Publications by authors named "Sachin Babu"

Introduction: The recent evolution of genomics has led to the development of targeted therapeutics, revolutionizing medical approaches. This study aimed to assess the impact of genetic testing on the current epilepsy management paradigm with a specific focus on the variability of outcomes subsequent to genetic diagnoses.

Methodology: Data were collected retrospectively from a cohort of children aged 1-18 years, diagnosed with refractory epilepsy of confirmed genetic origin.

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Liquid metal-based applications are limited by the wetting nature of polymers toward surface-oxidized gallium-based liquid metals. This work demonstrates that a 120 s CF/O plasma treatment of polymer surfaces-such as poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS), SU8, S1813, and polyimide-converts these previously wetting surfaces to nonwetting surfaces for gallium-based liquid metals. Static and advancing contact angles of all plasma-treated surfaces are >150°, and receding contact angles are >140°, with contact angle hysteresis in the range of 8.

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Guided-mode resonance strain sensors are planar binary gratings that have fixed resonance positions and quality factors decided by material properties and grating parameters. If one is restricted by material choices, the quality factor can only be improved by adjusting the grating parameters. We report a new method to improve quality factor by applying a slotting design rule to a grating design.

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Predicting the neurological outcome in survivors of cardiorespiratory arrest is difficult. A distinction has been made between acute and chronic posthypoxic myoclonus, called myoclonic status epilepticus and Lance-Adams syndrome (LAS), respectively, with the acute condition carrying a bad prognosis. Here, we report a case of a 37-year-old female who developed seizures after a successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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Doose syndrome, or epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures, is a rare electroclinical syndrome. It is important to distinguish it from related epilepsy syndromes such as Lennox Gestaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome. We report the occurrence of this disorder in three siblings born of a non-consanguineous marriage.

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