Microplastics are ubiquitous persistent emerging contaminants, and its presence has been detected even in the most pristine and fragile ecosystems. Advanced oxidation processes are one of the novel degradation technologies used for the elimination of microplastics from the environment. In this study, the effect of ultraviolet C (UV-C, 253.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis paper is the first known documentation of a covid patient in ARDS and MODS who recovered from home through Ayurveda telemedicine and when not completely dependent on oxygen. The covid patient suffered from fever, body ache, breathlessness, fatigue, and was admitted to the hospital when his SpO2 was at 56, his CT scores at 18/25, Corads 6 and his NL ratio was at 9. The patient was shifted to another hospital as he refused treatment in the first hospital; in the second hospital also he refused treatment and got himself discharged against medical advice when his SpO2 was at 65, RR 40.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Anesthesiologists are involved in high-risk procedures for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 like aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs). The present study was conducted to assess the compliance toward the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and proposed modifications in anesthesia techniques to prevent dissemination of the virus among healthcare workers.
Material And Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and included all elective surgeries involving AGPs inside operation theatres and remote areas.
Our continuously changing environment demands sensible and sustainable chemistry. Consequently, organic synthesis started to follow green chemistry principles in recent years. It is observed that microwave (MW) radiation has been widely used as a source of energy in organic synthesis in the past decade.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNaxos disease is a rare cardiocutaneous disorder characterized by palmoplantar keratoderma, woolly hair and arrythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. We report two siblings with Naxos disease with right middle lobe syndrome in one of them.
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