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In this paper, the communication between Arduino Mega microcontroller and mini thermal printer is implemented by hardware and software integration. The microcontroller is programmed to transfer the data from microcontroller to printer using a serial communication protocol such as universal asynchronous receiver and transmitter (UART) via Serial communication devices such as MAX232 converter, DB9 connector which is nothing but RS232 serial port, and universal serial bus (USB) communication port. Data sent by the microcontroller is made to print from the printer and it is shown in the result section. Digital pins '3' and '4' on the microcontroller are used as virtual Rx and Tx serial lines while leaving the main serial port open for debugging purposes. Interfacing between UART of microcontroller, MAX232, serial port, and the USB port of printer are well established with the complete schematic diagram. The mini thermal printer prints whatever is sent by the microcontroller. A simple code similar to the one used for the serial monitor works for the printer. The baud rate needs to be set at 9600 for the microcontroller to communicate with the printer. The system is designed to print data wirelessly using Bluetooth HC-05 for restaurant and hospital management applications. The system has high adaptability. It can be used in many situations not only for restaurant and hospital management.

Digital technologies empower the transformation into data-driven, intelligent, agile, and autonomous farm operations and are typically considered a key to addressing the grand challenges in agriculture. To avoid unscientific water supply for plantation as well as to save the water and also yield the better crop, therefore, to increase production efficiency out of smart irrigation and to send the status of irrigation at standard environmental conditions, The Internet of Things (IoT) based prototype is designed and implemented. The prototype automatically turns ON /OFF the motor pump based on the moisture level of the soil by taking the temperature and humidity of the environment near the plantation into consideration (In India, the standard parameters for watering the vegetable plantation are Humidity>60%, Temperature < 25°C and Humidity

Coronary artery disease from atherosclerosis induced stenosis remains the leading cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and death worldwide, however extrinsic compression of coronary arteries from adjacent anatomical and pathological structures is an infrequent but important diagnosis to be aware of, especially given the nonspecific symptoms of chest pain that mimic angina in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PHT) and congenital heart disease. Non-invasive CT angiography is an invaluable diagnostic tool for detection of coronary artery compression, pulmonary artery dilatation and pulmonary vascular compression. Although established guidelines are not available for management of left main coronary artery (LMCA) compression syndrome, percutaneous coronary intervention and stent implantation remain a feasible option for the treatment, specifically for patients with a high surgical risk. Treatment of pulmonary vein or artery compression is more varied and determined by etiology. This review article is focused on detailed discussion of extrinsic compression of coronary arteries, mainly the LMCA and brief discussion on pulmonary vasculature compression by surrounding anatomical and pathological entities, with focus on pathophysiology, clinical features, complications and role of imaging in its diagnosis and management.

Introduction Fluorine-18 labeled radiopharmaceuticals undergo quality control testing for residual phase-transfer-catalyst content. The almost universally used quality-control test is a silica plate spot-test comparison of the radiopharmaceutical beside a 50-ppm standard. Once developed by staining, the radiopharmaceutical spot must be of equal or less intensity to pass the test. There is currently a need for a quantitative, inexpensive, and less subjective quality control method that allows the automatic incorporation of the acquired measurement directly into electronic batch reports. Results In the developed method, a resazurin test solution is mixed with an aliquot of the radiopharmaceutical analyte along with dichloromethane (DCM). The mixture is vortexed. The potassium resazurin-phase transfer catalyst complex solubilizes into the DCM imparting a blue color. The organic layer is then removed for analysis. Three measurement methods were utilized: visual colorimetry against pre-prepared standards, spectrophotometric measurement of transmittance, and electrical conductance. A simple prototype spectrophotometer and an electrical test cell were constructed to acquire data. Sodium Resazurin dye was found to be a suitable test chromophore for residual phase transfer catalyst analysis of aqueous solutions. Quantitative spectrophotometric measurements are possible in the 0–100-ppm range (18-crown-6) and 0–150-ppm range (Kryptofix® or tetrabutylammonium). Electrical resistance measurements of the phase transfer-catalyst resazurin complex in DCM are also a viable method, allowing quantitative phase transfer catalyst measurements in the 0–100-ppm range. Conclusion The methodologies developed are more quantitative alternatives to the current spot-test method. The spectrophotometric method was determined to be the most accurate method.

One of the commercially available capillary-based microfluidic synthesizers is Advion NanoTek Microfluidic Synthesis System and is currently being used across the globe. The goal of this study is to demonstrate the system capability to perform the synthesis of two compounds sequentially without cleaning the equipment between the syntheses. We have chosen to prepare two key radiotracers [F-18]FLT and [F-18]FMISO. The basic microfluidic flow chemistry module was reconfigured to allow the hydrolysis of the second tracer in a vial using reactor 1 as a heat source and the system was integrated to semi-preparative high-performance liquid chromatography with a column selector and solvent selector. The decay corrected radio chemical yields of [18F]FLT and [18F]FMISO were found to be 28.5% and 38.6% respectively. The specific activity was determined to be >2 Ci/μmol.

Fejervarya orissaensis (Dutta) (Fig 4D) Specimens examined: two males (WIIAD 227 & WIIAD 249) and an individual with sex undetermined (WIIAD 066). Morphological features: Adult males SVL 42.7–42.9 mm (n=2) and an individual (sex unknown) SVL 39.4 mm; body robust; head slightly longer than wide; snout obtusely pointed in dorsal view; eyes large; tympanum distinct, nearly ½ the diameter of eye, distinct supratympanic fold; tubercles present on dorsal and lateral body, short longitudinal ridges on mid-dorsum, fejervaryan lines on abdomen; fingers without disc and rounded, relative length of fingers II = IV Coloration in life: Brown dorsum with dark grey spots; fore limb and hind limb cross-barred with dark grey; upper and lower jaws marked with bands; pale yellow mottling on posterior thigh; ventral side of body white. Vocal sac of calling male was black. Bioacoustics: We analysed 50 advertisement calls from five males. Calls were recorded between 22:40–00:20 hours and calling site air temperature was between 26.9°C–29.9°C. The calls were pulsatile and emitted mostly at regular intervals. The calling males produced single type calls with mean call duration of 98.76 ± 8.69 ms (82–109 ms). The pulse rate was 104.46 ± 2.03 pulses/s (94.59–107.53 pulses/s) with mean of 9.76 ± 0.98 pulses per call. The mean dominant frequency was 2412.59 ± 6.34.95 Hz (1162.80–2842.40 Hz). Remark: Common in PTR. Breeding observed in seasonal rainwater puddles in paddy fields in July. The presence of this morphologically cryptic anuran is genetically confirmed in this study (Fig 8A). This is the north-westernmost confirmed record of this species in its range (780 kilometers aerial distance from type locality in Orissa), and a new state record for Madhya Pradesh state., Published as part of Prasad, Vishal Kumar, Gautam, Kumudani Bala, Gupta, Sandeep Kumar, Murthy, R. Sreenivasa, Ramesh, K., Shinde, Ajinkya Duttatray & Das, Abhijit, 2020, Identification of anuran species diversity of the Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India, using an integrated approach, pp. 450-476 in Zootaxa 4851 (3) on page 458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4487235

Microhyla nilphamariensis Howlader, Nair, Gopalan, and Merilä (Fig 4K) Specimens examined: five males (WIIAD 234, WIIAD 235, WIIAD 262–264) Morphological features: Adult males SVL 18.3–21 mm (n=5); head triangular, wider than long; snout nearly rounded in lateral view; pupil round; tympanum not visible, supratympanic fold present; dorsal skin smooth with small tubercles all over the upper and lateral side of body; fingers without webbing and flattened, relative length of fingers I et al. (2015) but Garg et al. (2018b) reported its widespread distribution in India and perhaps earlier records of M. ornata from central India should be referred to M. nilphamariensis (Garg et al. 2018b). Calling males had single subgular vocal sac. Coloration in life: Golden or pink dorsal with dark arrowhead markings on the back starting from eyes and widening towards hind limbs, tiny orange dots on dorsum; hind limbs cross-barred with dark brown; flank dark brown; throat black (calling males); ventral side of body white. Bioacoustics: We analysed 50 advertisement calls from five males. The calls were recorded between 20:00– 23:40 hours (July–September) and calling site temperature was between 25.7 °C–30.9 °C. Calling males produced distinct pulsatile calls. The calls were delivered mostly at uniform intervals. Calls had mean duration of 415.22 ± 130.31 ms (195–625 ms). Mean pulse rate was 44.04 ± 3.4 pulses/second (38.17–50.76 pulses/second) with 18.36 ± 5.82 pulses delivered per call (8–26 pulses). The mean dominant frequency was 3067.18 ±104.52 Hz (2928.50– 3273 Hz). Remark: Commonly encountered frog in PTR. Observed breeding in seasonal pools in waterlogged open grasslands between July–September., Published as part of Prasad, Vishal Kumar, Gautam, Kumudani Bala, Gupta, Sandeep Kumar, Murthy, R. Sreenivasa, Ramesh, K., Shinde, Ajinkya Duttatray & Das, Abhijit, 2020, Identification of anuran species diversity of the Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India, using an integrated approach, pp. 450-476 in Zootaxa 4851 (3) on pages 460-462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4487235, {"references":["Howlader, M. S. A., Nair, A., Gopalan, S. V. & Merila, J. (2015) A new species of Microhyla (Anura: Microhylidae) from Nilphamari, Bangladesh. PLoS (Public Library of Science) One, 10 (3), e 0119825, 1 - 18. https: // doi. org / 10.1371 / journal. pone. 0119825","Garg, S., Suyesh, R., Das, A., Jiang, J., Wijayathilaka, N., Amarasinghe, A. T., Alhadi, F., Kumar, V. K., Aravind, N. A., Gayani, S., Meegaskumbura, M. & Biju, S. D. (2018 b) Systematic revision of Microhyla (Microhylidae) frogs of South Asia: a molecular, morphological, and acoustic assessment. Vertebrate Zoology, 69 (1), 1 - 71."]}

Sphaerotheca pashchima Padhye, Dahanukar, Sulakhe, Dandekar, Limaye, and Jamdade (Fig 4J) Specimens examined: five males (WIIAD 064, WIIAD 065, WIIAD 229, WIIAD 233 & WIIAD 275) and two females (WIIAD 225 & WIIAD 232). Morphological features: Adult males SVL 32.1–45.5 mm (n=5) and two females SVL 45.8–47.1 mm (n=2); body stout; head wider than long; snout rounded dorsally as well as laterally; eyes large, pupil diamond shaped or round; tympanum nearly 2/3 the diameter of eye, supratympanic fold distinct; dorsal skin granular with some tubercles; fingers without web and round, relative length of fingers II Coloration in life: Dorsum grey or brownish to pinkish with or without irregular dark spots; limbs cross barred with dark grey; upper lips marked with dark bands; yellowish marblings in groin region; ventral side of body white; calling males had black throat colour. Bioacoustics: We analysed 30 calls from three males. Males called intermittently and delivered single type pulsatile calls. We recorded calls between 21:00–00:00 hours in July. The air temperature of calling site of frogs at the time of call recordings was between 26.5°C–29.3°C. The mean call duration was 377.60 ± 45.65 ms (319–455 ms). Mean pulse rate was 78.35 ± 3.03 pulses/s (72.43–83.08 pulses/s) with mean of 29.23 ± 2.87 pulses per call. The mean dominant frequency was 2074.37 ± 441.68 Hz (947.50–2368.70 Hz). This is the first-time description of advertisement calls of Sphaerotheca pashchima (Fig 7 & Annexure II). Remark: Common in PTR and breeds in shallow puddles in grasslands and stream pools in early July. Occurrence of S. pashchima from PTR has been genetically confirmed in our study (Fig 8B). In earlier faunistic studies based on morphology only, S. breviceps was widely reported in literature. The present study provides the first record of S. pashchima from Madhya Pradesh. Now Panna region is the easternmost known locality for S. pashchima., Published as part of Prasad, Vishal Kumar, Gautam, Kumudani Bala, Gupta, Sandeep Kumar, Murthy, R. Sreenivasa, Ramesh, K., Shinde, Ajinkya Duttatray & Das, Abhijit, 2020, Identification of anuran species diversity of the Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India, using an integrated approach, pp. 450-476 in Zootaxa 4851 (3) on page 459, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4487235

Polypedates maculatus (Gray) (Fig 4O) Specimens examined: three males (WIIAD 226, WIIAD 250, WIIAD 271), one female (WIIAD 251) and four individuals (sex undetermined; WIIAD 062, WIIAD 063, WIIAD 272, WIIAD 273). Morphological features: Males SVL 43.3–46.9 mm (n=3), female SVL 60.3 mm (n=1) and individuals (sex unknown) SVL 38.8–51.9 mm (n=4); body flattened and elongated; head longer than wide; eyes large, pupil horizontal; tympanum large and nearly 1/3 of the diameter of eye, supratympanic fold distinct; dorsum skin smooth, ventral side of body granular; tips of fingers with prominent discs, relative length of fingers I Coloration in life: Dorsum uniform golden brown with dark brown blotches running from dorsal surface of head to rear body; a prominent dark brown streak running from tip of snout to covering tympanum and extending up to mid flank region; color of dorsal of limbs lighter than dorsum surface; limbs cross-bared with dark brown; upper lip white; yellow reticulation on brown background on posterior thigh; ventral side of body white. Bioacoustics: 20 advertisement calls from two males were analysed in this study. We recorded calls between 17:40–00:30 hours and calling sites air temperature was between 27.1°C–29.7°C. The males were recorded calling from bushes and grassland near puddles in the months of July and August during monsoon. The calls were emitted at irregular intervals. The calls had a mean duration of 132.25 ± 25.54 ms (82–171 ms) with a mean pulse rate of 60 ± 5.9 pulses/second (50–74.63 pulses/s) and mean 5.75±1.12 pulses per call (4–9 pulses/call). The mean dominant frequency was 960.40 ± 125.06 Hz (818.3–1335.10 Hz). Remark: Common in PTR. Calls from trees and shrub ~ 1m and above ground during July and August. Foam nests were seen in July among Lantana bush ca. 40 cm above water and also on the water surface., Published as part of Prasad, Vishal Kumar, Gautam, Kumudani Bala, Gupta, Sandeep Kumar, Murthy, R. Sreenivasa, Ramesh, K., Shinde, Ajinkya Duttatray & Das, Abhijit, 2020, Identification of anuran species diversity of the Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India, using an integrated approach, pp. 450-476 in Zootaxa 4851 (3) on page 464, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4487235

Duttaphrynus scaber (Schneider) (Figure 4B) Specimens examined: two males (WIIAD 224 & WIIAD 236) and one female (WII AD 241). Morphological characters: Adult males SVL 23.7–26 mm (n=2) and female SVL 31.9 mm; body small; head slightly wider than long (see table 3); distinct parietal ridges on head; snout obtuse from lateral view; pupil round; tympanum round, more than ½ the diameter of eye; dorsal skin rough with series of cornified warts on lateral sides; fingers relative length I = II Coloration in life: Dorsum olive brown to fawn color with dark brown irregular spots. Prominent orange tipped warts on the lateral sides of body; iris golden; hind limbs cross-barred with dark brown color; throat and vocal sac is orange to dark yellowish (calling males); ventral side of body pale white. Bioacoustics: We measured 30 advertisement calls from three males. They were observed calling from the edge of ponds and puddles between 23:30–02:00 hours in July at air temperature between 28.7–29.8 °C. All calling males produced single type pulsatile advertisement calls at mostly regular intervals. The mean call duration was 229.77 ± 30.24 ms (172–280 ms) which was longest among its congeners and mean pulse rate was 31.76 ± 1.89 pulses/s (28.69–34.48 pulses/s) with mean 7.6 ± 0.72 (6–9) pulses per call. The mean dominant frequency was 3514.2 ± 201.26 Hz (3230–3746.8 Hz). Remark: Common in PTR landscape. Breeding was observed in seasonal ponds and waterfilled roadside excavations in July 2017. The present study represents the first confirmed record of D. scaber from Madhya Pradesh state. This is also its record of northern most range. Its earlier neighboring record is from Dang in Gujarat (Padhye et al. 2013) and Purba in West Bengal (Mahapatra & Ghorai 2019)., Published as part of Prasad, Vishal Kumar, Gautam, Kumudani Bala, Gupta, Sandeep Kumar, Murthy, R. Sreenivasa, Ramesh, K., Shinde, Ajinkya Duttatray & Das, Abhijit, 2020, Identification of anuran species diversity of the Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India, using an integrated approach, pp. 450-476 in Zootaxa 4851 (3) on page 456, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4487235, {"references":["Padhye, A., Pandit, R., Patil, R., Gaikwad, S., Ukar, N. & Shouche, Y. (2013) Range extension of Ferguson's Toad Duttaphrynus scaber (Schneider) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) up to the northern most limit of Western Ghats, with its advertisement call analysis. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5 (11), 4579 - 4585. https: // doi. org / 10.11609 / JoTT. o 3345.4579 - 85.","Mahapatra, A. D. & Ghorai, S. K. (2019) New record of Duttaphrynus scaber (Schneider, 1799), the Schneider's Toad (Family: Bufonidae) from West Bengal, India. Biological Forum-An International Journal, 11 (2), 56 - 60."]}

Uperodon globulosus (Günther) (Fig 4L) Specimen examined: one male (WIIAD 231) & one sub adult (WIIAD 069) Morphological features: An adult male SVL 51.9 mm and a sub-adult (sex unknown) SVL 36.9 mm; globular body shape; head narrow and small; snout obtuse in lateral view; eyes small, pupil round; tympanum hidden, supratympanic fold distinct; dorsal skin is smooth; finger tips rounded and without disc, relative length of fingers IV Remark: Uncommon, recorded from three forest ranges. Seen breeding in temporary rainwater puddles in agricultural fields and grasslands in July. U. globulosus is widely distributed in Central India and has earlier been reported from Jabalpur (Garg et al. 2018a)., Published as part of Prasad, Vishal Kumar, Gautam, Kumudani Bala, Gupta, Sandeep Kumar, Murthy, R. Sreenivasa, Ramesh, K., Shinde, Ajinkya Duttatray & Das, Abhijit, 2020, Identification of anuran species diversity of the Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India, using an integrated approach, pp. 450-476 in Zootaxa 4851 (3) on page 462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4487235, {"references":["Garg, S., Senevirathne, G., Wijayathilaka, N., Phuge, S., Deuti, K., Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Biju, S. D. (2018 a) An integrative taxonomic review of the South Asian microhylid genus Uperodon. Zootaxa, 4384 (1), 1 - 88. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4384.1.1"]}