Three-dimensional prediction of the nose for facial reconstruction: A preliminary study on North Indian adults.

Forensic facial reconstruction is the last recourse to establish the identity of an unknown skull. The facial soft-tissue thickness (FSTT) is required to reconstruct various facial features on a skull. Unlike other facial features, the nose is made of cartilaginous tissue except for a small nasal bone.

Purkait's triangle revisited: role in sex and ancestry estimation.

Identification of unknown remains recovered from marine and terrestrial locations is a significant humanitarian problem. This investigation proposes a simple method applicable to fragmentary femora for a more refined level of ancestry and/or sex estimation. To that end, we re-examined Purkait's triangle which involves three inter-landmark distances between the traction epiphyses and the articular rim of femoral head.

Clinicohistological correlation of etiological spectrum of chronic liver disease diagnosed during noncirrhotic stages in children: Can need of liver biopsy be obviated?

Background And Aim: Limited data exist regarding the etiological spectrum of the subset of chronic liver diseases (CLDs) diagnosed in noncirrhotic states in children. Our primary objective was to study the clinicoetiological profile of CLDs detected in noncirrhotic stages in children younger than 12 years of age. The secondary objective was to find the hepatic histological correlation of provisional diagnosis by different ranks of doctors.

Validation of Revised Baveno VI Criteria for Screening of Varices Needing Treatment in Children with Cirrhosis.

Background: Baveno VI criteria for screening varices needing treatment (VNT) have not yet been validated in an exclusive pediatric and adolescent set of the population, in whom baseline parameters differ in relation to adults. Therefore, our primary objective was to validate Baveno VI and its expanded form in children below 18 years of age. The secondary aim was to elicit whether any revision of the above criteria with a target of not missing more than 5% VNT could be more accurate for this age group.

X-ray structure of two Schiff bases: TURN-ON sensing of Fe and Al in the HepG2 cell line.

The efficiency of the fluorescence sensitivity of a sensor may be tuned by the modulation of the steric and electronic parameters in the structure. In this study, the thiophenyl Schiff base (E)-N-(phenyl(pyridin-2-yl)methyl)-N-(thiophen-2-ylmethylene)benzene-1,2-diamine (HL') exhibited very high selectivity and a sensitive fluorescence enhancement towards Fe with violet emission (λ, 385 nm; LOD, 3.8 nM).