Ionizing radiation-induced cancer: perplexities of the bystander effect.

Ionizing radiation (IR) is a carcinogen. This has been established beyond doubt from many years of studies such as those conducted among the survivors of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and later from the Chernobyl accident. Despite immense progress in the field of carcinogenesis, complete understanding of the underlying mechanisms behind IR-induced cancer remains elusive.

Ni-Doped ZnO Thin Films: Deposition, Characterization and Photocatalytic Applications.

Root like structured Ni-doped zinc oxide [ZnNiO ( = 0.09)] thin films were deposited on a non-conducting glass substrate by indigenously developed spray pyrolysis system at optimized substrate hotness of 573±5 K. Thus obtained Ni-doped ZnO thin films were characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).

Effects of copper on development and survival rate of Paphia malabarica Chemnitz larvae under low saline condition.

Venerid clam, Paphia malabarica Chemnitz, is the commercially exploited species distributed exclusively in Vembanad Lake and Ashtamudi estuary, along the south west coast of India. In this study, the survival rate and development of P. malabarica larvae were studied for 3 days in ambient salinity (33), copper (2.

(3R*,4R*,5S*)-4-(4-Methyl-phen-yl)-2,3-diphenyl-7-[(R*)-1-phenyl-ethyl]-1-oxa-2,7-diaza-spiro-[4.5]decan-10-one oxime.

In the title compound, C(34)H(35)N(3)O(2), the polysubstituted piperidine ring adopts a chair conformation and the isoxazolidine ring is in an envelope form. The mol-ecules are linked into a chain along the b axis by O-H⋯N, C-H⋯O and C-H⋯N inter-actions. The chains are cross-linked via weak C-H⋯π inter-actions.

A comparative study of patient-controlled epidural diamorphine, subcutaneous diamorphine and an epidural diamorphine/bupivacaine combination for postoperative pain.

This randomized double blind study investigates the relative efficacies of controlled analgesia (PCA) regimens in three different patient groups: epidural diamorphine 2.5 mg followed by PCA bolus 1 mg with a 20-min lockout (Gp1), subcutaneous diamorphine 2.5 mg followed by PCA bolus with a 10-min lockout period (Gp2) and epidural diamorphine 2.