The present study was undertaken at the National Research Centre on Litchi, Muzaffarpur, Bihar for two consecutive years 2011-12 and 2012-13 in the young bearing litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) orchard of cv.Shahi to see the effect of shoot tip pruning and de-flushing on reproductive behaviour and fruit yield in litchi.This study confirmed the trea
The Burrowing Owl Conference Pump (Athene cunicularia) is considered a vagrant as well as a migratory species in Central America with very few reports in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.On 28 November 2020 we observed an individual Burrowing Owl at La Ceiba, Orotina, Alajuela province, Costa Rica.This was an unus
Lymphatic vessels drain and propel lymph by exploiting external forces that surrounding tissues exert upon vessel walls (extrinsic mechanism) and by using active, rhythmic contractions of lymphatic muscle cells embedded in the vessel wall of collecting lymphatics (intrinsic mechanism).The latter mechanism is the major source of the hydraulic pressu
Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an immediately life-threatening phenomenon with substantial mortality.Although most AAAs are asymptomatic, an impending AAA rupture can be heralded by nonspecific symptoms and imaging findings on CT and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).In this report, we present a case of an GANDHA- 600 81-year-old m
The study aimed to calculate the percent transfer of lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) from milk into Bronzers cream, skim milk, butter, buttermilk, soft cheese, and whey manufactured in the laboratory.The four heavy metals were determined using the ICP method.The results revealed that the percentage of these metals transferred to