Arrhythmogenic or dilated or desmoplakin cardiomyopathy? A challenging case managed by our multidisciplinary cardiogenetic team.

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), characterized by fibro or fibrofatty infiltration of the myocardium with a predominant arrhythmic presentation, is a genetically mediated cause of sudden cardiac death in the young and athletic individuals. We report a case of a severe form of biventricular ACM in a middle-aged man with a family history of cardiomyopathy-related young death. The proband was identified to harbor two novel mutations in the DES and DOLK genes and was managed comprehensively with a multidisciplinary team approach.

SecDedoop: Secure Deduplication with Access Control of Big Data in the HDFS/Hadoop Environment.

With the rapid growth of storage providers, data deduplication is an essential storage optimization technique that greatly minimizes data storage costs by storing a unique copy of duplicate data. Nowadays, deduplication introduces various new challenges such as security and insufficient space issue. Hence, in this article, we propose a secure data deduplication with access control of big data over HDFS (Hadoop )/Hadoop environment, called SecDedoop.

Brain Tumor Detection and Segmentation by Intensity Adjustment.

In recent years, Brain tumor detection and segmentation has created an interest on research areas. The process of identifying and segmenting brain tumor is a very tedious and time consuming task, since human physique has anatomical structure naturally. Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) scan analysis is a powerful tool that makes effective detection of the abnormal tissues from the brain.

Periodontal therapy as an adjunctive modality for HbA1c reduction in type-2 diabetic patients.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the role of nonsurgical periodontal therapy in improving glycemic control among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients.

Materials And Methods: Adult T2DM patients with mild-to-moderate periodontal disease, reporting to a tertiary care diabetes center in South India, from January to June 2014, were enrolled in the study. Medical management of T2DM along with diet and physical exercise was an inclusion criterion.

Detection of Visually Imperceptible Blood Contamination in the Oral Surgical Clinic using Forensic Luminol Blood Detection Agent.

Aim And Objectives: Oral surgical procedures can cause spread of infections in the clinics through visually imperceptible, splattered, and aerosolized blood. The aim of this study was to evaluate visually imperceptible blood contamination of clinical surfaces and personal protective equipment (PPE) in an oral surgery clinic using luminol.

Materials And Methods: Following ethical approval, oral surgical procedures were performed under local anesthesia in a disinfected clinic, and PPE was used by the oral surgeon, dental assistant, and patients.

Biomarkers as Independent Predictors of Bone Regeneration around Biomaterials: A Systematic Review of Literature.

Background: Biomarkers are detected during bone formation and resorption associated with the dynamics of bone metabolism and are gaining importance as preferential indicators of bone healing in comparison with conventional methodologies. Current literature suggests that the usage of bone turnover markers for monitoring bone regeneration in association with biomaterials is limited.

Aim: To systematically review literature and evaluate whether bone-biomarkers can independently predict bone regeneration following implantation of various bone biomaterials.

Perceptions of dental interns in Saudi Arabia toward implant placement in medically compromised patients.

Background And Aim: Increasing incidence of medically compromised patients seeking dental treatment and implant rehabilitation, necessitates greater knowledge toward managing such patients. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the perceptions of dental interns in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, toward dental implant therapy for medically compromised patients.

Materials And Methods: Using a convenience random sampling technique, a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted to evaluate the perceptions of the interns from dental schools in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Magneto-transport behaviour of Bi2Se3-xTex : role of disorder.

Magneto-resistance and Hall resistance measurements have been carried out in fast-cooled single crystals of Bi2Se3-xTex (x  =  0 to 2) in 4-300 K temperature range, under magnetic fields up to 15 T. The variation of resistivity with temperature that points to a metallic behaviour in Bi2Se3, shows an up-turn at low temperatures in the Te doped samples. Magneto-resistance measurements in Bi2Se3 show clear signatures of Shubnikov-de Hass (SdH) oscillations that gets suppressed in the Te doped samples.

Myocardial infarction following bee sting.

Bee stings are commonly encountered worldwide. Various manifestations after bee sting have been described. Local reactions are common.

Quantification of oxide particle composition in model oxide dispersion strengthened steel alloys.

Oxide dispersion strengthened ferritic steels (ODS) are being considered for structural components of future designs of fission and fusion reactors because of their impressive high-temperature mechanical properties and resistance to radiation damage, both of which arise from the nanoscale oxide particles they contain. Because of the critical importance of these nanoscale phases, significant research activity has been dedicated to analysing their precise size, shape and composition (Odette et al., Annu.

Structural investigations in BaFe(2-x)Ru(x)As2 as a function of Ru and temperature.

We present the results of synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements on powdered single-crystal samples of BaFe(2-x)Ru(x)As2, as a function of Ru content, and as a function of temperature, across the spin-density wave transition in BaFe(1.9)Ru(0.1)As2.

Effect of surface stress on microcantilever resonance frequency during water adsorption: influence of microcantilever dimensions.

This paper reports the effect of dimensions of microcantilever (MC) on its resonance frequency and bending upon adsorption of water molecules. Study is conducted on three MCs having the dimensions of 450 × 40 × 2.5 μm(3) (MC1), 225 × 30 × 3 μm(3) (MC2) and 125 × 35 × 4.

57Fe Mössbauer studies across the spin density wave transition in BaFe2-xRuxAs2.

Mössbauer measurements have been carried out in powdered single crystalline samples of BaFe(2-x)RuxAs(2), for Ru concentration in the x = 0.0-0.5 range.

Baseline drift removal and denoising of MCG data using EEMD: role of noise amplitude and the thresholding effect.

We adopt the Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD) method, with an appropriate thresholding on the Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs), to denoise the magnetocardiography (MCG) signal. To this end, we discuss the two associated problems that relate to: (i) the amplitude of noise added to the observed signal in the EEMD method with a view to prevent mode mixing and (ii) the effect of direct thresholding that causes discontinuities in the reconstructed denoised signal. We then denoise the MCG signals, having various signal-to-noise ratios, by using this method and compare the results with those obtained by the standard wavelet based denoising method.

Pressure-induced structural changes and insulator-metal transition in layered bismuth triiodide, BiI3: a combined experimental and theoretical study.

Noting that BiI3 and the well-known topological insulator (TI) Bi2Se3 have the same high symmetry parent structures, and that it is desirable to find a wide-band gap TI, we determine here the effects of pressure on the structure, phonons and electronic properties of rhombohedral BiI3. We report a pressure-induced insulator-metal transition near 1.5 GPa, using high pressure electrical resistivity and Raman measurements.

Oral manifestations in patients with neurofibromatosis type-1: a comprehensive literature review.

Unlabelled: Oral health status is jeopardized in patients with neurofibromatosis (NF) type-1 (NF-1). The aim of the present study was to comprehensively review the oral manifestations in NF-1 patients. PubMed/Medline and Google-Scholar databases were explored using different keywords.

Tunable resistivity in magnetic glass phase of Gd(1-x)Ca(x)BaCo2O5.5.

We present magnetization and resistance measurements carried out on pristine and Ca-doped Gd(1-x)Ca(x)BaCo2O5.5 (x = 0.02) samples using the cooling and heating in unequal field (CHUF) protocol.

Design, synthesis, antioxidant, and anti-breast cancer activities of novel diethyl(alkyl/aryl/heteroarylamino)(4-(pyridin-2-yl)phenyl)methylphosphonates.

A series of new diethyl(alkyl/aryl/heteroarylamino)(4-(pyridine-2-yl)phenyl)methylphosphonates (4a-t) were synthesized via three-component Kabachnik-Field's reaction of 4-(pyridin-2-yl)benzaldehyde, diethylphosphite and various primary amines, catalyzed by cupric acetate monohydrate [Cu(OAc)(2) ∙ H(2)O] under solvent-free and microwave irradiation conditions. Their computational docking analysis supported them as good therapeutic agents to the breast cancer aromatase enzyme and ascertained 4a, 4h, 4m, 4n, and 4t as potential molecules with good binding affinities varying from -9.0 to -9.

UV induced zener diode characteristic in a single n-ZnO/p++-Si nanoheterojunction.

Rectification is observed in a single n-ZnO/p++-Si nanoheterojunction using ultra high vacuum compatible scanning tunneling microscope. The nanohetrojunctions have been grown using catalyst free vapor-solid growth of ZnO nanorods on p++-Si substarte. A high rectification ratio approximately 100 at 2 V is observed in the current voltage measurements.

Green synthesis and bioactivity of 2-amino-4H-chromen-4-yl-phosphonates.

A simple and efficient one pot synthesis of 2-amino-4H-chromen-4-yl phosphonate derivatives has been accomplished by the condensation of salicylaldehyde, malononitrile/ethylcyanoacetate and triethyl phosphite/trimethyl phosphite in the presence of molecular iodine as catalyst in water at room temperature. All the reactions were very clean and the products were obtained in very good to excellent yields. The title compounds are characterized by IR, 1H-, 13C-, 31P-NMR and mass spectra, also studied their antimicrobial and antioxidant activity.

Stroke after multiple bee sting.

Bee stings are commonly encountered worldwide. Various manifestations after bee sting have been described. Local reactions are common.

Local structural studies of the cubic Cd1-xCaxO system through Cd K-edge extended X-ray absorption spectroscopic studies.

Cd K-edge extended X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopic studies were carried out on Cd(1-x)Ca(x)O (0 ≤ x ≤0.9) solid solutions and the first and second nearest neighbour (NN) distances and their mean square relative displacement σ(2) were estimated. The first NN distance, d(Cd-O)(x), was found to be smaller than its expected value, a(x)/2, obtained from the X-ray diffraction measurements.