Fabrication of chitosan/fibrin-armored multifunctional silver nanocomposites to improve antibacterial and wound healing activities.

A wound healing substitute promotes rapid tissue regeneration and protects wound sites from microbial contamination. The silver-based antiseptic frequently moist skin stains, burns and irritation, penetrates deep wounds and protects against pathogenic infections. Thus, we formulated a novel fibrin/chitosan encapsulated silver nanoparticle (CH:F:SPG-CH:SNP) composites bandage accelerating the polymicrobial wound healing.

Gendered Pattern and Predictors of Tobacco use in India: Evidence from the Second Round of Global adult Tobacco Survey.

Background: India has completed the second round of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) to monitor adult tobacco use and progress in tobacco control efforts. This study assesses the gendered pattern of tobacco use and its predictors in the second rounds of GATS.

Material And Methods: Publicly available GATS-2 (2016-2017) data was analyzed which contains self-reported tobacco use information of ≥15 years Indians ( = 74,037).

A Secure Long-Range Transceiver for Monitoring and Storing IoT Data in the Cloud: Design and Performance Study.

Due to the high demand for Internet of Things (IoT) and real-time data monitoring and control applications in recent years, the long-range (LoRa) communication protocols leverage technology to provide inter-cluster communications in an effective manner. A secure LoRa system is required to monitor and store IoT data in the cloud. This paper aims to report on the design, analysis, and performance evaluation of a low-cost LoRa transceiver interface unit (433 MHz band) for the real-time monitoring and storing of IoT sensor data in the cloud.

Targeting COVID-19 pandemic: in silico evaluation of 2-hydroxy-1, 2-diphenylethanone N(4)-methyl-N(4)-phenylthiosemicarbazone as a potential inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2.

Unlabelled: The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the etiological agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), triggered researchers to identify and develop novel antiviral therapeutics. Herein, we report a new molecule 2-hydroxy-1,2-diphenylethanone N(4)-methyl-N(4)-phenyl thiosemicarbazone (BMPTSC), as a potential inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2. BMPTSC was synthesized, characterized by IR and NMR studies, and the structural parameters were analyzed computationally by B3LYP/cc-pVDZ method.