Therapeutic Hypothermia for Perinatal Asphyxia in India-Experience and Evidence.

Therapeutic hypothermia is an established therapy with proven benefit for term neonates with moderate and severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Many centers in India have started therapeutic cooling of asphyxiated infants. There is enough evidence for the beneficial effect of cooling from the randomized trials conducted in India.

Comparative Evaluation of Marginal Accuracy of Metal Copings Fabricated using Direct Metal Laser Sintering, Computer-Aided Milling, Ringless Casting, and Traditional Casting Techniques: An Study.

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to determine the amount of marginal discrepancy produced by Co-Cr copings fabricated using various fabrication methods which include direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), computer-aided milling, traditional casting, and ringless casting and compare the values obtained between each fabrication technique and to evaluate if the fabrication technique can produce prosthesis that is within the standards of clinical acceptance of marginal discrepancy.

Materials And Methods: Ten metal copings were fabricated by DMLS, computer-aided milling, traditional casting, and ringless casting. Marginal gap at the buccal, lingual, mesial, and distal areas was measured using silicone replica technique.

Rare Cause of Hyperkalemia in the Newborn Period: Report of Two Cases of Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 1.

Pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA) Type 1 is characterized by mineralocorticoid resistance, manifesting as neonatal salt wasting, hypotension, hyperkalemia, hyponatremia, and metabolic acidosis in spite of elevated aldosterone levels and plasma renin activity. It is important to differentiate children with systemic PHA from renal PHA, as these children are likely to decompensate even with mild symptoms. Here, we report two neonates with PHA that presented to us with multiorgan involvement.

Bioremediation of synthetic fatliquors under microaerobic condition.

Synthetic fatliquors are useful as a fatliquoring agent, flotation agent and emulsifying agent in a wide range of industrial applications such as leather, pharmacy and farm chemicals. These fatliquors remain recalcitrant to natural biota in existing treatment plants. In the present study, the isolated microaerophilic Serratia sp.

Microaerobic degradation of 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole present in industrial wastewater.

Microaerobic degradation of 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole (2-MBT) was investigated using an isolated bacterial strain CSMB1. It was identified as Alcaligenes sp. MH146 by genomic analysis.