737 research outputs found
sj-docx-1-ppj-10.1177_17504589231180737 – Supplemental material for Comparative evaluation of isoflurane and desflurane for postoperative cognitive decline in elderly patients: A prospective observational pilot study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-ppj-10.1177_17504589231180737 for Comparative evaluation of isoflurane and desflurane for postoperative cognitive decline in elderly patients: A prospective observational pilot study by Damarla Haritha, Soumya Sarkar, Souvik Maitra, Seema Kashyap, Rohit Verma, Sujata Satapathy, Lokesh Kashyap, Akhil Kant Singh, Lata Singh, Bikash Ranjan Ray, Rahul Kumar Anand, Shailendra Kumar and Puneet Khanna in Journal of Perioperative Practice</p
Selective Opposition based Grey Wolf Optimization
No full textThe use of metaheuristics is widespread for optimization in both scientific and industrial problems due to several reasons, including flexibility, simplicity, and robustness. Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) is one of the most recent and popular algorithms in this area. In this work, opposition-based learning (OBL) is combined with GWO to enhance its exploratory behavior while maintaining a fast convergence rate. Spearman's correlation coefficient is used to determine the omega (ω) wolves (wolves with the lowest social status in the pack) on which to perform opposition learning. Instead of opposing all the dimensions in the wolf, a few dimensions of the wolf are selected on which opposition is applied. This assists with avoiding unnecessary exploration and achieving a fast convergence without deteriorating the probability of finding optimum solutions. The proposed algorithm is tested on 23 optimization functions. An extensive comparative study demonstrates the superiority of the proposed method. The source code for this algorithm is available at "https://github.com/dhargupta-souvik/sogwo"No Full Tex
Oxytate kanishkai
No full textOxytate kanishkai (Gajbe, 2008) Dieta kanishkai Gajbe, 2008: 59, figs 1–3 (description and illustrations of female). Type material. Holotype female from INDIA: Madhya Pradesh: Jabalpur, Tilwaraghat, 02 September 2006, leg. U.A. Gajbe, not examined. Remarks. O. kanishkai was described based on a single female specimen collected from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, and was neither recollected nor re-described after its original description. We were unable to trace the type specimen in the National Zoological Collection of ZSI, even though the author mentioned that the type would be deposited there. We inquired about the availability of the type at the Zoological Survey of India, Central Zone Regional Centre, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh because the author was working there at that time. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find the type specimen from there as well. Therefore, the type material of O. kanishkai is currently considered lost. The female copulatory organ of this species is quite distinct from other Oxytate species reported in India. Although the illustrations are poor, the laterally oriented spermathecae, and the lack of anterior hood cannot be seen in any other Indian congeners (cf. Figs 1C, G–H, 2C–D, G–H, 4 D–F, 5A–E, and 6C–D with figs 2–3 in Gajbe 2008). The available description and the illustrations might help in the identifications of freshly collected specimens from the type locality (Gajbe 2008: figs 1–3). Therefore, we refrain to suggest this name as a nomen dubium.Published as part of Sudhin, Puthoor Pattammal & Sen, Souvik, 2023, Taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Oxytate L. Koch, 1878 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from India, pp. 549-558 in Zootaxa 5315 (6) on page 553, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.6.2, http://zenodo.org/record/814246
Water Lily Sign: Typical of Ruptured Hydatid Cyst
No full textA 16-year-old girl presented to the casualty with fever, chills, cough with mucoid expectoration, breathlessness, and left-sided chest pain for two days. She had similar complaints, including several episodes of vomiting associated with nausea, anorexia, and generalised weakness over the past two weeks. The patient had a history of hospital admissions for similar complaints in the past that were not resolved with any medications. On examination, she was cachectic, afebrile, had a pulse rate of 96 per minute, and a blood pressure of 110/70 mmHg. On auscultation, there was reduced breath sounds on the left mammary region, with some fine crepitations heard in the left infrascapular region. A chest X-ray revealed a large thin-walled cavity with an irregular air-fluid level due to folded membranes, appearing as a water lily sign or camalote sign [Table/Fig-1]. A Computed Tomography (CT) of the thorax showed a large cyst measuring 9×9 cm in the left lung, with an air-fluid level and crumpled membranes lying inside the cyst in the dependent position [Table/Fig-2]. A blood sample was tested for Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against Echinococcus granulosus, which was positive (1.27). A diagnosis of a pulmonary ruptured hydatid cyst was made. The patient was started on oral albendazole 400 mg twice daily for 21 days. She responded well to medical treatment and was referred to a thoracic surgeon at a higher center for excision of the cyst and lobectomy
Design, Synthesis And Evaluation of Anti- Inflammatory Activity of Gallic Acid Derivatives
No full textInflammation is the immunological defence mechanism exerted by the host in which the body fights against injury or infection from bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. The etiological features of inflammation as described in Latin are rubor (redness), calor (warmth), tumor (swelling) and dolor (pain) as described by Aurelius Cornelius, a Roman physician and medical writer who lived from about 30 B.C. to 45 A.D. The redness and swelling that occurs at the site of a wound is due to the broadening of blood vessels to create the passage for specialized immune cells and blood cells to enter the site of inflammation and combat the pathogens. Inflammation gradually gets wane following
the process and healing begins simultaneously for tissue regeneration. Inadequate or uncontrolled regulation of the inflammatory response mechanism can produce devastating effects and may generate different chronic diseases and severe tissue damage. After 1970s, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been established to inhibit cyclooxygenase (COX), a class of physiological and pathophysiological inflammatory mediators which produces prostaglandins (PGs) [1]. Since then, the biosynthetic cascade of arachidonic acid (AA) has been the subject of intense research. COX and lipoxygenase (LOX) play a vital role in inflammation by controlling the intensity and duration of pain, as well as the occurrence of fever, swelling and heat of an affected area.Although steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (SAIDs) and NSAIDs are currently used to treat acute inflammation, these drugs have severe genomic and nongenomic toxicities. These drugs are already
known for their gastrointestinal, renal and cardiovascular side effects. Recently, Vioxx and Celebrex, two effective drugs used to treat arthritis, were withdrawn for their cardiovascular toxicity. These cases provide examples of the unknown side effects produced by synthetic drugs, and suggest that an evaluation of the long-term effects of drugs may be required
Using Telehealth for Diagnosis and Management of Non‐Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
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Dendrolycosa bobbiliensis
No full text<i>Dendrolycosa bobbiliensis</i> (Reddy & Patel, 1993) <p>Fig. 5</p> <p> <i>Pisaura bobbiliensis</i> Reddy & Patel 1993: 181, figs 1–6 (description and illustrations of female).</p> <p> <i>Dendrolycosa bobbiliensis</i>: Jäger 2011: 13, figs 39–40 (transfer of female from <i>Pisaura</i>).</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype ♀ from <b> INDIA: <i>Andhra Pradesh</i>:</b> Vijayanagaram, Bobbili, 25 September 1985, leg. T. S. Reddy, not examined.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> <i>D. bobbiliensis</i> was described based on a single female specimen collected from Bobbili, Andhra Pradesh, and was not recollected or more properly described or illustrated after its original description. We were unable to trace the type specimen in the National Zoological Collection of ZSI, even though the author mentioned that the type would be deposited there. The textual description and the drawings might help to identify conspecific specimens collected close to the type locality (Reddy & Patel 1993: figs 1–6; Jäger 2011: figs 39–40). Hence, we refrain from proposing this name as <i>nomen dubium</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Sudhin, Puthoor Pattammal, Sen, Souvik & Jäger, Peter, 2023, Taxonomic notes on the nursery-web spider genus Dendrolycosa Doleschall, 1859 (Araneae: Pisauridae) from India, with the description of a new species, pp. 67-74 in Zootaxa 5353 (1)</i> on page 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.1.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8426787">http://zenodo.org/record/8426787</a>
Dynamically screened strongly quantized electron transport in binary neutron-star merger
No full textWe examine electron-transport coefficients in magnetized hot and dense
electron-ion plasma relevant in binary neutron star merger simulation. We
calculate electrical and thermal conductivities in low density, high
temperature, highly magnetized plasma of binary neutron star mergers where
quantum oscillatory behavior of electrons emerge. For pronounced thermodynamic
effects, we consider zeroth Landau level population of electrons for the
calculation of conductivity. We solve Boltzmann equation in presence of
magnetic field to obtain the dissipative components of electrical and thermal
conductivities. The dissipative coefficients are formulated considering
frequency dependent dynamical screening in the quantized electron-ion
scattering rate. Numerical estimations show that the effect of dynamical
screening of photon propagator on electrical and thermal conductivities is
pronounced. We observe that dynamical screening reduces the maxima of both the
electrical and thermal conductivities by factors of thirty one and twenty
respectively leading to a reduction in the corresponding time scales of these
coefficients. The common scaling factor between electrical and thermal
conductivity is also observed to follow cubic relationship with temperature
violating Wiedemann-Franz law.Comment: Accepted in The European Physical Journal C. arXiv admin note:
substantial text overlap with arXiv:2108.1187
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