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Guilty Displeasures: White Resistance in the Social Justice Classroom
No full textIn this article, the author reflects on the challenges of teaching white law students about racism and whiteprivilege asa racializedprofessor To situateher experiences and to better understand the obstacles that professors who teach critically about race and racism confront, she draws from theories of racial identity development and research on student evaluations to contextualize student responses to antiracist pedagogy Grappling with racism in a meaningful way leaves many white students feeling distraught, angry and guilty, among other unpleasant emotions. Professors who initiate these discussions become the natural targets of criticism and blame as students struggle with their discomfort. The hostility of resistant white students can be interpreted as racial microaggressions that compromise the psychological well-being and deplete the emotional and physical resources of racialized professors. However, understanding negative student reactions in the context of structural racism and embracing students\u27 sense of disequilibrium as a necessary part of social transformation enable professors to reconceptualize personal attacks as something more constructive. The author concludes that teaching about racism and white privilege in a critical way an obligation shared by all educators, offers personal and collective rewards that outweigh any costs
Guilty Displeasures: White Resistance in the Social Justice Classroom
No full textIn this article, the author reflects on the challenges of teaching white law students about racism and whiteprivilege asa racializedprofessor To situateher experiences and to better understand the obstacles that professors who teach critically about race and racism confront, she draws from theories of racial identity development and research on student evaluations to contextualize student responses to antiracist pedagogy Grappling with racism in a meaningful way leaves many white students feeling distraught, angry and guilty, among other unpleasant emotions. Professors who initiate these discussions become the natural targets of criticism and blame as students struggle with their discomfort. The hostility of resistant white students can be interpreted as racial microaggressions that compromise the psychological well-being and deplete the emotional and physical resources of racialized professors. However, understanding negative student reactions in the context of structural racism and embracing students\u27 sense of disequilibrium as a necessary part of social transformation enable professors to reconceptualize personal attacks as something more constructive. The author concludes that teaching about racism and white privilege in a critical way an obligation shared by all educators, offers personal and collective rewards that outweigh any costs
Assessment of maternal and foetal outcome in elderly primigravida: a prospective observational study
No full textBackground: An elderly primigravida means age more than 35 years. Several maternal and foetal risk factors are well-established in elderly primigravida mothers. The study aimed to evaluate the maternal and foetal outcome in elderly primigravida mothers of central part of India and also to identify risks associated with advanced maternal age for mother.
Methods: The study was conducted as an observational prospective study in Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. In this study, the 82 mothers presenting primigravida aged ≥35 years and attending antenatal clinic for the period of January 2019 to December 2020. All primigravida aged 35 years and above, attending antenatal clinic, all primigravida aged 35 years and above admitted in emergency. We used data for demographic and socioeconomic status of the subjects, various obstetrics parameters related to gestational period and other relevant data were collected at the time of registration and the subjects were followed up till delivery and discharge. Detailed maternal and foetal outcomes were recorded.
Results: In the present study, the mean age was of about 36.52±2.41 years among the studied mothers. Higher education and socioeconomic status revealed the conception for pregnancy was found to be delayed. This concept is leading to more LSCS following antenatal complications of mothers that may be causative factors for neonatal complications. In the present study, no mortality was observed among newborns.
Conclusions: It was concluded that vaginal deliveries were significantly less and there was an increase in caesarean section rate in this study. Management will largely depend on attempts at improving perinatal outcome without compromise to health and well-being of the mother
A comparative assessment of decision to delivery interval for emergency and urgent lower segment caesarean section following maternal and foetal outcomes
No full textBackground: Background: Timely decision-to-delivery interval (DDI) in lower segment caesarean section (LSCS) is critical for safeguarding maternal and foetal health. This study aimed to measure the DDI and assess its relationship with maternal and foetal outcomes.
Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted among 361 deliveries at a tertiary care hospital in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. Pregnant women undergoing emergency (Category 1, n=283) and urgent (Category 2, n=78) LSCS were enrolled. Maternal and foetal outcomes were evaluated.
Results: A statistically significant difference was observed between mean DDI values in Category 1 and Category 2 (p<0.02). Maternal outcomes, including postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), post-operative fever, and blood transfusion, were significantly associated with increasing DDI (p<0.0001). A significant difference in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission rates between the two categories was noted (p=0.03). APGAR score comparisons showed significant variations at different DDI intervals: 31–40 vs 51–60 min (p<0.0002), 41–50 min (p<0.00021) for 1-minute scores, and 21–30 min (p<0.028) for 5-minute scores.
Conclusions: While increased DDI correlated with certain adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes (NICU admission and low APGAR scores), no critical maternal or foetal mortality was attributed directly to prolonged DDI
A unified approach to choice experiments
No full textChoice experiments have practical significance from the industry point of view and are useful in marketing, transport, government planning, etc. Several author-groups have contributed to the theoretical development of choice experiments and for finding optimal choice designs. The author-groups Street-Burgess and Huber-Zwerina have adopted different approaches and used seemingly different information matrices under the multinomial logit model. There have also been some confusion regarding the inference parameters expressed as linear functions of the option effects . We discuss these aspects and highlight how these approaches are related to one another.
Recently, Sun and Dean (2016) have advocated an information matrix for orthonormal contrasts , adopting a linear model approach, which is different from the standard information matrix used in the literature for choice experiments under the multinomial logit model. We study their information matrix vis-a-vis the traditional information matrix and find some lacunae in their approach. We provide an alternate linear model approach to model choice experiments such that the information matrix of is same as the information matrix under the multinomial logit model
Topic Study Group No. 11: Teaching and Learning of Algebra
No full textTSG-11 on Teaching and Learning of Algebra had a small number of presentations in the main session, leaving enough space for discussions and dialogue. The TSG planned to cover the salient themes and ideas in algebra education, including early algebra, algebraic thinking, conjecturing, proving and generalizing and algebra instruction. Each of the sessions had two presentations, one of which was an invited talk by an eminent scholar in the field, focusing on one or more of the themes that were identified in the TSG and another one selected from the papers submitted to the group. The TSG was able to bring forth significant ideas for discussion within the group. The presentations gave theoretical, methodological and empirical insights into students’ construction of algebraic knowledge. Below, we give the programme details and brief summary of the sessions.publishedVersion© The Author(s) 2017. Open Access. Except where otherwise noted, this chapter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
A Bibliometric research output of DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology from 2018-2022: A study
No full textThe study examines of DESIDOC journal of Library and Information Technology during 2018- 2022.Data were collected by DESIDOC websites and download from journal DESIDOC journal of Library and Information Technologyhttps://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/djlit/index. Total numbers of 256 articles were published during 2018-2022. Data were analysed in MS excel worksheet for the research. The study revealed that the maximum articles are by two author 117 (45.70%) and maximum articles were 12 published volume 2 in 2019. Degree of Collaboration is 0.28. Finding of study show page length of Article were 7 pages long have the maximum with 71 (27.73%)
New laparoscopic peritoneal pull-through vaginoplasty technique
No full textBackground: Many reconstructive surgical procedures have been described for vaginal agenesis. Almost all of them are surgically challenging, multi-staged, time consuming or leave permanent scars on abdomen or skin retrieval sites. Aim: A new simple technique using laparoscopic peritoneal pull-through in creation of neo vagina has been described. Material and Methods: Total of thirty six patients with congenital absence of vagina (MRKH syndrome) were treated with laparoscopic peritoneal pull through technique of Dr. Mhatre between 2003 till 2012. The author has described 3 different techniques of peritoneal vaginoplasty. Results: This technique has given excellent results over a period of one to seven years of follow-up. The peritoneal lining changes to stratified squamous epithelium resembling normal vagina and having acidic Ph. Conclusion: Apart from giving excellent normal vaginal function, as the ovary became accessible per vaginum three patients underwent ovum retrieval and pregnancy using surrogate mother, thus making this a fertility enhancing procedure
Prevalence of Dental Caries and Dental Fluorosis among 7-12-Year-Old School Children in an Indian Subpopulation: A Cross-Sectional Study
No full textObjective: To assess the prevalence of dental caries and fluorosis among 7-12-year-old school children in Muradnagar, India. An additional objective was to determine the relationship between dental caries and fluorosis in the studied population. Material and Methods: A total of 1500 school children aged between 7 to 12 years, and both genders were randomly selected for the present study. The selected participants were divided into three groups based upon age, viz 7-8 year (group I), 9-10 year (group II) and 11-12 year (group III). Sterile mouth mirrors and explorers were used for the detection of caries. The water samples were collected to assess the fluoride concentration. The data collected were tabulated and statistically analysed using Chi-square, ANOVA, Spearman’s correlation and t-test wherever applicable. Results: Out of 1500 participants, 54.1% were females and 45.9% were males. The prevalence of dental caries and fluorosis was 89.3% and 93.7%, respectively. The prevalence of caries increased with age (p<0.05) and females showed a higher prevalence in both the dentitions. Most dental fluorosis was ‘very mild’ (40.1%). Prevalence of dental fluorosis increased with age and males showed more fluorosis than females. A negative relationship was found between dental caries and fluorosis (p<0.05). Conclusion: Dental caries and fluorosis are the public health problems in Muradnagar; therefore, preventive programs should be organized to increase awareness among the general people
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