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Introduction: Although communicable diseases are more common in developing countries, recently an upsurge in non-communicable diseases has been noticed. Among these non communicable diseases neurological and musculoskeletal disorders constitute a significant proportion affecting morbidity, mortality, disability and quality of life. The annual incidence of musculoskeletal disorders accounts for 31% of all occupational diseases estimated in the world in 1994. This means that the musculoskeletal disorders are the most frequent occupational disease affecting workers throughout the world. Aim: to identify the epidemiological factors that contribute in developing neurological and musculoskeletal disorders. Method: This was a hospital based cross sectional study conducted at Geetanjali College of Physiotherapy located in Geetanjali Medicity with institute of Geetanjali Hospital and College, Udaipur. Consisted cases of ND & MSD attending GCP and the referral calls for ND & MSD from GMCH to GCP. Results: In the index study male subjects constituted (60.7%) while the rest (39.3%) were female. There was a significant association of studied patients of neurological and Musculoskeletal disorder reporting to physiotherapy hospitals with gender p=0.011. There was a significant association of studied patients with BMI. Conclusion: Out of 300 studied patients 60.7% were male and 39.3% were female. The male to female ratio was 1.4: 0.92. Most of our patients belonged to age group 50-59 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Corneal hysteresis (CH) and corneal resistance factor was found to be less for patient wearing toric contact lens as compared to soft spherical CH was calculated as the difference in air pressures between force-in applanation (P1) and force-out applanation (P2), or (P1-P2). Materials and Methods: This was the prospective study, 40 eyes of 22 patients with mean age of 22.09 ± 4.05 years. Eleven eyes were fitted with soft toric contact lens and 29 eyes were fitted with soft spherical contact lens. Dry eye, keratoconic or any systemic pathology were excluded. Soft toric and soft spherical contact lenses (Comfilcon A, Coopervision, and Southampton, UK) were fitted. The Ocular response Analyzer (Reichert Ophthalmic Instruments, Depew, New York, USA) was used to measure CH before and after 3 months using soft toric and soft spherical contact lenses. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the demographic data. Paired t-test was employed for analyzing the difference between the base line value of CH with soft toric and soft spherical contact lens wearers after 3 months. Independent t-test was used to find the association between CH and gender. Results: CH was found to be lesser after 3 months of soft toric contact lens wear, as compared with soft spherical contact lenses. Mean increase of CH was found to range from 10.44 ± 0.96to 10.80 ± 0.96 mmHg (P = 0.000). Conclusion: In this study, there was a decrease in CH after using soft toric contact lenses and increase after using soft spherical contact lenses for 3 months. The increased CH with soft spherical contact lens was reversible in nature. However, CH may differ between lens type and modality of wear which can lead to long-term changes in the corneal biomechanical properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a simulation study that used the Herdman management information system (MIS) from Infovet Private Ltd. to dynamically evaluate the growth performance in Murrah buffalo heifers in India. Topics covered include the collection of data and their entry into the Herdman software, the average body weight and average daily gain (ADG) from birth to the age of 30 months, and identification of good and poor calves at early age.