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Twenty black gram genotypes were evaluated at five different locations of middle Gujarat in kharif 2016 to assess the genotype x environmental interactions in RBD design with two replications. The data were analyzed according to the AMMI model and AMMI based stability measures (ASV Wi(AMMI) and ASTABi). Analysis of variance on the data pooled over locations and G x E interaction was found significant indicated genotypes performed differently in different locations. IPCA1 and IPCA2 were found significant in AMMI model and both combined accounted for by 78.7% variance of GEI. Environments viz., Devgadhbaria, Derol and Dahod were found high yielding environments whereas Vadodara and Jabugam were low yielding environments. Genotypes G3, G18, G16 and G10 gave high yield in environment E3, E1 & E4, E5 and E2, respectively as they were vertex genotypes in polygon of AMMI2. According to AMMI model, ASV, Wi(AMMI) and ASTABi, G19 was found stable and high yielding genotype, whereas G16 was unstable genotypes.

The large-scale usage of petro-chemical-based plastics has proved to be a significant source of environmental pollution due to their non-biodegradable nature. Microbes-based enzymes such as esterases, cutinases, and lipases have shown the ability to degrade synthetic plastic. However, the degradation of plastics by enzymes is primarily limited by the unavailability of a robust enzymatic system, i.e., low activity and stability towards plastic degradation. Recently, the machine learning strategy involved structure-based and deep neural networks show desirable potential to generate functional, active stable, and tolerant polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degrading enzyme (FAST-PETase). FAST-PETase showed the highest PET hydrolytic activity among known enzymes or their variants and degraded broad ranges of plastics. The development of a closed-loop circular economy-based system of plastic degradation to monomers by FAST-PETase followed by the re-polymerization of monomers into clean plastics can be a more sustainable approach. As an alternative to synthetic plastics, diverse microbes can produce polyhydroxyalkanoates, and their degradation by microbes has been well-established. This article discusses recent updates in the enzymatic degradation of plastics for sustainable development.

Background Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) with increasing healthcare resource utilisation (HCRU) and associated costs. Optimal management of CD and UC aims to induce and maintain remission which may subsequently lower HCRU and costs. This study reports on the potential impact on HCRU and associated direct HCRU costs (excluding drug costs) from achieving CD or UC remission in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom (EU5). Methods Data were drawn from an Adelphi Real World IBD Disease Specific ProgrammeTM, a point in time survey collected from gastroenterologists and their IBD patients in EU5 in Sep 2020-Jan 2021. GEs completed a patient record form for their next 5-10 consulting IBD patients covering demographics, remission status, healthcare professional visits, tests used to diagnose and monitor CD/UC, hospitalisations and surgeries related to IBD. Patients were stratified into two groups based on GE stated remission status from set categories: remission (RE) vs non-remission (NR). Associated HCRU costs were sourced from published healthcare system reports per country. Outcomes and costs were compared between patients in RE vs NR using inverse probability weighted regression statistical analysis (α=0.05), adjusting for age, sex, BMI, smoking status, disease location, and current treatment. Results A total of 1,526 CD patients were analysed and split into patients in RE (n=1,021) and NR (n=505; Figure 1). Compared with CD patients in NR, patients in RE experienced a lower risk of at least one hospitalization (12.8% vs 29.8%; p Conclusion Patients with IBD who achieve remission present lower HCRU burden, lower risk of hospital and surgery, and ultimately lower associated direct HCRU costs to healthcare systems in EU5.

Aging can be defined as the gradual anatomical and physiological decline which begins to after the achievement of sexual maturity. Vriddhavastha (senility) is Vata dosha prominent phase of life. Gunas (qualities) of Vata dosha are degenerative by the nature which is increased; they result in degenerative changes in the body in terms of Dhatukshaya, Ojakshaya and Balakshaya which result in Neuro degeneration. Dementia is the progressive deterioration of intellect, emotional control, behavior and motivation along with loss of memory. Vriddhavastha (aging) is Vata dosha prominent Avastha. Vata has some Guna (qualities) that get involved in the degenerative process in the body like Laghu guna and Khara guna which is act as Lekhaniya (scraping), Vishada guna has Kshalanashakti (elution power) and, Ruksha guna has Shoshanashakti (absorbability), etc. With increasing Vata dosha, these above Gunas are also be increased, might be together or separately and will initiate the process of degeneration in the body in the terms of Dhatukshaya, Ojakshaya and Balakshaya causing various degenerative diseases. Dementia is one among them. Symptomatology of dementia are similar to Vata vriddhi lakshana, Vata nanatmajavyadhi and Ojakshaya lakshana. Manifestation of the disease condition is purely due to degenerative changes in senile periods. The disease condition is not a reversible but with the healthy changes in dietary habits and lifestyle, the disease condition might be preventable and delayed.

The present study intended to examine the factors affecting the utilization of maternal health care services in the north Gujarat region of India. The study used Data collected from various hospitals of different districts of North Gujarat. Both bivariate and multivariate techniques have been applied for data analysis. Logistic regression techniques and concentration curve and index have been used. Findings of the study indicate that there were wider socio-economic differential exits in the utilization of MCH services (full ANC, Safe delivery and post-natal care) in all the district under study. The result shows that the farther population from healthcare centre is less likely to utilize maternal and child health care services. The economic inequality in accessing the all three components of maternal health care utilization was higher in the urban area. As the educational level, wealth index, employment, atonomy and exposure to mass media of women increases the utilization of these services increases significantly.

BackgroundReconstruction of a pharyngoesophageal defect remains a challenging problem, especially with involvement of the neck skin. This study aimed to demonstrate the surgical technique of utilising a butterfly modification of the anterolateral thigh flap.ResultsReconstruction of the pharyngoesophageal defect was accomplished using the butterfly modification of the anterolateral thigh free flap. The flap was tubed on the leg while still being attached to the pedicle, to minimise the ischaemia time.ConclusionButterfly anterolateral thigh free flap allows for multi-layer closure of the neopharynx and can be utilised for reconstruction of pharyngoesophageal and neck skin defects.

BACKGROUND: Anemia is one among serious public health problems, particularly, in a developing nation like India. To find out situation analysis of any public health condition or to assess effectiveness of implemented public health program, study of gap analysis has significant role. Nutritional knowledge related gap is one among major causes for nutritional problems. Moreover, intergenerational impact results due to uptake of improper practices. OBJECTIVES: To assess the burden of anemia and to study knowledge, attitude and practice among young women for the use of Iron Folic Acid (IFA) tablets relate to anemia. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a North Gujarat region. A total of 1000 young women were included in this study. A predesigned, pretested, questionnaire was used to assess objective of the study. RESULTS: According to NFHS-V, 2019-20, prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women is 65.1 % in Gujarat. The present study found that 40-60% of respondents could identify the major symptoms, causes and consequences of anemia. Least knowledge was found about inhibitors and enhancers. 54% of respondents like to consume iron-rich food. Only 32.6% of respondents had a positive attitude towards IFA tablets. 39% knew the importance of complementary food along breastfeeding. 32% of respondents used to consume citric food. 28.7% of school going girls used to consume IFA tablets weekly and only 26% of girls used to go for deworming annually. In non-going school girls, only 16% of young women used to consume IFA tablets. Only 10.4% of respondents used to/preferred to consume iron enhancers with IFA tablet. CONCLUSION: Young women depicted intermediate knowledge towards anemia but not adequate attitude and practice. Initial uptake and adherence to IFA tablets is extremely low among young women. Along with KAP, social and environmental factors need to address to disseminate misperceptions around IFA use and low-risk perception.

Background: COVID-19 has forced us to alter, or perhaps it’s better said that we have had to adapt. Within the Indian context, telemedicine has the potential to extend access to quality healthcare for all Indians. New evidence and technological improvements in the Telecovid application were to spot the role of its services to screening, monitoring, and follow-up of the patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. Subjects and Methods: U. N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center has developed “TELECOVID”. Platform with the help of HOPS by SLK Techlab, the software. Telecovid study was started from the second wave of COVID 19 pandemic from 20th April 2021 to 27th May 2021; 24x7 hours. Patients were treated on OPD and admission according to the institutional standard protocol which follows the guideline of the Indian Council of Medical Research. Results: Total 1249 COVID patients were attended in “COVID-19 screening OPD”. There were 729(58%) males and 520(42%) females. Out of 182 admitted patients, 168(92.31%) were discharged and 14(7.69%) were expired. More numbers of patients (83%) came from urban and only 17% were from the rural area. Comorbidities like hypertension were seen in a total of 97(7.77%), diabetes mellitus-II 52(4.16%) patients were suffered. Ischemic heart disease was seen in only 10(0.8%). Conclusion: There is an untapped opportunity to build our ‘UNM telemedicine’ application into a world-class teleconsultation platform. This is potential by incorporating it within the larger healthcare ecosystem that connects hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, laboratories, diagnostic centers, and doctors who deal with in-person consultations.

An experiment was conducted four years (2007-08 to 20010-11) during rabi at Anand, India to study nitrogen stress response of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) on spectral signature using spectroradiometer (Model - UniSpec DC Dual Channel Spectrometer, PP System, USA). The experiment was carried out with two wheat cultivars viz., GW496 and Lok 1 and five levels of nitrogen 120, 90, 60, 30 and 0 kg ha-1. The NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index) which is an indicator of status of crop biomass was found higher at 45 to 65 DAS of the crop age. The same characteristics were also observed in case of NDRE (normalize difference red edge) index at the 45 to 65 DAS of the crop age. Based on the index value of NDVI & NDRE at different growth stages of wheat crop, it was revealed that the crop biomass under the 120 N kg ha-1 could be more healthy which resulted in better yield. The variety wise analysis showed that no significant varietal differences were observed for NDVI, mSR and NDRE during different growth stages of wheat crop. The index value of NDVI and NDRE was higher in the highest nitrogen 120 kg ha-1 and lowest in treatment without nitrogen application. The NDVI was found more related to biomass production, while the NDRE was found useful to detect nitrogen stress during 45 to 75 DAS of the crop. Moreover the nitrogen stress detected during the initial growth stages 35-45 DAS of the crop are most useful for top dressing dose of nitrogen to overcome the stress. Using stepwise regression approach nitrogen deficiency model was developed, which showed NDRE is the only highly significant (P

La Trobe University Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering Murray Darling Freshwater Research CentreMDFRC item.Routine microscopic examination of biomass samples from many activated sludge plants around the world reveals the presence of large numbers of both Gram positive and Gram negative coccoid cells often arranged in distinctive tetrads or sheets of tetrads. Three Gram negative tetrad cocci were successfully isolated into pure culture using micromanipulation from samples of biomass from plants in Tamworth, N.S.W., Australia, Verona, Italy and Macau. After extensive phenotypic characterisation and 16S rDNA sequence analysis, all isolates showed high overall similarity to each other, but were phylogenetically quite different to any previously sequenced bacterium. They have therefore been classified as three species of a new genus, the genus Amaricoccus in the a Proteobacteria in the domain Bacteria. None could accumulate polyphosphate granules, and production of intracellular poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) granules depended on the carbon source used in the medium. A similar characterisation of the original isolate of the G-bacteria described by Cech and Hartman showed this organism also belonged to the same genus as the other three isolates, but as a distinct species. The practical implications of these observations are discussed.

A laboratory experiment was conducted at AINP on Pesticide Residues, ICAR Unit - 9, AAU, Anand to study the dissipation behaviour of bifenthrin in water at different pH (4.0, 7.0 and 9.2) at the ra...

The heterosis and combining ability studies were conducted by utilizing modified Line X Tester mating design involving 6 Lines and 9 testers of Okra [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench]. The breeding material involving fifty four F1 hybrids along with 15 parents with one commercial check were evaluated during Kharif 2020 in a Randomized Block Design (R.B.D.) with three replications at Research Centre of Goldking Biogene Private Limited with an aim to estimate the magnitude of heterosis and to identify the good parents and good hybrid combinations for pod yield and other quantitative traits. Among the parents GKOF-1, GKOF-5 and GOM-7 were found to be good general combiners for pod yield per plot. Among the lines GKOF-3, GKOF-4 and GKOF-6 and testers GKOM-4, GKOM-5, GKOM-7 and GKOM-9 were found to be involved in exhibiting significant sca effects for almost all characters. Among the crosses GKOF-2 X GKOM-5, GKOF-1 X GKOM-8 and GKOF-6 X GKOM-7 exhibited high per se performance for pod yield per plot. Further the cross GKOF-1 X GKOM-7, GKOF-4 X GKOM-9 and GKOF-6 X GKOM-4 revealed highest positively significant sca effects for pod yield per plot.

GAU 4 is a high yielding, YMVD resistance variety developed through selection from germplasm maintained (GP No. 6) at ARS, AAU, Jabugam, Dist : Chotta Udaipur, Gujarat and tested as JAUG 2 in trial. JAUG 2 recorded 21.03 and 24.48 per cent higher yield (961 kg/ha) over the checks T 9 and GU 1, respectively under middle Gujarat. In kharif season, JAUG 2 recorded 1005 kg/ha seed yield which was 19.08 and 23.92 per cent higher over T 9 and GU 1, respectively under middle Gujarat. In summer, JAUG 2 recorded 864 kg/ha seed yield which was 22.21 and 23.42 per cent higher over T 9 and GU 1, respectively under middle Gujarat. The proposed genotype JAUG 2 has semi-erect plant type and medium maturity duration. It has deltoid leaf shape, green hairy pod with 5-7 seeds per pod, dark black and medium seed size (seed index.:4-5 g). On quality point of view, this genotype contains 24.66% protein, 55.58% total carbohydrate, 4.77% total soluble sugar, 0.946% phenol and 8.89 mg/100g flavonoid, which is comparable to check varieties T 9 and GU 1. In mineral contains 49.97 Fe, 29.28 Zn and 7.29 Cu mg kg-1 which is higher than both check varieties viz., T 9 and GU1. The genotype JAUG 2 is found resistant to Yellow Mosaic Disease under natural field condition as compared to check T 9 and GU 1. The special feature of newly develop variety is medium maturity, semi-erect plant type, hairy pod, dark black, drum shape seed, resistant to YMD with higher yield.

Laccase activity is influenced by copper (Cu) as an inducer. In this study, laccase was immobilized on Cu and Cu-magnetic (Cu/Fe

Background Aortic emergencies, dissection and rupture, are rare but catastrophic entities, with the cornerstone to survival being prompt diagnosis and treatment. Insurance status often limits access to healthcare, and our study aims to determine if it plays a role in the outcomes of aortic emergencies. Method A retrospective analysis of the 2019 Nationwide Inpatient Sample was conducted to identify hospitalization (Age ≥18 & non-elective) with aortic dissection and ruptured aortic aneurysms using ICD-10 codes. Discharge-level weight analysis was used to produce a national estimate. Variables were screened with univariate regression, and intermediate and co-linear variables were screened-out before a multivariable regression analysis model was built and performed to calculate the odds ratio. Results A total of 19,685 (0.06%) hospitalizations are identified for aortic emergencies (14965 dissections & 4720 ruptured aneurysms). The mean age was 58.56, 62.7% were males, and ethnic distribution was 65.1% white, 19.5% blacks, 7.6% Hispanics, and others. 11.4% of the hospitalizations underwent diagnostic imaging with either CTA/MRA/TEE/Aortography within 24 hours. Hypotension/shock was present in 32% of these hospitalizations and was a risk factor for mortality OR 3.21 (p 3220 hospitalizations (16.4%) did not survive the course, and the mortality rate in uninsured, Medicare, and Medicaid was 17%, 20%,9% compared with 12% in privately insured. On crude analysis, uninsured and medicare patients appeared to have higher odds of mortality [OR 1.50, p When comparing hospitalization of median household income of ≥79,000$ with household of median income of 59,000–78,999 $, 46,000–58,999 $ and Conclusion Inequalities in accessing healthcare, median household income, and insurance status are risk factors for mortality in aortic emergencies. Efforts are needed to bridge the gap in this particular facet of social determinants of health to find a sustainable and equitable solution for quality healthcare for aall regardless of their insurance status. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None.

Objective This study sought to investigate the association of extracellular volume fraction by computed tomography (ECVCT), myocardial remodeling and mortality in patients with systemic amyloidosis. Background Light chain (AL) and transthyretin (ATTR) amyloid fibrils are deposited in the extracellular space of the myocardium, resulting in heart failure and premature mortality. Extracellular expansion can be quantified by CT, offering a rapid and cost-effective alternative to cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), especially among patients with cardiac devices or on renal dialysis. Methods Patients with confirmed systemic amyloidosis and varying degrees of cardiac involvement underwent ECG-gated cardiac CT. ECVCT was analysed in the inter-ventricular septum. All patients also underwent clinical assessment, ECG, echocardiography, serum amyloid protein component (SAP) and/or technetium-99m (99mTc) 3,3-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic acid scintigraphy. ECVCT was compared across different extents of cardiac infiltration (ATTR Perugini Grade / AL Mayo Class) and evaluated for its association with myocardial remodelling and all-cause mortality. Results 72 patients were studied (AL n=35, ATTR n=37; age 67 (59–76) years, 71% males). Mean septal ECVCT was 42.7±13.1% and 55.8±10.9% in AL and ATTR, respectively, and correlated with indexed left ventricular (LV) mass (r=0.426, p Conclusion Cardiac amyloid burden quantified by ECVCT is associated with adverse cardiac remodelling as well as all-cause mortality among ATTR amyloid patients. ECVCT may address the need for better identification and risk stratification of amyloid patients, using a widely-accessible imaging modality (Figure 2). Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None.

A field experiment was conducted at College Agronomy Farm, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari during summer, 2019 and 2020 comprising four intercropping treatments i.e. pearlmillet sole, pearlmillet+greengram, pearlmillet+cowpea, pearlmillet+clusterbean and three fertility levels viz., 75 % RDF, 100 % RDF and 125 % RDF. Among the different intercropping system examined, sole pearl millet (I1) accumulated significantly less content of N and P in pearl millet grain and straw as compared to intercropping with pulses treatments. Pearl millet + green gram (I2) recorded significantly higher N and P uptake by pearl millet straw than other intercropping systems. The sole pearl millet (I1) was at par with pearl millet intercropped with green gram (I2) had significantly higher K content and uptake in pearl millet grain and straw. In case of fertility levels, nitrogen and phosphorus content and uptake in pearl millet grain and straw were recorded significantly higher by application of 100 % RDF. Significantly higher N, P and K uptake by pearl millet grain and straw in pooled results were produced by treatment combination of pearl millet + green gram (I2) intercropping along with 75 % RDF (F1).

According to the performance requirements, either bulk or nanocrystalline form of the material can be used for different types of device applications. In the present study, zirconium triselenide bulk crystals were grown by direct vapour transport technique. The energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX) confirms the purity of the grown crystals. The as-grown crystals and powder have been examined under Carl Zeiss optical microscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM) for morphological studies which revealed the evolution of crystalline phases of the material by the layered kind of growth mechanism. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with selected area electron diffraction (SAED) pattern analysis showed the grown crystals possess good crystallinity, whereas X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis confirmed the monoclinic phase of the crystals. To study the effect of different wavelength sources (Blue-470 nm, Green-540 nm, Red-670 nm) on bulk zirconium trisulfide photodetectors, a pulse photo response experiment was carried out. The anisotropic behaviour is also revealed using the same sources. Various device parameters like responsivity, sensitivity, detectivity and external quantum efficiency (EQE%) were calculated. The highest responsivity and detectivity of 81.7 µA/W and 3.56 × 107 Jones were achieved for blue (470 nm) light source, respectively.

This research work consists of the ultrasonically synthesized Cu0.4Sn0.6Se nanoparticles and comprehensive photoresponse investigation of these nanoparticles-based thin film. The chemical composition, lateral morphology, phase structure and band-gap measurements were established by means of EDAX-Elemental Mapping, TEM-SAED, powder XRD and UV-DRS-PL measurements, respectively. The average size of the nanoparticles is determined by particle size analysis. Cu0.4Sn0.6Se ternary alloy nanoparticles-based photodetector is designed. The photoconducting behaviour is investigated under periodic 532 nm lase illumination of power intensity 10 mW/cm2. The device unveiled good photo-responsivity, specific detectivity and fast response. Rise time of 1.3 s and decay time of 2.0 s were reported with excellent photo-responsivity of 13.55 mA/W, detectivity of 1.98 × 1010 Jones and EQE of 2.50% for 1.5 V. The results demonstrated that Cu0.4Sn0.6Se nanoparticles possessed excellent optoelectronic properties and have potential applications for future optoelectronic devices.

Background and Aim: Literature comparing the use of isoflurane and sevoflurane inhalation anesthetic agents in birds is scarce. This study aimed to evaluate the comparison of isoflurane and sevoflurane during induction, maintenance, and recovery of anesthesia in avian patients. Materials and Methods: In this study, 24 injured avian patients (n=24) were selected randomly and divided into four groups during kite flying festival. In the present study, isoflurane and sevoflurane were used as induction and maintenance anesthetic agents, with and without butorphanol tartrate premedication agent in all the birds. Different physiological parameters were evaluated, namely, cloacal temperature (°F), heart rate (beats/min), respiratory rate (breaths/min), and SpO2 (%) were recorded at 0, 10, 20 min, and at recovery time. The quality of anesthesia was assessed on the basis of induction time, quality of induction, production of analgesia, muscle relaxation, body reflexes, recovery time, quality of recovery, sitting, standing, and complete recovery time (CRT). Results: The mean±standard error value of induction time was 230.00±32.55, 280.00±25.29, 180.00±21.90, and 260.00±36.87 s, respectively, in Groups I, II, III, and IV. The feather plucking, pharyngeal, and toe pinching reflexes were noticed, when the birds were passing through the light plane of anesthesia during induction. Comparison of cloacal temperature at the time of recovery between Group-I versus Group-III revealed a significant difference (p

Pleomorphic dermal sarcoma is a rare neoplasm of mesenchymal origin that most commonly affects the head. We describe the presentation of a 61-year-old man with a 10-week history of an exophytic lesion affecting the occipital scalp, demonstrating rapid growth. The final histopathology revealed a completely excised 9cm pleomorphic dermal sarcoma (pT2aN0M0, Stage 3), one of the largest such lesions reported in the literature to date. This patient’s management involved a wide local subperiosteal excision onto the cranium, with a reconstruction with an Integra dermal regeneration template (Integra LifeSciences, Princeton, NJ, USA) and healing with secondary intention. This was mainly due to poorly defined clinical margins on primary excision, the potential for further excision of involved margins (later confirmed as not needed) and the patient’s comorbidities, making a return to theatre for definitive reconstruction undesirable.

Electronic instabilities drive ordering transitions in condensed matter. Despite many advances in the microscopic understanding of the ordered states, a more nuanced and profound question often remains unanswered: how do the collective excitations influence the electronic order formation? Here, we experimentally show that a phonon affects the spin density wave (SDW) formation after an SDW-quench by femtosecond laser pulses. In a thin film, the temperature-dependent SDW period is quantized, allowing us to track the out-of-equilibrium formation path of the SDW precisely. By exploiting its persistent coupling to the lattice, we probe the SDW through the transient lattice distortion, measured by femtosecond X-ray diffraction. We find that within 500 femtoseconds after a complete quench, the SDW forms with the low-temperature period, directly bypassing a thermal state with the high-temperature period. We argue that a wavevector-matched phonon launched by the quench changes the formation path of the SDW through the dynamic pinning of the order parameter.

Recently, transition metal dichalcogenide have gained significant attention from researchers due to their extraordinary optoelectronic properties. Here we evaluate the photodetection properties of highly crystalline nanosheets of MoS0.5Se1.5 synthesized by high yield sonochemical exfoliation technique. Constituent elements have been verified by EDAX. The results of powder XRD shows highly crystalline nature of nanosheets and XRD pattern is well indexed to 2H-hexagonal lattice structure with P63/mmc space group. Transmission Electron Microscopy is conducted in order to find the structural details for the nanosheets of MoS0.5Se1.5. Picked Field Electron Diffraction pattern indicated the highly crystalline existence of the nanosheets. Drop casting method was utilized to deposit thin film of MoS0.5Se1.5 nanosheets on ITO substrate. Efforts have been made to study the photoresponse of MoS0.5Se1.5 thin film using 670 nm light having power intensity 3mv/cm2. The intensify photoresponsivity of 1.62 mA/W and specific detectivity of 1.3*108 Jones is observed. The present findings suggest effective way to tune bandgap for producing high-performance optoelectronic device.

One hundred genotypes of green gram were evaluated at the Pulse Research Station, AAU, Vadodara, Gujarat during summer 2019 for genetic diversity study based on six biometrical traits and to identify the best performing genotype suited to Gujarat. To determine the extent of variability existing among 100 green gram genotypes, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), cluster analysis and the inter-relationship existing between biometrical traits through Pearson’s correlation analysis were carried out. The highest correlation was observed among the seeds per pod and pod length, pods per plant and the number of branches per plant. 100 seed weight had a negative and significant correlation with plant height, the number of branches per plant and pods per plant. According to the principal component analysis, two principal components (PCs) had eigenvalues more than unity and accounted to explain 67.37 per cent of the total variance that exists among six traits. PC1 and PC2 accounted for 39.88 and 27.49 per cent proportion of total variance, respectively. All traits were highly loading on PC1 except pod length and 100 seed weight which were loading on PC2. Three different groups of biometrical traits were observed in the component pattern. A hundred genotypes were classified into eleven clusters through the hierarchical cluster analysis method. Cluster I comprised a maximum number of genotypes followed by cluster VI, cluster II and cluster VII. Based on the cluster analysis, it could be recommended that crosses could be made between the genotypes of Cluster VIII and IX, Cluster VIII and X and Cluster X and XI which are distantly related. Lower plant height was observed in the genotypes under Cluster VIII and clusters X consisted of tall genotypes with a higher number of branches per plant. The highest pod length, pods per plant and seeds per pod were recorded under cluster IX. Cluster IV had a significantly higher 100 seed weight. Intraclass correlation (R2) was the highest for pod length followed by plant height and seeds per pod indicating that these traits played an important role in divergence.

The CuSe nanoparticles are synthesized from direct vapor transport-grown CuSe compound using the sonochemical exfoliation technique. The chemical composition, crystalline phase, morphological analy...