Reversible Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvent-Based Uranyl-Sensing Optode Film in Aqueous Streams: Color Transformation and Reusability.

A hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (HDES)-based optode was designed for the preconcentration and determination of the UO ion in aqueous media using spectroscopic techniques [energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) and solid-state absorption]. The optode was developed by incorporation of HDES (tri--octyl phosphine oxide and decanoic acid in an equimolar ratio), tri-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate, and 2-(5-bromo-2-pyridylazo)-5-diethylaminophenol into a cellulose triacetate matrix. Characterization studies were carried out using different techniques to understand the roles of HDES as a plasticizer, UO extractant, and Br-PADAP immobilizer.

Learning from socially driven frugal innovation to design the future of healthcare: A case of mobile Primary Health Center.

Background And Aim: Despite their flaws, the low-cost but powerful economical solutions can ensure everyone has access to health. The main aim of this study is to extract characteristics of frugal innovation (FI) and social innovation (SI) for Primary Health Centers (PHCs) in low resource settings (LRS) for sustainable development. We will use the gained insights to design the mobile primary healthcare infrastructure using FI and SI strategies.

Food for thought: Making the case for food produced via regenerative agriculture in the battle against non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs).

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a global health challenge, leading to substantial morbidity, mortality, and economic strain. Our review underscores the escalating incidence of NCDs worldwide and highlights the potential of regenerative agriculture (RA) products in mitigating these diseases. We also explore the efficacy of dietary interventions in NCD management and prevention, emphasizing the superiority of plant-based diets over those high in processed foods and red meat.

Policy Advocacy Workshop Tools for Training Medical Students to Act on Climate Change.

Introduction: Doctors are trusted voices for communities and can influence lawmakers on climate change. Effective climate policy advocacy requires awareness, knowledge, and skills not typically taught in medical schools. Such curriculum additions could help students describe reasons for physicians to engage in climate policy advocacy and compose advocacy presentations.

Primary Health Center: Can it be made mobile for efficient healthcare services for hard to reach population? A state-of-the-art review.

Indian healthcare system is in immediate need of a new healthcare delivery model to increase healthcare accessibility and improve the health outcomes of the marginalized. Inaccessibility and underutilization of Primary Health Centers (PHCs) disproportionately affect people living in remote areas. It is thus imperative for the designers, engineers, health professionals, and policymakers to come together with a collaborative mindset to develop innovative interventions that sustainably manage the accessibility of PHCs at large, promote preventive health, and thus improve the health outcomes of hard-to-reach communities.

Making primary healthcare delivery robust for low resource settings: Learning from Mohalla Clinics.

The present healthcare scenario is still in its compromised state, whether it is the lack of infrastructure, medicines and human resources, especially in rural India. Moreover, the condition worsens in rural areas due to several reasons like lack of awareness, proper roads to access, and lack of proper delivery of healthcare model. The state government of Delhi, India, set up the "Mohalla" Clinics to provide essential healthcare to residents of Delhi and the surrounding areas, focusing on the urban poor.

Comparison of dimensional accuracy of elastomeric impression materials using 3D laser scanner.

Background: The dimensional accuracy of elastomeric impression materials has been evaluated by different methods but their reliability is still questionable. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dimensional accuracy of elastomeric impression material using 3D laser scanner.

Method: In the present study, a metal die with its custom tray were designed.

Anti-bacterial and arsenic remediation insights in aqueous systems onto heterogeneous metal oxide (CuAlFeO)/rGO hybrid: an approach towards airborne microbial degradation.

Copper-based ternary metal oxide (i.e., Cu0.

Mapping wheelchair functions and their associated functional elements for stair climbing accessibility: a systematic review.

Purpose: Wheelchair (WC) design elements are subjected to the accessibility and assistive needs of a person with locomotor disability. In order to pursue a holistic design for a stairclimbing WC, there is a need for literature review on WC functions reported for both stair climbing and plane surface movement.

Methods: A total of 112 Research articles are reviewed for the purpose of extracting the relationship between WC design elements and the functions associated with them.

Hierarchical ultrathin layered MoS@NiFeO nanohybrids as a bifunctional catalyst for highly efficient oxygen evolution and organic pollutant degradation.

Rational design and highly efficient dual-functional catalyst are still difficult to develop for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction and degradation of RhB dye pollutant. Herein, we report a highly efficient "bandgap matching and interfacial coupling" strategy to synthesize nano-assembled ultrathin layered MoS@NiFeO (MS@NiFeO) bifunctional catalyst constructed by the hydrothermal route and subsequently amine-hydrolysis. The OER performance of the prepared MS@NiFeO catalyst delivers a low overpotential of 290 mV at 10 mA/cm and Tafel slope is 69.

Asthma Exacerbation Triggered by Wildfire: A Standardized Patient Case to Integrate Climate Change Into Medical Curricula.

Introduction: Climate change presents unprecedented health threats. It is imperative that medical trainees understand the implications of climate change/planetary health on the physical and mental health and well-being of their patients. Medical professionals generally are not trained to consider climate change impacts in patient encounters.

Insights of arsenic (III/V) adsorption and electrosorption mechanism onto multi synergistic (redox-photoelectrochemical-ROS) aluminum substituted copper ferrite impregnated rGO.

The understanding of mechanistic insights in environmental remediation and mitigation systems is attracting larger attention, in recent days. Here in, aluminium substituted copper ferrite impregnated rGO hybrid (CAF-rGO) is verified to understand the adsorption/electrosorption mechanism of arsenic in aqueous systems. Near-surface study (XPS: As 3d, Cu 2p, Fe 2p, Al 2p, O 1s, C 1s) proposes redox, and ligand exchange reactions between contaminant, and CAF-rGO.

Effect of pearlitic morphology with varying fineness on the cavitation erosion behavior of eutectoid rail steel.

The present work discusses the effect of the pearlitic morphology with varying fineness on the cavitation erosion behavior of eutectoid rail steel. Cavitation erosion of three different types of the pearlitic steels (furnace-cooled, air-cooled, and forced-air-cooled) consisting of coarse, fine, and very fine microstructures were tested in 3.5% NaCl solution and compared with that of the as-received pearlitic rail steel.

Effects of cardiopulmonary bypass perfusion temperature on perioperative renal function in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Aims And Objective: The primary objective of this investigation was to study the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) perfusion temperature on renal function parameters [serum creatinine, creatinine clearance, urine albumin, urine protein, and urine albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR)]. The secondary objective was to detect renal complications of CPB.

Materials And Methods: This is a prospective longitudinal study of 30 adult patients (17 men, 13 women; mean age, 53.

Simulation-Based Medical Education in Undergraduate Curriculum: Will a Home-Developed Model Suffice?

Background: A medical student needs to understand the integral theory of continence, clinically elicit urethral hypermobility and understand the surgical principles of repair. A skill development model was designed for the final year curriculum of medical students to explain the basic knowledge of integral theory of continence along with surgical repair of urinary incontinence.

Aim: The primary objective of the study was to assess the efficacy of simulation-based teaching (SBT) using a home-developed model as compared to video-based teaching (VBT).

The impact of a new hepatopancreatobiliary surgery program on the management of pancreatic cancer at Health Sciences North.

Background: Centralization of specialist services to urban centres presents a challenge to patients living in rural communities. The hepatopancreatobiliary surgery (HPB) program at Health Sciences North (HSN) is the tenth and newest HPB centre by Cancer Care Ontario and presents a unique opportunity to evaluate the barriers to delivering HPB cancer care to patients in northern Ontario.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the cases of patients referred to the Northeastern Ontario Cancer Centre and HSN with a pancreatic cancer diagnosis between 2009 and 2015.

Assessing the safety and outcomes of repeat transanal endoscopic microsurgery.

Background: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) is the treatment of choice for benign rectal tumors and select early rectal cancers. This surgical approach has become ubiquitous and surgeons are seeing recurrent lesions after TEM resection. This study aims to outline the safety and outcomes of repeat TEM when compared to primary TEM procedures.

Laparoscopic Mesh Repair of Bilateral Obturator Hernias Post-Peritoneal Dialysis.

Abdominal wall hernias are prevalent in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). Obturator hernias, first described by Arnaud de Ronsil in 1724, are an uncommon type of hernia where intra-abdominal contents protrude through the obturator foramen. The following case highlights a rare presentation of bilateral obturator hernias with right femoral and inguinal hernia in an 82-year-old woman post-PD.

Resection of ruptured hepatic teratoma in an adult.

Introduction: Extragonadal locations of teratomas are uncommonly reported in the literature. Teratomas are neoplasms usually found in the gonadal organs: ovaries and testis. The majority of teratomas are found in the pediatric age group.

Redox synergistic Mn-Al-Fe and Cu-Al-Fe ternary metal oxide nano adsorbents for arsenic remediation with environmentally stable As(0) formation.

Arsenic mitigation behavior in aqueous systems is being evaluated for Mn-Al-Fe, Cu-Al-Fe nano adsorbents. Morphological, and vibrational spectroscopy analysis are observed with As-OH, and As-O surface complexes. XPS study of individual As(3d) spectra at different parameters is observed with multiplet peak behavior attributed to redox behavior of Mn-Al-Fe, Cu-Al-Fe.

Trans-anal minimally invasive surgery: A new technique to avoid peritoneal entry.

Introduction: Transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) is a valuable surgical option for removal of rectal polyps and early rectal cancers. A potential complication of this technique is abdominal entry if the lesion is located above the peritoneal reflection. We present the first case series describing the use of a laparoscopic stapling device to remove a sessile lesion, and seal the resulting defect simultaneously with full thickness excision of the rectal lesion, avoiding abdominal entry.

Arsenic surface complexation behavior in aqueous systems onto Al substituted Ni, Co, Mn, and Cu based ferrite nano adsorbents.

The present study is about surface complexation behavior of arsenic species adsorbed onto ternary metal oxide adsorbents (Ni-Al-Fe, Co-Al-Fe, Mn-Al-Fe, and Cu-Al-Fe). The analysis is carried out by X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) tool. XANES (μ(E) vs.

Peritoneal perforation during transanal endoscopic microsurgery is not associated with significant short-term complications.

Background: In patients treated by transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM), breach of the peritoneal cavity is a feared intraoperative challenge. Our aim is to analyze predictors and short-term outcomes of patients with peritoneal perforation (TEM-P) when compared to similar patients with no peritoneal compromise (TEM-N).

Methods: At St.

posterior tibial vessels perforator propeller flaps for the reconstruction of lower third leg soft- tissue defects.

Introduction: Lower third leg soft tissue defects with anatomical and pathological constraints are posing formidable challenges to reconstructive surgeon.

Aim: This retrospective study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of posterior tibial vessels perforator-propeller flaps for the reconstruction of small and medium sized soft tissue defects in the lower third leg.

Patients And Methods: 22 patients (16 were males and 6 were females) were involved in this study between period of January 2012 and December 2016.

Aluminum Substituted Cobalt Ferrite (Co-Al-Fe) Nano Adsorbent for Arsenic Adsorption in Aqueous Systems and Detailed Redox Behavior Study with XPS.

Arsenic [As(III) and As(V)] adsorption on aluminum substituted cobalt ferrite (Co-Al-Fe) ternary metal oxide adsorbent is reported by means of qualitative and quantitative spectroscopy tools. IR and Raman active signals were observed around 810-920 cm band indicate different As-OH and As-O stretching vibrations on to the adsorbent. The adsorption behavior of arsenic (III and V) onto these adsorbents is studied as a function of contact time, different concentrations, and pH conditions.