In the still prevailing uncertainty as to the incidence of enteric fever among Natives of India, the following notes may be found of interest.* They include a few observations 011 the reaction between the serum of healthy men and an emulsion of dead B. typhosus as tested by the sedimentation method and also a brief description of a few cases of enteric fever met with in the past 18 months with ...

Dalit literature which has so far been pioneered and represented by prominent voices like Mahasweta Devi, Mulk Raj Anand, Munshi Premchand others is challenged, revived, revisited as well enriched the new emergent less known Bengali writer, Manoranjan Byapari (b.1950). The writings stem from his real life experiences not only highlight issues of poverty stricken caste ridden society but also pr...

A cohort retrospective study was conducted on all follow up kidney transplant recipients at Transplant Follow up Clinic from June 16, 2003 to July 15, 2008. The main objective of this study was to find out the demographic pattern of the kidney transplant recipients and type of donors. Among 452 recipients, the transplantation were done in India (449), Germany (2) and in the USA (1) with male to...

The people apanage of Bali know the concept Kasta. Such stratification creates different views between Tri Wangsa and jaba groups. want an acribed status, whereas Sudra or Jaba group achieved which in turn leads to polemics among apanage. As a qualitative study with cultural perspective, this aims reveal analyze more clearly blurring varna system into kasta Balinese Hindu society. Data sources ...

Man is not only an animal that eats, dresses, and lives, but also with religious knowledge. Only man, unlike animals, has discovered a superhuman power to protect himself from threatening evil obtain what he desires. How the ancient people came think about religion unending debate among anthropologists realists. He mentions scholars like "Periluite" others "Thurkiyam" fear appeared in reason fo...

Although almost all the earliest work upon this anaemia was done by Cooley (1927 and 1928), by Cooley and Lee (1925 and 1929), and by Cooley, Witwer, and Lee (1927) in America it soon became clear that the syndrome occurred often in the Mediterranean races. Indeed Davison and Wechsler (1939) believed that the disease originated in Greece, and had been spread to other countries by the conquering...

Haemoglobinopathies are the most common monogenic inherited disorders of erythrocytes. Carriers of haemoglobinopathies are partially protected against morbidity and mortality of falciparum malaria, resulting in their higher prevalence in tropical countries. Estimates in India show 3–17% prevalence of β-thalassaemia, but its magnitude in the Central-East coast of India, especially in Orissa is n...

objective: regardless of three decades of implementation of family planning program in nepal, need of family planning services is largely unmet. systematic studies, evaluating the impact of family program on several ethnic groups of nepal has not been carried out in large scale. this study sheds light on the investigation of, whether the use of contraceptives varies among different ethnic group...

Empire has manifested in many forms, such as the impact of neo imperialism and neo colonialism in the economic sector as well as the dynamics between developing and developed societies, it has also had far reaching effects on the shaping of organizations in other ways. Empire, imperialism and colonialism (Hardt & Negri ,2000) have had a historical impact on the development of several societies ...

Haemoglobinopathies are group of diseases characterized by abnormalities both quantitative and qualitative in the synthesis of haemoglobin. Haemoglobinopathies consist of sickle cell anaemia (SCA), thalassaemia (β) and variant haemoglobins. In India, they are responsible for the largest number of genetic disorders and hence are of great public health hazardous. In India major concerned haemoglo...