Background: In Kanpur, overall there were an estimated 43.6% stunted, 24.1% wasted and 41.8% underweight under-five children. There is a critical window of opportunity to prevent undernutrition by taking care of the nutrition of children in the first two years of life. With this background the present study was undertaken with the aim to assess the nutritional status in under five children in the slum area of Kanpur Nagar.Methods: The present study was conducted in 30 slums of Kanpur Nagar selected through 30 cluster sampling technique. The sample size was calculated as 390. From each cluster, approximate 13 study subjects aged 0-60 months were studied. Mothers of study subjects were interviewed to illicit the requisite information, using a predesigned and pretested questionnaire. Anthropometric measurements were taken using standard technique for each study subject. Data collected was analyzed using statistical tool.Results: Based on WHO classification, the prevalence of stunting and severe stunting was observed to be 31.28% and 13.59%. 14.62% study subjects were wasted while 6.15% subjects had severe wasting. 40.51% had mild-moderate malnutrition and 7.95% had severe malnutrition as per the criteria of mid upper arm circumference. Malnutrition was significantly associated with the age of the study subjects (p <0.05). The prevalence of malnutrition decreased significantly with higher maternal education and among those whose mother’s were housewives (p <0.05). Lower birth order and middle socio-economic class was associated with decreased prevalence of malnutrition (p <0.05). Conclusions: The nutritional status of children is dependent on maternal education and occupation and socioeconomic status. Nutrition education can have a significant effect in its reduction.

The paper deals with the aphelinid genera belonging to the sub· family Eriaporinae. Types haye been examined of three genera described by Arsene A. Girault from Australia: M),ocnemel/a. Euryisc/zomyia. and Paromyiocnema. M),ocnemella is found to be closely related to Ablerus Howard and ..Ira/us

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This paper deals with the fatigue life of corroded reinforced concrete (RC) T‐beam. A fracture mechanics‐based formula incorporating reduction in cross section and nominal strength of reinforcement is developed for determining the fatigue life of a RC beam. A simplified model considering rebar fatigue damage was employed for numerical modeling. In the numerical investigation, the mathematical model was implemented in ANSYS workbench. In the experimental investigation, different degrees of corrosion were induced to the beam reinforcement by using the impressed current technique (ICT). After that, the beams were tested for fatigue by structural actuator subjecting them to three‐point loading arrangement. The fatigue lives of corroded bars were also examined experimentally after removing the bars from the tested beams. It was found that the difference between the fatigue lives obtained from the numerical and experimental models compared well. As the corrosion level increased, fatigue life also decreased. All the beams failed due to fatigue fracture of steel bars under cyclic loading. This paper aims to present an easy to implement numerical method to estimate coupled fatigue‐corrosion life of a RC T‐beam so that the requirements of tedious, time‐consuming, and costly physical testing for determination of coupled fatigue‐corrosion life can be eliminated.

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