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DEPRESSION ASSOCIATED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG WOMEN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Introduction Violence is a leading cause of disability, resulting in poor health, a terrible quality of life, and a significant reliance on health services. Violence is related to various physical and mental concerns and problems and can some time lead to suicidal attempts and death. A serious and common mental illness Depression (major depressive disorder), prevailing across world, negatively affects the health of individual, both physically and mentally. Depression among women is common in developing countries. There is significant association between depression and domestic abuse. Domestic abuse is a widespread issue for women, with depression being the most common negative mental health effect. Methodology Review was done on published research works from data base of Pub Med, Web med, pop line and Google scholar using the key words (depression, domestic violence). Inclusion Criteria was the studies conducted with title either having depression or/and domestic violence or violence and the study subjects were female living with their partners. Exclusion Criteria was studies in which other mental conditions such as mania, bipolar disorders were also excluded. Patients with congenital or other physical disorders studies were also excluded. A total of 36 Articles available in the open access journals were retrieved and accessed based on the required information regarding depression and domestic violence. The other 22 articles were discarded on the basis of exclusion criteria as mentioned and finally 14 papers were included as per inclusion criteria in this review. Results The 14 studies included in this review, the findings revealed that large number of women have been victim of violence. Domestic violence significantly associated with depression among women. As the studies results of Niaz (Niaz U 2013), Bachman, R, Saltzman, L E (2013) shows the incidence reports of depression and anxiety was found to be high as 60 %, prevalence of abuse and violence of 34%, violence in females 70 and 46.9 % respectively. The overall articles findings show domestic violence significantly associated with depression. Conclusion The result of review indicates that the majority of the women were experiencing many forms of domestic violence at the same time, difficult to evaluate each form distinctly. Domestic violence whether verbal, physical and emotional has strongly effects the mental health. Further researches should be conducted in the relevant field to assess its prevalence. In addition, certain effective interventions and seminars are needed to promote awareness related to current issue to prevent violence against women.

Interdependence between International Investment and Profitability of Indian Private Sector Banks: A Pragmatic Review

Appraising the Monetary effectiveness is one of the authoritative barometers to gauge the performance of private banks and it supports to conquer over the fierce & cut throat competition which in turn helps for sustainability in the long run. Through this study attempt has been made to evaluate the influence of Overseas Investment Strategy on the Financial Efficiency of Indian Banks (Private) and bring to light whether Foreign Participation has notable impact on it or not. The existing study is analytical and explanatory in nature and used both primary as well as secondary data from different sources like Govt. Body report, RBI annual report, Different Journals and on line data base. The collected data were analyzed through inferential statistical techniques like correlation, Multiple regression, f-test, t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) with the help of SPSS (18.0 versions). The study winded-up with remarks that there is no significant association among FDI and overall Financial efficiency of private sector banks including all the sub parameters like ROA, ROE, NII & NP This Study will helpful to the Authority, Indian private banks, RBI and Govt to take the remedial measures how the increased amount of FDI will be beneficial in inflating the profitability position of Indian Banks and to detect the underlying cause of non-effectiveness of FDI on Indian Banks (private).With more and more FDI inflows the Indian banking business may rise to a greater position and can achieve a better financial stability. FDI helps to achieve better profit making capability which can enhance the interest of investors and in turn reflected in more returns on equity investment in this sector. Hence, it is recommended that more & more FDI inflows should be encouraged in Indian banking sector (private) to place it a better position in the global ranking and to assure fiscal strength in India. The giveaway of this study can be perceived along three strands like Research, Policy and Practice and it is a modest attempt to apprehend the role played by offshore investment on the financial efficiency of private sector Banks of India.

Influence of FDI Policy on Financial Efficiency of Indian Public Insurance Companies: An Analytical Elucidation

Financial Efficiency is one of the important barometer for measuring the performance of Companies irrespective of their sector including insurance to attain their sustainability in the long run. Through this study attempt has been made to evaluate the influence of overseas Investment on the financial efficiency of Indian Insurers ( Public) and to find out whether Foreign Participation has remarkable impact on it or not. The existing study is analytical and descriptive in nature and used both primary as well as secondary data from different sources like Govt. Body report, IRDA annual report , Different Journals and on line data base. The collected data were analyzed through inferential statistical techniques like correlation, Multiple regression , f-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) with the help of SPSS (18.0 version). The study wind-up with remarks that there is a significant association among FDI and Financial aspect including all the sub parameters. This Study will helpful to the Policy maker, IRDA and Govt to take the remedial measures to attract more and more FDI in to the Indian Insurance Sector to make it more penetrated and deveeloped.. Hence, it is recommended that more FDI should be encouraged in Indian Insurance sector to place it a better position in the global ranking and to assure financial stability in India.

Bhushan Steel Limited : Leverage a Double Edge Sword

The Non Performing Assets (NPAs) of Banks is a matter of great concern. The gross bad debt of the Indian banking system was Rs. 7.11 trillion as on March 2016. The Bhushan Steel Ltd was in the first list of 12 Loan defaulters as on 31st March 2016 and had an outstanding loan of Rs. 44478 crore. SBI filed a claim against Bhushan Steel Limited under Insolvency and bankruptcy Code, 2016 to recover Rs. 4295 crore and $490 million foreign currency loan. So to know how the Bhushan Steel Ltd gone into bankruptcy proceedings the objective of the study is to analyzing the capital Structure, debt Structure and the financial position of the Bhushan Steel Ltd. Data for the study is taken from capital line data base from period 1992 to 2017 and from the article/research published in the websites. The objectives of the study have been achieved with the ratio analysis. The study finds that the three fourths of the Odisha plant of Rs. 19400 crore was funded through debt to increased steel production. The problem began to start during 2010-11 as its debt repayment outstanding become Rs. 1118 crore. The cash from operating activities was only Rs. 994 crore and the company could not be able to pay its debt obligations. This position become worst during 2013-14 as it repaid debt obligation of Rs. 3384 crores. Beside debt repayment the interest burden on the company reached up to Rs. 1663 crore with earning of Rs. 59 crore. The company could not come out from the debt trap. The profit and cash flow from operations was not enough to repay the loan with interest back to the loan providers. During this course of action the offering of bribe to the CMD of syndicate bank put the company in the back foot. In the case of Bhushan Steel Ltd there was absence of good governance that caused the company in to the insolvency process.

The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI): A global registry of scientific names of fossil organisms started

The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI) is a new global on–line data base [http://fossilplants.info/about] of fossil names of plants, algae, fungi, allied prokaryotic forms (formerly treated as algae and Сyanophyceae), algae–related protists and fossil microproblematica (so–called ‘ambiregnal’ organisms). IFPNI as a new platform provides an online, open–access, and community–generated registry of fossil plant nomenclature as a service to the global scientific community. One of the goals of the IFPNI was also to compile and maintain a comprehensive literature based record of these fossil scientific names and bank of author names in palaeobotany. IFPNI fulfils existed gap in modern systematic botany lacking comprehensive indices of fossil plant names.

Collagenolytic enzymes produced by fungi: a systematic review.

Specific proteases capable of degrading native triple helical or denatured collagen have been required for many years and have a large spectrum of applications. There are few complete reports that fully uncover production, characterization and purification of fungi collagenases. In this review, authors searched through four scientific on line data bases using the following keywords (collagenolytic OR collagenase) AND (fungi OR fungus OR fungal) AND (production OR synthesis OR synthesize) AND (characterization). Scientific criteria were adopted in this review to classify found articles by score (from 0 to 10). After exclusion criteria, 21 articles were selected. None obtained the maximum of 10 points defined by the methodology, which indicates a deficiency in studies dealing simultaneously with production, characterization and purification of collagenase by fungi. Among microorganisms studied the non-pathogenic fungi Penicillium aurantiogriseum and Rhizoctonia solani stood out in volumetric and specific collagenase activity. The only article found that made sequencing of a true collagenase showed 100% homology with several metalloproteinases fungi. A clear gap in literature about collagenase production by fungi was verified, which prevents further development in the area and increases the need for further studies, particularly full characterization of fungal collagenases with high specificity to collagen.

Towards a semantic wiki for human and animal cell lines

Wiki systems have emerged as a social network tool able to stimulate users to contribute to the collaborative building of a common knowledge base. Some of the specific aims of wikis for biology (bio-wikis) include collaborative efforts for the development and sharing of knowledge, the annotation of database contents, and the creation of database contents. Indeed, the increasing volumes of biological data cannot be adequately managed by the existing centralised databases and database curators. On the contrary, information and data must be exchanged by the whole community. Special features may be required to adapt to the specificity of biological data. Moreover, integration with the most relevant biological databases must be implemented. In this context, Semantic technologies promise to be of paramount relevance. In this abstract, we present a preliminary analysis for the implementation of a semantic wiki system for human and animal cell lines derived from the Cell Line Data Base (CLDB) and tightly connected to external relevant resources.

VAMDC as a Resource for Atomic and Molecular Data and the New Release of VALD

Abstract The Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC) is an EU-FP7 project devoted to build a common electronic infrastructure for the exchange and distribution of atomic and molecular data. Within VAMDC scientists from many different disciplines in atomic and molecular physics collaborate with users of their data and also with scientists and engineers from the information and communication technology community. In this presentation, an overview of the current status of VAMDC and its capabilities is provided. In the second part of the presentation I will focus on one of the databases which have become a part of the VAMDC platform, the Vienna Atomic Line Data Base (VALD). VALD has developed into a well-known resource of atomic data for spectroscopy, particularly in astrophysics. A new release, VALD-3, will provide numerous improvements over its predecessor. This particularly relates to the data contents where new sets of atomic data for both precision spectroscopy (i.e., with data for observed energy levels) as well as opacity calculations (i.e., with data involving predicted energy levels) have been included. Data for selected diatomic molecules have been added, and the new system for data distribution and data referencing provides more convenience in using the third release of VALD.

The Development of the Renewable Energy Technologies in Spain

This article examines the development of the four main renewable energy technologies (RET) in Spain in the latest years: biomass, small hydro (SH), solar photovoltaic (solar PV) and wind. It has been studied the variation of the work-ing time per MW installed available from the on line data base of Spanish National Commission on Energy (SNCE), in the national context and in each of the Autonomic Communities (AACC). We have also obtained the marginal cost curve of the global RE. The main conclusions of the study are that Spain is effective meeting the RE generation target but not efficient in costs and in short term it is not any RETs that can achieve competitive price comparing to the elec-trical market.

Validação de diagnósticos de enfermagem: tipos, modelos e componentes validados

The validation of nursing diagnosis is an important step for knowledge development and professional practice. This study aimed at identifying the patterns used in the validation process of nursing diagnoses, the types of validation applied and the components of diagnoses validated in the post graduation courses created in Brazil. It is a study of literature review, performed by means of search in on line data bases, utilizing a quantitative approach. The different steps of validation by different authors were observed and the prevalence was the one of contents and conjoined clinic. The authors name such processes after similar names. Fehring’s pattern was the most utilized methodological approach. The defining characteristics of the diagnosis constitute the greatest focus of analysis. It was concluded that the post graduation investment in that kind of study is recent, as from 1994; it is also small and presents methodological diversity, which makes it difficult to adopt a validation methodology of nursing diagnoses. Key words: Nursing Diagnoses; Validation studies; Nursing.

Cell Line Data Base: structure and recent improvements towards molecular authentication of human cell lines

The Cell Line Data Base (CLDB) is a well-known reference information source on human and animal cell lines including information on more than 6000 cell lines. Main biological features are coded according to controlled vocabularies derived from international lists and taxonomies. HyperCLDB (http://bioinformatics.istge.it/hypercldb/) is a hypertext version of CLDB that improves data accessibility by also allowing information retrieval through web spiders. Access to HyperCLDB is provided through indexes of biological characteristics and navigation in the hypertext is granted by many internal links. HyperCLDB also includes links to external resources. Recently, an interest was raised for a reference nomenclature for cell lines and CLDB was seen as an authoritative system. Furthermore, to overcome the cell line misidentification problem, molecular authentication methods, such as fingerprinting, single-locus short tandem repeat (STR) profile and single nucleotide polymorphisms validation, were proposed. Since this data is distributed, a reference portal on authentication of human cell lines is needed. We present here the architecture and contents of CLDB, its recent enhancements and perspectives. We also present a new related database, the Cell Line Integrated Molecular Authentication (CLIMA) database (http://bioinformatics.istge.it/clima/), that allows to link authentication data to actual cell lines.

Incidence, Outcomes, and SNP Genotypes Show Different Ethnic Association in Patients with Myeloma, Assessed in SWOG and ECOG Clinical Trials S9321 and E9486: From the Bank on a Cure.

Bank On A CureTM is a collaborative project initiated with the International Myeloma Foundation to develop a DNA bank through international cooperation. The Bank provides a resource for the development of cooperative partnerships to assess genetic associations with disease etiology and outcomes. It is well established that genetic variation can have a significant ethnic association, and such variations may account for differences in disease incidence and outcomes. Indeed, African Americans have historically shown a 2.5–3 fold increase population incidence of myeloma compared to the Caucasian population. We have identified a number of potentially biologically relevant genetic variants that show significant differences in ethnic distribution. Using both clinical trials as well as the Coriel [normal] cell line data base, we find in all three cases the same highly significant differences (Fishers Exact Test) between African Americans and Caucasians in functionally relevant genetic polymorphisms, as represented by E9486 univariate analysis of IL-6 (p<.00001), LT-a (p<.0001), ERCC312 (p<.0001), XRCC399 (p=.006), IL-1RA (p<.00001), GST-M (p=.0008), and ERCC751 (p<.02). Subsequently, from trial S9321 we have found differences in a number of clinical outcomes associated with ethnicity. When toxicities between Caucasians and African Americans were examined, similar severe toxicity rates were noted after VAD induction related to neuropathies, nausea, and bone pain; whereas statistically significant differences were noted for infection rates, hyperglycemia, fatigue, dyspnea, and thrombosis (p<.04). During high dose melphalan treatment toxicities were not statistically different. Because significant association between IL-6 genotype and ethnicity was noted, we also examined serum levels of sIL-6R and CRP, available from trial E9486. African Americans patients show significantly lower sIL-6R levels compared to Caucasian patients (mean 149 vs 213 ng/ml; p<.0001). Interestingly, there is a significant association between IL-6 SNP genotype and sIL-6R distribution, with the high IL-6 producer GG genotype (in 90% African Americans) having the lowest sIL-6R compared to the CC or CG genotypes (p=.02). Regression analysis of IL-6 SNP and ethnicity on sIL-6R reveals that ethnicity is significantly associated with sIL-6R distribution after adjustment for IL-6 SNP genotype (p=.001) but not vice versa (p=.91), indicating the association of IL-6 SNP genotype with sIL-6R is due to its association with ethnicity. Together the data demonstrate that while associations may result from co-segregation of ethnic genotypes, they may influence disease risk and outcomes related to important genetic factors distributed unequally in different ethnic populations. Such differences may, for example, alter IL-6 responses. Further, multivariate analysis will be developed. Validation of genotype associations found in different ethnic populations will be an important consideration in evaluating myeloma etiology and outcomes.

Development of Calculation Method for Radiative Heat Transfer in an Infrared-active Gas with Narrow-Band Nonuniformity and Its Examination Based on an Absorption Line Data Base (In Case of a Mixed Gases Field Including H2O and CO2)

It is necessary to consider the interrelation of absorption coefficients of emitting side and absorbing side when we carry out numerical predictions of radiative heat transfer through infrared-active gases. If we utilize the combination of a wide-band model and a narrow-band model for dealing with radiative heat transfer through a infrared-active gas that has remarkable narrow band nonumiformity, we have to consider the interrelation of absorption coefficient not only about the representative value within a narrow band but also about the fine structure in a narrow band. Calculation method for radiative transfer in nonisothermal field is constructed considering narrow band nonuniformity. It is compared with line-by-line calculation based on absorption line database HITEMP, and its validity is confirmed.

Development of Calculation Method for Radiative Heat Transfer in an Infrared-active Gas with Narrow-Band Nonuniformity and Its Examination Based on an Absorption Line Data Base (In Case of a Nonisothermal Field Including a Single Infrared-Active Gas)

This paper proposes a rational, explicit and practicable approach for incorporating the spectral non-uniformity of absorption coefficient within a narrow band into a nongray analysis of radiative heat transfer in a nonisothermal field including a single infrared-active species. In the development of this new approach, attention is paid to securing rationality and explicitness even when the approach is applied to nonisothermal fields. This aim is achieved based on the fact that the line center of each absorption line does not move even if the gas temperature varies. Validity of the proposed approach is examined in detail trough comparison of the results obtained by the proposed approach with the results of line-by-line analysis base on a high-resolution database of absorption lines. It was confirmed in a typical nonisothermal field that the proposed approach can properly incorporate the influence of narrow band non-uniformity into a nongray analysis of radiative heat transfer in a nonisothermal field including a single infrared-active species.

Self-absorption model in quantitative laser induced breakdown spectroscopy measurements on soils and sediments

Application of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) in the quantitative analysis of elemental composition of soils with different origins and Antarctic marine sediments has been considered. The analytical method followed includes the usual plasma modeling at local thermal equilibrium (LTE) based on average temperature and electron density values, as well as spectra normalization, introduced in order to reduce the effects related both to the substrate optical and thermal properties and to the influence of laser parameters on quantitative data. The computational algorithm takes into account only atomic species and their first ionization states, which is sufficient at the plasma temperature measured in the experiments. Calibration curves are finally generated for each element of interest measured on certified samples with different provenience and matrix composition. In this paper a model is developed which takes into account the effects responsible for non-linearities in the relationship between line intensity and elemental concentration. The model properly includes line re-absorption and contributions from space regions with different plasma densities. Its application permits us to obtain the correlation coefficients between the LIBS measured and certified concentration of each element analyzed. These coefficients, specific for a given experimental layout and atomic lines data base, are successively applied in analytical LIBS measurements allowing for the direct determination of a single element concentration in any sample, regardless of its unknown matrix composition. The LIBS method presented here was tested on a priori unknown samples, and gave uncertainties in concentration varying from 15 to 40% over a large concentration range covering several orders of magnitude. The measuring error depends on element type, on the concentration value and also on the number of certified samples used for the initial calibration. The present results are already significant for some field application, such as on-board marine sediment analysis where a significant matrix variation with layer depth is common.

VALD–2: Progress of the Vienna Atomic Line Data Base

We describe the updated version of the “Vienna Atomic Line Data Base” (VALD, Piskunov et al. 1995) which represents a considerable improvement over the first installation from 1994. The original line lists have been complemented with critically evaluated data obtained from experimental measurements and theoretical calculations which are necessary for computing state-of-the-art line opacities in stellar atmospheres, as well as for synthesizing spectra for high precision analyses. In this paper, we present new and improved data sets for neutral species and ions of Si, P, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Y, Zr, Ru, Xe, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Re, Pt, Au, Hg, and Pb. For some species data are available in VALD for the first time. We explain our choice of quality rankings by reviewing the literature for the new data and by comparison with source lists included into VALD. For some cases, we produced new line data by weighted averaging of data from different sources with individual error estimates in order to increase the reliability of VALD line lists. Software modifications allow remote users of VALD to specify individual extraction parameters as an alternative to the default settings of the VALD team and to have direct control over the quality ranking of line data. A World–Wide–Web interface is described which provides easy access to all new features. To simplify proper crediting of all authors of atomic data, VALD now includes a compilation of all publications used in each type of reply. Finally, we briefly discuss the future roadmap of VALD developments, including the incorporation of molecular transitions and integration with external data bases.

The Vienna Atomic Line Data Base – a Status Report

Atomic transition parameters are of fundamental importance for many aspects of astrophysical research. But this information is spread over an enormous variety of publications in the fields of, e.g., applied and atomic physics, chemistry, and astronomy. Moreover, they differ in parameters listed and physical units used, as well as in their relative and absolute accuracy. This unfortunate situation led us to create a set of both critically evaluated and more homogeneous lists of astrophysically important atomic transition parameters and of supporting extraction software.This new data base is called the “Vienna Atomic Line Data Base” (VALD) and contains about 600000 entries for spectral lines with measured energy levels. VALD includes tools for extracting data and references which are particularly suitable for astrophysical applications such as spectrum synthesis and model atmosphere calculations. They are described in papers by Piskunov et al (1995) and Kupka et al (1999).We describe in this paper the structure of VALD, present a summary of all available data sets, explain our ranking procedure, in particular for the case of recent data on Fe I and Fe II, and comment briefly on the specific retrieval tools. The electronic-mail interface VALD–EMS allows remote access to VALD and is now extended by the WWW interfaces: http://www.astro.univie.ac.at/~vald and http://www.astro.uu.se/~vald

NCI-Navy Medical Oncology Branch cell line data base.

The cell line data base described in this paper includes both clinical information about the patients from whom the cell lines were derived and information about the in vitro analyses performed of the cell lines. The cell line data base has evolved as a part of a systematic effort by a research group at the NCI since 1976 to generate human cell lines as biological tools to study cancer and other diseases. The cell lines were generated from clinical specimens obtained as part of a series of Institutional Review Board-approved clinical protocols. The preponderance of the data is on lung cancer cell lines, though a broad range of other cancers are represented. A bank of over 300 human cell lines including cancer cell and in some instances autologous B-lymphoblastoid cells from the NCI-VA and NCI-Navy Medical Oncology Branch are reposited at the American Type Culture Collection. The cell lines are available for the research community. The entire data base is available on the American Type Culture Collection Web Site (WWW:http:@www.atcc.org/).

Cruising the Internet Highway: A Wealth of Information for Interior Design Educators

ISSUE: A diversity of useful electronic information is available to interior design educators on the Internet. APPLICATION: Interior design educators and practitioners can use their computers and terminals to find electronically stored information that is useful for lectures and presentations, course reading materials, advising, research, and travel. GOAL: The Internet may be used to improve the efficiency of acquiring information for teaching and research. DESCRIPTION: The Internet is a vast electronic network that has been developing for the last 20 years and it is becoming more user–friendly with more data useful to design and education than in years past. It is becoming a very valuable information source for educators from all disciplines, and it is free through most school computer networks. CONCLUSION: Learning how to use the Internet can save a teacher time, money, and energy. An electronic search through the world's finest libraries takes hours instead of days and can reveal references that might be missed in a manual search. To find travel information an educator can sit in an office and search on–line data bases. There is no need to walk or drive to the library. Telecommuting can become a reality, leaving more time for interaction with students. Summary Interior designers within the university community need to keep in step with today's changing technology as we move ahead into the twenty–first entury. The Internet is one area of technology that has the potential to improve the job environment and performance of all educators. Email messages and text files can be sent to research colleagues and friends in other parts of the United States and in other countries with no cost and very little time (minutes instead of days). In three to five minutes a listing of scheduled art exhibits of a museum can be downloaded and run off for students. Electronic pictures can be obtained for multimedia presentations within 30 minute. In the future even faster ways to gather information from the Internet will be provided. There is a down side to using the Internet. Often university systems become so clogged with users that logging on to explore is impossible. Occasionally remote systems “hang (stop working) and an explorer has to restart a search. The learning curve is steep, especially for people who have little experience with computers. It is an understatement to say that the system is not yet user friendly. In addition, there are so many servers on line that it is sometimes difficult to find the one with needed information. Figure 4 lists a menu of server locations. Selecting number 6, “California Gophers, revealed 114 server sites. This diversity, however, is also an indicator of the value of the Internet. The enormous body of information already available makes learning to access the Internet a very valuable tool for knowledge acquisition.

L'exploitation statistique des données administratives : l'exemple de la base informatique de l'OFPRA

ЛАЙ-PAUL OfttMY, LUC LIOOUX The on line data base on the asylum seekers in France has been set up in 1989, for the purpose of making easier the handling of the (at that time) overwhelming application forms, and thus shortening the delay for their processing. In order to give the fastest possible access to the data, the only informations kept in the individual records are the demographic characteristics of the applicants, and the last decision about the request or the last step of its processing. Thus, by updating any record, one deletes most of the data pertaining to the previous steps of this processing. In this paper, we describe the procedures we have designed for the building, updating, and procesing of an offline SAS data base, in which the whole case histories are recorded and can be used for statistical analysis.