A Study on Factors Causing Prehospital Delay in Treatment of Status Epilepticus.

Objective: To identify factors causing prehospital delay in treatment of status epilepticus (SE).

Materials And Methods: This is a prospective observational study done on 78 patients with SE in the Stanley Medical College, Chennai, over 2 years. Demographic SE-related data and treatment delay were entered and correlated with outcome.

Synchronization of E. coli Bacteria Moving in Coupled Microwells.

Synchronization plays a crucial role in the dynamics of living organisms. Uncovering the mechanism behind it requires an understanding of individual biological oscillators and the coupling forces between them. Here, a single-cell assay is developed that studies rhythmic behavior in the motility of E.

Short-Term Results With Ozaki Valved Conduit-A Simple Solution for Patients Needing Right Ventricle to Pulmonary Artery Conduit in a Low-Resource Setting.

Background: The repair of certain types of complex congenital cardiac defects may require a right ventricle-pulmonary artery (RV-PA) conduit. Using the Ozaki Aortic valve neocuspidization (AVNeo)technique, a valved RV-PA conduit was constructed with an Ozaki valve inside a Dacron graft. This study aims to evaluate the short-term outcome of the Ozaki valved RV-PA conduit.

An excimer process induced a turn-on fluorescent probe for detection of ultra-low concentration of mercury ions.

The accumulation of mercury pollution in plants can induce severe injury to human beings. It is a great challenge to monitor ultra-low concentrations of mercury in complicated matrixes. In this study, we successfully developed a strategy Hg-triggered naphthalene-based fluorescent probe 1, which formed excimer that subsequently emitted fluorescence for the successful detection of ultra-low concentrations of Hg.

Phosphine vs DBU-Catalyzed Annulation Reactions of β'-Acetoxy Allenoates with Acyl-Tethered Benzothiazole Bisnucleophiles: (4 + 3) or (4 + 1) vs (3 + 3) Annulation.

Dearomative annulation reaction of acyl-tethered benzothiazole bisnucleophiles with β'-acetoxy allenoates by switching the Lewis base is developed. The DBU-catalyzed reaction gives benzothiazole-fused 1,4-dihydropyridine carboxylates by (3 + 3) annulation chemoselectively. By contrast, the PR-catalyzed reaction gives benzothiazole-fused azepines by (4 + 3) annulation and cyclopentene carboxylates by (4 + 1) annulation; the ratio of the latter two products depends on the solvent.