Air quality forecasting plays a pivotal role in environmental management, public health and urban planning. This research presents a comprehensive approach for forecasting the Air Quality Index (AQI). The proposed Time-Based-Spatial (TBS) forecasting framework is integrated with spatial and temporal information using machine learning techniques on data collected from a wide range of cities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFossil fuels are vital in the cooking field rather than the automotive sector. Hence, solar cooking has been popularized in recent years due to the rising cost of cooking gas. However, implementing successful renewable energy for cooking in urban area is still challenging for industries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKey Clinical Message: A patient presented with cardiogenic shock, requiring the implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), and acute myeloblastic leukemia. This necessitated total body irradiation (TBI) while balancing dose reduction to the LVAD components to avoid potential radiation damage. Here we outline our treatment approach and dose estimates to the LVAD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 80% of lung cancers and is the most common non-cutaneous cancer world-wide. In NSCLC, oligometastatic and oligoprogressive disease (OPD) have been recognized as separate entities within the realm of metastatic disease and are emerging concepts in the context of targeted systemic therapies. Our objectives are to discuss the current literature regarding the evolving definitions of OPD in the context of oligometastatic disease (OMD) for NSCLC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We retrospectively data-mined the case records of Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) confirmed COVID-19 patients hospitalized to a tertiary care centre to derive mortality predictors and formulate a risk score, for prioritizing admission.
Methods And Findings: Data on clinical manifestations, comorbidities, vital signs, and basic lab investigations collected as part of routine medical management at admission to a COVID-19 tertiary care centre in Chengalpattu, South India between May and November 2020 were retrospectively analysed to ascertain predictors of mortality in the univariate analysis using their relative difference in distribution among 'survivors' and 'non-survivors'. The regression coefficients of those factors remaining significant in the multivariable logistic regression were utilised for risk score formulation and validated in 1000 bootstrap datasets.
Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) is rising as a human pathogen of critical priority worldwide as it is the leading cause of chronic opportunistic infections in healthcare settings and the condition is ineradicable with antibiotic therapy. AB possesses the ability to form biofilm on abiotic as well as biotic surfaces which plays a major role in its pathogenesis and resistance in clinical settings. Hence, the demand for an alternative therapy to combat the biofilm-associated infections is increasing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Work-related health problems result in an economic loss of 4-6% in GDP (Gross domestic Product) of the most countries. In the industrialized countries, 1/3rd of the health-related absence to duty are due to musculoskeletal disorders. Professional driving is one such occupation which looks like sedentary occupation, but involves many risk factors that contribute to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) due to its nature of working and work environment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairment in social interactions, communication, restricted, and repetitive behaviors. Evidence-based treatment options for ASD are limited. Yoga is practiced by over 20 million people worldwide, and multiple studies have investigated yoga as a possible effective intervention for children with ASD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe previously reported that apparent lung mass varies across the phases of 4D computed tomography (4DCT) images. We hypothesize that these variations correspond to the physiologic changes in pulmonary perfusion induced during normal tidal breathing, and should therefore be present in every breathing patient. In this study, we characterize and quantify the respiratory induced variation in pulmonary blood mass (▵PBM) on 89 patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To evaluate antioxidant, anti-inflammatory potential of the aqueous extracts and its aqueous, n-butanol, ethyl-acetate, and chloroform fractions of Clerodendrum colebrookianum Walp. leaves.
Materials And Methods: In this present study, all the test samples were evaluated on in-vivo inflammatory model such as carrageenan and histamine-induced acute-inflammation and cotton pellet induced granuloma formation in albino male rats.
The present study emphasizes to reveal the antivenom activity of Aristolochia bracteolata Lam., Tylophora indica (Burm.f.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present the numerical investigation of diffusion process and features of first passage time (FPT) and mean FPT (MFPT) in a two-coupled damped and periodically driven pendulum system. The effect of amplitude of the external periodic force and phase of the force on diffusion constant, distribution of FPT, P(tFPT), and MFPT is analyzed. Normal diffusion is found.
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