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Under the roof of solid industrialization and accelerated intensification of multiple ranges of mobilization, a huge rise in precious fuel consumption and pollution was observed. Based on the recent hardships of fossil fuels, experts are undoubtedly eager in carrying out their research in renewable environment-friendly fuels. There have been many reviews of works considering the parameters and standards of biodiesel, which is only from various vegetable and seed oils. But very little review work was carried out on only plant-based biofuel. Plant-based fuel has a lower viscosity and higher volatility properties. The target of this review was to make a bridge to overcome these research gaps. This review extensively studies the biological background, production outcome, properties, and reliability of plant-based biofuel and also deeply investigates the feasibility of usage in a diesel engine. From deep investigation it was identified that most of the low viscous fuel had higher brake thermal efficiency (BTE) (2% to 4%) and NOx emission (5% to 10%) than high viscous biodiesel. The formation of hydrocarbon (HC), CO, and smoke emission was similar to high viscous biodiesel. Overall, the low viscous fuel effectively improves the engine behaviors., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing financial interest., (© 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.)

Telemedicine is starting to play an important role in the health field in India. In this case report we describe the successful use of telementoring to remove a parathyroid tumor in a patient with residual hyperparathyroidism after two previous unsuccessful attempts in tumor excision. A 21-yr-old patient crippled with advanced hyperparathyroidism was taken up for third-time exploration at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi, with guidance from the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, using telemedicine technology. These two centers are located 2,500 km apart, and telementoring from the more experienced endocrine surgeons at SGPGIMS resulted in successful tumor localization and removal. For this session both the institutions were provided with a dedicated 512 Kbps very small aperture terminal (VSAT) link and two-way video-audio connectivity. Even though two previous explorations were unsuccessful, with the help of telemedicine technology the same surgeon was successful in locating and removing the tumor. The video and audio quality was of good enough quality for the expert at SGPGIMS to guide the team at AIMS satisfactorily. The patient benefited since he did not have to travel to a far-off specialized center for surgery. This case report testifies to the usefulness of telemedicine in the field of surgery, especially in developing countries, which have few medical experts in certain specialized areas.