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Introduction: Good Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) encompasses complete physical, mental, and social well-being in all matters related to the reproductive system. Access to accurate information is crucial for maintaining SRH. Adequate knowledge and perception regarding sexual health play a vital role in reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), teenage or unwanted pregnancies, and empowering individuals against sexual violence. Aim: To evaluate the knowledge and perception of sexual health and associated factors among college students in Perinthalmanna, Malappuram District, Kerala. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 540 students from January to April 2022 among 540 students attending MES Arts and Science College in Perinthalmanna, Malappuram District, Kerala, India. A semistructured questionnaire was used to assess their demographic details, knowledge, and perception regarding sexual health. The Chi-square test and Independent t-test were employed, and multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify independent predictors, including the students' academic qualification, educational status of their mothers, and prior information on sexual health. Results: The respondents were predominantly male (60.4%), with a mean age of 19.32±1.262 years. The majority (95.4%) were undergraduate students, while 4.6% were postgraduate students. Muslims accounted for the majority of respondents (83%), followed by Hindus (14.6%). More than 90% of the participants were unmarried. Approximately 60% of the respondents’ mothers and 51% of the fathers had a high school education. Out of 540 respondents, 487 (90.2%) reported having obtained information on sexual health. Friends (41.7%) were the most preferred sources of information. The mean score for respondents’ knowledge was 3.79±1.3, and the mean score for perception was 31.26±4.5. Being a postgraduate student (p=0.035), having a higher educational status of the mother (p=0.034), and prior information on sexual health (p

Background Digitalization, information, and communication technology usage is increasing. The younger generation is vulnerable to cybercrimes. This study was planned to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice related to cybercrimes among college students across Kerala.

Keywords: Microfinance, Financial Inclusion, Double Bottom Line, Social Performance, Financial Regulation Poverty and Financial exclusion are the greatest challenges facing an emerging economy like India. Many countries, including India, had implemented subsidised credit to irradicate poverty, which only increased the NPA (Non-Performing Assets). MFIs (Microfinance Institutions) were formed to bridge the gap between the formal financial sector and the financially excluded. Social commitment forms one of the basic characteristics of the MFIs, and now its scope is broadening to social performance. However, like any other organisation, to continue their operations in the long run, financial sustainability is a key determinant for MFIs. Thus, the double bottom line commitments imply balancing financial and social performance. Certain developments in recent years brought a fresh focus on the problem of regulation in the field of microfinance. In the present scenario, the Indian MFI sector is largely unregulated. In India, a variety of legal forms of MFIs are found like NBFC-MFIs (Non-Banking Financial Companies-Microfinance Institutions), NBFCs, SHGs (Self Help Groups), Society, NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations), Trusts, and Sec. 8 Company, etc., among which the lion's share goes to NBFC-MFIs/NBFCs. The paper analyses the double bottom-line performance of MFIs in India using secondary data of Indian MFIs extracted from various reports of Sa-Dhan, the World Bank, and the RBI (Reserve Bank of India). The paper also attempts to highlight the need for a regulatory body to guide, supervise and regulate different players in the Indian MFI sector.

Garcinia gummi-gutta is valued for its dried fruit rind used as a souring agent in traditional cuisine and for the extraction of natural hydroxy citric acid (HCA) in the formulation of anti-obesity nutraceuticals. The species is widely distributed in Kerala State but is not yet an economically profitable crop in the region. Promising germplasm screening based on the fruit mass traits of 180 trees was performed leading to the selection of 35 candidates plus trees (CPTs) characterized by the fewest fruits to weigh 1 kg (i.e., the largest fruits) with two fruit bearing seasons. Fruit mass data of 35 CPTs showed significant (P

Introduction: Mercer and Reynolds defined empathy as the ability to understand the patient’s situation, perspective, and feelings, communicate that understanding, check its accuracy, and act on that understanding with the patient in a helpful way. Clinical empathy is shown to boost patient’s feelings of satisfaction, which helps with compliance. The results of earlier research have been mostly contradictory, with some studies demonstrating an increase in empathy and others showing no change or a decline. Aim: To assess clinical empathy among medical students and to study the associated factors with it. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Community Medicine, MES Medical College, Perinthalmanna, Malappuram, Kerala, India, over a duration of four months from December 2018 to April 2019. The english version of Jefferson Scale of Empathy-S questionnaire (JSE-S) was used to assess clinical empathy. The JSE is a self-administered inventory that contains 20 questions, half of which were negatively phrased, while the other half were positively phrased. The students were asked to mark one out of seven options provided on a Likert scale in response to each item. The scale was reversed for negatively phrased items. Permission to use the questionnaire was obtained. The data collected was coded and entered in MS Excel and analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0. Baseline characteristics of the study subjects were explained in terms of frequency, percentage, mean and SD. Appropriate statistical techniques including t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were applied to compare the means of two independent groups and more than two independent groups respectively. Pearson’s correlation test was applied to study the relation between two quantitative variables, age and empathy score. The p-value

Background: Globally, cancer is the leading cause of death, which causes 10 million deaths yearly. Clinically, several drugs are used in treatment but due to drug resistance and multidrug resistance, there occurs a failure in the cancer treatment., Objectives: The present review article is a comprehensive review of pyrazole and pyrimidine hybrids as potential anticancer agents., Methods: The review comprises more than 60 research works done in this field. The efficiency of the reported pyrazolopyrimidine fused heterocyclic with their biological data and the influence of the structural aspects of the molecule have been discussed., Results: This review highlighted pyrazolo-pyrimidines as targeted anticancer agents with effect on multiple targets., Conclusion: The review will be helpful for the researchers involved in targeted drugs for cancer therapy for designing new scaffolds with pyrazolo-pyrimidine moieties., (Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net.)