Skin color variation: A study on Eastern and North East India

Correlation of skin color and gingival pigmentation patterns in a group of South Indians in India

Background: Melanin pigmentation of the gingiva occurs in allethnicities. Excessive pigmentation is an esthetic concern thathas increased awareness about depigmentation procedures. Thepurpose of the present study was to correlate the skin color andgender with the intensity and distribution of gingival melaninpigmentation in a group of South Indians for treatment strategies.Method: Two hundred m...

a study on rate making and required reserves determination in reinsurance market: a simulation

reinsurance is widely recognized as an important instrument in the capital management of an insurance company as well as its risk management tool. this thesis is intended to determine premium rates for different types of reinsurance policies. also, given the fact that the reinsurance coverage of every company depends upon its reserves, so different types of reserves and the method of their calc...

Traditional Healing Practices in North East India

Northeastern region of the India comprising states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura still follow the age old traditional healing systems based on Ayurveda, Unani and other allied practices. Each state is having its own dialect, plant and animal resources for meeting out the requirement of community including health facilities. They all adapt...

Unbalanced Agricultural Development in North-east India

Dapsone compliance in North-east India.

Urine samples were collected from male staff memb ers o f the hospital who were not t aking dapsone , from male in-patients 2 4-h after their previous daily supervised dose of 1 00 mg dapsone and from male out-patients at the tim e of their visit to collect a further stock of 1 00 mg dapsone tablets for daily self­ administration . A small crystal o f thymol was then added to each urine sample ...