"Inside Out of Mind": Alternative Realities, Dementia and Graphic Medicine.

Graphic medicine, an interdisciplinary field situated at the crossroads of comics and healthcare, operates as a medium through which the intricate nature of experiences with illness can be articulated, challenging orthodox medical dogmatism in an engaging and accessible way. Combining the affordances of comics and the narrative power of storytelling, graphic medicine elucidates the socio-cultural stigmatization of dementia influenced by a multitude of discourses. Diverging from existing discourses that depict individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) as zombies, brain-dead, or empty shells, graphic memoirs reconstruct these reductive notions and represent them as imaginative, productive, and perceptive.

Person-centered care, dementia and graphic medicine.

Dementia is currently promoted as an 'epidemic.' Such a figuration not only impacts the afflicted person but also affects caregiving practices. While the medical model solely delves into the histopathological study of dementia, recent research observes that person-centered care practices provide new ways of paying attention to the dementia-afflicted individuals.

Direct Observation of Solvated Electrons in Deep Eutectic Solvents: Efficient Capture of Presolvated Electrons by DNA Base.

The solvated electron being the simplest form of an extremely reactive intermediate is of great fundamental interest in chemistry, physics, and biology since its discovery. Recently, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have been in focus as biodegradable and cost-effective alternative to ionic liquids (ILs) for different applications. These include areas where electron transport and transfer processes are involved.

Au nanoparticles functionalized 3D-MoS nanoflower: An efficient SERS matrix for biomolecule sensing.

Fabrication of Molybdenum disulfide (MoS) nanostructures and surface functionalization with noble metal nano particles is an emerging field of research as it has potential applications in electronic devices and chemical sensing. Here we report application of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) decorated MoS nanoflowers (Au-MoS NFs) as an efficient bio-sensor. MoS NFs, synthesized using green synthesis process, are further functionalized with AuNPs to tune their physical properties and make them more appropriate for biological applications.

Pulse Radiolysis and Computational Studies on a Pyrrolidinium Dicyanamide Ionic Liquid: Detection of the Dimer Radical Anion.

A pulse radiolysis study on pyrrolidinium cation based ionic liquids is presented herein. Time-resolved absorption spectra for 1-methyl-1-propylpyrrolidinium dicyanamide (DCA) at 500 ns after the electron pulse show broad absorption bands at wavelengths below 440 nm and at 640 nm. In pyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (NTf) and tris(perfluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate (FAP) ILs, the transient absorption below 440 nm is much weaker.

Size Selective Green Synthesis of Silver and Gold Nanoparticles: Enhanced Antibacterial Efficacy of Resveratrol Capped Silver Sol.

In view of potential biomedical application of the noble metal nanoparticles, we report a size controlled yet simple and green synthesis of resveratrol stabilized silver and gold nanoparticles having low polydispersity of size. Here, resveratrol plays two simultaneous roles, reducing the metal ions and providing efficient capping of the small nanoparticles. This gives rise to specific size of silver and gold nanoparticles at specific ratios of metal to resveratrol.

Role of surfactant derived intermediates in the efficacy and mechanism for radiation chemical degradation of a hydrophobic azo dye, 1-phenylazo-2-naphthol.

A combined methodology involving gamma and pulse radiolysis, product analysis and toxicity studies has been adopted to comprehend the degradation process of a model hydrophobic azo dye, 1-phenylazo-2-naphthol, emphasizing the role of the surfactant, which is an integral part of textile waste. Two new and important findings are underlined in this article. The first is the direct attestation of the hydrazyl radical-parent adduct, formed in the reaction of the dye with e(-)aq followed by protonation and subsequent addition to the unreacted dye molecule.