Past Issue

Kumbakonam Municipal town is selected for the present study.
Objectives: a) to trace the past and explore existing conditions of solid waste management practises in the Kumbakonam town, b) to map the existing number of dustbin locations and to find out the suitable and unsuitable locations dust bins in Kumbakonam town and c) to suggest the optimum locations for better management of solid wastes/dust bins using Geographical Information System.

More than 20 million people are severely injured or killed on the world’s roads each year and the burden falls most heavily on low income countries. The mortality from Road traffic injury in sub-Saharan Africa is among the highest in the world. Motorcycle crashes accounts for 54% of all road traffic injuries. The main type of conflict in which a motorcyclist is injured or killed is a collision between a motorcycle and a car.

This study was aimed at determining the prevalence of refractive anomalies among young boys and girls in Imo State. It is a retrospective study in which files of patients from 5 optometry clinics were reviewed; files of 200 patients aged between 18-30 years were randomly selected out of all the files that were reviewed. There were 100 boys and 100 girls. The data collected were classified into five basic refractive anomalies: myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, myopic astigmatism and hyperopic astigmatism.

Objectives: To understand the application condition of telemedicine and discuss its future development strategy.

Background: India has the dubious distinction of having the highest estimated number of maternal deaths in any country. In addition to the number of death each year. Over 50 million women suffer from maternal morbidity due to acute complications from pregnancy. For effective implementation of the programme understanding of the factors affecting the utilization of maternity care during pregnancy is required.

To study the correlation and regression  equations   for some  economic  traits   as  Body weight, length, keel length, dressing  percentage, carcass  weight, breast  and  legs weights  on  Broiler Ross308  fed on different  levels of parsley oil. 200 chicks one day old were reared  till 35 days, grouped for four nutrient  treatments  50 chick/treatment 2 replicates  as (T1 control  group without  parsley oil, T2 nutrient  with 15% parsley oil, T3  nutrient  with 30% parsley oil and  T4 nutrient  with 45% parsley oil).

An investigation on possible regulation of antianxiety- like activity of amino guanidine in stressed mice by nitric oxide: cyclic guanosine monophosphate (NO: cGMP) modulation was made. Stressed mice were administered with amino guanidine and tested on elevated plus maze and light/dark box. NO: cGMP modulators (L-arginine, Methylene blue, Bay-607550, 8-Br-cGMP) were administered as pre-treatments in the separate groups of amino guanidine- treated stressed mice and modulation of the noted effect of amino guanidine in stressed mice was observed.

Accidents are the largest single cause of death after the age of one year and are one of the serious health problems facing the world today. Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death among toddlers. The aims of this study were i) to assess women’s knowledge about the nature and type of most commonly found unintentional domestic accidents among toddlers. ii) to assess the knowledge of women regarding first aid measures against domestic accidents among toddlers. iii) to assess the knowledge of women regarding prevention of domestic accidents among   toddlers.

In Mafeteng Urban, there are Informal traders of vegetables and fruits who sell products at various public places. The paper describes informal marketing of vegetables and fruits, and highlights the challenges facing the sector. The study uses multiple techniques of data collection including observations and interviews. Descriptive analysis was employed in the study. The results indicate that traders use a price value system of size and numbers. The informal fruits and vegetable sector provides services, employment and income to the people.

Property rights are social institutions that define and delimit the range of privileges granted to individuals of specific resources, such as land and water. They are the authority to determine different forms of control over resources thus determining the use, benefits and costs resulting from resource use. That is, they clearly specify who can use the resources, who can capture the benefits from the resources, and who should incur costs of any socially harmful impact resulting from the use of a resource.