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2. Rhizospheric soil chromium toxicity and its remediation using plant hyperaccumulators.
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Das PK, Das BP, Das BK, and Dash P
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- Soil, Biodegradation, Environmental, Plants metabolism, Chromium toxicity, Chromium metabolism, Soil Pollutants metabolism
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The hyper-accumulation of chromium in its hexavalent form is treated as a hazardous soil pollutant at industrial and mining sites. Excessive accumulation of Cr
6+ in soil threatens the environmental health and safety of living organisms. Out of two stable forms of chromium, Cr6+ is highly responsible for ecotoxicity. The expression of the high toxicity of Cr6+ at low concentrations in the soil environment indicates its lethality. It is usually released into the soil during various socio-economic activities. Sustainable remediation of Cr6+ contaminated soil is of utmost need and can be carried out by employing suitable plant hyperaccumulators. Alongside the plant's ability to sequester toxic metals like Cr6+ , the rhizospheric soil parameters play a significant role in this technique and are mostly overlooked. Here we review the application of a cost-effective and eco-friendly remediation technology at hyperaccumulators rhizosphere to minimize the Cr6+ led soil toxicity. The use of selected plant species along with effective rhizospheric activities has been suggested as a technique to reduce Cr6+ toxicity on soil and its associated biota. This soil rectification approach may prove to be sustainable and advantageous over other possible techniques. Further, it may open up new solutions for soil Cr6+ management at polluted sites.- Published
- 2024
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3. Relationship Between Vitamin D Level and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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Das BP, Das SK, Bhuyan AK, and Nandakumar A
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Aim: To determine the correlation between vitamin D levels and gestational diabetes mellitus., Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional observational study, conducted in Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, over a period of 1 year, on 350 antenatal patients, with gestational age beyond 24 weeks, keeping in mind the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Age, obstetric score, religion, BMI were noted for all patients. They underwent screening for gestational diabetes mellitus using DIPSI (Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of India) guidelines and were divided into two groups. Vitamin D estimation by CLIA method (chemiluminescence method) was done in both groups and results were compared. Association between vitamin D levels and gestational diabetes mellitus was studied using Chi Square Test., Results: The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in antenatal patients was found to be 63.7%. 73% of gestational diabetes mellitus patients were deficient in vitamin D. There was a statistically significant association seen between vitamin D level and Gestational diabetes mellitus ( p value-0.046). There was 1.34 times increased risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus when the vitamin D levels were deficient as compared to when the vitamin levels were within the normal range., Conclusion: There was a high level of vitamin D deficiency in the pregnant women of North East. Due to lack of screening of vitamin D levels, many pregnant women suffer from adverse feto-maternal outcomes. There is a need to identify them early in pregnancy, provide vitamin D supplementation and to decrease the likelihood of them developing complications., Competing Interests: Conflict of interestThe authors declare no conflict of interest., (© Federation of Obstetric & Gynecological Societies of India 2023. Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.)
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- 2023
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4. Molecular Organization in Exponentially Growing Multilayer Thin Films Assembled with Polyelectrolytes and Clay.
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Das BP and Tsianou M
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Multilayer thin film assembly by the layer-by-layer (LbL) technique offers an inexpensive and versatile route for the synthesis of functional nanomaterials. In the case of polymer-clay systems, however, the technique faces the challenges of low clay loading and lack of tunability of the film characteristics. This is addressed in the present work that achieves exponential growth in clay-containing polyelectrolyte films having high clay loading and tailored properties. Our approach involves the incorporation of a weak polyelectrolyte and a clay with relatively high charge density and small particle size. The system of investigation comprises poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA) as the polycation and laponite clay and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) or poly(sodium-4-styrene sulfonate) (PSS) as polyanions that are used alternately to create multilayers. Successful high clay loading and exponential growth were achieved by two different approaches of polyanion incorporation in the multilayers. A progressive increase in the degree of ionization of PAA was shown to contribute to the exponential growth. Our findings also include novel pathways to manipulate thickness, surface topography, and clay content. The strategy presented here can lead to novel approaches to fabricate tailor-made nanomaterials for distinct applications.
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- 2022
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5. Signatures of Nontrivial Pairing in the Quantum Walk of Two-Component Bosons.
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Giri MK, Mondal S, Das BP, and Mishra T
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Nearest neighbor bosons possessing only on-site interactions do not form on-site bound pairs in their quantum walk due to fermionization. We obtain signatures of nontrivial on-site pairing in the quantum walk of strongly interacting two component bosons in a one dimensional lattice. By considering an initial state with particles from different components located at the nearest-neighbor sites in the central region of the lattice, we show that in the dynamical evolution of the system, competing intra- and intercomponent on-site repulsion leads to the formation of on-site intercomponent bound states. We find that when the total number of particles is three, an intercomponent pair is favored in the limit of equal intra- and intercomponent interaction strengths. However, when two bosons from each species are considered, intercomponent pairs and trimer are favored depending on the ratios of the intra- and intercomponent interactions. In both cases, we find that the quantum walks exhibit a reentrant behavior as a function of intercomponent interaction.
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- 2022
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6. Community Acquired Staphylococcus Aureus Necrotizing Pneumonia and Guillain Barre Syndrome: An Unusual Presentation in An Adolescent Patient.
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Surve RM, Das BP, Venkateswaran P, and Kulanthaivelu K
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- Adolescent, Adult, Humans, Staphylococcus aureus, Endocarditis, Bacterial complications, Guillain-Barre Syndrome complications, Guillain-Barre Syndrome diagnosis, Pneumonia, Necrotizing complications, Staphylococcal Infections complications, Staphylococcal Infections diagnosis
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Community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus (SA) pneumonia can present with multiple complications but has not been reported earlier to present as or lead to Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS). However, there are few case reports of GBS following SA infective endocarditis, polymyositis, and meningitis. We report an unusual presentation of GBS most probably secondary to community-acquired SA necrotizing pneumonia in a young immunocompetent adult. The clinical course, challenges in the management, and unfortunate death of the patient due to an unforeseen complication have been discussed. This report adds to the clinical knowledge of rare association of community-acquired SA necrotizing pneumonia and GBS., Competing Interests: None
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- 2022
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7. Two component quantum walk in one-dimensional lattice with hopping imbalance.
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Giri MK, Mondal S, Das BP, and Mishra T
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We investigate the two-component quantum walk in one-dimensional lattice. We show that the inter-component interaction strength together with the hopping imbalance between the components exhibit distinct features in the quantum walk for different initial states. When the walkers are initially on the same site, both the slow and fast particles perform independent particle quantum walks when the interaction between them is weak. However, stronger inter-particle interactions result in quantum walks by the repulsively bound pair formed between the two particles. For different initial states when the walkers are on different sites initially, the quantum walk performed by the slow particle is almost independent of that of the fast particle, which exhibits reflected and transmitted components across the particle with large hopping strength for weak interactions. Beyond a critical value of the interaction strength, the wave function of the fast particle ceases to penetrate through the slow particle signalling a spatial phase separation. However, when the two particles are initially at the two opposite edges of the lattice, then the interaction facilitates the complete reflection of both of them from each other. We analyze the above mentioned features by examining various physical quantities such as the on-site density evolution, two-particle correlation functions and transmission coefficients., (© 2021. The Author(s).)
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- 2021
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8. Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in COVID-19: A Systematic Review.
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Sulakshana S, Nayak SS, Perumal S, and Das BP
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Background: It has been more than a year since the whole world is struggling with COVID-19 pandemic and may experience resurgences in the near future. Along with severe pneumonia, this disease is notorious for extensive thromboembolic manifestations. That is why experts advocated aggressive anticoagulation as a part of the therapy since the beginning. However, from May 2020 onwards, cases of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) are being reported. HIT in itself is an autoimmune entity leading to life-threatening thrombosis in the setting of thrombocytopenia. Continuation of heparin can have disastrous consequences in case of unrecognized HIT. Hence, timely recognition of HIT is of utmost value to modify the anticoagulation strategy and salvaging lives. We performed a systemic review trying to find all reported cases of HIT in COVID-19., Methods: It involved extensive search of the databases including PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Embase in an attempt to find all reported literature in the last 1 year (November 1, 2019-December 25, 2020) using keywords in various combinations. Literature search resulted in a total of 27 articles and 12 articles were finally selected based on the study design and their relevance pertaining to the intervention done and the outcome of interest., Results: A total of 35 patients were included (mean age 56.7 ± 12.8 years, male-to-female ratio = 2:1). The most frequent comorbidity was hypertension. Fifty-seven percent of cases were with low-molecular weight heparin and the rest with unfractionated heparin. Confirmatory functional assay was done in 85.7% of cases (67% by serotonin-release assay [SRA] and 33% by heparin-induced platelet aggregation [HIPA]). All cases tested with HIPA were positive, while with SRA, only 30% were positive. The most common alternate anticoagulation used was argatroban infusion. The new arterial thrombotic event was seen in only 5.7% of cases as repeat myocardial infarction, stroke, and splenic infarction, while clinically significant bleeding was seen in 17.1% of cases. Fifty percent of bleeding episodes were seen where conventional doses of argatroban were used, while no mortality was seen with low-dose argatroban infusion. However, only 45.7% of patients were discharged, 31.4% of patients died, while the outcome was pending for 23% of patients., Conclusion: Severe endotheliitis and immune dysregulation giving rise to HIT antibodies and antiphospholipid antibodies have been demonstrated in COVID-19 and modifying our therapy becomes indispensable when it is pathogenic with potentially fatal consequences. In the light of interim results of REMAP-CAP study in severe COVID-19 cases where heparin does not improve the outcome, the present anticoagulation strategy needs re-evaluation. Unrecognized HIT can be catastrophic and close clinical monitoring is required for patients on heparin therapy., Competing Interests: There are no conflicts of interest., (Copyright: © 2022 Anesthesia: Essays and Researches.)
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- 2021
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9. Diagnostic Accuracy of Various Biomarkers of Sepsis (Serum Pro-Calcitonin, High-Sensitivity C-reactive Protein, and C-reactive Protein) and Band Cell Percentage in Critically lll Patients: A Prospective, Observational, Cohort Study.
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Gupta BK, Das BP, Mhaske VR, Tomar S, and Rastogi K
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Background: Despite the advances in medical sciences, the morbidity and mortality due to sepsis in critically ill medical or surgical patients remains high, hence the need for an early and accurate diagnosis. In the current armamentarium, we have various biomarkers such as procalcitonin (PCT), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), CRP, and band cell percentage for an early clue., Aims: This study explores the accuracy of these markers in distinguishing sepsis from systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and their correlation with sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) scoring in critically ill patients., Materials and Methods: After ethical committee approval and written informed consent from guardians, 180 consecutive patients, with clinically suspected infection from any source fulfilling at least two criteria of SIRS, were enrolled and 150 eligible patients were investigated and analyzed prospectively in one cohort, which was later subdivided into two different groups (Group A and Group B) based on microbiology reports, as having SIRS or sepsis, respectively. Samples for cultures (blood, tracheal, or urine as required), biomarkers such as PCT, hs-CRP, and CRP, and band cell percentage were sent from each patient on days 1, 2, 3, and 5 and whenever there were fever spikes. Clinical follow-up was done for 28 days, and demographics, ventilator days, duration of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, and the survival rates were noted., Statistical Analysis: Receiver operating characteristics, area under curve (AUC-ROC) was used for each of the biomarker variables to decide the cutoff values and performance. Correlation coefficient was also seen for each of the biomarkers with SOFA scoring., Results: Attributes of performance for all the biomarkers were satisfactory but was best for PCT (AUC-ROC of 0.987) followed by band cell percentage (0.881). SOFA scoring could also be used with good diagnostic accuracy (AUC-ROC of 0.920). SOFA score correlated best with PCT among the four biomarkers in diagnosing sepsis (Spearman's coefficient of + 0.734). Band cell percentage was significantly higher in the expired group of sepsis patients than survived patients ( P = 0.02) and correlated well with ICU stay and 28-day mortality than rest (Spearman's coefficient of - 0.54)., Conclusions: The addition of PCT to the standard workup of critically ill patients with suspected sepsis increases diagnostic certainty and generates improved patient management. Band cell percentage also provides a cost-effective alternative to PCT with an analogous diagnostic performance., Competing Interests: There are no conflicts of interest., (Copyright: © 2021 Anesthesia: Essays and Researches.)
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- 2020
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10. Conveyor Belt Entrapment Trauma in Children: An Unreported Menace.
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Tiwari P, Pandey V, Das BP, Singh AK, and Kumar R
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- Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, India, Male, Retrospective Studies, Accidents, Multiple Trauma
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A retrospective study was conducted including all the children who sustained motorized machine belt entrapment injuries. Six children included in study had mean (SD) Glosgow coma scale and pediatric trauma score of 5.7 (3.54) and 3.2 (1.21), respectively. Overall mortality and paraplegia rate were 33.3% each. Awareness and legislation both are important to curb this menace.
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- 2020
11. Prognostic Value of Tissue Oxygen Monitoring and Regional Cerebral Oxygen Saturation Monitoring and Their Correlation in Neurological Patients with Sepsis: A Preliminary, Prospective, Observational Study.
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Das BP, Sharma M, Bansal S, Philip M, and Umamaheswara Rao GS
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- APACHE, Adult, Aged, Female, Glasgow Coma Scale, Glasgow Outcome Scale, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Lactic Acid blood, Male, Middle Aged, Nervous System Diseases complications, Nervous System Diseases mortality, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Sepsis complications, Sepsis mortality, Nervous System Diseases blood, Neurophysiological Monitoring methods, Oxygen blood, Sepsis blood
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Background: There is paucity of literature on the prognostic value of tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) and regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2) in neurological patients with sepsis. In this preliminary study, we investigated the prognostic value of StO2 and rSO2 in a group of neurological patients and correlated StO2 and rSO2 with hemodynamic and metabolic parameters., Materials and Methods: This preliminary, prospective observational study was conducted in 45 adult neurological patients admitted to intensive care unit. Once a diagnosis of sepsis or septic shock was established, parameters of oxygenation (StO2, rSO2, central venous oxygen saturation [ScvO2]), serum lactate, illness severity scores (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, Glasgow Coma Scale) were recorded at 0, 6, 12, 24, 36, and 48 hours, and once daily thereafter. Outcomes were in-hospital mortality attributable to sepsis and the Glasgow outcome score at hospital discharge., Results: There was a moderately positive correlation between StO2 and rSO2 at baseline (r=0.599; P=0.001). StO2, illness severity scores and serum lactate, but not rSO2, were significantly different between survivors (n=29) and nonsurvivors (n=16) at baseline and during the first 48 hours. An rSO2 of 62.5% had a sensitivity of 83% and specificity of 67% to differentiate survivors and nonsurvivors of septic shock at 48 hours. StO2 had a higher correlation with ScvO2 and serum lactate than rSO2., Conclusions: StO2 prognosticates survival and favorable/unfavorable outcomes in neurological patients with sepsis. The role of rSO2 in predicting survival in milder form of sepsis is doubtful.
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- 2020
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12. Hematological, Biochemical and Renal Changes in Patients of Multiple Myeloma Treated with Bortezomib Based Triple Drug Chemotherapy.
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Panda T, Das S, Jena RK, Das BP, and Rout SB
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- Humans, Treatment Outcome, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Bortezomib therapeutic use, Dexamethasone therapeutic use, Multiple Myeloma drug therapy, Thalidomide therapeutic use
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Introduction: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a neoplastic clonal plasma cell disorder. Approximately 30% of newly diagnosed MM present with baseline renal dysfunction adversely affecting prognosis and survival. But its outcome has improved with the advent of novel agents., Methods: We undertook this clinicopathological study to assess the profile of renal involvement, evaluate hematological response, renal reversibility and renal response of 34 newly diagnosed cases of MM with renal impairment receiving 4-6 cycles of Bortezomib, Thalidomide and Dexamethasone (BTD)., Results: Bone pain (67.64%) and pallor (88.23%) were the most common clinical symptom and sign respectively. Mean serum creatinine before and after treatment was 3.5 mg/dl and 1.59 mg/dl respectively. After treatment 15 cases achieved renal reversibility, 8 patients had improved renal function and 3 patients became dialysis independent. The median time to renal reversal was 22weeks (2-28 weeks) and overall myeloma response rate was 78.78%. All patients showed renal response. The median time to renal response was 2.4weeks. We found 38.23% pure cast nephropathy, 14.7% myeloma immunoglobulin deposition disease (MIDD), 5.88% amylodosis apart from other lesions., Conclusion: BTD is safe, effective in reversing renal impairment and improves survival in newly diagnosed cases of MM with renal impairment., (© Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 2011.)
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- 2019
13. Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in a Neurosurgical Patient.
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Sriganesh K, Das BP, and Rao KVLN
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- Adult, Anti-Bacterial Agents adverse effects, Anticonvulsants adverse effects, Cefazolin adverse effects, Fatal Outcome, Female, Humans, Phenytoin adverse effects, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome pathology, Intraoperative Complications therapy, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome therapy
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- 2018
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14. Overt bleeding in complicated P. falciparum malaria: An experience from east coast of India.
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Das BP, Ganguly R, Khuntia HK, Bal MS, and Ranjit MR
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Delay in diagnosis of falciparum may result in complicated, life-threatening conditions. Though haematological abnormalities and coagulopathy are common complications that occur in malaria but complications with rare manifestations like overt bleeding do pose challenges for the clinicians worldwide. This study reports the incidence and prognosis of overt bleeding from the east coast of India and makes an attempt to relate it with the pathogenesis of the disease in severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients. This study was conducted in Sriram Chandra Bhanj Medical College Hospital, Cuttack, Odisha, India. A total of 120 complicated (multi organ dysfunction) malaria cases were included in this study. Amongst them 54 (45.0%) showed signs of overt bleeding and clinically the bleeding was either from one or multiple sites. Out of the total overt bleeding cases, 79.6% had elongated prothrombin time (PT), activated partial prothrombin time (aPTT) and elevated D-dimer with thrombocytopenia indicating disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC). It was observed that case fatality rate was very high in coagulopathy group than the non coagulopathy group. Our observations highlight that awareness of overt bleeding in P. falcipatum infection is necessary for general practitioners in endemic areas for malaria like in Odisha for effective and timely management of complicated patients.Timely diagnosis and treatment of DIC with appropriate prescribed drugs can prevent and cure the complications of severe falciparum malaria with anti-malarial treatment.
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- 2018
15. Relativistic Normal Coupled-Cluster Theory for Accurate Determination of Electric Dipole Moments of Atoms: First Application to the ^{199}Hg Atom.
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Sahoo BK and Das BP
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Recent relativistic coupled-cluster (RCC) calculations of electric dipole moments (EDMs) of diamagnetic atoms due to parity and time-reversal violating (P,T-odd) interactions, which are essential ingredients for probing new physics beyond the standard model of particle interactions, differ substantially from the previous theoretical results. It is therefore necessary to perform an independent test of the validity of these results. In view of this, the normal coupled-cluster method has been extended to the relativistic regime [relativistic normal coupled-cluster (RNCC) method] to calculate the EDMs of atoms by simultaneously incorporating the electrostatic and P,T-odd interactions in order to overcome the shortcomings of the ordinary RCC method. This new relativistic method has been applied to ^{199}Hg, which currently has a lower EDM limit than that of any other system. The results of our RNCC and self-consistent RCC calculations of the EDM of this atom are found to be close. The discrepancies between these two results on the one hand and those of previous calculations on the other are elucidated. Furthermore, the electric dipole polarizability of this atom, which has computational similarities with the EDM, is evaluated and it is in very good agreement with its measured value.
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- 2018
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16. From polyelectrolyte complexes to polyelectrolyte multilayers: Electrostatic assembly, nanostructure, dynamics, and functional properties.
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Das BP and Tsianou M
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Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) are three-dimensional macromolecular structures formed by association of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes in solution. Polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) can be considered a special case of PECs prepared by layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly that involves sequential deposition of molecular-thick polyelectrolyte layers with nanoscale control over the size, shape, composition and internal organization. Although many functional PEMs with novel physical and chemical characteristics have been developed, the current practical applications of PEMs are limited to those that require only a few bilayers and are relatively easy to prepare. The viability of such engineered materials can be realized only after overcoming the scientific and engineering challenges of understanding the kinetics and transport phenomena involved in the multilayer growth and the factors governing their final structure, composition, and response to external stimuli. There is a great need to model PEMs and to connect PEM behavior with the characteristics of the PEC counterparts to allow for prediction of performance and better design of multilayered materials. This review focuses on the relationship between PEMs and PECs. The constitutive interactions, the thermodynamics and kinetics of polyelectrolyte complexation and PEM formation, PEC phase behavior, PEM growth, the internal structure and stability in PEMs and PECs, and their response to external stimuli are presented. Knowledge of such interactions and behavior can guide rapid fabrication of PEMs and can aid their applications as nanocomposites, coatings, nano-sized reactors, capsules, drug delivery systems, and in electrochemical and sensing devices. The challenges and opportunities in future research directions are also discussed., (Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
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- 2017
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17. Electro-biocatalytic treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater using microbial fuel cell (MFC) in continuous mode operation.
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Srikanth S, Kumar M, Singh D, Singh MP, and Das BP
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- Bioelectric Energy Sources, Electrochemical Techniques, Petroleum analysis, Wastewater chemistry
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Refinery wastewater (RW) treatment in microbial fuel cell (MFC) was studied in batch mode operation followed by continuous mode operation with 8h and 16h hydraulic retention time (HRT). The MFC performance was evaluated in terms of power density, organics removal, specific contaminants (oil & grease, phenol and sulfide) removal and energy conversion efficiency with respect to operation mode. Higher power density of 225±1.4mW/m
2 was observed during continuous mode operation with 16h HRT along with a substrate degradation of 84.4±0.8% including the 95±0.6 of oil content. The columbic efficiency during this operation was about 2±0.8% and the projected power yield was 340±20kWh/kg CODR /day. Batch mode operation also showed good substrate degradation (81±1.8%) but took longer HRT which resulted in significantly low substrate degradation rate (0.036±0.002kgCODR /m3 -day) over continuous mode operation (1.05±0.01kgCODR /m3 -day). Overall, current study depicted the possibility of utilizing RW as substrate in MFC for power generation along with its treatment., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2016
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18. Anesthetic Management of an Unusual Case of Coats' Disease Complex: Use of Dexmedetomidine.
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Das BP and Mishra LD
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- Child, Preschool, Humans, Male, Dexmedetomidine, Hypnotics and Sedatives, Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures, Retinal Telangiectasis surgery
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- 2016
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19. Erratum: Mercury Monohalides: Suitability for Electron Electric Dipole Moment Searches [Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 183001 (2015)].
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Prasannaa VS, Vutha AC, Abe M, and Das BP
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This corrects the article DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.183001.
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- 2016
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20. An aggressive angiomyxoma of vulva - A rare entity - A case report.
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Das BP, Baruah D, Medhi KB, and Talukder B
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Aggressive angiomyxoma is a rare, locally invasive mesenchymal tumor predominantly presenting in women of reproductive age and also having a moderate-to-high risk for local relapse. Hence, it needs to be differentiated from other mesenchymal tumors occurring in this region. We present here a case of a 40-year-old female presenting with a large, fleshy, pedunculated mass on the right labia majora.
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- 2016
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21. Emergency Corrective Surgery of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia With Pulmonary Hypertension: Prolonged Use of Dexmedetomidine as a Pharmacologic Adjunct.
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Das BP, Singh AP, and Singh RB
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Introduction: Underdevelopment of the lung parenchyma associated with abnormal growth of pulmonary vasculature in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia results in pulmonary hypertension which mandates smooth elective mechanical ventilation in postoperative period, for proper alveolar recruitment and oxygenation, allowing lungs to mature enough for its functional anatomy and physiology. Dexmedetomidine is sympatholytic, reduces pulmonary vascular resistance and exerts sedative and analgesic property to achieve stable hemodynamics during elective ventilation. Neonatal experience with dexmedetomidine has been predominately in the form of short term or procedural use as a sedative., Case Presentation: The preliminary clinical experience with pre-induction to 48 hours postoperative use of dexmedetomidine infusion as a pharmacologic adjunct in the emergency corrective surgery of three such neonates are presented., Conclusions: Hemodynamics remained virtually stable during the whole procedure and post-operative pain relief and recovery profile were satisfactory. The prolonged infusion was well tolerated with a gradual trend towards improved oxygen saturation. Careful planning of the anesthetic management and the ability to titrate the adjunct utilized for smooth postoperative ventilation are the keys to ameliorate the complications encountered and favorable outcomes achieved in such patients.
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- 2016
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22. Mercury monohalides: suitability for electron electric dipole moment searches.
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Prasannaa VS, Vutha AC, Abe M, and Das BP
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Heavy polar diatomic molecules are the primary tools for searching for the T-violating permanent electric dipole moment of the electron (eEDM). Valence electrons in some molecules experience extremely large effective electric fields due to relativistic interactions. These large effective electric fields are crucial to the success of polar-molecule-based eEDM search experiments. Here we report on the results of relativistic ab initio calculations of the effective electric fields in a series of molecules that are highly sensitive to an eEDM, the mercury monohalides (HgF, HgCl, HgBr, and HgI). We study the influence of the halide anions on E_{eff}, and identify HgBr and HgI as attractive candidates for future electric dipole moment search experiments.
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- 2015
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23. Cancer cell metabolism and developmental homeodomain/POU domain transcription factors: a connecting link.
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Purkayastha BP and Roy JK
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- Cell Proliferation, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Energy Metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Glucose metabolism, Glycolysis physiology, Humans, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 genetics, Transcriptional Activation, Glycolysis genetics, Homeodomain Proteins genetics, Neoplasms genetics, Neoplasms metabolism, Octamer Transcription Factor-3 genetics
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The human race is afflicted with more than 100 types of cancer with diversified underlying genetic events. Still, altered metabolism (known as 'Warburg effect') and unrestrained cellular proliferation are precise traits of all cancers, being governed by the expression of genes. The obligatory energy for the proliferating neoplastic cells is endowed through the glycolytic pathway, albeit, lesser ATP is generated in this metabolic process. So, some perceptible cancer cell specific signalling is at the base of the transformed metabolism. Concurrently, the regulators of gene expression, transcription factors, have been observed to be one of the driving forces for tumourigenesis through transcriptional activation of genes involved not only in proliferation, growth and survival signalling, but also in glycolysis. This may be exemplified by the extensively studied metabolic functions of the transcriptional regulator, hypoxia inducible factor 1 (HIF1), which transactivates genes of the major enzymes of glycolysis. Preliminary investigation of a vital group of transcription factors, homeodomain transcription factors, revealed association with the process of development of an organism. The homeodomain transcription factors are, however, also found to be involved in the tumourigenesis process, with little or no information on their involvement in cancer cell metabolism. So, this is a review of the existing knowledge on homeodomain transcription factor/s for deciphering their involvement in neoplastic metabolism and it emerges that homeodomain transcription factors influence the transformed metabolic pathway in a circuitous manner., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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