Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Hypertension in Uninsured Women

Vitamin D deficiency is an epidemic in the United States. Uninsured women are at high risk due to a lower intake of vitamin D and limited sun exposure. We examined the association between vitamin D deficiency and hypertension in 96 uninsured women at a County Free Medical Clinic in urban Michigan. Questionnaires were used to obtain information about demographics, medical history including hypertension, and dietary habits. Measurements including blood pressure and serum 25(OH)D level were also collected. Prevalence of hypertension was higher in subjects with 25(OH)D less than 50nmol/l compared with others (85% vs. 27.3%, p = 0.014). For every 1 nmol/L decrease in serum 25(OH)D, there was an increase in the systolic and diastolic blood pressure by 0.20 (p =0.006) and 0.13 (p =0.003) mm of Hg respectively. These results demonstrate a high prevalence of hypertension in the vitamin D deficient, uninsured female population

Development of Computer Aided Technique for the Identification of Selected Herbal Drugs

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Drug utilization study of antihypertensive drugs in a tertiary care hospital

Background: Hypertension is a major common disease and effects a million of people worldwide. And is risk factor for other diseases like cardiovascular diseases, stroke etc. The aim of our study was undertaken to study the utilization pattern of anti hypertensive drugs at a tertiary care hospital. The guidelines for the treatment of hypertension are put forward by the Joint National Committee (JNC) on detection, evaluation and treatment of blood pressure. The Indian guidelines endorsed by the cardiology society of India, the hypertension society of India, and Indian college of physicians closely follow the JNC guidelines.Methods: A prospective cross-sectional observational study was conducted on 100 patients in outpatient Department of General medicine of Government General Hospital, Mahabubnagar district, Telangana. The data collected was analysed from the prescription pattern of anti hypertensive drugs. The data collected were statistically analysed and presented as counts and percentages.Results: Out of 100 study subjects, males were 55% and females were 45% and maximum number of patients in age group are (51 to 60 years.). Among antihypertensive drugs commonly used in present study are Losartan (ARB’s)-64% and for two drug therapy are enalapril and amlodipine 22% and for three drug therapy are enalapril +atenolol+furosemide-14%. Average number of drugs prescribed is 6.15% per prescription. Percentages of medicines prescribed by generic drugs are85% and from the essential drug list are 95%.Conclusions: In this study usage of anti hypertensive drugs were prescribed rationally in tertiary care hospital. The study emphasizes that need for effective continuing medical education and also preventive measures in hypertensive individuals

Histological alterations in the hepatopancreas of Penaeus monodon Fabricius (1798) given aflatoxin B1-incorporated diets

Aflatoxin is a toxic contaminant produced by toxigenic fungi of the genus Aspergillus during the processing and storage of feeds and feed ingredients. Aflatoxins can cause abnormalities such as poor growth, physiological imbalances and histological changes that result in a reduction in the yield and profitability of shrimp culture. Histological changes in Penaeus monodon sub-adults fed different doses of aflatoxin B1 were studied. The doses of aflatoxin B1 administered in the diets were 50, 100, 150, 500, 1000 and 2000 ppb. At the end of the fourth and the eighth weeks of the experiment, the shrimps were sampled and the cephalothorax was observed for histological changes. Significant changes were observed in the different treatment groups at the fourth and eighth weeks. The severity of pathological changes was proportional to the increase in the concentration of aflatoxin fed to the shrimps. Histological changes in the hepatopancreas were loss of structure of the cells and tubules, nodule formation, cell elongation, desquamation, rounding of cells, fibrosis, necrosis, haemocytic infiltration and cellular inflammation

A Conceptual Study to Identify the Problems & Challenges in Current Training Systems in it Industries

Purpose: To understand the problems and challenges faced by organization today on current training systems. The purpose of this research was to describe factors affecting the employee to participate in training & development programs in the organization. Theoretical Framework: The framework is formulated based on relationship between current training trends and its associated problems & challenges.   Design/Methodology/Approach: A total of 227 employees from various organizations based in Techno Park and InfoPark based in Kerala. Simple random sampling technique was used, and factor analysis performed to test the hypothesis. Online Questionnaires were used for data collection and analysed using descriptive statistics like percentages and presented using tables, charts, and figures.   Findings: The study established that traditional training methods won’t be much effective and serves the need of current generation. Custom tailor-made training design and methods are highly recommended to make the training programs effective and that create interest among employees to upskill themselves through training and development opportunities provided by organizations.   Research, Practical & Social implications: This study helps the organization and top management to understand the learning gap of employees due to difference in training trends. It will also help employees to perform well adopting to latest training trends which in turn results high productivity.   Originality/value: This article is a contribution to the Human Resource/Training Department to propose the challenges and its solutions for practitioners and trainers

Sanctity and Exclusion of Sanctified Women and Exempted Women

The people of the Sangam period, who lived within a multi-professional social structure such as hunting, agriculture, and war, developed some spells and rituals whenever they had disruptions in those occupations. It is the function of anticipating material needs through nature. The mantras and rituals of ancient society are mostly based on prosperity. In that aspect, the woman who is the core nucleus of human opulence is seen as a symbol of prosperity in various events. The woman is entitled to high respect in the stages of puberty, marriage, and maternity. Especially for the sake of puberty and maternity, the woman is sanctified and forbidden. This article sets out to illustrate how mantra is transformed into religion when the consecrated woman is elevated to the status of a deity

IN VITRO ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF MARINE ACTINOBACTERIA ISOLATES FROM PULICAT LAKE, TAMIL NADU, INDIA

ABSTRACTObjectives: The present investigation is undertaken with an aim to check the antimicrobial potential of marine Actinobacteria isolated from marinesediment samples collected from Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu.Methods: In this study, various physical and chemical pretreatment methods were used for selective isolation of Actinobacteria including air drying,incubation of soil samples with calcium carbonate, incorporation of antibacterial, antifungal antibiotics in the media and plating on Actinobacteriaspecificmedia.Acombinationof suchmethodsfacilitatedisolationof slowgrowingActinobacteriawith a simultaneous reductionof otherfree-livingbacterialand fungalcontaminants. The primary and secondary screeningwasdone toascertain the antimicrobialpotentialof these isolates.Results: The results obtained from primary screening was about 110 isolates, were tested against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus,Candida albicans, and Aspergillus niger, out of these, 31 isolates showed remarkable antimicrobial activity. Based on the results of primary screening,31 isolates were subjected to secondary screening from which two isolates with a strong and broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity were selectedfor further studies.Conclusion: The present study is useful as the isolation of most of the antimicrobial compounds from different Actinobacteria species showed partialresemblance to earlier reported antibiotic chemical structures. Further, chemical characterization of the isolated compound from producer isolatesmay yield more effective analogs or hybrid bioactive molecules.Keywords: Actinobacteria, Antimicrobial activity, Pulicat lake

Process of Fingerprint Authentication using Cancelable Biohashed Template

Template protection using cancelable biometrics prevents data loss and hacking stored templates, by providing considerable privacy and security. Hashing and salting techniques are used to build resilient systems. Salted password method is employed to protect passwords against different types of attacks namely brute-force attack, dictionary attack, rainbow table attacks. Salting claims that random data can be added to input of hash function to ensure unique output. Hashing salts are speed bumps in an attacker’s road to breach user’s data. Research proposes a contemporary two factor authenticator called Biohashing. Biohashing procedure is implemented by recapitulated inner product over a pseudo random number generator key, as well as fingerprint features that are a network of minutiae. Cancelable template authentication used in fingerprint-based sales counter accelerates payment process. Fingerhash is code produced after applying biohashing on fingerprint. Fingerhash is a binary string procured by choosing individual bit of sign depending on a preset threshold. Experiment is carried using benchmark FVC 2002 DB1 dataset. Authentication accuracy is found to be nearly 97\%. Results compared with state-of art approaches finds promising

Synthesis and antibacterial studies of lanthanide (III) complexes with aminopromazine

New complexes of lanthanide(III) nitrates with aminopromazine, having the general formula Ln(AP)(2)(NO3)(2)]NO3 (Ln = La, Cc, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and AP = aminopromazine) have been synthesised. The complexes have been screened far antibacterial activities

Survey of Inter-satellite Communication for Small Satellite Systems: Physical Layer to Network Layer View

Small satellite systems enable whole new class of missions for navigation, communications, remote sensing and scientific research for both civilian and military purposes. As individual spacecraft are limited by the size, mass and power constraints, mass-produced small satellites in large constellations or clusters could be useful in many science missions such as gravity mapping, tracking of forest fires, finding water resources, etc. Constellation of satellites provide improved spatial and temporal resolution of the target. Small satellite constellations contribute innovative applications by replacing a single asset with several very capable spacecraft which opens the door to new applications. With increasing levels of autonomy, there will be a need for remote communication networks to enable communication between spacecraft. These space based networks will need to configure and maintain dynamic routes, manage intermediate nodes, and reconfigure themselves to achieve mission objectives. Hence, inter-satellite communication is a key aspect when satellites fly in formation. In this paper, we present the various researches being conducted in the small satellite community for implementing inter-satellite communications based on the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model. This paper also reviews the various design parameters applicable to the first three layers of the OSI model, i.e., physical, data link and network layer. Based on the survey, we also present a comprehensive list of design parameters useful for achieving inter-satellite communications for multiple small satellite missions. Specific topics include proposed solutions for some of the challenges faced by small satellite systems, enabling operations using a network of small satellites, and some examples of small satellite missions involving formation flying aspects.Comment: 51 pages, 21 Figures, 11 Tables, accepted in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorial