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Protective Clothing Testing Lab in India

The Indian Board of Medical Research (ICMR) licensed private diagnostic laboratories for carrying out COVID-19 tests find it difficult to procure appropriate personal security equipment for their collection workers, namely, cover-all. The laboratories hope that the Centre's push to increase the availability of essential life-saving equipment, including PPE, may accelerate the manufacture and supply of such items.  Leading ICMR players said that their facility is ready, personnel is qualified, but adequate diagnostic trials of the companies that can supply them and PPEs from the open market are yet to be received. In addition, they have been able to provide sufficient quantities of test kits. Thanks to lock-down and freight flow interruptions, it is often challenging to import test kits. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has proposed hydroxychloroquine to be used as a preventative against the disease by health care staff and treatment professionals of reported pat

Scratch Hardness Test

By understanding the needs of the customers, we, at Sigma Test and Research Centre , provide services that can help them to know their product’s level hardness and delicacy through high equipped scratch hardness test. Scratch mechanism is something that cannot be ignored and found everywhere where one might not even expect. Therefore, the scratch test has been the best and most convenient thing since ages that determines the hardness of the product in which machines are used with different minerals that can be a diamond or gypsum depending upon the hardness. How the test is performed? We follow various fundamental characteristics and standard in our tests which helps us obtain the best and most accurate results about the quality. Similarly, in the scratch hardness test, we perform the test on the specimen by scratching it with various materials. A specific load is set at which the needle penetrates the surface back and forth. The condition of the surface is noted before and

How Carbs Affect Blood Sugar? Glycemic Index

People who are diabetics often deal with problems related to diet because they want to maintain their blood sugar level. Studies have shown that carbohydrates release more sugar level in blood than protein and fat. However, one cannot escape the consumption of carbohydrates as it is present in our day to day meal. But how carbs affect blood sugar when it enters our body? You can find your answer here.  What are Carbohydrates?  Before understanding the effects, we need to know what exactly are carbohydrates and how it is classified. Carbs are the essential food group which is often found in the form of starch, sugar or fibre in different food items such as fruits, milk, vegetables, cereal and grains.  Initially, it was classified as simple (composed of sugar with simple chemical structure) and complex (composed of sugar with complex chemical structure). Later, it was difficult to determine its effects on blood for which the Glycemic Index was determined. Glycemic Ind