Overweight and obesity is a medical condition in which abnormal or excess body fat has accumulated to an extreme that may harm health and reduce life expectancy. It may increase the risk of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and musculoskeletal disorder.The investigation has been conducted to assess overweight and obesity and understand its relation with the morbidity pattern in traffic police personnel.The present investigation has been conducted in the Nagpur division among 277 traffic police personnel, including both male and female police personnel. Information has been collected through an interview schedule.The study shows that more than 50 percent of traffic police personnel are overweight, and 17 percent are obese. Between male and female traffic police personnel, there is a significant difference in BMI (ᵪ2 =14.069, df=3, p=0.003). Forty percent of traffic police personnel suffer from musculoskeletal disorders, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes in 11 percent of traffic police personnel.
ABSTRACT Over the last few decades, despite progress made in improving female’s decision-making dependence, the challenges posed by female’s low status in Sub-Saharan African countries (SSA) are still influential research agenda. The aim of this scooping review is to assess the effects of women’s autonomy on healthcare decision-making. The researchers did the study based on 15 articles selected from PubMed and Google Scholar. The selection deliberated only those published in the last 15 years, primarily based on nationally representative findings from Sub-Saharan African countries. The selected studies focused on decision-making autonomy on healthcare parameters. All studies reported significant positive impacts of female’s decision-making autonomy on children’s health, and women’s well-being, such as improved children’s nutrition, maternal and children’s well-being, reduced mortality rate, and health service utilization. However, the impacts were more substantial or visible at the community level than at individual or household levels. The study recommended strengthening womens’ involvement in education, promoting peer education, improving husband-wife communication, promoting rural women’s participation in economic activities, and owning assets. More importantly, any intervention should focus more on community norms than only individual decision-making per se.
ABSTRACT The present study among the Nepali, in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the first report on their location and existence of this community in South Andaman District of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. One hundred and fourteen individuals in Nepalibasti of Port Blair city constitute the sample for the present demographic study. The Nepali population is demographically young and occupationally diversified. Majority can sign their name in Hindi and Nepali. They had migrated to Andaman and Nicobar Islands more than five decades ago ‘voluntarily’ and many stated that ‘one among their kin’ who already had been here persuaded and assisted them to migrate. The Nepali are yet to be ‘assimilated’ like Bengali or Bhantu or Moplah. The Nepali children born in Andaman and Nicobar Islands are still young and dependent on their parents economically and also emotionally.
Plant life is ever devoted for the benevolence of others. The philosophy of selfless sacrifice is to be learned from the plants. This ethnobotanical theme narrated by Srikrishna to his friends while tending the cows in the epic Bhagavata, is the point of discussion in this communication.
ABSTRACT Fishing is one of the fulltime activity for fishermen which provides livelihood for them. The occupation of fishing has been executed by the engaging indigenous knowledge to thrive their livelihoods. In fact, the earlier studies related to fishing communities are explored through the ethnographic accounts to understand society and culture. The fishing communities are having lower literacy and economic development in the studied area but having wider range of knowledge over the marine ecology and fishing methods is an interesting aspect. This paper provided how the fishing communities are employed different type of fishing nets, boats for fishing expeditions by engaging indigenous knowledge. And, it is also provided the engagement of fishermen’s knowledge to identify different school fish by locating fishing grounds in the sea.
Strategies of anti-ageing promise eternal youth and necessitate an ethical foundation of this process.With the help of a hypotheses controlled literature research, this descriptive study considers the poles of happiness and death under psychiatric-ethical aspects.In the Western world the association of age and physical deficits is mostly present.Exemplary, the wrinkle treatment represents the immense actual efforts in reducing the deficits accompanying the process of ageing.Actually, Botox as a well-known anti-ageing nerval toxin is also applied as an antidepressant therapy.The authors call for caution at this, because psychiatry, psychosomatics and psychotherapy dispose well-established alternative antidepressive methods like promoting the factor of resilience at an early stage whereby the self-perceived success in ageing can be enhanced.Besides resilience, humour, self-validation and gratitude should be recognised.Further studies are needed for an evaluation of thanatologic interventions in psychotherapy.
ABSTRACT The paper examines the debate on science of politics and its relevance to African social formations. The scientific approach as applied in the natural science experiments is not replicable in the study of social phenomena. Scientific study of social phenomenon is limited and not generalizable like the pure sciences such as mathematics or engineering. This work examines the theoretical debate around the possibility or otherwise of a universally valid social science, the tyranny of Western social sciences and African social reality, and the imperative of developing independent African scholarship responsive to local social realities. Historical and explorative qualitative research design is used. Findings show statistical approach and comparative methods have made significant contribution to the scientific study of social reality. Nevertheless, the nature of what is studied is rooted in cultural peculiarities, and cannot be universal. Western social science theories are Eurocentric and teleological. African scholarship needs socially relevant theories for advancing precepts, theories with cultural imprint relevant to local social realities.
The aim of the study is to perform an Exploratory Factor Analysis and to find the factors, which affect the success of the Producer Company.The study explains the factors.which are most influential for the success of the producer company.The study was carried out in Lathur Block of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu in India, and consists of 200 respondents of the Producer Company with questionnaire instrument by random sampling method.Exploratory factor analysis was carried out in order to reduce the data.The first factor explained 34.27 percent of the variance, second factor explained 14.67 percent of the variance, third factor explained 10.0 percent of the variance, fourth factor explained 8.35 percent of the variance and the fifth factor illustrates 7.80 percent of the variance.The obtained results of Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed that five factors explain 75.14 percent of the variance of factors influencing the success of a Producer Company.The results showed that the important factors were the mean value of the commitment factor (16.13), managerial factor (13.90) and the participation factor (10.75).
Strategies of anti-ageing promise eternal youth and necessitate an ethical foundation of this process.With the help of a hypotheses controlled literature research, this descriptive study considers the poles of happiness and death under psychiatric-ethical aspects.In the Western world the association of age and physical deficits is mostly present.Exemplary, the wrinkle treatment represents the immense actual efforts in reducing the deficits accompanying the process of ageing.Actually, Botox as a well-known anti-ageing nerval toxin is also applied as an antidepressant therapy.The authors call for caution at this, because psychiatry, psychosomatics and psychotherapy dispose well-established alternative antidepressive methods like promoting the factor of resilience at an early stage whereby the self-perceived success in ageing can be enhanced.Besides resilience, humour, self-validation and gratitude should be recognised.Further studies are needed for an evaluation of thanatologic interventions in psychotherapy.
ABSTRACT The data present distribution of the ABO and Rh (D) blood groups between inhabitants of southwest Kosovo (District of Prizren). It is shown that frequency of allele O is higher followed by frequency of allele A and B. the frequency of Rh- negative varies from 8 to 21 percent. The present study shows to be similar with results reported in West European Countries.
In the cashew nut industries, women are mainly involved in cashew nut shelling and peeling activities.The objective of this study was to investigate the occupational health hazards and risk of injury faced by the women workers employed in the cashew nut processing industry.The study was conducted in four cashew nut processing industries: two each in Selsella and Mankachar blocks of Meghalaya and Assam, respectively.Ten female workers from each industry comprising a total of 40 workers, who have normal physiological characteristics, were selected randomly.RULA and QEC tools were used for the assessment of health hazards of the women workers.Discomfort survey was done to investigate the intensity of pain in different body parts.The results of the study showed that the workers of cashew nut industries were exposed to high occupational health and safety risk due to poor working environment, awkward working posture, repetitive and tedious job.
The objective of the paper is to examine the factors that determine the persistence of learners in distance education.It also gives attention to finding out the influence of intrinsic factors, institutional factors, motivating factors and curtailing factors of students who pursue their graduation programmes through the distance education mode on their persistence to continue the programme.The sample has been taken from a diverse student population in Chennai.The analysis is based on the results obtained using the partial least squares regression method.The study has several policy implications for educational administrators who play an important role in charting out policies to retain students from the first year to the second year, or across years that follow.
In the cashew nut industries, women are mainly involved in cashew nut shelling and peeling activities. The objective of this study was to investigate the occupational health hazards and risk of injury faced by the women workers employed in the cashew nut processing industry. The study was conducted in four cashew nut processing industries: two each in Selsella and Mankachar blocks of Meghalaya and Assam, respectively. Ten female workers from each industry comprising a total of 40 workers, who have normal physiological characteristics, were selected randomly. RULA and QEC tools were used for the assessment of health hazards of the women workers. Discomfort survey was done to investigate the intensity of pain in different body parts. The results of the study showed that the workers of cashew nut industries were exposed to high occupational health and safety risk due to poor working environment, awkward working posture, repetitive and tedious job.
The objective of the paper is to examine the factors that determine the persistence of learners in distance education.It also gives attention to finding out the influence of intrinsic factors, institutional factors, motivating factors and curtailing factors of students who pursue their graduation programmes through the distance education mode on their persistence to continue the programme.The sample has been taken from a diverse student population in Chennai.The analysis is based on the results obtained using the partial least squares regression method.The study has several policy implications for educational administrators who play an important role in charting out policies to retain students from the first year to the second year, or across years that follow.
Producer Company is a new concept of organizing and uniting the farmers under one umbrella to help them compete in the market collectively, by increasing the yield and getting higher net returns for their produce.The farmers are mobilized into farmer groups and their capacity is enhanced to turn them into Producer Company.This paper examines the process involved in forming and nurturing the producer company and steps taken to achieve empowerment of farmers.Case study method was used to study two producer companies which have been involved in the production of vegetables.The results reveal that benefits to members of the producer company are significantly higher than non-members and they can earn a substantial profit of Rs. 2.1 lakhs by marketing their produce.
In the cashew nut industries, women are mainly involved in cashew nut shelling and peeling activities.The objective of this study was to investigate the occupational health hazards and risk of injury faced by the women workers employed in the cashew nut processing industry.The study was conducted in four cashew nut processing industries: two each in Selsella and Mankachar blocks of Meghalaya and Assam, respectively.Ten female workers from each industry comprising a total of 40 workers, who have normal physiological characteristics, were selected randomly.RULA and QEC tools were used for the assessment of health hazards of the women workers.Discomfort survey was done to investigate the intensity of pain in different body parts.The results of the study showed that the workers of cashew nut industries were exposed to high occupational health and safety risk due to poor working environment, awkward working posture, repetitive and tedious job.
This paper is based on a study conducted in Makhado Municipality of Vhembe District, South Africa.It sought to unearth the factors hindering youth participation in community development.In this sequentially integrated mixed methods study, respondents in phase 1 were purposively sampled.Data were collected in reflection circles established considering gender.The results of the first phase were consolidated into a questionnaire requiring responses on a 10 point Likert-type scale.In phase 2 the questionnaire was administered to the same categories of youth in reflection circles.Descriptive statistics and nonparametric tests for significant differences across gender categories and hindering factors were computed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences.No significant gender differences were raised.It was concluded that youth desire opportunities to demonstrate their community leadership abilities.The need for change in leaders' attitudes regarding the role of youth in development work is evident.
This paper is based on a study conducted in Makhado Municipality of Vhembe District, South Africa.It sought to unearth the factors hindering youth participation in community development.In this sequentially integrated mixed methods study, respondents in phase 1 were purposively sampled.Data were collected in reflection circles established considering gender.The results of the first phase were consolidated into a questionnaire requiring responses on a 10 point Likert-type scale.In phase 2 the questionnaire was administered to the same categories of youth in reflection circles.Descriptive statistics and nonparametric tests for significant differences across gender categories and hindering factors were computed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences.No significant gender differences were raised.It was concluded that youth desire opportunities to demonstrate their community leadership abilities.The need for change in leaders' attitudes regarding the role of youth in development work is evident.
Producer Company is a new concept of organizing and uniting the farmers under one umbrella to help them compete in the market collectively, by increasing the yield and getting higher net returns for their produce.The farmers are mobilized into farmer groups and their capacity is enhanced to turn them into Producer Company.This paper examines the process involved in forming and nurturing the producer company and steps taken to achieve empowerment of farmers.Case study method was used to study two producer companies which have been involved in the production of vegetables.The results reveal that benefits to members of the producer company are significantly higher than non-members and they can earn a substantial profit of Rs. 2.1 lakhs by marketing their produce.
