The aim of this study was to evaluate seeds of guava, papaya and mango for their antioxidant levels and activities (i.e. primary and secondary); and compared antioxidant levels and activities in pulps and peels of two species of dragon fruits, Hylocereus undatus (white dragon fruit) and Hylocereus polyrhizus (red dragon fruit) in order to investiga

Joint damage, articular cartilage degeneration, and the research into methods of restoring the articulation surfaces are not new topics of interest. For centuries, clinicians and scientists have recognized the importance of cartilage damage, and learned about the normal form and function of articular cartilage, as well as the process of degradation

In this study, we are taking step to actively manage osteoarthritis that may help gain control over osteoarthritic pain and delay the degenerative changes in articular cartilage in future. We transiently over expressed cartilage transcriptional factor, human sox-9 gene in chondrocytes derived from consented osteoarthritic patients after joint surge

The relatively brittle solder/IMC interface fracture process in reflowed solder joints is examined using finite element (FE) method. The interface decohesion is described using a traction-separation quadratic failure criterion along with a mixed-mode displacement formulation for the interface fracture event. Reflowed Sn-4Ag-0.5Cu (SAC405) solder ba

A central feature in the study of hadith methodology is in ensuring the authenticity of a narration attributed to the Prophet (s.a.w). While the details of criterion may differ somewhat between scholars, the common principles would see scrutiny of the content of a hadith as well as the chain of transmission. It is thus with these that scholars are

The attempts to use mobile robots in a variety of environments are currently being limited by their navigational capability, thus a set of robots must be configured for one specific environment. The problem of navigating an environment is the fundamental problem in mobile robotic where various methods including exact and heuristic approaches have b

Traffic signal light can be optimized using vehicle flow statistics obtained by Smart Video Surveillance Software (SVSS). This research focuses on efficient traffic control system by detecting and counting the vehicle numbers at various times and locations. At present, one of the biggest problems in the main city in any country is the traffic jam d

In this paper, we reviewed the existing established methods of facial expression analysis and their limitations in applications. Then we proposed a system for our own robot head AMIR-III. The research used Eigenface method utilizing Principal Component Analysis and Neural Network classifier for emotion recognition from static image frame taken from

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the corrosion inhibition potential of mangrove (Rhizopora apiculata) tannin in hydrochloric acid medium on copper with the view of developing a natural corrosion inhibitor. Design/methodology/approach – The mangrove tannin was extracted from the mangrove bark and its anticorrosion potential was

A low bit rate STDM multiplexer architecture design for thing route channels is provided in this chapter. A thin route communication channel is able to transmit 64Kbps to 128Kbps. Allowing compressed speech using STDM maximize the bandwidth by allowing more users than the capacity ofthe channel. The design provided in this chapter is based upon, co