Correlation of hematological parameters with right-sided pleural effusion in pediatric dengue cases – A cross-sectional study

Background: Capillary leak in dengue presents as ascites, pleural effusion (PE), and pericardial effusion. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to correlate the hematological parameters with radiological findings in cases with right-sided PE. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at the tertiary care teaching hospital. A total of 138 cases were included in the study. Investigations included complete hemogram on the day of admission, day of diagnosis of PE and at discharge. Radiological investigations included chest X-ray, ultra-sonogram of abdomen, and chest which were correlated with hematocrit and platelet count. Results: Out of 138 cases, 71 (51%) had PE; out of which, 46 cases (64.78%) had bilateral effusions with right side more than left. About 21 (15.2%) cases had only right-sided PE. The mean platelet count and hematocrit were 67,640/μL and 31.8%, respectively, on the day of PE. Conclusion: In cases of dengue, right-sided PE is more common in cases with platelet count ranging between 20,000 and 50,000/μL

A prospective observational study of dengue fever with thrombocytopenia with reference to treatment

Background: Dengue fever is treated according to the WHO guidelines worldwide but due to the unavailability of blood products and economic constraints treating physicians often modify according to the patients requirements and try to give best available treatment for the patients. So we did an observational study of dengue fever and evaluated the clinical profiles and prognosis of dengue fever with reference to the treatment in JSS Medical College, Mysore in south India, a tertiary medical centre.Methods: This two year prospective, observational study was conducted in JSS Medical College. A total of 128 patients were evaluated and were divided into three groups like group 1-mild risk, group 2-moderate risk and group 3-high risk depending on the platelet count levels and bleeding diathesis. Group 1 received supportive treatment, group 2 received supportive treatment and steroids (Inj dexamethasone 4mg IV q8h) and group 3 received supportive treatment with steroids and platelet transfusion. Clinical evaluation and relevant investigations like blood culture; malarial parasites and febrile serology (acute and convalescent) were performed.Results: This observational study revealed that dengue fever can be managed symptomatically according WHO guidelines and platelet transfusion is done only when platelet count is less than 10000/cumm or in bleeding diathesis irrespective of platelet count.  Conclusions: Steroid usage alone or along with platelet transfusion had no effect on the platelet count or on the overall outcome of the patient.

Silverware Singulation System

Singulation of silverware, means to `single out' individual pieces of silverware pieces from a mixed batch of silverware, consisting of spoons, soup spoons, knives and forks. The objective of this research is to modify, design, construct and test an efficient automated mechanism to singulate silverware pieces, starting with Akella's (2008) machine. The process of singulation was sub-divided into two stages: 1. Stage-01: Divides the batch of 400 silverware pieces into smaller batches of approximately 20 pieces each, which I accomplished by employing a slow moving conveyor belt, inductive proximity sensors and electromagnets. A mixed batch of silverware pieces is spread on the conveyor belt, which feeds them to a downward inclined plate. The electromagnets beneath the inclined plate holds the silverware pieces to the inclined plate, or releases them, depending on the output signals of inductive proximity sensors, which are also placed beneath the inclined plate. 2. Stage-02: Singulates silverware pieces from these smaller batches. A metering bin collects the silverware pieces from the downward inclined plate. A pulsed solenoid vibrates the metering bin by striking the bin bottom. This causes the silverware pieces to move out through the open end of the bin onto a plastic lined Teflon cloth. This cloth is placed above a moving leather belt carrying a series of hemispherical permanent magnets, such that the silverware pieces attracted by one of the magnets slides along the cloth to exit the machine. An efficient singulating mechanism has been designed and developed. Conveyor feed bin improved the feeding mechanism to deliver silverware pieces to the inclined plate. Inductive proximity sensors were researched, and the sensor beds were designed and developed to provide a reliable feedback to various actuators in the rig. Effectively used plastic lined teflon cloth as a covering material for the moving magnet on the leather belt, which offered improved wear resistance. Singulating efficiency of 97% and throughput of 44 pieces/min were achieved.Mechanical & Aerospace Engineerin

Software Tool Evaluation Methodology

The recent development of parallel and distributed computing software has introduced a variety of software tools that support several programming paradigms and languages. This variety of tools makes the selection of the best tool to run a given class of applications on a parallel or distributed system a non-trivial task that requires some investigation. We expect tool evaluation to receive more attention as the deployment and usage of distributed systems increases. In this paper, we present a multi-level evaluation methodology for parallel/distributed tools in which tools are evaluated from different perspectives. We apply our evaluation methodology to three message passing tools viz Express, p4, and PVM. The approach covers several important distributed systems platforms consisting of different computers (e.g., IBM-SP1, Alpha cluster, SUN workstations) interconnected by different types of networks (e.g., Ethernet, FDDI, ATM)

Hardware Implementation of DWT for Image compression using SPIHT Algorithm

Abstract-In this paper,a DWT-based image processing system is developed on Xilinx Spartan3 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) device using embedded development kit (EDK) tools from Xilinx. Two different hardware architectures of two dimensional (2-D) DWT have been implemented as a coprocessor in an embedded system. One is direct implementation of 2-D DWT by cascading two 1-D DWT. Another is 2-D DWT implementation with control and architecture optimization. In addition, the hardware cost of these two architectures is compared for benchmark images

Genetic variation and genetic diversity in chicken populations using microsatellite assay

Microsatellites are one of the recent markers widely used in gene marker studies, as they are abundant, co-~ominant, highly polymorphic and dispersed throughout the genome. Microsatellites are identified as reliable markers in chicken.(Romanov and Weigend 2001). Birds (212) representing 8 populations were utilized in the present study. Blood samples were collected from the Wbite Leghorn layer parent strains (WLH-IWD and WLHIWF) from AICRP on Poultry Breeding, Rajendranagar, the Babcock and the Vencobb commercial birds maintained at the Department of Poultry Science, College of Veterinary Science, Hyderabad, the Aseel from the backyards of farmers of West Godavari and Srikakukam districts and non-descript (desi) birds from adjoining areas of Rajendranagar. Three di-nucleotide microsatellite markers chosen randomly from the list recommended by the FAO (Cheng et al. 1995) and mapped either in Compton or East Lansing reference populations were genotyped. Blood samples (0.5-2.0 mVbird) were coUected into the vacutainers containing EDTA (5.4 mg) from the wing vein

DETERMINING EVOLVING FOCUSES IN SOCIAL TORRENTS VIA LINK-DIFFERENCE EXPOSURE

We're concerned in recognition of emerging topics from social streams that are widely-used to generate automated news, otherwise uncover hidden market needs. Within our work we advise a probability representation of mentioning performance of social networking user, and suggest realizing emergence in the novel subject from anomalies which are measured completely through model. Our work is dependent upon concentrating on social content of documents plus mixing this having a change-point analysis. We spotlight on materialization of topics which are signalled by social highlights of scalping systems and concentrate on mentions of users, links among users which are created energetically completely through replies, mentions, furthermore to re-tweets. Tracking of topics were studied broadly in subject recognition furthermore to tracking as well as in this situation major task should be to additionally classify one document into among recognized topics so that you can realize that it's associated with nobody of recognized groups. The fundamental concept of our strategy is to pay attention to on social feature of posts which are reflected in mentioning conduct of users as opposed to textual contents

Study of Cutaneous Manifestations in Alcohol Dependence Syndrome Patients in a Rural Tertiary Care Center in India

Background: Chronic alcoholism is a multifactorial condition predisposed by environmental, social, and psychological factors. Alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS) can present with varied cutaneous and systemic manifestations. The effects of alcohol use include cutaneous infections, infestations, features of malnutrition, exacerbation of pre-existing dermatoses, and alcohol related dermatoses. This study aimed to analyze and document cutaneous manifestations secondary to infections, infestations, malnutrition, and modifications of pre-existing dermatoses in ADS patients and investigate the correlation between the presence of cutaneous manifestations and duration and quantity of alcohol intake. Methods: The present observational study was carried out in the Department of Dermatology for a period of one year. A total of 172 male patients with ADS presenting with skin manifestations were included in the study. Detailed analysis of history, clinical examination, and relevant investigations were conducted. Findings: Out of 172 male patients with ADS, the most common dermatoses noted were infections (166, 96.5%) and features of malnutrition (161, 93.6%). Exacerbation of pre-existing dermatoses (101, 58.7%) and alcohol-related dermatoses (85, 49.4%) were also observed. Conclusion: Most of the dermatoses were significantly correlated with the quantity of alcohol intake than with its duration, implying that higher quantity of alcohol intake has more impact on cutaneous and systemic manifestations. Identifying the cutaneous manifestations in ADS patients plays an important role in recognizing the underlying systemic disorders which in turnfacilitates early intervention and thereby prevents complications

True ileal digestibility of legumes determined by dual isotope tracer method in Indian adults

Background: Good-quality plant protein sources are important for protein adequacy in a balanced diet. Legumes are known to be a source of good quality plant protein, but the true ileal digestibility of indispensable amino acids (IAAs) of commonly consumed legumes is not known in humans. Objectives: In this study we measured the true ileal IAA digestibility of 2H-intrinsically labeled chickpea, yellow pea, and mung bean (hulled and dehulled) protein, using the dual-isotope tracer technique referenced to a standard protein ([U-13C] spirulina). The study also aimed to validate the use of [U-13C] spirulina as a reference protein in this method. Methods: 2H-intrinsically labeled legumes, obtained by watering plants with deuterium oxide (2H2O), were administered in a plateau feeding method to healthy Indian adults to measure their true ileal IAA digestibility with the dual-isotope tracer technique, using [U-13C] spirulina protein or a 13C-algal IAA mixture as the standard. Result: The true ileal IAA digestibilities (mean ± SD) of chickpea, yellow pea, and mung bean were 74.6 ± 0.8%, 71.6 ± 1.3%, and 63.2 ± 1.5%, respectively. The true mean ileal IAA digestibility of mung bean when referenced to [U-13C] spirulina protein or a 13C-algal IAA mixture did not differ significantly (63.2 ± 1.5% versus 64.0 ± 2.4%, P > 0.05). The true ileal IAA digestibility of mung bean improved to 70.9 ± 2.1% after dehulling. Conclusions: The true mean ileal IAA digestibility of legumes in healthy Indian adults was lower than expected. Traditional processing techniques such as dehulling improve protein digestibility by about 8%. This study was registered in the Clinical Trials Registry of India (CTRI): CTRI/2017/11/010468 (http://ctri.nic.in, accessed on 28/03/2019)