Serum lactate dehydrogenase in the prognostic assessment of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Background: Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) has been proven to be a diagnostic marker in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). However, the prognostic value of serum LDH in OSCC is yet to be explored. The purpose of this study is to correlate the level of serum LDH with the degree of OSCC and to evaluate the role of serum LDH as a prognostic marker in OSCC.

Biogenic nanosilver incorporated reverse osmosis membrane for antibacterial and antifungal activities against selected pathogenic strains: an enhanced eco-friendly water disinfection approach.

Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes have been used extensively in water desalination plants, waste water treatment in industries, agricultural farms and drinking water production applications. The objective of this work is to impart antibacterial and antifungal activities to commercially available RO membrane used in water purification systems by incorporating biogenic silver nanoparticles(AgNPs) synthesized using Rosa indica wichuriana hybrid leaf extract. The morphology and surface topography of uncoated and AgNPs-coated RO membrane were studied using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).

A solution processable fluorene-fluorenone oligomer with aggregation induced emission enhancement.

Herein, we report a novel solution processable fluorenone based small molecule with an Aggregation Induced Emission Enhancement (AIEE) property. In contrast to previous reports, the presence of the fluorenone moiety in FF triggers the AIEE property.

Nanostructured multifunctional electromagnetic materials from the guest-host inorganic-organic hybrid ternary system of a polyaniline-clay-polyhydroxy iron composite: preparation and properties.

A nanostructured electromagnetic polyaniline-polyhydroxy iron-clay composite (PPIC) was prepared by oxidative radical emulsion polymerization of aniline in the presence of polyhydroxy iron cation (PIC) intercalated clays. Morphological observation through SEM, TEM, and AFM suggested the formation of self-assembled nanospheres of PIC with self-assembled PANI engulfed over PIC, and the presence of iron in PPIC was confirmed by the EDS analysis. XRD studies revealed that PPIC are comprised of exfoliated clay layers with PIC in the distorted spinel structure.

Microvesicles through self-assembly of polystyrene-clay nanocomposite.

Polystyrene-clay nanocomposite (PCN) particles, which exhibited concentration dependent self-assembling property in THF were synthesized by in situ intercalative polymerization of styrene with vinyl POSS amine-modified organoclay. While the particles from dilute solution of 0.001 mg mL(-1) showed a lateral dimension of 190-800 nm and thickness of 120 nm, microvesicles of diameter of 2.