BIOLOGY & APPLIED SCIENCES☀️

Dietary Recall : Food frequencies, food diaries and weighted food records. Biomarkers of food assessment; covering limitations and considerations of importance of food. Problems associated with food; Malnutrition and Undernutrition as well as Obesity and Overweight. Micronutrient deficiency, poor nutrition compared to good nutrition. Healthy eating habits along with community-based interventions. PEM (Protein Energy Malnutrition), dietary deficiency with the effects and symptoms. Diagnosis and a...

Study of staple crops: Rice, Wheat, Corn/Barley and Barley; Nutritional value and importance in diet. Cultivation and production; thereafter storage and preservation methods. Food Adulteration causing health risks. Insight into food industry along with consumer awareness and education. ISO standards followed in farming practices.

Biological Classification: Kingdom Plantae and Animalia in various Systems of classification of biodiversity. Five Kingdom Classification by Whittaker and studies by Aristotle and Linnaeus. Organization of Bacteria types including Cyanobacteria, Archaebacteria and Eubacteria. Kingdom Fungi segregated division, Mycoplasma and Viruses, Viriods. Significance of Prision and its utilization.

Morphology of flowering plants: flower and the floral parts like androecium and gynoecium. Aestivation, Inflorescence and Placentation associated with the thalamus till Fruit development. Floral Diagram and Floral Formula of Families- Fabaceae, Solanaceae and Liliaceae. Animal Tissues covering Epithelial, Connective, Muscular and Neural tissues. A diagrammatic representation of the various categories.

Plant growth and development: Secondary growth with cambium and meristematic tissues. Graphic studies with sigmoid curve, differentiation and plasticity. Role played by Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs): Auxins, Gibberellins, Cytokinins, Ethylene and Abscisic Acid (ABA). The significant role of Photoperiodism and Vernalization.

Human nervous system: Central Nervous System, brain; Somatic Nervous System and Autonomic Nervous System. Study of nerves, neurons, receptors and synapse with diagrammatic understanding of concepts. Also a contrasting role of Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous system conceptualized. Representation of sense organs like the eye and ear with figures.

Cancer research to analyze malignant tumors and cancer cells. Various types: Carcinoma, Sarcoma, Leukemia and Lymphoma. The symptoms and diagnosis; including stages of cancer. Endoscopy and TNM study. Chemotherapy, Radiations, Immunotherapy, Hormonal therapy and Targeted therapies in medical treatment.

Human Circulatory System : Body fluids- tissue fluids, lymph and blood. Blood Cells as RBC, WBC and Platelets along with plasma. Heart anatomy in various vertebrates. Human Circulatory System with double circulation as pulmonary and systemic. Cardiac Cycle with diagrammatic representations. Heart diseases like hypertension, coronary artery diseases and angina pectoris.

Morphology of Cockroach: head and mouth parts, compound eyes, legs, wings and abdominal segments. Study and diagrammatic analyses of the various organ systems: Digestive, Circulatory with haemolymph, Respiratory, Excretory, Nervous and Sense Organs. Insight into the male and female Reproductive Systems. Life Cycle covering fertilization, egg and nymph stage.

Photosynthesis covering harness of solar energy with Chlorophyll pigments and Action Spectrum. Photochemical Phase (Light Dependent Reaction): Cyclic and Non Cyclic Photophosphorylation. Various pigments in Photosystems I and II, followed by Calvin Cycle. The related Experiments like Moll 's Half Leaf Experiment, Engelmann experiments. The final product of photosynthesis in the equation yielding carbohydrates (glucose).