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Indices and their applicability under high temperature in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars

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Paul S. , Gogoi N.

International Letters of Natural Sciences

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2015

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tom 43

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The increasing temperature is going to be more vulnerable for cool season crops like potato which requires an optimum productivity temperature of 18 to 20 °C. Thus, breeding for heat tolerance has become very important. Therefore, some previously used indices for abiotic stress tolerance have been used in our study for screening of high temperature stress tolerance in potato. Three high yielding (Kufri jyoti, Kufri megha and Kufri pokraj) and two local (Rangpuria and Badami) commonly grown potato cultivars were selected for our experiment. Potato cultivars were sown under normal condition and two high temperature conditions (polyhouse and early season) and indices such as HSI (heat susceptibility index), HTI (heat tolerance index), GM (geometric mean) and HII (heat intensity index) were used to evaluate the performance of the cultivars under all the three temperature conditions. The positive and significant correlation between HTI (heat tolerance index), and GM (geometric mean) as well as with tuber yield under all the conditions revealed that these indices were efficient in selecting the high temperature tolerant potato cultivars. We recorded the equal applicability of these two indices for both high yielding and local group of potato cultivars. Our study revealed that cultivar Kufri megha and Rangpuria showed higher heat tolerance between high yielding and local cultivars respectively.

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Robust Rough-Fuzzy C-Means Algorithm : Design and Applications in Coding and Non-coding RNA Expression Data Clustering

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Maji P. , Paul S.

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tom Vol. 124, nr 1/2

153--174

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Cluster analysis is a technique that divides a given data set into a set of clusters in such a way that two objects from the same cluster are as similar as possible and the objects from different clusters are as dissimilar as possible. In this background, different rough-fuzzy clustering algorithms have been shown to be successful for finding overlapping and vaguely defined clusters. However, the crisp lower approximation of a cluster in existing rough-fuzzy clustering algorithms is usually assumed to be spherical in shape, which restricts to find arbitrary shapes of clusters. In this regard, this paper presents a new rough-fuzzy clustering algorithm, termed as robust rough-fuzzy c-means. Each cluster in the proposed clustering algorithm is represented by a set of three parameters, namely, cluster prototype, a possibilistic fuzzy lower approximation, and a probabilistic fuzzy boundary. The possibilistic lower approximation helps in discovering clusters of various shapes. The cluster prototype depends on the weighting average of the possibilistic lower approximation and probabilistic boundary. The proposed algorithm is robust in the sense that it can find overlapping and vaguely defined clusters with arbitrary shapes in noisy environment. An efficient method is presented, based on Pearson's correlation coefficient, to select initial prototypes of different clusters. A method is also introduced based on cluster validity index to identify optimum values of different parameters of the initialization method and the proposed clustering algorithm. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, along with a comparison with other clustering algorithms, is demonstrated on synthetic as well as coding and non-coding RNA expression data sets using some cluster validity indices.

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Comparative study on the changes of proteins and oxidative enzymes occurring in protocorms and protocorm-like bodies systems of development in the orchid Dendrobium hookerianum

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Paul S. , Kumaria S. , Tandon P.

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

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2014

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tom 36

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nr 08

EN

Proteins and activities of antioxidant enzymes, including polyphenol oxidase (PPO), peroxidase (POX) and catalase (CAT), were evaluated in Dendrobium hookerianum during different stages of development of both protocorms and protocorm-like bodies (PLB) derived from seeds and axillary buds, respectively. The changes in the protein contents and the enzyme activities along with their isozyme patterns were compared between these two culture systems. It was found that the protein contents and the enzyme activities increased steadily over time during different stages of development in both the systems. Protein contents (4.57 mg/g fresh wt.) and activities of POX (21.9 U/mg protein), CAT (9.86 U/mg protein) were observed to be higher in PLB system as compared to protocorm system at stage IV of development. However, although the PPO activity increased gradually till the third stage of development, a decline was observed at stage IV wherein the activity was recorded to be more or less same in both the systems. Also, few proteins (~61, 50, 46, 32, 25, 16, 6 kDa) and new isozymes (POX 7, 8; CAT 2) were expressed only in PLB system of development. In general, high protein content and enzyme activities were detected in PLB system as compared to protocorm system. The results of the present study indicate that few proteins and isozymes could be regarded as specific biochemical markers for different stages of development of this medicinally important orchid.

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Overview of computational vaccinology: vaccine development through information technology

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Vaishnav N. , Gupta A. , Paul S. , John G. J.

Journal of Applied Genetics

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2015

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tom 56

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nr 3

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Biological synthesis and characterization of titanium dioxide nanoparticle from Cynodon dactylon

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Renitta R. E. , Jebaseeli T. J. , Dhanaraj A. , Paul S.

Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

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2022

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tom Vol. 113, nr 1

31--41

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Purpose: There are several advantages of using a biological technique to produce nanoparticles versus a chemical method. The primary goal of this work is to characterize and biologically synthesize titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles from Cynodon dactylon. The characterization has experimented with UV-Vis Spectroscopy, EDX analysis, SEM, XRD, and FTIR. Design/methodology/approach: The suggested study uses a simple biological technique to accomplish the systematic biological synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles utilizing Cynodon dactylon plant extract and titanium tetra isopropoxide as a precursor. UV-Vis spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) are used to confirm the fabrication of the TiO2 nanoparticles. The plant extract as well as titanium-based nanoparticles of the herb, Cynodon dactylon will be tested for its antibacterial activity against human pathogens. This eco-friendly technique for nanoparticle synthesis is straightforward and adaptable to major commercial manufacturing and technological applications. Findings: Cynodon dactylon biosynthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles is efficient, nutrition dependent, does not employ hazardous compounds, and happens at neutral pH levels. The antibacterial study results show that TiO2 nanoparticles synthesized using Cynodon dactylon have good antibacterial properties. TiO2 nanoparticle method of action against bacteria is unknown. This is an alternative process for synthesising TiO2 nanoparticles, apart from other chemical protocols, since this is quick and non-toxic. The antimicrobial property of biologically synthesized TiO2 nanoparticles against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Acinetobacter baumannii was tested at four different doses of 15 μl/mg, 25 μl/mg, 50 μl/mg, and 75 μl/mg. The present results revealed the 75 μl/mg concentration got the highest zone of inhibition (15, 13, 15 mm) for Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli. Research limitations/implications: Many nanoparticles smaller than 100 nm are firmly agglomerated with each other in the study. TiO2 nanoparticles absorb in the UV region of 200 to 400 nm. XRD measurements confirmed the presence of TiO2 nanoparticles in the biologically produced sample. In our work, EDX was used to confirm the existence of Ti after its synthesis by Cynodon dactylon. Practical implications: The biosynthesized TiO2 nanoparticles utilizing Cynodon dactylon plant extracts exhibit a good potent antibacterial activity. The proposed results showed that the TiO2 nanoparticles are well suited for biomedical applications. Originality/value: The suggested research identifies several eco-friendly, biological, and cost-effective procedures for manufacturing nano-coated herbal products. The agar well diffusion technique was used to assess antibacterial activities toward test pathogens such as Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli.

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Elevated antioxidant potential of chlorocholine chloride-treated in vitro grown Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni

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Dey A. , Paul S. , Kundu S. , Bandyopadhyay A. , Bhattacharjee A.

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

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2013

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tom 35

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nr 06

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Medicinal plants contain a plethora of secondary metabolites, most of which are bioactive in nature. The role of a popular plant growth retardant CCC has been investigated to explore its impact on secondary metabolite production, particularly phenols and flavonoids from in vitro grown Stevia rebaudiana. CCC stimulated the production of total phenols and flavonoids in calli and leaves. Moreover, this elevated level of phenols and flavonoids was correlated with the antioxidant potential of the tissue extracts. Methanolic extracts from CCC-treated calli and leaves showed significant increment in antioxidant activity as determined by standard DPPH, ABTS, and hydroxyl radical scavenging assays. No significant antiproliferative effect of methanolic extracts from different tissue was noticed against THP-1 monocyte (ATCCTIB202), Hela cell (ATCC-CCL2) lines endorses the issue of clinical safety of the extracts.

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Identification of the best architecture of a multilayer perceptron in modeling daily total ozone concentration over Kolkata, India

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De S. S. , De B. K. , Chattopadhyay G. , Paul S. , Haldar D. K. , Chakrabarty D. K.

Acta Geophysica

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2011

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tom Vol. 59, no. 2

361-376

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Autoregressive neural network (AR-NN) models of various orders have been generated in this work for the daily total ozone (TO) time series over Kolkata (22.56°N, 88.5°E). Artificial neural network in the form of multilayer perceptron (MLP) is implemented in order to generate the AR-NN models of orders varying from 1 to 13. An extensive variable selection method through multiple linear regression (MLR) is implemented while developing the AR-NNs. The MLPs are characterized by sigmoid non-linearity. The optimum size of the hidden layer is identified in each model and prediction are produced by validating it over the test cases using the coefficient of determination (R²) and Willmott’s index (WI). It is observed that AR-NN model of order 7 having 6 nodes in the hidden layer has maximum prediction capacity. It is further observed that any increase in the orders of AR-NN leads to less accurate prediction.

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Pre-treatment of seeds with salicylic acid attenuates cadmium chloride-induced oxidative damages in the seedlings of mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek)

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Roychoudhury A. , Ghosh S. , Paul S. , Mazumdar S. , Das G. , Das S.

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

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2016

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tom 38

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nr 01

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Dosimetry of 131 I for Occupational Radiation Workers by Whole Body Counting System

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Rahman M. S. , Haydar M. A. , Patwary M. K. A. , Shome S. M. , Paul S. , Paul D. , Meaze A. K. M. M. H.

International Letters of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy

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2014

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tom Vol. 20, iss. 1

21--27

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Internal radiation dosimetry of occupational radiation workers due to inhalation of 131 I during maintenance at iodine 131 I hot cell of Radioisotope Production Division (RIPD) of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission have been performed with Whole Body Counter (WBC) containing two large size NaI detector. The contaminated radioactivity of the radiation workers by 131 I was immediately conducted using a WBC (CANBERRA, FASTSCAN model 2250) and counting was repeated again a few days later. The performance of whole body counter was checked by CANBERRA transfer phantom (model 2257) with a mixed source (20 ml vial). The intake was calculated by Apex-Invivo counting software and then corresponding dose in thyroid were estimated by using Integrated Modules for Bioassay Analysis (IMBA) Professional Plus code modules. The body activity due to intake of 131 I and the total effective and equivalent dose in thyroid were also estimated and discussed.

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Neuropathological lesions of clinical and sub clinical Coenurosis (Coenurus cerebralis) in organized goat farms in India

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Shivasharanappa N. , Sharma N. , Sharma D. K. , Pawaiya R. S. , Vamadevan B. , Mishra A. K. , Paul S.

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nr 2

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Lithium ions display weak interaction with amyloid-beta (A beta) peptides and have minor effects on their aggregation

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Berntsson E. , Paul S. , Vosough F. , Sholts S. B. , Jarvet J. , Roos M. , Barth A. , Graslund A. , Warmlander S. K. T. S.

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tom 68

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nr 2