Browsing by Author "Sanjay Saxena"

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A Critical Review on Uses of Gases in Veterinary Medicine and Gas Sensing Materials
(Engineered Science Publisher, 2024) Rai Dhirendra Prasad; Rai Surendra Prasad; Y.I. Shaikh; S.R. Prasad; M.N. Padvi; P.D. Sarvalkar; Sanjay Saxena; Viquar S. Shaikh; G.M. Nazeruddin; Sameer Shaikh; A.B. Kanwade; Naresh Charmode; Anil Kumar Vaidya; Om Prakash Shrivastav; C.B. Desai; P.D. Patil
In modern therapeutics, various gases are used as driving sources for ventilators and nebulizers. Medical gases are used in veterinary medicine and the biological sciences, including treating respiratory problems, managing strokes, preserving biological samples, anesthesia, organ cryopreservation, for forensic examinations, and for driving medical equipment and tools. In veterinary biotechnology, bovine sperm is often cryogenically preserved using liquid nitrogen. Here we attempt to give a broad overview of the implications of several gases used in biological and veterinary science. In the next part of this article, we will focus on the meaning of gas sensors, their types and functions. Detecting specific gases and their concentrations has become important for monitoring the environment, ensuring public safety, addressing health concerns, controlling chemical processing, and using gas molecules in agriculture and medicine. Materials for gas sensing have a long history of development. With advances in nanoscience and technology, researchers have effectively developed a number of transition metal oxides that can be used as gas-sensitive materials. Here, we discuss various materials used as gas sensors. Finally, the research progress of gas sensitive materials in recent years is discussed. © Engineered Science Publisher LLC 2024.
A Review on Modern Characterization Techniques for Analysis of Nanomaterials and Biomaterials
(Engineered Science Publisher, 2024) Rai Dhirendra Prasad; Rai Surendra Prasad; Rai Bishvendra Prasad; Saurabh R. Prasad; Shashi Bhushan Singha; Anand Dev Singha; Rai Jitendra Prasad; Shivanand B. Teli; Pramode Sinha; Anil Kumar Vaidya; Sanjay Saxena; Umapati Rai Saxena; Avinash Harale; M.B. Deshmukh; M.N. Padvi; G.J. Navathe
This review is providing a comprehensive overview of essential genuine characterization techniques for nanomaterial and biomaterials exist in various forms. Nanoscience and nanotechnology are one of the trans scientific frontiers, multidisciplinary and environmentally sustainable research field. Today nanomaterials are widely employing in almost every branches of science and technology. As nanomaterials are invisible and unknown in size, shape, so it is enormously needy the advanced characterizations tools to visualize and analyze the materials at nanoscale. The characterization techniques are of paramount importance in the field of nanoscience and technology. This review is to summarize the present knowledge on the use, advances, advantages and weaknesses of a large number of experimental techniques that are available for the characterization of nanoparticles. Different characterization techniques are classified according to the concept or group of technique used, the information they can provide, or the materials that they are destined for. This review is more very much useful to beginner researcher and who are not aware with the advanced characterization techniques and data interpretation. © Engineered Science Publisher LLC 2024.
Happiness and wellbeing for sustainable development
(School of Management Sciences, 2013) Purnima Awasthi; Sanjay Saxena
Personal well-being and happiness have been the focus of human concerns for decades. Bring intentional changes to sustain personal well-being in lives of people requires an understating of the multifaceted interacting formal, non formal, and informal institutional factors that influence human behavior. It has been considered as a founding stone of evolution of the great religions as well as inestimable local traditions and spiritual "pathways". The search of happiness is debatably the definitive motivating force of each and every action accomplished by individuals, either at individual or communities and national levels. Unfortunately we have not yet understood the meaning of happiness and its relationship to well-being, which is the ultimate force that may direct the path of happiness and sustainable behavior. Sustainable behavior satisfies our needs today, without diminishing the prospects of future generations to do the same. Which behaviors are the most damaging? Why don't we behave more sustainably, and what is the best approach to change? Presently there is no agreement on the nature of personal well-being and sustainable behavior, and almost all the proposed models have elements of subjectivity. Researchers have developed a novel collective ecosystem approach for constructing a basic health representation that may maintain strength across social, economical, environmental and cultural domains of societies to promote personal well-being. The collective ecosystem approach seems to be consistent with traditional values and provides a basis for personal conduct that may address the need to meet the century's major cultural and ecological challenges. The assumption is to be easily concerned with the natural and modified ecosystems. To arrive at a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, an individual must hold across main dimensions of human well-being such as physical, intellectual, social, emotional, and spiritual attributes. With the help of these attributes, scientists working directly on solving the problems pertaining to the ecosystem may utilize psychological findings that may be helpful in shaping environmental programs. Application of these attributes maintaining the well-being of individuals and community is described and the implications are discussed.
Humor styles and psychological wellbeing of adolescents with and without orthopedic disability
(School of Management Sciences, 2019) Vibha Yadava; Purnima Awasthi; Sanjay Saxena
The quality of possessing a good sense of humor contributes to the enhancement of psychological wellbeing of adolescents. Apart from the other different skills for having greater and healthier sense of psychological wellbeing, the trait of good sense of humor has been proposed for facilitating in meeting the challenges of everyday lives of adolescents. The study was conducted to assess and compare humor styles and psychological wellbeing of normal healthy and adolescents with orthopedic disability. The sample comprised of 120 male and female adolescents (normal healthy = 60, adolescents with orthopedic disability = 60). The age of participants ranged from 12 to 18 years. Psychological Wellbeing and Humor Style measures were administered to assess the humor styles and psychological wellbeing of adolescents. A 2 × 2 factorial design was employed. The analysis showed that females with orthopedic disability scored higher on the affiliative and self-enhancing styles of humor as compared to their male counterparts. Males scored higher on autonomy measure whereas females scored higher on positive relations and self-acceptance measures of psychological wellbeing. Overall, the gender differences were evident between adolescents with orthopedic disability and normal healthy groups on almost all the measures of humor styles and psychological well-being. © 2019, School of Management Sciences. All rights reserved.
Predictive Role of Emotion-Regulation in Acculturative Stress and Spiritual Well-Being of International Students
(School of Management Sciences, 2022) Purnima Awasthi; Madhurima Mukherjee; Namita Srivastava; Sanjay Saxena
The present study examined the role of cognitive emotion-regulation strategies in acculturative stress and spiritual well-being of international students. Measures of Cognitive Emotion-Regulation, Acculturative Stress, and Spiritual Well-Being (measured in terms of religious wellbeing and existential wellbeing) were administered on a sample of 100 female international students living in Varanasi. The findings showed that maladaptive emotion regulation strategies were associated with greater acculturative stress and lower spiritual well-being while adaptive emotion regulation strategies were associated with lower acculturative stress and higher spiritual well-being. Furthermore, stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed to explore the predictive role of emotion regulation on acculturative stress and spiritual well-being. Acculturative stress was positively predicted by ‘rumination’ and ‘blaming others’, and negatively predicted by ‘positive refocusing’. The use of ‘acceptance’ strategy positively predicted religious well-being while ‘blaming others’ negatively predicted religious well-being. Existential well-being was positively predicted by ‘positive reappraisal’ and negatively predicted by ‘catastrophizing’ and ‘putting into perspective’. Consistent with previous studies in this area, the present findings suggest that emotion regulation may have definite role in intercultural adjustment of international students. Results are discussed in light of existing research and their implications are outlined. © 2022, School of Management Sciences. All rights reserved.
Role of Individualistic and Collectivistic Orientations in the Happy Life of Kharwar Adivasi Community
(School of Management Sciences, 2025) Purnima Awasthi; Madhurima Mukherjee; Sanjay Saxena
Following globalization, westernized cultural values, ideas, and practices have rapidly spread. Cultures are in flux, and indigenous communities are not free from the influence of the outside world. In this research, we investigated how the psychological tendencies of indigenous communities might be affected by such socio-cultural changes in a predominantly collectivist nation. A community-based study was conducted with 150 Kharwar Adivasi individuals residing in 10 villages of Naugarh block, Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The participants, aged 25-50 years, were given the measures of Individualism-Collectivism Orientations and Happy Life. Using an exploratory factor analysis, a five-factor structure emerged, explaining 57% of the variance in happy life. The results indicated that 59% of the sample had a collectivistic orientation. Individuals with a collectivistic orientation fared better in overall happiness and its sub-domains than individuals with an individualistic orientation. It is suggested that even though there is a gradual increase in individualism, for the Adivasi community, happiness is still enhanced by tendencies of interdependence. The findings have important implications for understanding the happiness of the under-researched Adivasi population. © (2025), (School of Management Sciences). All rights reserved.
Spiritual Beliefs, Illness Controllability and Subjective Wellbeing of Breast Cancer Patients
(School of Management Sciences, 2022) Purnima Awasthi; Bithika Agrawal; U.P. Shahi; Sanjay Saxena
The present study examines the relationship of spiritual beliefs (karma or action, generosity, surrender to almighty, altruism) and illness controllability beliefs (self, doctor, supernatural) with subjective well-being and health outcomes of women patients (N = 100) suffering from breast cancer. Participants were drawn from various medical centers and hospitals located in Varanasi city. These participants were given the measures of spiritual beliefs, illness controllability beliefs, life satisfaction, and health outcomes. Analysis showed a positive association of beliefs in “Karma” and “altruism” with “life-satisfaction” and “positive health outcomes” (e.g., hope, functional wellbeing, treatment satisfaction), and negatively with “pain” and “severity” of illness. “Self” and “doctor-control” showed a positive association with “life-satisfaction”, “hope”, “functional-wellbeing”, and “treatment-satisfaction” and negative with “pain” and “severity”. Beliefs in “Karma” and ‘altruism”, and “self” and “doctor-control” emerged as significant predictors of “life-satisfaction” and “positive health outcomes” of women patients. © The Author(s). 2021 Open Access.