Nature and Science 2010;8(6) http://www.sciencepub.net/nature CONTENTS 1 SOME PECULIAR STRUCTURES IN BERGENIA SPECIES GROWING IN WESTERN HIMALAYA SANYUKTA CHOWDHARY AND K. R. VERMA 1-4 2 Studies on Sources of Bee-forage for Rock Bee (Apis dorsata F.) from Garhwal Himalaya, India: A Melissopalynologaical Approach Prabhawati Tiwari, Jay Krishan Tiwari, Radha Ballabha 5-15 3 An Assessment of Fluid Inclusions Composition Using the Raman Spectroscopy at Daleishan Goldfield, Dawu County, Hubei Province, P.R. China Diarra Karim , Hanlie Hong 16-22 4 Effects of Different Filler Treatments on the Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Flexible Polyurethane Foam Composites Ganiyu Kayode Latinwo, David Stan Aribike, Alfred Akpoveta Susu, Semiu Adebayo Kareem 23-26 5 The value of transdermal Glyceryl Trinitrate in the prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis in comparison to Octreotide and Diclofenac injection. Ehab Nashaat ,MD,Hoda Al-Tayeb Naser,MD, Magdy Galal ,MD Noha El-Nakeeb, MD. 27-35 6 The Effect of Body weight, Percentage Body fat and Body Mass Index on Adolescent Academic Performance. Oyebamiji Oyedele Oketayo, Joshua Olufemi Ojo , Ephriam Peter Inyang, Raphael Adewale Adenodi, Francis Omowonuola Akinluyi and Rufus Temidayo Akinnubi 36-42 7 Non-Endoscopic Predictors of Esophageal Varices and Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy Ehab H. Nashaat, Hossam Abd-Elaziz & Manal Sabry 43-50 8 Assessment of Water Quality of Bennithora River in Karnataka through Multivariate Analysis Sukarma Thareja Priyanka Trivedi 51-56 9 Traditional uses of medicinal plants of Pauri Garhwal, Uttrakhand Nazir A. Pala, A. K. Negi, N. P. Todaria 57-61 10 Notes on Indicators of Environmental Status in Inshore and Offshore Waters of South -Western Nigeria Nwankwo, Dike Ikegwu and Adesalu, Taofikat Abosede 62-65 11 Performance Evaluation of a 15.5 cm Screw Conveyor during Handling Process of Rough Rice (Oriza Sativa L.) Grains Hemad Zareiforoush, Mohammad Hasan Komarizadeh, Mohammad Reza Alizadeh 66-74 12 Comparative study of endo-parasitic infestation in Channa punctatus (Bloch, 1793) collected from Hatchery and Sewage lagoon Md. Jobaer Alam,Md. Rakibuzzaman, Mehedi Mahmudul Hasan 75-79 13 Protective effect of Nigella sativia seeds against dimethylaminoazobenzene (DAB) induced liver carcinogenesis 80-87 I Nature and Science 2010;8(6) http://www.sciencepub.net/nature H. A. Mohamed, I. H. El-Sayed and M.Moawad 14 Physico-Chemical Analysis of Ash of Some Medicinal Plants Growing in Uttarakhand, India Archa Vermani, Navneet, Prabhat and Avnish Chauhan 88-91 15 HIV Infection Among Male Prison Inmates In Abuja, Nigeria. HIV Infection Among Prison Inmates Muhammad T, Auwal Usman, Dr MM Baba And IB Thilza 92-94 16 Health hazards among a sample of workers exposed to a combination of noise and organic solvents in a fermentation factory in Egypt Sanaa A. Rizk, Nevin E. Sharaf 95-99 17 Some Peculiar Structures in Bergenia Species Growing In Western Himalaya Sanyukta Chowdhary and K. R. Verma II 100-101