Uterine arteriovenous malformation (UAVM) is an infrequent occurrence among postmenopausal women. Our review of the literature revealed only a few documented cases of UAVM in this demographic. Treatment options for these patients encompass uterine artery embolization (UAE), medical management, and hysterectomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEndometriomas are associated with severe endometriosis and are uncommon in asymptomatic women. Reported cases of giant endometriomas are few especially in pregnancy. Decidualization of endometriomas can mimic malignancies in pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInspired by the enhanced water permeability of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), molecular dynamics simulations were performed to investigate the transport behavior through nanotubes made of boron nitride (BNNT), silicon carbide (SiC), and silicon nitride (SiN) alongside carbon nanotubes (which have different hydrophobic attributes) considering their implication for reverse osmosis (RO) membranes under different practical environments. According to our findings, not only do CNTs but also other kinds of nanotubes exhibit transition anomalies with increasing diameter. Utilizing the robust two-phase thermodynamic (2PT) methods, the current examinations shed light on thermodynamic origin of favorable water filling of these nanotubes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlasses offer a broad range of tunable thermophysical properties that are linked to their compositions. However, it is challenging to establish a universal composition-property relationship of glasses due to their enormous compositions and chemical space. Here, we address this problem and develop a metamodel of the composition-atomistic structure relationship of a class of glassy materials a machine learning (ML) approach.
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The genetic etiology of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) was suggested to overlap with type-2 diabetes(T2D). Transcription factor 7-like 2 () and Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type 2 () are T2D susceptibility genes of the insulin synthesis/processing pathway. We analyzed associations of and variants with GDM risk and evaluated their potential impact on impaired insulin processing in an eastern Indian population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCervical cancer is a significant healthcare problem worldwide, especially in developing countries. It is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths in women. Small-cell neuroendocrine cancer of the cervix (SCNCC) accounts for about 1-3% of all cervical cancers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn ovarian fibroma is a rare entity and a diagnostic dilemma due to its solid nature and ultrasound findings being similar to a uterine fibroid. An ovarian fibroma, being parasitic, is extremely rare. We report the case of a 35-year-old, multiparous woman who presented with a 'wandering' abdominal mass of six months duration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Epigenetic regulation of gene signalling is one of the fundamental molecular mechanisms for the generation and maintenance of cellular memory. Histone acetylation is a common epigenetic mechanism associated with increased gene transcription in the central nervous system (CNS). Stimulation of gene transcription by histone acetylation is important for the development of CNS-based long-term memory.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndia noticed a surge in maternal mortality and stillbirth rate during the COVID-19 pandemic. This rise in mortality is not always due to viral infection by COVID-19 but is probably contributed by other determinants. We present a case of maternal mortality with stillbirth in a multigravida, at 41 weeks' gestation, with bronchial asthma, severe preeclampsia, fetal bradycardia, severe symptoms of flu infection, and a previous cesarean delivery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo tripodal amides obtained from nitrilotriacetic acid with -butyl and -octyl alkyl chains (HBNTA() and HONTA(), respectively) were studied for the extraction of Th(IV) ions from nitric acid medium. The effect of the diluent medium, i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExtensive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed to disclose the beneficial aspects of TiO doping in SiO and sodium borosilicate (NBS) glasses. Significant amendment in short- and intermediate-range orders of glasses was captured by the radial distribution function, coordination number, bond/angle distribution profiles, structure factor, and probability of linking X-O-X' (where X and/or X' = Si, B, and Ti) structural motifs. Successively, the effect of microscopic structural modification on the macroscopic properties was analyzed in terms of mechanical strength, thermal stability, vibrational characteristics [(vibrational density of states (VDOS)], and chemical durability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndazole is a nitrogen-containing bicyclic compound, having three tautomeric forms: 1Hindazole, 2H-indazole, and 3H-indazole. Mostly, they are considered as 1H-indazole tautomeric forms, although they have the potential to tautomerism to 2H- and 3H-indazole forms. Indazoles are involved in a wide variety of biological and enzymatic processes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Melasma is a pigmentary disorder affecting mainly face . Various treatment modalities available as topicals, superficial chemical peels and lasers but none till date gives promising results, until date quest for the best treatment modality is on.
Aim: To study the effect of oral and topical Tranexamic acid (TXA) and modified Kligman's regimen in treatment of melasma.
Understanding the speciation of metal ions in heterogeneous hydrogen-bonded deep eutectic solvents (DES) has immense importance for their wide range of applications in green technology, environmental remediation, and nuclear industry. Unfortunately, the fundamental nature of the interaction between DES and actinide ions is almost completely unknown. In the present work, we outline the speciation, solvation mechanism, and redox chemistry of uranyl ion (UO) in DES consisting of choline chloride (ChCl) and urea as the hydrogen-bond donor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the quest for identifying a graphene membrane for efficient water desalination, molecular dynamics simulations were performed for the pressure-driven flow of salty water across a multilayer graphene membrane. Water transport through the graphene membranes was tuned as a function of pore size, external pressure, and salt concentration. The results predicted that water permeability through the graphene channel (width of h = 7 Å) is two orders of magnitude higher than that through the conventional thin film membranes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSelection of suitable glass composition for vitrification of high-level radioactive wastes (HLWs) is one of the major challenges in nuclear waste reprocessing. Atomic and molecular level understanding of various structural, thermodynamical, and dynamical properties of a glass matrix can help in preliminary screening and thus reduce the dependency to some extent on tedious experimental procedures. In that context, extensive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been performed to calculate various microscopic properties of the glass matrix.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNanotube appended membranes are shown to be very promising due to their ultrafast water transport and very high salt rejection ability. Using classical molecular dynamics, the present study reports the nanoscopic assessment of various molecular events for nanotube-based desalination, which might be useful for nanoscale devices during process operation at the macroscopic scale. The characteristics of water and ion flow are discussed with varied strength of pressure gradient and salt concentration for different scales of confinement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Cu complex, which is the key chemical species in well-known Cu-Cl hybrid thermochemical cycles and also in numerous metal hydrometallurgical and sedimentary deposit processes, displays a wide variety of structural and dynamical characteristics that are further complicated by the presence of multiple oxidation states of Cu ions with different coordination chemistries, therefore they are difficult to explore from experiments alone. In this article, an attempt has been made to understand the coordination behavior of the Cu complex using MD simulations. The study provides compelling evidence of the experimentally observed multiple stoichiometries of Cu ions, i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present study reports molecular dynamics simulations for biphasic systems comprising tributyl phosphate (TBP) in dodecane and uranyl nitrate in the aqueous phase, which are key chemical species in the well-known Pu-U extraction (PUREX) process. An attempt has been made to understand the nature of interface and mechanism of 'TBP associated uranyl' crossing under neutral and acidic conditions. Results show that the solvent density undergoes large fluctuation near the interface depending on the nature of the aqueous-organic phase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWater in nanotube exhibits remarkably different properties from the bulk phase, which can be exploited in various nanoconfinement based technologies. The properties of water within nanotube can be further tuned by varying the nanotube electrostatics and functionalization of nanotube ends. Here, therefore, we investigate the effect of quantum partial charges and carbon nanotube (CNT) termination in terms of associated entropic forces.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThermodynamic properties of the fluid in the hydrophobic pores of nanotubes are known to be different not only from the bulk phase but also from other conventional confinements. Here, we use a recently developed theoretical scheme of "two phase thermodynamic (2PT)" model to understand the driving forces inclined to spontaneous filling of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with polar (water) and nonpolar (methane) fluids. The CNT confinement is found to be energetically favorable for both water and methane, leading to their spontaneous filling inside CNT(6,6).
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