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Objectives: Problematic substance use is one of the most stigmatized health conditions leading research to examine how the labels and models used to describe it influence public stigma. Two recent studies examine whether beliefs in a disease model of addiction influence public stigma but result in equivocal findings--in line with the mixed-blessings model, Kelly et al. (2021) found that while the label "chronically relapsing brain disease" reduced blame attribution, it decreased prognostic optimism and increased perceived danger and need for continued care; however, Rundle et al. (2021) conclude absence of evidence. This study isolates the different factors used in these two studies to assess whether health condition (drug use vs. health concern), etiological label (brain disease vs. problem), and attributional judgment (low vs. high treatment stability) influence public stigma toward problematic substance use. Method: Overall, 1,613 participants were assigned randomly to one of the eight vignette conditions that manipulated these factors. They completed self-report measures of discrete and general public stigma and an indirect measure of discrimination. Results: Greater social distance, danger, and public stigma but lower blame were ascribed to drug use relative to a health concern. Greater (genetic) blame was reported when drug use was labeled as a "chronically relapsing brain disease" relative to a "problem." Findings for attributional judgment were either inconclusive or statistically equivalent. Discussion: The labels used to describe problematic substance use appear to impact discrete elements of stigma. We suggest that addiction is a functional attribution, which may explain the mixed literature on the impact of etiological labels on stigma to date. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the ever-expanding landscape of academic research, bibliometrics has emerged as a powerful tool to analyse and understand the scholarly output within a specific field. By harnessing the power of data, bibliometric studies provide valuable insights into publication trends, citation patterns and collaborative publishing models. Bibliometric analysis provides valuable quantitative insights, for use in conjunction with qualitative assessment and peer review to obtain a comprehensive understanding of research impact and quality. The article delved into a bibliometric review of research articles of 50 years of Indian Journal of Criminology from 19/3 to 2022 to explore how bibliometric analysis shed light on the growth and development of this esteemed journal over half a century. The study's analysis the patterns and characteristics Of 646 research papers and 948 contributors and revealed that 890/ references cited across all papers, with the highest reference cited. Out of the seventeen countries examined, India was found to publish the most articles, with 88./1% contributors. The study found that N. Pitchandi the first of editor of the journal provided immense contribution by editing 16 volumes over fifty years and S.M. Diaz contributed to a significant highest (1/) research papers, the rise in citations and publications each year showed a wider scope for research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Visible light photocatalysis by semiconductor nanomaterials is one of the promising methods due to its sustainable nature and cost effectiveness. Co-doping in TiO2 by metal as well as non-metal ion is an effective way to make it an efficient visible light photocatalyst. In this work, highly competent nanostructured Ta/N-TiO2 has been standardised by following sequential trials on series of tantalum and nitrogen co-doped TiO2 and characterised by PXRD, UV-Vis-DRS, SEM-EDAX, TEM and XPS. Diffuse reflectance-UV-Vis spectroscopy (UV-Vis-DRS) of the particles revealed that optical band gaps were decreasing only up to 20 mol% of the Ta content. It was observed, the doping percentage of Ta was found to significantly control the extent of N incorporation into the particles. Sunlight stimulated photocatalytic dye degradation experiments were performed over aqueous methylene blue (MB) and the Ta/N co-doped TiO2 particles containing 20 mol% of Ta displayed the paramount photocatalytic activity. Photocatalytic disinfection also performed over E. coli, S. aureus and Bacillus employing 20 mol% of Ta/N-TiO2. Significant amount of inhibition found in E. coli and S. aureus and possible killing mechanism are discussed in 'Result and discussion' section. The co-doped TiO2 has dual advantage to act both as a visible light active photocatalyst and antibacterial agent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The central library of National Law University Delhi has rich collection of law e-books from various publishers. These e-books were available to the faculty and students through different publisher platforms and it was difficult to find them subject-wise. Library is currently using LIBSYS-7 automation software. The paper depicts detailed experiment carried out to weave these e-books into library catalogue through LIBSYS-7. The whole technical process is described step by step and searching e-books through OPAC. The e-books can be searched subject-wise along-with print books and their full text can be downloaded through OPAC. This experiment establishes library catalogue as core source of information of all library resources. Users get benefitted to a great extent in finding their desired e-book through library catalogue. Other libraries having rich e-book collection may adopt this practice for the benefit of their end-users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Plagiarism is a very serious issue especially in the digital age of information revolution where the intellectual assets of others can easily be used by the simple click of a mouse. But the phenomenon that 'Life by itself searches the way of Living' is the best example of introduction of plagiarism checking and preventing mechanism to protect intellectual assets. This article gives an overview of a number of plagiarism software available in commercial platform as well as free to use available in open access/public domain. At the same time, the article overwhelms a brief survey among different level of clientele of National Law University, Delhi, accessing various points-of-view to check awareness and applicability of plagiarism mechanism used in the University to enhance quality in education and research activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The growth of electronic repositories (e-repositories) has been found remarkable in facilitating global open access to legal scholarship. Legal repositories are evolved as reference tool by the law schools to manage legal scholarship, working paper series, peer reviewed articles and other kinds of learning objects. These kinds of services; developed over a decade, improve the visibility and sustainability of scholarly produced literature, and help in winding information gaps between information rich and information poor researchers.The article traces the initiatives in support of open access to scholarly literature and examines how e-repositories improve communication access and bridges channels for legal scholarship. The article finds that certain primary crucial points like policy and standards, perceivable formats, accessibility and management of rights for digital materials, economic facts should be considered before implementing e-repositories. The study concludes that internationally there are number of initiatives supporting institutional and disciplinary repositories in support of legal scholarship, but lack in developing countries like India where no single law institution has approached the repository route of open access publishing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Jalili syndrome (JS) (MIM#217080) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the comorbid appearance of cone-rod dystrophy (CORD) and amelogenesis imperfecta (AI). JS is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder caused by different mutations, all with a linkage at achromatopsia locus 2 q11 on the metal transporter gene CNNM4. The case report presented here describes JS with distinct phenotypic variations such as situs inversus totalis (SIT) along with additional ophthalmic findings such as keratoconus and ectopia lentis. It is the first case of JS reported from the Indian subcontinent, affecting a male patient of Muslim faith from an area having high fluoride levels in the ground water. A positive history of consanguineous marriage among his family members of past generations was also evident. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]