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The properties of feldspathic dental porcelain from Tanzanian aluminosilicate materials

Kaolin and quartz from Pugu and feldspar from Morogoro were used to produce feldspathic dental porcelain bodies. Mineralogical results from XRD revealed the presence of kaolinite, illite, microcline and clinochlore in the kaolin samples; albite, microcline, sanidine in the feldspar samples and only silica in the quartz samples. The chemical results studies by XRF revealed the presence of BaO, SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2, Cr2O3, MnO, K2O, CaO, Cl, SO3, MgO, Na2O, and Fe2O3 in varying proportions.

Wastewater treatment and management in rural areas - a case study of Rajouri District, Jammu and Kashmir, India

The study area where the wastewater treatment is proposed is Rajouri in Jammu And Kashmir State. The growth of population at a faster rate, lack of education, poverty especially in rural areas has polluted the environment to a great extent. Here the paper gives the details about the population of the area, the drainage details, the water supply details and the ground water quality In this paper it has been tried to explain as how we can treat wastewater in rural areas by proposing a wastewater treatment process.

Microcontroller based water purifier controller system in ZIGBEE technology

In normal colleges and office campus different types of water cooler systems are being employed. The problem with these water coolers is that the absolute temperature of water set inside the container is not maintained properly and there is no fault indication system. Though the students pay for all these facilities but they do suffer from not having the guaranteed cold water by the authorities and moreover there is no complaining. The aim of this project is to automatically control the temperature of cold water in cooling system.

ARM 7 based voice controlled wheelchair and patient monitoring system using GSM

This paper describes about the controlling of wheelchair by means of human voice and patient monitoring using GSM. In earlier, people use joysticks to control the powered wheelchairs. Wheelchairs with the standard joystick interface are unable to control by many people. Speech recognition is a prominent technology which can give an alternative, people to interact with machines especially those who are quadriplegics. We have resolved the disabled problems by implementing voice control interfacing, over a microphone for the wheelchair.

The influence of grain size and calcination conditions on the compressive strength of the Mahina lime- rich brick clays

Lime-rich clays from Mahina, Northwest part of Tanzania were used in this work. Chemical analysis showed that Mahina clays contain considerable amounts of CaO (16.25%) and CaCO3 (25.41%). Mineralogical characterization of raw materials was done by XRD and DTA both of which revealed the presence of kaolinite, montimorillonite, quartz, calcite, feldspar and minor accessories. Bricks constructed from different grain size (63, 125, 300, 450 and 600 μm) were each calcined at 950 oC for 30 and 60 minutes. New phases identified were Gehlenite, wollastonite, anorthite and calcium aluminate.

Clear cell adenocarcinomas of the ovary– an interesting case series

Clear cell adenocarcinomas of the ovary account for less than 5% of all ovarian carcinomas (David S P Tan and Stan Kaye, 2007). They constitute approximately 3.7–12.1% of all epithelial ovarian carcinomas. A retrospective study was conducted on all the ovarian carcinomas received in the Department of Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute for the past 3 years. Of the total 53 cases of epithelial ovarian carcinomas, all the Clear Cell Carcinomas (CCC) were identified. The clinico pathological parameters were noted from the case records.

Carcinoma of the male breast – a rare entity

Carcinoma in the male breast is not very common, the incidence being less than 1% of the incidence in women. We present the case of a 56 year male patient, who came with the complaints of swelling in the left nipple with an adjacent sinus tract, discharging blood stained pus. The histopathological diagnosis of a low grade, Invasive Ductal Carcinoma was given with involvement of the nipple. ER, PR and Her 2 neu were positive.

Effects of co-payment on drug rational use and cost recovery at governmental primary health care in Gaza

The irrational use of drugs leads to wasting of resources and serious health hazards as well. This study aims to ascertain the effect of co-payment on drugs consumption and also to assess drugs’ cost recovery at the governmental primary health care sector in the Gaza Strip. A descriptive, analytical, cross sectional design using a retrospective multi-stage sampling approach were utilized with a sample of 1620 prescriptions randomly selected from 15 PHC clinics; 108 prescriptions from each designated clinic.

Seasonal variations and forecasting in wholesale prices of rice (paddy) in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh

The analysis of trends, seasonal variations and in market prices of rice in Guntur district and Andhra Pradesh and forecast the same for the period 1990-91 to 2009-10 collected from various published statistical bulletins. The seasonal variations in market prices and 12 months moving average method was used to construct the seasonal indices and Box-Jenkins model was used to forecast the future prices. The annual average wholesale price trends of rice from 1990-91 to 2009-10 has shown a significant increase over the years in both Andhra Pradesh and Guntur market.

Uncommon presentation of lymphangioma circumscriptum: case series

Introduction: Lymphangioma circumscriptum (superficial lymphatic malformation) is a congenital malformation of the superficial lymphatics presenting as a group of deep seated vesicles like papules. Method: a 12 yr old male presented with multiple non scaly slowly progressive asymptomatic plaques of variable size and shape over the right forearm and a single plaque on left arm and right leg since 8 years in skin OPD, SMS hospital and clinically was thought to be 1) Cutaneous Leishmaniasis 2) Borderline tuberculoid leprosy.