Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.21767/0976-8610.101069
T. Murugan, S. Basri, Dhanapal Durai Domnic
Small and Medium size Software Enterprises (SME’s) often faces many challenges in the pursuit of developing quality software due to various factors such as limited resources, time and complexity, cost, frequent changes in the requirement by the stakeholder due to the agile development process where customer satisfaction is paramount. Even though the testing activities carried out in a traditional way but still there are many projects exposed to vulnerability and other critical issues which goes unnoticed. Exploratory Testing is an approach which helps to solve this issue by identifying the bugs which can be fixed before being delivered to the stakeholder. So far there is no standard approach available for Exploratory Testing. Based on the previous research work and analysing various literatures, a new conceptual framework has been developed. The proposed conceptual framework for Exploratory Testing, is to be analysed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The reliability and validity of the research framework is being assessed using the measurement model in PLS-SEM.
{"title":"Analyzing the Conceptual Model for Exploratory Testing Framework using PLS-SEM","authors":"T. Murugan, S. Basri, Dhanapal Durai Domnic","doi":"10.21767/0976-8610.101069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21767/0976-8610.101069","url":null,"abstract":"Small and Medium size Software Enterprises (SME’s) often faces many challenges in the pursuit of developing quality software due to various factors such as limited resources, time and complexity, cost, frequent changes in the requirement by the stakeholder due to the agile development process where customer satisfaction is paramount. Even though the testing activities carried out in a traditional way but still there are many projects exposed to vulnerability and other critical issues which goes unnoticed. Exploratory Testing is an approach which helps to solve this issue by identifying the bugs which can be fixed before being delivered to the stakeholder. So far there is no standard approach available for Exploratory Testing. Based on the previous research work and analysing various literatures, a new conceptual framework has been developed. The proposed conceptual framework for Exploratory Testing, is to be analysed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The reliability and validity of the research framework is being assessed using the measurement model in PLS-SEM.","PeriodicalId":7285,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Applied Science Research","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75905016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5958/2349-2104.2019.00002.0
M. Nehra, Amanjyoti
{"title":"Preparation and analysis of sensory attributes of cucumber-tomato sauce","authors":"M. Nehra, Amanjyoti","doi":"10.5958/2349-2104.2019.00002.0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2349-2104.2019.00002.0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7285,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Applied Science Research","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87054045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5958/2349-2104.2019.00015.9
P. Wesley, B. Devi
The present investigation was aimed at controlling metastasis and cell proliferation in cancer by molecular docking of the previously isolated molecules of Abutilon hirtum with the targets Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and its receptor urokinase (uPA)-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) protein. Among all the ligands docked with the two selected target protein molecules, 2, 4-dihydroxybenzoic acid had an efficient docking score of-4.94 with target protein uPA. Likewise it showed a docking score of-4.03 with three bonds with uPAR. 3, 4, 5-trihydroxybenzoic acid interacted with uPA with a G-Score of-5.05 whereas it had very less interaction with uPAR. The standard control drug Docetaxel formed two hydrogen bonds with uPAR; with very least G Score of-1.21. It showed no significant interaction with uPA. The ligand molecules selected for docking interacted with the selected protein target molecules at their active sites (involved in protein-protein, uPA-uPAR interaction) and nearby amino acid residues from the setup made from Grid Generation Panel. The results clearly indicated that the ligand molecules can be used as potential small molecule inhibitors of the drug targets uPAand uPAR that can possibly control the metastasis or other related factors responsible for the spreading of human prostate cancer
{"title":"Molecular docking studies of bioactive compounds from Abutilon hirtum (Lam). Sweet (Malvaceae)","authors":"P. Wesley, B. Devi","doi":"10.5958/2349-2104.2019.00015.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2349-2104.2019.00015.9","url":null,"abstract":"The present investigation was aimed at controlling metastasis and cell proliferation in cancer by molecular docking of the previously isolated molecules of Abutilon hirtum with the targets Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and its receptor urokinase (uPA)-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) protein. Among all the ligands docked with the two selected target protein molecules, 2, 4-dihydroxybenzoic acid had an efficient docking score of-4.94 with target protein uPA. Likewise it showed a docking score of-4.03 with three bonds with uPAR. 3, 4, 5-trihydroxybenzoic acid interacted with uPA with a G-Score of-5.05 whereas it had very less interaction with uPAR. The standard control drug Docetaxel formed two hydrogen bonds with uPAR; with very least G Score of-1.21. It showed no significant interaction with uPA. The ligand molecules selected for docking interacted with the selected protein target molecules at their active sites (involved in protein-protein, uPA-uPAR interaction) and nearby amino acid residues from the setup made from Grid Generation Panel. The results clearly indicated that the ligand molecules can be used as potential small molecule inhibitors of the drug targets uPAand uPAR that can possibly control the metastasis or other related factors responsible for the spreading of human prostate cancer","PeriodicalId":7285,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Applied Science Research","volume":"77 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84105857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5958/2349-2104.2019.00010.x
D. Meera, S. Anand
{"title":"Bioaccumulation of selected heavy metals in a freshwater fish Anabas testudineus collected from a pond in an industrial area in Kollam District of Kerala","authors":"D. Meera, S. Anand","doi":"10.5958/2349-2104.2019.00010.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2349-2104.2019.00010.x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7285,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Applied Science Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87447654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5958/2349-2104.2019.00017.2
P. Ahiladevi, V. Prakasam
{"title":"Efficacy of newer fungicide molecule for the management of powdery mildew of Bhendi (Abelmoschus esculentus)","authors":"P. Ahiladevi, V. Prakasam","doi":"10.5958/2349-2104.2019.00017.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2349-2104.2019.00017.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7285,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Applied Science Research","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77118129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-01-01DOI: 10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00011.6
H. Kaur, Aditya Gupta
Morphological and molecular characterization of the amphistomid trematode, Gastrothylax crumenifer (Creplin, 1847) Poirier 1883 collected from Capra hircus goat in Chandigarh was carried out using Gower's carmine stain and by investigations on the nucleotide sequences of 28S and internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2). A total of 10 guts of C. hircus were examined for infection with trematodes. All the worms collected were morphologically identified as G. crumenifer by comparing the arrangement of median sagittal sections of adult amphistomes. The BLAST analysis of 28S gene of the study specimen G. crumenifer (KY786331) included 100 hits and showed maximum homogeneity of 99% with G. crumenifer as only 7 gaps in the case of G. crumenifer (JX518971, JX518960, JX518959, JX518970); 8 gaps in the case of G. crumenifer (JX518969) and 18 gaps in case of G. crumenifer (KJ559529). Phylogenetic tree revealed close relatedness of the present specimens with G. crumenifer infecting Bos indicus and Bos frontalis from India with 0.01 and 0.0 (nil) evolutionary divergence, respectively. The BLAST analysis of ITS2 gene of the study species G. crumenifer (KY786332) included 100 hits and showed maximum homogeneity of 97% to 99% with G. crumenifer as only 1 gap in the case of G. crumenifer (HM159382) and 5 gaps in the case of G. crumenifer (KU530204) were found between them. Phylogenetic tree revealed close relatedness of the present specimens of Gastrothylax with G. crumenifer infecting Bos indicus and Capra hircus from India with 0.01 and 0.0 (nil) evolutionary divergence, respectively. The molecular results revealed ITS2 as the better gene marker as it formed clear monophyly of the present species with G. crumenifer but in the case of 28S, the tree was somewhat more towards the polyphyly of Gastrothylacidae. Thus on the basis of morphological and molecular data based on 28S and ITS2, the study species was identified as G. crumenifer
{"title":"Morphological and molecular characterization of Gastrothylax crumenifer (Platyhelminthes: Gastrothylacidae) infecting rumen of Capra hircus in Chandigarh (India)","authors":"H. Kaur, Aditya Gupta","doi":"10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00011.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00011.6","url":null,"abstract":"Morphological and molecular characterization of the amphistomid trematode, Gastrothylax crumenifer (Creplin, 1847) Poirier 1883 collected from Capra hircus goat in Chandigarh was carried out using Gower's carmine stain and by investigations on the nucleotide sequences of 28S and internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2). A total of 10 guts of C. hircus were examined for infection with trematodes. All the worms collected were morphologically identified as G. crumenifer by comparing the arrangement of median sagittal sections of adult amphistomes. The BLAST analysis of 28S gene of the study specimen G. crumenifer (KY786331) included 100 hits and showed maximum homogeneity of 99% with G. crumenifer as only 7 gaps in the case of G. crumenifer (JX518971, JX518960, JX518959, JX518970); 8 gaps in the case of G. crumenifer (JX518969) and 18 gaps in case of G. crumenifer (KJ559529). Phylogenetic tree revealed close relatedness of the present specimens with G. crumenifer infecting Bos indicus and Bos frontalis from India with 0.01 and 0.0 (nil) evolutionary divergence, respectively. The BLAST analysis of ITS2 gene of the study species G. crumenifer (KY786332) included 100 hits and showed maximum homogeneity of 97% to 99% with G. crumenifer as only 1 gap in the case of G. crumenifer (HM159382) and 5 gaps in the case of G. crumenifer (KU530204) were found between them. Phylogenetic tree revealed close relatedness of the present specimens of Gastrothylax with G. crumenifer infecting Bos indicus and Capra hircus from India with 0.01 and 0.0 (nil) evolutionary divergence, respectively. The molecular results revealed ITS2 as the better gene marker as it formed clear monophyly of the present species with G. crumenifer but in the case of 28S, the tree was somewhat more towards the polyphyly of Gastrothylacidae. Thus on the basis of morphological and molecular data based on 28S and ITS2, the study species was identified as G. crumenifer","PeriodicalId":7285,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Applied Science Research","volume":"10 1","pages":"66-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81183814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-01-01DOI: 10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00002.5
Shafia Jan, Nayera Masoodi, B. Bhat
The present study was aimed to determine the frequency of intake of various healthy foods (such as fruits and vegetables, milk and milk products, pulses and other non vegetarian foods) and non-healthy foods (all the junk foods rich in trans fats such as burgers, soft drinks, potato chips, etc.) as well as nutrients by adolescent girls. Dietary intake was assessed by the standardized methods of dietary assessment i.e., food frequency method and 24 h diet recall method. Samples were taken from various government and private schools of Srinagar city of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Food frequency pattern showed that obese adolescent girls consumed significantly greater number of snack items compared to the non obese girls (p < 0.05). Moreover, consumption of healthy foods such as fruits and pulses was found to be very less in both obese and non-obese girls. A significant difference in the nutritional intake of obese and non-obese adolescent girls was observed. The results indicated that a dolescents did not follow healthy eating practices. Health and nutrition education interventions brought about a highly significant improvement in the nutritional knowledge of the adolescent girls
{"title":"Consumption pattern of healthy and non healthy (junk) foods by obese and non-obese adolescent girls (13–18 years) belonging to Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir, India","authors":"Shafia Jan, Nayera Masoodi, B. Bhat","doi":"10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00002.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00002.5","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was aimed to determine the frequency of intake of various healthy foods (such as fruits and vegetables, milk and milk products, pulses and other non vegetarian foods) and non-healthy foods (all the junk foods rich in trans fats such as burgers, soft drinks, potato chips, etc.) as well as nutrients by adolescent girls. Dietary intake was assessed by the standardized methods of dietary assessment i.e., food frequency method and 24 h diet recall method. Samples were taken from various government and private schools of Srinagar city of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Food frequency pattern showed that obese adolescent girls consumed significantly greater number of snack items compared to the non obese girls (p < 0.05). Moreover, consumption of healthy foods such as fruits and pulses was found to be very less in both obese and non-obese girls. A significant difference in the nutritional intake of obese and non-obese adolescent girls was observed. The results indicated that a dolescents did not follow healthy eating practices. Health and nutrition education interventions brought about a highly significant improvement in the nutritional knowledge of the adolescent girls","PeriodicalId":7285,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Applied Science Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"6-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91147055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-01-01DOI: 10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00003.7
P. Devi, P. Latha, V. Prakasam
{"title":"Residue analysis of newer fungicidal molecule Azoxystrobin 8.3% w/w + Mancozeb 64.75 w/w and management of Anthracnose of Grapes","authors":"P. Devi, P. Latha, V. Prakasam","doi":"10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00003.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00003.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7285,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Applied Science Research","volume":"65 1","pages":"16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89259917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-01-01DOI: 10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00014.1
Nayera Masoodi, Shafia Jan
{"title":"Food allergies in children (2–5 years) of Srinagar City, Jammu and Kashmir","authors":"Nayera Masoodi, Shafia Jan","doi":"10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00014.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00014.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7285,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Applied Science Research","volume":"23 1","pages":"88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74071969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-01-01DOI: 10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00017.7
B. Vishnupriya, K. Selvam
{"title":"Evaluation of lipase from Streptomyces variabilis NGP 3 for detergent additive capability","authors":"B. Vishnupriya, K. Selvam","doi":"10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00017.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2349-2104.2018.00017.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7285,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Applied Science Research","volume":"80 1","pages":"104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83429597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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