Correlation of degree of acute radiation dermatitis (RD) with skin dose distribution in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients treated with definitive concurrent chemoradiation.

Background: Radiation dermatitis (RD) or skin toxicity is one of the most common acute side effects of radiation in head and neck cancer patients. This study aims to correlate the pattern of volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) dose distribution to the skin with the grades of RD.

Materials And Methods: 80 plans of histopathologically proven squamous cell carcinoma head and neck patients already treated with definitive concurrent chemoradiation [66-70 Gy in 33-35# or 66 Gy in 30# in simultaneous integrated boost (SIB), with concurrent Cisplatin 100 mg/m 3 weekly] at our institution between November 2022 and November 2023 were retrieved from our digital archives.

Artificial magnetism for a harmonically trapped Fermi gas in a synthetic magnetic field.

We have analytically explored the artificial magnetism for a 3D spin-polarized harmonically trapped ideal Fermi gas of electrically neutral particles exposed to a uniform synthetic magnetic field. Though polarization of the spin is necessary for trapping electrically neutral atoms in a magneto-optical trap, Pauli paramagnetism can not be studied for the spin-polarized Fermi system. However, it is possible to study Landau diamagnetism and de Haas-van Alphen effect for such a system.

Anticancer potential of 3-(arylideneamino)-2-phenylquinazoline-4(3H)-one derivatives.

Different quinazoline derivatives have showed wide spectrum of pharmacological activities. Some 3-(arylideneamino)-phenylquinazoline-4(3H)-ones have been reported to possess antimicrobial activity. The present study has been undertaken to evaluate the anticancer effect of these quinazolinone derivatives.

Detection of enzootic plague foci in peninsular India.

A continuous serological and bacteriological surveillance in rodents was carried out in peninsular India i.e. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to detect the role of different species of rodents in the maintenance of active enzootic plague foci.

Serological study of rickettsial diseases in human and rodent population in Chittoor dist. (A.P.).

In India the presence of Rickettsial disease in human is documented in many states however, the data on presence of Rickettsial infection in Andhra Pradesh is very scare. Therefore, a study was undertaken in Chittoor district (A.P.

Studies on leptospirosis outbreaks in Peddamandem Mandal of Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh.

An outbreak of leptospirosis in Peddamandem Mandal, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh occurred during Aug to Oct 2005. Out of 86 single human sera samples of suspected cases collected during the investigation, 49 (56.97%) samples from seven villages were found positive for leptospirosis both by DGM tests and IgM antibodies.

Present susceptibility status of rat flea Xenopsylla cheopis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), vector of plague against organochlorine, organophosphate and synthetic pyrethroids 1. The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India.

The susceptibility status of Xenopsylla cheopis, the efficient vector of human plague in India was assessed in erstwhile plague endemic areas of Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu following standard WHO techniques. The studies revealed the development of resistance in rat fleas to DDT--4.0%, Malathion--5.