Open-label Non-blinded Cohort study on Anti-Histaminic Resistant Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria in Western India.

Introduction: Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) is a chronic relapsing disease with hives for a period of six weeks or more. It has a significant impact on the physical and mental well-being of patients.

Aims And Objectives: Open-label non-blinded study of over 600 patients diagnosed with CIU was done.

Systematic Review of Excess Mortality in India during the Covid-19 Pandemic with Differentiation between Model-Based and Data-Based Mortality Estimates.

Background: COVID-19 has proven to be the worst pandemic in the history of mankind. While the pandemic still continues to perplex scientists globally, attempts are being made to quantify the mortality caused by the pandemic. Official COVID-19 figures in India grossly understate the true scale of the pandemic in the country.

MnCO Cuboids from Spent LIBs: A New Age Displacement Anode to Build High-Performance Li-Ion Capacitors.

The advantage of hybridizing battery and supercapacitor electrodes has succeeded recently in designing hybrid charge storage systems such as lithium-ion capacitors (LICs) with the benefits of higher energy than supercapacitors and more power density than batteries. However, sluggish Li-ion diffusion of battery anode is one of the main barriers and hampers the development of high-performance LICs. Herein, is introduced a new conversion/displacement type anode, MnCO , via effectively recycling spent Li-ion batteries cathodes for LICs applications.

Effective regeneration of mixed composition of spent lithium-ion batteries electrodes towards building supercapacitor.

Recycling of different manufacturers of spent lithium-ion batteries cathode and anode via a simple regeneration process has an opportunity to fabricate new energy devices. In this study, the different manufacturers of spent LIB cathode pieces were subjected to lixiviation process and found the best-optimized conditions such as tartaric acid concentration (2.5 M), HO concentration (7.

Highly Perforated V O Cathode with Restricted Lithiation toward Building "Rocking-Chair" Type Cell with Graphite Anode Recovered from Spent Li-Ion Batteries.

Current research motivation on fabricating next-generation lithium-ion batteries by averting the growing demand for battery raw materials brings enormous interest on the V O cathode again as a result of its abundance, ease synthesis, and tunable Li-intercalation properties. So far, the research activities are mainly focused on V O to attain a maximum capacity (>300 mAh g ) for more than 1 mol. Li-intercalation which results in poor structural stability.

Highly Reversible Na-Intercalation into Graphite Recovered from Spent Li-Ion Batteries for High-Energy Na-Ion Capacitor.

High-performance Na-ion capacitor (NIC) was constructed with graphite recovered from spent Li-ion batteries (LIBs) as battery-type negative electrode and high-surface-area activated carbon as a supercapacitor component. Unlike Li-insertion into graphite, Na-insertion into graphite is extremely limited; hence, a "solvent-co-intercalation" mechanism was proposed for high reversibility using ether family solvents. First, the Na-insertion properties were assessed in the half-cell assembly with 0.

Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Superadsorbent FeO-PEG-Mg-Al-LDH Nanocomposites for Ultrahigh Removal of Organic Dyes.

Considering the huge demands for economical and reliable eco-remediation applications, the goal of the present work is to synthesize cost-effective and functionally efficient magnetic layered nanocomposite adsorbents for the effective adsorption of dyes followed by easy separation from wastewater. This would ensure good reusability of adsorbents without altering its adsorption capacity in a relatively short time manner. To achieve this, different molecular weights of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-modified FeO combined with Mg-Al-layered double hydroxides (MAN-LDH) were synthesized and characterized using powder X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermal analysis, energy-dispersive X-ray, and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy.

Focus on Spinel Li Ti O as Insertion Type Anode for High-Performance Na-Ion Batteries.

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) toward large-scale energy storage applications has fascinated researchers in recent years owing to the low cost, environmental friendliness, and inestimable abundance. The similar chemical and electrochemical properties of sodium and lithium make sodium an easy substitute for lithium in lithium-ion batteries. However, the main issues of limited cycle life, low energy density, and poor power density hamper the commercialization process.

Biomass-Derived Carbon: A Value-Added Journey Towards Constructing High-Energy Supercapacitors in an Asymmetric Fashion.

Currently, asymmetric supercapacitors (ASCs) produced from supercapacitors (SCs) offer more benefits for energy-storage applications because they display a high operational voltage in aqueous-based electrolytes that may enhance grid storage and zero-power transportation with high energy density in the future. At the same time, the realization of low-cost energy devices through the construction of cheap electrode materials deserves a permanent place in the market once the goals of high energy, extra power, and long cycling stability are achieved. Biomass-derived carbon retrieved from sources such as plants has attracted considerable attention because of the rich abundance, low cost, and environmentally friendliness.

Biomass-Derived Carbon Materials as Prospective Electrodes for High-Energy Lithium- and Sodium-Ion Capacitors.

Biomass-derived carbon materials have received special attention as efficient, low-cost, active materials for charge-storage devices, regardless of the power system, such as supercapacitors and rechargeable batteries. In this Minireview, we discuss the influence of biomass-derived carbonaceous materials as positive or negative electrodes (or both) in high-energy hybrid lithium-ion configurations with an organic electrolyte. In such hybrid configurations, the electrochemical activity is completely different to conventional electrical double-layer capacitors; that is, one of the electrodes undergoes a Faradaic reaction, whilst the counter electrode undergoes a non-Faradaic reaction, to achieve high energy density.

Recovery of value-added products from cathode and anode material of spent lithium-ion batteries.

Herein we report a low cost and eco-friendly approach for the recovery of metals from cathode and anode materials of mobile phone spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Li-based metal oxide and graphite were efficiently separated from their respective foils and used for lixiviation. Acetic acid (CHCOOH) and water were used as lixiviants for the recovery of metals from cathode and anode materials respectively.

Recent advances based on the synergetic effect of adsorption for removal of dyes from waste water using photocatalytic process.

The problem of textile dye pollution has been addressed by various methods, mainly physical, chemical, biological, and acoustical. These methods mainly separate and/or remove the dye present in water. Recently, advanced oxidation processes (AOP) have been focused for removal of dye from waste water due to their advantages such as ecofriendly, economic and capable to degrade many dyes or organic pollutant present in water.

Recovered spinel MnCoO from spent lithium-ion batteries for enhanced electrocatalytic oxygen evolution in alkaline medium.

A facile way of recovering 3d transition metals of industrial importance from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) without using any surfactants has been developed. Mn- and Co-rich spent LIBs were chosen as sustainable sources for recovering the oxides of the respective elements. The physical dismantling of Li-ion batteries, chemical leaching with 2 M acetic acid, precipitation with ammonium carbonate, hydrothermal conditioning and calcination at 650 °C led to the facile formation of spherical spinel MnCoO with very high morphological selectivity.

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Study of 46 Patients from Western India: Clinical Presentations and Survival.

Objectives: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common form of interstitial lung disease (ILD) diagnosed all over the world as well as in India. The objective was to study the clinical presentations, treatment options, and survival of patients diagnosed with IPF.

Materials And Methods: This was a 6-year retrospective observational study.

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: A clinical review of 24 patients: Are we right in frequent serologic monitoring?

Background: Allergic Broncho Pulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) is a rare disease characterized by an allergic inflammatory response to the colonization by aspergillus or other fungi in the airways. The aim was to study the clinical, radiological, and serological characteristics of patients of ABPA.

Materials And Methods: A prospective observational study of patients with breathlessness, chronic cough, blood eosinophilia, and infiltrates on chest X-ray were evaluated with serologic and allergic skin fungal tests using 15 common fungal antigens.

Bronchiectasis in western India: clinical presentations and socio-economic burden.

Bronchiectasis is an abnormal permanent dilatation distortion and destruction of the airways with both pulmonary and extrapulmonary side-effects. The aim of the study was to find out the presenting features, aetiologies and socioeconomic factors in patients of bronchiectasis. It is a prospective observational study comprising 53 patients over aperiod of two years.

Structural and spectral characterization of a new non-centrosymmetric organic thiosulfate.

Aqueous reaction of ammonium thiosulfate with ethylenediamine (en) results in the formation of the title compound (enH(2))[S(2)O(3)] (1) (enH(2)=ethylenediammonium) in good yields. Compound 1 was characterized by analytical data, IR, Raman and NMR spectra, X-ray powder pattern and its crystal structure was determined. The structure of 1 which crystallizes in the non-centrosymmetric orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), consists of two crystallographically independent (enH(2))(2+) dications and two unique thiosulfate anions, which are interlinked by three varieties of H-bonding interactions, namely N-H⋯O, N-H⋯S, and C-H⋯O.

Crystal structure of L-histidinium 2-nitrobenzoate.

A new nonlinear optical organic compound, namely, L-histidinium 2-nitrobenzoate (abbreviated as LH2NB (I); ([C(6)H(10)N(3)O(2)](+) [C(7)H(4)NO(4)](-))), was synthesized. The molecular structure of LH2NB (I) was elucidated using single crystal X-ray diffraction technique. The second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency of this compound is about two times that of the standard potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystals.

Synthesis and crystal structures of 5'-phenylspiro[indoline-3, 2'-pyrrolidin]-2-one derivatives.

Background: The spiro- indole-pyrrolidine ring system is a frequently encountered structural motif in many biologically important and pharmacologically relevant alkaloids. The derivatives of spirooxindole ring systems are used as antimicrobial, antitumour agents and as inhibitors of the human NKI receptor besides being found in a number of alkaloids like horsifiline, spirotryprostatin and (+) elacomine. The recently discovered small-molecule MDM2 inhibitor MI-219 and its analogues are in advanced preclinical development as cancer therapeutics.

Bonding changes in hot fluid hydrogen at megabar pressures.

Raman spectroscopy in laser-heated diamond anvil cells has been employed to probe the bonding state and phase diagram of dense hydrogen up to 140 GPa and 1,500 K. The measurements were made possible as a result of the development of new techniques for containing and probing the hot, dense fluid, which is of fundamental importance in physics, planetary science, and astrophysics. A pronounced discontinuous softening of the molecular vibron was found at elevated temperatures along with a large broadening and decrease in intensity of the roton bands.

Laser heating in diamond anvil cells: developments in pulsed and continuous techniques.

Developments in continuous and pulsed laser-heating techniques, and finite-element calculations for diamond anvil cell experiments are reported. The methods involve the use of time-resolved (5 ns gated) incandescent light temperature measurements to determine the time dependence of heat fluxes, while near-IR incandescent light temperature measurements allow temperature measurements to as low as 500 K. Further optimization of timing in pulsed laser heating together with sample engineering will provide additional improvements in data collection in very high P-T experiments.

Crystal growth and structure of L-methionine L-methioninium hydrogen maleate-a new NLO material.

A new organic nonlinear optical (NLO) crystal from the amino acid family, viz., L-methionine L-methioninium hydrogen maleate (LMMM), has been grown by slow evaporation method from aqueous solution. Bulk crystals were grown using submerged seed solution method.

Cytokeratin is a superior marker for detection of micrometastatic biliary tract carcinoma.

Background: The incidence of lymph node micrometastases in patients with biliary tract carcinoma is unknown. We evaluated the utility of three antibodies for immunohistochemical (IHC) detection of micrometastatic disease in patients with gallbladder and bile duct carcinoma.

Materials And Methods: Surgical specimens from 35 patients with biliary tract carcinoma were evaluated.