Structural Investigation and Optical Properties of Dysprosium (Dy) Ions Doped Oxyfluoro Antimony Borate Glasses for Photonics Applications.

Dysprosium oxide-doped glasses with a composition of 60BO-10SbO-10AlO-10NaF-(10-x) LiF-xDyO (x = 0.1,0.5, 1.

Surgical Correction of Post-traumatic Residual Deformity of the Mandible: A Case Report.

Mandibular fractures are the most common trauma cases that we often come across in our day-to-day practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery. Various factors can lead to deformities and make those cases more challenging, which includes a delay in surgical treatment, resulting in non-union or malunion of the fracture site causing occlusal disturbances and functional abnormalities in the temporomandibular joint.

Cemento-Ossifying Fibroid Epulis in the Posterior Maxilla.

Cemento-ossifying fibroma is a benign fibro-osseous lesion arising from the periodontal ligament and has the potential to form cementum and bone in the periodontal ligament. Cemento-ossifying fibroma is a painless, pedunculated, or sessile, smooth exophytic growth arising attached to the gingival tissues. We present a case of cemento-ossifying fibroid epulis in the posterior maxilla attached to the interdental gingiva between the 26 and 27 region buccally in a 52-year-old female patient managed with surgical excision of the lesion, extraction of the involved teeth, curettage, and palatal obturator while under general anesthesia.

Real-World Observational Study of Glimepiride and Metformin Fixed-Dose Combination Along With Insulin in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Indian Experience.

Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with a significant burden on both patients and the healthcare system. This study aimed to evaluate the demographics of patients with T2DM receiving different strengths of glimepiride and metformin combination along with insulin. This study also examined the concomitant conditions and therapies, duration of therapies, dosage titration, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, hypoglycemic events, and weight changes during the course of therapy.

The use of 3D ultrasound in comparing surgical techniques for posterior wall prolapse repair: a pilot randomised controlled trial.

The most appropriate method for repairing posterior vaginal wall prolapse is still debatable. Women with symptomatic prolapse scheduled to undergo surgical repair in the posterior compartment were randomised to standard posterior colporrhaphy (SPC) or fascial and vaginal epithelial plication (FEP). Participants were assessed with the Prolapse Quality of Life (P-QOL) questionnaire, pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) examination and three-dimensional ultrasound (3D US) prior to surgery and 6 months postoperatively.

Original form of Kepler's Third Law and its misapplication in Propositions XXXII-XXXVII in Newton's (Book I).

The original form of Kepler's Third Law contains a caveat regarding the requirement of small eccentricities - a fact that has not been incorporated by the traditional Newtonian derivations. This constraint is analyzed, and a re-clarification of the real meaning of "mean distance" in the law is provided, by following up the indications given by Kepler in the . It is shown that the modified expression for the "mean distance" not only clears up conceptual difficulties, but also removes a discrepancy found by Kepler for Mercury.

Rare occurrence of intracranial epidermoid tumor in an unusual location with atypical radiological features.

Intracranial epidermoid tumors are benign rare tumors that arise due to dysembryogenesis. Thought rare, they have characteristic radiological features such as their magnetic resonance imaging signal intensities and a typical location. We present a rare case of intracranial epidermoid tumor in a young female patient that was unusually located within the left frontal lobe and had certain atypical radiological findings.

Reliability and validity of urinary nerve growth factor measurement in women with lower urinary tract symptoms.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The validity and reliability of measurement of urinary NGF as a diagnostic biomarker in women with lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) is uncertain. We aimed to evaluate both the diagnostic and discriminant validity, and the test-retest reliability of urinary NGF measurement in women with LUTD.

Methods: Urinary NGF was measured in women with LUTD (n = 205) and asymptomatic subjects (n = 31).

Changes in nerve growth factor level and symptom severity following antibiotic treatment for refractory overactive bladder.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Overactive bladder (OAB) has a multifactorial aetiology, and for some women symptoms may be associated with chronic urothelial inflammation secondary to bacterial colonisation. One marker of such inflammation may be urinary nerve growth factor (NGF). We hypothesised that for women with OAB and urothelial inflammation, urinary NGF would be reduced following antibiotic therapy.

Real-time in vivo assessment of levator ani muscle deformation in women.

Objective: To study the deformation of the levator ani muscle in vivo with the use of real-time ultrasound imaging of the pelvic floor.

Study Design: Thirty-two women with symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction underwent real-time in vivo assessment of the strain of the pelvic floor during Valsalva effort. All participants underwent clinical examination, urodynamics and 3D/4D translabial ultrasound scan of the pelvic floor.

Changes in detrusor muscle oxygenation during detrusor overactivity contractions.

Objective: To investigate changes in the oxygenated and deoxygenated haemoglobin (Hb) of the bladder wall during voluntary and involuntary detrusor contractions.

Study Design: Women with lower urinary tract symptoms were recruited from a urodynamics clinic. Near infra-red spectroscopy, a non-invasive optical technique which monitors changes in tissue oxygenation, was used to measure oxygenated and deoxygenated haemoglobin simultaneously while the women underwent urodynamics.

Racial differences in female urethral morphology and levator hiatal dimensions: an ultrasound study.

Aim: To compare the urethral sphincter morphology and levator hiatal dimensions between white and black premenopausal nulliparous asymptomatic women using 3D/4D translabial ultrasonography.

Methods: Nulliparous black and white women were recruited in a tertiary gynecological center. All women were completely asymptomatic for pelvic floor dysfunction.

Antimuscarinic effects on current perception threshold: a prospective placebo control study.

Aims: To evaluate the effect of Tolterodine on urethral and bladder afferent nerves in women with detrusor overactivity (DO) in comparison to placebo, by studying the changes in the current perception threshold (CPT).

Methods: Women with overactive bladder symptoms and idiopathic DO were recruited and randomized in a double-blind manner between placebo and tolterodine extended release. All women underwent CPT testing of the bladder and urethra using a Neurometer constant current stimulator.

Novel biomarkers for overactive bladder.

Biomarkers constitute any objectively measurable indicator of a biological process. The classic biomarker used in the diagnosis of overactive bladder (OAB) has been detrusor overactivity, which is assessed urodynamically. In the search for a reliable, noninvasive alternative to urodynamics, interest has focused on genetic, imaging, and urinary factors.

Mesocolic hernia: an unusual internal hernia.

Internal hernia may be either congenital or acquired. Its incidence has been reported to be 1-2%. Herniation may be persistent or intermittent.

Post-menopausal vaginal angiomyofibroblastoma: a case report.

Angiomyofibroblastoma (AMF) is a recently described, rare, benign soft tissue vulvovaginal tumour that occurs mainly but not exclusively in the vulval region of pre-menopausal women (Fletcher et al. in Am J Surg Pathl 16:373; 1992). The first case was diagnosed in 1992.

ANN-based QRS-complex analysis of ECG.

Reliable detection the QRS complex in either a normal or an abnormal ECG and its analysis is the first and foremost task in almost every ECG signal analysis system aimed at the diagnostic interpretation of ECG. Conventionally, detection of the QRS complex is accomplished using a rule-based/algorithmic approach. This work, uses the learn and generalize approach of an artificial neural network (ANN) for the detection of QRS complexes in either a normal or an abnormal ECG.

Endocrine testicular functions in leprosy.

Pituitary testicular functions were evaluated in leprosy. Forty-three men with leprosy were studied by basal estimations of plasma LH, FSH, Prolactin, Testosterone, 17-beta estradiol, metoclopramide stimulated prolactin responses and hCG stimulated testosterone responses. Fifteen young healthy men with proven fertility were studied as control subjects.