Does the Performance of Banking Sector Promote Economic Growth? A Time Series Analysis

Purpose: In terms of stimulating the economy, banks play an essential role. These banks directly or indirectly influence the economic growth (GDP) of a country. This study analyses the association between banks' performance and GDP growth.   Theoretical Framework: The banking sector acts as an effective mechanism that funds various projects all over the country.  The majority of such studies focus on developed nations. Although there is a great deal of literature on this issue concerning developed markets, there is a lack of literature related to emerging and developing economies (Sensarma & Bhattacharyya, 2016). This study has been undertaken to analyse the influence of banks on India's economy, which is a developing economy   Design/Methodology: The data of the study includes the independent variables that indicate banking performance. The proxies used for the bank's performance are: bank nonperforming loans to total gross loans (%) (NPL), domestic credit provided by the financial sector (% of GDP) (DC), Return on Equity (ROE), bank capital to assets ratio (%) (CAP), and regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (CAR). At the same time, the substitute for economic growth is growth in domestic product (GDP). All organised banks operating in India form the sample of the study. The period of study is from 1990 to 2029. To test the hypotheses, simple regression, multicollinearity tests, and ordinary least square (POLS) are performed.   Findings: The findings indicate that a few of the variables such as domestic credit, return on equity, and capital adequacy ratio, which are linked to the bank's operational and financial efficiency, are correlated with India's GDP growth. The study's empirical results recommend that this country's (India's) policymakers should assist the banking sector by laying down new growth and developmental policies that will strengthen the banking sector, which will in turn strengthen the economy.   Research, Practical & Social Implications:  This study shows that Indian banks have a major impact on Indian economic growth. It also identifies the primary banking attributes that influence GDP. Such a study will help policymakers and researchers understand the significant contributors to economic growth.   Originality and Value: There are many studies that have studied the determinants of GDP. But this is the first study that has tried to establish the impact/relationship of banking variables on GDP growth

Comparison of the world health organization and the International association of diabetes and pregnancy study groups criteria in diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus in South Indians

We aimed to compare the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) and the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria to diagnose gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Chennai, India. Materials and Methods: We reviewed the retrospective data of 1351 pregnant women who underwent screening for GDM at four selected diabetes centers at Chennai (three private and one government). All women underwent an oral glucose tolerance test using 75g glucose load and fasting, 1-h, and 2-h samples were collected. The IADPSG and WHO criteria were compared for diagnosis of GDM. Results: A total of 839 women had GDM by either the IADPSG or the WHO criteria, of whom the IADPSG criteria identifi ed 699 and the WHO criteria also identifi ed 699 women as having GDM. However, only 599/839 women (66.6%) were identifi ed by both criteria. Thus, 140/839 women (16.7%) were missed by both the IADPSG and the WHO criteria. 687/699 (98.2%) of the women with GDM were identifi ed by the WHO criteria. In contrast, each value of IADPSG criteria i.e., fasting, 1 h, and 2 h identifi ed only 12.5%, 14%, and 22%, respectively. Conclusions: A single WHO cut-point of 2 h140 mg/dl appears to be suitable for large-scale screening for GDM in India and other developing countries

Genome-wide identification and expression profile analysis of nuclear factor Y family genes in Sorghum bicolor L. (Moench)

Members of the plant Heme Activator Protein (HAP) or NUCLEAR FACTOR Y (NF-Y) are trimeric transcription factor complexes composed of the NF-YA, NF-YB and NF-YC subfamilies. They bind to the CCAAT box in the promoter regions of the target genes and regulate gene expressions. Plant NF-Ys were reported to be involved in adaptation to several abiotic stresses as well as in development. In silico analysis of Sorghum bicolor genome resulted in the identification of a total of 42 NF-Y genes, among which 8 code for the SbNF-YA, 19 for SbNF-YB and 15 for the SbNF-YC subunits. Analysis was also performed to characterize gene structures, chromosomal distribution, duplication status, protein subcellular localizations, conserved motifs, ancestral protein sequences, miRNAs and phylogenetic tree construction. Phylogenetic relationships and ortholog predictions displayed that sorghum has additional NF-YB genes with unknown functions in comparison with Arabidopsis. Analysis of promoters revealed that they harbour many stress-related cis-elements like ABRE and HSE, but surprisingly, DRE and MYB elements were not detected in any of the subfamilies. SbNF-YA1, 2, and 6 were found upregulated under 200 mM salt and 200 mM mannitol stresses. While NF-YA7 appeared associated with high temperature (40˚C) stress, NF-YA8 was triggered by both cold (4˚C) and high temperature stresses. Among NF-YB genes, 7, 12, 15, and 16 were induced under multiple stress conditions such as salt, mannitol, ABA, cold and high temperatures. Likewise, NF-YC 6, 11, 12, 14, and 15 were enhanced significantly in a tissue specific manner under multiple abiotic stress conditions. Majority of the mannitol (drought)-inducible genes were also induced by salt, high temperature stresses and ABA. Few of the high temperature stress-induced genes are also induced by cold stress (NF-YA2, 4, 6, 8, NF-YB2, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, NF-YC4, 6, 12, and 13) thus suggesting a cross talk among them. This work paves the way for investigating the roles of diverse sorghum NF-Y proteins during abiotic stress responses and provides an insight into the evolution of diverse NF-Y members

Industrial Growth in Madhya Pradesh: Structure and Economic Backwardness

It examine the aspects of Madhya Pradesh’s industrial structure which throw light on the development, viability and the efficiency of not only the over all industrial sector but also some of the selected industries of the state. The major objectives of are to examine the nature and characteristics of economic backwardness in Madhya Pradesh in an inter-state comparative framework and to analyse the pace and pattern of industrial growth in Madhya Pradesh against the backdrop of liberalization. To explore the industrial structure of Madhya Pradesh using the major structural ratios and industry mix. This study has underlined some structural as well as region specific constraints to the accelerated growth of the manufacturing industry in Madhya Pradesh. The industrial structure of Madhya Pradesh is concentrated and lop-sided. This is evidenced by the dominancy of single industry, basic metal and alloys. A diversified industrial structure is essential for promoting interdependent growth of the manufacturing industry based on the inter-industry linkages and agglomeration. The thesis gives a broad spectrum of regional disparities in development and evidence for Madhya Pradesh’s backwardness also portrayed and reflects the changing industrial structure of the state

OBSERVATIONS ON THE ANATOMY, HISTOLOGY AND HISTOCHEMISTRY OF THE OVARY OF A MARINE ISOPOD LIGIA EXOTICA ROUX FROM WALTAIR COAST

The anatomy of the ovary in Ligia exotica was described. The position of the germogen and the site of the oocyte formation was discussed. Four stages of oocytes have been recognised. The histochemistry of the oocytes revealed the presence of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids. They were also observed to contain a samli quantities of tyrosine, tryptophan and large amount of RNA in the young oocytes

A new species of the genus Euphiloscia Packard (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscoidea) from Waltair, India

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THE INFLUENCE OF HEAT GENERATION (ABSORPTION) AND THERMAL RADIATION ON MHD LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW OVER A MOVING CYLINDRICAL ROD

This paper deals with the effect of heat generation (absorption) of MHD forced convection flow of incompressible, electrically conducting viscous fluid over a moving cylindrical rod with thermal radiation. The system of coupled partial differential equations governing the flow and heat transfer is solved using an efficient implicit finite - difference scheme along with quasilinearization technique. Numerical computations are performed for air (Pr = 0.7) and displayed graphically to illustrate the influence of relevant physical parameters on local skin friction and heat transfer coefficients and, also on, velocity and temperature fields. It is observed that the heat generation decreases the heat transfer whereas heat absorption does the opposite. Further, heat generation reduces the thickness of thermal boundary layer, whereas it increases due to heat absorption. It is also observed that the heat transfer coefficient and temperature fields are strongly affected due to thermal radiation

Adsorption behaviour on silver nanocolloids at various concentrations of a bioactive therapeutic derivative of methylhydrazine: Experimental, DFT and molecular docking investigations

A detailed theoretical and experimental study was implemented on a novel bioactive molecule 2-(3-bromobenzoyl)-N-methylhydrazine-1-carboxamide (BMC). Density Functional Theory (DFT), Time Dependent (TD)-DFT and Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) studies were reported for the adsorption of BMC on silver hydrosols. SERS at various concentrations are discussed and there are orientation changes for BMC with concentration and BMC assumes a tilted orientation with the metal. The adsorption energy of BMC is −64.41 kcal/mol when adsorbed with Ag6, pointing to a chemisorption process. TD-DFT predicts a Ultraviolet (UV)-vis absorption of 595.11 when BMC adsorbed on Ag6, while that of BMC is 276.12 nm and the redshift, lowered intensity in UV spectra, caused by the aggregation of colloidal silver nano particles, was used to establish the adsorption of BMC on Ag6. Molecular docking is performed on BMC and BMC-Ag6 to find their ability to bind to target proteins, IP0I (human butyrylcholinesterase) and 4PQE (human acetylcholinesterase) and drug likeness properties are also assessed. The binding scores are high for BMC-Ag6 and hence the Ag6 will perform as a drug delivery vehicle

Spectroscopic characterization of 4-2-(5-Ethylpyridin-2-yl)ethoxybenzaldehyde oxime and investigation of its reactive properties by DFT calculations and molecular dynamics simulations

The molecular structure, vibrational wave numbers, NLO, NBO, MEP and HOMO, LUMO analysis of 4-2-(5-Ethylpyridin-2-yl)ethoxybenzaldehyde oxime were reported. The theoretically predicted geometrical parameters are in agreement with the XRD data. Using NBO analysis the change in the electron density in the anti-bonding orbital and stabilization energies have been calculated to give clear evidence of stabilization in the hyper-conjugation of hydrogen bonded interactions. The calculated first hyperpolarizability is 46.761 times that of the standard NLO material urea. From molecular electrostatic potential plot, phenyl ring, pyridine ring and oxygen atoms are the most electronegative regions and the hydrogen atom in the OH group is the most electropositive region. ALIE surfaces and Fukui functions have been calculated in order to obtain information related to the local reactivity properties of the title molecule. Intra-molecular non-covalent interactions have also been searched for. In order to investigate autoxidation and degradation properties we have calculated bond dissociation energies for all single acyclic bonds. To determine which atoms have the most pronounced interactions with water molecules we have conducted molecular dynamics simulations and calculated radial distribution functions. Molecular docking studies suggest that the title compound can be a lead compound for developing new anti-cancerous drug