Outcome of total laparoscopic hysterectomy in relation to the size of the uterus

Background: Laparoscopic hysterectomy is a safe and feasible technique to manage benign uterine pathology as it offers minimal postoperative discomfort; with shorter hospital stay, rapid convalescence and early return to the activities of daily living. However, to date very few studies have been reported on safety and feasibility of total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) in large sized uteri. The present study was planned to evaluate the intra-operative and post-operative parameters in relation to size of the uterus during TLH.Methods: This study was a comparative study. Fifty women with uterine size less than 12 weeks (Group 1) and fifty women with uterine size more than or equal to 12 weeks (Group 2) for whom TLH was planned for benign indications were included in the study. Intra-operative and post-operative parameters like blood loss, duration of surgery, post-operative pain and complications were compared between the two groups. Comparison was done using independent sample t test. A probability (‘p’ value) of less than or equal to 0.05 at 95% confidence interval was considered as statistically significant.Results: The mean age of the patients in both the groups was matched (44.82 years vs. 43.96 years). The mean operative time (48.80±14.12 minutes vs. 77.3±35.11 minutes; p 12 weeks). However, it is associated with longer operative time, and greater amount of blood loss

Structural Stability and Level Density of Hot Rotating Doubly Magic Isotopes of Calcium

The recently reported doubly-magic nuclei 52Ca and 54Ca are discussed in comparison with the other magic isotopes of Calcium. the temperature effect is included in this study and hence the statistical approach to obtain the particle emission and level density are discussed in the context of temperature effect. We predict an increase in neutron emission for 54Ca due to the abrupt decrease in neutron separation energy around t=0.4MeV. Since the drop in the separation energy is closely associated with the structural changes in the rotating nuclei, relative increase in neutron emission probability around certain values of temperature may be construed as evidence for the shape transition. Such effects are not obtained for 40,48,52Ca isotopes. hence this statistical study reveals the higher stability of magic nature of 52Ca than 54Ca, against temperature

A QoS-Aware IoT Edge Network for Mobile Telemedicine Enabling In-Transit Monitoring of Emergency Patients

Addressing the inadequacy of medical facilities in rural communities and the high number of patients affected by ailments that need to be treated immediately is of prime importance for all countries. The various recent healthcare emergency situations bring out the importance of telemedicine and demand rapid transportation of patients to nearby hospitals with available resources to provide the required medical care. Many current healthcare facilities and ambulances are not equipped to provide real-time risk assessment for each patient and dynamically provide the required medical interventions. This work proposes an IoT-based mobile medical edge (IM2E) node to be integrated with wearable and portable devices for the continuous monitoring of emergency patients transported via ambulances and it delves deeper into the existing challenges, such as (a) a lack of a simplified patient risk scoring system, (b) the need for architecture that enables seamless communication for dynamically varying QoS requirements, and (c)the need for context-aware knowledge regarding the effect of end-to-end delay and the packet loss ratio (PLR) on the real-time monitoring of health risks in emergency patients. The proposed work builds a data path selection model to identify the most effective path through which to route the data packets in an effective manner. The signal-to-noise interference ratio and the fading in the path are chosen to analyze the suitable path for data transmission

Temperature dependence of conductivity of polypyrrole doped with sulphuric acid

427-430Polypyrrole samples doped with sulfuric acid have been synthesized by using chemical oxidative polymerisation technique in different ways. The monomer mixed with acid (sample S₁) and oxidant mixed with acid (sample S₂) is characterized by XRD and FTIR spectroscopy. Electrical conduction in these doped samples are studied through the I-V measurements at room temperature as well as function of temperature from 313 to 473 K. The I-V lharacteristics for both the samples have been found to be linear but conductivity of sample S₂ is found to be higher. Temperature dependence of conductivity suggests a transition from semiconducting nature to metallic nature with increase in temperature. Activation energies for both the samples have been found to be in milli electron volt range, 96.76 meV and 116.72 meV for samples S₁ and S₂, respectively

Structural and thermal characterization of metal halides doped polypyrrole

414-416Polypyrrole and its metal halide composites have been synthesized by chemical oxidation polymerization technique with ammonium peroxisulphate (oxidant) in aqueous hydrochloric acid medium. structural characterization of polypyrrole samples S1 (100% Co), S2 (25%Ni -75%Co), S3 (50%Ni -50%Co), S4 (75%Ni - 25%Co) and S5 (100%Ni) has been made by XRD and FTIR spectroscopy. Thermal transport properties such as effective thermal conductivity (λe) and effective thermal diffusivity (χe) of these samples have been measured simultaneously at room temperature and normal pressure using transient plane source (TPS) technique. The values of effective thermal conductivity and effective thermal diffusivity are found higher in all the above-mentioned samples except sample S3 (50%Ni-50%Co). This result can be explained on the basis of bonding of cobalt and nickel with polypyrrole matrix during their polymerization