This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of different organic manure and inorganic fertilizer on the yield and yield attributes of Boro Rice (Oryza sativa L. 43, 11.64, 21.01 and 17.90) at same DAT was recorded from T 5 and the lowest was observed from T 0 in every aspect. The maximum number of effective tillers per hill (13.52), the longest panicle (24.59 cm), maximum number of total grain per plant (97.45), the highest weight of 1000 seeds (21.80 g), the maximum grain yield (7.30 t ha -1 ) and straw yield (7.64 t ha -1) was recorded from T 5 treatment whereas the lowest number of effective tillers per hill (6.07) , the shortest panicle (16.45 cm) , the minimum total grain per plant (69.13) , the lowest weight of 1000 seeds (16.73 g), the lowest grain yield (2.06 t ha -1 ) and straw yield (4.63 t ha -1 ) was observed from T 0 treatment. Although the highest biological yield was recorded from T 5 treatment but statistically similar result were found from T 3 , T 4 and T 7 treatments. The highest harvest index also recorded for T 5 treatment. It was obvious that yield of rice can be increased substantially with the judicious application of organic manure with chemical fertilizer.

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Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology is widely accepted as a safe diagnostic procedure in various neoplastic and non-plastic disorders. This study was conducted to determine the usefulness and diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of intraabdominal lesions. This cross sectional study was conducted in the Department of Radiology and Imaging, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, Sylhet, Bangladesh during the period of June 2007 to June 2009. A total 78 patients with intra abdominal lesions were included in this study. Fifty nine (75.6%) were males and 19(24.4%) were females. Out of total aspirates 29(37.2%) were categorized as benign, 41(52.6%) were malignant and 8(10.3%) were non-representative, as it contained only blood. Most of the benign lesions were liver abscess 19(24.4%). A diagnosis of primary malignancy was established in 26(33.3%) and that of secondary in 15(19.2%). The results showed a sensitivity of 89.7%. Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology is a sensitive diagnostic tool in a wide spectrum of intra-abdominal neoplastic and non-neoplastic disorders. It is a simple, safe, rapid and inexpensive technique.

Twenty four genotypes including four check varieties of mustard (Brassica rapa L.) were collected for estimating the genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance of different characters related to the yield and yield components. The experiment was conducted at the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University research farm, Dhaka during 2013-2014. Days to 50% flowering and days to 80% maturity showed moderate difference between the phenotypic and genotypic variance whereas, minimum differences were found in number of primary branches plant , no. of seeds siliqua -1 showed high heritability coupled with low genetic advance in percentage of mean. The study showed that variations in the extent of genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance in traits under study which can facilitate selection for further improvement of important traits of Brassica rapa L.

SummaryA 1-year-old boy breathing via a T-piece system and recovering from meningococcal septicaemia in the intensive care unit suffered a severe bout of coughing and developed bilateral pneumothoraces and tension pneumopericardium resulting in electromechanical dissociation and asystole. Conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation and adrenaline boluses were unsuccessful. Administration of 20 ml.kg À1 of colloid and 3 mmol.kg À1 of sodium bicarbonate solutions produced instantaneous return of cardiac output. The deleterious effects of cardiac tamponade appeared to decrease with increasing cardiac filling pressures. The patient was managed conservatively and he made a full recovery with no signs of residual neurological deficit. Pneumopericardium is a rare entity in clinical practice. It is usually encountered in premature infants with hyaline membrane disease requiring mechanical ventilation. However, it may occur as a result of recent surgery, malignancy or trauma to the adjacent organs [1, 2]. The documented mortality is very high [3]. We describe a favourable outcome following a tension pneumopericardium in a child recovering from meningococcal septicaemia. Case historyA 1-year-old boy, weighing 10 kg, was admitted to hospital with a 24-h history of fever, two episodes of vomiting, listlessness and a purpuric rash on his lower abdomen. He had no previous hospital admissions and his immunisations were up to date. The patient was admitted to the paediatric unit with clinical diagnosis of meningococcal septicaemia. Rectal temperature was 39.9 ЊC. Blood pressure was 80/ 40 mmHg and the heart rate 170 beat.min À1 . He was breathing spontaneously via a face mask with additional oxygen and his SpO 2 was 98%. He received several boluses of 4,5% albumin to a total dose of 600 ml over the first hour. Antibiotic therapy included benzylpenicillin and cefotaxime.Two hours later, his condition deteriorated and he required assisted ventilation. He was transferred to the intensive care unit. Following tracheal intubation, pressure controlled ventilation was commenced with an upper inspiratory pressure limit of 30 cmH 2 O and rate of 25 breath.min À1 . Sedation was maintained with infusions of midazolam and fentanyl. In addition to further fluid challenges he required inotropic support (dobutamine 5 mg.kg À1 .min À1 ). Neisseria meningitidis (group B) was isolated from the admission blood cultures which confirmed the diagnosis of meningococcal septicaemia.Over the next 72 h his condition improved dramatically. He was apyrexial, haemodynamically stable and had successfully weaned off dobutamine. Oxygenation was excellent, acid base status and clotting screen were normal. The chest X-ray was unremarkable. The child was alert and responsive and it was decided to allow spontaneous respiration via a T-piece system prior to extubation.About 20 min later he developed a severe bout of 580ᮊ 1998 Blackwell Science Ltd coughing and became unresponsive with cyanosis and seesaw chest movements. Manual ventilation was immediately started ...

Thirty three genotypes of Brassica rapa L. were evaluated in order to find out their inter-genotypic variability; character association and path coefficient of seed yield/plant and its component characters. BARI sarisha-6 x TORI-7 S-45 showed best result in terms of early maturity (75 days) and higher seed yield/plant (5.28g) than check varieties. The character, plant height, was highly influenced by the environment whereas, all other characters influenced the least. Number of secondary branches/plant showed the highest phenotypic and genotypic coefficient of variation. Moreover, number of siliquae/plant, number of secondary branches/plant and number of primary branches/plant showed high heritability (93.16%, 75.69% and 68.03%, respectively) couple with high genetic advance in percent of mean (37.74%, 73.55% and 26.82%, successively). The seed yield/plant showed significant positive correlation with number of siliquae/plant (r g = 0.7011 ** , r p = 0.5684 ** ), number of primary branches/plant (r g = 0.5611 ** , r p = 0.4016 * ) and number of secondary branches/plant (r g = 0.5160 ** , r p = 0.4098 * ) revealing that selection based on these traits would be judicious. Path analysis showed that the number of siliquae/plant (0.4679), number of primary branches/plant (0.2823) and number of secondary branches/plant (0.0092) were the most important contributors to seed yield/plant. The results indicated that number of siliquae/plant, number of primary branches/plant and number of secondary branches/plant can be used as selection criteria to increase seed yield/plant in rapeseed.

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Designing breeding programs for rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) cultivars with developed seed and oil yields needs information about the genetic variability of characters. In this study, 40 rapeseed genotypes were evaluated for genetic variation and relationships between 12 agro-morphological characters. Brassica species represent a broad range of crops. This redirects the high degree of genetic diversity and allied phenotypic plasticity. Significant differences among the clusters were observed. The first two components with Eigen value were greater than unity contributed a total of 42.77% variation to the divergence. The genotypes were grouped into five clusters. Cluster V contained the maximum number of genotypes (11) and cluster III contained the lowest (4). The highest inter-cluster distance was found between cluster II and cluster V and the lowest between cluster II and cluster IV. The highest intra-cluster distance was noticed for cluster I and the lowest for cluster V. Considering diversity pattern and other agronomic performance lines Nap-0837, Nap-0733-1, Nap-2066, Nap-9901, Nap-108 and BARI-8 could be considered apposite parents. This information is suitable for hybrid breeding and encouraging breeders to exchange their germplasm as to enlarge the genetic diversity of breeding accessions.