Advancing vegetable genetics with gene editing: a pathway to food security and nutritional resilience in climate-shifted environments.

As global populations grow and climate change increasingly disrupts agricultural systems, ensuring food security and nutritional resilience has become a critical challenge. In addition to grains and legumes, vegetables are very important for both human and animals because they contain vitamins, minerals, and fibre. Enhancing the ability of vegetables to withstand climate change threats is essential; however, traditional breeding methods face challenges due to the complexity of the genomic clonal multiplication process.

Deciphering the Ce to Ce Evolution: Insight from X-ray Raman Scattering Spectroscopy at Ce N Edges.

Cerium oxide, or ceria, (CeO) is one of the most studied materials for its wide range of applications in heterogeneous catalysis and energy conversion technologies. The key feature of ceria is the remarkable oxygen storage capacity linked to the switch between Ce and Ce states, in turn creating oxygen vacancies. Changes in the electronic structure occur with oxygen removal from the lattice.

Development of biocomposite films incorporated with the extract from pitcher associated bacteria for the postharvest protection from fungi.

is known to cause diseases like damping-off, root rot, stem rot and fruit rot in a wide range of plants Eventhough many chemical methods have been demonstrated to have the potential to manage these diseases, their benefits are being offset equally by the negative side effects. Therefore, the control of spp. using natural antifungal agents is of immense significance due to its environmental safety.

A national survey of current immunohematologic testing practices for the diagnosis of autoimmune hemolytic anemia in India.

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a common term for several disorders that differ from one another in terms of etiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, and treatment. Management of patients with AIHA has become increasingly evidence-based in recent years. While this development has resulted in therapeutic improvements, it also carries increased requirements for optimal diagnosis using more advanced laboratory tests.

An early Indian experience with benralizumab - A compendium on severe asthma cases: a case series.

Severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA), one of the phenotypes of asthma that is characterized by elevated blood eosinophil counts, is a common cause of uncontrolled asthma. Patients with SEA often experience severe persistent symptoms and have frequent exacerbations despite optimal inhaler therapy. They also have poor lung function and quality of life (QoL).

Entanglement monogamy in indistinguishable particle systems.

Recently, it has been realized that indistinguishability is a resource for quantum information processing. A new method to represent the indistinguishable particles by Franco et al. (Sci Rep 6:20603, 2016, https://doi.

Bioactive Metabolites of Serratia sp. NhPB1 Isolated from Pitcher of Nepenthes and its Application to Control Pythium aphanidermatum.

Plant-associated bacteria have already been considered as the store house of bioactive compounds that confer the plant growth promotion and disease protection. Hence, the unique plant parts have already been expected to harbor diverse microbial communities with multi-beneficial properties. Based on this, the current study has been designed to identify the potential of Serratia sp.

Instabilities near Ultrastrong Coupling in a Microwave Optomechanical Cavity.

With artificially engineered systems, it is now possible to realize the coherent interaction rate, which can become comparable to the mode frequencies, a regime known as ultrastrong coupling (USC). We experimentally realize a cavity-electromechanical device using a superconducting waveguide cavity and a mechanical resonator. In the presence of a strong pump, the mechanical-polaritons splitting can nearly reach 81% of the mechanical frequency, overwhelming all the dissipation rates.

Multi-Omics Pipeline and Omics-Integration Approach to Decipher Plant's Abiotic Stress Tolerance Responses.

The present day's ongoing global warming and climate change adversely affect plants through imposing environmental (abiotic) stresses and disease pressure. The major abiotic factors such as drought, heat, cold, salinity, etc., hamper a plant's innate growth and development, resulting in reduced yield and quality, with the possibility of undesired traits.

Topological data analysis of human brain networks through order statistics.

Understanding the common topological characteristics of the human brain network across a population is central to understanding brain functions. The abstraction of human connectome as a graph has been pivotal in gaining insights on the topological properties of the brain network. The development of group-level statistical inference procedures in brain graphs while accounting for the heterogeneity and randomness still remains a difficult task.

9-Tricosene Containing Blend of Volatiles Produced by Serratia sp. NhPB1 Isolated from the Pitcher Plant Provide Plant Protection Against Pythium aphanidermatum.

Plant-associated bacteria exhibit diverse chemical means to protect plants from the pathogens. The present study has been conducted to evaluate the volatile-mediated antifungal activity of Serratia sp. NhPB1 isolated from the pitcher plant against the notorious pathogen Pythium aphanidermatum.

Real-world data from India on clinical practices in the management of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia: A survey-based cross-sectional assessment.

Background: Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA) is a decompensated acquired haemolysis caused by the host's immune system acting against its own red cell antigens. The aim of this national survey is to capture real-world data of clinical practices in AIHA by collecting responses from clinical haematologists across India.

Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, a structured, 26-question online survey was conducted in India by few members of the special interest group in immunohaematology between January and March, 2022.

Plerixafor use in autologous hematopoietic stem cell mobilization: Experience from a single center in Southern India.

Background: Plerixafor is used for patients at risk of Stem cell mobilization failure based on clinical factors or low peripheral blood CD34 count. It is also added upfront to any mobilization irrespective of risk factor, but the cost-effectiveness of the approach is an issue. Data on plerixafor in different settings of autologous hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) collection from India are scant.

E-learning/online education in transfusion medicine: A cross-sectional international survey.

Objectives: This survey aims to assess the scope of transfusion e-learning courses in blood establishments and transfusion services internationally.

Background: E-learning/online education is increasingly used in the education of medical professionals. There is limited published data on the use of e-learning for transfusion medicine.

Red blood cell alloimmunization among recipients of blood transfusion in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Objectives: There is a varied prevalence of red cell alloimmunization being reported from different parts of India. This study aimed to estimate the overall prevalence of alloimmunization in India by performing a systematic review of the literature and to establish the most suitable antigen-matching strategy to reduce the red blood cell (RBC) alloimmunization rate among transfusion recipients.

Materials And Methods: A systematic search of all the original articles published in English on RBC alloimmunization among transfusion recipients from India in MEDLINE, SCOPUS, CINAHL and Google Scholar bibliographic databases was conducted.

Light-Induced Hypoxia in Carbon Quantum Dots and Ultrahigh Photocatalytic Efficiency.

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) represent a class of carbon materials exhibiting photoresponse and many potential applications. Here, we present a unique property that dissolved CQDs capture large amounts of molecular oxygen from the air, the quantity of which can be controlled by light irradiation. The O content can be varied between a remarkable 1 wt % of the CQDs in the dark to nearly half of it under illumination, in a reversible manner.

Experience with mepolizumab in adults with severe eosinophilic asthma: a case series from India.

Severe asthma can be associated with eosinophilic or allergic phenotypes or both. Eosinophilic inflammation is associated with exacerbations and disease severity due to biological activity of interleukin-5 (IL-5). Patients with severe asthma have reported reduced lung function and poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and may require systemic corticosteroids for its management.

Cocktail Protocol for Preparation of Platelet-Rich Fibrin Glue for Autologous Use.

Background: Biomaterials containing platelets have been used to promote healing of ulcers and burns, as well as in implantology and maxillofacial and plastic surgery to achieve wound healing and tissue repair. Commercial devices to prepare autologous biomaterials involve diverse preparation methods that can have high production costs and low yields. Hence, we designed a protocol for preparation of large amounts of autologous platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) glue using conventional processing techniques for blood components.

Ab-initio investigation of preferential triangular self-formation of oxide heterostructures of monolayer [Formula: see text].

Triangular growth patterns of pristine two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are ubiquitous in experiments. Here, we use first-principles calculations to investigate the growth of triangular shaped oxide islands upon layer-by-layer controlled oxidation in monolayer and few-layer [Formula: see text] systems. Pristine 2D TMDs with a trigonal prismatic geometry prefer the triangular growth morphology due to structural stability arising from the edge chalcogen atoms along its three sides.

Genome sequencing and annotation of multi-virulent Aeromonas veronii XhG1.2 isolated from diseased Xiphophorus hellerii.

The present study was intended to elucidate the genomic basis of antibiotic resistance and hyper-virulence of the fish pathogen Aeromonas veronii XhG1.2 characterized in our previous work. The identity of XhG1.

Viability of power distribution in India - Challenges and Way Forward.

Energy is a key component for economic growth as well as for human development. India is the third-ranking electricity generator in the world but ranks 106th in terms of per capita consumption. Specifically, the distribution of power is the most important link in the value chain of the power sector since it is the cash register for the entire sector.

Clinical Implication of Immunohaematological Tests in ABO haemolytic disease of newborn: Revisiting an old disease.

Objective: We aimed to assess the frequency distribution of of ABO haemolytic disease of newborn (ABO-HDN) and to know the predictive value of immunohaematological tests in identifying at risk neonates.

Background: ABO incompatibility, although a common cause of haemolytic disease of newborn, has several unaddressed issues related to it.

Material And Methods: A prospective study over 20 months was carried out in a tertiary care centre in South India.