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Newsletter of Sri Ramachandra University
….Connecting SRU
June 2015
Our CampusOur Campus On Cloud NineOn Cloud Nine
From the Editor’s Desk
Bridges - Connecting SRU
Bridges Committee
Patron:
Shri. V. R. VenkataachalamChancellor
Advisory Board:
Prof. J. S. N. MurthyVice-Chancellor
Prof. S. RangaswamiProfessor of Eminence inMedical Education
Prof. K.V. SomasundaramDean of Faculties
Editor-in-Chief:
Dr. Sheela Ravinder. S.
Editor:
Ms. Hemalatha C. R.
Co-Editor:
Mr. Antony Leo Aseer P.
Editorial Board:
Mr. Abhinand P. A.
Dr. Archana P. Kumar
Dr. Ganesh V.
Prof. Kalpana Suresh
Dr. Nithya Jagdish
Prof. Prakash Boominathan
Prof. Sandhya Sundaram
Dr. Sreelekha B.
Secretarial Assistance:
Ms. Stella Augustus
Ms. Geetha R.
Photography:
Mr. Anand Kumar A.
Art & Design:
Mr. Arunagiri S.
Printing:
Mr. Velayudam S.
Cover Photo Courtesy:
Mr. Tshering DorjiAlumni, SRU
Beloved Readers,
Let us stay connected…
A magazine by and for the students is always vital to foster creativity and enable the students
to explore their writing skills and strengthen their imagination. An idea, a funny piece,
photographs, reflections on issues, opinions expressed - whatever you want to see in print, the
students have created a platform for it – the SRU BUZZ. Our hearty congratulations and best
wishes to the editorial team of SRU BUZZ!
Hippocrates said, "Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food." While the wrong
diet can be deadly, eating right is among the cornerstones of health. Micro-nutrients though
required by the body in relatively small amounts, are no less vital for sustaining life than the macro-
nutrients, says Global news. By making healthy changes in our diet, let us protect ourselves from
health issues and maintain optimum health.
Sometimes when life hits us fast and hard and we are in the middle of one of those tough
times, accept the reality of the situation and start to deal with it, says Happiness is. Life is just like a
kaleidoscope where suddenly there is a chaotic jumble in front of our eyes but then, magically with
one more turn another beautiful pattern emerges. So let's remember that when things are jumbled
in our lives, they may actually be forming a brand new, beautiful image.
Sheela Ravinder. S. Editor-in-Chief
Memories
Dept. of Community Dentistry, Sri Ramachandra Dental College & Hospital conducted a
comprehensive oral health screening and treatment camp in a tribal village at the Indira thGandhi Wildlife Sanctuary, Pollachi District, Tamil Nadu on 10 May 2003.
Dear Editor-in-Chief,
Bridges, the monthly SRU Newsletter bridges the gap between the readers and unknown facts.
My favorite articles are Home Hints, Bits 'n' Bytes and Soul to Soul.
My heartfelt thanks to the Bridges team for providing useful information on a routine basis.
Best wishes and regards,
Ms. M. Arundhati, Lecturer,Dept. of Bioinformatics
Letters to the Editor
Happenings
Bridges - Connecting SRU
Faculty of Management organized - Challenges thof Healthcare HR on 30 Apr. 89 faculty members and students
attended.
HR Conclave 2015
Dept. of Pharmacy
Practice, Faculty of
Pharmacy organized a
,
highlighting the Basics &
Regulatory Guidelines thon 11 May for Pharm.
D, Pharm. D (Post Baccalaureate) and M. Pharm. students.
Dr. Deepa Raj, Manager, Pharmacovigilance, Accenture, Chennai
was the chief guest. Campus placement was also conducted.
40 students participated.
W o r k s h o p o n
Pha r macov i g i l ance
Dept. of Psychiatry
observed the
on th25 May at G-block. 120
patients and caregivers
benefited. The events
included:l Awareness program
for public l Distribution of brochures l Interactive sessions l Drawing competitions for patients
World
Schizophrenia Day
Faculty of Physiotherapy & the National Initiative f o r A l l i e d H e a l t h Sc i ences (NIAHS)-Technical Support Unit, Ministry of Health, India organized a workshop on
th on 20 May. Mr. B. Sriramachandra Murthy, Director, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India presided the occasion. Around 30 experts from various healthcare professions participated.
Curriculum Task Force f o r A l l i e d H e a l t h
Courses
thThe Pharmacy Education Unit organized the 4 Faculty
Development Program titled, thon 12 May. 34 faculty members participated.
Integrated Curriculum in Pharmacy
Education
June ’15
Dept. of Orthopedics organized a
th on 11
th& 12 Apr. Dr. Sandeep Adke, Former Director, R u s s i a n I l i z a r o v S c i e n t i f i c C e n t e r , Kurgan, Russia was the chief guest. 75 delegates benefited.
Workshop on Ilizarov Methodology
with Live Surgery
Date Event
12.05.’15 to Prof. Sanjeev Mohanty, HOD was invited as the Overseas External Examiner for conducting15.05.’15 Clinical Exams for the Conjoint National Board of ORL – HNS, Malaysia
th27.04.’15 to Prof. PK. Ragunath, HOD was an invited speaker at the 4 International Conference on29.04.’15 Metabolomics and Systems Biology held at Philadelphia, USA. He delivered a lecture on ‘Relevance
of Machine Learning Approach in Classifying Metabolites Associated with Asthma and COPD’.
24.04.’15 to Dr. (Maj.) S. Prasanna Kumar, Assoc. Prof. was an invited speaker at the International Congress of26.04.’15 Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery held at Seoul, South Korea.
He delivered a lecture on ‘Subglottic Mucosal Response to Intubation Induced Injury and Medication’.
20.04.’15 to Prof. Anita Ramesh was awarded Fellowship in Preceptorship by the iCML Foundation,Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College, London01.05.’15
Department
ENT, Head & Neck Surgery
Bioinformatics
ENT, Head & Neck Surgery
Medical Oncology
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Reach Out
NSS Unit - II of SRU organized a special camp for conducting Socio-
Economic-Health Surveys and identification of families for Family st rdAdoption Program at Karunakarachery village from 1 to 3 May.
35 NSS volunteers participated.
05.02.’15 to Prof. Sanjeev Mohanty, HOD was invited as the International Faculty Surgeon in the Advanced11.02.’15 Endoscopic Rhinology, Otology and Skull based Surgery Workshop held at University of Malaya
Medical Center, Malaysia
27.04.’15 to National Postgraduate Education Program at PathFest 2015 at Hyderabad
03.05.’15 l Dr. S. Naveen Kumar, 2 year PG – Poster – 1 Prizerd rd
l Dr. Rithika Rajendran, 3 year PG – Lecture Presentation – 3 Prizerd st rd
l Dr. Akanksha Malik, 3 year PG – Case Presentation – 1 Prize & Quiz - 3 Prize
nd st
ENT, Head & Neck Surgery
Pathology
Did you know?Integrated Parkinson's Care Clinic
SRU BUZZ
On the occasion of World Parkinson's Day, Dept. of Neurology thcommissioned the Integrated Parkinson's Care Clinic (IPCC) on 11 Apr.
The IPCC aims to offer wholesome healthcare management of Parkinson's disease on all days between 8 am and 1 pm.
In connection with this, an awareness walk, ‘Move for Parkinson's’ and a patient-caregiver interactive session were organized.
Another initiative, ‘L-DOPA’ - Living with Dignity for People with Parkinson's to raise awareness, provide cognitive & emotional support, medical advice, physiotherapy and nutritional counselling was also launched. Caregiver education, health awareness and counselling are also components of this initiative. A meeting or activity is organized at regular intervals for people registered with the initiative.
Contact details : Department of Neurology, A2, Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre
Email : [email protected]
Extn. : 444, 440
thSRU BUZZ, the quarterly student magazine, was launched on 16 Jun. The editorial team
comprises of students across all batches of MBBS, with Prof. A. Rekha, Assoc. Dean of Students
and Prof. R. Ramya, Coordinator, MEU in the Advisory Board. It features snippets by students &
faculty members and other interesting columns. To mark the launch, the team held a dubsmash
competition with many funny entries and prizes were awarded for the best entries.
Contact details:
Facebook Page: sru buzz
Instagram Account: @srubuzz
Email: [email protected]
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Happiness is...... in bouncing back
Challenges are part of everyone's journey and are valuable catalysts for our personal growth.
We need to motivate ourselves towards our goal constantly, even when we appear to be failing. Our faith in
the outcome will enable us to bounce back and generate support from others. We need to be in harmony
with whatever happens in our lives, if we wish to progress. When things are not to our liking, we need to like them as they are and
perceive any adverse situation as the necessary impetus for creating a fabulous future. We need to draw ourselves up, radiate a confident
attitude and begin to explore the possibilities ahead.
To overcome any crisis and bounce back in life, we should not become a part of the problem. Maintaining a positive mental attitude
consistently will help us bounce back. We need to accept the reality of the situation, gain control of it and make the necessary moves to resolve
it. We have to keep our mind on the things we want & put off the things that we do not want. We should take care not to reflect on the past or
project into the future and consciously practice living in the present. Maintaining a joyful outlook and keeping a high level of enthusiasm in
tough times may be difficult, but the more we do it, the easier it gets. Let us remind ourselves that, what we express comes back to us faithfully.
Give the best of yourselves and get the best in return.!
‘The harder you get hit, the higher you bounce....So just bounce back.’
Looking only at the data provided by security firms, the world appears to be on the verge of a mobile malware
apocalypse. The number of samples--which represent unique, but mostly automatically generated variants of
malicious programs--exceeded 5 million in the third quarter of 2014, according to the security firm, McAfee.
Using a different counting method, the security firm, Symantec classified a similar magnitude--1 million of the 6.3 million mobile apps it
discovered--as malware in 2014. Given below are three simple ways to protect mobile phones from malware:
1. Use an official app store
The official app stores--namely, Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store--regularly check uploaded software for malicious behavior. While
the checks are automatic and can be fooled, they do act as an initial bar that attackers have to circumvent. The companies will remove
programs later found to be malicious as well. Consumers who load applications to their device only from Google Play, for example, have a
0.1 percent chance of having a potentially harmful application, rather than 0.7 percent for devices that load software apart from Google.
Loading applications from other app stores or websites, an activity known as 'side-loading', gives attackers and criminals an opening to install
their own code. Many app stores do not perform the same security functions as Apple and Google.
2. Do not jailbreak the phone
Mobile devices come with a lot of built-in security. Using programs to hack the devices to remove the carriers' and manufacturers' restrictions-
-an activity known as 'jail-breaking'--can lead to freer markets, but also undermines much of the security protecting the devices. The ability to
keep applications from accessing protected data and to validate applications is disabled on jail-broken apps. Finally, users who jailbreak their
devices need to rely on their own technical know-how to protect the devices and their data.
3. Update often
The mobile software space is moving quickly and developers tend to push out bug fixes, including security issues, quite often. For that reason,
users should update their software as frequently as possible and always look out for system updates.
Bits ‘n’ BytesProtect Mobile Phones from Malware
Home Hints
To reopen a sealed envelope, just place it in the freezer for an hour or two and the envelope will
unseal without a trace.
To make any surface like kitchen counters, appliances and inside of refrigerator gleam, combine
4 tablespoons baking soda and 1 quart warm water and use it with a sponge to wipe messes away.
Bridges - Connecting SRU
June ’15
Wrapped around a person's wrist, a new foldable fabric patch can scavenge enough energy from arm movement to power small electronic devices. “The fabric patch paves the way to clothing that can charge smart watches and cell phones while the wearer moves or walks around”, the researchers said. As companies develop wearable electronics, such as sensor-laden clothing and smart glasses, they need equally portable power sources. Since traditional batteries carry an environmental cost, researchers are looking for flexible, lightweight generators that can convert mechanical energy into electricity.
The new energy-generating textile relies on the triboelectric effect, the phenomenon behind static electricity. When two dissimilar surfaces touch or rub against each other, electrons are transferred from one material to the other, causing one surface to build up a positive charge and the other a negative charge. When these oppositely charged surfaces separate, it creates a voltage causing an electric current to flow.
Sang-Woo Kim, Materials Scientist at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, and his colleagues wanted to make more practical, wearable generators. So they created a double-layer fabric out of commercially available silver-coated woven textiles. They used a plain silver-coated textile as one layer. For the other layer, they grew 100-nm-wide zinc oxide nanorods on the woven textile fibers and then coated the rods with polydimethylsiloxane. The nanorods increase the contact area on this second layer, leading to greater friction between the two layers as they rub against each other. That effect boosts the power output of the device, Kim explains.
When the researchers compressed a 4 - by 4 - cm patch of the two-layer textile with a 98-N force and then released it, the fabric generated 120 V and a 65 - µamp current. To increase the power output, the team stacked four triboelectric generators to make a device that put out 170 V and 120 µamp. The device is mechanically strong, and it maintained this output for more than 12,000 compression cycles, Kim says.
To demonstrate the technology, the team attached the four-layer generator on a jacket sleeve and embedded six LEDs, a small liquid-crystal display, and a keyless car remote control in the jacket. When the wearer moved his arms or wrists, the generator produced enough power to turn each gadget on one at a time.
The new triboelectric device is low cost and easy to make, and would be easier to incorporate into clothing than other energy-harvesting technologies such as solar cells, Kim says. His team is now testing new materials for the generator that could yield even more power. They are also exploring textile-based batteries and supercapacitors to store the energy from the generators, he says.
The new textile-based triboelectric generator produces significant power from low-frequency human motion, says Georgia Tech's Wang. “This approach will have important applications in self-powered flexible textiles for medical, healthcare, and defense technologies.”
Power PatchA 4- by 4-cm textile patch attached to a jacket sleeve scavenges the mechanical energy produced by arm movements and turns it into enough electricity to drive a remote-control vehicle entry system.
Source: Nanopatterned Textile-Based Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerator, Wanchul Seung, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Keun Young Lee, Kyung-Sik Shin, Ju-Hyuck Lee, Tae Yun Kim, Sanghyun Kim, Jianjian Lin, Jung Ho Kim, and Sang-Woo Kim, ACS Nano 2015 9 (4), 3501-3509.
Ideal standing posture
·· Tuck-in the chin to maintain the head in level
· Tuck the tummy in, to prevent it from rolling forward
· Let the hands hang to the sides with the thumb pointing forward
· Stand with the feet, shoulder width apart
· While standing for a long time, lift any one leg to a raised platform
Ideal sitting posture
· The trunk and neck are to be in a single vertical line and head as upright as possible
· A proper utilisation of the back rest is useful
· The thighs are to be approximately horizontal
· The lower legs are to be vertical
· The feet are to rest on the ground
· When working on a computer, the arms are to be kept on the armrest. While typing, wrists are to be placed in slight extension without excessive loading of wrist joint
Courtesy: Faculty of Physiotherapy
Lift the chest while standing; this helps to bring the head over the shoulders
Believe it or NotPower Patch
Health Glance
Poor Posture Good Posture
Poor Working Posture Correct Working Posture
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June ’15
The recognition of the need to move beyond conventional channels of apprehending reality by perceptual modalities like vision, sound,
touch, taste and smell (including the use of several perception-augmenting technological devices) was an important step in the evolution of
human understanding. The efforts of Einstein and Picasso in elevating awareness to higher cognitive domains in the fields of science and art
were pointed out earlier as notable examples in this direction.
The search for an understanding of 'Truth', 'Reality' and 'Soul' and its realization in one's life was as old as humanity itself – and the recognition
of the necessity to shift one's cognitive spotlight from perceptible external signposts and focus it internally within the deepest recesses of
one's consciousness is no less ancient. We are familiar with stories of how visionaries, saints, prophets and mystics wrestled with the search to
perceive and experience the infinite. The 'mixture of rapture and torment' that Deepak Chopra talks about marks the lives of those committed
to the realization of the infinite, to experience 'intimations of immortality.' Such quest and the willingness to pursue the razor-sharp path of
self realization were the bedrock of all religions and all spiritual quests in ancient cultures and civilizations.
What is more, tenacious attachment to bodily affairs to the exclusion of internally directed search was considered an impediment to spiritual
progress by mystics and visionaries. The difficulty experienced in contemplating and attaining a synoptic vision and cosmic realization by
those whose minds are limited to identification with only their bodies and objective physical realities has been described time and again in
ancient Indian spiritual literature. The impersonal absolute is described as avyakta and the body-centered individual as dehavadhbhih.
The dialogue of Plato in Phaedo may be quoted here to illustrate how the ancient Greeks considered relations of the soul with the body. “Then,
when does the soul get hold of the truth?” Socrates asks Simmias and goes on to explain, “For whenever the soul tries to examine anything in
company with the body, it is plain that it is deceived by it.”
Rene Descartes, the architect of modern Western philosophy described how he desired to give his attention “solely to the search after
truth.” In Discourse on Method he pointed out that the difficulty encountered in knowing the truth is because one never raises one's thoughts
above sensible objects. The mind in Cartesian philosophy is not directly affected by any part of the body. Descartes explained that
all sensations travel through the body, arriving at the pineal gland, which then communicates to the mind. Separation of mind and body was
thus underlined.
Prof. S. Rangaswami,Professor of Eminence in Medical Education, SRU.
(will be continued…)
Soul to Soul
Researchers have discovered that administering supplements of an essential mineral nutrient at the right time enhances recovery after a stroke or heart attack. If selenide, a form of the essential nutrient selenium, is administered intravenously in the wake of the cardiac attack, damage to heart muscle can be reduced by nearly 90 percent, the findings showed.
The nutrient selenium is regarded as an essential element required for sustaining the health of bodily tissues such as heart muscle, and selenium deficiency is associated with heart disease. Ischemia, or insufficient blood supply, as occurs during a heart attack or stroke, causes tissues to become starved of oxygen. Reperfusion injury is the tissue damage caused when blood supply returns to the tissue after a period of ischemia or lack of oxygen.
Using two different mouse models of ischemia reperfusion injury, Roth and colleagues found that selenium is specifically taken up by injured tissues following temporary loss of blood flow while blood selenium levels simultaneously decrease. “These results suggest there is a natural mechanism that targets selenide to recently reperfused tissue and protects it from injury,” Roth said. To assess the role of the body's naturally occurring selenide in tissue repair, the researchers conducted a series of experiments in a mouse model.
As a final step, the researchers used echocardiography to measure heart function two days after inducing cardiac ischemia. The mice that received a dose of selenide after ischemia and prior to reperfusion had a statistically significant improvement in heart function. Endogenous or naturally occurring selenium is rapidly mobilized from the blood to help protect injured tissue after blood flow is restored and it has been found that it reduced heart damage.
Source: Iwata, Akiko; Morrison, Michael L.; Blackwood, Jennifer E.; Roth, Mark B., Selenide Targets to Reperfusing Tissue and Protects It From Injury, Critical Care Medicine, April 2015.
Global NewsWonder Nutrition
8June ‘15
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For internal circulation only
A stagnant novelA song on shuffleA discharged batteryA forgotten scuffle
Coffee gone coldOverflowing inbox Lumpy saggy pillowsLazy, long, deep talks
Faithful well-worn pyjamasTunes stuck inside my headUnfinished sudokos, blunt pencilsScattered jenga, papers unread
The fan tottering awayThe Sunday afternoon drill The crumpled bedsheetThe time standing still ... time standing still
Dr. Akshay SinghI yr., MD Psychiatry
Colors
Picture Perfect
Ms. G. JayapradhaAlumni, Dept. of SLHS
Dr. Niranjan R.Alumni, Dept. of SGE
Dr. Nithya JagdishAssoc. Prof., Dept. of Orthodontics
Your Corner
Standing Still
Equipoise Floral Concord
ndThe 52 Bridges Monthly Book Review was held on 03.06.'15
Book : I am Malala
Author : Malala Yousafzai
Reviewed : Dr. S. Janani, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Forensic Medicine
Forthcoming Bridges Monthly Book Review
Jul. 2015 : The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Reviewer : Ms. R. Dhulika, III yr., B.Sc. Biomedical Sciences
