Evaluation of Contralateral Suppression of Otoacoustic Emissions in Bharatanatyam Dancers and Non-Dancers.

Objectives: There is limited literature regarding the objective estimation of auditory attention in healthy individuals who regularly practice dance. This study attempted to evaluate the contralateral suppression of otoacoustic emissions (OAE) in Bharatanatyam dancers and non-dancers.

Materials And Methods: The study included40 adults (20 dancers and 20 non-dancers) with normal hearing.

Genome wide analysis and comparative docking studies of new diaryl furan derivatives against human cyclooxygenase-2, lipoxygenase, thromboxane synthase and prostacyclin synthase enzymes involved in inflammatory pathway.

In an effort to develop potent anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic drugs, a series of new 4-(2-phenyltetrahydrofuran-3-yl) benzene sulfonamide analogs were designed and docked against homology models of human cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), lipoxygenase and thromboxane synthase enzymes built using MODELLER 7v7 software and refined by molecular dynamics for 2 ns in a solvated layer. Validation of these homology models by procheck, verify-3D and ERRAT programs revealed that these models are highly reliable. Docking studies of 4-(2-phenyltetrahydrofuran-3-yl) benzene sulfonamide analogs designed by substituting different chemical groups on benzene rings replacing 1H pyrazole in celecoxib with five membered thiophene, furan, 1H pyrrole, 1H imidazole, thiazole and 1,3-oxazole showed that diaryl furan molecules showed good binding affinity towards mouse COX-2.

Polyether urethane urea membrane for an improved hemodialysis.

This paper reviews our current activities of developing polyether urethane urea membranes for hemodialysis application. It is observed that the processing parameters such as precipitation medium, precipitation temperature etc. can influence the porosity of the membrane and subsequently the permeability property.

Permeability of PEUU membranes: their modification towards blood compatibility.

An attempt was made to develop haemodialysis membranes using polyether urethane urea synthesised in our laboratory. It was observed that the processing parameters such as precipitation medium, precipitation temperature etc. can influence the porosity of the membrane and subsequently the permeability property.

Introduction of surface functional groups onto biomaterials by glow discharges.

An attempt was made to graft the monomer HEMA to the polymer surface by "Glow discharge" technique. Experiments were carried out for different surfaces varying the exposure times of samples to HEMA and also as a function of glow discharge time. It was found that as the percentage of grafting increases the hydrophilicity also increases.