Volume 14 | Issue 7 |

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Shushkakshipaka, Dry Eye Syndrome, Anu Tail Nasya, Ayurvedic management

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Kerala's Female Labor Force Participation Rate (FLFPR) lags behind what its human development achievements would indicate. This paper studies how declining fertility, increasing life expectancy, and the resulting ageing of Kerala's population have developed alongside women's involvement in paid work during the recent Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) period. Using secondary data from the PLFS, the Sample Registration System, the National Family Health Survey, and sources from the Kerala State Planning Board, the study shows a fertility rate below the replacement level that has been sustained for over three decades. Although female labour force participation has seen some recent gains, it continues to be concentrated in rural self-employment and casual work rather than regular salaried employment. This pattern stands in contrast to Kerala's well-documented "gender paradox," in which strong capability indicators exist alongside constrained economic agency for women. The paper contends that Kerala is currently forfeiting a demographic dividend--one that cannot be recovered without deliberate policy interventions aimed at channeling educated women into quality employment.

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Female labour force participation; demographic transition; Kerala; dependency ratio; gender paradox; Periodic Labour Force Survey

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Agriculture has long been the backbone of rural livelihoods in India, especially among indigenous communities whose cultural identity and socio economic life are intricately linked to land and ecological practices. About 61 percent of population in Assam engaged in agricultural activities (Economic Survey, 2014-2015) and more than 75 percent population of the state continues to practice agriculture for their daily livelihood. Among the indigenous communities of North east India, the Mising community has deep rooted agricultural traditions that have evolve through centuries of interaction with the local environment.

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Traditional Agricultural Practices Of Mising Community With Reference -Pub Narayanpur Gaon Panchayat, Lakhimpur (Assam)

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E-Derma is a website that helps people with skin issues. It uses computers and other new technologies to make it easier for people to get help with their skin. The E-Derma system fixes some issues with skin doctors, such as how hard it is to get an appointment, how much it costs, and how far away it is, especially for people who live in the country or in small towns. People can snap pictures of their faces. The E-Derma system will look at the pictures you upload and tell you what kind of skin you have and what might be wrong with it. The E-Derma system uses computer programs, like Google Gemini AI, to figure out what's going on in the pictures and make smart choices. It can do this quickly and safely. The E-Derma system is safe to use. Can save pictures and information in a way that is simple to use. The E-Derma system isn't meant to take the place of a doctor, but it can help people take care of their skin. The E-Derma system is fair, keeps information safe, and is easy to use. The E-Derma system is meant to help people learn about their skin and how to care for it. The E-Derma system is a good place to start for people who want to take care of their skin, and it can help things get better in the future.

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Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Dermatological Analysis, Skin Assessment, ONNX, Gemini AI, Ethical AI, Web-Based Healthcare.

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The present study was carried out to synthesize silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using the aqueous extract of Tamarindus indica fruit shell through an eco-friendly green synthesis approach. The fruit shell extract was subjected to preliminary phytochemical screening and GC-MS analysis to identify the bioactive constituents responsible for nanoparticle synthesis. Silver nanoparticles were synthesized using silver nitrate solution and characterized by various analytical techniques including UV-Visible Spectroscopy, FTIR, XRD, SEM, EDAX, TEM, SAED, and DLS analysis. The formation of silver nanoparticles was confirmed by the characteristic color change from pale yellow to brown and by the appearance of a surface plasmon resonance peak in the UV-visible spectrum. Phytochemical analysis confirmed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, phenols, saponins, terpenoids, glycosides, quinones, and carbohydrates. GC-MS analysis revealed several bioactive compounds with medicinal significance. Characterization studies demonstrated that the synthesized nanoparticles were predominantly spherical, crystalline, and well dispersed with nanoscale dimensions. The synthesized silver nanoparticles exhibited significant antioxidant activity as determined by DPPH radical scavenging assay, hydrogen peroxide scavenging assay, and total antioxidant capacity assay. Furthermore, the nanoparticles showed excellent antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains, including Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The study confirms that Tamarindus indica fruit shell, an agricultural waste material, can serve as an effective reducing and stabilizing agent for the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with promising biomedical and environmental applications.

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Keywords: Green Synthesis, Silver Nanoparticles, Tamarindus indica Fruit Shell, Phytochemical Screening, GC-MS Analysis, Characterization, Antioxidant Activity, Antibacterial Activity, Nanotechnology, Biomedical Applications.

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: Psychological stress is a pervasive determinant of health, productivity, and quality of life, and its unobtrusive, continuous assessment remains an open challenge for affective computing and digital health [1],[3],[7]. Contact-based physiological sensing (electro dermal activity, electrocardiography, and photo plethysmography) offers reliable ground truth but is intrusive, motion-sensitive, and impractical for continuous, real-world deployment [8], [9]. Thermal facial imaging has emerged as a promising non-contact alternative because sympathetic nervous system activation produces measurable, involuntary vascular and thermoregulatory changes in facial regions such as the nose, forehead, and perioral area, which can be captured passively by infrared cameras without requiring skin contact or user cooperation [18], [20], [27],[29]. In parallel, deep learning has progressively replaced handcrafted thermal feature extraction with end-to-end convolutional, recurrent, and transformer-based architectures capable of learning discriminative spatio-temporal stress signatures directly from thermal video [21], [23], [25]. However, the clinical and practical adoption of such systems is constrained by the black-box nature of deep networks, which undermines trust, auditability, and regulatory acceptance in health-adjacent applications [57],[59], [63].

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: Non-contact stress detection; thermal facial imaging; infrared thermography; multimodal deep learning; sensor fusion; explainable artificial intelligence (XAI); Grad-CAM; SHAP; LIME; attention visualization; convolutional neural networks; residual networks; Vision Transformer; long short-term memory; hybrid CNN-Transformer; affective computing; psychophysiology; WESAD; privacy-preserving learning.

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Abstract: This study reported the effectiveness of behaviour modification strategies in managing hyperactive behaviour of an intellectually disabled child. About 20% of intellectually disabled individuasl are affected by ADHD. This behaviour is more common among boys than girls. In the present study the investigator applied ABAB method to modify the identified hyperactive behaviour of an eight year old intellectually disabled girl. Behavioural assessment of the subject was done by using BASIC-MR PART-B. As the reinforcer the researcher has used DRO along with physical restraint and verbal reprimand. Result showed that by using ABAB design hyperactive behaviour of an intellectually disabled subject can be modified. Further in depth studies are recommended.

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Behaviour Modification, Hyperactive behaviour, Individual with developmental disability.

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Background: Negative automatic thoughts are quick and involuntary thoughts that often involve self-criticism and negative interpretations of situations. These thoughts are commonly linked to emotional distress, especially among college students who face various academic and social pressures. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between negative automatic thoughts and emotional well-being among college students. Method: A total of 100 college students were selected using convenience sampling. Standardized questionnaires were used to measure negative automatic thoughts and emotional well-being. Mean, standard deviation, and Pearson correlation were used to analyze the data. Results: The mean score for negative automatic thoughts was 67.23(SD = 28.59), while emotional well-being had a mean score of 43.81 (SD = 13.02). The results showed a weak negative relationship between the two variables (r = -0.234). However, this relationship was not statistically significant (p > .023). This means that although higher negative thoughts were linked with lower emotional well-being, the relationship was not strong. Conclusion: The study suggests that negative automatic thoughts may be related to lower emotional well-being in college students, but the relationship is weak and not statistically significant. This indicates that other factors may also play an important role in influencing emotional well-being.

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Negative Automatic Thoughts, Emotional Well-being, College Students, Cognitive distortions, Mental health.

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Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, a key architect of the Indian Constitution and a prominent social reformer, critically examined Hindu patriarchy as a system that perpetuated gender and caste-based oppression. His critique highlighted how Hindu religious texts and social structures subordinated women, particularly those from marginalized castes, reinforcing Brahmanical patriarchy. In addition to being the father of the Indian Constitution and a vocal opponent of caste and untouchability, he vehemently denounced ancient lawgiver Manu and his teachings the Manuscripts or Manav Dharma Shastra in which he talks about treating women with disdain and treating them like intellectually inferior slaves, he denied women their right to learn, their right to own property, and their right to chant the Vedas. Ambedkar asked Indian women to publicly disregard the Manu rules and not follow the Manuscript.He added a number of clauses to the Indian Constitution to guarantee gender equality as well as the liberation and advancement of Indian women Ambedkar's advocacy for gender equality is evident in his insistence on education, legal rights, and social reforms. He believed that education was the most important tool for empowerment, advocating for universal and inclusive education that transcended caste and gender barriers, equal rights and respect for men and women in society are the hallmarks of gender equality. From prehistoric times to the British era, gender inequality and bias have been prevalent in Indian society. It may also occur frequently in the present era under the guise of culture, religion, and other absurd beliefs and customs. In this paper, take a deep dive into Dr Ambedkar's contribution to the feminist movement in India. It would draw attention to and examine how women have been treated in society from antiquity to the present. This paper is based on secondary databases, research papers, articles and books and also this paper explored Ambedkar's analysis of Hindu patriarchy and its lasting impact on Indian Society. In this paper, take a deep dive into Dr Ambedkar's contribution to the feminist movement in India. It would draw attention to and examine how women have been treated in society from antiquity to the present.

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Hindu patriarchy, Gender, Brahminical Gender Equality, Women empowerment.

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Akwaeke Emezi's Freshwater (2018) presents a compelling challenge to dominant biomedical understandings of mental health through its portrayal of Ada, a young Nigerian woman inhabited by multiple spiritual entities known as ogbanje. Situated at the intersection of African spirituality, psychology, and identity, the novel exposes the limitations of Western psychiatric frameworks when confronted with culturally specific experiences of selfhood and suffering. Drawing on Medical Humanities, Narrative Medicine, and Cultural Competence theory, this paper argues that Freshwater critiques the universalizing tendencies of biomedical psychiatry by foregrounding indigenous Igbo cosmologies as legitimate modes of understanding psychological distress. Through Ada's fragmented narrative and spiritual experiences, Emezi reveals how diagnostic systems often marginalize non-Western epistemologies and fail to account for culturally grounded expressions of illness. The paper further demonstrates that the novel advocates for culturally responsive healthcare practices that acknowledge patients' social, spiritual, and cultural realities. By positioning indigenous knowledge systems alongside biomedical discourse, Freshwater expands contemporary debates in Medical Humanities concerning mental health, personhood, and the ethics of care. Ultimately, the novel underscores the necessity of cultural competence in healthcare and calls for a more pluralistic approach to understanding human suffering.

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Medical Humanities, Cultural Competence, Psychiatry, Indigenous Knowledge, Mental Health, Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater.

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