Anatomy and physiology of peer review process, can it be unbiased?

Anatomy and physiology of peer review process, can it be unbiased?

February 18, 2014

Arun H.S KumarUniversity College Dublin Belfield, Dublin 04, IrelandArun H.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.127269 Peer review is the process of evaluating someone’s work by at least one or more respective subject experts, which has several formats and is currently applied in several domains. I will…

Chemoprevention of oral cancer: Green tea experience

Chemoprevention of oral cancer: Green tea experience

February 18, 2014

Vijayalakshmi Ramshankar1, Arvind Krishnamurthy21Department of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Gandhi Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India2Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Sadar Patel Road, Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.127272 ABSTRACT Oral cancer has a well characterized progression from premalignant oral epithelial…

Botulinum toxin: The Midas touch

Botulinum toxin: The Midas touch

February 18, 2014

PS Shilpa, Rachna Kaul, Nishat Sultana, Suraksha BhatDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences, No. 82, EPIP Area, White Field, Bangalore, IndiaDOI:10.4103/0976-9668.127274 ABSTRACT Botulinum Toxin (BT) is a natural molecule produced during growth and autolysis of bacterium called Clostridium…

Acute respiratory infections among under-5 children in India: A situational analysis

Acute respiratory infections among under-5 children in India: A situational analysis

February 18, 2014

Kalaiselvi Selvaraj1, Palanivel Chinnakali2, Anindo Majumdar1, Iswarya Santhana Krishnan11 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India2 Dept of Community medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, Puducherry, India DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.127275 ABSTRACT     Acute respiratory…

Dentin hypersensitivity following tooth preparation: A clinical study in the spectrum of gender

Dentin hypersensitivity following tooth preparation: A clinical study in the spectrum of gender

February 18, 2014

Kusum Yadav1, Anjali Sofat2, Ramandeep Singh Gambhir3, Virat Galhotra41 Department of Prosthodontics, PGIMER, Rohtak, Punjab, India2 Department of Prosthodontics, Gian Sagar Dental College and Hospital, Rajpura, Punjab, India3 Department of Public Health Dentistry, Gian Sagar Dental College and Hospital, Rajpura, Punjab, India4…

Enhancement of Hippocampal CA3 Neuronal Dendritic Arborization by Glycyrrhiza glabra root extract Treatment in Wistar Albino Rats

Enhancement of Hippocampal CA3 Neuronal Dendritic Arborization by Glycyrrhiza glabra root extract Treatment in Wistar Albino Rats

February 18, 2014

Kosuri Kalyan Chakravarthi1, Ramakrishna Avadhani21 Department of Anatomy, Santhiram Medical College, Nandyal, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India2 Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, India DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.127279 ABSTRACT     Background: In the traditional system of medicine, the roots and rhizomes of Glycyrrhiza glabra (Gg)…

Study of extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae and antibiotic coresistance in a tertiary care teaching hospital

Study of extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae and antibiotic coresistance in a tertiary care teaching hospital

February 18, 2014

Nema Shashwati, Tripathi Kiran, AG DhanvijayDepartment of Microbiology, L. N. Medical College and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.127280 ABSTRACT     Aims: To study the prevalence of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae and coresistance to other commonly used antibiotics from the Bhopal…

Elucidating the specificity of non-heparin-based conformational activators of antithrombin for factor Xa inhibition

Elucidating the specificity of non-heparin-based conformational activators of antithrombin for factor Xa inhibition

February 18, 2014

Qudsia Rashid1, Mohammad Abid2, Mohamad Aman Jairajpuri11 Department of Bio Sciences, Protein Conformation and Enzymology Lab, New Delhi, India2 Department of Organic Synthesis Lab, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.127282 ABSTRACT     Introduction: Antithrombin, the principal inhibitor of coagulation proteases, requires allosteric activation by its…

Enamel hypoplasia of primary canine: Its prevalence and degree of expression

Enamel hypoplasia of primary canine: Its prevalence and degree of expression

February 18, 2014

Santanu Mukhopadhyay1, Pinaki Roy2, Bibek Mandal2, Chiranjit Ghosh3, Bidyut Chakraborty41 Department of Pedodontics, Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan, India2 Department of Orthdontics, Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan, India3 Department of Pedodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India4 Department of Oral Pathology, Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan,…

An assessment of etiological spectrum and injury characteristics among maxillofacial trauma patients of Government dental college and Research Institute, Bangalore

An assessment of etiological spectrum and injury characteristics among maxillofacial trauma patients of Government dental college and Research Institute, Bangalore

February 18, 2014

Yadavalli Guruprasad1, OR Hemavathy2, Girish Giraddi2, Jayaprasad N Shetty21 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, AME’S Dental College Hospital and Research Centre, Raichur – 584 103, India2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore , Karnataka, India DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.127285 ABSTRACT    …