Microwave hydrothermal preparation of reduced graphene oxide-induced p-AgO/n-MoO heterostructures for enhanced photocatalytic activity through S-scheme mechanism and its electronic performance.

Through a powerful and modest closed system Microwave hydrothermal process, a methodological analysis is made in the rational synthesis of the reduced graphene oxide-induced p-AgO/n-MoO (RGAM) heterostructures. These have strong p-n junction heterostructures with considerable electron-hole recombination functioning as solar catalysts. The enhanced photocatalytic activity through the plasmonic step scheme (S-scheme mechanism) describes the effective charge recombination process.

A Retrospective Cohort Study of the Utility of Ultrasound, 99mTc-Sestamibi Scintigraphy, and Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography for Pre-Operative Localization of Parathyroid Disease To Facilitate Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy.

Background This study investigated the utility of ultrasound (US), 99mTc-Sestamibi scintigraphy (Sestamibi), and four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) for pre-operative localization of a single abnormal parathyroid gland prior to minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) to determine the optimum pre-operative scans to facilitate a MIP. Methods Patients with primary hyperparathyroidism who underwent curative parathyroidectomy at Broomfield Hospital, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust between 2009 and 2018 were included. Diagnostic performance parameters and the agreement between US, Sestamibi, and 4DCT were evaluated.

FastSS: Fast and smooth segmentation of JPEG compressed printed text documents using DC and AC signal analysis.

With the surge of COVID-19 pandemic, the world is moving towards digitization and automation more than it was presumed. The Internet is becoming one of the popular mediums for communication, and multimedia (image, audio, and video) combined with data compression techniques play a pivotal role in handling a huge volume of data that is being generated on a daily basis. Developing novel algorithms for automatic analysis of compressed data without decompression is the need of the present hour.

A comparative study of minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy and retrograde intrarenal surgery for solitary renal stone of 1-2 cm.

Background: PCNL is the treatment of choice for renal stones. But wide array of complications due to larger tract size(>20 Fr) has lead to development of improved techniques like miniPCNL(<20 Fr) and RIRS(Retrograde intrarenal surgery).

Aim And Objective: To perform a study comparing miniPCNL with RIRS for renal stones 1-2 cm with respect to stone free rate , complications and quality of life.

Target specific mining of COVID-19 scholarly articles using one-class approach.

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) began as an outbreak from epicentre Wuhan, People's Republic of China in late December 2019, and till June 27, 2020 it caused 9,904,906 infections and 496,866 deaths worldwide. The world health organization (WHO) already declared this disease a pandemic. Researchers from various domains are putting their efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus via means of medical treatment and data analytics.

Emerging technologies for antibiotic susceptibility testing.

Superbugs such as infectious bacteria pose a great threat to humanity due to an increase in bacterial mortality leading to clinical treatment failure, lengthy hospital stay, intravenous therapy and accretion of bacteraemia. These disease-causing bacteria gain resistance to drugs over time which further complicates the treatment. Monitoring of antibiotic resistance is therefore necessary so that bacterial infectious diseases can be diagnosed rapidly.

An Enhanced Symptom Clustering with Profile Based Prescription Suggestion in Biomedical application.

The application of data mining has been increasing day to day whereas the data base is also enhancing simultaneously. Hence retrieving required content from a huge data base is a critical task. This paper focus on biomedical engineering field, it concentrates on initial stage of database such as data preprocessing and cleansing to deal with noise and missing data in large biomedical data sets.

Nutritional potentialities of some tree leaves based on polyphenols and rumen gas production.

Aim: The study was conducted to evaluate eight tree leaves based on polyphenolic content and rumen incubation and gas production technique (RIVIGPT) for their nutritive potentiality.

Materials And Methods: Eight selected tree leaves, namely , , spp., , , , , and , were selected for proximate composition, forage fiber fractions, total phenolics (TPs), non-tannin phenols (NTPs), total tannins (TTs), condensed tannins (CTs), and hydrolysable tannins (HTs); RIVIGP with and without polyethylene glycol (PEG); and dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) (modified two stage) analysis was conducted.

Ripping the Myth: Patients' Symptomatic Descriptions of Acute Thoracic Aortic Dissection.

Context: The objective of this retrospective project was to assess the frequency with which patients presenting to an emergency department had used the descriptive terms "ripping" and "tearing" to describe their symptoms from later-confirmed acute thoracic aortic dissection.

Methods: The authors conducted a retrospective chart review from 58 patients who had presented to two suburban and urban emergency departments with suspected acute thoracic dissection between 1997 and 2015. They reviewed charts for patients' pain descriptors in ambulance personnel records and initial notes and dictations from ED triage nurses, staff nurses, and physicians.

Effectiveness and Safety of Batroxobin, Tranexamic Acid and a Combination in Reduction of Blood Loss in Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery.

Study Design: A prospective randomized double blind placebo controlled trail.

Objective: To evaluate and compare the efficacy and safety of batroxobin (botropase), tranexamic acid (TXA), and their combination in reduction of perioperative blood loss in lumbar spine single level fusion surgeries.

Summary Of Background Data: Spinal surgeries are associated with significant blood loss leading to perioperative anemia and increased need for allogenic transfusion.

Antibacterial and antioxidant properties of biosynthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles from Ceropegia candelabrum L. - An endemic species.

Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) were synthesized for the first time from any of the species of Ceropegia. Presently, ZnO-NPs were synthesized from the leaf extract of Ceropegia candelabrum with zinc nitrate using a simple hydrothermal process. The synthesized ZnO-NPs showed an absorption peak at 320nm which is one of the characteristic features of ZnO-NPs.

A Multi-centric, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Randomized, Prospective Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Carica papaya Leaf Extract, as Empirical Therapy for Thrombocytopenia associated with Dengue Fever.

Introduction: Dengue is a rapidly expanding global health problem. Approximately 2.5 billion people live in dengue-risk regions with about 100 million new cases each year worldwide.

Smokeless Tobacco-associated Lesions: A Mobile Health Approach.

Aim: Globally, India accounts for the highest number of oral cancer cases. The survival rates are about 30% lower than those in developing countries. The main reason for these dismal figures is the late presentation of patients.

A functionally conserved Polycomb response element from mouse HoxD complex responds to heterochromatin factors.

Anterior-posterior body axis in all bilaterians is determined by the Hox gene clusters that are activated in a spatio-temporal order. This expression pattern of Hox genes is established and maintained by regulatory mechanisms that involve higher order chromatin structure and Polycomb group (PcG) and trithorax group (trxG) proteins. We identified earlier a Polycomb response element (PRE) in the mouse HoxD complex that is functionally conserved in flies.

Mass spectrometric characterization of the isoforms in Escherichia coli recombinant DNA-derived interferon alpha-2b.

The isoforms Iso-2, Iso-3, and Iso-4 of Escherichia coli-derived recombinant human interferon alpha-2b (rhIFN α-2b), generated by posttranslational modifications of the protein during fermentation, present a major problem in terms of purification and the yield of the drug substance. We report here the structural characterization of these isoforms by mass spectrometry (MS) methods. An extensive MS study was conducted on Iso-4, which is composed of up to 75% of the in-process IFN, and on the native rhIFN α-2b.

Mathematical approach to understand the kinetics of alpha-synuclein aggregation: relevance to Parkinson's disease.

alpha-Synuclein aggregation is a hallmark pathological feature in Parkinson's disease (PD). The conversion of alpha-synuclein from soluble monomer to insoluble aggregates through the toxic oligomeric intermediates underlie the neurodegeneration associated with PD. Redox active metal ions such as iron (Fe) and copper (Cu) are known to enhance alpha-synuclein fibrillogenesis.

Day-case Karydakis flap for pilonidal sinus.

Purpose: The Karydakis flap for pilonidal sinus is associated with primary wound healing and infrequent recurrence. Previous studies had reported in-patient protocols. This cohort study was designed to assess the feasibility, safety, and practicalities of day-case Karydakis flap surgery.

Effect of the abnormal bladder when full on upper tract drainage using a combined cystometrogram-(99m)Tc-mercapto-acetyltriglycine renogram: a prospective study.

Objective: To examine the relevance of bladder volume in patients with chronic hydronephrosis and abnormal bladder function who lose renal function even though the bladder or reservoir pressure is normal (<40 cmH(2)0).

Patients And Methods: In all, 20 patients (16 male; age range 17-67 years) were studied prospectively; 12 had a reconstructed bladder. All had progressive loss of renal function with a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of >15 mL/min.

Enhancement of intravesical delivery with Syn3 potentiates interferon-alpha2b gene therapy for superficial bladder cancer.

Intravesical administration of interferon alpha-2b protein (IFN) has been successfully used in the treatment of patients with superficial bladder tumors. Local dosing of IFN minimizes well-known systemic side effects of the drug, but exposure to bladder tumors is limited by the duration of instillation and transient concentrations achieved in the urothelium. Intravesical delivery of the gene encoding interferon results in an alternative strategy for IFN-based therapy of the disease, enabling sustained exposure of IFN protein that results from production by tumor and non-tumor cells in the urothelium.

Comparison of P-POSSUM and O-POSSUM in predicting mortality after oesophagogastric resections.

Background: P-POSSUM (Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enumeration of Mortality and morbidity) predicts mortality and morbidity in general surgical patients providing an adjunct to surgical audit. O-POSSUM was designed specifically to predict mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing oesophagogastric surgery.

Aim: To compare P-POSSUM and O-POSSUM in predicting surgical mortality in patients undergoing elective oesophagogastric cancer resections.