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Background: Psychiatric illnesses are highly prevalent among inmates of prison than community. Personality dimensions of prisoners with mental illness score high on psychoticism, neuroticism and extraversion when compared to normal population. Aim and objectives: To study the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among inmates of prison, to study personality dimensions of inmates of prison, to evaluate association between personality dimensions and psychiatric morbidity, to examine socio-demographic data of study sample. Materials and methods: 100 male inmates of prison (both UT and CT) were selected by random sampling and interviewed to obtain socio-demographic data, psychiatric morbidity assessed by MINI V 5 and EPQRS for personality. Results: 72 % of inmates of prison were found to have psychiatric morbidity (41% Alcohol abuse, 13% Major depressive episode, 9% Mood disorder with psychotic features, 3% each for psychotic disorder, cannabis and opioid abuse). There was a statistically significant association between various domains of EPQ and psychiatric disorders. All study subjects were males (100%) mean age of sample was 25.64 years, 50% were married, 30% illiterate, 71% from urban background, 36% semiskilled workers. Conclusion: The results suggested that there is a considerable psychiatric morbidity among inmates of prison. Personality dimensions predicted psychiatric morbidity. There was a significant association between personality dimensions and psychiatric morbidity. There is an urgent need to identify, assess and manage psychiatric morbidity among prisoners to reduce further recurrence of crime, to motivate prisoners with mental illness to give-up illicit substance use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A closed form expression for the series reactance of an electrically small aperture in the center conductor of a microstrip line is determined using equivalent dipole moments due to the aperture and employing a quasistatic approach. The reactance of an inclined slot and a diamond shaped aperture are evaluated as a function of the aperture geometry in the lower microwave frequency band. The results based on this analysis are compared with those obtained from Oliner's formula. Experimental results are in fairly good agreement with the results obtained using the proposed theory.

The diagnosis of death by drowning is one of the hardest challenges in forensic pathology. Circumstantial factors and physical evidence such as autopsy findings are both important in drowning. There were 68 cases of drowning deaths during one-year study period from Jan 2019 to Dec 2019, at dept of Forensic Medicine MMC&MGH, Khammam, consisting of 60 male and 8 female victims. The largest number of victims, 26[38.23%] were found in the age group 31 to 40 years. Males [n=60, 88.23%] were predominantly affected. 37[54.41%] cases were married, in which 32 were males (47.05%) and femaleswere 5(7.35%) and 31 cases are unmarried out of which 28[41.17%] are male and 3 females. Most of the victims were follows Hindu belief, habitat of rural. Approximately 30[44.11%]of victims come from the student unemployed group. Incidence of fresh water drowning is more than sea water drowning. The wet drowning accounted more than dry drowning. Highest number [n=32, 47.05%] occurred inafternoonthan other timings. The incidence of drowning was more in summer. Major fatalities occurred within one to three days of hospitalization. Accidental falls 56 [82.35%] were the commonly occurring incidents that leads to drowning death and most of drowning deaths 58 [70.58%] occurred in the lakes. Majority of victims died at the place of drowning. Most of the victims witnessed respiratory complications [55.2%]. 10.00% of the deceased were the tested positive for alcohol, while 4[6.66%] were confirmed as drug abusers. Non swimmers were victims more than swimmers. Decomposition changes on the body were found in 10 % cases. Externally, frothy or bloodstained discharge at mouth and nostrils and "washer-women" appearance on the hands and feet were the common postmortem findings; while internally, congestion, edema of the lungs and presence of foreign bodies in an airway, were the common findings. Out of 68 cases 62[91.17%] cases were showing positive results for same diatoms in bone marrow and sample water, in 45.88% cases, only sample water showed positive results, 22.94% cases were showing no diatoms in bone marrow and sample water. The aim of the study is to analyzed different main objective of the study is epidemiological factors andpattern of drowning, contributing factors, and arriving diagnosis of ante mortem drowning by diatom test. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper contrasts the performance evaluation of the standard 10T SRAM circuit with that of the Adiabatic 10T SRAM. There is a strong degree of adiabatic SRAM power reduction. The same SRAM technology is explored through the use of the above methodology. For both SRAM, certain parameters are often measured such as the average power, rise time, fall time, Delay etc. Our effort to recycle energy contained in the parts and in the cells and reused it via a phenomenal energy recovery strategy named adiabatic concepts. As this adiabatic driver is added, the energy decrease on the ground would be minimized to a greater extent during the SRAM "1 to 0" transformation. The TANNER EDA simulates all the desired parameters. Modernization and the need for computer applications, anywhere they can be transmitted, contribute to an ever-growing need for lightweight, inexpensive, secure and low power battery powered handheld devices. A robust adiabatic SRAM is established in this paper. The key target is to use adiabatic circuits to compensate for a loss of the output in order to obtain a medium performance for SRAM. Adiabatic switching concepts are used to construct the planned architecture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: PCOS is a common endocrine disorder among young women which results in metabolic and hormonal disturbances. Due to high risk of these patients to be associated with infertility, obesity, diabetes etc., it is considered as an important subject of study to correlate various biochemical and demographic parameters specifically. Aim: The present study was aimed to accesses vitamin D levels in PCOS women to correlate with the metabolic parameters of PCOS. Materials and methods: A total of 84 PCOS women following Rotterdam criteria were enrolled for the present study. Women who were on insulin sensitizers, hormone therapy and vitamin D were excluded. Various biochemical and demographic parameters such as weight, age, Fasting blood glucose, OGTT, Triglyceride, HDL, LDL, Vitamin D levels were measured. All the values were expressed as Mean ± SD. Unpaired t-test and Chi-square test were used for comparative study of the data between the groups. Conclusion: Among the study population, obese women were high in number and were observed to be more prone to the metabolic disturbances due to PCOS. Hypovitaminosis-D was significantly observed among these women. Therefore, regular screening of Vitamin D levels would avoid many clinical complications among the women with PCOS and Obesity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An experiment has been conducted to evaluate the lifetime, reliability and operational performance of elementary semiconductor devices in the neutron radiation environment which supports to reduce the fatal in measurements and plan the preventive actions in nuclear facilities. It will also support the enhancement of electronics for nuclear facilities. The elementary semiconductor devices used in the experiment are Diode (1n4007), Zener Diode (5.1v), Light Emitting Diode, Transistor (BC547, 2n3904), Voltage controlling IC (7805), Operational Amplifier (LM741) and Optocoupler (4n35). The selection of devices has been made by keeping in mind their application in transmitting devices (i.e. Temperature transmitter, pressure transmitter, flow transmitter, monitors and controllers) for Indian test blanket system in ITER. Such devices are also used in general nuclear electronics. The devices have been irradiated in the Am-Be neutron source environment. The maximum fluence has been given up to 1011 n/cm2. The neutron source has energy range from low to high. All semiconductor devices have been characterized before and after irradiations. The deviation of 5 - 10% is observed in diodes I-V characteristics whereas transistors show a bit higher deflection in basic functionality. Optocoupler shows more than 50% deviation in its basic characteristics whereas voltage-controlling IC is not even functioning after the irradiation of 1011 n/cm2. The paper describes the details of the experiment and the behavior of semiconductor devices after irradiation. The experiment supports the selection and further research of the Indian test blanket system instruments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study was aimed to lay the basis for a comparative study of the diagnostic tests namely haemagglutination assay and polymerase chain reaction for their efficacy in detecting the Canine parvovirus (CPV-2) from fecal samples. A total of 342 samples (vaccinated 61 and unvaccinated 281) were used for the comparative assessment of the diagnostic assays. Out of 342 samples tested for haemagglutination assay, only 71 were positive and they were further confirmed by haemagglutination inhibition assay. Polymerase chain reaction detected 234 samples positive for Canine parvovirus indicating that PCR is more efficient than haemagglutinating test in detecting the parvovirus from the fecal samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccine was reported to be used in China, after the outbreak of Coronavirus. COVID-19 Vaccine requires validation of efficacy and adverse reactions as target vaccine population include high risk over the age of 60, medical frontline workers and people working in essential industries. After Spanish flu, COVID-19 pandemic is most devasting situation in the world. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine in COVID-19 positive vaccinated cases compared to non vaccinated cases. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Government Super specialty hospital from July 2021 to September 2021. COVID-19 positive was confirmed by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test in vaccinated and non vaccinated patients, admitted in a government super specialty hospital. Severity of the disease was studied in 1423 non vaccinated and 601 vaccinated cases of all age group above 18 years. Patients were categorised based on symptoms and oxygen saturation (SpO2) in to Mild-SpO2> 94%, Moderate-SpO2 <94%, Severe-SpO2 <90%. Patients were subdivided into three groups based on age-18-44 years, 45-64 years and ≥65 years age. Data was collected and tabulated using Microsoft excel and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 15.0. The statistics of percentage was used. Results: A total of 2024 COVID-19 positive cases were studied, out of which, 1423 were non vaccinated and 601 were vaccinated. Among non vaccinated group of 1423 cases, 712 cases had mild symptoms, 510 patients were of moderate symptoms, 201 patients were of severe symptoms. In 601 vaccinated cases, mild cases were 352, moderate cases were 185 with SpO2 <94%-90%, 64 cases are severe with SpO2 <90%. In this study the vaccinated patients had less severe disease with mild symptoms, in the cases of present study from COVID-19 compared to non vaccinated cases. Conclusion: Vaccine Effectiveness was noted after two doses. Vaccinated people had less severe symptoms and disease compared to non vaccinated people. Finding would support the effort to maximize vaccine with two doses among vulnerable population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]