Posterior midline approach for large anterior/anterolateral foramen magnum tumoursS K Gupta
Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Br J Neurosurg 18:164-7. 2004
..We recommend the standard midline posterior approach for large/giant FM tumours as the tumour size itself provides enough working space for the surgeon. For small lesions, the far lateral approach is preferred...
- Effect of TiO2 on electron paramagnetic resonance, optical transmission and dc conductivity of vanadyl doped sodium borate glasses
A Agarwal
Department of Applied Physics, Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar 125001, India
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 60:3161-7. 2004
..The dc conductivity sigma, decreases and activation energy, W increases with increase in TiO2:Na2O ratio whereas with increase in TiO2:B2O3 ratio the variation in sigma and W is within experimental error...
- Posterior-fossa intra-tumoural abscess: a report of three patients and literature review
S Mohindra
Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, and Chandigarh, India
Br J Neurosurg 18:556-60. 2004
..A haematogenous pathway was considered as the mode of spread in all three patients. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed in all patients and the features are discussed...
- Cerebral perfusion abnormalities in cases of down syndrome
Sunil Kumar Gupta
Krishna Ram Ayurvigyan Shodh Sansthan, Anita Colony, Bajaj Nagar, Jaipur 302 015, India and Vardhman Nuclear Medicine Centre, SDM Hospital, Jaipur, India
Indian Pediatr 48:70-1. 2011
..Varying level of brain hypo-perfusion was documented, probably explaining the neurophysiologic basis of cognitive and neuropsychological deficits, which are not well understood in DS...
- Is there a need of extra fluoride in children?
Sunil Kumar Gupta
Krishna Ram Ayurvigyan Shodh Sansthan, Jaipur, India
Indian Pediatr 46:755-9. 2009
..It inhibits antibody formation, disturbs immune system and makes the child prone to malignancy. Fluoride has been categorized as a protoplasmic poison and any additional ingestion of fluoride by children is undesirable...
- Cerebral perfusion abnormalities in children with autism and mental retardation: a segmental quantitative SPECT study
Sunil Kumar Gupta
Krishna Ram Ayurvigyan Shodh Sansthan, Anita Colony, Bajaj Nagar, Jaipur, and Vardhman Nuclear Medicine Centre, SDM Hospital, Jaipur, India
Indian Pediatr 46:161-4. 2009
..Subcortical areas also indicated hypoperfusion. We conclude that children with autism have varying levels of perfusion abnormities in brain causing neurophysiologic dysfunction that presents with cognitive and neuropsychological defects...
- Compensatory hyperparathyroidism following high fluoride ingestion - a clinico - biochemical correlation
S K Gupta
Satellite Hospital, Banipark, Jaipur 302 066, India
Indian Pediatr 38:139-46. 2001
..To evaluate the effect of varying ingestion of drinking water containing high fluorides and its effect on serum parathyroid hormone...
- Assessing the efficiency of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for stones in renal units with impaired function: a prospective controlled study
Anand Srivastava
Department of Urology, Army Hospital Research and Referral, Delhi Cantt, 110010, Delhi, India
Urol Res 34:283-7. 2006
..However, kidneys with severely impaired function had poor results. The clearance rate for ureteral stones was not influenced by the impairment of renal function...
- Urological complications of live related donor renal transplantation: 13 years' experience at a single center
Anand Srivastava
Department of Urology, Army Hospital Research and Referral, Delhi Cantt, Delhi, India
Urol Int 77:42-5. 2006
..This study is a retrospective analysis of urological complications and their treatment in our series of live-donor renal transplantation...
- Structural investigation and electron paramagnetic resonance of vanadyl doped alkali niobium borate glasses
A Agarwal
Department of Applied Physics, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 75:964-9. 2010
..The 3d(xy) orbit contracts with increase in Nb(2)O(5):M(2)O ratio. Values of the theoretical optical basicity, Lambda(th), have also been reported...
- Synthesis and mycobactericidal properties of metal complexes of isonicotinoyldithiocarbazic acid
S S Kanwar
Department of Biotechnology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla 171 005, India
Biotechnol Lett 30:677-80. 2008
..tuberculosis. They had little cytotoxic effect on the RD cells. In contrast, the Cu complex was highly cytotoxic with a low anti-mycobacterial activity...
- Status of pediatric eye care in India
Gvs Murthy
Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Indian J Ophthalmol 56:481-8. 2008
..To document the status of pediatric eye care in India...
- Single flap fronto-temporo-orbito-zygomatic craniotomy for skull base lesions
S K Gupta
Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India
Neurol India 49:247-52. 2001
..The advantages of this approach included excellent exposure of the skull base lesions, making the dissection distance shorter and wider, minimal brain retraction and easy replacement of the single bone flap...
- Mathematical modeling of leachates from ash ponds of thermal power plants
Gurdeep Singh
Centre of Mining Environment, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, 826004, India
Environ Monit Assess 130:173-85. 2007
..001 to 0.032. The empirical models derived from the study can be applied for prediction of trace metals in leachates generated from similar thermal power plants...
- Recurrent diarrhea in children living in areas with high levels of nitrate in drinking water
S K Gupta
Satellite Hospital, Banipark, Jaipur, India
Arch Environ Health 56:369-73. 2001
..In the rabbit intestines, lymphocytic infiltration and hyperplasia characterized the submucosa as nitrate concentrations increased...
- Adaptation of cytochrome-b5 reductase activity and methaemoglobinaemia in areas with a high nitrate concentration in drinking-water
S K Gupta
Satellite Hospital, Banipark, Jaipur, India
Bull World Health Organ 77:749-53. 1999
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- Methaemoglobinaemia in areas with high nitrate concentration in drinking water
S K Gupta
Satellite Hospital, Rajasthan, India
Natl Med J India 13:58-61. 2000
..Cytochrome b5 reductase activity and its adaptation with increasing water nitrate ingestion plays a role in compensating for the methaemoglobinaemia...
- Recurrent acute respiratory tract infections in areas with high nitrate concentrations in drinking water
S K Gupta
Satellite Hospital Banipark, Jaipur, India
Environ Health Perspect 108:363-6. 2000
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- Study of EPR, optical properties and electrical conductivity of vanadyl doped Bi2O3.PbO.B2O3 glasses
P S Gahlot
Department of Physics, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 124001, India
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 61:1189-94. 2005
..08 and then shows a maxima (minima) at x = 0.10 and then starts decreasing (increasing) upto x < or = 0.15 with mol% of Bi(2)O(3) content...
- Cytogenetic effects of leachates from tannery solid waste on the somatic cells of Vicia faba
Saurabh Chandra
Cell Biology Section, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, P.O. Box 80, M. G. Marg, Lucknow 226 001, India
Environ Toxicol 19:129-33. 2004
..For the biomonitoring of complex mixtures of toxicants with the V. faba bioassay, the use of the aqueous medium seems to be a more promising method than the use of the soil medium...
- Expression of Bcl2 proto-oncogene in primary tumors of the central nervous system
D Tyagi
Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012, India
Neurol India 50:290-4. 2002
..Based on this study, we propose that the overexpression of Bcl2 gene product found in primary CNS tumors may be an important molecular event which is known to make the various types of tumor resistant to chemotherapy or radiotherapy...
- Municipal sludge leachate-induced genotoxicity in mice--a subacute study
Anamika Tewari
Cell Biology Section, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, P.O. Box 80, M.G. Marg, Lucknow 226 001, India
Mutat Res 587:9-15. 2005
..01) DNA damage in bone marrow cells exposed to 0.2-0.4 ml/mouse/day. Findings of the present study indicate that the constant exposure of MS leachate can cause genotoxic effects in mammals and suggest risks in human population...
- Copper, zinc, and Cu/Zn ratio in carcinoma of the gallbladder
S K Gupta
Department of General Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
J Surg Oncol 91:204-8. 2005
..Whether zinc supplementation has a protective effect in preventing carcinoma of the gallbladder needs to be studied further...
- Neoral monitoring by limited sampling area under the concentration time curve in stable indian renal transplant recipients
J Jaiswal
Pharmacokinetic Division, Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Transplant Proc 35:1298-9. 2003
..65) but high correlations were obtained with C(2) (r = 0.93) and C(3) (r =.96). Our finding suggest that stable Indian renal transplant recipients should either be monitored using C(2) or C(3)...
- Assessment of the efficiency and economic viability of various methods of treatment of sanitary landfill leachate
S K Gupta
Centre of Mining Environment, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, 826004, India
Environ Monit Assess 135:107-17. 2007
..However, the alternative consisting of a MPB followed by the LRU and a soil column, which is slightly more costly, would be the most appropriate treatment when adequate land is readily available...
- Improved performance of polyaniline-uricase biosensor
Kavita Arora
Biomolecular Electronics and Conducting Polymer Research Group, National Physical Laboratory, Dr K S Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India
Anal Chim Acta 594:17-23. 2007
..These PANI-uricase electrodes can be used for about 30 times for electrochemical measurements while retaining about 90% of its activity indicating improved performance...
- Effects of drop acceleration and deceleration on particle capture in a cross-flow gravity tower at intermediate drop Reynolds numbers
Anoop Kumar
Mechanical Engineering Department, NIT, Hamirpur
J Environ Sci Eng 49:157-63. 2007
..The drop injection velocity is important operating parameter. Increase in tower efficiency by about 40% for particles smaller than 5 mm is observed for increase in injection velocity from 0 to 20 m/s for 200 and 500mm drops...
- Automated nuclear image morphometry on fine needle aspiration smears of malignant round cell tumors
U Brahmi
Department of Cytology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Anal Quant Cytol Histol 23:287-90. 2001
..It was possible to differentiate WT and NHL with ICM. Nuclear ICM was not significantly different in the NB, PNET and ES groups, and probably ICM would not be very helpful to differentiate these groups of MRCT...
- Role of immunocytochemistry and DNA flow cytometry in the fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of malignant small round-cell tumors
U Brahmi
Department of Cytology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Diagn Cytopathol 24:233-9. 2001
..Further ancillary studies, e.g., electron microscopy, image analysis, and other molecular investigations, are required to further categorize these tumors more precisely for better clinical management of these cases...
- Comparative biomonitoring of leachates from hazardous solid waste of two industries using Allium test
Saurabh Chandra
Cell Biology Section, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, P.O. Box 80, M. G. Marg, Lucknow 226 001, India
Sci Total Environ 347:46-52. 2005
..The investigations inferred that abnormalities caused by MWL were higher than DWL both in soil and aqueous media. These toxic responses may have relied on raised heavy metal concentrations of metal-based than dye industrial wastes...
- What makes the Gangetic belt a fertile ground for gallbladder cancers?
S K Gupta
J Surg Oncol 91:143-4. 2005
- Bioremediation of municipal sludge by vermitechnology and toxicity assessment by Allium cepa
Richa Srivastava
Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, P.O. Box 80, M.G. Marg, Lucknow 226 001, India
Bioresour Technol 96:1867-71. 2005
..245 g, 0.162 g and 0.214 g respectively. It could be concluded that the MS was toxic to a remarkable extent but vermicomposting of sludge might be beneficial for bioremediation and recommended before land filling...
- Assessment of the quality of sewage effluents from dry weather flow channel, Calcutta
S Adhikari
Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, P.O. Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneshwar-751002
Indian J Environ Health 44:308-13. 2002
..The sewage effluents were rich in N and K, but poor in P status with marginal concentrations of micronutrients (Fe, Cu, Zn & Mn). Heavy metal contents of the soil treated with effluents were also studied...
- Assessment of the quality of sewage effluents from dry weather flow channel, Calcutta
S Adhikari
Central Institute of Fresh Water Aquaculture, P.O. Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneshwar-751002
Indian J Environ Health 44:197-202. 2002
..The sewage effluents were rich in N and K, but poor in P status with marginal concentrations of micronutrients (Fe, Cu, Zn & Mn). Heavy metal contents of the soil treated with effluents were also studied...
- A comparison of water quality indices for coastal water
A K Gupta
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng 38:2711-25. 2003
..The Harkin's water quality index was different from other water quality indices. The comparison of different form of indices showed that the multiplicative water quality index was the most suitable water quality index for coastal waters...
- A long-term study of oxides of nitrogen, sulphur dioxide, and ammonia for a port and harbor region in India
A K Gupta
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng 38:2877-94. 2003
..Hence regression equations could be developed for predicting NOx and SO2 concentrations...
- Reinvestigation on the causes of genomic GC variation between the orthologous genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae
S K Gupta
Distributed Information Centre, Bose Institute, P 1/12, C.I.T. Scheme, VII M, Kolkata, West Bengal 700 054, India
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 303:65-8. 2003
..GC(3) levels of informational genes for the IA category decrease more rapidly than the other functional categories of genes. The biological implications of these results have been discussed in this paper...
- A statistical analysis of particulate data sets for Jawaharlal Nehru Port and surrounding harbour region in India
A K Gupta
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
Environ Monit Assess 95:295-309. 2004
..There appears to be a simple inverse relationship between TSP and wind speed data, indicating the dilution and transport by winds...
- Modulation of flyash-induced genotoxicity in Vicia faba by vermicomposting
Kavindra Jain
Cell Biology Section, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, P.O. Box 80, M.G.Road, Lucknow 226001, India
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 59:89-94. 2004
..The present study indicates the genotoxicity potential of flyash and also the feasibility of vermicomposting for cleanup of metal-contaminated soil to mitigate the toxicity/genotoxicity...
- Investigation on the causes of codon and amino acid usages variation between thermophilic Aquifex aeolicus and mesophilic Bacillus subtilis
S Basak
Bioinformatics Centre, Bose Institute, P 1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700 054, India
J Biomol Struct Dyn 22:205-14. 2004
..Evolutionary perspectives concerning the temperature adaptation of DNA and protein molecules of these two bacteria have been discussed on the basis of these results...
- Calvarial malignant fibrous histiocytoma
R Chhabra
Department of Neurosurgery, Chandigarh, India
Neurol India 52:387-90. 2004
..There was infiltration of the brain in one case. Both the lesions were excised and primary scalp repair was performed...
- Biosorption of nitrophenols on anaerobic granular sludge
K Karim
Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai-400076, India
Environ Technol 23:1379-84. 2002
..Sorption was observed to be partially reversible. About 20-89%, 36-90% and 29-80% desorption was observed for 10 x 10(3) - 90 x 10(3) microg l(-1) sorbate concentrations of 2-NP, 4-NP and 2,4-DNP, respectively...
- Emissions of gaseous and particulate pollutants in a port and harbour region in India
A K Gupta
Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, India
Environ Monit Assess 80:187-205. 2002
..17) from bulk handling operations. Regression relation was derived from existing emission data of TSP and PM10 from various port activities. Good correlation was observed between TSP and PM10 having regression coefficient >0.8...
- Towards a resolution on the inherent methodological weakness of the "effective number of codons used by a gene"
T Banerjee
Bioinformatics Centre, Bose Institute, P 1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700 054, India
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 330:1015-8. 2005
..Here in this communication we have presented a general condition where effective number of codons is overestimated using Wright's formula and also we propose a new way to calculate N(c), which is independent of amino acid composition...
- Statistical analyses of coastal water quality for a port and harbour region in India
A K Gupta
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Environ Monit Assess 102:179-200. 2005
..Factor III implied the degree of pollution at any monitoring station. Factor IV included pH and salinity. It could be concluded that the factor model represented almost all the variables...
- Role of mutational bias and natural selection on genome-wide nucleotide bias in prokaryotic organisms
T Banerjee
Bioinformatics Centre, Bose Institute, P 1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700 054, India
Biosystems 81:11-8. 2005
..The relative importance of mutation and selection on the evolution of proteins have been discussed on the basis of these results...
- Prophylactic efficacy of high-molecular-weight antigenic fractions of a recent clinical isolate of Leishmania donovani against visceral leishmaniasis
P Tripathi
Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Scand J Immunol 68:492-501. 2008
..These studies indicate the presence of immunostimulatory and protective molecules in 60-80 kDa region of L. donovani, which may be further exploited for developing a subunit vaccine...
