Can early orthotic support and physical Therapy improve the functional level and Decrease rate of surgical interventions In spastic cerebral palsy?

cerebral palsy is a disorder of movement and posture that results from a non progressive lesion of brain within 3 years of age. To determine the role of early orthotics and physical therapy in improving the functional status and in decreasing the rate of surgical interventions in management of spastic diplegic cerebral palsy child

Assessment of competence for caesarean section with global rating scale

Objective: To establish as reliable and valid the nine-point global rating scale for assessing residents\\u27 independent performance of Caesarean Section. Methods: The validation study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aga Khan University Hospital, from April to December 2008, and comprised 15 residents during 40 Caesarean Sections over 9 months. Independently two evaluators rated each procedure and the difficulty of each case. Results: The observations per faculty ranged from 1-8 (mean 4.07± 2.56). The Year 4 residents were observed the most i.e. 32 (40%), followed by Year 3, 30 (37.5%); Year 2; 14 (17.5%); and Year 1, 4 (5%). Mean time required for observation of the surgery was 43.81±14.28 (range: 20-90) with a mode of 45 min. Mean aggregate rating on all items showed gradual progression with the year of residency. The assessment tool had an internal consistency reliability (Cronbach\\u27s alpha) of 0.9097 with low inter-rater reliability. Conclusion: The evaluation tool was found to be reliable and valid for evaluating a resident\\u27s competence for performing Caesarean Section. Training of the assessors is required for a better inter-rater agreement

Roles of technology for risk communication and community engagement in Bangladesh during COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic required handling a clear communication of risk and community engagement. A gap is noted in scholarly studies portraying strong community engagement for risk handling, particularly in resource constrained regions in HCI community. This study covers community engagement and its use of technology during COVID-19 through a qualitative study of Bangladesh. The study looks at marginalized communities who have struggled through the pandemic yet handled the difficult time through their effective problem solving, working together as a community when there was not enough support from authorities. It is a qualitative study during the pandemic consisting of 9 communities, presenting 58 participants (N=58, Female= 33, Male=23, Transgender =2) across four divisions of Bangladesh covering urban, semi urban, and rural regions. The study uncovers the challenges and close community structures. It also shows the enhanced and increased positive role of technology during the pandemic while referring to a few communities being digitally disconnected communities that could benefit from digital connectivity in the future through increased awareness and support

Risk communication during COVID-19 pandemic: impacting women in Bangladesh

Risk communication during COVID-19 is essential to have support, but it is challenging in developing countries due to a lack of communication setup. It is more difficult for the low-income, marginal communities, and specifically, women in developing countries. To understand this, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted a qualitative study among N = 37 women (urban 20, rural = 17) across Bangladesh that presents the risk communication factors related to social and financial challenges. It reveals that the majority of the urban communities lack communication with local authorities, where urban low-income communities are the worst sufferers. Due to that, the majority of the urban participants could not get financial support, whereas the rural participants received such support for having communications with local authorities during the pandemic. However, access to technology helped some participants share and receive pandemic-related information about risk communication, and the adoption of financial technology helped to get emergency financial support through risk communication. Moreover, this work is expected to understand the role of risk communication during the COVID-19 pandemic among women in Bangladesh

Fintech as a positive enabler during COVID-19 in Bangladesh

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every sphere of life and adversely affected low-income and marginalized communities. They suffered due to loss of income and inadequate points of contact for seeking support. This qualitative study covers 313 participants from urban, semi-urban, and rural areas of eight geographical divisions of Bangladesh. Participants from different economic backgrounds were included to better explore the role of financial technology (fintech) during the pandemic. The study shows that fintech improved people’s lives in Bangladesh by adding utility through cashless transactions, creating opportunities for innovative business solutions, and serving as a financial institution for marginalized communities. The study also shows that many participants did not have regular access to digital technology and were deprived of the opportunities fintech provides. The study demonstrates how fintech can add convenience to the continuation of life and livelihood during disruptive disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic and concludes that community outreach is needed to link all walks of society to the interne

"COVID has made everyone digital and digitally independent": understanding working women's DFS and technology adoption during COVID pandemic in Bangladesh

Women in developing nations lag behind from self-empowerment because of some cultural barriers where the integration of technology and digital financial services helps them to be empowered. On the other hand, to avail such technology-based services as Digital Financial Services (DFS), there are also additional challenges for women in developing countries. During the COVID pandemic, the situation has changed all over where both genders had to rely on and adopt technology for working and financial purposes. Our research is an ongoing research and currently we explored n=20 urban formally working women in Bangladesh to understand how COVID impacts them to adopt technology and technology-based services. These women had comparatively less exploration in digital services before the pandemic. COVID instantly increased their technology adoption significantly. However, COVID grows some negative concerns regarding excessive technology impact on their work-life, kids, and finance. Based on findings, we mention a few design recommendations regarding ways of technology usage that will help women to reduce their excessive technology-adoption concerns and help them to use the technology in better ways

Effect of teacher-class relationship, emotional intelligence, generic competence on academic output, teacher-class relationship on generic competence of student, and students emotional intelligence on generic competence.

Effect of teacher-class relationship, emotional intelligence, generic competence on academic output, teacher-class relationship on generic competence of student, and students emotional intelligence on generic competence.</p

Effects of teacher-class relationship and emotional intelligence on student’s generic competence.

Effects of teacher-class relationship and emotional intelligence on student’s generic competence.</p

Moderating role of students emotional intelligence in the relationship between teacher-class relationship and students’ academic output, students emotional intelligence in the relationship between teacher-class relationship and students generic competence, teacher-class relationship in the relationship between students emotional intelligence and academic output, and teacher-class relationship in the relationship between students emotional intelligence and generic competence.

Moderating role of students emotional intelligence in the relationship between teacher-class relationship and students’ academic output, students emotional intelligence in the relationship between teacher-class relationship and students generic competence, teacher-class relationship in the relationship between students emotional intelligence and academic output, and teacher-class relationship in the relationship between students emotional intelligence and generic competence.</p

Effects of teacher-class relationship, emotional intelligence and generic competence on academic output of students.

Effects of teacher-class relationship, emotional intelligence and generic competence on academic output of students.</p