167 research outputs found
A Pre-experimental Study to Assess the Effect of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge regarding Intravenous Cannulation and Its Complications among Staff Nurses Working in a Selected Hospital of Bhopal, M.P.
Intravenous therapy is important in modern medicine. Millions of patients are receiving infusion therapy for life saving and for correcting the metabolic disorders through drugs, nutrition, solutions and blood products
A Descriptive Study to Assess the Opinion Regarding Virtual Classes among B.Sc. Nursing Students of Selected Colleges of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh India
In the modern world there is an increasing use of networkcomputers, the Internet and advances in telecommunicationtechnology, e-Learning has been widely recognized as avaluable tool for learning and training
Stress responsive gene bioprospecting studies from extremophilic and extremotolerant microalgae: characterization and functional validation of genes involved in acid, salt and thermal stress
Micro algae are diverse group of microscopic photo-autotrophic nonvascular
plants with photosynthesizing pigments. They are unicellular and
sometimes form extended chains with simple reproductive structures. These
unicellular primary producers are dispersed throughout the photic zones of the
ocean and accomplish major share of the primary production in the marine
environment and account half of the primary production in the earth. They
belong to both prokaryotes (Blue Green algae, Cyanobacteria) and eukaryotes
(True algae). The phylogeny of microalgae basically depends on the traditional
morphological identification. Morphological identification, based on the
structure and arrangement of cell organelles, has limited application when
environmental condition like salinity, pH, light, temperature, nutrient
condition can change the structure of the cell. Recently more research has been
carried out in the field of algal taxonomy, wherein many exciting molecular
and ultrastuctural evidences has emerged. Due to its diverse distribution, only
about 40,000 to 60,000 species of microalgae have been described. There are
many species yet to be described including the extremophiles (Norton et al.,
1996; Sastre and Posten, 2010)
REVIEW ON EVALUATING THE ROLE OF NSAIDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Recently, several studies have been reported that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can fight against neurodegenerative disorders by various mechanisms. Currently, available therapies of neurodegenerative disorders (NDs) provide only symptomatic relief. This is the point at which we need an alternative that acts on the root cause of disease. Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease are the two NDs concentrated here. Since the drug profile is already known, drug repurposing is a promising technique in research, thereby reducing the cost and period effectively. Epidemiological studies on various nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) showed good results, but when it came to clinical studies the results are found to be poor. Hence, it can be concluded that NSAIDs provide its neuroprotective activity on its long-term use only, as the brain accessibility of this kind of drug is poor due to its lower lipophilicity
Status of sea cucumber resources and impact of fishing ban on the livelihood of fishers in Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay
The sea cucumbers constitute an important part
of non-fish income source for thousands of fishers
along Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay of south east
coast of India. The fishery which is more than
thousand years old was introduced by the Chinese
stationed at Ramanathapuram, for preparing a dried
sea cucumber product Beche-de-mer. The sea
cucumber fishery in Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay
was artisanal in nature and consisted of fishermen
who were good divers, the processors who acted as
middlemen and the exporters. The sea cucumbers
were chiefly collected by skin diving to a depth of
1.5 to 6.0 m in the shallow seas using nonmechanised
country crafts. They were also caught
as by-catch in trawlers locally known as Thallu madi
(an indigenous modified trawler operating on wind
power in shallow waters), besides the Chanku madi
and Attai madi which were operated in deeper
coastal waters
Sea cucumber conservation in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, India "An evaluation of the current conservation measures on sea cucumber stocks in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar of India"
Sea cucumber fishery and trade were one of the top non-finfish income streams for the coastal
people of Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar in the South East coast of India. As there was no regulation to
control the fishery, there was a concern on decline in sea cucumber populations. In order to
conserve the over-exploited stocks, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change,
Government of India banned the fishery and trade of sea cucumbers by including them under Wild
Life Protection Act 1972 since 2001. The enforcement of a blanket ban of sea cucumber fishing over
the last 14 years might have helped in reviving their populations; at the same time, the ban would
possibly had a social and economic impact on scores of people, who were dependent on the sea
cucumber fishery. To understand the situation, the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME)
project approved a short term project to Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (India). The
project was intended to understand the sea cucumber stocks and implications of the ban on the
livelihood of fishers in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar. The purpose of the project was also to suggest
management options for conservation and sustainable use of sea cucumber resources
DETAILED VIEW ON REPURPOSED DRUGS, TRACKING OF VACCINES,AND BRIEF VIEW ON PROPHYLACTIC NANOMEDICINES AS AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH AND PATIENT CARE FOR COVID-19
In December 2019, a rare case of pneumonia was reported in Wuhan, China. This was later analyzed and known to have similar characteristics as viral pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus. Later, on 11 February 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially named the disease as COVID19. The Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) ought to taint both the upper respiratory tract and the lower respiratory tract. This COVID-19 is spreading quickly with an immense rise in cases around the world. This infection's mechanism stays obscure, and the medications explicit for the infection were not grown at this point. Infection is highly contagious. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) is one of seven kinds of crown infection, including the one which causes severe maladies like Middle East respiratory disorder (MERS) and abrupt, intense respiratory syndrome(SARS). Since its revelation, the infection has spread and has caused anxiety and fear among people. Recent vaccines are tracked, and clinical trials can bring an immediate protocol on a medication approach. By including different therapeutic approaches, it is easier to combat the disease quickly. With very low mortality and high transmission rate, new approaches to vaccines and nanomedicines bring down the spread. Controlled patient care is also crucial. On 11 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the disease as 'global pandemic’. COVID-19, therefore, poses a significant threat to global public health.
This article reviews the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and diagnostic methods. The review also focuses on repurposed drugs, traced vaccines, and a quick view of prophylactic nanomedicines as an alternative for COVID 19. For this review, the complete database has been collected from various search engines such as PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Elsevier, etc., from the year 2001-2020 using the following keywords
Bioactive Molecules Against Malarial Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase: An in silico Approach
Malaria, caused by Plasmodium falciparum, remains a major cause of mortality among children in African countries. Due to the parasite's resistance against existing malarial drugs, there is a contemporary need for the exploration of potent compounds possessing anti-malarial properties. Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (pfDHODH) is one of the promising targets (PDB ID: 6GJG) for treating malaria. This study aims to incorporate computational approaches to explore potent phytochemicals with reported biological activity as inhibitors of pfDHODH and to investigate the molecular-level details. The results showed that acetylmontrifoline, retusin, montrifoline, ealamine D, rhamnazin, and canaliculin stand out as potential inhibitors of the enzyme with binding affinities of -11.308 kcal/mol, -11.251 kcal/mol, -11.221 kcal/mol, -10.938 kcal/mol, -10.920 kcal/mol, and -10.827 kcal/mol, respectively, better than that of the native ligand with -9.873 kcal/mol. The adducts exhibited significant geometrical stability, with good RMSD of ligands below 5 Å from 200 ns molecular dynamics simulation, and sustained thermodynamic stability from the MMPBSA method. All other geometrical evaluators also supported the stability of the complexes. The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics predicted moderate drug-likeness, and the hit candidates could be proposed for further in vivo and in vitro experiments to validate the computational results
Ferromagnetic Kitaev interaction and the origin of large magnetic anisotropy in -RuCl
-RuCl is drawing much attention as a promising candidate Kitaev
quantum spin liquid. However, despite intensive research efforts, controversy
remains about the form of the basic interactions governing the physics of this
material. Even the sign of the Kitaev interaction (the bond-dependent
anisotropic interaction responsible for Kitaev physics) is still under debate,
with conflicting results from theoretical and experimental studies. The
significance of the symmetric off-diagonal exchange interaction (referred to as
the term) is another contentious question. Here, we present resonant
elastic x-ray scattering data that provides unambiguous experimental
constraints to the two leading terms in the magnetic interaction Hamiltonian.
We show that the Kitaev interaction () is ferromagnetic, and that the
term is antiferromagnetic and comparable in size to the Kitaev
interaction. Our findings also provide a natural explanation for the large
anisotropy of the magnetic susceptibility in -RuCl as arising from
the large term. We therefore provide a crucial foundation for
understanding the interactions underpinning the exotic magnetic behaviours
observed in -RuCl.Comment: 5 pages, two-column, 3 figure
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