Educating healthcare workers in snakebite management: A study to determine the effectiveness of the snake bite life support workshop.

Introduction: Snakebite envenomation is a significant global health issue, with India bearing a substantial burden. Despite the development of guidelines, knowledge gaps and lack of training persist among healthcare workers (HCWs), contributing to high morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the Snake Bite Life Support (SBLS) workshop on HCWs' knowledge, practices, self-efficacy, and advocacy skills in snakebite management.

Facile control of giant green-emission in multifunctional ZnO quantum dots produced in a single-step process: femtosecond pulse ablation.

Controlling both UV and visible emissions in ZnO quantum dots (QDs) poses a significant challenge due to the inherent introduction of defects during the growth process. We have refined the photoluminescence (PL) emission characteristics of ZnO QDs through a single-step, reagent-free femtosecond pulsed laser ablation in liquid (fs-PLAL) technique. The ratio of the near band edge (NBE) to deep-level emission (DLE), which determines the shape of the QDs' optical emission spectrum, is precisely controlled by the ablation laser pulse parameters-namely, pulse energy and temporal duration.

Simultaneous co-axial multi-modal inspection using a laser driven x-ray and neutron source.

Laser-plasma interactions have been demonstrated to produce bright sources of energetic radiation including ions, electrons, photons across the electro-magnetic spectrum, and neutrons. Combinations of species can significantly increase information from non-destructive imaging. Here we demonstrate single-shot co-axial radiography with both x-ray and fast-neutron radiation from a laser-driven source using a pair of gated microchannel plate photomultiplier tube channels and a fast scintillator medium.

Narrow bandwidth, low-emittance positron beams from a laser-wakefield accelerator.

The rapid progress that plasma wakefield accelerators are experiencing is now posing the question as to whether they could be included in the design of the next generation of high-energy electron-positron colliders. However, the typical structure of the accelerating wakefields presents challenging complications for positron acceleration. Despite seminal proof-of-principle experiments and theoretical proposals, experimental research in plasma-based acceleration of positrons is currently limited by the scarcity of positron beams suitable to seed a plasma accelerator.