan -- Biological control of aquatic snail borne diseases (schistosomiasis) / Mohamudha Parveen Rahamathulla -- Microbial approaches for black fly targeted onchocerciasis control / S. Anbalagan -- Effective microbial compounds for controlling flea-borne rickettsial diseases / Arunachalam Chinnathambi and Mathrubutham Ravikumar

Abstract
For many products, consumers need to sign a pricing contract with the seller under uncertainty about their future consumption needs. Recent empirical literature has consistently pointed out that consumers may not be good forecasters of their future consumption needs, and may suffer from overestimation or underestimation biases. This paper considers consumers who are heterogeneous in their expected demands arising from heterogeneity in their biases about their forecasted consumption needs. We show that the optimal menu of two-part pricing in this case leads to the lower-expected demand segment getting exactly the same surplus on the average as the higher-expected demand segment, or the higher-expected demand segment getting even lower surplus on the average than the lower-expected demand segment. We show directions of externalities these unbiased, positively-biased, and negatively-biased segments impose on one another, and how they can be different under no price discrimination, and second- and third-degree price discrimination.

This study points out the extent to which educational and socio-economic factors determine success at the Services Selection Boards for entry into the Indian Military Academy. Biographical questionnaries of 456 candidates are tabulated and statistically treated. Some of the factors are highly significant determinants of success. The findings are compared with a similar study carried out earlier on National Defence Academy entrants. The comparison points out the likelihood of these influences being superficial and temporary.

Sharma, M. ; Swarup, R.: The way ahead? The new technology in an old society. Johri, B. N. ; Sharma, A. ; Virdi, J. S.: Rhizobacterial diversity in India and its influence on soil and plant health. Tyagi, A. K. ; Khurana, J. P.: Plant molecular biology and biotechnology research in post-recombinant DNA era. Padmanaban, G.: Drug targets in Malaria parasites. Chauhan, V. S. ; Bhardwaj, D.: Current status of Malaria vaccine development. Mukhopadhyay, A. ; Basu, S. K.: Intracellular delivery of drugs to macrophages. Tyagi, A. K. ; Dhar, N.: Recent advances in Tuberculosis research in India

AbstractThis paper makes an attempt to integrate a number of selected theories of motivation (performance) and satisfaction. Specifically, this was accomplished by (1) reviewing selected major theories dealing with these concepts (expectancy‐value theory, assimilation‐contrast theory, social comparison theory, exchange theory, discrepancy theory, decision‐making theory and self‐concept theory), (2) reviewing selected major theories linking performance with satisfaction (March and Simon's theory, Porter and Lawler's theory, cybernetics/control theory and Raynor's theory of motivation), (3) presenting a set of criteria for developing a general theory of motivation and emotion, (4) introducing a general theory of motivation and emotion (evaluative congruity theory) and (5) translating the concepts of the selected traditional theories of performance and satisfaction into the language of evaluative congruity theory.