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Background: Pseudo Tumor Cerebri (PTC), also knownby the name Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH),is a disorder with increased intracranial pressure (ICP) andassociated headache, nausea, vomiting, transient visualobscuration, double-vision, and visual field defects.Material and methods: Thirty-four cases of idiopathicintracranial hypertension reported to our institute, all reportedpeople are female, and all are over twenty years of age, witha diagnosis of IIH according to the Modified dandy criteriawere included and treated medically with oral acetazolamideat a dose of 500 mg/day.Results: All patients are started on oral acetazolamide 250 mgtwice daily; all patients got resolved of fundus changes andnerve palsy with the therapy within three months of follow up.Conclusions: In this study, administration of low doses ofacetazolamide 250mg twice daily for a duration of 3 monthsfor all the patients, and there were no signs of recurrenceafter cessation of acetazolamide and in the further followup. Acetazolamide plays an important role in cases of IIH forits best outcome. Early diagnosis and early treatment withacetazolamide gave good outcomes in all cases of IdiopathicIntracranial Hypertension.
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The present work was under taken to analyze the various water quality parameters, viz. pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, total alkalinity, total hardness, chloride, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and to assess the water quality in bore well and well water samples of three coastal villages Mukkam, Chepalakancheru and Dallipeta of Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh. From each of the village, different sampling stations were identified and by composite sampling methods water samples were collected and analyzed for the various parameters. The results were compared with the values stipulated by World Health Organization (WHO), and ARE: 10500 for drinking water quality. In the present investigation the authors found that the overall quality of the three villages is poor and not recommended as potable.
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External Particle Induced X-ray Emission technique was employed in the study of submerged fermentation of ethanol from Jaggery using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as the organism. Effect of KNO3 as a nitrogen source was studied and the uptake of the supplement was monitored. A Proton beam of 3MeV from the 3MV Tandom type pelletron accelerator was used for the multi-elemental analysis. Apart from K, other elements like Cr, Fe, Cu and Zn were identified. The sensitivity of the technique was also determined by varying the sample size between 2mm and 10mm.
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The elemental profiles of the dental caries in human teeth were analyzed by the external proton induced X-ray emission (External PIXE) studies. A total of ten elements including trace namely P, Ca, V, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, As, Sr and Pb were estimated in the present study. P and Ca were found to be the major elements whereas all other elements were in trace level. It was observed that the concentration of elements Phosphorus and Calcium varied between the range 7.98% and 19.26% and 19.83% and 35.2% respectively in dental caries.