Perception of Role of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Among Healthcare Professionals

Introduction: Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) is one of the oldest dental specialties. When compared to other surgical specialties, it is less popular among the healthcare professionals. Methods and materials: A questionnaire survey was conducted among 480 healthcare Professionals in Manipur, under four categories – dental students and practitioners, medical students and practitioners. Each group contains 120 participants and they were asked to select appropriate answers for 16 questions. 38 participants don't respond to the questionnaire which gives a total number of 442 participants. Data analysis is done using SPSS software. Results:Analysis of the data shows that 74.4% of participants were aware of various specialties of dentistry and 72.6% of them know about OMFS. For the nine clinical scenario based questions, almost all of them had opted OMFS for third molar removal, fractures of maxillofacial region and oral cancer. But most of them were unaware of the role of OMFS in cosmetic surgeries. Conclusion: Even though OMFS is a vast specialty, most of the healthcare professionals are unaware of its scope

Recent Advances in Sugarcane Industry Solid By-Products Valorization

Sugarcane is among the leading agricultural crop cultivated in tropical regions of the world. Industrial processing of sugarcane generates sugar; as well as various solid wastes (i.e. sugarcane bagasse, pressmud). Improvement of biotechnology in industrial level, offers opportunities for economic utilization of these solid residues. In the last few decades, sugarcane bagasse and pressmud have been explored in the theme of lignocellulosic bioconversion. The recalcitrance of biomass is a major drawback towards successful exploitation of lignocellulosic residues. Pretreatment by suitable/efficient processes can overcome this limitation. In this regards; physical, chemical and biological treatment systems are brought into our perspective. Chemical and physicochemical methods are capital-intensive but not environment-friendly, in contrast, method like biological treatment is eco-friendly but extremely slow. There are still major technological and economic challenges need to be addressed; e.g. bioprospecting, established more reliable genetically modified microorganisms, upgrade gene cloning and sequencing processes, yield improvement at large scale etc. Productions of value-added products from these solid wastes are discussed in such a way that pinpoints the most recent trends and the future directions. Biofuels, enzymes, organic acids and bio-sorbents production draw a clear sketch of the current and future bio-based products. Nano-biotechnology and genetic engineering could be future trends to improved processes and products. This review serves as a valuable reference material for a wide range of scientists and technologists in the relevant fields

Nuclear physics midterm plan at Legnaro National Laboratories (LNL)

International audienceThe next years will see the completion of the radioactive ion beam facility SPES (Selective Production of Exotic Species) and the upgrade of the accelerators complex at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – Legnaro National Laboratories (LNL) opening up new possibilities in the fields of nuclear structure, nuclear dynamics, nuclear astrophysics, and applications. The nuclear physics community has organised a workshop to discuss the new physics opportunities that will be possible in the near future by employing state-of-the-art detection systems. A detailed discussion of the outcome from the workshop is presented in this report