How Media Got the Biggest Bite of (The) Apple: A Look at the Media Misperception in the Apple-Samsung Case

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How Media Got the Biggest Bite of (The) Apple: A Look at the Media Misperception in the Apple-Samsung Case

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Sexual and reproductive health clinical consultations: preconception care

Scenario: Sofia, aged 32 years, wants another child. She has used a contraceptive implant for contraception for 2 years and attends her local sexual health clinic to have it removed. Before starting the removal the healthcare professional (HCP) asks about her general health and obstetric history. She is well and does not take regular medication. Her body mass index (BMI) is 33 kg/m2 and her last cervical screening test was 6 years ago. She drinks socially and does not smoke or use recreational drugs. She has two children aged 7 and 4 years. Her first pregnancy was uncomplicated, and she had a vaginal birth. She had gestational diabetes in her second pregnancy and opted for an elective caesarean for fetal macrosomia. She cannot recall if she had testing for diabetes after birth. She has a palpable implant. Before starting the implant removal, the HCP discusses pregnancy planning with Sofia. They advise her to consult her general practitioner (GP) to start 5 mg/day folic acid (table 1), have a cervical screening test and be tested for diabetes. The HCP sensitively brings up Sofia’s weight and alcohol intake. They explain that she could reduce her risk of complications during pregnancy and delivery by aiming for 5–10% weight loss and signposts her to the National Health Service (NHS) ‘Live Well’ website. The HCP also discusses the benefits of not drinking alcohol before and during the pregnancy, and encourages her to discuss these lifestyle changes with her partner as well, as men can also optimise their health to improve fertility. The HCP also uses the opportunity to screen for reproductive coercion and domestic abuse as pregnancy is associated with an increased risk

Text Classification Using Machine Learning Techniques: A Comparative Study

Text mining is drawing enormous attention in this era as there is a huge amount of text data getting generated and it is required very hardly to manage this data to grasp maximum benefit out of it. Text classification is an essential sub-part of text mining where the related text data is assigned to a particular predefined category. In our study, we discussed different classifier techniques which are popularly used in recent years. There is comparison between different classifiers like SVM, Na�ve Bayes, Neural Networks etc. which is expressed in a tabular form in this paper

Review on Garbha Sanskar and its Role in Mental Development of Children

Garbha sanskar in Ayurveda described as specific conducts which are to be followed by pregnant women to acquire healthy pregnancy and giving birth of a healthy baby. The term Garbha sanskar related with the education of women who has baby in her womb and this conducts contributed towards the success of pregnancy. Traditionally it is believed that the mental and behavioral development of child starts from the intrauterine stage. Therefore it is essential to put maximum effort during this stage to ensure complete physical and mental built up of child. The personality of baby begins to take shape in the womb; moreover the physical and mental constitution of children is greatly affected by the mother's state of mind during pregnancy. The concept of Garbha sanskar helps to keep mother’s mind healthy thereby imparts positive benefits towards the mental development of baby present inside the mother's uterus. Considering these all facts present article summarizes concepts of Garbha Sanskar and its role in the mental development of unborn child

Preparation and evaluation of mucoadhasive microspheres of Propranolol HCl for nasal delivery

In the recent decades, the interest in intranasal route for drug delivery is increased as the nasal mucosa offers numerous benefits such as rapid systemic drug absorption and fast onset of action. Additionally, intranasal absorption avoids the hepatic presystemic metabolism and enhances drug bioavailability in comparison to that obtained after oral administration. Also, it offers patient ease being non invasive, offers favourable tolerability profile and it is also pharmaceutically economic as dont require sterilization. Propranolol HCl is the most commonly used ? blocker drug for the prophylaxis of migraine. The problem with the oral route is low bioavailability (26%) due to pre-systemic metabolism. So, the aim of the work is to formulate and evaluate mucoadhesive microsphere of Propranolol HCl to increase its bioavailability and reduce its dose. Mucoadhesive microspheres increase the residence time of the drug by gel formation mechanism and hence improve bioavailability as compared to powder and liquid formulations. The prepared formulation was evaluated for particle size, shape and morphology, mucoadhesive strength, micrometric properties, in vitro drug diffusion study, entrapment efficiency and stability studies

Pyocolpos in a 4 year old: a rare scenario

Pyocolpos is cystic dilatation of vagina due to accumulation of pus resulting from genital tract obstruction. Hydrocolpos or pyocolpos are usually encountered either in the neonatal period due to stimulation from maternal hormones or at menarche. Their occurrence beyond infancy and before puberty is rare. We report this rare case of pyocolpos in a 4 year old child