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A simple device for measuring skin friction in vivo is described. The frictional coefficient of normal Indian skin and the effect of hydration and application of talc and glycerol on the frictional coefficient and also the friction of ichthyotic skin have been determined with its help. The average value of friction of friction of normal India skin at forearm is found to be 0.41 +- 0.08, the hydration raises the value to 0.71 +- 0.11 and the effect of glycerol is also to school it up to 0.70+- 0.05, almost equal to that of water. The effect of talc however is opposite and its application lowers the friction to 0.21+-0.07. The mean coeff of friction for ichthyotic skin is found to be 0.21+- 0.0.5, which closely agrees with talc-treated normal skin. A good positive correlation (p

A series of cyclic voltammograms were conducted by varying the sweep potential between -1 and +1.2 V of copper oxide (CuO) mixed with graphite paste. In the first anodic cycle one anodic peak was observed and in the reverse cycle two cathodic peaks appear. The peaks increase in height after consequent cycles. It was observed that in different solvent systems these trends are similar with slight changes in the potential and current density values. The above result indicates the reaction to proceed through a two electrons process. Various parameters like scan rate, scan reversal, concentration, pH, etc. were studied in both aqueous and non-aqueous solvent systems. The voltammograms obtained indicate the quasi reversible nature of copper oxide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the present study was to construct a tool to measure academic engagement among school students and to test the tool's usability. An exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted in this tool construction. The processes include - conceptualization and generation of items with five-point responses, relevant judgement of these items, item validity and identification of factor hierarchical structure, determining psychometric properties of tool. The study was done based on 401 adolescent school students of Tripura state of India, selected through purposive sampling technique and statistical analyses was done using IBM SPSS 22.The S-CVI results show .87 ( S-CVI/average) which indicates high content validity of overall academic engagement scale. EFA on this scale reveals a) initiation, b) Maintaining attention, c)using engagement strategy d) exploration e) Outcome Analysis f)Persistence g) Disengagement Strategy making h) valence in academic process as 8 components among 49 items. Two second order components 'Perceived valence of academic process' and 'execution' were extracted from these eight factors. Satisfactory Internal consistency of 8 principal components using Cronbach Alpha (.632 -.768) were found. The tool is effective in assessing the academic engagement of adolescent school students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Identification and community based interventions of stigma are essential aspects of mental health. Considering this context, on the basis of theoretical conceptualization of stigma related to mental illness and current socio-cultural scenario, we attempted to construct a Bengali standardized scale to measure 'mental illness stigma in general population'. Initially, content of the fifty seven items were generated from experts' opinions under the domains of three components of stigma- 'stereotypes (cognitive knowledge structures), evoked emotions and attitudinal/behavioural consequences' with three point rating response category using vignettes(depicting any psychiatric disorder, here schizophrenia was considered). Then the scale was administered on 522 Bengali speaking, graduate participates (age range 25-40 years)for item analysis processes. Finally, 54 items were retained considering significant item total correlation and explored under components using exploratory factor analysis. Satisfactory test retest and internal consistency reliability were found for all domains of newly developed stigma scale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective Data Sources and Study Setting Study Design Data Collection/Extraction Methods Principal Findings Conclusions To examine differential changes in receipt of surgery at National Cancer Institute (NCI)‐designated comprehensive cancer centers (NCI‐CCC) and Commission on Cancer (CoC) accredited hospitals for patients with cancer more likely to be newly eligible for coverage under Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance expansions, relative to those less likely to have been impacted by the ACA.Pennsylvania Cancer Registry (PCR) for 2010–2019 linked with discharge records from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4).Outcomes include whether cancer surgery was performed at an NCI‐CCC or a CoC‐accredited hospital. We conducted a difference‐in‐differences analysis, estimating linear probability models for each outcome that control for residence in a county with above median county‐level pre‐ACA uninsurance and the interaction between county‐level baseline uninsurance and cancer treatment post‐ACA to capture differential changes in access between those more and less likely to become newly eligible for insurance coverage (based on area‐level proxy). All models control for age, sex, race and ethnicity, cancer site and stage, census‐tract level urban/rural residence, Area Deprivation Index, and year‐ and county‐fixed effects.We identified adults aged 26–64 in PCR with prostate, lung, or colorectal cancer who received cancer‐directed surgery and had a corresponding surgery discharge record in PHC4.We observe a differential increase in receiving care at an NCI‐CCC of 6.2 percentage points (95% CI: 2.6–9.8; baseline mean = 9.8%) among patients in high baseline uninsurance areas (p = 0.001). Our estimate of the differential change in care at the larger set of CoC hospitals is positive (3.9 percentage points [95% CI: −0.5‐8.2; baseline mean = 73.7%]) but not statistically significant (p = 0.079).Our findings suggest that insurance expansions under the ACA were associated with increased access to NCI‐CCCs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Think Tank is a collaborative venture that brings together interventional cardiologists, administrative partners, and select members of the cardiovascular industry community annually for high-level field-wide discussions. The 2021 Think Tank was organized into four parallel sessions reflective of the field of interventional cardiology: (a) coronary intervention, (b) endovascular medicine, (c) structural heart disease, and (d) congenital heart disease. Each session was moderated by a senior content expert and co-moderated by a member of SCAI's Emerging Leader Mentorship program. This document presents the proceedings to the wider cardiovascular community in order to enhance participation in this discussion, create additional dialog from a broader base, and thereby aid SCAI, the industry community and external stakeholders in developing specific action items to move these areas forward., (© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)