Fostering Mindfulness Through Embroidery and Reverse Community-Engaged Learning in Moroccan Higher Education

Teaching hand embroidery as part of an academic course on mindfulness was found to enhance students’ learning and foster mindfulness. It functioned as a bridge between mindfulness theory and practice and helped students limit compulsive thinking, develop a beginner’s mind, engage in metacognition, experience presence, promote therapeutic benefits, and in some cases, manifest wisdom. Students were learning to add mindfulness to their daily lives through body-oriented pedagogy. Further, inviting an embroidery teacher from the local community promoted reverse community-engaged learning. It challenged students’ and educators’ assumptions of privilege, power, and class and helped form new ties based on mutual respect. This interpretive phenomenological analysis is part of a larger study based on teaching mindfulness as an academic course for two years. I adopted double hermeneutics to analyze data from critical reflective journals of 24 consenting students and from semi-structured interviews with 20 students

My Dissertation Healed Me: A Retrospective Analysis Through Heuristic Inquiry

It was my personal experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) that motivated me to undertake my dissertation, but during the process I was haunted by my “IPV survivor” identity. Little did I know that my intellectual pursuit was an invitation into personal healing through heuristic inquiry. During the data collection phase of my dissertation, I unconsciously embarked on the initial engagement phase of heuristic inquiry, but only 2 years after completing my dissertation did I realize I experienced six phases of Moustakas’s (1990) heuristic inquiry. In this article, I share how my dissertation healed me through a retrospective analysis using heuristic inquiry. Through the coresearchers’ narratives, I began the process of embracing my IPV survivor identity—analogous to Kintsugi, the Japanese art of joining broken pottery with gold to form a new version of it. Through this process, I have begun to acknowledge my resiliency and, most importantly, feel empowered to engage with others who have had similar experience, connecting to a collective voice of IPV survivors. Thus, I argue that heuristic inquiry not only transforms the researcher but also has a powerful impact on others (Moustakas, 1990), empowering coresearchers and communities. I conclude with a strong recommendation to foster research of personal experiences, as it has the potential to bridge the gap between theory and practice (hooks, 1994)

Formal Milk Processing Sector in Assam: Lessons to be Learnt from Institutional Failure

Assam initiated organised development of milk processing way back in the mid 1960s. The total installed capacity of pasteurisation and chilling plants in the State is 159 thousand and 28.5 thousand litres per day, respectively. The current scenario of the formal milk processing segment in the state is however, grim. The created infrastructure is either largely defunct or grossly under-utilized. The functional plants are operating at very low level of their installed capacity, have limited product profile, high returns of marketed milk, substantial handling and curdling losses, low productivity of capital and labour and huge operational losses. The poor performance of the plants has been attributed to the establishment of milk processing units without an appropriate assessment of output demand and input supply and ascertainment of economic viability of the plants. In addition, the supporting institutional and infrastructural mechanism has not been put in place and a systematic business and management plan to run the system has not been formulated. Drawing lessons from the institutional failure, the study has suggested some possible interventions and policy initiatives for strengthening the dairy processing activities in the state of Assam.Agricultural and Food Policy,

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015: A Review

The aim of this article is to look into the provisions of the newly amended Juvenile Justice Act. The central question which this article looks at whether the article is comprehensive enough to eliminate the possibilities of crime by juveniles as it is based on principle of reformation and rehabilitation of children who are otherwise presumed to be innocent not to commit a crime. It also tries to see if the intention of juveniles involved in crimes can be differentiated from their social surroundings that can help to punish the perpetuators in the former while thinking of remedial measures in the latter

PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF NIRGUNDI: A REVIEW

Owing to wide range of medicinal properties, Nirgundi is very useful herb. It is used for its medicinal values for thousands of years by the people all over the globe. The folklore healers use the plant for various ailments. As per Ayurvedic system of medicine, its Rasa is Katu, Tikta and Kashaya and it pacifies Vata and Shleshma.  Its property is Laghu and Veerya is Sheetoshna and is used in the treatment of various disorders like Pleeha rog, Gulma, Krimi, Kushtha, Vrana, Visha and Aruchi. Available ancient and modern contemporary literature has been studied thoroughly while preparing this article so as to put all the available knowledge about the herb at one place. Various properties possessed by the plant have been evaluated in different studies, and results or observations of few of such prominent studies have been presented here to enrich the knowledge. Review of the available literature showed that it possesses various pharmacological activities cardiotonic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-histaminic, anti-cancerous, anxiolytic, anti-asthmatic, hepatoprotective etc. All these properties have been authenticated by various experimental and clinical studies. So keeping in view the huge potential of the plant, further research is suggested to extract maximum benefits for the benefit of the society

ESSENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF PRAKRITI PARIKSHAN: EXAMINATION OF BODY CONSTITUTION

This article presented unique approach for selecting appropriate partner for love, business and game etc. since choosing a right person is complicated and it is very difficult when partners are unknown to each other. The article described simple and unique approach to find out right life partner considering his/her prakriti; likes, dislike, temperament and aptitude, etc

Blockchain and its Application

In this research investigation into Blockchain Technology, its current use and other pos-sible implementation of this protocol are explored. Blockchain offers opportunities for developing advanced digital services. While current research on this becoming the most important issue which must be well addressed. As part of the fourth industrial revolution since the invention of the steam engine, electricity, information technology, Blockchain Technology has been applied in many areas such as finance, judiciary, and commerce. In this current paper, we focused on its potential Voting Application and explore how Blockchain Technology can be used to solve Health Care Issues, Land Registry, Any Fi-nancial Sector, etc. Some innovative applications of using blockchain technology for different sectors we also discussed

Contributory factors of disease diagnosis: Review as per Ayurveda

Ayurveda believes to eliminate disease completely. There are different causative factors of various diseases these factor may be food, life style or imbalance of tridosha. As per ayurveda disease diagnosis play important role in disease treatment and different disease need different consideration since every individual having specific Prakriti. Since ayurveda treats diseases as per the constitution of an individual thus it is known as a highly accurate and personalized method of analyzing diseases. Mainly all diseases are caused by aggravation of the tridosha i.e. vata, pitta and kapha. In ayurveda “Nidana†encompasses various approaches of disease diagnosis. As per ayurveda various factors contributes significantly towards disease diagnosis. This article describes all those factors which need to be considered for the proper diagnosis and treatment of disease

Diagnosis of tubercular brain abscess through ocular manifestation

Central nervous system tuberculosis is a severe form of extra‑pulmonary tuberculosis. It mainly presents as meningitis or tuberculoma. Tubercular brain abscess (TBA) is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient. We report a case of TBA who presented to us due to the defective vision and headache.Keywords: Brain abscess, papilledema, tuberculosi

IDENTIFICATION OF ETHR INHIBITOR TARGETING MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS: AN INSIGHT FROM MOLECULAR DOCKING STUDY

Objective: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is a pathogenic bacterium of the Mycobacteriaceae family that causes TB. EthR is a transcriptional regulator which is involved in the repression of the monooxygenase EthA which is responsible for the formation of the active metabolite of Eth. Inhibitors of the EthR DNA binding protein induce a conformational change in this repressor, thus preventing its binding to DNA operator, consequently resulting in increased transcription of EthA and bioactivation of Eth. Methods: In this study, we used first-line and second-line drugs and their analogues to validate the binding affinity of EthR DNA binding protein of MTB. Molegro Virtual Docker (MVD) is utilized for virtual screening and validation of MolDoc, Rerank, and hydrogen bond parameters of ETH, isoniazid (INH), clofazimine (CLF), and its modified derivatives to the EthR DNA binding protein of MTB. The modified molecules; ETH4, INZ2, CLF3, and CLF4 show more binding affinities than that of native compounds ETH, INH, and CLF to the EthR DNA binding protein of MTB. The top scoring compound was docked by auto dock vina in PyRx to get the best conformer pose for intermolecular interactions. Results: CLF4 had the best lowest MolDock score -176.29kcal/mol and H-bonding energy -6.89kcal/mol in the MVD virtual screening. The best conformer pose generated by PyRx was shown -7.1 binding affinity and ligand generated hydrogen bond interactions with THR130 and LYS68, respectively, which stabilized the ligand in the active site of EthR protein. Conclusion: We concluded that CLF4 has shown better inhibitory efficacy than other compounds towards EthR protein. However, these results need to be further substantiated through in vitro and in vivo experimental studies