Immune Dysfunction during Enteric Protozoal Infection: The Current Trends

Enteric protozoa usually cause severe morbidity and mortality in humans. Protozoal infections contribute to the high burden of infectious diseases. Despite recent advances in the epidemiology, diagnostic tool, molecular biology, and treatment of protozoan illnesses, gaps in knowledge still exist; hence, protozoal infections require further research. We are describing here some important enteric protozoal infections along with the immune dysfunction produced by them. Genus- 1. Entamoeba; 2. Giardia; 3. Cryptosporidium; 4. Cyclospora; 5. Cystoisospora; 6. Dientamoeba; 7. Blastocystis; 8. Balantidium

Metabolic Changes during Differentiation in Callus Cultures of Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni)

Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) is an economically important medicinal plants act as an option for artificial sweetening agents. The plant regeneration protocol under in vitro conditions has been developed for this natural sweetener herb. Callus was efficiently induced when leaf segments were cultured on MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/l 2, 4-D + 1.0 mg/l Kinetin. The above callus was sub cultured on MS medium + 0.5 mg/l BAP + 0.3 mg/l NAA for root differentiation and on MS medium + 0.5 mg/l BAP + 0.1 mg/l NAA for shoot differentiation. Biochemical changes occurring during the callus differentiation were adopted to quantify the metabolites. Metabolites like starch, total soluble sugars and total phenols decreased while total soluble proteins increased in callus culture during the process of root and shoot differentiation.Key words: Callus, differentiation, in vitro, metabolites, Stevia rebaudianaAbbreviations:  BAP Benzyl amino purine; 2,4-D 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; MS Murashige and Skoog (1962) basal medium; NAA α-naphthalene acetic acid; IBA Indole-3-butyric acid; IAA Indole acetic acidNarender Singh et al. Metabolic Changes during Differentiation in Callus Cultures of Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni). J Phytol 3/3 (2011) 63-67

Molecular analysis for genetic structure of biotic and abiotic stress resistant genotypes in chickpea (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Cicer arietinum</i> L.)

537-540Molecular characterization of biotic (Ascochyta blight, Fusarium wilt & dry root rot) and abiotic (drought & salinity) resistant genotypes of chickpea was carried out using a specific set of 20 polymorphic STMS (sequence tagged microsatellite site) markers. The number of alleles ranged from 1 to 3 alleles per locus. The PIC (polymorphism information content) value ranged from 0.0 to 0.656 with an average of 0.268, indicating the considerable efficiency of markers for studying the polymorphism level. The primer GA-33 showed maximum PIC value (0.656), while the ten primers had the 0.0 value. The dendogram derived from the analysis had six clusters. Many pairs showed the maximum similarity (0.983), whereas accessions ICC-1392 and ICC-2065 showed the minimum similarity (0.900). The conservation of genotypes ICC-2580, ICC-1392 and ICC-2065 was recommended for their utilization in Middle-east Asia region chickpea improvement programme.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"></b

Lodderomyces elongisporus fungemia in a patient with previous cardiac surgery: Case report and review of literature

Lodderomyces elongisporus is a rare cause of invasive fungal infections. Most phenotypic tests that are routinely used for identification of yeasts fail to identify this organism. However, chromogenic media for yeasts, MALDI-TOF MS and DNA sequencing can be used for correct identification. We report a case of fungemia complicated by infective endocarditis and intracerebral bleeding in a pediatric patient with previous cardiac surgery

Book of Abstracts of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences (ICAMCS-2022)

It is a great privilege for us to present the abstract book of ICAMCS-2022 to the authors and the delegates of the event. We hope that you will find it useful, valuable, aspiring, and inspiring. This book is a record of abstracts of the keynote talks, invited talks, and papers presented by the participants, which indicates the progress and state of development in research at the time of writing the research article. It is an invaluable asset to all researchers. The book provides a permanent record of this asset. Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computational SciencesConference Acronym: ICAMCS-2022Conference Date: 12-14 October 2022Conference Organizers: DIT University, Dehradun, IndiaConference Mode: Online (Virtual

Abstracts of National Conference on Research and Developments in Material Processing, Modelling and Characterization 2020

This book presents the abstracts of the papers presented to the Online National Conference on Research and Developments in Material Processing, Modelling and Characterization 2020 (RDMPMC-2020) held on 26th and 27th August 2020 organized by the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Science in Association with the Department of Production and Industrial Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. Conference Title: National Conference on Research and Developments in Material Processing, Modelling and Characterization 2020Conference Acronym: RDMPMC-2020Conference Date: 26–27 August 2020Conference Location: Online (Virtual Mode)Conference Organizer: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology JamshedpurCo-organizer: Department of Production and Industrial Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, IndiaConference Sponsor: TEQIP-