(Review Article*) Construction and Validation of Problem-Solving Ability Test

The study focused on the construction and validation of a problem-solving ability test. The test consists of 36 multiple choice items regarding numerical and reasoning ability tested on 810 students. The preliminary instrument consists of 46 multiple choice items was tested on 352 secondary school students. After the refinement of items using different procedures, 36 items were selected. The construction and development of the test was done by expert review, preliminary draft, item analysis, selection of items, preparation of final test, norms, validity, and reliability of the test. The Cranach’s (α) and split-half reliability of the test as found 0.909and 0.890 respectively with the intrinsic and criterion validity of the test was found to be 0.953and 0.781

(Review Article*) Construction and Validation of Problem-Solving Ability Test

The study focused on the construction and validation of a problem-solving ability test. The test consists of 36 multiple choice items regarding numerical and reasoning ability tested on 810 students. The preliminary instrument consists of 46 multiple choice items was tested on 352 secondary school students. After the refinement of items using different procedures, 36 items were selected. The construction and development of the test was done by expert review, preliminary draft, item analysis, selection of items, preparation of final test, norms, validity, and reliability of the test. The Cranach’s (α) and split-half reliability of the test as found 0.909and 0.890 respectively with the intrinsic and criterion validity of the test was found to be 0.953and 0.781

Internet Addiction and Mental Health During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Correlational Study

Internet addiction is a relatively new phenomenon which can have similar impacts as substance dependence on one’s cognitive and behavioral functioning. This type of addiction is a growing problem, and is constantly being researched to try to address what causes this addiction, who is affected by it, and how it can be treated. It has been observed throughout the study that there is a significant correlation between Internet Addiction and mental health. The extant literature shows that excessive use of Internet leads to significant effect on mental health. One hundred and thirty youth were taken to complete the study. The main aim of the study was to examine how Internet Addiction affects mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Internet Addiction and Mental Health During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Correlational Study

Internet addiction is a relatively new phenomenon which can have similar impacts as substance dependence on one’s cognitive and behavioral functioning. This type of addiction is a growing problem, and is constantly being researched to try to address what causes this addiction, who is affected by it, and how it can be treated. It has been observed throughout the study that there is a significant correlation between Internet Addiction and mental health. The extant literature shows that excessive use of Internet leads to significant effect on mental health. One hundred and thirty youth were taken to complete the study. The main aim of the study was to examine how Internet Addiction affects mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Antidiabetic and renoprotective effect of Fagonia cretica L. methanolic extract and Citrus paradise Macfad. juice in alloxan induced diabetic rabbits

Context: Fagonia cretica is a medicinal herb reported to have flavanoids of potential therapeutic value and Citrus paradisi is a fruit, whose juice is of great therapeutic value due to its anti-hyperglycemic effects. Aims: To determine anti-hyperglycemic and renal protective effect of methanolic extract of Fagonia cretica and Citrus paradisi juice (grapefruit juice) in alloxan induced diabetic rabbits. Methods: Diabetes was induced in rabbits by alloxan monohydrate (150 mg/kg, i.p.). The therapies including Fagonia cretica methanolic extract (500 mg/kg), Citrus paradisi juice (7 mL/kg) and sitagliptin (10 mg/kg) were administered (p.o.) to diabetic groups for 14 days. The biochemical parameters, glucose, creatinine, urea, bilirubin, albumin, total protein, globulins and albumin/globulin ratio were estimated. Results: Fagonia cretica extract and grapefruit juice therapy significantly (p<0.05) reduced glucose levels in diabetic rats. Fagonia cretica extract was more effective anti-hyperglycemic agent than Citrus paradisi juice and sitagliptin. Significant (p<0.05) improvement in kidney function was observed in treated groups, the plant extract showing significant improvement as compared to the other two treatments. The histopathological results verified improvement in structural damage of kidney, liver and pancreas with these treatments. Conclusions: Fagonica cretica and Citrus paradisi juice therapy markedly improved hyperglycemia and kidney functions in alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits

Novel Magnetically Doped Epoxide Functional Cross-linked Hydrophobic Poly(lauryl methacrylate) Composite Polymer Particles for Removal of As(III) from Aqueous Solution

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles have been found suitable as adsorbent materials for the removal of As­(III) from aqueous solution. In this investigation, the usefulness of magnetically doped epoxide functional cross-linked poly­(lauryl methacrylate) (PLMA) composite polymer particles as an adsorbent bed for the removal of As­(III) ions has been evaluated. The epoxide functional composite polymer particles are prepared by seeded polymerization of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) in the presence of cross-linked poly­(LMA-divinylbenzene), P­(LMA-DVB), seed particles. The surface of prepared composite polymer particles is finally doped with Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles. The epoxide functional magnetic composite polymer particles have been named as P­(LMA-DVB)/PGMA/Fe₃O₄. A pH and contact time dependent adsorption behavior of As­(III) is observed on P­(LMA-DVB)/PGMA/Fe₃O₄ composite polymer particles. The equilibrium (<i>q</i>_e) reached after 180 min and a highest removal efficiency of 57.98% is attained at pH 5.0. The adsorption isotherm strictly followed Langmuir model with maximum theoretical adsorption capacity (<i>q</i>_m) reaching 66.23 mg/g of particles at 323 K. Batch kinetic sorption experiments showed that a pseudo-second-order rate kinetic model is more applicable. The study of thermodynamic equilibrium parameters suggested that adsorption of As­(III) is endothermic and spontaneous. The adsorbent could be regenerated partially by treatment with 0.01 M NaOH, retaining about 40% of the adsorption capacity after first time adsorption and then only slightly decreased

Home and away : narratives of migration and estrangement.

This article examines the relationship between migration and identity by complicating our notion of what ‘home’ means, both for the narrative of ‘being at home’ and for the narrative of ‘leaving home’. It offers, not a migrant ontology, but a consideration of the historical determination of patterns of estrangement in which the living and yet mediated relation between being, home and world is partially reconfigured from the perspective of those who have left home. This reconfiguration does not take place through the heroic act of an individual (the migrant), but through the forming of communities that create multiple identifications through collective acts of remembering in the absence of a shared knowledge or a familiar terrain. The article interweaves a variety of different texts: short stories by Asian women in Britain, autobiographical reflection, theoretical constructions of migrancy and literature from two very different nomadic or migrant communities, the Global Nomads International and the Asian Women’s Writing Collective. The article provides a critique of recent theories of migrancy - and nomadism - as inherently transgressive, or as an ontological condition (where what we have in common is the loss of a home). The author argues that it is through an uncommon estrangement that the possibility of migrant communities comes to be lived. That is, it is the uncommon estrangement of migration that allows migrant subjects to remake what it is they might yet have in common