Serum cortisol and adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) in infants receiving topical and subconjunctival corticosteroids following cataract surgery.

Purpose: Cushingoid features are occasionally encountered in infants after pediatric cataract surgery. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the use of topical glucocorticoids (GCs) following congenital cataract surgery can result in endogenous adrenal suppression and/or systemic side effects similar to those seen with systemic steroids.

Methods: A prospective study was performed on 20 infants with bilateral congenital cataract.

Half-metallicity in new Heusler alloys MnScZ (Z = Si, Ge, Sn).

Study of half-metallicity has been performed in a new series of MnScZ (Z = Si, Ge and Sn) full Heusler alloys using density functional theory with the calculation and implementation of a Hubbard correction term (). Volume optimization in magnetic and non-magnetic phases for both the CuMnAl and HgCuTi type structures was done to predict the stable ground state configuration. The stability was determined by calculating their formation energy as well as from elastic constants under ambient conditions.

Study of half metallicity, structural and mechanical properties in inverse Heusler alloy MnZnSiGe and a superlattice.

The electronic and magnetic properties of MnZnSiGe ( = 0.0, 0.125, 0.