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New Studies of the Structure and the Texts of Abba Garima Ethiopian Gospels
No full textThe article presents a codicological study of the three ancient Ethiopian Gospels of Abba Garima. The author rearranges the sequence of the disordered folios of the manuscripts in detailed tables, proposes a new foliation system and proceeds to catalogue-like descriptions. Attentive inspection of each folio led to the discovery of original quire numbers as well as original and later liturgical annotations put in folio margins, among which there are liturgical rubrics in rare unvocalized consonantal script. Detailed tables of Gospel pericopes and of dates of their liturgical use accompany the descriptions, as well as a discussion of the lectionary system and of the liturgical terminology as attested by the rubrics. The author also discusses philological characteristics of the two subsidiary texts originally included in the Abba Garima manuscripts, ‘Discourse on the Harmony of Gospels’ and ‘Letter of Carpianus’ of Eusebius of Caesarea. The article contains an edition, an English translation and a succint historical commentary of three hitherto inedited donation notes from the 15th-16th centuries.Cet article présente une étude codicologique des trois anciens évangiles éthiopiens du monastère d'Abba Garima. L'auteur réorganise la séquence des folios désordonnés des manuscrits dans des tableaux détaillés, propose un nouveau système de foliation et établit la notice descriptive de chaque manuscrit. Une étude attentive de chaque folio a permis de découvrir les numéros originaux des cahiers. De même, des annotations liturgiques originales et ultérieures ont été découvertes dans les marges des folio. Certaines de ces rubriques liturgiques utilisent une écriture consonantique non vocalisée rare. Des tableaux détaillés des péricopes de l'Évangile et des dates de leur usage liturgique accompagnent les descriptions, de même qu'une discussion sur le système du lectionnaire et sur la terminologie liturgique attestée par les rubriques. L'auteur discute également des caractéristiques philologiques de deux textes subsidiaires inclus à l'origine dans les manuscrits d'Abba Garima, le « Discours sur l'harmonie des Évangiles » et la « Lettre de Carpianus » d'Eusèbe de Césarée. L'article contient pour finir une édition, une traduction anglaise et un commentaire historique succinct de trois notes de donation des XVe-XVIe siècles, jusqu'ici inédites
Investigating multilingualism and its association with executive functioning: An exploratory study comparing bilingual, trilingual and quadrilingual college students in India
Get PDFMultilingualism has both advantages and disadvantages. Past research has highlighted this dichotomy by exploring the impact of linguistic ability on individuals’ executive functioning. This study explores the relationship between individuals’ linguistic ability (number of languages spoken) and their executive functioning, specifically, working memory – measured using the Corsi Block-Tapping task (Mueller, 2011a), inhibitory control – measured using the Go/No-Go task (Mueller, 2011b) and problem solving – measured using the Tower of London task (Mueller, 2011c) among bilingual, trilingual and quadrilingual Indian colleges students. Results from a Kruskal Wallis test indicated non-significant results for problem solving among the three groups. However, significant differences were found between groups for working memory (p = 0.050) (particularly between bilinguals and quadrilinguals, and trilinguals and quadrilinguals) and inhibitory control (p = 0.020) (particularly between trilinguals and quadrilinguals). The mixed results indicate a need for further research in this domain within the vast and diverse population of India.
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Outcome of pregnancy following IVF/IUI complicated by ovarian torsion: case reports
Get PDFOvarian torsion though uncommon after in vitro fertilization (IVF)/ intrauterine insemination (IUI), but if not diagnosed early can lead to ischemic necrosis of the ovary. The reported incidence of ovarian torsion after IVF/IUI is 0.025-0.2% and is primarily attributed to controlled ovarian stimulation (COS). Here we present three case reports of ovarian torsion after IVF/IUI reported in a government hospital, India. The first case was referred to our institute after IVF with acute onset abdominal pain. Diagnosis of ovarian torsion was made. In this patient, ovaries could be salvaged by early diagnosis and intervention and she even delivered a 2.95 kg girl baby in the same pregnancy. The second case also followed IVF done in our institute and by early diagnosis and intervention, we could salvage the ovary. The third case followed IUI, but due to delayed presentation, the patient had to undergo ipsilateral salpingo-oopherectomy. A total of 1562 IUI and 98 IVF were done at our institute last year, of which only one case each of IUI and IVF landed up in ovarian torsion. The significance of this article is to discuss the diagnosis and management of ovarian torsion and to reiterate the importance of early diagnosis and management
Comparison of clinical, metabolic, hormonal, and ultrasound parameters among the clomiphene citrate-resistant and clomiphene citrate-sensitive polycystic ovary syndrome women
No full textNeonatal subcutaneous fat necrosis as a close differential of neonatal sepsis: Case report and review of literature
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Polysaccharide-Based Theranostic Systems for Combined Imaging and Cancer Therapy: Recent Advances and Challenges
No full textDesigning novel systems for efficient cancer treatment and improving the quality of life for patients is a prime requirement in the healthcare sector. In this regard, theranostics have recently emerged as a unique platform, which combines the benefits of both diagnosis and therapeutics delivery. Theranostics have the desired contrast agent and the drugs combined in a single carrier, thus providing the opportunity for real-time imaging to monitor the therapy results. This helps in reducing the hazards related to treatment overdose or underdose and gives the possibility of personalized therapy. Polysaccharides, as natural biomolecules, have been widely explored to develop theranostics, as they act as a matrix for simultaneously loading both contrast agents and drugs for their utility in drug delivery and imaging. Additionally, their remarkable physicochemical attributes (biodegradability, satisfactory safety profile, abundance, and diversity in functionality and charge) can be tuned via postmodification, which offers numerous possibilities to develop theranostics with desired characteristics. Hence, we provide an overview of recent advances in polysaccharide matrix-based theranostics for drug delivery combined with magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, positron emission tomography, single photon emission computed tomography, and ultrasound imaging. Herein, we also summarize the toxicity assessment of polysaccharides, associated contrast agents, and nanotoxicity along with the challenges and future research directions. Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.BT/Biocatalysi
Lotka’s Law and Authorship trends in Library and Information Science: A study based on select journals of India, US and UK
Get PDFThe present study investigates authorship trends and productivity among LIS professionals who contributed journal articles in the selected 12 peer reviewed LIS journals of India, US and UK. For the purpose of the study four periodicals from each country are chosen during the period 2007 to 2017. The results analyzed proved that journal wise author distribution is highest in the published literature of UK with (3546) authors followed by India with (3162) and US (2420) authors. The obtained values of ᵪ²= 66.331, ρ=0.05 found that there is an association between type of authorship and country. As India and UK accounted for more number of collaborative works while US has large number of solo article contributions. The data analyzed shows preference towards collaborative research in all the three countries with little variations. Lotka’s law have been applied and tested using Pao’s method and verified through Kolmgorov-Smirnov (KS) test. The application of Lotka’s law when applied individually on author’s data set of published literature of India with Dmax value=0.0238 and critical value=0.046, proves that observed authorship data holds good for Lotka’s law in the authors’ data . But with Dmax value=0.1362 and CV=0.04 in the author distribution of US and D max value=0.2520 and CV=0.04 of UK, does not support lotka’s law. Overall the results of the K-S tests proved that author productivity distribution does not fits Lotka’s law in the subject of library and information science in scholarly research output in Library and information science published journal literature of US and UK
Thermal and biological evolution of Fe(III)-Sulfanilamide complexes synthesized by green strategy
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