Undergraduates are trained in the basic neonatal resuscitation programme (NRP) and evaluated for skill acquisition by NRP performance evaluation test (PET). Video use improves the validity of assessment when video-information adequacy, intrusiveness to students, and educational purpose are adequately balanced. We evaluated whether there was a difference between instructor's real-time assessment and video-based assessment done by another independent assessor using videos recorded via the SimCapture application.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Pathol Microbiol
October 2024
Epidermoid cysts, also known as keratin cysts, are benign cystic malformations containing keratin and lipid-rich debris. These lesions generally present as painless, nontender, soft tissue masses. They can involve any part of the body but most commonly involve face, chest, back, and genital areas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In order to obtain more economic gains, some food products are adulterated with low-cost substances, if they are toxic, they may pose public health risks. This has called forth the development of quick and non-destructive methods for detection of adulterants in food. Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) has become a promising tool to detect adulteration in various commodities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeanut protein concentrates (PPCs) were subjected to hydrolysis by crude protease extract (CPE) obtained from three fungi viz; and and the effect on structural, functional and in-vitro protein digestibility (IVPD) properties were studied. Particle size was found significantly ( ≤ 0.05) lower in hydrolyzed samples than un-treated samples.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: The present study was performed to develop Near-infrared spectroscopy based prediction method for the quantification of the maize flour adulteration in chickpea flour. Adulterated samples of Chickpea flour () were prepared by spiking different concentrations of maize flour with pure Chickpea flour in the range of 1-90% (w/w). The spectra of pure Chickpea flour, pure maize flour, and adulterated samples of Chickpea flour with maize flour were acquired as the logarithm of reciprocal of reflectance (log 1/R) in the entire Visible-NIR wavelength range of 400-2498 nm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of the audits was to assess contemporary performance, with comparison of the same against previous outcomes, to gauge trends in clinical practice. This allowed for completion of the audit cycle, as well as the ability to analyse and consistently improve the quality of care delivered to our patients.
Methods: We undertook three prospective audits on the quality of peri-operative anaesthetic documentation in the years 2009, 2011 and 2014, respectively.
Present study was undertaken to optimize the process conditions for development of food grains (maize, defatted soy flour, sesame seed)-banana based nutritious expanded snacks using extrusion processing. Experiments were designed using Box-Behnken design with banana pulp (8-24 g), screw speed (300-350 rpm) and feed moisture (14-16% w.b.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present work was aimed to study and optimize the high pressure treated green mango blended mayonnaise in terms of oxidative and emulsion stability, as a function of technical parameters; pressure intensity, dwell period and level of green mango pulp. Mayonnaise samples were treated at different combinations of pressure (400-600 MPa), holding time (5-10 min) and level of green mango pulp (10-30%) following Box-Behnken design. Mayonnaise quality was evaluated in terms of oxidative stability and emulsion stability using response surface methodology to optimize the best possible combination among all.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Food Sci Technol
September 2016
Plant-based or non-dairy milk alternative is the fast growing segment in newer food product development category of functional and specialty beverage across the globe. Nowadays, cow milk allergy, lactose intolerance, calorie concern and prevalence of hypercholesterolemia, more preference to vegan diets has influenced consumers towards choosing cow milk alternatives. Plant-based milk alternatives are a rising trend, which can serve as an inexpensive alternate to poor economic group of developing countries and in places, where cow's milk supply is insufficient.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Despite being a minimally invasive procedure, serious perioperative complications are reported during neuroendoscopy, largely generated by its unique surgical maneuvers. We report here the complications of elective neuroendoscopic surgery for the treatment of hydrocephalus and other intraventricular pathology in 298 patients over a 7-year period at our institute.
Material And Methods: The complication rate was determined by recording intraoperative hemodynamic variables, core temperature, bleeding episodes, time to arouse from anesthesia, serum electrolytes and neurological deterioration in the immediate postoperative period.