Concept of “ama dosha” WSR to free radicals

Ama is considered as root cause of all diseases in the body. It has tremendous capacity to vitiate the Doshas and disturbing the homeostasis (Dhatusamya).  Ama is the result of improper digestion or partially digestion of the food particle due to hypo function of Jatharagni and also due to accumulation of mala in the body. In modern physiology, Ama can be correlated with deadly Free radicals. Free radicals are atoms, ions or molecules that contain one or more unpaired electron, which requires neutralization by free radical scavengers. The majority of free radicals that damage biological systems are oxygen free radicals, and these are known as “Reactive oxygen species”. Thus it exists in incomplete metabolic state which is also the state of Ama described as Avipakam (incompletely metabolized).  This Ama is responsible for the production of various diseases. In the same way, free radicals are also found to be root cause of many diseases. The aim of present article is to understand the concept of Ama as well as free radicals as a root cause of diseases and its treatment

Commonly used medicinal plants in Tehsil Baijnath, district Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India

Himachal Pradesh is located in Western Himalaya, is a store house of medicinal plants. Plants are used to treat various ailments with magico- religious beliefs in all civilizations. Baijnath is located in the lap of Dhauladhar range in district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. Most of the population lives in villages and use various plants for their basic needs such as food, fodder, wood and to treat various diseases. Till date no study was undertaken to document the commonly growing medicinal plants used in villages of Baijnath tehsil. Hence, the study was undertaken and well documented. Study reveals that local healer and villagers use 55 plants which are common and belong to 37 families and 49 genera

Application of bond energy model for different nanomaterials

A simple theory has been developed using bond energy model of nanomaterials. The formulation has been obtained for the size and shape dependence of specific heat and conductivity. We have computed the size dependence of specific heat of Ag and Au nanoparticles. The results obtained have been compared with the available experimental data as well as with the earlier theoretical relation. It has been found that specific heat increases by decreasing the particle size. There is an appreciable improvement in the results as compared with the earlier relation and a good agreement with the available simulation data. We extend the model to study the effect of shape for the size dependence of specific heat and thermal conductivity of different nanomaterials. The results obtained have been discussed in the light of earlier investigations as well as experimental data. A good agreement between theory and experiment demonstrates the suitability of the formulation has been developed in the present paper

Importance of magnetic resonance imaging brain in metronidazole-induced cerebellar ataxia- a case report

Metronidazole is an antibiotic and an antiprotozoal drug, is cost effective treatment of choice in amoebic liver abscess. Cerebellar toxicity is quite rare and serious side effect of metronidazole, which is reversible. The importance of MRI brain in this condition is the typical finding of abnormal T2 as well as FLAIR hyperintensities in dentate nuclei and splenium of corpus callosum. We present a case of liver abscess on prolong metronidazole treatment presented with acute onset cerebellar ataxia

Pattern of lipid profile in type 2 diabetes mellitus-a study from north Bihar

Background: Diabetes mellitus refers to a group of common metabolic disorders that share the phenotype of hyperglycemia. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by variable degree of insulin resistance, impaired insulin secretion, and increased glucose production.Methods: To study of pattern of lipid profile in type 2 diabetes mellitus, 100 cases of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus attending the tertiary care centre were selected. The result was compared with 25 healthy, non-obese, non- diabetic and non-hypertensive subjects.Results: Triglyceride (TG) and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) were significantly higher whereas high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels lower in diabetics than healthy controls. Total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) were other fractions which were slightly above optimal levels in diabetics.Conclusions: From our study, it was concluded that diabetes mellitus has a real impact on lipid metabolism

Leafy drugs from Tehsil Joginder Nagar, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India

The aim of present study is to provide information of leafy drugs available at tehsil Joginder Nagar, District Mandi of Himachal Pradesh. During the course of study, 161 plant species of 73 families and 143 genera belonging to two different taxonomic groups’ i.e angiosperms and gymnosperms were collected. Out of these 73 families, 72 families belong to angiosperms (62 families belong to Dicotyledons and 10 belong to Monocotyledons) and 01 gymnosperms. All plant specimens were preserved in the form of herbarium, authenticated and enumerated with their Botanical, Family and Local name. All plants were compared with the existing literature for their medicinal value

AN IMPROVED FACE DETECTION TECHNIQUE FOR A LONG DISTANCE AND NEAR-INFRARED IMAGES

Nowadays near-infrared face recognition technology with light intensity and face recognition at a distance without the cooperation of users has gained wide attention toward these surveillance systems. Such type of environmental illumination i.e. near-infrared and face recognition at a distance in both daytime and night time can degrade the performance of surveillance systems. In the last decade, the whole biometric communities have worked on challenging tasks to develop a more accurate protection method against Near-Infrared or Long Distance database at distances of 1 meters, 60 meters, 100 meters, and 150 meters, with both daytime and nighttime images. This paper presents an improved technique of fdlibmex algorithm. The paper presents a detailed study and results of environmental illumination for face recognition. This paper also provides future directions for further research