BACKGROUND In Rajasthan, an Indian State with significant salt production, the sale of non-iodized salt for human consumption was banned in 1992. This study explored the relationships between the use of iodized salt in Rajasthan and the iodine status of children and pregnant women living in the area. METHODS In a State-wide survey, 30 clusters were selected proportionate-to-population-size an...

Current trends in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks show variations in terms of attack motivation, planning, infrastructure, and scale. “DDoS-for-Hire” and “DDoS mitigation as a Service” are the two services, which are available to attackers and victims, respectively. In this work, we provide a fundamental difference between a “regular” DDoS attack and an “extreme” DDoS attack. We co...

In recent years leaf curl disease of cotton has become a major limiting factor in the production of cotton, which is an important fiber cash crop. In the last two decades or more, leaf curl disease in cotton took on epidemic proportions in Pakistan. In the early 1990’s cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) appeared in the bordering parts of India in the states of Rajasthan and Punjab and spread to e...

Three bat species have long been considered to occur within the state of Rajasthan—the Lesser Mouse-Eared Myotis blythii Tomes, 1857, Large Barbastelle Barbastella darjelingensis Hodgson, in Horsfield, 1855 and Serotine Bat Eptesicus serotinus pachyomus 1857. Rajasthan is type locality for two these species—Myotis pachyomus. Despite targeted surveys, bats not observed more than a century half. ...

1 We thank Seva Mandir for their invaluable help in accessing their villages, and Vidhya Bhavan for hosting the research team. Special thanks go to Neelima Khetan, CEO of Seva Mandir, Hardy K Dewan, organizing secretary of Vidhya Bhawan, and Dr Renu and Dr Baxi from the health unit of Seva Mandir. We thank Annie Duflo, Neeraj Negi, and Callie Scott, for their superb work in supervising the surv...

The present study was to understand the diversity and distribution pattern of microalgae in fresh water system represented by an open artificial pond. A total 100 species phytoplanktons were indentified from different groups Chandrasarovar pond Jhalawar, Rajasthan. Among identified phytoplankton Cyanophyceae (39%) formed dominant group, followed Chlorophyceae (34%) Bacillariophyceae (23%) Eugle...

BACKROUND The outbreak of H1N1 virus had previously reported in India during 2009 flu pandemic. In 2015, the outbreak became widespread throughout India. The states of Gujarat and Rajasthan are severely elected. We studied an outbreak of H1N1 Virus in north-west zone of Rajasthan 2015. OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the current epidemiological scenario of swine flu (H1N1) in north-west zone of Rajas...

A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of iron fertilization on growth, yield and quality groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) during kharif, 2016 (June September at instructional farm, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. Twelve treatments viz. T1: control (water spray); T2: FeSO4 basal @ 25 kg ha-1; T3: Foliar spray citric acid 0.1% 45 75 day...

Plants have been used both in the prevention and cure of various diseases of humans and their pets. With the advent of human civilization, many systems of therapy have been developed primarily based on plants. Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Sidda, Unani, etc. are our traditional systems of medicines. The plant-based traditional medical systems continue to provide the primary health care to more than thr...