• Research into the adoption of improved legume varieties provides evidence that farmers are now growing these in many developing countries and regions. • There has been large-scale adoption of improved chickpea varieties in southern India and small-scale adoption in the Horn of Africa. Specifically, there has been a shift in cultivated area from north to south/central India that is attributed ...

The burden of severe pneumonia in terms of morbidity and mortality is unknown in India especially at sub-national level. In this context, we aimed to estimate the number of severe pneumonia episodes, pneumococcal pneumonia episodes and pneumonia deaths in children younger than 5 years in 2010. We adapted and parameterized a mathematical model based on the epidemiological concept of potential im...

Indian traditional art has always been rich in its style, form, and technique. Apart from sculpture, poetry, textile art, character drama, dance, music etc., paintings are also an inseparable form of art. The area Madhya Pradesh is large, here time to there power various states groups, the amalgamation diverse traditions different groups made culture state vibrant multifaceted. forms arts craft...

A. K. Shukla,1 P. Krüger,2 R. S. Dhaka,1 D. I. Sayago,3 K. Horn,3 and S. R. Barman1 1UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Khandwa Road, Indore, 452017 Madhya Pradesh, India 2Institut Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 5209 CNRS, Université de Bourgogne, 21078 Dijon, France 3Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 14195 Berlin, Germany Received 25 January 2007; revised manuscript received...

The present epidemiological survey was carried out to estimate the prevalence and pattern of drug abuse in urban population of Madhya Pradesh because such studies were lacking from this state. In the population of 5326, we found that 38.6% were current users. In order of frequency, the drugs used were - tobacco (36.8%), alcohol (26.5%), painkillers (9.8%), cannabis (4.1%), tranquilizers (2.4%) ...

The study was carried out in and around Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic infections in pig. Out of 455 faecal samples examined, 290 (63.74%) were positive for different gastrointestinal parasites. Ascaris suum was predominant (37.14%) followed by strongyle (27.47%), coccidia (22.86%), Schistosoma incognitum (19.12%), Balantidium coli...

S. Anil1,5, S. V. Varma2, R.S. Preethanath1, P. S. Anand3 and A. Al Farraj Aldosari4 1Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, 2Sri Sankara Dental College, Trivandrum, Kerala, 3People’s College of Dental Sciences & Research Centre, Bhanpur, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 4Department of Prosthetic Science, College of Dentistry, King Saud Un...

Volume 5 • Issue 4 • 1000136 J Adv Chem Eng ISSN: 2090-4568 ACE an open access journal Physical, Atomic and Thermal Properties of Biofield Treated Lithium Powder Mahendra Kumar Trivedi1, Rama Mohan Tallapragada1, Alice Branton1, Dahryn Trivedi1, Gopal Nayak1, Omprakash Latiyal2 and Snehasis Jana2* 1Trivedi Global Inc., 10624 S Eastern Avenue Suite A-969, Henderson, NV 89052, USA 2Trivedi Scienc...

The low-grade rock phosphate of Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (India), was investigated for its possible application in the removal of lead, copper, zinc and cobalt ions from aqueous solutions. Effects of contact time, amount of adsorbent and initial concentration of metal ions were studied. Adsorption of heavy metal ions was found to follow the order: Pb2+ > Cu2+ > Zn2+ > Co2+. The probable mechanism...