Publications by authors named "N M Mendis"

Cocrystals can be promising means of overcoming the poor aqueous solubility of many drugs. However, precipitation of the stable drug at the cocrystal surface or in the bulk medium is often provoked during cocrystal dissolution due to high drug supersaturation, which prevents sustaining high drug concentrations for enhanced bioavailability. There is a need for predictive models that can accurately describe this cocrystal dissolution-supersaturation-precipitation (DSP) process to aid drug development and formulation design.

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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment for many psychiatric disorders. The passage of electrical current lead to hemodynamic alterations which may be detrimental to patients suffering from severe coronary artery disease. We describe perioperative anesthetic management of a patient having severe left main coronary artery stenosis (LMCAS) with severe triple vessel coronary artery disease (TVD).

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Article Synopsis
  • Legionella pneumophila can enter a viable but non-culturable state to survive harsh conditions, making them hard to detect.
  • Despite being non-culturable, these bacteria still show signs of life, like respiration and maintaining their cell wall.
  • The paper presents a method for identifying these bacteria using Syto 9 and propidium iodide staining with flow cytometry.
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