BACKGROUND Poisoning is a major problem in the paediatric population. The offending substances used vary from place to place. Information on poisoning trends in India is meagre and there is an impression among clinicians that there has been a change in the commonly used poisons over the years. This retrospective study aimed to determine the pattern of poisoning in children and to study the nati...

BACKGROUND Kerosene, drugs, pesticides are chemicals used in home and farms. But because of parents' or caretakers' negligence, accidents and poisoning in children may take life of a child. OBJECTIVE To study the common causes and outcome of pediatric accident and poisoning cases admitted in Patan Hospital. METHOD A prospective (2068-69) and retrospective (2066-67) studies of pediatric acci...

closed the doors we would have all died. Then we walked back to Okapa aided by a kerosene lamp. Jack Baker sent me to Goroka to train as an aid post orderly and afterwards I became an ambulance driver at Port Moresby General Hospital. In Moresby ‘the man from the mountains’ married a girl from the coast and we have lived happily ever since. Finally, I would just like to say that I really wanted...

The modern world could not exist without hydrocarbons. Virtually everything we touch is either coated with or made up primarily of hydrocarbon products. Organic chemistry originated during the Industrial Revolution, evolving largely due to advances in coal tar technology. In the coking process, bituminous (soft) coal is heated to liberate coal gas. This gas contains volatile hydrocarbons that c...

INTRODUCTION — Hydrocarbons are organic substances that contain carbon and hydrogen; they are liquid at room temperature [1] . All petroleum distillates (eg, kerosene, gasoline, mineral seal oils, and naphtha) are hydrocarbons; however, not all hydrocarbons are petroleum distillates. Hydrocarbons also often are mixed with agents that have systemic toxicity such as camphor, aniline dyes, heavy m...

These last years, aircraft manufacturers and environmental international bodies have set drastic targets concerning turbo-engines pollution consumption reduction. To reach the objectives of pollutant emission reductions, innovative solutions such as constant-volume combustion are in development. Characterizing propagation a kerosene-air flame this kind is necessary. Particularly, knowledge fund...

Microorganisms, that degrade hydrocarbon were isolated and screened for their biosurfactant activity. A total of 68 strains were isolated and tested for their glycolipid activity of which 4 isolates showed good glycolipid activity. Isolate K10 gave the maximum biosurfactant production in medium A (containing kerosene as a sole carbon source) as compared to medium B (containing glucose as a sole...