Factors Associated with Mothers Health Seeking Behavior among Newborn Illness.

Background: Inappropriate, delayed and poor health seeking behavior increases the high risk of morbidity and mortality among newborns, infants and children. Newborns health status depends upon mothers' health seeking behavior. This study aimed to determine the factors associated with mother's health seeking behavior among newborn illness in Rupandehi District, Nepal.

Depressive Symptoms among People Living with HIV Attending ART Centers of Lumbini Province, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Depression is a common mental disorder and is a leading cause of disability globally. Depressive symptoms among people living with HIV can be a significant barrier to ART initiation and thus lead to poor ART adherence. Global studies have found the prevalence of depressive symptoms among people living with HIV ranges from 12 to 63%.

Separation effect, pain perception during functional activity and gingival inflammation of elastomeric and Kansal separators-a split mouth study.

Introduction: An effective space opening for band placement with minimal pain and gingival inflammation is a prime requisite during fixed orthodontic procedures. The study aimed to compare the effectiveness of two types of separators, elastomeric and Kansal, in the amount of space opening, pain perception elicited, and gingival inflammation.

Methods: A random split-mouth study was designed with 30 subjects undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment.

Evaluating and Comparing the Effectiveness of Nano-HA and HA + β-TCP with A-PRF Clinically and Radiographically in the Treatment of Human Infrabony Defects.

Aim: To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite (NcHA) with advanced platelet-rich fibrin (A-PRF) and hydroxyapatite-reinforced beta tricalcium phosphate (HA + β-TCP) with A-PRF in the treatment of human infrabony defects clinically and radiographically using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Materials And Methods: There were a total of 28 defects, with 14 defects in the test and control groups, respectively. There were total 28 patients were involved in the study.

Tricomposite gelatin-carboxymethylcellulose-alginate bioink for direct and indirect 3D printing of human knee meniscal scaffold.

The development of technologies that could ease the production of customizable patient-specific tissue engineering constructs having required biomechanical properties and restoring function in damaged tissue is the need of the hour. In this study, we report the optimization of composite, bioactive and biocompatible tripolymeric hydrogel bioink, suitable for both direct and indirect printing of customizable scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering applications. A customized hierarchical meniscal scaffold was designed using solid works software and developed using a negative mould made of polylactic acid (PLA) filament and by a direct 3D printing process.

Bioremediation of soil contaminated with toxic mixed reactive azo dyes by co-cultured cells of Enterobacter cloacae and Bacillus subtilis.

Azo dyes, known for its toxicity and mutagenicity, are used by textile industries. Bioremediation serves the best alternative treatment process due to its eco-friendly nature and cost-effectiveness. Degradation using individual bacteria promotes azo dye removal, while the degradation is enhanced using the immobilization method.

A comparison of different osteotomy techniques with and without pterygomaxillary disjunction in surgically assisted maxillary expansion utilizing modified hybrid rapid maxillary expansion device with posterior implants: A finite element study.

Introduction: The study aims to evaluate the effect of osteotomies with and without Pterygomaxillary disjunction (PMD) during Surgical Assisted Rapid Maxillary Expansion on the displacement pattern and stress distribution of Dental and Skeletal structures of the Nasomaxillary (NM) complex by a modified rapid maxillary expansion (RME) Hybrid appliance.

Materials And Methods: A CT scan of a 20-year-old adult with maxillary constriction and the posterior bite was utilized for the restructuring of the finite element model. Five different meshed models were created individually with varying procedures of the osteotomy.

Comparative evaluation of the efficacy of the desensitizing and remineralizing agent in the reduction of dentin hypersensitivity after orthodontic debonding - a randomized clinical trial.

Introduction: Enamel loss is a common problem during various orthodontic procedures. The study aims to compare the efficacy of a desensitizer and remineralizer in the reduction of the dentin hypersensitivity (DH) associated with enamel microcracks after orthodontic debonding.

Methods: A unicentric two arm parallel study with 30 subjects randomly assigned to each groups following debonding.

Recent Progress in the Development of Aromatic Polymer-Based Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications.

Proton exchange membranes (PEMs) play a pivotal role in fuel cells; conducting protons from the anode to the cathode within the cell's membrane electrode assembles (MEA) separates the reactant fuels and prevents electrons from passing through. High proton conductivity is the most important characteristic of the PEM, as this contributes to the performance and efficiency of the fuel cell. However, it is also important to take into account the membrane's durability to ensure that it canmaintain itsperformance under the actual fuel cell's operating conditions and serve a long lifetime.

Melasma Associated with Periodontitis, Anemia, and Vitamin D Abnormalities: A Chance Occurrence or a Syndrome.

Aim: To correlate the possible association between melasma, periodontitis, vitamin D abnormalities, and anemia.

Materials And Methods: A total of 192 subjects, of either gender within the age group of 30 to 70 years were divided equally into two groups, group I (case group, patients with melasma) and group II (control group, patients without melasma). In all the subjects, anemia and periodontitis were checked clinically, along with biochemical evaluation of serum vitamin D levels and hemoglobin (Hb) percentage.

Susceptibility of field-collected Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae) sand flies from Bangladesh and Nepal to different insecticides.

Background: The sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes is the vector for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Indian sub-continent. In Bangladesh since 2012, indoor residual spraying (IRS) was applied in VL endemic areas using deltamethrin. In Nepal, IRS was initiated in 1992 for VL vector control using lambda-cyhalothrin.

Entomological efficacy of durable wall lining with reduced wall surface coverage for strengthening visceral leishmaniasis vector control in Bangladesh, India and Nepal.

Background: New methods for controlling sand fly are highly desired by the Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) elimination program of Bangladesh, India and Nepal for its consolidation and maintenance phases. To support the program we investigated safety, efficacy and cost of Durable Wall Lining to control sand fly.

Methods: This multicentre randomized controlled study in Bangladesh, India and Nepal included randomized two intervention clusters and one control cluster.

Efficacy, Safety and Cost of Insecticide Treated Wall Lining, Insecticide Treated Bed Nets and Indoor Wall Wash with Lime for Visceral Leishmaniasis Vector Control in the Indian Sub-continent: A Multi-country Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: We investigated the efficacy, safety and cost of lime wash of household walls plus treatment of sand fly breeding places with bleach (i.e. environmental management or EM), insecticide impregnated durable wall lining (DWL), and bed net impregnation with slow release insecticide (ITN) for sand fly control in the Indian sub-continent.

Pharmacodynamic evaluation for antiplasmodial activity of Holarrhena antidysentrica (Kutaja) and Azadirachta indica (Neemb) in Plasmodium berghei infected mice model.

Objective: To investigate in-vivo anti-plasmodial activity of aqueous extracts of plants selected based on the symptomology mentioned in Ayurveda.

Methods: The aqueous extracts of Holarrhena antidysentrica (H. antidysentrica) (Kutaja) and Azadirachta indica (A.