Fakir Mohan University

Development and Psychometric Validation of the Psychological Well-being of Student Aspirants Scale at the Secondary Level of School Education

This article describes the entire methodology for the development of a scale to measure the psychological well-being of student aspirants (PWB-SA). In India, the growing number of suicides among students preparing for competitive entrance examinations, the huge rush for these exa...

A minimalist 1-lead ECG beat classification without handcrafted morphological feature extraction for inter-patient, edge-oriented diagnosis

The conventional machine learning models are relying on handcrafted feature extraction. These methods require domain expertise and increase computational cost, which limits their implementation on resource-constrained wearable edge device settings. To investigate whether ECG beat...

Out-of-pocket expenditure and catastrophic health expenditure associated with non-communicable diseases among older adults in Rural Bankura district, West Bengal

This paper assesses the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in terms of out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) and its catastrophic effect on households in Bankura district of West Bengal, India based on a population-based cross-sectional survey covering 465 persons age...

Incidence and risks of adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes in the LABOR study, a prospective intrapartum cohort in four tertiary referral centers in Ghana, India, and Zambia

Abstract Background Globally, more than two million perinatal deaths occur annually attributable to the intrapartum period, the vast majority occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We sought to ascertain the incidence of adverse neonatal intrapartum-related outcom...

Value-risk Assessment and Sustainability Status of Selected Built Heritage Sites in Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal, India

Cultural and historical heritage sites strengthen community identity and safeguard collective memory over time. However, these valuable heritage resources are increasingly at risk due to environmental degradation in many lower-middle income countries. Against this background, thi...

Neuroinflammation, HPA Axis Dysregulation, Cytokine Activity and Nutritional Modulation in Depression: A PRISMA-compliant Systematic Review

Background Depression is increasingly recognized as a multisystem disorder involving interconnected neuroinflammatory, neuroendocrine, metabolic and gut–brain mechanisms rather than isolated neurotransmitter abnormalities. Emerging evidence suggests that dysregulation of cytokine...

Between tradition and survival: Understanding the psychosocial dimensions of Hijra clapping ( Taali ) practices in the Kolkata Metropolitan, India

Introduction The taali, the distinctive hand-clap of the Hijra community, occupies a paradoxical space in South Asian public life, functioning as a sonic marker of gendered identity, a ritual instrument of devotion, and a means of economic survival. Despite its cultural visibilit...