It had long been felt that while valuable work on basal metabolism had been done in Bengal (Bose and De, 1934; Mukherjee and Gupta, 1931), Madras (Krishnan and Vareed, 1932; Mason and Benedict, 1931), Bombay (Sokhey and Malandkar, 1939; Niyogi. Patwardhan and Mordecai, 1939; Niyogi.. Patwardhan and Sirsat, 1941), Lucknow (Banerji, 1931), Hyderabad, Deccan (Rahman, 1936) and Coonoor (Rajagopal, ...

The ABO blood group distribution varies in different geographical and ethnic groups. In Punjab (India), the ABO blood frequency is B>O>A>AB. The current study was an attempt to correlate the ABO blood group frequency with preponderance of breast and gastrointestinal cancer in Punjab, to assess the utility of ABO blood group as a preclinical marker. The study sample consists of 160 cancer patien...

Soon after his arrival in India, he was fortunate enough to obtain active employment on the field. He served with the army of the Sutlej in 1846, and subsequently in the Punjab Campaign of 1848-49. He was present at the capture of the forts of Nungul, Rungul and Moraree, received a medal, and was among the officers thanked by Government for these services. His next charge was that of the 4-8th ...

While the trauma in forced migration leaving one’s home remains an uncontested emotive domain, any experience of frequent movement suggests a better ability to resettle in a new place. This paper shows that through a history of frequent migration, a separate class among Punjabis emerged that was mobile, resourceful, and modern in its outlook. The commonsensical approach to resettlement, which t...

Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, S.K.S. Sarabha Dental College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India Department of Prosthodontics, Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India Abstract Central ossifying fibroma is a relatively rare, benign, nonodontogenic tumor of the jaw, a subdivision of fibro-osseous lesions. The lesion originates from periodontal membrane and is usually seen...

Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii has an ecological association with five Eucalyptus species: E. blakelyi, E. camaldulensis, E. gomphocephala, E. rudis, and E. tereticornis. After human infections due to C. neoformans var. gattii were diagnosed in the states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Karnataka, India, a study was undertaken to investigate the association of C. neoformans var. gattii wi...

1M.Tech Scholar CSE Deptt. DAVIET Jalandhar, Punjab, India [1] 2Associate Professor CSE Deptt. DAVIET, Punjab Technical University, India[2] ----------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract RFID based applications used tagging and tracking of objects for tag and reader in IoT. RFID enables ident...

Huge losses have been reported due to brucellosis in livestock populations of the country. However, limited studies have been carried out on porcine brucellosis in India. As far as we are aware, this is the first epidemiologic study carried out to determine Brucella species circulating in naturally infected pigs (Sus scrofa) in Punjab, India. The blood samples were collected from 330 pigs slaug...

To characterize genetically the Muslim population of Punjab, a north–west Indian state, a biochemical genetics investigation using red cell enzyme markers was planned. For this, blood samples from a total of 992 Muslim subjects, belonging to the Sunni (803) and Shia (189) endogamous sects inhabiting Malerkotla town were collected. Haemolysates were analysed for the phenotypes of seven different...

ohich vvns being treated in consequence of the erious and marked increase of short sightedness among the pupils at various kinds of schools in the Punjab. This book has been written to explain the cause and dangers of shortsightedness among school-boys, and it has been adopted by the Punjab Text-book Committee. The book begins by giving in as clear language as is possible an account of the eye ...