A. Pasha, Azharul Haque Chowdhury, Asif Hussain, Sagar Mozumder, Mahmudur Rahman, Jayson A. Dela Fuente
{"title":"Identification of the ecosystem services and plant diversity in Ramna Park Dhaka","authors":"A. Pasha, Azharul Haque Chowdhury, Asif Hussain, Sagar Mozumder, Mahmudur Rahman, Jayson A. Dela Fuente","doi":"10.52152/spr/2021.147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52152/spr/2021.147","url":null,"abstract":"The fast development of urbanization in Dhaka frequently makes gigantic weight on its current green and open spaces. Dhaka city is experiencing e an enormous urban turn of events. The open spaces for example Parks, fields, water bodies among others are paying the cost for those huge advancement ventures of Dhaka city. Ramna Park is an urban recreational centre. It is a huge habitation for flora and fauna species especially avifauna. Various beneficiary ecosystem services are derived from the Ramna Park area. The given perspective inspired the authors to conduct the present study to identify the ecosystem services and the plants' species diversity in Ramna Park, Dhaka. Five specific types of provisioning services are identified in Ramna Park. The identified provisioning services are, eight different types of fish in the lake, Thirty-two different types of fruits (plant), Twenty-eight different types of medicinal (plant), Fifty-eight different types of ornamental (flower) plant species. Due to the huge vegetation cover, lots of dry leaves, twigs and dead dry things are also produced in Ramna Park. There are twenty-seven specific types of cultural services Park and Nine regulating services were identified in Ramna Park. Identified regulating services are, photosynthesis, carbon sequestration and storage, air quality regulation, pollination, and seed dispersal, air temperature regulation, airflow regulation, noise level control, water quality control, and waste management. It was noted in the study that Ramna Park is a huge habitat for plants, avifauna, fish, and some other faunal species. Moreover, it provides a huge range of habitat for eight fish species, forty-two bird species, and one hundred and fifty-one plant species. A total of one hundred fifty-one specific types of plant species were identified in Ramna Park. The identified plant species are categorized into four plant types trees (100 species), Herbs (15 species), Shrubs (24 species), and Climbers (12 species).","PeriodicalId":162349,"journal":{"name":"Science Progress and Research","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132533423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extraction, Purification of Tyrosinase and Tyrosinase Inhibitory Activity of Four Medicinal Plants from Nanded District (MS), India","authors":"M. Jadhav, S. Swami","doi":"10.52152/spr/2021.149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52152/spr/2021.149","url":null,"abstract":"Tyrosinase has an important role in melanin formation, is responsible for the production of colour pigments of skin, hair, and eye. In the presents study, tyrosinase was isolated from Mushrooms, isolation of enzyme was done by acetone precipitation procedure and precipitation of enzyme was done with ammonium sulphate precipitation method. Plants selected for extraction were Azadirachta indica (Neem), Manikara zapota (Chiku), Annona squamosa (Sitaphal), and Hibiscus Rosa-sinesis (China rose). For phytochemical screening Alkaloids-Mayer’s Test, Flavonoids (Shinoda Test, Alkaline Reagent Test), sugar (Benedict’s reagent Test), Glycosides (Borntrager's Test), Phenolic compounds Test (Ferric chloride Test, Gelatin Test, Lead Acetate Test). Mushroom tyrosinase inhibitory assay was determined by the spectroscopic method. The study shows the tyrosinase inhibitory activity of selected medicinal plants.","PeriodicalId":162349,"journal":{"name":"Science Progress and Research","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131246105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pharmacological Activity of Earthworms","authors":"Ravi, G. K. Gautam, Aarti Chopra","doi":"10.52152/spr/2021.144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52152/spr/2021.144","url":null,"abstract":"Earthworms have a significant role in soil structure and organic matter dynamics. They make up a considerable amount of macrofauna biomass and are a prominent component of soil fauna communities in most habitats. Soil structure, water flow, nutrient dynamics, and plant development are all influenced by earthworms. Earthworms have long been recognized for their medicinal benefits. Because earthworm tissues are a rich source of proteins, peptides, enzymes, and physiologically active compounds, extracts produced from them have been utilized to treat a variety of illnesses. Several investigations have found that earthworm extracts include a range of macromolecules with anti-oxidative, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and other properties. Some of these efforts included the use of earthworm preparation in the wound healing process. Earthworms are utilized as a part of a nutritious diet in several nations. They have a great nutritional value because of the large percentage of different proteins in their bodies. In addition to human food, earthworms are used to feed animals (fish, chicken, etc.).","PeriodicalId":162349,"journal":{"name":"Science Progress and Research","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124059660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FXR mediated bile acid signal to advance the study of cirrhosis of the liver regeneration","authors":"Xiaofeng Yuan, Xu Wen ,, Y. Ling, Mingliang Li","doi":"10.52152/spr/2021.128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52152/spr/2021.128","url":null,"abstract":"To explore the mechanism of FXR mediated bile acid signal to cirrhosis of the liver regeneration. The total sample size of 75 male SD rats were randomly divided equally into 3 groups i.e., 25 samples in each group. The three groups were cholic acid deficiency group, cholic acid load group and control group. Cholic acid load group of forage feed 0.2% cholic acid, cholic acid deficiency group feeding to enamine with 2%, the control to the fed standard feed. Liver body ratio, AST, and ALT, HGF levels, liver specimens, protein levels of There were no significant differences in ALT, AST and HGF levels among the three groups at the end of surgery (P>0.05), but from the 3rd day after surgery, ALT, and AST levels in the cholic acid-deficient group were higher than those in the cholic acid-loaded group and the control group, while HGF levels were lower than those in the cholic acid-loaded group and the control group (P<0.05).","PeriodicalId":162349,"journal":{"name":"Science Progress and Research","volume":"184 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116400229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haroon Ejaz, Muhammad Hassan Yousaf, S. Muhammad, Salman Ashiq, Qaisar Mehmood Saharan
{"title":"Role of periodic table elements in advanced energy storage devices","authors":"Haroon Ejaz, Muhammad Hassan Yousaf, S. Muhammad, Salman Ashiq, Qaisar Mehmood Saharan","doi":"10.52152/spr/2021.137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52152/spr/2021.137","url":null,"abstract":"Every electronic device required energy to operate. Most of the electronic devices are consume stored energy. Energy can be stored in the device like batteries, fuel cells, and capacitors. Elements of the periodic table are playing their role significantly in such energy storage devices. In this review article, different elements are reviewed with different methods that how efficiently these are working to make storage possible. An element like lithium in LIBs can be stored up to 4 volts of power which is the strongest behavior ever. It has earned huge attention in the commercial market all across. Carbon with nitrogen can give a high charge capacity of 487 mAh/g with retention of over 80%. So, it has high capacity load performance. Na-ion batteries are used for large-scale energy storage. These have up to 372 mAh/g storage capacity. K-ion batteries have fast ionic conductivity so these can have up to 710 mAh/g storage capacity.Ca-ion shows the impressive character toward its feature and gives storage upto 200 mAh/g. Cobalt batteries also show devoting behavior and can be stored up to a capacity 707 mAh/g at the current density of 90 mAh/g. Zn-ions show tremendous character in an aqueous medium. These batteries have a storage capacity of upto 810 mAh/g. Sulfur hybrid battery with lithium gives a reversible capacity of more than 900 mAh/g which is exceptional. All of these and more elements have very much promising behavior for storage with multiple cycles. This review article builds interest and trust in these elements.","PeriodicalId":162349,"journal":{"name":"Science Progress and Research","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127690172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elimination of heavy metals and pesticides from wastewater by using Bagasse Fly Ash","authors":"Haroon Ejaz, Qaisar Mehmood Saharan, Salman Ashiq","doi":"10.52152/spr/2021.131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52152/spr/2021.131","url":null,"abstract":"Bagasse Fly Ash (BFA) is a rejected material of bagasse that is produced in the sugar industry after burning as a fuel. After this discovery, it is used as a cheap, effective and more reliable adsorbent with the highest elimination rate than activated carbon for various harmful heavy metals and pesticides at different factors like pH, contact time, adsorbent dose, adsorbate concentration, temperature, particle size by Batch and column studies. Pesticides and heavy metals have more adverse effects on human health as well as on the water bodies organisms like many systems as reproduction, urinary, neurological, circulatory, digestive, soil fertility fluctuations as acidity and basicity. Various techniques were utilized for the elimination of heavy metals and pesticides in the past with high expenses as well as difficult to manage. But in future, this review may help in new efficient adsorbent with high removal ability at a low price as well as easy to use than others adsorbents for the elimination of harmful heavy metals and pesticides from wastewater.","PeriodicalId":162349,"journal":{"name":"Science Progress and Research","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124680518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neela Sunuwar, A. Twayana, S. Panthi, Aakash Koirala, Swotantra Gautam
{"title":"Pupil sparing Cranial Nerve III Palsy and Hemiparesis, Weber Syndrome: A Case Report and literature review","authors":"Neela Sunuwar, A. Twayana, S. Panthi, Aakash Koirala, Swotantra Gautam","doi":"10.52152/spr/2021.133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52152/spr/2021.133","url":null,"abstract":"Midbrain stroke especially Weber syndrome is a rare case seldom reported in the literature. It involves oculomotor nerve palsy and contralateral hemiparesis. A 46-year-old female presented with sudden onset of blurring of vision along with right-sided hemiparesis, right upper motor neuron type cranial nerve (CN) VII palsy, left-sided CN III palsy, and left-sided ptosis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed T2 flair/hyperintensity in the left side of the midbrain, bilateral gangliocapsular regions, and centrum semi vale indicating acute infarct and chronic ischemic changes respectively as well as a high signal area on the T2/FLAIR sequence, indicating sinusitis. Ocular manifestations of a midbrain stroke are highlighted in this case study, particularly Weber syndrome, which also entails contralateral hemiparesis. A better prognosis can be achieved with early diagnosis and treatment. In our case report, a CT scan was found to be normal and the diagnosis of Weber syndrome was made only after MRI confirming its sensitivity to detect intracranial lesions.","PeriodicalId":162349,"journal":{"name":"Science Progress and Research","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121389265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Mental health impact of COVID-19: Salisbury District Hospital","authors":"Carta Sf","doi":"10.52152/spr/2021.130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52152/spr/2021.130","url":null,"abstract":"Data obtained included the total number of ED presentations, and the number presenting with deliberate self-harm, suicidal intent, lacerations, anxiety, depression, psychosis and overdose. Data collected was statistically analyzed using the two-proportion z-test. Data from ICU showed a 15.7% increase in specified mental health presentations from 2019 to 2020, compared to a 0.65% decrease from 2018 to 2019. The MHLT report revealed no statistical difference in the number of referrals made between 2019 and 2020. ED data showed mental health issues made up 2.06% of all presentations in 2020, a statistically significant increase compared to 1.53% in 2019 due to the large sample size. Despite fewer overall admissions to ICU and presentations to ED at Salisbury District Hospital in 2020, the percentage of these due to self-harm, overdose and suicidal attempts have increased compared to the same period in 2019 and 2018. Similar patterns are emerging in studies, both in the UK and internationally, and long-term consequences on the mental health of the population are to be expected.","PeriodicalId":162349,"journal":{"name":"Science Progress and Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130879117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biochemical, Nutritional and Technological aspects of Pita Bread","authors":"Muhammad Waqar","doi":"10.52152/spr/2021.132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52152/spr/2021.132","url":null,"abstract":"The present research work was carried out to determine the biochemical, nutritional, and technological attributes of pita bread. Pita bread of composite flour was prepared and the results were compared with the control sample in terms of different attributes. Results showed that the moisture, protein, ash, and fat content of composite flour varied from 9.11 to 12.36%, 7.36 to 8.58%, 0.47 to 1.46%, 3.41 to 4.95%, respectively. Whereas antioxidant activity showed that the TPC varied from 6.80 to 8.55%, Total flavonoids varied from 158.33±0.02 to 158.50±0.06, DPPH varied from 20.5 to 41.5, and phytic acid of composite flour varied from 3.53 to 6.40. Pasting properties showed that pasting temperature, peak viscosity, trough viscosity, breakdown viscosity, final viscosity, setback viscosity, and peak time varied from 52.05 to 83.15°C, 2683.00 to 3525.7cP, 643.0 to 1645.0cP, 923 to 1138cP, 1432 to1634cP, and 5.67 to 6.33, respectively. While in the pita bread, ash, protein, moisture, fat, fiber, and NFE content varied from 0.48 to 1.96%, 8.14 to 10.14% 21.55 to 25.91%, 3.41 to 4.94%, 3.35 to 4.84%, and 73.29 to 76.60%, respectively. Composite flour improved the nutritional and sensorial properties of bread and did not impose any negative effect on the bread.","PeriodicalId":162349,"journal":{"name":"Science Progress and Research","volume":"320 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122526747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Weather and Covid-19 outbreak correlation in Dhaka District, Bangladesh","authors":"Shuvashish Das Bala","doi":"10.52152/spr/2021.129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52152/spr/2021.129","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this research is to examine the connection in Dhaka District, Bangladesh, between the weather and the covid-19 outbreak. This research devoted a secondary data comprehensive review of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department's surveillance data for covid-19. The weather components include the average temperature (°C), Humidity (%). For data interpretation, a Spearman-rank correlation test was used. Among the weather elements, the average temperature (°C) (r = 0.741; p < .01), and humidity (r = 0.993; p < .01)was significantly associated with the pandemic of covid-19. In Dhaka District, Bangladesh, the result needs to be introduced for reducing the mortality risk of covid-19. Temperature and Humidity are essential parameters in Dhaka District for increasing COVID-19 transmission. This study shows there are 37,080 confirmed cases of Covid-19 patients in the Dhaka district. There is a significant relationship between Covid-19 outbreaks and weather. The major factors affecting infectious diseases such as extreme acute respiretory syndrome (SARS) and COVID-19 are weather and climate factors.","PeriodicalId":162349,"journal":{"name":"Science Progress and Research","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126892585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}