Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics

 The cancer treatment is at present based on chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Both these treatments have lots of side effects including severe pain to the patients. Thus, importance of palliative care to the cancer patients is more needed for management of cancer. As per the World Health Organization definition the Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification, assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual. Some of the objectives of Palliative care are provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms; affirms life and regards dying as a normal process; intends neither to hasten or postpone death; integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care; offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death; help the family cope during the patient’s illness and in their own betterment. The review study reveals that there is need for increase of palliative care in India. The palliative care at present is about 1-2% of total patients suffering from cancer which need to be increased to maximum patients. A case study did by Ankit Chandra (2016) stated that the palliative care can be increased by awareness among the public. Here role of Institution engaged in Science Communication and Healthcare like ICMR, Vigyan Prasar, NISCAIR-CSIR become more important for carrying out mass awareness towards this social issue of palliative care.

Keywords: Palliative Care; Treatment; Cancer; India.

 Films are the medium of choice since many years for communication of the massages. The impact of films marked on the mind and thoughts of the viewers. In the India the traditional education tolls includes books, black boards, reading, writing, reciting activities. But the scenario is shifting towards the technology intervention in education. The less numbers of teachers, difficulty in reaching to each student enhances the technology like films, video conferencing; online lectures to increase reach to each student. The film making learning is art and science collaboration. It need creative minds and scientific as well. The language of films is different than books. Films always need catchy titles, small dialogues to understand more in fewer words. This audio-visual medium connects the viewer more than text books. In Vigyan Prasar popular science film production started about two decades ago. To encourage science film making in India, the Vigyan Prasar came up with a science film festival originally titled as Rashtriya Vigyan Chalchitra Mela (RVCM) and at present National Science Film Festival (NSFF). The various films submitted by the national and international producers are categorized in various categories and screened in festival among viewers. The learning attitude enhanced by adopting the workshop along with screening of films. The event is educational, entertainer, and above that it enhances the scientific thinking among the participants. In the present study the films received during 2015 were analyzed. The comparative study is performed in between the NSFF and other Indian Science film festivals and competition. There are rising concern among the viewers about health, biology and others issues.Life science is responsible for genesis of interests and curiosity because the subject is about life.

Keywords: Education; National Science Film Festival (NSFF); Rashtriya Vigyan Chalchitra Mela (RVCM); Vigyan Prasar; India.

 Chemical precipitation method was used to synthesize pure ZnO and Ba-ZnO nanoparticles. The XRD patterns and SEM topography shows that prepared nanoparticles were wurzite structure. The average particle size of 2% Ba-ZnO (25 to 40 nm) exhibited excellent achievable photo-catalytic degradation of M.O. in the acidic condition (pH 4). It was found that 2% Ba-ZnO shows the highest activity for degradation of methyl orange compare to ZnO.

Keywords: Ba-ZnO Nanoparticles; Xrd Pattern; Sem Topography ; Photo-Catalytic Degradation.