Processing of attentional and emotional stimuli depends on retrospective response of foot pressure: Conceptualizing neuron-cognitive distribution in human brain.

Cognitive function of human brain requires temporal execution of emotional or attentional tasks, or their inter-dependence influences. Smooth execution of such tasks requires spontaneous distribution of cognitive load at specific regions of brain based on its classification. A strong connectivity between peripheral sensors and central nervous system is thought to assist the cognitive load distribution effectively.

Production of lipids and proteins from marine diatoms under changing pH and silica.

Diatom algae are increasingly explored as an alternative sustainable source for functional biomolecules likes fucoxanthin, and eicosapentaenoic acid. But biomolecule quantity and quantity are influenced by growth conditions. So, effect of differential silica concentration (0-120 mg L) and medium pH (5.

Mass cultivation of marine diatoms using local salts and its impact on growth and productivity.

Diatoms are of great interest for many biotechnological applications. The present study highlights the comparative analysis for mass cultivation under the effect of seawater made from table salt (TS), rock salt (RS), and synthetic seawater in the presence of normal silica and induction coupled plasma (ICP) nanosilica (Nano Si) for inducing diatom growth. Out of all the test formulations, RS-f/2 Nano Si showed the best results with maximum cell density (3.

Nutrient acclimation in benthic diatoms with adaptive laboratory evolution.

The growth of marine diatom algaeChaetoceros gracilisandThalassiosira weissflogiiin agricultural fertilizers and additional carbon sources were evaluated. The main objective behind the study was to increase the growth and productivity of the diatom acclimatized under adaptive laboratory culture conditions. In optimized conditions,C.

Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles from marine diatoms sp., sp., sp., and their antibacterial study.

Diatoms are a reservoir of metabolites with diverse applications and silver nanoparticle (AgNP) from diatoms holds immense therapeutic potentials against pathogenic microbes owing to their silica frustules. In the present study, sp., sp.

Bioprospecting of marine diatoms Thalassiosira, Skeletonema and Chaetoceros for lipids and other value-added products.

Diatoms are a major storehouse of valuable fucoxanthin and polyunsaturated fatty acids, with enormous nutraceuticals and biofuel potential. Three marine diatom species isolated from the southern coast of India has been screened and their results show that highest biomass concentration and fucoxanthin yield was obtained in Chaetoceros sp. as 0.

Behavioral and Psychosocial Risk Factors Associated with First and Recurrent Cystitis in Indian Women: A Case-control Study.

Background: The risk factors for urinary tract infections (UTIs) from developed countries are not applicable to women from developing world.

Objective: To analyze the behavioral practices and psychosocial aspects pertinent to women in our region and assess their association with acute first time or recurrent UTI.

Materials And Methods: Sexually active premenopausal women with their first (145) and recurrent (77) cystitis with Escherichia coli as cases and women with no prior history of UTI as healthy controls (257) were enrolled at a tertiary care hospital in India, between June 2011 and February 2013.

Virulence versus fitness determinants in Escherichia coli isolated from asymptomatic bacteriuria in healthy nonpregnant women.

Purpose: Escherichia coli isolated from asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) correlated genotypically and phenotypically with cystitis isolates may help in distinguishing urovirulence determinants from 'fitness factors', latter necessary only for survival of E. coli in urinary tract; for gaining insight into the pathogenesis of urinary tract infection.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we compared genotypic (phylogroups and 15 putative virulence genes), and phenotypic profiles of ABU E.

Virulence determinants in Escherichia coli associated with recurrent cystitis in sexually active women.

More than a quarter of women who experience acute cystitis develop recurrence but information on specific urovirulent genetic profile of uropathogenic Escherichia coli associated with recurrent cystitis is still limited. In this prospective cohort study, index episode E. coli from a cohort of 46 sexually active women with acute cystitis who reported recurrence during followup were grouped into repeat infection (RI) and single infection (SI) isolates, based on enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) PCR profile comparison with subsequent E.

Role of special pathogenicity versus prevalence theory in pathogenesis of acute cystitis caused by Escherichia coli.

Escherichia coli is the most common pathogen causing acute cystitis in sexually active women. Human faeces are generally considered the primary reservoir for infection and the faecal-perineal-urethral pathway is the accepted route of infection. Two theories have been proposed for the pathogenesis of acute cystitis: (1) special pathogenicity, where uropathogenic E.

Genotypic characteristics and biofilm formation among Escherichia coli isolates from Indian women with acute cystitis.

Background: The purpose of present study was to characterize uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) associated with acute cystitis in Indian women.

Methods: In this prospective descriptive study we investigated phylogenetic background and virulence genotypes for 15 genes by multiplex PCR and in vitro biofilm formation ability of 172 E. coli strains and explored possible association amongst them.