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Item Clinical Evaluation of Maternally Inherited Type-2 Diabetes and Deafness in a Tertiary Care Hospital at Puducherry(International Society for Contemporary Medical Research, 2019-07) Kumar, R.R.; R., Jawahar; M.J., AmirthaVarshini; kumar, S. Ravi; Muralitharan, M.K.; Mohanty, BiswajitIntroduction: Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness(MIDD), a specific clinical syndrome results in sensory neuralhearing defect in diabetes population which may lead toA3243G mutation in tRNALeu (UUR) gene.Materials and methods: A prospective case control study, thenon probability convenient sampling technique was followedin this study. The subjects were divided into non diabetic anddiabetic with maternal inheritance groups. Hundred patientswith the strong maternal history of diabetes is group 1 andhundred non diabetic individuals with no maternal history ofdiabetes is group 2. Blood and urine samples were collectedand analyzed biochemical parameters among the two groups.In addition, audiometric analysis was also carried out for thosegroups.Results: The mean age of onset of diabetes was 41 yearsand deafness was 51 years. The mean plasma glucose,Glycosylated Hemoglobin(HbA1C), Serum Insulin, InsulinResistance, Cholesterol, Triacyl glycerides, Very Low DensityLipoprotein(VLDL), Low Density Lipoprotein, SerumUrea, Serum Uric acid, Serum Creatinine and Albumin toCreatinine Ratio (ACR) levels in patients were significantlyhigher whereas High Density Lipoproteins(HDL) and urinecreatinine levels were significantly low as compared withcontrols. The mean Body Mass Index (BMI) is slightly higherin patients as compared with control group.Conclusion: The study helps us to understand that theMaternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness syndromeseverely alters the insulin resistance level, ACR ratio and lipidprofile which may lead to multiple organ disorder at early ageof diabetes.Item Prevailing Marketing Practices and Consumer Preference for Pork in Bareilly City(Association of Mastitis, 2019-08) Ojha, S.; Mendiratta, S.K.; Kumar, R.R.; Agrawal, R.K.; Talukder, S.; Chand, S.; Jaiswal, R.K.; Verma, M.R.Present study was conducted using purposive sampling technique to identify prevailing marketing practices and consumer preference for pork in Bareilly city. The study revealed that majority of retailers come under middle age group and belong to lower socio-economic strata. Facilities of chiller, deep freezer, disinfectant and packaging and labeling were not available at any retail shops. Majority of respondent sold 30-35kg pork/day with higher frequency of selling at morning within 4-5 hrs of slaughter. Problems faced by retailers were poor financial conditions and lack of marketing chain. Pork retailers required training and aids related to pork business from government. Majority of consumers at Bareilly city belongs to the lower socio-economic strata. Majority of individuals purchased pork at least 1-2 times per week, most of them purchased at morning time. Most of consumer preferred ham cut, purchased meat from road side stalls immediately after slaughter for preparing dishes from pork and preferred stewing. Finally, it can be concluded that pork was sold through unorganized sector, both consumers and retailers were not aware about quality and safety of pork and meager value chain exist for pork business at Bareilly city