To stay or grow? Migration patterns and child growth in rural Bihar, India.

While the dominant patterns of migration for livelihood among the poor in India are rural-to-rural and circular, literature on the health implications of child migration has largely focused on rural-to-urban, permanent movement. We compared child growth across three migration typologies rural Bihar: circular migrant families that repeatedly migrate to rural destination sites with accompanying young children, rural households with male migrants, and rural households that do not engage in migration. We integrated network theory based on caste and tribe geography to inform our analytical approach.

Enhanced response of thermospheric cooling emission to negative pressure pulse.

Nitric oxide (NO) emission via 5.3 µm wavelength plays dominant role in regulating the thermospheric temperature due to thermostat nature. The response of NO 5.

Destructive on orchids: current knowledge and future perspectives.

Anton de Bary first coined the genus, , which means "plant destroyer", viewing its devastating nature on potatoes. Globally plants have faced enormous threat from since its occurrence. In fact, a century ago, was first reported on Dendrobium maccarthiae in Sri Lanka.

Comparison of fetal safety of vaginal Misoprostol tablet and Dinoprostone gel for induction of labor: An open-label randomized control trial.

Aim: In modern obstetrics, need of labor induction is increasing along with increased caesarean deliveries. Major contributions for these operative deliveries are due to induction failure. This demands a potent labor-inducing agent.

Performance appraisal of based novel tablet and powder formulations for management of wilt disease in chickpea.

In developing a based biocontrol program for wilt disease in chickpea, the choice of the quality formulation is imperative. In the present study, two types of formulations powder for seed treatment (TvP) and tablet for direct application (TvT), employing as the biocontrol agent, were evaluated for their ability to control chickpea wilt under field conditions at three dosages recommended (RD), double of recommended (DD) and half of recommended (1/2 RD). A screening study for the antagonistic fungi strains based on volatile and non-volatile bioassays revealed that ITCC 7764 has the most potential among the five strains tested (ITCC 6889, ITCC 7204, ITCC 7764, ITCC 7847, ITCC 8276), which was then used to develop the TvP and TvT formulations.

A pediatric case series of abdominal epilepsy.

Background: Abdominal epilepsy (AE) is an infrequent cause of recurrent abdominal pain in children. It is characterized by paroxysmal episodes of abdominal pain, a variety of other abdominal complaints, electroencephalogram abnormalities, and response to anti-epileptic agents. We described the clinical profile of six patients with AE.

Probable hepatic tuberculosis masquerading as Klatskin tumour in an immunocompetent patient.

A 55-year-old immunocompetent woman was presented with features of obstructive jaundice and a clinicoradiological picture suggestive of a hilar cholangiocarcinoma (Klatskin tumour). However, caseating granulomatous lesion associated with miliary nodules were revealed intraoperatively. The lesion responded to standard antituberculous therapy.

Disseminated staphylococcal disease in healthy children-experience from two tertiary care hospitals of West Bengal.

Objectives: To assess the etiology, precipitating factors, treatment and outcome of disseminated staphylococcal disease (DSD) in healthy immunocompetent children.

Methods: This hospital based observational prospective study was conducted in two tertiary care hospitals of West Bengal, India during the period of March, 2011 through February, 2012. Inclusion criteria were 1) children between 1 and 12 y and 2) clinical features DSD characterized by i) involvement of at least two distant organs with presence of gram positive cocci in clusters and/or growth of Staphylococcus aureus from at least one normally sterile body fluid, ii) fever, persistent bacteremia despite antibiotics and focal involvement of two or more separate tissue sites (skin, bone, joint, kidney, lung, liver, heart).

Time trends in ectopic pregnancy over a decade--a retrospective hospital-based study.

A 10-year study to evaluate the time trends of ectopic pregnancy showed a gradual but steady rise of incidence from 1/179 to 1/108. Reproductive failure constituted the major bulk but contraceptive failure is gradually increasing. Interestingly failure of emergency contraception has emerged as another risk factor in recent years.

Profile of child labor in Indian railways.

Objectives: To determine the socio-medical profile of child workers in Indian railways.

Methods: This was a prospective longitudinal survey over one year. The children up to the age of 14 y entering the reserved second class sleeper compartment of long distance trains in Indian railways were included.

Corrosive-induced vesicovaginal fistula with procidentia: a rare occurrence.

Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) has huge physical, psychological and, above all, social implications in a woman's life. It has always been a challenge for the urogynaecologic surgeons to manage VVF. VVF can be caused by unrelieved obstructed labour, pelvic surgery, malignancies, radiation therapy, infection and trauma.

Contraceptive practice of the tribal women in tea garden area of North Bengal.

A total of 860 tribal tea garden women in the Jalpaiguri district were surveyed by means of detailed questionnaires to obtain information of their contraceptive knowledge and practices and also to see the literacy rate among themselves. Analysis was done of their literacy level, family planning awareness, access to information and communication, methods of contraception adopted and utilisation of healthcare facilities. Majority (85%) of the tea garden women including all the age groups were illiterate.

Perinatal mortality in rural medical college of West Bengal.

A record based study was conducted in a rural medical college of West Bengal. Analysis of data for a full calender year (January to December 2000) revealed perinatal mortality rate and early neonatal mortality rate as 128.03 and 31.

Accessory breast in the perineum.

A rare case of functional accessory breast in the perineum presenting in labour is reported. It showed a well-formed nipple and pregnancy induced changes. The organ was completely excised postpartum.