Abstract: Wrist is an extremely significant and important part of our body. It is the performance index of our work. Previous research has shown that wrist flexion can lead to compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel, resulting in numbness, parenthesis and muscle weakness in hand. We present an effective optical approach for the measurement of strain on superficial muscles and tendons due to wrist extension, a remedy for carpal tunnel syndrome. The 3D correlation software computes the in-plane and out of plane strain using pictures taken, using 2 charge coupled device cameras, before and after extension. Strain plots obtained after comparison indicates the strain distribution in anterior compartment of the forearm muscle. The experiment is then repeated for four other participants and the trends are observed. The effect of stretching on the two important anterior components of the forearm muscles, namely the flexor pollicis longus muscle, flexor carpi ulnaris muscle is studied. This study can assist practitioners working in the field of applied anthropology to develop advanced diagnosis methodologies.

Abstract: Passage of ionizing radiation through biological matter, for example during beam therapy, is followed by the production of secondary particles, which change the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of the beam. The absorbed dose is represented by the sum of two components: the dose delivered by photons and secondary e⁺ and e^- and the dose from heavy charged particles. Therefore, in order to assess the overall biological effectiveness of the beam, it is necessary to consider RBE of all kinds of induced radiation. In this work a model theoretically describing the biological effectiveness of various types of ionizing radiation depending on their energies is proposed. A method for estimating the relative biological effectiveness taking into account the contribution of photonuclear reactions with the energy ranging from a threshold of photonuclear reactions on light elements (Z<10) to 50MeV is developed. The results obtained are compared to the experimental and calculated data of the other authors.

Abstract: Measuring the quality of scientist/researchers is necessary during university/research appointments and increments to evaluate their professional career. Such evaluation of the individuals scientific output was determined based on the Impact factor of journals in which one publishes his/her research work. With many journals not being indexed for Thompson Reuters, ISI index for impact factor (IF), and with the emergence of open access publications, it becomes imperative that there be a method to assess an individual’s research contribution/impact to the scientific world. There are only few such evaluation methods available having some limitations.

Abstract: As Alkaloids known for their pharmaceutical importance; this research included the extraction of crude alkaloids of three plants (Zingiberofficinale Roscoe, Thymus vulgaris L. and Acaciaarabica L.) and evaluate their activity as coagulant agent by using three degraded concentrations of each plant extract and tested them on lab mice through the observation of the variations in bleeding time(BT), clotting time(CT), platelet, red blood cells(RBC), packed cell volume(PCV), white blood cells (WBC) and hemoglobin counts(Hb) with Calcium count (Ca) in blood. The results revealed differences in the percentage of alkaloids in the plants under the study; Zingiber was the higher one followed by Thymus and Acacia respectively.Zingiberwas also the most effective plant as coagulant factor than other two plants as it decreased both BT and CT and increased platelets, RBC, PCV, WBC and Ca count. more than what T. vulgaris and A. arabica affected on blood characters mentioned before.