Original Research Article

AN ANALYSIS OF PUBLISH SPEECH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTERPERSONAL METAFUNCTION--TAKE EMMA WATSON’S UN FEMINIST SPEECH AS AN EXAMPLE

YUEHONG WEI, YUANYUAN DU, CHUNGANG MIAO

Journal of Basic and Applied Research International, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 1-7

Interpersonal metafunction is one of the three meta-functions in systemic functional linguistics. And its realization runs through every process of the speech. Based on Halliday's interpersonal function theoretical framework, this paper analyzes the public speech delivered by UN Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson in 2004 at the United Nations "HeForShe" activity, to explore how Emma used the language means to realize the interpersonal meaning in public speech, and further called on everyone to actively participate in the activity.

Original Research Article

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS BY EXPERIMENTAL ERROR TREATMENT IN POWER MODELS CORRELATIONS OF PLANT OIL RHEOLOGICAL DATA AT LOW TEMPERATURES

PLINIO A. TAVARES NETO, LEÔNCIO DIOGENES TAVARES CÂMARA

Journal of Basic and Applied Research International, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 8-16

The growing use of vegetable oils in renewable energy sources such as biodiesel justifies a better understanding of the rheological behavior of these raw materials. The analysis and statistical treatment of the dispersion of the experimental error is fundamental for a better adjustment and estimation of the parameters of the applied models. In this study, the statistical error treatment of the experimental data of rheology of four different types of vegetable oils was carried out in the correlation with power models of the Ostwald-de-Waele type. The oils studied were canola, soybean, sunflower and cotton. The applied statistical approach evaluated the influence of disregarding the experimental points with the largest deviation in the result of the correction coefficient, standard deviation and confidence interval. Improvements in statistical properties were observed with the disregard of the experimental points with the greatest deviation, especially in those oils with the worst adjustment of the model. The obtained exponents of the power model, greater than unit, show that the studied oils show dilatant rheological behavior. There is a significant variation in the exponent values for small variations in the power model adjustment, which justifies the statistical treatment of the experimental data to obtain more accurate rheological parameters.

Short Communication

ANTI BACTERIAL AND ANTI INFLAMATORY ACTIVITIES OF NOVEL DIHYDROPYRANO PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVES

SATEESH AMUDALA, JYOTHI MANDALA

Journal of Basic and Applied Research International, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 45-48

N- Heterocyclic novel newly synthesized dihydropyranopyrazole derivatives 1a-m were screened in vitro for their antibacterial activity against the Gram-negative Escherichia coli and Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis at 250 and 500 µg/mm concentrations. The known antibiotic Gentamycin was used as a standard by Vincent and Vincent method. Compounds 1g, 1j, 1k, and 1m showed potent activity by means of gentamycin as standard. Compounds were also screened for their anti inflammatory activity with Diclofenac sodium In vivo studies. The compounds 1c, 1d, 1e, 1i and 1j exhibited promising anti-inflammatory activity.

Review Article

MARINE ACTINOMYCETES AS A SUSTAINABLE REMEDY TO EMERGING DRUG RESISTANCE IN CLINICAL SCENARIO

P. DEEPA MATHEW, K. SUKESH

Journal of Basic and Applied Research International, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 17-35

The paper deals with the use of marine actinomycetes as a sustainable remedy against emerging drug resistance. Actinomycetes are unique among prokaryotes due to their filamentous nature, differentiated life cycle and metabolic versatility. Successful and effective exploitation of actinomycetes relies upon the characterization of actinomycetes from unexplored habitats which in turn unravels the ecological and biotechnological perspectives of the organism.

Mini Review Papers

MARKER-ASSISTED BACKCROSS SELECTION: PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT IN AN ELITE VARIETY OF MAJOR FIELD CROPS

A. PREMKUMAR, MANOJ KUMAR, RUCHI CHAUHAN

Journal of Basic and Applied Research International, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 36-44

Advancement in the field of Molecular Marker technology and Genome Sequencing has enabled plant breeders to identify the desirable plants in segregating populations at any developmental stage irrespective of environmental conditions. In conventional backcross breeding, the breeder encounters technical difficulties such as a back cross programme extended till BC6F1 to recover the maximum proportion of recurrent parent genome; the undesirable portion of donor genome transfer along with target gene into recipient parent and it deteriorates the agronomic performance of the variety, linkage drag.  Marker-Assisted Backcross facilitates gene transfer with the help of gene-linked markers (Foreground Selection), a chance to recover the maximum of recurrent genome even in BC2Fn generation (Background Selection) with the minimum of linkage drag.  This review describes the progress made to improve the performance of popular varieties and released for commercial cultivation using the technique of Marker-Assisted Background Selection.