From waste to energy storage: post-consumer waste expanded polystyrene/rGO composite as a high performance self-standing electrode for coin cell supercapacitors.

This research work aims to explore the potential usage of post-consumer waste expanded polystyrene (EPS) for the fabrication of self-standing electrodes by incorporating reduced graphene oxide (rGO) into it a facile cost-effective mechanical mixing process. The π-π interaction between the expanded polystyrene and rGO is evidenced from FT-IR and Raman analysis. The elevated thermal stability of the EPS/rGO composite from thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) further confirms the interconnection between the rGO and EPS.

Management of Midline Diastema in a Young Adult With Minimal-Thickness Porcelain Laminate Veneers.

Treating healthy but unaesthetic teeth has been a major challenge for a dental practitioner. Maxillary midline diastemas are one such aberration in the smile zone. Although a diastema can be transient in the developing dentition, the management of the diastema in adulthood requires a detailed examination and appropriate care for a successful outcome.

Pregnancy outcomes in women with heart disease: the Madras Medical College Pregnancy And Cardiac (M-PAC) Registry from India.

Aims: To evaluate the feto-maternal outcome, identify the adverse outcome predictors and test the applicability of modified WHO (mWHO) classification in pregnant women with heart disease (PWWHD) from Tamil Nadu, India.

Methods And Results: One thousand and five pregnant women (mean age: 26.04 ± 4.

LARP-assisted synthesis of CsBiI perovskite for efficient lead-free solar cells.

Bismuth-based perovskites are an important class of materials in the fabrication of lead-free perovskite solar cells. Bi-based CsBiI and CsBiI perovskites are getting much attention due to their appropriate bandgap values of 2.05 eV and 1.

Tamil Nadu Pregnancy and Heart Disease Registry (TNPHDR): design and methodology.

Background: Cardiac disease in pregnancy is a major contributor to maternal mortality in high, middle and low-income countries. Availability of data on outcomes of pregnancy in women with heart disease is important for planning resources to reduce maternal mortality. Prospective data on outcomes and risk predictors of mortality in pregnant women with heart disease (PWWHD) from low- and middle-income countries are scarce.

Effectiveness of simulation based teaching of ventilatory management among non-anaesthesiology residents to manage COVID 19 pandemic - A Quasi experimental cross sectional pilot study.

Background And Aims: Simulation is one of the important learning tools when it comes to skill acquisition and as a supplemental tool for training in high stake situations like COVID-19. The aim of this study is to meet the global requirements of knowledge on ventilatory management, prepare and to evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching module for non-anesthesiology trainees on COVID-19 patients.

Methods: Quasi experimental cross sectional pilot study was conducted with a sample of twenty-six trainees.

The band bending effect of LiI/NaI treated TiO photoanodes on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells.

A new method has been developed for surface treatment of TiO2 photoanodes with LiI/NaI to enhance the photocurrent and, subsequently, the performance efficiency of the fabricated dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Three different concentrations (0.1, 0.

Prevalence of hypogonadism in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus among the Indian population.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of hypogonadism among Indian men with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and evaluate its association with various metabolic parameters.

Methods: One hundred fifty consecutive men with T2DM, aged 25-70 years, and one hundred age-matched healthy men without diabetes were included. The free testosterone (FT) level was calculated using the total testosterone (TT), sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), and albumin levels in serum.

Antimicrobial susceptibility, risk factors and prevalence of cefotaximase, temoneira, and sulfhydryl variable genes among in community-acquired pediatric urinary tract infection.

Introduction: The emergence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing has become an important challenge among pediatric patients with community-acquired urinary tract infection (UTI).

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, associated risk factors and to survey the frequency of cefotaximase (CTX-M), temoneira (TEM), and sulfhydryl variable (SHV) genotypes in ESBL-producing isolated from children with community-acquired UTI.

Methods: This was a prospective study conducted from November 2012 to March 2016 in a tertiary care center.

Physicochemical characterization of black seed oil-milk emulsions through ultrasonication.

The ultrasonic formation of stable emulsions of a bioactive material, black seed oil, in skim milk was investigated. The incorporation of 7% of black seed oil in pasteurised homogenized skim milk (PHSM) using 20kHz high intensity ultrasound was successfully achieved. The effect of sonication time and acoustic power on the emulsion stability was studied.

Prevalence of Principal Rh Blood Group Antigens in Blood Donors at the Blood Bank of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern India.

Introduction: Rhesus (Rh) antigen was discovered in 1940 by Karl Landsteiner and Wiener. Due to its immunogenicity along with A, B antigens, Rh D antigen testing was made mandatory in pre-transfusion testing. Presently there are more than 50 antigens in Rh blood group system but major ones are D, C, E, c, and e.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease in pregnancy: a longitudinal study.

Background: Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) symptoms are common in pregnancy. It often manifests for the first time in pregnancy during the first three months and ceases after delivery.

Aim: To study the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux in each of the three trimesters by follow-up of pregnant women.

Hepatitis B immunoglobulin prophylaxis after liver transplantation: experience in a tertiary transplant centre.

Background: Prophylaxis with hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) and nucleoside analogs can prevent hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence after liver transplant (LT).

Aim: To determine the efficacy and cost of maintaining immunoprophylaxis with HBIG and hyperimmune plasma (HIP) for 6 months after LT.

Material & Methods: The study included 22 HBV related LT recipients who were on entecavir and either HBIG or HIP for 6 months.

Evaluation of chromogenic media in detection of vancomycin resistant enterococci.

Introduction: Vancomycin resistant Enterococci have become important nosocomial pathogens. So it is necessary to monitor continuously such infections in the hospitals.

Materials And Methods: A total of 100 Enterococci isolated from 4489 various clinical samples were speciated and antibiogram was done according to standard laboratory methods.

Anti-HBs response to hepatitis B immunoglobulin prophylaxis in liver transplant recipients.

Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence after a liver transplant (LT) is a global issue. Several strategies have been adopted to prevent this recurrence. Most strategies recommend a combination of hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) and or nucleos(t)ide analogue.

Navarakizhi and pinda sweda as muscle-nourishing Ayurveda procedures in hemiplegia: double-blind randomized comparative pilot clinical trial.

Introduction: Hemiplegia and the Ayurvedic description of ardhanga disease presents with comparable clinical features. This pilot trial compared two traditional procedure-based treatments: Navarakizhi, a massage of cooked navara rice in a medicated hot bolus, and pinda sweda, a similar massage made of a different type of rice. This article also describes the steps of a double-blind trial in Ayurveda, which was hitherto considered difficult to perform.

Perioperative bacterial infections in deceased donor and living donor liver transplant recipients.

Background: Deceased donor (DDLT) and living donor (LDLT) liver transplant (LT) is in vogue in several centers in India. Most centers are resorting to LDLT as a preferred surgery due to shortage of deceased donor liver. The risk of infection and its effect on survival in both groups of recipients from the Indian subcontinent are not known.

4-(4-Chloro-phen-yl)-N-[(E)-4-(dimethyl-amino)-benzyl-idene]-1,3-thia-zol-2-amine.

The title compound, C(18)H(16)ClN(3)S, adopts an extended mol-ecular structure. The thia-zole ring is inclined by 9.2 (1) and 15.

Symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux amongst hospital personnel in South India.

Introduction: Prevalence of gastro-esophageal reflux (GER) disease is on the rise in South Asian countries. Though there are reports of GER prevalence amongst various ethnic populations there are fewer reports on its prevalence in different occupational groups.

Materials And Methods: To study the prevalence of GER amongst hospital personnel at the tertiary referral hospital in south India.

Enhanced production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) copolymer with manipulated variables and its properties.

Cupriavidus sp. USMAA1020, a local isolate was able to biosynthesis poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB-co-4HB)] copolymer with various 4HB precursors as the sole carbon source. Manipulation of the culture conditions such as cell concentration, phosphate ratio and culture aeration significantly affected the synthesis of P(3HB-co-4HB) copolymer and 4HB composition.

Organization and running of the first comprehensive hereditary cancer clinic in India.

Hereditary cancers are thought to account for around 5% of cancers, particularly breast/ovarian and colorectal cancers. In India there is a paucity of data on hereditary cancers and the mutations in some of the common genes linked to hereditary cancers, such as BRCA1, BRCA2, hMSH2 and hMLH1. The country's first comprehensive hereditary cancer clinic was established in February 2002.