INTERNATIONAL FOCUS ON IMAGE DESCRIPTION

In recent years, the task of automatically generating image description has attracted a lot of attention in the field of artificial intelligence. Benefitting from the development of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), many approaches based on the CNN-RNN framework have been proposed to solve this task and achieved remarkable process. However, there remain two problems to be tackled in that most of existing methods only use imagelevel representation. One problem is object missing that there may miss some important objects when generating the image description and the other is misprediction that it may recognize one object to a wrong category. In this paper, to address the two problems, we propose a new method called global-local attention (GLA) for generating image description. The proposed GLA model utilizes attention mechanism to integrate objectlevel features with image- level feature. Through this manner, our model can selectively pay attention to objects and context information concurrently. Therefore, our proposed GLA method can generate more relevant image description sentences, and achieves the state-of-the-art performance on the well- known Microsoft COCO caption dataset with several popular evaluation metrics — CIDEr, METEOR, ROUGE-L and BLEU-1,2,3,4

Mobilisation of Organic Reserves during Moult Cycle in the Prawn Penaeus indicus (H. Milne Edwards)

Organic reserves like lipid, cholesterol, protein, glycogen and glucose in muscle, hepawpancreas and haemolymph of P. indicusduring different stages of moult cycle were estimated. High values of these organic reserves obtained at early premoult stage (D 1) followed by a significant decrease at late premoult stage (D4) indicated marked storage and subsequent utilization during stages D 1 to D4. Low values were observed at stage A (early post-moult) confirming depletion iri the reserves just after moulting. High percentage of water found in the muscle during post-moult stage A and low values during premoult stage (D 1), in contrast to the pattern observed for organic reserves during this period substantiated the concept of tissue growth by replacement of water during the periods between the moults

Postpartum eclampsia: a clinical study

Background: Eclampsia, an enigmatic multisystem complication of pregnancy, is commonly defined as new onset of grand mal seizure activity and/or unexplained coma during pregnancy or postpartum. Eclampsia is associated with maternal deaths ranging from, 1.8% in developed to 14% in developing countries respectively. The worldwide incidence of delayed postpartum eclampsia is on an increasing trend, now at 16-18%, of all eclamptic seizures. Objective was to study the clinical findings and morbidity, associated with postpartum eclampsia and its correlation with neuroimaging- in our institute- SRIHER, Chennai.Methods: This is a retrospective study from a period of June 2016 to June 2021, in SRIHER, Chennai. Case records of all patients with postpartum eclampsia were analysed.Results: A total of 35 patients who satisfied the inclusion criteria were studied, out of which 55% of patients were diagnosed with hypertension or preeclampsia antenatally, and 45% presented as atypical eclampsia. In our institution, Postpartum eclampsia commonly occurred in the age group of 26-30 years of age (51.4%); was common after lower segment caesarean section (LSCS) (71.4%); most commonly occurred immediate postpartum (42.8%). Most common prodromal symptom was headache (77%), followed by blurring of vision (37%). Most common magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) finding was posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) (69%). 17% patients required intensive care unit (ICU) care. There was no mortality associated with postpartum eclampsia in the study period.Conclusions: This study emphasises that a high index of suspicion and a multidisciplinary approach effectively reduces mortality and morbidity associated with postpartum eclampsia. Neuroimaging is of robust help in the diagnosis and management of postpartum eclampsia.

Effects of salinity on the growth, photosynthesis and mineral constituents of the mangrove Rhizophora apiculata L. seedlings

The effects of salinity on growth, chlorophyll content, photosynthetic rates, as measured by leaf stomatal conductance and leaf chlorophyll fluorescence induction, and ion accumulation in the mangrove plant Rhizophora apiculata were determined. The following questions were addressed:                (1) What effect does salinity have on growth responses at different ages? (2) Is R. apiculata an ion accumulator? (3) Does R. apiculata accumulate chlorophyll, net photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence in response to salinity? Rhizophora apiculata  plants were grown in pots at 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 % in sand culture in a plant growth chamber and plants were harvested after 30 and 90 d. Plant total fresh and dry weight and moisture content was significantly inhibited at 75 per cent seawater. Seawater salinity stimulated the chlorophyll contents and they were increased upto 75 per cent seawater.  The net photosynthesis increased with increasing salinity upto the optimal level and the CO2 uptake rate was identical in this species at various salt concentrations. Even at extreme salinity, the CO2 uptake was comparable to that non-saline control plants and CO2 uptake could be correlated with the chlorophyll content. The photochemical activities such as PSI and PSII of the isolated cells increased upto the optimal salinity. The result of the chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics provided with additional proof to the finding of CO2 exchange rate and photochemical activities.  The Na+ and Cl− content in both shoots and roots increased with increases in salinity. Increased treatment levels of NaCl induced decreases in Ca+, P, K+, Mg+   and N in plants

Antibacterial Activity of Salicornia brachiata, A Halophyte

Antibacterial activity of Salicornia brachiata was studied by the agar diffusion and dilution methods.  The methanolic extract of leaves of this species was more active than the aqueous extracts against Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pumilus, Micrococcus luteus and Staphylococcus aureus.ÂÂ

Inversion of moments to retrieve joint probabilities in quantum sequential measurements

A sequence of moments encode the corresponding probability distribution. Probing if quantum joint probability distribution can be retrieved from the associated set of moments -- realized in the sequential measurement of a dichotomic observable at different time intervals -- reveals a negative answer i.e., the joint probabilities of sequential measurements do not agree with the ones obtained by inverting the moments. This is indeed a reflection of the non-existence of a bonafide grand joint probability distribution, consistent with all the physical marginal probability distributions. Here we explicitly demonstrate that given the set of moments, it is not possible to retrieve the three-time quantum joint probability distribution resulting from quantum sequential measurement of a single qubit dichotomic observable at three different times. Experimental results using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system are reported here to corroborate these theoretical observations viz., the incompatibility of the three-time joint probabilties with those extracted from the moment sequence.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, RevTe

Postoperative acute parotitis after cesarean delivery under spinal anaesthesia: a rare entity

Postoperative acute painless parotid gland swelling, which is a rare complication has been reported after caesarian section (CS) under neuraxial anaesthesia. Here, we present a parturient who suffered from acute parotitis, which developed after elective repeat CS under spinal anaesthesia.

Massive subchorionic haemorrhage: a rare case report associated with secondary PPH due to uterine artery pseudoaneurysm

Massive subchorionic hemorrhage is a rare but serious condition in pregnancy in which a large amount of blood, mainly maternal collects between the uterine wall and the chorionic membrane and may leak through the cervical canal. Although many associations have been reported, an underlying etiology has not been elucidated. Association of massive subchorionic hemorrhage with thrombophilias have been reported in few articles. We are reporting a case of massive subchorionic hemorrhage presented at 13 weeks of gestation associated with secondary post-partum hemorrhage due to uterine artery pseudoaneurysm

Team Huddle Implementation in the Care in the Community at the Durham Veterans Health Care System Hospital

ABSTRACT Team Huddle Implementation in the Care in the Community at the Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System Hospital Background: Effective teamwork and communication among care in the community (CITC) staff are critical to effective care coordination and timely delivery of health services to veterans. Poor teamwork contributes to ineffective care coordination and fragmented care delivery. The COVID-19 pandemic challenged the CITC with a significant increase in incoming referrals (consult) volume and exacerbated scheduling difficulty, resulting in high staff stress, burnout, and ineffective teamwork. This pilot quality improvement project aimed to enhance teamwork by incorporating team huddles in the CITC mental health team at the Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System (DVAHCS) Hospital in North Carolina. Participants were two registered nurses (RNs) and two medical support assistants (MSAs). Method: This project utilized the Johns Hopkins Model for Evidence-Based Practice framework and was measured using a pre- and post-intervention assessment. The TeamSTEPPS Teamwork Perception Questionnaire [T-TPQ] was used to measure the perception of teamwork before and after the implementation period. Additionally, huddle compliance was tracked throughout the implementation using a tracking sheet. The project's specific aims included huddle compliance of ≥90% and improved teamwork. Intervention: The project implemented twice weekly pilot team huddles in the CITC mental health team for three months from 06/02/2022 to 09/07/2022. The team members completed the pre- and post-implementation T-TPQ survey immediately before and after the project implementation. The huddle occurrence, attendance, performance metrics, issues identified, and action items were tracked using a huddle tracking sheet. Results: Twenty-six out of a possible twenty-seven huddles occurred during the pilot period, with a compliance rate of 96.3%. The overall mean score on team function, leadership, situation monitoring, and communication increased from pre- to post-intervention. However, there was no significant difference noted between pre- and post-. Team performance metrics improved from 34% to 41.6%, with a 22.4% improvement. More importantly, the team members noted the huddles were highly beneficial in boosting teamwork and communication, addressing barriers promptly, tracking metrics, and sharing timely information. Conclusion: Team huddle implementation in CITC supported improved teamwork, communication, and team performance metrics, contributing to enhanced care coordination, proper consult management, and timely care delivery. Keywords: huddle, huddles, team huddles, teamwork, and collaborationDoctor of Nursing Practic