Dengue presenting as a case of acute pancreatitis-A rare case report.

Atypical presentations may be presented with the common symptoms in Dengue. We, hereby, present a case of Dengue who was admitted in our hospital with the complaints of fever, upper abdominal pain, and vomiting, literally diagnosed as a case of acute pancreatitis.

Compositional heterogeneity of different biochar: Effect of pyrolysis temperature and feedstocks.

We have quantified the influence of different pyrolysis temperature and feedstocks types on thirty six compositional characteristics of biochar. The properties of biochar were principally influenced more by the feedstocks type than pyrolytic temperature. Higher porosity and surface area illustrated its soil structural modification and nutrient retention capacity along with their utilization for wastewater adsorbents. The total carbon content in all the biochar increased upto 10.14% with the increase in pyrolysis temperature. The produced biochar can replace the conventional fossil fuels due to their high fixed carbon. The cation exchange capacity of biochar augmented with rise in pyrolysis temperature. But the dissolved organic carbon reduced exponentially with increase in temperature. At low temperature pyrolysis the polarity index tends to increase and vice-versa. All the biochar has a potential to alleviate soil boron deficiency due to its higher concentration. Therefore, dissimilar properties of biochar can be produced by selecting the right feedstock type and standardizing specific pyrolytic temperature, depending on the necessity for environmental application in a specific crisis.

Morpho-mineralogical exploration of crop, weed and tree derived biochar.

It has been quantified the influence of four feedstocks and three pyrolysis temperature on twenty nine morpho-mineralogical characteristics of biochar for their wide range of environmental and soil application. The morpho-mineralogical characteristics were principally manipulated by feedstocks rather than pyrolysis temperature. With increase in pyrolysis temperature the average decrease in biochar mass yield was 20.69%. With increase in pyrolysis temperature the higher heating value of all the four biochar decreased. The X-ray diffraction band patterns of biochar were of an amorphous with crystalline structure and represented significant quartz content. The crystallinity index deceased (average 8.98%) in all biochar with increase in pyrolysis temperature. The presence of crystalline stripes on black dots in transmission electron microscopy proved that the nano-range like sheets was arranged in a tubostratic state. The biochar scanning electron microscopy images showed cross-linked porus structure with layer construction. Low temperature pyrolyzed biochar showed little acid soluble nutrients than high temperature. The existence of more water soluble minerals indicated its potential to act as a source of available plant nutrients. The energy density and energy yield of biochar were linearly and fuel ratio was inversely correlated with pyrolysis temperature.

Effect of nonwoven jute agrotextile mulch on soil health and productivity of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L.) in lateritic soil.

A field experiment was conducted in winter season of 2015-2016 in the dry lateritic soil of Eastern India to study the effect of different thicknesses of nonwoven jute agrotextile mulches (NJATM) along with other mulches on soil health, growth and productivity of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L.). The experiment was conducted in randomized block design with six treatments viz., T1 (control, i.e. no mulching), T2 (300 gsm NJATM), T3 (350 gsm NJATM), T4 (400 gsm NJATM), T5 (rice straw) and T6 (black polythene mulch), each of which was replicated four times. The highest average curd weight (355.25 g) and yield (8.53 t ha-1) of broccoli were recorded in T3 treatment. The lowest density of broad leaved weed, sedges and grasses were recorded in T6 treatment which was statistically at par with T4. All the treatments composing of NJATM increased the population of all the soil microbes except bacteria in the root rhizosphere of broccoli from their initial population. On average, the highest population of fungi (54.0 × 103 cfu per g) and actinomycetes (134.75 × 103 cfu per g) was recorded with T3 and T4 treatments respectively in the post-harvest soil. The soil moisture was conserved in all treatments compared to control showing highest moisture content in T4 treatment. Organic carbon and available N, P and K contents of soil were increased in all mulch treated plots compared to control, and their initial value and their highest value were recorded in T3. The NJATM of 350 gsm thickness was very effective compared to other mulches in increasing the growth and productivity of broccoli by suppressing weeds, increasing moisture, microbial population and nutrient content of the lateritic soil.