Obstetric and neonatal outcome in multiple pregnancy in rural India: a prospective study

Background: The objective is to study the obstetric and perinatal outcome in multiple pregnancy.Methods: A prospective study of 100 cases of multiple pregnancy was conducted between October 2013 to July 2016. Incidence of relevant factors, complications, characteristic of multiple pregnancy and sequelae of these complications on obstetric and perinatal outcome were analyzed.Results: Incidence of multiple pregnancy was 2%, anaemia was 22%, preterm labour in 62%, severe preeclampsia in 34%, postpartum haemorrhage in 16%’ PPROM in 14%, abortion in 8%, eclampsia in 2%. Incidence of perinatal mortality rate was 240 per 1000 live births and maternal mortality rates was 2000/ 1 lakh live births which was 10 times more compared to singleton pregnancy.Conclusions: Regular antenatal care, prolonging period of gestation near to term, early admission and care will go a long way in reducing maternal and perinatal mortality

Particle In Cell Simulation of Combustion Synthesis of TiC Nanoparticles

A coupled continuum-discrete numerical model is presented to study the synthesis of TiC nanosized aggregates during a self-propagating combustion synthesis (SHS) process. The overall model describes the transient of the basic mechanisms governing the SHS process in a two-dimensional micrometer size geometry system. At each time step, the continuum (micrometer scale) model computes the current temperature field according to the prescribed boundary conditions. The overall system domain is discretized with a desired number of uniform computational cells. Each cell contains a convenient number of computation particles which represent the actual particles mixture. The particle-in-cell (discrete) model maps the temperature field from the (continuum) cells to the respective internal particles. Depending on the temperature reached by the cell, the titanium particles may undergo a solid-liquid transformation. If the distance between the carbon particle and the liquid titanium particles is within a certain tolerance they will react and a TiC particle will be formed in the cell. Accordingly, the molecular dynamic method will update the location of all particles in the cell and the amount of transformation heat accounted by the cell will be entered into the source term of the (continuum) heat conduction equation. The new temperature distribution will progress depending on the cells which will time-by-time undergo the chemical reaction. As a demonstration of the effectiveness of the overall model some paradigmatic examples are shown.Comment: submitted to Computer Physics Communication

Efficacy of vaginal Misoprostol versus transcervical Foley’s catheter and vaginal Misoprostol in induction of labor

Background: The objective is to compare the efficacy of vaginal Misoprostol versus transcervical Foley’s catheter and vaginal Misoprostol.Methods: A prospective study analyzing the comparative efficacy of intravaginal instillation of Misoprostol in two groups (tablet Misoprostol 50mg alone and combination of intracervical Foley’s catheter and tablet Misoprostol 50mg) carried out in the labour room on 300 subjects (150 subjects in each group), from May 2013 to November 2015.Results: The common gestational age at the time of induction was 36-40 weeks and the most common indication was premature rupture of membrane. In both the groups, most of the cases delivered within 12 hours. present results show that statistically significant number of cases delivered vaginally within 12 hours with the group using Misoprostol plus Foley’s catheter as compared to the group using Misoprostol alone. Cesarean section rate was 12.67% in Misoprostol group and 10.67% in Misoprostol plus Foley’s catheter group. Incidence of failure of induction was similar in both the groups. The incidence of babies with Apgar score less than 8/10 at 5 minutes and incidence of early neonatal death were similar in both the groups.Conclusions: Addition of intracervical Foley’s catheter to vaginal Misoprostol for induction of labor in subjects with unfavorable cervices reduces the Induction-Delivery interval without added side effects or complications to the mother and fetus

Status of Learner's Satisfaction in Journalism and Media Education in Changing Times: A Study on the UG & PG Students of the Journalism and Mass Communication with Regard to Bangalore University Syllabus

Higher education in India, like in any other developing country is facing sharp criticism for its apparent inability to provide education, relevant to the needs and aspirations of the knowledge seekers apart from providing employability. The phenomenon of ever escalating unemployment in the area of educational interest has further aggravated the problem of Higher Education. Interestingly the statement made as early as 1985 “the whole process of higher education has become warped, dysfunctional, producing a number of unemployable young women and men” (The challenge of Education) holds well till date. Unlike any of the professional courses in India, Journalism & Communication and Media Education has never been considered to garner the professional status. The course originates way back in 1948 when Aligarh University launched its Diploma course in Journalism, has seen massive change sprouting out to the under-graduate and master degree courses by various Universities and its affiliated college. This has made the institutions offering media and journalism courses, toddle for placements. It seems the present approved curriculum for BA Journalism & Communication and Media Education courses in particular, the Universities by itself does not offer any scope for employment on one end, while an attempt never made to study focusing the attention on students satisfaction who have joined these courses are on the other adds to it.The locale of the study is carried out in aided and private colleges affiliated to Bangalore University. The research study outlines targets the policy makers of University to rejuvenate the skill component which leads to innovative thoughts and knowledge based research in teaching courses of Journalism & Communication and Media Education. At this juncture the study was undertaken to critically analyze the present status of curriculum in terms of learners’ satisfaction, with that to examine the perception of available skills in the present trainers by the student

Synthesis, structure, thermal, magnetic, dielectric properties of Ce3+doped M-type SrFe12O19 and electrochemical determination of L-cysteine

Cerium substituted SrFe12O19 with the nano composition of Sr(1-x)CexFe12O19 (x = 0.00, 0.01, 0.05 and 0.09) have been prepared using auto-combustion technique with dual fuel. The PXRD images confirmed a single-phase hexagonal crystalline structure similar to a magnetoplumbhite for all samples. Fourier transform infra-red spec-troscopy (FT-IR), field emission-scanning electron spectroscopy (FE-SEM), elemental mapping (EDS) were used to examine for the structure and morphology of the samples. The temperature dependent hexagonal phase formation and percentage weight loss was studied by thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA). Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) analysis confirmed that M-SrHF's are hard magnetic in nature and super paramagnetic, these are measured at room temperature. It was found that, with the increase of the dopant Ce3+ in strontium ferrites, the values of saturation magnetization (MS), remanence magnetization (Mr), coer-civity (HC) and magnetic parameters of strontium ferrites decrease. The electrochemical behavior of the SrHF's electrode and the electro-oxidation of L-cysteine was investigated using of cyclic voltammetry (CV). The best voltammetric response has been observed for a SrHF's electrode in buffer solution at pH of 7.0 with -an acquisition and scan rate of 50 mV s-1. The dielectric properties are measured in LCR meter and described based on the Maxwell-Wagner's two layer model. The electron hopping between Sr2+ and Sr3+, as well as Fe3+ and Fe2+ ions on B-sites, drives the conduction mechanism in these ferrites, these nano hexaferrites which shows its suitability in various technological applications

Reeling the Reality: A study on contemporary Reality Shows and their Influence on other Entertainment Program Genres

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Atypical presentation of Niemann-Pick disease

Niemann-Pick (NP) disease is a distinct disorder with specific clinical and morphological manifestations. We report a 2-year-oldgirl who presented with normal development, acute onset of pallor, lethargy, and massive splenomegaly, which made us to think ofhemolytic anemia as the initial diagnosis. Her bone marrow done, after initial hematological work up being normal, showed NP cells.As the child did not have any neurological abnormality, she was diagnosed as NP Type B (NPD-B) storage disease. We report it as atypical presentation of NPD-B

Investigation of the crystal structures of n-(4-fluorobenzoyl) benzenesulfonamide and n-(4-fluoro-benzoyl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide

The title compound, C26H26N2O7, is a thia­midine derivative. Geometric parameters are in the usual ranges. The crystal packing is stabilized by a classical N—H⋯O hydrogen bond, several weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and a π–π stacking inter­action

Investigation of the crystal structures of n-(4-fluorobenzoyl) benzenesulfonamide and n-(4-fluoro-benzoyl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide

The crystal structures of two closely related compounds, namely, N-(4-fluorobenzoyl)-benzenesulfonamide (I) and N-(4-fluorobenzoyl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide (II) are investigated by analysing the packing patterns and intermolecular interactions, and also by Hirshfeld surface analysis. The crystal structure of each of (I) and (II) displays a two-dimensional architecture. Hirshfeld surfaces comprising d(norm) surface and 2D fingerprint plots were analysed for both molecules in order to understand the relationship between the crystal structures. The analysis shows that the lengths of the observed hydrogen bonds and other intermolecular interactions in (II) are relatively shorter than those observed in (I). Further, the analysis demonstrates the predominant participation of the sulfonyl-O atom and the carbonyl-O atom as the hydrogen bond acceptors in (I) and (II), respectively