The present research work describes, on the one hand, the Spanish families’ media literacy processes used for improving their critical ability, the use of technical language, efficient and responsible use, value discrimination and tendencies transmitted by the media, and on the other hand, their evaluation of the transmitted information, as well as their education, commitment and participation as media consumers. Finally, the most pressing complaints and worries around the family’s most utilized media are gathered. The methodology employed is qualitative. Results, families have extensive knowledge of media, fear of using social networks and need for participation. Finally, we have designed a media-training plan for families.
The liver is a gland and plays a major role in metabolism, including regulation, decomposition, protein synthesis, hormone production, and detoxification. liver failure occurs when healthy cells called hepatocytes are damaged which generate scar tissues from collagen. eventually the liver cannot generate new hepatocytes quickly liver fails, by using new techniques through virus, bacteria, stem cells, gene therapy and few drugs through which we can generate new hepatocytes and liver functions normally and save billions of patients would be given a new lease of life. The health care system is seeing a crippling shortage of organs available for transplant, by using these techniques we can minimize liver transplantation.
Large number of landslides from major hazards occurs quite often during rainy season in Himalayas and hilly ranges in India. The risk of landslides increases in several-fold if there is incessant heavy rain. Once land slide starts, it is not possible to stop it or to give advance warnings. Landslides may block vital roads, cutting off essential supply lines to remote towns and villages in the mountains for days. In some stretches of our national highways that pass through landslide prone areas is one of the biggest stumbling blocks in the smooth flow of traffic to maintain the supply lines and authorities have to constantly battle to keep the roads clear. \nIn order to prevent the occurrence of landslides and to restore stability of the hill slope some better monitoring systems have been suggested. There is a need for developing suitable models for examining the effectiveness of different stabilization techniques to be adopted are proposed. Trench drains are widely used for the purpose of draining out water from the soil and to reduce the pore water pressure to restore stability of the hill slope. The present paper deals with the application of finite element method (FEM) for developing guidelines for designing the trench drainage system within the soil media, there by studying the performance of trench drains. The study pertaining to nature of behavior of pore water through the soil mass has been carried out for the two-dimensional flow of water within the parallel rectangular trench drainage system. The influence of geometrical details sch as depth, width and spacing of any drainage system is examined. The developed guidelines for the trench drainage system from the numerical solution and the diagrams can be high practical utility towards geotechnical engineers for constructing trench drains from preventing landslides.
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygense (RuBisCO) is present in plants and autotrophic organisms like microalgae. The aim of this study was to perform an in silico evaluation of RuBisCo protein in microalgae and cyanobacteria as potential precursors of bioactive peptides, as well as to determine whether such peptides can be released by selected proteolytic enzymes. Fourteen RuBioCo sequences of microalgae and cyanobacteria were analysed by using the BIOPEP server amd database. The biological activity, enzyme action and calculation of active peptide tools were used to determine the frequency of occurrence of fragments, proteolysis, and the frequency of release of fragments with given activity by selected enzymes. The physio-chemical parameters of the selected sequences were performed with Protpram tool. Amongst the RuBisCo proteins of selected algae, Chaetoceros. calcitrans exhibits the best prospect as a source of DPP-IV inhibiting peptides, Chlorella pyrenoidosa for ACE inhibitor and Aphanizomenon flos-aquae for antioxidative, activating ubiquitin, and antiamnestic activities. High number of bioactive fragments in Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, Dunaliella salina, Chlorella pyrenoidosa, and Chlorella vulgaris are associated with a high content of glycine and proline amino acids that are most rich in biologically active fragments. Papain and Proteinase K, an enzyme with wide specificity, can release considerably more biologically active fragments than bromealin and chymotrpsin. These findings will contribute towards consumption of microalgal and cyanobacterial RuBisCO as alternative sources of bioactive peptide fragments based nutraceuticals for human.
Objective : Aim was to achieve imrovement in vision and visual fields in optic neuropathies and retinitis pigmentosa ( RP ) by transcorneal electrical stimulation (TES ) . Methods : 20 patients with non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy , 10 patients with traumatic optic neuropathy and 10 with RP were stimulated using different protocols for optic neuropathies and RP. Patients with optic neuropathy were treated by TES 2 months after the acute event. Results: In all groups, improvement both in vision and visual fields were achieved. The average visual acuity improvement in all groups was 2 Snellen lines. Visual field improvements after 10 days of TES were documented. Changes before and after treatment in Mean Deviation was statistically significant. ( P< 0,001 ) Conclusion: TES may be considered as a safe and effective treatment in certain optic neuropathies and RP.