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Assessment of Wetland Hydrological Dynamics in a Modified Catchment Basin: Case of Lake Buninjon, Victoria, Australia
Authors: Yihdego Yohannes , Webb John A. 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACT: The common method to estimate lake levels is the water balance equation, where water input and output result in lake storage and water level changes. However, all water balance components cannot always be quickly assessed, such as due to significant modification of the catchment area. A method that assesses general changes in lake level can be a useful tool in examining why lakes have different lake level variation patterns. Assessment of wetlands using the dynamics of the historical hydrological and hydrogeological data set can provide important insights into variations in wetland levels in different parts of the world. A case study from a saline landscape, Lake Buninjon, Australia, is presented. The aim of the present study was to determine how climate, river regime, and lake hydrological properties independently influence lake water levels and salinity, leaving the discrepancy, for the effect of the non‐climatic/catchment modification in the past and the model shows that surface inflow is most sensitive variable. The method, together with the analysis and interpretation, might be of interest to wider community to assess its response to natural/anthropogenic stress and decision choices for its ecological, social, scientific value, and mitigation measures to safe guard the wetland biodiversity in a catchment basin.
EFFECTS OF SHOTI (CURCUMA ZEDOARIA) ON GROWTH PERFORMANCES AND HEMATO-BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF BROILER CHICKS
Authors: Alam M. J. , Islam M. S. , Rahman M. M. , Mazumder S. , Ahmad N. 
Published: December 2016

The research was conducted to observe the effect of shoti meal on weight gain and some selected hematological values such as total erythrocyte count (TEC), hemoglobin (Hb) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and biochemical parameters such as aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), uric acid and creatinine in broilers. Fresh rhizomes were washed, minced and dried and pulverized in a flour meal. A total of 20 broilers (16 day old) were randomly divided into four equal groups. Group A was treated as control and groups B, C and D were fed with 5%, 10% and 15% shoti respectively for 22 days. The result showed that body weight of broilers fed 10% shoti meal (group C) was higher than that of other treated groups. After having completed the feeding trial, birds were sacrificed to collect blood samples for hematological and serum biochemical analysis. Total erythrocyte count (TEC) in group D varied significantly (p<0.05) from all other groups. The highest hemoglobin content was recorded in group B and lowest in group A (Control). Significant (p<0.05) differences were observed among the groups compared to control group. The highest erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was in group B and lowest was in group A (control) and group C (shoti 10%). Serum AST within the treated groups 15% shoti, (Group D) was significantly (p<0.05) higher to that of 5% shoti (Group B), and 10% shoti (group C). The ALT value in group A was significantly higher (p<0.05) than the other groups. Uric acid concentration within the treated groups, group C (10% shoti) showed significantly higher (p< 0.05) than the group B (5% shoti) and group D (15% shoti). Creatinine concentration decreased significantly (P<0.05) in control (group A) to that of others group. Biochemical parameters analyzed in present research is the first report in broilers.
Haemodynamic Changes before Aortic Cannulation in CABG Surgery Under Propofol-Fentanyl Anaesthesia: Comparison with Oxygen- nitrous- Halothane Technique
Authors: Reza Sayeed Mahmud Ali , Chowdhury Iqbal Hossain , Islam Azharul , Latif Kazi Askar , Habib Md Ahsanul 
Published: December 2016

Patients undergoing CABG surgery have abnormal cardiovascular physiology and are commonly associated with multivessels disease, have compromised ventricular function and are often associated with other co morbid conditions. Aim of the study was to compare the peroperative hemodynamic effect in CABG surgery before aortic cannulation of two anesthetic techniques, e.g. TIVA (propofol-fentanyl) vs conventional (N20-halothane). 40 patients scheduled for CABG surgery were allocated in double blind, randomized study. Patients were divided into two groups. In group A patients were maintained anaesthesia with TIVA (Propofol-fentanyl) technique and in group B patients conventional (N20-halothane) technique. Hemodynamic parameters were taken at different stages in peroperative period upto the time of aortic cannulation. Hemodynamic supports were manipulated in a systematic approach. Hemodynamic status was evaluated and compared on the basis of support requirements between the groups. No significant changes of all the hemodynamic parameters were observed at induction, intubation, skin incision, sternotomy and then in maintenance phase (mean of 15 minutes interval) upto aortic cannulation in both groups. Journal of BSA, Vol. 19, No. 1 & 2, 2006 p.3-8
Intervention and Therapies Associated Mortality in Intensive Care Unit of BSMMU, Dhaka
Authors: Faruque Labib Imran , Huda Qumrul , Banik Debasish , Rahman AKM Shafiqur 
Published: December 2016

In the general ICU of BSMMU, Dhaka. 157 critically ill patients were studied for association between mortality and interventions/therapies. Among the patients 123 received mechanical ventilation (major interventions) and 100 of them expired which is very highly significant (P< 0.001). Among the patients who got minor interventions (urinary catheterization, nasogastric tube insertion, central venous line, tracheostomy)-none was significant. The patients who received therapies (fresh frozen plasma, whole blood, ionotropes/vassopressor drugs, platelet rich plasma)-no parameter was significant except the patients who got ionotropes /vassopressor therapy ( P<0.05). From our study it is apparent that mortality is more associated with major interventions like mechanical ventilation and mortality associated with minor interventions are non-significant. Mortality associated with ionotropes /vassopressor therapy was significant. Journal of BSA, Vol. 20, No. 1, January 2007 p.9-12
Effect of Site of Injection on Spread of Spinal Anaesthesia with Hyperbaric Bupivacaine
Authors: Karim MA , Banik Debasish , Hye Abdul , Huda Qumrul , Laskar MMH , Banik Debabrata , Akhtaruzzaman AKM 
Published: December 2016

Ninety unpremeditated patients (20-40 years) undergoing caesarean section were allocated randomly to receive 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine 2ml at the site of L2-3, L3-4 and L4-5 intervertebral space. Spinal injection was performed to all patients with a 25-gauge Quincke spinal needle. The onset time of analgesia at T10 and T6 was significantly faster and the level of analgesia at 5 and 10 min was significantly higher after injection at L2-3. But the maximum height (T4) of analgesia at 15 and 20 min after injection and the number of episodes of hypotension were not significantly different among the three groups. Key words: Spinal anaesthesia, hyperbaric bupivacaine, site of injection, spread of anaesthesia. Journal of BSA, Vol. 20, No. 2, July 2007 p.51-55
Comparison Between Effect of Head Positions on the Placement of Catheter in the Internal Jugular Vein
Authors: Choudhury Begum Marjan Mohol , Ali Ashia , Ahmed Mohiuddin , Rahman AKM Shafiqur 
Published: December 2016

The position of the head of the patient play an important role in the ease and success of Right Internal Jugular Vein (RIJV) cannulation using external landmark-guided technique. Sixty patients undergoing open heart surgery for both acquired and congenital heart diseases were studied in three groups-neutral head position, head rotated to 20 degree and head rotated to 30 degree to the left for RIJV cannulation. The overall success rate irrespective of number of attempts and head positions in this study was 93.3%. Complications were a bit higher than in other studies. Available literature did not compare between different degree of position of head rotation. This study compared between these groups in terms of number of attempts required for RIJV cannulation, but no significant difference was found between or within the groups (P>0.05). From this study it can be proposed that, some degree of rotation (upto 20 degree) may be allowed to make landmark prominent but extreme degree of rotation which result in more number of attempts and complications is not desired. Journal of BSA, Vol. 20, No. 2, July 2007 p.56-60
Shivering Control in Subarachnoid Block by Nalbuphine - A Comparative Study with Pethidine
Authors: Chowdhury Md Shahnewaz , Ahmed Sajjad , Haque M Masudul , Hossain Md Mozaffer 
Published: December 2016

Complication during anaesthesia is inevitable but judicious start, vigilant monitoring, application of pharmacology can prevent or lessen it. Shivering is one of the complications of Subarachnoid block (SAB). To prevent shivering during SAB many techniques had so long been applied. Among them during shivering giving low dose intravenous Pethidine is so far popular in our country. As the drug is not available all the times due to legal restriction & our socioeconomic circumstances, so we studied with another opioid, Nalbuphine and has got an acceptable result which is equipotent and some where better than that of Pethidine. This randomized prospective study conducted in 60 ASA I, II patients, was designed to explore the efficacy and potency of Nalbuphine in comparison to Pethidine for shivering under subaracnoid block. Patient received Nalbuphine 5mg LV or Pethidine25mg after appearance of shivering. Disappearance and recurrence of shivering, as well as haemodynamics were observed at scheduled intervals. Onset of disappearance of shivering was found at 1 minute in Nalbuphine group (N) (p<0.05) and at 3 minutes in Pethidine group (P) (p <0.05). The complete disappearance of shivering took 5 minutes in N group and 20 minutes in P group. Thus Nalbuphine and Pethidine were equally efficacious, but Nalbuphine was more potent with respect to control of shivering and its recurrence. It was concluded that I.V Nalbuphine is qualitatively superior to Pethidine for control shivering. Key words: Shivering in SAB, Nalbuphine, Pethedine Journal of BSA, Vol. 20, No. 2, July 2007 p.66-69
Acceleration Analysis of 3-DOF Planar Parallel Manipulators by Means of Screw Theory
Authors: Zarkandi Soheil 
Published: December 2016

This paper deals with the second order kinematics of three degree-of-freedom (DOF) planar parallel manipulators. The simple and compact expressions are derived for both the inverse and forward acceleration analyses using screw theory. Moreover, as an example, a 3-DOF planar parallel manipulator is introduced and its kinematics is analyzed using the proposed method.
Efficacy of Topical Tretinoin, Benzoyl Peroxide and Oral Tetracycline Combination in Acne Vulgaris
Authors: Hossain MM , Al-Amin MA 
Published: December 2016

This study was done in the outpatient department of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital from January 2004 to December 2005. In this study the efficacy of topical tretinoin, benzoyl peroxide and oral tetracycline was studied in 50 patients. Forty five patients completed the course of treatment and 5 patients were defaulter. Complete remission was seen in 32 (71.11%), marked improvement in 08 (17.78%) and good response in 05 (11.11%) patients. Application of topical tretinoin cream (0.05%) in the evening, benzoyl peroxide cream (5%) in the morning and oral tetracycline (500 mg bd) before meal was found very effective, safe and cheap in the treatment of comedonal, pustular and pustulo-nodular acne vulgaris. doi: 10.3329/taj.v19i1.3161 TAJ 2006; 19(1): 10-12
Study on 100 cases of coronary artery disease underwent percutaneous coronary interventions
Authors: BanglaJOL Administrator , Faruque Md , Rahman Fazlur , Reza AQM , Rahman Mizanur , Rahman Sufia , Zaher Abduz , Hoque Md Harisul 
Published: December 2016

This prospective study was done in National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period of January 2004 to January2005 to see the effectiveness and safety profile of percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with coronary artery disease. 100 patients with male 90 percent and female 10 percent undergo percutaneous coronary intervention in our unit during this period. Indication of percutaneous coronary interventions were chronic stable angina with stress test positive in 20 percent cases, unstable angina with prior myocardial infarction in 30 percent cases, unstable angina without prior myocardial infarction in 20percent cases, acute inferior myocardial infarction with post myocardial infarction angina in 20 percent cases and acute anterior myocardial infarction with post myocardial infarction angina in 10 percent cases. Angiographic diagnosis of the patients were single vessel disease in 70 percent cases , double vessel disease in 24 percent cases and triple vessel disease in 11 percent cases. Total number of disease coronary arteries was 146 and 125 lesions were treated. Out of 125, 120 lesions were treated with percuteneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with stenting and 5 lesions with plain percuteneous transluminal coronary angioplasty .Total occlusion was treated in 7 cases. Mean diameter of stent used was 3.02 ± 0.42 mm. Patients were discharged by three to four days of the procedure with improved clinical conditions. Residual stenosis after deploying of stent was less than l 0 percent. Our angiographic success rate was 98 percent, procedural success 96 percent and clinical success 95 percent. Failed percuteneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in 2 cases all of them were chronic total occlusion. One patient died on third day of the procedure due to ventricular asystole, he was a patient of triple vessel disease. Following procedure, course of the patients were uneventful. In the field of maagement of coronary artery disease percutaneous coronary intervention is the internationally recognized standard treatment worldwide for more than last 2 decades. From our result it is found that in most of the indicated cases of PCI can be done efficiently with very minimum rate of failure & complication. Key word: Percutaneous coronary interventions, coronary artery disease. doi: 10.3329/uhj.v5i1.3434 University Heart Journal Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2009 13-16
Measurement of Human Blood pressure  a guideline for General Practitioners
Authors: Rahman Md Arifur , Haque KMHS Sirajul , Siddique Md Abu , Ahmed Quazi Arif , Hoque Md Harisul , Ahmed Md Khurshed , Habib SM Ahsan , Parvez Md Shahimur , Sultan Md Ashraf Uddin 
Published: December 2016

Blood pressure is a vital parameter. Stephen Hales first measured BP and Scipione Riva-Rocci developed the prototype of the present day sphygmomanometer. Both directly and indirectly BP can be measured. The indirect method Includes sphygmomanometric method, ultrasound doppler method, oscillometric method, self measurement and ambulatory BP monitoring. For proper measurement of BP by auscultatory method, one should have adequate knowledge of equipment and cuff size, proper technique and Korotkoff sounds. In different situations like arrhythmias, shock, hyperkinetic circulatory states and aortic regurgitation, BP should be measured carefully. In recent years home BP monitoring and ambulatory BP monitoring are becoming popular. Care must be taken to avoid both underestimation and overestimation of BP recording. doi: 10.3329/uhj.v5i1.3438 University Heart Journal Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2009 28-31
Pregnancy and its outcome in women with and without surgical correction of Tetralogy of Fallot
Authors: Hahan Samsad , Das Tripty , Rahman Shahnaz , Hossain Md Zahid , Ferdous Fateha , Habib Samira Humaira , Saha Soma , Mahmood Manzoor , Hoque Md Harisul 
Published: December 2016

Two pregnant ladies came with Tetralogy of Fellot (TOF) for antenatal care. One of them had been operated and the other one was not operated. One who had been operated delivered a healthy baby. The other one was medically managed with oxygen, propranolol and maintainance of hydration. She delivered a normal baby with normal delivery. In repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF), the risk of pregnancy is dependant on the degree of residual haemodynamic impairment. Where a good repair has been achieved, pregnancy is usually well tolerated in the absence of pregnancy complications such as pre-eclampsia. In patients with uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot, attention to volume status should be continued during the early postpartum period. A reliable contraceptive plan should be made, permanent sterilization is a good alternative. doi: 10.3329/uhj.v5i1.3442 University Heart Journal Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2009 42-43
Successful treatment of Subclavian artery thrombosis with gangrene of fingers- a case report
Authors: Hoque Md Rezwanul , Husain Sabrina , Alauddin Md , Rahman Zerzina 
Published: December 2016

Mr. X, a smoker, normotensive, nondiabetic male patient of 24 years of age, presented with acute severe pain of the left upper extremity for 2 days. He had discoloration of the thumb and index finger for which he consulted a quack doctor who made an incision over the blackened area to drain subcutaneous collection and gave antibiotic and analgesics. There was no bleeding from the site of incision and regular dressing could not improve his condition. After waiting for 15 days without any improvement, he reported to a private clinic in Dhaka. Thorough physical examination and investigation revealed subclavian artery thrombosis due to cervical rib. The thoracic outlet syndrome was relieved by sclaneous muscle division and excision of the cervical rib, subclavian artery thrombectomy was possible through transbrachial route even after more than 2 weeks. doi: 10.3329/uhj.v5i1.3443 University Heart Journal Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2009 44-46
ON CORRELATED-NOISE ANALYSES APPLIED TO EXOPLANET LIGHT CURVES
Authors: Cubillos Patricio , Harrington Joseph , Loredo Thomas J. , Lust Nate B. , Blecic Jasmina , Stemm Madison 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACT
Time-correlated noise is a significant source of uncertainty when modeling exoplanet light-curve data. A correct assessment of correlated noise is fundamental to determine the true statistical significance of our findings. Here, we review three of the most widely used correlated-noise estimators in the exoplanet field, the time-averaging, residual-permutation, and wavelet-likelihood methods. We argue that the residual-permutation method is unsound in estimating the uncertainty of parameter estimates. We thus recommend to refrain from this method altogether. We characterize the behavior of the time averaging’s rms-versus-bin-size curves at bin sizes similar to the total observation duration, which may lead to underestimated uncertainties. For the wavelet-likelihood method, we note errors in the published equations and provide a list of corrections. We further assess the performance of these techniques by injecting and retrieving eclipse signals into synthetic and real Spitzer light curves, analyzing the results in terms of the relative-accuracy and coverage-fraction statistics. Both the time-averaging and wavelet-likelihood methods significantly improve the estimate of the eclipse depth over a white-noise analysis (a Markov-chain Monte Carlo exploration assuming uncorrelated noise). However, the corrections are not perfect; when retrieving the eclipse depth from Spitzer data sets, these methods covered the true (injected) depth within the 68% credible region in only ∼45%–65% of the trials. Lastly, we present our open-source model-fitting tool, Multi-Core Markov-Chain Monte Carlo (MC3). This package uses Bayesian statistics to estimate the best-fitting values and the credible regions for the parameters for a (user-provided) model. MC3 is a Python/C code, available at https://github.com/pcubillos/MCcubed.
THE MAIN SEQUENCES OF STAR-FORMING GALAXIES AND ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI AT HIGH REDSHIFT
Authors: Mancuso C. , Lapi A. , Shi J. , Cai Z.-Y. , Gonzalez-Nuevo J. , Béthermin M. , Danese L. 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACT
We provide a novel, unifying physical interpretation on the origin, average shape, scatter, and cosmic evolution for the main sequences of star-forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at high redshift

. We achieve this goal in a model-independent way by exploiting: (i) the redshift-dependent star formation rate functions based on the latest UV/far-IR data from HST/Herschel, and related statistics of strong gravitationally lensed sources; (ii) deterministic evolutionary tracks for the history of star formation and black hole accretion, gauged on a wealth of multiwavelength observations including the observed Eddington ratio distribution. We further validate these ingredients by showing their consistency with the observed galaxy stellar mass functions and AGN bolometric luminosity functions at different redshifts via the continuity equation approach. Our analysis of the main sequence for high-redshift galaxies and AGNs highlights that the present data are consistently interpreted in terms of an in situ coevolution scenario for star formation and black hole accretion, envisaging these as local, time-coordinated processes.
AGES OF 70 DWARFS OF THREE POPULATIONS IN THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD: CONSIDERING O AND C ABUNDANCES IN STELLAR MODELS
Authors: Ge Z. S. , Bi S. L. , Chen Y. Q. , Li T. D. , Zhao J. K. , Liu K. , Ferguson J. W. , Wu Y. Q. 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACT
Oxygen and carbon are important elements in stellar populations. Their behavior refers to the formation history of the stellar populations. C and O abundances would also obviously influence stellar opacities and the overall metal abundance Z. With observed high-quality spectroscopic properties, we construct stellar models with C and O elements to give more accurate ages for 70 metal-poor dwarfs, which have been determined to be high-α halo, low-α halo, and thick-disk stars. Our results show that high-α halo stars are somewhat older than low-α halo stars by around 2.0 Gyr. The thick-disk population has an age range in between the two halo populations. The age distribution profiles indicate that high-α halo and low-α halo stars match the in situ accretion simulation by Zolotov et al., and the thick-disk stars might be formed in a relatively quiescent and long-lasting process. We also note that stellar ages are very sensitive to O abundance, since the ages clearly increase with increasing [O/Fe] values. Additionally, we obtain several stars with peculiar ages, including 2 young thick-disk stars and 12 stars older than the universe age.