Prevalence of non-communicable disease risk factors among nursing staff in a low and middle-income country: A cross-sectional digital survey-based study.

Aim: To assess the prevalence of non-communicable disease risk factors among the nursing staff and educate them on prevention.

Background: Nursing staff is integral to the Indian community healthcare systems. Recent studies report a high prevalence of non-communicable diseases in Indian nursing staff.

Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health Among Healthcare Workers in India: A Mixed-methods Systematic Review.

Healthcare workers (HCWs) experienced significant mental health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. This review aimed to comprehensively assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of HCWs in India. We conducted a mixed-methods systematic review, which adopts a results-based convergent approach that incorporates quantitative and qualitative data.

Aging induced testicular damage: analyzing the ameliorative potential of seed extract.

Linn. (), a leguminous plant, was used extensively in Ayurveda, to treat male-related infertility. Previous studies have demonstrated antioxidant, androgenic, aphrodisiac, and spermatogenic properties of seed extract.

Imperatorin from the aerial parts of L.: a characterization study and evaluation of the antibacterial activity.

L., a member of the family Cleomaceae, is a potential medicinal plant, known for several bioactive properties such as: anticancer, antidiabetic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, wound healing, etc. Our study aimed to isolate a bioactive compound and assess its antibacterial activity.

Phytochemical screening of ethanolic extracts of L. seeds along with the evaluation of antidiabetic properties by molecular docking approach.

In this contribution, ethanolic extracts of () seeds were evaluated in terms of phytochemical content, total phenol and flavonoid contents. As far as the analytical techniques are concerned, UV-Vis, FTIR, HPLC, NMR (1H and C) and ESI-MS were performed. The binding capacity of five different antidiabetic enzymes was tested by molecular docking studies.

Identification of miR-802-5p and its involvement in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

MicroRNAs (miRNA) are recently discovered endogenous, small noncoding RNAs (of 22 nucleotides) that play pivotal roles in gene regulation. They are involved in post-transcriptional control of gene expression. miRNAs are emerging as important regulators of cell proliferation, development, cancer formation, stress responses, cell death and physiological conditions.

Development of a Millet Starch Edible Film Containing Clove Essential Oil.

Medicinal plants contain various secondary metabolites. The present study analyzed the essential oil of buds from clove (Syzygium aromaticum L.; Family: Myrtaceae) using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).

Dover sole.

Negative pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) is a clinical syndrome well described in the literature and easy to recognize in cases of suspicion, but probably underdiagnosed. It can be a cause of morbidity and admission to the intensive care unit of healthy young individuals. It is present in approximately one in every thousand anesthetics and in 10% of the episodes of upper airway obstruction that are observed in routine clinical practice.

Therapeutic potential of (Linn.) on ageing induced damage in dorsal nerve of the penis and its implication on erectile function: an experimental study using albino rats.

Objective: To study the effect of ethanolic seed extract of on damaged dorsal nerve of the penis (DNP) in aged rat in relation to penile erection.

Methods: The rats were divided into four groups Young (3 months), Aged (24 - 28 months), Aged +  and Young +  (200 mg/kg b.w/60 days) and were subjected to the hypophysial - gonadal axis, nerve conduction velocity (NCV), and penile reflex.

Equilibrium model analysis of waste plastics gasification using CO and steam.

Utilization of carbon dioxide (CO) in thermochemical treatment of waste plastics may significantly help to improve CO recycling, thus simultaneously curtailing dioxins/furans and CO emissions. Although CO is not such an effective gasifying agent as steam, a few investigations have explored the utilization of CO in conjunction with steam to achieve somewhat higher carbon conversion. This work presents a comparative evaluation study of CO and steam gasification of a typical post-consumer waste plastics mixture using an Aspen Plus equilibrium model.

Effect of Recorded Maternal Voice on Child's Cooperation During Cardiac Catheterization - A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To assess the effect of recorded maternal voice on child's cooperation during cardiac catheterization.

Design: Randomized placebo controlled trial.

Setting: Cardiac catheterization laboratory at a tertiary care hospital.

Expression of adenosine receptors and vegf during angiogenesis and its inhibition by pentoxifylline-A study using zebrafish model.

Angiogenesis, formation of new blood vessels is an important process involved in neovascular diseases and tumor progression. Understanding and defining novel therapeutic targets of neovascular diseases like retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration have been hindered by a lack of appropriate animal models. Zebrafish provides an excellent vertebrate model to study above disorders since its circulatory system and retinal layers are similar to mammals.

Probiotics - the versatile functional food ingredients.

Probiotics are live microbes which when administered in adequate amounts as functional food ingredients confer a health benefit on the host. Their versatility is in terms of their usage which ranges from the humans to the ruminants, pigs and poultry, and also in aquaculture practices. In this review, the microorganisms frequently used as probiotics in human and animal welfare has been described, and also highlighted are the necessary criteria required to be fulfilled for their use in humans on the one hand and on the other as microbial feed additives in animal husbandry.

Automatic variance analysis of multistage care pathways.

A care pathway (CP) is a standardized process that consists of multiple care stages, clinical activities and their relations, aimed at ensuring and enhancing the quality of care. However, actual care may deviate from the planned CP, and analysis of these deviations can help clinicians refine the CP and reduce medical errors. In this paper, we propose a CP variance analysis method to automatically identify the deviations between actual patient traces in electronic medical records (EMR) and a multistage CP.

An engine for compliance checking of clinical guidelines.

Although, clinical guidelines are regarded as best practices for clinicians, clinician activities are not always compliant with guideline recommendations. This paper aims to improve clinician compliance with guidelines. We have developed an engine to automatically report three non-compliance situations: 1) guideline recommendations exist, and the clinician performed some activities, but not according to the guidelines; 2) guideline recommendations exist, but the clinician did nothing; 3) guideline recommendations do not exist, but the clinician performed some activities.