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The Danish Girl: Mirror Reflections of Gender Identity
Explorations of gender identity often employ cinematic devices and psychological interpretations of social interaction. Within this context, the Tom Hooperdirected film The Danish Girl offers a gripping narrative centered on the life of Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe, a Danish painter and trans woman who underwent one of the earliest gender-affirming surgeries. The present paper examines crucial scenes from The Danish Girl, shedding light on the complexities of gender identity and self-discovery. Through a psychoanalytical lens, the study aims to illuminate insights into the human experience of gender identity and self-understanding using cinematic vignettes. Furthermore, the paper delves into the psychosexual dimensions of the narrative, examining relationships, desires, and conflicts with societal norms. This inquiry contributes to a deeper understanding of personal authenticity and challenges when navigating societal expectations. 2025 C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. -
The daily ordeals of teachers
The teacher plays a vital role in shaping such an ecosystem. A nation that fails to honour its teachers cannot progress. This is why education is the foremost priority in developed countries. -
The customer as co-creator of value consumer behavior on digital platforms: Empowering value co-creation in the digital era
This chapter will be based on the different combinations of literature reviews, online studies, and real-world case studies. It will analyze many fields like marketing, psychology, and information systems related to surveys which provide a holistic understanding of this topic. By focusing on customers and co-creators of value, digital media can unlock very new sources of innovation, engagement, and loyalty. This chapter will provide a whole framework for getting and leveraging these customer shifts. 2025, IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
The current status of celebrity endorsements in advertising /
In advertisements celebrity endorsements are considered a time tested successful tool. It increases recall value and positively reinforces the product in the minds of the consumer. The attributes attached to the celebrity automatically gets transferred to the product and the consumer starts to view in the product in a positive light. Casting a celebrity in advertisements does not guarantee high sales. Completely banking on a celebrity to boost sales is not a viable plan of action. -
The Curious Political Phenomenon of Shashi Tharoor's Praise For Modi and the Congresss Dilemma
If Tharoor is indeed preparing for a new political chapter, he should turn the page clearly. -
The Culinary Space : Reading Food and Identity Intersections in Select Narratives
This study focuses on select fictional narratives with food mentions at the peripheries to enquire into the textualisation of food that exhibits the existence of an enunciative culinary newlinespace wherein the nuances of individual and collective identities are negotiated. The culinary space is conceptualised by considering the defined and built physical space wherein activities associated with the culinary realm occur and the imaginative space created through the presence and absence of food. This culinary space interacts with mobility, which serves as the newlinelinking idea that ties together Anita Nair s Ladies Coup(2001), Bharti Kirchner s newlineDarjeeling (2002), Monica Ali s Brick Lane (2003), Kunzang Choden s The Circle of Karma newline(2005), and Manjushree Thapa s Seasons of Flight (2010), and informs these specific newlinetextualisations of food and prompts the need to focus on the representations of everyday lived experiences. This study reads the chosen narratives to enable a reading that is distinct from the conventional one of culinary narratives centred on food and establishes that the textualisation of food in narratives with food at the peripheries is an important site of investigation. This close reading through an approach directed by concepts from food studies and select notions from space and mobility looks into how the culinary space serves as the site of defining and re-imagining of individual and cultural identities of the characters through memories of food and relations to and through food. These insights add to the existing discourses on identity by looking into the textualisation of food shaped by notions of newlinespace and mobility to show that the transformative quality of food is reflected in the dynamism of the culinary space that endorses the same in the negotiation of identities that are explored, perceived, and projected within. -
The crux of bioactive metabolites in endophytic and thermophilic fungi and their proximal prospects in biotechnological and industrial domains
Fungi are ubiquitous in distribution and are found in grasses to hot springs. Their mode of nutrition provides sustenance for living and propagation. Ironically, varied fungal species have developed customized strategies for protection and survival by producing diverse secondary metabolites. The review aimed to project the contrasting potential features of the endophytic and thermophilic fungi groups. The metabolites and the enzymes of endophytic and thermophilic fungi served as the backbone to thrive and adapt within-host and in extreme conditions like higher pH, heat, and salinity, respectively. Identification, knowledge of their biochemistry and pathway, exploration, production, and utilization of these bioactive molecules in various commercial, industrial, and pharmaceutical domains were briefly discussed. The uniqueness of endophytes includes stress management and improved biomass production of the host, green fuel production, omnipresence, selected triple-symbiosis with the virus, synthesis of polyketides, and other active metabolites are widely used in biomedical applications and agriculture management. This review attempted to limelight the specific applications of thermophilic fungal metabolites and the roles of thermo-stable enzymes in bioprospecting. Moreover, probing the metabolites of thermophiles rendered novel antibiotic compounds, which were proven effective against multi-drug resistant bacteria and harboured the potential to curtail infectious diseases. 2022 Elsevier Ltd -
The Crucial Role of Environmental and Social Responsibility in Modern Entrepreneurship
In today's business landscape, environmental and social responsibility (ESR) has become a fundamental aspect of modern entrepreneurship. Companies are no longer judged solely on profitability but also on their impact on society and the planet. Entrepreneurs who prioritize sustainability, ethical sourcing, and fair labor practices gain a competitive advantage by appealing to conscious consumers. Environmental responsibility involves reducing carbon footprints, minimizing waste, and adopting sustainable business practices. Entrepreneurs are increasingly investing in green technologies, renewable energy, and eco-friendly production methods to align with global sustainability goals. Similarly, social responsibility entails fair wages, diversity, community engagement, and ethical labor practices. Incorporating ESR not only benefits the planet and society but also enhances brand value, attracts investors, and secures long-term success. As consumer expectations evolve, businesses that embrace environmental and social responsibility will thrive in the modern economy. 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing. -
The Creation of Intelligent Surfaces for the Purpose of Next-Gen Wireless Networks
In preparation of the changing environment of 5th wave (5G) and prospective networks of cells, this study explores new methods to meet challenges that result from the erratic character of the communication medium. Traditionally viewed as a chance factor, the relationship between broadcast radio waves with surrounding factors lowers signal quality in modern times of wireless communications. This paper performs a full literature review on customizable autonomous surfaces (RISs) alongside their uses, stressing the chance for network managers to control radio wave features and minimize environmental spread problems. RISs allow effective control over waveform parameters, including the amplitude, phase, number, and polarization, that without needing complex encoder, decoder, or radio wave processing methods. Leveraging technical developments, metasurfaces, reflectarrays, phase shifts, and liquid crystals appear as potential options for RIS application, placing them as pioneers in the realization of 5G as well as subsequent networks. The study dives into current actions in the RIS-operated mobile phone network area and covers core research issues that deserve exploration to feed unlocking the full promise of RISs at wireless communication networks. 2024 IEEE. -
The COVID-19 vaccine preference for youngsters using promethee-ii in the ifss environment
Extensive decision-making during the vaccine preparation period is unpredictable. An account of the severity of the disease, the younger people with COVID-19 comorbidities and other chronic diseases are also at a higher risk of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this research article, the preference ranking structure for the COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for young people who have been exposed to the effects of certain chronic diseases. Multiple Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) approach effectively handles this vague information. Furthermore, with the support of the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Soft Set (IFSS), the entries under the new extension of the Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation-II (PROMETHEE-II) is suggested for Preference Ranking Structure. The concept of intuitionistic fuzzy soft sets is parametric in nature. IFSS suggests how to exploit an intuitionistic ambiguous input from a decision-maker to make up for any shortcomings in the information provided by the decider. The weight of the inputs is calculated under the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Weighted Average (IFWA) operator, the Simply Weighted Intuitionistic Fuzzy Average (SWIFA) operator, and the Simply Intuitionistic Fuzzy Average (SIFA) operator. An Extended PROMETHEE-based ranking, outranking approach is used, and the resultant are recommended under the lexicographic order. Its sustainability and feasibility are explored for three distinct priority structures and the possibilities of the approach. To demonstrate the all-encompassing intuitionistic fuzzy PROMETHEE approach, a practical application regarding COVID-19 severity in patients is given, and then it is compared to other existing approaches to further explain its feasibility, and the sensitivity of the preference structure is examined according to the criteria. 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. -
The correlation between work locus of control and occupational stress among team leaders working in it companies in Bangalore
Job related stress is one of the highest health risks influencing employees, regardless of the size of the organization or the work sector. Most of the researchers view stress as an interaction between the person and some environmental event or stressor. Job stressors are defined as job demands, constraints, and or opportunities and job related events or situations that might affect the individuals feelings of stress. The fact that employee stress is an increasing problem in almost all organizations has indeed been the driving force for a variety of researches on occupational stress. The literature on occupational stress recognizes its inevitability in many jobs where pressures of work begin to build up and cause adverse strain on the emotion of employees, their thought process and their physical condition. Stress vulnerability has also been major focus to determine how stress effects differently across similar jobs. During the 1980s, personality[Type A/ Type B, locus of control] was found to be related to job stressors[ work load, role conflict, lack of autonomy], job strains[ job dissatisfaction, anxiety, health complaints]. The research aims to investigate the relationship between Work locus of control and occupational stress of team leaders working in IT companies in Bangalore. The purpose of research is to study whether the team leaders have an internal or external locus of control, which in turn determines how they perceive situations and life events, and how stressed they are due to this. It was hypothesized that the higher the internal locus of control of the team leader, the lower level of occupational stress they experience and the higher the external locus of control of the team leader, the higher the level of occupational stress. A sample of 100 team leaders working in three different IT companies were examined by administering the Occupational stress index by AP Singh and AK Srivastava and Work locus of control scale by Paul E Spector. The extent of work stress was examined on its twelve sub-scales, i.e. role overload, role ambiguity, role conflict, unreasonable group and political pressure, responsibility for persons, under participation, powerlessness, poor peer relations, intrinsic impoverishment, low status, strenuous working condition and unprofitability of Occupational stress index. A structured questionnaire was designed to gather information on the socio demographic profile of the respondents. The statistical analysis was done using SPSS. The level of significance was fixed at 0.005(p<0.005). Correlational analysis reveals that team leaders with external locus of control score high on all twelve sub scales of occupational stress and team leaders with internal locus of control have low scores on all twelve sub scales of occupational stress i.e. role overload, role ambiguity, role conflict, unreasonable group and political pressure, responsibility for persons, under participation, powerlessness, poor peer relations, intrinsic impoverishment, low status, strenuous working condition and unprofitability. There is a significant difference with regard to occupational stress between team leaders with external locus of control and team leaders with internal locus of control. The correlation between occupational stress and external control was found to be positive and significant as predicted (p=<0.001). The correlation between occupational stress and internal control was found to be positive and significant as predicted (p=<0.001). -
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN WORK LOCUS OF CONTROL AND OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG TEAM LEADERS WORKING IN IT COMPANIES IN BANGALORE.
Job related stress is one of the highest health risks influencing employees, regardless of the size of the organization or the work sector. Most of the researchers view stress as an interaction between the person and some environmental event or stressor. Job stressors are defined as job demands, constraints, and or opportunities and job related events or situations that might affect the individuals feelings of stress. The fact that employee stress is an increasing problem in almost all organizations has indeed been the driving force for a variety of researches on occupational stress. The literature on occupational stress recognizes its inevitability in many jobs where pressures of work begin to build up and cause adverse strain on the emotion of employees, their thought process and their physical condition. Stress vulnerability has also been major focus to determine how stress effects differently across similar jobs. During the 1980s, personality[Type A/ Type B, locus of control] was found to be related to job stressors[ work load, role conflict, lack of autonomy], job strains[ job dissatisfaction, anxiety, health complaints]. The research aims to investigate the relationship between Work locus of control and occupational stress of team leaders working in IT companies in Bangalore. The purpose of research is to study whether the team leaders have an internal or external locus of control, which in turn determines how they perceive situations and life events, and how stressed they are due to this. It was hypothesized that the higher the internal locus of control of the team leader, the lower level of occupational stress they experience and the higher the external locus of control of the team leader, the higher the level of occupational stress. A sample of 100 team leaders working in three different IT companies were examined by administering the Occupational stress index by AP Singh and AK Srivastava and Work locus of control scale by Paul E Spector. The extent of work stress was examined on its twelve sub-scales, i.e. role overload, role ambiguity, role conflict, unreasonable group and political pressure, responsibility for persons,under participation, powerlessness,poor peer relations,intrinsic impoverishment, low status, strenuous working condition and unprofitability of Occupational stress index. A structured questionnaire was designed to gather information on the socio demographic profile of the respond -
The convergence of IoT, ML, and big data in self-service innovation
Internet of Things, Machine Learning, and Big Data analytics have been bringing a transformation to self-service technologies with automation, personalization, and operations efficiencies. IoT captures the data in real-time by linked sensors; ML will try to find the patterns, providing the output; and Big Data would analyze large datasets to deliver actionable insights. All three together bring smarter and adaptive systems in retail, health care, and rural service industries. The applications include inventory management, personalized healthcare forecasting, and community kiosks. While these innovations are achieved, interoperability, scalability, and high implementation costs in rural areas are some of the persistent challenges. This can be addressed by taking advantage of edge computing, cloud solutions, and the collaboration of stakeholders. Further innovations like 5G and federated learning will shape self-service technologies in the future to deliver efficient, inclusive, and innovative solutions. 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing. -
The convergence of health system resources and health outcome in Central Europe and the Baltic region
Health system resources have increased comparatively higher in Central Europe and the Baltic region relative to the Euro Area and the OECD countries. This study investigates the tendency for health system resources and health outcomes to converge for the countries of Central Europe and the Baltic region from 2000 to 2019. The existence of convergence is tested using the ? coefficient within and across the 11 countries studied. The panel result favors the existence of convergence in the three variables employed as health system resourcesphysician density, nurses density, and per capita current health expenditure. Similarly, the findings support the presence of convergence in all four variables used as health outcomeslife expectancy at birth (total), crude death per 1000 population, NCDs mortality, and infant mortality. Furthermore, at the country level, the results are heterogeneous. Evidence highlights that only three variables employed as health system resources converged in Iceland, Latvia, Norway, and Sweden. The results favor the convergence in all four variables employed as health outcomes in Poland and Russia. However, the exact opposite holds for the convergence of health outcomes in Denmark. Therefore, this calls for the need to implement sound reforms in the health systems that could translate increased health system resources into improved health outcomes. 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. -
The Convergence of Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Healthcare
Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI) together are revolutionizing healthcare by improving safety, privacy, and electronic health records security. Adoption of private blockchain enhances accessibility and efficiency while demonstrating the industry's dedication to data protection. In addition to addressing important sector issues, this convergence offers improved illness detection, response, and overall health care efficacy. Additional research into cutting- edge AI features combined with blockchain promises to improve results and influence the way healthcare is delivered globally in the future while ensuring data security, privacy, and innovation. In light of the aforementioned, this chapter looks at how blockchain technology and AI can be combined to solve current issues with healthcare data security and privacy. It offers insights into best practices and strategies for utilizing blockchain and AIs revolutionary potential in healthcare by examining various recent studies and developing trends. 2025 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
The Convergence of Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Finance: Transforming the Financial Landscape
This chapter examines the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on sustainable finance by emphasizing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment choices. This chapter utilized the literature review method to analyse diverse AI models, such as machine learning, natural language processing, and predictive analytics, concerning data analysis, risk modelling, and sustainable product development in the financial industry. Additionally, the study presents a use case of the AI-implemented model in the ESG ratings, which assesses environmental consequences and evaluates investment sustainability. The research also recognized possible challenges and ethical issues in the application of AI in the sustainable investing domain. These challenges highlight the necessity for a comprehensive governance framework and the appropriate implementation of AI. The study contributes to the literature by providing insights into technology advancements and proposing solutions to address sustainable finance requirements. 2025 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. -
The convective heat transfer analysis of the casson nanofluid jet flow under the influence of the movement of gyrotactic microorganisms
Jet flows provide an effective mode of energy transfer or mass transfer in industrial applications. When compared to traditional cooling through convection, jet flows have high heat and mass transfer coefficients. Further, the devices equipped with jet flow provides efficient use of fluid and also offers enhanced heat and mass transfer rates. Hence in this study, the jet flow of Casson nanofluid containing gyrotactic microorganisms that stabilises the nanoparticle suspension is discussed. To control the fluid from outside external magnetic field is imposed. The model with these characteristics are useful in the appliances like coolants in automobiles, nuclear reactors, micro-manufacturing, metallurgical process etc. Such a model is created by employing PDE, which are then transformed into a system of ODE. The DTM is employed to obtain the solution to system of equations, and the results are interpreted using graphs. It is perceived that the velocity of the nanofluid flow is decreased because of the increased yield stress created by the greater values of the Casson parameter. As a result, the temperature profile is found to be increasing. Meanwhile, it is observed that for increased value of chemical reaction parameter diminishes the nanoparticle concentration. The motile density is found to decrease for increase in the Peclet number and the bioconvection Schmidt number. Further, the thermophoresis improves the temperature and concentration profile of the nanofluid. 2022 Indian Chemical Society -
The Content of Heavy Metals in Cigarettes and the Impact of Their Leachates on the Aquatic Ecosystem
Smoked cigarettes and butts are the most common kind of litter around the world. The buildup of these litters has badly polluted local water bodies and their compartments, and the cumulative effect of many cigarette butts scattered in a centralized location may pose a serious hazard to living species. To understand how heavy metals are leached out into the aquatic ecosystem, researchers must analyse the behavior of the materials that make up cigarettes. Using atomic absorption spectrometry, this study evaluated the content of several metals (such as Cd, Cu, Fe, Pb, Sn, Zn, and Hg) leached from various brands of unsmoked and smoked cigarettes and cigarette butts. The findings revealed that heavy metal is more prevalent in butte. These findings indicate that cigarette litter is a major source of metal contamination in the aquatic ecosystem and that apparent leaching may increase the risk of toxicity to aquatic organisms. 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. -
The Consortium on Vulnerability to Externalizing Disorders and Addictions (c-VEDA): an accelerated longitudinal cohort of children and adolescents in India
The global burden of disease attributable to externalizing disorders such as alcohol misuse calls urgently for effective prevention and intervention. As our current knowledge is mainly derived from high-income countries such in Europe and North-America, it is difficult to address the wider socio-cultural, psychosocial context, and genetic factors in which risk and resilience are embedded in low- and medium-income countries. c-VEDA was established as the first and largest India-based multi-site cohort investigating the vulnerabilities for the development of externalizing disorders, addictions, and other mental health problems. Using a harmonised data collection plan coordinated with multiple cohorts in China, USA, and Europe, baseline data were collected from seven study sites between November 2016 and May 2019. Nine thousand and ten participants between the ages of 6 and 23 were assessed during this time, amongst which 1278 participants underwent more intensive assessments including MRI scans. Both waves of follow-ups have started according to the accelerated cohort structure with planned missingness design. Here, we present descriptive statistics on several key domains of assessments, and the full baseline dataset will be made accessible for researchers outside the consortium in September 2019. More details can be found on our website [cveda.org]. 2020, Springer Nature Limited. -
THE CONFLICT CATALYST: IHL'S ROLE WHEN CLIMATE CHANGE TRIGGERS DISPLACEMENT
The escalating climate crisis is profoundly reshaping global human mobility, forcing millions to abandon their homes due to both sudden-onset disasters and insidious slow-onset environmental degradation. This paper examines how international humanitarian law (IHL) and climate-induced displacement are related, particularly when armed conflict intensifies or intersects with the consequences of climate change. Despite the informal usage of the term climate refugee, there is a significant protection gap because the 1951 Refugee Convention does not give it a legal designation. While IHL is primarily designed to regulate armed conflict and protect its victims, this research argues that its principles and provisions become indirectly, yet crucially, relevant when climate change acts as a threat multiplier, intensifying existing conflicts or creating new fragilities that lead to displacement. Through a qualitative legal analysis complemented by three diverse case studies, the Sunderbans (India and Bangladesh), the Lake Chad Basin, and Somalia/Horn of Africa. The paper aims to critically analyse the applicability and limitations of International Humanitarian Law in addressing climate-induced displacement, particularly in contexts where climate change acts as a threat multiplier for armed conflict. Through a case-based legal analysis, the article seeks to demonstrate how existing legal frameworks fall short of providing adequate protection for climate-displaced persons and to situate IHL within a broader matrix of human rights, migration, and climate governance regimes. 2025 Brawijaya Law Journal.