Cholera is a public health threat in all developing countries. Kolkata, a city in eastern India, is an endemic zone for cholera. During the course of a comprehensive investigation on the distribution of phages of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in freshwater bodies in Kolkata, we were able to isolate the phages of V. cholerae O1 and O139. Vibrio cholerae O1 phages were found at all the sites and ex...

The study was aimed to establish prediction norms for maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) from age, body mass and body surface area (BSA) in young sedentary subjects of Kolkata, India. Students of 20-24 years (male = 40 and female = 40) were recruited by simple random sampling from University of Calcutta, Kolkata. Thirty participants from each sex were further randomly alloted to the "study group" a...

In an urban slum in eastern Kolkata, India, reported diarrhoea rates, healthcare-use patterns, and factors associated with reported diarrhoea episodes were studied as a part of a diarrhoea-surveillance project. Data were collected through a structured interview during a census and healthcare-use survey of an urban slum population in Kolkata. Several variables were analyzed, including (a) indivi...

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Subhra Mandal, M.B.B.S., M.D. (Anatomy), Associate Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Contact No.: +919477458100 E-Mail: [email protected] Access this Article online Quick Response code Web site: *1Associate Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 2Post Graduate Resident in DNB ( PMR...

Introduction: The study’s main aim is to investigate the long-term variation of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD). It also aims to show the relationship between meteorological parameters. This study evaluates long-term (2010 to 2021) special and temporal changes over major Indian regions using satellite-based data from NASA’s Terra Satellite. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out during ...

Debalina Roy Choudhury1, Krishanu Podder2 1Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, 700107, India 2Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Tripura Institute of Technology, Tripura, 799009, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***------------------------------------------------------...

Recently, the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) joint chapter in Bhubaneswar Subsection/Kolkata Section hosted multiple events in-person.