Gut Microbiota Modulation of Short Bowel Syndrome and the Gut-Brain Axis.

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a condition that results from a reduction in the length of the intestine or its functional capacity. SBS patients can have significant side effects and complications, the etiology of which remains ill-defined. Thus, facilitating intestinal adaptation in SBS remains a major research focus.

An AI-Enabled ensemble method for rainfall forecasting using Long-Short term memory.

Rainfall prediction includes forecasting the occurrence of rainfall and projecting the amount of rainfall over the modeled area. Rainfall is the result of various natural phenomena such as temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, and wind direction, and is therefore composed of various factors that lead to uncertainties in the prediction of the same. In this work, different machine learning and deep learning models are used to (a) predict the occurrence of rainfall, (b) project the amount of rainfall, and (c) compare the results of the different models for classification and regression purposes.

Post Surgical Non-tuberculous Mycobacterium: A Case Series.

Background There has been an increase in non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection reports in humans. Surgeons are concerned about the link between them and surgical site infections. As a result, it has been challenging to determine just how common this illness is.

Bifunctional in vivo role of laccase exploited in multiple biotechnological applications.

Laccases are multicopper enzymes present in plants, fungi, bacteria, and insects, which catalyze oxidation reactions together with four electron reduction of oxygen to water. Plant, bacterial, and insect laccases have a polymerizing role in nature, implicated in biosynthesis of lignin, melanin formation, and cuticle hardening, respectively. On the other hand, fungal laccases carry out both polymerizing (melanin synthesis and fruit body formation) as well as depolymerizing roles (lignin degradation).

Bis[(l)prolinate-N,O]Zn: A water-soluble and recycle catalyst for various organic transformations.

Under the green chemistry perspective, bis[(l)prolinate-N,O]Zn (also called zinc-proline or Zn[(l)-pro]) has proven its competence as a promising alternative in a plethora of applications such as catalyst or promoter. Owing to its biodegradable and non-toxic nature of bis[(l)prolinate-N,O]Zn, it is being actively investigated as a water soluble green catalyst for synthetic chemistry. Bis[(l)prolinate-N,O]Zn are readily utilized under mild conditions and have high selectivity and reactivity with broad range of substrate acceptance to make it better reaction medium for a wide variety of organic transformations.

Ecofriendly approach for detection of phenols in water using laccase from different fungi.

Laccase-initiated oxidative coupling reactions of phenol and its derivatives with 4-aminoantipyrene using air as an oxidant has been investigated. The oxidation reaction of phenols and 4-aminoantipyrene is getting a lot of attention due to environmental concerns. Oxidation of simple phenol and 4-aminoantipyrene as a benchmark reaction enabled us to rank the relative oxidation ability of various laccases.

Quality of life in children with epilepsy.

Background: Epilepsy is a chronic medical condition with many co-morbid features. It has been observed that children with epilepsy (CWE) have a compromised quality of life (QOL).

Objective: To assess the QOL in CWE and to study the various factors affecting QOL among CWE.

Magnetic nanoparticles catalyzed synthesis of diverse N-heterocycles.

A large library of diversified compounds (pyrano [2,3-d]pyrimidines, pyrido[2,3-d] pyrimidines and a variety of spirooxindoles) were synthesized through a very efficient, economical and environmentally benign process utilizing magnetic nanoparticles. Ease of recovery using an external magnetic field is an additional ecofriendly attribute of this catalytic system. Most of the compounds are new; therefore, could be further explored for their pharmaceutical application.

Removal of arsenic and methylene blue from water by granular activated carbon media impregnated with zirconium dioxide nanoparticles.

This study investigated the effects of in situ ZrO(2) nanoparticle formation on properties of granulated activated carbon (GAC) and their impacts on arsenic and organic co-contaminant removal. Bituminous and lignite based zirconium dioxide impregnated GAC (Zr-GAC) media were fabricated by hydrolysis of zirconium salt followed by annealing of the product at 400 °C in an inert environment. Media characterization suggested that GAC type does not affect the crystalline structure of the resulting ZrO(2) nanoparticles, but does affect zirconium content of the media, nanoparticle morphology, nanoparticle distribution, and surface area of Zr-GAC.

Sorptive removal of crystal violet from aqueous solution using spent tea leaves: part I optimization of sorption conditions and kinetic studies.

The low cost adsorbent, spent tea leaves (STL) has been tested for the effectiveness in decolorization of wastewater containing crystal violet dye in batch experiments. Effect of various parameters such as agitation time, pH, temperature and adsorbent dose has been investigated. The dye uptake has been found to increase with pH and temperature.

Evaluation of wound-healing activity of Acorus calamus Linn.

The aim of the present study was to assess the wound-healing activity of ethanolic extracts of Acorus calamus leaves. A wound was induced by an excision- and incision-based wound model in rats of either sex. The mature green leaves of A.