The heart rate response to exercise was studied in 17 normal subjects before, during and after a 21-day Himalayan trek to 5490 m. The group were fitter before the trek when compared to normal subjects of a similar age (P less than 0.001) having a lower heart rate response to exercise for their lean body mass. The trek significantly increased the 'fitness' of the group as a whole (P less than 0....

Extra-tropical circulation systems impede poleward moisture advection by the Indian Summer Monsoon. In this context, the Himalayan range is believed to insulate the south Asian circulation from extra-tropical influences and to delineate the northern extent of the Indian Summer Monsoon in central Asia. Paleoclimatic evidence, however, suggests increased moisture availability in the Early Holocen...

The Himalayan range exposes a spectacular assemblage of metamorphic rocks from the midand deep crust that have fostered numerous models of how the crust responds to continental collisions. Recent petrogenetically based petrologic and geochronologic studies elucidate processes with unprecedented resolution and critically test models that range from continuum processes to one-time events. The pro...

Bacterial contamination of drinking water is a major public health in Nepal. A large scale study on contamination of drinking water was done covering all three ecological belts (mountain, hill and Terai) in all five (eastern, central, western, mid-western and far-western) development regions of Nepal during 2009-2011. Of the total 506 water samples studied, one-forth (25.1%; 127/506) were visua...

Introduction: The Fortuna Tessera quadrangle (V–2, Fig. 1) is in the northern hemisphere of Venus and extends from 50° to 75° N. and from 0° to 60° E. In a regional context, this territory represents a large region of tessera terrain [1] that includes the major portion of Fortuna Tessera in the northern half of the map area and Laima Tessera in the SE corner of the quadrangle. The tessera regio...

Turkey is located on the seismically active Alpine-Himalayan belt. Although tectonic activity causes seismicity in Anatolian plate, it also constitutes an important geothermal energy resource. Today, production heavily concentrated Turkey's Western Anatolia region. Graben systems this region are very suitable for resources. The Büyük Menderes (BMG) area of complex geology with tectonics and hig...

Temporal and spatial variations of convection in South Asia are analyzed using eight years of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) data and NCEP reanalysis fields. To identify the most extreme convective features, three types of radar echo structures are defined: deep convective cores (contiguous 3D convective echo $40 dBZ extending $10 km in height) represent the...

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 ...