Effects of and Pranayama on Cardio Respiratory Function in Post-COVID Patients: A Randomised Controlled Study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a range of long-term health issues in recovered patients, collectively known as "post-COVID syndrome."

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of combined pranayama techniques, specifically and , on pulmonary function and heart rate variability in post-COVID patients.

Methods: A randomised controlled trial was conducted with 90 post-COVID patients (aged 19-40).

Flipped classroom as an effective educational tool in teaching physiology for first-year undergraduate medical students.

Background: Flipped classroom (FC) teaching has recently received much attention in medical education. It has been introduced in our institution for 2 years, and we studied the effectiveness and perception of FC teaching in Physiology for first-year undergraduate students.

Materials And Methods: In total, 150 out of 250 first-year MBBS students participated in this study.

A carboethoxy quinoline-Derived Schiff base chemosensor: Crystal structure, selective Hg ion detection and its computational study.

Environmental monitoring of mercury (Hg) ions has become increasingly important as a result of their detrimental effects on biological organisms at all levels. To recognize toxic metal ions, utmost effort has been devoted to developing new materials that are highly selective, ultra-sensitive, and provide rapid response. In this context, a new chemosensor, 2-imino [N - (N-amido phenyl)]-6-methoxy-3-carbethoxy quinoline (L), has been synthesized by combining 2-formyl-6-methoxy-3-carbethoxy quinoline and benzhydrazide and it has been extensively characterized by NMR, FTIR, ESI-Mass and SCXRD analysis.

Immediate effects of the practise of on heart rate and blood pressure parameters in healthy volunteers.

Objectives: , a cooling pranayama is best known for its calming and relaxing nature, widely used for many conditions like depression, anxiety and hypertension. The aim of the study was to evaluate the immediate effect of the practice of on heart rate and blood pressure parameters in healthy volunteers.

Methods: Apparently, 60 healthy volunteers were involved, from both sexes.

Characterization of Alzheimer conditions in MR images using volumetric and sagittal brainstem texture features.

Background And Objective: Brainstem analysis in Magnetic Resonance Images is essential to detect Alzheimer's condition in the preclinical stages. In this work, an attempt has been made to segment the brainstem in sagittal (2D) and volumetric (3D) images and evaluate texture changes to differentiate Alzheimer's disease (AD) stages.

Method: The images obtained from a public access database are spatial normalized, skull stripped and contrast enhanced.

Proposal of a Machine Learning Approach to Differentiate Mild and Alzheimer's Condition in MR Images Using Shape Changes in Corpus Callosum.

The brain ventricles are surrounded by periventricular structures that are affected by dementia which results in neurodegenerative disorder such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The change in morphology of these structures must effect the shape and volume of Corpus Callosum (CC). These alterations in morphology of CC are considered to be a significant image biomarker for the early diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) subjects.

On the Variability and Increasing Trends of Heat Waves over India.

Over India, heat waves occur during the summer months of April to June. A gridded daily temperature data set for the period, 1961-2013 has been analyzed to examine the variability and trends in heat waves over India. For identifying heat waves, the Excess Heat Factor (EHF) and 90(th) percentile of maximum temperatures were used.

Lipid peroxidation in different tissues: effect of high cholesterol and fish oil in the diet.

Malonyldialdehyde was measured in erythrocytes, aorta and spleen on feeding mice with high cholesterol diet in presence and absence of fish oil. Mice were grouped as: Group I: Control laboratory diet Group II: 0.16% cholesterol (sunflower oil) Group III: 1.

Alcohol exposure and undernutrition: effects on lipid metabolism and alcohol partitioning in rat brain regions in vitro.

The effects of maternal alcohol consumption and undernutrition on lipid metabolism and alcohol partitioning in brain cortical and stem slices of pups were studied under in vitro conditions. Alcohol administration along with a normal diet during gestation and lactation resulted in an increase in the synthesis of cholesterol in cortical and stem slices associated with decreased entry of alcohol. Phospholipid metabolism was not affected in the cortex, whereas the incorporation of [32P] was found to be altered in the brain stem, indicating regional differences with respect to alcohol effects.