Regulationist Measures: Prostitution and Politics in the State of Mysore

The paper explores official policies towards Prostitution and the spread of Venereal Diseases in the Cantonment and Mysore Provinces. A medico-military discourse emerged in the Cantonment with the spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases among white troopers. Transgressive sex was tolerated despite prostitutes being considered a receptacle of diseases. In not recognizing the dynamics of disease transmission, regulatory measures and race, sex, and class-bias blatantly vilified prostitutes. Though civilian spaces in the State of Karnataka were not as complex, regulations were enforced in tandem with the Cantonment during the colonial rule. Consequently, after the independence, the State’s measures were coincidental with the social purity movement’s censure of Devadasis

Microteaching for MBBS students

It is education which makes the man, a good or bad man according to its education content and its nature and its methods

Remarks on Interiors and Closures of Weak Open Sets in Bigeneralized Topological Spaces

We establish the relationships between the interior and closure operators among the µij -semiopen, µij -preopen, αµij -open, βµij -open sets in bigeneralized topological space

Nutritional Composition of Selected Commercially Sold Ready-to-eat Indian Meat and Vegetable Curried Dishes

A significant influence of dietary and nutrition transition is on the food behaviour of populace reflected in higher dependence on processed or catered foods. The traditional home cooked meals have been largely replaced by street or restaurant foods. While the nutritional composition of processed foods is declared on the label, there is no such information available regarding catered foods and the consumer cannot make an informed choice while selecting food at an eatery. With this premise, the present study was undertaken to analyse the nutritional composition of selected meat and vegetables based Indian dishes sourced from three different catering establishments. Similar dishes were also prepared in laboratory and the nutritional value computed using food composition database. The dishes selected were curries made with chicken, mutton, fish, mixed vegetable, Malai kofta (potato and cheese balls in creamy gravy) and Gobi Manchurian (deep fried spiced cauliflower snack). The results revealed that there were wide variations in the energy and fat content of foods sourced from different eateries. In general, the fat content of dishes was very high. In comparison, laboratory prepared items had lesser energy and fat content. The information will help in creating a nutrient database of ready-to-eat foods and help the consumer in selectin of dishes

Adverse drug reactions in hospitalized patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital: analysis of the reported cases

Background: Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR’s) contributes to the burden of drug-related morbidity and mortality. ADRs are seen frequently in hospitals due to a variety of factors like complexity of diseases, drug interactions, polypharmacy, and possible negligence. The purpose of the study was to identify and assess ADR in various departments of a tertiary care teaching hospital.Methods: A prospective spontaneous reporting was carried out in a tertiary care teaching hospital during a period of four months from November 2016 to February 2017. All suspected spontaneous ADRs were assessed and the information was collected and analyzed by the pharmacologists for causality assessment using the Naranjo’s causality assessment scale.Results: A total of 30 ADRs were reported with female preponderance (70%). Majority of ADRs were from General Medicine and Oncology departments. The most affected organ systems were skin (80%) followed by the gastrointestinal system (13.3%). The most frequent drugs causing ADRs were antibiotics (56.3%) in which type B reactions were more compared to type A and followed by anticancer drugs (10%). The severity assessment showed that most of them were mild reactions (76.6%). Causality assessment revealed that 90% of the reactions were probable, 10% were possible and no reactions were unlikely.Conclusions: The study accomplished that ADRs are widespread and a few of them raised the healthcare expenditure due to increased hospital stay. The reporting of the ADRs to regional Pharmacovigilance centers should be encouraged to ensure drug safety

Knowledge, attitude towards human papillomavirus and HPV vaccine among medical students of a tertiary care teaching hospital in India

Background: The objective of the study was to assess the awareness of the human papillomavirus (HPV) infections and vaccination among the young students of a tertiary care teaching hospital.Methods: A cross sectional study was done among the students of a tertiary care teaching hospital. The students were assured of the confidentiality and were provided a questionnaire about HPV infection and HPV vaccine.Results: About 94.3% of students implicated that HPV is a causative agent of cervical cancer and 5.7% students didn’t know about the association. About 72.1% were aware of the availability of the vaccine to be immunized against HPV infection but 3.3% answered wrongly and 24.6% didn’t know about it. Thirty one percent students knew the correct age of initiation of the vaccination, 23% answered wrongly and about 45.9% of the students didn’t know the answer. Only 4.1 % of the students have been vaccinated with HPV vaccine. About 63.9% students didn’t agree to vaccinate themselves against HPV as they felt it would give a false sense of security and 68.8% of the students were against the routine vaccination of the young Indian population against HPV as the sexual exposure occurs at late age. 73% students referred the age of vaccination to be >25 years.Conclusions: Lack of knowledge among medical students can be detrimental to the health of the society. So there is a need to create awareness among the future health educators against various aspects of HPV, cervical cancers and its prevention

Screening of cetirizine for analgesic activity in mice

Background: Pain is the most common symptom for which patients approach doctors. We have multitude of drugs for pain relief, but they have serious side effects ranging from peptic ulcer (e.g. NSAIDs) to renal failure. The other group, opioids have well known side effects ranging from sedation to drug dependence. So a search for a drug for analgesia with high therapeutic effect and fewer side effects will be a boon for the patients. The objective of this study was to find whether cetirizine, a second generation antihistaminic drug, has got any analgesic activity in mice.Methods: Ten adult albino mice weighing 20-30 grams of either sex were randomized to two groups (n=5). Group I: control group (Treated with solvent 0.1 ml/kg), Group II: Test group (Cetirizine 1mg/kg). All drugs were given orally. The analgesic activity was evaluated by using tail flick, tail immersion and tail clip methods. Reaction time of animals to pain sensation before and after Cetirizine administration were noted at 0, 15, 30, 60 and 90 minutes time intervals respectively on Day 1, 3, 5, 7, 10.Results: Mean reaction time was expressed as Mean±SEM, and one way ANOVA was used to assess statistical significance. Cetirizine was found to have statistically significant analgesic effect in mice and time dependent increase in analgesic effect were observed in all three pain models and maximum analgesic activity was observed at 60 minutes (p<0.001) after drug administration.Conclusions: Through this study, Cetirizine, a second generation antihistamine, is found to have significant analgesic activity in mice. This effect has to be studied further elaborately in animals as well as in humans

A Study on Awareness and Ease of Using E-Resources with Special Reference to Bengaluru City University Affiliated Colleges

The main purpose of the study is to investigate the awareness and use of electronic resources or e-resources among the faculty and students of Bengaluru City University (BCU). A questionnaire based survey method has been adopted and used in this research to collect the primary data from the respondents. The analysis of the collected data also covers the purpose of using e-resources, how users learned about the e-resources, method of access, frequency of the type of e-resources used, users preferred format, problems faced while using e-resources and satisfaction level of the users. In the study found that 89% of the respondents are aware of the e-resources, 52% of the users preferred print as well as the e-resources, 64% of the users satisfied with the available e-resources, low internet speed and the difficulty in finding the right information is the biggest barrier as reported by the respondent