Prevalence and pattern of traumatic orofacial injuries in Kabaddi players in Delhi-NCR region.

Background/aim: Contact-sports are known to have higher risk of orofacial injuries due to the bodily contact with other players or equipment. Kabaddi is a traditional contact-sport of India that has gained an international recognition. There is a paucity of data regarding prevalence of traumatic dental and orofacial injuries among the Kabaddi players.

A systematic review of associations between genetic polymorphism and dyslexia in the Indian population.

There is growing interest in understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying dyslexia. Accordingly, the literature on dyslexia is replete with shreds of evidence linking genes and their genetic markers with dyslexia among different populations. Even though genetic inquiries into dyslexia in the Asian population has gained interest in recent years, very little is known about the genes and their polymorphisms associated with dyslexia in the Indian population.

The Modularity of Dyslexia.

There is a growing interest in understanding dyslexia and the mechanisms involved in reading difficulties. Inquiries into the morphological and physiological changes of the brain have contributed to our increased understanding of reading ability and dyslexia. Similarly, inquiries into brain chemistry and reading provide a neurometabolic framework of dyslexia in terms of poor reading and phonological measures.

Copper-Catalyzed Thiolation of Terminal Alkynes Employing Thiocyanate as the Sulfur Source Leading to Enaminone-Based Alkynyl Sulfides under Ambient Conditions.

A highly efficient protocol for copper-catalyzed thio-alkynylation of enaminone-based thiocyanates with terminal alkynes under mild conditions has been developed. This scalable amino group-directed thio-alkynylation proceeds in the open air with a broad substrate scope and an excellent yield. The demonstrated synthetic transformation creates the opportunity for a wide variety of sulfur-containing useful materials.

Language impairment in primary progressive aphasia and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that disrupts the language capacity of an individual by selectively affecting the language network of brain. Although aphasic literature is replete with reports of brain damage responsible for various types of PPA, it does not provide a comprehensive understanding of whether PPA is an independent pathological condition or an atypical syndrome of neurodegenerative diseases (NDD). To address this ambiguity, we provide a detailed description of PPA, its variants and their brain anatomy.

Molecular Marker as a Prognostic Indicator in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.

Head and neck cancer forms the major burden of cancer in the developing countries. Despite advancement in the treatment approach of head and neck cancer in terms of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy overall long-term survival remains low due to uncontrollable persistent and recurrent disease. This low survival rate has demanded for the need for newer treatment approaches and prognostic markers.

Decoding the biology of language and its implications in language acquisition.

Associating human genetic makeup with the faculty of language has long been a goal for biolinguistics. This stimulated the idea that language is attributed to genes and language disabilities are caused by genetic mutations. However, application of genetic knowledge on language intervention is still a gap in the existing literature.