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The Heart of Education: Being Called to Teach
A calling to teach inspires educators to nurture and challenge students, creating a reciprocal relationship where both students and teachers grow, learn, and contribute to a vibrant, compassionate community of lifelong learners. 2025 Childhood Education International. -
Exploring the responsibility of journalists while reporting the sensitive issues: Khandamal case study /
Press is the watchdog of the democracy. Unending search for truth and fair reporting are the hallmarks of true journalism. With an increasing trend of competition among the media organizations and the rush to break the latest to the world, depth research on the beat gets diluted. There are other factors like time constraint, nature of the story, language and the geographical barriers etc. limit the validity and the accuracy of the beats that are covered. -
Gender microaggressions among women in STEM: Addressing workplace challenges through an interdisciplinary lens
Microaggressions are everyday verbal, behavioural, or environmental slights that signal hostility towards marginalised groups. Such microaggressions, when extended towards women in a workplace, can have a lasting impact on the health and well-being of the women employees. Professional growth and development could be hampered, deterring women from climbing the ladders of professional success. This systematic review intends to consolidate literature existing in the field of gender microaggressions published post-2003 to explore the specific forms of microaggressions faced by women in STEM fields; the intersectionality of age, race, and ranking with gender microaggressions; and the effects of gender microaggressions in terms of job satisfaction, work-life balance, and well-being of the targets. An extensive review of 30 research papers was conducted. This review emphasises the need for interventions to combat systemic prejudices and cultivate inclusive organisational environments. 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
Analysing Gendered Microaggressions in Bengalurus IT Sector: A Sentiment-Based Inquiry
Gender microaggressions experienced by women in Bengalurus IT sector forms the subject of this paper employing sentiment analysis tools such as VADER and BERT to process survey responses, interview transcripts, and publicly available reviews of employees from the platform Glassdoor. A mixed-methods design is chosen so that computational sentimental analysis can be integrated along with qualitative insights such that patterns of emotional response and disparities across hierarchical levels can be identified. The results obtained highlight that sentiments vary significantly across organisational roles and underscores the significant psychological impact these microaggressions have on job satisfaction and career growth. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026. -
Exploring the Optical Properties of Functional Carbon Dots Derived from Jackfruit Seeds and their Potential Applications
Carbon dots are nanomaterials that exhibit exceptional optical properties due to their fluorescence, photoluminescence tunability, broad absorption, and photostability. This study reports the synthesis of carbon dots (CDs) from agricultural remains, Jackfruit seeds (Artocarpus heterophyllus), through a facile synthesis technique of a one-step microwave-assisted solvothermal method. The synthesized CDs offer good optical properties, by absorbing UV radiation and giving a broad excitation wavelength-dependent emission (300 to 700nm). This evidences the synthesized material to act as a down-converter in various applications, like solar cells and LEDs. The tunability of the bandgap of these nanocarbons is also explored by employing solvatochromism in solvents of varying polarity, including DI water, DMF, and NMP, enhancing their optical properties. Further, they can also be used for UV protection applications like window panes, sunglasses, and sunscreen creams, owing to the 97.44% UV absorption for the CDs dispersed in NMP. Similarly, the down-conversion ability of this material is utilized to convert UV-LEDs to W-LEDs with CRI point, Ra = 77, and CCT = 6785 K, which resembles cool bright daylight. Thus, the synthesized CDs from jackfruit seeds exhibit exemplary optical properties, opening wide avenues into UV protection, lighting technologies, and other such potential applications. 2025 Wiley-VCH GmbH. -
Synergistic interfacial passivation of dye-sensitized solar cell photoanodes using Myristica fragrans pulp-derived carbon dots and Ag nanoparticles
Interfacial charge recombination at the photoanode remains a critical factor in limiting the performance of Dye-sensitized solar cells. The photoanodes play a crucial role in efficient electron injection and transport with minimised recombination reactions, directly influencing the efficiency of the cell. This work investigates the use of carbon dots (CDs) derived from Myristica fragrans fruit pulp via a one-step hydrothermal process as a component in photoanodes. The TiO2 photoanode is modified by in situ deposition of silver nanoparticles (ANP) and CDs directly onto the metal-oxide semiconductor matrix via photoreduction. The passivated cell exhibited ?28 % increase in efficiency over the pristine cell, attaining 6.39 0.20 %, with a current density of 14.74 0.28mAcm?2, and an open-circuit voltage of 0.76 0.02 V. Herein, the passivation of TiO2 has altered the optical bandgap of the photoanode from 3.23 eV to 1.75 eV, thereby enhancing light absorption towards the visible and near-IR region. Furthermore, the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect of ANP and the charge-transfer mediator properties of CDs synergistically enhance charge mobility, thereby improving photoanode performance by reducing recombination. With a charge-transfer resistance of 6.87 ? and an electron lifetime of 47.19 s, the work explored here serves as an appropriate passivation layer, providing a clean interface between the layers. 2026 Elsevier B.V. -
Easy and swift cane juicer with augmented bagasse brick maker /
Patent Number: 202121042785, Applicant: Thomas K T.
Sugarcane being one of the largest agriculture-based industry in India, provides subsistence to a huge number of farmers whose life is completely dependent upon sugarcane cultivation and its related products. One major source of income is extraction of Juice from sugarcane by road side vendors and farmers through a traditional machinery which turns out to be old and tedious job to perform. This also results into increased waiting time for customers as the task requires repetition of similar activity of by vendors in order to extract satisfactorily amount of juice from sugarcane by obsolescence machinery. -
Easy and swift cane juicer with augmented bassage brick maker /
Patent Number: 202121042785, Applicant: Thomas K T.
Sugarcane being one of the largest agriculture-based industry in India, provides subsistence to a huge number of farmers whose life is completely dependent upon sugarcane cultivation and its related products. One major source of income is extraction of Juice from sugarcane by road side vendors and farmers through a traditional machinery which turns out to be old and tedious job to perform. This also results into increased waiting time for customers as the task requires repetition of similar activity of by vendors in order to extract satisfactorily amount of juice from sugarcane by obsolescence machinery. -
Smart assistive device for visually impaired /
Patent Number: 202121042792, Applicant: Dr. S. Vijayalakshmi.
The most difficult problem for blind people is to navigate the outside world. Smart devices make it much easier for visual impaired to complete daily tasks like smart speakers, smart bulbs, household smart devices, smart sticks, and many more are easy to control. As a whole, smart devices have the potential to significantly improve the lives of visual impaired people. All apps and devices are used individually for different purposes but for visually impaired person it is very difficult to handle all devices and apps at a particular time. -
Fusion Techniques for medical imaging and clinical data towards precision diagnostics and personalized care
The combination of clinical data with medical imaging has created a revolution in modern healthcare, which provides a clear insight into patient's health sometimes in an earlier stage itself. Magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography scans, ultrasounds, and X-rays are a few of the medical imaging techniques that offer high-resolution representations of the body's structure and physiological processes. Clinical data, such as physical examinations, test findings, and medical histories, help to contextualize these photographs, which enhances treatment planning and broadens diagnostic discoveries. Fusion approaches combine data from multiple sources to create a unified dataset, making diagnoses more accurate and treatments more personalized. This chapter emphasizes the importance of the fusion of heterogeneous medical data along with various fusion techniques, including deep learning and attention mechanisms, to align medical images with clinical data for meaningful insights. By using fusion techniques, healthcare professionals can make real-time decisions, identify diseases with better accuracy, and derive insights that can lead to actionable treatment or management strategies. Advanced fusion methods enable healthcare providers to obtain a holistic view of a patient's health, allowing advancements in precision medicine and customized treatment plans. 2026 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. -
Social-cognitive Skills Training on Interpersonal Understanding of Social Norms During Adolescence
Background: Social-cognitive skills training (SCST) in a therapeutic setup can result in more positive outcomes when incorporated with psychotherapy, especially among adolescents with minor social-cognitive impairments in their social interactions. It may result in multifarious benefits to mitigate their social-cognitive dysfunction. This study aimed to identify the effects of SCST on interpersonal understanding of social norms in adolescents with low social cognition. Methods: In this quasi-experimental research, 80 adolescents (1019 years) with low social cognition, no previous experience of skills training, and absence of any psychological disorders, especially those that affect their social-cognitive functioning, with assent from the participants and written informed consent from the parents/guardian and a score below 58 on the Need For Social-Cognition Scale, were included. They were randomly allocated into SCST or waitlist control group. SCST consists of 20 sessions with indoor activities, games, and discussions, and it has been arranged for 1 hour per 3 days a week for 3 months. Edinburgh social cognition test (ESCoT) was used to assess the degree of interpersonal understanding of social norms among adolescents as part of pre and posttests. Results: The Wilcoxon Sign Ranked Test showed that the interpersonal understanding of social norms after SCST is significantly higher than the interpersonal understanding of social norms SCST with a large effect size. The mean (standard deviation) scores in the ESCoT test improved significantly (P < 0 .001) following [W = 0.001, P < .001, r = 1.000]. Conclusion: SCST effectively improves the interpersonal understanding of social norms, an essential developmental milestone during adolescence. It highlights the importance of focusing on mental health as a developmental asset that can influence social-cognitive development in the future. 2024 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). -
Loving lifes impermanence: How existential gratitude sparks transformation in cancer survivors; [????????? ??? ???????????? ??? ????: ??? ? ????????? ??????????? ???? ?? ?????????????? ???????? ?? ??????????? ????????]
Cancer survivorship is often accompanied by existential distress as individuals confront mortality and search for meaning in their experiences. This study examines existential gratitude, which is a heightened appreciation of life shaped by suffering and impermanence, as a mediator between spirituality and post-traumatic growth (PTG) among Indian cancer survivors. Grounded in Terror Management Theory (TMT), this research explores how spirituality, rather than directly fostering PTG, requires existential gratitude as a transformative mechanism. A sample of 118 Indian cancer survivors, at least six months post-active treatment, participated in the study. Spearmans rho correlations revealed significant positive associations between existential gratitude, spirituality, and PTG. Mediation analysis demonstrated that existential gratitude fully mediated the relationship between spirituality and PTG (? = .16, p = .003), with spirituality showing no direct effect on PTG (? = .08, p = .414) when existential gratitude was introduced. These findings challenge traditional views of spirituality as an inherent driver of growth, highlighting instead that PTG arises when existential gratitude transforms mortality awareness into an appreciation of lifes fragility. 2025, Layah Liz Jacob, Anuradha Sathiyaseela. -
Golden orator to tongue cancer survivor: A case study tracing identity transformation through religious coping
The "survivorship" identity corresponds to a collective identity for individuals that have experienced cancer. While medical labels, culture and personal beliefs influence this label, this case report illuminates the journey of integrating the preillness identity to a postrecovery identity through the long-Term survivorship experience of T.J.J, a nonagenarian cancer survivor and Indian priest belonging to the Syrian Marthomite Christian denomination, focusing on how religious coping mechanisms facilitated identity reintegration. Diagnosed with tongue cancer at age 64 years, T.J.J.Transitioned from a renowned orator to a religious writer, reshaping his identity through eudemonic principles of purpose, self-Actualization, and growth. The influence of religious meaning-making, prayer, and communal support is highlighted, which helped cognitively reframe his experience of loss into a transformative experience that fostered psychological security. Implications for public health policies emphasize incorporating religious coping strategies in culturally relevant survivorship programs for better psychosocial outcomes. 2025 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved. -
A study on resonant vibro-acoustography for tissue heating: a pathway towards breast cancer detection
Purpose: Develop a new active thermography method for breast cancer detection. Methods: The computational tissue was excited at its resonant frequency using the vibro-acoustography technique. A nonlinear acoustic wave equation was solved using the finite element method to analyze the propagation of the acoustic wave within the computational phantom. The computational approach included separate calculations for the temperature in the focal region, considering both acoustic absorption and vibration effects. The study was validated through experimental tests using an agar phantom. Results: Depending on the tissues attenuation coefficient, the applied ultrasonic signal generates localized heating in the target area. Malignant breast tissue typically exhibits a higher attenuation coefficient than healthy tissue. Consequently, ultrasonic signals lead to an elevated temperature in such tissue. When a focused ultrasound is applied to heterogeneous tissue for 90 seconds using a dual transducer, the temperature can increase by. In contrast, using the same input power level in healthy tissue causes a temperature increase of only. Enhanced temperature levels achieved through this acoustic method can improve thermal contrast in deeper tumors when thermography is employed. With the application of this acoustic force, it becomes possible to detect a tumor of 3 mm at a depth of 10 mm, whereas, in the absence of this source, such a tumor of this size can only be detected when it is located at a depth of 4 mm. Approximately 22% of the simulated temperature rise from vibrational effects can be attributed to ultrasound forces in resonant modes. The experimental results further validated the simulation results. Conclusion: The suggested resonant vibro-acoustography technique represents an effective approach to increasing thermal contrast between malignant and normal tissue. Significance: This approach can serve as an active thermography method for detecting breast cancer. Since the resonant frequency varies across different stages of the disease and the acoustic attenuation coefficient is higher in affected tissues than in normal ones, this technique can improve thermal contrast through vibration and acoustic absorption. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to The Brazilian Society of Biomedical Engineering 2026. -
Electrosynthesized Metal/Polymer Hybrid: Unlocking Selective Formate Production via CO2Electroreduction
Carbon dioxide reduction via electrochemical means offers a sustainable pathway to mitigate CO2emissions and synthesize value-added chemicals. Here, we report the synthesis and performance of a metal/polymer-carbon paper (CuxOy/PoPD/CFP) electrode prepared via a simple two-step in situ electrodeposition method for the electrochemical CO2reduction reaction (CO2ER). Unlike most reported catalysts that yield multiple liquid products and complicate downstream separation processes, CuxOy/PoPD/CFP selectively produces formate as the sole liquid product across all of the test potentials. The amine-rich and porous PoPD matrix synergistically enhanced CO2capture, provided a conductive scaffold for efficient electron transfer, and facilitated intimate interfacial contact with copper oxides, enabling improved catalytic performance. The catalyst demonstrated an onset potential of ??0.27 V (vs RHE) and achieved a faradaic efficiency of 72.6% for formate with a current density of 6.70 mA/cm2at ?0.80 V (vs RHE). Studies showcased an electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) of 16.625 cm2and a roughness factor of 8.31. The long-duration electrolysis experiment demonstrated stable performance for an extended period, maintaining continuous electrolysis for up to 9.5 h without significant fluctuations or degradation in activity. 2025 American Chemical Society -
Computer Vision for Real-Time Nutrition Scanning in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Management
PCOS stands for polycystic ovary syndrome and it is widely known to be one of the leading causes of insulin resistance and hormonal imbalance among women within the reproductive age spanning from 8 to 13%. Although integrating a healthy diet is a crucial step while managing PCOS, the outdated and frustrating method of manually food logging slows the process and still lacks accuracy. Improving performance feedback is one of the key areas to ensure adherence to a healthy plan. This is the driving reason behind the development of 'NutriScan-PCOS.' In the PCOS focused Streamlit App, the PCOS diet MobileNet application nutrition model helps to do just that. It is trained on 4000 images of 80 diverse Indian foods for quick identification and portion size estimation with OpenCV. The driving function of the app is to track meals and overall nutrition value, scoring on a dynamic scale on 5 parameters focused on the impact on PCOS. It is designed to be user-centric, with a clear green-yellowred traffic system to ensure guidance is instantaneous and easy. NutriScan-PCOS runs on a Streamlit interface with options like photo upload, live camera, barcode scan, and daily logs-making it easy and practical for everyday use. 2026 IEEE. -
Leveraging sustainable finance to attain United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This chapter is a deep exploration of the role that sustainable finance can take on as a crucial factor to attain the United Nations SDGs by pointing out how innovation financial instruments and regulatory frameworks play in aligning the goal. This chapter simplifies the explanation on the holistic discussion of how financial strategies would not only ensure long-term growth in the economy but at the same time not have an adverse impact on society and nature. This is further supported by greater interest from investors, businesses, & regulators. It keeps gaining in value as investors seek opportunities not just with financial returns but also with values they hold and contribute to sustainable development. Businesses find out that ESG factors included in their strategies could make them more resilient, better in reputation, and have longer-term profits. It triggers regulatory bodies to react and develop frameworks for transparency, accountability, and consistency with practices in sustainable finance. It is important to know that sustainable finance is more than an ethical choice. 2026 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
Female entrepreneurship: Challenges faced in a global perspective
Women being employees is a very appreciative aspect. But women being employers is a bold and massive decision that they make, considering their busy life schedule, which traditionally includes looking after their families and themselves. This book chapter aims to identify the diverse challenges female entrepreneurs face, which could be in the context of society, structure, or finance. Identifying and vocalizing these challenges faced by these emerging entrepreneurs is inadequate, but tackling them is equally called for. This study provides a framework and scope for further research to look into more opportunities and measures to tackle these roadblocks. Last but not least, this book chapter anticipates inspiring all women and driving them to explore the essence of entrepreneurship. 2023, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Gender-Based microaggressions, impostor phenomenon, and turnover intention among women IT Employees
Microaggressions are everyday verbal, behavioural, or environmental slights that signal hostility towards marginalised groups. Such microaggressions when extended towards women in a workplace can lead to a lasting impact on the health and well-being of the women employees. The professional growth and development also would be hampered, deterring women from climbing ladders of professional success. The present study aims to understand the impact of gender-based microaggressions on women and questions whether such microaggressions can be linked to impostor phenomenon and turnover intention in them. Primary data was collected from 129 women IT employees employed in Bangalore's informational technology sector in four different job positions. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and Kruskal-Wallis Test were used for data analysis. The results show that there are significant and positive relationships between gender-based microaggressions and impostor phenomenon and turnover intention among women IT employees. 2024, IGI Global. -
Polymer photosupercapacitors: combined nanoarchitectonics with polymer solar cell and supercapacitor for emerging powerpacks in next-generation energy applications
Efficient energy harvesting and storage are inevitable for the sustenance and growth of mankind, wherein the utilization of advanced technologies in this field has brought a significant impact on the energy sector. Integration of energy harvesting and storage devices is a need for powering next-generation energy needs like the Internet of Things (IoT), opening a wide range of application areas like wearable devices or integration with fabrics. Among third-generation solar cells, organic or polymer solar cells are extremely environment-friendly, lightweight, and flexible, making themselves potential candidates for integrated powerpacks along with supercapacitors. This article is a comprehensive review of polymer solar cell-based photosupercapacitors and their developments over the recent years. Through this review, we intend to give a valid account of polymer photosupercapacitors, to the scientific community regarding recent updates, which would help develop future approaches and strategies. As these integrated devices are considered to have a profound impact on energy industries and related applications, we believe that a detailed review of the present status and future prospects would aid further developments in the research field. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.