scholarly journals Role of Snigdha Virechana with Chinchalavan Taila in the Management of Malavastambha: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
pp. 132-139
Author(s):  
Gaurav Sawarkar ◽  
Punam Sawarkar
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Symptomatic Relief ◽  
Oral Consumption ◽  
Treatment Principle ◽  
One Year ◽  
Lukewarm Water ◽  
Bowel Evacuation ◽  
Main Factor

Background: Malavastambha (Constipation) is defined as the infrequent and difficult passage of stool. The main features of Constipation are infrequent or hard stool, abdominal pain, bloating, and feeling of unsatisfactory bowel evacuation. Contemporary laxatives, which are generally used in Constipation, become habitual after some duration and only symptomatic relief. Moreover, these medicines never alter the pathogenesis of the disease.  So, it is a need of hour to search effective, safe & alternative   formulations in Ayurveda, which can completely break the pathogenesis of Constipation. As per Ayurveda,  Vata Dosha is the main factor involved in this condition. Therefore, the prime treatment principle recommended by Ancient Acharyas is to pacify Vata by using Vatahara herbs medicated with Snigdha Dravya, Amla, and Lavana Varga. The Chincha Lavana Taila is one such combination that possesses the above principle & so; it can be effective in Malavastambha. Aim: This case study is primarily carried out to study the role of oral administration of Chincha  Lavana Taila in Malavashtambha   Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of oral consumption of Chincha Lavana Taila in Malavastambha.  Methods: A single case study. A 50 years old male patient approached Panchakarma O.P.D. with Malavsthambha for one year; he was advised to intake 15ml Chincha Lavana Taila orally at bedtime lukewarm water for consecutive 15 days.  Observation and Results: The patient got 100% relief in his all chief & associated complaints and had regular and satisfactory bowel habits after 15 days.  Conclusion: Chincha Lavana Taila is one of the best effective oral medicine for Constipation.

Artefacts and the Dynamics of Truces in Organizational Routines

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolás J.B. Wiedemann ◽  
Leona Wiegmann ◽  
Juergen Weber
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Organizational Routines ◽  
Process Perspective ◽  
Temporary Settlement

Organizational routines can constitute a temporary settlement of individual actors’ diverging interests, described as a truce that enables the routine as a collective accomplishment to proceed. In this regard, scholars have recognized the central but ambiguous role of artefacts; they may be used to coordinate the interactions in routines but may also be mobilized to serve individual interests. Following this line of thinking, this chapter assumes a process perspective to advance our understanding of how such temporal settlements are continuously formed and in particular, the role artefacts play in this process. Based on a single case study over a period of thirty-three months, it analyses the use of a newly implemented artefact that inadvertently impeded smooth routine functioning as the artefact provided content that gave actors leeway to act out their interests in enacting the routine.

Treatment of Polydipsia Using a Contingency Management Procedure Incorporating a Self-Management Approach: A Single Case Study

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Turnbull
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Contingency Management ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Pharmacological Intervention ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Management Procedure ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
One Year

Polydipsia is a disorder that has received little attention in the research literature. Treatment has been mainly confined to medical or pharmacological intervention. Few studies have reported the use of contingency management techniques and none have sought to encourage self-management. This study shows how such a procedure brought about a significant change in rates of water drinking in a thirty-one year old man with a mild learning disability.

scholarly journals The Role of White Matter Disconnection in the Symptoms Relating to the Anarchic Hand Syndrome: A Single Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 632
Author(s):  
Valentina Pacella ◽  
Giuseppe Kenneth Ricciardi ◽  
Silvia Bonadiman ◽  
Elisabetta Verzini ◽  
Federica Faraoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Brain Lesion ◽  
Structural Connectivity ◽  
Disconnection Syndrome ◽  
Neuroimaging Data ◽  
Neuropsychological Investigation ◽  
Anterior Posterior

The anarchic hand syndrome refers to an inability to control the movements of one’s own hand, which acts as if it has a will of its own. The symptoms may differ depending on whether the brain lesion is anterior, posterior, callosal or subcortical, but the relative classifications are not conclusive. This study investigates the role of white matter disconnections in a patient whose symptoms are inconsistent with the mapping of the lesion site. A repeated neuropsychological investigation was associated with a review of the literature on the topic to identify the frequency of various different symptoms relating to this syndrome. Furthermore, an analysis of the neuroimaging regarding structural connectivity allowed us to investigate the grey matter lesions and white matter disconnections. The results indicated that some of the patient’s symptoms were associated with structures that, although not directly damaged, were dysfunctional due to a disconnection in their networks. This suggests that the anarchic hand may be considered as a disconnection syndrome involving the integration of multiple antero-posterior, insular and interhemispheric networks. In order to comprehend this rare syndrome better, the clinical and neuroimaging data need to be integrated with the clinical reports available in the literature on this topic.

Individualized Behavioural Treatment of Severe Stuttering

1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willi Ecker ◽  
Victor Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Oral Reading ◽  
Reading Improvement ◽  
Behavioural Treatment ◽  
Communication Situations ◽  
Cognitive Techniques ◽  
One Year

This case study illustrates the reduction of severe stuttering by an individually tailored treatment programme. Interventions are derived from a tripartite analysis (Lang, 1971) and include EMG biofeedback, regulated breathing, exposure in vivo to stressful communication situations and cognitive techniques to reduce relapse risk. The role of dysfunctional response system interactions in stuttering is emphasized. Treatment resulted in a marked reduction of stuttering and associated facial contortions during videotaped conversations with strangers and oral reading. Improvement was maintained at one-year follow-up.

scholarly journals Can We Generalize from Case Studies?

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul F. Steinberg
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Ceteris Paribus ◽  
Large N ◽  
Climate Change Politics ◽  
The Comparative Study

This article considers the role of generalization in comparative case studies, using as exemplars the contributions to this special issue on climate change politics. As a research practice, generalization is a logical argument for extending one’s claims beyond the data, positing a connection between events that were studied and those that were not. No methodological tradition is exempt from the requirement to demonstrate a compelling logic of generalization. The article presents a taxonomy of the logics of generalization underlying diverse research methodologies, which often go unstated and unexamined. I introduce the concept of resonance groups, which provide a causeway for cross-system generalization from single case studies. Overall the results suggest that in the comparative study of complex political systems, case study research is, ceteris paribus, on par with large-N research with respect to generalizability.

scholarly journals Integrality of care: challenges for the nurse practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solange Meira de Sousa ◽  
Elizabeth Bernardino ◽  
Karla Crozeta ◽  
Aida Maris Peres ◽  
Maria Ribeiro Lacerda
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Nursing Management ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Units Of Analysis ◽  
Integration Of Services

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the role of the nurse in the collegiate management model of a teaching hospital, in the integrality of care perspective. Method: a single case study with multiple units of analysis, with the theoretical proposition "integrality of care is a result of the care offered to the user by multiple professionals, including the nurse". Data were obtained in a functional unit of a teaching hospital through interviews with 13 nurses in a non-participant observation and document analysis. Results: from the analytical categories emerged subcategories that allowed understanding that the nurse promotes integrality of care through nursing management, team work and integration of services. Final considerations: the theoretical proposition was confirmed and it was verified that the nursing management focus on attending to health care needs and is a strategy to provide integrality of care.

scholarly journals Regeringsautonomi og delegeringstab i dansk EU-politik: Et principal-agent teoretisk perspektiv

Politik ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasmus Bruun Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Maastricht Treaty ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Government Behavior ◽  
Eu Integration ◽  
Treaty Negotiations ◽  
Role Of Information

Where do states’ positions on EU-integration come from? Despite a large number of studies we simply do not know which factors determine states’ positions in specific cases and why. This article analyses position making between ‘governments’ and ‘parliaments’ during the Maastricht Treaty negotiations. Furthermore, an analysis of the role of information asymmetries as intermediating factors in generating ‘influence on position’ will be carried out. The question asked is: Do governments enjoy relative autonomy vis-à-vis the Folketing that enables them to develop ‘positions’ they feel are in ‘the national interest’ or is Parliament able to control government behavior? The conclusions indicate that Parliaments control governmental positions, but also that governments, are able to exploit the negotiations to pursue certain ‘policy drifts’. The research design used is an in-dept single case study that analyses the level of inFluence on a multitude of different issues varied over the conflict level between the actors. 

scholarly journals The Role of White Matter Disconnection in the Symptoms Relating to the Anarchic Hand Syndrome: A Single Case Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Pacella ◽  
Giuseppe Kenneth Ricciardi ◽  
Silvia Bonadiman ◽  
Elisabetta Verzini ◽  
Federica Faraoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Brain Lesion ◽  
Structural Connectivity ◽  
Disconnection Syndrome ◽  
Neuroimaging Data ◽  
Neuropsychological Investigation ◽  
Anterior Posterior

The anarchic hand syndrome refers to an inability to control the movements of one’s own hand which acts as if it had a will of its own. The symptoms may differ depending on whether the brain lesion is anterior, posterior, callosal or subcortical, but the relative classifications are not conclusive. This study investigates the role of white matter disconnections in a patient whose symptoms are inconsistent with the mapping of the lesion site. A repeated neuropsychological investigation was associated with a review of the literature on the topic to identify the frequency of various different symptoms relating to this syndrome. Furthermore, an analysis of the neuroimaging regarding structural connectivity allowed us to investigate the grey matter lesions and white matter disconnections. The results indicated that some of the patient’s symptoms were associated with structures that, although not directly damaged, were dysfunctional due to a disconnection in their networks. This suggests that the anarchic hand may be considered as a disconnection syndrome involving the integration of multiple antero-posterior, insular and interhemispheric networks. In order to comprehend this rare syndrome better, the clinical and neuroimaging data need to be integrated with the clinical reports available in the literature on the topic.

Haute cuisine and country of origin

2019 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelo Presenza ◽  
Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to shed new light on the role of country of origin (COO) for the competitiveness of luxury restaurants. The main goal is to understand how an haute cuisine (HC) chef can develop a personal cooking style and language based on the exploitation of COO in such a highly institutionalized field. Design/methodology/approach A single case study methodology is applied based on the analysis of the Italian HC chef Niko Romito. Findings Findings of this paper highlight the existence of pervasive use of strategies based on the search, recombination and codification of procedure that take direct inspiration by national and regional traditional gastronomic resources and recipes. Research limitations/implications Research implications refer to the interpretation of how a chef can work by formulating and developing competitive strategies through the recombination, reinterpretation and codification of local and typical gastronomic resources and cooking recipes. Practical implications The paper provides managerial insights into the relative effectiveness to use COO as a strategic resource for HC restaurants. Originality/value A model is presented and the three gears that form the COO chain of chef Romito are explained. This model will help academics and practitioners to better understand the ways need to be followed to improve firms’ competitiveness fostering COO.

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