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In today’s contemporary society where technology has taken precedence, the good habit of reading has witnessed a setback. Reading is a prolific activity because as one reads the thought process keeps developing. Reading is important, because it enables one to be at an advantage of learning numerous things such as; one can improve vocabulary skills, develop expertise in various fields, mental ability is fostered, reading helps one to relax and it is the best way to be stress free.

Patients undergoing Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation are at risk of infection at different phases of the transplantation. Ferritin and hepcidin are postulated to be major players that linking inflammation or infection with iron homeostasis.In this study, pre-transplant serum ferritin and hepcidin were assessed in 50 patients who underwent HSCT and 50 healthy persons as controls. Median level of serum hepcidin was higher in the patients' group than the control group.

Electrical injuries in animals occur most often accidentally. A juvenile free range rhesus monkey was presented on lateral recumbency in an unconscious state by the peeps suspecting electrocution. Singed hairs, stiffened palms, singing odour from the body and a cut-wound by the wire (burn injury) in the palms were the clinical findings. Emergency implementation of fluid therapy, analgesics and life saving drugs were successful in managing electrocution.

Iron mining activities disrupt the original landscape resulting huge mine spoil dumped in the form of overburden, which alter ecosystem function. Monitoring of mine spoil is pre-requisite to predict soil quality with appreciable potential in contributing towards sustainable soil management.

Background: Peribulbar block is the most common type of local anaesthesia administered for cataract surgery, and continuous efforts are on to minimize the patient discomfort along with achieving good akinesia. Aims & Objectives: A double-blind, prospective and randomized study was carried out in our institute to compare the anaesthetic effects of Lignocaine+Bupivacaine+Hyaluronidase injected for peribulbar block vs medical conal block for phacoemulfication cataract surgery.

The purpose of this paper is to empirically identify categories of browser’s service quality, satisfaction, preference and expectation and to test the effect of this service quality on browsers. Survey method was employed to test the mediating role of browsers’ service quality. The structured questionnaire has been collected with 120 online users. It comprises customer involvement with the online presence and a friend is the main source for aware about the browsers. This paper is among the first to explore the nature and drivers of browser’s service quality.

The present study was aimed to produce rapid invitro callogenesis in Aristolochia bracteolata Lam. The protocol has been standardized using leaf explant. Aristolochia bracteolata belonging to the family Aristolochiaceae is a multipotent medicinal herb used by traditional healers to treat several diseases as Anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antimicrobial, antidote and antihelminthic.

Aim: To assess the knowledge, attitude and Practices of Infection Control Protocol amongst Dental Postgraduate Students in a Dental College in Pune, India- A cross-sectional Questionnaire based study. Material and Method: Study designA cross sectional study was carried out using a closed ended, self-administered questionnaire consisting of 15 questions in a dental college in Pune, Maharashtra.

Diabetes mellitus can be associated with serious complications, but people with diabetes can take preventive measures to reduce the likelihood of such occurrences. There are mainly two types of complications of diabetes mellitus: acute and chronic complications. A non-experimental descriptive survey was done to determine the knowledge related on complications of diabetes mellitus among patients with diabetes mellitus in Nadathara Panchayath, Thrissur. The sample size was 30 patients with diabetic mellitus.

Premenstrual symptoms are commonly affecting 80% of women. Among the youngsters the premenstrual symptoms commonly affects the daily activities and frequent absenteeism among the college students. So the investigator was interested in providing intervention to reduce the symptoms. Written consent was obtained from the samples and PMS Diary was distributed and instructed to maintain for a month. Among the 200 population, 50 samples with PMS were selected by lottery method.