Volume 5 | Issue 1 | January

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There been a tradition of sculpting dancing females poses been installed on the outer walls and pillars supporting the main temple ,These dancing poses are sculpted with great skill and dedication and devotion and when we see dancing sculptures been sculpted on the Hindu temples seems to talking to the devotees, It is an significant representation of communication It seems that dancing sculptures on temple walls either inside or outside express a language of devotion, It seems that body language of dance is invariably used in shaping the Hindu sculptures, even when they are not actually dancing. The fact that in Hindu art sculptures are not arbitrarily carved nor do they merely follow decorative principles of dance postures carved on the that to on some particular temple because of the considerable presence of dance amongst its sculptures.

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Dance, Sculptures, N?tya??stra of Bharatamuni , Upanisad-s , aesthetics Devotion . Postures, Traditional

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Green revolution for increased production of agricultural crops needs protection from insects and pests. Organophosphorus compounds are one of the important compounds having prominent insecticidal as well as Pesticidal Activity. In the present paper the reaction of O, O- diethylchlorophosphate with some dithiocarbazates derived from S- methyl/ethyl/propyl and benzyl dithiocarbazate and 2-thiophene aldehyde and 2-acetyl pyridine have been studied in ethanol in presence of K2CO3. Organophosphorus derivatives of the type : [(OEt)2 PO (TMD)], [(OEt)2 PO (AMD)], [(OEt)2 PO (TED)], [(OEt)2 PO (AED)], [(OEt)2 PO (TPD)], [(OEt)2 PO (APD)], [(OEt)2 PO (TBD)], [(OEt)2 PO (ABD)]. Structure of organophosphorus derivatives is confirmed by spectral data (Ir, nmr). These derivatives are screened for their fungitoxic properties against colletotrichum falcatum, fusarium oxysporum and curvularia lunata. Most of the compounds are found to have significant fungitoxicity.

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Dithiocarbazates, Ethanal, Fungitoxicity, Colletotrichum falcatum, Fusarium oxysporum.

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Carica papaya Linn. and Andrographis paniculata plants are used extensively in the indigenous system of medicine as anti-diabetic agents. The current investigation focuses on the anti-hyperglycemic property of both single and combined effect of fruit extract of Carica papaya Linn. and root extract of Andrographis paniculata on streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. The diabetes induced animals were fed with single plant extract at different doses (200 mg/body wt. low dose) and (400 mg/body wt. high doses) as well as combined extract (Fruits extract of Carica papaya Linn. and root extract of Andrographis paniculata at the dosage of 200 mg/kg body wt. each for 21 days). The animals were sacrificed on 22nd day and blood was collected for the estimation of blood glucose, serum insulin, glycosylated haemoglobin, total protein, urea, creatinine, SGOT, SGPT, and ALP. From the results it was revealed that the single plant treated groups have shown good hypoglycemic effect in high dose only when compare to the low dose treated groups and on the other hand the low dose combined plant extracts treated groups revealed a significant (p<0.001) higher reduction in hyperglycemia when compared single plant treated groups.

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Carica papaya, Andrographis paniculata, Streptozotocin (STZ), Hyperglycemia

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Heavy metals are important environmental pollutants and many of them are toxic even at very low concentrations. As a result of human activities such as mining and smelting of metalliferous, electroplating, gas exhaust, energy and fuel production, fertilizer and pesticide application etc. metal pollution has become one of the most serious environmental problems today. Aim of the present investigations was to determine lead, cadmium and chromium accumulation and distribution in the grass species Echinochloa colona. In the present study experiments were conducted using grass species Echinochloa colona L. The species belongs to Poaceae family. Echinochloa colona commonly known as Jungle rice has an Indian origin. The accumulations of heavy metals (Lead, Cadmium and Chromium) in the plant body were compared with that of the control experiments. Bioconcentration factor of lead was 0.93, cadmium BCF was 35.26 and chromium BCF was 3.51. Based on the total accumulations and bioconcentration factor values the grass species has accumulated metals in the following order chromium> cadmium> lead. The Echinochloa colona can be used as an effective phytoextractor of metals.

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Phytoremediation, heavy metals, Echinochloa colona, Bioconcentration factor

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The present study aimed to determine the variability in seed yield of castor genotypes and association between different yield traits. A field experiment was conducted during kharif-2013 with twelve CRIDA castor genotypes along with the check, 48-1. The variability for genotypes was significant for seed yield and yield components such as effective spike length, number of spikes, capsule number, capsule weight and total seed number. Based on the overall performance, three CRIDA castor genotypes viz., CRC-2, CRC-9 and CRC-11 were identified as superior genotypes over the check. These genotypes, CRC-2 (73.6 g/pl), CRC-9 (55.3 g/pl) and CRC-11 (57.6 g/pl) recorded highest seed yield and were superior over the check (53.2 g/pl). The average contribution of first, second and third order spikes to seed yield was 27, 29 and 44% respectively for all the selected castor genotypes. The higher capsule number of first and third order spikes contributed to final seed yield in CRC-2 whereas, second and third order in CRC-9 and CRC-11. The correlation coefficient analysis revealed that all the yield components were highly significant and positively correlated with seed yield. Seed yield is a complex trait, it represents the expression of different yield components and hence selection may be done by directly attributing these traits for improvement of seed yield.

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Castor, seed yield, yield components, genotypes

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Nowadays use of various drugs of abuse is a major public health problem in developing countries like India. The present article is based on the data under a study, National Household Survey of Drug Abuse (NHSDA) in India sponsored by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Government of India) and the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) that was undertaken with the objective of evaluating extent of use of various drugs of abuse in India. A total of 40697 males (12 to 60 yrs old) from all randomly selected households through multistage random sampling approach living in erstwhile 25 states of India (as defined by the 1991 Census) were interviewed face to face by trained interviewers using a questionnaire specifically developed and validated for this study. The weighted prevalence of ever use of any drug was 63.7% and that during last 30 days was 61.2%. Tobacco was the most commonly used psychoactive substance, 56% ever used and 53.8% used in the last 30 days. Prevalence of ever use of alcohol was 19.6%, whereas in the last 30 days it was 15.5%. Percentage of cannabis use, ever and in the last 30 days was 3.8 and 2.7% respectively. Use of opium was only 0.6% (ever) and 0.4% in the last 30 days. Heroin use was present in 0.2% of the male population in both, ever use and last 30 days. Tobacco and alcohol outnumber illicit drug users in terms of extent of their use and, therefore, pose huge public health challenges. There is need for the continuing medical education programs emphasizing hazards of using various drug abuses. Further, lessons learnt from this survey would help improve the design and implementation of the subsequent surveys.

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substance abuse; licit drug; illicit drug; data collection instrument; sample weights

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Environmental pollution is one of the undesirable side effects of industrialization and found responsible factor for environmental degradation. Water samples and crabs Barytelphusa cunicularis were collected from Gadhinglaj tahsil and analyzed for Physico- chemical parameters where the distillery effluent mixes and heavy metals respectively. The results showed high range of Temperature, pH, TS, TDS, Chloride, and COD. The heavy metal contamination was in the order of sodium > iron >potassium >copper >Zinc. Freshwater crabs Barytelphusa cunicularis) exposed with altered physicochemical parameters due to discharge of distillery effluent. Hepatopancreas of the crab subjected for different histochemical analysis of muco-substances. Neutral mucosubstances and acidic mucosubstances were altered as pollution increases. It hampers the digestion in crab. Depleted mucosubstances concentration of digestive an organ as per water pollution discussed in relation to digestive physiology of the crab.

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Distillary effluent, Pollution status, Barytelphusa cunicularis, Histochemistry

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Vermitechnology, Earthworm, Eisenia foetida, Sustainable, garbage

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antibacterial, well diffusion, broth dilution, phytochemical analysis

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Mites (Acari) are the most diverse and abundant of all arachnids but because of their small size they are rarely noticed. Mites are truly ubiquitous and have successfully colonized nearly every known habitat with their domicile ranging from earth to water to air and from sea to mountain peak. Acari show a wide variety of adaptations regarding life cycle and feeding habits which allow rapid escalation to pest status. On one hand, phytophagous mites as pests of field crops and mites associated with granaries and warehouses cause heavy financial losses, other species have attained prominence as household pests and causative agents of allergic reactions in human beings and other mammals. Many parasitic forms act as vectors of disease causing organisms. An unquantified but major positive contribution of Acari is their normal functioning in ecosystems, especially their roles in the decomposer subsystem. Acari are among the major sources for biological control of various classes of pests including insects, nematodes and weeds. In the current scenario, mites are on a stage of considerable economic significance and there is an urgent need to make awareness about Acarines and their behavior in different ecosystems so that timely management of harmful species and utilization of beneficial species can progress.

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biological control agents, decomposers, mites, pests, parasites

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