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Present investigation was made to evaluate effect of PGRs on shoot and root length of Fagopyrum esculentum. Results revealed that there was increase in shoot length by GA at 100 mg l-1 and root length by IAA at 50 mg l-1 at 30, 60 and 90 days of plant growth. ABA at 25 mg l-1 and 100 mg l-1 decreased shoot length as well root length. BAP at 100 mg l-1 also decreased root length. In combinations, IAA+GA 100 mg l-1 treatment enhanced shoot length as well as root length. Decrease in shoot length was observed in IAA+ABA, ABA+BAP (50 and 100 mg l-1) and root length by ABA+BAP (100 mg l-1) treatment.

High and medium spin structures of 130,131Xe have been studied using α-induced fusion-evaporation reaction and the Indian National Gamma Array (INGA) coupled with a digital data acquisition system. Various new band structures and near yrast levels of 131Xe have been established. The multipolarities of the observed transitions have been assigned on the basis of the DCO ratios and the polarization asymmetry measurements. Band structures based on 1-quasi-particle (qp), 3-qp configurations have been observed. A new Magnetic Rotational (MR) band based on 5-qp configuration has also been established in 131Xe. The MR band has been interpreted in terms of shears mechanism with principal axis cranking (SPAC) calculations. Shell Model calculations are carried out to describe the non yrast states of 131Xe above the 11/2− isomer. New excited states have also been identified in 130Xe, produced in the same reaction.

After publication of the paper, the authors realized that one of the references was not correct. Its correct version appears in this erratum.

The prediction of Hoyle state was necessitated to explain the abundance of carbon, which is crucial for the existence of life on Earth and is the stepping stone for understanding the abundance of other heavier elements. After the experimental confirmation of its existence, soon it was realized that the Hoyle state was ‘different’ from other excited states of carbon, led to intense theoretical and experimental activities over the past few decades to understand its structure. In recent times, precision, high statistics experiments on the decay of Hoyle state have been performed at the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, to determine the quantitative contributions of various direct 3 α decay mechanisms of the Hoyle state. The present results have been critically compared with those obtained in other recent experiments and their implications have been discussed.

Metallo-β-lactamase producing carbapenem non-susceptible multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa creates a great challenge for treatment as the choice of antibiotics gets severely restricted .This study aimed at detecting such strains in different clinical samples in a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata. Materials and methods-Out of 169 isolates detected as Pseudomonas spp.in Microbiology laboratory 98 consecutive non-duplicate isolates phenotypically confirmed as Pseudomonas aeruginosa were selected following inclusion criteria of being resistant to≥ 3 different classes of antibiotics including Imepenem. Antibiogram with antibiotics suggested by CLSI-2011 was performed and resistance to different antibiotics was recorded .Then combined disc test with Imepenem(10µg) and Imepenem(10µg)+EDTA (750 µg)was performed.Observation - Strains showing zone difference ≥ 7mm during combined disc test were considered as metallo-β lactamase producing multidrug resistant strains and those showing

The fission fragment mass distributions have been measured in the reactions 16O + 184W and 19F+ 181Ta populating the same compound nucleus 200Pb? at similar excitation energies. It is found that the widths of the mass distribution increases monotonically with excitation energy, indicating the absence of quasi-fission for both reactions. This is contrary to two recent claims of the presence of quasi-fission in the above mentioned reactions., Comment: Accepted for publication as a regular article in Physical Review C

The reaction [Formula: see text]Al([Formula: see text],3He) at 25 MeV beam energy has been utilized to study the states in even–even nucleus [Formula: see text]Mg. The spectroscopic factors have been extracted for the states of [Formula: see text]Mg up to 7.50[Formula: see text]MeV excitation energy using local, zero-range distorted wave Born approximation. The extracted spectroscopic factors have been compared with the previously reported values. The present results were also compared with the predictions from a theoretical shell model and rotational model.

Background:Chlamydia trachomatisis recognized as one of the most common sexually transmitted pathogen in the world. 50-80% of infected females are asymptomatic. These untreated women are at risk of developing chronic sequelae leading to tubal pathology causing infertility. Infertility is defined as 1 year of unprotected intercourse without pregnancy. It may be primary or secondary.Aim:To find out the association of genitalChlamydia trachomatisinfection with female infertility.Materials and Methodology:This case control study has been carried out in collaboration with R. G. Kar Medical College and Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, India, between July 2012 and June 2013. 40 infertile and 40 pregnant women were enrolled by purposive sampling as per inclusion and exclusion criteria. ELISA test was performed to detect serum IgG and IgA antibody against recombinant analogs of MOMP and 3 different PCR assays were done targeting MOMP and rRNA DNA from DNA extracted from first void urine.Results:IgG seropositivity was significantly higher (15%vs0%,P=.0255) in cases than controls, though there was no significant difference in the proportion of IgA seropositivity among 2 groups (12.5%vs2.5%,P=0.2007). Out of 80 samples 2 samples showed the production of amplicons with R1 – R2 primers. Only 1 sample gave positive result with production of amplicons with all the 3 primers used (R1 – R2, CT0005 – CT06 and JM15 – JM16).Conclusion:PersistentC. trachomatisinfection must be recognized as a risk factor of infertility in this region of India. The low PCR positivity in FVU sample helps to conclude the diagnostic utility of serological tests in screening of infertile women.

An excited state of 12 C having excitation energy (E x ) 9.65 ± 0.02 MeV and width (FWHM) 607 ± 55 keV, which decays to three α particles via Hoyle state (E x = 7.65 MeV), has been directly identified in the exclusive inelastic scattering of 60 MeV 4 He on 12 C, measured in coincidence with the recoiling 12 C Hoyle state (decaying mostly as 12 C* → 8 Be gs → α → α + α + α) by event-by-event kinematic reconstruction of the completely detected (4α) events. This state is likely to be a candidate for 2 2 + first excited of Hoyle state.

The energy spectra of the $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ particles emitted in the reactions ${}^{16}$O (7--10 MeV/nucleon)+${}^{12}$C have been measured in the center-of-mass angular range of ${25}^{\ensuremath{\circ}}\ensuremath{\lesssim}{\ensuremath{\theta}}_{\text{c.m.}}\ensuremath{\lesssim}{70}^{\ensuremath{\circ}}$. The experimental energy spectra have been compared with those obtained from the statistical model calculation with ``deformability'' parameters predicted by rotating liquid drop model (rldm) and also fitted the same with optimized deformability parameters, which are quite different from the respective rldm values. The data have also been found to be explained quite well using ``frozen'' deformation approximation, where the deformability parameters have been kept fixed at rldm values of the parent nucleus throughout the decay process. The effective radius in the latter case is smaller compared to that obtained using the optimized parameters; however, in both cases, the deformations (effective radii) are larger than the corresponding rldm values. So, considering the uncertainties in the estimation of actual compound nucleus deformations, it can, only qualitatively, be said that equilibrium orbiting, which is similar to particle evaporation in time scale, could also be one of the contributing factors for the observed deformation.

Mycobacteria are aerobic, nonspore forming, non-motile,single-cell bacteria.Of more than 40 currently recognized species of mycobacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of human TB is the commonest pathogen for pulmonary and extra pulmonary tuberculosis cases. The other members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) or the nontubercular mycobacterium (NTM) produces similar diseases which cannot be differentiated from tuberculosis by clinical symptoms and signs. But this differentiation is important as the chemotherapy varies widely according to the strain of mycobacterium. The burden of morbidity and mortality of tuberculosis is rapidly growing worldwide, particularly with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The strain identification of Mycobacterium remains a cumbersome, labor intensive and expensive procedure, which requires 3 to 12 weeks of time. The conventional methods of strain identification lack proper standardization and precise diagnosis. The prime objective of this study is to overcome these problems. A multiplex PCR using 3 amplicons of 165,365, and 541 base pair target sequences was done with a total number of 165 clinical isolates of suspected Koch’s patients. Strain identification was compared both by conventional methods and multiplex PCR. The results of the study show that this multiplex PCR is supposed to be less complicated, less time consuming, cost-effective and superior to the conventional methods. It is also applicable for culture negative samples where strain identification is not possible by conventional approach.

Fission fragment mass distribution has been measured in two reactions to populate compound nu- cleus 246 Bk. Both the target nuclei were deformed. However, entrance channel mass asymmetry of the two sys- tems was on the either side of the Businaro Gallone mass asymmetry parameter. Near the Coulomb barrier, at similar excitation energies, the width of the fission fragment mass distribution was found to be significantly dif- ferent for the 14 N + 232 T h reaction compared to the 11 B + 235 U reaction. The entrance channel mass asymmetry was found to play a significant role in deciding the fusion process.

The reaction 27 Al(d,t) at 25 MeV was utilized to study the excited states of 26 Al. The angular distributions of the observed excited states of 26 Al were analyzed with zero range distorted wave Born approximation as well as by incorporating finite range correction parameters to extract spectroscopic factors. The two sets of extracted spectroscopic factors were compared with each other to see the effect of using finite range correction in the transfer form factor.

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The inclusive energy distributions of fragments with Z $\ensuremath{\ge}$ 3 emitted from the bombardment of $^{12}\mathrm{C}$ by $^{20}\mathrm{Ne}$ beams with incident energies between 145 and 200 MeV have been measured in the angular range ${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{\mathrm{lab}}~{10}^{\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}}\text{\ensuremath{-}}{50}^{\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}}$. Damped fragment yields in all cases have been found to be characteristic of emission from fully energy equilibrated composites; for B and C fragments, average Q values, $\ensuremath{\langle}Q\ensuremath{\rangle}$, were independent of the center-of-mass emission angle (${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{\mathrm{c.m}.}$), and the angular distributions followed a $~1/\mathrm{sin}{\ensuremath{\theta}}_{\mathrm{c.m}.}$-like variation, signifying long lifetimes of the emitting dinuclear systems. Estimates of total yields of these fragments have been found to be much larger than those predicted by the standard statistical model. This may be indicative of the survival of an orbiting-like process in the $^{12}\mathrm{C}+^{20}\mathrm{Ne}$ system at these energies.

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Fragment emission mechanisms have been studied in 12 C on 12 C and 13 C on 12 C reactions at same excitation energy. The inclusive energy distributions of the complex fragments (3≤ Z≤ 5) emitted from the composite system have been measured in the angular range 14 0 to 36 0 . The present experiments have been performed with the motivation to study the isotopic dependence of fragment yields in these two reactions. From the preliminary analysis, it has been observed that fragments are emitted from a completely equilibrated and long lived composite system for both 12 C + 12 C and 13 C + 12 C reactions. It has also been observed that the emission of neutron-rich fragments are more in 13 C + 12 C compared to 12 C + 12 C reaction.

The quantitative contributions of various direct three alpha decay mechanisms in the decay of the famous Hoyle state, the 02 + resonant excited state of 12 C at excitation energy of 7.65 MeV, has been estimated using 60 MeV α inelastic scattering on 12 C target in complete kinematical measurement. Simultaneous optimisation of three different distributions (the relative energy of 8 Be like pairs, the root mean square energy deviation and the radial projection of symmetric Dalitz plot) derived from the experimental data with those generated from the Monte Carlo simulated event sets, have been done to arrive at a consistent estimation of the contributions of various direct decay modes.

PURPOSE: Eales' disease (ED) is an idiopathic retinal vasculitis characterized by capillary nonperfusion and neovascularization. Previous reports on ED demonstrated that T-cell-mediated immunoresponse and differential cytokine production in inflammatory and angiogenic stage seem to influence the extent and severity of this disease. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of cytokine gene polymorphisms on occurrence and severity of ED. METHODS: One hundred twenty-one patients with ED were recruited from an Eastern Indian population and compared with 223 matched healthy control subjects. Genotyping of IFN-γ, IL-10, and TNF-α were performed by amplification refractory mutation system polymerase chain reaction (ARMS-PCR). RESULTS: A statistically significant association was found between the IL-10 -1082AA (P = 0.002), TNF-α -308AA (P = 0.0017) genotypes and the IL-10 ATA haplotype (P = 0.0123) and the occurrence of ED. In addition IL-10 -1082GG (P = 0.0005), TNF-α -308GG (P < 0.0001) genotype were found to be protective against disease occurrence. A synergistically low IL-10/high TNF-α genotype increased the risk of development (P < 0.0001) and the severity (P = 0.019) of ED. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that a low IL-10-expressing and high TNF-α-expressing genotype of the host can influence the occurrence and severity of outcome of ED.