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When designing a device for energy conversion, development of a highly active catalyst for OER (oxygen evolution reaction) reaction in alkaline medium is of utmost importance. For energy conversion, herein, we developed copper cobalt sulfide on carbon cloth (CC) using a simple and facile hydrothermal method. A vertically grown 2D sheet-like structure of coppercobalt sulfide is observed using L-cysteine as a sulfur source. An optimized ratio of copper(II) and cobalt(III) and the best sulfur source are found to boost the electrocatalytic activity of mixed metal thiospinel for OER. Several characterization techniques (XRD, Raman, FESEM, TEM, XPS, and ICP-AES) were used to confirm phase purity, morphology, and composition of copper cobalt sulfides. We have established that 2D nanosheets of CuCo 3 S z /CC exhibited superior electrocatalytic performance over bare RuO 2 in 1.0 M KOH solution. It is observed that CuCo 3 S z /CC need only 105 mV overpotential to generate 5 mA/ cm 2 current density. CuCo 3 S z /CC is very stable and able to produce unaltered current density under an applied potential of 1.615 V vs. RHE for 48 h. Electrochemically active surface area calculation is performed for all catalysts to confirm higher electrocatalytic activity. The catalyst, CuCo 3 S z /CC is used in a broad pH region using 0.5 M KOH, saline water, and 0.5 M Na 2 SO 4 electrolyte solution to widen the applicability of water splitting. This work shows an avenue to develop active and durable electrocatalyst for OER without using any noble metal electrocatalyst.[a] C.

Over the years, researchers have attempted to improve the potency of medicament utilization for the treatment of a variety of diseases. Drug targeting is a phenomenon in which a drug is distributed in the body in such a way that it interacts with the target tissue at a cellular or sub-cellular level to achieve a desired therapeutic response at the desired site while avoiding unwanted interactions at other sites. This can be accomplished using modern drug delivery system targeting methods such as niosomes. Niosomes are a novel drug delivery system that encapsulates the medication in a vesicle. The vesicle is made up of a non-ionic surfactant bilayer. The particle size of the niosome must be in the range of 10 nm -100 nm. Niosomes are preferred over liposomes because they are more stable and less expensive. Niosomes enhance the pharmacological action of drug molecules by delaying the drug's clearance from circulation, protecting the drug from the biological environment, and limiting the effects to the target cells. It has applications in cancer treatment, as a carrier in hemoglobin, delivery of peptide drugs via the oral route, treatment of leishmaniasis, ophthalmic delivery, and as a carrier in dermal drug delivery. This review article focuses on the vesicular system's composition, benefits, types of niosomes, methods of preparation, characterization, and application. Keywords: Niosomes, Composition, Types, Method of preparation, Characterization, Application.

The success of an academic institution can be measured in terms of quality of education provides to its students. In the education system, highest level of quality is achieved by exploring the data relating to redirection about students performance. These days the lack of existing system to analyse and judge the students performance and progress isn"t being addressed. There are 2 reasons why this is often happening. First, the present system is not accurate to predict students" performance. Second, because of shortage of consideration of some vital factor those are affecting students" performance. Predicting students" performance is more challenging task as a result of large amount of information in academic database. This proposed system can help to predict students" performance more accurately. For these suitable data mining approach will be applied. In this approach, preprocessing step will be applied to raw dataset so that the mining algorithm will be applied properly. The prediction about students" performance can help him/her to enhance the performance.

Innovation through information technology (IT) has made inroads everywhere and banking is no exception to it. Whether it is private or public sector bank, everywhere innovation is the buzzword and technological breakthrough is witnessing new avenues of success. Competition is compelling everyone to move ahead and faster. Now, the working in public sector banks has been changing and customers are sensing the wave of innovation. These banks, which were working traditionally are now coming out and reaching to audience through billboards; FM radio and all possible media. Celebrity endorsements are now common in public sector banks as well. Core banking has added fuel to the fire of innovation. The ultimate results can be seen in terms of enhanced customer satisfaction in public sector as well as private sector banks. The research is an attempt to study the impact of innovative technology on customer satisfaction vis-à-vis public sector and private sector banks in Bhopal city. Primary data was collected from customers of these banks and analyzed, which has given significant results on the subject. It was found that private sector banks were having an edge in terms of success in innovation.