the present research article highlights the metal (cd, cu, pb, zn and fe)distribution pattern in the rspm generated in different hot spot sites located at kochi, thequeen of arabian sea. these sampling sites are categorized under three different zonesas estuarine, riverine, and coastal. two sampling phases are selected in order to check theconsistency in pollution trend after a two year gap and...

OBJECTIVE To assess the responsiveness of the Cochin functional disability scale for the rheumatoid hand after surgery. METHOD In a prospective study, patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) scheduled for surgery of the wrist and/or fingers were evaluated within 48 h before surgery and at least 6 months after surgery. Clinical outcome measures included duration of morning stiffness, total sco...

Software industry is acknowledged as an important engine of economic growth for many developing and under developed countries. Software development is a service that is both labour and knowledge-intensive. Nowhere are human resources as critically important as in the software sector. Human resources are not only the drivers and principal value-creators of the output of this industry; they are a...

The present research article highlights the metal (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and Fe)distribution pattern in the RSPM generated in different hot spot sites located at Kochi, theQueen of Arabian Sea. These sampling sites are categorized under three different zonesas estuarine, riverine, and coastal. Two sampling phases are selected in order to check theconsistency in pollution trend after a two year gap and...

Cyrille Huchon1,2,3,*, Pierre Panel4, Gilles Kayem2,5, Thomas Schmitz3,6, Thuy Nguyen7, and Arnaud Fauconnier1,2 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, CHI Poissy Saint-Germain en Laye, Poissy, France University VersaillesSaint Quentin en Yvelines, Versailles, France INSERM, UMR S953, Epidemiological Research Unit on Perinatal Health and Women’s and Children’s Health, Hôpital Cochin, F-75014 ...

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of the estuarine Synechococcus sp. strain CB0101. The genomics information of this strain will facilitate the study of the poorly understood Synechococcus subcluster 5.2 and how this strain is capable of thriving in a dynamic estuarine system, such as the Chesapeake Bay.

Aswathi Elizabeth Mani†, Kajal Chakraborty*† & Vijayagopal PananghatMarine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin, India

STOCK DEFINITION AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE The coastal morphotype of bottlenose dolphin is continuously distributed along the Atlantic coast south of Long Island, New York, to the Florida peninsula, including inshore waters of the bays, sounds and estuaries. Except for animals residing within the Southern North Carolina and Northern North Carolina Estuarine Systems (e.g., Waring et al. 2007), estuar...