Greenhouse gas emissions, carbon stocks and wheat productivity following biochar, compost and vermicompost amendments: comparison of non-saline and salt-affected soils.

Understanding the impact of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon stock is crucial for effective climate change assessment and agroecosystem management. However, little is known about the effects of organic amendments on GHG emissions and dynamic changes in carbon stocks in salt-affected soils. We conducted a pot experiment with four treatments including control (only fertilizers addition), biochar, vermicompost, and compost on non-saline and salt-affected soils, with the application on a carbon equivalent basis under wheat crop production.

Comparison Of Efficacy Of Steroids Alone And Combination Of Steroids With Hyaluronidase On Mouth Opening In Oral Submucous Fibrosis Patients.

Background: Eventually Oral submucous fibrosis causes pronounced stiffness and failure to open the mouth. Objectives are to determine compare the efficacy of intralesional steroids alone and combination of steroids with hyaluronidase on mouth opening in oral submucous fibrosis.

Methods: It was a prospective comparative cohort study.

Functionality of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in SARS-CoV-2.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic emerged as a world crisis in 2019 and started a global search for optimal therapeutic regimen including vaccines, antiviral agents, and recently monoclonal antibody therapy. Clinical trials are currently underway for the efficacy of several neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against COVID-19. The evolution of new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants with immune evasion capacity has created a challenge for the healthcare workers with urgent need for prospective studies to determine functionality of monoclonal antibody therapy and their role in the reduction of hospitalization for disease severity.

Differential effects of sulfamethoxazole concentrations on the enzymatic dynamics of aerobic composting.

Enzymatic activities play an important role in the biological composting processing of agricultural wastes. This paper explores the effect of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) (Control, 25 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg, and 100 mg/kg) on the enzymatic activities of cellulase, protease, urease, and arylsulfatase. Compost samples were taken at three different intervals for analysis (day 0, day 25, and day 45).

Thermal Stresses in Maize: Effects and Management Strategies.

Climate change can decrease the global maize productivity and grain quality. Maize crop requires an optimal temperature for better harvest productivity. A suboptimal temperature at any critical stage for a prolonged duration can negatively affect the growth and yield formation processes.

Assessment of Cerebral Vasodilatory Capacity as Part of Catheter-Based Cerebral Angiography.

Background And Purpose: Cerebral vasodilatory capacity assessment for risk stratification in patients with extracranial arterial stenosis or occlusion may be useful. We describe a new method that assesses cerebral vasodilatory capacity as part of catheter-based cerebral angiography.

Methods: We prospectively assessed regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV) in the arterial distribution of interest using a controlled contrast injection in the common carotid or the subclavian arteries.

Effect of epidural blood injection on upright posture intolerance in patients with headaches due to intracranial hypotension: A prospective study.

Background: We performed a prospective study to quantify changes in various aspects of upright posture intolerance in patients with intracranial hypotension.

Methods: Six patients were provided a standard questionnaire before, immediately after epidural blood patch injection and at follow-up visit within 1 month after epidural blood injection inquiring: (a) How long can they stand straight without any support? (b) Do they feel any sense of sickness when they sit or lie down after standing? (c) How long do they have to wait before they are comfortable standing again after they have stood straight? (d) How effectively and fast can they get up from sitting or lying position to stand straight? and (e) Rate their activities in upright posture without support on a standard vertical visual analogue scale between 100 (can do everything) and 0 (cannot do anything).

Results: All patients responded that they could not stand straight for ≥30 min (four responding <5 min) on pretreatment evaluation.

Chest Pain as a Manifestation of Intracranial Hypotension: Report of Four Cases.

Background: Chest pain has not been recognized as a manifestation of intracranial hypotension secondary to cerebrospinal fluid leakage.

Case Report: We report on 4 patients with intracranial hypotension diagnosed by the pattern of headaches, temporal proximity to dural puncture, magnetic resonance imaging findings, and resolution of symptoms after epidural blood patch who presented with chest pain. The chest pain was episodic, located in the sternal and interscapular region for the first 3 patients, with no radiation to any other region and no clear relationship to exertion.

Long Acting Liposomal Bupivacaine for Percutaneous Sympathetic Stellate Ganglion Blockade: A Technical Note.

Introduction: We describe the use of long acting liposomal bupivacaine for percutaneous stellate ganglion blockade to treat severe headaches following internal carotid artery dissection.

Methods: A 43-year old woman developed right-sided refractory headache after right internal carotid artery dissection. Patient underwent percutaneous stellate ganglion block using bupivacaine hydrochloride (0.

Effects of increased levels of atmospheric CO2 and high temperatures on rice growth and quality.

The increased atmospheric temperatures resulting from the increased concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) have had a profound influence on global rice production. China serves as an important area for producing and consuming rice. Therefore, exploring the effects of the simultaneously rising levels of atmospheric CO2 and temperatures on rice growth and quality in the future is very important.