abstract background and aims: diabetes is a major killing recognized as a silent epidemic globally problem. india has the highest number of diabetes cases in the world causing huge morbidity and economic losses to the country. there were 66.8 million adults suffering from with diabetes in india in 2014, which is expected to rise by 63% to 109 million by 2035. diabetes led to at least usd 612 bi...

india is much more integrated with the world economy. both current and capital accounts are complementing to each other. the economic slowdown that appears to have begun in the usa in september, 2008 has some negative impact on indian economy. the most immediate and adverse effect of this global financial crisis on india is an out flow of foreign institutional investment (fii) from the capital ...

Materials: Dipentaerythitol penta-acrylate (5Acl), branched polyethyleneimine (BPEI, MW~ 25000), propylamine, hexylamine, octylamine, decylamine, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and Nile red (Technical grade, Sigma-N3013) were aquired from Sigma Aldrich, Bangalore, India. . n-butylamine was bought from Spectrochem Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India. HCl and Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) were obtained from Fisch...

background: psychiatric illnesses are an important group of co‑morbidities that can occur among patients with non‑communicable diseases (ncds). both these chronic conditions have an important implication in terms of quality of life, general well-being and cost of treatment and general longevity of the patient. the objectives of our study were to assess the burden of psychiatric co‑morbidities a...

objective: to understand the knowledge and services of informal providers and to explore their role in addressing the human resource gap in uttar pradesh, india, within the context of maternal health. materials and methods: the study is exploratory in nature, conducted in four blocks of four districts of uttar pradesh state, india. semi-structured interviews were conducted with 114 informal pro...

background: it is suggested that various forms of tobacco use have some effects on diverse sites of head and neck to develop cancer. material and methods: the study examines data for oral cancer in male subjects, collected from the population registered in cancer registry during the year 2007- 2008. all the data collected were entered into the spreadsheets. the statistical package for social sc...

groundwater is the most widely distributed resource of the earth and groundwater quality evolves rapidly as it passes through the subsurface pathways within the unsaturated zone. increasing urbanization and anthropogenic activities have added to the problem of deficient amount of good quality groundwater. the study area is an industrial hub for textile sector. textile production, particularly d...

background: periodic epidemiological studies are necessary to understand the pattern of poisoning in each region. this study was designed to evaluate the pattern of acute poisoning cases treated in a tertiary care hospital in navi mumbai, india. methods: this cross sectional study was conducted at dr. d. y. patil medical college, hospital and research centre during july 2012 to july 2013. all c...

background pharmacovigilance (pv) data are crucial for ensuring safety and effectiveness of medicines after drugs have been granted marketing approval. this paper describes the pv systems of india, uganda and south africa based on literature and key informant (ki) interviews and compares them with the world health organization’s (who’s) minimum pv requirements for a functional national pv syste...