Open Access Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Exploring reasons for MD-PhD trainees’ experiences of impostor phenomenon
(Springer Nature, 2022-04-30)Background: Acceptance into U.S. MD-PhD dual-degree programs is highly competitive, and the lengthy training program requires transitioning between multiple phases (pre-clinical-, PhD-research-, and clinical-training ... -
Maternal health in Gujarat, India: A case study
(International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)Gujarat state of India has come a long way in improving the health indicators since independence, but progress in reducing maternal mortality has been slow and largely unmeasured or documented. This case study identified ... -
Innovations and challenges in reducing maternal mortality in Tamil nadu, India
(International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)Although India has made slow progress in reducing maternal mortality, progress in Tamil Nadu has been rapid. This case study documents how Tamil Nadu has taken initiatives to improve maternal health services leading to ... -
Maternal health situation in India: A case study
(International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)Since the beginning of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, India has accounted for at least a quarter of maternal deaths reported globally. India's goal is to lower maternal mortality to less than 100 per 100,000 livebirths ... -
Maternal healthcare financing: Gujarat's Chiranjeevi scheme and its beneficiaries
(International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)Maternal mortality is an important public-health issue in India, specifically in Gujarat. Contributing factors are the Government's inability to operationalize the First Referral Units and to provide an adequate level of ... -
Rational repricing of risk during COVID-19: Evidence from Indian single stock options market
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2021)Could the COVID-19 related market crash and subsequent rebound be explained as a rational response to evolving conditions? Our results using multiple forward-looking measures of uncertainty implied from stock option prices ... -
Covid-19 and Domestic Violence: an Indirect Path to Social and Economic Crisis
(Springer, 2020)Purpose: We intend to identify the links between Covid-19 and domestic violence, expose the potential reasons behind an increase in domestic violence cases due to Covid-19, and argue that rising incidence of domestic ... -
Sales training: A state of the art and contemporary review
(Elsevier Doyma, 2015)Organizations of today face numerous challenges, and training their sales force is definitely high on its agenda. This paper endeavors to contribute to the sales training field by providing a comprehensive state-of-the art ... -
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency across the spectrum of glucose intolerance
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)Background: Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is inversely associated with insulin resistance. We studied the prevalence of VDD across the spectrum of glucose intolerance, including normal glucose tolerance (NGT), prediabetes ... -
Can rigorous impact evaluations improve humanitarian assistance?
(Routledge, 2017)Each year billions of US-dollars of humanitarian assistance are mobilised in response to man-made emergencies and natural disasters. Yet, rigorous evidence for how best to intervene remains scant. This dearth reflects that ... -
Data aggregation for p-median problems
(2011)In this paper, we use a pseudo-Boolean formulation of the p-median problem and using data aggregation, provide a compact representation of p-median problem instances. We provide computational results to demonstrate this ... -
Getting the measurement right! quantifying time poverty and multitasking from childcare among mothers with children across different age groups in rural north India
(Routledge, 2020)Existing research suggests that women spend a disproportionate amount of time on unpaid housework and childcare compared to men. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence on unequal time burdens due to childcare among ... -
Fear and Violence as Organizational Strategies: The Possibility of a Derridean Lens to Analyze Extra-judicial Police Violence
(Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2020)Governments and majoritarian political formations often present police violence as nationalist media spectacles, which marginalize the rights of the accused and normalize the discourse of majoritarian nationalism. In this ... -
Influence as a function of communicator discrepancy and his prestige
(1969)Studies in the field of persuasion and communication have used known sources to test the effect of credibility on influence. What pattern of opinion change occurs when Ss themselves identify the credibility of the communicator, ... -
Communicator discrepancy, perceived credibility, and opinion change
(1969)How credible and at what level of discrepancy a source should be in order to be sufficiently influential is examined in this study. PROCEDURE: Perceived credibility and communicator discrepancy were manipulated. 100 Ss, ... -
Lab-in-the-field experiments: perspectives from research on gender
(Springer, 2021)This paper highlights the contributions made by lab-in-the-field experiments, which are also known as artefactual, framed and extra-lab experiments. We present a curated sample of lab-in-the-field experiments and discuss ... -
Risk assessment and quantification of wealthsurance equity growth fund of IdBI federal life insurance
(IAEME Publication, 2019)The objective of risk management is not to prohibit or prevent risk taking activity, but to ensure that the risks are consciously taken with full knowledge, clear purpose and thorough understanding so that it can be measured ... -
Over-ordering and food waste: The use of food delivery apps during a pandemic
(Elsevier Ltd, 2021)There is a paucity of research on the role of food delivery apps (FDAs) in food waste generation. This gap needs to be addressed since FDAs represent a fast-growing segment of the hospitality sector, which is already ... -
Where there is no anesthetist - increasing capacity for emergency obstetric care in rural India: An evaluation of a pilot program to train general doctors
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2009)Objective: The lack of anesthesia providers in rural public sector hospitals is a significant barrier to providing emergency obstetric care. In 2006, the state of Gujarat initiated the Life Saving Anesthetic Skills (LSAS) ... -
Saving mothers and newborns through an innovative partnership with private sector obstetricians: Chiranjeevi scheme of Gujarat, India
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2009)Objective: To document an innovative public-private partnership between the government of Gujarat, India and private obstetricians in rural areas that provides delivery care to the poor. Methods: This is a descriptive ...