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Alka Bhargava , Anubha Srivastava , V. Kumbhare

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The antifungal activity of polyphenolic complex (PC) of Acacia nilotica bark on Fusarium oxysporum was tested at 50%, 25% and 10% dilution by measuring the mycelial growth. The extract of 50% concentration showed maximum growth inhibition (56%) as compared to control. The phytochemical analysis of bark extract showed presence of phenols, flavones, tannins and glycosides in the PC. Total phenols and tannin content in the dried bark sample were found to 9.86 g and 13.40 g and total flavonols and total o-dihydric phenols including chiorogenic acid were only 0.0025 g and 0.013 g per 100 g. The antifungal activity of the bark has been attributed to the presence of polyphenolic substances.

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Anubha Srivastava ¹

Affiliations
1 Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana, IN

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The aim of the present study is to compare the levels of depression, anxiety and quality of life among diabetic and asthmatic patients. Asthma and diabetes are chronic conditions and were considered earlier as having a psychosomatic origin. In the past, prominent psychoanalysts such as Menninger (1935) and Dunbar (1936) claimed that diabetes was a part of psychosomatic disease caused by emotional stress. Diabetes like other chronic medical conditions constitutes a source of stress to sufferers and, as such, affects their quality of life (Rubin et al., 1999). Psychiatric morbidity among asthmatics has also been extensively studied worldwide. The purpose of this investigation was to identify psychiatric morbidity among diabetic patients as compared to asthmatics and their QOL. So, this study was planned to assess the presence of anxiety and depression, if any, and to see their effect on the overall quality of life of people with diabetes and asthma. The sample size is 60 in total, where 30 diabetic and 30 asthmatic patients from different medical hospitals of Raipur and Chandigarh has been taken for the study through purposive sampling. The tools used for assessing the variables are Beck depression inventory (BDI), State trait anxiety inventory (STAI), Quality of life (WHOOL-BRIEF). Findings revealed that there is a negative correlation between quality of life, depression and anxiety in both the groups which means that with increase in severity of the level of depression and anxiety there will be poor quality of life but our findings also suggested that there is significant relationship between depression and quality of life where as no such significance has been observed between anxiety and quality of life it may be due to the reason that diabetics had to depend on lifelong medication and regular medical check-up which is not the case with the asthmatics thus it might be the reason for no significant relationship. Both the groups are of equal severity and life threatening. These patients are just taking pharmacological treatment without any awareness regarding their psychiatric co morbidity so; our study can be useful for the implementation and betterment of these groups.

Keywords

Diabetes, Asthma, Depression, Anxiety, Quality of Life.

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Manjula Shastri ¹, Anubha Srivastava ²

Affiliations
1 Amity Business School
2 Jerpah Group Solo, ID

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Abstract– The most critical factor in the financial world is to understand the sentiments and perception of investors towards the day to day trading on Indian Exchange. As there are many studies beingcarried out on the equity market, currency market and commodity market. One needs to expand the base of their substantial research. For this, a study on derivatives market was taken place. In this paper various aspects are elucidated, for instance, history of Indian Derivatives Market; category of products offered by National Stock Exchange and Bombay stock Exchange; determinants that postulate the immense growth in derivatives segment; measurement of volatility by using Arithmetic Price Change Method and Logarithm Price Change Method for SENSEX and NIFTY; mapping down the strategies used by low-volatile portfolios and depicting the factors affecting investor’s sentiments. The purpose of the study is to find out the perception of investors towards derivative market.

Keywords

Derivative Market, Growth in Derivative Market, Investor’s Perception, Type of Products Offered, Volatility.

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Fahmeeda Zaidi ¹, Anubha Srivastava ²

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Shibli National P.G. College, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, IN
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Shri Agrasen Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, IN

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Because many mothers lack the time or energy to figure out why they are feeling so horrible, they internalize their feelings and endeavor to do their best every day. Motherhood is a demanding undertaking, especially for working women who face numerous challenges while raising their children. Working mothers' mental and physical health suffers as a result of excessive employment. Working mothers are at a higher risk to experience stress, exhaustion, anxiety, and depression, according to numerous research. This study aims to compare the mental health among working and non-working mothers. In this study six dimensions of mental health namely Positive self-evaluation, Perception of reality, Integration of personality, Autonomy, Group-oriented attitudes, and Environmental mastery were analyzed. For this purpose, 200 mothers (100 working mothers & 100 non-working mothers) have been taken and they were assessed using the Mental Health Inventory (Jagdish & Srivastava). Data was analyzed with the help of SPSS Statistical package (20.0v). Mean and t-test was employed for the calculation of analysis needed for the sample. As a result, significant difference was obtained in mental health among working and non-working mothers. Non-working mothers have shown superior mental health in comparison to working mothers.

Keywords

mental health, mothers, working, non-working

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