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Changes in extracellular enzyme activities and microbial populations were studied during normal compost and vermicomposting process of fruit pulp, vegetable and groundnut waste and cow dung. The microbial numbers and their extracellular enzyme profiles showed relative variation and were found increasingly more abundant in vermicompost than in normal compost leading to the conversion of agricultural waste into value added product. In vermicompost, the maximum enzyme activities (cellulase, Amylase and protease) were observed during 21-35 days.

The purpose of this study was to determine if there exist any relationship between various levels and various dimensions of the home environment of students with Class IV and V of Lucknow region. For study a sample of 1240 students of IV and V Class in which 661 in class IV and 579 in class V was chosen from various Primary schools of Lucknow to find the level their home environment and its relationship with student of Class IV and V. Study reveals that there is a No-significant relationship between student of Class IV and V in Lucknow with various dimensions of their home environment.

The present study is an effort to explore how the localization of small informal industrialclusters is appearing in West Bengal.

Depression is common in cancer patients, particularly those with advanced disease. It may however occur at any stage that is from diagnosis and throughout treatment. Although the existence of the relationship between depression and cancer has been investigated for a few years now, little has been done to include psycho-therapy in the management of depression in cancer patients. As a result, patients during treatment would display some characteristics such as low performance status, low social support and low compliance in palliative care.

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by a range of symptoms persisting for at least two weeks. According to the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, clinical depression requires a minimum of five symptoms among which one should be a; depressed mood most of the day or nearly every day; or markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all or almost all activities of the day, nearly every day. Although the prevalence of depression is similar in pregnant, postpartum and non-pregnant women, the onset of new depression is higher during the prenatal period.

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures. It is the most common neurological disorder in Sub-Saharan Africa. It has been found that people in developing countries have low levels of access to quality healthcare and appropriate medication. Moreover, these people may seek several kinds of alternative treatments before using conventional medication. Zambia however does not have much information on the health seeking behavior of people with epilepsy.

Suicide is perceived to be a major social problem in most countries nowadays.  The rate of suicide increased globally throughout the 1990s and much of the 2000s. It has been estimated by researchers that between eight and fourteen people per 100,000 kill themselves each year. With that, researchers encouragingly have witnessed an almost universal acceptance of the growing recognition of the role social, cultural as well as gender factors play in health and illness. Research on suicide focusing on sex has been considered as a gender based study.

Context: heart failure is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Europe and in the United States. The aim of this review article was to assess the mechanism of sudden death in patients with heart failure and Identification of the arrhythmogenic substrate in cardiomyopathy.

This study was conducted to determine the macroscopic and microscopic infection with Sarcocystis species. Two hundred buffalo carcasses in the abattoir of Ashar-Basra city were used. The macroscopic and microscopic examination included trichinoscopy method and squeezing method. The esophagus, heart, diaphragm and skeletal muscles were investigated. The results of the present study showed that the incidence of macroscopic and microscopic was 16% and 84.6% respectively, where it was noted that the incidence examine by capillaries telescope was  of 77.5% and by squeezing method was 72.2%.

Context: Obesity has escalated to an alarming proportion in the last twenty years. It is currently the most preventable nutritional disease of the 21st century.  
Aims: 1. To find out the prevalence of obesity according to different anthropometric indicators among college going girls of Agra. 2.  To study their correlation matrix.
Study design: Cross sectional study.
Setting: Degree colleges of Agra
Study period:  January to June 2009
Sample size: 400 college going girls of 18-24 years.