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February 2015
Newsletter of Sri Ramachandra University
….Connecting SRU
Our Campus Haven of Hope
From the Editor’s Desk
Letters to the Editor
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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.
Beloved Readers,
Let us stay connected…
SRMC's tireless efforts to promote rigorous standards of patient safety and quality
healthcare is reflected in the reaccreditation by the Joint Commission International (JCI). thThe 10 anniversary celebration of Vidya Sudha is yet another milestone in its long journey
to help special children face the challenges of life positively and with confidence.
It has touched the lives of many children, by working relentlessly for their betterment and
fostering a unique environment where each child can blossom and reach his/her full
potential. Your corner in this issue highlights the need to take life as it comes and live in the
present. Life may have its ups and downs, but let us never lose focus on our individual goals
as they make life worth living.
Sheela Ravinder. S. Editor-in-Chief
Dear Editor,
Bridges gives me immense gratification in each and every piece of information it holds.
Capturing momentous events in Happenings, saluting in Glimpses, showcasing the super jocks
in Sports, being in vogue through Global News, reflecting through Memories, being cognizant
through Did you know, signalizing proficiency in Your Corner and Colors, providing tidbits in
Bits 'n' Bytes and reaching beyond through Reach Out….
Love to read Bridges ! A big thank you!!
Dr. P. Veena Lakshmi,III yr., MD, Dept. of Anatomy
Cover Photo Courtesy:Mr. M. Poorna Chandran, V yr., Pharm.D
Memories
National Technical Training Workshop on ‘Diagnosis, Management and Medical Surveillance
of Pneumoconiosis and other related Lung Diseases’ was organized by SRMC & RI,
supported by Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India, WHO - Office of th thRepresentative to India and Fogarty International Center, USA from 13 to 17 Oct. 2003.
Happenings
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A four member
conducted a triennial survey
th rdfrom 19 to 23 Jan. and reaccredited Sri Ramachandra Medical Center.
Ms. Marrie Dennis, Lead Surveyor appreciated SRMC as one of the top 10 hospitals among 500 JCI accredited hospitals for its continuous quality improvement.
Joint Commission International (JCI) team
D e p t . o f P e r i o d o n t o l o g y
conducted the
rd from 23thto 26 Jan. 113 PGs
from all over India benefited.
th7 Rapid Review & Revision C o u r s e i n Pe r i o d o n t o l o g y &
Implantology
D e p t . o f O r t h o p e d i c s conducted the Sri Ramachandra C o n t i n u i n g O r t h o p e d i c R e v i s i o n E d u c a t i o n –
st th thfrom 21 to 24 Jan. The 5 Prof. S. S. K. Marthandam Endowment
Oration on 'My Journey in the Management of Club Foot in 50 years in Orthopedics' was delivered by Dr. A. Devadoss, Chairman,
ndDevadoss Multispecialty Hospital, Madurai on 22 Jan. 150 delegates from various colleges participated.
SCORE 2015
Depts. of ENT, Head & Neck Su rg e r y and S L H S celebrated the
th9 Anniversary of the
on th20 Jan. All the implantees were invited with their families.
Ms. Nidhya Guhan, Correspondent, AVM Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai was the chief guest.
Cochlear Implant Program in Sri Ramachandra University (CLIPS)
The MCI recognized Nodal Center for Faculty Development Program conducted a
thon 27 Jan. 18 faculty
members attended.
A workshop on
th thwas organized from 28 to 30 Jan. 30 faculty members from various medical colleges participated.
Workshop for MEU Coordinators
Medical Education Technologies
D e p t . o f F o r e n s i c Medicine & Toxicology o r g a n i z e d
t ht h e 3 6 A n n u a l Conference
of the Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine from rd th23 to 25 Jan. with the theme,
. A pre-conference CME on 'Legal Masquerades in Medical Practice' was conducted. Mr. R. K. Raghavan, Former Director – CBI, Mr. T. K. Rajendran, Additional Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu and Padma Bhushan Prof. P. Chandrasekaran, Honorary Professor, Ambedkar Law University, Chennai were the chief guests. 450 delegates participated.
Overview of Forensic Medicine, Science and Toxicology - A Global Approach
February ’15
Republic Day Celebrations at SRU
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February ’15
Faculty of Management
organized a workshop
titled, on st31 Jan. The speaker was
Mr. S. Ganesh Kumar,
N e u r o L i n g u i s t i c
P r o g r a m m i n g
Practitioner, Chennai.
62 students participated.
Life is Beautiful
Facu l ty of N u r s i n g o r g a n i z e d
t h e
with the theme, 'Changing Nursing Scenario: Newer Treatment
th thModalities and Technology' from 5 to 7 Jan. Prof. Jaya Jambunathan, Director - Research & Evaluation and Assistant Dean, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh (UWO) was the chief guest. 317 delegates participated of which 31 registrants were from the UWO, USA.
t h1 1 International N u r s e s Conference
thVidya Sudha celebrated its 10 Anniversary ndon 22 Jan. An art competition and a talent
show were conducted for children with special needs with the theme, ‘Discover Ability’. 100 children from nine special schools participated. Prizes and certificates were distributed to all the children.
Dept. of Oral Pathology &
Microbiology conducted rdthe 3 Sri Ramachandra
Continuing Oral Pathology
Education - th thfrom 28 to 30 Jan. 75
delegates from various
colleges participated.
SCOPE 2015
Dept. of Pathology rdconducted the 3 Sri
Ramachandra Pathology Annual Rapid Review Course -
th thfor PGs from 5 to 10 Jan. 150 delegates from all over the country participated.
SPARRC 2015
Date Eventth21.01.’15 58 All India Conference of Obstetrics and Gynecology held at Chennai
to Dr. M. Sivasundari, Assoc. Prof. was awarded the ‘Chandravati Devi Jagannath Singh Prize’ for25.01.’15 the best paper in Oncology
09.01.’15 CPE on ‘Importance of Pharmacovigilance and the Scope for Pharmacists in Pharmacovigilance’ by Dr. V. Kalaiselvan, Principal Scientific Officer, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, Ghaziabad
rd08.01.’15 Dr. Priya J., II yr., MDS secured the 3 place in the scientific paper presentation at ‘Confluence Pedodontia’ at Chettinad Dental College & Hospital, Chennai
l
Department/Faculty
OBGYN
Pharmacy Practice
Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry
th10 Anniversary Celebrations at Vidya Sudha
Greetings Farewell
Dr. G. PalaniCoordinator,
Outreach Program, Community Medicine
Ms. B. Suguna SarasaPrincipal,
Sri Ramachandra School of Nursing
Ms. S. VinovaniVice-Principal,
Sri Ramachandra School of Nursing
Prof. P. V. RamachandranChairman,
Nursing Education, Faculty of Nursing
Reach Out
SRU along with Guruvayur Dewasom Board, Kerala organized a th thfree multi-specialty medical camp from 8 Dec. 2014 to 18 Jan.
2015 at Guruvayur in memory of our Founder-Chancellor, Shri. N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar. Dr. S. Anandan, Dean, Medical College with a team of 50 doctors and paramedical staff on rotation participated. Investigations including blood tests, ECG, echo cardiograph, ultrasound and x-rays along with medicines were provided free of cost. More than 2000 people benefited.
Dept. of Psychiatry and Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi Satsangam, an NGO working for the upliftment of rural community conducted a Mental Health Camp
that Kolathur, Chennai on 25 Jan. 15 faculty members, staff and students rendered their services.
46 patients with mental health issues were identified and treated. An awareness campaign was also conducted.
57 nursing students from the Dept. of Community Health Nursing thparticipated in the Pulse Polio Immunization Program from 18 to
th20 Jan. at Primary Health Center, Porur.
The District Leprosy Center (Kancheepuram & Tiruvallur) and the
Dept. of Community Medicine, SRMC & RI jointly observed the thWorld Anti-Leprosy Day on 30 Jan. A house-to-house survey to
detect leprosy and an awareness campaign were conducted in an
urban slum area in Poonamallee. CRRIs, postgraduate students and
faculty from the Dept. of Community Medicine and Faculty of
Nursing participated in the field work.
50 nursing students from the Dept. of Community Health Nursing thparticipated in the 26 Road Safety Week Awareness Rally organized
thby the Govt. of Tamil Nadu at Marina Beach on 12 Jan.
th stA free medical camp was organized on 20 & 21 Dec. in memory of our Founder-Chancellor Shri. N.P.V. Ramasamy Udayar at SGS Sabha, T. Nagar. A team of 15 doctors, paramedical staff, PGs and CRRIs rendered their services. Basic investigations and medicines were provided free of cost for one week. 100 people benefited.
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Bits ‘n’ BytesTricks to Speed-up Pendrive Data Transfer
Pendrives or USB are quite popular in the digital world for instant transfer of data. Using USB flash drives, one can easily transfer large files from one PC to another. However, at times a user may face situations with slow transfer speed of pendrives while copying data. Factors responsible for data transfer rate include pendrive ageing, type of file being copied and the USB port version.
Some of the easy tricks which can be used to speed-up pendrive data transfer are listed below:
1. File system as NTFS: To speed-up the pendrive, the user has to make sure that the file system is NTFS. This can be done by rightclicking on the pendrive and selecting format option and choosing NTFS file system.
2. Disk errors: To check disk errors, the user should click on the properties tab of the pendrive and select 'tools' tab. The 'check now' buttonshould be clicked and 'start' option should be chosen to fix the errors. The time taken for scan depends on the size of the pendrive.
3. Format: It is one of the most popular and effective options. When the pendrive has not been used for quite a long time, data transfer speedcan be increased by formatting the device.
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For years, pathogens' resistance to antibiotics has put them one step ahead of researchers, which is causing a public health crisis. Professor Kim Lewis and his colleagues from the Northeastern University have discovered a new antibiotic that eliminates pathogens without encountering any detectable resistance. This finding holds great promise for treating chronic infections like tuberculosis and those caused by Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
The new drug, which has been named teixobactin, was discovered after British, German and US scientists went back to basics and studied bacteria from a grassy field in Maine in the US. Many bacteria and fungi naturally make antibiotics to keep themselves safe and kill competitors for food and space. Most of the antibiotics we use today have their roots in nature. However, with the easy-to-study microbes well-examined and the remaining soil bugs being difficult to grow on dishes in the lab, modern scientists have largely abandoned this route of research in favor of more high-tech approaches.
Convinced that the soil held more secrets, researchers from Northeastern University in Boston devised a gadget - the iChip, a miniature device that can help grow single cells in their natural environment, thereby providing the researchers with much improved access to uncultured bacteria. Of the 10,000 sorts of bacteria that grew, 25 pumped out substances that could potentially be used as antibiotics and teixobactin was the most promising. In tests on mice, it killed a wide range of bacteria, including the hospital superbug MRSA. Teixobactin was 'exceptionally active' against the deadly Cl. difficile stomach bug and 'exquisitely active' against TB by blocking several different targets in the cell wall synthesis pathway. This raised the probability of the disease being treated by a single drug, rather than the cocktail of pills that is used today, without side-effects.
Researchers believe that the way teixobactin works will make it exceptionally hard for bacteria to find a way of evading it and, predict that it will take at least 30 years for resistance to develop. The formula is being refined and with a hope to conduct clinical trials in two years. If research progresses as expected, teixobactin would be available as an injection rather than a pill and could reach the market by 2019. Researcher Kim Lewis said, “… the same technique could be used to find other antibiotic-producing bugs in soil.” In an era when medical science is challenged by rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance, the research work offers hope that innovation and creativity can combine to solve the antibiotics crisis.
Source : Losee L. Ling, Tanja Schneider, Aaron J. Peoples, Amy L. Spoering, Ina Engels, Brian P. Conlon, Anna Mueller, Till F. Schäberle, Dallas E. Hughes, Slava Epstein, Michael Jones, Linos Lazarides, Victoria A. Steadman, Douglas R. Cohen, Cintia R. Felix, K. Ashley Fetterman, William P. Millett, Anthony G. Nitti, Ashley M. Zullo, Chao Chen, Kim Lewis. A new antibiotic kills pathogens without detectable resistance. Nature, 2015.
Global NewsFirst New Antibiotic in 30 Years
In a world where everything strives to be the best and the biggest, scientists behind 'The Avogadro Project' in Australia have sought a surprising superlative: the world's roundest object. And they aren't just doing it for bragging rights. Instead, the remarkable sphere may provide a solution to what's known as the 'kilogram problem'.
Unlike other scientific units, which can theoretically be measured anywhere in the world based on natural properties, the kilogram is still based on a physical object: a cylinder of platinum and iridium that dates back to 1889. So while the 'meter' is defined as the distance light travels in a tiny fraction of a second, and the 'second' can be counted by an atom's transition between two energy levels, the kilogram is no more (and no less) than a physical mass that sits in a secured vault at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures in Paris.
For reasons no one understands -- and despite precautionary measures -- the cylinder's mass keeps changing. In other words, the kilogram, as defined by the cylinder, (and compared to 40 exact replicas of the cylinder kept in other countries) does not weigh the same as it used to.
To solve that problem, researchers at the Australian Center for Precision Optics, which is home to The Avogadro Project, are crafting nearly perfect spheres made of a highly pure and very stable form of silicon. By calculating the sphere's volume and weight, scientists should be able to determine the exact number of silicon atoms in the object itself, thereby providing an unchanging definition for the mass of a kilogram.
As per Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), scientists settled on a sphere as the standard shape because it has no edges that might get damaged and only one dimension (its diameter) has to be measured in order to calculate its volume.
As for how the world's roundest objects were made, New Scientist reports two spinning rotors ground them for several months. Afterward, computer-guided lasers measured each for slight deviations that were corrected individually.
"If you were to blow up our spheres to the size of the Earth, you would see a small ripple in the smoothness of about 12 to 15 mm, and a variation of only 3 to 5 metres in the roundness," said AchimLeistner, CSIRO Master Optician.
A second, competing method to determine a standard measurement for the kilogram is the 'Watt balance' -- a system tied to Earth's gravitational pull on a kilogram and the force needed to counteract it. This strategy has also earned quite a following.
Despite these advances, the standard kilogram remains a cylinder that's more than 120 years old -- at least for now. And until the world's roundest object proves its mettle, well, we'll just have to roll with it.
Source: The Avogadro Project - Australian Center for Precision Optics.
Believe it or NotThe World's Roundest Object!
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We have seen how the search for the ultimate nature of reality-led scientists, thinkers, poets and mystic philosophers led to conclusions that
transcended materialistic concepts. Human enquiry has been passing through several stages of understanding, wrestling with many
philosophical and epistemological deliberations from Vedic & Platonic times. It is continuing to do so in the modernist & post modernist eras.
We will now consider the three modes of awareness - perceptual, conceptual and transcendental.
Perceptual awareness requires the presence of an object before us for direct perception. For example when we see a rose we perceive it as a
flower. To bring perceptual awareness nearer to reality, painters and sculptors from the Renaissance period strived to replicate the three-
dimensional aspects of figures, objects and scenarios by highlighting symmetry and proportion with the addition of colors and shading in
what has come to be recognized as representational art.
Leonardo da Vinci is considered to have established the science of perspective in painting. He believed that all our knowledge has its origin in
the senses. “Painting is based on perspective,” he wrote “and perspective is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the
eye.” His starting point was the human eye. His anatomical dissections focused on the visual path from the pupil and lens to the optic nerve, all
the way to the third ventricle in the brain which he recognized as, 'the seat of the soul.'
In developing the geometry of linear perspective, da Vinci described how an object would appear smaller and less distinct as it recedes into
a distance. Its color would appear fainter and the definition of its detail would deteriorate until size, color and definition 'disappear' at
the 'vanishing point.' A painter, he stressed, had to master all the above three kinds of perspective. He added a fourth kind, aerea (areal
perspective) caused by the effects of the atmosphere on color and other aspects of visual perception. One senses his mastery of representing
these subtle aspects of perspective in many of his paintings. Fritjof Capra has this to say in his book, The Science of Leonardo: “To a modern
intellectual, used to the exasperating fragmentation of academic disciplines, it is amazing to see how Leonardo moved swiftly from
perspective and the effects of light and shade to the nature of light, the pathways of the optic nerves, and the actions of the soul.” Capra
has pointed out how da Vinci's observations and work resulted in many anatomical discoveries and led him to formulate highly original
ideas about the relationship between physical reality and cognitive processes, “which have re-emerged only recently in the new
interdisciplinary field of cognitive science.”
Prof. S. Rangaswami,Professor of Eminence in Medical Education, SRU.
(will be continued…)
The Glycemic Index or GI, measures how a carbohydrate containing food raises blood glucose.
Foods are ranked based on how they compare to a reference food – either glucose or white bread. A
food with a high GI raises blood glucose more than a food with a medium or low GI.
Meal planning with the GI involves choosing foods that have a low or medium GI. The GI of a
food is different when eaten alone than it is when combined with other foods. When eating a high
GI food, it can be combined with other low GI foods to balance the effect on blood glucose levels.
Low glycermic foods are those which cause minor changes in blood sugar levels. Such food can be
grouped into one of two broad classes, according to carbohydrate content:
· No carb' foods that consist entirely or mainly of proteins, fats and/or water. These mainly include meats, poultry, fish, eggs, tofu,
cheese, nuts and seeds, many vegetables, oils and fats.
· Good carb' foods that, because of the biochemical properties of the component carbohydrates result in relatively small increases in
blood sugar when eaten in 'normal' or 'average' portion sizes.
Examples of carbohydrate-containing food with a low GI include dried beans and legumes (like kidney beans and lentils), all non-starchy
vegetables, some starchy vegetables like sweet potatoes, most fruits, and many whole grain breads and cereals (like barley, whole wheat bread,
rye bread, and all-bran cereal).
Fat and fiber tend to lower the GI of a food. As a general rule, the more cooked or processed a food, the higher the GI, but not always
true.Because the type of carbohydrate can affect blood glucose, using the GI may be helpful in 'fine-tuning' blood glucose management.
It may provide an additional benefit for achieving blood glucose goals for individuals who want to put extra effort into monitoring their
food choices.
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Soul to Soul
Home Hints
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For internal circulation only
ColorsSatiate Avian Abode?
Your CornerZig Zag Life
thThe 48 Bridges Monthly Book Review was held on 11.02.'15
Book : Speeches that Changed the World
Author : Alan J. Whiticker
Reviewed : Dr. H. Thamizhchelvan, Addl. Prof., Dept. of Oral Pathology,
Faculty of Dental Sciences
Forthcoming Bridges Monthly Book Review
Mar. 2015 : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Reviewer : Ms. B. Yamini, Intern, SLHS
Dr. R. Pamila Rachel, III yr., MDSDept. of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences
Ms. R. Showri, III yr., M.Sc. Dept. of Anatomy
Zig zag life moves on and on...Like an ECG, up and downWhile at the top, the down beckonsAnd lo behold! it is up again
A time to tick and surge aheadA time to stop, wait and watchAnd then comes a time to flow by the streamZig zag life moves on and on…
What is laughter, if there are no tearsWhat is success, if you know not failureYes! Life is a flower, just to savorTake what it offers in varied flavors
Be it sunshine bright or rain clouds darkZig zag life just moves on and on…
Prof. Sandhya Sundaram,Dept. of Pathology
