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Electricity is an indispensable part of civilization. It is often taken for granted, and can sometimes take away limbs, and at times, life. When a human being comes in contact with electricity, burns can ensue. These electrical burns are the most devastating of all thermal injuries on a size for size basis5 and involve skin and deeper tissues. 90% of electrical injuries are accidental and nearly two-thirds occur at the work spot. Young, working males are commonly affected with frequent amputation of dominant limbs. This paper analyses the different uses of the latissimus dorsi muscle flap in the reconstruction of electrical burn raw areas and in the salvage of the amputation stumps.

Introduction: Thermal burns cause ample havoc to human beings. Multidisciplinary approach plays a pivotal role in reducing morbidity and mortality. Justifiably tailored intervention plays cardinal role to offset further systemic derangements. This study is undertaken to assess whether serum cytokines could serve as predictors in the outcome of thermal burn injuries. Materials and Methods: Prospective study was conducted in 30 patients during the period of January 2016 to December 2016. The use of proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1B (IL-1B), interleukin-6 (IL-6) was quantitatively estimated on postburn day 4 and every 5 days thereafter. The proinflammatory cytokine levels were high in patients who had higher percentage total body surface area burns. Results: Temporal cytokine profiling revealed significant difference in the pattern of patients who survived with those who had a fatal outcome. Reduction in cytokine levels IL-1B, IL-6 in the survival group over the course of treatment and observation of incremental temporal expression in cytokine levels in the nonsurvival group indicate its recalcitrant nature on treatment and thereby dictate catastrophic outcome. Discussion: The local inflammation in thermal burns releases proinflammatory cytokines systemically which leads to progression in systemic inflammatory response syndrome which can prove detrimental. Conclusion: Temporal analysis of cytokines could serve as prediction analysis in the outcome of thermal burn injuries because this sequence goes awry with higher percentage of burn area. This could dictate morbidity and mortality which gain significance in the overall outcome of patient.

A new series of hepta coordinated lanthanide(III) complexes of the type [ML2Cl3] (where M = LaIII, PrIII, NdIII, SmIII, GdIII, TbIII, DyIII or YIII, L = trimethoprim) have been synthesised. The new complexes were characterised using various physico-chemical methods such as elemental analysis, spectral (IR, UV–VIS, 1H NMR), magnetic and X-ray diffraction analysis. A monocapped trigonal prism structure has been tentatively proposed for the complexes.

The objective of this paper is to give an insight on the aspects considered reduce the power demand in the electrical system design and the problems faced in implementing the same during the construction of commercial and residential buildings. Energy efficient light fixtures and motors which comply with ECBC standards are widely used which results to virtuous power savings. Gearless elevators provide the required travel speed by using low power motors. Usage of extra materials has been greatly reduced by utilizing same materials for dual purpose to the maximum extent. For instance, earthing has been done as part of the building structure utilizing the reinforcement bar to create equip-potential bonding to ensure the safe operation of various critical sensitive equipment's and safety of human too.