CASE REPORT | March 30, 2016
An Unusual Presentation of Perinatal Osteogenesis Imperfecta Mimicking Fracture Femur – A Case Report
Sujata Ghosh, Chinmoy Das, Sushil Kr Nayak, Purba Haldar, Debdas Saha
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disease characterized by fragile bones, skeletal deformities and, in severe cases, prenatal death that affects more than 1 in 10,000 individuals. We report a case of a primigravida, a 24 yr old lady who presented in the emergency room of a secondary care hospital in Howrah, West Bengal, India (Silver Jubilee Matrisadan) at 36 weeks of gestation with breech presentation. Upon delivery by Em LSCS the Obstetrician & Neonatologist found that there was fracture in right femur and abnormally stunted left leg. Fracture femur during delivery was suspected. Radiological examination of both lower limbs showed fracture of right femur, with abnormal acute bowing of left femur with no associated shadow showing fracture haematoma. The neonate was transferred to a tertiary care centre for investigation and further diagnosis and management. Neonate was diagnosed to have Osteogenesis Imperfecta. This peculiar puzzling presentation which was primarily suspected as fracture of femur due to manipulation during breech delivery was subsequently diagnosed to be an undiagnosed case of osteogenesis imperfecta with intrauterine fractures
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 30, 2016
Kinetic evidence for improved invertase activity from a novel mutant of Candida fermentati DMS-4
Sikander Ali, M. Umer Hayyat, Rashid Mehmood
Page no 44-50 |
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Candida fermentati SA3-7, a haploid yeast strain was treated by ultraviolet (UV) radiations and Dimethyl
sulphonate (DMS) for enhanced invertase (EC 3.2.1.26) production. The UV induced mutagenesis did not produce any
stable mutant with improved enzyme production. The culture was subjected to DMS treatment. The mutant DMS-4
obtained after exposure with 0.06 mg/ml of DMS for 45 min gave many fold increased enzyme production (34.12 U/ml)
compared to the wild. After optimization of incubation time (48 h), sucrose concentration (5 g/l), initial pH (6.0) and
inoculum size (2 % v/v, 16 h old), the enzyme production reached 45.65 U/ml with a remarkable >40 fold enhancement.
On the basis of kinetic parameters markedly Qp (0.872 U/g/h), Yp/s (2.403 U/g) and qp (0.209 U/g yeast cells/h), it was
concluded that the mutant was a hyper producer of enzyme and has a faster growth rate. The rate of volumetric
production was 25 fold improved over the parental strain. The enhancement in the enzyme production is highly
significant (HS, LSD 0.045, p≤0.05).
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 30, 2016
Control Chart Model for Assessment of Water Quality of a Tropical RiverKshipra Ujjain, India
Shivi Bhasin, Arvind N. Shukla, Sharad Shrivastava, Uttama Mishra
Page no 51-64 |
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The present study involves assessment of water quality of Kshipra river by use of control chart, water quality
index (WQI), physico-chemical and microbiological analysis. Samples were collected from five sites of the river for a
period of one year. The main purpose of the study is to provide a baseline data regarding pollution control, management
and improvement of water quality of this river before Mahakumbh 2016. Analysis of various parameters like dissolved
oxygen (DO), chemical oxygen demand (COD), biological oxygen demand (BOD), total coliform (TC), fecal coliform
(FC), turbidity, transparency, total alkalinity, total hardness, chloride, calcium was performed.WQI values ranged from
284.0-1112.34 and shows all study site to be under pollution stress. Results of the present investigation showed that
water quality of the river is more deteriorated during summer followed by monsoon and winter season. Control chart
model is applied for the first time in the analysis of water quality, as it provides a clear pictorial view about the pollution
status of the river. The sample mean values in control chart cross lower and upper limits consistently in all seasons and at
all study site, indicating very poor water quality. Higher pollution load was observed in Ramghat followed by
Managalnath, Triveni, Mahidpur and Kshipra village study sites. According to CPCB water of Kshipra river is found to
be of D class and river is observed to be under great pollution stress. Immediate remedial measures are recommended to
control pollution and improve water quality of the river which is important for proper management and conservation of
this holy river.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 30, 2016
Features of type personality behaviour among young and healthy students of medicine are related to the declared level of stress but not to the level of stress measured objectively
Agata Henzel, Agnieszka Siennicka, Maciej Zacharski, Jacek Bania, Ewa A. Jankowska
Page no 6-12 |
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Features of Type A are common among physicians and may be related to the experience of stress. We aimed
to assess the prevalence of features of Type A and the level of declared vs. objectively measured stress among young,
healthy men and women studying medicine. 130 healthy female (age: 23±2; BMI: 20.9±2.4 kg/m2) and 71 male (age:
22±2 years; BMI: 24.3±3.3 kg/m2) medicine students completed the Polish versions of: the Framingham Type A Scale,
The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and the Sense of Stress Questionnaire (SSQ, with 3 subscales assessing: emotional
tension, external stress and internal stress). Moreover, we measured the level of cortisol (the ‘stress’ hormone) in saliva.
Results in both questionnaires assessing perceived stress did not correlate with the level of cortisol (both p>0.05). In both
genders, features of Type A were positively related to the perceived stress (PSS-10: accordingly, r=0.6 and r=0.5; SSQ:
r=0.6 and r=0.6; all p<0,001), but not with the level of cortisol (p>0.05). Development of the pattern of behavior called
Type A personality-behaviour might be related to the conviction of experiencing stress rather than to its actual level
measured objectively. Such observation could be valuable for physicians who experience extremely high level of stress
during their work.
RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 30, 2016
The Studying For Thin Interbed Architecture of Burial Meandering Channel Point Bar
Wang wei, Li zhen hai, Su yu
Page no Sch. Bull.; 2016, 2(3): 172-173 |
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Abstract: Taking a certain dense pattern test area in Daqing oil field as an example, the use of small layer contrast, sedimentary microfacies and single sand identification technology, combined with modern sedimentary model and the outcrop research results and cores, referred to c logging and dynamic data and empirical formula, densely well pattern anatomy and dyad well analysis, summed up internal architecture model of the point bar in the study area. And under the guidance of the model, the author provides the basis for further tapping the potential and development in oil field.
REVIEW ARTICLE | March 30, 2016
Indian traditional medicinal herbs against dental caries – an unsung past to a bright future
Dr. Amith Adyanthaya, Dr. Sajeela Ismail, Dr. Natta Sreelakshmi
Page no 1-6 |
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Dental caries (tooth decay) is one of the most important global oral health problems. Tooth decay can have a
negative impact on activities of daily living and consequently on a person’s quality of life. Of the many species of
microbes normally present in the oral cavity, Streptococcus mutans is the most significant bacterial group implicated in
development of dental caries. Consequently, reducing the bacterial load is a practical prevention strategy. Various
chemo-mechanical aids have been used towards achieving the goal. But many of the chemical constituents become
disadvantageous due to various reasons like formation of stains and development of microbial resistance with prolonged
use. As a result, researching and scientifically validating newer formulations becomes significant. This literature review
briefly sums up the scientific basis of few indigenously used medicinal plants in India which have shown action against
oral microorganisms like Streptococcus mutans. These studies have the potential to be converted into commercial
preparations with appropriate field trials.
RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 30, 2016
Numerical Analysis of Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement
Afshin Famili, Masoud Vafaei
Page no 20-25 |
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There has been various design methods for roller compacted concrete (RCC) pavement during a several
decades. These design procedure are developed gradually. In this paper a 3D finite element (FE) model of RCC
pavement has been developed. . In the validation step, the results of 3D modelling are compared with those obtained by
theoretical approach. The comparison shows good correspondences. Due to the fact the theoretical approach uses 2D
model in the formula, the 3D FE model results were slightly lower than the theoretical model. Using finite element
software ABAQUS software, the paper investigated effects of changes speed in vertical displacement. In order to find the
effect of speed in typical RCC pavement with the assumed properties in section 3, five partition for the applying load has
created on the surface of slab. Vertical displacement at the bottom of the surface layer has been achieved for six different
speed. Considering the obtained results of vertical displacement of the pavement for four assumed speed, the fitted curve
is drawn with high accuracy.
SHORT COMMUNICATION | March 30, 2016
Cloud Computing and Demand Based Services at a glance: Contemporary Scenario
P. K. Paul, A Bhuimali, Abir Atarthy
Page no 26-29 |
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Cloud Computing is one of the important name in the field of Computer and Information Science. Cloud
Computing is actually need of the hour. Cloud Computing is an important platform which is deals with virtualization.
This is a platform or more clearly an architecture which supports virtualization. And virtualization is including hardware,
software, packages, utilities and applications that means whole IT infrastructure. Cloud Computing and its evolvement
introduced so many facilities and services out of which demand based services treated as most important in many
perspective. This paper is deals with several aspects of cloud computing; including so many demand based services for
creation of healthy and sophisticated information infrastructure powered by advance technologies. Several facets reported
in this paper as per the R&D undertaken in ISOAH Data Securities Pvt. Ltd and also will be incorporated in the doctoral
thesis of the main researcher.
REVIEW ARTICLE | March 29, 2016
Linguistic Analysis: the distinctiveness Text of the Qur’an
uhammad Saleem, Karim Dad
Page no 32-35 |
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The study investigates the literary form of the Holy book—The Qur‘an. The book is explaining the principles
of Islam— a religion of Muslim Umah. In the era and since the Prophet Muhammad‘s time, it was questioned that it is a
book written by a poet. It has been under the keen study to know the language used in the Holy Qur‘an. The study
explains the language of the Holy Qur‘an. The Qur‘an is not prose and that it is not verse either. It is rather Qur‘an, and it
cannot be called by any other name. The Holy Quran is the reference book for more than 1.6 billion of Muslims all
around the world. Extracting information and knowledge from the Holy Quran is of high benefit for both specialized
people in Islamic studies as well as none specialized people. The word Qur‘an has never been used for any other book
since long in the history of the universe. It has its unique form[1]. This study helps to introduce the reader to the language
of the Holy Qur‘an.
CASE REPORT | March 28, 2016
Difficulties in the diagnosis aetiology of A- β- ketosis-prone diabetes in a NorthAfrican adult
Ines Slim, Abdelbasset Amara, Asma Baba, Molka Chadli-Chaieb, Koussay Ach, Saloua JemniYaacoub, Ali Saad, Philippe Froguel, Moez Gribaa, Martine Vaxillaire, Larbi Chaieb
Page no 1-5 |
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Ketosis-prone diabetes (KPD) is a heterogeneous syndrome characterized by patients who present with
diabetic ketoacidosis or unprovoked ketosis but do not necessarily have the typical phenotype of autoimmune type 1
diabetes. In this case report, we expose the difficulties in the diagnosis aetiology of A- β- ketosis-prone diabetes (KPD)
in a 22-year-old North-African woman presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis. Her initial glycaemia was at 17.2 mmol/L
and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) was moderately increased at 7.6% with no clinical evidence of other precipitating
illnesses or stressful events. Her baseline and glucagon-stimulated serum C-peptide levels were below the detection limit
at the time of admission. All anti-pancreatic antibodies were negative and pancreatic imaging was normal. Direct
sequencing of HNF1A, HNF4A, INS, IPF1, NEUROD1 and PAX4 genes were performed and showed three mutations in
HNF1A (I27L), NEUROD1 (A45T) and PAX4 (H321P). HLA typing showed the genotype DQB1*03-
DRB1*11/DQB1*03-DRB1*13. Based on that data, type 1A diabetes mellitus (DM) could be excluded. However,
criteria of fulminant type 1 DM are mostly filled but difficult to be confirmed and the MODY (Maturity Onset diabetes
of the young) hypothesis could not be ruled out as other genes may be involved. Our observation highlights the
difficulties of understanding the aetiology of A- β- KPD with sudden-onset although clinical, imaging, immunologic and
genetic data are available.
RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 27, 2016
Study on In-Layer Heterogeneity of the Channel Single Sandstone Body in Each Facies Area of the Meandering River-Delta
Fan Guangjuan, Wan Da, Fan Guangquan,Wang Yongchao, Li Xinyu
Page no Sch. Bull.; 2016, 2(3): 168-171 |
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Abstract: There are three facies areas, that are meandering river, delta distributary plain and delta front in the reservoir layer of the BY region of the Daqing oilfield. SⅡ81、SII21、SⅢ8 are typical sedimentary time units which are respectively belong to each facies area. We Used statistic analysis method to obtain the subtle variety of the three permeability parameters- Kv, Tk and Jk- to make the research of the in-layer microfacies controlling heterogeneity of typical channel single sandstone body. Research indication: The in-layer heterogeneity of typical channel single sandstone body, the meandering river facies area’s is relatively most serious, the distributary plain’s is medium, and the delta front’s is relatively weak.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 26, 2016
Correlational Teamwork in Secondary Schools: A Case of Musoma Municipality, Tanzania
Lazarus Ndiku Makewa, Baraka Manjale Ngussa, Simon Arego, Joshua Kuboja
Page no 26-31 |
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Abstract: This study investigated correlational teamwork among Secondary Schools in Musoma Municipality using case
study approach. A sample of 10 Secondary schools was randomly selected and 164 teachers, non-teaching staff and
school leaders participated in the study by filling the questionnaire. Validity was established through expert judgment
and reliability test yielded Cronbach’s alpha of .863 for teamwork, .885 for morale of work, .866 for leadership and .875
for communication. Descriptive Statistics, ANOVA and Pearson product moment correlational coefficient were
employed to analyse research questions. General mean score of school stakeholders in all aspects of teamwork was
between 2.50 and 3.49, meaning they agreed that there is tem work in their schools. Statistics yielded a significant
difference in perception of school leaders, teachers and non-teaching staff on teamwork, school leaders having
significantly higher mean scores than teachers. Results also revealed a positive and strong relationship between
teamwork and morale of work and leadership. Moderate and positive relationship was also found between teamwork and
communication. Following these findings, it is recommended that schools under investigation need to enhance good
leadership and strive to increase morale of work among school stakeholders in order to increase teamwork spirit.
RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 25, 2016
Correlation Analysis between Permeability and Pore Structure of Tight Reservoir
Li Shuming
Page no Sch. Bull.; 2016, 2(3): 165-167 |
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Abstract: Tight reservoir has become a hot spot of oil and gas exploration and development, meanwhile the study of pore structure is the core of the study of tight reservoir. Pore structure has a direct impact on the permeability of the reservoir. According to all kinds of pressure mercury parameters and permeability in correlation to determine pore throat size is the decisive factor of the reservoir permeability size, pore throat sorting and connectivity on the permeability of the influence is relatively weak.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 24, 2016
Study of Effect of Topical 0.05% Difluprednate on Intra Ocular Pressure in Patients Operated By Small Incision Cataract Surgery
Sahasrabudhe Vivek M, Kamble Nikhil R
Page no 56-58 |
10.36348/sjmps.2016.v02i03.002
Our study was carried out over 5 months from April 2014 to August 2014. Patients of uncomplicated cataract operated at tertiary care centre, Nanded by same surgeon with Manual small incision cataract surgery (SICS) with posterior chamber intra ocular lens (PCIOL) were studied. Objective is to find out co-relation between High IOP and topical 0.05% Difluprednate use on post-operative patients. Study Design was hospital based, prospective, observational Cohort study. Patients were started on topical antibiotic plus 0.05% difluprednate combination on first post-operative day and advised q.i.d. dosing. Then patients were followed for 6 weeks their IOP was measured by Goldmann Applanation Tonometer. Total of 56 eyes of either sex were included in the study. Our study showed that there is low risk of IOP rise in postoperative cataract patients i.e. 3.57% (2 out of 56 eyes) if schedule is followed. So our study concludes that strict following of dosing is necessary to get good outcome with difluprednate
RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 23, 2016
Application of heavy mineral data in provenance analysis
Niu Dongliang
Page no Sch. Bull.; 2016, 2(3): 162-164 |
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Abstract: Heavy mineral analysis plays an important role in provenance analysis that determines the location of the source region, source spreading and feeding direction. In the detailed results of previous studies and on the basis of reading a lot of literature, this paper expounds the important role of the four heavy minerals analysis methods in provenance analysis include: the traits of heavy mineral, typomorphic characteristic, stability factor, etc., then, state the advantage and disadvantage.