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Objective: Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy causing limb weaknesses. The mortality is around 8%, with about 20% of patients remaining disabled. The purpose of this study is to examine the performance of Indian Medical Scientists in the area of GBS over a period of 40 years. India's contribution to GBS has been examined based on the global publication output and share, growth rate, citation impact, publication share in various field, highly cited papers and their impact, most productive authors and their citation impact and collaboration of research on GBS with the international community. Materials and Methods: The data for this study has been taken from Scopus, a multidisciplinary database using keywords GBS and Miller Fisher Syndrome. The contribution of India on GBS has been compared with different countries for its publication and citation count during a period of 40 years . Results: It is found that there were 10,633 publications available from global medical research covering the various aspects of GBS. India's share is 2.92% of global output and holds 10 th rank in overall publication output on GBS, whereas United States topped the rank with the highest number of publications. Sanjay Gandhi Post-graduate Institute of Medical Research, Lucknow is the most productive institutions while Tally AB from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore is the most productive author who has contributed the highest number of papers on GBS. Conclusion: India is far behind in GBS research as compared to other countries like USA, as there might be a low case report of GBS in Indian population. Still the research focusing this disease is quite prominent and needs a careful medical attention through research capacity building in order to look for better treatment of the disease in Indian cases. This study shall be helpful in enhancing the awareness of the GBS by Indian scientists.

Background & objectives: Tropical and vector borne diseases have always been a challenge for the medical
science and society and exerted high impact on society in terms of financial, economical and psychological
relevance. Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is one of the tropical diseases which is prevalent in under developing and
developed countries. The objective of this study is to analyze the literature published in the area of filariasis
research. The focus is to see the Indian contribution and its impact in terms of global publication and share,
citation analysis and its impact, productive Indian institutions engaged in filariasis research and their impact,
international collaborative research, productive journals, and highly cited papers published by Indian authors.
Methods: The data for this study was obtained from Scopus, a multidisciplinary database, for the period of forty
years (1973–2012) using key words lymphatic filariasis, elephantiasis, Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and
Brugia timori available in the title, abstract and key words fields. The citation count has been taken as the number
of citations scored by the papers since their publication. The international collaboration by Indian authors in
filariasis research has been manually analyzed through author’s affiliation field.
Results: The search strategy using key words yielded 13,598 articles on different aspects of filariasis published
during the forty years period. Indian authors have published 1970 articles which is 14.49% of global share,
making it second highest productive country on filariasis research. United States holds first rank with 2956 articles
(21.74% share). In terms of citation count, Indian research have quite good impact and has been ranked third; and
in terms of average citation per paper it is far behind, while Ghana and Nigeria holds top two ranks.
Interpretation & conclusion: There have been continued efforts in providing better facilities for research,
though Indian filariasis research has to go long way in order to remove the incidence of the disease from Indian
population and the results presented through this study shall be helpful for stakeholders in framing policies in this
direction.

The extract from the root of the liquorice plant contains Glycyrrhizin, a sweet-tasting constituent. The root is used for  flavoring foods, beverages, and tobacco. The objective of this paper is to assess the research output on liquorice. It also used  by the pharmaceutical industry to prepare medicines. The bibliographic data on liquorice published from 1993 to 2012 and  indexed in Scopus have been considered for the data analysis. The data retrieved from Scopus were analyzed for publication  type, languages, country, key journals, productive authors, subject categories, and the frequency of keywords used in this  area of research. There were 3161 articles indexed in Scopus. Japan has produced most research literature on glycyrrhizin  which is being given intravenously in Japan for the treatment of hepatitis C and as an emulsifier and gel-forming agent in  foodstuff and cosmetics.

Background: Neglected Tropical Diseases identified by World Health Organization (WHO) have always been a challenge for the medical science and society. These diseases exerted high pressure on society in terms of financial, economic and psychological aspects. The three forms of Leishmaniosis (cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral) is one of the tropical diseases which is posing challenge in South America, East Africa, Middle East and South East Asian region. The various institutions and researchers are working towards the better health facilities. Objectives: The purpose of the study is to trace the growth of literature in leishmaniosis research for fifty years focusing the contribution and research impact made by India over global research. The specific objectives are to analyze the Indian research in terms of global publication and share, top productive countries compared with Indian research output, productive Indian institutions, authors, and their citation impact, journals publishing Indian research and highly cited articles published by Indian authors. Methods: The bibliographic data was obtained from SCOPUS database, for a period of fifty years (1968–2017) using keywords ‘leishmania’, ‘leishmaniasis’, ‘kala azar’, ‘kala-azar’ available in the title, abstract and keywords fields. The geographical location was kept ‘India’ to assess the publication and research impact for India. The citation scored by each article were taken as the number citation accumulated by the articles since its publication till 2017. The international collaboration by Indian authors in leishmaniasis was analyzed for the authors affiliation with international institutions. The individual quality measure was considered using Hirsch-index. Results: The SCOPUS has indexed 39302 articles on Leishmaniasis during the period of 1968 till 2017, of which there were 3391 published by Indian authors. It was 8.64% of global share, making it fifth most productive country on leishmaniasis research, while United States was most productive with 19.36% global share. In terms of citation count, Indian research have quite good impact and has been ranked fifth. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology was most productive Indian institute, but Banaras Hindu University Institute of Medical Sciences was most impact full. Conclusion: The continued efforts are being made to strengthen the better facilities for the research in Tropical and Neglected Disease care. The researcher working with the Indian leishmaniasis research are making good impact globally. Indian researchers have to go long way in order to eradicate the incidence of the leishmaniasis from Indian population. The results presented in this study shall be helpful for the perspective researchers and policy makers to analyse the strength of Indian Leishmaniasis research.

It is a generational work designed to take a comprehensive and utilitarian look at higher education in the first decade of the twenty-first century and to provide a glimpse of potential developments as the century progresses. In this regard, it combines many of the intentions found in the three antecedent works previously described. This series provides basic and (per force) historical perspectives on topics covered that touch upon the impact and approach within universities regarding issues of social justice; designing and fostering a climate and structure that promotes the provision of high skills and new knowledge (transmitted and created); creating schema that ensure the quality and integrity of all programs across the campus; issues and approaches toward establishing and maintaining good external and internal governance; the effective management of financial and human resources; the importance of purpose in generating a viable university structure; the impact of changing paradigms in learning, teaching, and student engagement (the changing toward a learner-centered environment); capacities in relation to human and financial resources available to higher education; and the expectations from and performance of higher education institutions. ABOUT THE BOOK Developing and Administering University Library The purpose of the Book is to take a Comprehensive look at the Development & Administration of a University Library for promoting Academic and Research Work. The establishment of new library at University or Higher Education Level required Number of activities such as selection process, collection building, library building, space management, technology management, choice of services and it requires a large scale planning. The intended aim of this book is to act as reference model for the upcoming librarians. The Intended content of the book is aimed to cover both the historical aspects as well as the contemporary topics to touch upon the functioning of the library.

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A 38-year-old man presented with bilateral breast swelling, along with pain and redness for 7 days. Bilateral axillary nodes were also palpable; which were multiple and discrete. A provisional diagnosis of bilateral breast abscess was made with suspicion of underlying malignancy. Incision and drainage through subareolar incision was performed and the adjoining tissue was excised and sent for histopathological examination.