Efficacy of homoeopathic medicines Zincum metallicum 6CH and Zincum metallicum 12CH on growth of Abelmoschus esculentus L. (Bhindi) in a natural environment: A placebo-controlled study

Objectives: Homoeopathic dilutions are used to increase active principles in medicinal plants, detoxify plants, increase plant growth rate and fruit production, improve plant metabolism and control diseases. This controlled experimental prospective study was conducted to evaluate the effect of homoeopathic medicines Zincum metallicum 6CH and Z. metallicum 12CH on plant growth of Abelmoschus esculentus L. in a natural environment. This study helps assess and establish the role of homoeopathy in propagating plant growth. Materials and Methods: A. esculentus seeds were cultivated in a designated area of the Homoeopathy University campus. Among these, 30 received Zincum 6CH (20 drops in 1 litre water), while 30 received Zincum 12CH (20 drops in 1 L water) and 30 received normal water. After 60 days, the entire plant was measured for height, pod length and productivity. Results: After 60 days, the number of fruits (plant productivity) in the groups receiving Zincum 6CH and 12CH was 335 and 267, respectively; in the group receiving normal water, the number of fruits was 159. The heights of plants receiving Zincum 6CH (M = 48.4 cm, SD = 2.65) and 12CH (M = 40.1 cm, SD = 2.39) were comparatively more than in plants receiving normal water (M = 31.6 cm SD = 2.26). The length of pods in plants receiving Zincum 6CH (M=13.3 cm, SD = 0.96) and 12CH (M = 10.3 cm, SD = 0.97) was comparatively more than in plants receiving normal water (M = 8.9 cm SD = 0.62). Conclusion: The application of potentised homoeopathic medicines Zincum 6CH and 12CH on A. esculentus demonstrated a beneficial result, as observed through significant differences in plant productivity, mean plant height and mean pod length among the experimental and control groups. Zincum 6CH showed more efficacy than 12CH in all aspects of growth.

Case report of COVID-19 in a Hypertensive patient: Ayurvedic add on therapy

COVID-19 has affected negatively day to day life and global economy. Considering need for search of immunity modulator drugs for fighting this virus, Ayurvedic treatment was planned. 30 year old female patient, having history of the hypertension was diagnosed as a case of COVID-19 through RT-PCR. AYUSH Kwath (20 ml OD for 7 days), Sanshamani vati(2BD for 7 days), Sudarshan churn (3gm for14 days), Vit –C and Azithromycin given orally for 5 days. RT-PCR sample result was found COVID negative on 7th day of treatment. Antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, immune-modulatory activities were documented earlier of used medications which have shown beneficial result in present case also. Orally administered, add on Ayurvedic formulation exerted symptomatic relief in symptomatic COVID-19 case with pitta-kapha prakriti having co-morbidity of Hypertension. RCT needs to be conducted to validate result in larger sample which will generate evidence for support.

Micropropagation of Rose (Rosa Hybrida) Using Invitro Technique by Natural Hormone

In recent years ,several Micropropagation technique has been established, to make some improved method of crop yield production the natural hormone from other plant species were selected for the beneficial result in the plant species. The Micro propagation technique is carried out in Rosa hybrida explant by providing the different natural shooting and rooting hormone in three different compositions with the half strength of MS medium , it is to predict the ability of which natural hormone is being utilized by the nodal explant of Rosa hybrida. The three different natural shooting and rooting hormone are Aloe vera gel extract and the tender coconut water with 50 ml and 100 ml and 150 ml of concentration in half strength MS media and the Cinnamon powder alone taken in the .5 g,1g and 1.5 g of concentration in half strength MS media due to the powdery form. These were proceeded in aseptic condition of propagation as a result it has been noticed that among the three natural hormone the remarkable growth has been found in the tender coconut water provided nodal segment in all the three concentration .This article has a goal to promote the use of the natural rooting role in the plant breeding industry.

Securitizing Energy Cooperation: Israel's Regional Shift in the East-Mediterranean

Does energy securitization promote or hinder regional cooperation over energy resources? This paper argues that policymakers frame energy issues as existential threats to facilitate both outcomes, depending on how they perceive the reliability of their country's energy supply. When countries are confident in their supply, they begin to seek regional cooperation opportunities that they had previously rejected. Rather than abandon existential rhetoric that served to prevent cooperation when supply was vulnerable, policymakers adopt opposing constructs of security and direct them toward different audiences to gain their support. When addressing the international community, policymakers employ neoliberal concepts of security as a mutually beneficial result of trade and cooperation. When addressing domestic audiences, policymakers employ realist paradigms of security as competition toward self-preservation and dominance. Israel serves as a case study to test this argument. This paper examines how major natural gas discoveries in 2009 shifted longstanding Israeli isolationism and encouraged it to seek deeper economic ties with its neighbors. To promote its new policy, the Israeli government argued before its domestic audience that gas exports are essential for creating leverage against the EU and preventing terrorism on its borders, while simultaneously arguing toward foreign audiences that the exports serve to promote regional unity.

High specific surface 1-(2-pyridylazo) 2-naphthol (PAN) modified Carbon-based silicon film with cellulose nanocrystalline structure for efficient adsorption of rare earth elements

The recovery of rare earth elements, especially heavy rare earth elements, from rare earth waste products has a high economic and environmental beneficial result. In this paper, cellulose nanocrystals used...

Noise Attenuation Potential Using Helmholtz Absorbers Integrated in Low Pressure Turbine Exit Guide Vanes and Turbine Exit Casing End Walls

To further reduce the noise emitted from modern aircrafts, every possibility has to be taken into account. Acoustic liners are successfully used in the inlet or the bypass duct of aircraft engines to mitigate the noise emitted by the fan. Due to the rough environment (high temperature, flow velocity, higher order duct modes), the exhaust duct is of limited use concerning the application of acoustic liners. It is well known that the last stage low pressure turbine (LPT) has a dominant influence onto the emitted noise of an aircraft engine especially at low load conditions such as approach. A noise reduction in this area could lead to a beneficial result of decreasing the noise content which is directly emitted in the environment. This paper is about noise attenuation using Helmholtz absorbers in various parts of a turbine exit casing (TEC). These single degree of freedom absorbers have been integrated in turbine exit guide vanes (TEGVs), with the openings on the vanes suction side, as well as in the inner and outer duct end walls. Different absorber neck diameters were investigated and combined with different vane designs. The vane designs studied included a state of the art set-up as well as vanes with a lean. Test runs were performed with altered combinations of vanes and end walls under engine relevant operating conditions in a subsonic test turbine facility for aerodynamic, aeroacoustic and aeroelastic investigations (STTF-AAAI) located at the Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics at Graz University of Technology. Comparisons between all these setups and the respective hard wall reference cases were done. The resulting sound pressure levels as well as sound power levels of all investigated combinations are listed and compared concerning each configurations noise attenuation potential. Additionally, the flow field downstream of every setup is analysed if the aerodynamic behaviour is changing. The investigated operating point is the noise certification point Approach (APP) which is of high importance because of the high acoustical impact onto the environment around airports during the landing procedure of an aircraft. The acoustical data has been obtained by using flush mounted condenser microphones located downstream of the TEC. The whole test section was rotated over 360 deg around the flow channel. To detect if the aerodynamical behaviour changes by including openings into the flow channel end walls as well as into the vanes, aerodynamic measurements have been performed downstream of the TEC. The aerodynamical data was obtained by using an aerodynamic five-hole-probe (5HP) as well as a trailing edge probe.

The Sustainability Matrix: A Tool for Integrating and Assessing Sustainability in the Bachelor and Master Theses of Engineering Degrees

It is vital that subjects such as the circular economy, sustainable design, green computing or environmental engineering be included in the engineering curriculum. Education for sustainable development will enable engineers to develop sustainable products and provide sustainable services, thereby leading to a beneficial result for society and making an indispensable contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals achievement. As the last stage for students in academia, Degree Theses (Bachelor’s and Master’s) provide a good tool for reviewing the sustainability competencies developed during the degree, as well as being an opportunity for applying these competencies in a holistic way. In their Degree Theses, students should be able to demonstrate that they are aware of the need to introduce and assess sustainability in their future engineering projects. This paper presents a guide aimed at helping engineering students to design and develop sustainable projects, and analyzes the first results of its use in two schools of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTech. The proposal is based on a tool referred to as “the Sustainability Matrix”, in which cells contain questions that engineering students should take into account when undertaking their Degree Theses. The questions are related to the project development, the project exploitation and the possible risks involved, three aspects in accordance with the sustainability dimensions (economic, environmental and social). The Sustainability Matrix helps students to develop sustainable projects when they graduate, and teachers to assess how sustainability is incorporated across the curriculum in the subjects they teach and in the students’ Degree Theses.

General approaches to defining the concept of «organization of Prosecutor's office»

Constitutional and legal status of Prosecutor’s Office is the evidence of importance of this institution in society and the State. The Chapter VIII (Justice) of the Constitution has the provisions allowing to tell about the change of the role and the place of Prosecutor’s Office in the state power system. In the same time, the Article 92, paragraph 14, Article 1311 of the Constitution of Ukraine envisages that organization and activity of Prosecutor’s Office are determined exclusively by Law. It should be noted that the Preamble of the Law of Ukraine «On Prosecutor’s Office» states that it defines the legal fundamentals of organization and activity of Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine. This article highlights the general approaches to uncovering the scope of «organization of Prosecutor’s Office». Attention is drawn to the traditional views of the «organization» as an internal activity and management within the prosecution agencies, where an important role is given to Prosecutor General and heads of prosecution agencies of the appropriate level. In addition, the «organization of Prosecutor's Office» is viewed from the standpoint of the process of creating (forming) Prosecutor's Office as an institution or changing its institutional and functional model by reforming and transforming it into a new model. In this sense, it refers to incorporation of the Prosecutor's Office as an important element of the process of its institutionalization. It was concluded that the «organization of Prosecutor's office» can be considered as a process of its incorporation and objectification at the level of Law. At the same time, the Law can actually be considered as a materialized carrier of the idea of a certain institutional and functional model of Prosecutor's Office. In this regard, the role and responsibility of external (in relation to Prosecutor’s Office) entities for its organization and the results of its activities in the future is increased. This conclusion is due to the fact that the «quality» of the legislation is directly related to the efficiency and effectiveness of prosecutorial activity or its ability as a state institution to achieve the purpose and socially beneficial result of its activity, practically influencing public relations in a given direction.

Floristic Patterns and Qualities of Forage Species from Mountainous Rangeland in the Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey

This study was carried out to investigate the floristic features (family, preference by grazers, growth form and response to grazing) and qualities of forage species collected from mountainous rangeland (Akdağ Mountain, Ladik) in the middle Black Sea region of Turkey. Forage samples were collected five times by 15-day intervals from the before-flowering stage to the after-flowering stage in 2015 and 2016. The total number of species was 105 species belonging to 73 genera and related to 26 families. Of the total species, 20 were from Poaceae (19.0%), 30 were from Poaceae (28.6%). Rests of the species belonged to other families (52.4%) dominated by families such as Asteraceae (13/55) and Lamiaceae (6/55), of which 26 species were weeds harmful to animals. While the percentages of decreaser, increaser and invader species were 16.2, 12.4 and 71.4, those of annual, biennial and perennial species were 31.9, 2.9 and 65.2, respectively. The number of species preferred by grazing was 74 (70.5%), while the number of non-preferable species was 31 (29.5%). The ME (MJ kg-1), RFQ and quality category of legumes, grass, and other botanical families were found as 8.88±0.07, 130.9±3.05 and very good, 8.00±0.07, 83.2±1.62 and good, and 8.98±0.07, 141.0±3.62 and premium, respectively. These results can be used as a management tool to improve rangeland quality and sustainability. The evidence from this study is that floristic pattern is not merely a result of invader forage species, but also might be a beneficial result that deserves further study for mountainous rangelands.

A Pragmatic Cost Effective Model to Enhance the COCOMO Model in Software Estimation

This research work is aimed at to provide effective cost estimation methodology emphasize on cost effort and time . This paper summarizes the cost effort estimation of most conventionally used models like organic and semi-detached models using an improved version of genetic algorithm that enhances an empirical methodology to reduce the cost factor and time factor in software projects. Constructive cost model(Cocomo model) is broadly used for the fruitful valuation of cost estimation which is based on KLOC method(thousands of lines of code).This method yields beneficial result in case of lines of code method but lacks in terms of concept and logics. The same is estimated directly and is computed using the function point analysis. In the software development lifecycle, the software cost effort estimation is the most demanding process. The accuracy of the estimate in choosing the estimation model is an essential factor. Such conventional software effort estimation techniques fail to compute the accuracy of effort estimation and it is not up to the mark. So here, we tend to propose the cost reduction in the software projects by using the improved version of the known genetic algorithm.