Recurrent unilateral hemorrhagic pleural effusion: A rare manifestation of thoracic endometriosis syndrome.

Unilateral recurrent pleural effusions are commonly encountered in critical care practice. Relevant clinical history, physical examination, radiology, and diagnostic thoracentesis usually identify the cause of pleural effusion in most cases. Thoracoscopy or video-assisted thoracic surgery may be required in selective cases.

Comparative analysis of native and defatted flour from hard, extraordinarily soft, and medium-hard wheat varieties for protein solvation, pasting, mixing, and dough rheological behavior.

The effect of lipids extraction on protein salvation, pasting, and dough rheological behavior of flours dough from hard wheat (HW), extraordinarily soft wheat (Ex-SW), and medium-hard wheat (MHW) flour was analyzed. The varieties selected had wide variation in grain hardness index (17 to 95). Ex-SW revealed lower tryptophan fluorescent emission and water absorption (WA) than MHW and HW varieties.

A Rare Case of Swyer Syndrome in Two Sisters with Successful Pregnancy Outcome in Both.

Swyer syndrome is a disorder of sex development characterized by gonadal dysgenesis in a phenotypic female with normally developed Mullerian structures but a 46XY karyotype resulting from failure of testicular development in the early embryogenesis. It can have X-linked, Y-linked, or autosomal inheritance. We had a case of two sisters who presented with primary amenorrhea and primary infertility.

Effect of native and gelatinized starches from various sources on sponge cake making characteristics of wheat flour.

Effect of addition of native and gelatinized starches from various sources (CS, corn; WCS, waxy corn starch; WS, wheat; PS, potato starch; KB, kidney bean SP, sweet potato; and RS, rice starch) on viscoelasticity and sponge-making properties of wheat flour (WF) was investigated. Sponge cakes prepared using native and gelatinized starches were compared to those prepared with 100% WF. The addition of gelatinized starches from various botanical sources led to increase in batter viscosity (increased storage and loss modulus and decreased tan δ) of batter.

Properties of octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) modified starches and their application in low fat mayonnaise.

Wheat starch (WS), corn starch (CS), waxy corn starch (WCS), potato starch (PS), sweet potato (SP), rice starch (RS) and kidney bean (KB) were modified using octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) and evaluated for various properties. Degree of substitution (DS) showed significant increase with increase in amylose (AM) content. OSA modified starches showed higher paste viscosities compared to their native counterparts.

Structural, morphological, functional and digestibility properties of starches from cereals, tubers and legumes: a comparative study.

A comparison between structural, morphological, functional and digestibility studies of starches from cereals i.e. wheat (WS), corn (CS), low amylose corn (LACS) and rice (RS), tubers i.

Anesthesia in pregnancy with heart disease.

Management of pregnant women with heart disease remains challenging due to the advancement of innovations in cardiac surgery and correction of complex cardiac anomalies, and more recently, with the successful performance of heart transplants, cardiac diseases are not only likely to coexist with pregnancy, but will also increase in frequency over the years to come. In developing countries with a higher prevalence of rheumatic fever, cardiac disease may complicate as many as 5.9% of pregnancies with a high incidence of maternal death.