Introduction: It is important to understand how a very common prevalent condition of tooth wear (TW) impacts a person’s day-to-day oral health. An emerging concept of measuring the parameter of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL), which evidently impacts the daily living of a person, makes it practical to examine the correlation between TW and OHRQoL. For measuring the OHRQoL, we can apply various methods, and the most effective is the use of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) questionnaire. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to assess the correlation between TW and the OHRQoL among adult patients attending a dental college and hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional research was performed on patients who visited the outpatient department of Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad, India. Initially, the sociodemographic details of patients, including their oral hygiene and dietary habits, were recorded. This step was followed by the assessment of TW using the Smith and Knight TW index. Then, the translated and validated version of the OHIP questionnaire was filled up, in which the patients were asked to rate each question on a Likert scale, with five points ranging from 0 to 4, where 0 = never, 1 = hardly ever, 2 = occasionally, 3 = fairly often, and 4 = very often. Results: Based on a clinical examination on 630 subjects and the OHIP questionnaire responses from the participants, a significantly remarkable association (p ≤ 0.05) was found using a chi-square test between TW and the OHRQoL. In particular, TW was linked to other sociodemographic data and various lifestyle, dietary, and drinking habits. Along with the OHRQoL, TW also showed a positive correlation with gender. Using the chi-square test, a statistically significant association between age and TW was observed, with p-value = 0.004. Meanwhile, the place of residence did not show any association with TW. Educational qualifications of patients, visits to dental clinics, and reasons for dental visits showed very significant association with TW. Oral hygiene aids, materials used, frequency of brushing, and brushing technique did not have any association with TW as per the results obtained. A highly significant association was found between consumption of fruit drinks, citric drinks, and beverages and TW in the adult patients. Among all the domains of the OHIP questionnaire, the physical pain domain was the most affected, followed by the physical disability domain. Conclusion: We conclude that TW has a direct association and positive correlation with the OHRQoL. As TW was increasing, so were the OHIP values, which indicated a lesser OHRQoL. The study also presents information on how to maintain a regular and healthy dietary lifestyle and oral hygiene to combat the impacts of TW.

Background: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and severity of oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) among habitual gutkha, areca nut, and pan chewers of Bihar population. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted of 3000 adult patients aged over 15 years who visited the Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Buddha Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital. They were subjected to a thorough oral examination, and the bindings were recorded in the prescribed WHO Pro forma. Results: Our study revealed that the prevalence of OSMF was 1.6%. The prevalence among males was 2.60% and among females was 0.16%. All the 243 cases (100%) were associated with areca nut habits. Conclusion: Educating the population about the deleterious effects of the practice of tobacco and related habits on the body in general and the oral cavity. It is hoped that this study would serve as a reference for further epidemiological studies on the abovementioned lesion in this region.

The Department of Library & Information Science started at the initiative of S.R. Ranganathan was the first school in the country to offer Master's and PhD programmes in Library Science. This study explores the role of professionals graduating from the LIS Department of the University of Delhi in LIS education and research, an attempt has been made to present a state-wise picture of the pioneering role played by the alumni of the Department. The study finds that sixteen prominent LIS departments were setup in the country by the alumni of Delhi University.

This paper briefly elucidates the journey of Library and Information Science (LIS) journals published from India since 1912-2016. The study explores that 196 LIS journals have been produced in India during the past 11 decades covering the period of from 1912-2016. The states namely New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and West Bengal have contributed significantly andNew Delhi emerges as the most productive city among the others regarding the production of LIS journals. The study reveals that out of total 196 journals, 15 have been indexed in the University Grants Commission Academic Performance Indicators List and 41 have found their place in national and international indexing and abstracting sources. URL: http://ijkcdt.net/xml/17111/17111.pdf

Alumni are the reflection of its past, representation of the present, a link to the future, and keep alive the image of the school, college, or department to which they belong. It is true that alumni are the real image builders of the institutions and therefore, the establishment of an Alumni and hosting of the Alumni meet is not only a matter of big pride for the institutions but is a landmark event in the life cycle of the institution. The present study is an outcome of the 'First Alumni Meet-2020' of the Department organised by the author which was attended by more than 500 alumni of the Department from first batch student (1947-48) to current batch (2019-2020). The study discusses the various social dimensions and relationships of 51 pairs of alumni of the Department from its first batch (1948-2020) to current batch such as father to son, father to daughter, mother to daughter, brother to brother, brother to sister, sister to sister, twin to a twin, uncle to nephew and niece and one of the beautiful alliance among the alumni later turned into a beautiful relationship i.e. becoming of spouse leading to a happy and prosperous life. Data was collected, and evaluated from the 'DLIS-Alumni Database (19482007). The relationship among alumni was determined with the help of personal contacts with alumni under study and the senior teachers in the Department.

Publishing industry plays a vital role to spread knowledge. In modern days many local publishers are making knowledge available to the society through their native languages. Punjabi is one of the most popular languages of North Indian states. Many publishers from Punjab, Chandigarh, and Delhi are publishing books in Punjabi. The present study is attempted to provide the overview and analyse the growth and contribution of publishing books in Punjabi by various types of publishers for the decade 2004-2013. The study presents different categories of publishers with the number of books, major publishers of Punjabi books, the contribution of literary, government and academic institutions as publishers and geographical distribution of Punjabi books from Northern parts of India. The study reveals that most of the books have been published in Punjabi by commercial publishers. Punjab is the leading region to publish maximum books in Punjabi as compared to other states and 'Lokgeet Prakashan' is the top publisher among them all. This is the first study assessing book publishers of Punjabi books and a useful source of information for practitioners and academics interested in Punjabi language publications.

The study presents the subject analysis of Punjabi language books written in ‘Gurmukhi’ script from 2004-2013 covering different fields of arts and humanities, social sciences, science, engineering, and technology. The distribution of major subjects and their subdivisions were based on the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) 22 nd edition. The information centres, and academic institutions such as universities from the different parts of Northern India, having a good collection of Punjabi language books were the focus for data collection. The Punjabi language books publishers and several websites/resources were also consulted to get the required information. A total number of 7997 Punjabi books on different subjects published during the period 2004-2013 have been studied. The largest number of books in Punjabi [5587 (69.9%)] is published in the field of literature. Subject analysis, decadal growth, analysis of books translations from different Indic and foreign languages to the Punjabi language are also included in the study. A growth rate of 29.37% in the publication of Punjabi books is seen during the decade.

Altmetrics is an article level metrics which measures the online attention on academic and non-academic social media. The present study is based on the altmetric analysis of top 100 articles in Food Technology published during 1989-2018. The top 100 articles were downloaded using Web of Science Core Collection and the Altmetrics Score is collected using Altmetric Bookmarklet. The spearman’s correlation test was performed on the collected data to find out the correlation between citation and the altmetric score.

Application of information and communication technologies to academic libraries has broughtremarkable improvement to various services offered by the library, ICT has improved efficiency and influenced changes from storehouses to knowledge management centers, however application of ICT in developing economies like Nigeria is still in budding stage, application and utilization of ICT is marred with various challenges, this paper attempts to review the status of ICT in academic libraries of Nigeria keeping in view benefits, challenges, ICT competence of library and information science professionals. it is hoped that the present studies will guide the library and information professional and management staff on effective application of ICT, understanding the need and relevance of ICT skill acquisitions by the library and information science professionals.

The purpose of the study is to conduct bibliometric analysis of the research articles of SRFLIS Summit- International Conferences held during the year 2014-2019 and investigate the various dimensions of bibliometric study. The paper conducts bibliometric analysis of 220 articles which were published in the form of conference papers during the covered period. The study evaluates the various aspects of published conference articles of SRFLIS Summit. The study highlights the chronological distribution of papers, authorship pattern, geographical distribution, and affiliation of authors, citation pattern and length of articles. The results explore that the majority of the contributions by two authors. It is observed that a total of 2720 citations counted to the contributions and most cited documents are journal articles. The analysis of countries found that majority of contributions are from India and authors from New Delhi published maximum papers. The study evaluates the publication trends and has important implications for scholars and researchers

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of dental caries, gingival diseases, and periodontal disease among the rural population of Bihar, India. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on a total sample size of 8200 people with an age group of 20–60 years. Dental caries, gingival health, and periodontal health were recorded using the modified World Health Organization pro forma (1997). Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and one-way analysis of variance were applied. Results: Among 8200 patients, the highest incidence of cases was seen in dental caries that is 5800 patients. Two thousand and two hundred patients were having poor gingival status and 2000 patients were suffering from periodontal diseases. Periodontal diseases were significantly more common among people with no education (P = 0.02) and significant in males (P < 0.001). Conclusions: The findings of this study provided a discernment into the gingival health status, periodontal health status, and the prevalence of dental caries of rural population, which may be useful in planning oral health programs and free services and dental treatment, especially to this rural sector.

The paper examines the research output of the University of Delhi in the field of Library and Information Science. The data was collected through the official records available in the Department/University. Study finds that 263 doctoral and M. Phil research degrees have been awarded by the Department during 1957-2018.

The paper intends to analyse the collaboration pattern of the Indian geologists as well as the impact of their research output. The published articles which are indexed in the Web of Science Database have been analysed. A total of 583 records were retrieved from the database for the period of 20 years i.e. 1998-2017. The value collaboration co-efficient (0.62) indicates that articles are contributed in collaboration rather isolation. Maximum articles (55.4%) were collaborated at domestic level as compared to international level (34.3%). However, internationally collaborated articles received more number of citations (CPP=22) as compared to domestically collaborated articles (CPP=8). Out of 583 articles 16% have not been cited so far, and for the rest 84% CPP is 13. In terms of affinity towards India, USA dominates with 56 papers out of 200 internationally collaborated papers and AFI=20 followed by UK (AFI=9) and Germany (AFI=9). Internationalization index is having the value of 138.5 Maximum articles (81.3%) have been published in the top ten journals of which Himalayan Geology holds first rank. Articles published in the journal Geology received highest citation per paper (CPP=39).

The present study is an attempt to conduct a bibliometrics analysis based on the Web of Science Core Collection on food security research publications from 2000 to 2018 time period. The research focused on major source of articles, productive and prolific authors based on dominance factor, most relevant keywords and the countries with which India has collaborated. The data analysis has been done using R studio. The study concludes that there is quality research going on in the food security discipline and collaboration too at the global level to resolve the issues of food security.

Tongue tie also known as Ankyloglossia is congenital disorder characterized by short, thick frenulum which causes reduced mobility of tongue it reduces possible extension such as protrusion and elevation of tongue. It is caused by short frenum or genioglossus muscle. It is seen in various age group. It causes difficulty in feeding, dental hygiene maintenance and speech. The tongue tie is most commonly appears from tip of tongue to the base of tongue.Keywords: Ankyloglossia, Frenectomy, Tongue tie.