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S. S. Ladhar , B. S. Gill

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Analysis of one year progenies of E. jambolana reveals that diploid plants have faster growth followed by hexaploid and tetraploid. The growth in all the three cytotypes occur at much faster rate during summer months (from April to July) as compared to the remaining period.

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C. P. Sachdeve , B. S. Gill , Y. Dutta , M. M. Daniel

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One of the main problems of soil conservation in high rainfall areas is to get rid of the excess rain water in the form of surface runoff without damaging land. There are vegetative and mechanical practices for such control. The grass ischolar_mains are known for physical help in entrapping the soil particles which otherwise tend to move away with the runoff. With a view to selecting a grass most suitable to clothewater-way in this hilly tract and thereby reduce the soil loss, an experiment was laid out at Soil Conservation Research Centre Chatra, Nepal. The Soil Conservation Research Station Chatra (Nepal) (87°E aad 27°N) on Chatra loamy sand analysing, course sand 15.68%, fine sand 47.92%, silt 19.38% aad clay 12.38% has a characteristics of Terai climate with a mansoonic annual precipitation ranging from 1,750 to 2500 mean daily maximum temperature 20°0 to 30°C and humidity rarely below 90% except in mid summer. Elevation is 110 metres above mean sea level. As a result of the experiment, it was found that the Thin napier grass i.e. Pennisetum polystachyon gave significantly higher yield, retained more silt deposition and had larger basal area coverage.

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S. S. Bir ¹, Y. S. Bedi ¹, B. S. Gill ¹, V. K. Singhal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, IN

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General aspects of vegetation of the Shiwalik ranges and the Garhwal Himalaya between the altitudes : 400-4,200 m together with detailed floristic accounts of the typical forests, are provided. Main types of forests surveyed include moist sal bearing forests, tropical fresh-water swamp forests, tropical dry deciduous forests, Himalayan montane subtropical forests, Himalayan moist temperate forests, sub-alpine forests and alpine forests. Various forest types are illustrated by field photographs. It is noted that there is a general decline in the forest cover and forest degradation is on the increase because of population pressure for more cultivable land and increased tourist flow in the region. Serious efforts at natiopal level are needed to conserve the fast dwindling forest cover.

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H. Singh ¹, A. Gupta ², V. K. Bajaj ², B. S. Gill ², J. Singh ²

Affiliations
1 PGIMER, Chandigarh, IN
2 GMC, Patiala, IN

Abstract

E.C.G is the most widely used test for both the diagnosing and estimating the prognosis of CAD. ST segment and T wave changes are most commonly evaluated parameters of E.C.G. Atorvastatin have found to decrease ischemic events apart from its hypolipidemic effect. The main objective of this open prospective randomized, controlled study was to evaluate the effect of addition of atorvastatin to conventional antianginal treatment on ST segment and T wave changes on E.C.G. The study was conducted for duration of 2 months in 30 patients of CAD (15 in each group). Group A was started on conventional antianginal treatment and group B was started on Atorvastatin 20 mg once a day at night in addition to conventional treatment. The ECG changes were recorded after 15, 30, 45 and 60 days using 12 lead E.C.G. At the end of the study, no significant difference was found in E.C.G changes between the group A and group B. A slight improvement in ST segment changes in group B patients was observed but the effect was statistically not significant. So, addition of atorvastatin to conventional antianginal treatment did not have a significant effect on reversal of ischemic changes on ECG in patients of CAD.

Keywords

CAD, Atorvastatin, E.C.G, ST Segment, T Wave.

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