Clinico-Biochemical Correlation Between Psoriasis and Insulin Resistance     

Suparna Dhara  Anindya Dasgupta  Jayanta Kumar Rout  Ushasi Banerjee  Sayantan Dasgupta  Arindam Ghosh 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2015,30(1):99-103

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with an increased insulin resistance, obesity and cardiovascular risk. The present study was aimed to assess insulin resistance and pattern of body fat deposition in psoriasis. Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) were measured in 40 psoriatic patients and 46 age- and sex-matched control subjects. Fasting blood glucose (FBG) and serum insulin level were measured by standard photometric method and ELISA respectively. HOMA-IR (homeostatic model of insulin resistance) was calculated by appropriate software. The results indicated that case and control groups were comparable in terms of age and sex (p = 0.934) with an increased prevalence of psoriasis among male subjects (60 %). FBG and mean WC between the two groups were statistically not significant (p value = 0.271 and 0.21 respectively). BMI was significantly higher in case group compared to the control group (p = 0.049). Serum insulin level and insulin resistance in the psoriatic patients were significantly higher (p value <0.001). Multiple regression analysis revealed that insulin resistance (measured by HOMA) was dependent on BMI and WC at a significance level of p < 0.001 and 0.043 respectively. Therefore, the psoriatic patients in this region have significantly high amount of fasting serum insulin level along with an increased IR though their FBG level remains normal. Furthermore, these abnormalities are significantly dependent on total body fat as well as abdominal fat deposits. We suggest that psoriatic patients need to be evaluated for metabolic syndrome and managed accordingly.  相似文献   

A bibliometric analysis of privacy and ethics in IEEE Security and Privacy     

Jonathan Tse  Dawn E. Schrader  Dipayan Ghosh  Tony Liao  David Lundie 《Ethics and Information Technology》2015,17(2):153-163

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Iron store and free radicals in thalassemia     

K. Goswami  S. Ghosh  M. Bandyopadhyay  K. L. Mukherjee 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2005,20(2):192-194

Hyper-ferrous state is the result of multiple transfusions, whereby the iron excess in such conditions may be toxic to the organism. Patients suffering from thalassemia receive multiple transfusions. In the eastern part of India, both β⁰-thalassemia and heterozygous Eβ-thalassemia occur. This paper expresses the hyper-ferrous state, leading to iron overload in these two conditions and also reports the increased generation of free radicals, consequent to the iron overload.  相似文献   

Multiculturalism and Teacher Educators: views from Canada and the USA     

Ratna Ghosh  Norma Tarrow 《比较教育学》1993,29(1):81-92

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FLOSSWorld全球调查结果显示服务器更多使用开源软件     

Rishab A.Ghosh  刘佐达 《中国教育网络》2007,(1):39-39

FLOSSWorld调查的主体由5部分构成,包括:个人(Private sector)、政府(Government sector)、开源社区参与者(Open Source participants community)、高校管理者(Heigher Education Institutes——Administrators)、高校信息部门主管(Heigher Education Institute——ITManagers)  相似文献   

Index fossils     

Dipanjan Ghosh 《Resonance》2006,11(10):69-77

Index fossils are commonly found, widely distributed fossils that are limited in time span. They are used for the determination of the age of organic rocks and other fossil assemblages and also help to establish relationships be-tween rock units. Index fossils of plant origin are very rare. In this article, I describe many of their important features, uses, and some of their limitations.  相似文献   

Phthalate puzzle     

Abhijit Ghosh 《Resonance》2017,22(7):691-696

The most common plasticizer, phthalates, are facing stricter regulations due to their omnipresence and possible effects on human health, and environment. But high cost, lack of application range, and unknown long-term effects of non-phthalate alternatives make the scenario puzzling.  相似文献   

Mangroves
The most fragile forest ecosystem     

Dipanjan Ghosh 《Resonance》2011,16(1):47-60

Mangroves, an exclusive group of plants with remarkable ecological importance, inhabit mostly the zones washed by the back and forth movement of tides. They are disappearing rapidly from their natural habitat due to various reasons. Mangroves create a unique ecological environment that is composed of rich assemblages of species. Economic importance of mangroves is also noteworthy.  相似文献   

Collection development and access to serials in the Central Library of IITs in India     

Tapas Kumar Ghosh  K.C. Panda 《Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services》2010,34(2-3):45-50

The vital task of the libraries attached to the educational institutions of higher learning is the collection development of information resources as per the requirements of the users. The Central Library of IITs have long been recognized their responsibility to support the study and research of their parent institutions with the rich collection development of information resources both in print as well as electronic format to cater the needs of the academic communities as per the multi-disciplinary and diverse academic program of the respective institutions where greater emphasis on collection of serials, the essential and integral component of updated scholarly communication. The study provides a vivid picture about the current status of serials collection in the libraries attached to the Premier Institutions of India in the field of science and technology to boost up the academic performances.  相似文献   

Molecule of the month     

Rajarshi Ghosh 《Resonance》2014,19(10):958-960

Yellow crystalline mercurous nitrite was first reported by P C Rây¹ in 1896. In 1966, Allred et al reported that using Rây’s method, they had isolated the compound but that it turned into some ‘unidentified solid’ immediately. This resulted in a controversy that lasted four decades on whether it was possible to isolate mercury(I) nitrite or not. In 2011, A Chakravorty et al, on the 150th birth anniversary of Rây, delineated the synthesis as well as X-ray structural characterization of mercurous nitrite.  相似文献