Universal College

About: Universal College is a education organization based out in Las Piñas, Philippines. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 567 authors who have published 450 publications receiving 1933 citations. The organization is also known as: Universal College of Nursing.

Rational use of ayurvedic literaature for drug development.

Abstract: Research in Ayurveda for lead structures has continued to be an area of major scientific interest with investigators engaged in drug development. The exhaustive information available in Ayurvedic literature provides a drug researcher the opportunity to start with a well tested and safe botanical material. However, an inappropriate interpretation of Ayurvedic texts can lead to research in a wrong direction which may present as lack of effectivity or serious adverse effects with herb under investigation. The problems faced in the selection of medicinal plants, underlying cases and the possible solutions have been discussed in the following article.

Kawasaki Disease Shock Syndrome: A Nine-Year-Old Girl With Atypical Presentation of Kawasaki Disease in Emergency Department

Abstract: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute rheumatological illness usually affecting children between six months and five years of age. It is a vasculitis syndrome of medium-sized vessels that has typical clinical characteristics such as fever, rash, cervical lymphadenopathy, conjunctivitis, and mucosal changes. However, sometimes, it may present with the features of shock when it is known as Kawasaki disease shock syndrome (KDSS). The actual etiology of this disease is still unknown. The primary treatment of this disease is aspirin and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). The most common and serious complication of KD is cardiac complications which can be avoided by IVIG if given on time. KDSS is the other rare but serious early complication that can be presented to the ED as an initial presenting feature. Early diagnosis of KDSS in the ED and its treatment is very important to prevent early and late complications, including cardiac complications of this disease. Although the usual age group for this disease is under five years, here we have presented a rare case of KDSS in a nine-year-old female child.

Phytochemical screening and evaluation of antidiarrhoeal activity of bunium bulbocastanum seeds extract in experimental wistar rats

Abstract: Objective: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the antidiarrheal activity of Bunim bulbocastanum seeds extracts, to exploit the medicinal use of plant in the traditional system of medicine scientifically. Methods: The adult Wistar albino rats were divided in four groups, i.e. Group M1 (control group) receiving normal saline, group M2 (test group 1) receiving the 250 mg/kg Bunium bulbocastanum extract, group M2 (test group 2) receiving the 500 mg/kg Bunium bulbocastanum extract and group M4 (reference) receiving 3 mg/kg P. O Loperamide. Each group of mice with a bodyweight of 1 ml/100 g received castor oil. Mice were sacrificed and the distance traveled by the charcoal meal and the total length of the intestine was then measured. The peristaltic index and percentage of inhibition were calculated by using the formula. Results: It was found that in the castor oil-induced intestinal transit method extract produced a significant (p<0.0001) dose-dependent reduction in the distance traveled by charcoal meal comparable to the control peak effect was at the dose of 500 mg/kg (PI=12.06±3.38). Likewise, in the diarrheal dropping test, Bunium bulbocastanum extract causes a significant (p<0.05) dose-dependent reduction in the number of wet feces i.e. the mean wet of feces was decreased from 2.3±0.44 gm to 1.28±0.36 gm i.e. significantly different from that elicited by control (0.80±0.17 gm) (p=0.0081). However, there were no significant differences in inhibition at a dose of 250 mg/kg of extract. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the crude methanol extract from B. bulbocastanum seeds possesses significant antidiarrheal property and the presence of various secondary metabolites. This justified the antidiarrheal use of plant in the traditional system of medicine.

Gesture Based Audio/Video Player

Abstract: In this research paper we wish to develop a Windows-based application for live motion gesture recognition using web-camera as input built using Java, and using this input to control a video/audio player (VLC media player). A combination of user motion detection and gesture recognition will be used. This application uses the webcam to detect gestures made by the user and perform basic operations such as play/pause, volume up, volume down, next, previous.

Implementation of 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Network in Real-time Monitoring and Control System for Green House

Abstract: In order to meet the increasing need for quality conscience crops and to utilize the resources efficiently, the concept of Greenhouse was introduced. It assists in accurate monitoring and controlling of various parameters, in order to nurture healthy crops. In this paper efforts are made to acknowledge the problems associated with maintaining precise environmental conditions, and to implement a sophisticated system to supervise the real-time monitoring and controlling operation inside the Greenhouse. The necessity for an Automated System deploying wireless communication and remote sensing is considered. This paper illustrates the implementation of a WSN (Wireless Sensor Network) based embedded system supported by ZigBee network (over IEEE 802.15.4) for organizing Greenhouse parameters. The establishment of various topologies supported by ZigBee network viz. Star topology & Mesh Topology are illustrated. It also demonstrates the real time supervision of parameters such as temperature, humidity as well as the total power consumption of the system, along with appropriate sensors. With the help of a PC based GUI application developed on Java platform graphs are plotted to evaluate the system performance.