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A descriptive study to assess social functioning and internalized stigma among patients with mental illness with a view to prepare guidelines on healthy living in selected hospitals of jalandhar, punjab

A quantitative research approach and descriptive research design was used and research setting comprised of Civil Hospital, Jalandhar, Punjab and Ashoka Neuro Psychiatric Hospital & De-addiction Centre, Jalandhar, Punjab. The study sample comprised of 60 patients with mental illness. Purposive sampling technique was adopted to select sample. Self structured rating scale containing 24 items and self structured likert scale containing 30 items was used to evaluate the social functioning and internalized stigma respectively among patients with mental illness.

The influence of tourism policy and facilities to regional revenue of bali province (case study of badung regency)

In the amount of 76.19 percent of the local revenue (of the richest regency) in Bali comes from tourism sector. The revenue of 76.19 percent or Rp849 billion has been obtained by Badung Regency District from the hotel and restaurant taxes. It makes the economy and regional development increased rapidly in the region that has many famous tourism sites in Bali. That is why tourism sector can be said as a locomotive of economic growth in Badung .

The theory of humours revisited

The Humoral Theory held sway for more than two thousand years, as it offered a rational and understandable model for the workings of the human body in both health and disease. It incorporated the concepts of the elements (fire, water, air, and earth) and the qualities (heat, coldness, moistness and dryness) which offered a viable explanation of both the microcosm (the body) and the microcosm (the environment). It also merged with the constructs related to the person’s temperament and lifestyle, and offered valuable clinical support in diagnosis, treatment, and recuperation.

Effectiveness of structure teaching program on knowledge regarding cardiac rehabilitation among patients undergone coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

Aim of the study: is to determine the effectiveness of structure teaching program on knowledge regarding cardiac rehabilitation among patients undergone coronary artery bypass grafting surgery in study group. Background: A coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is a surgical procedure used to treat coronary heart disease. After the coronary artery bypass grafting surgery, patients have doubt about various factors such as exercises, diet pattern, return to work, sexual activity and physical activity.

A correlational study to assess the effect of emotional intelligence on job performance among staff nurses working in selected hospitals of jalandhar, punjab

A correlational study to assess the effect of Emotional Intelligence on job performance among staff nurses working in selected hospitals of Jalandhar, Punjab. The aim of the study is to assess the effect of Emotional Intelligence (EI) of staff nurses on their job performance. Results depicted that mean score of Emotional Intelligence was 44.63 and mean score of job performance was 68.56. There was weak positive correlation between Emotional Intelligence and job performance.

A study on the performance of vegetative characters and yield of papaya cv. red lady 786 under open and protected conditions

A study on the performance of papaya cv. Red Lady 786 under open and protected conditions was conducted in the Department of Horticulture, Khalsa college Amritsar during 2016-2017. The seedlings of papaya cv. Red Lady 786 were planted in the second week of August with a spacing of 1.6 x 1.6 m in net house and open field at the same time. The investigation was laid out in CRD with two treatment combinations replicated thrice.

Implementation of wood structure engineering policy in Indonesia

In wooden buildings, the collapse is generally due to connections or relationship that does not meet the standards. And structural system is not earthquake resistant. Wood Regulation in Indonesia is very outdated, since 1961 Indonesian Wooden Regulation (PKKI 1961) 52 years has not changed. Several draft wood regulations of 1980 and 2002 were made until the issuance of SNI 7973: 2013 Design specifications for timber construction. Currently, the regulations abroad use both Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD), and Alowable Stress Design (ASD) design methods, Breyer 2008.

Review on various noise models and image restoration techniques

Image restoration is field of digital image processing that includes techniques used to reconstruct an original image scene from degraded quality images. Blur & noise are two main degradations by which the quality image gets ruined. The goal of this paper is to give overview of image restoration techniques to readers, who is just beginning in this field of image restoration. The task of developing restoration algorithms is quite difficult, since the information should not be destroyed during image restoration.

Assessment of metal contamination using single and integrated pollution indices in soil samples of Nashik District, India

Like water and air, soil is essential for growing vegetation and afforestation. Pollution of soil leads to contamination of vegetation and also of the nearby water reservoirs making it unhealthy for the human consumption. Heavy metal contamination of soil has been observed since years due to rapid industrialization, transportation and dumping of garbage at dumping sites. Pollution indices act as a powerful tool for assessing the extent of soil pollution. In this study, soil samples were collected from five different locations of Nashik district.

Awareness, knowledge and perception of tax payers towards value added tax (vat) administration in yirgalem town, sidama zone, Snnpr State, Ethiopia

The study was undertaken with the main objective of assessing the practices and challenges of VAT administration in Yirgalem Town Administration. Both primary and secondary data were deployed for the study purpose. Yirgalem Town Administration was selected purposively as the study area. By adopting simple random basis 83 tax payers selected as sample respondents. Structured questionnaire was prepared to collect primary data from the tax payers. Simple statistical tools such as frequency table and percentages were used for data analysis and interpretation.