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This article explores the effect of homogeneous-heterogeneous chemical reaction and partial slipon convective flow of a viscoelastic fluid with Cattaneo-Christov heat flux modelin the presence of suction/injection and convective boundary condition. The governing system of non-linear partial differential equations arereformed into ordinary differential equations with the help of similarity variables and then they are solved using homotopy analysis method. It is found that the surface heat transfer rate enhances on increasing the thermal relaxation time parameter and the surface mass transfer rate improved by increasing the slip parameter and homogeneous chemical reaction parameter. © 2017 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

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IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

Effect of partial slip and chemical reaction on convection of a viscoelastic fluid over a stretching surface with Cattaneo-Christov heat flux model

Aim: The aim of the study was to analyze the phytochemical components of adventitious roots of Ficus benghalensis by biochemical reactions, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. Materials and Methods: Phytochemical screening was performed using shade-dried powder of the roots. FTIR and GC-MS as analysis were performed using the organic solvent extracts of the root powder. Results: The phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of bioactive compounds such as phenols, saponins, tannins, terpenoids, amino acids, and proteins. FTIR has revealed four major peaks. The first major peak has the value of 2916 with aromatic group (C-H), the second peak with the value of 2848 indicated the presence of amines and amides (N-H), followed by the peak values of 1735 and 1242 which belongs to esters, saturated aliphatic group (C=O), and aromatic amines (C-N), respectively. Chromatogram of GC-MS analysis revealed the presence of two compounds, i.e., silicic acid, diethyl bis(trimethylsilyl) ester at 24.28 min Rt and cyclotrisiloxane, hexamethyl-At 29.90 min Rt in the root extract, suggesting that these two are only volatile molecules present in the methanolic extract. The other phytochemicals present in the extract might be non-volatile and/or heavy weight molecules. Further analysis of the extract of Ficus benghalensis would possibly yield novel bioactive phytochemicals. Conclusion: Results of this study give a summary of various phytochemicals present in the adventitious roots of F. benghalensis.

International Journal of Green Pharmacy

Phytochemical investigation, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and Fourier transform infrared analysis in adventitious roots of Ficus benghalensis L

Background: Visual impairment tends to evoke more discomfiture than any other disability. Primarily, the biggest issue may be that blindness is visible. Furthermore, visual impairment develops serious medical, psychological, social and economic problems. Objectives: The focus of the current study was to investigate the psychological and psycho physiological problems of visually impaired adolescent students. Patients and Methods: Purposive sampling was adopted to select 150 visually impaired students (71 males and 72 females) from five schools in Coimbatore city of the Tamil Nadu state, India. Anxiety, frustration, aggression and social and personal adjustment levels of the visually impaired students were measured in this study using Taylor's manifest anxiety scale, frustration test, aggression scale and the adolescent adjustment inventory, respectively. Results: Anxiety (χ 2 = 185.66, P = 0 at P &lt; 0.01), frustration (χ 2 = 167.23, P = 0 at P &lt; 0.01) and aggression (χ 2 = 57.66, P = 0 at P &lt; 0.01) were significantly related to adjustment among visually impaired students. The adjustment score had a significant positive correlation with anxiety (r = 0.919, P = 0 at P &lt; 0.01), frustration (r = 0.887, P = 0 at P &lt; 0.01) and aggression levels (r = 0.664, P = 0 at P &lt; 0.01), anxiety was significantly correlated with frustration (r = 0. 961, P = 0 at P &lt; 0.01) and aggression levels (r = 0.727, P &lt; 0.01) and frustration was significantly correlated with aggression level (r = 0. 637, P = 0 at P &lt; 0.01) of visually impaired adolescents. There was a positive relationship between psycho-physiological disorders and anxiety frustration, aggression and adjustment among visually impaired students. Conclusions: Visually impaired students exhibited significant levels of psychological and psycho-physiological problems. © 2016, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences.

VIT School for Agricultural Innovations and Advanced Learning

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Assessment of Psychological and Psycho-physiological Problems Among Visually Impaired Adolescents