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Background: Mothers’ satisfaction with focused antenatal care service is likely to influence effective utilization and compliance with interventions. Thus, this study is aimed to assess satisfaction with focused antenatal care services among pregnant mothers attending at rural public health centers in Tiyo district, Ethiopia. Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study design that involved an exit interview was conducted at public health centers in Tiyo district. A total of 386 women were enrolled in the study. Both bivariate and Multivariate logistic regression was carried out to identify the associations of each explanatory variable with the outcome variable. Finally, odds ratio with its 95% confidence interval, and p-value of 0.05 was used to identify significant variables. Results: Overall, 77.2% of pregnant mothers were satisfied with focused antenatal care services in the district. However, lack of drugs supply and vaccine (51%), long waiting time to see health providers (51%), lack of drinking water at the facility (63.1%), and poor laboratory services (56.4%) were identified as the dissatisfying factors at each health facilities. Conclusion:...
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Aim: To study the errors during processing on temporary partial denture. Objectives: To assess the errors during processing on temporary partial denture done by Saveetha Dental College students. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire for assessing the errors in processing temporary partial denture containing 24 questions are administered. The participants are dental students from Saveetha Dental College. Background: Temporary partial dentures are for patients who are missing some of their teeth on a particular arch. Certain kinds of removal partial dentures can be used as permanent tooth replacement system especially for people who aren’t candidates for dental implants or fixed bridges. However the same rigidity and thickness that gives these rigid TPDs their durability can make them uncomfortable to wear, while the acrylic material they are made of is capable of staining and breaking. Overtime, the TPDs are prone to become loose-and they are also easy to flip in and out with the tongue. RPDs must be removed regularly for throughout the cleaning. Partial dentures make it easier for you...
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Posted by admin on Dec 25, 2016 in |
Aim: Calotropis procera is a perennial shrub belonging to the family Asclepiadaceae. The aim and objective of the study are to screen the ethanolic, methanolic, and chloroform extract of leaves for their phytochemical constituents and the comparison of the phytochemical components. Further evaluation of fractions of methanolic extracts of C. procera leaf. Methods: The various extracts viz. ethanolic, methanolic, and chloroform of leaves of Calotropis procera screened for the various secondary metabolites like alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, glycosides, saponin, proteins, etc. the methanolic extract of C. procera was fractionated by using Column Chromatography with ethyl acetate and acetone. Results: The methanolic and chloroform extract of Calotropis procera shows the presence of alkaloids, glycosides, saponins, flavonoids, and proteins. While the ethanolic extract of C. procera shows the presence of alkaloids, tannins, saponins, protein, and flavonoids. The ethyl acetate fractions mainly contain the flavonoids and...
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Posted by admin on Dec 19, 2015 in |
A Simple, accurate, and precise high-performance thin layer chromatography method for the simultaneous estimation of ibuprofen and carisoprodol in the marketed formulation was developed. The determination was carried on silica gel 60 GF254 HPTLC plates using a mobile phase n-butanol: glacial acetic acid: Acetone (5:2:3 v/v/v). The absorbance of the spots was measured by densitometry at 254 nm. The Retention Factor (Rf) was found to be 0.87 for ibuprofen and 0.77 for carisoprodol. Ibuprofen and carisoprodol showed a linear response in the concentration range 60-180 µg/band and 35-78.75µg/band, respectively. The correlation coefficient (r2) for ibuprofen and carisoprodol was found to be 0.9992 and 0.9997, respectively. The result of the analysis has been validated statistically and by recovery studies. The percentage recoveries obtained for ibuprofen and carisoprodol ranges from 101.92 and 100.46 respectively. The proposed HPTLC method can be applied for the quantitative determination of carisoprodol and ibuprofen in bulk and drug...
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Posted by admin on Dec 19, 2015 in |
Poor solubility remains one of the more challenging and critical tasks in drug discovery and development, and it is also the main cause of low bioavailability and poor therapeutic efficacy of the drug. Many solubility enhancement techniques are available in literature like cyclodextrin inclusion complexes, salt formation, solid dispersion, drug delivery carrier approach and prodrug approach are useful, but the most widely used technique for enhancing the solubility of poorly soluble drugs is by encapsulating the drug is lipid-based excipients, which enhances solubilization of the drug in excipient matrix, lead to enhanced bioavailability and improved therapeutic efficacy. Many lipid-based drug delivery systems are available like self-emulsifying drug delivery system (SEDDS), liposomes, solid lipid nanoparticles, nanostructured lipid carrier, which are widely used for lipophilic drugs. In this review, we highlighted some novel mechanisms for drug absorption through lipid-based systems and its commercial applications in the pharmaceutical and biological...
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