Competence of algal consortia under municipal wastewater: remediation efficiency, photosynthetic performance, antioxidant defense mechanisms and biofuel production.

Utilizing monoalgal species for wastewater treatment is facing tremendous challenges owing to changing wastewater complexity in terms of physico-chemical characteristic, nutrient and metal concentration. The environmental conditions are also fluctuating therefore, the formation of robust system is of utmost importance for concomitant sustainable wastewater treatment and bioenergy production. In the present study, the tolerance and adaptability potential of algal consortia-1 (Chlorococcum humicola and Tetradesmus sp.

Vehicular emission and its impact on heavy metal accumulation and photosynthetic pigments on pine needles in Pahalgam forest ecosystem.

Human interference is rising day by day which adds more problems to conserve valuable forest resources. Vehicular exhausts are the main source of heavy metals that have detrimental impacts on the vegetation. The research provides comprehension about the increase in vehicular traffic along the Pahalgam highway, which is disturbing the balance of the forest ecosystem.

Algal consortia based metal detoxification of municipal wastewater: Implication on photosynthetic performance, lipid production, and defense responses.

The present investigation was carried out to assess the competence of artificially engineered microalgal consortia i.e. consortia 1 (Scenedesmus vacuolatus + Chlorococcum humicola), consortia 2 (Tetradesmus sp.

Microalgal competence in urban wastewater management: phycoremediation and lipid production.

The present study was conducted to assess the strain aptness, phycoremediation potential and lipid yield in microalgae and sp. Results revealed that microalgae treated with different concentration of wastewater (25%, 50%, 75% and 100%) recovered nutrients (Nitrogen: 50.55-85.

Vulnerability of municipal solid waste: An emerging threat to aquatic ecosystems.

Dumping waste materials into aquatic ecosystems leads to pollution, which directly and indirectly poses a danger to all life forms. Currently, huge quantities of wastes are generated at a global scale with varying constituents, including organic fractions, emerging contaminants and toxic metals. These wastes release concentrated contaminants (leachates), which are lethal for all ecosystems around the globe because they contain varying concentrations of chemical constituents with BOD and COD in the order of 2 × 10-2.

Vehicular stress a cause for heavy metal accumulation and change in physico-chemical characteristics of road side soils in Pahalgam.

In an effort to determine vehicular impact on soil quality, soil samples were collected from three different zones (Pahalgam, Batakote, and Chandanwari) in Pahalgam forest ecosystem. Results showed that a significant decrease in moisture content, organic carbon, available nitrogen, and potassium was observed in nearby road side soils. However, pH was observed to be on neutral side and available phosphorus recorded high concentration.

Pattern of Clinical Presentation, Laboratory Findings and Mortality Risk Among Patients of Scrub Typhus in Western Himalayas.

Objective: To study the pattern of the clinical presentation, laboratory findings and mortality risk among patients infected by scrub typhus in Western Himalayan region of India.

Methods: We studied all serologically confirmed cases of scrub typhus admitted to our hospital from July 2010 through December 2011. Presence of IgM antibodies to scrub typhus antigens by ELISA was considered as serological confirmation of the diagnosis.

Evaluation of bacteriological profile and antibiotic sensitivity patterns in children with urinary tract infection: A prospective study from a tertiary care center.

Introduction: Development of regional surveillance programs is necessary for the development of community-acquired urinary tract infection (UTI) guidelines, especially for sub-urban and rural areas where empirical treatment is the mainstay in the absence of proper diagnostic modalities. Our aim was to evaluate the bacteriological profile and antibiotic sensitivity patterns in children with UTI prospectively from a tertiary care center.

Methods: A total of 800 children up to 18 years of age with suspected UTI attending our center were included.

Fulminant Buddchiari syndrome caused by renal primitive neuroectodermal tumor with inferior vena cava thrombus extending to atrium.

Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET) of the kidney are rare, the diagnosis usually being made at histopathology. A young female presented with a massive right renal mass with features of hepatic dysfunction. Computed tomography scan of the abdomen revealed a large tumor of right kidney with tumor thrombus extending from inferior vena cava (IVC) to right atrium with features suggesting Buddchiari syndrome (BCS).

Sustained systemic response paralleled with ovarian metastasis progression by sunitinib in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Is this an anti-angiogenic potentiation of cancer?

Metastatic renal cell cancer is associated with poor prognosis and survival and is resistant to conventional chemotherapy. Therapeutic targeting of molecular pathways for tumor angiogenesis and other specific activation mechanisms offers improved tumor response and prolonged survival. A 48-year-old, female patient presented with large right renal mass with features suggesting of renal cell cancer without metastasis on contrast enhanced computed tomography (CT).

Community-acquired cutaneous ulcer in a child caused by .

Introduction: is a Gram-negative, aerobic, motile bacillus belonging to the family . has been implicated in different types of infections including urinary tract infection, septicaemia, meningitis and wound infections. Very few cases of skin infections caused by this organism have been reported in the medical literature.

Service delivery through public health care system to control sexually transmitted infections in Himachal pradesh.

Introduction: The National AIDS Control Organization has designed multiple synergistic interventions to identify and control curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Objective: To assess the impact of services offered at designated STI clinics in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India and the profile of the attending clients.

Materials And Methods: This was a two-year prospective study, conducted from April 2011 to March 2013.

Giant renal angiomyolipoma: unusual cause of huge abdominal mass.

We present the imaging and histopathological characteristics of a giant renal angiomyolipoma (AML) in a 49-year-old female patient, who presented with bloating sensation in the abdomen and a steadily increasing abdominal girth for about 3 years. Contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) scan films of abdomen revealed that a large fat containing tumor had replaced the left kidney while displacing the rest of the abdominal contents toward the other side of the midline. Intraoperatively the left kidney was completely replaced by a fat containing tumor.

A comparative randomized prospective study to evaluate efficacy and safety of combination of tamsulosin and tadalafil vs. tamsulosin or tadalafil alone in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Introduction: Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and erectile dysfunction are common disorders of advancing age.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of tamsulosin and tadalafil in patients with LUTS due to BPH.

Methods: In this prospective randomized study, 133 men complaining of LUTS due to BPH were included.

Anterior urethral valves without diverticulae: a report of two cases and a review of the literature.

Two unusual cases of anterior urethral valves (AUV) without diverticulae are presented. The first case is a male child born with prenatal diagnosis of bilateral hydronephrosis. On cystoscopy, iris-like diaphragm valves were encountered about 3 mm distal to the skeletal sphincter.

Choroid Metastasis from Testicular Carcinoma: A Rare Entity.

The aim of this report is to contribute to the clinical understanding of choroid metastasis from testicular carcinoma. A young male patient presented with loss of vision in his left eye with ptosis and proptosis. Fundoscopy revealed bullous retinal detachment with dark hazy vitreous.

Partial reimplantation of Tenckhoff catheter for channel perforation and aneurysm: A case series.

Tenckhoff catheter placement is a well established procedure to facilitate continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) management. The removal and replacement of the catheter following complications adds morbidity in an already immunocompromised patient of ESRD. A salvage procedure with partial replacement was undertaken in four patients on CAPD.

Unusual cause of urethral bleeding in an adolescent: a case in dilemma.

Numerous cases of self-inflicted foreign bodies in the male urethra have been reported. A case of a self-inflicted urethral injury or hemangioma in an adolescent that presented a dilemma is described here. An adolescent male of 14 years presented with a complaint of intermittent urethral bleeding for a week.

Incomplete transverse vesical septum: An unusual congenital anomaly.

A rare case of incomplete transverse vesical septum with urinary tract tuberculosis is being reported. A 52-year-old male presented with lower urinary tract and systemic symptoms. On investigation he had anemia, leucocytosis, and high serum creatinine.

Holmium laser treatment of a vesical calculus secondary to TVT procedure.

A case of vesical calculus is being presented as a complication of TVT procedure done for severe stress incontinence in an elderly lady. The patient, who presented with obstructive and irritative lower urinary tract symptoms, needed an indwelling catheter. Non-enhanced CT scan of abdomen confirmed an intraluminal calcific density in the anterior wall of urinary bladder just left of midline.