Renewable energy as a key factor for sustainable development in India

Renewable power (wind, solar, geothermal & tidal power) is an unlimited source of energy that is generated by continuous regeneration. Renewable energy is distinguished by the fact that it may be obtained without causing environmental harm. Renewable resources have been discovered to have the capacity to provide answers to mankind's environmental challenges. India is the world's most populated nation, with higher energy consumption. Renewable power is one of the most important possibilities for obtaining this level of quality. Renewable energy now accounts for 37% of India's total energy consumption. Efforts have been taken in this article to highlight our country's existing and future renewable energy targets, as well as problems

Clinical and Radiological Evaluation of Franceschetti Syndrome (Treacher Collins Syndrome): A Rare Case Report

Franceschetti Syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder of craniofacial development with variable expressivity. It affects structures which are derivatives of the first and second brachial arches. It has a characteristic facial appearance as a result of hypoplasia of facial bones, accompanied by ear, eye and nose abnormalities and positive coloboma sign. This article describes clinical and radiographic features of this syndrome in a 22 year old male who reported to our department with the complaint of pain in his left upper back and right lower back tooth region showing incomplete clinical form of Franceschetti syndrome. Also pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention, management are discussed

Image Guided Virtual Autopsy: An Adjunct with Radiographic and Computed Tomography Modalities - An Important Tool in Forensic Identification

The forensic examination of dead bodies is very helpful in order to identify the person, cause of death, gender, and solving the mysterious cases. It includes a number of techniques, out of which autopsy is the primary investigation that is performed in every medicolegal case. Because of mutilation technologies, traditional autopsy technique is most disturbing in terms of emotions and rituals of relatives. The use of radiology in forensic science comprises performance, interpretation, and reporting of radiographs that is helpful in detecting those changes that are not clinically visible. Forensic radiology plays an important role for identification of humans in mass disasters, criminal investigations, and evaluation of cause of death. The introduction of radiological modalities in autopsy techniques is a complementary tool for forensic identification and is known as virtual autopsy. The advance imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used in virtual autopsy in order to visualize and reconstruct the internal organs to know the site, type, and depth of injury. This review elaborates the role of maxillofacial imaging in image-guided virtual autopsy

Synthesis and reactivity studies of mononuclear zinc hydroxo complex

83-87The synthesis of mononuclear zinc hydroxo, Zn(OH)(HB(3-But-5-Pripz) 2 using sterically hindered pyrazolylborate ligand i.e. hydrotris(3-tert-butyl-5-isopropyl-1-pyrazolyl)borate ligand has been described. The structure of 2 is very similar to the active site of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase. The complex 2 is found to stabilize zinc complexes of uracil and its halo derivatives where uracil and its halo derivatives are bound as monodentate ligand via its deprotonated N1. The halogenated uracil complexes have been injected in Dalton's Lymphoma tumour system in mice and it is found that Zn[HB(3-But-5- Pripz)3](5-fluorouracilate) exhibits significant antitumour activity. The complex 2 is a very reactive species and is used as catalyst in ester hydrolysis. The complex 2 is also found to promote the hydrolysis of various esters and the maximum rate of hydrolysis is observed with p-nitrophenylacetate

Prevalence and calcification of stylohyoid complex in North West part of India and its correlation with general and dental health condition

Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the variation and clinical significance of stylohyoid complex and to correlate it with general and dental health among different age groups and gender using panoramic radiographs. Materials and Methods: The study included 1,000 subjects indicated for panoramic radiographs. Styloid processes >30 mm were correlated age wise and gender wise. The morphology of the calcified stylohyoid complexes was allocated into 12 different patterns and their length was measured directly on the radiographs. Serum calcium levels and cholesterol levels were obtained from subjects with elongated styloid process and their heart rate, blood pressure measurement, weight, height, number of teeth present, and community periodontal index (CPI) was assessed. Results: Out of 978 detected styloid processes, 267 (27.3%) were more than 30 mm. The average length of the calcified styloid complex was 26.40 mm. The most common pattern of calcification was found to be E pattern, 64 (34.03%) in number which had statistically significant correlation with age (P value <0.001). Pearson's correlation coefficient association of body weight with elongated styloid process (left and right) was 0.163 (P value 0.162) and 0.300 (P value 0.001) respectively which was found to be statistically significant on right side. Twenty seven subjects who showed no elongation but evident calcification patterns according to gender and age on panoramic radiographs were also recorded and were called mineralized styloid termed as mineralization. Conclusion: Calcification of the styloid complex is commonly observed on panoramic radiographs and the present and previous studies indicate that the panoramic radiographs include information on general and dental health condition

Synthesis, molecular structure and emission properties of benzoato-bridged lanthanide complexes with hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate

Reaction of GdCl3 and TbCl3 with one equivalent of the potassium salt of the tridentate ligand hydrotris(pyrazol-1- yl)borate [K(tp)] and two equivalents of sodium p-X-benzoate (X = H, Cl, Br and NO2) yielded the complexes 1-6 of composition [(tp)Ln(mu-p-X-OBz)(2)}(2)] (Ln = Gd, Tb) whereas the reaction of TbCl3 with 2 equivalents of [K(tp)] and one equivalent of sodium azide, gave the tetranuclear complex [{tp)(2)Tb(mu-N- 3)}(4)] (7). The crystal structures of the benzoate complexes (X = H) of Gd (1) and Tb (2) and their analogous p-Cl-benzoate derivatives with Gd (3) and Tb (4) have been determined. The compounds consist of a seven-coordinate tetrakis carboxylato bridged dimetal unit with two capping hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate ligands. Unit cell determinations suggested that [{tp)Tb(mu-p-Cl-OBZ)(2)}(2)] (5), and [{(tp)Tb(mu-p-NO2-OBz)(2)}(2)] (6), are isostructural with (3) and (4). Single crystal X-Ray analysis of (7) revealed its tetranuclear structure comprising a cyclic 16-membered Tb-4(mu- N-3)(4)-unit with two hydrotris(pyrazol-1-yl)borate ligands bound to each of the terbium ions resulting in a tetragonal antiprismatic N-8-coordination sphere. The luminescence properties of the unsubstituted and para-substituted Gd and Tb benzoate complexes have been studied in solution at room temperature

Renewable Energy as A Key Factor for Sustainable Development in India

Renewable power (wind, solar, geothermal &amp; tidal power) is an unlimited source of energy that is generated by continuous regeneration. Renewable energy is distinguished by the fact that it may be obtained without causing environmental harm. Renewable resources have been discovered to have the capacity to provide answers to mankind's environmental challenges. India is the world's most populated nation, with higher energy consumption. Renewable power is one of the most important possibilities for obtaining this level of quality. Renewable energy now accounts for 37% of India's total energy consumption. Efforts have been taken in this article to highlight our country's existing and future renewable energy targets, as well as problems

Comparative Analysis of Kabuli Chickpea Transcriptome with Desi and Wild Chickpea Provides a Rich Resource for Development of Functional Markers

<div><p>Chickpea (<em>Cicer arietinum</em> L.) is an important crop legume plant with high nutritional value. The transcriptomes of desi and wild chickpea have already been sequenced. In this study, we sequenced the transcriptome of kabuli chickpea, <em>C. arietinum</em> (genotype ICCV2), having higher commercial value, using GS-FLX Roche 454 and Illumina technologies. The assemblies of both Roche 454 and Illumina datasets were optimized using various assembly programs and parameters. The final optimized hybrid assembly generated 43,389 transcripts with an average length of 1065 bp and N50 length of 1653 bp representing 46.2 Mb of kabuli chickpea transcriptome. We identified a total of 5409 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) in these transcript sequences. Among these, at least 130 and 493 SSRs were polymorphic with desi (ICC4958) and wild (PI489777) chickpea, respectively. In addition, a total of 1986 and 37,954 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were predicted in kabuli/desi and kabuli/wild genotypes, respectively. The SNP frequency was 0.043 SNP per kb for kabuli/desi and 0.821 SNP per kb for kabuli/wild, reflecting very low genetic diversity in chickpea. Further, SSRs and SNPs present in tissue-specific and transcription factor encoding transcripts have been identified. The experimental validation of a selected set of polymorphic SSRs and SNPs exhibited high intra-specific polymorphism potential between desi and kabuli chickpea, suggesting their utility in large-scale genotyping applications. The kabuli chickpea gene index assembled, and SSRs and SNPs identified in this study will serve as useful genomic resource for genetic improvement of chickpea.</p> </div