scholarly journals Learning Style of Humanities, Commerce and Science Students: A Study on Higher Secondary Students from West Bengal

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukrita Mukherjee ◽  
Dr. Ishita Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Learning Style ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
School Students ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Male Female Ratio ◽  
Science Group ◽  
Educational Guidance ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Age Range

Learning style is the manner in which a learner perceives, interacts with, and responds to the learning environment. Components of learning style are the cognitive, affective and physiological elements, all of which may be strongly influenced by a person’s cultural background. The present study aims to understand the learning style adapted by higher secondary students. The study sample consists of 90 higher secondary school students (30 each from science, humanities and commerce background). The male female ratio was 50:50. The age range was from 16-18 years. They were all from middle socio-economic status. They were administered learning style questionnaire given by Honey and Mumford (1986). In the present study, the result indicated that in the category of Stream the F score is significant in case of Pragmatist and Reflector. In the category of Gender the F score is significant in the dimension of Pragmatist. In the category of Gender*Stream the interaction between gender and stream were not found to be significant in any of the variable, viz., Theorist, Pragmatist, Activist, and Reflector. In case of Gender, the Mean scores of male in the category of Pragmatist are highest for the Humanities group followed by Commerce group and finally by Science group. Again the mean scores of female in the category of Pragmatist are highest for the Science group followed by Humanities group and finally by Commerce group. The present study is helpful in the field of designing educational guidance and curriculum for the Higher Secondary Students.

scholarly journals Cognitive Style of Humanities, Commerce and Science Students – A Study on Higher Secondary Students from West Bengal

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukrita Mukherjee ◽  
Dr. Ishita Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Science Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Male Female Ratio ◽  
Educational Guidance ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Age Range

Cognitive style or thinking style is a term used in cognitive psychology to describe the way individuals think, perceive and remember information. The present study aims to understand the cognitive style adapted by higher secondary students. The study sample consists of 90 higher secondary school students (30 each from science, humanities and commerce background). The male female ratio was 50:50. The age range was from 16-18 years. They were all from middle socio-economic status. They were administered an adapted version of cognitive style questionnaire by Ancona, Kochan, Scully, Van maanen and Westney. The results indicate for the dimension of Sensing there was significant effect of stream of study and gender. For the Intuition dimension again there was a significant effect of stream and gender. For Perceiving dimension also there was a significant effect of stream and gender. Sensing was highest for the science stream and lowest for the Humanities. Again Intuition was highest for the Humanities stream and lowest for the Science stream. The males have always scored highest in the dimension of Perceiving than their female counterparts both in Humanities and Science stream. And the female irrespective of the stream of study has scored higher in the Intuitive dimension. The present study is helpful in the field of designing educational guidance and curriculum for the Higher Secondary Students.

scholarly journals Secularism as Related to Gender and Religion

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Shashi Kala Singh ◽  
Mrs. Pushpa Singh
Keyword(s):  
Female Student ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Male Student ◽  
School Students ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Standard Deviations ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Scale Data

The aim of the present study was to examine the gender and religion difference in secularism. Participants were 100 school students belong to Ranchi town (50 boys& 50 girls) of age range 13 to 16 years. All of these belong to middle socio-economic status. Respondents were given secularism scale. Data was analyzed by using means, standard deviations and “t”. The mean of male student was 31.53and female student was 29.97. The difference between the means was insignificant. Boys and girls showed similar level of secularism.Christian group showed significantly higher level of secularism than Muslim group.

scholarly journals Do we need more than one mediastinal drain in cardiac surgery?

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 2150
Author(s):  
Dhananjay Bansal ◽  
Soumya Guha ◽  
Ashish Sharma ◽  
Anubhav Gupta ◽  
Narender Singh Jhajhria ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
Standard Of Care ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Pericardial Cavity ◽  
Post Operative Pain ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Male Female Ratio ◽  
Drain Group ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Age Range

Background: Placement of mediastinal drains after cardiac surgery is standard of care. However, there is no consensus over the number of drains to be placed. Is there any advantage of multiple drains over a single drain? This question formed the premise of this study.Methods: All consecutive patients operated between 2014 and 2015 were included. Those with pleural drains were excluded. Patients had either a single drain in the pericardial cavity or had two drains, one in the pericardial and the other in retrostenal area. A total of 244 patients were included in the study group.Results: Out of 244 patients, 122 had single drain and 122 had 2 mediastinal drains. The mean age was 24.38±17.08 (Age range 6 months to 66 years) and male: female ratio was 1.5:1. There was no statistically significant difference in single drain vs double drain group in terms of the number of days of drainage (1.65 vs 1.55, p 0.325), time to mobilize (36.57 vs 35.23 hours, p=0.684), ICU stay (2.62 vs 2.63 days, p=0.96)and re-exploration (5.7%, vs 9.8%, p=0.34). However, patients with two mediastinal drains had higher requirement of analgesia (p=0.004).Conclusions: The use of two mediastinal drains does not confer any advantage over a single mediastinal drain after cardiac surgery in assessing or controlling bleed or recovery. However, the post-operative pain is significantly higher with use of two mediastinal drains.

scholarly journals AB0287 HEMATOLOGICAL SIDE EFFECTS OF BIOLOGICAL THERAPY IN RHEUMATOLOGY: DATA FROM THE TUNISIAN REGISTER

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1442.2-1442
Author(s):  
H. Bettaieb ◽  
S. Boussaid ◽  
S. Jemmali ◽  
S. Rekik ◽  
E. Cheour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Blood Count ◽  
Biological Therapy ◽  
National Registry ◽  
Close Monitoring ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Therapy Initiation ◽  
Male Female Ratio ◽  
The Mean

Background:During the last decade, the treatment of chronic inflammatory rheumatism (CIR) has been greatly improved with the advent of biotherapy.However, the use of biological treatment can lead to a number of side effects including abnormalities in the blood count.Objectives:The aim of this study was to assess the different hematological side effects of biological treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthitis (SA).Methods:This study included patients with RA (ACR/EULAR 2010) and SA (ASAS 2009) registred with the Tunisian Biologic National Registry (BINAR).Patients were followed and treated with biologics for 2 years of less. Clinical data relative to biological treatment, including haematological side effects, have been collected.Results:Two hundred and ninety-eight patients (178 women and 111 men) were included in the study.The mean age was 49.2 ± 14.1 years. The male/female ratio was 0.6. The mean diseases durations for RA and SA were respectively 6.7 ± 3.5 years and 6.5 ±3.6 years.Anti-TNFα agents were prescribed in 87.9% of patients (n = 263) with respectively: Infliximab (20.4%) Etanercept (23.1%), Adalimumab (24.6%) and Certolizumab (26.5%).Tocilizumab and Rituximab were prescribed in 10.4% and 5% of the patients, respectively.Blood count abnormalities were noted in 15.4 % of patients (n=46).Neutropenia was the most frequently anomaly met on the hemogram (9.1%) followed by anemia (3.4%) and thrombocytopenia (3%). Pancytopenia was found in 11.4% of patients (n=34).The median time between biological therapy initiation and the onset of hematologic manifestations was 4.8 months [1-12]. Biological treatment was interrupted in two patients.In the other cases, the biological treatment was maintained with close monitoring of blood cell count. No case of death related to these hematological disturbances has been reported.Conclusion:In our registry, hematological side effects of biological treatment were found in 15.4% of cases and were noted with a median delay of 4.8 [1-12] months after the treatment initiation. Further studies are needed to confirm our preliminary results.Disclosure of Interests:None declared

scholarly journals Clinicopathological features of pilomatricoma cases: Analysis of 21 cases

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 530-533
Author(s):  
D Ghartimagar ◽  
A Ghosh ◽  
K Gautam ◽  
S Thapa ◽  
SR Shrestha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hair Follicle ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Common Finding ◽  
Clinical Impression ◽  
Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Male Female Ratio ◽  
Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Slow Growing

Background: Pilomatricoma is a slow-growing, asymptomatic tumour originating from outer sheath cells of hair follicle. In this study, we describe the clinical presentation and histopathological features of pilomatricoma. Materials and Methods: This was a hospital based retrospective study carried out in all patients who were diagnosed as pilomatricoma over a period of January 2001 to December 2013. The study was done in department of pathology, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Nepal. Results: A total of 21 cases of pilomatricoma were reported with age range of 9-53 years (mean age 23.7) and male female ratio of 1:1.1. The most common site of occurrence was neck and preauricular region. The size of the tumour ranged from 0.3 to 4.7cm with a mean of 1.2cm. Multiple occurrences were seen in 3 patients and ossifying pilomarticoma was seen in 4 cases. Conclusion: Pilomatricoma is a benign skin neoplasm of hair follicle matrix cells. Calcification is a common finding while dystrophic ossification also can occur in the tumour. Histopathology gives the definite diagnosis as fine needle aspiration cytology and clinical impression may be misleading. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jpn.v4i7.10293 Journal of Pathology of Nepal (2014) Vol. 4, 530-533

scholarly journals Laryngopharyngeal Reflux: Is It the Real Culprit in Patients with Laryngeal Complaints?

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Vishwakarma ◽  
Ruta V Shah
Keyword(s):  
Laryngopharyngeal Reflux ◽  
Reflux Symptom Index ◽  
Symptom Index ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
The Real ◽  
Body Sensation ◽  
Male Female Ratio ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Nose And Throat

ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) in patients with laryngeal complaints and study the correlation between reflux symptom index (RSI) and reflux finding score (RFS). Materials and methods This is a study of 104 patients, who presented in the ear, nose, and throat outpatient department at the Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, India, from April 2015 to April 2016, with complaints like change of voice, chronic cough, foreign body sensation, throat clearing, difficulty swallowing, and regurgitation. All the patients were examined with 90° endoscope by a single examiner, and an RSI ≥13 was considered as indicative of reflux. Observation and discussion The mean age of the 104 patients was 47.2 years. The male-female ratio was 1:1.8. The RSI ranged from 5 to 44, with a mean of 22.99 and standard deviation (SD) of 7.43. The RFS ranged from 4 to 22, with a mean of 11.04 and SD of 3.07. Both the parameters showed high correlation (correlation coefficient 0.98). Conclusion The LPR plays an important contributory role in patients with laryngeal complaints. The RFS and RSI can be used as routine parameters in establishing the diagnosis of reflux. How to cite this article Shah RV, Vishwakarma R. Laryngopharyngeal Reflux: Is It the Real Culprit in Patients with Laryngeal Complaints? Int J Phonosurg Laryngol 2017; 7(1):6-9.

scholarly journals Multiple Fatal Intoxications Caused by Improper Consumption of an Alcoholic Para-Pharmaceutical Product

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
pp. 2471-2476
Author(s):  
Camelia Liana Buhas ◽  
Bogdan Adrian Buhas ◽  
Lucia Georgeta Daina ◽  
Bianca Hanganu ◽  
Irina Smaranda Manoilescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Products ◽  
Pharmaceutical Product ◽  
Chronic Ethanol ◽  
Deep Coma ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Examination Result ◽  
Chronic Ethanol Consumption ◽  
Male Female Ratio ◽  
Severe Intoxication ◽  
Age Range

Ingestion of cheap para-pharmaceuticals (such as disinfectants, deodorizing solutions, etc.) which are designed only for external use is an unfortunate habit encountered in the recent decades in the economically disadvantaged areas of Romania inhabited by poor, uninformed, and sanitary uneducated population. These para-pharmaceutical products are based on different concentrations of ethanol. Occasionally, the manufacturer modifies the product formula, or worse omits on the label that the ethanol was replaced with methanol, resulting in mass poisoning with a large number of casualties. The authors present a case of mass poisoning by methanol that occurred during one month and resulted in 40 cases of methanol intoxication. Only 5 out of the 40 victims survived the intoxication. All the dead victims underwent medico-legal autopsy which revealed only general features, liable to poisoning. The toxicological examination result was positive for methanol in all the cases. All the intoxicated victims were homeless; they were heavy ethanol consumers, especially of the product rubbing alcohol. The male: female ratio was 31:4 and the age range was between 25 and 70 years old, with an average of 50 years. All the victims were hospitalized in deep coma, showing obvious pathological changes specific to chronic ethanol consumption. Conclusions: some alcoholic para-pharmaceutical products manufactured for external use are ingested by chronic ethanol drinkers. When these products contain methanol, they can cause severe intoxication followed by an impressively large number of deaths.

scholarly journals Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care in Remote Health Camps- Patients’ Concerns

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (179) ◽  
Author(s):  
Balkrishna Bhattarai ◽  
A Ghimire ◽  
BK Baral ◽  
A Shrestha ◽  
Y Dhungana
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Perioperative Care ◽  
Local Anaesthesia ◽  
Prospective Observational Study ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Surgical Experience ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Male Female Ratio ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Remote Health

INTRODUCTION:Identifying patients' concerns and expectations regarding anaesthesia and perioperative care in mobile surgical camps is relevant for the camp workers. This prospective observational study was conducted to assess knowledge, concerns, and expectations about anaesthesia and perioperative care in patients undergoing surgery in mobile surgical camps in remote mountainous districts of Eastern Nepal.METHODS:A questionnaire with seven items related to anaesthesia and perioperative care was used for interviewing 80 individuals of age > or = 12 years, 20 from each camp at Solukhumbu, Sankhuwasabha, Khotang and Bhojpur districts.RESULTS:Data of two patients were lost leaving only 78 individuals for analysis. The mean age of the subjects was 30.5 (+/- 14.6) years with the male: female ratio of 43: 35. Fifty-eight (74.4%) patients had some gross idea about the modality of administration of anaesthetics. Twenty-six (33.3%) individuals preferred GA over local anaesthesia, whereas 22 (28.2%) were happy either way if there was no pain. Pain was the main concern for 73.1% of the patients. Of the 25 patients expressing fear of GA, death or not being able to wake up anymore was the main concern for 60.0%. Increasing age was associated with lower fear of GA (p < 0.05). Surgical experience was distressing for 17 (21.8%) patients. The overall experience of the anaesthesia and surgery was worse than expected for 25.6% of the patients.CONCLUSIONS:Patients presenting to these health camps have limited knowledge regarding anaesthesia and perioperative care but have valid concerns and expectations in respect of their safety, comfort and outcome.

scholarly journals Social characteristics associated with outcome of paediatric human immunodeficiency virus admissions

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1620
Author(s):  
Olusola Adetunji Oyedeji ◽  
Olasunkanmi Oladapo Olubanjo ◽  
Gabriel Ademola Oyedeji
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Mean

Background: Information on social characteristics in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected Nigerian children is scarce. The association between social characteristics such as single parenthood, low socio-economic status, polygamy and lack of parental education on the outcome of paediatric HIV admissions has been under studied.Methods: Information was obtained from the case notes of HIV infected children between the year 2006 and 2012 at a Nigerian tertiary hospital. Details of the information extracted include socio-demographics, diagnoses and outcome of management. Data was analysed with the SPSS 18 software.Results: Fifty (1.73%) of the total 2897 paediatric admissions were due to HIV disease. The mean age of the children studied was 3.7±2.9years and the 50 children were made up by 27 boys and 23 girls, giving a male to female ratio of 1:0.9. The mean age of the mothers and fathers were 28.7 and 36.7 years respectively. Pneumonia, septicaemia and tuberculosis accounted for more than 60% of admissions. Five (10.0%) children were from the upper, 12 (24.0%) from the middle and 33 (766.0%) from the lower socioeconomic classes. Twenty-four parents (couples) were both sero-positive for HIV and 7 discordant. Nineteen (38.0%) could not be classified because the status of the father was unknown. Of the 7 sero-discordant parents, 3 sero-negative fathers neglected their families. Thirty-nine children were from monogamous homes, nine from polygamous and two were raised by single parents. There were two discharges against medical advice and eleven deaths. The average number of siblings of the children studied was 2.57±2.1. Mortalities on admission were significantly associated with, parental financial constraints and the admitted HIV infected child having more than one sibling (p<0.05).Conclusions: It was concluded that appropriate interventions to manage these associations will most likely improve the outcome of admissions. Strategies of improving disclosure and prevention of negative outcome of disclosures, such as family neglect in sero-discordant couples also need to be identified. 

Diagnostic Accuracy of Rapid Diagnostic Kits Test for Diagnosis of Malaria

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2826-2828
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ahsan Zafar ◽  
Sidra Khalid ◽  
Talha Munir
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Accuracy ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Diagnostic Kits ◽  
Negative Results ◽  
Malaria Antigen ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Sensitivity Specificity ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Male To Female

Objective: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of rapid diagnostic kits test for diagnosis of malaria taking microscopy as gold standard Methodology: A total of 375 cases with age range 18-65 years of either gender as suspected for malaria were included in the study. We excluded all those cases already taking anti-malarial drugs. The study was conducted at Chughtais Lahore Lab, Lahore. Required blood sample were obtained following aseptic measures. Malaria RDT SD Bioline Malaria Antigen Pf/Pan (Catalogue No. 05FK60, Standard Diagnostics Inc, Hagal-Dong, Korea, from now on referred as “SD RDT”) was used. Patients were labeled as positive or negative on the basis of reports from hematology department assessed by microscopy and patients were labeled as positive or negative Results: The mean age of the patients was 41.84±13.44 years, male to female ratio of the patients was 1.01:1. The sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy of the RDT for diagnosing malaria was 96.79%, 96.28% and 96.53% respectively taking microscopy as gold standard Conclusion: Rapid diagnostic kits is very useful reliable test with high diagnostic accuracy for diagnosis of malaria taking microscopy as gold standard Keywords: Microscopy, Rapid Diagnostic kits, Malaria,

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