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Bridges· Ms. G. Rajanandhini, IV yr., MBBS - 'Do Chemicals Play a role in H. pylori Chronic Gastritis:A Pathological Audit in the South Indian Population’· Mr. Vishnu J. M., III yr., MBBS - 'Histopathological Spectrum of Esophageal Lesions in aTertiary Care Center’· Mr. Yogesh Sinha, III yr., MBBS - 'Clinico-pathological Profile of Primary GI Lymphomas'· Ms. Gayathri Karthikeyan, III yr., MBBS - 'Role of Pet CT in CA Stomach in the IndianPopulation’· Ms. Tanvi Jain, III yr., MBBS - 'Histological Pattern in Indian Gastric Cancer Patients: Is it thesame as west?’· Mr. Pulkit Mehrotra, III yr., MBBS - 'Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors – AClinicopathological Audit’· Ms. Jesse Jeswanth, III yr., MBBS - 'Barrett's Esophagus a Common Entity in India - AnEndopathological Correlation’· Mr. Kapil Dev Nayar, III yr., MBBS - 'Histological Types of Esophageal Carcinoma in the SouthIndian population: An Audit'· Ms. Subhashini Ramadurai, II yr., MBBS - 'Association of Intestinal Metaplasia in H. pylori positiveChronic Gastritis Patients'· Ms. Manisha Choudhury, II yr., MBBS - 'A Study of H. pylori associated Chronic Gastritis:Correlation between Endoscopy and Histological findings'08.06.'19 Ms. Nandini Murugan, II yr., MPT (Cardiopulmonary Sciences) won the 1st place in paper Physiotherapypresentation in CaRehab - 2019 at the 1st International Conference on Cancer Rehabilitationorganized by the Dept. of Surgical Oncology, SRIHER (DU)Reach OutFaculty of Physiotherapy along with NSS Unit – V conducted aPhysiotherapy Awareness Camp in Karunakarancherry,Thiruvallur District on 20th Jul. Participants were screened formusculoskeletal, neurological and cardio-respiratory problems.Participants were educated through video presentations, exercisedemonstrations and individual & group therapy, based on theirneeds. 75 participants benefited.A Speech & Hearing Screening Camp for school children wasconducted at Annamedu Village on 16th Jul. 45 childrenbenefited. 50 NSS volunteers participated.A Dental Screening Camp was conducted at Annamedu villageon 18th Jul. 75 people benefited. 42 NSS volunteers participated.Faculty of Physiotherapy conducted a camp on Fall Risk Prevention andPromotion of Physical Fitness at Little Drops Old Age Home,Iyyappanthangal on 24th Jul. The activities involved fall risk assessment,balance training, education on fall prevention techniques and generalconditioning exercises imparted through charts, videos and demonstration.34 inmates benefited.July ’195srubridges@gmail.com

BridgesBelieve it or NotDNA Reveals the Origin of Biblical PhilistinesHard-won genetic clues from the bones of Philistines, a people known from the Old Testament for their battles withIsraelites, have taken some of the mystery out of their hazy origins.DNA extracted from the remains of 10 individuals buried at Ashkelon, an ancient Philistine port city in Israel, displays molecular links toancient and modern populations in the eastern Mediterranean, archaeogeneticist Michal Feldman and her colleagues report. Ashkelonresidents carried the southern European genetic signature between 3,400 and 3,150 years ago, but it disappeared rapidly as mating increasedwith locals, the researchers conclude in a paper published in Science Advances.Genetic evidence from Ashkelon fits a scenario in which seafaring populations from southern Europe fled, collapsing Bronze Age societiesmore than 3,000 years ago and settled along the eastern Mediterranean coast, where they were dubbed Philistines. Ancient DNA studies mayhelp to identify the Philistines' precise origins, say Feldman and her colleagues, of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human Historyin Jena, Germany.DNA preserves poorly in hot, dry regions such as the Middle East. The researchers managed to retrieve nuclear DNA, which is inherited fromboth parents, from 10 skeletons: three Late Bronze Age individuals buried at Ashkelon around 3,600 years ago; four early Iron Age infantsinterred beneath Ashkelon houses around 3,400 to 3,150 years ago; and three later Iron Age individuals buried in a large cemetery next toAshkelon's city wall roughly 3,100 years ago. Southern European DNA first appeared in the early Iron Age youngsters around the timearchaeological finds indicate that Philistines inhabited Ashkelon, but had largely disappeared by the later Iron Age.Source: M. Feldman et al. Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines. Science Advances. Published online July 3, 2019.doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0061.Global NewsEscaped Moons could become 'Ploonets'In star systems, some moons could escape their planets and start orbiting their stars instead, new simulationssuggest. Scientists have dubbed such liberated worlds 'ploonets,' - planets of moonish origin and say that currenttelescopes may be able to find the wayward objects.Astronomers think that exomoons — moons orbiting planets that orbit stars other than the sun — should be common, but efforts to findthem have turned up empty so far. Mario Sucerquia, Astrophysicist, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia and colleagues simulatedwhat would happen to those moons if they orbited hot Jupiters, gas giants that lie scorchingly close to their stars. Many astronomers think thathot Jupiters were not born so close, but instead migrated toward their star from a more distant orbit.As the gas giant migrates, the combined gravitational forces of the planet and the star would inject extra energy into the moon's orbit, pushingthe moon farther and farther from its planet until eventually it escapes, the researchers report at arXiv.org. “This process should happen inevery planetary system composed of a giant planet in a very close-in orbit,” “So ploonets should be very frequent”, Sucerquia says.Some ploonets may be indistinguishable from ordinary planets. Others, whose orbits keep them close to their planet, could reveal theirpresence by changing the timing of when their neighbor planet crosses, or transits, in front of the star. The ploonet should stay close enoughto the planet that its gravity can speed up or slow the planet's transit times. Those deviations should be detectable by combining data fromplanet-hunting telescopes like NASA's TESS or the now-defunct Kepler, Sucerquia says.Ploonethood may be a relatively short-lived phenomenon, though, making the worlds more difficult to spot. About half of the ploonets in theresearchers' simulations crashed into either their planet or star within about half a million years. And half of the remaining survivors crashedwithin a million years.Even with few visible survivors, ploonets could help explain some bizarre exoplanetary features. Moon debris from such crashes could lead togiant ring systems around planets, like the 37 rings that encircle exoplanet J1407b, the team says. If the ploonet had an icy surface or anatmosphere before moving close to its star, the star's heat would evaporate it, giving the ploonet a tail like a comet's. Evaporating ploonetszipping by with a long light-blocking tail could explain strangely flickering stars like Tabby's star, Sucerquia says.Sucerquia says, “Those structures (rings and flickers) have been discovered, have been observed”. “We just propose a natural mechanism toexplain (them). While the solar system doesn't have any hot Jupiters, ploonethood may be possible here, too. Earth's moon is moving slowlyaway from the Earth, at a rate of about 4 centimeters per year. When it eventually breaks free, “the moon is a potential ploonet,” Sucerquia says— although that won't happen for about 5 billion years”.The study is a good first step for thinking about what would happen to exomoons in real planetary systems, says planetary astrophysicistNatalie Hinkel of the Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Plus, ploonet is “a wonderful name,” Hinkel says.Source: M. Sucerquia et al. Ploonets: formation, evolution, and detectability of tidally detached exomoons. arXiv:1906.11400. Posted June 28, 2019.July ’196srubridges@gmail.com

Bits 'n' BytesBridgesDeleting a Facebook accountDeleting one's Facebook account is a drastic measure, but if a user decides to go ahead with it, it is quite a straightforward process. Facebookhas features to back up a user's data.Before deleting one's account, it is advisable to intimate friends and family in advance and also make note of important birthdays,anniversaries and forthcoming events. Finally, one should remember to download all their data (photos, videos and messages) when theaccount is deleted. This can be accomplished by saving a copy of all data by clicking the down arrow in the Facebook title bar, selecting'Settings' and clicking 'Download a Copy of your Facebook Data'. One will not be able to retrieve this once the account has been deleted.Steps to be followed to delete one's Facebook account:1. Delete your photos and postsAfter deleting the Facebook account, it can take up to 90 days for all the posts and photos to be removed. If one does not want theirinformation to remain, it is advisable to erase all the data by oneself. Social Book Post Manager is a plugin for Chrome that enables one todelete multiple Facebook posts at once. Install the plugin, navigate to the Facebook Activity Log and choose a specific filter (such as 'Postsyou're Tagged In'). Then, just click the Social Book Post Manager icon and search for a particular text string and/or date range. Posts thatmatch the criteria will be highlighted in yellow, and clicking the 'Delete' button will erase them. There is no way to restore the data once they aredeleted.2. Delete Facebook for goodOnce the data is backed up, visit Facebook's account deletion page and select 'Delete my Account.' It can take 90 days for everything to beerased from Facebook's servers, but it will be inaccessible from the moment you click the button.Alternatives to deleting your Facebook account:If one is not ready to completely delete their Facebook account, there are other ways to increase your privacy without cutting it out completely.1. Review app and site permissions:It is possible that the user has granted permission to some apps and sites, those that they no longer use, and whose privacy policies might havechanged since they first agreed to them. To check which apps and sites that are linked to one's Facebook account, open the 'Settings' menu andselect 'Apps and Websites'. Scroll down to 'Apps, Websites and Games', click 'Edit' and deactivate any that one no longer uses.2. Control tagging in photos and postsSometimes, a user may be tagged by a friend in a publicly available photo or post that reveals information one rather not shares. The user canuntag photos and posts individually, but it is easier to review tags before they are posted. Open 'Settings', scroll down to 'Privacy Settings' andchoose 'Timelines and Tagging'. Scroll down to the bottom and two options will be available – one for reviewing tags on posts before theyappear on Facebook, and another for reviewing tags on posts before they appear on the timeline. Toggle both of these on.3. Turn off face recognitionFacebook can use facial recognition to make it easier to tag people in photos. To deactivate it, open 'Settings', scroll down to 'Privacy Settings'and tap 'Face recognition'. Here, the user can deactivate the setting so one would no longer be identified in photos and videos.Happiness is.Happiness is that moment spent with friends laughing blissfully; it is believing in the inner beauty of this world; the path to happiness is notreally about solving our problems or getting rid of them altogether; it is about those small moments that we experience in our daily life; like thesong that has the ability to brighten our day in an instant; that innocent smile of a child that touches our heart; those moments with our friendswhere we can't help but laugh; a hug from one's mother that comes with the assurance that everything will be alright. It is from these smallmoments that happiness truly emanates.In this day and age, we often trade our happiness in the pursuit of success, those small rifts that don't really matter and people who don't realisethe grave responsibility of someone else's happiness being contingent upon them. However, it is important that it is the small moments thatmake life worth living. It is not the destination but the journey that is beautiful; life is like this journey and happiness the only jewel that makes itbeautiful.Ms. Chetana Rajesh, II yr., MBBSAlumni CornerAlumni Association ofSri RamachandraInstitute of HigherEducation andResearch organized thest1 Annual General Body Meeting followed by an in-house Alumni Meet on 19th Jul. at theUniversity Auditorium. Mr. Abhijith Nair (Violinist) and his team were invited to host a musicconcert.July ’197The AlumniChapter of theDept. of Speech,Language andH e a r i n gSciences organized the Annual GeneralBody Meeting on 20th Jul. at the Dept. ofSLHS.srubridges@gmail.com

BridgesColorsSpectacularBoundlessMr. S. Praveen Kumar, IV yr., BPTMs. Chetna A., II yr., MASLPYour CornerAcuminousGy;ypd; NkTk; gdpj;Jspnad.Gy;yhq;Foypd; ,irnad.Gy;yhpf;Fk; czh;ntd.Gs;spdq;fs; xypnad.cs;sk; tULk; Xh; czh;T.mirtpy;yh Xh; mikjp.vz;zq;fs; ahTk; Xa;e;j epiy.vd;NdhL ehNd ,Uf;Fk; fiy‚Ms. Faheema M., I yr., BPTEquality or EmpowermentWe are one amongst youWe are an integral crew,Still every step of our vocationWe prove our worth to the nation.We keep in line with culturesWe keep away from vicesYet why can't we expect sanityWhy do we suffer obscenity?We are the glue that holds,We have a heart that easily meltsYet these hearts can take it toughWe can wade through waters rough.We have roles and so do youLet's share and get throughNever again a girl should dreamI wish I was in a men's team.Ms. Ann Mathew Theras, III yr., BPTProf. S. Roopa, Dept. of PhysiologyneUly;tsh;r;rpapd; ghijapy; ,d;Kfq;fs; ntspg;gLj;jpdNtjid jUk; gd;Kfq;fis.Dr. Sreelekha B.Vice-Principal, Faculty of NursingThe 101st Bridges Monthly Book Review was held on 26.07.'19Book : Homo Deus: A Brief History of TomorrowAuthor : Yuval Noah HarariReviewed by : Dr. Abhinand P. A., Lecturer, Dept. of BioinformaticsForthcoming Bridges Monthly Book ReviewAug. 2019: Origin by Dan BrownReviewer : Ms. Aishwarya Chander, IV yr., B. Sc. Biomedical SciencesJuly ’198For internal circulation only

Dr. S. Anandan, Dean, Medical College and Dr. K. Balaji Singh, Dean of Students. The function continued with a musical performance by Mr. Veerabadren Mylappan on the keyboard and Mr. Alen Jiji Tom on the violin. Students Council 2019-'20 M.B.B.S., III yr. students