New Journal: "Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences" (S-A)

"Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences"

New Open Access Journal

Vol. 1 (1), Jan-Dec, 2013

About the Journal: Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, a publication of Yenepoya University, is a peer-reviewed, open access online and print International journal published biannually. The journal’s full text is available online at http://www.amhsjournal.org. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository. The journal does not charge for submission, processing or publication of manuscripts and even for color reproduction of photographs.

'Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences' (AMHS, Print ISSN 2321-4848) is the official peer reviewed open access international journal of Yenepoya University. AMHS is dedicated to the publication of scholarly and outstanding peer-reviewed articles to foster education, research and professionalism in the fields of Internal Medicine, Clinical and Allied Health Sciences including Nursing, Physiotherapy, Dental and Medical Education. AMHS's philosophy is to provide online free and open access since research networks in the global research community should be transparent without borders, barriers or discrimination. Its main objective is to reflect multidisciplinary scientific research and collaboration among academicians, educators, clinicians and researchers from India as well as international medical community. To ensure international relevance, to maintain high quality, and guarantee a rigorous peer-review process, AMHS has Editorial Board members who are experts in their respective specialties from all around the world. Editorial content includes Invited Editorial, Original Research Articles, Reviews, Case reports & Short communications, Special articles, Medical Education Articles, Medical History Articles, Teaching Images and Letters to the Editor. AMHS is published biannually in June and December. 

Abstracting and Indexing information: The journal is indexed with EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Genamics JournalSeek, Global Health, Health & Wellness Research Center, Health Reference Center Academic, Hinari, Index Copernicus, Indian Science Abstracts, National Science Library, OpenJGate, SafetyLit, SCOLOAR, SIIC databases, Ulrich's International Periodical Directory.

Scope of the journal: AMHS invites concise, succinct and educative papers covering the diverse fields of Internal Medicine, Clinical and Allied Health Sciences including Nursing, Physiotherapy, Dental and Medical Education.

Submit the Articles: Articles can be submitted electronically from http://www.journalonweb.com/amhs. This is an online manuscript processing system which allows submission of articles with tracking of its progress till proof stage. One is required to register as a new author – the process being a simple self-explanatory two stage process. Link for new author registration is available from the home page (http://www.journalonweb.com/amhs). 
If article is submitted electronically, there is no need to send a hard copy.

SIRD Ranchi Training Calender 2013-14

SIRD Ranchi Training Calender 2013-14

Contact:

State Institute of Rural Development,

Hehal,

Ranchi - 834 009 (Jharkhand)

Tel: +91-651-2511383, 6571894

Fax: +91-651-2510173

Email: sirdranchi@gmail.com

SoFerence 2013, Oct 19-20, 2013, TCS-Bangalore

SoFerence-2013

A National Level Social Conference on Failures, Learnings, Case Studies Best Practices, and Success Stories in Library & Information Science and related areas…

Dates: October 19-20, 2013.  

Venue: Tata Consultancy Services, LCenter Office, Bangalore - 560 066 (Karnataka).

Organizers: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore in collaboration with Karnataka State Library Association (KALA), Bangalore.

Theme:

• Case Studies on Failures, Learnings, Process Improvements, New Initiatives, Best Practices, Success Stories, Current Awareness Services, Information Retrieval & Repackaging Query Handling, Librarian as SME, Application of ICT/LMS, Marketing of Info Products, HRM, etc.*
  
• Surveys on Users Satisfaction, Use of eBooks / Journals, Job Satisfaction, Career Growth, New Opportunities, etc.*
  
• Classroom Teaching v/s Internship in LIS, Soft Skills, Professionalism, Recent Trends, Future of Libraries, etc.*  *Specific to LIS and related areas.
  

Call for Papers: Unpublished and original papers on the above theme are invited. Only Top 60 papers will be accepted after thorough plagiarism check for stage presentation. Further, based on the participant's feedback and editorial advice, papers will be selected for the publication in SoFerence Proceedings (to be published after the event as a book with ISBN).

Paper Submission Guidelines: Authors are requested to strictly adhere to the following guidelines, to avoid rejections - 

• Unpublished and original papers should be 
• in .doc format 
• in single-spaced 
• A4 page size 
• Times New Roman 12 font size 
• between 4-10pages and 
• APA reference style

• Scanned copy of Copyright Declaration letter (with the details of theme, title, author, etc.) duly signed by the author(s) should be sent along with the paper.
  

• Paper should have Title, Author(s) Name, Organization Address, Tel. No., E-mail id, etc.
  

• Registration is mandatory for authors as well as participants.
  

• The full paper should be sent to: soference@gmail.com
  

Audience: LIS Professionals, Students, Research Scholars, Content Managers, Information Managers, Publishers, ECM and KM Professionals, Academicians and others.

Important Dates:

• August 15, 2013: Full paper Submission
  
• August 20, 2013: Registration Closes
  
• August 30, 2013: Acceptance for stage presentation
  

Registration Fee*:

• Working Professionals: Rs. 1500/-
  
• Students & Retired Professionals: Rs. 1200/-
  

[*Includes SoFerence kit, Tea/Coffee, Snacks, Lunch and SoFerence Proceedings (to be sent after publication)].
Registration is limited to 200 seats only (Including authors on first come, first serve basis).

Payment: The completed registration form (download from https://sites.google.com/site/soference) along with the registration fee in the form of Cheque/DD in favour of "Karnataka State Library Association", payable at Bangalore should send to:
      Registration Committee-SoFerence 2013,
      C/o Information Resource Centre, LCenter,
      Tata Consultancy Services,
      Near Vydehi Hospital, Plot No.78, 79 & 83, EPIP Industrial Area, Whitefield,
      Bangalore - 560 066, Karnataka, India.

For More details: https://sites.google.com/site/soference
Tel: +91-80-67251331 / 475 or +91-7760505296

Email: soference@gmail.com

21st Jankidevi BajajPuraskar for Woman Rural Entrepreneur – nominations invited

21st Jankidevi BajajPuraskar for Woman Rural Entrepreneur – nominations invited

Award (Puraskar): Cash award of Rs.3,00,000/-, a citation and a certificate.
Deadline: July 31, 2013.
Organizaion: Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC) was set up in 1907 and has an active Ladies Wing which was established in 1966. Initiated as a platform for creating social awareness, it has grown to become a dynamic association for the empowerment of women. The IMC-Ladies’ Wing Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar was instituted in 1993, the birth centenary of Smt. Jankidevi Bajaj (1893-1979), with the objective of building a close alliance with rural India to promote, support and honour the substantial work being done at grassroots level by entrepreneurs. Since its inception, 20 women have won this award.
Criteria:

• The nominee must be of Indian nationality.
  
• The nominee must be a woman.
  
• She should have made an outstanding contribution to business entrepreneurship by which rural India has benefitted and rural society has improved.
  
• The candidate may not live in rural India/or India
  

Self nominated applications will also be accepted.
Award Ceremony: The Puraskar Presentation function is scheduled in the first week of January 2014 in Mumbai.
Last Date: The nomination details in the required format should reach IMC-Ladies’ Wing office on or before Wednesday July 31, 2013.
Contact: Deputy Director, IMC Ladies’ Wing, IMC Building, Curchgate, Mumbai – 400 020 (Maharashtra).
Tel: (022)-22046633, Ext.130/132/605/627
Email:imcladieswing@gmail.com; ladieswing@imcnet.org.

International Research Workshop “Analysis for Research- The Descriptive, Exploratory, Inferential, Predictive and Causal Analysis"

International Research Workshop on Analysis for Research- The Descriptive, Exploratory, Inferential, Predictive and Causal Analysis

Software Application SPSS V. 20

30-31 July, 2013

Course Description:

RCTD is Organizing an International Research Workshop “Analysis for Research- The Descriptive, Exploratory, Inferential, Predictive and Causal Analysis” on 30 - 31 July, 2013 through HD Video Conferencing.

The workshop is designed to understand the key concepts and methods of statistical analysis required during the conduct of research for thesis/paper or research projects.  The workshop will help to understand techniques for summarizing and presenting data, estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, comparing groups, measuring associations, seeing relationships and predictive analysis. The workshop will focus more on understanding of key concepts and statistical thinking, and less on formulas and calculations, which can now be done on statistical software (SPSS). The participants will be provided with their relevant discipline data sets, and they will perform the tests/exercises along with the international resource persons.

The researchers from Universities, Research Institutes, R&D Organizations and Social Sector Organizations can participate individually or institutional in their own auditorium/office/home from anywhere around the world. The individual participant can participate using a laptop/desktop computer connected with internet. For institutional registration and arrangements, contact us (00971528047514, 00923224309974) or workshops@rctd.org.

Note: The university/institute will pay the participation fee after the one week of the workshop for the convenience of processing and paying the invoice. RCTD will send the certificates of participation and DVD of workshop recordings for 40 participants after the workshop through courier.

Contents:

Descriptive Analysis using SPSS

·        Descriptive Analysis for Qualitative Data

·        Descriptive Analysis for Quantitative Data

·        Tabulation and Numerical Presentation of Data

·        Measuring the Central Tendency

·        Measuring Position and Dispersion

·        Selection of Appropriate Statistical tools for DataPresentation

Exploratory Data Analysis using SPSS

·        Box-and-WhiskerPlots

·        Stem-and-LeafDisplays

·        Median Polishof Two-Way Tables

·        NonlinearSmoothers for Time Series Data

·        Rootograms

·        Bubble Charts

·        Radar/SpiderPlots

·        Scatter PlotMatrices

·        Coded Maps

Inferential Analysis using SPSS

Comparing Groups

·        T-tests

·        ANOVA

·        Repeated measurement ANOVA

·        MANOVA and MANCOVA

Measuring Association

·        Chi-Square Test

·        Fisher’s Exact Test for Nominal Scale Data

·        Coefficient of Contingency

·        Crammer’s V

Predictive Analysis using SPSS

·        Simple Linear Regression

·        Multiple Regression

·        Logistic Regression, Odds ratio

Causal Analysis using SPSS

Seeing Relationship

·        Pearson Correlation

·        Spearman Correlation

·        Partial Correlation

·        Multiple correlations

International Resource Persons:

Professor Dr. Muhammad Abu Salih

PhD in Statistics

University of Illinois

United States of America

President of the Union of Arab Statisticians

Advisor/Trainer

Research Center for Training & Development

Professor Dr. Arijit Chaudhuri

PhD in Statistics

Consultant/Coach for Quantitative Techniques and Analysis

Research Center for Training & Development

Mr. Anton Svendrovski

IBM SPSS Certified

Data Analyst

Head

STATSHELP

Toronto, Canada

Consultant/Coach for Data Analysis using SPSS

Research Center for Training & Development

M. Naseem

Trainer for Bureaue of Statistics

Expert of Quatitative  Data Analysis Using SPSS

Advisor/Trainer

Research Center for Training &Development (RCTD)

Program:

Date: 30 - 31 July, 2013 (Tuesday-Wednesday)

Time: 9:30am-3:00pm Dubai, UAE

Investment: Rs. 3000

International: US$200/participant

Institutional Participation:  Rs.40,000 (up to 40 participants)

Note: The Universities/Institutes are requested to organize this International level workshop in their own computer lab/auditorium. The host institute does not require to have any conferencing facility, the conferencing facility will be provided by RCTD. For Institutional participation and arrangements, contact us (0092322-4309974, 00971528047514)or workshops@rctd.org. 

Online Registration:

Registration details for the participant:  http://tinyurl.com/rctd-workshop

Registration details for international participant: http://tinyurl.com/rctd-research

11th CONFERENCE OF INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HEALTH

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11th CONFERENCE OF INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HEALTH
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4th PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON "APPROACHES TO SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH"

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Conference: 26-28, DECEMBER 2013.
Pre-conference Workshop: 23-25, DECEMBER,2013
Venue: III Floor, School of Public Health, SRM University, SRM Nagar Kattankulathur - 603 203, (Tamil Nadu).

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Organisers: The Indian Association of Social Sciences and Health (IASSH), Vashi, Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra) and School of Public Health, SRM UNIVERSITY, SRM Nagar Kattankulathur, (Tamil Nadu).

Theme: 'HEALTH TRANSITION, SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT'.

Contact: iassh2004@gmail.com iassh.2013@srmuniv.ac.in

SAFRG's 24th South Asian Annual International Workshop

24th South Asian Annual International Workshop 

1-3 August, 2013

Faridabad (NCR), INDIA.