Effectiveness of Social Media Community Using Optimized Clustering Algorithm

Now-a-days social media is used to the introduce new issues and discussion on social media. More number of users participates in the discussion via social media. Different users belong to different kind of groups. Positive and negative comments will be posted by user and they will participate in discussion. Here we proposed system to group different kind of users and system specifies from which category they belong to. For example film industry, politician etc. Once the social media data such as a user messages are parsed and network relationships are identified, data mining techniques can be applied to group of different types of communities. We used K-Means clustering algorithm to cluster data. In this system we detect communities by the clustering messages from large streams of social data. Our proposed algorithm gives better a clustering result and provides a novel use-case of grouping user communities based on their activities. This application is used to the identify group of people who viewed the post and commented on the post. This helps to categorize the users

Bioactivity in Echinoderms

Man in his pursuit for knowledge of newer and better drugs for eradicating diseases to which he is prone to has turned to the sea, which is a more potential treasure house of drugs due to its vast and diverse range of marine life. Many marine organisms exhibit toxicity as well as bioactivity. Some are toxic and lethal to terrestrial animals as well as to the man. The Phylum Echinodermata consists of sea cucumbers (holothurians), star lishes and sea urchins. These are known for their toxicity. This report deals with the results of the screening of 10 species of echinoderms collected from Gulf of Mannar area for biotoxicity to fishes and mice and also for hemolytic activity. The results showed that all the parts of Holothuria atra H. spinifera and Behadschia marmorata exhibited a high degree of toxicity to fish fingerlings and mice and also destructive action on erythrocyte cells

Bioactivity in marine algae

Marine algae have been reponed to possess a wide range of bio active properties (Hashimoto 1979, Baslow 1969, Hoppe, et al. 1979, Hoppe et al. 1984, Blunden et al. 1981, Cocamese et al. 1981, Ramamurthy et al. 1967, Mc Lachan 1964, Byrkholder and Sharma 1969. Conover and Sieburth 1964, Garber et al. 1958). Quite recently, Naqvi et al. (1980) studied the bioactivities of 25 species of marine algae and sea grasses collected mainly from the North Eastern coast of India and a few from the coast of Tamil Nadu

Genomic instability and tumor-specific alterations in oral squamous cell carcinomas assessed by inter- (simple sequence repeat) PCR

Purpose: Genomic instability plays a major role in the genesis and progression of tumors, and in the evolution of tumor heterogeneity. To determine the role of genomic instability in the genesis and progression of oral cancer, we assessed the extent of genomic alterations in oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs). Experimental Design: We used the recently developed inter-(simple sequence repeat) PCR technique to quantitate genomic instability using matched tumor and normal OSCC samples (n = 25). The inter-repeat region bands of similar molecular size observed to be altered in more than one case were sequenced and analyzed to identify probable OSSC-associated specific genetic lesions. Results: Of the four base-anchored, dinucleotide repeat-based primers used for the study, the most informative profile in OSCCs was generated by the (CA)8RG primer. Measurement of genomic instability index using the (CA)8RG primer revealed a high incidence of genomic instability in OSCCs. No significant correlation between the extent of alterations and stage or location of the tumor was observed. Sequencing analysis of the altered bands revealed gains/losses in several chromosomal regions. Of the matched tumor and corresponding normal tissue DNA studied, hitherto unreported losses were seen in 11p15 and 17q25 chromosomal regions. Sequencing of some of the tumor-specific altered regions indicated that they code for regions of UDP-GalNAc and hRAD 17 genes, which were lost (deleted) in oral cancer. Conclusions: Our results indicate that the extent of genomic instability in OSCC is not correlated to the tumor stage or location. For the first time, we have shown that chromosomal alterations detected by inter-(simple sequence repeat) PCR could be correlated to genes associated with cancer development

PRODUCTION AND PURIFICATION OF ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR BY SELECTED BACTERIAL STRAIN FOR CANCER THERAPY

Objective: The present study was planned to explore safer, innovative and economic Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) from beef extract by the action of a proteolytic Micrococcus luteus. Cytotoxicity of the stable peptide was predicted using MCF-7 cell line in vitro.Methods: ACEi was purified by sequential steps of ethanol precipitation, ion exchange column chromatography (MonoQ) and gel filtration column chromatography (Sephadex G25). The apparent molecular mass was determined by SDS-PAGE. The anticancer property was analyzed by studying the cytotoxicity effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor using Breast cancer MCF-7 cell linesResults: The peptide was purified and molecular mass was determined as 4.5 kDa. The IC50 value of peptide was found to be 59.5 µg/ml. The DNA fragmentation was not observed in the treated cells. The purified peptide has demonstrated to induce apoptosis of cancer cell. The results proved that the peptide has the ability to be used for cancer therapy.Conclusion: The presence of ACE inhibition activities in the fermentation of beef extract using Micrococcus luteus has been investigated. The Peptide has been determined as an active compound that inhibited the activity of ACE. These properties indicate the possibilities of the use of purified protein as a potent anticancer agent.Keywords: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, Micrococcus luteus, Anti-proliferative, Anti-metastatic, MCF-7 cell line, Anticancer activity

Biotoxicity in Marine Organisms

The results from the screening of 118 marine organisms (corals, alcyoniarians, mollusks, echinoderms, flagellates) found in the coastal waters of India for their toxicity on fish and mice fingerlings as well as their hemolytic activities are presented

ISOLATION OF ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR PRODUCING BACTERIA FROM COW MILK

Objective: To evaluate the potential of protease producing organism for the production of Angiotensin I–converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor by fermentation of various protein substrates.Methods: Bacterial strains were isolated from cow milk collected in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India by using serial dilution technique, plated on nutrient agar medium. The identity of the strain was ascertained by 16s rRNA gene sequencing method and was submitted to the NCBI GenBank nucleotide database. Various substrates were screened for ACE inhibitor production by the fermentation with the isolated strain.Results: The isolated coded as BUCTL09, which showed a significant zone of clearance was selected and identified as Micrococcus luteus (KF303592.1). Among the seven substrates, only beef extract fermented broth showed an inhibition of 79% and was reported as the best substrate.Conclusion: In the search for non-toxic, and economic ACE inhibitors as an alternative to the synthetic drugs, many natural ACE inhibitors have been isolated from a microbial source. In the present study, isolate BUCTL09 was selected for the production of ACE inhibitor from the beef extract. Findings from this study lead us to investigate this potent ACE inhibitor further for its biological properties and to explore the impending efficacy of the ACE inhibitor which may conceivably be developed into a prospective drug

Distribution of finfish resources along southeast coast of India in relation to certain environmental parameters

This paper embodies the distribution pattern of major finfish resources along the southeast coast of India as observed during the cruises operated by FORV Sagar Sampada. A total of 16 cruises (1985-90) operated along latitude 7° 15'- 15°00' N and longitude 75°50'- 82°3r E hauled a total catch 37.5 tonnes with a catch rate of 537 kg/hr. The catch was constituted mainly by threadfin breams (43%), perches (14%), barracudas (9.72%), carangids (8.56%) and elasmobranchs (4.81%). Seasonally higher catch rates were obtained during July- September period. Depth range of 60 - 80 m had denser population of finfish resources. Water temperature and salinity appeared to influence the distribution of major finfishes more than dissolved oxygen. Groups such as threadfin breams were found preferring cooler waters of Wadge Bank area, while barracudas appear to occupy warmer waters of Gulf of Mannar

Genetic variability and inter-relationship of kernel carotenoids among indigenous and exotic maize (Zea mays L.) inbreds

Carotenoids play vital role in growth and development of human beings. Yellow maize kernel contains carotenoids that possess provitamin A and antioxidant activity. Multilocation based analyses of 105 maize inbreds of indigenous and exotic origin revealed wide genetic variation for lutein (0.2–11.3 μg/g), zeaxanthin (0.2–20.0 μg/g) and β-carotene (0.0–15.0 μg/g). For β-cryptoxanthin, low variation (0.1–3.3 μg/g) was observed. Carotenoids were quite stable over environments that played minor role in causing variation. The heritability (>90%) and genetic advance (>75%) were high for all the carotenoid components. Zeaxanthin showed positive correlation with lutein and β-cryptoxanthin, while β-carotene, the major provitamin A carotenoid, did not show correlation with other carotenoids. Kernel colour was positively correlated with lutein (0.25), zeaxanthin (0.47) and β-cryptoxanthin (0.44), but not with β-carotene (0.04). This suggested that visual selection based on kernel colour will be misleading in selecting provitamin A-rich genotypes. Inbreds with provitamin A and non-provitamin A carotenoids identified in the present study will help in development of biofortified maize hybrids