Aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Kashmir, India: a checklist

Se publica una lista de especies de parasitoides afidiinos (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) asociados con varias especies de áfidos en Kashmir, India. El trabajo menciona a 61 especies de 15 géneros que se distribuyen en diversas localidades y áreas del valle de Kashmir. La base de datos sobre fauna de áfidos ha sido actualizada con cambios recientes de sistemática, nomenclatura, nombres de hospederos y plantas hospederas. Los parasitoides de áfidos son enemigos naturales de áfidos y pueden ser considerados como potenciales agentes de control biológico. El estudio sistemático de estos parasitoides, ayudará en la implementación de estrategias de manejo para controlar a los áfidos

Indo- Iran relations (evolving ties from 1990-2005)

India and Iran -the great civilisations of the world had close historical and cultural ties. With the changing trends in the international politics which somehow leads towards the change in national interest had sometimes effected the relations between the two countries. However both New Delhi and Tehran are striving to maintain good and friendly relation among them to achieve their interests of national importance

Impact of SAARC on Indo-Pak Trade (Development, Issues, and Future prospectus)

This is an attempt to highlight the indo-pak trade relation in the light of SAARC.  SAARC becomes the bridge to develop the number of relations between these two countries, and number of big international issues were discussed in different meetings of SAARC having positive impact on their trade  relations yet number of  issues are to discussed but it need a bit of political understanding between the two countries which may open the past road links to tighten the trade relation These land routes were closed during the partition, If these routes are open for trade, it will strengthen and promote pacific relation between the two countries and also employment opportunities would be generated. Key words: SAARC, Indo-Pak, Trade, Employmen

Studies on the bionomics of Acrida exaltata (Orthoptera: Acrididae) of Kashmir region

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Personality Structure, Creative Potential and Study Habits of Academically Gifted Students with Special Reference to 10+2 Level Students

Achievement is the end- product of all educational endeavours. The main concern of all educational efforts is to see that the learner achieves. After exploring the concept of achievement in the cognitive, effective and psychomotor aspects of human behaviour researchers have probed further and have attempted to understand the black box of achievement. The studies have brought to light the correlates of achievement and paved the way for control and manipulation of variables for quality management of achievement. The world is becoming more and more competitive. Quality of performance has become the key factor for personal progress. Parents desire that their children should climb the ladder of performance to as high a level as possible. This desire for a high level of achievement puts a lot of pressure on students, teachers, schools and in general the educational system itself. Thus a lot of time and effort of the schools are used for helping students to achieve better in their scholastic endeavours and it should be so because high achievers are asset to the society. Academic achievement is of paramount importance, particularly in the present socio-economic and cultural contexts. The effectiveness of any educational system is gauged to the extent the pupils involved in the system achieve. Generally, achievement refers to the scholastic or academic achievement of the student at the end of an educational program. Personality is the total picture of man`s organized behavior especially characterized by his fellowmen in the characteristics pattern of behavior, cognition, emotions which may be experienced by the individual manifested to others. Individual through his continuous reactions attempts to adjust himself to his A environment. Individual‟s moment which he adopt himself to the environment is his personality. Personality is the product of its own functioning in that particular environment. Personality has physical as well as biological implications but social factor cannot be ignored. The outer dimension of personality include his physique, talents, abilities, temperament, disposition etc. inner dimensions include an individual‟s drive, emotional tendencies, aspiration level, attitudes and self concept. Outer dimensions can be observed by others and inner dimensions are difficult to judge from outside but better known to the person himself. A habit is just a behavior that is repeated until it is automatic. A habit is something that is done on a scheduled, regular and planned basis that is not relegated to a second place or optional place in one`s life. It is simply done, no reservations, no excuses, no exceptions. Study habits are the ways that we study. The habits that we have formed during our schools years. Study habits can be „good‟ which means they work and help us to make good grades – or “bad” which just means they don`t work and don`t help us make good grades. Good study habits include being organized, keeping good notes and reading textbook, listening in class, and working every day. Bad study habits include skipping class, not doing work, watching too much TV or playing video games instead of studying, and losing work. Without good study habits, a students cannot succeed. To succeed, students must be able to appropriately assimilate course content, digest it, reflect on it, and be able to articulate that information in written and/or oral form. According to J. P. Guildford (1965) creativity is a form of divergent thinking. Divergent thinking is a kind of mental operation in which we think in different directions. Sometimes searching and sometimes seeking Variety. Divergent thinking leads to novel responses to a given stimuli. The unique feature of the divergent thinking is that a variety of responses are produced, to discover and define complex abilities that together make up creative thinking. The various variables of creativity are as: Sensitivity, Fluency, Flexibility, Originality, Redefinition and Elaboration

In vitro CALLOGENESIS OF MEDICINALLY IMPORTANT AYURVEDIC HERB Enicostema littorale BLUME

Purpose: The practice of in vitro culturing of medicinally important plants has gained much attention in enhancing the secondary metabolite production. In this perspective, the current study was carried out to promote a rapid and standard method for in vitro callogenesis of Enicostema littorale Blume using different explants. Research Methods: In vitro callogenesis of Enicostema littorale was done on Murashige and Skoog’s media. Explants were cautiously sterilised and later put on MS medium added with variable combinations and combinations of growth regulators and were maintained in culture room at temperature of 25 ± 2ºC with photoperiods of 16 h. The cultures were observed at regular intervals for callus initiation and results were recorded regularly. Findings: Maximum callus was yielded from nodal explants when Murashige and Skoog medium was added with various growth promoters (6-Benzylaminopurine and Kinetin -3.0 and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid -1.5 mg each followed by Kinetin-2.0 and Naphthyl Acetic Acid -0.5 mg) per liter amount of media. Similarly, it was also revealed from the present investigation that leaf explants proved better for callogenesis on MS media added with 6-Benzylaminopurine-3.0 and Naphthyl Acetic Acid -1.0 mg/l followed by Kinetin-1.5 and NAA-0.5 mg/l. However, shoot tip explants weakly responded for callogenic induction during the present study. The present study while using combinations of growth regulators at different concentrations and combinations, all the selected explants responded distinctly. Value: The developed tissue culture protocol can be proved as rapid and reliable method for enhancing and extracting the secondary metabolite production, and as a landmark to meet the industrial need in the near future

Development of novel functional foods using Himalayan honey having enhanced nutraceutical and nutritional potential

This study was carried out to conduct the geographical discrimination of various types of honey, and their utilization in development of novel functional foods where in honey could be substituted in place of white sugar. Honey based apple spread and marmalade products were developed and evaluated for quality analysis. The results showed higher water activity (aw) and moisture content in Plectranthus rugosus (PR) honey based apple spread and marmalade while, TSS was highest (p < 0.05) in Multifloral (MF) honey based apple spread and marmalade. Hydroxymethylfurfural was found to be in the ranged of 6.77–7.05 (mg/kg) for honey based apple spread products and 3.09–3.46 (mg/kg) for honey based apple marmalade products. The lightness (L*) value was significantly highest in MF honey based apple spread and marmalades (p < 0.05). Redness (a*) and yellowness (b*) values were significantly highest in PR honey based apple spreads and marmalades and lowest in Robinia pseudo acacia (RSA) honey based apple spread and marmalades. In general, all MF honey based apple spreads and marmalades has the highest score for overall acceptability in comparison to RSA and PR honey based apple spreads. The values of gel strength (Fe), rupture force (FR), energy of penetration (E) and adhesiveness (A) in the given spread products were in the range of 1.50–1.54 N, 1.70–1.73 N, 17.00–17.05 Ns and −1.11–−1.08 Ns, respectively. The values of gel strength (Fe), rupture force (FR), energy of penetration (E) and adhesiveness (A) in the investigated marmalade products were in the range of 1.65–1.69 N, 2.08–2.13 N, 16.05–16.10 Ns and −1.14–−1.10 Ns, respectively

Medical thoracoscopy in evaluation of undiagnosed pleural effusion

Background: Medical thoracoscopy or pleuroscopy, in recent past has received lot of interest for diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes. In the evaluation of undiagnosed pleural effusion, it has become a key diagnostic modality as it is a cost effective and safe procedure. The aim of present study was to assess the diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in patients with undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion.Methods: This prospective study was conducted at government chest diseases hospital Srinagar between December 2016 to June 2018. One hundred and twenty-five (125) patients who fulfilled inclusion criteria were included in this study. Thoracoscopy was done using rigid thoracoscope under local anesthesia.  Thoracoscopic and histopathological data of enrolled patients was collected prospectively and analysed.Results: Patients enrolled in the study were in the age range of 17 to 82 years and consisted of 80 males and 45 females. Most common thoracoscopic finding was multiple variable sized nodules (53.6%) followed by sago grain infiltration (15.2%). Malignancy was the most common histopathological diagnosis (60.8%) with metastatic adenocarcinoma being the most common histopathological diagnosis (50%). The overall diagnostic yield of thoracoscopy was 90.4%.Conclusions: Medical thoracoscopy is a safe procedure with excellent diagnostic yield for evaluation of undiagnosed pleural effusion with minimal complication rates

Effect of microwave assisted convective drying on physical properties, bioactive compounds, antioxidant potential and storage stability of red bell pepper

Current study was aimed to optimize the process conditions for microwave assisted convective drying of red bell pepper (RBP) by employing Response Surface Methodology (RSM). Responses analyzed for determining the optimum conditions were total phenolics, vitamin C, antioxidant activity, color change, non-enzymatic browning (NEB), rehydration ratio and firmness. Second order polynomial model was fitted to the experimental results and high values of R2 (>0.8) were noticed in all responses. The optimal drying conditions were determined to be 62.44 °C and 418.84 W. Furthermore, separate experiment was carried out at these derived optimum conditions for ensuring the appropriateness of models. A close similarity among experimental and predicted values indicated the fitness of the model for determining the quality characteristics of RBP. Prolonged storage of RBP, however, led to the reductions of some quality attributes, although remained stable and acceptable at the end of six months storage

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