Health Sciences

OBJECTIVE: We sought to study asymptomatic pancreatic enzyme abnormalities in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHODS: Serial serum amylase determination was performed in ambulatory HIV-seropositive patients in whom pancreatitis was not suspected. RESULTS: Eighty-six patients were enrolled in the study. Fifty-two patients (60%) were found to have abnormal amylase values on at least one determination. Only 12 (14% of all patients) had a more than twofold elevation of pancreatic enzymes.

Emotions play an important role in our daily life. AntonioDamasiofamously stated: “We are not thinking machines that feel; rather we are feeling machines that think”. Human emotions can be recognized through facial expression, speech and gesture. The use of electroencephalograms (EEGs) to understand and recognize human emotion has been widely studied, where those recognition techniques greatly benefit in human-computer interaction (HCI). In this investigation, we study the use of EEGs to recognize emotions.

Objective: To determine the risk factors that related to filariasis incidence and also to give mapping of distribution of filariasis incidence at Pasaman Barat2014. Methods: This research uses is case control study design. Samplesconsisted of 38 cases and 38 controls. The datawere analyzed by usingunivariate, bivariate by using McNemar test, and multivariate.

The study investigated the anti-inflammatory activity of an Ayurvedicherbo-mineral formulation, Chandra prabhavati (CV) which consist of 37 ingredients, in order to justify its claimed anti- inflammatory action, and also its underlying main anti-inflammatory mechanisms.

Background: Tuberculosis has emerged as one of the most lethal diseases man has ever faced. India accounts for nearly one third of global burden of tuberculosis. Tubercular lymphadenitis is the most common type of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. This study was done to assess the diagnostic significance of serum adenosine deaminase levels in FNAC confirmed cases of tuberculous lymphadenitis and to determine its sensitivity and specificity; and to rule out early tuberculosis in cases reported by FNAC as reactive lymphadenitis.

In vitro assessment of human erythrocyte membrane stabilisation activity of water extracts of Clitoria ternatea (Family: Fabaceae) roots, stem bark extracts of Stereospermum Suaveolens (Family: Bignoniaceae) and Oroxylum indicum (Family: Bignoniaceae), whole plants of Bacopa monnieri (Family: Plantaginaceae) and Alysicarpus vaginalis (Family: Fabaceae). Five different water extracts (600, 300. 150, 75, and 37.5 µg/ml) of each plant material were tested for human erythrocyte membrane stabilisation activity.

The present study was carried out to assess the effect of semi-ripe fruit pulp extract of Carica papaya (seeded and seedless fruits) on male albino Wistar rats.

Background: Obesity is a chronic disease characterized by excessive body fat that causes damage to the individual's health and is associated with comorbidities such as Diabetes mellitus, Hypertension and vascular dysfunction. Common traditional treatments utilized for obesity include medications, surgicalinterference, exercises and diet programs. Few studies have investigated magnetic field treatments for obesity. Purpose: Toinvestigate the effect ofpulsed low frequency magnetic field on obese subjects.

The process of urbanization, as a necessity for societal change, is always thought as a prerequisite for increasing the levels of national production and per capita GDP. But the recurring fact remains that in developing and least developed nations, poverty in terms of income, living conditions and the ever-growing demands to house these immigrants are not being met and is still a persistent feature in this 21st century (Kundu, 2003).

Background: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) often possesses a diagnostic dilemma in comparison to pulmonary tuberculosis which can be easily diagnosed by simple microscopy. Paucibacillary nature of specimens giving negative smear for acid fast bacilli, lack of granulomas on histopathology and failure to culture Mycobacterium tuberculosis do not exclude the diagnosis of EPTB. To overcome these limitations novel diagnostic methods of nucleic acid amplification like Polymerase Chain Reaction have been reported with good sensitivity and rapidity for diagnosis of EPTB.