Web Enabling a Bibliographic Database of Indian Biomedical Journals: IndMED

A Dissertation for the partial fulfillment of M.S. (Software Systems) Degree from BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI (RAJASTHAN); 2001.The project aims to provide access through web to a bibliographic database called IndMED. The database is a product of Indian Medlars Centre (IMC, a division of National Informatics Centre) and has data relating to references to articles published in India’s learned biomedical journals. The scope of this project is limited to providing a web-based user interface for database searching and developing the CGI for Web-Database Connectivity. The project was planned to ensure its scheduled completion. A survey of relevant research and technologies pertaining to Web Interface, Web-Database Connectivity and DBMS have been made and briefly described in the dissertation. Interview, Questionnaire and Observation of similar systems were utilized to determine the requirements of the proposed system. Specification of the proposed system was then based on the requirements. After the requirements and the specification of the proposed system was finalized an Analysis Model consisting of Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs) and Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) was developed. Design of the system was then developed for the sub-systems – Web-Interface, Web-database Connectivity and DBMS - so the requirements and specifications are met. The Web-Interface mainly consists of html pages i.e. Simple Search Form, Minimal Search Form and Advanced Search Form and the dynamically generated by CGI the Search Result Screen. The Web-Database Connectivity sub-system consists of PERL Scripts dealing with Processing of data submitted from html forms, Variables assignment, Error Trap, Formulation of query string which can passed on to the DBMS sub-system and Html Patching of the output of the database in response to the query. The implementation of the system includes: the screens along with html code written for various search forms and generated by the CGI for the Web-Interface, Perl Scripts (IMSS.PL; IMAS.PL; IMRS.PL) for the CGI and the Database Structure, Fields included in Inverted File Index of the Database and Display Formats for the DBMS sub-system. The system thus developed was tested to meet the tests prescribed by the system specification. The final product has been integrated into the Home-page of IMC at the URL http://indmed.nic.in . A user help document for searching is also included. The system developed has scope for future research and refinement in regard to relevancy ranking, federated searching, links to full text articles and other material relevant to the user query available on the Internet along with the results from IndMED

On the landing of a giant grouper at Paradeep and strandings of dead turtles along Paradeep and Puri coasts, Orissa

A giant grouper, Eplnephalus lanceolatus (Bloch) (Promicrops lanceolatus) locally called 'Kaibaley' measuring 202 cm in total length was landed at Paradeep on 18-12-'97 by a trawler operated 12 km south of Paradeep (Fig.

Kinetic and mechanistic studies of oxidation of an antiallergic drug with bromamine-t in acid and alkaline media

Cetrizine dihydrochloride (CTZH) is widely used as an anti-allergic drug. Sodium N-bromo-p-toluenesulfonamide or bromamine-T (BAT) is the bromine analogue of chloramine-T (CAT) and is found to be a better oxidizing agent than CAT. In the present research, the kinetics of oxidation of CTZH with BAT in acid and alkaline media was studied at 313 K. The experimental rate laws obtained are: -dBAT/dt = kBAT CTZH0.80H+-0.48 in acid medium and -dBAT/dt = kBATCTZH0.48OH-0.52PTS-0.40 in alkaline medium where PTS is p-toluenesulfonamide. Activation parameters and reaction constants were evaluated. The solvent isotope effect was studied using D2O. The dielectric effect is positive. The stoichiometry of the reaction was found to be 1:1 and the oxidation products were identified as 4-chlorobenzophenone and (2- piperazin-1-yl-ethoxy)-acetic acid in both media. The rate of oxidation of CTZH is faster in acid medium. Suitable mechanisms and related rate laws have been worked out

Brahma

The poem ‘Brahma’, not Brahmā who is a god entrusted with the charge of creation, refers to creative element in general. A mahāvākya, or the great saying, “Aham Brahmāsmi!”, or I am Brahma, or the creative element, from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, a Hindu scripture, deems, especially, the male human as the creator. The practical creative element with which males have been endowed is recognized as vīrya, or semen, throughout the Indian tradition. Since males are placed on par with the creator, who has been recognized above as god Brahmā, due to semen, the semen becomes an asset whose wasteful expenditure is prohibited except in the case of procreation, especially, of male progeny even in contemporary India. In short, the poem ‘Brahma’ is about the wasteful expenditure of the creative element. Thus, it unseats the males from the position of power as creators or quasi-gods

A study of the Topographical Anatomy of the External laryngeal Branch of Superior Laryngeal Nerve in patients undergoing Thyroidectomy

INTRODUCTION: Thyroidectomy is a frequently performed surgery all over the world. One forgotten and usually ignored complication is voice change. This can either be due to recurrent laryngeal nerve injury or external laryngeal nerve injury. The pattern of voice change varies in each of these injuries. Identifying the nerves during the surgery and a comprehensive knowledge about the variants of the nerves can be beneficial to the surgeon. AIM AND OBJECTIVES: To find out the prevalence of various courses of external branch of superior laryngeal nerve in patients undergoing thyroidectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 50 patients undergoing thyroidectomy in the Department of General Surgery from April 2016 to September 2016 were studied. The course of external laryngeal nerve was classified according to Kierner Classification. RESULTS: The total number of nerves analysed were 83. The mean length of nerve was 2.21 cm. The most common type of EBSLN was type 1 [46.98%]. The second most common type of EBSLN was type 2[25.3%]. The third most common type of nerve was the nerve could not be identified in 22.89% of cases. The fourth most common type of type 4 nerve [4.81%]. There was no type 4 nerve identified in this study. CONCLUSION: The description of various courses of external branch of superior laryngeal nerve and its routine identification can minimise risk of iatrogenic injury to the nerve during thyroidectomy

Physiological Perspectives of Ashti Dhatu and Role of Basti Chikitsa towards the Health Restoration of Ashti Dhatu

Asthi is one of the important Dhatu amongst the many other Dhatus of body which mainly involve in Sharira dharana function, it provide shape and physical built up of body and protect internal organs from external shock. The equilibrium of Asthi dhatus helps to restore normal health status while disturbed functioning of Asthi dhatus leads pathological states. The disturbance in Asthi dhatus may be Vriddhi or Kshaya that further leads many other bone disorders. The ayurveda described various approaches to restore physiological health of Asthi dhatus and Basti chikitsa is one of them. Considering thus present article summarizes physiological aspects of Asthi dhatus and role of Basti chikitsa towards the management of pathological disturbances related to the Asthi dhatus. Keywords: Ayurveda, Asthi dhatus, Basti chikitsa, Physiology  &nbsp

Oxidation of tricyclic antidepressant drugs with chloramine-T in acidic solutions: Kinetic, mechanistic and thermodynamic studies

The kinetics of the oxidation of two tricyclic antidepressants (TCA) namely, imipramine (IMP) and clomipramine (CLM) with sodium N-chloro-p-toluenesulfonamide or chloramine-T (CAT) in HClO4 medium was studied at 300 K. The two reactions followed identical kinetics with a first-order dependence of rate on CATo and fractional order dependence on TCAo. The reaction is catalyzed by H+ ions with a fractional order dependence. The reaction was studied at different temperatures and activation parameters were evaluated. The reaction constants involved in the mechanism were computed. The solvent isotope effect was studied using D2O. Addition of p-toluenesulfonamide retards the reaction rate. The rate increased with decreasing dielectric constant of the medium. Variation of ionic strength of the medium and addition of halide ions (Cl- or Br-) showed no effect on the rate. The stoichiometry of the reaction was found to be 1:1 and the oxidation products were identified as imipramine-5-N-oxide and clomipramine-5-N-oxide. The rate of oxidation of IMP is faster than CLM. The observed results have been explained in terms of a mechanism and a relevant rate law has been deduced. © 2013 Sukhdev and Puttaswamy; licensee Springer