Cassava (Manihot esculenta) leaves, rich in protein content ranging from 20–30% and abundant in essential amino acids (EAAs), represent a valuable and sustainable source of plant-based protein alternatives. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) represent a promising green alternative to conventional alkaline extraction- isoelectric precipitation (AE-IP) for recovering plant proteins with minimal denaturation. In this study, eight different DESs formations were evaluated for extracting protein from de...

This study presents the development of multifunctional biocomposite films consist of gelatin (GE), chitosan-lactate (CL), curcuma ethanolic extract (CEE), and cellulose nanoparticles (CNP) for potential application in active food packaging. The incorporation of CNP at different concentration aimed to reinforce the structural network within the polymer matrix and enhance the thermal, physicochemical, barrier, and functional properties of the films. The addition of CNP increased the compatibili...

We investigate low-frequency resistance fluctuations (1/f noise) in large-area graphene synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The magnitude of the noise in CVD-grown graphene is found to be several orders of magnitude higher than that typically observed in mechanically exfoliated single-crystal graphene. This enhanced noise level is attributed to the presence of structural disorder inherent to polycrystalline CVD films, including grain boundaries and defect states. Temperature-depen...

The detection of objects in high-resolution (HR) images, particularly those taken by surveillance systems or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), appears to be a significant computational bottleneck. Additionally, I observe that when traditional methods process the entire input domain uniformly, the inherent sparsity of objects in backgrounds results in a great deal of redundancy. The Uncertainty-Calibrated Region Sampling (UCRS) framework is presented in this paper. The inefficiency is addressed...

Food packaging is an essential component to protect, preserve and handle the food from extrinsic factors. Plastic has been used as a packaging material because of its durability, versatility, light weight, cost-effectiveness and water resistance properties. There are different types of plastic such as high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). However, the detrimental impact of synthetic plastic...

Since India is the major tamarind producer in the world, the current research focuses on tamarind kernel xyloglucan (XG) as a biodegradable polymer backbone in the fabrication of multifunctional nanocomposite films. The tamarind seed coat biomass was converted into carbon dots (CDs) and added into the XG matrix in different concentrations (1-5% w/w) to enhance functionality of films. The fluorescence spectroscopy was used to characterize the synthesized CDs. The structural, mechanical, barrie...

Mill scale, a by-product from hot rolling processes, offers high iron content but poses handling and recycling challenges due to its fine particle size and tendency to oxidize. This present study investigates the reduction behavior of mill scale pellets in both carbonaceous (low-grade thermal coal) and non-carbonaceous atmosphere (N2 and H2) using as reductant, emphasizes reduction efficiency, microstructural and phase evolution, and reaction kinetics. Mill scale, a major iron oxide-rich by-p...

Molybdenum-based alloys are highly valued for their elevated melting points, excellent mechanical properties like yield strength, higher thermal conductivity, which make them crucial for high-temperature application such in aerospace, defence and nuclear sectors where maintaining strength and structural integrity is very essential. Nevertheless, Mo also faces some drawbacks, such as brittleness at room temperature and rapid oxidation at elevated temperatures, which can lead to failure, necess...

This paper presents a complete FMCW radar based target tracking system using the TI AWR1843 mmWave sensor and DCA1000EVM. Real radar data captured through mmWave Studio, along with synthetically generated FMCW signals, are processed in MATLAB for controlled evaluation. A walking human target is tracked using range, Doppler, and angle estimation, followed by alpha-beta and Kalman filtering to obtain position, velocity, and trajectory. Performance metrics such as range RMSE, angle RMSE, Cartesi...

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted vast research interest since the breakthrough discovery of graphene. One major benefit of such systems is the ability to tune the Fermi level through the charge neutrality point between electron and hole doping. In this presentation, we show that single layer graphene coupled to the low-density superconductor indium oxide (InO) exhibits two charge neutrality points, each of them representing electronic regions in which the carrier density can be t...

This paper studies different failure modes for endurance of insulation of electrodes under high voltage stress. A competing risks model is studied under improved adaptive type-II progressive censoring scheme (IAT-II PCS) referring to this phenomena. Two independent competing causes of failure are considered where lifetime of these failures are assumed to follow Chen distribution with unknown scale and shape parameters. Maximum likelihood estimators (MLEs) of the unknown parameters are derived...

Sustainable destination branding authentically communicates a destination's unique character while prioritizing environmental stewardship, social equity, and economic resilience This extended abstract synthesizes academic theories, key principles, actionable strategies, and current challenges, and proposes a forward looking agenda for theory and practice Integrating contemporary literature, stakeholder centered methodology, and critical perspectives including post colonial critiques this work...

Side-channel attacks are carried out by observing physical leakages such as power, timing, or electromagnetic emissions, and these leakages often reveal information about the internal operations of a cryptographic device. In this work, synthetic power-trace data with controlled fault patterns was generated so that the behavior of different machine learning models could be studied under a variety of fault conditions. Several types of artificial disturbances were injected into the traces using ...

The development of a biphasic scaffold that simultaneously supports cartilage and subchondral bone regeneration is a very promising approach towards effective osteochondral tissue engineering. In this study, 15 wt% of 52S4.2 nanobioactive glass (NBG) incorporated silk fibroin (SF), chitosan (CH) based porous scaffold (SF 80 /CH 20 /NBG 15 ) was fabricated via a freeze-drying technique, providing a supportive bulk structure mimicking subchondral bone and then electrospun nanofibrous gelatin (G...

Magnaporthe oryzae can infect rice, however, Arabidopsis is a nonhost that actively fights the infection. Despite the discovery of numerous genes and QTLs, rice blast has not been cured. In order to protect Arabidopsis against rice blast, the non-host resistance (NHR) mechanism triggers the hypersensitive response (HR), a type of localized programmed cell death associated with pathogen limiting or killing that results in resistance to pathogenic infections. Cell death is generally thought to ...

Rice is grown extensively in many parts of the world at different times of the year under different climatic conditions. Rice is the most essential cereal crop that forms a major part of the human diet and is hence popularly called "Global grain". With the increasing trend of the rising human population, it’s high time to have crops with high yield potential and stability. Making the rice-based production system sustainable is crucial for the future food security of mankind. Rice blast is one...

This work evaluates the impact of heat treatment on SS316L manu-factured by laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) under high volumetric energy density (VED ≈ 467 J/mm³) and low layer thickness. The as-built sample exhib-ited fine cellular/columnar microstructures with clear melt-pool boundaries, which remained largely unchanged after heat treatment at 650 °C but fully dis-solved and transformed into coarse equiaxed grains after solution treatment at 1120 °C. Density increased from 94.91% (AB) to 96...

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a promising platform for fabricating cost-effective and customizable electrodes in electrochemical applications. How-ever, the limited conductivity of polymer-based feedstock materials poses a chal-lenge for their practical deployment. In this work, we report the development of composite electrodes prepared by adding graphene and hydrothermally synthe-sized copper nanostructures to solvated acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). The mixture thus obtained is util...

Pulses are rich source of protein, dietary fiber, minerals. However they need to be processed further before consuming due to presence of antinutritional (ANFs) factors. Otherwise can significantly affect the absorption of of other valuable nutrients and reduces digestibility as well. Some common ANFs in pulses include lectins, phytates, tannins, protease inhibitors. Appropriate processing needs to reduce these factors, while maintaining the nutritional digestibility and consumer acceptance. ...