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Background Salivary diagnostics is a dynamic and emerging field utilizing molecular diagnostics to aid in the diagnosis of oral and systemic diseases The present study was conducted to assess salivary parameters flow rate ph and buffer capacity among alcoholics and non alcoholics nbsp Materials and Method A total number of male subjects cases and controls between the age of years to years were examined Various salivary parameters like pH buffering capacity and salivary flow rate in chronic alcoholic and non alcoholic male subjects were assessed Data was analyzed by SPSS package version p value le and le was considered as significant and highly significant respectively Results The difference between the salivary flow rates among alcoholics and non alcoholics were highly significant p lt The salivary pH was more acidic in alcoholics only of the alcoholics compared to of the non alcoholics had normal salivary pH of alcoholic subjects had normal salivary buffer capacity as compared to of non alcoholic subjects who had normal salivary buffer capacity The difference among two groups was highly significant Conclusion Salivary diagnostics serves as a subset of the larger field of molecular diagnostics now recognized as a central player in a wide variety of biomedical basic and clinical areas Present study shows a significant relationship between smoking and decreased parameters having anti caries effect salivary flow and ph nbsp

The parallel corpus for multilingual NLP tasks, deep learning applications like Statistical Machine Translation Systems is very important. The parallel corpus of Hindi-English language pair available for news translation task till date is of very limited size as per the requirement of the systems are concerned. In this work we have developed an automatic parallel corpus generation system prototype, which creates Hindi-English parallel corpus for news translation task. Further to verify the quality of generated parallel corpus we have experimented by taking various performance metrics and the results are quite interesting.

Introduction: Subarachnoid block, although being highly efficient with lesser drug doses, often has limitation such as hypotension, continues to be a matter of concern to the anesthetist. The present study was aimed to compare the use of phenylephrine, ephedrine, and mephentermine bolus for maintenance of blood pressure during spinal anesthesia in lower abdominal surgeries. Subjects and Methods: In a randomized, prospective study, 90 adult patients of either sex who developed hypotension during surgery under subarachnoid block were allocated into three groups to receive bolus phenylephrine, ephedrine, and mephentermine. The number of boluses and time taken to recover from hypotension was noted. Occurrence of adverse effects in the perioperative and postoperative period was also noted. Results: Results were analyzed by Student's paired t-test and Chi-square test. The ANOVA test was used to compare the group variances among the study groups. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Thirty-four hypotensive events (average 1.03 events/patient) took place in mephentermine group. In phenylephrine group, a total of 53 hypotensive events took place. On an average, the group had a total of 1.61 hypotensive events per patient. No hypotensive event took place in ephedrine group after the first bolus of drug (average 1 event/patient). Mean heart rate in phenylephrine group was significantly lower as compared to the other two groups (P < 0.001). Conclusion: Mephentermine and ephedrine were similar in performance, offered a better hypotensive control, and had lower recurring events as compared to phenylephrine.

Caesarean scar pregnancy is one of the rarest forms of ectopic pregnancy. Transvaginal ultrasound and color flow Doppler provides a high diagnostic accuracy. A delay in diagnosis and treatment can lead to uterine rupture, major hemorrhage, hysterectomy and serious maternal morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis can offer treatment options of avoiding uterine rupture and hemorrhage, thus preserving the uterus and future fertility. Primary health care provider should know about this rare entity, because if diagnosed timely, and referral to specialized centre is done without delay will definitely save maternal morbidity and mortality. Management plan should be individualized. Termination of pregnancy is the treatment of choice in the first trimester. Expectant treatment has a poor prognosis because of risk of rupture. In this case report we aim to discuss the associated diagnostic dilemma, most appropriate methods of diagnosis and management, with their implications in clinical practice.Keywords: scar pregnancy; caesarian section; methotrexate. | PubMed

Strongly real groups and totally orthogonal groups form two important subclasses of real groups. In this article we give a characterization of strongly real special 2-groups. This characterization is in terms of quadratic maps over fields of characteristic 2. We then provide examples of groups which are in one subclass and not the other., Comment: 16 pages

Introduction: Vaginal vault prolapse is one of the distressing conditions which occur after hysterectomy. This is due to the weakness or detachment of sacrouterine cardinal ligament complex from the vaginal cuff. Till now, the most accepted procedure for this condition is sacrocolpopexy. Materials and Methods: We present a cohort of patients who underwent abdominal sacrocolpopexy (ASC) from April 2009 to August 2013. These patients were followed till April 2014 and were evaluated for subjective and objective outcomes following ASC. Results: One patient had intraoperative hemorrhage and postoperative hematoma formation. One patient had vault abscess which was managed conservatively. Hundred percent success rate was noted at 1 year. Long-term patient satisfaction score was 85 (70-90).

Hidden node problem is the most common in communication process, where the two nodes that is sender or receiver in the network are not able to see each other and no communication is possible between them. With this problem, a node which wants to send data to other node will not be able to know whether the data has transmitted to the destination or not, which degrades the efficiency of the network. Several existing techniques have been proposed till now in order to resolve these issues in wireless networks but still these methods are not able to get out of it properly and capably. This study implements a new approach by dividing the area of the network in 4 equal sections on the basis of clusters. Then the concept of Cluster Head (CH) is introduced in order to maintain the information or status of the related nodes. The result section shows the proficiency of the proposed work over the traditional work with respect to enhanced accuracy and throughput.

Background Flexibility is an important physiological component of physical fitness and reduced flexibility can cause inefficiency in the workplace and is also a risk factor for low back pain. Increasing hamstring flexibility was reported to be an effective method for increasing hamstring muscle performance.Objective To compare the effects of modified hold relax proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching technique and static stretching on flexibility of hamstring muscle.Materials and Methods In this comparative study 60 subjects were selected by convenience sampling and research design was comparative and experiment in nature. Subjects were selected on the basis of inclusion criteria. Subjects were divided into two groups, group A and group B allocating alternate subjects to group A and group B, 30 in each group. Group A was treated with Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation with cryotherapy and Group B was treated with Static Stretching with cryotherapy. Baseline assessment was taken on pre stretch, post stretch and after 24 hours using Active Knee Extension test and Modified back saver sit and reach test.Results Both the groups showed significant improvement in hamstring flexibility. p 0.005 .On comparing the pre stretch, post stretch and after 24 hours reading within the Group A and Group B, there was significant improvement in hamstring flexibility p 0.05 . But on comparing both the groups, there was no significant difference in hamstring muscle flexibility p 0.05 .Conclusion Thus we concluded that the Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching Technique and Static Stretching both are effective to improve flexibility of hamstring muscle and clinically both the interventions are equally effective. Tanu Kapila | Dilpreet Kaur | Jaspinder Kaur "To Compare The Effect Of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation and Static Stretching on Flexibility of Hamstring Muscle: A Comparative Study" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-1 | Issue-5 , August 2017, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd2266.pdf

Introduction: Puerperal genital haematomas although an uncommon entity but is elusive. This painful condition is not only distressing and dangerous to patient but is embarrassing to the obstetrician who has conducted the delivery. Aim: This study has been planned to evaluate the incidence and risk factors for puerperal genital haematomas. Materials and Methods: A case control study was done from August 2005 to August 2015, of all puerperal genital haematomas. All patients, who had undergone drainage for the puerperal genital haematoma, were enrolled as cases. Two controls were chosen for each case, who had delivered immediately after the case. All the patients were evaluated for the characteristics of haematoma and the management of the same. Cases and controls were compared for the evaluation of risk factors for puerperal genital haematoma. Results: During the study period 27,826 vaginal deliveries were performed in our institute. Thirty nine haematomas were drained during this period. Incidence of haematomas was one in 1,113 deliveries, in our institute. Among the puerperal haematomas, vulvovaginal was the most common type. Perineal pain was the most common complaint. To evaluate the risk factors, 77 controls were enrolled. Primigravida, hypertensive disease of pregnancy and coagulopathy were the significant risk factors with p-value of

ObjectiveTo evaluate whether there is a difference in time to recovery (TTR) between concussion patients who have and have not pursued litigation post injury, and determine what factors might influence someone’s decision to litigate.BackgroundAn investigation on how litigation influenced TTR in all types of recovery.Design/MethodsA retrospective study of 851 adult and pediatric patients, ages 1–78 (333men and 518 women) in a concussion clinic. Injuries included, motor vehicle accidents MVA (n = 181), falls (n = 140), assaults (n = 36), sporting injuries (n = 378) and other (n = 116). Full and matched samples were studied by symptom endorsement, (headache, dizziness, sleep disturbance, attention/concentration dysfunction and moodiness), litigation/non-litigation and TTR (survival-curve). Secondary analysis reviewed abuse/depression, mechanism-of-injury and symptom type as it related to litigation/non-litigation.Results1) The odds ratio (OR) in the logistic regression model for the unmatched sample shows increasing age, fewer total symptoms (ConclusionsWhile litigation patients are often stereotyped to malinger and exaggerate symptoms, this data showed that with appropriate matched analysis, there was no difference between litigation/non-litigation patients with TTR. The desire to pursue litigation may be influenced by several factors; athletes were less likely to litigate. These findings are important for physicians and attorneys to consider when tasked with focusing on recovery time in litigation cases.

Central venous catheterization (CVC) via infraclavicular subclavian approach in neurosurgical patients is very common practice. Malpositioning of central venous catheter inserted into subclavian vein is a known and dreaded complication. Malpositioning of catheter tip into ipsilateral jugular vein is an unusual occurrence. We hereby describe a case where a subclavian

Introduction: Historically, countless compounds in aqueous solution have been suggested as root canal irrigants. MTAD shows promise as an endodontic irrigant but there are very few studies comparing its antimicrobial effectiveness with NaOCl and Chlorhexidine. Objectives: To compare the antibacterial efficiency of MTAD, 2.5% Sodium Hypochlorite and 2% Chlorhexidine root canal irrigants against Enterococcus faecalis in root canals of single rooted mandibular premolars. Method: Inoculum of 10 μl, 24hrs pure culture Enterococcus faecalis was suspended into root canals of forty extracted, decoronated, double sterilized, human mandibular single rooted premolar teeth and incubated for 48hrs at 37°C. Teeth were randomly divided into 4 groups of 10 teeth in each group. The teeth were instrumented in step back technique till size 40 K- file and irrigated with respective root canal irrigants as per the groups. In Group A- MTAD, Group B- 2.5% NaOCl, Group C- 2% Chlorhexidine and Group D- normal saline was used. Bacterial sample from each tooth was collected and bacterial culture was carried out using standard Loop technique. Inoculated plates were incubated at 37°C for 48hrs. Bacterial colonies were counted using colony counter. Statistically Analysed: Using One way ANOVA and LSD Post Hoc test. Results: There was a statistically significant difference in the antibacterial efficiency between all the groups. Conclusion: Within limitations of this study it can be inferred that MTAD has best antibacterial efficiency against Enterococcus faecalis when compared to 2.5% Sodium Hypochlorite and 2% Chlorhexidine.

Genital tract and breast are two most common sites of malignancy in females. Out of the genital tract malignancies, carcinoma cervix is so far found to be the commonest followed by ovary and endometrium. In developed countries, carcinoma cervix incidence is comparatively quite low due to good regular screening of females. One year review of patients was done, who underwent definitive/debulking surgery for a diagnosed malignant pathology of the genital tract, in obstetrics and gynaecology department of Govt. medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh. Total 62 patients were operated, most common indication was carcinoma ovary, followed by endometrial cancer, cancer cervix and gestational trophoblastic neoplasia. 166 patients underwent biopsies for suspicious symptoms or the abnormal findings on examination and the patients with final malignancy report were either operated as described above and the inoperable cases were referred to oncotherapy department for further management.

A hybrid approach of cryptography, data compression and steganography has been proposed in this paper. Motivation behind this research is to provide a smart image steganographic technique which must be capable enough to provide better quality stego-image with a high data hiding capability. Proposed approach is a LSB based approach and inspired with the invention of H. B. Kekre in the field of image steganography. Maximum data hiding capability of proposed approach will be evaluated from kekre's algorithm. Proposed approach hides data in the upper LSB bit only when its adjacent LSB bit of all the pixel have conceived a bit of secret data for better quality of the stego-image. LZW compression scheme is used to optimize the size of secret data, it will enable a personal to hide approx 2 times more data in a cover-image. This approach is secure against the RS detection attack and its stego-image is totally indistinguishable from the original image (cover-image) by the human eye.

The present study was aimed to investigate the effect of nerolidol on the development of kindling and associate oxidative stress and behavioral comorbidities. Kindling was induced by repeated injections of a sub-convulsive dose of pentylenetetrazol (PTZ-35 mg/kg; i.p.), at an interval of 48 ± 2 h for 43 days (21 injections). Nerolidol was administered daily in three doses (12.5, 25 and 50 mg/kg) along with alternate day PTZ injection. To access behavioral comorbidities, animals were subjected to tail suspension test (TST) and passive shock avoidance (PSA) test to evaluate the associated depression and memory impairment respectively on the last day of PTZ administration. Following behavioral assessment, neurotransmitter level and oxidative stress markers were evaluated in brain. The results showed that nerolidol significantly suppressed the progression of kindling. Also, nerolidol ameliorates the kindling associated depression and memory impairment as indicated by decreased immobility time and increased step down latency, respectively, as compared to vehicle control animals. Further, these behavioral observations were complimented with corresponding neurochemical and oxidative stress markers changes. In conclusion, the results of present study showed that nerolidol treatment has protective effect against PTZ-induced kindling and associated oxidative stress and behavioral comorbidities.

Proteomics is an attempt to describe or explain biological state and qualitative and quantitative changes of protein content of cells and extracellular biological materials under different conditions to further understand biological processes. Protein-Protein interaction prediction and classification is a very important task. Prediction and classification of protein-protein interactions can help in improving the understanding of diseases and can provide the basis for new therapeutic approaches. In this work a model is proposed to classify protein-protein interactions. Jordan Recurrent Neural Network is used to classify the proteinprotein interactions. The model developed gives 97.25% of accuracy which is 8.7% more than Back-Propagation Neural Network.

Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) are autonomous and decentralized wireless systems. Mobile Ad hoc Network is a collection of mobile nodes in which the wireless links are frequently broken down due to mobility and dynamic infrastructure. Routing is a significant issue and challenge in ad hoc networks. Many Routing protocols have been proposed so far to improve the routing performance and reliability. This research paper describes the characteristics of ad hoc routing protocols Ad-hoc On Demand Distance Vector Routing (AODV), Optimized link State Routing (OLSR), Temporally Ordered Routing Algorithm (TORA), Dynamic Source Routing (DSR), Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector Routing (DSDV) based on the performance metrics like packet delivery fraction, Average delay, Normalized Routing load, Throughput and Jitter under low mobility and low traffic network as well as under high mobility and high traffic network. Results show that AODV has maximum throughput under low traffic and DSDV has maximum throughput under high traffic. As network becomes dense OLSR, DSR and DSDV perform well in terms of Throughput than AODV and TORA. TORA performs well in dense networks in terms of packet delivery fraction but at the same time Normalized Routing load of TORA is maximum among all the protocols in both the networks. DSDV has least Normalized Routing load in both low and high traffic. OLSR and DSDV give the least Jitter and Average Delay in both networks.

Although climate change models predict relatively modest increases in temperature in the tropics by the end of the century, recent analyses identify tropical ectotherms as the organisms most at risk from climate warming. Because metabolic rate in ectotherms increases exponentially with temperature, even a small rise in temperature poses a physiological threat to tropical ectotherms inhabiting an already hot environment. If correct, the metabolic theory of climate warming has profound implications for global biodiversity, since tropical insects and arachnids constitute the vast majority of animal species. Predicting how climate change will translate into fitness consequences for tropical arthropods requires an understanding of the effects of temperature increase on the entire life history of the species. Here, in a comprehensive case study of the fitness consequences of the projected temperature increase for the tropics, we conducted a split-brood experiment on the neotropical pseudoscorpion, Cordylochernes scorpioides, in which 792 offspring from 33 females were randomly assigned at birth to control- and high-temperature treatments for rearing through the adult stage. The diurnally varying, control treatment temperature was determined from long-term, average daily temperature minima and maxima in the pseudoscorpion's native habitat. In the high temperature treatment, increasing temperature by the 3.5 °C predicted for the tropics significantly reduced survival and accelerated development at the cost of reduced adult size and a dramatic decrease in level of sexual dimorphism. The most striking effects, however, involved reproductive traits. Reared at high temperature, males produced 45% as many sperm as control males, and females failed to reproduce. Sequencing of the mitochondrial ND2 gene revealed two highly divergent haplogroups that differed substantially in developmental rate and survivorship but not in reproductive response to high temperature. Our findings suggest that reproduction may be the Achilles’ heel of tropical ectotherms, as climate warming subjects them to an increasingly adverse thermal environment.

Awareness of morphological variations of the tooth can contribute to the successful outcome of the endodontic treatment. The morphological variations of the mandibular first molar radix entomolaris (RE) in terms of root inclination and root canal curvature demand careful clinical approach to avoid procedural errors during endodontic therapy. This paper describes 2 case reports of mandibular first molar with RE.

Let [Formula: see text] be a field of characteristic 2. In this paper, we provide an interesting application of quadratic forms over [Formula: see text] in determination of the Wedderburn decomposition of the rational group algebra [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is a real special [Formula: see text]-group. We further apply these computations to exhibit two non-isomorphic real special [Formula: see text]-groups with isomorphic rational group algebra.

of the Quality of Service (QoS) in the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network has been done using different parameters. UMTS is a universal telecommunication service which is more popularly known as 3G. It uses Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) techniques inculcating internet protocol, urban terrestrial and radio air interfaces. Thus, resources used here also allow lower generation services. It provides better speed, security, bandwidth utilization etc. Quality of Service is analyzed by changing the value of the precedence bit of the CBR application. The values of the precedence bits that have been taken are 0, 1, 4 and 6. The comparison has been done on the basis of throughput, average end to end delay etc.

Leiomyomas are most common uterine and pelvic tumours. The most common anatomical location is uterus. Fibroids arising from cervix are rare tumours accounting for 2% of all fibroids. A cervical leiomyoma is commonly single and is either interstitial or subserous, rarely it becomes submucous and polypoidal. Here authors report a case of huge cervical fibroid in an unmarried lady who presented to us with complaint of heaviness in abdomen. On per abdomen examination a firm mass of 32 weeks size arising from pelvis with restricted mobility was noticed. Ultrasound showed 21*10.3*10 cm heterogenous mass in pelvis with evidence of internal vascularity. MRI was suggestive of fibroid arising from body of uterus. True cut biopsy of the lesion was taken which showed benign lesion. Decision for myomectomy or Hysterectomy (according to intraoperative findings) was taken. While doing the procedure, after accidental ligation of left ureter and injury to bladder, diagnosis of cervical fibroid was made. Hence pre-operative diagnosis of cervical fibroid is very important in order to avoid damage to bladder and ureters.

Background: The present study evaluates safety, efficacy, expulsion rate and complications of PPIUCD insertion in women undergoing caesarean section in a medical college for 2 years period.Methods: This is a prospective cohort study done over a 2 year period. Total 185 patients undergoing caesarean section and fulfilling medical eligibility criteria for PPIUCD were enrolled in the study. The followup of these patients was done at 6 weeks, 6 months and 1-2 years.Results: Thirteen patients (7%) lost to follow up so final outcome analysis was done in 172 patients. The problems encountered were spontaneous expulsion in 4 patients, removal due to heavy menstrual flow in 13 patients, non-visibility of threads in 4 patients, discharge per-vaginum in 1 patient and pain lower abdomen in 1 patient. Voluntary removal was done in 3 patients by 2 years who wished to conceive. The successful continuation rate came out to be 84.9% by 2 years. There was no failure reported in terms of intra-uterine or extra-uterine pregnancy and no increased risk of infection or perforation over the 2 years follow up.Conclusions: Immediate post-placental IUCD insertion is safe and effective method of contraception with no need to wait for 6 weeks which thereby reduces unwanted pregnancy rates. Mild discomfort and the minor post procedure complaints are taken care of well in puerperium. Higher rate of expulsion can be taken care of by early follow-up with regular visits and offering other safe and effective method of contraception.

3D-Playfair cipher is a multiple letter encryption cipher. Trigraphs (combination of 3 characters) of the plaintext are treated as single unit and converted into corresponding cipher text trigraphs and vice-versa. Classical Playfair Cipher supports English alphabets with limitation that only one alphabet “i” or “j” will be considered at a time. 3D-Playfair Cipher came into focus to eliminate this limitation. In addition to that 3D-Playfair Cipher also overlooks the limitation of similar fashion encryption of diagrams and its reverse diagrams. 3D-Playfair cipher supports all 26 English alphabets {A-Z}, 10 digits {0–9} and 28 special characters including { ! “ ∗ # $ % & ‘ +, − . / : ; ( ) ? @ [ ] \ ⁁ _ | }. The theme of this research is to enhance the security of text files that contains alphabets, numerals and special characters. In this approach we developed a structure rotation concept on key matrix of 3D-Playfair cipher using random key to achieve the objective. Random sequences are generated through Linear Feedback Shift Register due to its simplicity and better performance.

Renal failure and uremic encephalopathy are rare findings in Plasmodium vivax malaria. Thrombocytopenia is also an unusual manifestation of P. vivax malaria. This report highlights the occurrence of these rare manifestations in an 8-year-old boy who presented to us with fever, rash and progressive deterioration of renal functions.

Out of 200 serum samples collected from cattle (142) and buffaloes (58) of various ages and sexand subjected to latex agglutination test (LAT) using serotype specific peptides (O, A, Asia 1) and also with peptide for non-structural protein 2B (NSP-2B), 114 (70%) samples were positive against FMDV type 'O', 102 (51%) against serotype 'A' and 104 (52%) against serotype 'Asia 1'. With NSP-2B peptide a total of 71 (35.5%) samples were positive. The results suggest that LAT could be used for the diagnosis of foot and mouth disease virus as it is easy, cheap and effective test.

3D-Playfair cipher is multiple letter encryption cipher. In this, trigraphs of plaintext are treated as single units and converted into corresponding cipher text trigraphs. 3D-Playfair Ciphers originates due to the limitations in classical Playfair as it supports only alphabets and may not support two alphabets at the same time. It also eliminates the fact that a diagram and its reverse will encrypt in a similar fashion. 3D-Playfair cipher supports all 26 alphabets, 10 digits and 28 special characters. The theme of research is to furnish security to data which contains alphabets numerals and special characters during transmission that's why additional bitwise operations are introduced and applied on the cipher text of 3D-Playfair cipher with a random key. Linear Feedback Shift Register is a good candidate for generation of random sequences and is selected for generating random keys for bitwise operations to offer better security to cipher text before transmission over the internet. Here X-OR or X-NOR operations are taken into consideration for the bitwise operations based on the key.

Smart grid technology envisages the use of strategic consumers. With demand for power outstripping supply in most countries, this motivates the need for an incentive compatible and efficient mechanism to allocate inevitable power cuts across consumers. In this paper, we propose (i) a reverse auction mechanism and (ii) a forward auction mechanism that both are designed to allocate the power cuts. These auctions are based on redistribution mechanisms and satisfy dominant strategy incentive compatibility and allocative efficiency. The mechanisms are weakly budget balanced and since they are based on redistribution mechanisms, they lead to reduced budget imbalance. We demonstrate the efficacy of these mechanisms for a typical scenario in Indian power grid operations and subsequently explore the relative performance of the mechanisms in a detailed simulation setting.

Rudimentary horn pregnancy is rare, but can cause considerable morbidity and mortality. We discuss five cases presented to our hospital in the last 10 years and systematically review the 10-year literature of rudimentary horn pregnancies diagnosed antenatally pre-rupture. The aim of the review was to find radiologic investigations/criteria to diagnose rudimentary horn pregnancy antenatally pre-rupture. A systematic literature review was carried out in Pubmed search for rudimentary horn pregnancies. The radiologic findings of the cases diagnosed before rupture were analyzed. Ultrasound is the most commonly used technique, though MRI seems to delineate details better. Non-continuity of the lumen of the cervix with the pregnant uterine horn is an important imaging finding. High clinical suspicion and radiologic skill for diagnosis are emphasized. The review presents the existing imaging criteria to diagnose rudimentary horn pregnancy and suggests future research to enhance the limited evidence.

Aim and Objectives: The present study was to assess the anxiolytic effect of nerolidol in mice. Materials and Methods: The anxiolytic activity was examined using the elevated plus maze (EPM) and open field test (OFT), and motor coordination by rotarod test. Thirty Swiss albino mice were divided into five groups of six mice each. Group 1 received vehicle control (normal saline); Group 2 received diazepam (1 mg/kg); Groups 3, 4, and 5 received nerolidol 12.5, 25, and 50 mg/kg, respectively. Results: Nerolidol (12.5, 25, and 50 mg/kg) significantly (P < 0.05) increased the time spent and a number of entries in open arm as compared to vehicle control in EPM test. In OFT, the nerolidol showed a significant (P < 0.05) increase in number of rearings and time spent in center and periphery, suggesting exploratory behavior of animals. Furthermore, nerolidol did not alter the fall down latency in rotarod test. Conclusion: Our findings indicated that nerolidol exerts an anxiolytic effect without altering the motor coordination.

Asymmetric overgrowth has many differential diagnoses with considerable overlap, posing a diagnostic dilemma. The presence of chylous ascites, though unreported, might be expected as a manifestation of overgrowth syndromes with lymphatic involvement. We present a patient with hemihypertrophy who presented with chylous ascites at birth.

Dilatation and evacuation (D and E) is the most commonly used method for later abortion. It is one of the safest procedure when performed by experienced personnel. Complication rates are high in second trimester abortion compared to first trimester. Rupture of uterine wall covered with organized blood clots is very rare complication after second trimester surgical abortion. It is a surgical emergency and may have deleterious consequences if diagnosis is delayed.How to cite this articleKaur M, Pandhar DK, Mehra R, Huria A. A Complication of Surgical Abortion: A Rare Presentation. J South Asian Feder Obst Gynae 2014;6(1):33-34.

Surgical endodontic endosseous stabilizer by embedding an inert chrome cobalt alloy through the root canal into the osseous structure is a reliable procedure to lengthen the existing root and provide individual tooth stabilization. In this case report, an endodontic stabilizer was used in conjunction with surgical intervention and bone grafting. This case was considered successful on the basis of clinical and radiographic evidence.