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Gastrointestinal disorders are a class of prevalent disorders in the world. Capsule endoscopy is considered an effective diagnostic modality for diagnosing such gastrointestinal disorders, especially in small intestinal regions. The aim of this work is to leverage the potential of deep convolutional neural networks for automated classification of gastrointestinal abnormalities from capsule endoscopy images. This method developed a deep learning architecture, GastroNetV1, an automated classifier, to detect abnormalities in capsule endoscopy images. The gastrointestinal abnormalities considered are ulcerative colitis, polyps, and esophagitis. The curated dataset consists of 6000 images with "ground truth" labeling. The input image is automatically classified as ulcerative colitis, a polyp, esophagitis, or a normal condition by a web-based application designed with the trained algorithm. The classifier produced 99.2% validation accuracy, 99.3% specificity, 99.3% sensitivity, and 0.991 AUC. These results exceed that of the state-of-the-art systems. Hence, the GastroNetV1 could be used to identify the different gastrointestinal abnormalities in the capsule endoscopy images, which will, in turn, improve healthcare quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Increasing global demand for energy is inevitable. As energy dependence increases, more stable and efficient forms of energy are needed. Solar energy is the only viable renewable energy source that can meet this growing global demand. But low conversion efficiency is the major challenge for the solar cell devices. Therefore, to achieve better efficiency, CuO is introduced first time as a tunnel oxide passivated layer in this research work. Incorporation of CuO as a tunnel oxide layer between the substrate and base is the unique feature of this proposed work. The CuO tunnel oxide layer acts as an interface passivation layer and restrict the recombination of electrons and holes near the back contact. As a result, the recombination at the contact reduces which ultimately increases the minority charge carrier's lifetimes in the solar cell, and hence enhances the open circuit voltage (Voc) from 0.71 to 0.76 V and the efficiency from 21.98 to 23.84% of the solar cell. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The effect of production of blue morph, Pseudotropheus saulosifry in biofloc technology was examined concerning the growth performances and survival rate. Water quality and growth tests were done with fry that was harvested from the biofloc and control. The physicochemical water quality parameters were checked periodically. Of this, the water temperature and nitrite had a statistical significant. The concentration of nitrite was significantly lower in the biofloc (0.08 ± 0.12 mg/L) than the control (3.57 ± 0.23 mg/L)and as similarly ammonia that means 3.56 ± 0.24 mg/L in biofloc and 4.53 ± 0.29 mg/L in control but no statistical significance. The growth performance was affected passively by the biofloc technology and had a statistical significance at 1 percent level. A greater specific growth rate (%/day) of 3.58 was noticed in biofloc, but the lower of 3.35 was in control. This study concludes that the biofloc had better water quality condition as well as improved growth performance when it compared to control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study was carried out for a period of 95 days with the aim to evaluate the length weight relationship of goldfish youngoneswhich reared under the clear and biofloc waters. The experimental fishes were stocked at the rate of 500 numbers per tank. Fishes fed to 5% of their body weight with commercial pellet feed containing 32% Crude protein.Biofloc in the water was prepared using the application of C:N ratio at 1:15 by adding sugar as carbon source and ammonia-N as nitrogenous source. At the time of stocking, regression line of length and weight among goldfish in the control and biofloc treatment tank was W=0.0009L1.936 and the R2 value is 0.6318. However, during the course of experiment, both the regression coefficient were highly significant (P<0.01) among the gold fish reared under the biofloc and with respect to 'b' value, the animals reared under biofloc had higher b value (2.6629) than that of animals reared in the clear water (2.5305). The overall results suggested that biofloc can improve the length and weight of the goldfish, Carassius auratus. Therefore, the biofloc technology can be applied in the culture of goldfish. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study aimed to examine whether transplacental exposure to progesterone caused male reproductive abnormalities and whether the changes can be reversed after testosterone administration. Progesterone was injected to mice on day 1, 3, and 7 of pregnancy. The male pups (F1 generation) were allowed to grow for 50 days and assessed for reproductive performance. Gestational exposure to progesterone (7 mg/kg body weight) resulted in significant body weight gain with a decrease in reproductive tissue indices in mice. Total sperm count, viable sperm, and motile sperm decreased in experimental mice. Hypo-osmotic swelling test revealed that experimental mice sperm membrane integrity was severely altered. The activity levels of testicular steroidogenic marker enzymes (hydroxy-delta-5-steroid dehydrogenase, 3 beta- and steroid delta-isomerase cluster (HSD3B) and hydroxysteroid (17-beta) dehydrogenase 1 (HSD17B)) decreased significantly in mice exposed to progesterone during embryonic development when compared with the controls. The levels of serum testosterone decreased with an increase in serum FSH and LH in mice exposed to progesterone during embryonic development. Prenatal exposure to progesterone caused significant reduction in the number of spermatozoa and increase in the lumen of seminiferous tubule. The experimental mice that cohabited with normal females showed fertility reduction. Administration of testosterone (4.16 mg/kg body weight) on postnatal day 20, 30, and 40 to progesterone-exposed prenates resulted in recovery of progesterone-induced suppressed male reproduction. It is suggested that the impairment of male reproduction in mice exposed to progesterone during embryonic development could be mediated through the inhibition of testosterone production. These results also indicate that in utero exposure to progesterone affects male reproduction and that supplementation of testosterone restores the suppressed male reproduction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]