The peroxidase/reverse micelle (RM) system effectively catalyzed the oxidation reaction in cyclohexane, while peroxidase from bitter gourd in aqueous buffer exhibited low catalytic activity. The oxidation of methyl parathion (MPT) has been optimized with effects of pH in the water pools, concentration of peroxidase and degree of surfactant hydration (Wo). The peroxidase/RM system showed a stron...

In video-based action recognition, viewpoint variations often pose major challenges because the same actions can appear different from different views. We use the complementary RGB and Depth information from the RGB-D cameras to address this problem. The proposed technique capitalizes on the spatiotemporal information available in the two data streams to the extract action features that are lar...

By using cytoplasmic and mitochondrial serine transhydroxymethylase isoenzymes from rabbit liver, it was shown that both enzymes exhibited similar ratios of serine transhydroxymethylase/threonine aldolase activities. Both enzymes catalysed the removal of the pro-S hydrogen atom of glycine, which was greatly enhanced by the presence of tetrahydrofolate. The cytoplasmic as well as the mitochondri...

The meta-analysis of breast cancer demographics in Indian patients by Sandhu et al highlights significant variability in estrogen receptor (ER)/ progesterone receptor (PR)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status and presenting age reported by various authors and then pools the data to ascertain the rate of triplenegative breast cancer (TNBC) to be around 31%. We feel that such a ...

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Aim: To share our experience as day care laparoscopic cholecystectomy and to assess its safety and feasibility in local set up. Methods: All patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy as day care from October 2011 to April 2012 at Akhtar Saeed Trust Hospital and Farooq Hospital Lahore after fulfilling the criteria were included in study. There were 50 patients. The patient’s demographi...

To cite: Akhtar A, Sarmad S, Greenwood E. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2012-008043 DESCRIPTION An 18-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of right iliac fossa pain and vomiting. She reported difficulty in passing urine for 24 h. Her medical history included hypothyroidism. On abdominal examination, the patien...

This paper is about minimizing intercellular movements of parts for the formation of manufacturing cells using GA approach. GA is a search technique based on the process of biological evolution and has been applied as an optimization method for the formation of manufacturing cells. Different GA operators and their importance in the optimization of cellular manufacturing have been discussed. A M...

BACKGROUND Acute ankle injuries are one of the most common reasons for presenting to emergency departments, but only a small percentage of patients--approximately 15%--have clinically significant fractures. However, these patients are almost always referred for radiography. The Ottawa Ankle Rules (OARs) have been designed to reduce the number of unnecessary radiographs ordered for these patient...