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Objectives Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a commonly reported cancer in men and is second only to breast cancer in women in Pakistan.. Investigations for identifying biomarkers of OSCC are essential for diagnostic, therapeutic, or prognostic significance. This study aims to examine the miR-31 expression in the pre- and post-operative OSCC patients and correlate this expression with clinicopathological characteristics. Methods Patients with histopathologically confirmed OSCC who had undergone surgical resections of tumours were recruited. A total of 40 saliva samples (pre- and post-operative) were collected from 19 patients and two healthy individuals. Levels of salivary miR-31 expressions were examined through quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Results The salivary miR-31 expression was significantly higher in the preoperative patients than in postoperative patients ( p < 0.001). However, no significant correlation had been found between the salivary miR-31 expression and clinicopathological characteristics ( p > 0.05). Conclusion Our data suggest that miR-31 can be used as an adjunct non-invasive marker to monitor surgery outcomes during postoperative follow-up in patients with OSCC.

Opsoclonus–myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is a rare condition that has been reported from all parts of the world. It is well recognized as a paraneoplastic syndrome in children with neuroblastoma and in adults with small-cell carcinoma of lung and some other cancers. It may also occur in association with various central nervous system infections. We report a case of OMS in a patient with varicella zoster virus infection. IgM antibody for varicella-zoster virus was detected in the serum and the cerebrospinal fluid. The patient improved after treatment with clonazepam and was asymptomatic at 1-month follow-up.

A field experiment was conducted during the season kharif 2008 and 2009 to find out response of cluster bean varieties to growth regulators. RGC-936 recorded in significantly higher amount of total nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) uptake and protein content during both the years over RGC-1017, RGC-1003 and RGC-1002. Seed + foliar application with thiourea @ 500 ppm recorded maximum total N and P uptake. Quality parameters viz. gum and protein in seed, were found highest in cultivar RGC 1017 which was at par with RGC-1002 and RGC-1003 and all these three varieties were significantly superior over RGC 936. Variety RGC-1017 recorded 15.3% higher gum content over RGC-936. Among the growth regulators. maximum gum content in seed were recorded with the seed + foliar application of thiourea @ 500 ppm. However, it was found statistically at par with the seed + foliar application of TGA @ 100 ppm and significantly superior to rest of the treatments in current study.Key words: Clusterbean, Cultivars, Nutrient content, Quality, TGA, Thiourea, Uptake. INTRODUCTIONGuar (cluster bean) is generally grown in India as fodder, feed, food and cover crops mainly in complex, diverse, risky and under-invested rainfed (arid and semi-arid) regions. However, in recent past a vast range of value added products or derivatives appeared in the market with more than one lakh patents globally and, thus, guar has now become an important commercial crop of Rajasthan, Haryana and Gujarat. India contributes about 80% to global guar seed production. Guar gum is extracted from the seed and its derivatives have very unique properties of solubility over wide range of temperatures, as hydrocolloid, emulsifier, thickener, stabilizer, coating/filming agent, binder, thyrotrophic, non-ionic, cross-linking, gelling, preservation, non-calorific fibrous food etc. Guar gum and its derivatives are critical ingredients in about 100 products or processes in 21 sectors of food, petroleum/gas exploration, explosives, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, paper industry, textile, paints/ distempers, and aerial firefighting etc. Rajasthan alone contributes to 83% area and 65% to the production in India.

The optimum sowing dates for soybean cv. Gaurav

We report on the performance of a recently introduced commercial chessboard method using 12 antisera, in comparison with that of the 55-antiserum panel used in determining the serogroups and types (SGTs) of Streptococcus pneumoniae, both of which were carried out by a coagglutination technique. Of a total of 150 strains of S. pneumoniae studied, 135 (90%) belonged to the SGTs represented in the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine; of these, 130 (96.3%) were identified as the same SGTs by both typing methods. The remaining five strains showed cross-reactivity with more than two pools by the chessboard method, but could be assigned to a single SGT by the Quellung test. The 96.3% concordance of the chessboard method suggests it can be adopted for determination of the SGTs of S. pneumoniae in laboratories.

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the premier pulse crop of the Indian subcontinent. India is the largest chickpea producer as well as consumer in the world. In India, chickpea covers an acreage of 10.56 mha contributing 11.38 mt of production with an average productivity of 1078 kg ha -1 during 2017-18 (Anonymous, 2019). Chickpea production has gone up from 3.65 to 10.56 mt from 1950-51 to 2017-18 and productivity steadily increased to 1078 kg ha -1 from 482 kg ha -1 (Anonymous, 2019). In India, the leading chickpea producing states are Madhya Pradesh,

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