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Learning to manage rain water means succeeding in mastering not only water scarcity but also excess and supplying water for agriculture, hygiene thus maintaining the quality of environment and improving socio-economic conditions. However, even if Kagarama sector located in Kicukiro districts in Rwanda has two rainfall seasons which serves as the ample water resources. Kagarama sector is still affected by low per capita water availability in summer days and water excess in rain season both leading to problems related to socio-economic activities and environment.

Metformin is a drug widely used in worldwide for type 2 diabetes mellitus treatment. The aim of this study was to compare the dissolution profiles of Metforminhydrocloride tablets (850 mg) available as the reference drug (R), generic (G) and similar (S) commercialized in Bahia, Brazil using a simple, fast and low cost ultraviolet spectrophotometric method. The tests were performed in compliance with the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia and United States Pharmacopeias. The proposed methodology for quantifying the drug was validated presenting precision, linearity and accuracy.

Objective: Abortion in a dairy herd is a factor that impact the company’s productivity. It is important to provide epidemiological surveillance tools that help anticipate herd reproductive losses in order to correct those through management measures, infectious disease control and proper nutritional management. The analysis of biochemical profiles as a preventive medicine tool is useful to detect metabolic imbalances that can be part of the causality of non-infectious abortions.

Corundum samples of brick red variety from Maragowdanahalli area of Mysore district, Karnataka, Pale pink variety from Lachmanapatti area of Karur district, Tamil Nadu and the colourless or fleshy red coloured from Poovanahalli area of Mysore district, Karnataka are subjected to heavy ion beams of Nitrogen in specific energy and dosage to trigger Physico-chemical changes. Nitrogen ions are irradiated with energy of 120 KeV with a beam current of 1µA, using 150 kV gaseous ion implanter. The implantation is being carried out on all the samples at a dose of 1x1017 ions/cm2.

The aim of this study is to find out the effect of different intensities of aerobic exercises on selected physiological variables among diabetic patients. Randomly selected 60 (N=60) diabetic patients whose blood glucose levels were more than 140 mmHg and who were undergoing treatment for diabetics in Government General Hospital, Nagercoil were treated as subjects for this study. They were randomly assigned into four groups consisting of 15 in each group.

The carbon footprint arose out of the debate on climate change, as a tool to measure GHG emissions. This research carried out at Nyabihu tea factory for carbon footprint estimation in tea life cycle was focusing on different key processes and phases or steps through which Nyabihu tea passes until it is delivered to the auction site (Mombasa). Data collection involved: (1) questionnaire survey to assess the life cycle of tea for Nyabihu tea, (2) field observation and measurements (forests and tea plantations), and (3) personnel interview.

This article aims to list and discuss indispensable categories for understanding the mythology of gender equity, historically constructed in a diffuse way in common sense with apparatus in religious fundamentalism. Thus, from a bibliographical research in books, articles, monographs, dissertations and theses, it presents the genesis of inequality, based on the division of social roles with a focus on sex.

Introduction: Urinary incontinence is defined as a condition where there is the involuntary loss of urine, already cystocele is conceptualized as the fall of the bladder due to loss of support in the region where it is located. Among the types of urinary incontinence, “Effort” (SUI) is the most frequent, assessed by the International Continence Society (ICS) as involuntary loss of urine after physical exercise, cough or sneeze. Objectives: To verify the effectiveness of hypopressive gymnastics in the physiotherapeutic treatment of stress urinary incontinence associated with cystocele.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was established in the year 1935 in a accordance with the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The Reserve Bank of India is the central Bank of India entrusted with the multidimensional role. It performs important monetary functions from issue of currency note to maintenance o f monetary stability in the country. Initially the Reserve Bank of India was a private share holder’s company which was nationalized in 1949. Its affairs are governed by the Central Board of Directors appointed by the Government of India.

A queda é a principal causa de lesões e mortalidade em idoso. Por conseguinte, um dos mais preocupantes fatores de risco para a queda são os transtornos mentais, destacando-se a ansiedade e a depressão. Diante disso, esse estudo teve como objetivo investigar a relação entre os transtornos mentais e quedas em idosos, bem como, identificar as principais estratégias de prevenção.