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Impact of Diet and Lifestyle on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and the ways to overcome through Ayurveda - A Review
Get PDFPolycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most commonly seen endocrine disorders affecting women of reproductive age, also known a Stein - Leventhal Syndrome[1] It is characterised by hyperandrogenism, anovulation and polycystic ovaries seen on USG which clinically manifests in the complex form of amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea, hirsutism, acne, infertility etc. Its multifactorial and its aetiology includes genetic, hormonal, metabolic, and lifestyle influences. Evidence strongly supports the role of healthy diet and lifestyle modifications, including weight loss, low glycaemic index diets, and regular physical activity, in the management of PCOS. It is not directly explained in Ayurveda we can corelate it with some of the conditions like Vandhya Yonivyapada, Arajaska Yonivyapada, Artava Kshaya, Nastartava, Pushpaghni Jataharini, etc. treatment can be planned by assessing the Dosha, Dushya, Agni, Ama and Prakruti of patient. We can plan ayurvedic treatment with the help of various Ayurvedic herbal and mineral preparations, Panchakarma, along with diet and lifestyle modifications. This review study aims to analyse the role of diet and lifestyle in the pathophysiology and management of PCOS and evaluate the efficacy of Ayurvedic principles and interventions
A review of management of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome through Ayurveda
Get PDFPolycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the fastest growing endocrinological disorder in females of reproductive age. In PCOS, follicular growth is influenced by hormonal imbalance due to which affected follicles remain in the ovary. The prevalence of PCOS is estimated 6-10% globally and 3.7% - 22.5% in Indian female population, which is relatively high. It is characterised by hyperandrogenism, anovulation and polycystic ovaries seen on USG which clinically manifests in the complex form of amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea, hirsutism, acne, infertility etc. incidence of this disease increasing exponentially due to faulty dietary habits, lack of exercise, sedentary lifestyle, only focusing on career ignoring health etc. PCOS is not directly explained in Ayurveda we can corelate it with some of the conditions like Vandhya Yonivyapada, Arajaska Yonivyapada, Artava Kshaya, Nastartava, Pushpaghni Jataharini, etc. Its Hetu can be understood by different Yoniyapada Hetu, Artavavaha Srotodusthi Hetu etc. and treatment can be planned by assessing the Dosha, Dushya, Agni, Ama and Prakruti of patient. We can plan ayurvedic treatment with the help of various Ayurvedic herbal and mineral preparations, Panchakarma, along with diet and lifestyle modifications. Which can be judiciously implemented to alleviate PCOS and all associated problems
A randomized controlled clinical trial to study the efficacy of Yavakshara Madhu Pratisarana in Garbhashayagrivagata Vrana (Cervical Erosion)
Get PDFWoman has to go through many functions like conception, childbirth resulting in different physiological changes, some pathological conditions also. Not all life threatening but some are troublesome. Cervical erosion is one among them, condition where squamous epithelium of ectocervix is replaced by columnar epithelium, which is continuous with endocervix.[1] It needs special concern if left untreated may leads to infertility and predisposes to malignancy. The treatment in modern medicine cauterization, cryosurgery and laser vaporization are having side effects like secondary infertility, bleeding per vagina, stenosis, accidental burns, infections, etc. So, there is need of safe and effective treatment keeping this in mind, A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted to study the efficacy of Yavakshara Madhu Pratisarana in Garbhashayagrivagata Vrana (Cervical Erosion) on 60 patients selected from Streeroga-Prasutitantra OPD of Government Ayurvedic Hospital, Osmanabad in two groups. Trial Group A - Yava Kshara Madhu Pratisarana & Control Group B - Triphala Kashaya Yonidhavana for 7 days starting from 7th day of menstrual cycle for 2 consecutive menstrual cycle. The effect of treatment has showed statistically highly significant results in both the groups Trial group has shown better effect in reducing the symptoms than control group
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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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