GCC transformers market

GCC market has been having its ups and downs in the last few years. What used to be one of the most attractive T&D equipment markets might be losing its high place in the eyes of international manufacturers. A big part of it has to do with the region’s dependency on oil revenues, which, in the last few years, have not been stable, owing to the lower oil prices. Infrastructure consumption has reduced significantly over the years with austerity measures in place. In addition to this, the overall geopolitical situation in the Middle-East region has had its toll on the GCC markets, making it difficult for international manufacturers to do business in the rest of the region using GCC countries as a regional base

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Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: Diagnostic Dilemma and the Role of Immunohistochemistry

Kikuchi-Fujimoto (KD) disease is the rare differential diagnoses of chronic cervical lymphadenopathy of unknown etiology. The findings of histopathology may be overlapping, in such condition immunohistochemistry has a definite role to play. Since Tubercular lymphadenopathy is the commonest cause for chronic cervical lymphadenopathy in developing and tropical country like India. Occasionally it is misdiagnosed, ignoring the other rare condition like KD if immunohistochemistry is not taken into consideration to differentiate. As a result the morbidity increases and cost of antitubercular treatment (ATT) in wrong diagnosed case is enormous. We report a similar case of misdiagnoses, non responsive to ATT, finally diagnosed as a case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, did well after recommended treatment

Flower Detection in Digital Image Processing using Global Image Enhancement Method

Flowers are plays an important role on the planet as they contain the reproduction part of plants. The only flower parts of plants have ability to produce different kinds of fruit, vegetable, and seeds for humans. Flower seeds also are used to produce oil. Honey bees collect nectar from flowers to produce honey. In this paper a new approach is proposed for flower detection. The proposed algorithm is use Global image enhancement and thresholdging technique for flower detection in digital images

Power transformers – global market analysis: Capacity additions and aging infrastructure driving the growth

Global market for power transformers above 100 kV reached $18 billion in 2016. APAC region has the largest demand for power transformers, with China, India and Indonesia leading the market. Following APAC is the Americas market, with USA leading in terms of the market size owing to grid replacements and renewable integration. In EMEA, strong growth is driven by GCC countries and Sub-Saharan Africa owing to increased demand

Diagnostic Measures in Childhood Tuberculosis: A Short Review

The trends of incidence, morbidity and mortality of tuberculosis in children have always remained unclear because of lack of a definitive diagnostic tool in mostly cases. The diagnosis of tuberculosis in children remains a major challenge as it is seldom confirmed and is mostly based on clinical signs, symptoms and special investigations e. g. TST, chest X-ray and sputum smear microscopy. Sputum smear microscopy is positive in less than 10-15% of children with TB and culture yields are nearly about 30-40%. In low burden countries, the triad of (a) known contact with an infectious source case, (b) a positive tuberculin skin test and (c) a suggestive CXR is usually used to establish a diagnosis of childhood TB. The research on childhood tuberculosis is often neglected due to technical difficulties like slow growth in culture, the difficulty of obtaining specimens and the diverse and relatively nonspecific clinical presentation of tuberculosis in this age group. The complexity in making an exact diagnosis of tuberculosis in children have led to the development of several diagnostic approaches like point scoring systems, diagnostic classifications and diagnostic algorithms. The aim of this study was to review and analyse the different diagnostic approaches to childhood tuberculosis. In this paper, the mostly used techniques like culture methods as well as the non-culture methods including serology, biochemistry and polymerase chain reaction and DNA fingerprinting for the diagnosis of tuberculosis will be discussed. Keywords: Diagnostic measures, Childhood, Tuberculosi

Double coin in esophagus at same location and same alignment - a rare occurrence: a case report

Coin is the most common foreign body swallowed by pediatric age group. The multiple coin swallowing is extremely rare and very few cases had been reported in English literature. Most of them were present at different site and had different alignment in the esophagus. The location of the coin (trachea vs. esophagus) is commonly determined by the alignment of the coin on radiographic studies. A 4-year-girl was presented to us with history of coin ingestions one day back without any respiratory distress. On radiological study there was suspicion of two coins on same location and alignment. The diagnosis was confirmed after removal. The both coin was removed successfully by esophagoscopy. Unexpected second foreign bodies in pediatric esophageal coin ingestions are rare and it is mandatory to do post operative radiography after removal to exclude duplex coin or tracheal coin. We are presenting this case because of its rarity, difficulty in diagnosis especially when proper history is not available

Golinski’s Speed Reducer Problem Revisited Using Genetic Algorithm

There are many constraints that constitute the Gear Box Design. Golinski’s Speed reducer problem is studied and the weight of the Gear box is minimized. This is done by considering certain design variables of the Gear box, applying Optimization algorithms that provide results which agree upon a resulting weight that is minimum satisfying the concerned design variables

Leucodepletion in Thalassaemia Major Patients in Pakistan

Thalassaemia is a blood disorder in which an abnormal form of haemoglobin is made due to genetic aberration. Although no national database exists to calculate the exact number of thalassaemics, but it is estimated that there are 9.8 million carriers of the disease in Pakistan [1]. Consanguineous marriage is the leading cause for this high prevalence rate due to which the thalassaemia gene is trapped within the affected families. These patients are dependent on regular blood transfusions to sustain life in addition to expensive chelation therapy and other medical management. As a result, thalassaemia is a major healthcare challenge and places great psychological and financial trauma on the affected families and is a huge burden on the national healthcare delivery system [2]