scholarly journals Syndromic Trends in the Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) among Patients Visiting STD Clinic of a Tertiary Hospital in the National Capital Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Ameeka Shereen Lobo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Similar Proportion ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
National Capital Region ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
The Public ◽  
Major Threat ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
National Capital

Sexually transmitted diseases or infections are a major threat to the public. Every year more than one million people acquire it globally. The objectives of this study were: a) to identify the number of patients tested for STDs, b) to assess the number of patients tested positive for STDs, c) to understand the trends of STD syndrome among the patients from January 2018 to June 2019. Data of patients visiting the STD Outpatient Department (OPD) of Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi with symptoms related to STI/ STD was analysed. Data of patients who visited the OPD for consultation was available, and was used as proxy denominator to guide the analyses. Descriptive analyses were conducted using this dataset. The total number of patients in 2018 was 7363, out of which 4089 (55.53%) were males. In 2019, the total number of patients between January and June was 4346, with an almost similar proportion of males (2241- 51.56%). Of 7363 patients that visited the clinic, 19.7% of patients tested positive for one or the other STD in 2018, whereas from January to June 2019, 18.38% patients tested positive for STD. A total of 1561 cases of Vaginal/ Cervical discharge was seen across the span of 18 months in 2018. This analysis gives an understanding of the number of patients with STD symptoms and syndromes over a period of 18 months at a tertiary level STD centre in Delhi. Since the data available is only for one centre, the results cannot be generalized to the wider population.

Study on Factors Effecting Wayfinding and its Impact on Hospitals

2014 ◽  
Vol 1061-1062 ◽  
pp. 1245-1249
Author(s):  
Mrinalini Agarwal ◽  
Prasad K.D.V. Yarlagadda
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
External Factors ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
National Capital Region ◽  
Capital Region ◽  
National Capital ◽  
Internal And External Factors

Wayfinding is the navigation of an individual through a complex built environment. This process is affected by internal and external factors that differ in various complex fields. Thus wayfinding is different in airports, hospitals, offices or shopping arcades. This paper specifically investigates various factors that are relevant to hospitals in NCR (National Capital Region, including New Delhi and Gurgaon) India. In addition, attempts were made to present a comparative study between a leading hospital and other hospitals in NCR.

Price Effectiveness in Hotels

2014 ◽  
pp. 1201-1208
Author(s):  
Nidhi Chowdhry
Keyword(s):  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Price Sensitivity ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Pricing Strategies ◽  
National Capital Region ◽  
National Capital ◽  
Leisure Travelers ◽  
Independent Hotels ◽  
Economy Hotel

This case study focuses on the mid-size hotel industry in India. It will analyze the extent to which the pricing strategies are adopted in order to optimize revenues. The mid-size segment is comprised of three and four star hotels, which cater to the average foreign and domestic leisure travelers. Pricing is the single greatest challenge facing independent hotels today. It is studied how determining optimal rates based on the patterns of price sensitivity of demand still remains the biggest challenge for these hotels. Price sensitivity and its impact on revenue are examined. To determine and analyze this challenge faced by mid-size hotel industry, the case will focus on pricing strategies and challenges faced by a midscale chain hotel and a stand-alone economy hotel in New Delhi. The hotels have been taken from National Capital Region (New Delhi) which is the largest hotel market in the country both in terms of active assets under development and potential projects in planning.

The Ecological Future of Cities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Mell
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Ecological Networks ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
National Capital Region ◽  
Ecological Benefits ◽  
Rate Of Development ◽  
National Capital

Development in India is placing excessive stresses on the ability of urban landscapes to provide sociocultural and ecological benefits. The rate of development can be seen to support economic prosperity as its primary goal, which has limited the ability of government, and the environment sector, to invest time and/or funding in green infrastructure (GI). To evaluate whether this process can be mitigated, Ahmedabad and the New Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) are discussed to establish whether an ecological networks perspective to development offers valid solutions. It proposes that an ecological networks perspective, grounded in GI theory and practice, can provide alternative investment/management mechanisms to invest in more sustainable forms of urban development.

scholarly journals A Note on “Metal Distribution and Short-Time Variability in Recent Sediments from the Ganges River towards the Bay of Bengal (India)” by Bonnail et al. (2019)

Geosciences ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ayaz Alam
Keyword(s):  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
River Sediments ◽  
Time Variability ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Ganges River ◽  
National Capital Region ◽  
National Capital ◽  
Recent Sediments ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Ganges

A careful reading of Bonnail et al. (2019)’s work points out some issues in the description of the Ganges River, e.g., describing it in a way that gives impression to the readers unfamiliar with the Indian rivers that it flows by the national capital New Delhi, after reading “it receives inputs from highly populated cities of India, including New Delhi and …”. However, as a matter of fact, it is not the Ganges, but the Yamuna River, a tributary of the Ganges, that passes through the National Capital Region of Delhi. Moreover, authors identify the studied river as the Ganges, whereas it is one of the distributaries of the Ganges called Hooghly (anglicized version of its local name Hugli). They have referred to the seasonality of the studied river; however, the flow of the studied (Hooghly) river is controlled by a barrage on the Ganges River. Moreover, Hooghly River receives input from its own tributaries; viz., Mayurakshi and Damodar, flowing through highly mineralized and coaliferous areas of Jharkhand state of India. Bonnail et al. (2019) have attributed the contamination of the river sediments to anthropogenic activities alone, by not evaluating likely natural sources. A correction factor for the underestimated total organic carbon (TOC) content obtained using Walkley-Black method should have been applied before using TOC values for factor analysis to overcome the underestimation issue with this method. This work intends to serve as a compendium, rather than a critique, to otherwise commendable work by Bonnail et al. (2019).

scholarly journals Firecracker injuries during Diwali festival: The epidemiology and impact of legislation in Delhi

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (01) ◽  
pp. 097-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Tandon ◽  
K. Agrawal ◽  
R.P. Narayan ◽  
V.K. Tiwari ◽  
V. Prakash ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Total Body Surface Area ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
National Capital Region ◽  
Burn Care ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Management Protocol ◽  
National Capital ◽  
Diwali Festival ◽  
Total Body

ABSTRACT Setting and Design: A hospital-based retrospective study of firecracker-related injuries was carried out at a government sponsored hospital in Delhi. Materials and Methods: 1373 patients attended the emergency burn care out-patients clinic during 2002-2010 pre-Diwali, Diwali and post-Diwali days. Every year, a disaster management protocol is revoked during these 3 days under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Results: There was an increase in the number of patients of firecracker-related injuries in Delhi national capital region from the year 2002 to 2010, based on the hospital statistics. During the study period, the hospital received approximately one patient with firecracker-related injury per 100,000 population of the city. 73.02% of the victims were 5-30 years old. Majority (90.87%) of them sustained <5% total body surface area burn. Conclusions: In spite of legislations and court orders, the number of patients is on the rise. The implementation agencies have to analyse the situation to find a way to control this preventable manmade accident. Websites, emails, SMS, social sites, etc. should be used for public education, apart from conventional methods of public awareness.

scholarly journals Addressing the Question of Homophobia in Jordanian Public Discourse

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad El-Sharif
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
The Public ◽  
Standard Arabic

This article investigates the question of homosexuality, homosexuals, and homophobia in the Jordanian public debate in the aftermath of an LGBTQIA meeting that was held secretly in Amman in May 2015. The main purpose of the article is to demonstrate the constituents and arguments which reproduce the public discourse on anti-homosexuality and anti-homosexuals and homophobia in Jordan. This purpose is reached by analysing 35 journal articles written in Standard Arabic in Jordanian public and open-access media. The analysis involves the qualitative analysis of the argument, processes, and themes used to represent homosexuality and homosexuals by the discourse producers. The analysis reveals that the question of homosexuality and homosexuals in Jordan can be addressed in terms of seven angles: the public anti-homosexuality and anti-homosexuals’ calls, the (Islamic) religious argument, protecting and reinforcing law and order, the argument of (homo)sexually-transmitted diseases, the calls of pro-homosexuality and pro-homosexuals and LGBTQIA’s rights activists, the homosexuals’ own self-representation, and the neutral scientific account and representation.Keywords: Jordan, homosexuality, homosexuals, homophobia, LGBTQIA, discourse analysis

scholarly journals Now casting and Forecasting of COVID-19 outbreak in the National Capital Region of Delhi

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharathnag Nagappa ◽  
Manikandanesan Sakthivel ◽  
Yamini Marimuthu ◽  
Aayushi Rastogi ◽  
Archana Ramalingam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
Public Health Intervention ◽  
Reproductive Rate ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
National Capital Region ◽  
Clinical Scenarios ◽  
National Capital

AbstractObjectivesThe study aimed to estimate the disease burden due to COVID-19 in the scenarios of unchecked spread and with various public health interventions in New Delhi.MethodsWe adopted Susceptible, Exposed, Infected and Recovered (SEIR) model to estimate the course of COVID-19 outbreak in Delhi population and effect of public health intervention on the pandemic. We first estimated the basic reproductive rate (R0) based on the evidence from Wuhan, then ran the model considering no intervention implemented, followed by case isolation, social distancing, and lockdown, each implemented in isolation and in combinations to estimate the number of cases. Markov’s model was used to estimate the number of cases in various clinical scenarios of the disease. Sensitivity analysis conducted to estimate the effect of asymptomatic cases on case based interventions.ResultsEstimated R0 in Delhi population was 6.18 (range 4.15 – 12.2). Effective reproductive rate (Rt) was least for case isolation (3.5). Lockdown showed highest reduction (28%) in number of prevalent cases on peak day and 22% reduction in patients in need of intensive care unit (ICU). Case isolation and lockdown together resulted in 50% reduction in number of prevalent cases and 42% reduction in patients in need of ICU care. Sensitivity analysis showed that the effect of case isolation was inversely proportionate to the proportion of asymptomatic (hidden) cases.ConclusionsInterventions should be implemented in combinations of individual and community level interventions to gain better outcome. Identifying and isolation of all cases as early as possible is important to flatten the pandemic curve.

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