Solubility of ZnO Nanoparticles in Food Media: An Analysis Using a Novel Semiclosed Dynamic System

In the present study, an attempt was made to study the effect of plant extract on Sexual behaviour of Mutant Strain (Curled) of Drosophila melanogaster. The LC50 has been estimated with 1% of the food media. The virgin females and males were isolated and fed with normal food media for three days. Then sub-lethal concentrations of 0.625 μl / 100 ml food, 1.2 μl /100 ml food, 2.5μl /100 / food of nicotine were mixed in food medium and allowed in flies to feed for two days. Then appropriate combination of untreated / treated males and females were introduced into the mating chamber. Courtship latency, mating latency and copulation duration were studied. After observation of the behaviour, mated flies were allowed to produce progeny. The sexual behaviour of bachelor male and virgin female obtained in the progeny was also studied. The pooled data were analyzed by student t-test and the result indicates p-value significant at 0.05 levels. The courtship latency was affected by in treatment but it is neither dose dependent nor sex dependent.

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ANALYSIS OF THE UNIVERSITY S VIABILITY AS COMPLEX DYNAMIC SYSTEM

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS ◽

10.15276/eltecs.27.103.2018.31 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 27 (103) ◽

pp. 264-272 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

V. P. Mygal, ◽

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G. V. Mygal

Keyword(s):

Dynamic System ◽

Complex Dynamic ◽

Complex Dynamic System ◽

The University

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Polycaprolactone based membranes for the degradation of diclofenac present in water samples using ZnO nanoparticles as the active agent

MRS Advances ◽

10.1557/adv.2020.417 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (61) ◽

pp. 3153-3161

Author(s):

Marco Antonio Juárez Sánchez ◽

Miguel Ángel Meléndez Lira ◽

Celestino Odín Rodríguez Nava

Keyword(s):

Zno Nanoparticles ◽

Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽

Active Agent ◽

Heterogeneous Photocatalysis ◽

Nano Particles ◽

Electrical Characteristics ◽

Unit Operation ◽

Fields Of Study ◽

Drug Contamination ◽

Positive Results

AbstractDrug contamination in water is one of the current fields of study. Since 1990, the presence of drugs in drinking water has been a concern to scientists and public. In Mexico, these organic compounds are not efficiently removed in wastewater treatment plants; therefore, alternative methodologies have been studied that allow these compounds to have a high percentage of degradation or be completely degraded. One example of these techniques is heterogeneous photocatalysis which has obtained positive results in the degradation of drugs using ZnO nanoparticles. These are commonly selected for their electrical characteristics, even though they disperse in water and an additional unit operation is required to separate them from the liquid medium. To eliminate drugs with nano particles in a single stage, polycaprolactone-based membranes with adhered ZnO nanoparticles, by means of electrospinning, were prepared to degrade drugs such as diclofenac. The technique used has shown to efficiently break down diclofenac in 4 hours according to the capillary electrophoresis readings.

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