Nutritional parameters predicting postoperative infections

Thirteen nutritional parameters viz body mass index (BMI), mid arm circumference (MAC), mid calf circumference (MCC), triceps skin fold thickness (TST), abdominal skin fold thickness (ASFT), abdominal girth at umbilicus (AG U), haemoglobin (Hb), total leucocytes count (WBC), absolute lymphocyte count (ALC), serum proteins (Prot.), serum albumin (AIb), serum total iron binding capacity (TIBC) and serum iron (Fe) were estimated in 52 (36 male and 16 female) consecutive patients admitted to a surgical service at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi. Nine males and one female developed surgical infections whilst the wounds of 27 males and 15 females healed by primary intent. There was a significant difference in the values of BMI, MCC, ASFT, Prot., and AIb between the patients with infected and clean wounds. Whilst MCC was significantly dif­ferent, MAC was not as good a differentiator. Whilst Prot. and AIb were lower in the infected group, BMI, MCC, TST, ASFT were higher in the patients whose wounds healed by primary inten

Empyema thoracic presenting as low back ache

AbstractA 24 years old female was presented with a 2 weeks history of fever (high grade), cough, fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain right side and low back ache. Patient prefers to lie towards right side. CECT thorax reveals empyema thoracic with paravertebral extension. Patient was put on IV antibiotic according to culture and sensitivity. Clinical and Radiological improvement was evident after 1 week

Prospects and Challenges of Journalism in Northern Divisions of Bangladesh: An Exploratory Study

Journalists are highly respected members of our society usually known as mass media personalities who make important contributions to the promotion of economy education safety security peace loveand overall prosperity of the country They also up hold public opinions sufferings as well as all the happenings of every nook and corner of our society through electronic and print media so that the people all over the country as well as the government can know the overall aspects and situation of the country which could help all the organs of government to take propersteps in case of necessary and emergenc

Multiple cavitating cannon ball metastasis with primary adenocarcinoma lung: a rare case report

Multiple large round well circumscribed pulmonary nodules in lungs are known as cannon ball secondaries. There are malignant and non-malignant causes of cannon ball secondaries. In case of malignancy, they represent classical haematogenous dissemination to the lungs of a primary malignant tumor. Secondaries to lung from renal cell carcinoma and choriocarcinoma are necrotic. The less common primary tumors causing cannon ball secondaries to lung includes prostate carcinoma, synovial sarcoma, endometrial carcinoma and some gastrointestinal malignancies. Here we presented a very rare case, maybe first of its kind of multiple cavitating cannon ball secondaries where primary malignancy was in lung itself which was EGFR positive adenocarcinoma lung. This case was also rare as cavitation is largely a feature of squamous cell carcinoma lung both of primary and metastatic lung malignancy

The Role of Audio Visual Contents on the Development of Education in Bangladesh: A Systematic Review

Background: The act of communicating with another person is referred to as communication. Information is any written, audiovisual information that conveys knowledge about a new person, place, thing, situation, or environment. To execute this, one need a sender and a receiver as well as a medium, a message that makes sense, and discussion. Audio-visual digital materials are a vital part of the world's sustainable educational development in this era of technology. Objectives: The purpose of this research is to identify how audiovisual materials have impacted Bangladesh's educational advancement. Methods: The study's data came from Scopus and Google Scholar, PUBMED articles that were published between 2004 and 2019. To find further studies, the reference lists of all included studies and pertinent systematic reviews were examined. All searches were limited to just human research and the English language. This systematic review was conducted in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. Results: The results of 10 studies, selected at random, indicate that more widespread use of audio-visual information might improve technical knowledge, attitudes, and practices in educational advancement as well as reduce all forms of illiteracy in Bangladesh. Conclusion: After reading the articles, it was determined that audiovisual content plays a specific role in the educational development, increasing knowledge, attitude, and practice. In-depth research and projects are needed to understand the audio-visual concept's contribution to society. Keyword: Role, audio-visual contents, education, advancements, Bangladesh. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/14-18-04 Publication date:June 30th 202

Growth Patterns of Six Strains of Japanese Encephalitis Virus

Growths of 6 strains of Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus were studied in mosquito (C6/36) and baby hamster kidney (BHK21) cell cultures at 4 different temperatures. At 28℃, 3 strains (Nakayama, Beijing-1, JaOArS982) grew slower than other 3 strains (JaGAr01, JaOH0566, ML17) in C6/36 cells although their infectivity increased from 1 day after infection. On the other hand, infectivity of all strains increased from 2 days after infection in BHK21 cells. At 33 and 37℃, growth of JaOArS982 strain in C6/36 cells was shut-off 2 and 1 day after infection, respectively, while growths of all strains in BHK21 cells were shut-off 2 days after infection. At 39℃, growths of all strains were shut-off 1 day after infection in both cell lines, and infectivity of Nakayama strain showed little increase in C6/36 cells. The results indicated some host cell factor(s) regulating replication of JE virus, especially in C6/36

Recent Development in Electricity Price Forecasting Based on Computational Intelligence Techniques in Deregulated Power Market

The development of artificial intelligence (AI) based techniques for electricity price forecasting (EPF) provides essential information to electricity market participants and managers because of its greater handling capability of complex input and output relationships. Therefore, this research investigates and analyzes the performance of different optimization methods in the training phase of artificial neural network (ANN) and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) for the accuracy enhancement of EPF. In this work, a multi-objective optimization-based feature selection technique with the capability of eliminating non-linear and interacting features is implemented to create an efficient day-ahead price forecasting. In the beginning, the multi-objective binary backtracking search algorithm (MOBBSA)-based feature selection technique is used to examine various combinations of input variables to choose the suitable feature subsets, which minimizes, simultaneously, both the number of features and the estimation error. In the later phase, the selected features are transferred into the machine learning-based techniques to map the input variables to the output in order to forecast the electricity price. Furthermore, to increase the forecasting accuracy, a backtracking search algorithm (BSA) is applied as an efficient evolutionary search algorithm in the learning procedure of the ANFIS approach. The performance of the forecasting methods for the Queensland power market in the year 2018, which is well-known as the most competitive market in the world, is investigated and compared to show the superiority of the proposed methods over other selected methods.© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).fi=vertaisarvioitu|en=peerReviewed

In Vitro Difference between an Attenuated ML-17 and its Parental Virulent JaOH0566 Strain of Japanese Encephalitis Virus

Two Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus strains, namely a virulent JaOH0556 and an attenuated ML-17 derived from it were studied to investigate their in vitro phenotypic differences. When both strains were concentrated by polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000 precipitation, infectivity of the ML-17 was recovered only 4.94% compared to 42.21% for the parental JaOH0566 strain, and the virion peak was very low for the ML-17 in contrast to a sharp peak for the JaOH0566 in sucrose density gradient centrifugation. When both strains were incubated with sucrose solutions, the ML-17 was slightly more labile than the JaOH0566 at high concentration of sucrose. These findings may indicate difference in the virion structure of both strains

Second Primary Lung Cancer with Glottic Laryngeal Cancer as Index Tumor – A Case Report

Patients with laryngeal cancer have a high risk of developing lung cancer in the future. A patient presented with a complaint of left-sided chest pain for the last 3 months. Chest X-ray posterior-anterior view showed a homogeneous opacity in the left upper lung field with elevation of the diaphragm on the left side. CECT thorax revealed a heterogeneously enhancing soft tissue density mass lesion in the superior segment of the lingular lobe. On histopathological examination of the mass lesion, it was diagnosed as adenocarcinoma of the lung. About 10 months previously, the patient was treated for a laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Patients with laryngeal cancer should be routinely screened during follow-up with chest X-ray or CT scan for the early detection of lung cancer