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Fulltext Activity of Plumbago zeylanica Linn. root and Holoptelea integrifolia Roxb. bark pastes in acute and chronic paw inflammation in Wistar rat

Kumar D, Ganguly K, Hegde HV, Patil PA, Roy S, Kholkute SD

J Ayurveda Integr Med, 2014 Jan;5(1):33-7.

PMID: 24812473 DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.128853

The pastes prepared from roots of Plumbago zeylanica Linn. and barks of Holoptelea integrifolia Roxb. are widely used by traditional healers for the treatment of arthritis in rural northern Karnataka.

Matched MeSH terms: India

Extract of Woodfordia fruticosa flowers ameliorates hyperglycemia, oxidative stress and improves β-cell function in streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced diabetic rats

Arya A, Al-Obaidi MM, Karim RB, Taha H, Khan AK, Shahid N, et al.

J Ethnopharmacol, 2015 Dec 4;175:229-40.

PMID: 26342523 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.08.057

The art of Ayurveda and the traditional healing system in India have reflected the ethnomedicinal importance of the plant Woodfordia fruticosa Kurtz, which demonstrates its vast usage in the Ayurvedic preparations as well as in the management of diabetes by the traditional healers.

Matched MeSH terms: India

Fulltext Bibliometric profile of the global scientific research on methanol poisoning (1902-2012)

Zyoud SH, Al-Jabi SW, Sweileh WM, Awang R, Waring WS

J Occup Med Toxicol, 2015;10:17.

PMID: 25949270 DOI: 10.1186/s12995-015-0062-9

BACKGROUND: Methanol poisoning is on the rise and has been associated with high morbidity and mortality; it has resulted in growing research in the field of toxicology. The aim of this study was to reveal underlying patterns in scientific outputs related to methanol poisoning at the global level by evaluating different bibliometric indices.

METHODS: We searched for publications that contained specific words regarding methanol poisoning in Scopus database.

RESULTS: A total of 912 articles, with 8,317 citations and with an average of 9.1 citations per document, were retrieved on methanol poisoning, and the bulk of the articles were published from the USA (20.9%), followed by Spain (4.4%), Canada (4.3%), India (3.1%), and France (3.0%). The articles were published belonging to 57 countries. No data related to methanol poisoning were published from 155 (73.1%) out of 212 countries. Twenty-one documents (2.3%) were published in Clinical Toxicology, whereas 18 (2.0%) were published in The Lancet.

CONCLUSIONS: Scientific production related to methanol poisoning is increasing. articles have been published in a wide range of journals with a variety of subject areas, most notably clinical toxicology; and the country with the greatest production was the USA.

Matched MeSH terms: India

Chordodes combiareolatus, a new species of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) from Nagaland, India, with further comments on Chordodes moutoni

Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Limatemjen L, Yadav AK

Zootaxa, 2015;3925(1):202-10.

PMID: 25781739 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.2.3

The currently known diversity of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) from India is only 17 species. We report here two female specimens found on two occasions on a terrace paddy field in Tsupo, Viswema, Kohima, Nagaland, India. Although found at the same location, both species differ in their cuticular structures. One is determined as Chordodes moutoni, a species known from China, Malaysia and India. The other specimen shows a new type of cuticular structure, the areoles, which combines characters of both simple areoles and tubercle areoles. This specimen is described as a new species, C. combiareolatus. Both specimens show arrangements on the cuticle, in which a circle of areoles surrounds a region of "naked" cuticle. We interpret these regions as artifacts caused by the breaking off of the central crowned areoles, leaving only the circumcluster areoles behind.

Matched MeSH terms: India

Margosa oil poisoning in India and Malaysia

Sinniah D, Baskaran G, Vijayalakshmi B, Sundaravelli N

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 1981;75(6):903-4.

PMID: 7330956

Matched MeSH terms: India

Intracranial tumors in Southeast Asia. A review

Glasauer FE

Surg Neurol, 1976 Oct;6(4):257-60.

PMID: 968728

Matched MeSH terms: India

[Study of the species Eucinetus Germar (Coleoptera, Eucinetidae)]

Vit S

Rev. Suisse Zool., 1977 Jun;84(2):443-51.

PMID: 897542

Matched MeSH terms: India

Zika in India and the need for transparent reporting

Mallhi TH, Khan YH, Tanveer N, Khan AH, Bukhsh A

Travel Med Infect Dis, 2017 Jul-Aug;18:75-76.

PMID: 28709958 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.07.005

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Fulltext Efficacy of Three Types of Plaque Control Methods During Fixed Orthodontic Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Shilpa M, Jain J, Shahid F, Gufran K, Sam G, Khan MS

J Pharm Bioallied Sci, 2019 May;11(Suppl 2):S246-S251.

PMID: 31198346 DOI: 10.4103/JPBS.JPBS_1_19

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the efficacy of three types of plaque control methods among 13- to 35-year-old subjects receiving fixed orthodontic treatment in Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet, Coorg district, Karnataka, India.

Materials and Methods: A total of 111 subjects who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria were randomly included in the study. The subjects were recalled after 1 month of the commencement of fixed orthodontic treatment for the recording of baseline data including plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), and modified papillary bleeding index (MPBI). After recording of the baseline data, the subjects were randomly allocated into each of the intervention groups, i.e., group A (manual tooth brush), group B (powered tooth brush), and group C (manual tooth brush combined with mouthwash) by lottery method. Further, all the subjects were recalled after 1 and 2 months for recording the data.

Results: Regarding plaque levels, it was seen that there was a highly statistically significant difference between the three groups (P = 0.001), with the manual tooth brush combined with chlorhexidine mouthwash group recording the lowest mean PI score of 0.5 ± 0.39. A comparison of the mean GI scores among the groups at the end of 2 months shows a highly statistically significant difference (P = 0.001). The mean MPBI scores at the end of 2 months were highly statistically significant among the three groups (P = 0.001), with the group C recording the lowest mean MPBI score of 0.3 ± 0.3.

Conclusion: The powered tooth brush group subjects exhibited significantly lesser PI, GI, and MPBI scores than the manual tooth brush group at the end of 2 months, whereas the manual tooth brush combined with chlorhexidine mouth wash group subjects showed maximum improvement, having significantly lesser PI and GI scores than the powered tooth brush group.

Matched MeSH terms: India

Psychiatry and mental health in Malaysia

Deva MP

Int Psychiatry, 2005 Apr;2(8):14-16.

PMID: 31507809

Malaysia is a tropical country in the heart of South East Asia, at the crossroads of the ancient east-west sea trade routes. Although independent from British colonial rule only in 1957, it has a recorded history dating back to at least the first century CE, when the region was already the source of valuable mineral and forest produce that found markets in China, India and further west.

Matched MeSH terms: India

Fulltext A study of monkey malaria, and its experimental transmission to man

Knowles R, Gupta BMD

Ind Med Gaz, 1932 Jun;67(6):301-320.

PMID: 29010910

This is the first report of new Plasmodium species (later known as P. knowlesi, after its discoverer) in a long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) imported to India from Singapore.

Matched MeSH terms: India

The genera emAgathocles/em and emSurenus/em (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): tribal reassessment, redescription, new synonyms, and description of two new species

Salini S, Kment P

Zootaxa, 2021 Apr 14;4958(1):zootaxa.4958.1.31.

PMID: 33903478 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.31

The genus Surenus Distant, 1901 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Halyini) is revisited and found to be a junior subjective synonym of the genus Agathocles Stål, 1876 (currently Pentatominae: Rolstoniellini). The genus Agathocles and its type species, Agathocles limbatus Stål, 1876, are redescribed. Lectotype of Surenus normalis Distant, 1901 (= Agathocles normalis (Distant, 1901) comb. nov.) is designated and the unknown male of the species is described. Agathocles yunnanensis Zhang Lin, 1984, syn. nov., is considered junior subjective synonym of A. limbatus. Two new species are described: Agathocles flavipes sp. nov. from India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu) and A. joceliae sp. nov. from Malaysia (Kelantan, Perak). The new species differ from their congeners mainly by the morphology of mandibular plates, length of antennomeres I, IIa and IIb, body length, and structure of male genitalia. Agathocles dubius Distant, 1921 is transferred to the genus Caystrus Stål, 1861 (Pentatominae: Caystrini) based on examination of its holotype with the resulting new combination: Caystrus dubius (Distant, 1921), comb. nov. One new combination is proposed, Paramecocoris ruficornis (Fieber, 1851), comb. nov. (from preoccupied Paramecus Fieber, 1851), and its type locality is clarified as Tenasserim (south Myanmar). Gender agreement and authorship of the name Riazocoris niger Ahmad Afzal, 1977 in Ahmad et al. (1977: 161) are corrected and status of its name bearing type is clarified as lectotype. The following new distribution records are given: A. limbatus from Cambodia, China (Guangxi, Tibet), Laos and Thailand, A. normalis, Caystrus obscurus (Distant, 1901a) and Critheus lineatifrons Stål, 1869 from Laos, Amasenus corticalis Stål, 1863 from Cambodia, Indonesia (E Kalimantan), Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, and Rolstoniellus boutanicus (Dallas, 1849) from Vietnam. Based on characters of external morphology and genitalia, the genus Agathocles is compared with representatives of the genera Halys Fabricius, 1803 (Halyini), Caystrus (Caystrini), Laprius Stål, 1861 (Myrocheini), and Exithemus Distant, 1902 (currently in Rolstoniellini). As a result, the genus Agathocles is here transferred to the tribe Caystrini. The genus Kyrtalus Van Duzee, 1929 is tentatively placed in Myrocheini based on the presence of sulcate mesosternum and femora provided with teeth.

Matched MeSH terms: India

Fulltext COVID 2019 outbreak: The disappointment in Indian teachers

Bhat R, Singh VK, Naik N, Kamath CR, Mulimani P, Kulkarni N

Asian J Psychiatr, 2020 Apr;50:102047.

PMID: 32251853 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102047

Matched MeSH terms: India

Genetic Identification of all Four Mangrove Mud Crab Species (genus Scylla) Using Multiple Molecular Markers

Mandal A, Mani AK, Lamech R, Anandajothi E, Venkatachalam SA, Dinakaran GK, et al.

Biochem Genet, 2021 Aug;59(4):856-869.

PMID: 33544298 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-021-10032-3

Misleading identification and subsequent publications on biological, molecular, and aquaculture data of mangrove mud crab (genus Scylla de Hann 1833) is a major concern in many countries. In this study, multiple molecular markers were used for genetic identification of all four known mud crab species under genus Scylla collected from India, Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia. Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS-1), Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and PCR-based species-specific markers were used to resolve taxonomic ambiguity. PCR-RFLP techniques using NlaIV and BsaJI restriction endonucleases were efficient to differentiate four different mud crab species under genus Scylla with specific fragment profile. The results also justified the use of ITS-1 and PCR-based species-specific markers to identify mud crab species available in many countries quite rapidly and effectively. Several new molecular markers generated during the study are reported here to resolve the taxonomic ambiguity of Scylla species and the results reconfirmed that India is only having two commonly available mud crab species which was reported by the authors earlier.

Matched MeSH terms: India

Fulltext Mental health state of low vision patients using the hospital anxiety and depression scale and the depression, anxiety and stress scale

Mohd Harimi, A.R., Nadhrah, A.B., Nur Hidayah, Y., Zainora, M., Jemaima, C.H., Mushawiahti, M.

Medicine & Health, 2020;15(1):198-207.

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Penilaian status kesihatan mental dalam kalangan pesakit penglihatan terhad (LV) bukan merupakan rutin pemeriksaan. Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengenal pasti status kesihatan mental dalam kalangan pesakit LV menggunakan soal selidik "Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) Scale". Seramai 100 pesakit LV telah dipilih secara rawak. Pemeriksaan piawai LV dan penilaian kesihatan mental menggunakan soal selidik DASS-21 dan HAD scale telah dijalankan. Purata umur subjek adalah 62.77+9.15 tahun. Subjek terdiri daripada 63% Melayu, diikuti 26% Cina dan 11% India. Purata tahap penglihatan subjek adalah 0.45+0.24 LogMAR. Keputusan kajian menunjukkan min skor kemurungan dan kerisauan bagi soal selidik HAD Scale adalah 3.11+3.35 dan 2.85+3.21. Min skor kemurungan, kegelisahan dan tekanan bagi soal selidik DASS adalah 4.83+6.90, 3.58+3.79 dan 6.18+6.92. Ini menunjukkan min skor bagi kedua-dua soal selidik adalah dalam julat normal mengikut klasikasi tahap keterukan HAD dan DASS. Soal selidik HAD Scale menunjukkan 12% daripada subjek mengalami kemurungan dan 8% mengalami kegelisahan, manakala soal selidik DASS menunjukkan 7% mengalami kemurungan, 17% mengalami kegelisahan dan 24% mengalami tekanan. Ini menggambarkan bahawa kesihatan mental pesakit LV boleh terjejas disebabkan oleh gangguan penglihatan. Kesimpulannya, status kesihatan mental pesakit LV boleh ditentukan secara objektif menggunakan soal selidik DASS-21 dan HAD Scale. Penentuan status ini juga memastikan rawatan dan rehabilitasi yang lebih optimum dapat diberikan kepada pesakit LV.

Matched MeSH terms: India

Fulltext Penetrating ocular trauma by nail of a badminton feather shuttle cock: A rare case report

Das S, Singh V, Saurabh K

Indian J Ophthalmol, 2020 06;68(6):1209-1211.

PMID: 32461485 DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1681_19

Sports-related ocular traumas may be rare, but can have devastating and disabling consequences. The causes of eye-related injuries depend on the type of sports popular in a particular area or country. Badminton is a popular sport played by all age groups and socioeconomic segments and is popular in many parts of the world. It is most popular in South-East Asia, accounting for two-thirds of all ocular sports injury in Malaysia. In India, badminton has become quite popular in recent years. Shuttlecocks in badminton have been shown to be responsible for a high number of outpatient ocular sports-related, mostly blunt injuries. We report an unusual case of penetrating ocular injury due to a feather shuttlecock and its surgical management.

Matched MeSH terms: India

Macrobenthic community of a tropical bay system revisited: Historical changes in response to anthropogenic forcing

Dash B, Rout SS, Lovaraju A, Charan Kumar B, Bharati A, Ganesh T, et al.

Mar Pollut Bull, 2021 Oct;171:112775.

PMID: 34375747 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112775

The present study examines historical perspectives of the macrobenthic community in response to different phases of anthropogenic perturbations in Kakinada Bay, a tropical embayment on the east coast of India. Multivariate analysis of the snapshot data (1958-2017) revealed considerable changes in the Bay environment following a breakwater construction across the Bay mouth in 1997. Subsequently, port expansion activities, industrialization, urbanization, and geomorphic alterations in the Godavari delta brought deterrent changes in the Bay. The fluctuations over the years in hydrographical and sediment characteristics increased environmental heterogeneity and caused significant spatio-temporal shifts in the macrobenthic community between 1995-1996 and 2016-2017. The observed variabilities were suggestive of anthropogenic perturbations of the system with future repercussions on Bay ecosystem functioning. Overall, this study provides evidence on the long-term impact of anthropogenic activities on coastal marine communities and stresses the importance of macrobenthos as bioindicators of such changes in tropical systems.

Matched MeSH terms: India

Fulltext Responsible use of fixed-dose combination antibiotics in India

Shankar PR, Hassali MA, Shahwani NA, Iqbal Q, Anwar M, Saleem F

Lancet Glob Health, 2016 10;4(10):e689.

PMID: 27633429 DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30214-5

Matched MeSH terms: India

Fulltext Isolation of Tioman virus from Pteropus giganteus bat in North-East region of India

Yadav P, Sarkale P, Patil D, Shete A, Kokate P, Kumar V, et al.

Infect Genet Evol, 2016 11;45:224-229.

PMID: 27619056 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.09.010

Bat-borne viral diseases are a major public health concern among newly emerging infectious diseases which includes severe acute respiratory syndrome, Nipah, Marburg and Ebola virus disease. During the survey for Nipah virus among bats at North-East region of India; Tioman virus (TioV), a new member of the Paramyxoviridae family was isolated from tissues of Pteropus giganteus bats for the first time in India. This isolate was identified and confirmed by RT-PCR, sequence analysis and electron microscopy. A range of vertebrate cell lines were shown to be susceptible to Tioman virus. Negative electron microscopy study revealed the "herringbone" morphology of the nucleocapsid filaments and enveloped particles with distinct envelope projections a characteristic of the Paramyxoviridae family. Sequence analysis of Nucleocapsid gene of TioV demonstrated sequence identity of 99.87% and 99.99% nucleotide and amino acid respectively with of TioV strain isolated in Malaysia, 2001. This report demonstrates the first isolation of Tioman virus from a region where Nipah virus activity has been noticed in the past and recent years. Bat-borne viruses have become serious concern world-wide. A Survey of bats for novel viruses in this region would help in recognizing emerging viruses and combating diseases caused by them.

Matched MeSH terms: India

Fulltext Curricular impact on learning approaches and critical thinking skills of medical students

Asha V, Devi V, Raghavendra R, Rachel AR, Vinod P, Sharmila T

Education in Medicine Journal, 2016;8(4):39-45.

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Objectives: This investigation focused on finding the changes in learning approaches of students’ while experiencing physiology curriculum and to explore the reflection of changes if any, on their critical thinking skills.
Methods: In this longitudinal study, information on students’ learning approaches was obtained using the revised two factor study process questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F) at the commencement (pre-test) and completion (post-test) of first year MBBS course. The total score and the scores obtained in the critical thinking questions in four physiology assessments were analysed. Pre and post-tests scores in R-SPQ-2F and assessment scores were compared using independent samples t-test and one way repeated measure ANOVA respectively. Correlation of scores between assessments was done using Pearson correlation. A p value < 0.05 was taken as significant.
Results: A significant increase in students’ deep learning approach at the completion of the physiology curriculum when compared to commencement (p < 0.001) was observed. A progressive improvement in their scores as they experienced the curriculum was also noticed. A moderate correlation among critical thinking questions scores and a strong correlation between critical thinking questions and total essay scores were also recorded.
Conclusion: The study revealed improvement in students’ deep approach to learning in physiology which was reflected in their performance in critical thinking questions.
Study site: Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal University, India

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