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  1. Book ; Online ; E-Book: Advances in crop production and climate change

    Yadav, A. S. / Kumar, Narendra / Arora, Sanjay / Srivastava, D. S. / Pant, Hemlata

    2021  

    Abstract: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. Advances in Rice Production Technologies -- 2. Advances in Wheat and Barley Production Technologies -- 3. Advances in Maize Production Technologies ...

    Author's details A. S. Yadav, Narendra Kumar, Sanjay Arora, D. S. Srivastava, Hemlata Pant
    Abstract Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. Advances in Rice Production Technologies -- 2. Advances in Wheat and Barley Production Technologies -- 3. Advances in Maize Production Technologies -- 4. Improved Technologies for Pearl Millet Cultivation -- 5. Advances in Pulses Production Technologies: A Holistic Approach for New Millennium -- 6. Advances in Oilseeds Production Technologies -- 7. Advance Production Technologies of Sugarcane: A Step Towards Higher Productivity -- 8. Advances in Vegetable Production Technologies -- 9. Advances in Medicinal and Aromatic Crop Production Technologies -- 10. Advances in Forage Crop Production Technologies -- 11. Restoration of Degraded Sodic Lands Through Agroforestry Practices -- 12. Advances in Farm Mechanization in India -- 13. Resource Conservation Techniques for Sustaining Crop Production in Rainfed Foothills Under Changing Climate -- 14. Advances in Reclamation and Management of Salt Affected Soils for Sustainable Crop Production -- 15. Physio-molecular Mechanisms of Drought Tolerance in Crop -- 16. Soil Biodiversity and Its Management for Sustainable Agriculture -- 17. Impact of Climate Change in Crop Protection -- 18. Analysis of Field Experimental Data Using Statistical Calculator.
    Keywords Electronic books
    Language English
    Size 1 Online-Ressource (506 Seiten)
    Publisher Taylor & Francis Group
    Publishing place Boca Raton ; London ; New York
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Book ; Online ; E-Book
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    Remark Zugriff für angemeldete ZB MED-Nutzerinnen und -Nutzer ; https://www.livivo.de/getdoc/EBC/7185639
    HBZ-ID HT021725128
    ISBN 978-1-00-057252-0 ; 9781032024295 ; 1-00-057252-8 ; 1032024291
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  2. Article ; Online: In vitro and in vivo optimization of liposomal nanoparticles based brain targeted vgf gene therapy.

    Arora, Sanjay / Singh, Jagdish

    International journal of pharmaceutics

    2021  Volume 608, Page(s) 121095

    Abstract: Vgf (non-acronymic), a neurotrophin stimulated protein which plays a crucial role in learning, synaptic activity, and neurogenesis, is markedly downregulated in the brain of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. However, since vgf is a large polar protein, ... ...

    Abstract Vgf (non-acronymic), a neurotrophin stimulated protein which plays a crucial role in learning, synaptic activity, and neurogenesis, is markedly downregulated in the brain of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. However, since vgf is a large polar protein, a safe and efficient gene delivery vector is critical for its delivery across the blood brain barrier (BBB). This research work demonstrates brain-targeted liposomal nanoparticles optimized for delivering plasmid encoding vgf across BBB and transfecting brain cells. Brain targeting was achieved by surface functionalization using glucose transporter-1 targeting ligand (mannose) and brain targeted cell-penetrating peptides (chimeric rabies virus glycoprotein fragment, rabies virus derived peptide, penetratin peptide, or CGNHPHLAKYNGT peptide). The ligands were conjugated to lipid via nucleophilic substitution reaction resulting in >75% binding efficiency. The liposomes were formed by film hydration technique demonstrating size <200 nm, positive zeta potential (15-20 mV), and polydispersity index <0.3. The bifunctionalized liposomes demonstrated ∼3 pg/µg protein vgf transfection across in vitro BBB, and ∼80 pg/mg protein in mice brain which was 1.5-2 fold (p < 0.05) higher compared to untreated control. The nanoparticles were also biocompatible in vitro and in vivo, suggesting a safe and efficient gene delivery system to treat AD.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Blood-Brain Barrier ; Brain ; Genetic Therapy ; Liposomes ; Mice ; Nanoparticles ; Nerve Growth Factors
    Chemical Substances Liposomes ; Nerve Growth Factors ; VGF protein, human
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-20
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 428962-6
    ISSN 1873-3476 ; 0378-5173
    ISSN (online) 1873-3476
    ISSN 0378-5173
    DOI 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.121095
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  3. Article: Functionalized nanoparticles for brain targeted BDNF gene therapy to rescue Alzheimer's disease pathology in transgenic mouse model

    Arora, Sanjay / Kanekiyo, Takahisa / Singh, Jagdish

    International journal of biological macromolecules. 2022 May 31, v. 208

    2022  

    Abstract: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is actively produced and utilized in cortical circuits throughout life to sustain neuronal function and synaptic plasticity. In animal models of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), highly invasive BDNF gene therapy using ... ...

    Abstract Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is actively produced and utilized in cortical circuits throughout life to sustain neuronal function and synaptic plasticity. In animal models of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), highly invasive BDNF gene therapy using viral vectors has successfully shown enhanced synaptic protein expression, proliferation of neurons and attenuation of amyloidogenic processes. However, to eliminate virus-related safety issues and invasive procedures, our present study has explored brain-targeted lipid-based nanoparticles that can deliver plasmid encoding BDNF to brain in a safe and efficient manner. Efficacy of these nanoparticles was tested in early (6-months) and advanced stage (9-months) transgenic APP/PS1 AD mice. Liposomes were surface-functionalized with brain targeting ligand, mannose, and cell-penetrating peptides (rabies virus-derived peptide or penetratin). These bifunctionalized nanoparticles enhanced BDNF expression by ~2 times and resulted in >40% (p < 0.05) reduction in toxic amyloid-beta peptides in 6- and 9-months old APP/PS1 mice brains compared to their age-matched untreated controls. Plaque load was reduced ~7 and ~3 times (p < 0.05), respectively, whereas synaptic proteins, synaptophysin and PSD-95, were found to be increased >90% (p < 0.05) in both age groups of transgenic mice treated with bifunctionalized nanoparticles. No untoward adverse effects were observed throughout treatment, suggesting a safe and effective strategy to rescue AD pathology.
    Keywords Alzheimer disease ; brain ; gene therapy ; ligands ; mannose ; mice ; neurons ; neuroplasticity ; plasmids ; protein synthesis ; rabies ; toxicity
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-0531
    Size p. 901-911.
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 282732-3
    ISSN 1879-0003 ; 0141-8130
    ISSN (online) 1879-0003
    ISSN 0141-8130
    DOI 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.03.203
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  4. Article ; Online: Implementation and Evaluation of an Automated Text Message-Based Diabetes Prevention Program for Adults With Pre-diabetes.

    Arora, Sanjay / Lam, Chun Nok / Burner, Elizabeth / Menchine, Michael

    Journal of diabetes science and technology

    2023  , Page(s) 19322968231162601

    Abstract: Background: Despite the efficacy of diabetes prevention programs, only an estimated 5% of people with pre-diabetes actually participate. Mobile health (mHealth) holds promise to engage patients with pre-diabetes into lifestyle modification programs by ... ...

    Abstract Background: Despite the efficacy of diabetes prevention programs, only an estimated 5% of people with pre-diabetes actually participate. Mobile health (mHealth) holds promise to engage patients with pre-diabetes into lifestyle modification programs by decreasing the referral burden, centralizing remote enrollment, removing the physical requirement of a brick-and-mortar location, lowering operating costs through automation, and reducing time and transportation barriers.
    Methods: Non-randomized implementation study enrolling patients with pre-diabetes from a large health care organization. Patients were exposed to a text message-based program combining live human coaching guidance and support with automated scheduled, interactive, data-driven, and on-demand messages. The primary analysis examined predicted weight outcomes at 6 and 12 months. Secondary outcomes included predicted changes in HbA1c and minutes of exercise at 6 and 12 months.
    Results: Of the 163 participants included in the primary analysis, participants had a mean predicted weight loss of 5.5% at six months (
    Conclusions: In this real-world implementation of the myAgileLife Diabetes Prevention Program among patients with pre-diabetes, we observed significant decreases in weight and HbA1c at 6 and 12 months. mHealth may represent an effective and easily scalable potential solution to deliver impactful diabetes prevention curricula to large numbers of patients.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1932-2968
    ISSN (online) 1932-2968
    DOI 10.1177/19322968231162601
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  5. Article ; Online: Rationalizing mineral gypsum use through microbially enriched municipal solid waste compost for amelioration and regaining productivity potential of degraded alkali soils.

    Singh, Yash Pal / Arora, Sanjay / Mishra, Vinay Kumar / Singh, Atul Kumar

    Scientific reports

    2023  Volume 13, Issue 1, Page(s) 11816

    Abstract: Reclamation of alkali soils to harness their productivity potential is more complex due to the presence of excess sodium ions, poor hydraulic conductivity and infiltration rate, resulting in poor plant growth and crop productivity. Sodic soil reclamation ...

    Abstract Reclamation of alkali soils to harness their productivity potential is more complex due to the presence of excess sodium ions, poor hydraulic conductivity and infiltration rate, resulting in poor plant growth and crop productivity. Sodic soil reclamation using inorganic ameliorants like mineral gypsum or phosphogypsum is beyond the reach of small and marginal farmers having alkali soils because of their higher market prices and shortage of availability. Conjoint use of inorganic and organic amendments can be a pragmatic solution for improving soil physico-chemical and biological properties and sustaining crop productivity. Municipal solid waste compost (MSWC) available in abundant quantity if enriched with the efficient halophilic microbial consortium and used in conjunction with a reduced dose of gypsum can be a cost-effective approach for sustainable reclamation of alkali soils and harnessing their productivity potential. Hence, a field experiment was conducted on a high alkali soil (pH
    MeSH term(s) Calcium Sulfate ; Solid Waste ; Composting ; Minerals ; Alkalies ; Carbon ; Sodium
    Chemical Substances Calcium Sulfate (WAT0DDB505) ; Solid Waste ; Minerals ; Alkalies ; Carbon (7440-44-0) ; Sodium (9NEZ333N27)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2615211-3
    ISSN 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
    ISSN (online) 2045-2322
    ISSN 2045-2322
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-37823-5
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  6. Article ; Online: Functionalized nanoparticles for brain targeted BDNF gene therapy to rescue Alzheimer's disease pathology in transgenic mouse model.

    Arora, Sanjay / Kanekiyo, Takahisa / Singh, Jagdish

    International journal of biological macromolecules

    2022  Volume 208, Page(s) 901–911

    Abstract: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is actively produced and utilized in cortical circuits throughout life to sustain neuronal function and synaptic plasticity. In animal models of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), highly invasive BDNF gene therapy using ... ...

    Abstract Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is actively produced and utilized in cortical circuits throughout life to sustain neuronal function and synaptic plasticity. In animal models of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), highly invasive BDNF gene therapy using viral vectors has successfully shown enhanced synaptic protein expression, proliferation of neurons and attenuation of amyloidogenic processes. However, to eliminate virus-related safety issues and invasive procedures, our present study has explored brain-targeted lipid-based nanoparticles that can deliver plasmid encoding BDNF to brain in a safe and efficient manner. Efficacy of these nanoparticles was tested in early (6-months) and advanced stage (9-months) transgenic APP/PS1 AD mice. Liposomes were surface-functionalized with brain targeting ligand, mannose, and cell-penetrating peptides (rabies virus-derived peptide or penetratin). These bifunctionalized nanoparticles enhanced BDNF expression by ~2 times and resulted in >40% (p < 0.05) reduction in toxic amyloid-beta peptides in 6- and 9-months old APP/PS1 mice brains compared to their age-matched untreated controls. Plaque load was reduced ~7 and ~3 times (p < 0.05), respectively, whereas synaptic proteins, synaptophysin and PSD-95, were found to be increased >90% (p < 0.05) in both age groups of transgenic mice treated with bifunctionalized nanoparticles. No untoward adverse effects were observed throughout treatment, suggesting a safe and effective strategy to rescue AD pathology.
    MeSH term(s) Alzheimer Disease/genetics ; Alzheimer Disease/metabolism ; Alzheimer Disease/therapy ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/genetics ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism ; Animals ; Brain/metabolism ; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics ; Disease Models, Animal ; Genetic Therapy ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Nanoparticles
    Chemical Substances Amyloid beta-Peptides ; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-02
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 282732-3
    ISSN 1879-0003 ; 0141-8130
    ISSN (online) 1879-0003
    ISSN 0141-8130
    DOI 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.03.203
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  7. Book ; Online: Yuga

    Nitin, Vikram / Mulhern, Anne / Arora, Sanjay / Ray, Baishakhi

    Automatically Detecting Lifetime Annotation Bugs in the Rust Language

    2023  

    Abstract: The Rust programming language is becoming increasingly popular among systems programmers due to its efficient performance and robust memory safety guarantees. Rust employs an ownership model to ensure this guarantee by allowing each value to be owned by ... ...

    Abstract The Rust programming language is becoming increasingly popular among systems programmers due to its efficient performance and robust memory safety guarantees. Rust employs an ownership model to ensure this guarantee by allowing each value to be owned by only one identifier at a time. Additionally, it introduces the concept of borrowing and lifetimes to enable other variables to borrow the values under certain conditions temporarily. Despite its benefits, security vulnerabilities have been reported in Rust projects, often attributed to the use of "unsafe" Rust code. These vulnerabilities, in part, arise from incorrect lifetime annotations on function signatures. However, existing tools fail to detect these bugs, primarily because such bugs are rare, challenging to detect through dynamic analysis, and require explicit memory models. To overcome these limitations, first, we characterize incorrect lifetime annotations as a source of memory safety bugs and leverage this understanding to devise a novel static analysis tool, Yuga, to detect potential lifetime annotation bugs. Yuga uses a multi-phase analysis approach, starting with a quick pattern-matching algorithm to identify potential buggy components and then conducting a flow and field-sensitive alias analysis to confirm the bugs. We also curate new datasets of lifetime annotation bugs. Yuga successfully detects bugs with good precision on these datasets, and we make the code and datasets publicly available for review.
    Keywords Computer Science - Software Engineering
    Subject code 005
    Publishing date 2023-10-12
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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  8. Article ; Online: A Review of Brain-Targeted Nonviral Gene-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

    Arora, Sanjay / Sharma, Divya / Layek, Buddhadev / Singh, Jagdish

    Molecular pharmaceutics

    2021  Volume 18, Issue 12, Page(s) 4237–4255

    Abstract: Diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) are difficult to treat owing to the complexity of the brain and the presence of a natural blood-brain-barrier (BBB). Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the major progressive and currently incurable ... ...

    Abstract Diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) are difficult to treat owing to the complexity of the brain and the presence of a natural blood-brain-barrier (BBB). Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the major progressive and currently incurable neurodegenerative disorders of the CNS, which accounts for 60-80% of cases of dementia. The pathophysiology of AD involves the accumulation of amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) in the brain. Additionally, synaptic loss and imbalance of neuronal signaling molecules are characterized as important markers of AD. Existing treatments of AD help in the management of its symptoms and aim toward the maintenance of cognitive functions, behavior, and attenuation of gradual memory loss. Over the past decade, nonviral gene therapy has attracted increasing interest due to its various advantages over its viral counterparts. Moreover, advancements in nonviral gene technology have led to their increasing contributions in clinical trials. However, brain-targeted nonviral gene delivery vectors come across various extracellular and intracellular barriers, limiting their ability to transfer the therapeutic gene into the target cells. Chief barriers to nonviral gene therapy have been discussed briefly in this review. We have also highlighted the rapid advancement of several nonviral gene therapies for AD, which are broadly categorized into physical and chemical methods. These methods aim to modulate Aβ, beta-site amyloid precursor protein (APP) cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1), apolipoprotein E, or neurotrophic factors' expression in the CNS. Overall, this review discusses challenges and recent advancements of nonviral gene therapy for AD.
    MeSH term(s) Alzheimer Disease/etiology ; Alzheimer Disease/therapy ; Biolistics ; Blood-Brain Barrier ; Brain/metabolism ; Dendrimers ; Electroporation ; Gene Transfer Techniques ; Genetic Therapy/methods ; Humans ; Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System ; Polymers/chemistry
    Chemical Substances Dendrimers ; Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System ; Polymers
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-27
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2138405-8
    ISSN 1543-8392 ; 1543-8384
    ISSN (online) 1543-8392
    ISSN 1543-8384
    DOI 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00611
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  9. Article ; Online: Indigenous Practices of Soil and Water Conservation for Sustainable Hill Agriculture and Improving Livelihood Security.

    Arora, Sanjay / Bhatt, Rajan / Sharma, Vikas / Hadda, Manjeet S

    Environmental management

    2022  Volume 72, Issue 2, Page(s) 321–332

    Abstract: In the foothills of the North-West Himalayan region of India, agriculture is the main occupation of the residents. The soil and water resources are becoming the major constraints in agricultural production in the erosion-prone fragile ecosystem of the ... ...

    Abstract In the foothills of the North-West Himalayan region of India, agriculture is the main occupation of the residents. The soil and water resources are becoming the major constraints in agricultural production in the erosion-prone fragile ecosystem of the region. However, due to intensive rains and sloping lands of the region, erosion of the topsoil becoming the major problem for practicing sustainable agriculture in the region, which further dissects the lands, reduces the fertility potentials and land productivities of the region. The root cause of this huge erosion in the region is the intensive rains within a short interval of time on the bare sloping hillsides and handling this problem in both ways could reduce their erosion damage. Socio-economically the farmers are illiterate, poor, and hesitate to adopt innovative techniques of both land and water conservation. All this makes the challenge of reducing erosion losses quite difficult. Farmers in the region do have the skills to manage the problem of soil erosion which they learned from their forefathers and have faith in them. These technologies put together are termed as "Indigenous Technical Knowledge" (ITKs) and these ITKs have helped them a lot for sustainable agriculture in the region. Among different ITKs bunding of field, plowing before monsoon, filter strips, earthing-up in maize, mulching, compression of soil in sugarcane are the important ones for restoring the fertility of soils, reducing erosion losses, improving land productivity, and ultimately livelihoods in the region.
    MeSH term(s) Soil ; Conservation of Water Resources ; Ecosystem ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; Agriculture
    Chemical Substances Soil
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1478932-2
    ISSN 1432-1009 ; 0364-152X
    ISSN (online) 1432-1009
    ISSN 0364-152X
    DOI 10.1007/s00267-022-01602-1
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  10. Article ; Online: A review of the tortuous path of nonviral gene delivery and recent progress.

    Sharma, Divya / Arora, Sanjay / Singh, Jagdish / Layek, Buddhadev

    International journal of biological macromolecules

    2021  Volume 183, Page(s) 2055–2073

    Abstract: Gene therapy encompasses the transfer of exogenous genetic materials into the patient's target cells to treat or prevent diseases. Nevertheless, the transfer of genetic material into desired cells is challenging and often requires specialized tools or ... ...

    Abstract Gene therapy encompasses the transfer of exogenous genetic materials into the patient's target cells to treat or prevent diseases. Nevertheless, the transfer of genetic material into desired cells is challenging and often requires specialized tools or delivery systems. For the past 40 years, scientists are mainly pursuing various viruses as gene delivery vectors, and the overall progress has been slow and far from the expectation. As an alternative, nonviral vectors have gained substantial attention due to their several advantages, including superior safety profile, enhanced payload capacity, and stealth abilities. Since nonviral vectors encounter multiple extra- and intra-cellular barriers limiting the transfer of genetic payload into the target cell nucleus, we have discussed these barriers in detail for this review. A direct approach, utilizing physical methods like electroporation, sonoporation, gene gun, eliminate the requirement for a specific carrier for gene delivery. In contrast, chemical methods of gene transfer exploit natural or synthetic compounds as carriers to increase cellular targeting and gene therapy effectiveness. We have also emphasized the recent advancements aimed at enhancing the current nonviral approaches. Therefore, in this review, we have focused on discussing the current evolving state of nonviral gene delivery systems and their future perspectives.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Humans ; Gene Transfer Techniques/adverse effects ; Genetic Therapy/adverse effects ; Lipids/chemistry ; Polymers/chemistry ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; RNA, Messenger/therapeutic use
    Chemical Substances Lipids ; Polymers ; RNA, Messenger
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-01
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 282732-3
    ISSN 1879-0003 ; 0141-8130
    ISSN (online) 1879-0003
    ISSN 0141-8130
    DOI 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.05.192
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