Introduction: Bowels are frequently used in reconstructive urology for ureteral substitution, bladder augmentation and urinary bladder replacement done for various indications. Materials and methods: A prospective study of incorporation of bowel segments in various urological procedures was done in King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam between August 2009 and March 2012 Results: Total number of 4...

Background: Micronutrients are essential for adequate physical and intellectual growth of children, however little information is available on micronutrient status of school children in Visakhapatnam. The present study was designed to know the nutritional status and micronutrient deficiencies among primary school children. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 120 children from t...

This paper deals with the status of solid waste pollution in touristic spots of North coastal Andhra Pradesh. Case studies of Eco tourism, cultural tourism and pilgrim tourism are elaborately discussed and the study is based on both primary and secondary data. Data collection includes field collection of solid waste, semi structured interviews and observation of tourists. Results indicate gener...

This present paper highlights a methodology for Emotion Recognition based on Skew Symmetric Gaussian Mixture Model classifier and MFCC-SDC ceptral coefficients as the features for the recognition of various emotions from the generated data-set of emotional voices belonging to students of both genders in GITAM University. For training and testing of the developed methodology, the data collection...

In present study, methanol extracts of the Chlorophycean group of seaweeds have been tested for their antibacterial activity against oral bacteria causing dental caries. Different concentrations of the extracts of the four species of seaweedsChaetomorpha antennina, Cladophora fascicularis, Spongomorpha indica and Ulva fasciata collected from sea coast of Visakhapatnam have been tested for their...

Among the abiotic stress parameters salinity is major problems to agriculture in coastal areas. Salinity leads stunted growthand reduced yields.Bacteria isolated from saline environmentswere physiologically adapted conditions, such tolerant microorganisms provide a means of cultivation crops influencedareas. Halotolerant bacteria which have plant growth promoting activity, bacteria(PGPB) may be...