Effectiveness of Resistance Training on the Strength of Scapulo-humeral Muscles and Abdominals in Male Volley Ball Players

Background: Volleyball is a sportive modality that requires strength in the upper and lower extremities along with the trunk musculature. The improvement of muscular strength is very important along with agility and flexibility for a volleyball player. Aim of the study to find the effectiveness of resistance training on the strength of scapulo-humeral muscles and abdominals in male volley ball players. Objectives of this study is find out the effect of resistance training on the strength of the scapulo-humeral muscles by measuring peak torque by using an isokinetic dynamometer and to find out the effect of resistance training on strength of abdominals through 1RM test. Methods: A group of 30 male volleyball players who have fulfilled the inclusion criteria were assigned into two groups control and experimental groups each consisting of 15 subjects. The subjects of the experimental group underwent resistance training under my supervision and the subjects of the control group done the same protocol unsupervised for 6 weeks. Results: There was significant improvement in the strength of scapula-humeral muscles and abdominals in the experimental group when compared to the control group when the pre and post intervention values were measured (p=0.05). Conclusion: Resistance training under supervision of the therapist resulted in significant improvement in strength of the scapulo-humeral muscles and abdominals in the male volleyball players

STUDY OF PARMELIA PERLATA FOR ITS POTENTIAL AS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTIARTHRITIC AGENT USING IN VITRO MODEL

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory and antiarthritic potential of Parmelia perlata. Methods: The relative study is based on in vitro anti-inflammatory and antiarthritic activity using hydroalcoholic extract of P. perlata (HAEPP). The preliminary phytochemical tests showed the presence of various phytochemical compounds such as alkaloids, flavonoids, and glycosides since the lichen species of P. perlata has the folklore claim of anti-inflammatory activity, thus it was studied by human red blood cells membrane stabilization method, and arthritic activity was carried using protein denaturation method using diclofenac as a standard.Results: The results showed eminent anti-inflammatory and antiarthritic activity in a dose-dependent manner. The membrane stabilization showed the maximum effect at 78.54% at the concentration of 1000 μg/, and the protein denaturation was also found maximum at 1000 μg/ml concentration at 79.43%. Thus, our research states the potent anti-inflammatory activity and antiarthritic effect in P. perlata. Conclusion: The HEAPP has a potent anti-inflammatory activity and antiarthritic activity. A further study has to be conducted to establish the pharmacological evidence behind the compound and the mechanism of action of the HAEPP on the inhibition of the inflammation process

Unique Invariant Point Theorems for Random operators In Hilbert Space

We find unique common random fixed point of two random operators in closed subset of a separable Hilbert space by considering a sequence of measurable functions satisfying  Theorem 1.1 and Theorem 1.2. Keywords: Separable Hilbert space, random operators, common random fixed point

Observations on the epifaunal assemblage of micro-mollusc Electroma vexillum on the seagrass beds of Tuticorin coast

Seagrass habitats form a highly productive fragile ecosystem, which offers food, shelter, and essential nursery areas of many fish and benthic invertebrates like crustaceans, bivalves, echinoderms and other groups that are produced within, or migrate to that habitats

Habitat depended on coastal avian faunal characteristics of Tuticorin, Gulf of Mannar

A study was conducted during the period January to December 2013 to assess the habitat and season wise variation in the density and diversity of coastal avian fauna of Tuticorin coast. Data were collected on a bi-monthly basis during the low tide and high tides at two artificial habitats like fly ash-laden dyke of Tuticorin Thermal Power Station (TTPS) and an evaporation pond of a salt pan. The diversity and density of coastal birds were comparatively higher at TTPS dyke than the salt pan pond. 12 species of coastal birds with a total count of 5111 individuals were sighted at TTPS dyke whereas ten species with a total number of 784 birds were reported from salt pan. Lesser Crested Tern was the most frequently observed bird with a mean density of 198.1±71.2 ind.count-1 at the TTPS dyke whereas Curlew Sand Piper was the dominant bird with a mean density of 20.42±4.7 ind.count-1 at the salt pan. Both the seasonal and tidal variation in the density of coastal birds sighted at two stations were not statistically significant (P>0.05). Because of the increased diminishing of natural wetland habitats in Tuticorin due to industrialisation, the study indicated the suitability of artificial habitats either for feeding or roosting of coastal birds in the region

Hazard Assessment for Manufacture of Combustible Cartridge Cases using Picrite

A systematic study of the effect of impact, friction, flame and electric spark sensitivity was carried out on the samples combustible cartridge case (CCC) withdrawn at different stages of manufacture. These are Stage I dried felted CCC; stage II-CCC from stage III Coated with nitrocellulose coating. based on the results obtained from various experiments, the CCC can be classified for handling storage and transportation as Group 3, for safety distance category as UN 1.3 and for fire fighting as class 2. further it is concluded from hazard analysis study that the CCCs are safe to handle but these should be protected from naked flame

Evaluation of pharmacological activity of chadraprabha vati on serum of albino wistar strain rats

The current study is to develop the acute and sub-acute toxicity profile of some ayurvedic Bhasma and un-derstand the side effects due to the presence of heavy metals. Chandraprabha vati pill were weighed, powdery and suspended in water had made into liquid formulation. The animals were classified and treated with the doses of Chandraprabha vati (50and five hundred mg/kg) in rat. The dose was calculat-ed by extrapolating the equivalent human dose (1 and ten times) and was administered orally between ten and eleven after median daily for twenty eight days, during alylin a very volume not exceeding one ml/100 g rat weight. Blood was collected on seven, fourteen and twenty eight days, later they were sacri-ficed for histopathological studies