Study of Emotional Effects of Tooth Loss in an Aging North Indian Community

A study was conducted to study the emotional effects of complete and partial loss of teeth in an aging North Indian community. A questionnaire was prepared for 400 elderly people above the age of 60 years, who were interviewed in dental checkup camps. The data was collected and analyzed using chi-square or chi-square exact tests. 25% of the people were found to have difficulty accepting tooth loss, whereas more than 50% of the people reported to have restricted their food choices. Other problems like reduced attendance in social gatherings for lunch/dinner or eating out in public were also noted. 56% felt that dental consultation prior to tooth loss would have helped them in a significant way. It was concluded that tooth loss did not have a marked impact on emotions of the people but affected their daily social activities, however there was negligible difference between complete and partial tooth loss subjects

A Study of Factors Contributing to Denture Stomatitis in a North Indian Community

Factors like oral and denture hygiene, presence of saliva, age of the denture, and degree of colonization with Candida albicans are to be evaluated as local contributing factors for causing denture stomatitis. 100 patients aged 30 to 70 years were selected for the study. Among these, 70 patients were labeled test group showing signs of stomatitis and 30 patients as control group as they showed no inflammatory signs. Clinical tests included oral and denture hygiene evaluation, salivary measurements, and age of the dentures, and microscopic investigations were done. Results showed no significant differences between the two groups in terms of saliva, oral and denture hygiene habits, and denture age. Test group showed stomatitis in patients who were wearing dentures for 5 to 10 years compared to control group who were wearing dentures for 10 years and above. Denture age was proportional to Candida colonization and not to degree of inflammation. Significant differences were found in Candida colonization of the fitting surface of the denture between stomatitis and control groups. Poor denture hygiene habits are the most prominent contributing factor for denture stomatitis and colonization

A non-interventional, cross-sectional study to analyse the quality of life of infertile patients at rural medical college

Background: World health organization (WHO) estimates that 60 to 80 million couples worldwide currently suffer from infertility and in India, of the 8.8% infertility prevalence, 6.7% women have primary infertility and 2.1% women have secondary infertility Objectives were to assess the quality of life of infertile patients and to appreciate the physical, mental, social, and psychological sufferings of infertile patients.Methods: The 54 sequential infertility patients visiting gynecology OPD at SMBT IMS were self-administered a pre-validated questionnaire having 26 questions, divided into 3 components 1. Physical and psychological health of infertile patients. 2. Marital relationships of infertile patients. 3. Self-assessment of social status.Results: Out of 54 responders, 32 participants were female and 22 were male. Maximum responders had Primary infertility. In our study 46% responders felt they were sad and depressed, and 37% feel infertility makes them angry in their physical, social and work life, 35% responders felt it was difficult to talk to their about infertility. The 24% had severe form of physical pain and discomfort and 48% people were dissatisfied with their sexual relationship, 46% felt uncomfortable and incomplete attending social situations like holidays and celebrations as they felt they were topic of discussion all the time.Conclusions: This study, hopes to generate an empathetic approach among the masses towards patients with infertility. It might help to highlight the need for separate infertility OPDs and to include a psychological counseling dimension to the treatment of infertilit

Information security governance: differences in perceptions of policymakers and employees

There is a magnitude of technical controls which do more than half the job of securing the organisation. The rest falls on the employees. Employees are considered the weakest link in the security chain of the organisation this is primarily because they are the easiest to compromise. This could be due to external motivators, such as become a victim of social engineering or personal emotional motivators, such a disgruntled employee. It is most often the case that an employee gets blamed for a security breach. Security researchers fight from both employees and managements side and blame each other for being the problem. It is necessary to address this gap between policymakers and employees. And this study attempts to do that. Two studies were conducted. The 1st study was a qualitative semi structured interview. From which I created a conceptual model. This model was used in preparing the 2nd study, which was a quantitative survey. The data from the survey was then used to create Structural equation model using SPSS and AMOS. Differences in their perceptions of policymakers and employees and postulated relationship of these differences (constructs) with constructs of Protection Motivation Theory. Which we then confirmed using Structural equation model. Key finding was usability of a tailored policy was used as a moderator to see its effect on all the relationship constructs. Use of a tailored policy dampened the relationships Perception of information security (POIS) and Threat appraisal (TA), between POIS and Coping appraisal (CA), between POIS and Behavioural intent (BI), and POIS and Actual behaviour (AB). It also dampened the relationship between perception of organisational interventions (POOI) and BI. It strengthened the relationship between, POOI and TA, POOI and CA, POOI and AB. Use of a tailored policy dampened the relationship between, TA and BI, but strengthened between CA and BI, CA and AB and TA and AB. This research addresses these differences between policymakers and employees, across different organisations with varying organisational security levels, viz. low, medium and high security organisations and posits that through a tailored security policy security compliance behaviour can be improved

When Mei-Gu Guan's 1960 Postmen Get Empowered with Bell's 1964 Nonlocal Correlations, or, Nonlocal Advantage in Vehicle Routing Problem

Vehicle routing problems, a comprehensive problem category originated from the seminal Chinese Postman Problem (first investigated by Chinese mathematician Mei-Gu Guan), entail strategic and tactical decision making for efficient scheduling and routing of vehicles. While Chinese postman problem is aimed at finding the minimum length cycle for a single postman, the broader challenges encompass scenarios with multiple postmen. Making cost-effective decisions in such cases depends on various factors, including vehicle sizes and types, vehicle usage time, road tax variations across routes, and more. In this work, we delve into a class of such problems wherein Bell nonlocal correlations provide advantages in optimizing the costs for non-communicating postmen, and thus establish a nascent utilization of quantum entanglement in traffic routing problem. Our investigation unveils promising applications for nonlocal correlations within combinatorial optimization and operational research problems, which otherwise have predominantly been explored within the quantum foundation and quantum information theory community.Comment: (4 + 3.5) pages, 1 figure, Comments are welcom

A conceptual study on Charakokta Bhaishajya Pareeksha Vidhi and it’s significance

Ayurveda is a holistic science which explains Karana Dravyas and Karya Drayas in its basic principles. Dravya (drug) one which gives shelter (Ashraya) to Guna and Karma in an inherent relation.[1] Dravyaguna Shashtra is the science which mainly deals with Dravya, Guna, Karma, Rasa, Veerya, Vipaka of drug in detail.[2] The Prakruti and action of Dravya mainly depends on its Panchabhoutika constituents, Rasa, Guna, Veerya, Vipaka, Prabhava etc. of Dravya. For Dravyabhuta Chikitsa Dravya should be examined for the factors like Prakruti (nature of Dravya), Guna (Qualities of Dravya), Prabhava (Specific actions), Desha (Habitant or place of growth), Rutu (Season of collection), Gruhita (mode of collection), Nihita (Method of preservation), Upaskrutya (Method of Processing), Matra (Dosage), Doshaapakarshana, Upashamana all these factors should be assessed properly before selecting a Dravya for Chikitsa.[3] According to Ayurveda, Bhashajya or Dravya placed as important among Chikitsa Chatuspada. The Dravya is basic need for the Chikitsa without which Chikitsa is not possible so to have better therapeutic results in treatement Bhaishajya Pareeksha Vidhi plays a major role. Acharya Charaka has explained Bhaishajya Pareeksha Vidhi or Dravya Pareeksha Vidhi in detail in Charaka Vimana 8/87 which has great significance in thearapeutic results by selecting drug for Chikitsa after considering Charakokta Bhaishajya Pareeksha Vidhi

An IP Core of AMBA Bus Interface in HDL

The AMBA on-chip bus architecture is a well-known open specification that explains how to connect and manage the functional units that make up a System-On-Chip (SoC). The design and implementation of an AHB Master, RAM, ROM, FIFO and Memory Controller implementation is proposed in this paper. It is primarily divided into two categories: operation initiator (AHB MASTER) and AHB SLAVE. Furthermore, AHB master generate the operation in burst mode, single transfer according to interface requirement and Address generator, generates the address in increment or wrap mode, as well as completing data transfers with an asymmetric asynchronous FIFO with variable data widths for read and write. A bridge between an AHB Master and an AHB slave will be demonstrated using a memory controller, and their outcome in terms of area and speed will be address ed. A finite state machine will be used to design the control framework. Xilinx Virtex 2 XC2VP40 will be used to implement the AHB Master and Slave IP

Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Glia-Neuron Intercellular Communication

Cross talk between glia and neurons is crucial for a variety of biological functions, ranging from nervous system development, axonal conduction, synaptic transmission, neural circuit maturation, to homeostasis maintenance. Extracellular vesicles (EVs), which were initially described as cellular debris and were devoid of biological function, are now recognized as key components in cell-cell communication and play a critical role in glia-neuron communication. EVs transport the proteins, lipids, and nucleic acid cargo in intercellular communication, which alters target cells structurally and functionally. A better understanding of the roles of EVs in glia-neuron communication, both in physiological and pathological conditions, can aid in the discovery of novel therapeutic targets and the development of new biomarkers. This review aims to demonstrate that different types of glia and neuronal cells secrete various types of EVs, resulting in specific functions in intercellular communications

A reconfigurable medically cohesive biomedical front-end with ΣΔ ADC in 0.18µm CMOS

This paper presents a generic programmable analog front-end (AFE) for acquisition and digitization of various biopotential signals. This includes a lead-off detection circuit, an ultra-low current capacitively coupled signal conditioning stage with programmable gain and bandwidth, a new mixed signal automatic gain control (AGC) mechanism and a medically cohesive reconfigurable ΣΔ ADC. The full system is designed in UMC 0.18μm CMOS. The AFE achieves an overall linearity of more 10 bits with 0.47μW power consumption. The ADC provides 2nd order noise-shaping while using single integrator and an ENOB of ~11 bits with 5μW power consumption. The system was successfully verified for various ECG signals from PTB database. This system is intended for portable batteryless u-Healthcare devices