The Comparison of Venus vs. Mars in relation to Terraformation

The deterioration of Earth due to overpopulation, pollution, the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and other conditions, is prompting the research of possible migration opportunities to other planets. Considerable, plausible futures for planet Earth end at the elimination of any forms of life currently present on its surface, in its atmosphere, or in its oceans. The emigration of the human race to another cosmos is inevitable especially considering the rapid decline of the planet today. Two such probable habitable worlds include Venus and Mars, the second and fourth planets of our solar system, respectively. Temperature, pressure, atmospheric climate, surface climate, distance from the sun, and other such variables require key investigation to verify a possible life-affirming future for either Venus or Mars. This takes into account various fields of study, including geology, planetary science, meteorology, astronomy, spectroscopy, biology, and chemistry. To an outsider, the dry, rocky surface of Mars and the hot, sulfuric atmosphere of Venus mean that life could never survive, never mind thrive on either planet. However, further research indicates that with certain modifications, habitation on one, or both, planets is entirely possible. With a thorough analysis of the past climates of both planets, it is seen that in their early histories, both possessed environments that could very likely be home to many unknown, undiscovered, and unexplored life forms unimaginable to the human mind today. Evidence of bodies of water and a sustainable atmosphere for both planets has been found leading to additional, detailed research on potential futures for both Mars and Venus. Upon further analysis, researchers came to the conclusion that the surface of the Martian planet is more habitable, not its atmosphere, and visa versa for the Vesuvian planet. Several more differences between the two prove how possible a future home on either planet could be

A Study on Innovation in Banking and its Impact on Customer Satisfaction

Innovation through information technology (IT) has made inroads everywhere and banking is no exception to it. Whether it is private or public sector bank, everywhere innovation is the buzzword and technological breakthrough is witnessing new avenues of success. Competition is compelling everyone to move ahead and faster. Now, the working in public sector banks has been changing and customers are sensing the wave of innovation. These banks, which were working traditionally are now coming out and reaching to audience through billboards; FM radio and all possible media. Celebrity endorsements are now common in public sector banks as well. Core banking has added fuel to the fire of innovation. The ultimate results can be seen in terms of enhanced customer satisfaction in public sector as well as private sector banks. The research is an attempt to study the impact of innovative technology on customer satisfaction vis-à-vis public sector and private sector banks in Bhopal city. Primary data was collected from customers of these banks and analyzed, which has given significant results on the subject. It was found that private sector banks were having an edge in terms of success in innovation

NANOPARTICLES OF ZINGIBER OFFICINALE AS POTENTIAL NANOMEDICINE IN FOOD POISONING

The present research focused on the utilization of traditional herbal pathway for the treatment of food poisoning by considering Zingiber officinale as a model drug, since herbal treatment could be more powerful for fast recovery with no harmful side effects. One of the most common health issues encountered during travelling is food poisoning in Asian countries including India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan which is mainly due to poor sanitation and lack of awareness about proper hygiene. Travelling through railways is more prone to food borne infections that normally results from ingestion of food contaminated by bacteria or toxin produced by bacterial growth. As a preservative measures, there is a need of a broad spectrum antibacterial drugs for bacterial growth inhibition as well as for initiation of strong immune response against bacterial infections. For this purpose, Zingiber officinale derived nanoparticles were examined against species of Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Salmonella abony that are mainly responsible for food poisoning in humans. The particles were characterised by different analytical techniques. The results were interpreted on the basis of minimum inhibitory concentration and agar well diffusion processes

Transient Stability Enhancement of Electric Power Grid by Novel Braking Resistor Models

The dynamic braking resistor is one of the effective methods to enhance the transient stability of power grid system. In this work, two new braking resistor models, namely, rectifier controlled braking resistor and chopper rectifier controlled braking resistor mod-els, using a single unit of braking resistor are proposed, and their performance is compared with the existing thyristor controlled braking resistor model. Comparison is made in terms of the speed indices, number of components used, heat loss, harmonics, and cost. The effectiveness of the proposed methodology is tested through Matlab/ Simulink simu-lations considering both temporary and permanent faults in power system. Simulation results for all braking resistor models are compared and analyzed. The performance of the proposed models is comparable to the existing braking resistor model. Therefore, the proposed braking resistor models can be considered as an alternative to the existing BR model for improving the transient stability of power systems

Designing a Self-Regulating and Portable Heating Device for a Microfluidic Based Biosensor

Paper-based biosensors are powerful microfluidic analytical devices that are potentially useful for a wide range of applications, ranging from medical diagnostics to agricultural and environmental monitoring. Molecular diagnostics have limitations because they need to send samples back to a centralized laboratory, which increases the cost and turnaround time of the test. This project aims to create a simple-to-use, low-cost, and portable heating system that would facilitate the creation of a field-deployable paper-based analytical device that can incubate the sample at elevated temperatures for conducting isothermal molecular assays. Our design aims to miniaturize a commercial water bath and will be fabricated to uniformly heat the analytical device and maintain its temperature at 60-63 ℃ over an extended period. It will maintain the temperature with a PID (proportional-integral-derivative) control mechanism that will control the amount of power through the heating element by accounting for how much the temperature is outside of a threshold and how its changes over time. This project will also determine an optimal heating element based on size and efficiency using temperature profiling. This heating system will help create a cost-effective and user-friendly point-of-care device for monitoring animal and human health

Educating Primary Care Providers to understand Takotsubo/Stress Cardiomyopathy which has a higher incidence in Post-Menopausal Women: A Quality Improvement Project

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or stress cardiomyopathy, has been known since the early 1990s, first diagnosed in Japan; however, less awareness and no disease prevention measures have been in effect. It has been well known in the literature review, findings identifying postmenopausal women as at higher risk for stress cardiomyopathy. However, this information is still to be better understood by many primary care providers, as they play a pivotal role in decreasing mental or physical stress for a patient in this quality improvement project. The primary goal of the investigator is to analyze the effectiveness of increasing awareness of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and its higher incidence seen in Menopausal women to Primary care providers. The site used for conducting the study is the Florida Nurse Practitioner Association platform to its members as the role of Nurse Practitioners in health care delivery is increasing and helping bridge the gap of need for primary care providers. The method of conducting this quality improvement project involved providing a PowerPoint voiceover presentation on Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and its higher incidence in menopausal women by voluntary participation in a pretest and posttest Likert questionnaire survey on Qualtrics. No direct person contact was involved in conducting and analyzing the resulting findings in this quality improvement project. The results analyzed electronically on Qualtrics, which involved a total of 20 pretest and 20 posttest survey responses, showing an increase in understanding of the topic. The two tailed paired t test result confirms statistically significant difference in the pretest and posttest, with P value less than 0.0001 based on N (10), T value equal to 6.89. We can conclude that using PowerPoint voiceover presentation to providers in the Florida Nurse Practitioner association increased the awareness of Takotsubo-cardiomyopathy Cardiomyopathy. This is also a cost-effective, convenient, self-paced method of education that helped raise awareness on the topic to help providers feel comfortable managing, preventing incidence in high-risk groups, and in general, educating their patients on the subject

Role of DNA methyltransferase 3A and 3B, in Human Cancer

DNA Methylation acts as an essential regulatory mechanism of transcription affecting chromatin structure, which is established and maintained by the co-ordinate action of three DNA methyltransferases: DNMT1, DNMT3A and DNMT3B and histone modifications. Recent studies show that epigenetic change plays a major role in silencing a variety of methylated tissue-specific and imprints genes in many cancer types. Lymph node cancer is considered to result in part from the accumulation of multiple genetic alterations and leading to oncogene over expression and loss of function of tumor suppressor. The aim of this study was to check the expression of DNMT3A and DNMT3B in both normal and cancer cell. Both DNMT3A and DNMT3B shows over expression in cancer cell indicating their involvement in lymph node cancer

Does Time Matter? –A Study of Participation of Women in Urban Governance

Time is an important aspect of present day life. Everyone tries to manage time in their daily lives, but women often face many hurdles in this respect. They work in their homes as well as in the public sphere, which doubles their actual workload. Their responsibilities increase further when women are engaged in the field of governance as local representatives. The work of a local representative is considered as a 24×7 thankless job in the Indian context, and women councillors(WCs) have to work just as hard as the men. However, in the domestic sphere, because of gendered nature of household chores, women still tend to do more work than men. Due to this reason, women have to manage their time in order to provide better services to the citizens and ensure that their household duties are completed flawlessly. This paper raises the issues related to such management of time by the elected women in the urban governance of West Bengal. The issues are: first, the duration of work as a councillor and its relation with the honorarium they receive; second, the extent to which their household work hinders their path to creating their identity in urban governance; and third, the degree to which these two activities influence the quality of their leisure time. In 1995, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) developed a methodology to analyse the value of time based on the time-use activities. This research underpins this methodology to justify the unpaid and underpaid work of the WCs as well as their management of time between indoor and outdoor activities. The primary data was collected by conducting individual interviews with 38 women councillors in the four selected small cities(Darjeeling, Balurghat, Raniganj and Chinsurah) of West Bengal