Study on prestressed concrete beams and poles with cement replaced by steel dust

Sujitha Magdalene, P,Harishankar, S Techno-Press 2017 Advances in concrete construction Vol.5 No.4

Cement acts as the most important component of concrete as it binds and holds the concrete together. But it is one of the major $CO_2$ emitters all over the world, during manufacturing (900 kg of $CO_2$ per 1000 kg). Some of the modern construction methods aim at reducing the amount of usage of cement and came out with numerous solutions for replacement of the same. One such supplement in current trend is the Steel dust or the Electric Arc Furnace Dust (EAFD), which is a waste product from the electric arc furnace when the scrap metal is melted. When the concrete containing steel dust is exposed to atmosphere, the environmental oxygen and moisture play role to form rust and ultimately the member becomes harder. As Cement is the binder of conventional concrete, only certain percentage of the same could be replaced by the new material, steel dust. Tests were conducted for the 28 days cube strength of M45 grade (suitable for prestressing) concrete which has 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% steel dust instead cement. From the test, the optimum percentage replacement of steel dust was obtained, for which the beams and overhead poles were cast, prestressed and tested for the failure load and deflections. A conventional concrete beam and overhead pole were also cast, prestressed and tested to compare the results with those of the beam and pole that contained steel dust. The load vs. deflection plot and other results from the test is also discussed.

Preserving Privacy of Cloud Data Using Homomorphic Encryption in MapReduce

Sujitha . G,Rajeswaran .T,Thiagarajan.R,Vidya. K Mercy Shalinie. S 보안공학연구지원센터 2014 International Journal of Hybrid Information Techno Vol.7 No.3

Transcription factors controlling the expression of oxidative stress associated genes in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Sujitha D.,Kumar H. G. Jalendra,Thapliayal Garima,Pal Garima,Vanitha P. A.,Uttarkar Akshay,Patil Mahesh,Reddy B. H. Rajashekar,Niranjan Vidya,Rayalcheruvu Usha,Govind Geetha,Udayakumar M.,Vemanna Ramu 한국식물생명공학회 2023 Plant biotechnology reports Vol.17 No.6

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) increases under stress and damages cellular processes leading to decrease in productivity. Many genes have been known to be involved in scavenging ROS. We report the identification of master regulators of oxidative stress responsive genes from contrasting rice genotypes. Using microarray analysis, we identified 52 differentially expressed transcription factors (TFs) from the contrasting rice genotypes under oxidative stress. Upregulation of these TFs induces the expression of many genes in resistant or sensitive genotypes. The promoters of these TFs are enriched with reactive oxygen species binding elements (ROSE). The promoter analysis of genes that respond to oxidative stress also revealed that these TF binding sites were present and that these genes expressed differently in contrasting rice genotypes. The transcript levels of TFs correlate with expression level of stress responsive genes coding for various pathways such as polyol, ABA, JA biosynthesis and signaling. Functional validation of HSF-C1a using virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS), showed reduced expression of its target genes. Our study demonstrates that identified TFs could act as major transcriptional regulators of oxidative stress tolerance. These TFs can be used as markers and are potential candidates to improve stress tolerance in plants.

Decadal variations of sea surface temperature in the eastern Arabian Sea and its impacts on the net primary productivity

Vinaya Kumari P.,Jayappa K. S.,Thomas Sujitha,Gupta Anurag 대한공간정보학회 2021 Spatial Information Research Vol.29 No.2

Ten-year satellite derived data (January 2007 to December 2016) were used to investigate the variability of Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a), sea surface temperature (SST), net primary production (NPP) in the eastern Arabian Sea (AS). This study is aimed to show the coupling of physical and biological processes to understand how temporal, annual and inter-annual variations occur and the forcing mechanisms behind these variations in the ocean environments. This work is linked to Indian Ocean Dipole and the El Nin˜o/Southern Oscillation, which frequently co-occur and drives inter-annual changes within the AS. Vertically Generalized Production Model was used to estimate NPP using chl-a, Photosynthetically Available Radiation, euphotic depth, and maximum photosynthetic rate from SST. The relationship between NPP and SST showed change in the pattern over the study period. The NPP in the AS is characterized by an unusual decline during El Nin˜o events. AS is more productive during summer monsoon (June–September) due to coastal upwelling, wind driven mixing and lateral advection processes. There was decline in NPP after 2014 and this trend continued in the following years. The present investigation revealed that the strong El Nin˜o condition was observed in 2015 and productivity of AS declined by * 19%, while SST increased by * 2% from an overall average of 2007–2016. Increased SST and low productivity could result in low fish catch in AS. Increasing trend in SST could be attributed to the extreme events like cyclones occurring along the west coast of India.

Evaluation of physico-chemical parameters in water and total heavy metals in sediments at Nakdong River Basin, Korea

Chung, S. Y.,Venkatramanan, S.,Park, N.,Ramkumar, T.,Sujitha, S. B.,Jonathan, M. P. Springer 2016 Environmental Earth Sciences Vol.75 No.1

<P>Fourteen water and sediment samples were collected from the Nakdong River Basin in Korea to evaluate the physico-chemical parameters (pH, dissolved oxygen, chemical oxygen demand, biological oxygen demand, total organic carbon) in water and total heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, As) in surface sediments. The assessment of physico-chemical parameters indicates that river water and sediments in the study area were strongly impacted by industrial wastewater, irrigational effluents and domestic sewage. The overall average concentrations of metals in sediments were Cu (6.41 mg/kg), Cd (0.11 mg/kg), Pb (4.72 mg/kg), Zn (16.8 mg/kg), As (0.19 mg/kg), and the order of the concentrations was Zn>Cu>Pb>As>Cd. Geo-accumulation index (I-geo) indicates that most of samples fall at unpolluted to medium category, while contamination factor values fall at the medium to very high pollution zone. Pollution load index also suggests that all samples fall at progressive pollution sector. Multivariate statistical analysis and pollution index methods were helpful for the classification on the basis of the contamination sources and origin of heavy metals. In conclusion, this study clearly infers the fact that the cause of metal pollution in this region is mainly due to the effluents discharged from factories, agricultural fields and sewers.</P>

Evaluation of Antitumor and Antioxidant Activity of Sargassum tenerrimum against Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma in Mice

Patra, Satyajit,Muthuraman, Meenakshi Sundaram,Prabhu, A.T.J. Ram,Priyadharshini, R. Ramya,Parthiban, Sujitha Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2015 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.16 No.3

Context: In the last half century, discovering, developing and introducing of clinical agents from marine sources have seen great successes, with examples including the anti-cancer compound trabectedin. However, with increasing need for new anticancer drugs, further exploration for novel compounds from marine organism sources is strongly justified. Objective: The major aim of this study was to evaluate the antitumor and antioxidant potential of Sargassum tenerrimum J.Agardh (Sargassaceae) on Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) in Swiss albino mice. Materials and Methods: An ethanol extract of S. tenerrimum (EEST) from whole algae was used to evaluate cytotoxicity followed by in vivo assessment of toxicity, using biochemical parameters including hepatic and non-hepatic enzymes. Antioxidant properties were examined in animals bearing EAC treated with daily oral administration of 100-300 mg/kg extract suspension. Results: Antitumor effects of EEST in EAC bearing mice was observed with LD50 1815 mg/kg. Parameters like body weight, tumor volume, packed cell volume, tumor cell count, mean survival time and increase in life span in animals in the EAC bearing animals treated with EEST 300 mg/kg was comparable with control group. Significant differences were also seen with changes in total protein content, hepatic enzymes contents, MDA level, and free radical scavenging enzymes in untreated vs. EEST treated group animals. Conclusions: Evaluation of antioxidant enzymes and hepatic enzymes in the EAC animal model treated with EEST exhibited similar effects as the positive control drug 5-flurouracil. S. tenerrimum extracts contain effective antioxidants with significant antitumor activity.