Jaypee Institute of Information Technology

About: Jaypee Institute of Information Technology is a education organization based out in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Cluster analysis & Wireless sensor network. The organization has 2136 authors who have published 3435 publications receiving 31458 citations. The organization is also known as: JIIT Noida.

Analyzing one-day tour trends during COVID 19 disruption – applying push and pull theory and text mining approach

Abstract: Fear of COVID-19 and the quarantine lifestyle make travellers look for new ways of travelling to get rid of boredom and anxiety. People are looking for one-day tours to break the monotony. The stud...

Development and evaluation of triclosan loaded poly-ε-caprolactone nanoparticulate system for the treatment of periodontal infections

Abstract: Periodontal disease affects tooth-supporting structures and nanoparticles (NPs) have been a promising approach for its treatment. The purpose of the study was to develop triclosan-loaded poly-e-caprolactone (PCL) NPs for the treatment of periodontal infections. Solvent displacement method was used to prepare NPs following Box–Behnken design. The NPs were evaluated with respect to particle size, polydispersity index, surface morphology, zeta potential, thermal properties, in vitro drug release, and cell viability assay. The optimized NPs were in the size range of 180–230 nm with a mean size of 205.61 ± 10.4 nm. Entrapment efficiency (EE) of 91.02 ± 2.4 % was obtained with a drug loading of 21.71 ± 1.3 %. About 97 % of drug was released in vitro after 3 h. NPs demonstrated almost 100 % cell viability in L929 cell lines. Shelf life of the nanoparticles was 17.07 months. PCL affected particle size whereas triclosan affected loading and EE. The optimized NPs were spherical with smooth surface and exhibited biphasic in vitro release pattern. NPs had optimum zeta potential and PDI and were stable on storage. Absence of cytotoxicity of NPs to L929 cells indicated its safety. Triclosan-loaded PCL nanoparticles could thus serve as a novel colloidal drug delivery system against periodontal infections.

Current research and perspectives on microalgae-derived biodiesel

Abstract: Biofuels have gained much attention in the recent years. Microalgae hold tremendous potential for production of biofuels as a suitable alternative to conventional fossil fuels. However, in order to ensure sustainability of the biofuel production from microalgae, many issues needs to be considered. Large-scale production of such biofuels is often limited by high cost of production, various environmental concerns including water footprint, and low yield. The algal biorefinery strategy, which can integrate several different conversion technologies to produce biofuels, holds potential for reducing the overall production cost. This paper is a review on various aspects associated with algal cultivation, lipid extraction and biodiesel production. Different factors reported to affect the process of algal cultivation and advancements in transesterification process and product recovery are summarized here. A brief on biorefinery approach is also discussed.