Objectives: The present study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between testicular volume measured by using Ultrasonography and seminogram to determine the testicular function in male infertility in Mysore, Karnataka, India. Materials and methods: A total of 274 infertile and 130 normozoospermic males were recruited for this study from Mysore, India. The testicular volumes of all subje...

The study is of great importance at present due to the bad state of traffic management in Mysore. In the past decade, although there have been technological improvements in almost all fields, the state of traffic management technologies is still at a primitive level. A clear framework for traffic operations is necessary towards traffic delays, congestion, and parking and management functions. T...

Background: Community awareness in general and young generation in particular is of vital importance in combating tuberculosis a public health problem in our country has been highlighted from various studies across the country. Objectives: To assess the knowledge about tuberculosis among high school students of Mysore city. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out to assess the knowledg...

possibilities. During a study of village malaria in Mysore State (Sweet, 1937), several anophelines were studied, including A. stephensi, from various parts of the State, but no evidence of races of Indian anophelines based on egg patterns could be found and it was concluded that other methods to distinguish possible differences would have to be used. Such a new approach to the subject was sugg...

AIM The present study was conducted to know the current scenario of classical swine fever (CSF) in Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Chikkaballapur, Madikeri, Mandya, Bagalkot, Gadag, Yadgir, Koppal, and Bidar districts of Karnataka with the using of both antigen and antibody ELISA. MATERIALS AND METHODS We collected 218 sera and 121 blood samples from pigs from 10 different districts of Karn...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to study the knowledge, attitude and practice of the pediatricians toward infant oral healthcare and the objective was to determine what can improve the knowledge, attitude and practice toward infant oral healthcare. MATERIALS AND METHODS A systematic random survey of pediatricians in Mysore received a questionnaire pertaining to individual details, knowle...

The Mysore Parthenon Birth Cohort was established to examine the long-term effects of maternal glucose tolerance and nutritional status on cardiovascular disease risk factors in the offspring. During 1997–98, 830 of 1233 women recruited from the antenatal clinics of the Holdsworth Memorial Hospital (HMH), Mysore, India, underwent an oral glucose tolerance test. Of these, 667 women delivered liv...

OBJECTIVE There is currently little information on the acceptability of male circumcision in India. This study investigated the acceptability of male circumcision among Indian mothers with male children. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey was conducted among a convenience sample of 795 women attending a reproductive health clinic in Mysore, India, between January and April 2007. RESULTS Of the...

Background: For developing nations the development of sustainable communities has to go hand in hand with the achievement of wider goals, where emphasis has to be given to the importance of lifestyle and social change. This interdisciplinary research draws understanding from the social, cultural and economic studies to define the values and aspirations of the middle class and the associated imp...