Microwave Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Quantum dots from Araucaria Heterophylla Gum: Application in Drug Detection.

This study employed a green microwave synthesis technique to produce carbon quantum dots (CQDs) from araucaria heterophylla gum extract. The produced CQDs emit a distinct blue fluorescent light, contributing a remarkable quantum yield of 14.69%.

Cardiac Pacing a Rare Cause of Ventilator Auto Triggering.

Unlabelled: Ventilator auto triggering is an avoidable complication in ventilators, if left unnoticed can lead to deleterious effects. There are various causes for ventilator auto triggering. Though rare, there are some cardiac causes for inadvertent ventilator triggering.

Hemolytic Response of Iron Oxide Magnetic Nanoparticles at the Interface and in Bulk: Extraction of Blood Cells by Magnetic Nanoparticles.

Surface-active and water-soluble magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized in the presence of a series of amphiphilic molecules of different functional groups to determine the hemolytic response and their ability to extract blood cells across the interface and aqueous bulk while maintaining minimum hemolysis. Amphiphilic molecules such as Gemini surfactants of strong hydrophobicity and low hydrophilic-lipophilic balance produced surface-active magnetic NPs, which were highly cytotoxic even when placed at the blood suspension (aqueous)-air interface. A similar behavior was shown by water-soluble magnetic NPs produced using monomeric ionic and nonionic surfactants and different amino acids.

Incidence, Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Hypermucoviscoid in a Tertiary Intensive Care Unit.

Background And Objectives: Hypermucoviscoid (hvKP), a dreaded variant of Klebsiella, so far, fewer cases were reported from the community. This study was designed to evaluate the incidence of hvKP isolates, risk factors for hvKP infections, antibiotic sensitivity pattern and clinical outcome including morbidity and mortality.

Patients And Setting: Patients who have got admitted under medical intensive care unit (MICU) and had positive culture of infections.

Avoiding Hemolytic Anemia by Understanding the Effect of the Molecular Architecture of Gemini Surfactants on Hemolysis.

Hemolytic behavior of a series of different categories of Gemini surfactants was determined in their low concentration range. Cationic Gemini surfactants of different molecular architectures prove to be highly cytotoxic even at 0.1 mM.

Fluorescence modulation of naphthalene containing salicyl hydrazide-based receptor through aggregation-induced emission enhancement approach: Dual detection of lanthanum and cyanide ions in semi-aqueous medium.

The sensing activity of naphthalene containing salicyl hydrazide-based fluorescence receptor has been improved through aggregation-induced enhanced emission mechanism approach in semi-aqueous medium. The receptor has been found to be selective toward La with approximately 70-fold fluorescence enhancement due to a combined effect of keto-enol tautomerism inhibition and chelation enhanced fluorescence with a detection limit of 3.91 × 10 M.

Combination of Inferior Vena Cava Diameter, Hepatic Venous Flow, and Portal Vein Pulsatility Index: Venous Excess Ultrasound Score (VEXUS Score) in Predicting Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Cardiorenal Syndrome: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: Fluid overload is deleterious in critically ill patients. It can lead to venous congestion, thereby increasing venous pressure, theoretically increasing the backpressure, and thereby reducing renal blood flow. Venous congestion thus can be an important contributor to acute kidney injury (AKI), with no validated tools to objectively identify venous congestion bedside.

Green biomimetic preparation of efficient Ag-ZnO heterojunctions with excellent photocatalytic performance under solar light irradiation: a novel biogenic-deposition-precipitation approach.

Herein, we report a unique single-step biogenic deposition precipitation (BDP) approach as a straightforward route for producing efficient Schottky contact between noble metal nanoparticles and wide-band-gap semiconductors. Successful preparation of Ag-ZnO heterojunctions using fennel seed extract (FSE) has been described. The effective biomolecules available in the seeds functioned as novel biogenic materials for the precipitation of adsorbed silver ions (Ag) on ZnO particles as metallic silver (Ag).

Exploration of solvent responsive Cr-Schiff base conjugates formonitoring Cr ions and organophosphates: Fabrication of spot-testingdevices.

Herein, we report 2-((2-hydroxybenzylidene)hydrazono)(phenyl)methyl)-5-methoxyphenol (SB) synthesized by Schiff base condensation and characterized by spectroscopic techniques, elemental analysis and X-ray crystallography. In solution phase, it interacts with Cr ions and exhibits a prominent fluorimetric switch due to the formation of SB·Cr conjugate. The dual behavior of SB·Cr conjugates i.

Catalyst-Controlled Structural Divergence: Selective Intramolecular 7-endo-dig and 6-exo-dig Post-Ugi Cyclization for the Synthesis of Benzoxazepinones and Benzoxazinones.

Metal catalyzed post-Ugi cyclization of bis-amides is reported in this study. Exposure of bis-amides to Pd(II) catalyst triggered the formation of seven-membered benzoxazepinones. This investigation established that changing the catalyst to a Echavarren's gold(I) turned off cyclization to seven member ring and turned on 6-exo-dig annulations to afford family of six-membered benzoxazinones.

The influence of different coordination environments on one-dimensional Cu(ii) coordination polymers for the photo-degradation of organic dyes.

Three new Cu(ii) coordination polymers, namely, {[Cu3(L(1))(NO3)2(DMF)(H2O)]·3(DMF)}n (), [Cu3(L(1))(Cl)2(DMF)2]n () and [Cu3(L(2))(NO3)4(H2O)4]n (), were synthesized from pyridine-2,6-dicarbohydrazide based imine linked tritopic ligands. All the complexes were characterized using elemental analysis, IR, UV-vis spectroscopy and ESI-MS. The solid state structures of complexes were determined using single crystal X-ray crystallography.

Potassium induced stitching of a flexible tripodal ligand into a bi-metallic two-dimensional coordination polymer for photo-degradation of organic dyes.

A novel strategy for the stitching of a tripodal ligand into a bi-metallic two-dimensional (2D) coordination polymer has been reported. The reaction of 5-nitrosalicylaldehyde based ligand H3L with nickel acetate resulted in the metal functionalized 2D extended network via potassium induced activation of the nitro group of the ligand. The compound is highly active towards photo-degradation of organic dyes.

Comparative DNA binding abilities and phosphatase-like activities of mono-, di-, and trinuclear Ni(II) complexes: the influence of ligand denticity, metal-metal distance, and coordinating solvent/anion on kinetics studies.

Six novel Ni(II) complexes, namely, [Ni2(HL(1))(OAc)2] (1), [Ni3L(1)2]·H2O·2CH3CN (2), [Ni2(L(2))(L(3))(CH3CN)] (3), [Ni2(L(2))2(H2O)2] (4), [Ni2(L(2))2(DMF)2]2·2H2O (5), and [Ni(HL(2))2]·H2O (6), were synthesized by reacting nitrophenol-based tripodal (H3L(1)) and dipodal (H2L(2)) Schiff base ligands with Ni(II) metal salts at ambient conditions. All the complexes were fully characterized with different spectroscopic techniques such as elemental analyses, IR, UV-vis spectroscopy, and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The solid-state structures of 2, 3, 5, and 6 were determined using single-crystal X-ray crystallography.

Ratiometric fluorescent probe for biothiol in aqueous medium with fluorescent organic nanoparticles.

A dipodal rhodamine-based mercury complex have been designed and synthesized, for the selective detection of 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA). To avoid the poor solubility of rhodamine-based ligand in pure water, the Hg(2+) complex of fluorescent organic nanoparticles (FONs) of ligand have been developed using reprecipitation method and the formation of 1:1 complex has been confirmed with various spectroscopic techniques. The resultant chemosensor can detect MPA in a concentration range of 60 nM-1 μM (in buffered aqueous medium) with detection limit of 60 nM.

Highly selective turn-on fluorescent sensor for nanomolar detection of biologically important Zn2+ based on isonicotinohydrazide derivative: application in cellular imaging.

A new Zn(2+) selective chemosensor (3) was synthesized by condensation of commercially available substituted salicylaldehyde and isonicotinohydrazide, and characterized by single crystal X-ray crystallography. Receptor 3 with Zn(2+) exhibited a highly selective and pronounced enhancement in the fluorescence emission among different cations by forming a 2:1 complex. The receptor can detect Zn(2+) up to nanomolar level (6.

Anaesthetic management of a child with congenital afibrinogenemia - A rare inherited coagulation disorder.

Congenital afibrinogenemia is a very rare autosomal recessive disorder, results from mutation that affects plasma fibrinogen concentration. It is frequently associated with bleeding diathesis of varying severity. We describe the case of a 10-year-old child diagnosed of congenital afibrinogenemia who presented to hospital with subperiosteal haematoma and was posted for incision and drainage.