T HE DISASTER IN LEH. Less than 1 week after the catastrophic slow-rise flooding of the Indus River in Pakistan in late July 2010 (Houze et al. 2011), f looding of a different, more sudden type produced a disaster in the city of Leh, India, located 500 km to the east. The town of Leh, located in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir State in India, is a high-altitude cold desert valley, 3,500 ...

T HE DISASTER IN LEH. Less than 1 week after the catastrophic slow-rise flooding of the Indus River in Pakistan in late July 2010 (Houze et al. 2011), f looding of a different, more sudden type produced a disaster in the city of Leh, India, located 500 km to the east. The town of Leh, located in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir State in India, is a high-altitude cold desert valley, 3,500 ...

The genus Trypheridium Brancucci, 1985 is endemic to the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, and currently known from a single species, T. nuristanicum (Wittmer, 1956). Here, reviewed, nom. emend. re-described kashmiricum sp. nov. described Kashmir Region of India. Descriptions, diagnoses, high quality images, distribution maps identification keys are presented. morphology discussed compared with thos...

All previously obtained wolf (Cants lupus) and dog (Cams familiaris) mitochondñal (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 seque...

Studying the areas where minority languages can be strengthened through their use and promotion as functional is crucial right now. The purpose of current research to examine institution media in multilingual communities. Multilingual, multicultural, multiethnic populations found Jammu Kashmir, a union territory India, particularly region Kashmir division. In addition linguistic diversity, ther...

The most recent critical checklists of the Cucurbitaceae of India are 30 years old. Since then, botanical exploration, online availability of specimen images and taxonomic literature, and molecular-phylogenetic studies have led to modified taxon boundaries and geographic ranges. We present a checklist of the Cucurbitaceae of India that treats 400 relevant names and provides information on the c...

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...