bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
УТИЦАЈ ПОЛА НА НИВО ДОЖИВЉЕНОГ СТРЕСА И СТИЛОВЕ ЊЕГОВОГ ПРЕВЛАДАВАЊА КОД ПОЛИЦИЈСКИХ СЛУЖБЕНИКА
Authors: Врућинић Жана
Published: January 2018

У овом раду представљени су посебни аспекти стресау полицијској дјелатности који произилазе из два сегмента овеслужбе; први се односи на природу полицијских послова, а други нахијерархијску организацију. Потом су описани стилови превладавањастреса – превладавање усмјерено на проблем и превладавање усмјеренона емоције према добро познатом приступу Лазаруса и Фолкманове,као и превладавње избјегавањем које наводе поједини аутори. Наконтога дат је преглед истраживања утицаја пола на ниво доживљеногстреса и стилове његовог превладавања код полицијских службеника.Показано је да се код жена полицијских службеника, према резултатимаистраживањима која смо навели, за разлику од њихових мушких колега,не јавља исти ниво доживљеног стреса и да оне користе другачијестилове његовог превладавања.
СТРАТЕШКИ ДОКУМЕНТИ У СУСПРОТСТАВЉАЊУ ОРГАНИЗОВАНОМ КРИМИНАЛУ КАО ПРИЈЕТЊИ БЕЗБЈЕДНОСТИ БОСНЕ И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНЕ
Authors: Кицо Ахмед
Published: January 2018

Као и остале земље у регији, ЕУ и свијету Босна иХерцеговина већ више година усваја и доноси политичко-програмскедокументе из области безбједности као што су стратегије за борбу противорганизираног криминалитета, тероризма, прања новца, корупцијеи др. Такви политичко-програмски документи за све субјекте системабезбједности одређују стратешке и магистралне правце активностикоји требају бити у служби „заједничког добра“, те суверенитета Боснеи Херцеговине. Вијеће министра Босне и Херцеговине је у протекломпериоду усвојило Стратегију за борбу против организованог криминалау Босни и Херцеговини за период од 2014. до 2016, у вези с чим су многизваничници и аутори из безбједносне области истакли да усвојенистратешки документ представља важан корак у придруживању ЕУ, али ијасну опредијељеност Босне и Херцеговине да у највећој могућој мјери дâдоринос у борби против, евидентно, глобалног проблема. Стратегијомсе утврђује политика у области успостављања ефикасног системаза борбу против организованог криминала и корупције, дефинишустратешки циљеви, улоге и одговорност свих субјеката и одређујуоквири за израду планова имплементације. За ефикасну борбу противорганизованог криминала и корупције неопходно је успостављањесарадње и стварање повјерења између државних органа, приватногсектора и цивилног друштва. Једино тако може бити сузбијана,отклањана или стратешки умањивана пријетња од организованогкриминала и корупције, које не само у Босни и Хецеговини већ и уЕвропи и свијету чине једну од највећих бољки савременог друштвакоја узрокује „осјећање небезбједности“ и за државу и за појединца.
ПРАВО НА ПРАВИЧНО СУЂЕЊЕ С ОСВРТОМ НА ПОСТУПАК ДЕЦЕРТИФИКОВАНИХ ПОЛИЦИЈСКИХ СЛУЖБЕНИКА У БОСНИ И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНИ
Authors: Пена Душко , Калабић Далиборка
Published: January 2018

У раду је представљено право на правично суђење каоправни механизам у којем се остварују људска права. Аутори се, осимразличитих аспеката права на правично суђење, базирају и на конкретнупроблематику децертификованих полицијских службеника у Босни иХерцеговини чији поступак још увијек није у потпуности окончан. Свепрописане гаранције у процедури пред судовима не служе само томеда судски посупак буде правичан, већ и да јавност тај поступак доживикао правичан. Иако је поступак децертификације започео 2002. године,аутори сада обрађују поменуту тему како би указали на значај правичногсуђења. Поступак правичног суђења у случају децертификованихполицијских службеника још увијек је отворен, а тек у 2015. годинидесет полицијских службеника је враћено у радни однос у Министарствуунутрашњих послова Републике Српске, а низ других питања која сетичу њиховог радноправног статуса још увијек није разријешен.
ЈЕМСТВО У ПРЕКРШАЈНОМ ПОСТУПКУ
Authors: Милић Иван
Published: January 2018

У прекршајном поступку потребно је присуствоодређених лица како би претрес могао да се одржи и на крају да седонесе судска одлука. Присуство окривљеног, као лица против кога севоди прекршајни поступак, јесте неопходно и обезбеђује се на вишеначина. Закон о прекршајима прописује неколико мера које се могупредузети према окривљеном како би се обезбедило његово присуствоу прекршајном поступку. Предмет овог рада јесте Јемство као једнаод мера за обезбеђење присуства окривљеног и за успешно вођењепрекршајног поступка. Иако је донет нови Закон, у погледу јемства нијесе ништа променило у односу на претходни Закон. Циљ рада јесте дасе види који су услови за одређивање јемства, као и да се утврди штаокривљени добија а шта губи приликом одређивање јемства. С обзиромна то да притвор не постоји у прекршајном поступку, у раду ћемопокушати да одговоримо и на питање – зашто би окривљени тражиојемство?
ФЕНОМЕНОЛОГИЈА ПРИРОДНИХ КАТАСТРОФА теоријско одређење и класификација природних катастрофа
Authors: Цветковић Владимир
Published: January 2018

У научној литератури, домаћој и светској, теоријскоодређење и класификација природних катастрофа представља веомаактуелно питање. Неопходност и мотивисаност аутора за успостављањеконцизних дефиниција произилази из потребе јасног разграничењакатастрофа од свега осталог, а најпре од њему сродних концепата каошто су опасности, кризе и ризици. Свакако, интерес од дефинисањапроизилази из потребе да се опише област проучавања и створе условиза акумулацију знања и изградњу теорија. При томе, истраживачи изобласти студија катастрофа, сусрећу се и са дискусијама и дебатамаоко разграничења појмовног одређења катастрофа од ванреднихситуација. Резултати истраживања показују да је теоријско одређењеприродних катастрофа пратило: друштвени амбијент у чијим оквиримаје и настало, научну дисциплину из које је потекло, сврху, географскирегион настанка итд. Када се посматра њихов настанак, примећује се дасу прве дефиниције дате од стране лингвиста и да су оне у великој мериодржавале специфичности културе и језика у склопу кога су и настале.Временом су еволуирале у складу са вишестраним променама у свету.Велики број њих, иако на први поглед противречне, настају у оквируистог категоричног домена. Почивају на различитим теоријским иемпиријским основама. Такође, није исто дефинисање катастрофе каофеномена или области проучавања. Истраживачи често упадају у замкуда концептуалне основе феномена као што је катастрофа, замењујуобјашњењима шта чини и како друштво делује у таквим ситуацијама.Предмет рада представља теоријско одређење и класификацијаприродних катастрофа, са посебним освртом на њене последице.
МАТЕРИЈАЛНОПРАВНИ ПОЈАМ КРИВИЧНОГ ДЕЛА ИЗНУДА У КРИВИЧНОМ ЗАКОНОДАВСТВУ РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРБИЈЕ
Authors: Вуковић Младен , Благојевић Горан
Published: January 2018

Кривично дело изнуда као традиционални обликнасилних имовинских деликата побуђује пажњу стручне и општејавности (грађана), како због значаја заштићеног добра (објектазаштите), учесталости и обиља појавних облика испољавања усвакодневном животу, тако и због обима и интензитета проузрокованихпоследица, односно начина и средстава његовог извршења. Изнуда, збогсамог начина извршења који се састоји у примени силе или упућивањупретње, представља не само наношење пасивном субјекту имовинскештете већ и његово излагање душевним патњама. Учинилац овогдела тежи да упозна личност и животне прилике пасивног субјектакако би могао да адекватном претњом изазове страх код њега. Уконтакт са пасивним субјектом учинилац ступа непосредно илипреко посредника, употребом уређаја за комуникацију, ређе писанимпутем. Учинилац посебно настоји да демотивише пасивног субјектаза било какав отпор, да га отуђи од било кога ко би му могао пружитипомоћ, нарочито да одврати пасивног субјекта од обраћања полицијиили органима правосуђа. У раду ће се презентирати, анализирати ипроблематизовати материјалноправни појам кривичног дела изнуда укривичном законодавству Републике Србије, а који се односи на појам(биће) дела, објекат заштите, радњу извршења, последицу кривичногдела, субјективна обележја кривичног дела и квалификоване обликекривичног дела изнуда.
Biodegradation of thiocyanate in groundwater by a native aquifer microbial consortium
Authors: Spurr Liam P , Watts Mathew P , Gan Han Ming , Moreau John W
Published: January 2018

Gold ore processing typically generates large amounts of thiocyanate (SCN-)-contaminated effluent. When this effluent is stored in unlined tailings dams, contamination of the underlying aquifer can occur. The potential for bioremediation of SCN--contaminated groundwater, either in situ or through ex situ, remains largely unexplored. This study aimed to enrich and characterise SCN--degrading microorganisms from mining-contaminated groundwater under a range of culturing conditions. Mildly acidic and suboxic groundwater, containing ~135 mgL-1 SCN-, was collected from an aquifer below an unlined tailings dam. An SCN--degrading consortium was enriched from contaminated groundwater using combinatory amendments of air, glucose and phosphate. Biodegradation occurred in all oxic cultures, except with the sole addition of glucose, but was inhibited by NH4+ and did not occur under anoxic conditions. The SCN--degrading consortium was characterised using 16S and 18S rRNA gene sequencing, identifying a variety of heterotrophic taxa in addition to sulfur-oxidising bacteria. Interestingly, few recognised SCN--degrading taxa were identified in significant abundance. These results provide both proof-of-concept and the required conditions for biostimulation of SCN- degradation in groundwater by native aquifer microorganisms.
Formulation and evalution of Transdermal patches of torasemide
Authors: Asija Rajesh , Gupta Avinash , Maheshwari Bhagwan Swaroop
Published: January 2018

The main advantage of Transdermal drug delivery system is to bypass the first pass metabolism, avertance of the risk and annoyance of intravenous therapy and of the varied conditions of absorption, like pH changes, gastric emptying time and presence of enzyme. The Transdermal drug delivery scheme is generally used where the others system of drug administration fails or it is mainly used in edema associates congestive heart failure. The transdermal drug delivery has advantage to deliver medicines via skin to systemic circulation at a predetermined rate and maintain therapeutic concentration for prolong period of time. This review describes the assorted formulation aspects, a variety of excipients, evaluation tests, challenges and drugs explored in the pasture of topical drug delivery.
Piperazine and Pyrazine containing molecules and their diverse pharmacological activities
Authors: Asif Mohammad
Published: January 2018

Efforts were made to synthesize different heterocyclic compounds and their derivatives and were found to posses promising pharmacological compounds. Although piperazine and pyrazine moiety is six membered heterocyclic compounds but is fascinated by scientists because of the diverse biological activities by not only piperazine and pyrazine but its various substituted derivatives as well and having diverse pharmacological activities such antitumor, anticonvulsant, antidepressant, analgesic, antimicrobial, anti?tubercular and anti diabetic, antihistamine, antiinflamatory and other activities. Some compounds also use as flavoring agent in foods. This review is focused on the piperazine and pyrazine derivatives due to its wider applications. They may replace many existing heterocyclic based pharmaceutical compounds. Many drug that containing piperazine and pyrazine moiety while several compounds are in clinical trials.
Antifungal Activities of bark extract of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae)
Authors: Bajpayee Kaptain K.
Published: January 2018

The present, manusrcript deals with the antifungal activities of bark extract of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br. a significant member of family Asclepiadaceae. The plant is glabrous herb or shrub with lower woody portion having erect, solid, branched and cylindrical stem with white latex. The leaves are simple, opposite, cauline, ramal, exstipulate, entire, glabrous and having reticulate venation. The fruit is characteristic follicle type. The leaf extract, flowers and latex is applied as folk-medicines over ringworm infection, rotting nails and other fungal diseases of skin as revealed out by the concerned authors during the Ethnomedico botanical survey of Hardoi and Shahjahanpur districts of Uttar Pradesh between December 2008 to June 2012. Therefore, the present investigation was carried out to confirm its antifungal activities expermentally.Four dermatophytes namely Candida albicans (MTCC#183). Tinea capitis (MTCC#7739) Epidermophyton floccosum (RV # 71625) and Microsporum canis (CRV#66973) were cultured in the laboratory. The bark was dried, crushed and powdered by mortar and pestle with the use of electric grinder too. The powder was extracted at room temperature and ethanol extract was prepared. The sterile Whatman filter paper disks (6mm) were saturated with the extract and applied over culture media. The zone of inhibition were recorded to find out the efficacy of bark extract against aforesaid fungi. In the present investigation Ketoconazole was used as control.
ADULT BOCHDALEK HERNIA: AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA.
Authors: Shetty Nikhil S , Agrawal Vijay P , Narasimhaprasad Ashwin
Published: January 2018

Bochdalek hernia is a rare condition in adult and usually diagnosis is missed. It is usually mistakenly diagnosed as TB, pleural effusion, empyema, lung cyst and pneumothorax. Delayed presentation is not uncommon. We present a case of 18 year old male patient who was misdiagnosed as having left sided pleural effusion with TB and associated gastritis for three days and later referred to our institution. Diagnosis was established by physical examination, chest x-ray and chest CT- scan. Per operatively a gangrenous ileal segment was seen of about 10 cms which was later resected. The Hernia was later closed with Prolene sutures.
Zero Order and Area Under Curve Spectrophotometric methods for determination of Oxcarbazepine in Pharmaceutical Formulation
Authors: Jadhav Santosh Balaso , Patil Nilesh , Tamboli Ashpak
Published: January 2018

Simple, fast and reliable spectrophotometric methods were developed for determination of Oxcarbazepine in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage forms. The solutions of standard and the sample were prepared in Distilled Water. The quantitative determination of the drug was carried out using the zero order derivative values measured at 256 nm and the area under the curve method values measured at 252-258 nm (n=2). Calibration graphs constructed at their wavelengths of determination were linear in the concentration range of Oxcarbazepine using 5-25 ?g/.ml (r=0.998 and r=0.9986) for zero order and area under the curve spectrophotometric method. All the proposed methods have been extensively validated as per ICH guidelines. There was no significant difference between the performance of the proposed methods regarding the mean values and standard deviations. Developed spectrophotometric methods in this study are simple, accurate, precise and sensitive to assay of Oxcarbazepine in tablets.
Bilateral breast tuberculosis � A rare entity
Authors: Shetty Nikhil S , Agrawal Vijay P , Narasimhaprasad Ashwin
Published: January 2018

Tuberculosis of the breast is an extremely rare disease. In developing countries, where tuberculosis is endemic, the incidence is 0.25 - 4.5% in contrast to western countries where it is less than 0.1%. The diagnosis is difficult because of nonspecific clinical and radiologic findings. It is usually suspected in a multiparous, lactating woman who may be immunocompromised. Radiological findings simulate malignant lesions of breast. We report an immunocompetent patient, who had no issue and had bilateral breast involvement which is very rare.
Estimation of Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride in Bulk and Formulation by Derivative UV-Spectrophotometric Methods
Authors: Kharat Rekha , Jadhav Santosh , Tamboli Dilshadbee , Tamboli Ashpak
Published: January 2018

Simple, fast and reliable spectrophotometric methods were developed for determination of Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage forms. The solutions of standard and the sample were prepared in Distilled Water. The quantitative determination of the drug was carried out using the zero/0th, first, and second order method values measured at264, 273and 273 nm respectively. Calibration graphs constructed at their wavelengths of determination were linear in the concentration range of Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride using 2-10?g/ml (r=0.9991, r=0.9993, r=0.9955) for zero, first and second order spectrophotometric method. All the proposed methods have been extensively validated as per ICH guidelines. There was no significant difference between the performance of the proposed methods regarding the mean values and standard deviations. The developed methods were successfully applied to estimate the amount of Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride in pharmaceutical formulations.
Gag reflex: A dentist�s perspective
Authors: Kumar Sanajay , P. Nirmal Raj A. , Vora Nirmesh , Faruqi Saif
Published: January 2018

The gag reflex, which is protective in nature, occurs commonly during prosthetic or dental treatment. It is a complex physiological phenomenon and many dental practitioners are facing problems with the same. Gag reflex is a frustrating problem in many dental procedures and may result in a compromised treatment. Many management methods have been described till date for the control of gagging, but the technique or techniques used should be dictated by the cause or causes and not merely the symptoms involved. Thus it is very important that every dental practitioner should have thorough knowledge about gagging. The present article reviews the gag reflex, its etiology and management.
Estimation of Ofloxacin in Bulk and Formulation by Second Order DerivativeUV-Spectrophotometric Methods
Authors: Shinde Shivaji , Jadhav Santosh , Kharat Rekha , Ansari Afaque , Tamboli Ashpak
Published: January 2018

Simple, fast and reliable spectrophotometric methods were developed for determination of Ofloxacin in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage forms. The solutions of standard and the sample were prepared in Methanol. The quantitative determination of the drug was carried out using the second order Derivative Area under Curve method values measured at 295-301nm. Calibration graphs constructed at their wavelengths of determination were linear in the concentration range of Ofloxacin using 2-10?g/ml (r=0.9947) for second order Derivative Area under Curve spectrophotometric method. All the proposed methods have been extensively validated as per ICH guidelines. There was no significant difference between the performance of the proposed methods regarding the mean values and standard deviations. The developed methods were successfully applied to estimate the amount of Ofloxacin in pharmaceutical formulations.
Estimation of Ampicillin trihydrate in bulk and formulation by first order derivative area under curve UV-spectrophotometric methods
Authors: Mali Audumbar Digambar , Bathe Ritesh , Tamboli Ashpak
Published: January 2018

Simple, fast and reliable spectrophotometric methods were developed for determination of Ampicillin Trihydrate in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage forms. The solutions of standard and the sample were prepared in Methanol. The quantitative determination of the drug was carried out using the second order Derivative Area under Curve method values measured at 224-231nm. Calibration graphs constructed at their wavelengths of determination were linear in the concentration range of Ampicillin Trihydrate using 5-25?g/ml (r=0.997) for first order Derivative Area under Curve spectrophotometric method. All the proposed methods have been extensively validated as per ICH guidelines. There was no significant difference between the performance of the proposed methods regarding the mean values and standard deviations. The developed methods were successfully applied to estimate the amount of Ampicillin Trihydrate in pharmaceutical formulations.
Zero order and area under curve spectrophotometric methods for determination of Levocetirizine in pharmaceutical formulation
Authors: Mali Audumbar Digambar , Bathe Ritesh , Patil Manojkumar , Tamboli Ashpak
Published: January 2018

Simple, fast and reliable spectrophotometric methods were developed for determination of Levocetirizine in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage forms. The solutions of standard and the sample were prepared in methanol. The quantitative determination of the drug was carried out using the zero order derivative values measured at 230 nm and the area under the curve method values measured at 227-234 nm (n=2). Calibration graphs constructed at their wavelengths of determination were linear in the concentration range of Levocetirizine using 5-25?g/ml (r=0.998 and r=0.999) for zero order and area under the curve spectrophotometric method. All the proposed methods have been extensively validated as per ICH guidelines. There was no significant difference between the performance of the proposed methods regarding the mean values and standard deviations. Developed spectrophotometric methods in this study are simple, accurate, precise and sensitive to assay of Levocetirizine in tablets.
Attacks on Biometric Systems: An Overview
Authors: Jain Rubal , Kant Chander
Published: January 2018

Biometrics is a pattern recognition system that refers to the use of different physiological (face, fingerprints, etc.) and behavioral (voice, gait etc.) traits for identification and verification purposes. A biometrics-based personal authentication system has numerous advantages over traditional systems such as token-based (e.g., ID cards) or knowledge-based (e.g., password) but they are at the risk of attacks. This paper presents a literature review of attack system architecture and makes progress towards various attack points in biometric system. These attacks may compromise the template resulting in reducing the security of the system and motivates to study existing biometric template protection techniques to resist these attacks.
Study of Autonomic Functions in Cigarette Smokers
Authors: Malge Mohit , Babu K. Ranjith
Published: January 2018

Introduction: Smoking is one of the most ancient and widespread mans activities. The present study was chosen to determine sympathetic and parasympathetic activity in cigarette smokers and compare it with healthy age matched controls in order to find out what influence does smoking have on baroreceptor sympathetic and parasympathetic control mechanisms and to find out for any co-relation between duration of cigarette smoking and autonomic dysfunction.Materials & Methods: Fifty cigarette smokers and fifty normal, healthy, nonsmokers were selected as age matched controls to study autonomic functions. Sympathetic functions were carried out by Cold Pressor Response test and Hand Grip test. Parasympathetic functions were tested by Determination of Heart Rate with change in posture and Sinus Arrhythmia.Results: Smokers revealed more pronounced rise both in systolic as well as diastolic blood pressure as compared to normal healthy controls during cold pressor test. Smokers revealed more pronounced rise in both SBP and DBP as compared to nonsmokers during hand grip test. There was increased heart rate in initial 10 seconds when there is postural change i.e. lying down to standing in both the groups. There was an increase in heart rate during inspiration and decrease during expiration (sinus arrhythmia) both in smokers and healthy controls.Conclusion: Cigarette smoking affects cardiovascular functions as indicated by rise in blood pressure in smokers than nonsmokers reflects the sensitivity of sympathetic activity to nicotine due to smoking. Thus the study concludes that smoking possibly has an effect on neurocardiovascular regulation system altering the sensitivity of ANS activity in habitual smokers.Keywords: Autonomic Function Tests, Smokers, Non-smokers, Cold Pressor Test, Hand Grip Test, Heart Rate.
Maternal Periodontitis a risk factor for Low Birth Weight Babies in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia � A Need for Further Research
Authors: Chandramohan Sriram
Published: January 2018

Since it is an Editorial No abstract
Studies on temporal variation of sound level on long time scale in Burdwan town � A Case Study from West Bengal, India.
Authors: Banerjee Arnab , Mukhopadhyay Buddhadev
Published: January 2018

Noise pollution is recognized as one of the major fear that affects the quality of life in urban areas across the globe. Burdwan, a district headquarter (100 km away from Kolkata) is one such town where noise pollution is very frequent. For assessing the noise pollution trend on long term scale noise data were collected from various places of the town by sound level meter with a duration of 30minutes/location during specified time like 6.00am, 10.00am, 1.00pm, 4.00pm and 6.00pm during 2002, 2008 and 2014. From the tabulated data of successive three years it was found that sound level lies within the range of 64-85dB or above in different time at different places. Statistically noise level in all these zones differ significantly at their peak hours. Results from the respective three years reveal that the regular increment in the sound pressure levels. This study may help to disseminate awareness about noise pollution among the people, by which they will be able to take required precautionary measures to save themselves from the adverse effects of noise pollution and to improve the quality of the environment.
Estimation of Heart Rate from Vocal Frequency Based on Support Vector Machine
Authors: Sakai Motoki
Published: January 2018

Heart rate (HR) is one of the vital signs used to assess our physical condition; it would be beneficial if HR could easily be obtained without special medical instruments. In this study, a feature of vocal frequency was used to estimate HR, because it can easily be recorded with a common device such as a smartphone. Previous studies proposed that a support vector machine (SVM) that adopted the inner product as the kernel function was efficient for estimating HR to a certain extent. However, these studies did not present the effectiveness of other kernel functions, such as the hyperbolic tangent function. Therefore, this study identified a combination of kernel functions of the kernel ridge regression (KRR). In addition, features of vocal frequency to effectively estimate HR were investigated. To evaluate the effectiveness, experiments were conducted with two subjects. In the experiment, 60 sets of HRs and voice data were measured per subject. To identify the most effective kernel function, four kernel functions (the inner function, Gaussian function, polynomial function, and hyperbolic tangent function) were compared. Moreover, effective features of vocal frequency were selected with the sequential feature selection (SFS) method. As a consequence, the hyperbolic tangent function worked best, and high-frequency components of voice were efficient. However, results of this research indicated that effective vocal spectrum components to estimate HR differ depending on prediction models.
Assessment of multi-metal resistant bacteria from Periyar river, Southern India
Authors: Prasanth S. , Mahesh V.
Published: January 2018

A total of thirty bacterial strains were isolated from the water and sediment samples of Periyar river during premonsoon 2015 for multi-metal resistant study. In this study, the bacterial isolates were challenged against three different concentrations (10, 100 and 200 mM) of copper and chromium metal salt solution by using of plate diffusion method. Most of the isolates from Periyar river were resistant to minimum concentration of the both metal solutions. Nearly, 93.3 % were resistant to copper solution whereas 90.0 % were resistant to chromium solution. In 200 mM of Cu, 46.7 % of the populations showed growth rates between 71-80%, whereas 3.3 % of the populations were observed with a 51-60 % growth rate. At 200 mM Cr, 6.7 % of the populations showed 51-60 % growth rate. A growth rate between 61-70 % was observed for 13.3 % of the bacterial populations at 200 mM of Cr, whereas no population was growing at a growth rate of 050 % with 200 mM of Cr. The results indicated that the river received various pollution sources throughout the river-line. The sensitivity nature of the bacterial isolates against metal solutions were varied depend on the concentrations of the metal solutions. Hence, the river needed throughout impoundment for maintaining sanitation.
Studies on hyperaccumulation of Mercury by Jussiaea repens under laboratory condition
Authors: Mukhopadhyay Buddhadev , Banerjee Arnab , Ghosh Sukumar
Published: January 2018

Phytoremediation ability of plants has been a well known fact in the field of environmental toxicology. The present investigation reports the hyperaccumulating ability of aquatic plant Jussiaea repens under laboratory condition. Initiation of growth of roots of the plants in mercury contaminated water is a good morphological indication of the utilization of the mercury salt by the plant for its growth. To test the purifying potentiality of Jussiaea repens, mercury contaminated water and treated mercury contaminated water with Jussiaea repens were separately checked by in vitro pollen grain germination test. It was found that Jussiaea treated mercury-contaminated water significantly gives the higher percentage of pollen grain germination in comparison to pure mercury-contaminated water of the same concentration. Hence, Jussiaea repens can be effectively utilized for detoxification of heavy metals.
Formulation and evaluation of Gastro-retentive drug delivery system using Fenugreek gum as novel matrixing agent
Authors: Khobragade Deepak S. , Reddy Srinivas , Kumar Pranav , Potbhare Mrunali
Published: January 2018

Formulation and evaluation of Gastro-retentive drug delivery system using Fenugreek gum as novel matrixing agent
Prediction of selected anthropometric parameters on straid length performance for college level men short and long distance runners
Authors: S. Binthu Mathavan , Praveen A.
Published: January 2018

In this study totally 30 athletes were selected randomly from Pondicherry University who are all participated intercollegiate athletic tournament in short and long distance events, in this 15 athletes from short distance and 15 from long distance runners. Their age ranged from 17 to 28 years as per their university records, variables were restricted for this study anthropometric parameters such as Mid -thigh girth, calf mid girth, leg length, BMI as well straid length performance. Collection of data: (Straid length) before starting data collection 400 mts track were divided in to 5 half, then selected subjects were taken sufficient time before starting data collection for getting warming up them self-its for avoiding injuries as well minimize data error, after that they were commended to run 400mts running then researcher has taken random data from each half and converted mean value for analyse data. Statistics: collected data were used for analyse relationship between anthropometric parameters and straid length Pearson product moment co-relation were used with 0.05 significance level. Results: Long distance runners in this there is positive Relationship between Mid- Thigh Girth and Straid Length Performances as well Calf Girth and Straid Length Performances. But there is no relationship between Leg Length and Straid Length Performance as well Body Mass Index and Straid Length Performance. Short distance runners in this there is positive Relationship between Mid- Thigh Girth and Straid Length Performances, Calf Girth and Straid Length Performances as well BMI and Straid Length Performances. But there is no relationship between Leg Length and Straid Length Performance.
A Comparative Study on Modifications of Decomposition Method
Authors: Ahmad Jamshad , Tahir Madiha , Tahir Liaqat , Naeem Muhammad
Published: January 2018

Many mathematical physics models are contributed to give rise to of nonlinear integral equations. In this paper, we study the performance of two recently developed modifications of well known so called Adomians decomposition method applied using Laplace transform to nonlinear Volterra integral equations. Three nonlinear Volterra integral equations are solved analytically by implementing these modifications. From the obtained results, it may be concluded that that the modified techniques are reliable, efficient and easy to use through recursive relations that involve simple integrals. Moreover, these particular examples show the reliability and the performance of proposed modifications.
A study of clinical profile of patients with acute kidney injury in a tertiary care centre.
Authors: Kapadia Maulita P. , Kamdar Panna K , Jha P. R.
Published: January 2018

Objectives : The objectives of the study are to study etiology, manifestations and outcome of acute kidney disease.Method : In present study, patients with acute kidney disease admitted to Sir T Hospital, Govt. Medical College Bhavnagar between June 2013 to July 2014 are studied with a detailed history, general physical examination, systemic examination and investigated as per the proforma. Data collected, analysed and the test of significance was calculated by chi square, students t test.Results and conclusion : A prospective study of 100 cases of acute kidney injury admitted to Sir T Hospital Bhavnagar between June 2013 to July 2014 is done. Diagnosis of the patients is based on the clinical and laboratory evidence of elevated blood urea and serum creatinine.This study showed male to female ratio of 2.7:1. Maximum incidence is seen between 40-65 years.The study showed various etiological factor associated with acute kidney injury like malaria, snake bite, septicaemia, heart failure, cirrhosis, drug nephrotoxicity and acute gastroenteritis.8 patients had obstructive uropathy.Common symptoms are oliguria and vomiting, other clinical feature are fever, jaundice, loose stool and peripheral edema. However, septicaemia is the predominant cause of acute kidney injury in our study.Out of 100 cases, 93% patients survived and 7% expired. 83% patient are on conservative management and 17% underwent hemodialysis.Out of 100 cases, 51 patients are having associated illness which made them prone to develop AKI. Mortality is also seen more among this group.Most common comorbid illness are DM, HTN and IHD.Key words : Acute kidney injury, hemodialysis
Ethnobotanical studies of spice and condiment plants used by some communitiesof Assam
Authors: Bharali P. , Sharma C. L. , Singh B. , Sharma M.
Published: January 2018

Objective:The aims of the present study were to document spice and condiment plants, to identify the most culturally important spice and condiment plants and to evaluate market potential of some spices and condiments used by some ethnic communities of Assam.Methods: The ethnobotanical study was conducted for four ethnic communities namely Ahom, Deori, Mishing, Sonowal-kachari fromLakhimpur and Dhemaji districts of Assam. The information was collected from 120 informants from each community through semi-structured questionnaire.Results:A total of 51 species belonging to 42 genera and 26 families used as spices and condiments by the ethnic communities of Assam were documented in the present study. Maximum number of spices and condiments were used by Ahom and had maximum similarity with Mishing, Sonowal-kachari and Deori. Maximum number of the spice and condiment plants belonged to families Amaryllidaceae and Zingiberaceae.Majority of the plants used by ethnic communities were under cultivation. Among all communities, herbs were used as spices and condiments. However, trees, shrubs and climberswere also used as spices and condiments. The study also revealed that fresh leafy herbaceous species were mostly used as spices and condiments by the communities of Assam. Flavouring was the most preferred category. The cultural important index of Allium cepawas highest among all selected communities of Assam.Piper nigrumshowed the highest market potential.Conclusion: The present study revealed that spice and condiment plants were culturally more important in each ethnic community.
Improvement and consistency of realization investigation in mathematic for higher secondary students
Authors: Sharmila P. D.
Published: January 2018

The current schoolwork is an endeavour to increase and authenticate the Mathematics realization test for higher secondary school students in vellur district. A various choice investigation of 100 substance from 11th standard Mathematics syllabus was selected with the help and advice of mathematics experts. The test was administrated to a sample of 100 students of 3 schools of vellur district. Then all the administer investigation papers of 100 students were scored carefully, the investigation papers were in order in the descending order from the highest to the lowest score. Then the top 27% and bottom 27% of the total score has been taken for the item investigation. During expected technique of item investigation, complexity manifestation and discrimination manifestation were considered as well as the consistency and authenticity of the investigation as a complete. Consequently the tool is consistent and suitable for the illustration.
Preparation and characterization of PEG-assisted growth of colloidal Ag nanoparticles
Authors: Mohamed Elalyaa M. A. , Eisa Wael H. , Abdel-Baset T. A. , Mahrous S.
Published: January 2018

Colloidal Silver nanoparticles were prepared under mild conditions using poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) in the presence of PVA as surfactant. Ethylene glycol was used as a reducing agent for the preparation of metal particles at room temperature. Ag+1can be smoothly reduced to silver nanoparticles at ambient condition in PEG 400. UV-visible studies demonstrated that the reducing rate of Ag+1to nano-Ag was remarkably enhanced with the increased amount of the PEG. The transmission microscope images prove that the reduced Ag nanoparticles were spherical in shape. The pathway described here was considered as a green route for preparation of silver nanoparticles.
Biofortification of Wheat with Iron
Authors: Riaz Ambash , Huda Noor-ul- , Abbas Ali , Raza Shahid
Published: January 2018

In various micronutrient-deficient countries, wheat is used as staple food, comprise more than 50% of the diet. Like many staple foods, wheat contain low concentration of iron (Fe). About two billion people globally have iron deficiency, especially in the regions where staple foods are based on cereal crops such as wheat. Because of high rate of Fe deficiency cases, increased Fe intake through staple food has become the main focused research area globally. As wheat is main source of protein and dietary energy for human beings, its potential to support reducing malnutrition related to Fe can be increased through producing genetically modified wheat varieties with high concentration of Fe. High Fe concentration in cereal crop is a major challenge. Even though during wheat is commonly fortify, promising and more long term solution is biofortification of wheat, which bases on the production of new wheat varieties with characteristically higher concentration of iron. Till now, may researches, which focused on increasing Fe in wheat, aimed at producing natural varieties in progenitor or related species. This review focused on the promising and sustainable approaching to maintain the improve concentration of iron in wheat.
Analysis of Food Adulterants in Selected Food Items Purchased From Local Grocery Stores
Authors: K. Sukumaran M. , P Navya , K. Raju
Published: January 2018

Food is one among the basic needs for every living being. Food for human consumption should be in its possible purest form without adulterants and contaminants. The present study focuses on analyzing few selected food items purchased from local grocery stores located in the twin cities of Secunderabad and Hyderabad, Telangana. The extent of different adulterant present in the food items were, edible oil samples, argemone oil (30%), prohibited color (15%), mineral oil (20%), dyes in fat (15%) and castor oil (0%). 20% of ghee samples tested positive for vanaspathi and were negative for mashed potatoes and paraffin wax (0%). Coconut oil tested negative both for any other oil (0%) and turbidity (0%). None of the honey samples tested positive for water (0%). All the jaggery samples tested were negative for sodium bicarbonate (0%). Similar results were obtained in case of curd samples (negative for dalda (0%)). 55% of the common salt samples tested positive for the presence of impurities.
A study of right and left brain dominant students at IB&M with respect to their gender, age and educational background.
Authors: Ameen Ayesha
Published: January 2018

Managers all over the world each day combat the challenges associated with Managing the workforce. In order to unravel their truest potential managers have to understand them and motivate or sometimes above that i.e. to ignite the spark that gives the momentum to their capabilities that make them productive and give them an everlasting happiness.Management is termed as Right brain activity. It involves dealing with the human mind and emotions which are very complex and variable unlike the scientific method which we perceive management to be.In order to check the co-relation of the right and left brain people research was carried out. This study was conducted with approximately 50 Business students with a survey, as well as a comprehensive review and analysis of literature concerning the brain.This study would help the instructors to understand the fact Management is not a science and based on the number of left or right Brain students the current teaching methodology of Business students can either be revised or transformed altogether.
Context-dependent deposition and regulation of mRNAs in P-bodies
Authors: Wang Congwei , Schmich Fabian , Srivatsa Sumana , Weidner Julie , Beerenwinkel Niko , Spang Anne
Published: January 2018

Cells respond to stress by remodeling their transcriptome through transcription and degradation. Xrn1p-dependent degradation in P-bodies is the most prevalent decay pathway, yet, P-bodies may facilitate not only decay, but also act as a storage compartment. However, which and how mRNAs are selected into different degradation pathways and what determines the fate of any given mRNA in P-bodies remain largely unknown. We devised a new method to identify both common and stress-specific mRNA subsets associated with P-bodies. mRNAs targeted for degradation to P-bodies, decayed with different kinetics. Moreover, the localization of a specific set of mRNAs to P-bodies under glucose deprivation was obligatory to prevent decay. Depending on its client mRNA, the RNA-binding protein Puf5p either promoted or inhibited decay. Furthermore, the Puf5p-dependent storage of a subset of mRNAs in P-bodies under glucose starvation may be beneficial with respect to chronological lifespan.
Formononetin inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced release of high mobility group box 1 by upregulating SIRT1 in a PPARδ-dependent manner
Authors: Hwang Jung Seok , Kang Eun Sil , Han Sung Gu , Lim Dae-Seog , Paek Kyung Shin , Lee Chi-Ho , Seo Han Geuk
Published: January 2018

Background

The release of high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) induced by inflammatory signals acts as a cellular alarmin to trigger a chain of inflammatory responses. Although the inflammatory actions of HMGB1 are well studied, less is known about the therapeutic agents that can impede its release. This study investigated whether the isoflavonoid formononetin can modulate HMGB1 release in cellular inflammatory responses.

Methods

RAW264.7 murine macrophages were exposed to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the presence or absence of formononetin. The levels of HMGB1 release, sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) expression, and HMGB1 acetylation were analyzed by immunoblotting and real-time polymerase chain reaction. The effects of resveratrol and sirtinol, an activator and inhibitor of SIRT1, respectively, on LPS-induced HMGB1 release were also evaluated.

Results

Formononetin modulated cellular inflammatory responses by suppressing the release of HMGB1 by macrophages exposed to LPS. In RAW264.7 cells, formononetin significantly attenuated LPS-induced release of HMGB1 into the extracellular environment, which was accompanied by a reduction in its translocation from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In addition, formononetin significantly induced mRNA and protein expression of SIRT1 in a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor δ (PPARδ)-dependent manner. These effects of formononetin were dramatically attenuated in cells treated with small interfering RNA (siRNA) against PPARδ or with GSK0660, a specific inhibitor of PPARδ, indicating that PPARδ is involved in formononetin-mediated SIRT1 expression. In line with these effects, formononetin-mediated inhibition of HMGB1 release in LPS-treated cells was reversed by treatment with SIRT1-targeting siRNA or sirtinol, a SIRT1 inhibitor. By contrast, resveratrol, a SIRT1 activator, further potentiated the inhibitory effect of formononetin on LPS-induced HMGB1 release, revealing a possible mechanism by which formononetin regulates HMGB1 release through SIRT1. Furthermore, modulation of SIRT1 expression by transfection of SIRT1- or PPARδ-targeting siRNA significantly counteracted the inhibitory effects of formononetin on LPS-induced HMGB1 acetylation, which was responsible for HMGB1 release.

Discussion

This study shows for the first time that formononetin inhibits HMGB1 release by decreasing HMGB1 acetylation via upregulating SIRT1 in a PPARδ-dependent manner. Formononetin consequently exhibits anti-inflammatory activity. Identification of agents, such as formononetin, which can block HMGB1 release, may help to treat inflammation-related disorders.
Statistics of Extreme Time‐Integrated Geomagnetic Activity
Authors: Mourenas D. , Artemyev A. V. , Zhang X.‐J.
Published: January 2018

A statistical analysis of the time‐integrated Dst index is performed over 1958–2007. The tail of the probability distribution of extreme time‐integrated Dst events, which occur during strong geomagnetic storms, can be precisely fitted by a power law function with upper cutoff, apparently not exceeded even by the 1859 Carrington event. This time‐integrated Dst is expected to be a reasonable proxy for maximum densities of MeV electrons in the heart of the outer radiation belt, which are known to pose a serious threat to satellites. During such strong events, a correlation is found between the time‐integrated levels of various physical quantities, such as interplanetary magnetic field Bz, particle energy fluxes measured during injections in the magnetotail, geosynchronous ULF wave index, and geomagnetic activity in the inner magnetosphere, suggesting cumulative effects from successive disturbances.
One‐Dimensional Full Wave Simulation of Equatorial Magnetosonic Wave Propagation in an Inhomogeneous Magnetosphere
Authors: Liu Xu , Chen Lunjin , Yang Lixia , Xia Zhiyang , Malaspina David M.
Published: January 2018

The effect of the plasmapause on equatorially radially propagating fast magnetosonic (MS) waves in the Earth's dipole magnetic field is studied by using finite difference time domain method. We run 1‐D simulation for three different density profiles: (1) no plasmapause, (2) with a plasmapause, and (3) with a plasmapause accompanied with fine‐scale density irregularity. We find that (1) without plasmapause the radially inward propagating MS wave can reach ionosphere and continuously propagate to lower altitude if no damping mechanism is considered. The wave properties follow the cold plasma dispersion relation locally along its trajectory. (2) For simulation with a plasmapause with a scale length of 0.006 RE compared to wavelength, only a small fraction of the MS wave power is reflected by the plasmapause. WKB approximation is generally valid for such plasmapause. (3) The multiple fine‐scale density irregularities near the outer edge of plasmapause can effectively block the MS wave propagation, resulting in a terminating boundary for MS waves near the plasmapause.