Effect of natural radionuclide’s in the environment along the Jwalamukhi thrust of Himachal Pradesh, North West Himalayas, India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naveen Thakur ◽  
Reetika Bhadwal ◽  
Jitender Kumar ◽  
Manpreet Kaur ◽  
Rohit Mehra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
North West

GEOSPATIAL ASSESSMENT BASED ON FERTILITY AND MORTALITY DIFFERENTIAL INDICES OF NATURAL SELECTION IN NORTH-WEST AND EASTERN HIMALAYAN POPULATIONS

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 811-825
Author(s):  
Krishan Sharma
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Embryonic Mortality ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Similar Data ◽  
Lower Altitude ◽  
North West ◽  
Selection Intensities ◽  
Total Selection

SummaryThere is contradictory evidence of having fewer live births and higher embryonic mortality among high-altitude populations than their counterparts at lower altitude. This study explores the geospatial differences in selection intensities among human populations living in different ecological settings. Reproductive data from post-menopausal women were collected from 75 women from near Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, at an altitude of 2150 m above sea level and 100 women from Jind, Haryana, at an altitude of 227 m. Secondary data were taken from 85 women from the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh at an average altitude of 3420 m. A comparison of the study data was made with similar data from different populations living in the western and eastern Himalayas. The total selection intensity index based on Johnston and Kensinger’s index was highest in Shimla and lowest in Kinnaur. The fertility selection component was highest in Shimla and lowest in Kinnaur. The prenatal mortality contribution to the total selection was highest in Shimla (30.76%) and lowest in Kinnaur (2.14%), while the contributions of normalized postnatal mortality were 16.39% and 57.80% in Shimla and Kinnaur, respectively. The fertility component of selection was higher than the mortality component in Shimla, while in the other two places the reverse was observed. Hypoxic conditions at high altitude seem to have little effect on the fertility and embryonic mortality rates of indigenous people. The geospatial differences in the selection intensities may be due to differences in ethnic, behavioural ecology, environmental, cultural and socioeconomic factors.

scholarly journals Genomic Insight Into 21 Hypervariable Molecular Markers in The Population of Lower Himalayan Geographical Province Himachal Pradesh, India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun Sharma ◽  
Ankit Srivast ◽  
Vivek Sahajpal ◽  
R Kumawat ◽  
Shivani Dixit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Markers ◽  
Central India ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Genomic Diversity ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
North India ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Genetic Affinity ◽  
Discrimination Power ◽  
North West

Abstract A natural geographical barrier between Tibetan plateau and south Asian countries, the Himalayan Mountain range, serves as a natural barrier between these regions for genetic flow. This has lead to vast genomic divergence among the population residing in Indian Himalayan region..This study was designed with an aim to decipher the genomic diversity and molecular characterization of 21 hypervariable molecular markers in the population of geographical province of Himachal Pradesh in the lower Himalayan region. Randomly selected 401 unrelated individuals native of the lower Himalayan geographical region were included for this study. 21 hypervariable molecular markers included in the PowerPlex® 21 system were amplified and genotyped. A total of 246 alleles and 12.3 (SE 0.927) private alleles per locus were observed. Population differentiation analysis revealed that the studied population showed a genetic affinity with the population of North India, North-west India, Central India, and Uttar Pradesh rather than the population of East India, South India, East Asia, and West Asia. Heterozygosity at the studied loci was found in the range of 0.686 to 0.920. The unite discrimination power (PD) and exclusion power (PE) was found to be 1 and 0.999999998073765 respectively. The unite value of matching probability and typical paternity index was found to be 9.33x10-26 and 5.05x108 respectively for the studied population. All the tested loci were found in Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) expectations. Overall the studied population exhibited a great extent of genomic diversity and had a greater genetic affinity with Indo-European speakers rather than Dravidian and Tibeto-Burman speakers.

scholarly journals Level of literacy and dementia: A secondary post-hoc analysis from North-West India

2014 ◽  
Vol 05 (04) ◽  
pp. 360-362
Author(s):  
Sunil Kumar Raina ◽  
Vishav Chander ◽  
Dinesh Kumar ◽  
Sujeet Raina ◽  
Ashok Bhardwaj
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Population ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Pairwise Comparisons ◽  
North West ◽  
Post Hoc Analysis ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Education Effects ◽  
Post Hoc ◽  
Tribal Areas

ABSTRACT Introduction: A relation between literacy and dementia has been studied in past and an association has been documented. This is in spite of some studies pointing to the contrary. The current study was aimed at investigating the influence of level of literacy on dementia in a sample stratified by geography (Migrant, Urban, Rural and Tribal areas of sub-Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India). Materials and Methods: The study was based on post-hoc analysis of data obtained from a study conducted on elderly population (60 years and above) from selected geographical areas (Migrant, Urban, Rural and Tribal) of Himachal Pradesh state in North-west India. Results: Analysis of variance revealed an effect of education on cognitive scores [F = 2.823, P =0.01], however, post-hoc Tukey’s HSD test did not reveal any significant pairwise comparisons. Discussion: The possibility that education effects dementia needs further evaluation, more so in Indian context.

scholarly journals Community Composition and Distribution Pattern of Herbaceous Flora in Holi Area of District Chamba in Himachal Pradesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 013-020
Author(s):  
Kehar Singh Thakur ◽  
◽  
Munesh Kumar ◽  
Rajan Bawa ◽  
Anita Kumari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Dominant Species ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Importance Value Index ◽  
Importance Value ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
The Mean

The present study was carried out in Holi Forest Range of district Chamba, which is the north-west district of Himachal Pradesh and is located between latitude 32o17’412’’ to 32o26’541’’N and longitude 76o31’504’’ to 76o35’385’’E. The territory is completely mountainous with altitude varying from about 2,000 feet (610 m) to about 21,000 feet (6,400 m) above the mean sea level. The quantitative information of herbs was collected from different sites i.e., Deol, Kut, Dal, Lahaud Dhar. Frequency (%), Density (plants m-2), Basal Area (cm2), Importance Value Index (IVI) and A/F ratio of plant species at different sites were recorded. Poa alpina was found to have highest frequency (90%) closely followed by Jurinea dolomiaea (80%) and Biebersteinia odora has the lowest frequency of 10%. Poa alpina has the highest density (60.6 plants m-2) at Dal followed by Gentiana kurrooa (35.8 plants m-2). Moschela esculenta was found to have highest basal area (1.234 cm2) at Kut. Viola serpens was the dominant species with highest value of IVI (78.77) closely followed by Poa alpina (65.91), Gentiana kurrooa (65.37) and Jurinea dolomiaea (65.36). Most of the species were distributed randomly followed by contagious pattern of distribution and least species were reported for regular distribution pattern.

Genetic Studies in Five Population Samples of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, North-West India

1993 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
H. Walter ◽  
H. Danker-Hopfe ◽  
S.M.S. Chahal
Keyword(s):  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Genetic Studies ◽  
North West
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