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A case study of a 44‑year‑old woman presented with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis presenting with features of raised intracranial tension and plaque meningeal thickening. Topics include Deep vein thrombosis and isolated cortical vein thrombosis are unusual findings of cerebral venous thrombosis; and Radiological finding of venous thrombosis includes visualization of thrombus, irregular sinus lumen manifesting partial obliteration.

Background: Acute ischemic stroke therapy is time sensitive, and optimum treatment is missed due to pre-hospital and/or in-hospital delay.Materials and Methods: A prospective observational (before and after) study was conducted for 1 year.The study period was defined as phase-I or pre-education phase, phase-II or immediate post-education phase, and phase-III or delayed post-education phase, with each phase lasting for 4months. All consecutive stroke patients presenting within 12 hours of stroke onset were enrolled. Baseline and outcome data including acute stroke care quality matrices and functional outcomes were collected.Results: A total of 264 patients were enrolled. All acute stroke care quality matrices improved significantly (P ≤ 0.01) with a median door to imaging time (DTI) of 114, 35, and 47 minutes in the three phases consecutively. In phase-II, proportions of patients imaged within 25 minutes of arrival increased by 35%. Mean door to needle (DTN) time were 142 ± 49.7,63.7 ± 25.1, and 83.9 ± 38.1 minutes in the three consecutive phases. Patients with DTN < 60 minutes of arrival increased by 63%. Modified Rankin score (mRS) at 3 months improved significantly in all ischemic stroke patients (P = 0.04) and patients with mRS of 0-2 increased by 22%.Conclusions: Stroke education to emergency department (ED) staff is an effective method to improve acute stroke care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present research paper examines the growth, structure and distribution of workforce engaged in different economic activities in India during 1981-2011. The objectives of this paper are to : (i) analyze the growth and structural change in workforce at national level; (ii) examine the spatial pattern of workforce at state /union territory level; (iii) probe the intensity of workforce; (iv) measure the shift in mean point location of workforce employed in various occupational categories; and (v) compute the future probable trend of workforce. The present study is largely based on secondary data. The data pertaining to population and workforce have been taken from 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011 censuses. The analysis reveals the following major trends in the workforce: growth in the total workers in India is showing a declining trend; the workforce participation rate is increasing; the proportion of main workers declined whereas the proportion of marginal workers increased; more than a half of the total workforce is still engaged in agricultural activities; agricultural labourers witnessed small increase due to shift from cultivation to this category; the proportion of household workers showed stagnation; whereas the contribution of females accounted for only 31.10 percent in total workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]