Comparison of Drusen Volume Assessed by Two Different OCT Devices.

To compare drusen volume between Heidelberg Spectral Domain (SD-) and Zeiss Swept-Source (SS) PlexElite Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) determined by manual and automated segmentation methods. Thirty-two eyes of 24 patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and drusen maculopathy were included. In the central 1 and 3 mm ETDRS circle drusen volumes were calculated and compared.

A clinical study of the association and risk factors for lower limb neuropathy in patients with diabetic retinopathy.

Purpose: Association of peripheral neuropathy with diabetic retinopathy is known but the relationship of preclinical neuropathy with various grades of retinopathy is not well documented. This study evaluated the association of preclinical peripheral neuropathy using nerve conduction studies with various grades of retinopathy.

Methods: Cases of diabetic retinopathy of various grades but asymptomatic for peripheral neuropathy underwent nerve conduction studies of the lower limbs using Caldwell machine and Sierra wave software.

DEKTV and YVG motifs in the Lsm domain are important for the activity of Scd6, a conserved translation repressor protein.

Scd6 is a conserved RGG-motif protein which represses translation by binding eIF4G through its RGG-motif. Lsm and FDF are two other conserved domains present in the protein, however the role of both these domains is unclear. We provide evidence in this report that the Lsm domain is important for the role of Scd6 in translation.

Microremediation of tannery wastewater by siderophore producing marine bacteria.

The present study evaluated the microremediation potential of nine siderophore producing marine bacteria for hazardous raw tannery wastewater from common effluent treatment plant (CETP). Most of the pollutants detected in the wastewater were diminished after the bioremediation process. Further, among the three potent isolates selected for aerobic and anaerobic bioremediation study, demonstrated the highest bioremediation aerobically with a reduction in chromium (88%), sulphate (71%), phosphate (68%) and nitrate (57%).

Effective bioremediation and toxicity assessment of tannery wastewaters treated with indigenous bacteria.

This study evaluated the bioremediation capacity of indigenous bacteria isolated from tannery sludge for two different tannery wastewaters collected from Kanpur and Chennai. To identify bacteria which can efficiently degrade a mixture of different pollutants, the isolates were grown in hazardous 100% tannery wastewaters. The reductions in toxicants such as chromium, sulphate, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) of the wastewater were analysed post-bioremediation.

Effect of UV-B Radiation and Desiccation Stress on Photoprotective Compounds Accumulation in Marine Leptolyngbya sp.

Increased awareness regarding the harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV)-B radiation has led to the search for new sources of natural UV-B protecting compounds. Mycosporine-like amino acids are one of such promising compounds found in several organisms. Cyanobacteria are ideal organisms for isolation of these compounds due to their compatibility and adaptability to thrive under harsh environmental conditions.