the present paper studies the reproductive biology, maturation size and sex ratio of penaeus monodon collected from digha fishing grounds, india during 2011-2013.  a total of 633 individual of p. monodon were examined and among them 242 were males and 391 were females. the overall yearly sex ratio was observed to be 1:1.6 (males: females). based on the results, the spawning season of p. monodon...

background and objectives: febrile convulsion (fc) is the most common seizure disorder in childhood period. some studies have suggested association between seasons and occurrence of fc. this study was designed to determine demographic features, causes and seasonal variations in cases with fc. method: in this descriptive, cross sectional study, 282 children 6- 60 months with fc were admitted to ...

The aim of this study was to quantify possible differences in countermovement jump (CMJ) height, sprint performance and underlying mechanical properties as a function of time during a soccer season. Fortyfour male professional soccer players were identified in the Norwegian Olympic Federation’s test database. Each of these players had performed 40-m sprint and CMJ tests at least once within pre...

introduction: heavy metals released from stationaryand mobile origins can be transported in water, air and soil and can be even absorbed by plants, animals and human bodies. trace elements are currently of great environmental concern. nowadays, one of the most important environmental problems is pollution of agricultural soils occurs by heavy metals due to human activities. atmospheric subsiden...

This paper considers the use of outcomes-based tests for detecting racial bias in the context of police searches of motor vehicles. We characterize the police and motorist decision problems in a game theoretic framework, where police encounter motorists and decide whether to search them and motorists decide whether to carry contraband. Our modeling framework generalizes that of Knowles, Persico...

Connecting parallel rail tracks, scissors crossovers typically consist of four turnouts and a central diamond crossing, while flange-way gaps provide wheel flange clearance at the points of rail intersection. Guardrails, supported through base-plates, provide wheel guidance in the area of the gap. In the Athens Metro, within less than a year in operation, fracturing of a vast number of guardrai...

In the April number of this Gazette reference was made to the measures which had been adopted to deal with cholera and prevent it, if possible, taking on an epidemic form in, the villages adjacent to the labour forces and amongst the coolies engaged upon the construction of the bridge across the Lower. Granges. Our chief cholera season coincides with the greater part of the earthwork coolies' w...