Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Development and content validity of Diet Quality Index for Athletes (DQI-Athletes)

INTRODUCTION: Dietary recommendations for athletes vary according to the type of sport, and the use of uniform assessment criteria may not accurately capture diet quality of athletes from different sport disciplines and weight categories. For example, applying the same guidelines...

Recent advances in the therapeutic potential of quinoline-piperazine hybrids

This review summarizes the therapeutic potential of quinoline-piperazine hybrid molecules having no spacer/linker in between highlighting their potential therapeutic applications in various diseases that include viral infections, tuberculosis, malaria, fungal infections, microbia...

Small Worlds in a Small Brain: Testing a Universal Network Principle on the First Complete Fly Nervous System

A brain has to solve an odd kind of engineering problem. It needs enough local processing power towork out fine details close to home, but it also needs a way to move information across the wholesystem quickly, because most real behaviour depends on combining information from ver...

Improving pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of berberine hydrochloride using solid dispersion: A therapeutic approach to hyperlipidemia

Berberine is an isoquinoline alkaloid that acts as a natural PCSK9 inhibitor. By inhibiting PCSK9, it upregulates Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) receptors and helps maintain lipid metabolism. Although it is a promising hypolipidemic agent, its clinical application is limited by po...

Self-efficacy and emotional intelligence in relation to academic motivation among Afghan students in India with age and state comparisons

This study examined the associations of self-efficacy and emotional intelligence with academic motivation among Afghan students enrolled in Indian higher education institutions, and compared these constructs across age cohorts and Indian states. A cross-sectional correlational su...