CONTEXT: As the incidences of crime are going on increasing, the matter of identification of an individual is becoming prime importance now days. Stature or body height is one of the most important and useful anthropometric parameter that determine the physical identity of an individual and require special attention in cases when bodies are found in mutilated state and only fragment are discovered. The study was done to estimate stature from the hand length on Two Hundred Tribal adult Males of Tripura. Study design: descriptive cross sectional study. Place of Study: Department of Anatomy, AGMC & GBP Hospital, Agartala. MATERIAL: 200 young and healthy male college students aged between 18 to 25 years having no disease or deformity were examined anthropometrically in respect to their height and length of right and left hand. METHOD: Measurement of stature and hand length of right and left side was taken with a standard anthropometer and a slide caliper respectively. RESULT: The present study showed significant (p<0.001) positive correlation between the stature and hand lengths.
BACKGROUNDIn recent years, Computed Tomography (CT) has been found to be extremely useful in the diagnosis and treatment of renal masses. It provides an accurate morphologic picture of the renal mass. The precise contrast resolution makes identification of the characteristic attenuation values possible. Aims and Objectives -To characterise benign vs. malignant renal lesions based on CECT image analysis and to stage wherever possible.
MATERIALS AND METHODS60 patients with suspected renal mass underwent CECT in Gauhati Medical College for a period from June 2014 to August 2015; patients who were diagnosed to have renal mass on ultrasound and referred for a CT scan for further evaluation. The images were analysed in unenhanced, corticomedullary, nephrographic and excretory phases after administration of non-ionic intravenous contrast. The lesion detection, enhancement pattern, local invasion and distant metastasis were assessed in pre-and post-contrast studies.
RESULTSThere were 45 malignant and 15 benign lesions in our study; the radiological diagnoses of malignant mass was confirmed by histopathology, whereas benign lesions were followed up to confirm their benignity. We had two false positive cases in our study, one was an oncocytoma and another was an angiomyolipoma. MDCT was 100% sensitive, 88.2% specificity and reached an accuracy rate of 96.7%.
CONCLUSIONAs a result of the study, the following conclusions can be stated: CT has excellent accuracy in the diagnosis, characterisation and differentiating benign and malignant renal masses and for the characterisation of small renal mass the degree of enhancement on the corticomedullary phase is the most valuable parameter.
Globally, the discharge of heavy metals into the water bodies is a matter of serious concern. Heavy metals like cadmium are considered as toxic even at very low concentration. Several conventional methods are available to remove heavy metals from the wastewater. They bear high costs, generate high sludge, and consume high energy. Biosorbents provides many beneficial properties due to their good adsorption capacity for heavy metals. The present work focuses on the potential of waste leaves of Averrhoa carambola (WACLP) as an adsorbent for its ability to remove Cd (II) ions from synthetic water by batch experimental process. The adsorbent was characterized by using elemental analysis, Energy Dispersive X-ray or EDAX and Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM). The batch experiment was carried out considering various parameters such as pH, initial metal ion concentration, contact time and dose of the adsorbent. The fitting of the experimental data was done by Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin isothermal models. The study on isothermal models revealed that the experimental parameters were best fitted to the Langmuir isothermal model with R2 value of 0. 976.The Kinetic studies showed pseudo second order depicting chemisorption. The results showed that Averrhoa carambola is a good adsorbent for cadmium and hence it can widen the scope and prospects for future studies on heavy metal removal from the aqueous solution.
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