Improvements in SO2 pollution in India: role of technology and environmental regulations - Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath; Vikas Kumar Patel; Mansi Pathak; Ajay Singh (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Treatment of textile industry wastewater by using high-performance forward osmosis membrane tailored with alpha-manganese dioxide nanoparticles for fertigation - Harshita Jain; Ajay Kumar; Anoop Kumar Verma; Shikha Wadhwa; Vishnu D. Rajput; Tatiana Minkina; Manoj Chandra Garg (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Seasonal immune rhythm of leukocytes in the freshwater snakehead fish, Channa punctatus - Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj; Rakesh Kumar Chandra; Atanu Kumar Pati; Manish Kumar Tripathi (Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2022)

Porous material based on modified carbon and the effect of pore size distribution on the adsorption of methylene blue dye from an aqueous solution - Anastasia Memetova; Inderjeet Tyagi; Suhas; Pratibha Singh; Elina Mkrtchyan; Irina Burakova; Alexander Burakov; Nariman Memetov; Alena Gerasimova; Gulnara Shigabaeva; Evgeny Galunin; Ajay Kumar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Correction to: Hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater and their associated potential health risks - Anjali Singh; Ashwani Raju; Surendra Kumar Chandniha; Lipi Singh; Inderjeet Tyagi; Rama Rao Karri; Ajay Kumar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Spilanthes acmella: A Natural Weed Reservoir of Sugarcane Leaf Yellows Phytoplasma Strain (16SrI-B) in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India - Niraj Nath Tiwari; Ravindra Kumar Jain; Y. S. Shreenath; Ajay Kumar Tiwari (Sugar Tech, 2022)

Spatial mapping of fishing by Trawl fleet along the northeastern Arabian Sea: A Passive Geo-referencing technique in spatial data-sparse fishery - Vinaya Kumar Vase; Jayasankar Jayaraman; Rajan Kumar; Ajay Nakhawa; Prathibha Rohit (Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 2022)

Quantification of self-propelled sprayers turn compensation feature utilization and advantages during on-farm applications - J. V. Fabula; Ajay Sharda; B. Mishler (Precision Agriculture, 2022)

A Computational Neural Model for Mapping Degenerate Neural Architectures - Zulqarnain Khan; Yiyu Wang; Eli Sennesh; Jennifer Dy; Sarah Ostadabbas; Jan-Willem van de Meent; J. Benjamin Hutchinson; Ajay B. Satpute (Neuroinformatics, 2022)
Degeneracy in biological systems refers to a many-to-one mapping between physical structures and their functional (including psychological) outcomes. Despite the ubiquity of the phenomenon, traditional analytical tools for modeling degeneracy in neuroscience are extremely limited. In this study, we generated synthetic datasets to describe three situations of degeneracy in fMRI data to demonstrate the limitations of the current univariate approach. We describe a novel computational approach for the analysis referred to as neural topographic factor analysis (NTFA). NTFA is designed to capture variations in neural activity across task conditions and participants. The advantage of this discovery-oriented approach is to reveal whether and how experimental trials and participants cluster into task conditions and participant groups. We applied NTFA on simulated data, revealing the appropriate degeneracy assumption in all three situations and demonstrating NTFA’s utility in uncovering degeneracy. Lastly, we discussed the importance of testing degeneracy in fMRI data and the implications of applying NTFA to do so.

Reverse pharmacology of Nimbin-N2 attenuates alcoholic liver injury and promotes the hepatoprotective dual role of improving lipid metabolism and downregulating the levels of inflammatory cytokines in zebrafish larval model - Gokul Sudhakaran; Pandurangan Prathap; Ajay Guru; B. Haridevamuthu; Raghul Murugan; Bader O. Almutairi; Mikhlid H. Almutairi; Annie Juliet; Pushparathinam Gopinath; Jesu Arockiaraj (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2022)

Seasonal effects of atmospheric waves over tropical tropopause using radiosonde observations at Hyderabad, India - Salauddin Mohammad; Gopa Dutta; M. C. Ajay Kumar; P. V. Rao; P. Vinay Kumar; Krishna Ette (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2022)

Performance analysis of a contactless nanostructure in solar-powered desalination system - Shaik Afzal Mohiuddin; Ajay Kumar Kaviti; Talluri Srinivasa Rao; Shanmugasundaram Sakthivel (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Lantibiotics: an antimicrobial asset in combating aquaculture diseases - Raghul Murugan; Ajay Guru; B. Haridevamuthu; Gokul Sudhakaran; Aziz Arshad; Jesu Arockiaraj (Aquaculture International, 2022)

Hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater and their associated potential health risks - Anjali Singh; Ashwani Raju; Surendra Kumar Chandniha; Lipi Singh; Inderjeet Tyagi; Rama Rao Karri; Ajay Kumar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Genetic Diversity and Population Structure Analysis in Indian Mustard Germplasm Using Phenotypic Traits and SSR Markers - Deepika Sharma; J. Nanjundan; Lal Singh; Nehanjali Parmar; K. H. Singh; Kumar Sambhav Verma; Ajay Kumar Thakur (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2022)

Modulation of GmFAD3 expression alters abiotic stress responses in soybean - Ajay Kumar Singh; Susheel Kumar Raina; Mahesh Kumar; Lalitkumar Aher; Milind B. Ratnaparkhe; Jagadish Rane; Aardra Kachroo (Plant Molecular Biology, 2022)

Evaluating urban flood hazard index (UFHI) of Dehradun city using GIS and multi-criteria decision analysis - Neha Bansal; Mahua Mukherjee; Ajay Gairola (Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2022)

Development of a set of SSR markers for characterization of Indian mustard germplasm and varieties - Lal Singh; J. Nanjundan; K. H. Singh; Deepika Sharma; Nehanjali Parmar; Anshul Watts; Rohit Jain; Ajay Kumar Thakur (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2022)

Performance analysis of evacuated tube type solar air heater with parabolic trough type collector - Saurabh Pandey; Shubham Kumar Mishra; Ajay Sharma; Ashutosh Kumar Verma; Laxmikant Yadav (International Journal of Energy and Water Resources, 2022)

Assessment of Dioxin-Like POP’s Emissions and Human Exposure Risk from Open Burning of Municipal Solid Wastes in Streets and Dumpyard Fire Breakouts - S. V. Ajay; P. S. Kirankumar; Amala Varghese; K. P. Prathish (Exposure and Health, 2022)

Sustainable Waste Management Through Systems Engineering Models and Remote Sensing Approaches - Ajay Singh (Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2022)

An Immunoinformatic Study on Exploration of Membrane Proteins to Develop Epitope Based Vaccine Against Streptococcus pneumoniae - Aamir Khan; Ajay Kumar (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2022)

Better Water and Land Allocation for Long-term Agricultural Sustainability - Ajay Singh (Water Resources Management, 2022)

A tale of two players: the role of phosphate in iron and zinc homeostatic interactions - Katerina S. Lay-Pruitt; Wujian Wang; Chanakan Prom-u-thai; Ajay Pandey; Luqing Zheng; Hatem Rouached (Planta, 2022)

Functional characterization of differentially-expressed increased glyphosate resistance (igrA) gene in transgenic rice (Oryza sativa L.) - Varakumar Panditi; Dhirendra Fartyal; Vijay Sheri; Aakrati Agarwal; Sahil Mehta; Shambhu Krishan Lal; Ajay Kumar Venkatapuram; Hemangini Parmar; Sangeetha Karippadakam; Afreen Rashid; Malireddy K. Reddy; V. Mohan Murali Achary (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2022)

Pro-inflammatory cytokine molecules from Boswellia serrate suppresses lipopolysaccharides induced inflammation demonstrated in an in-vivo zebrafish larval model - N. Sai Supra Siddhu; Ajay Guru; Rajappan Chandra Satish Kumar; Bader O. Almutairi; Mikhlid H. Almutairi; Annie Juliet; Thangavel Mahalingam Vijayakumar; Jesu Arockiaraj (Molecular Biology Reports, 2022)

Optimization of process parameters by Taguchi method for maximizing strength and durability of bio concrete - Shekhar Saxena; Ajay R. Tembhurkar (Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 2022)

Applications of Sentinel-2 satellite data for spatio-temporal mapping of deep pools for monitoring the riverine connectivity and assessment of ecological dynamics: a case from Godavari, a tropical river in India (2016–2021) - G. Kantharajan; Arur Anand; P. Krishnan; Rajeev K. Singh; Kundan Kumar; Ajay Kumar Yadav; Vindhya Mohindra; S. P. Shukla; Kuldeep K. Lal (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2022)

2-D ionosphere TEC anomaly before January 28, 2020, Cuba earthquake observed from a network of GPS observations data - Gopal Sharma; Rosendo Romero-Andrade; Ajay Kumar Taloor; Gokul Ganeshan; Kamini Kanta Sarma; Shiv Prashad Aggarwal (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor sildenafil potentiates the antitumor activity of cisplatin by ROS-mediated apoptosis: a role of deregulated glucose metabolism - Shiv Govind Rawat; Rajan Kumar Tiwari; Pradip Kumar Jaiswara; Vishal Kumar Gupta; Pratishtha Sonker; Naveen Kumar Vishvakarma; Santosh Kumar; Chandramani Pathak; Vibhav Gautam; Ajay Kumar (Apoptosis, 2022)

Neoarchean crust–mantle interactions from the Eastern Dharwar Craton: Insights from mineral chemistry of the Nizamabad granites, southern India - Balaboina Vikram Raju; Ajay Dev Asokan; Rohit Pandey; Arathi G Panicker; M Ram Mohan (Journal of Earth System Science, 2022)

A Model Peptide Reveals Insights into the Interaction of Human Hemopexin with Heme - Marie-T. Hopp; Ajay A. Paul George; Anuradha Ramoji; Anna Pepanian; Milena S. Detzel; Ute Neugebauer; Diana Imhof (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2022)
Under hemolytic conditions, toxic heme is scavenged by hemopexin. Recently, the heme-binding properties of hemopexin have been reassessed, which revealed a K D of ~ 0.32 nM as well as a stoichiometry of one to two heme molecules binding to hemopexin. A 66mer hemopexin-derived peptide that spans over three heme-binding motifs was used to verify the earlier suggested heme-recruiting mechanism. Herein, we employed spectroscopic and computational methods to substantiate the hypothesis of more than one heme molecule binding to hemopexin and to analyze the heme-binding mode. Both, hemopexin and the 66mer peptide, were found to bind heme in mixed penta- and hexacoordinated states, which strongly indicates that heme binding follows distinct criteria and increases rigidity of the peptide-heme complex. Additional in silico molecular dynamics simulations support these experimental findings and, thus, contribute to our understanding of the molecular basis of the heme-hemopexin interaction. This analysis provides further details for consideration of hemopexin in biomedical applications.

Whole genome re-sequencing of indian wheat genotypes for identification of genomic variants for grain iron and zinc content - Jitendra Kumar; Ankita Mishra; Ashish Kumar; Gazaldeep Kaur; Himanshu Sharma; Satveer Kaur; Shivani Sharma; Kirti Devi; Monika Garg; Ajay K Pandey; Mahendra Bishnoi; Ashwani Pareek; et al. (Molecular Biology Reports, 2022)

Advanced design techniques in passive and active tubular solar stills: a review - Siva Ram Akkala; Ajay Kumar Kaviti (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

A Molecular Insight of the Role of PIN-1 Promoter Polymorphism (− 667C > T; rs2233679) in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism - Digishaben D. Patel; Deepak Parchwani; Uday Vachhani; Tanishk Parchwani; Pratik Raghavani; Ajay Rajput; Sagar Dholariya; Ragini Singh (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2022)

Bio-efficacy of various insecticides against white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) infesting sugarcane - Sushil Kumar; Ajay Kumar Pandey (International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2022)

Does climate impact vary across time horizons? A time–frequency analysis of climate-crop yields in India - Steven Raj Padakandla; Avishek Bhandari; Ajay Kumar Atluri (Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 2022)

Rapid flash flood calamity in Chamoli, Uttarakhand region during Feb 2021: an analysis based on satellite data - Sunita Verma; Ajay Sharma; Pramod Kumar Yadava; Priyanshu Gupta; Janhavi Singh; Swagata Payra (Natural Hazards, 2022)

Protective effect of morin by targeting mitochondrial reactive oxygen species induced by hydrogen peroxide demonstrated at a molecular level in MDCK epithelial cells - Praveen Kumar Issac; Manikandan Velayutham; Ajay Guru; Gokul Sudhakaran; Raman Pachaiappan; Jesu Arockiaraj (Molecular Biology Reports, 2022)

Estimation of nitrogen content in wheat from proximal hyperspectral data using machine learning and explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) approach - Harpinder Singh; Ajay Roy; R. K. Setia; Brijendra Pateriya (Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2022)

Circular RNA: A novel and potential regulator in pathophysiology of schizophrenia - Mandakini Singh; Sushree Lipsa Lopamudra Dwibedy; Smruti Rekha Biswal; Srinivasan Muthuswamy; Ajay Kumar; Santosh Kumar (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2022)

De Novo Transcriptome Assembly and Identification of Brassinosteroid Biosynthetic Pathway in Safflower - Bishun Deo Prasad; Sangita Sahni; Priti Krishna; Diksha Kumari; Ajay Kumar Mahato; Sanjay J. Jambhulkar; Pankaj Kumar; Tushar Ranjan; Awadhesh Kumar Pal (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2022)

Differential stem reserve food mobilization and sink strength in rice cultivars grown under submerged and aerobic conditions - Sonia Jhandai; Ajay Pal; Narender Mohan; Vinod Saharan; Veena Jain (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2022)

Active morphogenic faulting and paleostress analyses from the central Nahan Salient, NW Siwalik Himalaya - Ajay Kumar; Mohamedharoon A. Shaikh; Sarabjeet Singh; Tejpal Singh; Soumyajit Mukherjee; Seema Singh (International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2022)

Deciphering higher order non-allelic interactions for quantitative characters through twelve generation mean analysis in castor (Ricinus communis L.) - Kiran K. Mori; Jagdish Patel; Kirti Rani; Vaishali K. Mori; Mithlesh Kumar; B. C. Ajay (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2022)

Correction to: Advancements in solar technologies for sustainable development of agricultural sector in India: a comprehensive review on challenges and opportunities - Amit Kumar Thakur; Rajesh Singh; Anita Gehlot; Ajay Kumar Kaviti; Ronald Aseer; Subbarama Kousik Suraparaju; Sendhil Kumar Natarajan; Vineet Singh Sikarwar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Advancements in solar technologies for sustainable development of agricultural sector in India: a comprehensive review on challenges and opportunities - Amit Kumar Thakur; Rajesh Singh; Anita Gehlot; Ajay Kumar Kaviti; Ronald Aseer; Subbarama Kousik Suraparaju; Sendhil Kumar Natarajan; Vineet Singh Sikarwar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Plasticizers: negative impacts on the thyroid hormone system - Ceyhun Bereketoglu; Ajay Pradhan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)
This review aims to understand the impacts of plasticizers on the thyroid system of animals and humans. The thyroid gland is one of the earliest endocrine glands that appear during embryogenesis. The thyroid gland synthesizes thyroid hormones (TH), triiodothyronine (T3), and thyroxine (T4) that are important in the regulation of body homeostasis. TH plays critical roles in regulating different physiological functions, including metabolism, cell growth, circadian rhythm, and nervous system development. Alteration in thyroid function can lead to different medical problems. In recent years, thyroid-related medical problems have increased and this could be due to rising environmental pollutants. Plasticizers are one such group of a pollutant that impacts thyroid function. Plasticizers are man-made chemicals used in a wide range of products, such as children’s toys, food packaging items, building materials, medical devices, cosmetics, and ink. The increased use of plasticizers has resulted in their detection in the environment, animals, and humans. Studies indicated that plasticizers could alter thyroid function in both animals and humans at different levels. Several studies demonstrated a positive and/or negative correlation between plasticizers and serum T4 and T3 levels. Plasticizers could also change the expression of various TH-related genes and proteins, including thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), and transporters. Histological analyses demonstrated thyroid follicular cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia in response to several plasticizers. In conclusion, plasticizers could disrupt TH homeostasis and the mechanisms of toxicity could be diverse.

Historic review and recent progress in internal design modification in solar stills - Shaik Afzal Mohiuddin; Ajay Kumar Kaviti; Talluri Srinivasa Rao; Vineet Singh Sikarwar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Application of α-MnO2 nanoparticles for residual oil mobilization through surfactant polymer flooding - Himanshu Kesarwani; Vartika Srivastava; Ajay Mandal; Shivanjali Sharma; Abhay Kumar Choubey (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Fungal consortium and nitrogen supplementation stimulates soil microbial communities to accelerate in situ degradation of paddy straw - Ajay Kumar; Surender Singh; Pawan Kumar; Yashbir Singh Shivay; Shrila Das; Madan Pal; Niveta Jain; Lata Nain (Environmental Sustainability, 2022)

Effect of natural radionuclide’s in the environment along the Jwalamukhi thrust of Himachal Pradesh, North West Himalayas, India - Naveen Thakur; Reetika Bhadwal; Jitender Kumar; Manpreet Kaur; Rohit Mehra; Ajay Kumar (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2022)

Experimental, computational analysis of Butein and Lanceoletin for natural dye-sensitized solar cells and stabilizing efficiency by IoT - M. Bradha; Nagaraj Balakrishnan; A. Suvitha; T. Arumanayagam; M. Rekha; P. Vivek; P. Ajay; V. Sangeetha; Ananth Steephen (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2022)

Targeting lysophosphatidic acid receptor with Ki16425 impedes T cell lymphoma progression through apoptosis induction, glycolysis inhibition, and activation of antitumor immune response - Vishal Kumar Gupta; Ajay Kumar (Apoptosis, 2022)

Energy and Element Fate of Hydrochar from Hydrothermal Carbonization of Dairy Manure Digestate - Zhifang Cui; Ajay Shah (BioEnergy Research, 2022)

Highly Sensitive ‘on–off’ Pyrene Based AIEgen for Selective Sensing of Copper (II) Ions in Aqueous Media - Prabhat Kumar Giri; Shashanka Shekhar Samanta; Naren Mudi; Milan Shyamal; Ajay Misra (Journal of Fluorescence, 2022)

T-Cell Epitopes Based Vaccine Candidate’s Prediction for Treatment Against Burkholderia pseudomallei: Causative Agent of Melioidosis - Komal Pal; Ajay Kumar (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2022)

Molecular Docking of SA11, RF13 and DI14 Peptides from Vacuolar Protein Sorting Associated Protein 26B Against Cancer Proteins and In vitro Investigation of its Anticancer Potency in Hep-2 Cells - Manikandan Velayutham; Ajay Guru; Mansour K. Gatasheh; Ashraf Atef Hatamleh; Annie Juliet; Jesu Arockiaraj (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2022)

Proposed city-specific interim targets for India based on WHO air quality guidelines 2021 - Chandrasekharan Nair Kesavachandran; Krishna Pillai Prathish; Saurabh Sakhre; Sundaresan Vasanthi Ajay; Chirackal Muraleedharan Rahul (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Novel biologically synthesized metal nanopowder from wastewater for dye removal application - Manoj Kumar; Ajay Kumar Pottikkadavath Venugopal; Kannan Pakshirajan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Nickel-mediated lead dynamics and their interactive effect on lead partitioning and phytoremediation indices in spinach - Mohan Lal Dotaniya; Jaypal Singh Pipalde; Ramesh Chandra Jain; Rajendiran Selladurai; Subhash Chandra Gupta; Madhav Das Vyas; M Vassanda Coumar; Sonalika Sahoo; Jayanta Kumar Saha; Ajay Kumar (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2022)

Hydro-geochemical analysis based on entropy and geostatistics model for delineation of anthropogenic ground water pollution for health risks assessment of Dhenkanal district, India - Manas Ranjan Naik; Manas Barik; K. V. Prasad; Ajay Kumar; Akshaya Kumar Verma; Sunil Kumar Sahoo; Vivekanand Jha; Naresh Kumar Sahoo (Ecotoxicology, 2022)

Assessing farm-scale spatial variability of soil nutrients in central India for site-specific nutrient management - Sanjib Kumar Behera; Arvind Kumar Shukla; Ashok Kumar Patra; Chandra Prakash; Ajay Tripathi; Suresh Kumar Chaudhari; Ch. Srinivasa Rao (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities - Charles J. Marsh; Yanina V. Sica; Connor J. Burgin; Wendy A. Dorman; Robert C. Anderson; Isabel del Toro Mijares; Jessica G. Vigneron; Vijay Barve; Victoria L. Dombrowik; Michelle Duong; Robert Guralnick; Julie A. Hart; et al. (Journal of Biogeography, 2022)
Aim Comprehensive, global information on species' occurrences is an essential biodiversity variable and central to a range of applications in ecology, evolution, biogeography and conservation. Expert range maps often represent a species' only available distributional information and play an increasing role in conservation assessments and macroecology. We provide global range maps for the native ranges of all extant mammal species harmonised to the taxonomy of the Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) mobilised from two sources, the Handbook of the Mammals of the World (HMW) and the Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World (CMW). Location Global. Taxon All extant mammal species. Methods Range maps were digitally interpreted, georeferenced, error‐checked and subsequently taxonomically aligned between the HMW (6253 species), the CMW (6431 species) and the MDD taxonomies (6362 species). Results Range maps can be evaluated and visualised in an online map browser at Map of Life ( mol.org ) and accessed for individual or batch download for non‐commercial use. Main conclusion Expert maps of species' global distributions are limited in their spatial detail and temporal specificity, but form a useful basis for broad‐scale characterizations and model‐based integration with other data. We provide georeferenced range maps for the native ranges of all extant mammal species as shapefiles, with species‐level metadata and source information packaged together in geodatabase format. Across the three taxonomic sources our maps entail, there are 1784 taxonomic name differences compared to the maps currently available on the IUCN Red List website. The expert maps provided here are harmonised to the MDD taxonomic authority and linked to a community of online tools that will enable transparent future updates and version control.

Equilibrium, kinetic and hydraulic study of different Indian bentonites in presence of lead - Saswati Ray; Anil Kumar Mishra; Ajay S. Kalamdhad (European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2022)

Phytochemical investigation and bioactivity studies of flowers obtained from different cultivars of Camellia sinensis plant - Ranjana Sharma; Ajay Rana; Sanjay Kumar (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Design of an Epitope-Based Peptide Vaccine Against Dengue Virus Isolate from Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India - Siddharth Gupta; Ajay Kumar (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2022)

Assessment of Daily Streamflow, Sediment Fluxes, and Erosion Rate of a Pro-glacial Stream Basin, Central Himalaya, Uttarakhand - Kuldeep Singh Rautela; Jagdish Chandra Kuniyal; M. A. Alam; Ajay Singh Bhoj; Nidhi Kanwar (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2022)

Molecular tagging of fertility restoration (Rf) gene in sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum var. grossum) - Manoj Kumar Nalla; Vinod K. Sharma; Arpita Srivastava; Manisha Mangal; V. Rakesh Sharma; Mukesh Kumar; Ajay Kumar Pandav (Vegetos, 2022)

Comprehensive mechanistic insights into the citrus genetics, breeding challenges, biotechnological implications, and omics-based interventions - Komaljeet Gill; Pankaj Kumar; Anshul Kumar; Bhuvnesh Kapoor; Rajnish Sharma; Ajay Kumar Joshi (Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2022)

Modulation of KIF17/NR2B crosstalk by tozasertib attenuates inflammatory pain in rats - Ankit Uniyal; Anagha Gadepalli; Ajay Modi; Vinod Tiwari (Inflammopharmacology, 2022)

Effect of positional eccentricity of blast source on beam–column joint response of framed systems - Ajay Kumar Sinha; Satyam Kanaujia; Mannu Kumar; Akansha Sachdeva; Saket Kumar; Sharad Singh (Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 2022)

Axial behaviour of steel tubes filled with concrete incorporating high-volume rubber - Subhan Ahmad; Kamal Kumar; Ajay Kumar (Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 2022)

Metal–organic frameworks for active food packaging. A review - Afreen Sultana; Ajay Kathuria; Kirtiraj K. Gaikwad (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2022)

Fish community diversity assessment of protected Saraiyaman wetland in the Ganga River basin, India - Kripal Datt Joshi; Ajey Kumar Pathak; Santosh Kumar; Rajesh Dayal; Ajay Kumar Singh; Ravi Kumar; G. Kantharajan; Vindhya Mohindra; Kuldeep K. Lal (Community Ecology, 2022)

Distribution of Fluoride in Plasma, Brain, and Bones and Associated Oxidative Damage After Induced Chronic Fluorosis in Wistar Rats - Priyanka Sharma; Pawan K. Verma; Shilpa Sood; Rajiv Singh; Ajay Gupta; Ankur Rastogi (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Increased Serum Levels of Matrix-metalloproteinase-9, Cyclo-oxygenase-2 and Prostaglandin E-2 in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - Ajay Kumar Verma; Anuj Kumar Pandey; Arpita Singh; Surya Kant; Abbas Ali Mahdi; Ved Prakash; Kausar Mahmood Ansari; Rakesh Kumar Dixit; Shyam Chand Chaudhary (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2022)

Transdermal Delivery of Baclofen Using Iontophoresis and Microneedles - Mohammad Shajid Ashraf Junaid; Ajay K. Banga (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2022)

Towards a cultural lens for adaptation pathways to climate change - Danny Marks; Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak; Selim Jahangir; David Henig; Ajay Bailey (Regional Environmental Change, 2022)
Adaptation pathways have been conventionally viewed as an approach for planning and identifying different adaptation options and the ways in which they can be realized. However, there has been scant consideration of the wide diversity of cultural and social processes which shape how adaptation pathways emerge. We argue that a cultural lens sheds light on differential vulnerability and the processes that enable or hinder adaptation. A cultural lens focuses intrinsically on intersectional categories which can impact the adaptive agency or resilience of individuals, households, and communities. In particular, we need to examine how cultural beliefs, norms, and practices change over time, and are reflected in adaptation pathways since livelihoods do not remain the same over the life course. Additionally, taking a broader perspective by incorporating concepts from cognitive anthropology helps us understand motivations and choices which influence adaptation pathways.

Addition of Processed Fine Wine Lees of Cabernet Sauvignon to Improve Nutraceutical Properties of Yoghurt - Ajay Kumar Sharma; Manda Kerba Aglawe (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2022)

Pilot scale genome wide association mapping identified novel loci for grain yield traits in rice - Mohan Sundaramoorthy; Shobica Priya Ramasamy; Veera Ranjani Rajagopalan; Ajay Prasanth Ramalingam; Bharathi Ayyenar; Vignesh Mohanavel; Manikanda Boopathi Narayanan; Raveendran Muthurajan (Plant Physiology Reports, 2022)

ThoraxNet: a 3D U-Net based two-stage framework for OAR segmentation on thoracic CT images - Seenia Francis; P. B. Jayaraj; P. N. Pournami; Manu Thomas; Ajay Thoomkuzhy Jose; Allen John Binu; Niyas Puzhakkal (Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 2022)

Screening and identification of phytochemical drug molecules against mutant BRCA1 receptor of breast cancer using computational approaches - Jitender Singh; Namrata Sangwan; Arushi Chauhan; Phulen Sarma; Ajay Prakash; Bikash Medhi; Pramod K. Avti (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2022)

In Silico Studies and Design of Scrupulous Novel Sensor for Nitro Aromatics Compounds and Metal Ions Detection - Ajay L. Desai; Nihal P. Patel; Jaymin H. Parikh; Krunal M. Modi; Keyur D. Bhatt (Journal of Fluorescence, 2022)

A preference for link operator functions can drive Boolean biological networks towards critical dynamics - Ajay Subbaroyan; Olivier C Martin; Areejit Samal (Journal of Biosciences, 2022)

Lipid-Lowering and Antioxidant Activity of RF13 Peptide From Vacuolar Protein Sorting-Associated Protein 26B (VPS26B) by Modulating Lipid Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in HFD Induced Obesity in Zebrafish Larvae - Ajay Guru; Manikandan Velayutham; Jesu Arockiaraj (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2022)

Chikungunya Virus Vaccine Development: Through Computational Proteome Exploration for Finding of HLA and cTAP Binding Novel Epitopes as Vaccine Candidates - Priti Sharma; Pawan Sharma; Sheeba Ahmad; Ajay Kumar (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2022)

A recombinase polymerase amplification lateral flow assay for rapid detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis - Apoorva Saxena; Vijai Pal; Nagesh Kumar Tripathi; Ajay Kumar Goel (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2022)

The association of long non-coding RNA in the prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma - Agnik Haldar; Ajay Kumar Singh (Genes & Genomics, 2022)

Hydro-geochemical evolution of groundwater and associated human health risk in River Sone subbasin of Middle-Gangetic floodplain, Bihar, India - Ajay Govind Bhatt; Anand Kumar; Shatrunjay Kumar Singh (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

Yield performance & economic evaluation of mustard varieties under mango based Agri-horticulture practice in semi-arid tropics - Ajay Kumar Shah; Anil Kumar Kori; Kailash Kumar; Rahul Dongre (Agroforestry Systems, 2022)

Double‐edged sword role of shrimp miRNA explains an evolutionary language between shrimp‐pathogen interactions that unties the knot of shrimp infection - Hari Deva Muthu B; Ajay Guru; Gokul Sudhakaran; Raghul Murugan; Aziz Arshad; Jesu Arockiaraj (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2022)
Shrimp production, using a small‐scale enclosed pond system, is a rapidly growing aquaculture sector, which is valued around USD 18.30 billion in 2020. Intensified shrimp culture leads to the outbreak of transmissible diseases to eventually cause a huge loss in the production process and thus the economy. Studies on microRNA (miRNA) reveal that miRNA has an influential role in the host‐pathogen interaction during an infection. Recently, shrimp miRNA has been shown to help pathogen‐like viruses for their replication and infection. Several shrimp miRNAs were reported to be involved in enhancing host immunity against viral infection, especially white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infection and Vibrio infection caused by bacterial species, whereas some shrimp miRNAs were reported to be hijacked by WSSV and to enhance the viral replication and establish the infection in shrimp. This gives an insight into the double‐edged sword role played by shrimp miRNA during host‐pathogen interaction. In future, this role could be employed against the virus to strengthen the shrimp culture. In this review, we discuss the role of shrimp miRNA and their mechanism(s) associated with the establishment of host‐pathogen interaction during infection, which will reveal the complexity associated with shrimp infection.

SKS and SKKS Splitting Measurements Beneath the NW Himalaya - Kuntal Bhukta; Ajay Paul; Prosanta K. Khan (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2022)

Assessment of losses inflicted by the aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) to sweet pepper under protected environment in north western Indian Himalayan region - Shakshi Sharma; Ajay Kumar Sood; Dilip Shriram Ghongade (Phytoparasitica, 2022)

Long-Term (44 Years) Regional Groundwater Recharge Estimation for Agricultural Sustainability - Ajay Singh (Natural Resources Research, 2022)

Determinants of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) functions beyond proteome in Asian Indians: exploring the fatty acid profile of HDL phospholipids - Himani Thakkar; Vinnyfred Vincent; Ambuj Roy; Ajay Kumar Gautam; Rintu Kutum; Lakshmy Ramakrishnan; Sandeep Singh; Archna Singh (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2022)

Variation in reproductive attributes and diapause behaviour among six populations of Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister - Kamlesh Bali; Rakesh Kumar Gupta; Ahmad Pervez; Mushtaq Ahmad Guroo; Ajay Gupta; Mudasir Gani (International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2022)

Innovations in applications and prospects of bioplastics and biopolymers: a review - Sonil Nanda; Biswa R. Patra; Ravi Patel; Jamie Bakos; Ajay K. Dalai (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2022)

Lasiosiphon glaucus a potent ethnobotanical medicinal plant against breast cancer targeting multiple pathways: an invitro study - N. Abhilash; S. K. Ajay; K. V. Ramesh; Renukaradhya K. Math (Advances in Traditional Medicine, 2022)

Intelligent ecofriendly transport management system based on IoT in urban areas - P. Ajay; B. Nagaraj; Branesh Madhavan Pillai; Jackrit Suthakorn; M. Bradha (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2022)

Numerical and analytical study on uplift capacity of under-reamed piles in sand - Ajay Kumar; Vishwas N. Khatri; Sunil K. Gupta (Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 2022)

Recent Advances in Molecular Pathways and Therapeutic Implications Targeting Mitochondrial Dysfunction for Alzheimer’s Disease - Rishika Dhapola; Phulen Sarma; Bikash Medhi; Ajay Prakash; Dibbanti HariKrishna Reddy (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Development of Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.] core collection based on agro-morphological traits - Joghee Nanjundan; Jayaraman Aravind; Jalli Radhamani; Kunwar Harendra Singh; Arun Kumar; Ajay Kumar Thakur; Karnal Singh; Kailash Narayan Meena; Rishi Kumar Tyagi; Dhiraj Singh (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2022)

A review on microplastic pollution in the mangrove wetlands and microbial strategies for its remediation - Suraj Prasannakumari Meera; Malini Bhattacharyya; Ashifa Nizam; Ajay Kumar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Amelioration of oxidative stress by trans-Anethole via modulating phase I and phase II enzymes against hepatic damage induced by CCl4 in male Wistar rats - Kritika Pandit; Ajay Kumar; Sandeep Kaur; Vinod Kumar; Subheet Kumar Jain; Renu Bhardwaj; Satwinderjeet Kaur (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Topical and transdermal delivery with diseased human skin: passive and iontophoretic delivery of hydrocortisone into psoriatic and eczematous skin - Behnam Dasht Bozorg; Sonalika A. Bhattaccharjee; Mahadevabharath R. Somayaji; Ajay K. Banga (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2022)

Multifarious effect of ACC deaminase and EPS producing Pseudomonas sp. and Serratia marcescens to augment drought stress tolerance and nutrient status of wheat - Amir Khan; Ajay Veer Singh (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021)

Phosphate solubilizing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with Hevea brasiliensis under plantations of Tripura, India - Kripamoy Chakraborty; Aparajita Roy Das; Ajay Krishna Saha; Panna Das (Vegetos, 2021)

Biocontrol and plant growth promoting potential of Trichoderma yunnanense - Pintu Karmakar; Koyel SenGupta; Panna Das; Swati Gupta Bhattacharya; Ajay Krishna Saha (Vegetos, 2021)

Ocular Fluid Mechanics and Drug Delivery: A Review of Mathematical and Computational Models - Ajay Bhandari (Pharmaceutical Research, 2021)

Oceanic EM damping and spectral splitting by the SD-gram - Kaushalendra Mangal Bhatt; Ajay Manglik (Marine Geophysical Research, 2021)

Identity and taxonomic status of Canscora diffusa var. tetraptera (Gentianaceae) - Arun Prasanth R.; Ajay N. Gangurde; Milind M. Sardesai (Kew Bulletin, 2021)

Legume Biochar Fertilizer Can Be an Efficient Alternative to Compost in Integrated Nutrient Management of Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) - Kumar Abbhishek; Girish Chander; Sreenath Dixit; Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath; Ajay Singh; Debabrata Das (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2021)

Atmospheric Pollution Retrieval Using Path Radiance Derived from Remote Sensing Data - Ajay Roy (Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis, 2021)

Design of Multiepitope Vaccine Construct Against Non-typhoidal Salmonellosis and its Characterization Using Immunoinformatics Approach - Swagatika Priyadarsini; Snehasmita Panda; M. Pashupathi; Ajay Kumar; Rohit Singh (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2021)

Novel Antiproliferative Tripeptides Inhibit AP-1 Transcriptional Complex - Ajay Kumar; Jainish Kothari; Kiran Bharat Lokhande; T. N. Seethamma; K. Venkateswara Swamy; Nilesh Kumar Sharma (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2021)

Sustainable alternatives in concrete along with the use of medicinal plant Sapindus Mukorossi as a green workability agent - Ajay Baburao Shelar; Amit B. Mahindrakar; D. Neeraja (Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 2021)

Catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic polysaccharides to commodity biochemicals: a review - Falguni Pattnaik; Shreya Tripathi; Biswa R. Patra; Sonil Nanda; Vivek Kumar; Ajay K. Dalai; Satyanarayan Naik (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021)

Hyperspectral and multispectral image fusion techniques for high resolution applications: a review - Dioline Sara; Ajay Kumar Mandava; Arun Kumar; Shiny Duela; Anitha Jude (Earth Science Informatics, 2021)

Association of quorum sensing and biofilm formation with Salmonella virulence: story beyond gathering and cross-talk - Khokan Rana; Soumya Ranjan Nayak; Alice Bihary; Ajay Ku. Sahoo; Kanhu Charan Mohanty; Subrata ku. Palo; Debadutta Sahoo; Sanghamitra Pati; Pujarini Dash (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact - Molly K. Grace; H. Resit Akçakaya; Elizabeth L. Bennett; Thomas M. Brooks; Anna Heath; Simon Hedges; Craig Hilton‐Taylor; Michael Hoffmann; Axel Hochkirch; Richard Jenkins; David A. Keith; Barney Long; et al. (Conservation Biology, 2021)
Recognizing the imperative to evaluate species recovery and conservation impact, in 2012 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) called for development of a “Green List of Species” (now the IUCN Green Status of Species). A draft Green Status framework for assessing species’ progress toward recovery, published in 2018, proposed 2 separate but interlinked components: a standardized method (i.e., measurement against benchmarks of species’ viability, functionality, and preimpact distribution) to determine current species recovery status (herein species recovery score ) and application of that method to estimate past and potential future impacts of conservation based on 4 metrics ( conservation legacy, conservation dependence , conservation gain , and recovery potential ). We tested the framework with 181 species representing diverse taxa, life histories, biomes, and IUCN Red List categories (extinction risk). Based on the observed distribution of species’ recovery scores, we propose the following species recovery categories : fully recovered, slightly depleted, moderately depleted, largely depleted, critically depleted, extinct in the wild, and indeterminate. Fifty‐nine percent of tested species were considered largely or critically depleted. Although there was a negative relationship between extinction risk and species recovery score, variation was considerable. Some species in lower risk categories were assessed as farther from recovery than those at higher risk. This emphasizes that species recovery is conceptually different from extinction risk and reinforces the utility of the IUCN Green Status of Species to more fully understand species conservation status. Although extinction risk did not predict conservation legacy, conservation dependence, or conservation gain, it was positively correlated with recovery potential. Only 1.7% of tested species were categorized as zero across all 4 of these conservation impact metrics , indicating that conservation has, or will, play a role in improving or maintaining species status for the vast majority of these species. Based on our results, we devised an updated assessment framework that introduces the option of using a dynamic baseline to assess future impacts of conservation over the short term to avoid misleading results which were generated in a small number of cases, and redefines short term as 10 years to better align with conservation planning. These changes are reflected in the IUCN Green Status of Species Standard.

Isolation optimisation, synthesis, molecular docking and in silico ADMET studies of lantadene a and its derivatives - Sharad Kumar Suthar; Ajay Hooda; Ankesh Sharma; Sumit Bansal; Jitender Monga; Monika Chauhan; Manu Sharma (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Systems-based rice improvement approaches for sustainable food and nutritional security - Vivek Verma; Bhushan Vishal; Ajay Kohli; Prakash P. Kumar (Plant Cell Reports, 2021)

Economic injury level for Tetranychus urticae Koch on parthenocarpic cucumber under protected environment in north-western Indian Himalayas - Dilip Shriram Ghongade; Ajay Kumar Sood (Phytoparasitica, 2021)

Achievements and prospects of genetic engineering in poplar: a review - Ajay K. Thakur; Pankaj Kumar; Nehanjali Parmar; Rajesh K. Shandil; Gaurav Aggarwal; Ayesh Gaur; Dinesh K. Srivastava (New Forests, 2021)

Estimation of site response functions for the central seismic gap of Himalaya, India - Anjali Sharma; Renu Yadav; Dinesh Kumar; Ajay Paul; S. S. Teotia (Natural Hazards, 2021)

Streamflow modeling and contribution of snow and glacier melt runoff in glacierized Upper Indus Basin - Chanchal Gupta; Anil V. Kulkarni; Ajay K Taloor (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2021)

Impact of real and simulated municipal solid waste leachates on the hydraulic and swelling behaviour of bentonites for landfill application - Saswati Ray; Anil Kumar Mishra; Ajay S. Kalamdhad; Chejarla Venkatesh Reddy (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2021)

Understanding the dynamics of heavy metals in a freshwater ecosystem through their toxicity and bioavailability assay - Siddhant Dash; Ajay S. Kalamdhad (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2021)

West Nile virus is predicted to be more geographically widespread in New York State and Connecticut under future climate change - Alexander C. Keyel; Ajay Raghavendra; Alexander T. Ciota; Oliver Elison Timm (Global Change Biology, 2021)
The effects of climate change on infectious diseases are a topic of considerable interest and discussion. We studied West Nile virus (WNV) in New York (NY) and Connecticut (CT) using a Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model climate change scenario, which allows us to examine the effects of climate change and variability on WNV risk at county level. We chose WNV because it is well studied, has caused over 50,000 reported human cases, and over 2200 deaths in the United States. The ecological impacts have been substantial (e.g., millions of avian deaths), and economic impacts include livestock deaths, morbidity, and healthcare‐related expenses. We trained two Random Forest models with observational climate data and human cases to predict future levels of WNV based on future weather conditions. The Regional Model used present‐day data from NY and CT, whereas the Analog Model was fit for states most closely matching the predicted future conditions in the region. Separately, we predicted changes to mosquito‐based WNV risk using a trait‐based thermal biology approach (Mosquito Model). The WRF model produced control simulations (present day) and pseudo‐global warming simulations (future). The Regional and Analog Models predicted an overall increase in human cases of WNV under future warming. However, the Analog Model did not predict as strong of an increase in the number of human cases as the Regional Model, and predicted a decrease in cases in some counties that currently experience high numbers of WNV cases. The Mosquito Model also predicted a decrease in risk in current high‐risk areas, with an overall reduction in the population‐weighted relative risk (but an increase in area‐weighted risk). The Mosquito Model supports the Analog Model as making more realistic predictions than the Regional Model. All three models predicted a geographic increase in WNV cases across NY and CT.

Genetic determinants of micronutrient traits in graminaceous crops to combat hidden hunger - P. Sushree Shyamli; Sumi Rana; Sandhya Suranjika; Mehanathan Muthamilarasan; Ajay Parida; Manoj Prasad (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

First Record of Hyperpigmentation in a Unicorn Cod, Bregmaceros Mcclellandi Thompson, 1840 (Gadiformes: Bregmacerotidae), From the North-west Coast of India - Ajay D. Nakhawa; Swapnil Tandel; Anulekshmi Chellapan; Akhilesh K. V; Rateesh Kumar (Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 2021)

Characterization and performance evaluation of synthesized ZnO nanoflowers, nanorods, and their hybrid nanocomposites with graphene oxide for degradation of Orange G - Renuka Garg; Renu Gupta; Nirmal Singh; Ajay Bansal (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Discussion on the existing methodology of entropy-weights in water quality indexing and proposal for a modification of the expected conflicts - Siddhant Dash; Ajay S. Kalamdhad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Visible light photodegradation of organic dyes using electrochemically synthesized MoO3/ZnO - Ajay Jose; Sunaja Devi Kalathiparambil Rajendr Pai; Dephan Pinheiro; Karthik Kasinathan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

FDwave3D: a MATLAB solver for the 3D anisotropic wave equation using the finite-difference method - Lei Li; Jingqiang Tan; Dazhou Zhang; Ajay Malkoti; Ivan Abakumov; Yujiang Xie (Computational Geosciences, 2021)

Obesity Potentiates the Risk of Drug-Induced Long QT Syndrome - Preliminary Evidence from WNIN/Ob Spontaneously Obese Rat - Ajay Godwin Potnuri; Kallamadi Prathap Reddy; Pothani Suresh; Gulam Mohammed Husain; Munawwar Husain Kazmi; Nemani Harishankar (Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2021)

Transcription factor stoichiometry in cell fate determination - Rahul Kumar; Ajay Kumar Sharma (Journal of Genetics, 2021)

Evaluation of groundwater quality in West Tripura, Northeast India, through combined application of water quality index and multivariate statistical techniques - Biplab Roy; Stabak Roy; Saptarshi Mitra; Ajay Kumar Manna (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Global analysis of the apple fruit microbiome: are all apples the same? - Ahmed Abdelfattah; Shiri Freilich; Rotem Bartuv; V. Yeka Zhimo; Ajay Kumar; Antonio Biasi; Shoshana Salim; Oleg Feygenberg; Erik Burchard; Christopher Dardick; Jia Liu; Awais Khan; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary We present the first worldwide study on the apple ( Malus × domestica) fruit microbiome that examines questions regarding the composition and the assembly of microbial communities on and in apple fruit. Results revealed that the composition and structure of the fungal and bacterial communities associated with apple fruit vary and are highly dependent on geographical location. The study also confirmed that the spatial variation in the fungal and bacterial composition of different fruit tissues exists at a global level. Fungal diversity varied significantly in fruit harvested in different geographical locations and suggests a potential link between location and the type and rate of postharvest diseases that develop in each country. The global core microbiome of apple fruit was represented by several beneficial microbial taxa and accounted for a large fraction of the fruit microbial community. The study provides foundational information about the apple fruit microbiome that can be utilized for the development of novel approaches for the management of fruit quality and safety, as well as for reducing losses due to the establishment and proliferation of postharvest pathogens. It also lays the groundwork for studying the complex microbial interactions that occur on apple fruit surfaces.

Production of Exopolysaccharides (EPSs) and Evaluation of Biological Properties of Pleurotus flabellatus (Berk and Br.) Sacc - Sanjit Debnath; Bapi Debnath; Rahul Saha; Atrayee Dutta; Panna Das; Ajay Krishna Saha (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 2021)

Anticipation of Antigenic Sites for the Goal of Vaccine Designing Against Nipah Virus: An Immunoinformatics Inquisitive Quest - Suraj kumar Sharma; Shivani Srivastava; Ajay Kumar; Vivek Srivastava (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2021)

Natural mixed infections on Phalaenopsis species by groundnut bud necrosis orthotospovirus, cymbidium mosaic virus and odontoglossum ringspot virus in India - R. P. Pant; Y. B. Basavaraj; Nishant Srivastava; Ajay Bhattarai; Ashwini Kumar; V. K. Baranwal; N. Sailo; Rampal; D. Barman (Indian Phytopathology, 2021)

Shoreline change monitoring for coastal zone management using multi-temporal Landsat data in Mahi River estuary, Gujarat State - Krunal Patel; Rajmal Jain; Ajay N. Patel; Manik H. Kalubarme (Applied Geomatics, 2021)

Elemental and Thermo-gravimetric Characterization of Trace Metals in Leaves and Soils as Bioindicators of Pollution in Kyiv City - Mohamed Tarik; Michael Hoffmann; Sergey Shmarin; Ajay Bhagwan Patil; Christian Ludwig (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2021)
In this study, leaf and soil samples were used as bio-monitors for different alkali and heavy metals at six different locations in Kyiv city. Using x–y plots of the inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) data measured the discrepancy level in elemental composition between the different investigated areas; the correlation between the concentrations in tree leaves and the samples from the surrounding soils were investigated. While the concentration of essential mineral elements and metals was found to be similar in several leaf and soil samples, in other samples, their concentration spread up to more than one order of magnitude. The concentration of metals was found to be higher in soil samples than in leaves. Thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) data helped to further characterize both types of samples. The metal removal during the incineration of the leaves was investigated by coupling a thermo-gravimetric analyzer to an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (TGA-ICP-OES). The release of Cd, K, Na, Pb, and Zn during incineration at temperatures up to 960 °C was online monitored, and some insights were drawn about the behavior of such metals and the chemistry involved in the volatilization process.

Morpho-molecular characterization of rock-inhabiting lichen Dermatocarpon miniatum (Verrucariaceae, Ascomycota) and its symbiont in Indian Himalayas - Khem Chand Saini; Felix Bast; Sanjeeva Nayaka; Ajay Kumar Gautam (The Nucleus, 2021)

Insulin signaling pathway assessment by enhancing antioxidant activity due to morin using in vitro rat skeletal muscle L6 myotubes cells - Praveen Kumar Issac; Rupmanjari Karan; Ajay Guru; R. Pachaiappan; Mariadhas Valan Arasu; Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi; Ki Choon Choi; Ramasamy Harikrishnan; Jesu Arockia Raj (Molecular Biology Reports, 2021)

Historical extreme rainfall over the Bangalore city, India, on 14 and 15 August 2017: skill of sub-kilometer forecasts from WRF model - V. Rakesh; G. N. Mohapatra; Ajay Bankar (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2021)

Nano-selenium Supplementation to Ameliorate Nutrition Physiology, Immune Response, Antioxidant System and Disease Resistance Against Aeromonas hydrophila in Monosex Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) - Sanjay Singh Rathore; Hanumappa Shivananda Murthy; Muhammad Abdullah-Al Mamun; Shamima Nasren; Kalyani Rakesh; Billekallu Thammegowda Naveen Kumar; Purandara Ballyaya Abhiman; Ajay Sathayanarayan Khandagale (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

ZCTs knockdown using antisense LNA GapmeR in specialized photomixotrophic cell suspensions of Catharanthus roseus: Rerouting the flux towards mono and dimeric indole alkaloids - Priyanka Verma; Shamshad Ahmad Khan; Varsha Parasharami; Ajay Kumar Mathur (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2021)

Tolerance of cotton to elevated levels of Pb and its potential for phytoremediation - Sivakoti Ramana; Awadhesh Kumar Tripathi; Kollah Bharati; Amar Bahadur Singh; Ajay Kumar; Asha Sahu; Poonam Singh Rajput; Pradip Dey; Jayanta Kumar Saha; Ashok K. Patra (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Temporal dynamics of primary productivity in the north-eastern Arabian Sea: an evaluation of ocean color models - Vinaya Kumar Vase; Nakhawa Ajay; Rajan Kumar; Sreenath Ramanathan; Jayasankar Jayaraman; Prathibha Rohit (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Characterization of phytochemicals and validation of antioxidant and anticancer activity in some Indian polyherbal ayurvedic products - Prem Prakash Kushwaha; Ramesh Kumar; Panchi Rani Neog; Malay Ranjan Behara; Pratibha Singh; Ajay Kumar; Kumari Sunita Prajapati; Atul Kumar Singh; Mohd Shuaib; Amit Kumar Sharma; Abhay Kumar Pandey; Shashank Kumar (Vegetos, 2021)

Assessment of role of cuticular wax in adaptive physiological responses of Calotropis procera and Calotropis gigantea - Priyal Sharma; N. Bala; Mahesh Kumar Saini; Ajay Jain; S. L. Kothari; Vinod Singh Gour (Plant Physiology Reports, 2021)

Enhancement in Plant Growth and Zinc Biofortification of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) by Bacillus altitudinis - Prity Kushwaha; Ruchi Srivastava; Kuppusamy Pandiyan; Arjun Singh; Hillol Chakdar; Prem Lal Kashyap; Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj; Kumar Murugan; Nanjappan Karthikeyan; Samadhan Yuvraj Bagul; Alok Kumar Srivastava; Anil Kumar Saxena (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2021)

Race and Gender Differences in Awareness of Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests and Guidelines Among Recently Diagnosed Colon Cancer Patients in an Urban Setting - Leslie R. Carnahan; Lindsey Jones; Katherine C. Brewer; Elizabeth A. Watts; Caryn E. Peterson; Carol Estwing Ferrans; Toni Cipriano-Steffens; Blase Polite; Ajay V. Maker; Rozina Chowdhery; Yamilé Molina; Garth H. Rauscher (Journal of Cancer Education, 2021)

Top Down Computational Approach: A Vaccine Development Step to Find Novel Superantigenic HLA Binding Epitopes from Dengue Virus Proteome - Priti Sharma; Pawan Sharma; Sheeba; Ajay Kumar (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2021)

Influence of real and synthetic municipal solid waste leachates on consolidation and shear strength behaviour of bentonites - Saswati Ray; Anil Kumar Mishra; Ajay S. Kalamdhad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Biochar production, activation and adsorptive applications: a review - Biswa R. Patra; Alivia Mukherjee; Sonil Nanda; Ajay K. Dalai (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021)

Phytotherapy with active tea constituents: a review - Ajay Rana; Shalika Rana; Sanjay Kumar (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021)

A Review of Torrefaction Technology for Upgrading Lignocellulosic Biomass to Solid Biofuels - Tumpa R. Sarker; Sonil Nanda; Ajay K. Dalai; Venkatesh Meda (BioEnergy Research, 2021)

16S rRNA gene profiling of rhizospheric microbial community of Eichhornia crassipes - Ruchi Sharma; Ajay Kumar; Neetu Singh; Kritika Sharma (Molecular Biology Reports, 2021)

Protein biomarker elucidation for the verification of biological agents in the taxonomic group of Gammaproteobacteria using tandem mass spectrometry - Sasikumar Sabna; Dev Vrat Kamboj; Sakshi Rajoria; Ravi Bhushan Kumar; Prabhakar Babele; Ajay Kumar Goel; Urmil Tuteja; Mahendra Kumar Gupta; Syed Imteyaz Alam (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021)

Evaluation of ELISA and PCR in parallel to single intradermal cervical tuberculin test (SICT) for diagnosis of tuberculosis in buffaloes - Bincy Joseph; Amit Kumar Pandey; Ashok Kumar; Dushyant Kumar Sharma; Ajay Kumar Yadav; Bablu Kumar; Abhishek; Vishal Chander; Gaurav Kumar Sharma; Ajay Pratap Singh; Chandan Prakash (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2021)

Potential seismogenic asperities in the Garhwal–Kumaun region, NW Himalaya: seismotectonic implications - Anil Tiwari; Ajay Paul; Rakesh Singh; Rajeev Upadhyay (Natural Hazards, 2021)

Metabolic changes in triple negative breast cancer-focus on aerobic glycolysis - J. R. Dev Arundhathi; Sandeep R Mathur; Ajay Gogia; S. V. S. Deo; Purusottam Mohapatra; Chandra Prakash Prasad (Molecular Biology Reports, 2021)

UAV-Based Survey of Glaciers in Himalayas: Challenges and Recommendations - RAAJ Ramsankaran; P. J. Navinkumar; Ajay Dashora; Anil V. Kulkarni (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2021)

Functionalized Silver Nanoparticles as Colorimetric and Fluorimetric Sensor for Environmentally Toxic Mercury Ions: An Overview - Nandan C. Pomal; Keyur D. Bhatt; Krunal M. Modi; Ajay L. Desai; Nihal P. Patel; Anita Kongor; Viliam Kolivoška (Journal of Fluorescence, 2021)

Beneficial microbiomes for bioremediation of diverse contaminated environments for environmental sustainability: present status and future challenges - Divjot Kour; Tanvir Kaur; Rubee Devi; Ashok Yadav; Manali Singh; Divya Joshi; Jyoti Singh; Deep Chandra Suyal; Ajay Kumar; Vishnu D. Rajput; Ajar Nath Yadav; Karan Singh; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Calculation of electronic and optical properties of methylammonium lead iodide perovskite for application in solar cell - Sarita Kumari; Arti Meena; Amanpal Singh; Ajay Singh Verma (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Measurement of radionuclide contents and 222Rn/220Rn exhalation rate in soil samples from sub-mountainous region of India - Manpreet Kaur; Ajay Kumar; Rohit Mehra; Rosaline Mishra; Bikramjit Singh Bajwa (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Impact of Different Mixing Methods on the Performance of Suspension-Based Transdermal Delivery Systems - Sonalika Arup Bhattaccharjee; Madhura Kale; Ngan Le; Ajay K. Banga (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2021)

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of senescent leaves of guava ( Psidium guajava L.) - Trishna Chaturvedi; Swati Singh; Indrajeet Nishad; Ajay Kumar; Neha Tiwari; Sudeep Tandon; Dharmendra Saikia; Ram Swaroop Verma (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Dietary modulations of folic acid affect the development of diethylnitrosamine induced hepatocellular carcinoma in a rat model - Renuka Sharma; Taqveema Ali; Ishwar Negi; Ashim Das; Ajay Duseja; Jyotdeep Kaur (Journal of Molecular Histology, 2021)

Optimisation and evaluation of cryopreservation method for Aurantiochytrium limacinum - Ayushi Dalmia; Ajay W. Tumaney (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2021)

Tryptophan-tagged peptide from serine threonine-protein kinase of Channa striatus improves antioxidant defence in L6 myotubes and attenuates caspase 3–dependent apoptotic response in zebrafish larvae - Praveen Kumar Issac; Christy Lite; Ajay Guru; Manikandan Velayutham; Giva Kuppusamy; N. T. Saraswathi; Ebtesam M. Al Olayan; Abeer S. Aloufi; Mohamed A. Elokaby; Preetham Elumalai; Aziz Arshad; Jesu Arockiaraj (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021)

Potential of cotton for remediation of Cd-contaminated soils - Sivakoti Ramana; Awadhesh Kumar Tripathi; Ajay Kumar; Amar Bahadur Singh; Kollah Bharati; Asha Sahu; Poonam Singh Rajput; Jayanta Kumar Saha; Sanjay Srivastava; Pradip Dey; Ashok K. Patra (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2021)

Green ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents for desulphurization, denitrification, biomass, biodiesel, bioethanol and hydrogen fuels: a review - Rajagopal Malolan; Kannappan Panchamoorthy Gopinath; Dai-Viet N. Vo; Ramesh Sai Jayaraman; Srikanth Adithya; Pattabhiraman Srinivaasan Ajay; Jayaseelan Arun (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021)

Parenteral Nutrition and Cardiotoxicity - Johan van Nispen; Marcus Voigt; Eric Song; Austin Armstrong; Margarita Fedorova; Vidul Murali; Joseph Krebs; Ashish Samaddar; Chandrashekhara Manithody; Ajay Jain (Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2021)

The dependency of autophagy and ubiquitin proteasome system during skeletal muscle atrophy - Ajay Singh; Jatin Phogat; Aarti Yadav; Rajesh Dabur (Biophysical Reviews, 2021)

Multi criteria analysis for flood hazard mapping using GIS techniques: a case study of Ghaghara River basin in Uttar Pradesh, India - Ajay Kumar Arya; Ajay Pratap Singh (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Association of cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus with cucumber plants in India - Ashwini Kumar; Ajay Bhattarai; Aayushi Singh Rathore; Gograj Singh Jat; Tusar Kanti Behera; P. Renukadevi; Virendra K. Baranwal; Rakesh Kumar Jain; Y. B. Basavaraj (VirusDisease, 2021)

Different Prosopis species influence sodic soil ecology by favouring carbon build-up and reclamation in North-West India - Parveen Kumar; Ajay Kumar Mishra; Suresh Kumar Chaudhari; Rakesh Singh; Chandra Bhushan Pandey; Rajender Kumar Yadav; Dinesh Kumar Sharma (Tropical Ecology, 2021)

Designed Synthesis of Fluorescence ‘Turn-on’ Dual Sensor for Selective Detection of Al3+ and Zn2+ in Water - Naren Mudi; Paresh Hazra; Milan Shyamal; Samir Maity; Prabhat Kumar Giri; Shashanka Shekhar Samanta; Debkumar Mandal; Ajay Misra (Journal of Fluorescence, 2021)

Proteomic Exploration of Listeria monocytogenes for the Purpose of Vaccine Designing Using a Reverse Vaccinology Approach - Shivani Srivastava; Suraj Kumar Sharma; Vivek Srivastava; Ajay Kumar (International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2021)

Evaluation of Furcraea foetida (L.)Haw. for phytoremediation of cadmium contaminated soils - Sivakoti Ramana; Awadhesh Kumar Tripathi; Ajay Kumar; Pradip Dey; Jayanta Kumar Saha; Ashok Kumar Patra (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Titanium dioxide and graphitic carbon nitride–based nanocomposites and nanofibres for the degradation of organic pollutants in water: a review - Rudzani Ratshiedana; Alex Tawanda Kuvarega; Ajay Kumar Mishra (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Onosma bracteata Wall. induces G0/G1 arrest and apoptosis in MG-63 human osteosarcoma cells via ROS generation and AKT/GSK3β/cyclin E pathway - Ajay Kumar; Sandeep Kaur; Kritika Pandit; Varinder Kaur; Sharad Thakur; Satwinderjeet Kaur (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Circular bioeconomy solutions: driving anaerobic digestion of waste streams towards production of high value medium chain fatty acids - Ajay Menon; James G. Lyng (Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, 2021)

Many paths, one destination: mapping the movements of a kleptoparasitic spider on the host’s web - Rogelio Rosales-García; Horacio Tapia-McClung; Ajay Narendra; Dinesh Rao (Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2021)

Expansion of a native species and its impacts on alpine ecosystems, Indian Himalaya - Vikram Singh Negi; Ajay Maletha; Ravi Pathak; Rakesh Kumar Maikhuri (Biologia, 2021)

Between a rock and a hard place: rugged terrain features and human disturbance affect behaviour and habitat use of Sumatran elephants in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia - Gaius Wilson; Russell J. Gray; Radinal Radinal; Hasanuddin Hasanuddin; Wahdi Azmi; Arman Sayuti; Hambal Muhammad; Abdullah Abdullah; B. S. Nazamuddin; Hizir Sofyan; Heidi S. Riddle; Christopher Stremme; et al. (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2021)

Chemical composition, bactericidal kinetics, mechanism of action, and anti-inflammatory activity of Isodon melissoides (Benth.) H. Hara essential oil - Ajay Kumar; Swati Singh; Anant Kumar; Dnyaneshwar Umrao Bawankule; Sudeep Tandon; Anil Kumar Singh; Ram Swaroop Verma; Dharmendra Saikia (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Multiple origins of Indian dwarf wheat by mutations targeting the TREE domain of a GSK3-like kinase for drought tolerance, phosphate uptake, and grain quality - Ajay Gupta; Lei Hua; Guifang Lin; Istváan Molnár; Jaroslav Doležel; Sanzhen Liu; Wanlong Li (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

Fatty acid desaturase-2 (ahFAD2) mutant alleles in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) pre-breeding lines: an insight into the source, features, discourse, and selection of novel pre-breeding lines - J. H. Kamdar; M. D. Jasani; B. C. Ajay; Kirti Rani; N. Manivannan; R. P. Vasanthi; K. L. Dobariya; M. K. Pandey; P. Janila; T. Radhakrishnan; R. K. Varshney; S. K. Bera (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2021)

Binary electrochemical mineralization of heterocyclic nitrogenous compounds: parametric optimization using Taguchi method and mineralization mechanism - Ajay Devidas Hiwarkar; Rohit Chauhan; Ritesh Patidar; Vimal Chandra Srivastava; Seema Singh; Indra Deo Mall (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Modulation of mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium and antioxidant properties and antiproliferative effects of fractions from Cassia fistula L. on human cervical HeLa and breast MCF-7 cancer cells - Sandeep Kaur; Ajay Kumar; Kritika Pandit; Satwinderjeet Kaur (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Analyzing intensifying thunderstorms over the Congo Basin using the Gálvez-Davison index from 1983–2018 - Kathrin Alber; Ajay Raghavendra; Liming Zhou; Yan Jiang; Heather S. Sussman; Stephen L. Solimine (Climate Dynamics, 2021)

Sensitivity of projected climate impacts to climate model weighting: multi-sector analysis in eastern Africa - Seshagiri Rao Kolusu; Christian Siderius; Martin C. Todd; Ajay Bhave; Declan Conway; Rachel James; Richard Washington; Robel Geressu; Julien J. Harou; Japhet J. Kashaigili (Climatic Change, 2021)
Uncertainty in long-term projections of future climate can be substantial and presents a major challenge to climate change adaptation planning. This is especially so for projections of future precipitation in most tropical regions, at the spatial scale of many adaptation decisions in water-related sectors. Attempts have been made to constrain the uncertainty in climate projections, based on the recognised premise that not all of the climate models openly available perform equally well. However, there is no agreed ‘good practice’ on how to weight climate models. Nor is it clear to what extent model weighting can constrain uncertainty in decision-relevant climate quantities. We address this challenge, for climate projection information relevant to ‘high stakes’ investment decisions across the ‘water-energy-food’ sectors, using two case-study river basins in Tanzania and Malawi. We compare future climate risk profiles of simple decision-relevant indicators for water-related sectors, derived using hydrological and water resources models, which are driven by an ensemble of future climate model projections. In generating these ensembles, we implement a range of climate model weighting approaches, based on context-relevant climate model performance metrics and assessment. Our case-specific results show the various model weighting approaches have limited systematic effect on the spread of risk profiles. Sensitivity to climate model weighting is lower than overall uncertainty and is considerably less than the uncertainty resulting from bias correction methodologies. However, some of the more subtle effects on sectoral risk profiles from the more ‘aggressive’ model weighting approaches could be important to investment decisions depending on the decision context. For application, model weighting is justified in principle, but a credible approach should be very carefully designed and rooted in robust understanding of relevant physical processes to formulate appropriate metrics.

Provenance, weathering, and paleoclimatic records of the Pliocene-Pleistocene sequences of the Himalayan foreland basin, NW Himalaya - Sajid Ali; Binita Phartiyal; Ajay Taloor; Mohammad Arif; Birendra Pratap Singh (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)