382 research outputs found

    Waist height ratio: A universal screening tool for prediction of metabolic syndrome in urban and rural population of Haryana

    No full text
    Aims: To compare waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), waist hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and define an appropriate cut-off, which is most closely predictive of the non-adipose components of the IDF metabolic syndrome (MetS) definition. Methods and Results: A total of 3,042 adults (1,693 in rural area and 1,349 in urban area) were screened for the presence of MetS according to the IDF definition. Among 3,042 adults selected as subjects, 1,518 were male and 1,524 were female. The receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis was done to determine the optimal cut-off value and the best discriminatory value of each of these anthropometric parameters to predict two or more non-obese components of metabolic syndrome. The area under ROC (AURC) for WC was superior to that for other anthropometric variables. The optimal cut-off value of WC in urban and rural males was >89 cm, which is higher than that in urban and rural females at 83 cm and 79 cm, respectively; the optimal cut-off for WHtR was >0.51 in rural females, 0.52 in rural males, and 0.53 in both urban males and females. Both parameters were found to be better than BMI and WHR. ROC and AURC values for WC were better than those for WHtR in men and women in both urban and rural areas (P = 0.0054); however, when the entire study cohort was analyzed together, irrespective of gender and place of residence, then at a value of 0.52, WHtR scored over WC as a predictor of metabolic syndrome (P = 0.001). Conclusion: Although the predictive value of different gender-specific WC values is clearly superior to other anthropometric measures for predicting two or more non-adipose components of MetS, a single value of WHtR irrespective of gender and the area of residence can be used as a universal screening tool for the identification of individuals at high risk of development of metabolic complications

    Green Chemistry using Essential Oils as Synthons

    No full text
    Roland Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Berhampur-760010, Odisha, India; Pharmacy Academy, IFTM University, Lodhipur Rajput, Moradabad-244102, Uttar Pradesh; Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, College of Sciences and Human Studies, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Green Chemistry using Essential Oils as Synthon

    Hindi translation and validation of dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep (DBAS - 16)

    No full text
    Objectives: The objective of this study is to translate and validate the Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep Brief Version (DBAS-16)) in Hindi language. Materials and Methods: The scale was obtained online, and the permission for translation was obtained from the author. The translation of the scale was carried out following back translation method. The scale was applied on 63 participants attending the adult psychiatry OPD who were included in the study. Results: Thirty-two patients were having insomnia, and 31 patients were controls without insomnia. The results show that the translated version had good reliability with internal consistency (Chronbach alpha = 0.901). Conclusion: The Hindi translation of DBAS-16 is a reliable tool for assessing the dysfunctional beliefs and attitude about sleep

    Opium De-Addiction Camps In Rural Himachal Pradesh

    No full text
    Socio-demographic and drug related variables of 107 male tribal opium addicts of Himachal pradesh, who volunteered for treatment in rural de- addiction camps have been presented . Results of the study and reasons for the success of the de-addiction camps have been discussed

    Green synthesis of silver Nanoparticle using Carica Papaya and study there Biochemical Application

    No full text
    Abstract: The nanopartical offer several advantages over other conventional drug delivery systems. Nanoparticles have gained importance in technological advancements due to their modifiable physical, chemical and biological properties with improved performance over their bulk foils. Nanoparticles can simply move in the body due to their small size and reach very complex organs through divers routes. The high stability, controlled drug release makes nanoparticles the most suitable drug delivery system. The study of different methods of synthesis of nanoparticles is essential to obtain desired nanoparticle with specific sizes and shapes. They are suitable candidates for various marketable and local application, which include imaging, catalysis medical application and environmental application. Keywords: Nanopartical, bulk foil, divers routes. Title: Green synthesis of silver Nanoparticle using Carica Papaya and study there Biochemical Application Author: Ms.Pallavi R.Bhagat, Ms. Shubhangi Sahebsingh Rajput, Ms. Shruti Prashant Chavan International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online) Vol. 10, Issue 4, October 2022 - December 2022 Page No: 35-39 Research Publish Journals Website: www.researchpublish.com Published Date: 06-November-2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7296295 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/green-synthesis-of-silver-nanoparticle-using-carica-papaya-and-study-there-biochemical-applicationInternational Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations, ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online), Research Publish Journals, Website: www.researchpublish.co

    Image of Indian Woman In Woman\u27s Poetry

    No full text
    The voices of the women are reverberating in the for a long time and throughout history, but only in songs sung to highlight spiritual yearning or in lyrics and passionate love songs. For a long time, Indian women had been engulfed in the whirlpool of pain and suffering that was orthodox society. Despite the fact that much has been done to alleviate their plight since the time of William Bentick to curb the evil practises against women, and that social reformer like Raja Ram Mohan Roy advocated for widow remarriages and the restoration of her rights. However, the pace of reformation remains slow. Women\u27s voices have yet to be heard, despite the fact that women in India have been fortunate enough to hold high and honourable positions of power. However, the fact remains that traditional bound society has yet to fully liberate Indian women. There are undeniable differences between male and female temperaments, and these differences are evident in everything that both sexes attempt. Aside from the necessary technical standards, what matters in art is the expression of the individual temperament. This paper attempts to map the image of Women in the poems written by the women

    Mechanism and performance evaluation of spent-coffee grounds-derived nanocomposite materials for highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutant

    No full text
    The study demonstrates a facile and environmentally friendly method for synthesizing crystalline TiO2 nanoparticles on the surface of hydrochar generated from readily available biomass waste, i.e., spent coffee grounds (SCGs), using a simple sol–gel process. The hydrochar served as a support for TiO2, reducing the rate at which electrons and holes recombine during photocatalysis, thereby facilitating the effective binding of TiO2, enhancing its adsorption capacity, and the convenient separation of the photocatalyst after usage. The materials were tested in the photocatalytic degradation of an organic pollutant, methylene blue (MB) dye. TiO2-hydrochar obtained at 210 ⁰C has the best performance, giving a degradation efficiency of 98.5 % and a mineralization efficiency of 87.1 % in 90 min at neutral pH. Radical trapping experiments showed being the dominant species, followed by . Besides, it showed superior stability with an activity loss of ∼ 9.2 % after five runs. The superior performance of the HCT210 was ascribed to the enhanced interfacial charge transfer kinetics between the TiO2 and hydrochar through bond formation, better light absorption, and the high surface area of the materials. Performance metrics show that synthesized nanocomposites are promising photocatalysts, providing a biomass-assisted method for robust photocatalytic wastewater treatment.Killam TrustsNatural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC

    Hydrothermal carbonization of sawdust for hydrochar production to prepare solid fuels

    No full text
    Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of sawdust for producing hydrochar was optimized using response surface methodology (RSM). After optimization, the combustion behaviour and other relevant fuel properties of hydrochar that was obtained at the optimized conditions were studied. Additionally, the aqueous phase obtained at the optimized conditions was recycled as the reaction medium for producing hydrochar and the influence of the aqueous phase recycling on the hydrochar yield and properties was evaluated. The results indicated that the highest hydrochar yield of 84.23 wt.% under the predicted optimum conditions of temperature of 162.23°C, 2.51 h, feedstock loading of 10.71 wt.%, and catalyst loading of 7.99 wt.%. Furthermore, it was found that the use of recycled aqueous phase as the reaction medium led to an increase in the hydrochar yield, higher heating value (HHV), and energy yield, and difference in combustion behaviour was minor. Overall, this study filled the gap in HTC literature regarding the effect of catalyst on hydrochar production and provided a practical solution to treat the aqueous phase

    Heuristics2Annotate: Efficient Annotation of Large-Scale Marathon Dataset For Bounding Box Regression

    No full text
    Annotating a large-scale in-the-wild person re-identification dataset especially of marathon runners is a challenging task. The variations in the scenarios such as camera viewpoints, resolution, occlusion, and illumination make the problem non-trivial. Manually annotating bounding boxes in such large-scale datasets is cost-inefficient. Additionally, due to crowdedness and occlusion in the videos, aligning the identity of runners across multiple disjoint cameras is a challenge. We collected a novel large-scale in-the-wild video dataset of marathon runners. The dataset consists of hours of recording of thousands of runners captured using 42 hand-held smartphone cameras and covering real-world scenarios. Due to the presence of crowdedness and occlusion in the videos, the annotation of runners becomes a challenging task. We propose a new scheme for tackling the challenges in the annotation of such large dataset. Our technique reduces the overall cost of annotation in terms of time as well as budget. We demonstrate performing fps analysis to reduce the effort and time of annotation. We investigate several annotation methods for efficiently generating tight bounding boxes. Our results prove that interpolating bounding boxes between keyframes is the most efficient method of bounding box generation amongst several other methods and is 3x times faster than the naive baseline method. We introduce a novel way of aligning the identity of runners in disjoint cameras. Our inter-camera alignment tool integrated with the state-of-the-art person re-id system proves to be sufficient and effective in the alignment of the runners across multiple cameras with non-overlapping views. Our proposed framework of annotation reduces the annotation cost of the dataset by a factor of 16x, also effectively aligning 93.64\% of the runners in the cross-camera setting
    corecore