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ON SEPARATION AXIOMS IN TOPOLGICAL SPACES
The purpose of this paper is to introduce weak separation axioms via sgp-closed sets in topological spaces and study some of their properties
Analgesic Activity of Sebastiania chamaelea (L.) Muell. Arg.
Background: This study intended to experimentally evaluate the analgesic activity of Sebastiania chamaelea (L.) Muell. Arg. which is widely used by folklore and traditional healers in pain relief. The drug is commonly known as ‘Bhumi Eranda’ among the locals.Methods: The plant material of Sebastiania chamaelea (L.) Muell. Arg. was collected from the fields of Sri Sri College of Ayurvedic Science and Research, Bangalore and preserved as per the standard method. The toxicity studies carried out earlier has proved that, the drug was non-toxic up to 3000 mg/kg body weight. The effective doses were derived as 300 mg/kg (lower) and 600 mg/kg (higher) body weight and the experimental study was conducted. Analgesic screening models used for the study are – Eddy’s Hot plate and Tail immersion models. The study was carried out in 4 groups i.e. Control, Standard, Lower dose Kashaya of Sebastiania chamaelea (L.) Muell. Arg. and Higher dose Kashaya of Sebastiania chamaelea (L.) Muell. Arg. in each model. The activity was compared with a standard reference drug, Tramadol and Diclofenac.Results: The results were analyzed by using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test followed by Dunnett test to detect the significance of differences between each group and control.Conclusion: The study helped to conclude, Sebastiania chamaelea (L.) Muell. Arg. as an ideal analgesic and supported the traditional claim
Transport and infrared photoresponse properties of InN nanorods/Si heterojunction
The present work explores the electrical transport and infrared (IR) photoresponse properties of InN nanorods (NRs)/n-Si heterojunction grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Single-crystalline wurtzite structure of InN NRs is verified by the X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Raman measurements show that these wurtzite InN NRs have sharp peaks E2(high) at 490.2 cm-1 and A1(LO) at 591 cm-1. The current transport mechanism of the NRs is limited by three types of mechanisms depending on applied bias voltages. The electrical transport properties of the device were studied in the range of 80 to 450 K. The faster rise and decay time indicate that the InN NRs/n-Si heterojunction is highly sensitive to IR light
Droplet epitaxy of InN quantum dots on Si(111) by RF plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy
InN quantum dots (QDs) were fabricated on Si(111) substrate by droplet epitaxy using an RF plasma-assisted MBE system. Variation of the growth parameters, such as growth temperature and deposition time, allowed us to control the characteristic size and density of the QDs. As the growth temperature was increased from 100 °C to 300 °C, an enlargement of QD size and a drop in dot density were observed, which was led by the limitation of surface diffusion of adatoms with the limited thermal energy. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to assess the QDs size and density. The chemical bonding configurations of InN QDs were examined by X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy (XPS). Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrum of the deposited InN QDs shows the presence of In-N bond. Temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) measurements showed that the emission peak energies of the InN QDs are sensitive to temperature and show a strong peak emission at 0.79 eV
An electron spin resonance study of Mn<SUP>2+</SUP>doped calcium hydrazine carboxylate monohydrate
Single crystals of calcium hydrazine carboxylate, monohydrate have been studied by ESR of Mn2+ doped in the calcium sites. X-band ESR indicated a large crystal field splitting necessitating experiments at Q band. The analysis shows two magnetically inequivalent (but chemically equivalent) sites with g xx = 2.0042±0.0038,g yy=2.0076 ±0.0029,g zz=2.0314±0.001,A zz=0.0099±0.0002 cm-1,A xx=0.0092±0.0002 cm-1,A yy=0.0082±0.0002 cm-1,D=3/2Dzz=0.0558±0.0006 cm-1, and E=1/2 (Dyy-Dyy)=0.0127±0.0002 cm-1. One of the principal components of the crystal field, (Dzz), is found to be along the Ca ↔Ca direction in the structure and a second one, (Dxx), along the perpendicular to the plane of the triangle formed by three neighbouring calciums. The A tensor is found to have an orientation different from that of the g and D tensors reflecting the low symmetry of the Ca2+ sites
The Density of States of hole-doped Manganites: A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy study
Variable temperature scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy studies on
single crystals and epitaxial thin films of hole-doped manganites, which show
colossal magnetoresistance, have been done. We have investigated the variation
of the density of states, at and near the Fermi energy (), as a function
of temperature. Simple calculations have been carried out, to find out the
effect of temperature on the tunneling spectra and extract the variation of
density of states with temperature, from the observed data. We also report
here, atomic resolution images, on the single crystals and larger range images
showing the growth patterns on thin films. Our investigation shows
unambiguously that there is a rapid variation in density of states for
temperatures near the Curie temperature (). While for temperatures below
, a finite DOS is observed at , for temperatures near a hard
gap opens up in the density of states near . For temperatures much higher
than , this gap most likely gives way to a soft gap. The observed hard gap
for temperatures near , is somewhat higher than the transport gap for all
the materials. For different materials, we find that the magnitude of the hard
gap decreases as the of the material increases and eventually, for
materials with a close to 400 K, the value of the gap approaches zero.Comment: 9 pages RevTeX, 12 postscript figures, 1 table included in text,
submitted to Physical Review
Perturbed nasal resonance – An insight into alterations in post adenoidectomy patients
Introduction
Adenoidectomy with or without tonsillectomy is a
common procedure performed by otolaryngologist in children.
Most children between the ages 4 to 12 years have a relative
hypertrophy of the lymphoid tissue in pharynx, including both
tonsil and adenoid. This enlargement can cause obstructive
symptoms of varying degree and several aspects of the speech
spectrum such as resonance and articulation are reported to
be negatively affected. Change in voice after surgery is often a
cause of concern among patients and parents, more so among
those who use their voices in a professional capacity. The
purposes of the study were to assess the pre and post
operatively changes in nasal resonance following
adenoidectomy in children.
Materials & Methods:
The children between 4 to 12 years suffering from
chronic adenoiditis, who underwent adenoidectomy at Father
Muller Medical College Hospital, Mangalore from November
2015 to June 2016 were included in the study. The children
were subjected to detailed ear, nose and throat examination,
X- ray of nasopharynx, diagnostic nasal endoscopy and
nasometry before adenoidectomy surgery and compared with
3 weeks after surgery.
Results: A total of 60 patients were enrolled, out of
these 21 were male and 39 were female. The maximum patients
were seen in the 7 to 9 age group and majority of the patients
were noted to have Grade III tonsils (46.60%) at the time of
surgery. The mean preoperative nasalance score was 47.30
percent which decreased to 16.85 percent postoperatively,
showed significance (p=0.000).
Conclusion: Adenoidectomy can alter the acoustic
characteristics of the vocal tract and causes alterations in the
nasality.Therefore, surgeon can reassure patients, especially
voice professionals
Voice analysis following turbinectomy in patients with hypertrophied inferior turbinate secondary to allergic and vasomotor rhinitis refractory to conservative treatment
Introduction: Alterations in the configuration of the
nasal cavity made surgicallyvia procedures such as
turbinectomy have been assumed to cause changes in the
perceived nasal resonance of the patients post surgery which
tends to manifest changes in the overall voice perception.
These changes though perceivable are reported to be transient
in nature and eventually fall in place as the post surgical
duration increases.
The purpose of this study was to probe the changes in
nasal resonance that affect perceived voice quality following
turbinectomy in patients with hypertrophied inferior turbinates
secondary to allergic and vasomotor rhinitis, by checking
serially obtained nasalance scores.
Aim of the study: The aim of the study is to assess the
pre and postoperative nasal resonance and thereby voice
quality in patients with hypertrophied inferior turbinates
following turbinectomy.
Materials & Methods: The patients who underwent
Turbinectomy, at FMMCH, Mangalore from March 2015 to
October 2016 were included in the study. The diagnosis was
made based on patient history, clinical examination and nasal
endoscopy. The Nasalance was assessed using the Nasometer
module of VAGHMI, voice and speech system, Bangalore.The
nasalance scores were recorded before surgery and at intervals
of 1st , 3rd and 5th month post surgery.
Results: A total of 90 patients were enrolled, out of
these 60 patients successfully completed follow up visits on a
regular basis. The mean nasalance scores for nasal sounds [m]
[ma] and [mi] showed significance before surgery and at the
1st and 3rd month post-surgery. Consequently, nasalance values
returned within normal range at the 3rd month post operatively.
While the mean nasalance scores for non nasal sounds [a] [i]
and [u] returned to normal range at the 5th month post
operatively.
Conclusion: The presence of a hypertrophied inferior
turbinate and the excision of the same can alter the overall
perceived nasal resonance of an individual. Though transient,
these changes cause significant change in the nasalence scores.
A significant amount of hyponasality is perceived and recorded
in the pre operative nasalence scores while hypernasality is
perceived and recorded for a period of 3 months post surgery
which eventually diminishes and normalizes by the 5th month
post surgery. Therefore, surgeons can conveniently reassure
patients of the transient nature of the pre and post voice and
nasal alterations associated in these conditions. This
information will be highly beneficial to patients who are
professional voice user
Effect of heat shock protein 70 polymorphism on thermotolerance in Tharparkar cattle
Abstract Aim: Out of various members of heat shock protein (HSP) superfamily which act a molecular chaperon by binding to the denaturing protein thus stabilizing them and preserving their activity, HSP70 are of major importance in thermotolerance development. Thus, present investigation aimed at a screening of HSP70 gene for polymorphisms and possible differences in thermotolerance in Tharparkar breed of cattle. Materials and Methods: A 295 bp fragment of HSP70 gene was subjected to polymerase chain reaction-singlestrand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) followed by sequencing of different SSCP patterns in 64 Tharparkar cattle. A comparative thermotolerance of identified genotypes was analyzed using heat tolerance coefficients (HTCs) of animals for different seasons. Results: Three SSCP patterns and consequently two alleles namely A and B were documented in one fragment of HSP70 gene. On sequencing, one single-nucleotide polymorphism with G > T substitution was found at a position that led to a change of amino acid aspartate to tyrosine in allele A. It was found that in maintaining near normal average rectal temperature, genotype AA was superior (p≤0.01). Genotype AA, thus, was found to be most thermotolerant genotype with the highest HTC (p≤0.01). Conclusion: The polymorphism at HSP70 is expected to be a potent determinant for heat tolerance in cattle, which may aid in selection for thermotolerance in cattle
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