Record size Gizzard Shad and Titan Cardinalfish landed

The Indo-Pacific genus Holapogon universally known as titan cardinalfish is represented by a single species Holapogon maximus (Boulenger, 1888) which are purely marine, mostly found in 38 to 100 m depths. In recent years particularly during post monsoon

An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants used by the Locals in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

This study represents a systematic attempt to explore the knowledge of the native people about plants, which they use to cure diseases. And it is an attempt towards conserving the local knowledge of people to plants. This paper presents a list and uses of some medicinal plants distributed in the high altitude district Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir. The list was prepared during an ethno-botanical survey of the region from December 2007 to January, 2009. This paper provides information about 71 ethno-medicinally useful plants grown in this region. In this paper, family, botanical name, local name, ethnomedicinal uses are given for each plant

Rare Palmate octopus landed

In recent years, the octopus fishery is gaining importance due to the increase in the export demands. The catches of the same has been steadily increasing due to the expansion of the trawl fishing activities into the deeper waters. They are mainly landed as by-catch in the trawl landings. The octopus landings in Malabar are mainly supported by the species like Amphioctopus neglectus, A. marginatus, Octopus vulgaris, Cistopus indicus, Callistoctopus luteus etc. However, in the last week of August 2018 rare palmate octopus Tremoctopus gracilis were observed

Isolation and identification of azo dye degrading microbes using 16s r RNA sequencing

The aim of the present study was to isolate and identify azo dye degrading microbes using 16s r RNA sequencing. For this, ten effluent and fifty soil samples were collected from textile industry from a discharge panel of textile industries near Peenya and Magadi road Industrial area, Bengaluru, and dying industries near Kerur, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India. The pH, temperature, BOD, COD, Odor, Total dissolved solid (TDS), Total suspended solids (TSS), Chemical oxygen demand (COD), Biological oxygen demand (BOD), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), and Total Hardness values were very high when compared with the values given by the Bureau of Indian Standards. Pure cultures were screened on the basis of colony morphology. Three different types of unique cultures were selected and named as isolates S1, S2 and S3. Outof 6 dyes viz. Corafast blue, Corafast red, Red 3BN, Solophenyl Brown, RemazoleRG , Rubin M2B used, isolate S1 showed degradation on the maximum number of dyes Red 3BN, Corafast blue, Corafast red, in comparison to other isolates (isolates S2 and S3). Thus, isolate S1 was used for the further studies. For this study Red 3BN dye was chosen. The isolated bacterium was gram positive Bacilli. In the biochemical characterization, the isolate was partially confirmed as Bacillus sp. Further, the selected isolate was identified by sequencing the 16S rRNA sequencing. The bacterial isolate was identified as Bacillus species exhibiting 99% similarity, the phylogenic relationship of 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence of the isolated strain and species related to Bacillus species in the gene bank database. Thus, this organism may be used significantly in effluent treatment such as textile, paper, ink and other industries

Stray occurrences of Bombay duck from the Malabar Coast of Kerala

The Bombay duck, Harpadon nehereus (Hamilton, 1822) form a major single species fishery along the Northwest coast from Ratnagiri in Maharashtra to the Gulf of Kutch in Saurashtra coast. They also form a seasonal fishery along Northeast coast (West Bengal & Odisha) and the northern part of Andhra Pradesh. The fishery is usually concentrated in a comparatively narrow depth zone up to 70 m and are mainly exploited by stationary bag net known as 'Dol' which are operated entirely by tidal forc

Security with Evidence Using Zigbee

The ZigBee standard is designed to enable the deployment of low-cost, low-power and self-forming wireless sensor and control networks based on the IEEE 802.15.4 physical radio standard. Despite the low data rates of ZigBee, its use for transmission of image has been proven to be feasible. The current researches of ZigBee wireless sensor network on industrial automation, electronic products, smart buildings and medical care were presented and, as an explorative application of ZigBee wireless sensor network in providing security using motion sensor and image capturing device is appreciable. This paper presents the idea of providing security with evidence in the frame work of ZigBee-cam project which targeted the development of a low-cost, ultra-low-power, long-range, ergonomic wireless cam using ZigBee technology to transmit high quality image. Keywords : ZigBee Cam, ZigBee Coordinator, ZigBee Massage, ZigBee IP gatewa

Otocephaly: a case report

A case of otocephaly was reported in 26±4 week’s female fetus during routine fetal autopsy at GMCH, Chandigarh, India. Mother was 25 years old, second gravid. The first child is one year old normal male baby. Present pregnancy resulted in spontaneous abortion. Antenatal history, past history, family history and medical history of mother was not suggestive of any ethiological factor responsible for the defect. The external examination showed 2 vessels in umbilical cord. There was anteroposterior lengthening of skull, mouth was in the form of a proboscis with a small opening in the centre, the right ear was absent. The left pinna was low placed and had small tags. On internal examination oral cavity was found small with hypoplastic mandible, tongue was absent (aglossia), thoracic cavity was small, left lung was absent, right lung had only single lobe, heart dilated with normal position of major vessels, In abdominal cavity gut was opening in a dilated cloaca like chamber. X-ray examination revealed small hypoplastic mandible and maxilla. Otocephaly is a rare lethal syndrome of microstomia, agnatia and ear anomalies. Other anomalies associated are holoprosenxcephaly, skeletal, genitourinary, cardiovascular system, endocrine gland hypoplasia etc. The differential diagnosis includes Treacher Collins syndrome, Goldenhar syndrome and Mobius syndrome. The etiology, incidence, causative factors of this case will be discussed in light of available literature