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Evaluation of comparative Efficacy of two routes of administration of Carathmus Tinctorius (Medicated Enema and Nasal Administration) as an Adjuvant Therapy with Standard Care With Physiotherapy in the Rehabilitation of Thrombolytic Stroke (Pakshaghat): A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol
No full textPerception of Ayurveda Postgraduates to the Introduction of Formative Assessment
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Assessment is a key feature of teaching and the curriculum. It has a massive impact on the quality of learning. It is observed that at the postgraduate level, 80% of trainees are not observed, and the remaining were observed not more than once in their three years programme. Current assessment of postgraduate students is at the end of three years. It predominantly assesses the cognitive part and no scope to improve their clinical skills. In view of it, this study was planned to conduct formative assessment for postgraduate students with the help of Mini-CEX and DOPS and to seek their perception.
Methods:
The postgraduate students of Department of Kayachikitsa and Panchakarma were invited voluntarily. Total 24 students (including first, second, and third year) were sensitized about the procedure of Mini-CEX and DOPS. The “encounters” were planned and schedule was displayed with names of student and teacher. The type of case was decided together by teacher and student. Each student was exposed to two Mini-CEX and two DOPS). Specific systemic examination and procedures were selected for Mini-CEX and DOPS, respectively. The time allocated for Mini-CEX and DOPS was as per the type of procedure but usually 15 minutes was allotted to each encounter for observation.
Result:
Overall students’ feedback about formative assessment was positive helping them to identify the gaps in their knowledge, and motivating them to learn.
Conclusion:
Mini-CEX and DOPS were well accepted by students as well as faculties as a formative assessment tool
Role of Nitya Virechana and Shaman Chikitsa in the management of Ekakushta with special respect to plaque psoriasis: A case study
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Chronic Liver Disease (CLD) - An Indian Knowledge System Review
Get PDFIndia has two recognized systems of medicine: Ayurveda and Allopathy. There is also a system of healing in the form of Yog, breathing exercises, postures and meditation that has been in use since 3000 BCE is practiced. Non-communicable diseases have become prevalent in modern India due to unhealthy dietary habits and lifestyle changes. Alcoholic and non- alcoholic liver disease is caused by excessive alcohol consumption, uncontrolled dietary and behavioural regimen over a long period of time. Ingested alcohol and other pathological factor alters metabolism, producing acetaldehyde and damaging the liver. First, liver cells become clogged with fatty droplets, leading to liver inflammation called hepatitis. Subsequent excessive consumption of unplanned diet and irregular lifestyle leads to cirrhosis. In this disease some liver cells die and then abnormal regeneration occurs, resulting in the formation of multiple nodules and extensive fibrosis. These disease leads to poor liver function followed by body wasting and ascites. Treatment through Indian Knowledge System like Ayurvedic medicine and Panchakarma procedure gives better effect and better results. Use of hepato protectors, liver stimulants and Rasayana medicines. Choalaganges, Tikta, Madhura Rasayukta medicines, Mootral medicines and protein supplements have proven to be effective in treating liver disease. The one most important protocol to treat liver disease is the miraculous procedure called Panchakarma (bio-purification) plays magical role to mange liver disease. This article will focus on the role of Indian Knowledge System in treating liver disease
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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