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An investigation was carried in the erstwhile Mahabubnagar district of Telangana during rabi 2019-20 aiming the estimation of groundnut crop acreage and yield. The crop area was estimated using the satellite images of Landsat-8-OLI sensor from September to February covering the entire crop growth period by performing an unsupervised image classification technique with 300 classes, 300 iterations and a convergence threshold of 0.99. The groundnut yield was estimated by developing the regression equation using crop-cut yield data and NDVI values of the corresponding GPS locations. The crop area was estimated to be 57,865 ha with producer’s and user’s accuracy of 100 and 90% respectively, and a relative deviation of 28.6% when compared with actual ground estimates of the Department of agriculture. The crop yields were estimated with an R2 value of 0.71 and a correlation coefficient of 0.87

Metastatic adenocarcinoma is a glandular tissue malignancy, which spreads to other regions of the body. Adenocarcinoma may develop anywhere in the body and commonly metastasizes to the jaw bone. We present a case of 83-year-old male, with a complaint of swelling on the lower left side of mandible. The clinical description of our case is supported by clinical, radiographic and pathological features.

An investigation was carried in the erstwhile Mahabubnagar district of Telangana during rabi 2019-20 aiming the estimation of groundnut crop acreage and yield. The crop area was estimated using the satellite images of Landsat-8-OLI sensor from September to February covering the entire crop growth period by performing an unsupervised image classification technique with 300 classes, 300 iterations and a convergence threshold of 0.99. The groundnut yield was estimated by developing the regression equation using crop-cut yield data and NDVI values of the corresponding GPS locations. The crop area was estimated to be 57,865 ha with producer's and user's accuracy of 100 and 90% respectively, and a relative deviation of 28.6% when compared with actual ground estimates of the Department of agriculture. The crop yields were estimated with an R2 value of 0.71 and a correlation coefficient of 0.87. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: To study the maternal and fetal outcomes in cases of ruptured uterus. Material and Methods: It is a prospective study conducted in a tertiary care hospital for a period of 1 year from January 2020 to December 2020. Results: Out of 8860 births at our institute, 38 had ruptured uterus. Mean age at presentation was 25.71 with 3.7 SD. Most instances were unbooked, low-income, and rural. Only 34.2% of cases were referred; the remainder were diagnosed and handled in-house. 70% of cases were parity 2 and 3, and many were prior caesareans. 68.4% of cases had abdominal pain. 71.1% of patients were handled by Emergency LSCS with rent repair as most were incomplete uterine ruptures. Lower anterior section ruptures were most prevalent. Complete ruptures needed most blood infusions. In this study, 47.4% of perinatal deaths are attributed to ruptures. Study found 2.6% maternal mortality. Conclusion: Rupture uterus most commonly occurred in scarred uterus. Identification of high risk pregnancy, judicious caesarean section, proper labor monitoring, early diagnosis and prompt management are essential in reducing its occurrences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Jatropha curcas is a tropical species that has been recognized as a promising biodiesel plant. During 2018-2021, researchers at Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam, elicited information on Jatropha's biochemical characteristics, growth performance, variability, and association studies for biometric variables using five backcross (BC4F1) hybrid clones of Jatropha with a control variety TNMC 7. In terms of seed yield, two hybrid clones, CJH 13 (1,218.60 g) and CJH 12 (1,034.40 g), outperformed the other hybrid clones. The seed oil content was higher in CJH 5 (34.19%). The seed oil content had moderate PCV (16.49%) and GCV (16.39%) values, as well as high heritability (99%) and genetic advance (33.56%) as a percentage of the mean. The number of fruits per bunch (0.845 and 0.850) and the number of bunches per branch (0.771 and 0.788) had significant positive phenotypic and genotypic correlations with seed yield, respectively. The iodine numbers, cetane numbers, and saponification values of all hybrid clones were acceptable and satisfactory and were in good compliance with Indian and international biodiesel standards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tungsten oxide hydrate nanoparticles (PW NPs) and nickel tungsten oxide nanocomposites (NW NCs), named NW1, NW2, NW3 and NW4 NCs, were successfully synthesized by the hydrothermal method. The synthesized NCs were characterized using advanced techniques such as x-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), UV–visible spectroscopy and photoluminescence (PL). XRD patterns show the formation of an orthorhombic phase for PWNPs and monoclinic phase for NW NCs, respectively. The nanoflake-like morphology for NW NCs was confirmed by SEM. Methylene blue dye (MB) was successfully degraded using NW4 NCs with a rate constant of 0.02266/min. The photovoltaic performance of the photoanodes with various weight percentages (wt.%) of Ni was measured by recording the photocurrent-photovoltaic curves. The result indicated that NW4 NCs exhibited the best power conversion efficiency with high short-circuit current density (Jsc) and open-circuit voltage (Voc). This enhanced photocatalytic and photovoltaic performance of NW NCs may be due to the visible light-harvesting, increased dye-loading capacity and reduced photoelectron recombination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]