The role of motor nerve conduction: in cervical radiculopathy patients

Background: Cervical radiculopathy is the clinical description of when a nerve root in the cervical spine becomes inflamed or damaged, resulting in a change in neurological function. Neurological deficits, such as numbness, altered reflexes, or weakness, may radiate from the neck into the shoulder, arm, hand, or fingers. Patient also complains of tingling, numbness or loss of sensation along with the nerve root dermatome. It is a substantial cause of disability and morbidity, and its cost-effective evaluation and treatment are crucial so there is a definite need to establish a cost effective, reliable, and accurate means for establishing the diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy. Electrodiagnostic tests are the closest to fulfil these criteria out of which nerve conduction tests are one of the electrodiagnostic test.Methods: In this study motor nerve conduction of ulnar and median nerve done in 30 clinically proven cervical radiculopathy patientsResults: There are significant decrease in the conduction velocity of both nerve (median nerve (51.60±7.5), Ulnar nerve (50.60±5.6)) and significantly increased in the mean latency of both nerve (median nerve (6.02±2.4), ulnar nerve (5.8±1.8)).Conclusions: Authors concluded that MNC is the specific test for the diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy. At least the MNC of both nerves included in diagnostic criteria of cervical radiculopathy

Socio-Economic Status of Tuberculosis on Patients and Family In Himachal Pradesh

Introduction: Long-term illnesses like tuberculosis lead to significant morbidity and mortality rates. The tuberculosis problem has not improved, even though the causal bacterium was discovered more than a century ago and nearly 100% effective treatment regimens are now available. The inadequate description of the disease's socioeconomic impact is one of the causes of this. Studies to determine the socioeconomic burden of diseases like tuberculosis have just lately been conducted. Methods: Approximately 80% of people in India reside in rural areas. Agriculture is the primary occupation, and salaries are paid on a daily basis. Most transportation infrastructure is subpar, and there are many dirt roads. Although there is good rail and road connectivity between urban centers, travel costs are greater there. Compared to a rural setting, the employment profile of the urban population is distinct; most people work for themselves or are salaried. In India, the prevalence of tuberculosis is comparable in rural and urban areas. Results: Family members on a salary made up 38.46% of the patient population, followed by wage earners (15.3%) and self-employed individuals (46.15%). 17.69% of patients had monthly incomes of less than 1000 rupees, 19.23% had incomes between 1000 and 2000, 43.08% had incomes between 2001 and 6000 rupees, and 20% had incomes exceeding 6000 rupees. Of the patients hospitalized, 60% were to government hospitals and 40% to non-governmental organizations. the percentage of total costs for GH and NGO patients that are made up of direct and indirect costs. 33.08% of patients were dependent on direct costs, while 66.92% of patients were dependent on indirect costs. Conclusion: The overall expenses were somewhat substantial, especially the indirect costs brought on by tuberculosis. Three months was the average amount of time lost from pay. Female patients' caregiving efforts drastically dropped, and one-fifth of pupils stopped going to school

Projects in Geospatial Data Analysis: Spring 2016

This document contains semester projects for students in CSCI 4380/7000 Geospatial Data Analysis (GSA). The course explores the technical aspects of programmatic geospatial data analysis with a focus on GIS concepts, custom GIS programming, analytical and statistical methods, and open source tools and frameworks

Use of thiopurines in inflammatory bowel disease : an update

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), once considered a disease of the Western hemisphere, has emerged as a global disease. As the disease prevalence is on a steady rise, management of IBD has come under the spotlight. 5-Aminosalicylates, corticosteroids, immunosuppressive agents and biologics are the backbone of treatment of IBD. With the advent of biologics and small molecules, the need for surgery and hospitalization has decreased. However, economic viability and acceptability is an important determinant of local prescription patterns. Nearly one-third of the patients in West receive biologics as the first/initial therapy. The scenario is different in developing countries where biologics are used only in a small proportion of patients with IBD. Increased risk of reactivation of tuberculosis and high cost of the therapy are limitations to their use. Thiopurines hence become critical for optimal management of patients with IBD in these regions. However, approximately one-third of patients are intolerant or develop adverse effects with their use. This has led to suboptimal use of thiopurines in clinical practice. This review article discusses the clinical aspects of thiopurine use in patients with IBD with the aim of optimizing their use to full therapeutic potential.Peer reviewe

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SandstoneHPC/sandstone-jupyterhub-login: v0.1.2 2017-10-02

Critical security update: This release fixes a vulnerability that makes it possible to for a user to send traffic to another user's running Sandstone server. Big thanks to @acaprez for finding and fixing this bug

Response time measurement in flow induced signal generation on semiconductors

Measurable electrical signal is generated when a gas flows over a variety of solids, including doped semiconductors, even at the modest speed of a few meters per second. The underlying mechanism is an interesting interplay of Bernoulli's principle and the Seebeck effect. The electrical signal depends on the square of Mach number (M) and is proportional to the Seebeck coefficient (S) of the solids. Here we present experimental estimate of the response time of the signal rise and fall process, i.e. how fast the semiconductor materials respond to a steady flow as soon as it is set on or off. A theoretical model is also presented to understand the process and the dependence of the response time on the nature and physical dimensions of the semiconductor material used and they are compared with the experimental observations. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Primary cutaneous histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent host from a nonendemic area

A 32-year-old male presented to Dermatology outpatient Department with complaints of a single nonhealing ulcer on his right thigh. This lesion was there for the last 1΍ months. It had begun as a small nodule and increased up to the present size of 3 cm with an oozing and ulcerated surface and thickened everted margins. The systemic investigations were normal which included hemogram, biochemistry, including liver and renal function tests, chest X-ray, ultrasonography of abdomen, computed tomography of the thorax, and abdomen. Skin biopsy revealed multiple rounds to oval spores with surrounding halo intracellularly as well as extracellularly. A diagnosis of deep fungal infection as histoplasmosis was made and confirmed on culture