Expat Life Under Quarantine: Reflections of a Reluctant Cook

Journal #3 from Media Rise's Quarantined Across Borders Collection by Parul Malik. From India. Quarantined in USA, California.This is a reflection on home cooking, and how it intersects with gender, class, education.Media Rise Publications. Quarantined Across Borders Collection. Edited by Dr. Srividya "Srivi" Ramasubramanian

Evaluation Of Novel Iontophoretic Gel Containing Symphytum Officinale On Knee Osteoarthritic Patients

Introduction: One of the most prevalent disorders causing pain in the musculoskeletal system and eventual disability is osteoarthritis (OA). The concurrent use of pharmaceutical and non-pharmacological therapies is an essential component of the therapy. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of iontophoresis therapy in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee joints using a newly formulated Gel containing symphytum officinale. Material and Methods: The study included 126 patients with Knee osteoarthritis treated at the Outpatient department at Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research University, New Delhi. Three groups were randomly selected: group I (n = 42), received iontophoresis with newly developed Gel containing symphytum officinale treatment was applied followed by exercise protocol, group II (n = 42) received iontophoresis with Indomethacin gel was applied followed by exercise protocol , and group III (n = 42) received placebo treatment with knee exercise protocol only. The Visual analog scale (VAS), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC), Pittsburg sleep quality index (PSQI) & Walking cadence were used for the clinical evaluation of the patients. Results: Patients treated with a new gel containing symphytum officinale showed significant improvement in all assessed parameters compared to those treated with Indomethacin gel and placebo. Conclusions: The most favorable iontophoresis resulted from the introduction of a new gel containing symphytum officinale, followed by an exercise protoco

COVID-19 pneumonia and mucormycosis a new challenging duo- rhino-occulo-cerebral mucormycosis: a case report

The pandemic of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has posed challenge not only in management of the primary disease but the emerging complications associated with COVID-19 has further complicated the course of disease. The course of COVID-19 disease is associated with infectious and noninfectious complications former include secondary bacterial and fungal infection adding to mortality and morbidity. COVID-19 disease associated candidiasis and aspergillosis have been reported as super infections but with the steroid and supplemental oxygen as mainstay treatment modality mucormycosis is now complicating the course of disease and presently posing challenge in India with already overburdened health care service. Mucorales is a saphrophytic fungi causes rhinocerebral infection involving nasal passages, sinuses, oral cavity and brain. It is usually seen in immunocompromised host and in diabetics with poorly controlled blood sugar level. High degree of clinical suspicion is needed to suspect and diagnose mucormycosis. It is a fatal disease because of its angioinvasive pathogenesis and treatment is promptly initiated to salvage mortality and morbidity. Authors report a case of rhino-oculo-cerebral mucormycosis in a middle-aged diabetic patient with severe COVID-19 disease

Speech and Language Characteristics in Kabuki Syndrome

The aim of this study was to delineate the language difficulties in Kabuki Syndrome. At presentation, the child with Kabuki Syndrome had waddling gait, dolicocephaly, and frontal bossing. On administering an Indian standardized test (Linguistic Profile Test), different aspects of spontaneous language production were analysed. Receptive language skills were within normal limits, but expressive language skills showed deficits in semantic and syntactic areas. Articulation errors appeared mainly due to poor oral-motor coordination and hypotonia. A dull flat pattern of speech was characteristic to the child

Gendering Digital Entrepreneurship: From Research to Practice Using a Tensional Lens

Technological advances in emerging information and communication technologies (ICTs) are enabling many women to engage in digital entrepreneurship, a subcategory of entrepreneurship in which some or all of what would be physical in a traditional organization has been digitized (Hull, Hung, Hair, Perotti, & DeMartino, 2007). Several academic researchers and popular press columnists believe (digital) entrepreneurship can help women achieve work-life balance, overcome barriers to career advancement, lessen unemployment, realize their creative potential, and contribute to the economy (e.g., Alboher, 2007; Hytti, 2010; Patterson & Mavin, 2009; Solomon & Tomb, 2013; Wadhwa, 2014). However, entrepreneurship still remains a gendered activity. Using tension-centered approach (Ashcraft & Trethewey, 2004) and gendered career approach (Buzzanell & Lucas, 2006), I analyze data from 30 in-depth interviews with U.S.-based women digital entrepreneurs. A tension-centered approach conceptualizes tensions as endemic to organizational life and not as ruptures or anomalies. This approach does not seek to rid organizational life of tensions, but rather recognizes tensions arise from conflicts between differing ideologies, goals, structures, norms, and practices. It acknowledges irrationality, paradoxes, contradiction and the dilemmas that confront people and how they make sense and respond to such tensions. Analyzing women’s digital entrepreneurship through a tension-centered approach opens space for productively understanding businesses founded by women and generating new theoretical and pragmatic insights. The gendered career approach overcomes the limitations of traditional conceptualization of career and can provide alternative ways for individuals and organizations to frame and enact different dimensions of career (Buzzanell & Lucas, 2006). Findings reveal women digital entrepreneurs experience tensions on multiple levels as they (a) negotiate and embody dominant discourses on entrepreneurship, (b) constitute their careers, and (c) perceive opportunities and challenges in the emerging virtual landscape. On the individual and relational level, women digital entrepreneurs experience several tensions: in their creative pursuits and the pressure to have a “real job”; in making themselves available and switching off; in holding up the entrepreneur prototype and finding themselves short; and in juggling social and family obligations. These tensions were manifest not only in their talk and reported interactions but also in the ways they used the materialities in their lives. On a broader level, in constituting their careers, the participants experienced contradictory pulls that situated them within and in contestation with societal messages. In constructing their careers, they expressed desires: in controlling yet accommodating several responsibilities, in working multiple roles across public and private spaces, and in considering children and societal messages. Finally, the findings also show the constant intersections between the “real world” and virtual world in their work and lives. Here, findings provided insight into the dynamics underpinning their everyday personal and work experiences. These underlying processes were expressed as: constraints; opportunities; tensions and overlaps among entrepreneurs’ different personas. Through illustrating the contradictions, dilemmas, and paradoxes rooted in women’s journey of entrepreneurship in the emerging digital landscape, this study makes theoretical and pragmatic contributions by displaying how gendered processes are constantly shaping digital entrepreneurship outcomes. The findings highlight the need for policymakers to develop policies that support practices whereby enabling women digital entrepreneurs in their work. Ultimately this research project expands and contests the dominant view of digital entrepreneurship to afford spaces for difference

Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Using Mobile Phones: Counting Pennies to Connect Across Continents

There are many success stories of women around the world using information communication technologies (ITCs) to empower themselves. Most research on ICT-enabled empowerment tends to focus on rural women in emerging economies. Little attention has been paid to their low income, immigrant counterparts living in North American cities. Using 30 interviews with Bangladeshi and Ethiopian women who recently immigrated to New York City, this exploratory study describes the barriers to the use of mobile phones amongst immigrant women. A majority of these women were dependents of construction workers and cab drivers, while the others had operative level positions in retail and restaurant sectors. Through grounded theory methods of data analysis, the findings indicate the access and use of mobile technology is impeded by limited incomes and the effort needed to learn the technology. The use of mobile phones is also a negotiation between the immigrant need to assimilate and the anxiety to preserve their native culture

Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Using Mobile Phones: Counting Pennies to Connect Across Continents

There are many success stories of women around the world using information communication technologies (ITCs) to empower themselves. Most research on ICT-enabled empowerment tends to focus on rural women in emerging economies. Little attention has been paid to their low income, immigrant counterparts living in North American cities. Using 30 interviews with Bangladeshi and Ethiopian women who recently immigrated to New York City, this exploratory study describes the barriers to the use of mobile phones amongst immigrant women. A majority of these women were dependents of construction workers and cab drivers, while the others had operative level positions in retail and restaurant sectors. Through grounded theory methods of data analysis, the findings indicate the access and use of mobile technology is impeded by limited incomes and the effort needed to learn the technology. The use of mobile phones is also a negotiation between the immigrant need to assimilate and the anxiety to preserve their native culture