A son in every Hindu society pays his own father the debt and he owes him for his own life whereas a girl child is treated as a burden mainly in case of first child. Even today in India we have many societies which does not welcome girl child. Although there is an increase in overall sex ratio, there is a continuous decline in child sex ratio. This paper focuses on issues of sex selective abort...

The antimicrobial activity of ethanol, petroleum ether, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, methanol and aqueous whole plant extracts of Aerva tomentosa (Amaranthaceae) were tested against nine human pathogens such as Bacillus subtilis, Enterobactor aerogenes, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterias and Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans, Trichophyton rubrum and P...

this paper deals with pottery assemblage from the chalcolithic phase of the site of gilund in rajsamand district ofrajasthan. though pottery from this site has been studied earlier (shinde et al 2002), however there was no literatureavailable on the ceramic chronology of gilund with layers ascertained to it. this paper tries to build up a ceramicchronology in the site in order to indentify diff...

Background: Tobacco is the most important preventable cause of disease burden and death all over the world. Apart from being the single most important determinant of cancer and cardiovascular diseases, smoking is also a threat to oral health. The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) as a part of Global Tobacco Surveillance System (GTSS) was developed to monitor tobacco use, elicit attitudes about...

1 Medical officer, Department of Medicine, NMCH, Govt Medical College Kota, Rajasthan, India 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, NMCH, Govt Medical College Kota, Rajasthan, India 3 Professor, Department of Medicine, NMCH, Govt Medical College Kota, Rajasthan, India 4 Senior Professor, Department of Medicine, NMCH, Govt Medical College Kota, Rajasthan, India Corresponding Author Dr Sa...

In 1962, when the smallpox eradication programme was launched in India, there were 3909 reported cases in Rajasthan. Mass vaccination was introduced but had little impact on the incidence of the disease; in 1970, 4074 cases were reported and in 1971, the reported incidence (4821 cases) was the highest in India. Changes in the vaccination technique, the use of a new and potent vaccine and the in...

1 Resident, Dept of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, S.M.S Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, 2 Assistant Professor, Dept of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, S.M.S Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 3 Associate Professor, Dept of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, S.M.S Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 4 Professor and Head, Dept of Cardio Thoracic and Vascul...

Hypoglycemia is the most common metabolic alteration in neonatal period. Most of these neonates have transient hypoglycemia. However, persistent and recurrent hypoglycemia in neonates is usually caused by endocrine or metabolic disorders. These babies require frequent glucose monitoring to prevent hypoglycemic brain injury and advanced investigations for diagnosis of underlying etiology. An app...

Rajasthan is one of the main mineral potential state of India. During the last 30 years it has witnessed enormous expansion of mining industries, but mining of most of the minor minerals coupled with changing climate has posed serious problems to the environmental fabric in the state, apart from base metal beneficiation plants. Groundwater is also being polluted day-by-day by effluents generate...

Received 03 April 2013 Revised 12 July 2013 Accepted 20 July 2013 Early online 25 July 2013 Print 31 August 2013 The Influenza A H1N1 virus is a highly contagious pathogen which caused the 2009 influenza pandemic. Recently an outbreak of Influenza A H1N1 occurred in the Western Rajasthan region of India. A retrospective, descriptive study was carried out to describe the epidemiological profile ...