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Climate change is recognized as one of the leading challenges affecting the performance of agriculture and the livelihood of people. Farmers are the hardest hit as they have to continuously respond to climate variations. In order to know farmers' perception of climate change and its impacts and to identify adaptation needs semi-structured questionnaire surveys were carried out in Hyatimundaragii village of Koppala district, Karnataka. Farmers have faced climate variability and noticed increasing temperature, delayed onset of rainfall, intermittent rainfall, prolonged drought conditions, depletion of the water table, untimely filling of water bodies, increased incidence of pests and diseases, livestock diseases, and decreasing soil moisture as the critical factors affecting their cultivation, decrease yield and quality of crop produce. Some of them have started to adapt to these changes by soil conservation measures like the construction of graded bunds, mulching, green manuring and sorghum+pigeonpea intercropping, crop rotation, cultivating drought, pest and disease resistance short duration varieties, providing lifesaving irrigation to crops.
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Aim: This randomized, triple-blinded parallel study was aimed to evaluate the effects of two different local drug delivery (LDD)systems incorporating green tea and turmeric extracts as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) in the treatment ofchronic periodontitis (CP).Materials and Methods: Thirty-four subjects randomized to receive either Gel A or Gel B containing green tea or turmericextract were included in the study. Following SRP, probing pocket depth (PPD), relative attachment level, gingival marginposition (GMP), bleeding on probing, gingival index, and periodontal inflammatory surface area were recorded at baseline and8 weeks after treatment with Gel A or Gel B.Results: Mean PPD reduction from baseline to 8 weeks was −24.57% for Gel A while for Gel B, it was −22.99%. On comparisonof GMP values for Gel A and Gel B at baseline (3.03±1.10 and 2.80±1.06) and at the end of 8 weeks (3.27±1.41 and 3.27±1.14),a statistically significant difference was noted. However, the percentage change was positive (7.69% and 16.67%) in both groups.Conclusion: Both LDD gel systems were equally beneficial and showed a noteworthy reduction in the clinical parametersrecorded when used as an adjunct to SRP in the treatment of CP.
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Malaria causes nearly one million deaths each year and with its recent re-emergence, several fatal complications are seen such as cerebral malaria, hypotension or shock, renal failure, pulmonary oedema/adult respiratory distress syndrome, and hypoglycaemia. Symmetric peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a severe but extremely rare complication of malaria. It has a rapid and sudden onset leading to necrosis which cannot be reversed. A 26 year old male was admitted and treated for complicated malaria and developed SPG. He was given intravenous artesunate, doxycyline, clopidogrel and acetyl salicyclic acid for the gangrene; however, he went into multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and septic shock and thus could not be resuscitated. We report this case to highlight that physicians treating malaria should always look for these signs for timely correction and to improve the patient outcome.
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The process by which the world outside is seen is termed as visual process or physiology of vision. There are three phases in this visual process: phase of refraction of light, phase of conversion of light energy into electrical impulse and finally peripheral and central neurophysiology. With the advent of modern instruments step by step biochemical changes occurring at each level of the visual process has been deciphered. Many investigations have emerged to track these changes and helping to diagnose the exact nature of the disease. Ayurveda has described this physiology of vision based on the functions of vata and pitta. Philosophical textbook of ayurveda, Tarka Sangraha, gives certain basics facts of visual process. This article discusses the second and third phase of visual process. Step by step analysis of the visual process through the spectacles of ayurveda amalgamated with the basics of philosophy from Tarka Sangraha has been analyzed critically to generate a concrete idea regarding the physiology and hence thereby interpret the pathology on the grounds of ayurveda based on the investigative reports.