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With the growing Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology in almost all w... more With the growing Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology in almost all walks of our life, small embedded devices will become the enabler of new and innovative services in time to come. These devices will connect the physical world to the internet as data generating nodes. The data generated from these devices is going to be humongous and Big Data Analytics tools will be used to mine the data for information of interest depending on the end service under consideration. While there are so many IoT devices around and each day more and more types of IoT devices are coming into existence. This leaves us with two major questions, one is reliability of the sensors and devices which are expected to work in different environmental/ambient condition. Second is the trust factor of the enabled services from such devices. The trust modeling for IoT devices, data generated and the data analytics has not been in the focus and much of the work is done in a more distributed manner. This short paper articulates and exemplifies the need of Reliability-over-a-period-of-time (ROPT) and Trust Factor (TF) as key differentiators between IoT devices and IoT enabled services.
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, 2013
OBJECTIVE-To determine the incidence and type of neuroimaging abnormalities in children presentin... more OBJECTIVE-To determine the incidence and type of neuroimaging abnormalities in children presenting with a first afebrile seizure. METHODS: In a prospective observational study 75 children who were admitted with first afebrile seizure in department of pediatric N.S.C.B. M.C.H Jabalpur were underwent brain CT scan between Aug.2010 to July2011.Neuroimaging was performed (75/81)of these children within 48hours of their arrival to the Emergency Department. We defined first seizure using the international league against epilepsy(ILAE). RESULT:-Neuro-imaging abnormality were found in 66.7% cases.There was a significant relationship between abnormal neuro-imaging and focal seizure (P<.001).52.94% cases of GTCS and 83.8% cases of partial seizure have abnormal neuro-imaging .Most common abnormality observed in our study was Neurocysticercosis26.7%(20/75)followed byTuberculoma26% (13/75). CONCLUSION:-Incidence of neuro-imaging abnormality in children presenting with first afebrile seizure is high in developing countries like india due to high prevalence of NCC and tuberculosis so neuro-imaging should be considered in any child with first afebrile seizure.
Objective: To describe the management strategy for a multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella urinary... more Objective: To describe the management strategy for a multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella urinary tract infection (UTI). Case Summary: A 69-year-old Caucasian woman with a past medical history of recurrent UTIs and a right-lung transplant presented with fever to 101.4°F, chills, malaise, and cloudy, foul-smelling urine for approximately 1 week. She was found to have a MDR Klebsiella UTI that was sensitive to tigecycline and cefepime. To further evaluate the degree of resistance Etest minimum inhibitory concentrations were requested for cefepime, amikacin, meropenem, and ertapenem. The patient received a 14-day course of amikacin, which resulted in resolution of her symptoms. One month later, the patient's UTI symptoms returned. The urine culture again grew MDR Klebsiella, sensitive only to tigecycline. Fosfomycin was initiatedand resulted in limited resolution of her symptoms. Colistin was started, however, therapy was discontinued on day 5 secondary to the development of acute kidney injury. Despite the short course of therapy, the patient's symptoms resolved. Discussion: The case presented lends itself well to numerous discussion items that are important to consider when determining optimal treatment for MDR Gram-negative bacilli (GNBs). Susceptibility testing is an important tool for optimizing antibiotic therapy, however, automated systems may overestimate the susceptibility profile for a MDR GNB. Treatment strategies evaluated to treat MDR GNB, include combination therapy with a carbepenem and synergy using polymyxin. Conclusion: We have described the management strategy for a MDR Klebsiella UTI, the consequences of the initial management strategy, and potential strategies to manage these types of infections in future patients.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) (1989) is the most widely endorsed child ri... more The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) (1989) is the most widely endorsed child rights instrument worldwide, which defines children as all persons up to the age of 18 years.1 Defining violence and children protection rights, the Convention declares “States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child.”1,2 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has defined ‘Child Abuse’ as a violation of basic human rights of a child, constituting all forms of physical, emotional ill treatment, sexual harm, neglect or negligent treatment, commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual harm or potential harm to the child’s health, survival, development or dignity in ...
The paper is presenting development of a microcontroller-based multi-home alarm system that can b... more The paper is presenting development of a microcontroller-based multi-home alarm system that can be detect smoking. Addition of local materials are considered. The text message is displayed by developed prototype whenever smoke or intrusion was detected. Developmental research design was used to come up with a working prototype of the designing. For testing the smoke alarm, the system was exposed to different burning materials such as paper, wood, plastic, cloth and rubber; and to test the intrusion alarm, the system was placed at different distances. Based from the findings of the study, all materials acquired locally were able to function properly. The system was found to be consistent and efficient with data transmission, processing and reception. Response time of less than 20 seconds for smoke alarm and less than 2 seconds for lock mechanism were recorded. The system instantly sent notification messages to the user after fire and proximity sensors were triggered.
International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, 2021
Background: Rigid interlocking nailing for femoral shaft fracture is ideal for use in adolescents... more Background: Rigid interlocking nailing for femoral shaft fracture is ideal for use in adolescents in terms of stability of the fracture and convenience for the patient. Closed reduction and intramedullary interlocking nailing is the surgical treatment of choice for the closed shaft fractures of femur. Present study conducted to study the principles of intramedullary interlocking nailing and to assess the outcome of the patient. Methods: The present study comprises of 30 cases of fracture shaft of the femur in adults about >20 years old. All the fractures, which were included in the study were traumatic in origin, most of them are due to road traffic accidents. Results: The delayed union rate in our series was 6.67%. There were no non-unions. Conclusions: It is concluded that closed intramedullary interlocking nailing method given good result in treatment of shaft fractures of femur. Keywords: Intramedullary nailing, Femur, Diaphysis fractures, Interlocking
International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, 2021
Background: The aim of the study is to find the incidence of fibromyalgia in orthopaedic female o... more Background: The aim of the study is to find the incidence of fibromyalgia in orthopaedic female outpatient department in a medical college hospital Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted on the female patients coming to orthopedic outpatient department. Results: The result showed that about 42.00% patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). The age group that is majorly affected by fibromyalgia is between 40-60 years of age. Married women accounts to the major group of 89% Conclusion: We concluded that the most common diagnosis made in an orthopaedic female outpatient department is fibromyalgia Keywords: Fibromyalgia, Orthopaedics, Women
International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015
Objective: Endophytes represent a niche habitat for the study of novel bio-and chemo diversity. N... more Objective: Endophytes represent a niche habitat for the study of novel bio-and chemo diversity. Nelumbo nucifera is an aquatic plant that has not been characterized for endophyte diversity. This study was undertaken with the objective of isolating endophytes from submerged and aerial part of N. nucifera , study the diversity profile of the isolated endophytes and their antimicrobial, antioxidant, and siderophore production capacity. Methods: Endophytes were isolated from aerial and submerged parts of N. nucifera on different media (Starch Casein Nitrate, Glucose Yeast Extract, Nutrient and Potato Dextrose agar). These were further characterized for morphology (colony characteristics, Gram reaction), physiological characteristics (carbon, nitrogen utilization) and activity (antimicrobial, antioxidant, siderophore production). After dereplication, twelve isolates were studied further. Results: All endophyte isolates were Gram-positive bacteria, and one was a fungus. Isolate L-300 show...
Multimegawatt wind-turbine systems, frequently organized in a wind park, are the backbone of the ... more Multimegawatt wind-turbine systems, frequently organized in a wind park, are the backbone of the power generation based on renewable-energy systems. In this paper the most-adopted wind-turbine systems, the adopt generators, the topologies of the converters, the generator control and grid connection issues, as well as their arrangement in wind parks.
2016 International Conference on Internet of Things and Applications (IOTA), 2016
With the growing Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology in almost all w... more With the growing Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology in almost all walks of our life, small embedded devices will become the enabler of new and innovative services in time to come. These devices will connect the physical world to the internet as data generating nodes. The data generated from these devices is going to be humongous and Big Data Analytics tools will be used to mine the data for information of interest depending on the end service under consideration. While there are so many IoT devices around and each day more and more types of IoT devices are coming into existence. This leaves us with two major questions, one is reliability of the sensors and devices which are expected to work in different environmental/ambient condition. Second is the trust factor of the enabled services from such devices. The trust modeling for IoT devices, data generated and the data analytics has not been in the focus and much of the work is done in a more distributed manner. This short paper articulates and exemplifies the need of Reliability-over-a-period-of-time (ROPT) and Trust Factor (TF) as key differentiators between IoT devices and IoT enabled services.
Journal of Patient Safety and Infection Control, 2020
To limit the spread of coronavirus, most of the countries had applied lockdown, restricting movem... more To limit the spread of coronavirus, most of the countries had applied lockdown, restricting movement of people, ban on public transport and air travel. The World Health Organization (WHO) advises against the application of travel or trade restrictions in countries experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks for a longer period of time. These lockdowns should be short in duration and be regularly reviewed as the situation evolves. After lockdown, most of the countries have started airline services again, but society in general is sceptical about safety of air travel and the spread of disease in the present COVID time. Aircraft appears to be airtight chamber with passengers sitting very close to each other, so people get worried about getting infection from fellow travellers. Unfortunately, most of the regulations are on chemical contaminants in the flight cabin but are silent on bacteriological, viral and other microbial contamination of air in the cabin. Still, it has been observed that the risk of infection in flight is comparable to train and car and might be much lesser. To maintain air quality, airplanes have High-Efficiency Particulate Air filters which can capture 99.9% of particles (bacteria, fungi and larger viruses or virus clumps) of 0.1–0.3 μm in diameter. Low concentrations of bacteria and fungi have been found in air cabin at levels that are not thought to pose any health risk. Air is replaced with fresh air every 2–4 min in the aircraft. Besides that, ventilation systems on planes are set up in zones; air is shared between a small group of people only. Although the risk of catching something, airborne on a plane is lower than in many other confined spaces because of the filters and air exchange ratio but risk of infection through contact is still possible, so if a person fly observe contact precautions, for example, hand hygiene and use face cover.
Current microbiology, Jan 24, 2017
During a screening program for actinomycetes from underexplored and arid Thar Desert (India), TD-... more During a screening program for actinomycetes from underexplored and arid Thar Desert (India), TD-093 was isolated. The isolate was characterized based on 16S rDNA sequencing. Aqueous and organic solvent extracts of culture supernatant were investigated for antimicrobial activity. Bioactive fractions, after column chromatography separation, were subjected to GC-MS analysis. Based on 16S rDNA sequence result, isolate TD-093 showed nearest match to Saccharothrix (96%) and is a potential new species. Aqueous and organic solvent extracts showed antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis, Micrococcus luteus, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Escherichia coli as well as clinical isolates (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Acinetobacter baumannii). GC-MS metabolite fingerprinting resulted in 32 compounds belonging to fatty acid, hydrocarbon, alcohol, aldehyde, amide, ester, ketone, disulfide, and nitrile chemical groups. Combination analyses of t...
Journal of orthopaedic case reports
Schwannomas are also known as neurilemmoma that usually originate from Schwann cells located in t... more Schwannomas are also known as neurilemmoma that usually originate from Schwann cells located in the peripheral nerve sheaths. It usually occurs in the age group of 20 to 70 years. These are the commonest tumors of the peripheral nerves, 5% of which occur in the adults and 19% of the tumors occur in upper extremities. Schwannomas are generally presented as an asymptomatic mass. Discomfort may be the only presenting complaint of the patient. Paresthesia may be elicited on tapping the swelling. Magnetic resonanceimaging, and ultrasound are helpful in the diagnosis. Surgical removal is usually curative. A 28-year-old male came to our hospital for a lump located at the volar side of the right mid forearm for 10 years with discomfort and paresthesia in median nerve distribution of hand which appeared in last two years. Total excision was performed for the lesion. Histopathological examination of the mass revealed typical features of schwannoma. At two months follow-up, the patient was sym...
Journal of advanced pharmaceutical technology & research
During a screening program for antimicrobial compounds from underexplored habitats, a Gram-positi... more During a screening program for antimicrobial compounds from underexplored habitats, a Gram-positive bacterium TD-032, was isolated from arid soil, Thar Desert (India), and analyzed for its morphological, physicochemical, and antimicrobial properties. The 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequence of the isolate was further studied for the novelty of γ-hyper variable region. TD-032 was grown in large-scale culture, and aqueous and organic solvent extracts analyzed for antimicrobial activity. Culture characteristics showed a lack of diffusible and melanoid pigments. The morphological features were pale yellow aerial mycelium colony color with brownish yellow substrate mycelium and leathery texture. The isolate could grow at 1% concentration of sodium chloride, temperature of 40°C, and a wide range of pH (7.0-12.0). An evaluation for extracellular enzymatic activities showed secretion of gelatinase(s), cellulase(s), and lipase(s). The γ-hyper variable region of 16S rDNA sequence of TD-032 showe...
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](Japan Medical Association journal : JMAJ
Japan Medical Association journal : JMAJ
IMA structure: IMA has a membership of 2,48,954 doctors spread over 30 State branches and 1691 Lo... more IMA structure: IMA has a membership of 2,48,954 doctors spread over 30 State branches and 1691 Local Branches. IMA communicates to all its membership through eIMA News, SMSes on daily basis. Leadership of all IMA consists of Office-bearers of State & Local Branches, Working Committee and Central Council. The total strength comes to 6010. IMA leadership communicates to each and every member through virtual Team IMA on daily basis. IMA communicates to the public through IMA PR Deptt. on daily basis. The following is the statistics: Months Clippings Ad value PR value INR
Journal of the Indian Medical Association, 2013
Journal of Infection Prevention, 2013
This prospective, multinational study was conducted in 20 homes in eight cities or regions in dif... more This prospective, multinational study was conducted in 20 homes in eight cities or regions in different countries to determine the level of microbiological contamination of common surfaces and items, and investigate the attitudes and perceptions of householders towards cleaning and hygiene. Environmental Health Practitioners took eight standardised swabs in each home. The swabs were cultured for a range of micro-organisms. Householders ( n=160) were also interviewed regarding their cleaning habits and perceptions of hygiene. Overall, 28% of surfaces or items tested in the study had ‘moderate bacterial growth’ or ‘heavy bacterial growth’. Kitchen cloths were the most contaminated items, with 86% having moderate bacterial growth or heavy bacterial growth; kitchen taps were the second most contaminated items, with 52% having moderate bacterial growth or heavy bacterial growth. High proportions (>50%) of kitchen cloths contained coliforms, Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas spp. The ...
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, 2014
Background: Neglected and relapsed club feet deformities remains a difficult problem even for the... more Background: Neglected and relapsed club feet deformities remains a difficult problem even for the most experience surgeon .Our purpose of this studies was to evaluate the role of jess and illizarov for correction of deformities in neglected / relapsed ctev. Methods and Material: This prospective study was conducted in SMS hospital attached to SMS Medical College, Jaipur from April 2012-September 2013. 21 patients (n=28 feet) were included. Average age was below 8 year (range 3 to12 years). Unilateral feet and male were more in this study. Results: Severity of the deformities and outcome was assessed by dimeglio score. In Illizarov group (n=15) result were excellent (27%), good(23%), fair (13%) and poor (20%).in Jess group(n=11), result were excellent(15%) , Good(23%), fair(23%) and poor(39%). Conclusions: External fixators are versatile technique for correction of deformities in neglected/relapsed CTEV
With the growing Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology in almost all w... more With the growing Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology in almost all walks of our life, small embedded devices will become the enabler of new and innovative services in time to come. These devices will connect the physical world to the internet as data generating nodes. The data generated from these devices is going to be humongous and Big Data Analytics tools will be used to mine the data for information of interest depending on the end service under consideration. While there are so many IoT devices around and each day more and more types of IoT devices are coming into existence. This leaves us with two major questions, one is reliability of the sensors and devices which are expected to work in different environmental/ambient condition. Second is the trust factor of the enabled services from such devices. The trust modeling for IoT devices, data generated and the data analytics has not been in the focus and much of the work is done in a more distributed manner. This short paper articulates and exemplifies the need of Reliability-over-a-period-of-time (ROPT) and Trust Factor (TF) as key differentiators between IoT devices and IoT enabled services.
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, 2013
OBJECTIVE-To determine the incidence and type of neuroimaging abnormalities in children presentin... more OBJECTIVE-To determine the incidence and type of neuroimaging abnormalities in children presenting with a first afebrile seizure. METHODS: In a prospective observational study 75 children who were admitted with first afebrile seizure in department of pediatric N.S.C.B. M.C.H Jabalpur were underwent brain CT scan between Aug.2010 to July2011.Neuroimaging was performed (75/81)of these children within 48hours of their arrival to the Emergency Department. We defined first seizure using the international league against epilepsy(ILAE). RESULT:-Neuro-imaging abnormality were found in 66.7% cases.There was a significant relationship between abnormal neuro-imaging and focal seizure (P<.001).52.94% cases of GTCS and 83.8% cases of partial seizure have abnormal neuro-imaging .Most common abnormality observed in our study was Neurocysticercosis26.7%(20/75)followed byTuberculoma26% (13/75). CONCLUSION:-Incidence of neuro-imaging abnormality in children presenting with first afebrile seizure is high in developing countries like india due to high prevalence of NCC and tuberculosis so neuro-imaging should be considered in any child with first afebrile seizure.
Objective: To describe the management strategy for a multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella urinary... more Objective: To describe the management strategy for a multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella urinary tract infection (UTI). Case Summary: A 69-year-old Caucasian woman with a past medical history of recurrent UTIs and a right-lung transplant presented with fever to 101.4°F, chills, malaise, and cloudy, foul-smelling urine for approximately 1 week. She was found to have a MDR Klebsiella UTI that was sensitive to tigecycline and cefepime. To further evaluate the degree of resistance Etest minimum inhibitory concentrations were requested for cefepime, amikacin, meropenem, and ertapenem. The patient received a 14-day course of amikacin, which resulted in resolution of her symptoms. One month later, the patient's UTI symptoms returned. The urine culture again grew MDR Klebsiella, sensitive only to tigecycline. Fosfomycin was initiatedand resulted in limited resolution of her symptoms. Colistin was started, however, therapy was discontinued on day 5 secondary to the development of acute kidney injury. Despite the short course of therapy, the patient's symptoms resolved. Discussion: The case presented lends itself well to numerous discussion items that are important to consider when determining optimal treatment for MDR Gram-negative bacilli (GNBs). Susceptibility testing is an important tool for optimizing antibiotic therapy, however, automated systems may overestimate the susceptibility profile for a MDR GNB. Treatment strategies evaluated to treat MDR GNB, include combination therapy with a carbepenem and synergy using polymyxin. Conclusion: We have described the management strategy for a MDR Klebsiella UTI, the consequences of the initial management strategy, and potential strategies to manage these types of infections in future patients.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) (1989) is the most widely endorsed child ri... more The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) (1989) is the most widely endorsed child rights instrument worldwide, which defines children as all persons up to the age of 18 years.1 Defining violence and children protection rights, the Convention declares “States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child.”1,2 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has defined ‘Child Abuse’ as a violation of basic human rights of a child, constituting all forms of physical, emotional ill treatment, sexual harm, neglect or negligent treatment, commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual harm or potential harm to the child’s health, survival, development or dignity in ...
The paper is presenting development of a microcontroller-based multi-home alarm system that can b... more The paper is presenting development of a microcontroller-based multi-home alarm system that can be detect smoking. Addition of local materials are considered. The text message is displayed by developed prototype whenever smoke or intrusion was detected. Developmental research design was used to come up with a working prototype of the designing. For testing the smoke alarm, the system was exposed to different burning materials such as paper, wood, plastic, cloth and rubber; and to test the intrusion alarm, the system was placed at different distances. Based from the findings of the study, all materials acquired locally were able to function properly. The system was found to be consistent and efficient with data transmission, processing and reception. Response time of less than 20 seconds for smoke alarm and less than 2 seconds for lock mechanism were recorded. The system instantly sent notification messages to the user after fire and proximity sensors were triggered.
International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, 2021
Background: Rigid interlocking nailing for femoral shaft fracture is ideal for use in adolescents... more Background: Rigid interlocking nailing for femoral shaft fracture is ideal for use in adolescents in terms of stability of the fracture and convenience for the patient. Closed reduction and intramedullary interlocking nailing is the surgical treatment of choice for the closed shaft fractures of femur. Present study conducted to study the principles of intramedullary interlocking nailing and to assess the outcome of the patient. Methods: The present study comprises of 30 cases of fracture shaft of the femur in adults about >20 years old. All the fractures, which were included in the study were traumatic in origin, most of them are due to road traffic accidents. Results: The delayed union rate in our series was 6.67%. There were no non-unions. Conclusions: It is concluded that closed intramedullary interlocking nailing method given good result in treatment of shaft fractures of femur. Keywords: Intramedullary nailing, Femur, Diaphysis fractures, Interlocking
International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, 2021
Background: The aim of the study is to find the incidence of fibromyalgia in orthopaedic female o... more Background: The aim of the study is to find the incidence of fibromyalgia in orthopaedic female outpatient department in a medical college hospital Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted on the female patients coming to orthopedic outpatient department. Results: The result showed that about 42.00% patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). The age group that is majorly affected by fibromyalgia is between 40-60 years of age. Married women accounts to the major group of 89% Conclusion: We concluded that the most common diagnosis made in an orthopaedic female outpatient department is fibromyalgia Keywords: Fibromyalgia, Orthopaedics, Women
International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015
Objective: Endophytes represent a niche habitat for the study of novel bio-and chemo diversity. N... more Objective: Endophytes represent a niche habitat for the study of novel bio-and chemo diversity. Nelumbo nucifera is an aquatic plant that has not been characterized for endophyte diversity. This study was undertaken with the objective of isolating endophytes from submerged and aerial part of N. nucifera , study the diversity profile of the isolated endophytes and their antimicrobial, antioxidant, and siderophore production capacity. Methods: Endophytes were isolated from aerial and submerged parts of N. nucifera on different media (Starch Casein Nitrate, Glucose Yeast Extract, Nutrient and Potato Dextrose agar). These were further characterized for morphology (colony characteristics, Gram reaction), physiological characteristics (carbon, nitrogen utilization) and activity (antimicrobial, antioxidant, siderophore production). After dereplication, twelve isolates were studied further. Results: All endophyte isolates were Gram-positive bacteria, and one was a fungus. Isolate L-300 show...
Multimegawatt wind-turbine systems, frequently organized in a wind park, are the backbone of the ... more Multimegawatt wind-turbine systems, frequently organized in a wind park, are the backbone of the power generation based on renewable-energy systems. In this paper the most-adopted wind-turbine systems, the adopt generators, the topologies of the converters, the generator control and grid connection issues, as well as their arrangement in wind parks.
2016 International Conference on Internet of Things and Applications (IOTA), 2016
With the growing Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology in almost all w... more With the growing Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology in almost all walks of our life, small embedded devices will become the enabler of new and innovative services in time to come. These devices will connect the physical world to the internet as data generating nodes. The data generated from these devices is going to be humongous and Big Data Analytics tools will be used to mine the data for information of interest depending on the end service under consideration. While there are so many IoT devices around and each day more and more types of IoT devices are coming into existence. This leaves us with two major questions, one is reliability of the sensors and devices which are expected to work in different environmental/ambient condition. Second is the trust factor of the enabled services from such devices. The trust modeling for IoT devices, data generated and the data analytics has not been in the focus and much of the work is done in a more distributed manner. This short paper articulates and exemplifies the need of Reliability-over-a-period-of-time (ROPT) and Trust Factor (TF) as key differentiators between IoT devices and IoT enabled services.
Journal of Patient Safety and Infection Control, 2020
To limit the spread of coronavirus, most of the countries had applied lockdown, restricting movem... more To limit the spread of coronavirus, most of the countries had applied lockdown, restricting movement of people, ban on public transport and air travel. The World Health Organization (WHO) advises against the application of travel or trade restrictions in countries experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks for a longer period of time. These lockdowns should be short in duration and be regularly reviewed as the situation evolves. After lockdown, most of the countries have started airline services again, but society in general is sceptical about safety of air travel and the spread of disease in the present COVID time. Aircraft appears to be airtight chamber with passengers sitting very close to each other, so people get worried about getting infection from fellow travellers. Unfortunately, most of the regulations are on chemical contaminants in the flight cabin but are silent on bacteriological, viral and other microbial contamination of air in the cabin. Still, it has been observed that the risk of infection in flight is comparable to train and car and might be much lesser. To maintain air quality, airplanes have High-Efficiency Particulate Air filters which can capture 99.9% of particles (bacteria, fungi and larger viruses or virus clumps) of 0.1–0.3 μm in diameter. Low concentrations of bacteria and fungi have been found in air cabin at levels that are not thought to pose any health risk. Air is replaced with fresh air every 2–4 min in the aircraft. Besides that, ventilation systems on planes are set up in zones; air is shared between a small group of people only. Although the risk of catching something, airborne on a plane is lower than in many other confined spaces because of the filters and air exchange ratio but risk of infection through contact is still possible, so if a person fly observe contact precautions, for example, hand hygiene and use face cover.
Current microbiology, Jan 24, 2017
During a screening program for actinomycetes from underexplored and arid Thar Desert (India), TD-... more During a screening program for actinomycetes from underexplored and arid Thar Desert (India), TD-093 was isolated. The isolate was characterized based on 16S rDNA sequencing. Aqueous and organic solvent extracts of culture supernatant were investigated for antimicrobial activity. Bioactive fractions, after column chromatography separation, were subjected to GC-MS analysis. Based on 16S rDNA sequence result, isolate TD-093 showed nearest match to Saccharothrix (96%) and is a potential new species. Aqueous and organic solvent extracts showed antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis, Micrococcus luteus, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Escherichia coli as well as clinical isolates (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Acinetobacter baumannii). GC-MS metabolite fingerprinting resulted in 32 compounds belonging to fatty acid, hydrocarbon, alcohol, aldehyde, amide, ester, ketone, disulfide, and nitrile chemical groups. Combination analyses of t...
Journal of orthopaedic case reports
Schwannomas are also known as neurilemmoma that usually originate from Schwann cells located in t... more Schwannomas are also known as neurilemmoma that usually originate from Schwann cells located in the peripheral nerve sheaths. It usually occurs in the age group of 20 to 70 years. These are the commonest tumors of the peripheral nerves, 5% of which occur in the adults and 19% of the tumors occur in upper extremities. Schwannomas are generally presented as an asymptomatic mass. Discomfort may be the only presenting complaint of the patient. Paresthesia may be elicited on tapping the swelling. Magnetic resonanceimaging, and ultrasound are helpful in the diagnosis. Surgical removal is usually curative. A 28-year-old male came to our hospital for a lump located at the volar side of the right mid forearm for 10 years with discomfort and paresthesia in median nerve distribution of hand which appeared in last two years. Total excision was performed for the lesion. Histopathological examination of the mass revealed typical features of schwannoma. At two months follow-up, the patient was sym...
Journal of advanced pharmaceutical technology & research
During a screening program for antimicrobial compounds from underexplored habitats, a Gram-positi... more During a screening program for antimicrobial compounds from underexplored habitats, a Gram-positive bacterium TD-032, was isolated from arid soil, Thar Desert (India), and analyzed for its morphological, physicochemical, and antimicrobial properties. The 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequence of the isolate was further studied for the novelty of γ-hyper variable region. TD-032 was grown in large-scale culture, and aqueous and organic solvent extracts analyzed for antimicrobial activity. Culture characteristics showed a lack of diffusible and melanoid pigments. The morphological features were pale yellow aerial mycelium colony color with brownish yellow substrate mycelium and leathery texture. The isolate could grow at 1% concentration of sodium chloride, temperature of 40°C, and a wide range of pH (7.0-12.0). An evaluation for extracellular enzymatic activities showed secretion of gelatinase(s), cellulase(s), and lipase(s). The γ-hyper variable region of 16S rDNA sequence of TD-032 showe...
Japan Medical Association journal : JMAJ
Japan Medical Association journal : JMAJ
IMA structure: IMA has a membership of 2,48,954 doctors spread over 30 State branches and 1691 Lo... more IMA structure: IMA has a membership of 2,48,954 doctors spread over 30 State branches and 1691 Local Branches. IMA communicates to all its membership through eIMA News, SMSes on daily basis. Leadership of all IMA consists of Office-bearers of State & Local Branches, Working Committee and Central Council. The total strength comes to 6010. IMA leadership communicates to each and every member through virtual Team IMA on daily basis. IMA communicates to the public through IMA PR Deptt. on daily basis. The following is the statistics: Months Clippings Ad value PR value INR
Journal of the Indian Medical Association, 2013
Journal of Infection Prevention, 2013
This prospective, multinational study was conducted in 20 homes in eight cities or regions in dif... more This prospective, multinational study was conducted in 20 homes in eight cities or regions in different countries to determine the level of microbiological contamination of common surfaces and items, and investigate the attitudes and perceptions of householders towards cleaning and hygiene. Environmental Health Practitioners took eight standardised swabs in each home. The swabs were cultured for a range of micro-organisms. Householders ( n=160) were also interviewed regarding their cleaning habits and perceptions of hygiene. Overall, 28% of surfaces or items tested in the study had ‘moderate bacterial growth’ or ‘heavy bacterial growth’. Kitchen cloths were the most contaminated items, with 86% having moderate bacterial growth or heavy bacterial growth; kitchen taps were the second most contaminated items, with 52% having moderate bacterial growth or heavy bacterial growth. High proportions (>50%) of kitchen cloths contained coliforms, Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas spp. The ...
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, 2014
Background: Neglected and relapsed club feet deformities remains a difficult problem even for the... more Background: Neglected and relapsed club feet deformities remains a difficult problem even for the most experience surgeon .Our purpose of this studies was to evaluate the role of jess and illizarov for correction of deformities in neglected / relapsed ctev. Methods and Material: This prospective study was conducted in SMS hospital attached to SMS Medical College, Jaipur from April 2012-September 2013. 21 patients (n=28 feet) were included. Average age was below 8 year (range 3 to12 years). Unilateral feet and male were more in this study. Results: Severity of the deformities and outcome was assessed by dimeglio score. In Illizarov group (n=15) result were excellent (27%), good(23%), fair (13%) and poor (20%).in Jess group(n=11), result were excellent(15%) , Good(23%), fair(23%) and poor(39%). Conclusions: External fixators are versatile technique for correction of deformities in neglected/relapsed CTEV