A successful pregnancy outcome: post bilateral salphingo-oophorectomy

A 30 year old nulliparous woman, married for 7 years presented with complaints of lower abdominal pain since a year. Her menstrual history has been regular, associated with dysmenorrhea. She gave a past surgical history of right ovarian cystectomy in view of chocolate cyst noted on diagnostic laparoscopy. Investigations revealed a bilateral complex ovarian cyst and an elevated Ca-125 of 100 units/ml, proceeded with bilateral salphingo-oopherectomy as grade IV endometrioma of both ovaries with frozen pelvis noted. Later, she resumed her menstrual cycles with exogenous estrogen and progesterone. She conceived following a donor oocyte frozen embryo transfer and she delivered a healthy 2.74 kg girl baby with a good Apgar score

Separability of a family of one parameter W and GHZ multiqubit states using Abe-Rajagopal q-conditional entropy approach

We employ conditional Tsallis q entropies to study the separability of symmetric one parameter W and GHZ multiqubit mixed states. The strongest limitation on separability is realized in the limit q-->infinity, and is found to be much superior to the condition obtained using the von Neumann conditional entropy (q=1 case). Except for the example of two qubit and three qubit symmetric states of GHZ family, the $q$-conditional entropy method leads to sufficient - but not necessary - conditions on separability.Comment: 7 pages, 5 ps figures, RevteX, Accepted for publication in Physical Review

Torsion of a non-gravid uterus: a rare cause of acute abdomen

Torsion of a non gravid uterus is a rare phenomenon. In a non-gravid uterus the torsion is usually associated with the presence of big myomas, adnexal masses, uterine anomalies and pelvic adhesions. Precise preoperative diagnosis is usually difficult and the condition is diagnosed usually during surgical exploration. Delay in diagnosis can prove fatal as the uterus and adnexa can undergo gangrenous change. Timely surgical intervention is of utmost importance in the management of such cases. We describe a case of torsion uterus in a 72 yr old postmenopausal lady with a big fundal myoma who presented with acute abdominal pain

Wound healing activity of topical phenytoin in excision wound model of Albino rats

Background: Wound healing is a major medical entity. Phenytoin being an anticonvulsant drug has shown promising results in healing chronic wounds. In the present study we have evaluated the effect of topical Phenytoin on excision wound models of albino rats.Methods: Phenytoin ointment of 1%, 5% and 10% were used topically on experimental animals. Neomycin used as reference standard. In Excision wound model period of epithelialization, area of wound and hydroxyproline content were evaluated.Results: Phenytoin 1%, 5% and 10% have shown significant (P<0.001) wound healing property compared to control and Neomycin. Phenytoin hastened the wound healing compared to control and neomycin and increased hydroxyproline content of wound. Phenytoin 5% has better wound healing property compared to 1% and 10%.Conclusions: The present study has shown that Phenytoin reduces time for wound healing and improved the quality of healing tissue which provides rationale for use in chronic wound in clinical setting

The Pattern of Seasonal Sediment Transport Mechanisms Around Arichaimunai by Sediment Trend Matrix (STM)

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Effect of Growth hormones for direct organogenesis in Bael (Aegle marmelos (L.) corr)

Aegle marmelos (L.) corr. commonly known as ‘Bael’ tree is included in the red- listed medicinal tree in South India. Riped and unripe fruits, root, bark and leaves of the tree are used in ayurvedic preparation for various ailments. This study was conducted to standardize the media for multiple shoot induction from different explants under in vitro condition. Among the various explants viz., meristematic tip, nodal bud, tender leaf, auxillary bud and cotyledon tried in different media, auxiliary bud had shown good response for shoot induction in 36 to 39 days. Among the various treatments viz., WPM supplemented with Benzyl Amino Purine (BAP) (0.5 to 3.0mg/lit), Kinetin (KN) (0.5 to 3mg/lit) and Indole acetic acid (IAA) (0.5 to 2mg/lit) for multiple shoot induction, the treatmental combination of WPM supplemented with BAP, KN and IAA, @ of each 0.5 mg/lit resulted in 7.75 shoots per cotyledon. The same combination, ½ strength of the medium with 1mg/lit BAP+2mg/lit NAA+ 1% AC resulted in root formation. Hence, as a means of in vitro conservation using cotyledon as explants microproagation is possible in bael

Effects of salinity on the growth, photosynthesis and mineral constituents of the mangrove Rhizophora apiculata L. seedlings

The effects of salinity on growth, chlorophyll content, photosynthetic rates, as measured by leaf stomatal conductance and leaf chlorophyll fluorescence induction, and ion accumulation in the mangrove plant Rhizophora apiculata were determined. The following questions were addressed:                (1) What effect does salinity have on growth responses at different ages? (2) Is R. apiculata an ion accumulator? (3) Does R. apiculata accumulate chlorophyll, net photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence in response to salinity? Rhizophora apiculata  plants were grown in pots at 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 % in sand culture in a plant growth chamber and plants were harvested after 30 and 90 d. Plant total fresh and dry weight and moisture content was significantly inhibited at 75 per cent seawater. Seawater salinity stimulated the chlorophyll contents and they were increased upto 75 per cent seawater.  The net photosynthesis increased with increasing salinity upto the optimal level and the CO2 uptake rate was identical in this species at various salt concentrations. Even at extreme salinity, the CO2 uptake was comparable to that non-saline control plants and CO2 uptake could be correlated with the chlorophyll content. The photochemical activities such as PSI and PSII of the isolated cells increased upto the optimal salinity. The result of the chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics provided with additional proof to the finding of CO2 exchange rate and photochemical activities.  The Na+ and Cl− content in both shoots and roots increased with increases in salinity. Increased treatment levels of NaCl induced decreases in Ca+, P, K+, Mg+   and N in plants

New validated RP-HPLC method for simultaneous estimation of chlorpromazine and trihexyphenidyl HCl in tablets

A simple, specific and precise reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic method was developed and validated for simultaneous estimation of Chlorpromazine and Trihexyphenidyl HCl in tablets. Quantification was achieved by using a reverse-phase C18 column (Inertsil ODS 3V, 250 mm x 4.6 mm; 5) at 31 o C. The mobile phase consisted of a mixture of ammonium acetate buffer and methanol in the ratio of 15:85 v/v at a flow rate of 1.2 mL/min. The retention times of Chlorpromazine and Trihexyphenidyl HCl were found to be 3.237 min and 5.260 min respectively. The developed method was validated as per ICH Guidelines for linearity, accuracy, precision, detection limit, quantification limit, ruggedness, robustness, specificity and system suitability. The percentage recoveries for both of the drugs from their tablets were found to be 100.34 % and 99.80 % respectively. The method may successfully be employed for the simultaneous determination of Chlorpromazine and Trihexyphenidyl HCl in pharmaceutical tablet dosage forms