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Reid L, Hayatdavoodi M, Majumdar S. Airflow through the supraglottis during inspiration. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2023; 26:1462-1477. [PMID: 36094796 DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2022.2121605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction is a paradoxical laryngeal closure during inspiration at high-intensity exercise, with supraglottic closure being most common. This study develops a model based on the computational fluid dynamics to investigate airflow velocity and pressure and the air-induced loads on the supraglottis at various inspiratory flow rates. It is found that at high flow rates, positive wall pressure is formed in the hypopharynx localise towards its lower region, while posterior supraglottic wall pressures shift from positive to negative. These findings suggest that high inspiratory flow rates may increase supraglottic pressure differentials, ultimately contributing in the collapse.
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- L Reid
- Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Ear, Nose, and Throat Department, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
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Votruba N, Praveen D, Mellers L, Rajan E, Thout SR, Arora V, Malik Y, Kashyap A, Majumdar S, Hirst J, Maulik PK. SMARThealth PRegnancy And Mental Health study: protocol for a situational analysis of perinatal mental health in women living in rural India. Front Glob Womens Health 2023; 4:1143880. [PMID: 37575961 PMCID: PMC10416114 DOI: 10.3389/fgwh.2023.1143880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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Introduction The situation for women experiencing mental health problems during pregnancy and postpartum in rural India is critical: a high burden of disease, a high estimated number of women are undiagnosed and untreated with mental health problems, a substantial gap in research on women's perinatal health, and severe stigma and discrimination. The SMARThealth Pregnancy study is a cluster randomised trial using a digital intervention to identify and manage anaemia, hypertension, and diabetes in the first year after birth in rural India. Within this study, the SMARThealth Pregnancy and Mental Health (PRAMH) study is a situational analysis to understand mental health problems during pregnancy and in the first year following birth in this population. Methods/design This situational analysis aims to analyse and to assess the context of perinatal mental health, health services, barriers, facilitators, and gaps in Siddipet district of Telangana state in India, to develop an implementation framework for a future intervention. A tested, standardised situational analysis tool will be adapted and applied to perinatal mental health in rural India. A desktop and policy review will be conducted to identify and analyse relevant mental health and pregnancy care policies at the national and state levels. We will conduct in-depth interviews with policymakers, planners, mental health professionals and other experts in perinatal mental health (n = 10-15). We will also conduct focus group discussions with key stakeholders, including women with perinatal mental health problems, their families and carers, and community health workers (n = 24-40). A theory of change workshop with key stakeholders will be conducted which will also serve as a priority setting exercise, and will clarify challenges and opportunities, priorities, and objectives for a pilot intervention study. The analysis of qualitive data will be done using thematic analysis. Based on the data analysis and synthesis of the findings, an implementation framework will be developed to guide development, testing and scale up of a contextually relevant intervention for perinatal mental health. Discussion The situational analysis will help to establish relationships with all relevant stakeholders, clarify the context and hypotheses for the pilot intervention and implementation.
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- Nicole Votruba
- Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- The George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- The George Institute for Global Health India, New Delhi, India
- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- The George Institute for Global Health India, New Delhi, India
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- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science, Rohtak, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health (IMH), University of Health Sciences PGIMS, Rohtak, India
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- SVS Institute of Neurosciences, Government Medical College, Siddipet, India
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- The George Institute for Global Health India, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- The George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- The George Institute for Global Health India, New Delhi, India
- The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Majumdar S, McKinley K, Chamberlain J, Thomas B, Margulies S, Nickel R, Darbari D, Campbell A, Berul C, Summar M, Kalsi G. Design of an adaptive randomized clinical trial of intravenous citrulline for sickle cell pain crisis in the emergency department. Contemp Clin Trials Commun 2023; 32:101077. [PMID: 36698745 PMCID: PMC9868327 DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2023.101077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Revised: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background Vaso-occlusive pain crisis (VOC) is the most frequent cause for Emergency Department (ED) visits and hospital admissions for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Nitric oxide plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of vaso-occlusion. The amino acid, citrulline, is the main endothelial nitric oxide booster that offers the potential to ameliorate vaso-occlusion and decrease the risk of hospitalization. Objective In this two-part study, the goal of the first part is to determine the pharmacokinetic profile of intravenous (IV) l-citrulline and optimal dose for the second part of the study, which is to determine the efficacy and tolerability of the intervention in patients with SCD. Design A phase I/IIA open-label dose-finding study with subsequent double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized Study of l-citrulline in children and adolescents with SCD presenting to the ED in VOC. Methods Part 1: Subjects experiencing VOC are enrolled in an open-label, ascending dose of IV l-citrulline to identify the optimum dose with endpoints of pharmacokinetic parameters, pain scores, reduction of opioid use, quality of life, proportion admitted to the hospital for treatment of pain, readmission rates, and assessment of adverse events. Part 2 of the trial is a double-blind, placebo-controlled adaptive "pick-the-winner" design to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of IV l-citrulline in patients with SCD while receiving standard of care therapy for VOC. Summary This ED based sickle cell adaptive trial will determine the optimal dose for IV citrulline and whether the intervention improves outcome as a potential novel therapy for VOC in SCD.
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- S. Majumdar
- Departments of Hematology at Children's National Hospital, United States,Corresponding author. Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders, Washington DC, 20010, United States.
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- Departments of Emergency Medicine at Children's National Hospital, United States
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- Departments of Emergency Medicine at Children's National Hospital, United States
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- Departments of Emergency Medicine at Children's National Hospital, United States
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- Departments of Hematology at Children's National Hospital, United States
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- Departments of Hematology at Children's National Hospital, United States
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- Departments of Hematology at Children's National Hospital, United States
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- Departments of Hematology at Children's National Hospital, United States
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- Departments of Cardiology at Children's National Hospital, United States
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- Departments of Genetics at Children's National Hospital, United States
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- Asklepion Pharmaceuticals, United States
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Adadadara T, Majumdar S, Maka V, Kumar S. 442P Dose intensity and tolerance of modified FOLFIRINOX in patients with advanced cancer. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.10.473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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Bharadwaj UU, Ben-Natan AR, Huang J, Pedoia V, Chou D, Majumdar S, Link TM, Chin CT. Evaluation of 2 Novel Ratio-Based Metrics for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2022; 43:1530-1538. [PMID: 36109122 PMCID: PMC9575539 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a7638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Quantitative metrics of the dural sac such as the cross-sectional area are commonly used to evaluate central canal stenosis. The aim of this study was to analyze 2 new metrics to measure spinal stenosis on the basis of the ratio between the dural sac and disc cross-sectional areas (DDRCA) and the dural sac and disc anterior-posterior diameters (DDRDIA) and compare them with established quantitative metrics of the dural sac. MATERIALS AND METHODS T2-weighted axial MR images (n = 260 patients) were retrospectively evaluated, graded for central canal stenosis as normal (no stenosis), mild, moderate, or severe from L1/L2 through L5/S1 with 1 grade per spinal level and annotated to measure the DDRCA and DDRDIA. Thresholds were obtained using a decision tree classifier on a subset of patients (n = 130) and evaluated on the remaining patients (n = 130) for accuracy and consistency across demographics, anatomic variation, and clinical outcomes. RESULTS DDRCA and DDRDIA had areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 98.6 (97.4-99.3) and 98.0 (96.7-98.9) compared with dural sac cross-sectional area at 96.5 (95.0-97.7) for binary classification. DDRDIA and DDRCA had κ scores of 0.75 (0.71-0.79) and 0.80 (0.75-0.83) compared with dural sac cross-sectional area at 0.62 (0.57-0.66) for multigrade classification. No significant differences (P > .1) in the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve were observed for the DDRDIA across variations in the body mass index. The DDRDIA also had the highest area under the receiver operating characteristic curve among symptomatic patients (visual analog scale ≥ 7) or patients who underwent surgery. CONCLUSIONS Ratio-based metrics (DDRDIA and DDRCA) are accurate and robust to anatomic and demographic variability compared with quantitative metrics of the dural sac and better correlated with symptomatology and surgical outcomes.
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- U U Bharadwaj
- From the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (U.U.B., V.P., S.M., T.M.L., C.T.C.)
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- Neurological Surgery (A.R.B.-N., J.H., D.C.), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Neurological Surgery (A.R.B.-N., J.H., D.C.), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- From the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (U.U.B., V.P., S.M., T.M.L., C.T.C.)
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- Neurological Surgery (A.R.B.-N., J.H., D.C.), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- From the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (U.U.B., V.P., S.M., T.M.L., C.T.C.)
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- From the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (U.U.B., V.P., S.M., T.M.L., C.T.C.)
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- From the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (U.U.B., V.P., S.M., T.M.L., C.T.C.)
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Majumdar S. An Ethnographer’s Dilemma: Researching Birthing Practices in India. MAT 2022. [DOI: 10.17157/mat.9.3.5296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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These field notes are based on my research study which aims to understand the recent changes and developments in childbirth practices in India that propagate natural birthing practices as a childbirth choice available to birthing women. Drawing from this multi-sited ethnographic study conducted in birth centres in India from November 2018 to October 2019, I reflect on my fieldwork engagements to show the dilemmas that emerged during my research. In these field notes, I examine my position as a researcher with a focus on the complex ways in which the relationship between the respondents (birth professionals and birthing couples) and the researcher is navigated in a field site.
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Roychowdhury A, Dalui T, Ghose P, Mahatha S, Wind N, Rossnagel K, Majumdar S, Giri S. Coexisting ferromagnetic component and negative magnetoresistance at low temperature in single crystals of the VdW material GaGeTe. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Siripurapu I, Maka V, Majumdar S, Palassery R, Elackatt N, Mandade A, Adadadara T, Pathak S, Agrawal C, Jayaprakash P, Manmatha P, Kumar S. 140P A study on assessment of barriers to genetic counselling and testing among breast and ovarian cancer patients in a tertiary referral hospital in India. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.03.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Indra A, Mukherjee S, Gutowski O, Zimmermann MV, Majumdar S, Giri S. Structural correlation to ferroelectric order, non-Griffiths like phase and magnetocaloric effect in YbCrO 4. J Phys Condens Matter 2022; 34:155402. [PMID: 35073536 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac4e46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We report a ferroelectric order around ∼99 K (TFE), which is considerably above the long range ferrimagnetic order at 25 K (TN). The value of saturation electric polarization is considerable as ∼570μC m-2for a poling field of 5 kV cm-1. The ferroelectric order is associated with a significant magnetoelectric coupling below ∼90 K. A weak signature ofTFEis observed in the dielectric constant, which is associated with a linear magnetodielectric response at 18 K(<TN). A transition to a polar structure has been correlated with the occurrence of ferroelectric order. A non-Griffiths like phase is observed around ∼48 K, which is also linked with the structural distortion. A reasonable value of the magnetic entropy change of 5.07 J Kg-1 K-1is noted atTNfor a change in field of 50 kOe, which involves a strong magnetoelastic coupling. The results indicate considerable structural instabilities, which is linked with the observed multifunctional properties of YbCrO4.
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- A Indra
- School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
- Department of Physics, Srikrishna College, Bagula, Nadia, WB 741502, India
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- School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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Agricola R, Crossley K, Heerey J, Kemp J, King M, Lawrenson P, Link T, Majumdar S, Pizzari T, Smith A, Souza R, Srinivasan R. Cam morphology is associated with early hip OA features in young adult football players with and without hip and groin pain. J Sci Med Sport 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2021.09.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Agricola R, Crossley K, Heerey J, Kemp J, King M, Lawrenson P, Link T, Majumdar S, Smith A, Souza R. What is the relationship between imaging-defined intra-articular features and cartilage defects in young adult football players? J Sci Med Sport 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2021.09.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Colney L, Muduly D, Imaduddin M, Ambre S, Kumar CG P, Sultania M, Swain J, Majumdar S, Mohakud S, Patra S, Kar M. P-244 Role of preoperative contrast-enhanced computed tomography in staging of gastric cancer in patients undergoing upfront surgery with curative intent. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.05.298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Kumar CG P, Muduly D, Imaduddin M, Ambre S, Colney L, Sultania M, Swain J, Majumdar S, Mohakud S, Patra S, Kar M. P-282 Factors predicting response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.05.336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Sriramoju S, Kumar D, Majumdar S, Dash P, Shee D, Banerjee R. Sustainability of coal mines: Separation of clean coal from the fine-coal rejects by ultra-fine grinding and density-gradient-centrifugation. POWDER TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2021.01.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Chatterjee A, Indra A, Gutowski O, Zimmerman MV, Majumdar S, Giri S. Significant magneto-elastic coupling at Griffiths-like phase boundaries in low dimensional oxides, ASb 2O 6( A=Ni and Mn). J Phys Condens Matter 2021; 33:195701. [PMID: 33542167 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/abe350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The compounds, NiSb2O6(NSO) and MnSb2O6(MSO) attract the community for the quasi one-dimensional and layered structure composed of Ni2+and Mn2+, which orders antiferromagnetically atTN= 6.7 and 12 K, respectively. Here, we report the Griffiths-like phase much aboveTNin the range of 37-85 K and 25-80 K for NSO and MSO, respectively. The dc magnetization results indicate the Griffiths-like phase, following the modified Curie-Weiss law. The magneto-capacitive responses for both the compounds show anomalies at the onset of the Griffiths-like phase. Intriguingly, the low temperature synchrotron diffraction results are conclusive for determining the singularities for both the compounds. Interplay between the low-dimensionality, magnetic frustration, and magneto-elastic coupling correlates the observed short range ordered state, which is suggested as a Griffiths-like phase, aboveTNfor both the compounds.
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- A Chatterjee
- School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
- Department of Physics, Sri Krishna College, Bagula, Nadia, W.B. 741502, India
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestraβe 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestraβe 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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Heerey JJ, Srinivasan R, Agricola R, Smith A, Kemp JL, Pizzari T, King MG, Lawrenson PR, Scholes MJ, Souza RB, Link T, Majumdar S, Crossley KM. Prevalence of early hip OA features on MRI in high-impact athletes. The femoroacetabular impingement and hip osteoarthritis cohort (FORCe) study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2021; 29:323-334. [PMID: 33387651 PMCID: PMC8900484 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2020.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To compare early hip osteoarthritis (OA) features on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in high-impact athletes with and without hip and/or groin pain, and to evaluate associations between early hip OA features, the International Hip Outcome Tool (iHOT33) and Copenhagen Hip and Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS). DESIGN This case-control study evaluated data of the femoroacetabular impingement and hip osteoarthritis cohort (FORCe). One hundred and eighty-two symptomatic (hip and/or groin pain >6 months and positive flexion-adduction-internal-rotation (FADIR) test) and 55 pain-free high-impact athletes (soccer or Australian football (AF)) without definite radiographic hip OA underwent hip MRI. The Scoring Hip Osteoarthritis with MRI (SHOMRI) method quantified and graded the severity of OA features. Each participant completed the iHOT33 and HAGOS. RESULTS Hip and/or groin pain was associated with higher total SHOMRI (0-96) (mean difference 1.4, 95% CI: 0.7-2.2), labral score (adjusted incidence rate ratio (aIRR) 1.33, 95% CI: 1.1-1.6). Differences in prevalence of cartilage defects, labral tears and paralabral cysts between symptomatic and pain-free participants were inconclusive. There was a lower prevalence of effusion-synovitis in symptomatic participants when compared to pain-free participants (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.46 (95% CI: 0.3-0.8). Early hip OA features were not associated with iHOT33 or HAGOS. CONCLUSIONS A complex and poorly understood relationship exists between hip and/or groin pain and early hip OA features present on MRI in high-impact athletes without radiographic OA. Hip and/or groin pain was associated with higher SHOMRI and labral scores.
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- J J Heerey
- La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtain University, Perth, Australia.
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- La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.
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- La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.
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- La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.
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- La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, CA, USA; Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of California-San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.
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Majumdar S, Kishor J, Behera AN, Vishwanadh B, Borgohain A, Kapoor R, Tewari R, Kain V, Krishnan M, Dey GK, Banerjee S. Preparation and Characterization of Nb-1Zr-0.1C Alloy Suitable for Liquid Metal Coolant Channels of High Temperature Reactors. Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science 2021. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4047919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A novel process comprising of aluminothermic coreduction of mixed oxides followed by arc and electron beam melt refining was developed for preparation of Nb-1Zr-0.1C alloy. The parameters of the process were optimized by considering the thermodynamic (heat) and mass balance phenomenon. The ingots of the homogenized alloy produced after electron beam melt consolidation were further extruded into tubes. The alloy was vacuum annealed at 1350–1800 °C to study the stability of Nb2C and Nb(Zr)C carbide precipitates in the microstructure. Compression creep tests conducted at 900 and 1000 °C revealed a stress exponent value of 2 and activation energy of 508 kJ/mol. NbSi2-based coatings were developed on the Nb-1Zr-0.1C alloy tubes using pack siliconizing process. The coated alloy was tested for oxidation at 1250 °C, and corrosion in liquid lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) alloy at 875 °C for prolonged duration. The silicide-coated alloy showed superior oxidation and LBE corrosion resistance at high temperatures. The alloy was found to be a promising material for coolant channels of high temperature reactors.
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- S. Majumdar
- Materials Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Materials Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Materials Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Materials Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Reactor Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Materials Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Materials Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Materials Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Materials Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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Ansari SA, Sahoo GC, Dey S, Majumdar S, Mohapatra PK. Radiation stability of ceramic tubular membranes containing ammonium molybdophosphate (AMP) for the application of radio-cesium recovery from radioactive wastes. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-020-07449-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dalui TK, Ghose PK, Majumdar S, Giri S. Interplay between positive magnetoresistance and thermoelectric properties by tuning carrier concentration in Sb 2-x Sn x Te 3 (x ⩽ 0.05) crystals. J Phys Condens Matter 2020; 32:435601. [PMID: 32634794 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aba386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We report transport properties of Sb2-x Sn x Te3 (x ⩽ 0.05) single crystals, where the tuning of the charge carrier densities via Sn doping significantly improves the magnetoresistance (MR) and the thermoelectric (TE) properties. The MR increases significantly at 2 K for x = 0.01, which reduces considerably with further Sn doping at x = 0.05. The MR results below 90 K for x = 0.01 satisfy the semi-classical two-band approach of Kohler's rule, which does not satisfy the MR results for x = 0.05. At 300 K, the Seebeck coefficient (S) is positive and small for x = 0.01 and it changes the sign with the further increase in Sn doping at x = 0.05 at 300 K. The value of |S| is considerable with an enhancement of the thermoelectric power factor compared to the value for x = 0.01 at 300 K. Analysis of the Hall conductivity indicates the interplay between carrier mobilities and densities, leading to the tuning of MR and TE properties with Sn doping. These results demonstrate that the p-type Sb2Te3 becomes n-type with a suitable doping engineering.
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- T K Dalui
- School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- N. Berry
- Department of Microbiology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Nephrology & Transplantation Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Nephrology & Transplantation Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom
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Bera PK, Majumdar S, Ouillon G, Sornette D, Sood AK. Quantitative earthquake-like statistical properties of the flow of soft materials below yield stress. Nat Commun 2020; 11:9. [PMID: 31911596 PMCID: PMC6946698 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13790-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The flow behavior of soft materials below the yield stress can be rich and is not fully understood. Here, we report shear-stress-induced reorganization of three-dimensional solid-like soft materials formed by closely packed nematic domains of surfactant micelles and a repulsive Wigner glass formed by anisotropic clay nano-discs having ionic interactions. The creep response of both the systems below the yield stress results in angular velocity fluctuations of the shearing plate showing large temporal burst-like events that resemble seismic foreshocks-aftershocks data measuring the ground motion during earthquake avalanches. We find that the statistical properties of the quake events inside such a burst map on to the scaling relations for magnitude and frequency distribution of earthquakes, given by Gutenberg-Richter and Omori laws, and follow a power-law distribution of the inter-occurrence waiting time. In situ polarized optical microscopy reveals that during these events the system self-organizes to a much stronger solid-like state.
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- P K Bera
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560012, India
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- Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560080, India
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- Lithophyse, 4 rue de l'Ancien Sénat, 06300, Nice, France
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- D-MTEC, and Department Physics and Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Scheuzerstrasse 7, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland.,Institute of Risk Analysis Prediction and Management, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560012, India.
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Heerey J, Srinivasan R, Smith A, Kemp J, King M, Lawrenson P, Scholes M, Pizzari T, Souza R, Majumdar S, Crossley K. MRI defined intra-articular hip findings are seen in semi-elite football players with and without hip-related pain. J Sci Med Sport 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2019.08.261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Pedoia V, Lee J, Norman B, Link TM, Majumdar S. Diagnosing osteoarthritis from T 2 maps using deep learning: an analysis of the entire Osteoarthritis Initiative baseline cohort. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2019; 27:1002-1010. [PMID: 30905742 PMCID: PMC6579664 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2019.02.800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We aim to study to what extent conventional and deep-learning-based T2 relaxometry patterns are able to distinguish between knees with and without radiographic osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS T2 relaxation time maps were analyzed for 4,384 subjects from the baseline Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) Dataset. Voxel Based Relaxometry (VBR) was used for automatic quantification and voxel-based analysis of the differences in T2 between subjects with and without radiographic OA. A Densely Connected Convolutional Neural Network (DenseNet) was trained to diagnose OA from T2 data. For comparison, more classical feature extraction techniques and shallow classifiers were used to benchmark the performance of our algorithm's results. Deep and shallow models were evaluated with and without the inclusion of risk factors. Sensitivity and Specificity values and McNemar test were used to compare the performance of the different classifiers. RESULTS The best shallow model was obtained when the first ten Principal Components, demographics and pain score were included as features (AUC = 77.77%, Sensitivity = 67.01%, Specificity = 71.79%). In comparison, DenseNet trained on raw T2 data obtained AUC = 83.44%, Sensitivity = 76.99%, Specificity = 77.94%. McNemar test on two misclassified proportions form the shallow and deep model showed that the boost in performance was statistically significant (McNemar's chi-squared = 10.33, degree of freedom (DF) = 1, P-value = 0.0013). CONCLUSION In this study, we presented a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-based data-driven platform using T2 measurements to characterize radiographic OA. Our results showed that feature learning from T2 maps has potential in uncovering information that can potentially better diagnose OA than simple averages or linear patterns decomposition.
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- V Pedoia
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, USA; Center of Digital Health Innovation (CDHI), USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, USA; Center of Digital Health Innovation (CDHI), USA.
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Watt FE, Corp N, Kingsbury SR, Frobell R, Englund M, Felson DT, Levesque M, Majumdar S, Wilson C, Beard DJ, Lohmander LS, Kraus VB, Roemer F, Conaghan PG, Mason DJ. Towards prevention of post-traumatic osteoarthritis: report from an international expert working group on considerations for the design and conduct of interventional studies following acute knee injury. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2019; 27:23-33. [PMID: 30125638 PMCID: PMC6323612 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Revised: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE There are few guidelines for clinical trials of interventions for prevention of post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA), reflecting challenges in this area. An international multi-disciplinary expert group including patients was convened to generate points to consider for the design and conduct of interventional studies following acute knee injury. DESIGN An evidence review on acute knee injury interventional studies to prevent PTOA was presented to the group, alongside overviews of challenges in this area, including potential targets, biomarkers and imaging. Working groups considered pre-identified key areas: eligibility criteria and outcomes, biomarkers, injury definition and intervention timing including multi-modality interventions. Consensus agreement within the group on points to consider was generated and is reported here after iterative review by all contributors. RESULTS The evidence review identified 37 studies. Study duration and outcomes varied widely and 70% examined surgical interventions. Considerations were grouped into three areas: justification of inclusion criteria including the classification of injury and participant age (as people over 35 may have pre-existing OA); careful consideration in the selection and timing of outcomes or biomarkers; definition of the intervention(s)/comparator(s) and the appropriate time-window for intervention (considerations may be particular to intervention type). Areas for further research included demonstrating the utility of patient-reported outcomes, biomarkers and imaging outcomes from ancillary/cohort studies in this area, and development of surrogate clinical trial endpoints that shorten the duration of clinical trials and are acceptable to regulatory agencies. CONCLUSIONS These considerations represent the first international consensus on the conduct of interventional studies following acute knee joint trauma.
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- F E Watt
- Arthritis Research UK Centre for Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7FY, United Kingdom.
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute for Primary Care & Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK.
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds & NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, UK.
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- Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Orthopaedics, Lund, Sweden.
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- Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Orthopaedics, Lund, Sweden.
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- Clinical Epidemiology Research & Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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- Immunology Development, Abbvie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, MA, USA.
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- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research Group, Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
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- Dept of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Health Board, Cardiff, UK.
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- Surgical Intervention Trials Unit (SITU), Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculokeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Orthopaedics, Lund, Sweden.
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- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute and Division of Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany; Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds & NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, UK.
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- Arthritis Research UK Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
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Chandrashekharan A, Patil V, Noronha V, Joshi A, Choughle A, Punatar S, Mahajan A, Janu A, Purandare N, Goud S, More S, Das S, Agrawal A, Rajpurohit A, Majumdar S, Khaddar S, Prabhash K. A randomized investigator initiated phase III study comparing low dose gemcitabine to standard dose gemcitabine with platinum in advanced squamous non driver mutated non-small cell lung cancer. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy483.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Majumdar S, Agarwal A, Noronha V, Joshi A, Patil V, Kumar R, Prabhash K. The management and outcome of crizotinib resistant patients: Comparison of patients who received ceritinib to those treated with chemotherapy or other oral TKI. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy425.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Pramanick S, Dutta P, Sannigrahi J, Mandal K, Bandyopadhyay S, Majumdar S, Chatterjee S. Metamagnetic transition and observation of spin-fluctuations in the antiferromagnetic Heusler compound Pd 2MnIn. J Phys Condens Matter 2018; 30:405803. [PMID: 30160652 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aaddd7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We report detailed investigations on the structural, magnetic, magneto-transport and calorimetric aspects of a partially ordered Heusler compound Pd2MnIn. The sample shows antiferomagnetic (AFM) state below around 120 K, though positive paramagnetic Curie temperature signifies a complex magnetic ground state with the presence of both ferromagnetic (FM) and AFM correlations. A clear spin-flop type metamagnetic transition is observed as evident from the magnetization and resistivity data. However, non-saturation of magnetization even at 145 kOe of applied field implies that the high field state may be a spin canted state, originating from the enhanced FM correlations by field induced conduction electron spin polarization. The sample shows a profound quadratic temperature dependence of resistivity below about 20-25 K indicating a spin-fluctuation dominated low temperature region. Previous electronic structure calculations show the existence of a subtle balance between superexchange mediated AFM state and an RKKY (Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yoshida) interaction mediated FM state in Pd2MnIn. Such competing AFM-FM correlations can be accounted for the observed spin fluctuations.
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- S Pramanick
- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre, Sector III, LB-8, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 098, India
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Majumdar S, Dhar S, Mishra S, Patra S, Mohakud S, Mohapatra P, Parida D. P3.CR-02 SBRT of Lung Primary After Complete Resolution of Metastatic Disease in Case of EGFR Mutated Adenocarcinoma Lung: A Case Report. J Thorac Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.1981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Majumdar S, Basak SC, Lungu CN, Diudea MV, Grunwald GD. Mathematical structural descriptors and mutagenicity assessment: a study with congeneric and diverse datasets $. SAR QSAR Environ Res 2018; 29:579-590. [PMID: 30025481 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2018.1496475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Quantitative bioactivity and toxicity assessment of chemical compounds plays a central role in drug discovery as it saves a substantial amount of resources. To this end, high-performance computing has enabled researchers and practitioners to leverage hundreds, or even thousands, of computed molecular descriptors for the activity prediction of candidate compounds. In this paper, we evaluate the utility of two large groups of chemical descriptors by such predictive modelling, as well as chemical structure discovery, through empirical analysis. We use a suite of commercially available and in-house software to calculate molecular descriptors for two sets of chemical mutagens - a homogeneous set of 95 amines, and a diverse set of 508 chemicals. Using calculated descriptors, we model the mutagenic activity of these compounds using a number of methods from the statistics and machine-learning literature, and use robust principal component analysis to investigate the low-dimensional subspaces that characterize these chemicals. Our results suggest that combining different sets of descriptors is likely to result in a better predictive model - but that depends on the compounds being modelled and the modelling technique being used.
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- S Majumdar
- a University of Florida Informatics Institute , Gainesville , USA
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- b Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Minnesota , Duluth MN , USA
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- c Department of Chemistry , Babes-Bolyai University , Cluj-Napoca , Romania
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- c Department of Chemistry , Babes-Bolyai University , Cluj-Napoca , Romania
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- d Natural Resources Research Institute , University of Minnesota , Duluth , USA
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Chiu S, Van M, Majumdar S. Improving the informed consent process for otolaryngorhinology surgical procedures. Int J Surg 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2018.05.256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Dey JK, Majumdar S, Giri S. Coexisting exchange bias effect and ferroelectricity in geometrically frustrated ZnCr 2O 4. J Phys Condens Matter 2018; 30:235801. [PMID: 29701612 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aac0b7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Concomitant occurrence of exchange bias effect and ferroelectric order is revealed in antiferromagnetic spinel ZnCr2O4. The exchange bias effect is observed below antiferromagnetic Neél temperature (T N) with a reasonable value of exchange bias field ([Formula: see text] Oe at 2 K). Intriguingly, the [Formula: see text] ratio is found unusually high as ∼2.2, where H C is the coercivity. This indicates that large H C is not always primary for obtaining large exchange bias effect. Ferroelectric order is observed at T N, where non-centrosymmetric magnetic structure with [Formula: see text] space group associated with the magnetoelectric coupling correlates the ferroelectric order, proposing that, ZnCr2O4 is an improper multiferroic material. Rare occurrence of exchange bias effect and ferroelectric order in ZnCr2O4 attracts the community for fundamental interest and draws special attention in designing new materials for possible electric field control of exchange bias effect.
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- J K Dey
- Department of Solid State Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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Majumdar S, Shoela R, Kim D, Ramaswamy R, Mani N, Salter A, Akinwande O. Abstract No. 640 Endovascular treatment of SVC syndrome secondary to fibrosing mediastinitis: a feasibility and safety analysis. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.01.685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Majumdar S, Akinwande O, Mani N, Picus D, Kim S, Darcy M, Ramaswamy R. Abstract No. 617 Technical predictors of initial transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt dysfunction. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.01.662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Bhattacharyya A, Majumdar S, Bhanja SK, Mandal AB, Dash BB. Effect of dietary manipulation and vaccination of turkey breeder hens on immunoglobulin levels of yolk, yolk sac and neonate poults. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2018; 102:e957-e963. [PMID: 29352493 DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Two hundred turkey breeder hens and 24 viable toms of 30-35 weeks age of small white variety were distributed into two treatment groups having four replicates of 25 hens and three toms in each treatment. First four replicates were offered a turkey breeder diet (Diet A) (Nutrient requirements of poultry, 1994, National Academic Press, Washington, DC) and the rest four replicates were maintained on a higher plane of nutrition (Diet B) for 8-week duration. After 6 weeks of experimental feeding, two replicates from each treatment groups were vaccinated with ND (R2 B) vaccine. Yolk sac of embryo from birds fed Diet B had a significantly higher (p < .05) IgG, IgM level and HI titre (log 2) than those fed Diet A. HI titre values of embryonic yolk sac from the vaccinated birds fed Diet B were significantly higher (p < .05) than that of the control groups. In addition, HI titre values were significantly higher (p < .05) in the day-old poults of the birds fed Diet B than that of those fed Diet A. There was significantly (p < .01) positive correlation between serum IgG and IgM of the breeder birds and day-old chicks. Similarly, there was significantly (p < .05) positive correlation between yolk IgG and IgM after 1-month experimental feeding and yolk sac IgG and IgM. Positive correlation (p < .05) also existed between yolk sac IgM and day-old chick serum IgM. Furthermore, the HI titres of breeder birds' serum at 14 days post-vaccination were positively correlated with their egg yolk after 10 and 15 days post-vaccination, yolk sac and day-old chicks. Thus, the study envisaged that a higher immunity in neonate poults from turkey breeders maintained on a higher plane of nutrition may be elicited as there was maternal transfer of antibodies from the serum of breeder birds to their offsprings through their yolk sac.
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- A Bhattacharyya
- Department of Poultry Science, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Mathura, India
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- Central Avian Research Institute, Bareilly, India
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- Central Avian Research Institute, Bareilly, India
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- Central Avian Research Institute, Bareilly, India
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- Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Mukteswar, India
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Wong C, Barlcon L, Corradini M, Fogarty P, Ghoniem N, Majumdar S, Malang S, Mattas R, McCarthy K, Merrill B, Murphy J, Nelson B, Nygren R, Sawan M, Sharafat S, Sviatoslavsky I, Zinkle S. Evaluation of the Tungsten Alloy Vaporizing Lithium First Wall and Blanket Concept. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.13182/fst01-a11963340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- C.P.C. Wong
- General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608
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- General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
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- Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH (FZK), Germany
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- University of California, Los Angeles
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- Idaho National Engineering Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), Idaho
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- Idaho National Engineering Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), Idaho
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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Awachat V, Elangovan A, David C, Ghosh J, Bhanja S, Majumdar S. Influence of In ovo and Pre-starter Amino Acid Supplementation on Growth Performance and Immune Response in Broiler Chicken. ANIM NUTR FEED TECHN 2018. [DOI: 10.5958/0974-181x.2018.00005.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Pramanick S, Dutta P, Majumdar S, Chatterjee S. Glassy magnetic ground state and Kondo-like behaviour in Mn 10FeGe 8 alloy. J Phys Condens Matter 2017; 29:495802. [PMID: 29140800 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa975f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report a detailed investigation of the ground-state magnetic properties of newly synthesized [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] alloy. The sample can be thought of being derived by substituting one Mn atom by Fe of the parent compound [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text]. Fe-substitution leads to a drastic change in the magnetic ground state as well as to the magneto-transport properties of the parent alloy. On cooling below 250 K, [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] undergoes a transition from paramagnetic phase to a state having significant ferromagnetic correlations. The ground state is found to be canonical spin glass (CSG) type in nature as evident from the dc magnetization and ac susceptibility measurements. Interestingly, the resistivity data shows an upturn at low temperature below about 30 K, mimicking Kondo-like behaviour. [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] turns out to be a rare example among 3d transition metal alloys, where a Kondo-like state coexists within a CSG phase.
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- S Pramanick
- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre, Sector III, LB-8, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 098, India
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Elovaara T, Tikkanen J, Granroth S, Majumdar S, Félix R, Huhtinen H, Paturi P. Mechanisms of photoinduced magnetization in Pr 0.6Ca 0.4MnO 3 studied above and below charge-ordering transition temperature. J Phys Condens Matter 2017; 29:425802. [PMID: 28782733 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa847b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report the effect of photonic field on the electronic and magnetic structure of a low bandwidth manganite [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text]MnO3 (PCMO) thin film. In particular, the present study confirmed a mechanism that was recently proposed to explain how optical excitation can bias or directly activate the metamagnetic transition associated with the colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) effect of PCMO. The transition is characterized by a shift in the dynamic equilibrium between ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic clusters, explaining how it can be suddenly triggered by a sufficient external magnetic field. The film was always found to support some population of FM-clusters, the proportional size of which could be adjusted by the magnetic field and, especially in the vicinity of a thermomagnetic irreversibility, by optical excitation. The double exchange mechanism couples the magnetic degrees of freedom of manganites to their electronic structure, which is further coupled to the ion lattice via the Jahn-Teller mechanism. In accordance, it was found that producing optical phonons into the lattice could lower the free energy of the FM phase enough to significantly bias the CMR effect.
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- T Elovaara
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wihuri Physical Laboratory, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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Majumdar S, Nandi D. Thymic Atrophy: Experimental Studies and Therapeutic Interventions. Scand J Immunol 2017; 87:4-14. [PMID: 28960415 DOI: 10.1111/sji.12618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Revised: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The thymus is essential for T cell development and maturation. It is extremely sensitive to atrophy, wherein loss in cellularity of the thymus and/or disruption of the thymic architecture occur. This may lead to lower naïve T cell output and limited TCR diversity. Thymic atrophy is often associated with ageing. What is less appreciated is that proper functioning of the thymus is critical for reduction in morbidity and mortality associated with various clinical conditions including infections and transplantation. Therefore, therapeutic interventions which possess thymopoietic potential and lower thymic atrophy are required. These treatments enhance thymic output, which is a vital factor in generating favourable outcomes in clinical conditions. In this review, experimental studies on thymic atrophy in rodents and clinical cases where the thymus atrophies are discussed. In addition, mechanisms leading to thymic atrophy during ageing as well as during various stress conditions are reviewed. Therapies such as zinc supplementation, IL7 administration, leptin treatment, keratinocyte growth factor administration and sex steroid ablation during thymic atrophy involving experiments in animals and various clinical scenarios are reviewed. Interventions that have been used across different scenarios to reduce the extent of thymic atrophy and enhance its output are discussed. This review aims to speculate on the roles of combination therapies, which by acting additively or synergistically may further alleviate thymic atrophy and boost its function, thereby strengthening cellular T cell responses.
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- S Majumdar
- Department of Biochemistry & Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Biochemistry & Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Jenkins NW, Talbott JF, Shah V, Pandit P, Seo Y, Dillon WP, Majumdar S. [ 18F]-Sodium Fluoride PET MR-Based Localization and Quantification of Bone Turnover as a Biomarker for Facet Joint-Induced Disability. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2017; 38:2028-2031. [PMID: 28860213 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Our aim was to prospectively evaluate the relationship between low back pain-related disability and quantitative measures from [18F]-sodium fluoride ([18F]-NaF) MR imaging. Six patients with facetogenic low back pain underwent dynamic [18F]-NaF PET/MR imaging. PET metrics were correlated with clinical measures and MR imaging grading of lumbar facet arthropathy. A significant positive correlation was observed between maximum facet joint uptake rate and clinical disability (P < .05). These data suggest that dynamic [18F]-NaF PET may serve as a useful biomarker for facetogenic disability.
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- N W Jenkins
- From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (N.W.J., J.F.T., V.S., P.P., Y.S., W.P.D., S.M.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (N.W.J., J.F.T., V.S., P.P., Y.S., W.P.D., S.M.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California .,Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (J.F.T.), Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California
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- From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (N.W.J., J.F.T., V.S., P.P., Y.S., W.P.D., S.M.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (N.W.J., J.F.T., V.S., P.P., Y.S., W.P.D., S.M.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (N.W.J., J.F.T., V.S., P.P., Y.S., W.P.D., S.M.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (N.W.J., J.F.T., V.S., P.P., Y.S., W.P.D., S.M.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (N.W.J., J.F.T., V.S., P.P., Y.S., W.P.D., S.M.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Bonaretti S, Majumdar S, Lang TF, Khosla S, Burghardt AJ. The comparability of HR-pQCT bone measurements is improved by scanning anatomically standardized regions. Osteoporos Int 2017; 28:2115-2128. [PMID: 28391447 PMCID: PMC5526099 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-017-4010-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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UNLABELLED We investigated the sensitivity of distal bone density, structure, and strength measurements by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) to variability in limb length. Our results demonstrate that HR-pQCT should be performed at a standard %-of-total-limb-length to avoid substantial measurement bias in population study comparisons and the evaluation of individual skeletal status in a clinical context. INTRODUCTION High-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) measures of bone do not account for anatomic variability in bone length: a 1-cm volume is acquired at a fixed offset from an anatomic landmark. Our goal was to evaluate HR-pQCT measurement variability introduced by imaging fixed vs. proportional volumes and to propose a standard protocol for relative anatomic positioning. METHODS Double-length (2-cm) scans were acquired in 30 adults. We compared measurements from 1-cm sub-volumes located at the default fixed offset, and the average %-of-length offset. The average position corresponded to 4.0% ± 1.1 mm for radius, and 7.2% ± 2.2 mm for tibia. We calculated the RMS difference in bone parameters and T-scores to determine the measurement variability related to differences in limb length. We used anthropometric ratios to estimate the mean limb length for published HR-pQCT reference data, and then calculated mean %-of-length offsets. RESULTS Variability between fixed vs. relative scan positions was highest in the radius, and for cortical bone in general (RMS difference Ct.Th = 19.5%), while individuals had T-score differentials as high as +3.0 SD (radius Ct.BMD). We estimated that average scan position for published HR-pQCT reference data corresponded to 4.0% at the radius, and 7.3% at tibia. CONCLUSION Variability in limb length introduces significant bias to HR-pQCT measures, confounding cross-sectional analyses and limiting the clinical application for individual assessment of skeletal status. We propose to standardize scan positioning using 4.0 and 7.3% of total bone length for the distal radius and tibia, respectively.
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- S Bonaretti
- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research Group, Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, QB3 Building, Suite 203, 1700 4th St, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research Group, Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, QB3 Building, Suite 203, 1700 4th St, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research Group, Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, QB3 Building, Suite 203, 1700 4th St, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research Group, Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California, QB3 Building, Suite 203, 1700 4th St, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
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Kahan S, Cuker A, Kushner RF, Maahs J, Recht M, Wadden T, Willis T, Majumdar S, Ungar D, Cooper D. Prevalence and impact of obesity in people with haemophilia: Review of literature and expert discussion around implementing weight management guidelines. Haemophilia 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/hae.13291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- S. Kahan
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Baltimore MD USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Feinberg School of Medicine; Northwestern University; Chicago IL USA
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- Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center; Indianapolis IN USA
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- Oregon Health & Science University; Portland OR USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center; Indianapolis IN USA
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- Division of Hematology; Children's National Medical Center; Washington DC USA
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- Clinical, Medical, and Regulatory Affairs; Novo Nordisk Inc.; Plainsboro NJ USA
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- Clinical, Medical, and Regulatory Affairs; Novo Nordisk Inc.; Plainsboro NJ USA
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Sengupta AK, Banerjee J, Jarvis T, Kutty TRG, Ravi K, Majumdar S. Out-of-Pile Properties of Hyperstoichiometric (U0.45Pu0.55)C Fuel for the Fast Breeder Test Reactor. NUCL TECHNOL 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/nt03-a3388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- A. K. Sengupta
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Radiometallurgy Division Mumbai 400085, India
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- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Radiometallurgy Division Mumbai 400085, India
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- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Radiometallurgy Division Mumbai 400085, India
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- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Radiometallurgy Division Mumbai 400085, India
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- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Radiometallurgy Division Mumbai 400085, India
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- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Radiometallurgy Division Mumbai 400085, India
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Russell C, Pedoia V, Souza R, Majumdar S. Cross-sectional and longitudinal study of the impact of posterior meniscus horn lesions on adjacent cartilage composition, patient-reported outcomes and gait biomechanics in subjects without radiographic osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2017; 25:708-717. [PMID: 27838383 PMCID: PMC7263373 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of meniscal lesions on adjacent cartilage T1ρ and T2 relaxation times, patient-reported outcomes and gait biomechanics. DESIGN Thirty patients with no cartilage morphological defects reported by Whole Organ MRI Score (WORMS) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) grading and no radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) (Kellgren--Lawrence (KL) ≤ 1) were selected, 15 with posterior meniscus horn lesions and 15 matched controls without meniscal lesions. All were imaged on a 3T MR scanner for three consecutive years, except those who dropped from the study. Sagittal and frontal plane kinematic gait data were acquired at baseline. The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) survey was taken each time. All images were automatically segmented and registered to an atlas for voxel-by-voxel cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. RESULTS Relaxation time comparisons between groups showed elevated T1ρ of the lateral tibia (LP) and elevated T2 of the medial tibia (MT) and LT at 1 and 2 years in the lesion group. Longitudinal comparisons within each group revealed greater relaxation time elevations over one and 2 years in the group with lesions. KOOS Quality of Life (QOL) was significantly different between the groups at all time points (P < 0.05), as were other KOOS subcategories. No significant differences in the frontal or sagittal biomechanics were observed between the groups at baseline. CONCLUSIONS Individuals with healthy cartilage and posterior meniscal horn lesions have increased relaxation times when compared to matched controls, increased relaxation time changes over 2 years, and consistently report a lower KOOS QOL, yet show no difference in gait biomechanics.
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- C. Russell
- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA,Department of Physical Therapy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA,Address correspondence and reprint requests to: S. Majumdar, Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, 1700 4th Street, Suite 203, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. Fax: 1-(415)-353-9423. (C. Russell)
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Wong C, Malang S, Sawan M, Smolentsev S, Majumdar S, Merrill B, Sze DK, Morley N, Sharafat S, Dagher M, Peterson P, Zhao H, Zinkle SJ, Abdou M, Youssef M. Assessment of First Wall and Blanket Options with the Use of Liquid Breeder. Fusion Science and Technology 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/fst05-a734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- C.P.C. Wong
- General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608
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- Fusion Nuclear Technology Consulting, Linkenheim, Germany
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
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- University of California, San Diego, California
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- University of California, Berkeley, California
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- University of California, Berkeley, California
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California
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Banerjee A, Sannigrahi J, Giri S, Majumdar S. Observation of ultrasharp metamagnetic jumps in polycrystalline Er 2Cu 2O 5. J Phys Condens Matter 2017; 29:115803. [PMID: 28079028 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa58ff] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The observation of ultrasharp metamagnetic jumps in the field variation of magnetization (M versus H) data for the highly insulating metal oxide Er2Cu2O5 is investigated. The compound orders antiferromagnetically below about T N1 = 28 K and shows conventional 'not-so-sharp' metamagnetism around 13 kOe on the field-increasing leg in the polycrystalline sample. The uniqueness of the ultrasharp jumps in Er2Cu2O5 resides in the fact that they are only observed in the field-decreasing segment of the magnetization curve. We observe that the jumps are affected by the sweep rate of the magnetic field, similarly to several other systems that show such ultrasharp jumps. Er2Cu2O5 shows a considerable amount of thermo-remanent magnetization when it is cooled in a field that is higher than the critical field of 13 kOe. Our analysis indicates that above 13 kOe the system remains phase separated, with the coexistence of antiferromagnetic and field-induced ferromagnetic-like phases. The jumps in the return leg occur because of the shear-dominated martensitic-like phase transition of the ferromagnetic-like phase to an antiferromagnetic phase, and interfacial strain plays a major role in the observed jumps.
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- A Banerjee
- Department of Solid State Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & B Raja S C Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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Shinde Tamboli AS, Goel A, Mehra M, Rokade JJ, Bhadauria P, Yadav AS, Majumdar S, Bhanja SK. Delayed post-hatch feeding affects the performance and immunocompetence differently in male and female broiler chickens. Journal of Applied Animal Research 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/09712119.2017.1299739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- ICAR – Central Avian Research Institute, Bareilly, India
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- ICAR – Central Avian Research Institute, Bareilly, India
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- ICAR – Central Avian Research Institute, Bareilly, India
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- ICAR – Central Avian Research Institute, Bareilly, India
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- ICAR – Central Avian Research Institute, Bareilly, India
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- ICAR – Central Avian Research Institute, Bareilly, India
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Bonaretti S, Vilayphiou N, Chan CM, Yu A, Nishiyama K, Liu D, Boutroy S, Ghasem-Zadeh A, Boyd SK, Chapurlat R, McKay H, Shane E, Bouxsein ML, Black DM, Majumdar S, Orwoll ES, Lang TF, Khosla S, Burghardt AJ. Operator variability in scan positioning is a major component of HR-pQCT precision error and is reduced by standardized training. Osteoporos Int 2017; 28:245-257. [PMID: 27475931 PMCID: PMC5568957 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-016-3705-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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UNLABELLED In this study, we determined that operator positioning precision contributes significant measurement error in high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT). Moreover, we developed software to quantify intra- and inter-operator variability and demonstrated that standard positioning training (now available as a web-based application) can significantly reduce inter-operator variability. INTRODUCTION HR-pQCT is increasingly used to assess bone quality, fracture risk, and anti-fracture interventions. The contribution of the operator has not been adequately accounted in measurement precision. Operators acquire a 2D projection ("scout view image") and define the region to be scanned by positioning a "reference line" on a standard anatomical landmark. In this study, we (i) evaluated the contribution of positioning variability to in vivo measurement precision, (ii) measured intra- and inter-operator positioning variability, and (iii) tested if custom training software led to superior reproducibility in new operators compared to experienced operators. METHODS To evaluate the operator in vivo measurement precision, we compared precision errors calculated in 64 co-registered and non-co-registered scan-rescan images. To quantify operator variability, we developed software that simulates the positioning process of the scanner's software. Eight experienced operators positioned reference lines on scout view images designed to test intra- and inter-operator reproducibility. Finally, we developed modules for training and evaluation of reference line positioning. We enrolled six new operators to participate in a common training, followed by the same reproducibility experiments performed by the experienced group. RESULTS In vivo precision errors were up to threefold greater (Tt.BMD and Ct.Th) when variability in scan positioning was included. The inter-operator precision errors were significantly greater than the short-term intra-operator precision (p < 0.001). New trained operators achieved comparable intra-operator reproducibility to experienced operators and lower inter-operator reproducibility (p < 0.001). Precision errors were significantly greater for the radius than for the tibia. CONCLUSION Operator reference line positioning contributes significantly to in vivo measurement precision and is significantly greater for multi-operator datasets. Inter-operator variability can be significantly reduced using a systematic training platform, now available online ( http://webapps.radiology.ucsf.edu/refline/ ).
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- S Bonaretti
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- INSERM UMR 1033, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- INSERM UMR 1033, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Advanced Orthopaedic Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Bone and Mineral Unit, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Mohapatra S, Samantaray D, Samantaray S, Mishra B, Das S, Majumdar S, Pradhan S, Rath S, Rath C, Akthar J, Achary K. Structural and thermal characterization of PHAs produced by Lysinibacillus sp. through submerged fermentation process. Int J Biol Macromol 2016; 93:1161-1167. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.09.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2016] [Revised: 08/28/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Teng HL, Calixto N, MacLeod T, Nardo L, Link T, Majumdar S, Souza R. Associations between patellofemoral joint cartilage T1ρ and T2 and knee flexion moment and impulse during gait in individuals with and without patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2016; 24:1554-64. [PMID: 27084352 PMCID: PMC6348063 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Revised: 03/10/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the associations between patellofemoral cartilage T1ρ and T2 relaxation times and knee flexion moment (KFM) and KFM impulse during gait. METHOD Knee magnetic resonance (MR) images were obtained from 99 subjects with and without patellofemoral joint (PFJ) osteoarthritis (OA), using fast spin-echo, T1ρ and T2 relaxation time sequences. Patellar and trochlear cartilage relaxation times were computed for the whole cartilage, and superficial and deep layers (laminar analysis). Subjects also underwent three-dimensional (3D) gait analysis. Peak KFM and KFM impulse were calculated during the stance phase. Linear regressions were used to examine whether cartilage relaxation times were associated with knee kinetics during walking while adjusting age, sex, body mass index (BMI) and walking speed. RESULTS Higher peak KFM and KFM impulse were significantly related to higher T1ρ and T2 relaxation times of the trochlear and patellar cartilage, with standardized regression coefficients ranging from 0.21 to 0.28. Laminar analysis showed that overall the superficial layer of patellofemoral cartilage showed stronger associations with knee kinetics. Subgroup analysis revealed that in subjects with PFJ OA, every standard deviation change in knee kinetics was related to greater increases in PFJ cartilage T1ρ and T2 (standardized coefficients: 0.29 to 0.41). Conversely, in subjects without OA, weaker relationships were observed between knee kinetics and PFJ cartilage T1ρ and T2. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that increased peak KFM and KFM impulse were related to worse cartilage health at the PFJ. This association is more prominent in superficial layer cartilage and cartilage with morphological lesions.
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Affiliation(s)
- H.-L. Teng
- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging,
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States,Address correspondence and reprint requests to: H.-L. Teng, 185 Berry Street, Suite 350, Lobby 6,
San Francisco, CA, 94107, United States. Tel: 1 (415) 514 8266
| | - N.E. Calixto
- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging,
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
| | - T.D. MacLeod
- Department of Physical Therapy, California State University, Sacramento, CA, USA
| | - L. Nardo
- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging,
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
| | - T.M. Link
- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging,
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
| | - S. Majumdar
- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging,
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
| | - R.B. Souza
- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging,
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States,Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of California, San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA, United States
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