Quality of life among geriatric population living with functional disabilities: A comparison between urban and rural populations of West Bengal.

Introduction: Global elderly population's growth is evident, with projections reaching 2 billion by 2050, while India's geriatric population is expected to rise to 11.6% by 2026. Disparity in quality of life (QOL) and disabilities between urban and rural elderly exist, where rural elderly maintain active roles, while urban counterparts face economic insecurity post retirement.

Co-inoculation of native multi-trait plant growth promoting rhizobacteria promotes plant growth and suppresses blight disease in castor ( L.).

Background: Castor ( L.) is cultivated for seed oil and to feed (leaves) Eri silkworm, (Donovan) Hutt. blight affects castor cultivation resulting substantial yield loss (∼30%).

Assessment of under nutrition among under 5 tribal children in a rural area in West Bengal.

Tribal population is socio economically disadvantaged group. Knowledge about nutritional status of various tribal populations is important because it impels to identify under nutrition which is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. This study is conducted to assess under nutrition among under 5 tribal children.

A role for Vibrio vulnificus PecS during hypoxia.

The genus Vibrio includes serious human pathogens, and mollusks are a significant reservoir for species such as V. vulnificus. Vibrio species encode PecS, a member of the multiple antibiotic resistance regulator (MarR) family of transcription factors; pecS is divergently oriented to pecM, which encodes an efflux pump.

An Aspartate-Specific Solute-Binding Protein Regulates Protein Kinase G Activity To Control Glutamate Metabolism in Mycobacteria.

Signaling by serine/threonine phosphorylation controls diverse processes in bacteria, and identification of the stimuli that activate protein kinases is an outstanding question in the field. Recently, we showed that nutrients stimulate phosphorylation of the protein kinase G substrate GarA in and and that the action of GarA in regulating central metabolism depends upon whether it is phosphorylated. Here we present an investigation into the mechanism by which nutrients activate PknG.

An intervention study on compliance of diabetes mellitus patients.

The effect of intervention (counselling) on compliance was observed in 106 diabetes mellitus patients with poor glycaemic control attending a clinic. They were selected at random and the period of study extended over 3 months. Intervention (counselling) improved significantly their compliance with advices on diet, exercise and drug as well as their glycaemic status.