Hyperphosphatemia-a predictor of poor prognosis among patients with sepsis or septic shock

Background: Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction resulting from dysregulated host responses to infection. Serum phosphorus level was closely related to the occurrence and prognosis of kidney disease and cardiovascular disease. It is of vital importance to re-evaluate the association between serum Phosphorus level and mortality in patients with sepsis and different septic subgroups. This study aims to examine the association of serum phosphorous levels with clinical outcomes among patients with sepsis. Methods: This study included 100 cases and was conducted at KIMS hospital Bangalore. Patients were included in the study as per inclusion criteria. SOFA scoring and APACHE-II scoring was done on first day of admission and serum phosphorus levels were sent. Patients were categorised according to phosphorous levels normal range (2.5-4.5mg/dl).  Patients were followed up till primary and secondary outcome. Results: Of the 100 patients in this study 53 patients had normophosphatemia, 17 patients had hypophosphatemia, 30 patients had hyperphosphatemia. Comparison of mean APACHE-II scores, mean length of ICU stay (in days), mean length of hospital stay (in days), serum creatinine levels, between 3 groups was statistically significant.  Conclusions: Hyperphosphatemia on first ICU admission day indicates poor clinical outcome among patients with sepsis or septic shock. Therefore, when patients are on ICU admission and under treatment, clinicians should pay more attention to the change of serum phosphate

Microstructural evolution in hot compressed TiHy 600 titanium alloy

TiHy 600 alloy is a near alpha titanium alloy, widely used for gas turbine engine applications such as disc and blades for high pressure compressors. One drawback of this alloy is that it is susceptible to cold dwell fatigue, which is due to the presence of micro-textured zones. Thus, appropriate processing parameters (i.e. temperature, strain and strain rate) are required to reduce the size of the micro-textured region. In order to find out the optimized processing parameters, hot compression tests were performed up to 50% engineering strain at temperatures range of 900oC-1050oC and strain rate range of 10-3 to 101 s-1 using thermo-mechanical simulator (Gleeble 3800®). Flow behavior characteristics were studied from the data obtained during hot compression and processing map was developed at true strain of 0.6 using Dynamic Materials Modeling (DMM) approach. Microstructural examination of deformed TiHy 600 titanium alloy were carried out at a particular strain rate of 10-3 s-1 and temperatures of 900oC, 950oC, 975oC, 1000oC and 1050oC. Microstructural examination consists of orientation image mapping along compression direction using electron backscatter diffraction. Hot compression mostly resulted into new dynamic recrystallized (DRX) alpha grains at 900oC, mixture of deformed large alpha grains containing subgrain boundaries and transformed beta phase consisting of secondary alpha laths at 950oC and 975oC and alpha laths transformed from deformed beta grains at 1000oC and 1050oC

Effect of Nova Aminochelated-zinc on Growth and Yield of Rice (Oryza Sativa L.)

A field experiment was conducted during the kharif, 2018 to study the effect of Nova Aminochelated-Zinc on growth, yield and yield components of rice. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with six treatments T1: Control, T2: Recommended Dose of Fertilizers (RDF) without Zinc, T3: T2+5 ml l-1 Nova Ami-Zinc @TI and PI, T4:T2+2.5 gm l-1 ZnSO4 @TI and PI, T5: 5 ml l-1 Nova Ami-Zinc @TI and PI, T6: 2.5 gm l-1 ZnSO4 @TI and PI. Experiment revealed that application of RDF+5ml l-1 Nova Ami-Zinc @ TI and PI (T3) resulted in maximum Number of tillers m-2, Total number of Grains Panicle-1, Number of Filled Grains Panicle-1, Test weight and Grain Yield but application of RDF+2.5 gm l-1 ZnSO4 @TI and PI showed maximum height followed by application of RDF +5 ml l-1 Nova Ami-Zinc @ TI and PI.</jats:p