Managing diagnostic complexity: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) mimicking asthma exacerbation and infections in pediatric cases.

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) presents diagnostic hurdles in pediatrics due to its resemblance to asthma or infections. An 11-year-old girl, known for recurrent asthma-related hospitalizations, presented with ongoing cough and breathing issues. Initial asthma treatment provided temporary relief, but her reliance on oxygen spurred further investigation.

Prosthesis for Unilateral Isolated Proximal Focal Femoral Deficiency: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

A 14-month-old female child was brought to us by her parents with the complaint of progressive shortening of her right lower limb since birth. Born to non-consanguineous parents from a poor socioeconomic background, her birth and antenatal history were uneventful. Physical examination revealed no facial dysmorphism; however, her right thigh was short and bulky, and there were restrictions in hip, knee, and ankle movements.

Endless Dirac nodal lines and high mobility in kagome semimetal NiInSe: a theoretical and experimental study.

Kagome-lattice crystal is crucial in quantum materials research, exhibiting unique transport properties due to its rich band structure and the presence of nodal lines and rings. Here, we investigate the electronic transport properties and perform first-principles calculations for NiInSekagome topological semimetal. First-principles calculations of the band structure without the inclusion of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) shows that three bands are crossing the Fermi level (), indicating the semi-metallic nature.

Development and Validation of E-portfolio for Undergraduate Medical Students in Pediatrics.

Objective: To develop and validate e-portfolios for undergraduate medical students in the subject of Pediatrics.

Method: A descriptive study was conducted among the second year medical undergraduate students. A core committee validated the e-portfolio created on the Google platform.

Structural and electronic transport properties of Zn- and Ga-doped BiSbTeSetopological insulator single crystals.

A comprehensive study of structural and magnetotransport properties of pristine BiSbTeSe(BSTS) single crystals and doped with Zn (BSTS:Zn) and Ga (BSTS:Ga) are presented here. Magnetic field dependent Hall resistivities of the single crystals indicate that the holes are the majority carriers. The field dependent resistivity curves at different temperatures of the crystals display cusp-like characteristics at low magnetic fields, attributed to two-dimensional (2D) weak antilocalization (WAL) effect.

Management of Hyperparasitaemia in Severe Malaria: A Sea Change With the Availability of Artesunate.

Objective: This study aims to study the efficacy of exchange transfusion in complicated malaria with hyperparasitaemia.

Method: This is a retrospective case-control study conducted in a tertiary care referral hospital in northeastern India. A retrospective chart review was done, and 34 children with hyperparasitaemia were identified.

The Outcome of Scaphoid Fracture Nonunion Managed by 1,2 Intercompartmental Supraretinacular Artery (1,2 ICSRA) Vascularized Bone Graft.

Background: Scaphoid fracture is most often missed and mismanaged leading to scaphoid nonunion with or without avascular necrosis. When avascular necrosis of the proximal pole is confirmed with intraoperative evaluation, conventional bone graft is not enough. The treatment modalities are evolving day by day.

Revisiting the Mucosa of the Gastric Cardia: A Scope to Modify an Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Introduction The mucosa in the cardiac region of the stomach has been less understood. Cardiac mucosa (CM) with less parietal and oxyntic cells has been defined as a normal mucosa. Studies have shown that CM can be the result of occult reflux.

Ru(II)-catalyzed oxidative coupling of sulfoxonium ylides with amines: efficient synthesis of α-ketoamides and indolo[2,1-]isoquinolines.

The first use of sulfoxonium ylides for the synthesis of α-ketoamides is described a Ru(II)-catalyzed amidation reaction with amines. The same Ru(II)-catalyzed reaction of sulfoxonium ylides with 2-phenylindoles provided indolo[2,1-]isoquinolines instead of α-ketoamides.

Deep learning based correction of low performing pixel in computed tomography.

Low Performing Pixel (LPP)/bad pixel in CT detectors cause ring and streaks artifacts, structured non-uniformities and deterioration of the image quality. These artifacts make the image unusable for diagnostic purposes. A missing/defective detector pixel translates to a channel missing across all views in sinogram domain and its effect gets spill over entire image in reconstruction domain as artifacts.

Multi-modal trained artificial intelligence solution to triage chest X-ray for COVID-19 using pristine ground-truth, versus radiologists.

The front-line imaging modalities computed tomography (CT) and X-ray play important roles for triaging COVID patients. Thoracic CT has been accepted to have higher sensitivity than a chest X-ray for COVID diagnosis. Considering the limited access to resources (both hardware and trained personnel) and issues related to decontamination, CT may not be ideal for triaging suspected subjects.

High-sensitivity of initial SrO growth on the residual resistivity in epitaxial thin films of SrRuO[Formula: see text] on SrTiO[Formula: see text] (001).

The growth of SrRuO[Formula: see text] (SRO) thin film with high-crystallinity and low residual resistivity (RR) is essential to explore its intrinsic properties. Here, utilizing the adsorption-controlled growth technique, the growth condition of initial SrO layer on TiO[Formula: see text]-terminated SrTiO[Formula: see text] (STO) (001) substrate was found to be crucial for achieving a low RR in the resulting SRO film grown afterward. The optimized initial SrO layer shows a c(2 [Formula: see text] 2) superstructure that was characterized by electron diffraction, and a series of SRO films with different thicknesses (ts) were then grown.

Vibrational spectra of PbBiTe, PbBiTe, and PbBiTe topological insulators: temperature-dependent Raman and theoretical insights from DFT simulations.

Herein, using Raman spectroscopy, we have presented the investigation of a temperature-dependent frequency shift and the line broadening of phonon modes by inserting the atomic layers of Pb and PbTe in the prototype 3D topological insulator Bi2Te3. Good quality single crystals of Pb2Bi2Te3, PbBi2Te4, and PbBi4Te7 were grown using the modified Bridgman technique. The Raman modes show progressive blue-shift with the decrease in temperature from 298 K to 93 K in Pb2Bi2Te3, PbBi2Te4, and PbBi4Te7 due to the anharmonic vibrations of the lattice as well as the increase in the strength of Bi-Te covalent interactions.

Unusual Conductance Fluctuations and Quantum Oscillation in Mesoscopic Topological Insulator PbBiTe.

We present a detail study of Shubinikov-de-Haas (SdH) oscillations accompanied by conductance fluctuations in a mesoscopic topological insulator PbBiTe device. From SdH oscillations, the evidence of Dirac fermions with π Berry phase is found and the experimentally determined two main Fermi wave vectors are correlated to two surface Dirac cones (buried one inside the other) of layered topological insulator PbBiTe. We have also found evidence of conductance fluctuations, the root mean square amplitude of which is much higher than the usual universal conductance fluctuations observed in nanometer size sample.

Pottels Equation for Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate.

The retrospective study was carried out to examine performance of Pottels height- independent equation compared to Schwartzs height-dependent equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate in 115 children in Indian setting. The Pottels equation performed well compared to updated Schwartz equation (R2=0.94, mean bias 0.

Hierarchical Pictorial Structures for Simultaneously Localizing Multiple Organs in Volumetric Pre-Scan CT.

Parsing volumetric computed tomography (CT) into 10 or more salient organs simultaneously is a challenging task with many applications such as personalized scan planning and dose reporting. In the clinic, pre-scan data can come in the form of very low dose volumes acquired just prior to the primary scan or from an existing primary scan. To localize organs in such diverse data, we propose a new learning based framework that we call hierarchical pictorial structures (HPS) which builds multiple levels of models in a tree-like hierarchy that mirrors the natural decomposition of human anatomy from gross structures to finer structures.

DNA engineered tri-functional Ni-Au nano-chain: understanding of its formation and novel magnetic properties.

A plausible mechanism have been proposed here on the formation of chain like structure of Ni-Au-DNA (deoxyribo nucleic acid) composite which has been synthesized by simple wet-chemical process. The composite has been designed in such a fashion that it can be easily probed by optically, electrically and magnetically. In this paper, we are reporting its structural and physical properties in detail.

The Arabidopsis stress responsive gene database.

Plants in nature may face a wide range of favorable or unfavorable biotic and abiotic factors during their life cycle. Any of these factors may cause stress in plants; therefore, they have to be more adaptable to stressful environments and must acquire greater response to different stresses. The objective of this study is to retrieve and arrange data from the literature in a standardized electronic format for the development of information resources on potential stress responsive genes in Arabidopsis thaliana.