Well-being of High School Female Teachers in Relation to their Marital Status and Personality Hardiness

The present paper aims to determine well-being of high school female teachers in relation to their marital status and personality hardiness. Wellbeing Scale by Sigh and Gupta (2001) andPersonality hardinessby Kobasa (1992) were administrated on a sample of 300 married and 300 unmarried select through random cluster sampling technique from 120 high school teachers from 3 districts of Punjab. Teachers with low and high level of well-being were identified by using the technique of Q1 and Q3 and average groups were not taken into account. Thereafter, the personality hardiness scores of married and unmarried teachers having low and high level of well-being were tabulated and equal scores were selected randomly under each category. For analyzing the obtained data on, personality hardiness statistical techniques of analysis of variance 2x2 factorial design was used. There is significant difference in the level of well-being of married and unmarried high school female teachers

Prescription pattern of antibiotics in paediatric inpatients at a tertiary care hospital in North East India

Background: Paediatric antibiotic prescription is a major concern in terms of public health since infections are the most frequent cause of childhood disease. The aim of this hospital-based cross sectional study was to assess the pattern of antibiotic use in the paediatric ward of RIMS hospital, Manipur, India.Methods: A retrospective study of six months duration was carried out for the month of October 2016 to March 2017. A total number of 200 patients case sheets were utilized for our study from paediatric in-patients department of RIMS hospital, Manipur. The data collected was then analysed for various prescribing indicators as laid down by world health organisation (WHO) for analysis of drug use parameters.Results: The mean age of paediatric patient was 2.1 years. The average number of drugs per encounter was 5.14. The average number of antibiotic per patient was 2.11. In present study antibiotic were 41% of total drugs prescribed. Most common prevalence of disease among study patients sample was acute gastroenteritis. The most commonly prescribed antibiotic was Ceftriaxone followed by Amikacin. In present study 8.2% of antibiotics were prescribed in generic name. Polypharmacy was evident from the study.Conclusions: Antibiotic prescribing in children is relatively high in RIMS, Imphal, Manipur. Prescription of broad-spectrum antibiotics though has increased demonstrably which   h may result in development of bacterial resistance; however, development of guidelines for antibiotic prescription and use of appropriate drugs for the disease can result in minimizing the unfavourable use of antibiotics in children

Integral development of the child : perspectives from Hindi literature.

Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2007.No abstract available

A questionnaire based study to evaluate the perception, attitude and feedback of second year undergraduate students with respect to their pharmacology teaching methodology

Background: Pharmacology, like any other branch of medicine, is progressing by leaps and bounds. Attempts have been made all over India to make the teaching of pharmacology more interesting and relevant. The course assessment instruments like feedback may help to know about the pros and cons of teaching and assessment methods. Currently, student’s feedback represents the primary means used by most programs to assess their methodology.Methods: A questionnaire was designed and given to second-year medical students to fill in and make suggestions according to the options given and were also free to express their own opinion at various places.Results: Majority of the students showed preference for tutorials, short answer questions and revision classes. About one third of the students felt that more group discussions should be introduced during teaching sessions. Students’ interest in microteaching and problem based learning was evident from their feedbacks.Conclusions: There is a need of conducting few microteaching sessions and more of clinical oriented problem based learning with MCQ based revisions at the end of each class in the pharmacology teaching at undergraduate level

IN VITRO EVALUATION OF ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF AERIAL PARTS OF PHYLLANTHUS FRATERNUSWEB. IN ADULT EARTHWORMS

Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the anthelmintic activity of ethanolic extract of aerial part of Phyllanthus fraternus Web. leaves (EEPF) using adult earthworms (Pheretimaposthuma). Methods: Adult earthworms (24in number) were divided into 4 groups with 6 worms in each group (n=6). The anthelmintic activity of EEPF at two different doses (25 mg/ml and 50 mg/ml) were evaluated by assessing the time of paralysis (min) and time of death (min) of the earthworms. Albendazole (25 mg/ml) was used as standard and 2% gum acacia as control. Results: Data were analyzed statistically by ANOVA followed by Bonferroni test. P<0.05 was considered as significant. The result showed that EEPF had significant anthelmintic activity (p<0.001) but less potent than the standard drug albendazole. Conclusion: EEPF demonstrated significant anthelmintic activity but less potent than the standard drug albendazole. However, further studies with higher doses are required to evaluate the dose-dependent activity and to evaluate the exact mechanism responsible for anthelmintic activity

Outcome of trapeziectomy with ligament reconstruction tendon interposition for the treatment of advanced thumb carpometacarpal arthritis: a prospective study

Background: The purpose of this study is to assess the functional outcome of the cases with advanced thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) arthritis treated with trapeziectomy and ligament reconstruction tendon interposition (LRTI) in terms of visual analogue scale (VAS), disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) score, Kapandji score, range of motion (ROM) of radial and volar abduction of the thumb, grip power, key pinch and the height of the trapezial space.Methods: In a prospective before and after interventional study of 30 patients with the advanced thumb CMC joint arthritis underwent the procedure. An average follows up period was 17.9 months.Results: The mean VAS decreased from 8.17 to 2.70. The mean Kapandji score and DASH score improved from 3.47 and 71.62 preoperative to 8.23 and 14.46 postoperative.  Mean ROM for radial and volar abduction increased from 42.57° and 48° to 61°and 64.73° respectively. Mean key pinch power and grip power increased from 2.80 kg and 3.47 kg to 4.70 kg and 9.01 kg respectively.  There was a significant decrease in height of the trapezial space. Three patient complaint of the persistent pain at the surgical site and not much improvement in the DASH score.Conclusions:  Trapeziectomy with LRTI using flexor carpi radialis (FCR) transfer is an effective treatment for the advanced thumb CMC arthritis. This procedure stabilizes thumb metacarpal and provide enough support which prevents the collapse of metacarpal into dead space

OCCURRENCE OF LEAF SPOT DISEASE IN HEVEA BRASILIENSIS (RUBBER TREE)

ABSTRACTObjective: To report the Occurrences of new fugal disease in the leaf of Hevea brasiliensis in the rubber estates of Kanyakumari Districts. Methods: The leaves samples were collected, washed with distilled water. The infected portions were cut into pieces with sterilized gel puncher. Theleaf pieces were placed on the standard nutrient agar plate and incubated at 37°C for 24 hrs. Many small colonies appeared on the margin of the leaves.These colonies were isolated and inoculated into the nutrient broth for subculture. The subcultures were taken and streaked into a potato dextroseagar plates and incubated at 37°C for 72 hrs.The fungi from the pure colony were taken and stained with safranin solution which was subjected formicroscopic observation.Results: Based on the observation of the morphological charters, two organisms were identified in the agar culture plate. Based on the staining,conidiophore, conidiospore, and the arrangement of the spore, the organisms are identified as Aspergillus niger, Penicillium chrysogenum.Conclusion: Leaf spot disease is an airborne disease, there is a possibility of becoming an epidemic disease in due course. Further work is needed tofind out antimicrobial agent which inhibit the growth of the organisms of leaf spot disease occurs in this crop. Preventive measures can be taken tocontrol the disease at the earliest possible to avoid the economic lose and enhance the environmental conditionKeywords: Rubber tree, Leaf spot disease, Secondary infection, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium chrysogenum

STUDIES ON SUN FLOWER OIL [Helianthus annuus Linn] FOR ITS POTENTIAL USE AS BIODIESEL

Biodiesel is gaining more and more importance as an attractive fuel due to the depleting fossil fuel resources. The Sun flower is valuable from an economic, as well as an ornamental plant. It is one of the important oil seed crop, cultivated for the production of oil in the world especially from western countries. Sun flower seed oil is a triglyceride derived from the seeds of the Sun flower. It belongs to the family Asteraceae. The oil   can be used for   cooking     and the seeds also food for birds. In this study the seeds were collected from the local market and oil was obtained   by using chemical extraction.  Sun flower oil was subjected to various physical and chemical studies such as pH, Specific gravity Density and Viscosity. The Fire points, Flashpoint, Cloud point, Pour point, Carbon residue. The chemical properties like Acid value, Iodine value, and saponification value were assessed. The Physico- Chemical Properties of the Sun flower oil biodiesel blends 10% (B10) and 20% (B20) were analyzed.  The values were compared with the ASTMT standards of biodiesel. The blend B20 is found to be within the ASTM standard and it could be used as alternative energy source as biodiesel

IN VITRO EVALUATION OF ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF ARDISIA COLORATA ROXB. LEAVES IN ADULT EARTHWORMS

Objective: The study aims to evaluate the anthelmintic activity of aqueous extract of Ardisia colorata Roxb. leaves (AQEAC) using adult earthworms (Pheretima posthuman). Methods: The total of 24 adult earthworms were divided into four groups, with six worms in each group (n=6). The anthelmintic activity of AQEAC at two different doses (25 mg/ml and 50 mg/ml) was evaluated by assessing the time of paralysis (min) and time of death (min) of the earthworms. Albendazole (25 mg/ml) was used as standard and 2% gum acacia as control. Results: The result showed that AQEAChad significant anthelmintic activity (p<0.001) in a dose-dependent manner but was less potent than the standard drug albendazole. Conclusion: AQEAC demonstrated significant anthelmintic activity but was less potent than the standard drug albendazole. However, further studies with higher doses are required to evaluate the dose-dependent activity and to evaluate the exact mechanism responsible for anthelmintic activity

east squares support vector regression for spirometric forced expiratory volume (FEV 1 ) values

Spirometry test is an inevitable, essential screening test in the case of respiratory and lung related diseases. This work focuses on predicting FEV1, which is the most significant and one of the deciding value in making the conclusion on respiratory related disorders by Least Squares Support Vector Machine (LS SVM) regression. This prediction of FEV1 values will enhance the spirometric method, when the data is incomplete or poorly recorded, accuracy of diagnosis of the abnormalities can be improved using SVM based methods. In this paper, an attempt is made to predict FEV1 values by LS SVM. The results show that the predication accuracy is very high