Solar thermal cooking device for domestic cooking applications: Bridging sustainable development goals and innovation.

Fossil fuels are vital in the cooking field rather than the automotive sector. Hence, solar cooking has been popularized in recent years due to the rising cost of cooking gas. However, implementing successful renewable energy for cooking in urban area is still challenging for industries.

Sale of antibiotics without prescription in stand-alone pharmacies in Tamil Nadu.

Background: Non-prescription sale of antibiotics is one of the major causes for increased consumption of antibiotics which facilitates the emergence of drug resistance. Over-the-counter sale of antibiotics in India, without prescription and often at partial doses, is quite common even though the practice is not legal.

Objectives: (1) To interview pharmacists about the sale of over-the-counter medication, and prescription drugs sold without a prescription, in particular; (2) to obtain an understanding of the reasons for such sale from the perspective of the pharmacist.

Designing ferritin nanocage based vaccine candidates for SARS-CoV-2 by engineering of its HLA I and HLA II epitope peptides.

New variants of SARS-CoV-2 are continuously being reported. To curtail the spread of this virus, it is essential to find an efficient and potent vaccine. Here, we report in silico designing of a protein (ferritin: FR) nanocage fused with multiple epitopes identified using the immuno-informatics approach and high-throughput screening.

V483A: an emerging mutation hotspot of SARS-CoV-2.

One of the many mutations that have occurred in the viral genome is the V483A mutation, which is a part of the receptor-binding motif present in the S1 domain of the spike protein. V483A mutant virus is popular in North America with 36 cases so far and frequently occurring in recent days. This review compares the wild-type and the V483A mutants to analyze certain factors like the interaction between the virus and host-cell interface, binding affinity, stability, partition energy, hydrophobicity, occurrence rate and transmissibility.

Identification of microalgae cultured in Bold's Basal medium from freshwater samples, from a high-rise city.

This study aimed at exploring microalgal heterogeneity from fresh water samples collected from inland water bodies in the heavily built city of Singapore. Culturable pure isolates (n = 94) were subject to an in-house microalgal DNA extraction method and LSU rDNA sequencing. Isolates were analysed for their predominance and distribution.

Genotype distribution of Group A rotavirus from southern India, 2005-2016.

Diarrheal disease due to Group A rotaviruses remain a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the less developed parts of the world. India has started a phased roll out of rotavirus vaccine in the national immunization program. This analysis summarizes the rotavirus genotype strain distribution pre-vaccine introduction in Vellore, India from December 2005 to June 2016.