Benthic community survey of Gwadar (east bay) Balochistan, Pakistan

Benthic communities of the Gwadar east bay (Balochistan) was surveyed during the onset of S.W. monsoon. A total 1030 specimens were collected which represented Phyla of Arthropoda, Mollusca, Annelida, Echinodermata. The most abundant class observed was that of Bivalvia. Seawater parameters such as dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, salinity together with sediment characteristics were measured. Analysis of variance between observed stations and fauna do not show any significant difference (P<0.05). The present observation forms a baseline study in the area

A precise characterisation of the top quark electro-weak vertices at the ILC

Top quark production in the process $e^+e^- \to t\bar{t}$ at a future linear electron positron collider with polarised beams is a powerful tool to determine indirectly the scale of new physics. The presented study, based on a detailed simulation of the ILD detector concept, assumes a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=500\,$GeV and a luminosity of $\mathcal{L}=500\,{\rm fb}^{-1}$ equally shared between the incoming beam polarisations of $\mathcal{P}_{e^-}, \mathcal{P}_{e^+} =\pm0.8,\mp0.3$. Events are selected in which the top pair decays semi-leptonically and the cross sections and the forward-backward asymmetries are determined. Based on these results, the vector, axial vector and tensorial $CP$ conserving couplings are extracted separately for the photon and the $Z^0$ component. With the expected precision, a large number of models in which the top quark acts as a messenger to new physics can be distinguished with many standard deviations. This will dramatically improve expectations from e.g. the LHC for electro-weak couplings of the top quark.Comment: This work is an update of arXiv:1307.8102, minor changes w.r.t. v1 (typos, wrong grammar, incomplete sentences etc.

Seasonal variation of mixed layer depth in the north Arabian Sea

The Arabian Sea is unique due to the extremes in atmospheric forcing that lead to the semi-annual seasonal changes. The reversing winds of summer and winter monsoon induce the variation in the characteristics of mixed layer depth. The importance of mixed layer depth is recognized in studying the biological productivity in the ocean. In this paper variability of mixed layer depth in the north Arabian Sea have been discussed. The study is based on the data collected under North Arabian Sea Environment and Ecosystem Research (NASEER) program. The results of the study indicate that there is a significant variation in the mixed layer depth from summer to winter monsoon as well as coast to offshore

Anomalous left brachiocephalic vein: important vascular anomaly concomitant with congenital anomalies and heart diseases

Background: Anomalous left brachiocephalic vein (ALBCV) is a rare and less known systemic venous anomaly. Infrequently, this vein takes an abnormal course and passes to the right behind or beneath the aortic arch to create the superior vena cava (SVC). Its incidence was reported much higher in patients with congenital heart disease especially in conotruncal and aortic arch anomalies. It could be misdiagnosed with normal or abnormal mediastinal structures. It also could make complication during surgeries or invasive strategies. Previously, this anatomical finding has been reported in case reports and there are just few studies evaluating these patients as a group to find other abnormalities Materials and methods: We conducted a retrospective, multicentre study between 2008 and 2014 at three institutions. We reviewed thoracic computed tomography angiography of 1372 patients referred to these centres. The diagnosis of ALBCV was confirmed by an expert radiologist and the imagings were reassessed to identify new cases and concomitant anomalies. We analysed the imagings’ details and measured the prevalence of each anomaly. Results: Among the 22 cases of ALBCV, 12 (54.5%) and 10 (45.4%) patients were males and females, respectively, with median age of 12.5 years. Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) was considered as a most concomitant anomaly with ALBCV (54.5%). Two patients had associated atrial septal defect (ASD) and defined as pentalogy of Fallot. Right-sided aortic arc (RSAA) was detected in 12 (54.5%) patients; mirror image was found in 5 of them. Pure ventricular septal defect or pulmonary stenosis without TOF was recognised in 4 patients. Three cases had isolated overriding aorta (13.6%). In 3 patients, we could find patent ductus arteriosus (13.6%). In 2 (9%) patients, abdominal haemangioma was incidentally diagnosed. Aberrant left retrotracheal subclavian artery was detected in 1 (4.5%) patient. One patient only had isolated ALBCV (4.5%). Conclusions: In our study, ALBCV was frequently seen in association with other congenital anomalies. mostly TOF and RSAA. In patients with pulmonary hypoplasia or aplasia, some parts of lung’s blood supply were provided by abnormal aorto-pulmonary connections. For a radiologist, it is important to differentiate this anomaly in cross-sectional imaging from persistent left SVC, partial anomalous pulmonary veins return and an enlarged lymph node. Detection of ALBCV could draw the attention to the more serious heart disease and in isolated forms prevented further evaluations.

Surgical Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Background: To study the management patternof soft tissue sarcomas in a tertiary care settingMethods: In this descriptive study patients whowere operated for soft tissue masses were included.Intra-operative findings, procedure details andpostoperative orders were recorded. Postoperativechemo-radiotherapy records were reviewed andrecorded. Depth of the tumour was grouped asdeeper or superficial than 5 cm. The follow uprecords were accessed from the outpatientdepartment and any surgical complications wererecorded up to three years.Staging was done usingclinical and radiological criteria taking into accountthe histological grade,tumour size , depth, locallymph node invasion and metastasis.Surgicalprocedure for removal of STS are wide local excision(WLE), intralesional excision (IE) or tumordebulking, marginal excision (ME) and radicalexcision (RE).Results: Sixty eight patients with mean age of 43.0± 17.258 SD were diagnosed as cases of soft tissuesarcomas. Male to female ratio was 3.25:1.The mostcommon histopathological variety was malignantfibrous histiocytoma (35.3%) , followed byRhabdomyosarcoma(30%). Most common involvedsite was lower limbs (35.3%).Wide local excision wasperformed in majority (82.4%) . Most commonpostop complication was wound infection (10.3%)Conclusion: Clinicians must be agile about thenature of these tumours and their referral to aspecialist surgeon for further management. Promptdiagnosis, accurate investigations and earlyintervention will benefit the patients and help usunderstand this disease entity

Top EW couplings at Linear Colliders

In this talk, we present the latest study of e+e− → t¯t, based on a detailed simulation of the ILD detector concept, which assumes a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 500 GeV and a luminosity of L = 500fb−1, equality shared between the incoming beam polarisations of P e−,e+ = (±0.8,∓0.3). The study comprises the cross sections, the forward-backward asymmetry and the slope of the helicity angle asymmetry. The vector and axial vector couplings are separately determined for the photon and the Z component. The tensorial CP-conserving coupling can be also extracted by assuming the other couplings to be the SM values. We show that the sensitivity to new physics would be dramatically improved with respect to what is expected from LHC for electroweak couplings