Maintenance of Mental Health during present situation of COVID-19 Pandemic

Pandemic COVID 19 has affected our life in many ways. It has affected all dimensions of health (physical, mental, social, emotional, vocational, socio-economic dimensions) in one or other way. Maintenance of mental health is an essential component which demands more efforts from inner self of an individual as compare to any other person from outside. Detailed study of our Ayurvedic scriptures revealed that our Acharya were well aware of this concept and were very much concerned about mental health status of an individual to keep them healthy throughout life. There is a wide description of ways, activities, life style, diet as well as medications and herbs for an individual to stay mentally fit. Thus, in this paper we are going to review the texts in a very practical way that can be adopted in today’s life to maintain healthy mental state

Imprinting effects, managerial knowledge and the internationalisation of small and medium size enterprises from emerging economies

This thesis examines the internationalisation behaviour of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) from emerging economies. In summary, the thesis comprises of five chapters: First, Chapter 1 provides a brief introduction to the full thesis. Chapter 2 systematically reviews 55 selected articles, first examining the underlying reasons why SMEs in emerging markets internationalise, followed by their corresponding barriers. Concurrently, by examining theories that have been used to study the internationalisation of SMEs from emerging markets, findings from the literature are analysed. Findings suggest that through collaborations, in the form of networks, these SMEs have been able to indulge their resources, and in turn benefit from superior impacts on their overall performance. The management of information, knowledge and collaboration is therefore re-emphasised in this review, to ensure the success of emerging markets SMEs’ internationalisation. The analysis on this review provides valuable input on research suggestions and directions for future work in this area. Next, Chapter 3 discusses the issue of whether a firm’s ‘home’ environment influences SMEs’ scope of internationalisation. This chapter uses institutional and organisational imprinting theories to argue that emerging market SMEs born during the market liberalisation period are likely to have a greater scope of internationalisation than those founded in other periods. It also argues that this effect is moderated by the SMEs’ size, its dispersed ownership structure, and its geographical diversification. Hypotheses are tested using a sample of 177 Indian SMEs collected using secondary data from the Bureau Van Dijk’s ORBIS database. Results support the hypothesis on the relationship between home-market liberalisation imprinting and SMEs’ scope of internationalisation. Findings also support that the moderating effect of SMEs’ size, geographical diversification and ownership dispersion reduces the imprinting effect of the above relationship. Chapter 4 is about the relationship between SMEs’ managerial knowledge (i.e., foreign institutional knowledge, foreign business knowledge, foreign supply chain knowledge, and internationalisation knowledge) and their financial and non-financial performance. It examines the above link based on data collected from questionnaire survey responses of 295 SMEs from India involved in internationalisation. Research findings suggest that (1) SMEs’ managerial knowledge has a direct impact on their financial and non-financial performance, and that (2) SMEs financial performance plays a mediating role between their managerial knowledge and their non-financial performance. Hypotheses are based on the knowledge-based view of internationalisation, and the chapter provides deeper insights into the role of managerial knowledge on emerging-market SMEs’ internationalisation performance. Finally, Chapter 5 includes a discussion and conclusions of research findings from the PhD study. First, it describes how the research questions mentioned in the introduction chapter were addressed. Second, some suggestions and recommendations are given for continuation of the work presented in this thesis

A survey report on status of Bala (Physical strength) and Agni (Digestive Strength) during Greeshma Ritu (summer season)

Ayurveda advocates the maintenance of health by using regimen like Dincharya (daily regimen), Ritucharya (seasonal regimen), Sadvritta (social code of conduct), Aachara Rasayana (personal code of conduct), Vega Vidharna (not to hold natural urges) etc. Ritucharya means ‘the Aahara (diet) and Vihara (life style) and other behavioural activities according to specific Ritu (season), in accordance with Shastra (scriptures). A lot of physiological variations occur in the body during Greeshma Ritu (summer season) like exhaustion, general weakness, drowsiness, increased thirst, reduced appetite etc. Charaka Samhita has also described that the status of Bala (physical strength) and Agni (digestive strength) is very weak in Greeshma Ritu (summer season). To observe the status of Bala (physical strength) and Agni (digestive strength) during Greeshma Ritu (Summer season) i.e., during April to June 2018, a survey was conducted on 500 apparently healthy volunteers in Paprola and surrounding areas. Paprola is a small town of Himachal Pradesh, situated in foot hills of Dhauladhar Ranges of Himalaya. Data was collected by a questionnaire framed on the basis of Ayurvedic texts. Many volunteers showed reduced Bala (physical strength) but their Agni (digestive strength) status was good

Universal consistency of the kk-NN rule in metric spaces and Nagata dimension. II

We continue to investigate the $k$ nearest neighbour learning rule in separable metric spaces. Thanks to the results of C\'erou and Guyader (2006) and Preiss (1983), this rule is known to be universally consistent in every metric space $X$ that is sigma-finite dimensional in the sense of Nagata. Here we show that the rule is strongly universally consistent in such spaces in the absence of ties. Under the tie-breaking strategy applied by Devroye, Gy\"{o}rfi, Krzy\.{z}ak, and Lugosi (1994) in the Euclidean setting, we manage to show the strong universal consistency in non-Archimedian metric spaces (that is, those of Nagata dimension zero). Combining the theorem of C\'erou and Guyader with results of Assouad and Quentin de Gromard (2006), one deduces that the $k$-NN rule is universally consistent in metric spaces having finite dimension in the sense of de Groot. In particular, the $k$-NN rule is universally consistent in the Heisenberg group which is not sigma-finite dimensional in the sense of Nagata as follows from an example independently constructed by Kor\'anyi and Reimann (1995) and Sawyer and Wheeden (1992).Comment: Latex 2e, 15 page

A comparative study of efficacy of intramuscular PGF2alpha and intramuscular oxytocin in management of third stage of labour

Background: The third stage of labour is most crutial stage begins with expulsion of baby and end with expulsion of placenta and membranes. The present study was conducted to evaluate the scope of using prophylactic intramuscular carboprost tromethamine in comparison with intramuscular oxytocin for active management of third stage of labor. Methods: Patients were divided randomly into 2 groups 39 in each group. Patients assigned to group 1 received 10 units oxytocin IM and group 2 received carboprost 125 µg IM after delivery of anterior shoulder of baby. The main outcomes measured were duration of third stage of labor, mean amount of blood loss, additional oxytocic requirement, HB changes in group and side effects of drug which were used in each group. Results: Subjects who received carboprost showed a significant reduction in duration of third stage of labor (P= 0.041), amount of blood loss (P=0.046) and requirement of additional oxytocic compared to the subject who received oxytocin 10 units. Conclusions: Carboprost 125µg is better alternative compared to injection 10 units oxytocin in the prophylactic management of third stage of labor.

B2B Supply Chain Risk Measurement Systems: A SCOR Perspective

PurposeGlobalisation, trade barriers, unprecedented health crises and geo-political crises have forced organisations to revisit their performance measurement systems (PMS) to better prepare their supply chain against the risk and improve performance in times of crisis. This study aims to review the supply chain operation reference (SCOR)-based PMS and propose a dynamic SCOR-based PMS for supply chain risk management (SCRM).Design/methodology/approachDue to the need for multi-stakeholder perspectives on SCOR-based PMS for the SCRM, the authors aimed to develop a theory rather than to elaborate upon or test the theory. Hence, the authors adopted an inductive theory-building approach to build research propositions. The authors also gathered 12 semi-structured interviews with knowledgeable managers from B2B international companies.FindingsThe findings of the study highlight the challenges faced by the organisations during the implementation of the SCOR-based performance indicators and the positive impacts they have on decision-making and on the continuous improvement strategy of organisations to tackle supply chain risks and improve performance. The findings suggest that the effects of these indicators are more felt during risk management and risk monitoring stages.Research limitations/implicationsLike any other study, this study has some rules, and, thus, the authors caution the readers that they must interpret the findings of the research considering these limitations. The study is based on semi-structured qualitative interviews. The interviews were conducted with 12 knowledgeable managers from France; thus, the insights drawn from the study cannot be generalised to other settings. Furthermore, the samples represent something other than small and medium enterprises. In the future, the samples from small and medium firms can offer a nuanced understanding of the performance indicators for SCRM.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the few studies which has attempted to revisit the SCOR-based PMS in the B2B supply chain for risk management. The study’s findings help expand the SCOR-based PMS literature and offer numerous insights to the management and consultants facing challenges in SCOR implementation