Isolation and Characterization of Arsenic-Resistant Bacteria from Contaminated Water-Bodies in West Bengal, India Ramansu Goswami, Suprabhat Mukherjee, Vipin Singh Rana, Dhira Rani Saha, Rajagopal Raman, Pratap Kumar Padhy & Shibnath Mazumder a Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India b Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati Unive...

    Objective: To assess the overall nutritional status of Santal tribal preschool children of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India.   Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from February 2012 to September, 2012 in the Santal tribal community of rural area of Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal. The study children were selected multi stage cluster sampling method. The leve...

An ethnomedicinal study was conducted in ten villages of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal during 2012-2013 to collect information from traditional health healers/tribal communities on the use of medicinal plants for treatment of gynaecological problems among the women of the Lodha community. The tribal communities residing in this region are the Santhals, Mundas, Lodhas, Bhumijs, Oraon a...

This article promotes a more complete understanding of social change by analyzing spatial patterns of contraceptive use in Bangladesh and the contiguous state of West Bengal in India. Multilevel analyses that control for variations in individual- and household-level correlates show an important role for cross-border influences only in those districts that share a common language across the bord...

A massive Koro epidemic has hit India again in 2010. It affected four States, viz. Assam, Maharasthra (Mumbai), West Bengal and Tripura. This is the fifth Koro epidemic in India. The present paper deals with the study of 55 epidemic Koro cases of West Bengal. The different aspects of the epidemic including clinical presentation, sufferer’s health seeking behaviour, explanatory model of Koro ill...

We estimate the role of private investments in irrigation in farm productivity growth in West Bengal, India between 1982-95. Using a state-wide farm panel, we find falling irrigation costs generated significant growth in value added per acre for farms. However, changes in irrigation capacity and costs were stimulated by tenancy registration programs implemented by local governments. This helps ...

1 Department of Mathematics, Nandalal Ghosh B.T. College, Panpur, P.O.-Narayanpur, District –North 24 4 Parganas, Pin code-743126, West Bengal, India. *E-mail: [email protected] 5 2 Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, P.O.-Botanic 6 Garden, Howrah-711103, West Bengal, India. E-mail: [email protected] (S. D.), 7 salam50in...

a. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya, Shillong, Meghalaya-793003, India. b. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, JIS College of Engineering, Kalyani, West Bengal-741235, India. c. Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah-711103, In...

Twelve districts of the state of West Bengal, India are affected by arsenic (As) and millions of individuals are consuming As-contaminated groundwater. The probable adverse effects of As on pregnancy outcome (stillbirth and miscarriage) are yet to be properly studied. The present investigation is an attempt to understand the effects of As exposure on the pregnancy outcome in Bengali women expos...

present survey synthesized information on fish biodiversity in the perennial freshwater body of ramnagar, east midnapore district of west bengal, india. we documented 45 fish species under 29 genera, 18 families and 8 orders during the periods from1990 to 1995, whereas, 34 species from 21 genera and 12 families under 7 orders were recorded presently from freshwater body of different perennial p...