Quaid-i-Azam University

About: Quaid-i-Azam University is a education organization based out in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Heat transfer & Nanofluid. The organization has 6577 authors who have published 16865 publications receiving 381678 citations. The organization is also known as: Islamabad University.

Sensory Characteristics and Antioxidant Activities of Maillard Reaction Products from Soy Protein Hydrolysates with Different Molecular Weight Distribution

Abstract: Soy protein was hydrolyzed using two enzymes to obtain soy protein hydrolysate (SPH), the SPH was fractionated with ultrafiltration membranes to obtain peptide fractions below 1,000 Da (SP1) and 1,000–5,000 Da (SP2), and for the meantime, SPH was further completely hydrolyzed to get compound amino acids (CAA) Maillard reaction products (MRPs) were prepared from aqueous xylose–SPH/SP1/SP2/CAA model systems by heating at 120°C for 20 h Compared with the original hydrolysates and other MRPs, the MRPs from SP2 exhibited a distinctly enhanced effect on flavor, including the caramel-like, soy sauce-like odors, umami and mouthful tastes and a greatly reduced bitterness in consomme´ soup Antioxidant activities of SPH, SP1, SP2, CAA, and their MRPs were investigated through reducing power, DPPH radical-scavenging activity, and Fe2+ chelating activity Before Maillard reaction, the antioxidant activities of peptide fractions with different molecular weights were quite different, and SP2 showed the highest activity; however, CAA exhibited very poor antioxidant activity The antioxidant activities of SPH, SP1, SP2, and CAA were greatly enhanced by Maillard reaction, and the MRPs prepared from xylose–CAA model system exhibited a higher antioxidant activity than those from other model systems Pyrazines, pyrroles, furans, and thiazoles were significantly correlated with reducing power and Fe2+ chelating activity by principal component analysis

The endophyte Enterobacter sp. FD17: a maize growth enhancer selected based on rigorous testing of plant beneficial traits and colonization characteristics

Abstract: With the aim to select powerful microbial strains to be used for the enhancement of maize yield and resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses, we tested five endophytic bacterial strains previously isolated from maize roots. A range of different laboratory assays in regard to potential plant growth promotion was performed and strains were further evaluated for improving growth of five maize cultivars under axenic and natural soil conditions. Endophytic colonization was an additional component in our selection process as it is of high importance for an inoculant strain to efficiently colonize the plant environment. All strains had the potential to improve maize seedling growth under axenic conditions. Enterobacter sp. strain FD17 showed both the highest growth-promoting activity under axenic conditions as well as colonization capacity. FD17 was therefore selected for further plant tests in a net house, in which two different maize cultivars were grown in large pots until ripening and subjected to outdoor climatic conditions. Results showed that inoculation significantly increased plant biomass, number of leaves plant−1, leaf area, and grain yield up to 39 %, 14 %, 20 %, and 42 %, respectively, as compared to the un-inoculated control. Similarly, inoculation also improved the photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (PSII) of maize plant and reduced the time needed for flowering. We also confirmed that strain FD17 is able to colonize the rhizosphere, roots and stems. Based on rigorous testing, Enterobacter sp. strain FD17 showed the highest potential to promote growth and health of maize grown under natural conditions. This study suggested that in vitro plant growth-promoting traits and potential of maize seedling growth promotion by bacterial endophytes could be used for the selection of potential inoculant strains subjected for further testing as bio-inoculant under field conditions.

Study of W boson production in PbPb and pp collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV

Abstract: A measurement is presented of W-boson production in PbPb collisions carried out at a nucleon-nucleon (NN) centre-of-mass energy sqrt(s[NN]) of 2.76 TeV at the LHC using the CMS detector. In data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 7.3 inverse microbarns, the number of W to mu mu-neutrino decays is extracted in the region of muon pseudorapidity abs(eta[mu]) 25 GeV. Yields of muons found per unit of pseudorapidity correspond to (159 +/- 10 (stat.) +/- 12 (syst.)) 10E-8 W(plus) and (154 +/- 10 (stat.) +/- 12 (syst.)) 10E-8 W(minus) bosons per minimum-bias PbPb collision. The dependence of W production on the centrality of PbPb collisions is consistent with a scaling of the yield by the number of incoherent NN collisions. The yield of W bosons is also studied in a sample of pp interactions at sqrt(s)= 2.76 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 231 inverse nanobarns. The individual W(plus) and W(minus) yields in PbPb and pp collisions are found to agree, once the neutron and proton content in Pb nuclei is taken into account. Likewise, the difference observed in the dependence of the positive and negative muon production on pseudorapidity is consistent with next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculations.

Mixed convection flow of MHD Eyring-Powell nanofluid over a stretching sheet: A numerical study

Abstract: In the present analysis incompressible two dimensional mixed convection flow of MHD Eyring-Powell nanofluid over a stretching sheet is investigated numerically. The governing highly nonlinear partial differential equations are converted into ordinary differential equations by using a similarity approach. Numerical solutions of the nonlinear ordinary differential equations are found by using a shooting method. Effects of various parameters are displayed graphically for velocity, temperature and concentration profiles. Also quantities of practical interest i.e skin friction coefficient, Nusselt number and Sherwood number are presented graphically and tabularly.