Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy as a Complication of Chikungunya Infection.

Background: Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) is a rapidly progressive encephalopathy seen commonly in children triggered by various prodromal viral infections, most common being influenza virus and Human herpes virus-6.

Objective: We report two rare cases of ANE preceded by Chikungunya infection.

Cases: A 13-year old girl presented with a three-day history of headache, fever, seizures, and altered sensorium.

Communication in context: Interpreting promises in an experiment on competition and trust.

How much do people lie, and how much do people trust communication when lying is possible? An important step toward answering these questions is understanding how communication is interpreted. This paper establishes in a canonical experiment that competition can alter the shared communication code: the commonly understood meaning of messages. We study a sender-receiver game in which the sender dictates how to share $10 with the receiver, if the receiver participates.

Assessment of malaria incidence using the Richards model in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Monitoring of malaria intensity in terrain regions of Arunachal Pradesh, India is very difficult as the dynamics of mosquito populations varies to a large extent due to altitude and frequent changes in climatic conditions. There is a scarcity of information on the influence of climatic factors on malaria morbidity in Arunachal Pradesh. Hence, a pilot study was conducted from 2006 to 2010 to understand malaria transmission dynamics, seasonal distribution and disease morbidity.