In the present study Cyrtosia falconeri (Hook.f.) Aver. is presented as a new record for flora of state Jammu & Kashmir, India. It terrestrial mycoheterotrophic orchid found in evergreen oak forests. During field survey, authors this interesting specimen humus-rich soil forests Koteranka, Rajouri at an elevation 1,765 m. Detailed citation, information on type, description, habitat, phenolog...

Infantile kalaazar is a sppradic disea.se and occurs in many countries of the Mediterranean region, Middle East and China. The causative organism of this disease is L. infanturn and is primarily a zoonosis, occurring in dogs and other wild carnivores which serve as reservoir. Transmission of leishmaniasis occurs by the bite of the female phiebotomine sandfiies and although numerous species are ...

BACKGROUND Data on spirometrically defined chronic airflow limitation (CAL) are scarce in developing countries. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of spirometrically defined CAL in Kashmir, North India. METHODS Using Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease survey methods, we administered questionnaires to randomly selected adults aged ⩾40 years. Post-bronchodilator spirometry was performed to ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the etiology, associated injurers and clinical presentation of post traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. METHODS This study was a cross-sectional study being conducted in the department of Cardiovascular, thoracic surgery (CVTS) and Pediatric Surgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Kashmir, India. All patients of pos...

BACKGROUND Utilization of health services is the actual attendance by the members of the public at health care facilities to receive care. Utilization, serves as an important tool for oral health policy decision-making. The aim of the present study was to retrospectively gauge and assess the utilization pattern of the dental treatments which was given in hospital for last 10 years. MATERIALS ...

Background: Significant incidence of thyroid dysfunction, especially hypothyroidism, has been reported in Kashmir Valley of India. There is a paucity of studies that assessed the presence of thyroid dysfunction in various age groups of people in Srinagar. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in the local population who visit the outpatient department...

Urinary bladder (or bladder) cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide, with the highest incidences in industrialized countries (Pelucchi et al 2006). It is the fourth most incident cancer in males and ninth most in females accounting for more than 67,000 new cases per year in United States (Jemal et al 2007), where the annual age adjusted incidence rate for men is approximately 32 per...

All previously obtained wolf (Canis lupus) and dog (Canis familiaris) mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequences fall within an intertwined and shallow clade (the 'wolf-dog' clade). We sequenced mtDNA of recent and historical samples from 45 wolves from throughout lowland peninsular India and 23 wolves from the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau and compared these sequences with all available wolf and dog seq...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the surgical approach in post traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. METHODS This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted  in the Department  of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, Sher-i- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Kashmir, India. We included all patients with post traumatic diaphragmatic hernia undergoing operation in ou...

the 56th pugwash conference on science and world affairs opened with a key note address by the italian minister of foreign affairs, massimo d’alema, and the un secretary-general ban ki-moon’s message in bari, italy, on 21 october 2008. in the week-long meeting, the participants discussed a wide array of topics related to regional security issues such as the status of nuclear arms control, the r...