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Mealey bug (Maconellicoccus hirsutus) causes dreadful infection in Hibiscus rosa sinensis.Infections are highly virulent and alters biochemical components of the species. Therefore an attempt has been made to evaluate the alteration of biochemical components in Hibiscus stem at various stages of infection. The results reveal that partial infected stem had shown 78% decrease in its aminoacids whereas highly infected had shown 64% decrease. The results also show that proteins had increased significantly(72%) in highly infected stem and noticeable increase (63%) in partial infected.
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This paper reports physicochemical studies in fungal infected galls of Pongamia pinnata. The parameters assayed were Total ash, acid insolubility and water solubility values and extractive values (Alcohol, water and petroleum ether). Fungal infected galls showed significantly higher value of ash, acid insolubility and low water solubility and high extractive values (petroleum ether and water) when compared to normal galls.
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Sexual dysfunction due to use of selective serotonin reuptake (SSRI) are reported since the time they have beenintroduced in the 1980's. Studies have shown the prevalence to be in the range of 30-70%. They effect all phases ofsexual functioning and have been found to persist long after the drug has been withdrawn. Persisting sexual dysfunctionleads to non compliance with treatment and has a negative impact on the quality of life. Various methods have beendocumented on how to reduce this effect. Commonly used methods are switching the antidepressants or adding anotherdrug to counter this side effect.
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The understanding of mental illness has evolved over the years. Right from being thought to be due topossession by evil spirits to the current bio-socio-psychological model of illness, what has remained consistenthowever is the violation of their human rights. Though the efforts to redress this have started from the timesof Pinel, the real focus has been only after the introduction of the various international and regional instrumentsfor protection of human rights. Under these there is a paradigm shift from protecting society from the mentallyill to protecting the mentally ill.