background: toxic exposures in childhood are major health concern. in this hospital-based study, we sought to investigate socio-epidemiological factors contributing to acute pediatric poisoning in chennai, tamil nadu, india. methods: this prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the kanchi kamakoti childs trust hospital (kkcth), a tertiary care hospital for children in chennai. childr...

present paper intends to measure the determinants of performance of indian financial sector. the performance variables of banking sector and microfinance institutions in india are studied over a study period of six years i.e. 2006-07 to 2011-12. the financial sector of india is gaining strength over the years and its contribution to growth is overwhelming. banks are considered the main componen...

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india is on the verge of becoming the diabetic capital of the world. the fact is that even in ancient india diabetes was prevalent and reference of diabetic-like condition is there in atharvaveda, known as one of the oldest literature in the world. a search through ancient indian religious, political and medical scripture shows various references of diabetes, better known aspramehaor madhumehat...

The present study was designed to investigate the impact of exogenous administration of GnRH (Receptal VET®, Intervet Pharmaceuticals Ltd., India) on serum progesterone profile and conception rates during mid luteal phase of estrous cycle in buffaloes. Estrus was induced using Cyclix 2 mL. i/m. (Intervet India Pvt. Ltd., India) and animals were bred naturally during observed estrus. The buffalo...

the endometrial stromal nodule is a benign tumor composed of differentiated endometrial stromal cells arranged as a well circumscribed nodule with smooth non-invasive margins. they are rare neoplasms, diagnosed in most instances by microscopy. although nodules are benign in nature, hysterectomy is the treatment of choice to enable evaluation of the tumor margins which are well demarcated in end...

exploitation of wild relatives of crop plants to a large extent depends on the efficient use of germplasm resources available in natural habitat and the centre of diversity. the mulberry, sole food for silkworm is cultivated for the production and development of silkworm industry. four species of mulberry viz., m. indica l., m. alba l., m. laevigata wall., and m. serrata roxb., are reported in ...

background: the objectives of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of edentulousness, patient's perception on dietary changes resulting from tooth loss and to identify the disparity between actual and patient perceived need to replace missing teeth in an elderly rural population in south india. methods: a cross sectional study using the systematic cluster sampling method was used to selec...