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Rising in the rates of C-section deliveries worldwide is a major public health concern. According to WHO, C-section rate continues to rise globally, accounting for more than 1 in 5(21%) childbirths. There is lack of evidence supporting the maternal and neonatal benefits with the increasing C-section rates. Robson's Ten Group Classification system (RTGCS) serves as an initial structure with which caesarean section rates can be analyzed and allow us to bring changes in clinical practice. The objective of the current study was to audit C-section rate using Robson's Ten Group Classification System in our tertiary care hospital, and to identify the main contributors of each subgroup to overall Csection rate. This was a cross-sectional study conducted at out tertiary care center, Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (KIMS&RC), Madhuranthagam, Tamil Nadu, India during the period of January 2019 to December 2021. The study was conducted by reviewing the hospital record for analyzing the C-sections performed during the above-mentioned period. The study population include the pregnant women who underwent Csections in our hospital during the specified period. The 401 women who underwent C-section were classified in Robson's Ten group classification system, 45% women in Group 5 and it contributed to the maximum number of the total C-section rates. The second highest contributor was Group 1 and Group 2 contributing to 41% of the overall C-section rates. The Robson's Ten group classification system provides a useful framework for auditing C-section rates. Regular audits and standardization of indication of C-section will help in reducing the C-section rate in future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Use of novel biomarkers is the need of hour for prediction and early diagnosis of bovine production diseases such as hepatic lipidosis (HL). Liver ultrasonography and estimation of liver specific enzymes activities have been successfully used for diagnosis of HL. However, use of inflammatory mediator like tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) or acute phase proteins (APPs) like C reactive protein (CRP), serum amyloid A (SAA) and haptoglobin (Hp) as biomarkers of HL has not been elucidated. The present study was therefore designed to evaluate liver ultrasonography and serum APPs concentrations as early predictive biomarkers of bovine HL. Methods: This study included one hundred one (101) multiparous crossbred cows in advanced pregnancy from dairy farm in Punjab, India. The cows were grouped according to their transition stage i.e., Far off dry (FOD), close up dry (CUD) and Fresh (F). Liver ultrasonography along with hemato-biochemical analysis and estimation of acute phase proteins was carried out during different stages of transition period. Result: This study included 101 cows, of which 71 (70.3%) had ultrasonographic features of normal liver and 30 (29.7%) had ultrasonographic features of HL (Grade I, 10 cows; Grade II, 12 cows; Grade III, 8 cows). Cows with HL had significantly lower levels of hemoglobin (Hb), packed cell volume (PCV), total erythrocyte count (TEC), total plasma protein (TPP), glucose, total calcium (Ca) and zinc (Zn) and significantly higher levels of plasma urea nitrogen (PUN), non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA), beta hydroxyl butyric acid (BHBA), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), TNF-a, CRP, SAA and Hp compared to the negative controls. The APPs, liver ultrasonography, liver enzymes along with NEFA and BHBA could be used as biomarkers for prediction and early diagnosis of HL in cows. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hotels and restaurants are the places where they can provide food, accommodation and services to the guests who are willing to pay for what they offer and experienced by them. Basically when people are willing to hangout, they first prefer good service, satisfaction, and good products. So, because of these preferences people are introduced to taverns (hotels and restaurants). Generally, people choose hotels and restaurants according to their budgets, because every person cannot stay in 5 star hotel and everybody cannot eat in 5 star hotel. So, people choose according to their capacity. So, our application is here to make ease for the people to choose and find out hotels in one of the city in South India which is nothing but Vijayawada. So, people can find out the hotels and food plazas in Vijayawada according to their capacity. The whole information of taverns and food plaza's is provided by our application with also their website link. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A field experiment was carried out on okra by imposing water deficit and using organic mulches during spring-summer of 2009 and 2010 at Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, India. The treatments comprised of three levels of irrigation scheduling (5, 10 and 15 days intervals) and three level of mulch (pea straw, dry grass mulch at 7.0 t ha-1 and 'no mulch'). Significant differences on physiological and yield attributes were observed in various irrigation treatments and organic mulches. Organic mulching enhanced the stomatal conductance and photosynthesis by 127-154% and 50-59%, respectively over no mulch. Similarly, there was 16 and 33% reduction in photosynthesis, and 33 and 36% reduction in stomatal conductance in 15 days irrigation scheduled plant as comparison to 5 and 10 days schedule, respectively. The maximum photosynthesis and stomatal conductance was registered with irrigation at 10 days coupled with organic mulching. Similarly, irrigation at 5 or 10 days recorded 40.3 and 45.6% higher pod yield, respectively over longer intervals. Significantly higher yield was noticed in both organic mulches over no mulch. Maximum pod yields (103.55 and 116.73 q ha-1) were recorded respectively, with irrigation at 10 days interval and mulching either with pea straw or dry grass. Mulched plants exhibited very proportional allocation of drymatter in various plant parts. The maximum water use efficiency of 351.60 kg ha-1cm-1 was recorded in treatment comprising irrigation scheduling at 10 days interval and mulching with dry grass. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]