725 results match your criteria: "Sastra Deemed University[Affiliation]"

The research study objective seeks to improve the efficiency of wind turbines using state-of-the-art techniques in the domain of ML, making wind energy the key player in fashioning a favorable future. Wind Turbine Health Monitoring (WTHM) is typically achieved through either vibration analysis or by using Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) data of wind turbines, wherein conventional fault pattern identification is a time-consuming, guesswork process. This work proposed an intelligent automated approach to early fault detection through the implementation of the HARO (Huber Adam Regression Optimizer) model, which combines Transformer networks with Lasso Regression and the Adam optimizer.

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Preparation of thermoresponsive & enzymatically crosslinkable gelatin-gellan gum bioink: A protein-polysaccharide hydrogel for 3D bioprinting of complex soft tissues.

Int J Biol Macromol

January 2025

Tissue Engineering & Additive Manufacturing (TEAM) Lab, Centre for Nanotechnology & Advanced Biomaterials, ABCDE Innovation Centre, School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, India. Electronic address:

Developing superior bioinks presents several challenges in achieving ideal properties such as biocompatibility, viscosity, degradation rates & mechanical properties which are required to make functional tissue constructs. Various attempts have been made to prepare excellent bioink compositions that are suitable to address the above challenges. Herein, a versatile combination of gelatin (GL) - gellan gum (GG) bioink was successfully formulated & the bioink 7.

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A novel biosynthesis approach was used to develop zinc selenite (ZnSeO) catalysts from the plant extracts of Nephrolepis cordifolia (ZnSeO:NC) and Ziziphus jujube (ZnSeO:ZJ) using hydrothermal method. This study investigates the structural, morphological, and optical properties of pure and biosynthesized ZnSeO catalysts. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis confirms the presence of an orthorhombic phase in both catalyst types.

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Cement ball mills in the finishing stage of the cement industries consume the highest energy in the cement manufacturing stage. Therefore, suitable controllers that result in good productivity and product quality with reduced energy consumption are required for the cement ball mill grinding process to increase the profit margins. In this study, generalised predictive controllers (GPC)have been designed for the cement ball mill grinding operation using the model obtained from the step response data taken from the industrially recognized simulator.

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Human activity recognition (HAR) is one of the most important segments of technology advancement in applications of smart devices, healthcare systems & fitness. HAR uses details from wearable sensors that capture the way human beings move or engage with their surrounding. Several researchers have thus presented different ways of modeling human motion, and some have been as follows: Many researchers have presented different methods of modeling human movements.

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Polymer-siRNA nanovectors for treating lung inflammation.

J Control Release

January 2025

Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. Electronic address:

Uncontrolled inflammation is the driver of numerous lung diseases. Current treatments, including corticosteroids and bronchodilators, can be effective. However, they often come with notable side effects.

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  • Maize is crucial for regions facing drought, which can drastically reduce its yield due to oxidative stress.
  • Selenium and zinc oxide nanoparticles have antioxidant properties that help protect maize during drought, but the effect of zinc selenide quantum dots (ZnSe QDs) needed research.
  • This study found that using ZnSe QDs at 20 mg/L improved photosynthesis, reduced oxidative damage, and increased maize seed yield by 26%, suggesting that ZnSe could effectively mitigate drought effects.
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Newly synthesized naphthalene-based twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) molecules show 8.5- and 2.6-fold increases in fluorescence intensity upon binding with protein aggregates in comparison with the fluorescence enhancement for thioflavin T (ThT).

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The ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport) machinery comprising protein complexes ESCRT-0 to ESCRT-III and Vps4 plays a pivotal role in intracellular trafficking, a process of endocytosing cell surface proteins into the cell for various biological activities. The ESCRT protein complexes are sequentially assembled which interact amongst each other to form a functional ESCRT machinery. Deregulation of these events are shown to be involved in various disease development including tumor formation and viral infections.

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Deep learning-based generative adversarial network (GAN) frameworks have recently been developed to expedite the drug discovery process. These models generate novel molecules from scratch and validate them through molecular docking simulation to identify the most promising candidates for a given drug target. In this study, the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (M) was selected as the drug target.

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  • Nanotechnology is rapidly being used in agriculture, but its effects on soil, plants, and humans are not fully understood, with varying impacts seen from different nanoparticles based on their properties.
  • Nanoparticles can enter plants through specific pathways, and it's unclear whether they remain unchanged or transform into other forms, contributing to various toxicity effects in plants, often through the production of reactive oxygen species.
  • Future research is essential to fill gaps in knowledge about how nanoparticles affect plant growth and health, using advanced techniques and assessing their impact in real-world conditions to understand their role in the ecosystem and food chain.
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Functionally graded materials are a class of composite materials that finds widespread use in aerospace, defense and automobile applications due to their tailored material properties for the specific need. In the present research, impact dynamics and the damage behavior of functionally graded plasma spray coating (FGPS) on an aluminium 6061-T6 substrate under high velocity impact at various temperatures were studied. The FGPS coating consists of four layers having various proportions of Al and SiC (50/50, 40/60, 30/70 and 20/80 weight percentages) and the coating thickness was measured to be 232.

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Large-gap nerve defects require nerve guide conduits (NGCs) for complete regeneration and muscle innervation. Many NGCs have been developed using various scaffold designs and tissue engineering strategies to promote axon regeneration. Still, most are tubular with inadequate pore sizes and lack surface cues for nutrient transport, cell attachment, and tissue infiltration.

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This paper addresses the pressing issue of diabetes, which is a widespread condition affecting a huge population worldwide. As cells become less responsive to insulin or fail to produce it adequately, blood sugar levels rise. This has the potential to cause severe health complications including kidney disease, vision impairment and heart conditions.

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Therapeutic deep eutectic solvents (THEDES) are a type of deep eutectics that can be used as active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) by enhancing the drug bioavailability, by increasing the solubility of APIs in aqueous solutions or by increasing their permeability through biological barriers. In this study, we demonstrate the utility of designer THEDES, based on Quillaja Saponin (SAP), a triterpene natural product to unravel the antimicrobial potential of such THEDES. THEDES were prepared by gently mixing and heating five different α- hydroxy acids- malic, citric, tartaric, glycolic, lactic acids and SAP with water as a third component in the THEDES.

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Heavy metal ions are hazardous pollutants that pose serious threats to ecosystems and human health, making it imperative to detect and monitor their presence in water for environmental protection. This paper highlights the synthesis of the UiO-67 Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) without any dopants, offering a novel approach specifically for the detection of cadmium ions (Cd) in aqueous environments. Following solvothermal synthesis, Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD), BET nitrogen adsorption-desorption analysis, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) were used to characterize the structural and morphological features of UiO-67.

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The work evaluated the usage of various filler materials, namely aluminium oxide (AlO), magnesium (Mg), and glass powder, in the bidirectional glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites. The required samples were fabricated using the hand lay-up technique by varying the filler material proportions from 0%wt. to 7.

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  • The rise of antimicrobial-resistant strains is a major threat to existing treatments, highlighting the need for new therapies.
  • Researchers developed a new compound, QPyNATh, by modifying thiazolidine with fatty acids to enhance its ability to disrupt bacterial membranes, showing effective inhibition against Gram-positive bacteria while being selective for bacterial cells over human cells.
  • Animal studies demonstrated that QPyN16Th significantly reduced MRSA infections in zebrafish and showed no signs of resistance developing, suggesting its potential as a biocompatible treatment for resistant bacterial infections.
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Naringin-templated magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers for selective quercetin extraction from onion peel.

J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci

November 2024

Process Development Laboratory (ASK1, #208), Department of Biotechnology, School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur 613401, India. Electronic address:

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  • A Magnetic Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MMIP) was created using naringin as a template molecule and acrylamide as a functional monomer, utilizing ultrasound to enhance its ability to adsorb naringin.
  • Surprisingly, the MMIP showed a stronger affinity for quercetin than for its intended target, naringin, leading to further studies on its adsorption properties and kinetics.
  • The research led to a maximum adsorption capacity of 7.2 mg/g for quercetin and 4.9 mg/g for naringin, and quercetin was successfully quantified from onion peel waste using the MMIP combined with HPLC-UV technology.
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Background: Colorectal cancer is a common condition with an uncommon burden of disease, heterogeneity in manifestation, and no definitive treatment in the advanced stages. Renewed efforts to unravel the genetic drivers of colorectal cancer progression are paramount. Early-stage detection contributes to the success of cancer therapy and increases the likelihood of a favorable prognosis.

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The present study reports the green synthesis of cellulose nanocrystals from the shells of (SFS) cellulose. Three different methods, alkali, acid and organic acid, were screened for the maximum cellulose extraction. A maximum cellulose yield, 30.

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Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) frequently develop uremic cardiomyopathy, characterized by mitochondrial dysfunction as one of its pathologically significant mediators. Given that PM specifically targets cardiac mitochondria, exacerbating toxicity, this study addresses the potential alterations in the severity of PM toxicity in the context of CKD conditions. Female Wistar rats were exposed to PM at a concentration of 250 μg/m daily for 3 h for 21 days after which an adenine-induced CKD model was developed.

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The focus of current advances in nanotechnology has shifted significantly towards environmentally conscious methods that use harmless ingredients and moderated reaction circumstances to promote equitable development. Zinc oxide nanoparticles (NPs) currently grabbed attention of multiple medical fields owing to their unique ability to safeguard against cellular damage and alleviate serious human diseases via processes related to metabolism. This work focused on the generation of ZnO NPs using the peel of Cucumis melo fruit.

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We consider an adaptive network of identical phase oscillators with the symmetric adaptation rule for the evolution of the connection weights under the influence of an external force. We show that the adaptive network exhibits a plethora of self-organizing dynamical states such as the two-cluster state, multiantipodal clusters, splay cluster, splay chimera, forced entrained state, chimera state, bump state, coherent, and incoherent states in the two-parameter phase diagrams. The intriguing structures of the frequency clusters and instantaneous phases of the oscillators characterize the distinct self-organized synchronized and partial synchronized states.

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We report higher-order coupling induced stable chimeralike state in a bipartite network of coupled phase oscillators without any time-delay in the coupling. We show that the higher-order interaction breaks the symmetry of the homogeneous synchronized state to facilitate the manifestation of symmetry breaking chimeralike state. In particular, such symmetry breaking manifests only when the pairwise interaction is attractive and higher-order interaction is repulsive, and vice versa.

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