16 research outputs found
Functional Foods and Beverages: Recent Trends
No full textThis Dissertation / Report is the outcome of investigation carried out by the creator(s) / author(s) at the department/division of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore mentioned below in this page
In-vitro Bioactivity Studies and Food Incorporation of Chilli Carotenoids
No full textThis Dissertation / Report is the outcome of investigation carried out by the creator(s) / author(s) at the department/division of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore mentioned below in this page
Navigating loneliness in the 30s: How ‘Sahelis’ help us cope with the alienation of urban life
No full text'Our girlfriends are intuitive beings and they are proficient in reading our minds, perhaps owing to the similarity of our gendered realities', writes the author
Polysaccharide-Based Theranostic Systems for Combined Imaging and Cancer Therapy: Recent Advances and Challenges
No full textDesigning novel systems for efficient cancer treatment and improving the quality of life for patients is a prime requirement in the healthcare sector. In this regard, theranostics have recently emerged as a unique platform, which combines the benefits of both diagnosis and therapeutics delivery. Theranostics have the desired contrast agent and the drugs combined in a single carrier, thus providing the opportunity for real-time imaging to monitor the therapy results. This helps in reducing the hazards related to treatment overdose or underdose and gives the possibility of personalized therapy. Polysaccharides, as natural biomolecules, have been widely explored to develop theranostics, as they act as a matrix for simultaneously loading both contrast agents and drugs for their utility in drug delivery and imaging. Additionally, their remarkable physicochemical attributes (biodegradability, satisfactory safety profile, abundance, and diversity in functionality and charge) can be tuned via postmodification, which offers numerous possibilities to develop theranostics with desired characteristics. Hence, we provide an overview of recent advances in polysaccharide matrix-based theranostics for drug delivery combined with magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, positron emission tomography, single photon emission computed tomography, and ultrasound imaging. Herein, we also summarize the toxicity assessment of polysaccharides, associated contrast agents, and nanotoxicity along with the challenges and future research directions. Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.BT/Biocatalysi
The Plural Self: A Comprehensive Exploration of the Effects of Hierarchy in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies
No full textStorytelling is an act just as much personal as it is political. Stories help us to craft bridges and allow us to attempt to understand the lived experiences of those different from ourselves. More than that, they allow us to see our commonalities with one another.
I engage with the transnationalist author Jhumpa Lahiri’s works of fiction, in particular, Interpreter of Maladies. Lahiri\u27s collection of stories encapsulates and highlights the gendered, racial, classist, and linguistic hierarches that are pervasive in our daily lives through characters who are affected by colonization, straddling between the values of collectivist and individualist cultures. My interest lies in the foundations of disparity in social positioning for individuals: the various hierarchical ideologies that weave through every facet of our lives. My aim is to analyze Lahiri’s compilation of short stories in light of such aforementioned hierarchies; I draw my analysis from feminist, intersectional, Chicana, postcolonial, and Marxist scholars to explore the text through the critical lens of gender. I also investigate how Lahiri explores the capacity of language to unite aspects of one’s identity and resist cultural domination. Finally, I evaluate the debilitating effects a consumerist, neoliberal system can have on individuals on a personal and cultural level.
For Lahiri, language and storytelling is a medium for cultural resistance. I intend to understand the disparaging consequences of hierarchies and the leveraging capability of storytelling and language as a way to contest the dominant culture and as a means of empowerment
Development of Breathable, Self-Sealing Protective Garment
No full textabstract: “Smart” materials are used for a broad range of application including electronics, bio-medical devices, and smart clothing. This work focuses on development of smart self-sealing and breathable protective gear for soldiers against Chemical Weapon Agents (CWA). Specifically, the response of chemo-mechanical swelling polymer modified meshes to contact with stimuli droplets was studied. Theoretical discussion of the mechanism of smart materials is followed by development and experimental analysis of different modified mesh designs. A multi-physics model is proposed based on experimental data and the prototype of the fabric is tested in aerosol impingement conditions to confirm the barrier formed by rapid-self-sealing feature of the design.Dissertation/ThesisMasters Thesis Mechanical Engineering 201
Removal of levosulpiride from pharmaceutical wastewater using an advanced integrated treatment strategy comprising physical, chemical, and biological treatment
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Study of heart rate variability test in prediabetes, prehypertension and co-existing prediabetes with prehypertension subjects
No full textIntroduction: Cardiac autonomic neuropathy is common in people with diabetes and hypertension and increases the risk of heart disease. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a reliable method to assess cardiac autonomic function. However, limited information exists about HRV changes before these conditions develop. This study aimed to assess HRV changes in individuals with prediabetes, prehypertension, and both conditions together.
Method: A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted on 120 participants (both sexes, mean age 40.24±7.34 years) after ethical approval. Participants were categorized into four groups (n=30 each): control, prediabetes, prehypertension, and coexisting prediabetes with prehypertension, based on HbA1c and blood pressure measured on two occasions. HRV was recorded for 5 minutes in the sitting position using the Polar H10 device, and time- and frequency-domain parameters were analyzed and compared with controls.
Result: Total Power was significantly lower in the coexisting group and prehypertensive group compared to controls (p<0.001). Time-domain indices- RMSSD, NN50, pNN50, and SDNN were also markedly reduced in the coexisting and prehypertensive groups compared to controls (p<0.001 for all). The mean RR interval was shorter in the coexisting group (p<0.001), indicating a higher resting heart rate. Maximum and minimum heart rates were also significantly higher (p = 0.032 and 0.002, respectively). HRV parameters showed no significant difference between the prediabetes and control groups.
Conclusion: HRV was lowest in the coexisting group, moderately reduced in prehypertension, and unchanged in prediabetes. Coexistence of prediabetes and prehypertension causes greater autonomic dysfunction, highlighting the importance of early detection and prevention
