Browsing by Author "Acharya, Umesh"

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    Failure of American Dream in Lynn Austin’s All She Ever Wanted
    (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012-08) Acharya, Umesh
    In All She Ever Wanted, Lynn Austin pictures the modern Euro- American society and provides the mirror of social circumstances. She unearths the bourgeoisie domination upon the proletariats and presents that the wealth, name and fame are guided by superiority complex, whereas poverty, suffering and failure are guided by the inferiority complex. The novel deals with the experiences of failure in the life of the characters. Kathleen is the central character acting as a role model protagonist. She narrates the whole story and reveals Euro-American socio-economic and socio-political scenario of the post war period. Austin depicts vividly the social panorama, in which the bourgeoisie exploit to the proletariat through the means of social apparatus by imposing hegemony, gradually to rule upon them. American wealthy people exploit the inferior who run to achieve the honey of American dream, to be fuller, richer, better, prosperous and higher in wealthy society. Despite this, every character becomes the victim of the bourgeoisie monopoly system and exploitation. In this research, Fiona gets victimized by the wealthy banker Arthur who has married her only for enjoyment purpose. His fake marriage makes Fiona identity less woman. Her dreams to be richer, fuller and better fade away suddenly after the death of her selfish husband Arthur. All those characters that run after fantasy and depend on fate are faced the same condition as Fiona.
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    Haemoparasites in pet and shelter dogs of Kathmandu Valley
    (Department of Zoology, 2022) Acharya, Umesh
    Haemoparasitic infections in dog are a significant economic burden worldwide but have received less attention than that of rabies. Present study was carried out in shelters and pet dogs from March to August 2021 in Kathmandu valley. Purposive sampling was carried out to take a blood samples from shelter and pet dogs irrespective of age sex and breed. About 3 ml of blood was collected in a clean ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) tube from a saphenous, cephalic, or jugular vein with the help of veterinary technicians. Altogether 200 blood samples from dogs were collected. Among them, 100 blood samples were collected from shelter home Lalitpur (Sneha’s care) and 100 blood samples were collected from domestic dogs, which were brought to Central referral animal hospital Tripureshwor. All the information like owners' name, address, sex of dogs, age of dogs, breed of dogs were taken. Similarly, presence and absence of tick in dogs was also noted. Hematological analysis was performed to complete blood counts using haematology analyzer. A thin blood smear was prepared for the examination of haemoparasites. Data were analyzed in SPSS software to test significance. A total of three species of haemoparasites, Babesia, Anaplasma, and Ehrlichia sp. were recorded in this study. Pet dog’s parasitic prevalence was recorded at 18%. Among them, male dogs were found to be the higher prevalence (11%) followed by females (7%). Similarly, shelter dogs showed a 31% of prevalence. Among them, 21% of males and 10% of females were affected by haemoparasites. The age, sex, and breed of the dogs found to have no statistically significant effect on the prevalence of haemoparasites. However, significant difference was noted between ticks-infected dogs with haemoparasitic prevalence. Hematological analysis revealed a significant decrease in red blood cell count (P<0.05) in Parasite-positive dogs. However, other blood parameters like platelets, packed cell volume, haemoglobin, lymphocytes, monocytes, and eosinophil and basophils were not found to be correlated in haemoparasites in both shelter and pet dogs. Hence, dogs of Kathmandu valley need to treat haemoparasites regularly in order to break the transmission chain.