Knowledge And Awareness on Periorbital Hyperpigmentation Among Dental Students

Aim: To analyse the knowledge and awareness of Periorbital hyperpigmentation among dental students. Introduction: In the day to day life, higher education students deal with a lot of stress in their academics. The signs of stress and strain reflect in our body. One of the most encountered signs is periorbital hyperpigmentation(POH), the so-called dark circle. It is evident among the population and it tends to affect the quality of life of patients and their social interactions. The aim of the study is to assess the knowledge and awareness of periorbital hyperpigmentation among higher education students. Materials And Methods: The observational pilot study was carried out in 25 dental students (15 female, 10 male). A well-framed 20 self-structured questionnaire was formed and circulated among the dental students through offline means. Collected responses were tabulated in google sheets and the data was transferred to SPSS software. Statistical analysis was done using the chi square test. P value <0.05 was considered significant. Results: Females were more aware about POH than the males participants. 96% of the students reported sleep deprivation as a triggering factor of Periorbital hyperpigmentation. 76% of the students were well aware that rubbing their eyes often predisposes to POH. The results showed that the dental students possess high knowledge and awareness regarding periorbital hyperpigmentation. Conclusion: Students had a fair idea about periorbital hyperpigmentation and its causes. Further studies can be carried out for better understanding in a different set of larger populations.Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science

Determination of metformin and triclosan in sewage sludge using Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are generally neither totally removed by sewage treatment nor completely destroyed in the environment. Metformin (MET) and triclosan (TRI) are two compounds in PPCPs that have the potential to be environmental pollutants. This research aimed to determine MET and TRI in sewage sludge using a liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometer (LCMS-8040) and a sewage sludge extraction method. The Milli-Q water and sewage sludge were also tested at three different MET and TRI concentrations (0.01, 0.02, and 0.03 mg L-1). As a result, the corresponding recoveries of MET and TRI in both matrixes ranged from 85.93 to 116.10 per cent and 90.50 to 116.30 per cent (n = 7, RSD &lt; 10%). Then, the limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantification (LOQ) for MET and TRI were found to be 0.005 and 0.01 mg L-1. The amounts of MET and TRI in the sewage sludge samples from the Ukkadam sewage treatment plant (USTP), Coimbatore, ranged from BDL to 0.0587 mg L-1 and 0.0719 to 0.1851 mg L-1, respectively. Consequently, the amounts of MET and TRI in the sewage sludge samples from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University sewage treatment plant (TSTP), Coimbatore, ranged from BDL to 0.0227 mg L-1 and 0.0393 to 0.1296 mg L-1, respectively. This exclusive use of the highly sensitive LCMS-8040 consumes less time than other analytical methods for measuring the amount of MET and TRI in sewage sludge by overcoming the risk of chemical degradation

Quality and shelf life status of salted and sun dried fishes of Tuticorin fishing villages in different seasons

Abstract The nutritional quality and shelf life of salted and sun dried fishes of Tuticorin coastal villages were assessed seasonally. The quality parameters varied with seasons and it was poor during monsoon season. The spoilage indicators TMA-N and TVB-N of the dried fish sample did not exceed the permissible limit. During monsoon season the dried fish showed visible fungal growth within one month of storage. During the second month of the post monsoon period dried fish showed slight visible fungal growth. In summer season, no visible fungal colonies even after 90 days of storage were recorded. During the storage period dried fishes absorbed moisture from the atmosphere which resulted in the increase of microbial load and in turn led to the increase of TVB-N value. The poor quality of dried fishes were mainly due to unhygienic processing, inadequate salting, unhygienic drying, use of spoiled fish for processing and lack of air tight packing of the dried fishes

<span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA" lang="EN-US">Prevalence and histopathology of branchioblastoma in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Sardinella longiceps</i> (Valenciennes 1847) of southeast coast of India</span>

2327-2332<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: " times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-bidi-font-family:="" "times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;="" mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">Branchioblastoma in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sardinella longiceps is described in present study. Large tumour masses were found under the operculum.  Tumour is characterized by the multilobed and pale to red in color and located in the brachial chamber of the fish. It varied in consistency from very soft and triable to hard and also vary in size from 17 mm to 33 mm in diameter and 18 to 44 mm in length.  Prevalence study revealed that the higher incidence (0.046 %) of branchioblastoma was reported in Cuddalore in pre-monsoon 2011 and lower (0.010 %) in Parangipettai at summer 2010. Histopathologic examinations revealed that the chondroid tissue with basophilic nodules and the fibrovascular stroma were present in the tumour tissue.  Presence of dark stained nucleus and also the granular cells were typical in the tumour tissue. This is the first report of branchioblastoma in Indian marine waters.</span

Synthesis and characterisation of Ni0.25Co0.75Fe2O4 nanostructures

The synthesis of Ni0.25Co0.75Fe2O4 nanoparticles has been achieved by a simple thermal decomposition method from the inorganic precursor, Ni0.25Co0.75Fe2(cin)3(N2H4)5, which was obtained by a novel precipitation method from the corresponding metal salts, cinnamic acid and hydrazine hydrate. The precursor was characterised by hydrazine and metal analyses, infrared spectral analysis and thermo gravimetric analysis. On appropriate annealing, Ni0.25Co0.75Fe2(cin)3(N2H4)5 yielded Ni0.25Co0.75Fe2O4 nanoparticles, which were characterised for their size and structure using X-ray diffraction (XRD), high resolution transmission electron microscopic (HRTEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED) and scanning electron microscopic (SEM) techniques. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v30i1.

Integrating lncRNA gene signature and risk score topredict recurrence cervical cancer using recurrent neural network

Cervical Cancer (CC) have significant ramification on women's lives worldwide. One-fifth of every woman incurring cervical cancer pertains to India. This research aims to identify cervical cancer patients who have undergone treatment and diagnosis for recurrence cervical cancer and educate them on further clinical treatmentfor recurrence cervical cancer (CC). The proposed work mainly constitutes the identification of lncRNA (Long Non-Coding RNA) for predicting recurrence cervical genes and undergoing natural medication by implementing the HSIC model with correlation matrix for identifying the recurrence cancer genes.The recurrent Neural Network (RNN) model is established to identify the hub genes relevant to the recurrence of CC. We propose to use a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) model to predict the spread of CC to a certain extent. The propounded model classifies the CC cells associated with the gene signatures with two stages. Recurrence CC patients can be identified with the Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm (AFSA). This algorithm is deployed for recurrence CC feature selection based on the gene signature.The decision-making therapy is deployed after the post-recurrence CC.The proposed method is dealt with risk value with positive and negative score showing the high risk of recurrence cervical cancer and low risk of cervical cancer.The suggested algorithm shows 45.987 positive score and −32.654 negative risk score. The proposed outcome of the research is to identify the risk score associated with the gene signatures