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Assessing the Relationship between Grit and Academic Resilience among Students
No full textThe purpose of the present study was to assess relationship between Grit and Academic Resilience among school students. The sample consisted of 120 school students with equal number of males and females (Male=60 & Female=60) from various private schools of Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Phagwara. Short Grit Scale, Grit- S (Duckworth & Quinn, 2009) and Motivation and Engagement Scale-High School (MES-HS) 12th edition (Martin, 2012) were used to gather data. It was hypothesized that there will be a positive correlation between self-belief, persistence and control components of Academic Resilience and Grit; and negative correlation between anxiety component of Academic Resilience and Grit. Males were hypothesized to score higher on Grit scale than females. Pearson Product Moment correlation was used to analyze the data and t–test was used to determine the gender differences. The results of the analysis showed a positive correlation between self-belief and persistence components of Academic Resilience and Grit and a negative correlation between control and anxiety components of Academic Resilience and Grit. T–test indicated no significant differences in Grit amongst male and female participants. The findings of the present study have very important implications for Indian education system. It paves a way for further exploration of Academic Resilience and Grit amongst school students and their contribution to student efficiency
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF INTROVERTS AND EXTRAVERTS ON STANDARD PROGRESSIVE MATRICES*
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Effects of Locus of Control and Motives on Stress and Effectiveness: A Study of Women Managers
No full text There is a general tendency to overemphasise the impact of stress on the effectiveness of women in managerial roles. It is a known fact that women managers have dual roles to play, one at the home front and the other at the work front where they have to shoulder responsibilities similar to their male counterparts. This is likely to cause high level of stress which can have an adverse effect on their effectiveness. The present study, however, points to the contrary, where it is seen that certain intrinsic factors which are basically inherent within an individual's personality, like an Internal Locus of Control and a high need for Achievement can, to some extent, reduce the impact of stress experienced by the individuals. This can be inferred on the basis of the results of the present study where it is found that achievement motive has a negative relationship with stress and a positive relationship with role efficacy. Similarly, it is established that Internal Locus of Control has a negative relationship with stress and positive relationship with role efficacy. Since stress is inevitable, more so in the case of women in managerial positions, and it is mainly due to extrinsic factors which exert pressures both in the work environment and at the home front, over which one does not have much control, they need to look inwards and identify and rely on intrinsic strengths, such as an internal orientation and achievement orientation as these can, to a great extent, help them handle stress in a positive manner and not allow it to adversely affect either their health or their work performance. </jats:p
Visual dynamic e-module as a tool to fulfill informational needs and care continuum for diabetic patients
No full textIntroduction: Diabetes can be envisaged as a lifelong phenomenon having the ominous odds for multisystemic involvement in the duration of disease. The probabilities of the occurrence of these events are influenced by the adopted lifestyle. Hence, information about the disease and lifestyle modification are vital from the perspective of prognostics. This study attempts to explore the potential of a "visual dynamic tool" for imparting knowledge and consequently received acumen by diabetic patients. Objectives: To appraise the effectiveness of a constructed visual dynamic module (encompassing the various dimensions related to and affected by diabetes) by capturing the opinions, perceptions, and experiences of the diabetic patients who underwent intervention through the module. Materials and Methods: A visual e-module with dynamically imposed and animated images in the vernacular (Hindi) was prepared. This module was instituted among the diabetic patients in a logical sequence for consecutive 3 days. All the diabetic patients who underwent this intervention were interviewed in depth in order to ascertain the effectiveness of the module. These interviews were analyzed by thematic and framework analyses. Result: The visual module was perceived by the diabetic patients as an optically engaging tool for receiving, connecting, and synthesizing information about diabetes. They sensed and expressed the ease to connect with the images and labeled the received information as inclusive. Conclusion: Initial evidences suggest that visual e-module is an effective and efficient tool for knowledge management in diabetes. This issue may be further explored at diverse academic and clinical settings for gathering more information for efficacy
Venous Ectasia of Retromandibular and Common Facial Veins: A Rare Clinical Entity
No full textVenous ectasias are benign conditions of the neck, in which focal dilatations of veins occur. Internal jugular, external jugular or superficial veins are usually the affected ones in the neck. They are often ignored or misdiagnosed. Here we are reporting a patient with venous ectasia of the retromandibular vein and the common facial vein. A 25-year-old male presented to our out-patient department with an intermittent swelling over the right side of the neck that he had for one year. The swelling was more prominent on lying down and on Valsalva maneuver. Radiologic imaging was suggestive of venous ectasia of the retromandibular vein and the common facial vein. Surgical excision was done for aesthetic reasons and in fear of thrombosis. Intraoperatively, we noticed that it was arising from the retromandibular and the common facial veins. Venous ectasias of superficial veins are rare. We can consider these patients for surgical excision in view of the risk of thrombosis, thromboembolic events, rupture, and aesthetic reasons
Assessing the built environment through photographs and its association with obesity in 21 countries: the PURE Study
No full textInstituto de Investigación en Salud de la Población, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud de Hamilton, Fundación para el Corazón y los Accidentes Cerebrovasculares de Ontario, Estrategia de los Institutos Canadienses de Investigación en Salud para la Investigación Orientada al Paciente, Unidad de Apoyo de Ontario, Ministerio de Salud y Atención a Largo Plazo de Ontario, AstraZeneca, Sanofi-Aventis, Boehringer Ingelheim, Servier y GlaxoSmithKline
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Endocrine and behavioural features of Lowe syndrome and their potential molecular mechanisms.
No full textLowe syndrome (LS) is an X linked disease caused by pathogenic variants in the OCRL gene that impacts approximately 1 in 500 000 children. Classic features include congenital cataract, cognitive/behavioural impairment and renal tubulopathy.
This study is a retrospective review of clinical features reported by family based survey conducted by Lowe Syndrome Association. Frequency of non-ocular clinical feature(s) of LS and their age of onset was summarised. An LS-specific therapy effectiveness scale was used to assess the response to the administered treatment. Expression of OCRL and relevant neuropeptides was measured in postmortem human brain by qPCR. Gene expression in the mouse brain was determined by reanalysis of publicly available bulk and single cell RNA sequencing.
A total of 137 individuals (1 female, 89.1% white, median age 14 years (range 0.8-56)) were included in the study. Short stature (height OCRL is expressed in human and mouse hypothalami, and in hypothalamic cell clusters expressing Ghrh, Sst, Oxt, Pomc and pituitary cells expressing Gh and Prl.
There is a wide spectrum of the clinical phenotype of LS. Some of the features may be partly driven by the loss of function of OCRL in the hypothalamus and the pituitary.
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