The title adamantane derivative, C(12)H(21)NO·0.5H(2)O, was synthesized as part of an investigation into the biological activities of cage amino-alcohol compounds as potential anti-tuberculosis agents. The structure displays inter-molecular O-H⋯N, N-H⋯O, O-H⋯O hydrogen bonding and a layered packing structure with distinct hydro-philic and hydro-phobic regions. The water molecule lies on a twofo...

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Received Oct 10 th , 2012 Revised Nov 20 th , 2012 Accepted Dec 10 th , 2012 Steganalysis is art and science of detecting messages hidden using steganography. In this article a novel universal image steganalysis technique is proposed in which various moments like invariant, statistical moments and Zernike and various other similarity measure parameters like MSE, PSNR, RMSE, SSIM, Shannon’s ENTR...

BACKGROUND Foreign migrant workers with work permits in Thailand are given once a year 300 mg diethyl-carbamazine (DEC) for bancroftian filariasis, and 400 mg albendazole (ABZ) for helminthiasis. Treatment effectiveness, tolerability, and safety of two treatment arms, DEC + ABZ and DEC alone, had never been fully documented. OBJECTIVE Evaluate the tolerability of the two treatment arms and an...

Background and Objectives: To evaluate the utility of the constructs functioning and disability (F&D) and dependency for case-mix and subtyping of patients with schizophrenia by psychosocial, clinical, use of services and attention received from informal carers. Methods: A randomly selected total of 205 people with schizophrenia, and their careers were evaluated through PANSS, DAS-sv, Objective...

The design and fabrication of an integrated waveguide polarizer in z-cut LiNbO3 crystals are reported. Singlepolarization guiding is achieved by careful selection of Ti diffusion parameters exploiting the transverse electric/ transverse magnetic TE/TM refractive index anisotropy. Fabricated Ti:LiNbO3 waveguide polarizers of 1.5 cm length exhibit less than 0.2-dB/cm propagation loss at TM and 33...

Standard treatment of lymphatic filariasis with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is associated with systemic adverse reactions, thought to be due to the release of microfilariae material and Wolbachia endosymbiotic bacteria into the blood. Combination treatments with doxycycline for 3-8 weeks are more effective than standard treatment. However, long-term use of antibiotics may contribute to drug resist...

Mailing Address: Marcos Antonio Almeida Santos • Rua Dep. Clóvis Rollemberg, 598, Atalaia. Postal Code 49037-120, Aracaju, SE Brazil E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Manuscript received March 2, 2012; manuscript revised March 2, 2012; accepted March 12, 2012.