Prabhat Kumar College, also known as Kanthi College or by the abbreviation P. K. College, established in 1926, is the oldest college in Purba Medinipur district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University.
Abstract According to the WHO, obesity was more prevalent among women than men, emphasising a critical gender aspect in recent times. In addition, Popkin argued that economic development, urbanisation, and demographic shifts drove systematic changes in dietary composition and energy expenditure. Therefore, the objective of the present study examined the association between dietary practices and overweight/obesity among Indian women using data from the National Family Health Survey–5 (NFHS-5). Later on, 6,35,963 final samples have been taken for further multivariate logistic regression analysis. The findings emphasised that non-vegetarian women had 18.6% higher odds of overweight/obesity (AOR = 1.186), and the probability of overweight/obesity increased by 2.7% points for non-vegetarians. However, structural determinants exerted a much stronger influence. Age denoted a steep gradient, with women aged 40–49 showing over five times higher odds of overweight/obesity compared to adolescents. However, urban women had 20% higher odds (AOR = 1.200), and wealth showed one of the strongest effects, with the richest women experiencing over four times higher odds of overweight/obesity. In addition, marital status also played a notable role, with married women displaying more than double the odds (AOR = 2.051). Further, women with multiple morbidities had 2.39 times higher odds of being overweight/obese. Therefore, the findings indicated that both dietary behaviours and powerful socioeconomic forces shaped overweight/obesity among Indian women. Policies must encourage active lifestyles through urban planning, workplace health initiatives, and community-based programmes targeting women across different life stages.
A fluorescent chemodosimeter, DBA, has been developed for the selective detection of hydrazine via an irreversible reaction pathway that leads to fluorescence enhancement.
Recent cosmological tensions, notably the Hubble and $S_{8}$ tensions, necessitate extensions of the conventional $Λ$CDM framework, wherein additional dynamical fields alter the effective spacetime encountered by matter and radiation. In K-essence cosmology, the scalar field induces an emergent FLRW geometry that is disformally linked to the gravitational metric, resulting in a \emph{tilted causal structure} where the light cone propagation differs from that of gravity. This study develops a covariant Boltzmann formalism inside a homogeneous K-essence framework and derives the modified mass-shell condition, geodesic equations, and collision integrals for both massless and massive particles. We demonstrate that the photon distribution retains its thermal properties in the emergent frame, while it seems geometrically rescaled in the gravitational frame. The Thomson and Compton processes maintain their microscopic structure while obtaining effective masses and interaction rates governed by the scalar field. During the tightly coupled epoch, the photon-baryon fluid experiences acoustic oscillations characterized by a modified sound horizon. For the kinetic K-essence DBI-type Lagrangian, the interaction rate scales as $n_{e}σ_{T}^{\rm eff}a\propto a^{-8}$, indicating a strong coupling in the early universe. Additionally, the diffusion damping scale scales as $k_{D}^{-2}\propto a^{29/2}$, indicating that small-scale anisotropies become increasingly sensitive to the evolving geometry. The results provide a coherent kinetic description of particle transport in a tilted spacetime and demonstrate that CMB propagation effects may serve as an observational probe of K-essence and emergent gravity frameworks.
Three trinuclear Cd(II) complexes bearing NO3- (1), I- (2), and SCN- (3) as counter anions are synthesized using a salane-type N2O2 Schiff base ligand (H2L). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals structural similarities, with the terminal Cd(II) ions adopting octahedral geometry in 1 and trigonal bipyramidal geometry in 2 and 3, while the central Cd(II) consistently exhibited a rare dodecahedral geometry, irrespective of the anion. Band gap analyses and current-voltage measurements demonstrate that the anionic residues strongly influence the electronic properties. Among them, complex 1 shows superior Schottky diode performance, attributed to both its lower band gap and additional weak interactions from the NO3- group, highlighting its promise for electronic device applications.
Urban meteorology, the study of atmospheric phenomena in urban areas, is vital for understanding the dynamic interactions between rapid urbanization and environmental changes. Over the past two decades (2004–2024), urban heat islands (UHIs), extreme rainfall, pollution, and temperature anomalies have intensified, adversely affecting human health, infrastructure, and ecosystems worldwide. The present study analyses 1,000 articles to identify global research patterns, revealing an annual publication growth rate of 26.2
