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Electrical injuries though infrequent, are potentially devastating form of injuries which are associated with high morbidity and mortality. The severity of the injury depends upon intensity of the electrical current which is determined by the voltage and the resistance offered by the victim. These injuries vary from trivial burns to death. There have been few reports about pulmonary injuries due to electrical current but none mentioning neurogenic pulmonary edema (NPE). Here we report a young boy who when exposed to high-voltage current developed neurogenic pulmonary edema and was successfully managed. Though there is no specific protocol for electrical injury but identifying the organs involved along with type of disease facilitates the management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study aimed to estimate the potential evapotransportation in north-west India. The study was undertaken through giving consideration to the daily maximum and minimum temperature data recorded by the twenty two meteorological stations located in the region. Statistical measures were computed through the use of 'OP Stat' software.

Weather disease interaction study was carried out at Hisar (75°46'E 29°10'N and 215.2a.m.s.l). Nineteen years (1996-2014) yellow rust data was recorded during the peak period of yellow rust incidence (20thDecember to 20th February) on six varieties of wheat (WH 147,PBW 343,WH 711,PBW 175, KH 65 and C 306). Weather data of corresponding period (1996 to 2014) was taken from Agrometeorological observatory located at Research farm.Yellow rust incidence values were transformed using Logistic and Gompertz models for development of weather based prediction models.Transformed values of disease incidence were correlated with weather parameters and correlation coefficient indicates that rainy day was the most important/significant weather parameters in disease progression. Rainy day, minimum temperature and morning relative humidity collectively explained maximum variability in disease progression. The Gompertz model was found to be the best fit over the years for describing zonate leaf spot disease incidence in a natural inoculum population of Pucinia striiformis on wheat [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cotton is the most vital role in Indian economy and industrial development. Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) became major problems responsible for decreased productivity during last one and half decade. To find out the role of sowing environment on crop growth indices at different phenological stages, three Bt-cotton hybrids were sown at three different dates of sowings. Late sown crop shows a very poor growth having early occurrence of all phenological stages. Crop growth parameters viz. plant height, dry matter accumulation and LAI were higher in early sown crop as compare to late sown. In diseased plants phenological stages occurred earlier than the healthy plants and showed negative effect on all crop growth indices. Maximum impact of CLCuD on phenological stages occurrence was found at 50% boll formation stage in diseased plants of Pancham-541 in late sown crop. It was also found that effect of CLCuD was less in early sown crop and RCH-791 having some resistant reaction shows less impact of CLCuD. It concludes that early sowing was favourable for a better growth and reproduction of the cotton crop under the CLCuD incidence. RCH-791 may also recommend as best variety among all three for cotton productivity under CLCuD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a research study for analyzing the impact of conditions like soil temperature, moisture and crop planting depth on the development of the black scurf disease in potato crop at the Chaudhary Charan Singh (CCS) Haryana Agricultural University's Research farm of Vegetable Science located in Hisar in Haryana, India. Topics discussed include calculation of percent disease incidence (PDI), correlation coefficient between soil and disease incidence and results of the study.

A three-month-old German shepherd pup was brought with the complaint of gradually increasing swelling on the left lateral abdominal region for one month after a traumatic injury. History, physical and radiographic examination revealed herniation of the spleen. Surgical intervention was done to repair the defect and during herniorrhaphy, it was found that the spleen was herniated along with partial herniation of stomach which was of rare occurrence. Herniorrhaphy was performed after replacement of visceral organs into the abdominal cavity. The pup recovered uneventfully without any complications and revealed normal feeding habits and behavioural activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article talks about a research which analyzes rainfall trend in north-west India. Topics discussed include the diverse soil and climate found in the north-western part of India; the horticultural crops produced in this part of the country; and the importance of rainfall for agriculture in the region.

The article talks about a research focusing on the chilling hours of temperate fruit crops in north-west India. Topics discussed include the potential impact of climate change on the chilling requirements of the plants; the temperature data obtained for the research; and the role of the availability of chilling hours in determining crop and varieties.

This study deals with the voltage control and power quality improvement of a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG)-based diesel generator (DG) set feeding single-phase loads using a solid-state controller. The proposed system consists of a PMSG driven by a diesel engine at constant speed, a three-leg voltage source converter (VSC) with a capacitor on its DC link and single-phase load connected between two terminals of the generator. Most of the domestic loads are single phase but three-phase generation is more reliable and efficient than single-phase generation. Therefore a three-phase PMSG is proposed for feeding such types of loads. The VSC is used as a solid-state controller to control the terminal voltage, to eliminate harmonics from the source currents and voltage and to provide load balancing while feeding single-phase loads from three-phase PMSG. An adaptive theory-based improved linear sinusoidal tracer (ILST)-based control algorithm with selectable frequency (ωo) and bandwidth (Δ) is used to estimate balanced reference source currents. The main contribution of this study is the power quality improvement of PMSG-based DG set using a solid-state controller along with hardware implementation of a novel ILST-based control algorithm for voltage control across the load. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Climate change such as rising temperature, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, rainfall variability and altering soil physical, chemical and biological properties are observed all around the world. A review over impacts of clim ate change with relation to crops and soil health was done at Department of Agricultural Meteorology, CCS HAU Hisar. IPCC, 2021 provides new estimates of the chances of crossing the global warming level of 1.5°C in the next decades and finds that unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to close to 1.5°C or even 2°C will be beyond reach. Impacts of climate change on soil properties are long time process as weather elements induce Physio-chemical reaction with soil which happens slowly in relation to weather elements. Climate change is generally expected to increase the crop yields due to CO2 fertilization, radiation use efficiency and longer growing season but on the other hand, beyond a critical limit it may develop stress conditions like water stress, sun burns, scorching, bark cracking, closure stomata, leaf senescence and abscission etc. that can decrease crop production. Acidification, sodicity and salinization problem can develop in soil due to increase in temperature and acidic rainfall. So it can be held that, climate change would have intensive impacts on cereal and horticulture crops health and production as well as on soil properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cholesterol oxidase production (COD) by a new isolate characterized as Streptomyces sp. was studied in different production media and fermentation conditions. Individual supplementation of 1 % maltose, lactose, sucrose, peptone, soybean meal and yeast extract enhanced COD production by 80-110 % in comparison to the basal production medium (2.4 U/ml). Supplementation of 0.05 % cholesterol (inducer) enhanced COD production by 150 %. COD was purified 14.3-fold and its molecular weight was found to be 62 kDa. V (21.93 μM/min mg) and substrate affinity K (101.3 μM) suggested high affinity of the COD for cholesterol. In presence of Ba and Hg the enzyme activity was inhibited while Cu enhanced the activity nearly threefold. Relative activity of the enzyme was found maximum in triton X-100 whereas sodium dodecyl sulfate inactivated the enzyme. The enzyme activity was also inhibited by the thiol-reducing reagents like Dithiothreitol and β-mercaptoethanol. The COD showed moderate stability towards all organic solvents except acetone, benzene and chloroform. The activity increased in presence of isopropanol and ethanol. The enzyme was most active at pH 7 and 37 °C temperature. This organism is not reported to produce COD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Present study was designed to determine the effect of various growing environments on sucking pest population dynamics in cotton and to work out their relation with spectral indices. Crop spectral reflectance in four IRS bands was measured with ground truth radiometer during 1000-1200 h in all the treatment combinations. Incidence of sucking pest in cotton was found out to be highly influenced by growing environments. The leafhopper and whitefly population was highest in 15 May sown cotton crop and was lowest in 15 April sown crop. Cultivar HS-6 was highly affected by both the sucking pest than the other cultivar H-1226. The spectral indices (SR, NDVI and TVI) were highest in 15 April sown crop at all the phenophases and were lowest in 15 May sown crop. The cultivar H-1226 showed higher values of spectral indices as compared to HS-6. The relationship of pests' population with various spectral indices was established. Multiple regression models based on spectral indices can be used for prediction of sucking pest population more than 69 and 74 % accuracy in leafhopper and whitefly, respectively in cotton crop. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to review the literature on producing the animals and animal products free from diseases producing organisms by using various kinds of feed supplements. Recent outbreaks of food-borne diseases highlight the need for reducing microbial pathogens in the foods of animal origin. Animal enteric pathogens are a direct source for food contamination. The safe dose of feed additives provides resistance against to many diseases like Coccidiosis, Salmonellosis and vibriosis etc. also decrease the resistance of diseases in animals infected with Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella. The role of supplementation of ionophore, antibiotics, organic acids, plant secondary metabolites, essential oils, probiotics etc are discused for safe animal production. In this way it is found that the uses of feed supplement have not only improved the productivity of animals; produces animals and animal products free from any kind of infestatious and infectious diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Thiacloprid is a systemic neonicotinoid. The study hypothesized that difference may be seen in the rate of dissipation of thiacloprid when applied on non-transgenic and transgenic cabbage. Thiacloprid was estimated by HPLC. Half life of thiacloprid in transgenic as well as in normal cabbage ranged between 12.3-13.1 days in two doses of application. Under field condition, after 15 days, 59.2 % and 54.3 % dissipation was recorded at lower and higher rates of application in transgenic cabbage, where as the insecticide dissipated 57.5 % and 59.1 % for single dose and double dose application, respectively in non-transgenic cabbage. The study establishes that there is no significant difference in dissipation of a systemic pesticide in transgenic versus non-transgenic cabbage. Decontamination of thiacloprid contaminated cabbage was carried out by different chemical treatments. The application of 0.5 % NaHCO (an edible alkali) may be recommended for decontamination. Thiacloprid residues in the day-3 field samples of cabbage could be reduced below Japanese MRL (1.0 mg kg) by treating with 0.5 % NaHCO solution for 1 h. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work, an attempt has been made to find the adsorption characteristics of crystal violet (CV) dye on calcined and uncalcined ball clay using batch adsorption technique. The ball clay adsorbents are characterized using thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA), particle size analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm, and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The influence of pH and temperature on the adsorption of CV dye is examined. The experimental results of adsorption isotherms are fitted with Langmuir, Freundlich, and Redlich-Perterson models. Adsorption mechanisms of the CV dye on both the ball clays are investigated using thermodynamic parameters and analytical techniques. The results indicate that the Langmuir and Redlich-Peterson models are found to be the more appropriate model to explain the adsorption of CV dye on ball clays than that of Freundlich model. The maximum adsorption capacity of the calcined and uncalcined ball clay is found to be 1.6 × 10 and 1.9 × 10 mol g, respectively. The lower adsorption capacity of the calcined ball clay is due to the reduction in the surface hydroxyl group and surface area. Adsorption capacity and percentage removal of the CV dye on calcined and uncalcined ball clay increase with an increase in the temperature and pH, respectively. The obtained negative Δ G values indicate that the adsorption of CV dye on ball clay is feasible and spontaneous in nature at temperatures studied. The energy supplied for calcining the ball clay did not bring any improvement in the adsorption capacity. Rather, a reduction in the adsorption capacity of the CV dye on calcined ball clay suggests that the uncalcined ball clay would be more economic and efficient adsorbent for the removal of CV dye than the calcined ball clay. In conclusion, uncalcined ball clay could be used as a low cost alternate for the expensive activated carbon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study is aimed at investigating the impact of training programs conducted by Extension Education Institute (EEI) Nilokheri (Haryana) in Jharkhand State. The main objective of EEI, Nilokheri is to provide training to the middle level extension personnel of land based departments of nine northern states of the country viz., Bihar, Jharkhand, U.P., Delhi, Utrakhand, H.P., Punjab, Haryana, J&K and Master Trainer of state Agricultural Universities. The results of investigation revealed that the impact of extension methodology courses created significantly positive impact. The overall increase in knowledge level of the participants in different area of extension methodology after the training was high. This way training programs were found to be highly relevant and useful. Efforts were made to meet their training needs by improving their motivational levels, extension methodology skills and use of Audio visual aids. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on a study related to the thermal time requirements of genotypes of Brassica plant species at Hisar, India. It mentions that a quick rise in the air temperatures during reproductive stage shortenes seed filling period. It also mentions that fertilization, irrigation and management practices are recommended in the packages of practices for mustard crop in Hisar, India. It also mentions importance of optimum sowing time in achieving potential yield of any crop.

Femoral Head Ostectomy (FHO) is the surgical removal of head and neck of femur. A nine-month-old dog was reported with complaint of lameness. On clinical and radiographic examination, it was diagnosed as hip dysplasia of right hip joint. FHO was performed as palliative treatment. Two months after treatment dog was moving without signs of pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Field experiments were conducted during 1998–99 and 1999–2000 at research farm of the Department of Agricultural Meteorology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. Five wheat cultivars: WH 542, PBW 343, UP 2338, Raj 3765 and Sonak were sown on 25th November, 10th and 25th December with four nitrogen levels viz., no nitrogen. 50, 100 and 150% of recommended dose. Leaf area index, dry matter at anthesis, final dry biomass and grain yield were recorded in all the treatments. Chlorophyll and wax contents of wheat leaves were estimated at different growth stages. Multiband spectral reflectance was measured using hand-held radiometer. Spectral indices such as simple ratio, normalized difference, transformed vegetation index, perpendicular vegetation index and greenness index were computed using the multiband spectral data. Values of all the spectral indices were maximum in 25 November sown crop with maximum dose of nitrogen (180 kg N ha-1). PBW 343 showed higher values of all the spectral indices in comparison with other cultivars. The spectral indices recorded during maximum leaf area index stage were correlated with crop parameters. Using stepwise regression, empirical models for chlorophyll, leaf area index, dry biomass and yield prediction were developed. The ’R2’ values of these models ranged between 0.87 and 0.95. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A case of dystocia in a mare with longitudinal presentation, dorso-sacral position with lateral deviation of head and bilateral knee flexion was presented in Veterinary Clinical Complex of the university and was resolved by caesarean section under gaseous anaesthesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]