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A good DNA extraction procedure for the isolation of genomic DNA should yield adequate and intact DNA of reasonable purity. The procedure should also be quick, simple, and cheap and if possible should avoid the use of dangerous chemicals. This paper describes a simple, rapid and efficient method for isolating genomic DNA extraction methods for mature leaves, resting buds and seedling leaves of 5 different genera namely Sapindus, Cardiospermum, Litchi, Allophilus, Dodonea of Sapindaceae.

Background: Congenital hypopituitarism is a rare clinical syndrome of deficiency in pituitary hormones. It is a life threatening. Design and selling: A retrospective hospital- based study was conducted at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during the period January 1989 and December 2014 Methods: Medical records of patient who were diagnosed to have congenital hypopituitarism were retrospectively reviwed. Data included age, sex, clinical presentation and results of the relevant laboratory and radiological investigations.

Adolescent is a period whereas most thrilling, challenging, distressing and consequential aspects. They need to have a number of skills to function as individual and as a member of social group. The present study is undertaken to assess the role of life skills and social maturity among adolescence to get employment. The study was conducted in Tirupati town. Sample consists of 100 adolescence (50 boys) and (50 girls) were selected from five Government High schools by using purposive random sampling method.

Karst areas are usually water deficit due to lack of surface runoff, groundwater exceeding 120 m depth, and no obvious sign of underground streams on the ground surface. Guangxi Province karst areas in the southwestern part of China are well known for its drought conditions. It is often classified as extremely fragile karst ecosystem. Rock desertification occurs easily in this region, due mainly to less soil cover, shortage in surface water resources, and difficult vegetation recovery.

“The study is about National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and its impact on women in terms of their empowerment. This study covers structure, objectives, implementation and impact of NRLM through SHG approach on lives of women in one of the intervention Block-Bishnah of Jammu And Kashmir State. The effort has been made to highlight the extent of facilitation provided through organization of poor women into SHGs and to enable the women to break shackles of poverty and move towards self reliance.

We have reviewed the antibiotic susceptibility profiles for 138 clinical isolates of B. pseudomallei obtained from the first positive clinical specimen from 138 melioidosis patients over 13 years. All isolates of B. pseudomallei (100%) tested against imipenem, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, piperacillin/ tazobactam and meropenem were sensitive. Whereas little resistance was reported against ceftazidime (n=1, 0.7%), chloramphenicol (n=2, 2.1%), tigecycline (n=2, 0.4%) and cefipime (n=2, 2.3%). Up to half isolates tested for trimethoprim/sulphamethazole showed resistance (n=52, 38.3%).

Background: Modern restorative dentistry offers many methods of restoring the carious teeth. The advancements in adhesive dentistry have brought significant changes in the treatment of caries. Dental composite formulations have been continuously evolving ever since BISGMA was introduced to dentistry by Boven in 1962. The composite materials can be divided into direct and indirect resin composites (IRC). Indirect composite restorations are usually recommended in posterior teeth requiring large restorations.

The study aims to effects of Land Use/Land Cover Changes (LU/LCC) is the quantitative method, to expound the impact of land use/land cover changes in Ambuliyar watershed, Tamilnadu, India. The relationship between Land Use Changes and its trend is analyzed using IRS LISS III data. Further, the preparation of LU/LC map using Survey of India (SOI) Toposheet for the year of 1972 has come in handy to know the past land use pattern.

This research was conducted to study the effects of project-based learning approach in terms of students' engagement in classroom of Information Communication Technology (ICTs). The study involved two sets of the modules, namely project-based learning with scaffolding and existing approaches. Both modules are used as a guide in the implementation of the project for the Computer Hardware topic. The study was based on a quasi-experimental approach using nonequivalent control groups design to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching approaches on students’ engagement.

In order to understand the photosynthetic physiological characteristics of Davidia involucrata, using portable LI-6400 photosynthesis Davidia involucrata measured net photosynthetic rate ( Pn), stomatal conductance (Gs), CO2 concentration between cells (Ci) and transpiration rate (Tr).