Introduction: The launch of injectable shorter regimens under Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (PMDT) guidelines 2017 under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) was a welcome step as it decreased the duration of treatment significantly in Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (DRTB) patients. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the treatment outcomes of patients started on injectable shorter regimens from March 2018 to May, 2019.
Methods: Retrospective study which scrutinized medical records of 85 patients started on injectable shorter regimen was conducted.
Diffusion-driven instability and Turing pattern formation are a well-known mechanism by which the local interaction of species, combined with random spatial movement, can generate stable patterns of population densities in the absence of spatial heterogeneity of the underlying medium. Some examples of such patterns exist in ecological interactions between predator and prey, but the conditions required for these patterns are not easily satisfied in ecological systems. At the same time, most ecological systems exist in heterogeneous landscapes, and landscape heterogeneity can affect species interactions and individual movement behavior.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper, a novel one dimensional chaotic map $ K(x) = \frac{\mu x(1\, -x)}{1+ x} $, $ x\in [0, 1], \mu > 0 $ is proposed. Some dynamical properties including fixed points, attracting points, repelling points, stability and chaotic behavior of this map are analyzed. To prove the main result, various dynamical techniques like cobweb representation, bifurcation diagrams, maximal Lyapunov exponent, and time series analysis are adopted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA nitrogen plasma was incorporated into the cathode side of an electrolyzer to provide energetically activated N2 species to the electrocatalyst surface. At an applied bias of ∼3.5 V across the electrolyzer, plasma-assisted operation was observed to produce 47% more ammonia than the combination of plasma-without-bias and bias-without-plasma conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Pulmonary tuberculosis has atypical radiological manifestations in patients with underlying immunocompromised disease like diabetes and human immunodeficient virus infection. Computed tomography has important role in such patients for early diagnosis of disease and management to minimize complication.
Aim: To evaluate and compare the computed tomography chest features of pulmonary tuberculosis in between immunocompromised patients and immunocompetent patients.
Electrochemical conversion of CO into energy-dense liquids, such as formic acid, is desirable as a hydrogen carrier and a chemical feedstock. SnO is one of the few catalysts that reduce CO into formic acid with high selectivity but at high overpotential and low current density. We show that an electrochemically reduced SnO porous nanowire catalyst (Sn-pNWs) with a high density of grain boundaries (GBs) exhibits an energy conversion efficiency of CO -into-HCOOH higher than analogous catalysts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLa(CH) and La(CH) are observed from the reaction of laser-vaporized La atoms with propene by photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and characterized by mass-analyzed threshold ionization spectroscopy. Two isomers of La(CH) are identified as methyl-lanthanacyclopropene [La(CHCCH)] (C) and lanthanacyclobutene [La(CHCHCH)] (C); La(CH) is determined to be H-La(η-allyl) (C), a C-H bond inserted species. All three metal-hydrocarbon radicals prefer a doublet ground state with a La 6s-based electron configuration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Ce atom reaction with ethylene was carried out in a laser-vaporization metal cluster beam source. Ce(C2H2) formed by hydrogen elimination from ethylene was investigated by mass-analyzed threshold ionization (MATI) spectroscopy, isotopic substitutions, and relativistic quantum chemical computations. The theoretical calculations include a scalar relativistic correction, dynamic electron correlation, and spin-orbit coupling.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLa(C2H2) and La(C4H6) are observed from the reaction of laser-vaporized La atoms with ethylene molecules by photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and characterized by mass-analyzed threshold ionization spectroscopy. La(C2H2) is identified as a metallacyclopropene and La(C4H6) as a metallacyclopentene. The three-membered ring is formed by concerted H2 elimination and the five-membered cycle by dehydrogenation and C-C bond coupling.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDegradation of metal-organic halide perovskites when exposed to ambient conditions is a crucial issue that needs to be addressed for commercial viability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here, a concept of encapsulating CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite crystals with a multi-functional graphene-polyaniline (PANI) composite coating to protect the perovskite against degradation from moisture, oxygen and UV light is presented. Hole-conducting polymers containing 2D layered sheet materials are presented here as multi-functional materials with oxygen and moisture impermeability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPerovskite solar cells utilizing a two-step deposited CH3NH3PbI3 thin film were rapidly sintered using an intense pulsed light source. For the first time, a heat treatment has shown the capability of sintering methylammonium lead iodide perovskite and creating large crystal sizes approaching 1 μm without sacrificing surface coverage. Solar cells with an average efficiency of 11.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFη(2)-Propadienylidenelanthanum [La(η(2)-CCCH2)] and deprotiolanthanacyclobutadiene [La(HCCCH)] of La(C3H2) are identified from the reaction mixture of neutral La atom activation of propyne in the gas phase. The two isomers are characterized with mass-analyzed threshold ionization spectroscopy combined with electronic structure calculations and spectral simulations. La(η(2)-CCCH2) and La(HCCCH) are formed by concerted 1,3- and 3,3-dehydrogenation, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGroup 6 metal-bis(mesitylene) sandwich complexes are produced by interactions between the laser-vaporized metal atoms and mesitylene vapor in a pulsed molecular beam source, identified by photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, and studied by pulsed-field ionization zero-electron kinetic energy spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. Although transition metal-bis(arene) sandwich complexes may adopt eclipsed and staggered conformations, the group 6 metal-bis(mesitylene) complexes are determined to be in the eclipsed form. In this form, rotational conformers with methyl group dihedral angles of 0 and 60° are identified for the Cr complex, whereas the 0° rotamer is observed for the Mo and W species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGroup 3 metal-aniline complexes, M(aniline) (M = Sc, Y, and La), are produced in a pulsed laser-vaporization molecular beam source, identified by photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, and investigated by pulsed-field ionization zero electron kinetic energy (ZEKE) spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations. Adiabatic ionization energies and several low-frequency vibrational modes are measured for the first time from the ZEKE spectra. Metal binding sites and electronic states are determined by combining the ZEKE measurements with the theoretical calculations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCerium, praseodymium, and neodymium complexes of 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene (COT) complexes were produced in a laser-vaporization metal cluster source and studied by pulsed-field ionization zero electron kinetic energy spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations. The computations included the second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory, the coupled cluster method with single, double, and perturbative triple excitations, and the state-average complete active space self-consistent field method. The spectrum of each complex exhibits multiple band systems and is assigned to ionization of several low-energy electronic states of the neutral complex.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMonobenzene complexes of yttrium (Y), lanthanum (La), and lutetium (Lu), M(C(6)H(6)) (M = Y, La, and Lu), were prepared in a laser-vaporization supersonic molecular beam source and studied by pulsed-field ionization zero electron kinetic energy (ZEKE) spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. The calculations included the second-order perturbation, the coupled cluster with single, double, and perturbative triple excitation, and the complete active space self-consistent field methods. Adiabatic ionization energies and metal-benzene stretching frequencies of these complexes were measured for the first time from the ZEKE spectra.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGadolinium (Gd) complexes of benzene (C(6)H(6)) and (1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene) (C(8)H(8)) were produced in a laser-vaporization supersonic molecular beam source and studied by single-photon pulsed-field ionization zero electron kinetic energy (ZEKE) spectroscopy. Adiabatic ionization energies and metal-ligand stretching frequencies were measured for the first time from the ZEKE spectra. Metal-ligand bonding and electronic states of the neutral and cationic complexes were analyzed by combining the spectroscopic measurements with ab initio calculations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGroup 6 metal (Cr, Mo, and W)-bis(toluene) sandwich complexes are synthesized in a laser-vaporization molecular beam source. Conformational isomers and isomerization of these complexes are studied by variable-temperature pulsed-field-ionization zero-electron-kinetic-energy spectroscopy and density functional theory. For Cr-bis(toluene), four rotational conformers are identified with methyl-group dihedral angles of 0, 60, 120, and 180°.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFScandium (Sc) complexes of p-xylene, mesitylene, and hexamethylbenzene were produced in a laser-vaporization molecular beam source and studied with pulsed-field-ionization zero-electron-kinetic-energy spectroscopy, and density functional theory. In addition, infrared-ultraviolet resonant two-photon ionization spectra were recorded for Sc(hexamethylbenzene) in the C-H stretching region. Adiabatic ionization energies and several vibrational frequencies of these complexes were obtained from the spectroscopic measurements, and electronic transitions were determined by combining the spectra with the theoretical data.
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