Epidemiological studies, especially cohort studies have many limitations in countries like India. The present population based molecular epidemiolohgical cohort study was planned to address the prevalence, risk factors and natural history of uterine cervical HPV infection in women in an area of suburban dwellings in South India. Epidemiological data, blood samples and cervical scrape smears wer...

Channel (ridge) waveguides are produced in bulk 4.5 at.% Yb3+:CaF2 crystals by “deep” diamond saw dicing. They possess a rectangular profile with high aspect ratio (a width of 10–50 ?m and depth 200 ?m) good verticality. The r.m.s. surface roughness the diced side walls is only 0.5 nm. waveguide propagation losses as low 0.13 ± 0.05 dB/cm at ~1 (for 40 wide TM-polarization) they slightly increa...

For recycling purposes, the thermal degradation of post-consumed (pc) ABS/HIPS and PP/PE blends derived from waste electrical electronic equipment (WEEE) was obtained by multiple extrusions. The evolution molar mass (Mw), melt flow index (MFI), ultimate elongation (?r) reprocessed evaluated as a function extrusion cycles. mechanism corresponds to random chain scission indicated diminution ?r co...

Background & objectives: Cell phone microwave (MW) is one of the most harmful physical agents in modern society. This study was designed to determine the effects of exposure to cell phone microwaves on mice sperm morphologic indices. Methods: Animals were divided into two groups including: Microwave (MW) (n=6; exposed to 950-MHz cell phone MW with 5 W output power density and 200 KHz modulatio...