Life Sciences

A special type of Red sandy dunal soil [Theri-soil] of Tamil Nadu is called Theri-soilsTheri-soils. (Theri-soil) are located in Tuticorin, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts of Tamil Nadu. The Merits of Theri lands are deep sand zone, good permeability and quality ground water. The Demerits of Their lands are un suitable for agriculture, the surface of the soil is not plane, higher level of soil erosion, sand dunes, from the top to the bottom only sand, low nutrients and minerals and Low water holding capacity.

Aim of the study: Is to assess the effectiveness of Swedish massage on improvement of mood disorders among women with breast Cancer. Background: Breast cancer and its treatment are associated with several complications, the most common being pain and psychological distress, which includes concerns about the illness and declining health, disturbances in concentration, loss of appetite, depression, anxiety and anger. Massage is one of the most common and suited non-medical interventions in cancer patients.

Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) is a zoonosis affecting both human and non-human primates (NHP).The virus causing the outbreak has been characterized as Zaire Ebolavirus (EBOV). EBOV belongs to the genus Ebolavirus which together with the genus Marburgvirus forms the family of Filoviridae. Managing Ebola patients in the African setting was a major challenge since there was no effective antiviral drug and no specific vaccine available. Only supportive care could be administered, to sustain cardiac and renal functions with prudent use of perfusion.

The study evaluated the effects of substituting inorganic selenium with organic selenium on broiler chicken’s growth performance. We used 972 male Ross broiler chickens that were randomly distributed in 36 pens with 27 birds each. The birds were fed an ad libitum (at one’s pleasure) corn-soybean diet from one to 43 days of age. The treatments consisted of two main groups, the whole or fractional inorganic sodium selenium (IS) treatments and the organic selenium (OS) produced by Sel-Plex®.

The present study deals with an efficient in vitro propagation of an endangered medicinally important Tylophora indica (Burm f.) Merill well known in traditional medicine for the treatment of asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough and dysentery. Micropropagation of T.indica was carried out using various combinations and concentrations of growth hormones among which best result was observed with Adenine sulphate (2.0mg/l) in combination with BAP(1.0mg/l).A callus free multiple shoot formation was observed with the above combination.

A rapid, simple, selective and sensitive LC-MS/MS method was developed for the determination of Amlodipine Besylate and Hydrochlorothiazide in human plasma using Amlodipine D4 and HCTZ 15N213C D2 as internal standard (IS). The method was developed with turbid ion spray (TIS) in the positive ion and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. The mobile phase was Water: Methanol (05:95) with 1 ml Ammonia Solution. Chromatographic separation was achieved on CHIRALCEL OZ-3R, 4.6 x 150 mm, column with a flow rate of 1.0ml/min.

This study aims to find and analyze the science curriculum based on Quran used in schools as a form of efforts to improve the quality of student personality. This research used descriptive qualitative analysis, the research was conducted in High School Al-Muhajirin Purwakarta West Java, from this research can be seen that the use of science curriculum based on Quran can change the quality of student's personality, the use of science curriculum based on Quran can improve personality students become religious person, have science science in islamiah, and have good behavior.

This study aimed to review findings of scientific articles which the use of proteomic tools made it possible to characterize the metabolic profile of obese individuals. We searched the electronic databases: Scielo, PubMed, Lilacs and capes. The time period was defined as 10 years, having as main keywords: proteomics, proteome, obesity, biomarkers. The use of serum proteomic techniques proposed prognostic markers for diseases and diseases resulting from obesity, such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

The frailty syndrome presents high prevalence in the advanced ages and causes risks of fall and disability. Objective: To evaluate the association of frailty syndrome with depression in the elderly. Method: 197 elderly people living in the municipality of Ivoti /Brazil participated. The instruments evaluated the frailty syndrome, depression, social support, cognition, stressors and coping strategies. Descriptive statistical analysis and multiple linear regression were performed.

In this paper, the author discusses the issues surrounding the intersectionality of psychology in India. The current state of psychology in India is conversed along with varying social issues that pertain to hindrances towards the implementation of Western style of psychology in India. These social issues addressed are accessibility, familial expectation, cultural norms, and values.