Subclinical psychopaths are those individuals who have most of psychopath’s traits but doesn’t indulge in serious antisocial behavior and thus rarely get imprisoned1. Psychopaths have been generally reported to be low on ethical behaviours. This study is an attempt to see if subclinical psychopaths too are low on moral aspects like clinical psychopaths. For this study data of 279 young adults in the age group of 18 to 25 years were collected from various colleges and universities of Punjab. Correlation analysis revealed that subclinical psychopathy is negatively related to moral identity internalisation, however, no relation was found with moral judgement and moral identity symbolisation. When the two group subclinical psychopath’s ad non-subclinical psychopaths were compared they were found to differ on moral identity internalisation. With regression analysis subclinical psychopathy was found to be a significant predictor of moral identity internalisation.

<p>In emergencies/war like situations, rapid deployment of army personnel into high altitude occurs without proper acclimatization. Rapid deployment of unacclimatized soldiers to high mountainous environments may cause debilitating effects on operational capabilities and development of acute mountain sickness (AMS). Altitude acclimatization is the best strategy for the prevention of AMS Use of pharmacological intervention for prevention of AMS is a common practice. The use of intermittent hypoxic exposure (IHE) is an alternative approach for altitude acclimatization and it reduces occurrence and severity of AMS is. But, the use of intermittent normobaric hypoxia exposure at sea level on occurrence of AMS after acute ascent to 3500m altitude in Indian army personnel has not been tested yet.<strong></strong></p>

<p>Medical imaging and analysis plays a crucial role in diagnosis and treatment planning. The anatomical complexity of human brain makes the process of imaging and analyzing very difficult. In spite of huge advancements in medical imaging procedures, accurate segmentation and classification of brain abnormalities remains a challenging and daunting task. This challenge is more visible in the case of brain tumors because of different possible shapes of tumors, locations and image intensities of different types of tumors. In this paper we have presented a method for automated segmentation of brain tumors from magnetic resonance images. An enhanced and modified Gaussian mixture mode model and the independent component analysis segmentation approach has been employed for segmenting brain tumors in magnetic resonance images. The results of segmentation are validated with the help of segmentation evaluation parameters.</p>

<p>Feasibility of growing muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.), a warm season crop, was studied under a low-input cultivation system in open field condition in high altitude (elevation 3344 m) trans-Himalayan Ladakh region. The marketable yield of five cultivars in different treatments varied from 5.4±0.4 t.ha-1 to 18.8±1.7 t.ha-1 and 4.0±0.2 t.ha-1 to 15.8±1.0 t.ha-1 in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Treatment of black polyethylene mulch (BPM) increased marketable yield by 25 per cent to 155 per cent depending on year and cultivar. The marketable yield of the best performing cultivar (Pusa Madhuras) under BPM was 17.3 t.ha-1, which suggested that muskmelon can successfully be grown in open field condition in trans-Himalaya. The fruit become ready for harvest in mid-August. Number of fruit per plant ranged from 2.3 to 6.3, and TSS ranged from 8.9 to 14.1 °Brix depending on cultivar. Temperature 10 cm beneath the BPM was 2.9±0.4 ºC higher than in bare soil. BPM reduced 74 per cent weed and save 77 per cent time in manual weeding.</p>

<p><em>Pseudomonas simiae</em> isolated from Seabuckthorn rhizosphere solubilized insoluble phosphate at 4-40ºC, pH 4-12 and in presence of 1-5% salt concentration. The optimum condition was observed at 28ºC, pH 6 and devoid of any salt stress. Ca<sub>3</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub> was solubilized to a great extent than FePO<sub>4</sub> and AlPO<sub>4</sub>. The isolate possess plant growth promoting attributes such as IAA (32 mg l<sup>-1</sup>), siderophore (78%) and HCN (0.1 OD at A<sub>625</sub>) production. Seed bacterization resulted in 30% and 51% enhanced shoot and root length, respectively in tomato seedling. Pot experiments revealed enhanced plant growth in <em>P. simiae</em> treated plants in both green shade net and open field conditions. Fruit yield was 9.8% and 19.8% higher over control in open and shade net condition, respectively. <strong></strong></p>

<p>Wild edible plants are crucial not only for their role as a source of food and nutrition but are also integral part of culture and traditions of the Himalayan societies. Because of availability of diverse altitudinal, topographical and microclimatic conditions, the state of Uttarakhand supports a huge diversity of wild edible plants. Most of the species of wild edible plants in Uttarakhand are primarily consumed as a food by the local communities residing in remote hilly regions. However, several other species are consumed for their medicinal and health promoting benefits. The availability of enormous diversity of wild edible plants in the region has attracted attention of researchers. Consequently, research has been carried out on different aspects of wild edible plants. These include studies on distribution and use pattern, development of propagation protocols and bioprospecting and biochemical evaluation. As a result of this, some of the species are being utilized at commercial scale, and thus are considered capable of providing alternate options of livelihood for marginal communities residing in far flung areas of the state. However, there are several other promising species of wild fruits in the region, which need attention for conducting research on various aspects so that their optimum nutritional and economic potentials could be harnessed in sustainable manner.</p>

Every year there is a huge amount of loss of tomato crop due to infection of late blight caused by P. infestans. To minimise this loss, it is important to visualise disease infection, so as the control measures can be taken up rapidly. The aim of this study was to develop a schematic protocol in order to examine the disease outbreak. P. infestans were isolated and identified based on morphological characteristics, serological and species-specific PCR assays. Ten samples were processed and examined morphologically and serologically (dipstick). However, on molecular examination only three isolates were confirmed as P. infestans. Four sets of PCR primers i.e., AE-7, O-8, INF, ITS 3 and ITS 4 were validated for accurate detection of P. infestans infection. All the sets of primers gave positive result by giving amplicons of expected size.

<p class="p1"><span class="s1"> </span>Nickel doped Copper oxide nanoparticles were prepared by hydrothermal method for catalytic reduction of Triethylphosphate (TEP). It is a well known toxicant from organophosphorous compounds. The nanoparticles were characterized by DLS, UV, FTIR, XRD, SEM and EDAX. FTIR and UV results reveals that the functional properties and the absorbance of NPs. DLS and SEM results reveals that the size and surface morphology of NPs. XRD and EDAX results confirms the structural purity of Ni dopants were substituted into the cubic CuO NPs and the elemental composition. Ni doped CuO is an efficient catalyst for catalytic reduction of TEP using sunlight irradiation and it was monitored by UV VIS spectrophotometer.</p>

Whole body radiation exposure induced injury may occur during medical or industrial accidents as well as during terrorist radiation exposure scenario. A lot of information is available on alterations in brain function and metabolism post localised cranial irradiation; changes in brain associated with whole body radiation exposure are still limited. The present study has been conducted to assess early differential effect of low and high whole body radiation exposure on hippocampus neurometabolites using <em>in vivo</em> proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS). Hippocampal 1H MRS was carried out in controls (n = 6) and irradiated mice exposed to 3 Gy, 5 Gy, and 8 Gy of radiation (n = 6 in each group) at different time points i.e., day 0, 1, 3, 5 and 10 post irradiation at 7 T MRI system. Quantitative assessment of the neurometabolites was done using LCModel. The results revealed significant decrease in myoionisitol (mI)/creatine (tCr) and taurine (tau)/tCr in animals exposed to 5 Gy and 8 Gy dose compared to controls. In 3 Gy dose group, none of the metabolites showed significant alterations at any of the time point post irradiation as compared to controls. Overall our findings suggest differential change in hippocampal volume regulatory mechanism associated neuro-metabolites following whole body radiation exposure with maximum reduction in case of high dose group. We speculate that these alterations may be a consequence of oxidative stress, neuro inflammation or systemic inflammatory response following whole body radiation exposure.