Research Performance of Engineering Colleges in Karnataka as reflected in the Scopus Database

This paper intends to assess the growth of research publications and citations of engineering colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi based on Scopus database. It is attempted to analyze parameters like the growth of research output among rural and city colleges i.e. geographical distribution of publications, pattern of research communication, share of national and international collaboration across Karnataka and high productivity institutions and top highly published journals and cited papers

Clinical Study to evaluate the concept of Samanyam Vriddhi Karanam with reference to Jeevanti in Stanya Kshaya

Breast milk is the best nutrition a mother can give to her child. Feeding the child is the most fulfilling and gratifying experience for a mother. The child should be breastfed exclusively for first six months after birth. But when amount of breast milk decreases or is inadequate, it becomes very worrying. Ayurveda describes decreased breast milk as ‘Stanya Kshaya’. Adequate lactation is being defined as secretion of 300 ml daily by 5th day and 480 ml by 10th day, if this amount are not achieved, a baby of normal weight will not be adequately fed and such a situation is termed clinically as ‘Agalactia’ or ‘Agalactorrhoea’. In Asian and tropical countries like India, prevalence of lactational deficiency may be 30 - 40%. Hence a clinical study has been designed to evaluate the Stanya Janana action of Jeevanti based on the principle of Samanyam Vruddhi Karanam. Randomized single blind standard controlled clinical study was conducted in 60 patients attending OPD of Department of Prasuti & Stree Roga, BLDEA’s AVS Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya Hospital & Research Centre, Vijayapur, Karnataka, and grouped into two. Group A patients were administered with Jeevanti Churna 6 gms bd orally with Ushna Jala for 30 days and Group B patients were administered with Shatavari Churna 6 gms bd orally with Ushna Jala for 30 days. The patients were followed up for 15 days, 51 patients had completed the treatment and no adverse effects were reported during the treatment. Both groups had improved in the clinical symptoms and overall statistical significance was observed

Investigation of Compressive Properties of Wollastonite (CaSiO3) reinforced Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene composites

Volume 8 Issue 4 (April 201

Schedule of Factors Influencing Adherence (SOFIA) to Psychiatric Treatment in Persons with Schizophrenia: Validity and Pilot Testing

Qualitative research has highlighted the complex interplay of multiple factors that preclude persons with schizophrenia in rural Indian settings for discontinued psychiatric treatment. In this context, this paper aims to establish the face and content validities of an interview schedule titled „Schedule of Factors Influencing Adherence (SOFIA) to Psychiatric Treatment in Persons with Schizophrenia‟ which comprehensively assesses factors for discontinued psychiatric treatment and the feasibility of its administration of the schedule. SOFIA contains 16 factors. This schedule involves three phases of interviewing patients and family members. This was given to twelve experts who used likert scales to rate each items wells as the dimensions of the schedule. Later on, fifteen persons with schizophrenia were interviewed with SOFIA to test the feasibility of administration. The results showed that Fourteen items were rated as either satisfactory (score=4) or very much satisfactory (score=5) by all twelve experts; remaining two were rated as 4 or 5 by 11 experts. Regarding comprehensiveness of the factors, scoring methods and general instructions given to the interviewers, all provided scores > 4; regarding method of interviewing, 11 provided score of > 4; with regard to overall interview schedule, all experts provided scores > 4. Pilot testing revealed that it took 60 minutes to administer SOFIA

Microalgae-based unsaponifiable matter as source of natural antioxidants and metal chelators to enhance the value of wet Tetraselmis chuii biomass

The present work aimed to determine the antioxidant, metal chelating and neuroprotective potential of the unsaponifiable matter (UM) of Tetraselmis chuii to be applied to a biorefinery setting. The UM obtained via saponification from crude lipids extracted from microalgal wet biomass showed a radical scavenging activity (RSA) towards the DPPH radical of 90.7 +/- 1.3% and 57.1 +/- 1.2% at a concentration of 10 and 5 mg/ mL, respectively. The UM fraction also displayed metal chelating capacity at a concentration of 5 mg/ mL: 58.5 +/- 1.4% and 50.9 +/- 4.0% for copper and iron, respectively. The chemical characterization of the UM revealed significant levels of total phenolics (TPC, 13.61 mg GAE/g) and carotenoids (2.45 mg/g of beta-carotene, lutein and violaxanthin). Overall, the separation of the UM containing high value metabolites might significantly upgrade the total wet biomass value in a biorefinery, allowing the exploitation of a stream with relevant antioxidant and metal chelating activities.SFRH/BD/105541/2014, IF/00049/2012, CCMAR/Multi/04326/2013info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio