Efficacy of intralesional corticosteroid versus autologous platelet rich plasma injection in the management of chronic plantar fasciitis

Background: Plantar fasciitis is a common pathological condition affecting the hind foot, and a common cause of heel pain. The present study was taken up to assess the efficacy of intralesional corticosteroid compared to autologous platelet rich plasma injection in the management of chronic plantar fasciitis.Methods: Patients were randomized into two groups (Group A and Group B) of 30 each. Group-A received Corticosteroid injection while Group-B received PRP injection. Patients were assessed functionally using American Orthopaedic Foot and ankle score (AOFAS), Visual analogue scale (VAS) scores before treatment and on follow-up visit at 6 weeks, 3rd month, and 6th month. Ultrasound of heel for plantar fascia thickness was measured before treatment and follow up visit at 6th month.Results: A significant decrease in VAS score was observed in the corticosteroid group compared to PRP group at 6 weeks while the VAS score continued to decrease in the PRP group at 3 months and 6 months with an increase in the corticosteroid group at 3 months and 6 months. A significant increase in AOFAS was observed in the Corticosteroid group compared to PRP group at 6 weeks which increased in the PRP group at 3 months and 6 months. However it decreased in the corticosteroid group at 3 months and 6 months. Ultrasonographic evaluation showed improvement in fascial thickness in both the groups, but was better in the PRP group.Conclusions: To conclude our study shows that corticosteroid is more effective for short term relief and PRP is more effective for long term relief

An Unusual Case of Ameloblastoma arising from Dentigerous Cyst

Ameloblastoma is a benign odontogenic neoplasm that frequently affects the mandible. The term “ameloblastoma” includes several clinicoradiological and histological types. Apart from the most commonly encountered clinicopathologic models, there are few variants, whose biological profile is unknown or not elicited. Among these types, unicystic ameloblastoma is the least encountered variant of ameloblastoma. Unicystic ameloblastoma refers to those cystic lesions that show clinical, radiographic, or gross features of a jaw cyst, but on histologic examination show a typical ameloblastomatous epithelium lining the cyst cavity with or without luminal and/or mural tumor proliferation. Ameloblastoma has been reported to arise from a dentigerous cyst on rare occasions. In this paper, a case of ameloblastoma arising from epithelium of a dentigerous cyst is presented in light of the histopathologic findings, providing evidence for  ameloblastomatous change in the preexisting cyst in a 40-year-old female

17P. Building ICT Success Using PBL Based Practices

Increasingly, nowadays students must learn more advanced technical skills in order to secure jobs in a competitive 21st century workforce. This is true even in the Gulf Countries, including the UAE, where less IT work opportunities are available and where competition to find a good IT job is becoming harder. Yet the curriculum that was available to teach them these cutting-edge skills was often textbook-based, uninspiring, and limited in its appeal. Therefore, it was essential to address these issues at the curriculum of developmental program of United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) before students move on to their specific discipline. Considering the earlier mentioned flaws in IT, UGRU curriculum, leadership team in spring 2005 decided to introduce critical and creative thinking and cognition based ICT literacy program along with PBL (Problem Based Learning). The basic objectives of the PBL projects are to promote (i) Research, (ii) Critical Thinking, and (iii) Application of ICT knowledge. The themes of the projects are based on geo-social, scientific or general awareness. In this paper the IT UGRU developmental program will be compared to those counterparts that exist in leading Universities such as UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, UK, Canada, and USA. This paper describes the PBL based teaching strategies and their overall effectiveness. It also discusses the impact of these projects on student learning and achieving educational goals. Results are very encouraging. The outcome of this research indicates that using PBL in ICT classrooms can help students become self learners, able to search out, understand, analyze, and synthesize information in a better way. It also helps them to understand the real value of ICT in their lives

Learning to Think while Thinking to Learn: Promoting the Infusion of Critical and Creative Thinking in Today\u27s ICT Classrooms

Traditional IT courses usually require enormous student motivation and perseverance with varying results. IT lecturers at UAE University’s University General Requirements Program tackled these problems by promoting a natural way of infusing creative and critical thinking in the classroom by structuring lessons where students manage their own thinking. Three main critical and creative thinking methodologies (Open Compare and Contrast, Focused Compare and Contrast, and Determining Parts-Whole Relationships) were used with five ICT sections (about 100 students). This paper describes the new lesson plans, their overall effectiveness, and future plans. It also discusses the impact of these lessons on student learning and also in terms of educational goals, contents, and assessment (periodic and terminal). The outcome of this research indicates that changes in ICT classroom teaching methods can help students become critical thinkers, able to search out, understand, analyze, and synthesize information

Infusing Critical and Creative Thinking and Metacognition in ICT Education: A Classroom Study

Enormous student motivation and perseverance are required for Traditional IT courses. To overcome these problems, IT lecturers at UAE University’s University General Requirements Program have promoted a natural way of infusing creative and critical thinking in the classroom by structuring lessons in which students manage their own thinking, not a physical performance in the class. Three main critical and creative thinking methodologies (Open Compare and Contrast, Focused Compare and Contrast, and Determining Parts-Whole Relationships) were used with five ICT sections (about 100 students). This paper describes the new lesson plans, their overall effectiveness, and future plans. It also discusses the impact of these lessons on student learning and comprehension and also in terms of educational goals, contents, and assessment. The outcome of this research indicates that ICT classroom teaching methods changes will help students to become critical thinkers, able to search out, understand, analyze, and synthesize information

Neck shrivel in European plum is caused by cuticular microcracks, resulting from rapid lateral expansion of the neck late in development

Susceptibility to the commercially important fruit disorder ‘neck shrivel’ differs among European plum cultivars. Radial cuticular microcracking occurs in the neck regions of susceptible cultivars, but not in non-susceptible ones, so would seem to be causal. However, the reason for the microcracking is unknown. The objective was to identify potential relationships between fruit growth pattern and microcracking incidence in the neck (proximal) and stylar (distal) ends of selected shrivel-susceptible and non-susceptible cultivars. Growth analysis revealed two allometric categories: The first category, the ‘narrow-neck’ cultivars, showed hypoallometric growth in the neck region (i.e., slower growth than in the region of maximum diameter) during early development (stages I + II). Later (during stage III) the neck region was ‘filled out’ by hyperallometric growth (i.e., faster than in the region of maximum diameter). The second category, the ‘broad-neck’ cultivars, had more symmetrical, allometric growth (all regions grew equally fast) throughout development. The narrow-neck cultivars exhibited extensive radial cuticular microcracking in the neck region, but little microcracking in the stylar region. In contrast, the broad-neck cultivars exhibited little microcracking overall, with no difference between the neck and stylar regions. Across all cultivars, a positive relationship was obtained for the level of microcracking in the neck region and the difference in allometric growth ratios between stage III and stages I + II. There were no similar relationships for the stylar region. The results demonstrate that accelerated stage III neck growth in the narrow-neck plum cultivars is associated with more microcracking and thus with more shrivel

SECURE AND PRIVACY PRESERVING SMARTPHONE BASED TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

The main reason for such systems would be to alleviate traffic congestion that is available in each and every major city. This project is for solving the problem by collecting traffic data, producing traffic estimates, and providing drivers with location-specific information. The Present methods designed for getting the present location through GPS. But no possibility of route map to other place from present place. Moving to desired place has become difficulty to the driver and also the traffic density in that route. The proposed method using the smart phone based traffic information system. Here TIS information is collected based on the IR Sensors that are connected with each other based on the distance which make us to know the information that number of vehicles moving on road with that information we can change the direction of route based on the number vehicles moving. This task that can’t be accomplished only by depending around the security from the mobile-to-cellular infrastructure communication. But also as TISs require fine-grained location information, the privacy from the adding participants must be protected. We have to ensure their security and privacy as well as their effectiveness (e.g., precision). This paper used the condition of the available facilities like Road maps, path ways and available telecommunication infrastructure. Growing smart phone transmission combined with the wide coverage of cellular infrastructures, renders smart phone based traffic human resources (TISs)  this is an extensive solution for smart phone-based traffic estimation that is known as secure and privacy protecting. We provide a complete-blown implementation on actual smart phones, along with a comprehensive assessment of their precision and efficiency. Our results make sure smart phone-based TISs can provide accurate traffic condition estimation while being secure and privacy protecting

A Progressive step towards classical uses of Medicinal Plants in Gynecological Disorders

In India women do not share their Gynecological problems with their family members and not even with her neighbours at early stage of diseases. Generally they share their problems with local practitioners, because there is less chances to disclose their problems in society, another benefit is that local practitioners treat them by local herbal remedies at very low cost. Mostly this work is exploration of different Ayurvedic scriptures for Gynecological problems. About 77 medicinal plants have been recorded having basonyms and latin names of the plants, family, therapeutic uses and their references in different scriptures of Ayurveda and ethno botany. The present study is very much significant to practitioners in their practices and also for researchers to find out the various active phytochemicals and pharmacological agents as a potent drug in the field of Ayurveda