Shikha Dwivedi, Shefalee Singh, Adeel Ahmad Khan, Manoj Kumar, Sunil P. Trivedi
{"title":"Cyto-genotoxic Alterations in Erythrocytes of Fish, Channa Punctatus Exposed to Benzo[a]Pyrene","authors":"Shikha Dwivedi, Shefalee Singh, Adeel Ahmad Khan, Manoj Kumar, Sunil P. Trivedi","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01418-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01418-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) is a source of profound global concern due to its intrinsic toxicity and potential to cause deleterious impacts on aquatic organisms. This study aims to assess B[a]P-induced genotoxic perturbations in fish, <i>Channa punctatus</i>. The experiment was designed for a 96-hour acute exposure period, involving four groups i.e., I- control, II- solvent control, III- 1/20th of 96-h LC<sub>50,</sub> and IV- 1/10th of 96-h LC<sub>50</sub> of B[a]P, respectively, with four fish in each group. Following the completion of the 96-hour exposure period, micronuclei (MN), nuclear abnormalities (NAs), and DNA tail% were evaluated in the erythrocytes of test fish. Significant (<i>p</i> < 0.05) increments in MN, NAs, and DNA tail% were recorded in both the B[a]P exposed groups after a 96-h exposure period. The study conclusively confirms the DNA damage induced by B[a]P and underscores its profound significance in the conservation and effective mitigation of fish diversity in delicate aquatic ecosystems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"47 6","pages":"625 - 628"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biosorption of Cu+ 2 by Green Algae, Ulva fasciata: Optimization by Response Surface Methodology","authors":"Kishore Kumar Kadimpati, Sujatha Sanneboina, Sathish Thadikamala, Krishna Prasad Mondithoka","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01419-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01419-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><i>U. fasciata</i> biomass, a green algae was used as adsorbent, investigated and optimized the environmental parameters using central factorial design for the Cu<sup>+ 2</sup> removal. Biosorption of Cu<sup>+ 2</sup> involves the functional groups –CO, –OH, and N–H of <i>U. fasciata</i> biomass. Various parameters were estimated using Response Surface Methodology (RSM), including pH (4–6), initial Cu<sup>+ 2</sup> concentration (60–140 mg L<sup>− 1</sup>), biomass dosage (0.08–0.40 g L<sup>− 1</sup>) and temperature (20–40 °C). It was found that the uptake of Cu<sup>+ 2</sup> by <i>U. fasciata was</i> 62.31 mg L<sup>− 1</sup> at an initial concentration of 80 mg L<sup>− 1</sup>, a temperature of 35 °C, and a pH of 5.245. In order to analyze the equilibrium data, applied Langmuir, Freundlich, Langmuir-Friendly (L-R), and Redlich-Peterson (L-R) isotherm models. The multiple mechanisms were involved in the removal of Cu<sup>+ 2</sup> including chelation, ion-exchange and adsorption on <i>UF</i> biomass. It is believed that the <i>U. fasciata</i> biomass is a suitable material for the removal of Cu<sup><i>+ 2</i></sup> ions from wastewaters.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"47 6","pages":"633 - 637"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40009-024-01419-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Slope Stability Analysis of Earthen Dam under Seismic Loading","authors":"Neha Chaudhary, Kumar Venkatesh","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01426-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01426-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Researches in geotechnical engineering and day-to-day up-gradation in the earth moving machineries have enabled the construction of high earthen dams more easy and safe. With changing seismic conditions of the tectonic plates, it has become important to design each structure in a way it can withstand various earthquake conditions. Although, flexibility of soil material offers good seismic stability to the structures but stability of earthen structures depends largely on geometry, material properties and different conditions it has to bear during its design life. An earthen dam designed keeping all these aspects in mind, is a cost-efficient method of retaining water. This work is centered around the analysis of slope stability of a section of Durgawati Earthen Dam built in Kaimur district of Bihar. The study takes into concern the behavior of slope of the earthen dam under different drawdown conditions along with seismic conditions developed. Various methods have been developed for slope stability analysis but all have some or the other limitations. Thus, the exact behavior of the dam in real-time is not predictable. Here, a comparative analysis of conventional method and finite element method has been run. In the study, it has been found that the difference in conventional and finite element method can reach upto 40%. The change of factor of safety (FOS) in different situations gives us an overview of the crucial phase in dam’s design life.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"48 1","pages":"45 - 49"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Talat Anjum, V. Narsimhaji, Shevita Pandita, Yashoda, Shiddhamallayya, Sanjay K. Singh, N. Srikant
{"title":"Authentication and Quality Evaluation of Herbal Crude Drugs from Indian Markets","authors":"Talat Anjum, V. Narsimhaji, Shevita Pandita, Yashoda, Shiddhamallayya, Sanjay K. Singh, N. Srikant","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01411-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01411-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Medicinal plants or chemical substances derived from plants are the source of therapeutic ingredients considered important drugs currently in use in the world. In India, the AYUSH system has been included in mainstream healthcare and all these traditional systems of medicine rely on herbal crude drugs. Trading in dried raw plant drugs with no traceability to their origin is quite common in Indian markets. The safety, potency and efficacy of herbal drugs depend upon the use of standardized crude raw drugs. Present study serves as baseline information for herbal drug regulatory authorities to have strict guidelines on the sale of crude drugs and also the need for implementation of Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP). In the present study, 295 market samples of 102 crude drugs were studied for quality standards and genuineness. It was found that 17% of the crude market samples were adulterated and 83% were botanically correct species, as these complied with diagnostic macro-microscopical characters of authentic crude drugs. However, the qualitative analysis indicated that the foreign matter, total ash, acid insoluble ash, and water soluble extractive values of these market samples deviated from authentic samples by 5% to > 15%, indicating thereby that samples collected from market may differ in collection time, storage practices like drying process, storage, time /season of collection and geography which may affect its pharmaceutical quality.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"47 6","pages":"705 - 711"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Area and Power Modeling of Mod (({2}^{mathbf{n}}-mathbf{K})) Adder Structure for 6-Input Lookup Table Based FPGAs","authors":"Tukur Gupta, Gaurav Verma, Shamim Akhter","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01414-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01414-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This research article demonstrates the application of regression technique in construction of area and power estimation models for the field programmable gate array (FPGA) based implementation of modular adder. Modular adders are essential building elements of residue number system (RNS) processors. Design of Mod (<span>({2}^{n}-K)</span>) adder (<span>(text{K}in text{I} [3, {2}^{text{n}-1}-1])</span>) discussed in this article was implemented by Ahmad Hiasat using application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) technology. The present work proposes area and power models for implementation of Hiasat’s modular adder design for FPGA device from Zynq-7000 family. Very high-speed integrated circuit hardware description language (VHDL) is used to model these designs followed by their behavioural verification using VIVADO 2014.2 tool. The proposed models are constructed using regression methodologies in MATLAB cloud based version using Curve Fit application. Accuracy of proposed models is validated against VIVADO tool.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"47 6","pages":"681 - 685"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First Occurrence Record of Grandidierella halophilus (Amphipoda, Aoridae) from Indian Coast","authors":"R. Kiran Kumar, Gitanjali Bhoi, Shesdev Patro","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01427-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01427-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present study claims the first occurrence report of <i>Grandidierella halophilus</i> Wongkamhaeng, Pholpunthin & Azman, 2012 from Indian waters. The species was identified as <i>Grandidierella halophilus</i> by carpochelate gnathopod 1, ventral margin of coxa of male gnathopod 2 posteriorly produced into a triangular expansion and having long plumose setae on the posterior margin of the basis of pereopod 7. The species was previously reported only from Thailand. The species was collected from Haripur creek, east coast of India and the salinity of the region was found to be 15 PSU. Based on the previous reports and as observed during the present study, it is concluded that the species is truly euryhaline. The present report increased the number of species in the genus from seven to eight in Indian waters.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"48 1","pages":"17 - 19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fusarium Dieback: Scientific Challenges and Priorities to Safeguard Indian tea Industry","authors":"Anjan Hazra, Rituparna Kundu Chaudhuri, Dipankar Chakraborti","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01413-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01413-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Among the various diseases affecting tea production, dieback (<i>Fusarium solani</i> (Mart.) Sacc) has recently emerged in various tea industries across the country. It is one of the most destructive diseases in northeastern India as well as in West Bengal, responsible for huge crop losses and a simultaneous loss in revenue. The reported causal organism of tea dieback disease needed to be characterized by screening available variants population-wide since the level of virulence and host specificity depends on their genetic background. Estimating genetic diversity and determining the phylogenetic structure of <i>F. solani</i> isolates from tea plants can provide valuable insights into the pathogen, potentially assisting in the long-term management of dieback issues within the Indian tea industry. Moreover, exploiting Indian tea genetic resources related to resistance is the most feasible method to recover production through marker assisted selection breeding programs. Understanding the pathogenic variability and counteracting the disease by selected genotypes will be able check the crop loss substantially.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"47 6","pages":"727 - 730"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cutaneous Fibroma in Largescale Mullet, Planiliza Macrolepis (Smith, 1846) from Rameswaram Island, Southeast India","authors":"Yosuva Mariasingrayan, Jeyapragash Danaraj, Nguyen Dinh-Hung, Singaravel Vijayapoopathi, Kalidasan Kaliyamoorthy, Gopalakrishnan Ayyaru","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01415-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01415-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study was the first to identify a cutaneous fibroma, a type of skin tumor, in a largescale mullet (<i>Planiliza macrolepis</i>). The distinct, irregularly oval, reddish-white, and fleshy tumors, measuring approximately 2.3 cm x 2.5 cm x 1 cm, were located in the dorsal region of the head and were separated from the underlying muscles by fat. Histopathologic analysis revealed irregular tissue with a dense fibrous stroma containing collagenous and reticular fibers and an abundance of rapidly growing, spindle-shaped hyperplastic cells arranged in interwoven bundles. This data advances our knowledge of skin tumors in fish, supporting future research in aquatic pathology, cancer, and environmental pollution.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"47 6","pages":"621 - 624"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Suman Patra, Smrutirekha Acharya, Rajesh Kumar Behera, K. K. Bineesh, Anil Mohapatra
{"title":"First Record of Ctenotrypauchen chinensis Steindachner 1867 (Gobiiformes: Oxudercidae) from the Indian Ocean","authors":"Suman Patra, Smrutirekha Acharya, Rajesh Kumar Behera, K. K. Bineesh, Anil Mohapatra","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01406-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01406-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Deep dwelling oxudercid goby <i>Ctenotrypauchen chinensis</i> Steindachner 1867 documented for the first time from the Indian Ocean. This report is based on the collections of two specimens from Andhra Pradesh, East coast of India. A table on morphometric relationships and detailed images of the Indian <i>C. chinensis</i> is provided. The systematics, distributional record and comparison with other genera of the Trypauchen group for the genus <i>Ctenotrypauchen</i> Steindachner 1867 are discussed in this paper.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"47 6","pages":"617 - 620"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficient Blockchain Enabled Checkpoint Approach for Securing Transaction in Banking Sector","authors":"Priyanka Chorey, Neeraj Sahu","doi":"10.1007/s40009-024-01408-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40009-024-01408-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Online secure payment systems have gained widespread popularity, even in roadside stores across countries like India, promoting cashless transactions. However, ensuring security remains pivotal during these transactions. Various new approaches are emerging, each with its own set of pros and cons. In order to solve the security and confidentiality concerns of transactions indistributed and multi-agent systems, this research aims to establish acheckpoint model that is enabled by blockchain for secure transactions in the banking sector. Datasets of transactions are randomly generated in Ganache simulation environment. The coding and comparative analyses were carried out in PyCharm tool where Ethereum blockchain sandboxed environment is used for development and testing. The comparative analysis is carried out for the parameter like number of blocks with respect to transaction recovery time, memory usage and responsiveness. The blockchain based hybrid access control consensus algorithm with checkpoint will provide new possibilities for online transactions with more security and scalability than other state of art methods.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"47 6","pages":"677 - 680"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142223977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}