The New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) resistance mechanism in Enterobacteriaceae threatens to render serious Gram-negative infections untreatable. The NDM-1 enzyme hydrolyses all available penicillin, cephalosporin and carbapenem antibiotics, and is commonly accompanied by additional resistance mechanisms to multiple antibiotic classes. Initially identified as a significant healthcare risk on...

Bacopa monniera Linn. (Brahmi) is an annual creeper belonging to family Scrophulariaceae and growing all over the Indian sub-continent in marshy areas. It is a major Medhya Rasayana used in Ayurveda for treatment of memory disorders. Large number of saponins and glycosides has been isolated from the plant. Most of the experimental and clinical studies have been done with crude extracts or stand...

Tuberculous mastitis is a rare clinical entity and usually affects women from the Indian sub-continent and Africa. It often mimics breast carcinoma and pyogenic breast abscess clinically and radiologically, may both co-exist. Routine laboratory investigations are not helpful in its diagnosis. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) / biopsy are essential for diagnosis and tuberculosis culture wh...

Abstract The positive phase of the subtropical Indian Ocean dipole (SIOD) is one climatic modes in southern that influences austral summer inter-annual rainfall variability parts Africa. This paper examines rain-bearing circulation types (CTs) Africa south equator are related to SIOD and dynamics through which specific regions can be influenced by this relationship. Four CTs were obtained. Amon...

BACKGROUND In some Western countries, a disturbingly low share of girls has been observed among new-borns from Indian immigrants. Also in Norway, a previous study based on figures from 1969-2005 showed a high percentage of boys among children of Indian origin living in Norway, when the birth was of higher order (third birth or later). This was suggested to reflect a practice of sex-selective ab...

OBJECTIVES With an increase and diversity in ethnic populations in Westernized countries, understanding the differences in levels of knowledge surrounding hypertension is important in planning appropriate prevention strategies. The purpose of our study was to assess levels of hypertension knowledge in Chinese, Indian and White populations in a large metropolitan Canadian city. DESIGN A teleph...

ABSTARCT: Most of the Indian rural and suburban roads are not ideal for driving due to improper and invisible road signs. This has led to many accidents causing loss of lives and severe damage to vehicles. Many techniques have been proposed in the past to detect these problems using image processing methods. But there has been little work specifically carried out for detecting the issue of road...

lymphatic filariasis (lf), a nematode disease transmitted by arthropod vectors, is repeatedly reported in immigrant population. this disease is not endemic in iran; however, different species of mosquitoes, capable of transmission of parasite mi-crofilaria, are distributed in the country. hereby, incidental detection of an im-ported case of lf due to wuchereria bancrofti in an indian worker in ...