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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes ; 124(7): 448-51, 2016 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27223871

ABSTRACT

We set out to investigate the concordance rates that were observed between fine needle aspiration cytology (FNA) compared with that of the post operative histology obtained for thyroid nodules over an 8 year period at a large university hospital.A retrospective analysis of 355 cases was conducted; patients operated for hyperthyroidism were excluded for the purposes of this study. We identified malignancy in a total of 101 cases (28%) The chance of malignancy with 2 Thy1 specimens was 5% in this study and 9% was observed in those with a Thy 2 FNA. On the converse, 7% of patient had malignant cytology on FNA though post-operative histology turned out to be benign.This therefore highlights the potential for discordance between thyroid FNA cytology and post-operative histology in the assessment of any thyroid nodule and thus reinforcing the need for a multidisciplinary approach in the assessment of all thyroid nodules.


Subject(s)
Biopsy, Fine-Needle/standards , Histological Techniques/standards , Thyroid Nodule/diagnosis , Humans , Thyroid Nodule/pathology , Thyroidectomy
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Curr Opin Biotechnol ; 21(3): 298-310, 2010 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20439158

ABSTRACT

Using sun as the energy source, natural photosynthesis carries out a number of useful reactions such as oxidation of water to molecular oxygen and fixation of CO(2) in the form of sugars. These are achieved through a series of light-induced multi-electron-transfer reactions involving chlorophylls in a special arrangement and several other species including specific enzymes. Artificial photosynthesis attempts to reconstruct these key processes in simpler model systems such that solar energy and abundant natural resources can be used to generate high energy fuels and restrict the amount of CO(2) in the atmosphere. Details of few model catalytic systems that lead to clean oxidation of water to H(2) and O(2), photoelectrochemical solar cells for the direct conversion of sunlight to electricity, solar cells for total decomposition of water and catalytic systems for fixation of CO(2) to fuels such as methanol and methane are reviewed here.


Subject(s)
Biomimetics/methods , Photosynthesis , Solar Energy , Photochemical Processes
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Int J Surg Pathol ; 18(2): 138-43, 2010 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19117974

ABSTRACT

Endometrial carcinomas, particularly of endometrioid type, can invade the myometrium or cervix without eliciting a stromal desmoplastic or inflammatory response and have been referred to as diffusely infiltrating endometrial carcinomas. This study describes a series of 14 endometrial carcinomas infiltrating as single "naked" glands without a stromal response. The neoplasms consisted of 12 endometrioid carcinomas, 1 mixed endometrioid and clear cell carcinoma, and 1 serous carcinoma. In all cases, there was myometrial invasion without stromal response. Seven cases exhibited cervical stromal involvement and in 2 there was involvement of both ovaries in a similar pattern. Several of the cases were seen in consultation and the pattern of infiltration raised a number of differential diagnoses, both benign and malignant, depending on the site of tumor involvement, including adenomyosis, adenomyoma, primary endocervical glandular lesions, cervical mesonephric remnants, endometriosis or tuboendometrioid metaplasia, and ovarian cortical inclusion cysts. Although this pattern of invasion has been reported previously, it continues to present diagnostic difficulties.


Subject(s)
Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Endometrial Neoplasms/pathology , Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathology , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Diagnostic Errors/prevention & control , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Myometrium/pathology , Neoplasm Invasiveness , Stromal Cells/pathology
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Chem Commun (Camb) ; (31): 4672-4, 2009 Aug 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19641805

ABSTRACT

A simple mononuclear cyclometallated iridium(iii) complex exhibits white photo- and electro- luminescence in the wavelength range from 440 to 800 nm, which originates from a single emitting excited state of mixed character.

5.
Inorg Chem ; 47(3): 980-9, 2008 Feb 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18171058

ABSTRACT

Highly phosphorescent blue-light-emitting anionic iridium complexes (C4H9)4N[Ir(2-phenylpyridine)2(CN)2] (1), (C4H9)4N[Ir(2-phenyl-4-dimethylaminopyridine)2(CN)2] (2), (C4H9)4N[Ir(2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-pyridine)2(CN)2] (3), (C4H9)4N[Ir(2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-4-dimethylaminopyridine)2(CN)2] (4), and (C4H9)4N[Ir(2-(3,5-difluorophenyl)-4-dimethylaminopyridine)2(CN)2] (5) were synthesized and characterized using NMR, UV-vis absorption, and emission spectroscopy and electrochemical methods. In these complexes color and quantum yield tuning aspects are demonstrated by modulating the ligands with substituting donor and acceptor groups on both the pyridine and phenyl moieties of 2-phenylpyridine. Complexes 1-5 display intense photoluminescence maxima in the blue region of the visible spectrum and exhibit very high phosphorescence quantum yields, in the range of 50-80%, with excited-state lifetimes of 1-4 micros in acetonitrile solution at 298 K. DFT and time dependent-DFT calculations were performed on the ground and excited states of the investigated complexes to provide insight into the structural, electronic, and optical properties of these systems.

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Chem Commun (Camb) ; (31): 3276-8, 2007 Aug 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17668099

ABSTRACT

A novel iridium complex, [bis-(2-phenylpyridine)(2-carboxy-4-dimethylaminopyridine)iridium(iii)] (N984), was synthesized and characterized using spectroscopic and electrochemical methods; a solution processable OLED device incorporating the N984 complex displays electroluminescence spectra with a narrow bandwidth of 70 nm at half of its intensity, with colour coordinates of x = 0.322; y = 0.529 that are very close to those suggested by the PAL standard for a green emitter.

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Inorg Chem ; 36(25): 5937-5946, 1997 Dec 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11670218

ABSTRACT

We report the results of an investigation on the preparation, spectral, and photoelectrochemical properties of Ru(II)-polypyridyl complexes containing a new phosphonated terpyridine (P-terpy) ligand: [Ru(H(2)P-terpy)(2)] and [Ru(HP-terpy)(Me(2)bpy)(NCS)]. Resonance Raman spectral and luminescence studies allow probing into the nature of the low-energy MLCT transitions observed in these complexes. The crystal and molecular structure of the mixed-ligand complex [Ru(HP-terpy)(Me(2)bpy)(NCS)] based on X-ray diffraction study is reported. This complex appears to be a promising candidate as a photosensitizer in dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells based on nanocrystalline films of TiO(2).

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Indian J Lepr ; 61(1): 79-83, 1989 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2522975

ABSTRACT

15 cases each of Type II Reaction, LL and TT Leprosy and 50 endemic controls were studied for phenotypic markers T2, T4 and T8 by 2 step immunoperoxidase technique. There was statistically significant increase in T4 (helper) cells in Type II Reaction. There was also a decrease in T8 cells but this was not statistically significant.


Subject(s)
Leprosy, Lepromatous/immunology , Leprosy, Tuberculoid/immunology , T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology , T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology , Adult , Antibodies, Monoclonal , Drug Therapy, Combination , Humans , Immunoenzyme Techniques , Leprosy, Lepromatous/drug therapy , Leprosy, Tuberculoid/drug therapy , Male , Middle Aged , Reference Values
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