scholarly journals Analysis of suicide hanging deaths in South Bangalore: A three-year retrospective study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-184
Author(s):  
Gopal B K ◽  
Jagannatha S R ◽  
Viswakanth B ◽  
Harsha R G
Keyword(s):  
Age Group ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Educational Qualification ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Socioeconomic Strata ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Time Type ◽  
Commit Suicide

Hanging is the most frequently encountered asphyxial death in forensic medicine practice. It is the second most common method employed to commit suicide in India. Easy availability and presence of wide range of ligature materials at home itself makes hanging a preferred method of committing suicide. This study was done at Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences & hospital Bangalore with an aim to evaluate suicidal hangings through perusal of postmortem reports retrospectively during the study period between Jan 2011 to Dec 2013. During the 3-year study period the study population had a total of 519 decedents ranging between age 11 years to 77 years. Victims of both sexes comprised the study population. Suicidal hangings with reference to age, sex, socioeconomic status of the decedents, educational qualification, motive, time, type of suspension and position of knot were studied to evaluate the relationship between different parameters. 62.63% of the decedents were males. The most common age group affected were in their third decade of life, who made 43.35 population 66.1% of victims died in complete suspension and remainder 33.0952% of victims had typical know placement while 47.6% had atypical knot placement. 58.38% of victims belonged to lower socioeconomic strata of which a majority shared an educational qualification up to pre-university weighing a percentage of 26%. The motive in majority of the deaths remained unknown (38.15%), family disputes ranked second with a percentage of 36.03.

Gangs and vigilantism

2020 ◽  
pp. 434-448
Author(s):  
Jacob Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Traditional Age ◽  
Political Economy Analysis ◽  
Criminal Groups ◽  
Group Structures ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter highlights how the terms “gangs” and “vigilantes” are used to refer to a wide range of violent actors who display significant variation in terms of their activities and organizational structures. To explain this complexity, the chapter examines the relationship between violence, crime, security provision, and politics, and highlights how “gangs” and “vigilante groups” are involved in politics, while politicians often call upon the same non-state actors to further their own ends. However, the analysis goes beyond a common idea of “gangs” as criminal groups that are sometimes formed and/or used by politicians, to provide a political economy analysis that traces the roots of such groups—not only to crime and politics, but to traditional age-group structures, urbanization, and socio-economic aspirations. The analysis underscores the generational temporalities of membership in, and social functions of, gangs; the transformational qualities of many gangs; and the dynamic relationship between gangs and politics.

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, BEFORE AND AFTER BIRTH

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-218
Author(s):  
Hilda Knobloch ◽  
Benjamin Pasamanick
Keyword(s):  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Preschool Period ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Socioeconomic Strata ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship of socioeconomic factors to pregnancy experience and later neuropsychiatric functioning was investigated by a series of retrospective and anterospective epidemiologic studies. The studies demonstrated an increased amount of brain damage in the lower socioeconomic strata, where a higher incidence of complications of pregnancy and a greater number of babies with low birth weights are found. In 992 infants examined at 40 weeks of age, pregnancy experience, birth weight and later physical status were the only major factors which could explain group differences in developmental quotients. The studies further indicated that the relatively small amount of variability found in infancy could be explained largely by the presence of damage to the central nervous system, and supported the view that at this period of life social factors affect the psychologic level of integration primarily through biologic mechanisms. Later, during the preschool period, the direct influence of the sociocultural forces on the psychologic performance becomes manifest.

Cognitive and Interpersonal Growth during the College Freshman Year: A Structural Analysis

1978 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 995-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra C. Eisert ◽  
C. Tomlinson-Keasey
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
College Freshman ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Freshman Year ◽  
Logical Operations ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Relationship

The present paper attempts a structural analysis of the relationship between logical operations, personality organization, and personality traits in college students. Since college students cover a wide range of operational abilities, one should be able to examine this age group to see whether or not different modes of thinking are reflected in personality measures. 55 freshmen were administered a measure of formal operations consisting of eight suboperations and a complete score, the Omnibus Personality Inventory, and the conceptual complexity measure. A structural analysis of the interrelationships is discussed in terms of a core cognitive function.

scholarly journals Use of Head Circumference as a Predictor of Height of Individual

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
DI Mansur ◽  
MK Haque ◽  
K Sharma ◽  
DK Mehta ◽  
R Shakya
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Anthropology ◽  
Head Circumference ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Statistical Software ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Relationship

Background Establishing personal identity is one of the main concerns in forensic investigations. In forensic anthropology, estimation of height from head circumference has a significant role in establishing personal identity.Objective The objective of the present study was an attempt to understand the relationship between height and head circumference of an individual and to derive regression formulae to estimate the height from the head circumference.Method The present study consisted of 440 (258 male and 182 female) students of age group 17 to 25 years studying in Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Dhulikhel, Nepal during the period from November 2012 to October 2013. Height and head circumference of an individual were measured in centimeter. Data were analyzed by using statistical software SPSS-16Result The findings of the present study were significant correlation between height and head circumference (r = 0.443, p < 0.01 for male, r = 0.302, p<0.01 for female, and r = 0. 398, p < 0.01 for combined (male and female). The regression equation for height and head circumference was found to be Y = 1.734X + 70.36 (R2 = 0.196) for male, Y = 0.916X + 106.8 (R2 = 0.091) for female, and Y = 1.648 X + 71.69 (R2 = 0.158) for combined (male and female), where Y is the height of Individual and X is the Head Circumference.Conclusion Head circumference showed highly significant positive correlation with individual’s height. Therefore, the present study will help in medico-legal cases in establishing the identity of an individual and this would also be useful for Anatomists and Anthropologists.Kathmandu University Medical Journal Vol.12(2) 2014: 89-92

Completed Suicides: Correlates of Choice of Method

1986 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis L. Peck
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Completed Suicide ◽  
Psychological Correlates ◽  
Suicide Intent ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Commit Suicide ◽  
Single Cohort

The relationship between social and psychological correlates of youthful suicide victims and methods of lethality is examined. Data on those who commit suicide are also used to explore the suicide intent hypothesis, and the findings are discussed in light of recent claims that choice of method of lethality is useful for understanding completed suicide. The results suggest that a wide range of factors may be related to youthful intent and suicidal behavior, but only minor differences are observed among a single cohort of committers.

scholarly journals A study of predictors of occult bacteremia in febrile children 3 months to 36 months of age groups

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1892
Author(s):  
Mir Sumsam Ali Khurram ◽  
U. Narayan Reddy ◽  
Khaja Amer Khan
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Csf Analysis ◽  
Band Form ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Deccan College ◽  
Occult Bacteremia

Background: The objective of the present study was to find out predictors of occult bacteremia in children, 3 months to 36 months of age group, with fever without focus and to find out most common bacteria causing occult bacteremia in the same group of children.Methods: A cross sectional study was done between January 2017 to January 2018 on hundered children between 3 months and 36 months of age group in Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad Telangana State in all eligible children admitted in pediatric ward. A detailed history and physical examination completed as per Performa. Various blood samples were obtained for TLC, DLC including band form%, CRP, Micro –ESR and culture by standard methods. Urine sample taken in all cases for urine culture. LP and CSF analysis done in all cases.Results: Total 100 children enrolled in the study and 9 children excluded from the study. Out of 100 children included in study 25 (26%) found bacteremia positive. The study population included 60 male (60%) and 40 female (40%) children their mean and +SD age was 1997 +1.99 months.  There were 20 male and 5 female and their children in bacteremia positive group compared to 40 male and 20 females in bacteremia negative group.Conclusions: The study evaluated both clinical and laboratory predictors for the detection of occult bacteremia Total 8 laboratory parameters evaluated for their significance to detect occult bacteremia.

scholarly journals The role of parental attention in shaping personality of the child of school age

2021 ◽  
pp. 101-106
Author(s):  
L.G. Nasyrova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Current Situation ◽  
School Age ◽  
Dysfunctional Families ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Parent Relationships ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Parent Child Relationships

Researched is the theme of influence of various factors on the formation of children's personality. The most important one of them are parents, their attention, and attitude towards a child. This study aims to assess the current situation of child-parent relationships, their importance, as well as the importance of school in a child’s personality formation. The study was conducted with the help of an interview with 90 schoolchildren from Kemerovo, Russia. For the convenience of the analysis, the children were divided into three groups: (1) 8–10 years old; (2) 11–14 years old; (3) 15–16 years old. There were 30 people in each age group. The results confirmed the opinions of other scientists and concepts that parental attention, care, and child-parent relationships in general are critical for the personality formation in children aged 8–16. There is a large number of families where there are some kind of problems in the relationship between children and their parents. The issue of lack of attention is most acute in incomplete as well as in dysfunctional families. The importance of parental attention decreases somewhat with age, but it remains a key factor in the formation of a child’s personality. This article is a contribution to the study of the psychology of parent-child relationships and their impact on the subsequent life of a person. This article may be of interest to teachers, psychologists, parents, and a wide range of people interested in the problem of child-parent relationships and the formation of a child's personality.

scholarly journals Autopsy Analysis of Suicidal Hanging Cases at Dhaka Medical College

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farial Naima Rahman ◽  
Mushtaq Ahmad ◽  
Md Nur Hossain ◽  
Sanjida Akhter ◽  
Prodip Biswas
Keyword(s):  
Age Group ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Medical College ◽  
The People ◽  
Causative Factors ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Post Mortem Findings ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Group Sex ◽  
Commit Suicide

Background: Hanging is one of the common methods of suicide in the world. The rate of suicide by hanging is increasing day by day in Bangladesh. Suicide by hanging is the act of intentionally killing oneself by suspension from an anchor point or ligature point (e.g., an over head beam or hook) by a ligature or jumping from a height with a noose around the neck. Hanging is a very simple method of suicide that does not require complicated techniques. The materials required are easily available, and a wide range of ligature can be used, so most of the people commit suicide by suspension from a height with a ligature around the neck.Objective: The objective of this study was to find out demography of hanging, its distribution according to age group, sex, common ligature materials used by victims, observed post mortem findings and in this way try to identify the causative factors and develop the preventive measures that are essential to reduce death due to hanging.Materials and method: A retrospective study was done on the basis of 3rd copies of postmortem reports preserved in the department of Forensic Medicine, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh for the period of 2 years, (from January 2008 to December 2009) with the permission of the autopsy surgeons.Results: Out of 574 cases, 159 (27.71%) were male and 415 (72.29%) female. Among them 304 (52.96%) were married and 270 (47.04%) were unmarried. Most of the victims (46.86%) were from the age group 21-30 years. Dopatta (orna) was the commonest (41.28%) ligature material.Conclusion: To reduce the number of suicide by hanging a well designed and comprehensive programme is needed, which will identify the causative factors and which might help in prevention of suicidal hanging.Delta Med Col J. Jan 2016 4(1): 9-12

scholarly journals Endoscopic evaluation of dysphagia

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 4323
Author(s):  
Arun Gupta ◽  
Tejinder Singh Dall ◽  
Darpan Bansal
Keyword(s):  
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ◽  
Neuromuscular Disorders ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Elderly Age ◽  
Lower Esophagus ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Number Of Males

Background: Dysphagia basically means difficulty in swallowing. Dysphagia may result from structural or neuromuscular disorders of the esophagus. Endoscopy is the main indication for patients with dysphagia to determine the underlying etiology. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the plethora of disorders leading to dysphagia in this region of Punjab.Methods: The present study was carried out in the department of General Surgery at Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences And Research, Sri Amritsar. Gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed both on the patients admitted and those who presented at outpatient department. The diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy.Results: The sample consisted of 100 patients presenting with dysphagia. Total number of males were 42% and 58% females. It was found that the most common age group presenting with dysphagia was 41-60 years followed by 61-80 years. It was also observed that the most common cause of dysphagia was growth of esophagus (24%). Lower esophagus was most common site of lesion found in 30 (45%) of the patients. Squamous cell carcinoma was found in 52 (24%) of the patients. Maximum patients (84%) were of lower socioeconomic status. Dysphagia was more common in females as compared to males.Conclusions: It can be concluded that prevalence of dysphagia in Indian settings is more in the middle to the elderly age group with a female preponderance. Endoscopy plays an important role in detecting premalignant conditions leading to dysphagia.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Eccentric Occlusion with Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) and Para-functional Habits among Dentistry Students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 2017

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Pournasrollah ◽  
Hosein Eslami ◽  
Vahid Fakhrzadeh ◽  
Fatemeh Dabaghi-Tabriz ◽  
Mahdi Rahbar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Group Function ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Study Population ◽  
School Of Dentistry ◽  
Group Function Occlusion ◽  
The Relationship

Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between side occlusion with temporomandibular joint problems (TMD) and parafunctional habits among Dentistry Students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: In this cross - sectional study, 98 students from the School of Dentistry of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences were randomly selected, and the occlusion was also examined. Data from the study were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test software SPSS 17. Results: In this study, 16.33 % of population had Group function occlusion, 13.23 % had Anterior Group function occlusion and 70.4 % had canine raise occlusion. 3.1% of people had functional Paralympic symptoms of Bruxism and 6.1 % were marked with Parafunctional clenching. The study population consisted, all patients with Group function occlusion that had para-functional habits. However, in patients with canine raised occlusion, 63.3 % para-functional habit parameters, 2 % has Bruxism and 1.5 % had clenching. Conclusions: a significant relationship was not observed between side occlusion with parafunctional habits and TMD problems among students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences.

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