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This study was taken up in three districts (Adilabad, Warangal and Nagarkurnool) from three different zones of Telangana (Northern, Central and Southern). It evaluated the economic benefit of HDPS cotton by comparing it with non HDPS cotton. For this study, multistage sampling was used. HDPS adopters and non-adopters were equally picked from each zone based on the proportionate level of technology adoption. In order to create a sample size of 180 farmers, a total of 90 HDPS adopters and 90 HDPS non-adopters from three agroclimatic zones of Telangana. Cost of cultivation of HDPS cotton for marginal, small and large farms was found to be ? 96,376.74, ? 98,607.71 and ? 1,00,355.77 and in non HDPS cotton, ? 91,229.89, ? 93,211.99 and ? 95,346.71 for marginal, small and large farms respectively. The cost of cultivation for pooled HDPS and non HDPS farms was ? 98,239.49 and ? 93,266.07 per hectare respectively. The cost difference between the HDPS and non HDPS cotton was ? 4,973.42 per hectare. Among the selected three districts of three zones of Telangana, cost of cultivation of pooled HDPS cotton farmers was high for Nagarkurnool with ? 97,802.37 per hectare followed by Adilabad and Warangal (Urban and Rural) with ? 96,320.62 and ? 96,121.03 per hectare respectively. The gross returns and net returns were more for Adilabad district with ? 1,32,452.47 and ? 33,231.24 per hectare followed by Nagarkurnool with ? 1,28,254.13 and ? 31,982.02 and Warangal with ? 1,27,452.45 and ? 32,252.21 per hectare, respectively. The farm business income for HDPS cotton farms was found to be ? 75,857.40 per hectare which is higher than non HDPS farms i.e., ? 61,241.23 per hectare. The family labour income of the HDPS farmer was also found to be more for HDPS cotton i.e., ? 45,784.11 per hectare compared to the non HDPS cotton farms i.e., ? 31,502.68 per hectare. Because of high farm business income, the family investment income was more for HDPS cotton i.e., ? 65,665.92 per hectare as compared to the non HDPS cotton i.e., ? 53,225.01 per hectare respectively. The average gross returns of HDPS cotton across the State on selected marginal, small and large farms were ? 1,17,750.00, ? 1,28,587.50 and ? 1,38,125.12 per hectare, respectively. Similarly, the net profits for HDPS cotton over cost C2 basis on marginal, small and large farms in the state were ? 21,373.26, ? 29,979.80 and ? 37,769.35 per hectare respectively. Average yield obtained in HDPS cotton farms was 20.25 quintal per hectare and for non HDPS cotton farms it was 17.95 quintal per hectare.
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Our patient is a 68-year-old woman with no known comorbid illnesses, who presented with fever, cough and haemoptysis of 20-days duration. The fever was insidious in onset, intermittent, high grade and was associated with productive cough. There were intermittent episodes of scoughing up of blood-tinged sputum mixed with clots. She was evaluated at another centre and was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism based on a computed tomographic imaging of the thorax. When she presentation to us, she was hemodynamically stable and her systemic examination was within normal limits. Her computed tomography (CT) scan were reviewed and she was labelled to have an intermediate risk pulmonary embolism. She was initiated on Injection enoxaparin and was simultaneously evaluated for the aetiology of her illness wherein an USG guided supraclavicular lymph node biopsy lead to a diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. She was initiated on first line ATT and was discharged on the same. Anticoagulation was continued on discharge. She is currently doing well on follow up. Our objective is to shed light on the association between tuberculosis and pulmonary embolism and to emphasize the need for a thorough evaluation to identify an occult infective focus in patients presenting with venous thromboembolism.
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The aim of this study is to explore the rates of elevated total IgE levels and sensitization among asthmatic and non-asthmatic children visiting the clinic in one of the main Children Hospital in northern Jordan. A total of 177 children aged between 1 month and 16 years were classified into 3 groups: Outpatients without any symptoms of atopic diseases [n=82], Asthmatics [n=50] and a control group [n=45]. Serum IgE levels were measured in addition to IgE antibodies against panels of inhalant and food allergens for samples with total lgE above 200 IU/ml. The highest mean value for total IgE [737.9 IU/ml] was in the asthmatic children above the age of 10 years. The rates of high total IgE [above 200 IU/ml] was 44% in asthmatic, 23.2% in outpatient and 13.3% in control children. Twenty one out of the 22 [95.5%] samples of asthmatic children showed reactivity to at least one tested allergen. In this group, sensitization to domestic house dust mites [Dermatophygoides pteronyssinus] was the most prevalent [70%]. For the other groups, 55.5% of subjects were sensitized to mixed grass pollen. Regarding food allergens, the highest percentage of children was sensitized to carrot followed by wheat flour. IgE antibodies specific to food allergens predominate in younger ages whereas IgE to both aero and food allergen groups was noticed in older ages. High levels of IgE were recorded among Jordanian children visiting a pediatric clinic with the highest sensitization among asthmatics being to house dust mites