Spontaneous rupture of an unscarred uterus during pregnancy: an interesting case report

Uterine rupture in pregnancy is very rare and potentially catastrophic for both mother and foetus. The most common cause of uterine rupture is giving away of previous caesarean uterine scar. Spontaneous rupture of an unscarred uterus during pregnancy is a rare occurrence. We hereby present a rare case of a spontaneous complete uterine rupture in a non-labouring unscarred uterus of a 33-year-old nulliparous woman at 35 weeks of gestation. She presented with lower abdomen pain and decreased foetal movements at Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chennai. Even before getting into labour, patient suddenly collapsed, and emergency laparotomy was proceeded in view of suspicious concealed abruption. There was frank hemoperitoneum along with a dead baby in the abdominal cavity. There was rupture of uterine fundus extending from one cornual end to the other and closure of uterine rent proceeded. Spontaneous rupture of uterus occurs when there is an upper segment uterine scar. She had a past history of eventful uterine curettage which was the risk factor for uterine rupture.

Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections at a tertiary hospital in Tamil Nadu

Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) present a huge burden of disease and adversely affect the reproductive health of people. The disease prevalence is about 6% in India. This study is done to determine the prevalence of STIs in women of reproductive age (15-49yrs) attending gynaec outpatient block at Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chennai and to identify the risk factors.Methods: It is a prospective analytical study conducted at IOG from Febraury 2010 to January 2011 where 1000 women of reproductive age attending gynec op were included of which 500 women were asymptomatic and 500 women were symptomatic for STIs. A well-structured proforma was prepared for selection of women, history, examination, investigations and treatment. Asymptomatic women were also screened and treated. Partners were also screened and treated. Depending upon the statistical data, the risk factors were identified and analysed.Results: Overall prevalence of STI was 27.2% of which 22.5% was in symptomatic group and 4.7% in asymptomatic group. Bacterial vaginosis was the commonest STI. The important risk factors identified were age group between 26-30 years, high risk sexual behaviours, poor socioeconomic factors, poor menstrual hygiene and lack of contraception.Conclusions: STIs cause major health problem and it is important to diagnose and treat them at the earliest. The importance of STIs has been more widely recognised since the advent of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and there is good evidence that their control can reduce HIV transmission. Women diagnosed with one STI should be screened for other STI due to coexistant infections. Screening and treatment of partners and follow-up tests of cure should be performed wherever possible

Study on the global well-posedness for the two-dimensional Boussinesq and Lans-alpha magnetohydrodynamics equations

We investigate the global (in time) regularity problem for two different models; generalized two-dimensional Boussinesq and Lans-alpha magnetohydrodynamics system. First, the global regularity of 2D incompressible generalized Euler-Boussinesq equations has been studied. We establish the global existence and uniqueness of solutions to the initial-value problem when the velocity field is "double logarithmically" more singular than the one given by the Biot-Savart law. This global regularity result goes beyond the critical case. Secondly, we consider the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes-Boussinesq equations with logarithmically super-critical dissipation. By implementing Besov space technique, the global well-posedness of initial value problem is established. These results improve the existing results of super-critical Boussinesq system of equations. Finally, we study the two-dimensional generalized Lans-alpha magnetohydrodynamics system. We mainly focus on Lans-alpha magnetohydrodynamics system of equations with logarithmically weaker dissipation than full dissipation together with zero diffusion or zero dissipation and logarithmically weaker diffusion than full diffusion. In both cases, we are successful to resolve global regularity issues

CHARACTERISATION OF TABLETS FOR DEFECT IDENTIFICATION USING IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR QUALITY CONTROL IN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

  Objective: Our aim is to characterize the parameters for identifying defective tablets from the manufacturing line using image processing techniques.Methods: Manufactured tablets might have defects such as broken chips, missing tablet, and color variation. Images of tablets are captured using machine vision camera. The features are detected using feature extraction for a tablet without defects and are stored in a database. The stored details are used for identifying defective tablets during manufacturing.Results: The characteristics such as color, shape, number of pills, area, and perimeter of the normal tablets without defects were extracted.Conclusion: The defective tablets can be identified by comparing the characteristics stored in the database and can be removed effectively

Critical Applied Linguistics: Concerns and Domains

Critical applied linguistics seems a new phenomenon and a point under the study. Thus much has not been written and wider debts were not made on it whether to be kept as an autonomous discipline or to be studded just under mainstream division, applied linguistics. So, the intention of the current article is to just mention some points on the issue focusing on concerns and domains in brief. So it will contribute to the amelioration of the disciplines

Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation Algorithm in the Presence of I/Q Imbalance in OFDM Systems

In this paper, we analyzed the feasibility of using a virtual carrier based carrier frequency offset estimation algorithm in the presence of I/Q imbalance in OFDM systems. Based on the analysis of the signal model with both receiver CFO and I/Q imbalance impairment we conclude that it is feasible to extending the virtual carrier based CFO estimation algorithm to the I/Q imbalance scenario. The CFO estimation performance is evaluated through computer simulation. Impact of parameters on the estimation performance is investigated and it is consistent with our analysis. After CFO correction, a blind based I/Q imbalance estimation and compensation algorithm is applied. The final detection performance demonstrates that the virtual carrier based CFO estimation performance is good enough for subsequent I/Q imbalance estimation and compensation

PRINTING DEFECT IDENTIFICATION IN PHARMACEUTICAL BLISTERS USING IMAGE PROCESSING

 Objective: Our aim is to detect printing defects in pharmaceutical tablets from the manufacturing line using image processing techniques.Methods: The printed labels contain the details of the chemical composition, date of manufacture, date of expiry, manufacturing location, etc., images of the labels are obtained and processed using image processing algorithms to detect any defects on the labels before dispatch.Results: The printing defects on the labels such as missing letters, words, lines, and disorientation of alignments.Conclusion: Euclidean distance method was used for comparison that yielded 95% accuracy in removing tablets with printing defects

IDENTIFICATION OF VARIOUS DEFECTS IN PHARMACEUTICAL TABLETS USING IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES

  Objective: Our aim is to identify the damaged tablets from the manufacturing line using image processing techniques and remove them before packaging.Methods: The various problems posed during inspection are broken tablets, corner chips, black or other color spots in tablets, empty blisters (without one or more tablets or capsules), foreign particles/color variation in the tablets/capsules, improper sealing, etc., Image processing techniques will be used for defect detection.Results: Tablets are available in packed forms that are usually transparent, semi-transparent or opaque. Euclidean distance was employed for detecting defects, during testing that had a similarity of 100 for tablets with no defects, for defective blisters had similarity ranging from 98 to 41. Empty blisters had a similarity of 0 on comparing with trained images.Conclusion: Similarity measuring based technique can accurately detect defects in the pharmaceutical tablets, hence can be adopted for removing such blisters from the manufacturing line itself

IMPACT OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL ON JOB SATISFACTION OF IT EMPLOYEES IN BENGALURU CITY

This research article aims to “To measure the impact of performance appraisal attributes on the job satisfaction of IT employees”. The paper applies data reduction using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) on a sample of 332 respondents drawn from 6 IT companies in Bengaluru and condenses a set of 19 performance appraisal items converted into a six attributes. A model of how performance appraisal attributes affect adoption is proposed in this study. The present study proposes a model of the impact of various performance appraisal attributes on the job satisfaction. The present study proposes a model of the impact of various performance appraisal attributes on the job satisfaction. The study found that communication & co-operation, evaluation, relatedness, easiness, objectivity and growth & rewards are impacting significantly the job satisfaction. Therefore, managers of IT companies should focus on the above factors to improve job satisfaction of employees. The study investigated the impact of performance appraisal attributes on the job satisfaction. Multiple linear regression analysis highlights that communication & co-operation, evaluation, relatedness, easiness, objectivity and growth & rewards have significant impact on job satisfaction of IT employees