Morphometric Studies on Euphlyctis Cyanophlyctis (schneider, 1799)

Statistical analysis with traditional morphometry was performed to analyse the intra population variation in Euphlyctiscyanophlyctis(Anura:Dicroglossidae) from Pearl valley(N 12°41'E 77°39') of Anekaltaluk, Bangalore Urban district. Random samples (N=10) of individualswere collected from different sites to measure 11 morphometric parameters. Significant correlation was obtained between the parameters viz., snout vent length, head length, head width, eye diameter, tympanic diameter, eye- nasal distance, inter-orbital distance, thigh length, foot length, first finger length and first toe length. Regression analysis were performed for two morphometric variables viz., head length and the Snout vent length and fitted regression equation y=0.477x - 0.670 (R² =0.302) was obtained for the specie

Testudines of India: A Review on Diversity, Threats and Conservation Initiatives

The present review is a collection of the available literature resources related to Testudines of India. Different aspects of diversity studies pertaining to turtles in India is presented in this review along with threats and conservation initiatives in different parts of India in different timeline

Intraspecific Variation in Shell Morphometry of Bellamya Dissimilis (Mueller, 1774) (Architaenioglossa: Viviparidae) from Three Different Lakes of Bangalore Urban District

Gastropda is the largest class in the phylum mollusca comprising of shelled organisms. Most gastropodan snails and clams are filter feeders and play an important role in the freshwater ecosystems by maintaining the water system clean. The present study is in relation to the fresh water snail, Bellamya dissimilis (= Idiopoma dissimilisis) commonly found in freshwater streams, ponds, stagnant water etc. It is native to India; Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Thailand (Map 1 from IUCN Redlist v2013.2) and reported from different parts of India (punenvis.nic.in; higharcs.org)

Shell Banding Pattern and Chromosomal Studies on the Giant African Snail, Achatina Fulica (Bowdich) (Achatinidae: Gastropoda)

A pioneer report on the shell banding, chirality (shell coiling) and chromosomal studies on populations of the giant African snail, Achatina fulica (Bowdich) (Achatinidae: Gastropoda) occurring in Bengaluru region is detailed in this paper. Shell coiling in A. fulica was found to be dextral and significant variation in banding pattern within and between populations was observed. The chromosome number from well spread diakinesis and metaphase stages of meiosis in ovotestis is found to be n=30 and 2n=60, which is similar to earlier works, also the similarity in different stages is in agreement with the earlier reports

Simultaneous Engineering and Knowledge Management in a Semiconductor Manufacturing Firm Using TQM

For a long time, add up to quality administration, simultaneous designing and learning administration have won extensive consideration from modern specialists and the scholarly community. Be that as it may, few examinations have been directed on the impact of these three practices among Malaysian assembling firms. Subsequently, the target of this examination is to break down the impact of TQM, CE and KM on designing execution in a Malaysian semiconductor producing firm. For this investigation, overviews were utilized to get observational information on these three practices. The information was investigated utilizing different straight relapse examination. The discoveries demonstrated that TQM, CE and KM essentially impacts the company's building execution with the three indicators disclosing up to 53.9% of the fluctuation in designing execution. The discoveries of this examination are helpful to administrators, specialists and analysts as it gives bits of knowledge on particular zones that require sufficient thoughtfulness regarding guarantee compelling designing execution

INCIDENCE OF THE COMMON GARDEN SNAIL, MACROCHLAMYS INDICABENSON, 1832 (GASTROPODA: ARIOPHANTIDAE) IN BANGALORE REGION

Incidence of the common garden snail, Macrochlamys indica Benson, 1832 (Gastropoda: Ariophantidae) in different agri-horticultural ecosystems of Bangalore region is reported. Highest percentage of M. indica occurrence was in Bangalore North taluk (60%) and absent in Doddaballapur taluk (0%). The district wise distribution was found to be 22 (39%) villages in Bangalore urban district and 7 (12%) villages in Bangalore rural district. Co- occurrence of four different species of malacofauna viz., Cryptozona bistrialis, Mariella dussumeri(endemic) and Achatina fulica, Laevicaulis alte (invasive alien) with M. indica was assessed. M. indica - C. bistrialis combination co-occurred in 22 villages followed by M. indica - L. alte in 21, M. indica - A.fulica in 20 and M. indica-M. dussumeri in16 villages in Bangalore region. The findings are a first time prevalence records of the snail species in Bangalore region

Functional and Radiological Outcome of Periprosthetic Fractures following Primary Hip Arthroplasty

INTRODUCTION: Periprosthetic fractures of the femur after hip arthroplasty represent a difficult treatment challenge. The results of management of periprosthetic fractures have varied greatly due to factors such as bone quality, fracture pattern and method of treatment including non operative measures, reduction fixation, or revision surgery. These treatments have historically been fraught with high incidence of complications, treatment failures and compromised outcomes. Despite these problems, surgical treatment has become the standard in treating the majority of periprosthetic femur fracture. AIM OF THE STUDY: To assess the functional outcome of patient who underwent treatment for periprosthetic fracture following hip arthroplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS: It is a prospective and retrospective study of 15 patients, 12 male and 3 female, conducted in Government Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital, with average follow up was 12 months. Outcome was analyzed functionally by HARRIS HIP SCORE and radiologically. Inclusion Criteria: Patient who underwent treatment for periprosthetic fractures following hip arthroplasty. Age >18 years. Exclusion Criteria: Medically unfit patients, Age<18years, periprosthetic fractures following Revision THR. Instruments: Revision long stem. Locking plate, SS wire. RESULTS: Out of 23 patients, 2 showed excellent, 3 patients showed good outcome, 7 showed fair outcomes, 3 showed poor outcome.4 patient died during follow up, 4 patient were lost in follow up. CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrates good functional outcome in periprosthetic fracture with few complications

The Importance of Multimodal Emotion Conditioning and Affect Consistency for Embodied Conversational Agents

Previous studies regarding the perception of emotions for embodied virtual agents have shown the effectiveness of using virtual characters in conveying emotions through interactions with humans. However, creating an autonomous embodied conversational agent with expressive behaviors presents two major challenges. The first challenge is the difficulty of synthesizing the conversational behaviors for each modality that are as expressive as real human behaviors. The second challenge is that the affects are modeled independently, which makes it difficult to generate multimodal responses with consistent emotions across all modalities. In this work, we propose a conceptual framework, ACTOR (Affect-Consistent mulTimodal behaviOR generation), that aims to increase the perception of affects by generating multimodal behaviors conditioned on a consistent driving affect. We have conducted a user study with 199 participants to assess how the average person judges the affects perceived from multimodal behaviors that are consistent and inconsistent with respect to a driving affect. The result shows that among all model conditions, our affect-consistent framework receives the highest Likert scores for the perception of driving affects. Our statistical analysis suggests that making a modality affect-inconsistent significantly decreases the perception of driving affects. We also observe that multimodal behaviors conditioned on consistent affects are more expressive compared to behaviors with inconsistent affects. Therefore, we conclude that multimodal emotion conditioning and affect consistency are vital to enhancing the perception of affects for embodied conversational agents

The prevalence of anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies in subclinica and clinical hypothyroid patients

Background: Subclinical hypothyroidism is a state of mild thyroid failure and is essentially a laboratory diagnosis with elevated serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and a normal free thyroxine (FT4) concentration. The main objective of study is to evaluate the prevalence of anti-thyroid peroxidise (anti-TPO) antibodies among patients with clinical and subclinical hypothyroidism.Methods: A prospective study was conducted involving 50 patients with biochemical evidence of hypothyroidism. Subclinical hypothyroidism was defined as thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) >5.0 µIU/ml with normal FT4 and clinical hypothyroidism as free thyroxine (FT4) and high TSH. A detailed history, clinical examination, and investigations comprising of complete haemogram, fasting plasma glucose, fasting FT4, TSH, anti-TPO antibodies and lipid profile were done for all the patients.Results: Out of 50 cases, 28 subjects had clinical hypothyroidism (25 females and 3 males) and 22 had subclinical hypothyroidism (14 females and 8males). Among the 50 subjects with clinical and subclinical hypothyroidism, 33 were anti-TPO positive. The corresponding percentage of anti-TPO positivity noted in the clinical hypothyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism groups were 80 % and 50% respectively.Conclusions: Serum TSH and anti-TPO analyses are essential in determining the etiology of hypothyroidism and risk of progression to overt hypothyroidism in patients with subclinical.