Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

About: Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad is a education organization based out in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Control theory & Electric power system. The organization has 2475 authors who have published 5067 publications receiving 61891 citations. The organization is also known as: NIT Allahabad & Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College.

GIS‐based disaster management: A case study for Allahabad Sadar sub‐district (India)

Abstract: Purpose – This paper aims to demonstrate a Geographic Information System (GIS)‐based study on development of District Disaster Management System for floods for Allahabad Sadar Sub‐District (India)Design/methodology/approach – An approach has been designed to explore the scope for the combination of Disaster Management and GIS The flood‐prone areas have been identified and their positions are marked using ArcView 91 GIS has been exploited to obtain the spatial information for the effective disaster management for flood‐affected areasFindings – ArcView 91 has been used as a tool for storing all types of relevant data for analysis and decision making The various thematic maps include road network map, drinking water sources map, land use map, population density map, ward boundaries and location of slumsOriginality/value – The paper proposes evelopment of a GIS‐based early response system, and an emergency preparedness plan for the Allahabad Sadar sub‐district and also analysis of the impact of flood

High-performance bimetallic surface plasmon resonance biochemical sensor using a black phosphorus–MXene hybrid structure

Abstract: A highly sensitive surface plasmon resonance biochemical sensor based on black phosphorus–MXene (Ti3C2Tx) hybrid structure and copper–nickel (Cu–Ni) bimetal layers is investigated analytically under angular interrogation technique. The use of Ni over Cu shows much sensitivity enhancement for the proposed sensor than on using single metal. Black phosphorus serves as an effective medium for enhanced light–matter interaction due to its layer-dependent direct and tunable bandgap. High metallic conductivity, hydrophilicity, larger surface area, and the large number of adsorption sites on the functionalized surface of Ti3C2Tx provide better sensing of analytes. We have achieved the highest sensitivity (304.47°/RIU) for the Cu–Ni bimetal configuration among all other MXene-based SPR biosensors proposed to date. It can be fabricated as a sensor chip for efficient sensing of analytes or biochemical molecules considering careful control of surface termination of Ti3C2Tx. The transverse magnetic electric field |Ez| is also plotted for the biochemical sensor to compute the sensing medium’s penetration depth.

Role of epigenetics in crop improvement: Water and heat stress

Abstract: Overall transcriptomic activity of an organism is determined not only by its genetic makeup but also by epigenetic regulations Reprogramming by epigenetic modification triggered by various environmental challenges contributes to the phenotypic diversity and defense against these challenges Different stresses acts as stimulus and changes genic expression level by various mechanisms namely DNA methylation, histone modifications and miRNA Epigenetics is a continuously progressing branch since the past two decades Improvement of crop varieties with traditional breeding methods is tedious, time consuming, expensive and is unable to meet progressive living standards and demand in today’s world whereas epigenetics holds great potential for the improvement of plant varieties with respect to yield and nutritional quality by creation of novel epialleles, transgenic RNAi RNA interference has been used for the improvement of several crops like barley, wheat, soybean etc by reduction of various anti-nutritive factors or enhancement of flavor Silencing of Omega–3 fatty acid desaturase gene is achieved using RNAi technology for the reduction of linoleic acid and improvement of flavor HvTX1 from barley shows increased expression during drought stress indicating its active role in drought tolerance which further can be exploited for the development of improved crop variety with increased drought tolerance Also multiple HAT genes in rice are reported to be actively expressed under heat and water stress Studies of epigenetic responses to different stresses can increase our understanding of plant stress adaptation and mechanism underlying them which can be further exploited for the development of improved crop varieties