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Reproductive Biology of Inula racemosa Hook. f.
No full textThe accurate picture of the status of plants and the trends that have an
impacting on them is difficult to determine. Further, the exact
number of flowering plant species in the world is not fully known and
documented.Natural habitats are
currently being degraded at a rate that is unprecedented in the history, and
massive extinctions of biota are likely to follow as a result.Under the pressures of globalization,
continuous growth of human population, resources exploitation, and
climate changes, the perturbation, displacement and/or destruction of
natural habitats are real facts. Many important sites of Kashmir
Himalaya were surveyed for assessing the distribution, growth and
reproductive biology of Inula racemosa (Asteraceae). The select sites
were demarcated on the basis of location, habitat structure, density,
diversity and accessibility
Content Analysis of Nahj al-Balâghah with Special Reference to Mystical Dimensions
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Teaching Aptitude and Job Satisfaction of Rural and Urban Plus Two Lecturers – A Comparative Study
No full textTeachers are highly conceived as the real nation builders, hence they should play the roles that are expected of them and also ponder the responsibilities that the society places on their shoulders with right earnestness and utmost sincerity. A teacher has to play a variety of roles during the course of his career. He may act as instructor, motivator, examiner, guide and counselor. These functions are discharged by creating a conducive, creative, inspiring, purposeful and favourable classroom environment which may be broadly classified under two categories – physical and emotional. Physical environment is the frame work of learning. It depends on the teacher’s resource power and his personal capacity. This involves arranging, organizing, utilizing teaching aids, audio-visual equipment, display tables, library and laboratory, the nature of the environment may contribute towards the attainment of success in the teaching and learning process and in the development of human relationship.
A prospective teacher is always prepared to learn more. The professional growth of a teacher does not cease when he leaves the training institute. In fact he begins to learn from different kinds of experiences. Rabindra Nath Tagore has rightly remarked, “A teacher can never truly teach, unless he is still learning himself. A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame”. The idea is amply clear that new experiences of teaching should be gained in every walk of life and from every new sphere, it must be realized that experience needs to be supplemented by experiment before reaching its fullness. Therefore, in order to keep alive and fresh the teacher should become a learner from time to time, constant outpouring needs constant in-taking. The practice must be re-enforced by theory and the old must be constantly tested by the new. The education of a teacher should not end with his obtaining a degree but the professional growth of a teacher requires that he should continue to learn through the period of his stay in the profession.It must be ascertained by the prospective teacher that he has a balanced personality adequately motivated towards teaching profession and possess a high standard of intellectual capacity. Therefore, it is quite essential that the countries developed or developing should have well articulated plans for teacher education, particularly attention should be paid to the relationship between the teacher educational institution, the school and the community as a whole.
Teaching aptitude is a person’s capacity to acquire proficiency in the teaching under appropriate conditions. It is a condition symptomatic of an individual’s ability to acquire with training, proficiency in teaching and his readiness to develop an interest in exercising the ability in performing various acts and tasks related to teaching. A person may be said to possess teaching aptitudes, if he has a good proportion of characteristics required for effective teaching, the magnitude of such traits may differ from individual to individual. Teaching aptitude is not only related to the efficiency of teacher in teaching but is related to several factors as co–operative nature of teacher, teacher's moral character and discipline, dynamic personality, considerativeness, optimistic attitude, fair mindedness, impartial behavior of teachers etc.
Job satisfaction, may be defined as how much an individual is adjusted in his work because adjustment is more covert and more easily manipulated, while job satisfaction is overt and being less visible aspect of teacher’s make–up. Every profession has got certain aspects conducive for job satisfaction. At the same time it has other aspects that lead to dissatisfaction. Teaching profession is no exception. If it is possible to isolate the factors of dissatisfaction, attempts can be made either to change the dissatisfying conditions or to reduce their intensity so as to increase the holding power of the profession.
It is realized by all those concerned with education that the standard of education in schools, colleges and Universities cannot be improved unless the teacher, who has the key role to play, is competent and involved in his work. Unless the teacher is satisfied on job, improvements in the field of teaching and learning are bound to fail. In fact he is the top most academic and professional person in educational pyramid. He is a pivot round whom the whole gamut of educational process rotates. He can bring constructive, productive and quality education in society because under his hand the destiny of our children is being placed by parents (Panda and Tewari, (1997). The NPE (1986) and its revised version (1992) repeatedly envisaged that the status of the teachers reflects the socio – cultural ethos of the society and no people can rise above their level. Besides, mechanized projects and lofty buildings cannot succeed in nation building unless, right kind of people in the teaching profession are supplied. The teacher's cognitive, affective and others characteristics are very important postulates. He is to be kept in tune with his professional satisfaction. It is pertinent to mention here, that in every profession, job satisfaction is an important area which is to be considered on priority basis. A teacher, wherever, he is placed demands recognition and professional growth and satisfaction of job which in return gives the best we need in society and if our teachers are dissatisfied, no amount of subsequent development can overhaul it. Same applies to the teaching personnel working in various types of educational institutions. These personnel are equally responsible as in their custody the best cream is put to polish. This will definitely lead us to national progress and prosperity. In creative work like teaching and research, job satisfaction remains the sine – qua – non and plays a very significant role in attracting and retaining the right type of persons in the profession
Information Needs of Physicians and Surgeons of Jammu & Kashmir
Get PDFThe paper attempts to explore the information needs of physicians and
surgeons of Jammu & Kashmir
Design/Methodology/Approach: The survey is conducted among physicians and
surgeons working at primary, secondary and tertiary health care institutions by
administrating a questionnaire employing stratified random sampling.
Findings: The information needs of the physicians and surgeons vary with practice
location, affiliation and specialization. Most of the physicians and surgeons need
patient data/patient care information, latest medical knowledge, information
about new drugs and medical products/equipments.
Originality/Value: The identification of information needs of physicians and
surgeons is a maiden attempt for the state of J & K. This study may encourage and
foster further research for effectiveness and better performance of medical
libraries and information managers in the State
Studies On Diversity And Dynamics Of Cladocera In A Sub Tropical Sungal Pond, Akhnoor (J And K)
Get PDFAmelioration of Oxidative Stress in Mouse Model of Diabetic Retinopathy by Arnebia benthamii
No full textDiabetes mellitus is a chronic, multisystem heterogeneous metabolic disorder
characterized by hyperglycemia which attacks both microvessels and macrovessels
throughout the body resulting in the development of the specific microvascular and
macrovascular complications.Diabetic retinopathy (DR), a disease of the retina, is the
most common and specific microvascular complication of diabetes which remains a
major cause of visual impairment worldwide among the people in working age and is
a leading cause of visual loss in older patients.DR is a duration-dependent disease and
both the prevalence and the incidence of retinopathy increase with increasing duration
of diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy is a complex disease and the precise mechanism
remains unknown. The multiple metabolic pathways have been implicated in this
disease but inflammation and oxidative stress have emerged as the key players in the
development of this disease. Due to this multifactorial nature the treatment of this
complex disease is difficult and limited treatment options are available. The surgical
procedures-laser photocoagulation and vitrectomy are currently the primary treatment
options available for diabetic retinopathy. However, the use of antioxidants and antiinflammatory
agents as treatment options for this disease has shown promising results
in several animal studies and clinical trials.
In this study, we evaluated the effect of aqueous extract of the plant Arnebia
benthamii on the oxidative stress and inflammatory processes in mouse model of
diabetic retinopathy. Arnebia benthamii is a traditional medicinal herb of Ayurvedic,
Unani and other indigenous systems of medicine and has been known to possess
antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing properties and also
antioxidant properties.
In our study and under the conditions used, we found that the aqueous extract of
Arnebia benthamii instead of ameliorating the inflammation and oxidative stress
associated with the disease rather further induced the pro-inflammatory and oxidative
stress markers.
Further study is therefore required to find if any of the individual components of the
extract may be having anti-inflammatory and/or antioxidative property and or even
pro-inflammatory role
