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NRCs provide life-saving care for children with SAM; however, the protocols and therapeutic foods currently used need to be improved to ensure the full recovery of all children admitted.

Highly water dispersible boron based compounds are innovative and advanced materials which can be used in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy for cancer treatment (BNCT). Present study deals with the synthesis of highly water dispersible nanostructured Boron Nitride (BN). Unique and relatively low temperature synthesis route is the soul of present study. The morphological examinations (Scanning/transmission electron microscopy) of synthesized nanostructures showed that they are in transient phase from two dimensional hexagonal sheets to nanotubes. It is also supported by dual energy band gap of these materials calculated from UV- visible spectrum of the material. The theoretically calculated band gap also supports the same (calculated by virtual nano lab Software). X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis shows that the synthesized material has deformed structure which is further supported by Raman spectroscopy. The structural aspect of high water disperse ability of BN is also studied. The ultra-high disperse ability which is a result of structural deformation make these nanostructures very useful in BNCT. Cytotoxicity studies on various cell lines (Hela(cervical cancer), human embryonic kidney (HEK-293) and human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7)) show that the synthesized nanostructures can be used for BNCT.

The ionic conductivity, relative viscosity, and solution enthalpy of LiNTF(2) and NaNTF(2) solutions in ionic liquid BMINTF(2) have been measured. We observed that the conductivity decreased and the viscosity increased when the Li(+) and Na(+) salts were dissolved in BMINTF(2). We also observed that the dissolution is an exothermic process with a solution enthalpy of approximately -18.07 ± 4.61 kJ/mol. The experimental results indicate that the Li(+) ion may associate with multiple NTF(2)(-) anions in the BMINTF(2) solution to form a solvated complex.

The survival rates in the IM-SAM program were very high. However, the moderate recovery rates documented seem to indicate that the protocols currently in use need to be improved. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01917734.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of facility-based care for children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in malnutrition treatment centres (MTC). Design: Early detection and treatment of SAM using locally adapted protocols; assessment of programme outcomes, including survival, default, discharge and recovery rates. Setting: All forty-eight MTC in Jharkhand, India. Subjects: Children (n 3595) with SAM admitted to MTC (1 July 2009-30 June 2011). Results: Of children admitted, 55?0 % were girls, 77?7 % were 6-23 months old and 68?6 % belonged to scheduled tribes or castes; 34?4 % had oedema or medical complications. Of the 3418 programme exits, the proportion of children who died was 0?6 % (n 20), the proportion of children who defaulted was 18?4 % (n 628) and the proportion of children discharged was 81?0 % (n 2770). Children's average weight gain was 9?6 (SD 8?4) g/kg body weight per d and their average length of stay was 16?0 (SD 5?7) d. Among the 2770 children who were discharged from the programme, 39?4 % (n 1090) gained 15 % or more of their initial weight while 60?6 % (n 1680) gained less than 15 % of their initial weight. Conclusions: MTC provide live-saving care for children with SAM as demonstrated by high survival rates. However, the protocols and therapeutic foods currently used need to improve to ensure the recovery of all discharged children. MTC should be reserved for children with complicated SAM; children with uncomplicated SAM should be admitted to a community-based programme for the management of SAM, at a lesser risk to children and a lesser cost to families and the health system.

Boron nitride and titanium oxide composite (BN–TiO2) photocatalyst endowed with high specific surface area and large pore size was synthesized by ice bath method.

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