International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation
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The study of Cytokines and Chemokines in patient’s infectious diseases and the impact of age and sex
Cytokines are little non-auxiliary proteins with low sub-atomic loads that have a complex administrative impact on aggravation and resistance. It has for some time been viewed as that the improvement of a safe and incendiary reaction includes hematopoietic cells, lymphocytes, and some expert and mitigating cells, and cytokines intercede the mind boggling communications of these cells. Cytokines are previously known as "dissolvable operators", and are delivered by each cell and inspiring a reaction, except for a solitary red platelet. In light of different upgrades, cytokines are discharged from various cells including white platelets. Fetal polymorphism is the sign of cytokine and there are disappointments and achievements of cytokines and related factors as helpful specialists. In the layer of the objective cells they have explicit receptors for signal conveyance and administrative capacities. Notwithstanding natural and versatile invulnerability, cytokines assume a significant job in numerous assorted capacities including resistant cell separation, irritation, angiogenesis, oncology, neurobiology, viral sicknesses, and so on. Furthermore, malignant growth. Consequently, cytokines might be imperative biomarkers of wellbeing and malady and go about as indicative, symptomatic and restorative operators.
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THE BENEFITS OF STORIES IN MAMANDA AS THE FORMATION OF MILENIAL GENERATION CHARACTERS
One of the traditional literature in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan is mamanda. Mamanda's story is a literary work that was born from poetry and saga books. Mamanda's story was also adapted from the surrounding environment as a form of social criticism related to matters in the community. Mamanda stories are displayed in the mamanda performance art and its existence depends on the existence of mamanda performances. Concerns about the Mamamanda story began to emerge when millennials preferred works from abroad. They think that regional works are less popular. The development of the times has shifted literary works such as Mamanda's story to less attention. The study was conducted to obtain the usefulness of Mamanda stories in the formation of millennial generation characters. The study was conducted by dialectical method and using an interdisciplinary qualitative research approach. Utilization in Mamanda stories in the form of educational values. The use of the Mamanda story in the form of educational value is an effort to prevent the negative impacts of the times. Based on research, the usefulness of Mamanda's story can shape the character of politeness, harmony, and cooperation.
STUDY ON ECONOMIC VALUES THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MANAGER IN KAMPUNG PURUN, PALAM VILLAGE-BANJARBARU
Economic activity is simply done to meet the needs and the achievement of economic growth towards social welfare. Economic activity is not only inherent in sellers but can be in producers such as artisans. This article aims to describe the activity of artisans in the home industry that raises economic value. A qualitative approach is used in research by optimizing the role of researchers as human instruments. Analysis of Miles and Huberman's interactive model data was carried out to obtain saturated data. The results of the study describe the activities of the purun crafters including production and distribution activities. The availability of purun resources becomes the driving factor for the sustainability of weaving activities by the collecting group (arisan). The products produced are not only simple webbing but are also created and distributed either directly or indirectly. The economic value of purun crafters activities includes three aspects, namely; social, quantity, and environment. These three aspects are intended to illustrate that each economic activity has a certain pattern. Thus it can provide the development of the home industry, especially the purun village craftsmen strategically.
EVALUATION OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE WRITING CLASS: INTEGRATING JAPAN FOUNDATION STANDARD WITH THE VISION OF THE UNIVERSITY IN A LECTURE’S LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Universitas Negeri Semarang, as a conservation-oriented university, has been using a curriculum that implements conservative values in its lecture sessions. For instance, Sakubun Schochukyu subject (elementary-level writing skill) adds conservative values-related objective (culture, environment, and character) in its learning syllabus. The evaluation of the lecturing process has only been carried out during tests or when giving assignments to the students. However, a learning course is supposed to be evaluated by referring to several factors to define its success. Therefore, the Sakubun Schochukyu lecturing process is evaluated based on self-assessment, students’ perception, and writing assessment. This study reported that students’ self-assessment highly contributed to the learning objective. The students also responded positively to the Sakubun Shochukyu lecture. In addition, students’ writing ability fell under a “very good” category with the score ranging from 81-85. Nevertheless, the element of grammar still needed improvement since there were some grammatical and expression errors that occurred in the writing, yet the overall meaning were still understandable.
Crime in Baghdad community and methods of combating it in (The Book of EVENTS by an anonymous author of the eighth century AH) 626-700 AH / 1229-1300AD
So many often, Muslim historians are being accused of dedicating their works to only political and military affairs of the Islamic community and neglecting other social and anthropological aspects. Another aspect is the widely spread misconception which was taken as a non-negotiable fact that Iraq was severely detreated after the Mongol-Ilkhan occupation in 656 AH / 1258AD. This study has concluded that ((The Book of EVENTS by an anonymous author of the eighth century AH)) had categorically denied the accusation leveled against Muslim historians by monitoring and reporting a large variety of law-breaking incidents and individual and organized crimes in Baghdad. The book scrutinized the motives and urges behind these crimes. It also clearly manifested the methods of investigation and interrogation of the accused along with a comprehensive explanation of the types of penalties and judicial rulings imposed on criminals, and local authorities’ highly professional and rapid efforts to combat crime, as well as giving demonstration of effective interaction Baghdad community groups in fighting crimes. Another outcome of this study is the fact that security establishments and people in charge of them at that time were highly ranked professional.
Intellectuals when the Aghlabids during the days of the Abbasids (Asad bin Furat and Sahnoun bin Saeed as a model)
The era of the Aghlabids era in Africa is considered one of the most prosperous times of this country in the scientific and cultural field, as it gave birth to a group of scholars, jurists, and poets whose reputation became famous, and their impact spread; and for this it seems that the Aghlabids were likened to the Abbasids, especially with regard to creating public institutions in the cultural state of them, and scientific. Including the library (House of Wisdom), which is similar to what was prevalent in Baghdad during the reign of the Abbasid caliph al-Mamun. The study concluded that Asad Ibn Al Furat, one of the most famous scholars in that country, worked hard to seek knowledge and travel to the provinces in his time to receive the knowledge and take it from the jurists, so he stayed in Medina, Mecca, Baghdad, Kufa, and Egypt. The Battle of Sicily. Imam Sahnoun bin Said Al-Tnoukhi is considered one of the North African scholars, and he appeared in the sciences of jurisprudence, hadith, fatwa and the judiciary.
The Idiomatic Value of the Stressed Object in Arabic Language Structures
This Research deals with the idiomatic value of the stressed Object in Arabic language structures. It clarifies the various Types of The Stressed object which includes or repeats the meaning of preceding verb or context. The Research draw he significance of the idiomatic value of the stressed object from The Qur’anic verses structures, Arabic poetry and EloQuent texts in order to help students and faculty members in Their study of Arabic language and to present an easy to reach information about This important area of interest.
New Extrapolation Formula (Al-karamy3) to improve the results of numerical integrals
The main objective of this research is to find a new Extrapolation formula derivative to produce results for numerical integrations. By using the Regardson acceleration as well as utilizing the rest of the excitation lines and the Mcluren series of the Pocket function to improve the accuracy of the results obtained from the Regardson acceleration application.
MATLAB Programming for Simulation of Discrete Dynamic Model
Here, we considered a discrete-time dynamic model of prey-predator populations’ involved ratio dependent functional response with the goal of disclosing a simulation method using MATLAB. Mathematical model was implemented in MATLAB function that allows simulating the effect of ratio-dependent functional response. The graphical interface shown in this paper is performed using the MATLAB Program.
Improving the efficiency of electric power transmission lines
he electrical transmission lines transfer the electrical power from one place to another. The main component of the air transmission line is the conductor. The rest of the parts are auxiliary parts to carry the conductor or to isolate the conductor from the ground. In overhead lines, open, non-insulated conductors are used, and the air is the insulator between the conductors, each other along the line path. Therefore, the overhead lines are called. The conductor is the main part of the transmission line as it is the carrier that transfers electrical energy from one place to another and the conductors used in transmission lines are often exposed, i.e. not covered by an insulating material and are suspended between poles or towers that are far from each other distances that may reach more sometimes From 250 meters, this distance is known as the tower or sea wire.
Green Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles Using Prosopis fracta Extract with Two Solvents and Study of Their Biological Activities
The main goal of this paper is a green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles with extracts of Prosopis fracta (growing in the Iraqi Kurdistan region) using two solvents, first with water (Zn-NPs-W) and second with methanol (Zn-NPs-M). The prepared nanoparticles characterizations were confirmed by UV-Vis absorption spectrophotometry; Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR); scanning electron microscopy (SEM); X-ray Diffraction (XRD); and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), in order to determine which solvent is more favorable in terms of particle size, particle agglomeration, and particle separation. The particle size of Zn-NPs-W was found to be 25 nm with a rod shape, while Zn-NPs-M had a particle size of 35 nm which is a wide range and gives a deformed rod shape. Further, it has been shown after testing the antibacterial activity of the two different sizes of the Zn-NPs (25, 35) nm against both gram-positive bacteria such as micrococcus species (M. species) Staphylo epidermidis (S.epidermidis); gram-negative such as Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii), Pseudomonas aeruinosa (P. aeruinosa), and yeast Candida Albicans (C.albicans), with a different effect on bacteria. The most critical advantages of this process are the environmentally friendly and fast synthesis for both Zn-NPs-W and Zn NPs-M.
FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF FLOATING MATRIX PELLETS OF MONO AMMONIUM GLYCYRRHIZNATE FOR TREATMENT OF GASTRIC ULCER
The main aim of present investigation was to formulation and optimization of sustained release matrix pellets of Mono ammonium glycyrrhizinate. Results: From several tests performed on the formation of pellets it was concluded that each of the factors had a significant effect on preparation of pellets by extrusionspheronization method like diluent (F 1) It was found that Lactose (250mg) shows Uniform size, Spherical shape, Good Strength from morphologystudythanpolymer (F4) It was found that Hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose K15M (100mg) shows Uniform size, Spherical shape, Good Strength. Conclusion: Maintain the sustained release for treatment of ulcer for prolong period of time.
Determine of Distruptive Behaviors Problems among Child Schools in Iraq
Background: Disruptive behavior” refers to a wide range of harming acts that are seen at high rates among youth in the juvenile justice system. In fact, early psychoanalytically derived theories of delinquency posited that antisocial behavior itself was a form of destructiveness, driven by alienation, low self-regard, and perceived or actual rejection by others. Goals: To Determine of disruptive behaviors among children at primary school in Al-Najafe city; to find out the relationship between their demographic data for child school and destructive behaviors. Methodology: The study design a quantitative research by a descriptive study conducted to determine of destructive behaviors among child school in alnajafe city; to find out the relationship between their demographic data for child school and destructive behaviors. , the sampling it is non-Probability "purposive" sample was sample was conducted on 70 people with Thalassemia at the Women's and Children’s Hospital in Al-Muthanna City for the period from September 7, 2016 to February 16, 2017. A questionnaire it has used as a tool of data collection to fulfill the study, which consist of three parts, include demographic characteristics, medical history, and the health Protective behaviors. A content validity, which is carried out through 13 panel of experts. A panel of experts determines validity, while reliability use split half. A descriptive and inferential statistics are been used to analyze the data. Results: The study results indicate for demographic data that indicate the majority of the study sample for gender is male (61.3%) and age is more than 9 years within age groups (54.9%). The study results depict most of the study samples of sequences are 1-3 (68.5%) and their most have father and mother are life (93%and 93.8%) respectively. Concerned with father and mother occupation are businessman and free business respectively (46.6% and 55.1%) respectively. The study results that there is different between male and female for disruptive behaviors that indicate high significance different between male and female at p. value equal or less than 0.001. Conclusion: the study sample by their demographic data the majority of the study sample of gender is male and their age is more than 9 years within age groups. The overall assessment for distributive behaviors are their most do not suffer from distruptive behaviors after this study results are gradually elevate (mild, moderate, and sever) the distruptive behaviors among children in primary school. The study conclude that there is high a significance relationship between most of variable for demographic data and distruptive behaviors at p. value equal or less than 0.01 Recommendations: Provide training session for teachers to identified distruptive behaviors, use standardized measures to help determine whether behaviours fall within the normative, borderline or at-risk, or clinically significant range. Further, scientific research that increase Screening through can complement clinical assessment when determining the need for further evaluation or intervention to prevent distruptive behaviors. Cooperation between ministry education and ministry of health to evidence-based parent-training programs as a first-line intervention for children with significant disruptive behaviors. Provide anticipatory guidance and psycho-education to parents, including directed reading, when a child’s behaviors fall within the borderline/at-risk range that lead to distruptive behaviors.
Herd Behaviour among Investors in Indian Stock Markets: An Evidence from Information Technology Sector
The study aims at examining the existence of herding behavior patterns specifically in one of the sectoral index (IT) in contrast to the multi-sectoral benchmark index in an emerging economy like India. It also looks for the existence of herd behaviour in two opposite market conditions: bearish and bullish in the Indian Stock Market using Cross Sectional Absolute Deviation (CSAD) which is the absolute average of the total of the difference between the return of individual securities and the market return, as dependent variable and market return as independent variable using OLS Regression. The analysis is based on the daily closing values of S&P BSE IT index and its 30 constituents’ scripts for a period of six years ranging from April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2019 for identifying the presence of herd behaviour. The coefficients of squared market return for these selected constituent companies of S&P BSE Information Technology Index are not negative in the whole period; but negative in cases of Mphasis Ltd and Tanla Solutions Ltd in the bullish period and Tanla Solutions Ltd in the bearish period, showing no conclusive evidence of herding behaviour in the S&P BSE Information Technology Index as a whole and also herding behaviour is not prevalent in any of the market scenarios in the Indian stock market which indicates that the investors are rational in investment decisions.
“Role of Government Welfare Programes and Employee Engagement in MSMEs: A case of North Karnatka region, India”
Employee Engagement is a significant activity in organizations. The focus of this paper is to know the relationship between employee engagement activity and government welfare programs. This study is of interest as the government's policy on employees of MSME has made a significant influence on employees. Hence, the objective of paper is to determine whether an association exists between employee engagement activities carried out by MSME and policies of the Government. The study adopts a qualitative and quantitative approach. A structured questionnaire is distributed among respondents who are employees of MSMEs identified through snowballing. Data collected is processed and analyzed through IBM SPSS and a chi- square test is performed. Results indicate government policies and employee engagement activities are correlated. Interpretive Structural Modeling has been used to identify the relationship between factors affecting Employee Engagement. The study revealed that creating the willingness among employees about assisting the organization during crisis is crucial to the productivity of the organization.
RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING SJF AND DOMAIN SPECIFIC STORAGE TECHNIQUES
Load Balancing is even distribution of excessive workloads among all nodes to achieve better resource and service utilization. Load-Balancer is assigned with the task of receiving and distributing the load to the DATACENTRES.Proposed model gives an effective load balancer to stay away from blockage and overburdening of server at the data center. We utilized modified SJF algorithm to implement Dynamic balancing of severs. It is utilized for accomplishing a superior assistance provisioning and resource usage proportion, subsequently improving the general performance of the system.The Cloud agents exploit Cloud Providers. The Cloud providers assist the users with discount pricing schemes through online . Modified Sjf A and K-Means algorithm together used to implement the Scheduling or resource allocation . For file storage and retrieval the data is encrypted with the help of AES method and sent to cloud. In information recuperation, the documents are relocated from the virtual machines to cloud named CloudMe for data backup.Also to dissect which particular kind of records are every now and then accessed by the clients we implemented Domain Specific Storage. We have set a charging unit which break down and gives which specific area is every now and then accessed and depending on that virtual machine capacity is expanded/diminished. Likewise the charging unit gives the expense to surveying the records or the data-files.
Building and rationing the scale of cultural pollution for university students in Baghdad
Pollution is a cultural attack, which in turn brings provisions and laws that are alien and distant from society and in all its fields. The most dangerous field of education is the students and those who are the pillar of society and the basis for drawing out the parameters of its future, through the demolition of cultural values ​ ​ and the denunciation of national privacy. And blindly imitating it which leads to reliability and the inability to take a decision or take responsibility. To prevent this and to preserve cultural privacy and preserve it as an asset to enrich Iraqi human civilization, the problem of research in studying cultural pollution came to identify its level among university students. Standard dimensions and the total score of a measure of cultural pollution for university students, and the identification of the level of dimensions and the general total of cultural pollution among students of physical education and sports science / Baghdad. The researchers chose the descriptive analytical approach to its suitability of the research problem. The research community was chosen from university students in Baghdad (Baghdad, Al-Mustansiriyah) and their number was (1029) students for the academic year (2016-2017). They were divided into three groups, the first group is the construction sample (240 students) Male and female students, and the second group, the rationing sample (240), and the third group (649), for measurement. After collecting the data, the results were extracted and the most important conclusions were reached: The cultural pollution scale is valid for university students (male and female). Standardization (finding standard levels) for the dimensions and overall degree of cultural pollution. The level of cultural pollution among students of physical education and sports science was small. The most effective dimensions of cultural pollution among students of physical education and sports science were because of the ideas and the least of them after the appearance.
Relationship between ABO Blood group and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia with the Role of the Oxidative Stress as Risk Factor
Chronic myeloid leukemia characterized by the expansion of a clone of hematopoietic cells that carries the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph). The Ph chromosome results from a reciprocal translocation between the long arms of chromosomes 9 and 22, t (9;22). The aim of study are to find if there is an association between blood groups and chronic myeloid leukemia and to study some of the causes that may be lead to this association .Also , it aim to determine the role of the oxidative stress as risk factor. Ninety persons include in the study (45 as patient and 45 as control group). Where the patient suffering from CML, the control are free from this disease. There are ranged from (21-60) years old where they are divided in to four group according to blood group (A, B, AB, and O). This study is based in case control study done in the middle Euphrates center for cancer in Al-Najaf city from December 2018 to April 2019. The sera were collected from the 90 persons and analyzed by using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for MDA and GSH. The results of the study show that blood group O (44%) predominates in CML patients group followed by blood group A (22%), B (18 %) and AB (16%). The mean serum level MDA value shows highly significance at (P˂0.001) change in the patients group in comparison with control. Also show that the level of MDA in male (900. 99 ± 603.89) is significantly higher than in female (582.28 ± 562.29). The mean serum level of GSH show that significant decrease at (P˂0.05) in patients group (40. 12 ± 27.33) than in control groups (55.20 ± 28.79). As a conclusion from this study, the importance of MDA and GSH in CML patients can be used to detect the complications related to the among these patients.
Study the percentage of achievement attained by the mass of weight lifters of both sexes for the common weight categories of world champions
The research aims to identify the difference in the quotient between male and female groups of similar weight groups according to the new amendment in the international weightlifting law for the categories of weight 55 and 81 kg in the percentage of achievement compared to the body mass of both sexes, while identifying some biomechanical variables such as height and deviations in addition to the total time To perform for both sexes, as well as to identify the causes of this difference between the two sexes, the world heroes who were photographed on the top three centers of the two categories 55 and 81 kg have been photographed. The research has come to know the percentages and the difference between males and females in addition to the reasons that lead to this difference were identified and the most important nature Body composition for both sexes anatomically and physiologically. The researcher recommended to continue studying the causes to reach broader scientific ranges.
The Effect of some Coordination Abilities on Developing kinematical Motor behavior and the Accuracy of Jump Spike Serve in volleyball players
The intentional sample of the research consisted of Baghdad University volleyball team players (volleyball (2019-2020), whose number was (12) players. The researcher used special exercises according to coordination abilities (sense-kinetics) to develop kinematic motor behavior and the accuracy of the jump spike serve skill, as the analysis program was used( Kinovea) in order to extract the kinematic variables of the jump spike serve skill.The jump spike serve skill accuracy test was used for volleyball players in three regions. The aim of the study was to identify the effect of coordination abilities exercises (kinetic motor) on the kinematic variables (kinematic behavior) and the accuracy of jump spike serve skill of the University of Baghdad players in volleyball. The individuals of the sample were characterized by the performance of the jump spike serve skill with the highest accuracy. The mechanical variables (such as motor mechanical kinetic behavior) improved as a result of the effect of coordination exercises (sense-kinetics).
D. H. Lawrence’s The Rainbow: A Critique of Social Pornography
This paper tries to examine the depiction of social corruption in D. H. Lawrence’s The Rainbow (1915). The study will focus on the portrayal of the social perspective upon the issue of pornography and its literary manifestation in the selected novel. Pornography was a kind of social taboo in the first decades of the nineteenth century. That is, pornography, especially in England, was not accepted at all social scales. Yet, it began to occupy the social circumferences by the advent of the twentieth century, the social attitudes towards pornography drastically changed. People began to be accustomed to the flagrant pornographic issues at the time. Consequently, people resented this kind of pornographic attitude. They reacted to its spread in the society in different ways. Lawrence, therefore, uses his novel as a means of critiquing the reality of pornography. In so doing, he attempts to amend such social flaw in the course of his fictional depiction. The study will apply a narrative theory to explore the realistic insights in Lawrence’s fictional plot. Therefore, Patrick O’Neill’s concept of projection will be applied to identify this reality.
Comparison of the financial performance of Iraqi commercial banks contributing before and after ISIS: An Analytical study of a sample of private Iraqi commercial banks
Many countries have recently been exposed to terrorist operations. However, Iraq was one of the most affected by those operations which carried out by the ISIS terrorist organization. This reflected negatively on all aspects of life, including the financial sector and specifically Iraqi banks of all its kinds, which negatively reflected on the performance of many banks. For the purpose of diagnosing the performance of some banks in the period following the ISIS occupation of parts of Iraq in (2014), our study attempted to recognize the performance of some commercial banks in the previous period and during the terrorist occupation of parts of Iraq and diagnose the time series to take into account in the future researches. To this end, we used the data of (11) Iraqi commercial banks for the period (2011-2016). the purpose of the research, the period was divided into two time series. First one from (2011-2013), the period which preceding the ISIS terrorist operations. The second time series from (2014-2016), The period in which the ISIS terrorist operations were prevalent. We relied in the analysis on some of the banking performance indicators, and concluded to many results. One of them that the Iraqi banking sector in general has been negatively affected by the ISIS terrorist operations, which was clearly reflected in the return on assets, the return on equity and the net interest margin, as well as increased borrowing by the banking sector to face obligations for Immediate withdrawal of deposits.
Chick Lit as Postfeminist Disintegrated Sisterhood in Jennifer Weiner’s In Her Shoes
This article examines Jennifer Weiner’s In Her Shoes as a Chick Lit novel. Chick Lit features are represented in one postfeminist characteristic. i.e., that is the focus on the individual instead of a collective sisterhood. Individual sisterhood illustrates prolific productions in feminist discourses which are multiple, contradictory, and overlap in their femininity consumerism. Some of the post-feminist premises have sometimes been exalted for being pro-feminist, while others for being anti-feminism because of celebrating an indeterminate subjectivity. The focus of this study, therefore, sheds light on the depiction of the devilish female character. Devilishness is an attribute of body appearance used in order to bridge certain psychological gaps, by substituting subjective identity which is exclusionary and perpetuates society’s traditional mentality. With an activist postfeminist discourse, the object is (body aspects) centered. To explore those aspects of postfeminists’ preoccupation with objective categories of female identity and its perpetual longing to affirm a personal subjectivity, the feeling of constant attrition will be studied. The final obliteration of female identity and its inclusive human aspects permeates the long inherited feminist code concerning women and their archetypal inferiority to men. This article, therefore, scrutinizes the myth of traditional devil women perceived by patriarchal thinking in Weiner’s In Her Shoes. Women’s devilishness is symbolically highlighted through the novel’s postfeminism’s proliferate obsession with the extrinsic features of body leading to ironic self- discovery and consequently self-expression to efface women devilish identity. This characteristic is represented in Maggie’s devilish character caused by society and the abandonment of sisters.
Potential Chemoprotectants Platinum- Based Therapy with S-ligand Using ATP Bioluminescence Assay
The critical dose limiting side effect of cisplatin is nephrotoxicity; 20% of patients receiving a high dose of cisplatin have suffered from severe renal dysfunction; the ability to manage this induced toxicity is crucial for the success of chemotherapy. The concomitant administration of chemoprotective agents become an important approach in a platinum chemotherapy, the potential reversibility of Pt-S bonds in presence of other sulfur ligands suggests that certain Pt-bound sulfur ligand can be substituted by other sulfur nucleophiles, and Pt can be transferred between various S-containing molecules which form the chemical basis to alleviate the acute platinum toxicity using chemoprotectants. This research concerned with the cytotoxicity studies of already prepared new Pt(II) complexes with S-donor ligands, mesna and dimesna; using ATP bioluminescence assay against HeLa, BEAS-2B and A549. The best results were obtained with A549 cell line and were not differing significalnty from the contol (cisplatin), Our fininding sugggest that there are potenitainls in delivering the chemoprotection with acceptable cytotoxicity.
Virtual Jobs: A Quantitative Case Study of Coping with the Stress Level and Identity Crisis
Corporate companies across the globe embrace home based work policies to promote employment. With the rapid growth of work from home policies it is very tough to regulate job stress and to motivate the employees. Virtual jobs fail to provide a proper job profile to their employees and fall short in their efficiency to boost their self-esteem. The main objective of this study is to analyse the very term virtual jobs with reference to the factors that influence people to opt for these jobs and its impact on the workers. On the basis of the survey conducted and personal interviews this paper studies the various methods to release stress and how to strike a balance between work and home.
UNDERSTANDING AUTONOMOUS SENSORY MERIDIAN RESPONSE (ASMR) AND A STUDY ON FOOD AS A SENSORY TRIGGER: FOOD FOR SENSES
People perceive and appreciate food in a manner that is multisensory, where information from the different senses is integrated at both the perceptual and semantic levels in order to give rise to specific multisensory experiences. There are various factors that play a major role in modulating the diner’s overall experience. Visual cues such as color and texture have been shown to exert a significant influence on the perceived flavor and acceptance of foods. Techniques typically belonging to the realm of painting and visual communication design have been theorized to be a useful and resourceful tool when it comes to designing food experiences. The food acts as a meditation for the body and mind. This is where we are introduced to Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR). ASMR as a known phenomenon has only been active in the online community, where it is widely popularized by YouTube. The paper tries to demonstrate that food is not just to satisfy hunger but serve as a major part in human psyche by helping in relieving our stress; and also highlights on the misconception of food television sprinkling sexual innuendoes. The culinary ingredients in the food are in the fashion of art and that would transform the diner’s presumption and their experience of food. Our senses are vital to our ability to function physically, mentally, spiritually and socially. The connection between aesthetics and our senses is so profound that one could not exist without the other. In this paper, it is our intention to analyze and discuss the cause and effect of portraying food consumption among people who process sensory information in an atypical manner by the application of Aesthetics theory.
THE 16TH CENTURY SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY BROUGHT INTO THE 20TH CENTURY KERALA
To re-explore the Shakespearean plays in the malayalam movies. The 16th century situations and the time brought into 20th century Kerala. Malayalam movies and the industry have best explored the potentiality of cinematic version of Shakespearean plays. Both the movies ‘Kannaki’ and ‘Kaliyattam’ shows the main unveiling of Shakespearean plays ‘Othello’ and ‘Antony and Cleopatra’. Exhibiting the resemblances and the backdrop changes along with the time period. 16th century cultures,peoples mind change and how much difference it took,when it was interpreted on 20th century.
SUBVERTING STEREOTYPES: A CRITICAL STUDY OF P. PADMARAJAN’S UDAKAPPOLA (1978)
The aim of this paper is to critically analyse the 1978 Malayalam novel Udakappola, written by P Padmarajan. The novel follows the life and actions of people who belong to the underbelly of society. From a self-loathing pimp to a retired government officer, Padmarajan weaves a story that chronicles the everyday life of a group of people who do not conform to the stereotypes and prejudices set by society. The characters and their actions are not easily accepted by the moral sense of the general public. Through the unnamed narrator, Padmarajan unfolds the lives of these people who live on the ‘other side’ of the society.The paper is an attempt to study the various themes discussed by Padmarajan in the novel, and how Padmarajan successfully manages to paint an honest picture of a maligned class of society.
THE ART OF ONLINE TEACHING: A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ONLINE TEACHING METHODS
Technology has impacted almost every aspect of our lives today and education is no exception. Online learning has become one of the most imperial parts of education. Online learning is an internet based educational process whereby a learner learns through interaction with the educator via technological means. It is also referred to as e-learning. Online learning also comes under the distance learning process. Our education system focus on the process whereby the teacher stands on a podium and lectures in front of the whole group of students while the students sit, try to comprehend and make notes at the same time. This process required a multitasking from students whereby a student was expected to listen and prepare notes at the same time which often led to confusion later while referring to the text for exams. In online learning no such multitasking is required. A student can actually listen to the classes almost anytime according to his or her convenience and can jot down the notes whenever he feels light and in this way online teaching has gained an upper hand in recent times. As Seymour Papert notes, “You can’t teach people everything they need to know. The best you can do is position them where they can find what they need to know when they need to know it.” Today a massive amount of information are available at one’s fingertips through the internet and opportunities for formal learning are available online worldwide through application and websites. Thus Access to classes on learning has actually become independent or little easy for students.
a look at some of the online teaching methods
Morbid obesity and mental health of women
In a study of a different degree of evidence, the mental status of 487 morbidly obese patients was analyzed. It turned out that patients of especially young age more often had a high risk of developing depression. The study clearly established a strong proportional correlation between weight loss and a decrease in depression severity [8].