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The aim of this chapter is to define the concept of total quality management. It also covers the meaning of quality, ISO 9000 quality management system, the definition of total quality management, Egypt pyramid of quality, components and dimensions of total quality management, six sigma qualities in a TQM, future perspective of total quality management and influencing factors of total quality management. 1.1 CONCEPT OF QUALITY "The term qual...

Diagnosis of cancer revealed to the patient and family members causes emotional trauma. Medical advancements have resulted in treating cancer for either cure or control. This has increased the responsibilities of family caretakers for comprehensive care of the patient. Literature has provided abundant evidence for the impact of caretaking on psychological condition of the caretakers. When family caretakers are unprepared or lack support they w...

Despite the widespread research work on suicidal ideation, cognitive distortion, impulsivity and depression from diverse perspectives, little research has directly examined the cognitive attributes underlying impulsive behaviour in adults. Thus, an understanding of cognitive distortions underlying the initiation and/or maintenance of impulsive behaviour is a vital prerequisite to the development of successful therapeutic interventions. It has...

This thesis titled "Understanding Social Exclusion in Reproductive Health Care": A Sociological Study of Papumpare District, Arunachal Pradesh is being submitted to Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono-Hills, Doimukh-791112, Arunachal Pradesh, India for the fulfillment of degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology. It consists of the research study work carried out by me in the selected areas of Papumpare district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The thes...

When a child is born in a family, there is lot of excitement and enthusiasm among the members with lot of future expectations. Becoming a parent is one of the best experiences of life that any individual can have. Everyone wish for a child who is physically fit and psychologically sound. Parents have lot of hopes and aspirations for their child. They want their children to be intellectually smart and talented. But this enthusiasm goes missing ...

Globally cerebrovascular disease (stroke) is the second most important cause of death (WHO, 2008). The word "stroke" itself depicts the manner in which this disorder often occurs to a person. As aptly noted by Stein (2004), a person who is dynamic and independent person is "struck down" (p.1). Stroke is an abrupt, life-changing incident that often gives no caution of its approach. Almost every survivor of stroke has been caught unaware and it ...

My exploration of the creative process in writers started with a short presentation (in the second year of post graduation) on "Madness, Inspiration and Creativity". Inspite of being a very shy person, who could never speak in public, I volunteered for the presentation for reasons not clear to me even now. As part of preparation for the presentation, I referred to a collection of essays by Bhishma Sahni which I had read during my graduation da...

The dream of Independent India was brought to reality by the self-sacrifice of many individuals who possessed moral integrity of the highest order. Ironically, the youth of today is largely dissatisfied with or apathetic towards national and community-affairs. Moreover, the high prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse, juvenile crimes, and violence among Indian youth indicates that they are in critical need of moral guidance. Besides, it is commo...

Science and Superstition are two parts of our individual and public activity. Science (Latin, scare signifying 'to know') is a type of cognizance and speaks to a generally created arrangement of contemplated information, truth of which can be created and made increasingly exact over the span of society's handy encounters. Science is as old as individual on earth. It is connected to each point with other social exercises and has experienced num...

Lao Tzu reflected that "He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted." While Phish in Farmhouse said, "Each betrayal begins with trust." How contrary at a meaning level yet in common sense, we know both statements have spoken of the reality that we live in. Each time an act of humanity occurs to each time a deviation occurs in human relationships, trust seems to be that 'something' that is evoked either in its absence or in its presence....

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Mental disorders physical disorders and substance abuse (including alcoholism and the use of .

Modernization and Globalization has in a way become a boon for human civilization. As it is said, "the world has become a smaller place" and the distance between continents has become less as transportation has become fast and communication has been revolutionized. On the other hand, the distance between two individuals is rather increasing. In spite of all these modern facilities which are reducing the gap between continents and countries, th...

Some of the drugs are having very short half-life, to compensate this problem it is common practice to increase the dosage, frequency or prolongation of administration of drug to maintain effective therapeutic concentration in patient. In this study a drug delivery scaffold was designed and synthesized based on polyethylene glycol (PEG)- ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) based poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) star polymer (with 16 primary amin...

The aim of present work was to utilize low temperature hot melt extrusion (HME) as a novel technology to mask bitter taste of Tenofovir DF (TDF), Furosemide (FUR) and Clarithromycin (CLR) and to develop a flexible and palatable solid oral dosage form to improve patient compliance. Pediatric patients need different oral dosage forms than adults due to differences in swallowing capabilities, taste likings, and dosage requirement. A manipulation ...

Eye as a target for the drug delivery systems presents some unique challenges owing to its physiologic and anatomical characteristics. Systemic administration of drugs for ocular effect necessitates large doses to achieve sufficient concentration in the ocular tissues, leading to unwanted side effects. Though it is more convenient to administer the drugs directly into the exterior cu de sac of the eye, this approach suffers from poor residence...

The high level of patient compliance in taking oral dosage forms is due to the ease of administration and handling of these forms [1]. Development of a successful oral controlled release formulation requires an understanding of three aspects: (a) gastrointestinal physiology (b) physiochemical properties of the drug and (c) dosage form characteristics [2]. In the development of oral controlled drug delivery system, one of the main challenges is...

In the initial stages of drug therapy, scientists and medical researchers were not aware about the targets on which these antibiotics act. Only thing that fascinated them was that these newly discovered compounds exhibited reasonable antibacterial properties. The above scientific findings propelled to isolate those compounds and use them for treating bacterial diseases. Alexander Fleming's discovery of antibiotic 'Penicillin' is considered as ...

The health situation of Indian women is involved to their socio- economic status and effects of their economic productivity as well as the performance of their biological and social responsibilities. The consequence of gender discrimination are reflected in the demographic status of women in India in terms of the high mortality rates, especially the maternal mortality rates, the relatively low life expectancy at birth and the unfavorable sex- ...

The word 'woman' is regarded as a symbol of immortal enigma. She is not only a person of flesh and blood, but something higher than what she herself is. It seems that women were created to make this world more and more beautiful. Women have always been misled by some imposed ideal of womanhood ¿ be it her gentle manners and natural tenderness, or her lack of physical strength. She has always found herself hidden behind a mist of illusions, fen...

Conflict occurs in all human societies but varies in degree and form of expression.1 It has many meanings in everyday life. To some it refers to behaviour or action.2 It is a broad term, wide invoked in the common vernacular and the scientific literature to suggest a state of disagreement or opposition. Conflict is an action based upon the perception of partially incompatible interest or intention between two or more persons. The popularly und...