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Shweta Singh , R. D. Dixit , T. R. Sahu

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Pteridophytes form the dominant part of ground vegetation during rainy season. Total number of 14 families, 19 genera and 30 species of pteridophytes have been reported on the basis of published literature, herbarium consultation (BSA) and collections made by the author (Shweta Singh) from the area under report. The dominant families are Thelypteridaceae (6 Species) and Polypodiaceae (3 Species) respectively. Sanjay National Park consists of dense moist deciduous Sal forest. Madhuca and Diospyros species are also abundantly found in the Park. Dryopteris cochleata (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) C. Chr. occurs as common fern in the park. The species of Adiantum L., Selaginella P. Beauv., Tectaria Cav., and Dryopteris Adanson are medicinally used by local people in the area.

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Shweta Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, V.B.S.Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, UP, IN

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Happiness does not lie in the objects of enjoyment because happiness is a state of mind. Happiness is a pleasant emotion made out of contentment, love, joy, inner peace and fulfillment. The aim of the present paper is to explain the concept of 'Happiness' in Indian perspective. Vedas are describe the happiness with so many different ways like astrology, moksha or mukti etc. This paper tries to expalin all these expalnations of the happiness.

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Manvendra Singh ¹, Ramji Gupta ², B. C. Andhare ¹, Shweta Singh ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, VARANASI (U.P.), IN
2 Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, C.S. A. University of Agriculture and Technology, KANPUR (U.P.), IN
3 Warner School of Food and Dairy Technology, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, ALLAHABAD (U.P.), IN

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Shrikhand is a semi-soft, sweetish sour, whole milk product prepared from lactis fermented curd, the curd is partially strained through a muslin cloth to remove the whey and thus, produce a solid mass called chakka. This chakka is mixed with the required amount of sugar to yield Shrikhand. This is very popular in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. The buffalo milk was standardized to three fat levels i.e. 4 per cent (F₁), 5 per cent (F₂) and 6 per cent (F₃). During the preparation of Shrikhand three levels of sugar i.e. 30 per cent (S₁), 40 per cent (S₂) and 50 per cent (S₃) was added and then the Shrikhand was put in plastic cups and earthen pots. The experiment was laid in CRD with three replication. The impact of all treatment individually and their interaction was studied on sensory quality of Shrikhand. The results of present investigation useful information of productive utility. Fat (6 %) resulted in providing best flavour in Shrikhand and for sugar the treatment S₂ scored the highest value. Among the various treatment combinations F₃S₂ resulted in excellent flavour of Shrikhand. The maximum score of body and texture was recorded for fat at 6 per cent, sugar 40 per cent level. F₃S₂ resulted in excellent body and texture score on 9 point hedonic scale. At 6 per cent fat and 40 per cent sugar levels exhibited better sweetness in Shrikhand. F₃S₂ resulted in excellent sweetness score on 9 point hedonic scale. For overall acceptability of Shrikhand the maximum levels of fat and sugar (F₃×S₂) showed best acceptability individually irrespective of plastic cup used.

Keywords

Fat, Sugar, Shrikhand, Sensory Examination.

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Manvendra Singh ¹, Ramji Gupta ², B. C. Andhare ¹, Shweta Singh ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, VARANASI (U.P.), IN
2 Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, C.S.A. University of Agriculture and Technology, KANPUR (U.P.), IN
3 Warner School of Food and Dairy Technology, ALLAHABAD (U.P.), IN

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Shrikhand as a semi-soft, sweetish sour, whole milk product prepared from lactic fermented curd, the curd is partially strained through a muslin cloth to remove the whey and thus produce a solid mass called chakka.This chakka is mixed with the required amount of sugar to yield Shrikhand. The dish is very popular in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. The buffalo milk was standardized to three fat levels i.e. 4 per cent (F<SUB>1</SUB>), 5 per cent (F<SUB>2</SUB>) and 6 per cent (F<SUB>3</SUB>). During the preparation of Shrikhand three levels of sugar i.e. 30 per cent( S<SUB>1</SUB>),40 per cent (S<SUB>2</SUB>), 50 per cent( S<SUB>3</SUB>) was added and then the Shrikhand was put in plastic cups and earthen pots. The impact of all treatment individually and their interaction was studied on total solids and yield of Shrikhand. The results of present investigation yield useful information of productive utility for higher fat in Shrikhand the treatments F3xS2 showed better result. The highest amount of fat was evaluated in F3S2. Individually higher total solid content in Shrikhand was observed for the treatment 6 per cent fat and 40 per cent sugar level. The treatment F3xS2 result in maximum TS content of Shrikhand. On the basis of sensory and chemical examination of buffalo milk shrikhand, the maximum yield of shrikhand was noted in F<SUB>3</SUB>&#215;S<SUB>3</SUB> sample followed by F<SUB>2</SUB>&#215;S<SUB>2</SUB> and minimum yield of shrikhand was noted in F<SUB>1</SUB>&#215;S<SUB>1</SUB> sample.

Keywords

Fat, Sugar, Shrikhand, Sensory and Chemical Examination.

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Ruchi Tandon ¹, Shweta Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Amity Institute of Corporate Communication, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

"A woman with a voice is by defnition a strong woman. But the search to fnd that voice can be remarkably diffcult." - Melinda Gates
It is a general notion that there are not many good women speakers. However, on careful scrutiny, one can fnd that there have been impactful and wonderful women speakers since time immemorial. The world history is a testimony to this fact. Undoubtedly in Hindu mythology ample respect is given to women consorts; people take the name of a Goddess before the name of God which is why people say 'Radha-Krishna', 'Sita-Ram', 'Gauri-Shankar'etc. Importance of women can be seen in 'Mahabharata' where 'Draupadi' had an important role to play. Undoubtedly the power of women is quite known to all of us; how they manage and organise everything so well. In the day to day life also, a lot of attention is given to women in every feld, many beautiful adjectives are used for describing them. They are the centre of attraction all the time. But it is very surprising that when the discussion on the topic of rhetoric is done only a had full of people are able to remember the names of the women orators. In this context, it is imperative to analyse the following questions:
1. Why do people not remember the names of any woman orator?
2. Are there lesser number of women speakers?
3. Is there gender inequality in this feld?
4. Do we have more strong male orators than the female orators?
5. Is it because males are better speakers than females?
6. How different are men and women when it comes to speaking in public?

Keywords

Rhetoric, Persuasion, Chauvinism, Patriarchal Approach.

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Shivani Pandey ¹, Shweta Singh ², Anil Nischal ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, U.P., IN
2 Department of Psychiatry, King George Medical University, Lucknow, U.P., IN

Abstract

The role of psychometric assessment in the diagnosis of persons with organic involvement had been reported since decade; however there is dearth of literature supporting the diagnostic significance of psychometric assessment in cases which apparently do not exhibit any active psychopathology or organic signs and symptoms. We report a case, referred for routine psychometric assessment for the purpose of diagnostic clarification. Detailed psychiatric history and MSE did not reveal any active psychopathology or signs and symptoms. In depth Psychometric assessment indicated significant organic involvement. Following which Neurological reference was sought. MRI was done which revealed well defined heterogeneous enhancing soft tissue lesion (5.94.24.2 cm in size) with areas of cystic/necrotic changes, calcification/hemorrhage in right temporal region. Psychometric assessment procedure is crucial for diagnostic clarification especially with persons who apparently do not exhibit any active psychopathology or organic signs and symptoms.

Keywords

Psychometric Assessment, Organic Involvement, Psychopathology, MRI.

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Shweta Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 V. B. S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, IN

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Resilience typically refers to the development of competence in the face of adversity. Resilience is an ability to cope effectively in the face of difficulties. Present article tries to explain about the concept of resilience and how it works with adolescents. The present article tries to explain about its risk and protective factors under different domains-childhood factors, family factors, school factors and community factors. The present article also discuss that how resilience develops in adolescents and how individual's intrinsic factors, parents and teachers can build resiliency in adolescents.

Keywords

Resilience, Family, Parents, Adolescents.

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Shweta Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, V.B.S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, U.P., IN

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The Present study tries to know that the body image, self-efficacy, emotional support and perceived financial difficulty are the good predictors of the emotional well-being or not. In the present study nine tests are used. First test is measured the life satisfaction; second test is measured the positive and negative affect; third test is measured the feeling of connectedness (these three scales were collectively measured the emotional well-being); fourth test is measured the self-efficacy; fifth test is measured the parent's emotional support; sixth test is measured the teacher's emotional support; seventh test is measured the classmate's emotional support; eighth test measured the perceived financial difficulty and ninth test measured the body image, on a sample of 222 male and female students from the different departments of the Veer Bahadur Singh, Purvanchal University, Jaunpur. For analysis of data Pearson's correlational technique and multiple regression analysis were used. The results pertaining to the relationship of the life satisfaction shows the positive and significant correlation with body image (.276**), parent's emotional support (.336**), classmate's emotional support (.274**) and negative but significant correlation with perceived financial difficulty (-.277**); positive affect shows positive and significant correlation with body image (.415**), self-efficacy (.431**), parent's emotional support (.383**), teacher's emotional support (.362**), classmate's emotional support (.308**) and significant negative correlation with perceived financial difficulty (-.191**); negative affect shows significant negative correlation with body image (-.240**), parent's emotional support (-.323**), teacher's emotional support (-.205**),classmate's emotional support(-.351**)and significant positive correlation with perceived financial difficulty (.424**) and in the same way feeling of connected ness having significant positive correlation with body image (.311**), self-efficacy(.140),parenfs emotional support (.358), teacher's emotional support (.267), classmate's emotional support (.520) and significant negative correlation with perceived financial difficulty (-.439). There gression analysis has revealed that parent's emotional support, body image and perceived financial difficulty are significantly contribute to the life satisfaction; body image, self- efficacy, parent's emotional support and teacher's emotional support are significantly contribute to the positive affect; perceived financial difficulty and classmate's emotional support are significantly contribute to the negative affect and feeling of connected ness both.

Keywords

Body Image, Self-Efficacy, Emotional Support, Perceived Financial Difficulty, Emotional Well-Being.

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Saurabh Tiwari ¹, Shweta Singh ¹, Pushpendra Kumar Tripathi ¹, Chetan Kumar Dubey ¹

Affiliations
1 Rameshwaram Institute of Technology and Management, Lucknow, IN

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Acne vulgaris, one of the skin inflammatory disorders, is most common among youths of various countries including India, countries of U.S and U.K. It is caused by the colonization of Propionibacterium acnes, following with other factors in the skin. This disorder also causes mental disturbances to the patient. Therefore, it is very necessary to cure this disease in an effective manner. Transdermal therapy, a novel approach to cure skin inflammatory diseases, has contributed a big step which allows drug molecules to passively diffuse through the skin surface without damaging the deeper tissues. It has overcome all the disadvantages of general topical therapy and hypodermic injections and gained more attention among researchers and patient.

Keywords

Acne Vulgaris, Transdermal Dryg Therapy, Transdermal Patches, Microneedles.

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Saurabh Tiwari ¹, Shweta Singh ¹, Shalini Tripathi ¹, Sunil Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Rameshwaram Institute of Technology and Management, Lucknow, U.P., IN

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Plants have been the basis of many traditional medicines throughout the world for thousands of years and have continued to provide new remedies to mankind. They are one of the richest sources of bioactive compounds. The genus Passiflora L. comprises about 520 species of dicotyledonous plants in the family Passifloraceae. Passiflora incarnata and P. alata, also commonly known as Passion flower, are two species of a perennial climbing vine with beautiful exotic flowers and delicious fruit that grow worldwide, preferring subtropical, frostfree climates. They are native to the tropical and semi-tropical United States (Virginia to Florida and as far west as Texas), Mexico, Central American, and from Brazil to Paraguay through northern Argentina. It is used extensively for treatment of some diseases like as anxiety, insomnia, convulsion, sexual dysfunction, cough and cancer. Passionflower is currently official in the national pharmacopeias of Egypt, France, Germany and Switzerland, and also mongraphed in the British Herbal Pharmacopoeia and the British Herbal Compendium, the ESCOP monographs, the Commission E, the German Standard Licenses, the German Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, and the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States. The present article including the detailed exploration of pharmacological properties of P. incarnata is an attempt to provide a direction for further research.

Keywords

Passifloraceae, Passiflora incarnate, Insomnia, Convulsion.

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Saurabh Tiwari ¹, Shweta Singh ¹, Pushpendra Kumar Tripathi ¹, Chetan Kumar Dubey ¹

Affiliations
1 Rameshwaram Institute of Technology and Managemnt, Lucknow, U.P, IN

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Nanogels are one of the techniques in nanotechnology which has been most popular in effective drug delivery inside the body as well as topical treatment. Certain properties of nanogels make them suitable to carry different types of molecules like DNA, proteins, oligonucleotides, RNA, dyes, quantum dots and certain chemical agents like diclofenac to the target site. Its nano-sized structure has showed the reduced effect of toxicity of drug molecule as well as it provides controlled release of drug at the target site, increased the bioavailability of the drug. Besides it, nanogels have increased the life span of drugs in the body to enhance its effective results for the treatment of desired disease.

Keywords

Nanogels, Diclofenac, Nanotechnology, Topical Treatment.

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Shweta Singh ¹, Saurabh Tiwari ¹, Shalini Tripathi ¹, Sunil Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Rameshwaram Institute of Technology and Management, Lucknow, U.P, IN

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis has become one of the major problems in older age, mainly in females. Available synthetic medications acts as an anti-inflammatory agent, but these are not efficiently capable in reducing the risk of arthritic problems. Therefore, researchers have focused their interest towards herbal medications, which have been used since ancient times for the treatment and complete management of all types of arthritis. There are some pharmacologically active compounds that are able to inhibit the pro-inflammatory pathways, which are the major causes in developing the stages of inflammation, as well as improving the immune system during the older age of the patient. As these medications are obtained from natural sources, no side effects or adverse effects has been observed. That's why, some herbs has taken into the stages of clinical trial.

Keywords

Anti-Inflammatory, Arthritis, Herbal Treatment.

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Jyoti Dubey ¹, Shweta Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IN

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Social anxiety disorder is highly distressing for the sufferer as it causes substantial impairment in social and occupational spheres of life. We discuss about a young male with social anxiety disorder due to negative appraisal of himself. He had the complaints of fear of interacting with people, fear of speaking at public places negative about himself which increased since last 3 years. He was treated with Integrative CBT using elements of CBT, Exposue therapy and Visualization techniques.

Keywords

Social Anxiety, CBT, Self-Appraisal.

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Anurag Rai ¹, Bhoomika Awasthi ¹, Shweta Singh ¹, C. K. Dwivedi ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Electronics and Communication, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, IN

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The consumption of electrical energy is increasing and due to limited supply of fossil fuel, the only option left is the renewable energy (RE). In last few years there has been an increase in attention towards the use of solar energy. The power-voltage characteristic of photovoltaic cell is non-linear. To get the maximum output power from photovoltaic system, the maximum power point (MPP) must be continuously tracked. The maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms enhance the efficiency of PV system. The Maximum Power Point (MPP) of a photovoltaic system varies with irradiance, temperature and load connected to the (PV) system. In literature we have found large no. of MPPT algorithms categorized on the basis of complexity, cost,number of sensor required. This paper comprehends the most commonly implemented algorithms such as P&O, Incremental Conductance, Ripple Correlation Control, Current sweep and also some intelligent control algorithm such as ANN & Fuzzy logic. The MPPT algorithms are defined and compared in a tabular form.

Keywords

Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Technique, Solar Cell, PV System.

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Anubhuti Jain ¹, Shweta Singh ¹, Manu Agarwal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychiatry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IN

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Youth with borderline personality experience intense mood swings and exhibit impulsivity, aggression and self harm behavior markedly Although CBT has proven to be an effective treatment approach for such patients. Need is felt to incorporate other therapies like family therapy especially when unfavorable childhood experiences and disturbed familial relations have a role to play. This case study aimed to discuss about an efficacy of integrated intervention combining application of CBT along with Family therapy m a young girl with adolescent borderline personality. We report a case of a young girl presenting with complaints of verbal and physical aggression and excessive impulsivity increased in family context present from childhood.She had negative childhood experiences. Since she refused hospitalization and pharmacological intervention, she was managed on out-patient basis by using integrated intervention combining application of CBT along with Family therapy. As the therapy progressed, the patient reported improvement in terms of general well-being and gradually, there was 70% improvement according to the patient as well as her mother Childhood experiences and family relationships play a pivotal role m contributing towards personality formation m adolescents. Combining CBT with Family Therapy may prove to be beneficial in such cases.

Keywords

Borderline Personality, Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy, Family Therapy.

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Shweta Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, V.B.S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, IN

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The base of one's childhood is built upon one's parents or caregivers, who help from world views, shape a child's attitude towards personal achievement, teach how to approach difficulties in life and satisfy their needs be they psychological and physiological. A parenting style is understood as a set of approaches and behaviors a parent elicits towards a child, therefore building an emotional environment in which the child is brought up in. Mental health of children depends on the way parents interact with them. The seed of good mental health is planted as early as childhood. Parents happen to be the most powerful catalysts in promoting good mental health in their children's lives. Parents' upbringing and child rearing styles are the important factors in changing and stabilizing the behavioral problems of children, similarly foundation of self-esteem is laid early in life. Present study reviews the relationship between parenting style and children's mental health and self-esteem that how different parenting styles (i.e., authoritative, authoritarian, permissive & uninvolved) affect the children's mental health and self-esteem.

Keywords

Parenting Style, Mental Health and Self-Esteem.

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Shweta Singh ¹, Abhishek James ¹, Ram Bharose ¹

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1 Dept. of Environmental Science, School of Environment and Forestry, SHIATS, Naini-211 007, Allahabad, U.P., IN

Abstract

Periphyton is an entire community of organisms and its productivity is quite significant in relation to total primary production, which is often equal to or exceeding as biomass (ash free dry weight) in terms of phytopigment content (chlorophyll-a) to assess water pollution. Productivity is caused by increased nutrient enrichment due to sewage and agro-industries. Periphyton is useful as biological indicator of water pollution. Several biotic and abiotic environmental factors are affected due to periphyton growth. Its growth depends upon some factors such as temperature, light, pH, DO and nutrients (N and P). Productivity is often limited by nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) availability as periphyton use N compounds and phosphorus for their growth. Chlorophyll-a alone is an inadequate predictor of the relative contribution of different algal communities to the total primary production. Periphyton production is associated with various factors and can be evaluated by physico-chemical, chlorophyll and biomass estimation and causes several deleterious effects to water quality.

Keywords

Bioassessment, Biological Indicator, Periphyton, Water Pollution.

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Shweta Singh ¹, Balgopal Singh ¹

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1 Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, IN

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Inventory is an imperative expression used in each and every non-financial business corporation. This term is associated with commodities or resources used by a corporation for the intention of manufacturing and retailing. Resources used as a compassionate at the time of production are also considered as inventory. It performs a role of linkage between manufacturing and allocation process. In working capital management the management of inventory plays a vital role because this component is required since initial stage to final stage of operation cycle of an organization. Inventory holds the vital position in estimation as well as maintenance of working capital. The enhancement in the haul in of share holder is the outcome of inventory management. Cement manufacturing companies have in-depth relation with capital due to which it necessitates enormous investment. In the industrial sector, the inventory management is one of the important management issues since inefficiency in inventory management may lead to capital blockage, stock out, shortage of raw materials for production, poor quality of products and loss in the sale proceeds thereby. Return on total assets is used as proxy of profitability and treated as dependent variable during the study. Inventory holding period (IHP) is treated as independent variable. Current Ratio (CR), Financial Debt Ratio (FDR), Size of the firm and sales growth are treated as control variable (Hailu & Venkateswarlu, 2016). Control variables will remain constant during the period of study (Jason Kasozi, 2012). Panel least square method is taking up for the analysis with the postulation of sample companies. The study shows that inventory management trends have insignificant role in improving the liquidity position of the sample companies. Inventory makes the company ore liquid under the current ratio but does not make it more liquid under the acid-test ratio. The current measure depends on how easily you can sell your inventory. If a company can generate cash against the inventory without losing its value, inventory increases the liquidity of the concerned while if it takes a long time to sell the inventory, it does not help in improving the liquidity position of the concerned business.

Keywords

Inventory Holding Period, Debt Ratio, Profitability, Return on Total Assets.

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