An Optimization Tool to Formulate Diets within a Supplementary Nutrition Program for Children.

Background: In large supplementary feeding programs for children, it is challenging to create and sustain contextual, acceptable, nutritionally complete, and diverse supplemental foods. For example, the Indian Supplementary Nutrition Program (SNP) supplements the dietary intake of children, pregnant and lactating women, and severely acutely malnourished (SAM) children by offering dry take home rations (THRs) or hot cooked meals (HCMs) across India, but an optimization tool is necessary to create local contextual recipes for acceptable and nutritionally adequate products.

Objectives: This study aimed to create a linear programming (LP) model to optimize diverse food provisions for a SNP to meet its program guidelines, using locally available foods, within budgetary allocations.

To Evaluate the Role of p16 Immunocytochemistry for Detection of CIN2+ in Women Detected Screen Positive by Visual Inspection Using Acetic Acid.

Objective: To evaluate the role of p16 immunostaining for the detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2+) in women who had a positive screening test using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA).

Methods: Opportunistic screening of women (30-50 years) coming to the gynecology clinic by VIA was performed; the screen-positive women were included in the study which had the institutional review board (IRB) approval. A cytology slide for p16 immunostaining, colposcopy, and biopsy was then performed sequentially.

Study of Association of Thyroid Hormone in Pre-Eclampsia and Normal Pregnancy.

Aim: The aim of the study was to assess association of thyroid hormone in preeclampsia and normal pregnancy.

Material And Method: This was a hospital based observational case control study. Total 100 women were included, out of them 50 normal pregnant women in control group and 50 pre-eclamptic women in case group were included.