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Central retinal vein occlusion (CVO) is a common retinal vascular disorder with potentially blinding complications. However, a simultaneous bilateral affection is not a common entity. One such patient is described here.
Wilms' tumour, an embryonic neoplasm, the most common renal tumour in childhood, had occasionally been reported in adults. Authors report two such cases and have reviewed the relevant literature. While Wilm's tumour in children classically demonstrates the curative potential of combined modality treatment, no such clear guide lines are available for those occurring during adulthood. Pathologic diagnosis of adult Wilm's tumour is difficult because of the multiplicity of undifferentiated adult tumours that must be considered in the differential diagnosis. As no predictive parameters for optimal therapy exist, a combination of surgery, irradiation and chemotherapy probably is indicated for all stages of disease.
The present study emphasizes the effects of different qualities of visible light, intensities of white light, temperature and pH on the sporulation in the green alga Pithophora oedogonia (Mont.) Wittrock. Of the different qualities of light used, green light was found to delay the initiation of sporulation. Percentage of sporulation was greatly decreased in yellow light followed by red light. Delay in time taken for initiation of sporulation and decrease in percentage sporulation were observed at 0.25 and 0.5 K lux intensity of white light. Sporulation upto the extent of its natural population was achieved with white light between 2 to 3.5 K lux, temperature between 20 to 30 degrees C and pH between 4-9.
The effects of varying concentrations of nutrients present in Bold's basal medium on the extent of colony formation from vegetative fragments, sporulation and spore germination of the green alga Stigeoclonium pascheri were studied. A decrease of colony formation was observed in media deficient in MgSO4, NaNO3, phosphates, and containing a 10-fold increase of H3BO3. Sporulation decreased in the same media. However, sporulation was greater in an increasing order in media containing 2- to 10-fold increase in MgSO4. There was a decrease in spore germination in media deficient in phosphates, MgSO4, containing 5- or 10-fold MgSO4, or containing 2- to 10-fold of CaCl2, H3BO3 or microelements. Spore germination increased in media containing 2-fold MgSO4, deficient in H3BO3 or microelements or containing none of the three micronutrient solutions.
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Effects of penicillin, streptomycin and tetracycline were seen on the karyology of a filamentous green alga, Oedogonium gunnii Wittr. Various nuclear and chromosomal aberrations such as, fragmentation of the chromosomes, extreme clumping and unequal groupings of the chromosomes, vacuolization of nuclei and nucleoli, and irregular anaphase chromatid breaks, were observed in the materials treated with 500 and 750 micrograms/ml streptomycin, and 250 and 500 micrograms/ml tetracycline, and which, however, were not seen with any of the concentrations of penicillin employed. With lower concentrations of the three antibiotics given continuously for longer duration, several aberrations were observed. The frequency of the aberrations did not seem to follow a regular pattern and varied with each antibiotic and the duration of treatment.
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