AYURVEDIC CONCEPT OF LEUCORRHOEA: SWETA PRADARA

Gynecology is the medical practice dealing with the health of the female reproductive system literally means the science of women. Woman has a unique existence in the universe created by the God. Womens health is the pivot not only for the healthy and happy status for her family, rather to the whole society or even to the nation at large. All women have experienced some short of vaginal discharge in her life span. White vaginal discharges along with the other symptoms like feeling of weakness, pain in the back and calves, loss of vital fluids, pruritis on and around the vulva, thighs and thigh joints etc., comes under the heading of Leucorrhoea, which is described as Sweta Pradara in Ayurvedic classics. In Samhitas all gynecological disorders comes under the headings of Yonivyapada. No any description of Sweta Pradara has been described by scholars of Brihatrayee. For abnormal white vaginal discharges, the word Sweta Pradara has been described in texts during and after medieval period

DRUG TOXICITY (AUSHADHA VYAPATA) IN AYURVEDA

In Ayurvedic view Aushadha Vyapata means the complications of a drug or any extra actions of the drug / medicine in human body except the intended action. This can be correlated with the adverse drug reactions of the modern pharmacology which includes the side effects, untoward effects, toxic effects and idiosyncratic effects. Many questions are now being raised by the scientific and non-scientific community worldwide regarding the documentation of safety and efficacy of Ayurvedic Medicines. A couple of studies done in USA have raised very serious questions in this regards. Now a day the concept of pharmacovigilance has been started by WHO to monitor ADR (adverse drug reaction), report and record. Ancient Ayurvedic scholars were very much aware about the drug toxicity and keeping it in the mind they have described Aushadha vyapata in their classics elaborately which reflect their concern about untoward effect of Ayurvedic drugs

SO3H-Carbon derived from glycerol: An efficient and recyclable catalyst for smooth and regioselective azidolysis of oxiranes in water

A series of β-hydroxyazides were effectively synthesized from the regioselective ring opening of oxiranes by azide anion in presence of glycerol-based sulfonic acid functionalized carbon as a novel reusable heterogeneous catalyst in H2O achieving good yields (80-98%). The workup procedure was simple, and the catalyst could be reused over five times without losing its catalytic activity and selectivity

Does Productivity Really Matter for Profitability? Evidence from a Publicly Owned Transport Corporation

For many years now, a variety of studies have proven the strong relationship between productivity and profitability. However, simply earning a profit does not necessarily mean that the firm is productive. Many highly productive firms face financial losses, whereas less productive ones’ experience significant profits. This paper examines the dynamics of how productivity really matters for profitability. The paper uses a non-parametric index number approach to estimate the productivity, profitability, and price performance of a publicly owned, once world’s largest, bus transport corporation operating in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to examine these dynamics. The paper finds that when public organizations are constrained from raising the prices of their services, productivity gains may not be adequate to counterbalance the impact of rising prices of major inputs. Moreover, loss-making organizations, even if they are publicly owned, would find it hard to improve both the quality and quantity of their services

Load Flow Solution of Distribution Systems - A Bibliometric Survey

In this paper, Bibliometric Survey has been carried out on ‘Load Flow Solution of Distribution Systems’ from 2012 to 2021. Scopus database has been used for the analysis. There were total 1711 documents found on this topic. The statistical analysis is carried out source wise, year wise, area wise, Country wise, University wise, author wise, and based on funding agency. Network analysis is also carried out based on Co-authorship, Co-occurrence. Results are presented. During 2020 and 2018, there were 263 documents published which is the highest. ‘IEEE Transactions on Power Systems’ has published 90 documents during the period of study which is the highest in terms of articles under the category of sources. Highest citations were received by the article authored by Hung and Mithulanathan with 484 citations in the collected database with the chosen key words. VOSviewer 1.6.16 is the software that is used for the statistical analysis and network analysis on the database. It provides a very effective way to analyze the co-authorship, co-occurrences, citation and bibliometric analysis etc. The Source for all Tables and figures is www.scopus.com, The data is assessed on 6th July, 2021

Initial Commitment to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Circumcision for HIV Prevention amongst Indian Truck Drivers

Studies of HIV prevention interventions such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP) and circumcision in India are limited. The present study sought to investigate Indian truck-drivers initial commitment to PREP and circumcision utilizing the AIDS Risk Reduction Model. Ninety truck-drivers completed an in-depth qualitative interview and provided a blood sample for HIV and HSV-2 testing. Truck-drivers exhibited low levels of initial commitment towards PREP and even lower for circumcision. However, potential leverage points for increasing commitment were realized in fear of infecting family rather than self, self-perceptions of risk, and for PREP focusing on cultural beliefs towards medication and physicians. Cost was a major barrier to both HIV prevention interventions. Despite these barriers, our findings suggest that the ARRM may be useful in identifying several leverage points that may be used by peers, health care providers and public health field workers to enhance initial commitment to novel HIV prevention interventions in India.</p

Incidence of Incidental Finding of Mullerian Anomalies at Successful Term Pregnancies: A Three-Year Study in India

Introduction: Mullerian Anomalies are known to disturb the reproductive life of women immensely and adversely affect their obstetric outcomes too. Therefore, they get identified either during pubertal, early reproductive or antenatal period. Ultrasound diagnosis in pregnancy after first trimester is also very difficult Very few anomalies get diagnosed after a successful term pregnancy incidentally during delivery. Their actual incidence varies from 1-10% but little is known about incidence of unidentified cases in successful term pregnancies Aim: To determine the incidence of incidental finding of Mullerian Anomalies in successful term pregnanciesMethods: Over 3 year study period at a tertiary care centre we observed all women who delivered both by vaginal route and cesarean section for any Mullerian Anomaly. Results: Of the total 5124 women who delivered at our institute at term gestation, 3 women were excluded, as they were known cases of Mullerian anomalies on regular follow up at our institute. 11 women were identified with Mullerian Anomalies incidentally during delivery at term.9 of them were referral cases. 5 cases of Arcuate Uterus, 2 cases of septate uterus, 2 cases of Unicornuate uterus, 1 case of bicornuate uterus and 1case of agenesis of fallopian tube were found.Conclusion: Mullerian Anomalies are seen occasionally incidentally in successful term pregnancies during delivery. They can be asymptomatic, silent and can have positive pregnancy outcomes. These incidences are crucial for counseling of patients and their families. Also, we must be on a look out for these diagnoses not only to identify co existing urological disturbances but also to help us improve their subsequent obstetric performances