Background: Teaching aids like chalkboard, PowerPoint (PPT), etc. have been used in undergraduate medical teaching but the superiority of these aids over one another has not been proven. Objective: The present study was conducted to evaluate the impact of the chalkboard and PPT based lectures in undergraduate medical teaching on medical students.

Background: Estimation of stature has a significant importance in the field of forensic medicine and anthropometry. Objectives: In this study, an attempt was made to estimate linear regression equation from length of ulna. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out on 200 healthy individuals (100 men and 100 women) of Maharashtrian population, with age ranging from 20 to 25 years, in the Department of Anatomy,

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Background:The premenstrual syndrome is a recurrent, variable cluster of trouble some ill-defined symptoms and signs that develop during the 10 days before the onset of menses and subside when menstruation occurs. There are studies in literature about the effect of psychological stress affecting audio visual reaction time (VRT). There are very few studies in literature about reaction time and premenstrual stress. Aims and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to find out whether the premenstrual phase has any effect on human reaction time when compared with that of postmenstrual phase. Materials and Methods: This study had been conducted in 100 healthy female volunteers in between 18 and 20 years age group. In this study, we had studied the time taken between applications of visual stimulus and auditory stimulus and response obtained and comparison of the response in female volunteer during premenstrual phase and postmenstrual phase. Subjects were presented with two types of stimuli; visual stimuli and auditory stimuli. Paired and unpaired t-test was used at appropriate places as a statistical test. The P < 0.05 was considered significant. Result: A significant increase in weight and prolongation in auditory reaction time and VRT were observed during the premenstrual phase. Conclusion: Increase in reaction time during premenstrual phase could be attributed to fluid and salt retention due to ovarian steroids leading to decrease in the processing capability of central nervous system and leads to prolongation of reaction time period.

Background: Exercise performed regularly is beneficial to the body. The previous studies in this field have shown that sportspersons have higher values of lung volumes in comparison to their control counterparts who are not engaged in any kind of regular physical exercise. Studies have shown that swimming produces the maximum effect on the lungs compared to any other sports. Nowadays, badminton is quite popular sports among younger as well as older generations. Badminton being a highly explosive sport involves a unique movement technique and strength over a relatively small court area. Regular practice of badminton has also a profound effect in improving pulmonary functions which can be comparable with that of swimming. Aims and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the pulmonary function in swimmers and badminton players of Indore city. Material and Methods: This study was carried out on 20 swimmers and 20 badminton players in the age group between 20 to 30 years. The pulmonary function tests (PFTs) were recorded with the RMS -HELIOS 702 spirometer. The parameters of PFT taken into account were forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in one second, and peak expiratory flow rate. The paired and unpaired t-test was used at appropriate places as a statistical test. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Result: Increases in pulmonary functions were observed in swimmers as compared to badminton players. Conclusion: Even though swimming has a profound effect on improving the lung functions than any other sports, but badminton may be used as an alternative sport in improving the pulmonary functions when swimming is not feasible.