Human Dipylidiasis: A Case Report of Dipylidium caninum Infection from Karimnagar.

Dipylidium caninum also refered to as the double-pored tapeworm is a cyclophyllidean cestode that commonly infects dogs and cats. Mammals act as definite hosts with intermediate hosts being dog and cat flea, the Ctenocephalides canis and Ctenocephalides catis respectively. The dog lice, Trichodectes canis and human flea (Pulex irritans) also transmit Dipylidium caninum infection. Infants and young children are at high risk of acquiring infection. Majority of the infections are due to close association with pet dog and cats. Humans are accidental hosts who acquire infection by ingestion of infected dog and cat fleas. We report a rare case of Dipylidium caninum infection in a 9 year old girl who could have acquired infection by consuming food contaminated with infected fleas

Herbal gardens of India: A statistical analysis report

A knowledge system of the herbal garden in India was developed and these herbal gardens’ information was statistically classified for efficient data processing, sharing and retrieving of information, which could act as a decision tool to the farmers, researchers, decision makers and policy makers in the field of medicinal plant species.Key words: Knowledge system, herbal garden, medicinal plant, decision tool

Recent developments in life sciences research: Role of bioinformatics

Life sciences research and development has opened up new challenges and opportunities for bioinformatics. The contribution of bioinformatics advances made possible the mapping of the entire human genome and genomes of many other organisms in just over a decade. These discoveries, along with current efforts to determine gene and protein functions, have improved our ability to understand the root causes of human, animal and plant diseases and find new cures. Furthermore, many future Bioinformatic innovations will likely be spurred by the data and analysis demands of the life sciences. This review briefly describes the role of bioinformatics in biotechnology, drug discovery, biomarkerdiscovery, biological databases, bioinformatic tools, bioinformatic tasks and its application in life sciences research

Adapting western pedagogies for Chinese literacy instruction: case studies of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Singapore preschools

Research Findings: Western ideas and progressive pedagogies have been introduced to China (including Shenzhen), Hong Kong, and Singapore to replace traditional Chinese pedagogy. But these imported ideas are not congruent with traditional Chinese culture and thus have encountered resistance from Chinese teachers. The present study observed and analyzed 18 early childhood classrooms in the 3 localities and questioned the class teachers about their respective teaching practices to see how those ideas were actually turned into practice. Whole-class direct instruction was found to be the predominant Chinese pedagogical mode. This indicates that Chinese traditional pedagogy still dominated those Chinese preschool classrooms. Slight societal differences in classroom practice were also found, reflecting the spectrum of openness and Westernization of the 3 cities. Practice or Policy: The findings suggest that people should adapt rather than adopt those pedagogical innovations developed in other sociocultural milieu, as different societies have different social, cultural, and educational traditions. Cultural appropriateness should be seriously considered when choosing the pedagogies to be adapted. Moreover, influences from the culture, language, teachers, parents, resources available, and the prevailing education system should also be taken into consideration when planning for pedagogical reforms. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.postprin

Implementation of Unified Power Quality Conditioner Based on Variable Phase Angle Control Method

This paper investigates the power quality problems which occur frequently in power supply and suggests a method to mitigate the power quality problems by the implementation of UPQC. P-Q problems generally concern with voltage sags/swells and harmonic currents. Custom Power (CP) devices that mitigate these power quality problems have gained more attention in the recent decades. UPQC is Designed, modelled and setup experimentally to mitigate voltage sag/swells and harmonic currents in three phase systems. UPQC consists of Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) and Active Power Filter (APF). UPQC with proposed controller algorithms effectively compensates the sag/swell in supply voltage by keeping the load voltage amplitude at 0.9-1 per unit and eliminates the load current harmonics by keeping supply current at 5% less than of Total Harmonic Distortion,simultaneously. Keywords: Custom power device,Voltage sag,swell,Harmonics. DOI: 10.7176/ISDE/12-3-03 Publication date:September 30th 202

Dendroclimatic analysis of teak (Tectona grandis L. f.) annual rings from two locations of peninsular India

Climate-related tree-growth variability in teak (Tectona grandis L. f.) has been studied based on response function analysis from dry deciduous forests of Mundagod (Karnataka) and Chandrapur (Maharashtra), peninsular India, representing two ecological zones. Rainfall during the monsoon months of the current year was found to be positively associated with radial growth of teak at both sites, whereas premonsoon April rainfall was found to be negatively associated. Rainfall and temperature of the current year during March have positive influence on the growth of teak at Chandrapur and Mundagod respectively. Furthermore, rainfall during October of the preceding year showed negative influence on tree growth at Mundagod and positive influence at Chandrapur, which might be due to the difference in relative humidity and soil type at both the locations, apart from soil moisture

Effect of growth rate and latewood content on basic density of wood from 120-to 154-Year-old natural-grown Teak (Tectona grandis L. f.)

The relationship between the radial variations of growth ring features and basic density were investigated in juvenile and mature wood for five 120-to150-year-old trees of Tectona grandis L. grown naturally in moist deciduous forest of Thane,Maharashtra. The study showed that the mean basic density of growth rings in juvenile wood was 0.665 (0.602-0.702) g cm-3 and 0.613 (0.562-0.665) g cm-3 in mature wood. The annual growth in juvenile period was high with a ring width mean of 4.03 mm and the latewood content represented 76.36 % of the annual growth, while in mature period was low with a ring width mean of 1.24 mm and the latewood content represented 59.41% of the annual growth. The patterns of radial variation of ring width, latewood content and basic density were more inherent in the juvenile wood than mature wood of all trees due to cambial ageing. The basic density of five individual trees showed an insignificant correlation between ring-width and latewood content in juvenile wood, whereas a significant positive correlation was found in mature wood of most of individual trees. The mean ring width value of all trees showed a highly significant positive correlation with basic density in both types of wood but mean latewood content showed a non-significant or low significant correlatio

Synthesis and Characterization of Eu, Tb doped Y2SiO5 Phosphors

The structural and the optical properties of Terbium and Europium doped yttrium silicate phosphor particles were analyzed. The samples were prepared through solid state reaction method and investigated in a doping concentration of Tb(2%) and Eu(1.5%). The prepared phosphors are characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), SEM.FTIR and PL emission of Y2SiO5 phosphor doped with Tb(2%) and Eu(1.5%) was studied. The observed PL emission is at 380 nm followed by the emissions with good intensity at 487, 545, 586, 613 and 622nm. The present phosphor may be a good candidate for LED

Synthesis and Characterization of Er Doped CaZrO3 Phosphors

The present paper reports the synthesis and Photoluminescence (PL) studies of the Er rare earth ions doped in CaZrO3 phosphor at a concentration of 2 mol%. Starting materials like Calcium carbonate (CaCO3), Zirconium oxide(ZrO2),Erbium Oxide (Er2O3). The samples were prepared by the conventional solid-state reaction method, which is the most suitable for large-scale product ion. The received phosphor samples were characterized using XRD, SEM and PL techniques. Undoped CaZrO3 exhibits good photoluminescence emission. The PL emission mainly concentrates around 467 nm, when excited with 254 nm wavelengths. The CaZrO3 phosphor, when doped with Er the PL emission was observed from 400 to 560 nm range peaks around 527 ,531,545 and 553nm with high intensity. The present phosphor can act as host for greenlight emission in compact fluorescent (CFL) and fluorescent lamps

Common Coronary Anomalies on MDCT

Coronary artery anomalies are rare, and the incidence is around 1 to 2% in the general population. Majority of the patients are asymptomatic and detected while investigating another clinical issue. A few anomalies may be life-threatening due to the malignant course with potential for ischemia and even sudden death. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) has high accuracy in detecting these anomalies because of volume rendering (VR) and multiplanar reconstruction (MPR). ‘High take-off’, origin of the coronary artery from the opposite or noncoronary cusp with anomalous course and coronary artery fistula are three most frequent anomalies. MDCT can be a useful screening tool in the study of coronary anomalies