Preference for excited state imine-amine isomerisation over enol-keto isomerisation: spectroscopic exploration and quantum chemical calculations.

In this article, the photophysical properties of ethyl-3-(benzo[D]thiazol-2-yl)-5-chloro-2-hydroxybenzoate (EBTCH) and ethyl-3-(benzo[D]oxazol-2-yl)-5-chloro-2-hydroxybenzoate (EBOCH) have been explored spectroscopically along with quantum chemical calculations. From a structural viewpoint, both molecules have two proton acceptor sites (thiazole/oxazole N atom and ester O atom) and a common proton donor site (phenolic -OH) connected by a six-membered H-bonding ring capable of both imine-amine and enol-keto photoisomerisation. Steady state absorption and emission spectra and time-resolved fluorescence characteristics of EBTCH and EBOCH and a comparison with the spectral data of controlled compounds 2-(benzo[D]thiazol-2-yl)-4-chlorophenol (BTCP), 2-(benzo[D]oxazol-2-yl)-4-chlorophenol (BOCP) and ethyl 5-chloro-2-hydroxybenzoate (ECHB) support the preference for imine-amine isomerisation over enol-keto isomerization in the excited state.

Development of a laboratory-based model to study the interaction between nutrients and Vibrio cholerae and predicting the spread of cholera outbreaks in the Indian subcontinent.

Cholera is an infectious disease that is transmitted through contaminated water. The disease includes a long back history of epidemics. Despite the numerous hygiene and prevention techniques that have been developed for Cholera, outbreaks of cholera are still reported worldwide.

Time series (2003-15) analysis of selected physicochemical parameters in Indian Ocean: Cumulative impacts prediction on coral bleaching using machine learning.

Coral bleaching is an important ecological threat worldwide, as the coral ecosystem supports a rich marine biodiversity to survive. Sea surface temperature was considered a major culprit; however, later it was observed that other water parameters like pH, tCO, fCO, salinity, dissolved oxygen, etc. also play a significant role in bleaching.

Interaction of physico-chemical parameters with Shannon-Weaver Diversity Index based on phytoplankton diversity in coastal water of Diu, India.

Phytoplankton acts as carbon sinks due to photosynthetic efficacy and their diversity is expressed by SWDI (Shannon-Weaver Diversity Index), which depends on water quality parameters. The coastal water of Diu was studied for three seasons, and the relationship between different parameters and SWDI was established. Subsequently, an attempt was made to build up a prediction model of SWDI based on multilayer perceptron Artificial neural network (ANN) using the R programme.

Identification and determination of optimum growth condition with respect to selected environmental parameters for open sea cultivation of Gracillaria edulis in Andaman water.

Gracilaria edulis is one of India's most widely cultivated seaweeds. Pilot scale cultivation of Gracilaria edulis was initiated at Andaman, India for the first time. In the present study attempt has been made to identify how different water quality parameters influence the growth.

Impact of 2nd wave of COVID-19-related lockdown on coastal water quality at Diu, western coast of India and role of total alkalinity on bacterial loads.

A detailed coastal water monitoring near Diu coast, western part of India was performed from October, 2020 to May, 2021 covering the 2nd lockdown time. Average monthly fluctuation from 7 different sampling stations of total 9 physico-chemical parameters such as pH, salinity, turbidity, nitrite (NO), nitrate (NO), ammonia (NH), phosphate (PO), total alkalinity and silicate were recorded. Initially, Mann-Kendall trend test for all the 9 parameters showed non-zero trend, which may be either linear or non-linear.

In target areas where human mosquito-borne diseases are diagnosed, the inclusion of the pre-adult mosquito aquatic niches parameters will improve the integrated mosquito control program.

In human communities inhabiting areas-such as West Bengal- India-where perpetuate the pre-imago & adult developmental stages of mosquitoes; many infectious diseases are still diagnosed such as Dengue, Malaria and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome. The control of the aquatic developmental stages is one of the easiest way to prevent the emergence of adults-the blood feeding adult females being thus prevented to sample their blood meal and to lay their eggs in the aquatic milieu where develop the aquatic pre-imaginal developmental stages. Moreover, reducing the adult population size also the probability of for the blood feeding adult female mosquitoes to act as hosts and vectors of the arboviruses such as dengue virus & Japanese encephalitis virus as well as of Plasmodium.

Dosimetric Chromogenic Probe for Selective Detection of Sulfide via Sol-Gel Methodology.

Dinitrobenzenesulfonyl-protected naphthyl azo pyridine conjugate has been designed and synthesized. Compound acts as a nongelator in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)-HO (1:1, v/v) while its hydroxy counterpart can form a nice gel in the same solvent. In the presence of sulfide, compound undergoes rapid sulfonate ester hydrolysis and results in the formation of azo-naphthol that responds in instant gelation.