Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine, Vol 6, Issue 1, Jan-Jun, 2015 – Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine

Need for evidence-based practice at grass root level to improve child health and development

Ganesh Kumar1, Arun H. S. Kumar21Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, ...
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Mast cells and oral pathologies: A Review

Prevalence of acute respiratory infection among under-five children in urban and rural areas of puducherry, India

S Ganesh Kumar, Anindo Majumdar, Veera Kumar, Bijay Nanda Naik, Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, Karthik BalajeeDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal ...
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Discrimination against differently abled children among rural communities in India: Need for action

N Janardhana1, D Muralidhar1, DM Naidu2, Guru Raghevendra21Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Banaswadi, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.2Basic Needs India, Banaswadi, ...
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New South Wales Government plan for preventing overweight and obesity in children

Prevention of childhood obesity in India: Way forward

Sitanshu Sekhar Kar1, Subhranshu Sekhar Kar21Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.2Department of Pediatrics, RAK Medical and Health ...
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Malnutrition among under-five children in India and strategies for control

Swaroop Kumar Sahu1, S Ganesh Kumar1, B Vishnu Bhat2, KC Premarajan1, Sonali Sarkar1, Gautam Roy1, Nitin Joseph31Department of Preventive and ...
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Diarrheal diseases among children in India: Current scenario and future perspectives

Subitha Lakshminarayanan1, Ramakrishnan Jayalakshmy21Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.2Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical ...
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Current overview on dental stem cells applications in regenerative dentistry

Ramta Bansal1, Aditya Jain21Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Sehora, Jammu and Kashmir, India.2Department of Physiology, ...
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Mast cells and oral pathologies: A Review

Reet Kamal1, Parveen Dahiya2, Niti Goyal2, Mukesh Kumar2, Neeta Sharma3, Hans Raj Saini41Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Himachal Pradesh ...
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Epidemiology of Pediatric Trauma at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Laparoscopic ovarian drilling: An alternative but not the ultimate in the management of polycystic ovary syndrome

Subarna Mitra, Prasanta Kumar Nayak, Sarita AgrawalDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Tatibandh, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, ...
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When the PRP and non-PRP-treated groups were compared, there was no significant difference in the drop of hemoglobin (P=0.75)

The clinical efficacy of using autologous platelet rich plasma in hip arthroplasty: A retrospective comparative study

Atif Safdar1, Hamid Shaaban2, Restituto Tibayan , Richard Miller1, Richard Boairdo3, Gunwant Guron21Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, St Michael's ...
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Evaluation of antidiabetic, hypolipedimic and antioxidant activity of hydroalcoholic extract of leaves and fruit peel of Punica granatum in male Wistar albino rats

Kartik J Salwe1, Devender O Sachdev2, Yogesh Bahurupi1, Manimekalai Kumarappan11Department of Pharmacology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pillaiyarkuppam, ...
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Gender disparities in retreatment patients of tuberculosis: A north Indian study

Sandeep Singh Sarpal1, Naveen Krishan Goel1, Dinesh Kumar1, Ashok Kumar Janmeja21Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, ...
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Macroscopic appearance of tissues after 6 months of fixation

Natural sweeteners as fixatives in histopathology: A longitudinal study

Shankargouda Patil, Roopa S Rao, BS Ganavi, Barnali MajumdarDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, M. S ...
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Clinicopathological study and management of liver abscess in a tertiary care center

Amitesh Kumar Jha1, Anjan Das2, Firoz Chowdhury1, Madhuri Ranjana Biswas2, Sanjay Kumar Prasad1, Surajit Chattopadhyay31Department of General Surgery, College of ...
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Health, safety and environment conditions in primary schools of Northern Iran

Seyed Mohammad Asadi Behzadkolaee1, Seyed Taghi Mirmohammadi2, Jamshid Yazdani2, Ali Morad Heidari Gorji3, Ameneh Toosi4, Mohammad Rokni3, Mohammad Ali Heidari ...
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Observations in the Cytokinesis Block Micronucleus Cytome (CBMN Cyt) Assay

Evaluation of DNA damage in Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with and without peripheral neuropathy: A study in South Indian population

Mukul Prasad1, Stephen Charles Bronson2, Tushar Warrier1, Agnihotram Badarinath1, Shivam Rai1, Kaushal Baid1, Sneha Sitaraman1, Alex George1, Anand Moses2, Radha ...
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Sagittal T1 weighted MRI image demonstrating FFT as a long slack cord like hyperintense intrathecal structure isointense to the subcutaneous fat in patient 1

Retrospective magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of fatty filum terminale in Kuwaiti population

Parag Suresh Mahajan1, Nazeer Ahamad1, Anuradha Parag Mahajan2, Nawal M Al Moosawi31Clinical Imaging Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.2Mahajan Clinic, ...
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Relationship between postprandial endotoxemia in nonobese postmenopausal women and diabetic nonobese postmenopausal women

Gaffar Sarwar Zaman1, Fawzia Zaman21Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Government College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.2Head ...
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Mean perioperative blood loss in two groups

Does a single loading dose of tranexamic acid reduce perioperative blood loss and transfusion requirements after total knee replacement surgery? A randomized, controlled trial

Ratul Kundu1, Anjan Das2, Sandip Roy Basunia2, Tapas Bhattacharyya2, Surajit Chattopadhyay3, Anindya Mukherjee41Department of Anaesthesiology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical ...
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Most common places of exposure to passive smoking

Effects of passive smoking on students at College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh

Abdullah Alanazi1, Farhan Al Enezi2, Mohammd Mesfer Alqahtani2, Turki Faleh Alshammari2, Mumtaz Ahmed Ansari3, Saleh Al-Oraibi4, Shoeb Qureshi51Emergency Medical Services ...
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Trends in utilization of whole blood and components from 2008 to 2012

A study of blood utilization in a tertiary care hospital in South India

M Moses Ambroise1, Kandasamy Ravichandran2, Anita Ramdas1, Ganthimathy Sekhar31Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India.2Department of Biostatistics, ...
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Comparison of treatment needs of the group using toothbrush and paste with finger and tooth powder

Periodontal health status and treatment needs of the rural population of India: A cross-sectional study

Tegbir Singh Sekhon1, Simran Grewal2, Ramandeep Singh Gambhir31Department of Periodontology, SKSS Dental College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.2Department of Physiology, MM ...
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Percentage of Ayurveda and homeopathy practitioners with positive response

Awareness and practice concerning oral cancer among Ayurveda and Homeopathy practitioners in Davangere District: A speciality-wise analysis

Ravikumar S Kulkarni1, P Dupare Arun2, Raj Rai3, V Shashi Kanth4, Vinod Sargaiyan5, S Kandasamy61Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, ...
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Comparison of obstetric outcome in pregnant women with and without microalbuminuria

Harneet Singh, Sunita Samal, Akshaya Mahapatro, Seetesh GhoseDepartment of Obsterics and Gynecology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry, ...
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Cephalometric parameters analyzed in study - Beta angle (XAB) and XB distance

Reliability of Beta angle in assessing true anteroposterior apical base discrepancy in different growth patterns

Shobha Sundareswaran, Vinay KumarDepartment of Orthodontics, Government Dental College, Calicut, Kerala, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.149109 ABSTRACT Introduction: Beta angle as a skeletal ...
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Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography image showing calculus in terminal common bile duct

Diagnostic role of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in evaluation of obstructive biliopathies and correlating it with final diagnosis and clinical profile of patients

Umesh Chandra Parashari1, Sachin Khanduri1, Samarjit Bhadury1, Deepika Upadhyay2, Kaushal Kishore31Department of Radio Diagnosis, Era's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar ...
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Scanned image of a tooth section with an American Board of Forensic Odontology

Conventional versus digital approach for measuring dentin translucency in forensic age estimation

Varun Chopra1, Gopal Thodasam2, Zeeshan Heera Ahmad3, Simranjit Singh4, Indresh Rajawat5, Sonal Gupta61Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Mauras College ...
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Comparison of salivary electrolytes in mg/dl (sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, phosphorous) in study and control group

Comparison of relationship between salivary electrolyte levels and dental caries in children with Down syndrome

Vikram Singh1, Ruchi Arora1, Deepak Bhayya1, Deepesh Singh1, Bhumi Sarvaiya2, Dhaval Mehta31Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Darshan Dental College ...
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Comparison of occupational hazards with respect to age

Survey on utility of yoga as an alternative therapy for occupational hazards among dental practioners

Ananthalakshmi Ramamoorthy, Sathiya Jeeva Jeevakarunyam, Sunitha Janardhanan, Nadeem Jeddy, Srikaanth Aranmanai Vasan, Arundayanadhi Raja, Parvez IkramDepartment of Oral Pathology, Thai ...
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Comparison of bispectral index value in two different Trendelenburg position

A Prospective, double-blinded randomized controlled study comparing two different Trendelenburg tilts in laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy positioning

Shibananda Mallick1, Anjan Das2, Sanjib Dutta3, Surajit Chattopadhyay4, Tanuka Das3, Rezina Banu51Department of Anaesthesiology, Bengdubi, New Jalpaiguri, India.2Department of Anaesthesiology, ...
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Comparison of antibiotic susceptibility in ICUs and wards

Isolation and identification of Acinetobacter species with special reference to antibiotic resistance

Neetu Gupta, Nageswari Gandham, Savita Jadhav, Ravindra Nath MishraDepartment of Microbiology, Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College and Research Center, ...
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Association of atherosclerosis with dyslipidemia and co-morbid conditions: A descriptive study

Ravinder Garg1, Simmi Aggarwal2, Raj Kumar3, Ghansham Sharma41Department of Medicine, GGS Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India.2Department of Radio ...
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Contribution and citation impact of CSIR labs, 2007-11

Contribution and citation Impact of CSIR, India publications during 2007-11

Brij M Gupta1, Avinash Kshitig1, Ritu Gupta21National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi, India.2Sri Venkateswar University, Meerut, ...
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Effect of Phytocee™ on hepatic malondialdehyde

Antioxidant and protective effects of Phytocee™ against carbon tetrachloride-induced oxidative stress

Joshua Allan Joseph1, Uma Radhakrishnan2, Sridhar Mutyala3, Krishnagouda Shankargouda Goudar3, Usha Parackal Thachappully Ayyappan1, Amit Agarwal31Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and ...
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ε 0 is the dielectric constant of free space

Effect of dielectric interface on charge aggregation in the voltage-gated K + ion channel

Lipika Adhya, Tarunendu Mapder, Samit AdhyaDepartment of Engineering Physics, B. P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, ...
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Percentage of multi-drug resistance in Enterobacteriaceaea and nonfermentersb

Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Enterobacteriaceae and non-fermenter Gram-negative clinical isolates of microbial resource orchid

Periasamy Hariharan1, Thirunavukkarasu Bharani1, Jonathan Sampath Franklyne1, Prithwijit Biswas2, Shakti S Solanki1, Maneesh Paul-Satyaseela11Department of Microbiology, Drug Discovery Research, Orchid ...
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Sequence, dictionary of secondary structure of proteins assigned secondary structures

Better theoretical models and protein design experiments can help to understand protein folding

Konda Mani Saravanan1, Samuel Selvaraj21Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India.2Department of Bioinformatics, School ...
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Tooth fragment reattachment: An esthetic, biological restoration

Ajay Choudhary1, Rakesh Garg2, Anindya Bhalla3, Rohit Kumar Khatri11Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, Jaipur, ...
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Enterogenous cyst of the small bowel causing intussusception in an adult: Case report and review of literature

Nihar Shah1, Therese Lizardo-Escaño2, Hamid Shaaban2, Gautamy Dhadham3, Arya Karki3, Robert Spira21Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark; ...
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Orchiectomy specimen showing a solid whitish mass with focal cystic and hemorrhagic areas and residual normal testicular tissue in upper pole

Primary adenocarcinoma of rete testis with distinct biphasic pattern: An extremely rare entity and diagnostic challenge

Prithwijit Ghosh1, Kaushik Saha21Department of Pathology, DESUN (NEON) Reference Lab, Kolkata, India.2Department of Pathology, Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital, Berhampore, ...
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Urinothorax: A path, less travelled: Case report and review of literature

Vikrant Ranjan1, Santosh Agrawal2, Saurabh Sudhir Chipde2, Ravi Dosi31Department of General Surgery, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and Post Graduate Institute, ...
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Local examination showing abrasions at the perianal region with normal looking anus and a steel bar protruding for about 1.5 feet outside the anal opening

Transanal impalement of double J steel bar with colonic and jejunal injury: A unique pediatric case report

Divya Gupta1, Devendra Kumar Yadav1, Shasanka Shekhar Panda2, Meely Panda3, Deepak Bagga1, Samir Kant Acharya1, Nischal Anand1, Bikash Kumar Naredi41Department ...
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Social responsibilities & activities of Johnson & Johnson

Corporate social responsibility in public health: A case-study on HIV/AIDS epidemic by Johnson & Johnson company in Africa

Vijay Kumar Chattu MD, MPHLecturer- Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad And Tobago.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.149193 ABSTRACT ...
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(a) Tooth #21 exhibited blunderbuss root apex with very thin radicular dentinal walls and diffuse periapical radiolucency

Autologus Platelet Rich Fibrin aided Revascularization of an immature, non-vital permanent tooth with apical periodontitis: A case report

Ganesh Ranganath Jadhav, Dipali Shah, Srinidhi Surya RaghvendraDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sinhgad Dental College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, ...
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Patient showing ptosis and drooping of the corner of mouth

Facial nerve paralysis: A case report of rare complication in uncontrolled diabetic patient with mucormycosis

Vandana Shekar, Jeelani Sikander, Vishwanath Rangdhol, Madhulika NaiduDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry, ...
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Intraoral photograph-frontal and lateral view — proclination and rotation of central incisors due to double mesiodentes (column width)

Floral double mesiodentes: A rare case report

Gowri Sankar Singaraju, B Reddy, G Supraja, K Narayana ReddyDepartment of Orthodontics, Government Dental College, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.149197 ...
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A 17-month-old girl presented with below average height and weight gain, subsequently diagnosed as having cleidocranial dysplasia

A rare case of cleidocranial dysplasia presenting with failure to thrive

Parag Suresh Mahajan1, Anuradha Parag Mahajan2, Prashant Suresh Mahajan21Radiology Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.2Mahajan Clinic, Kandivali (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra, ...
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Axial unenhanced computed tomography (CT) scan of the temporal bone – bone-window

Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging features of a rare case of a primary epidermoid tumor of the jugular foramen

Parag Suresh Mahajan1, Anuradha Parag Mahajan2, Nawal M Al Moosawi31Clinical Imaging Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.2Mahajan Clinic, Charkop Market, ...
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T2-weighted magnetic resonance image showing multiple lesions in the right lobe of the liver

Multiple hepatocellular adenomas presenting in a male 8 years post-pancreaticoduodenectomy for islet cell tumor of the pancreas

Tom Kevin Gallagher, Udupa K Venkatesh, Donal M MaguireDepartment of Liver Surgery, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland.DOI: ...
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