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Authors are the souls of any journal, and deserve much respect. To publish a journal manuscripts are needed from authors. Authors have a great responsibility for producing facts of their work in terms of number and results truthfully and an individual honesty is expected from authors in this regards. Both ways its true "No authors-No manuscripts-No journals" and "No journals–No manuscripts–No authors". Reviewing a manuscript is also a very responsible and important task of any peer-reviewed journal and to be taken seriously. It needs knowledge on the subject, sincerity, honesty and determination. Although the process of reviewing a manuscript is a time consuming task butit is expected to give one's best remarks within the time frame of the journal.
Salient features of the JCDR: It is a biomedical, multidisciplinary (including all medical and dental specialities), e-journal, with wide scope and extensive author support. At the same time, a free text of manuscript is available in HTML and PDF format. There is fast growing authorship and readership with JCDR as this can be judged by the number of articles published in it i e; in Feb 2007 of its first issue, it contained 5 articles only, and now in its recent volume published in April 2011, it contained 67 manuscripts. This e-journal is fulfilling the commitments and objectives sincerely, (as stated by Editor-in-chief in his preface to first edition) i e; to encourage physicians through the internet, especially from the developing countries who witness a spectrum of disease and acquire a wealth of knowledge to publish their experiences to benefit the medical community in patients care. I also feel that many of us have work of substance, newer ideas, adequate clinical materials but poor in medical writing and hesitation to submit the work and need help. JCDR provides authors help in this regards.
Timely publication of journal: Publication of manuscripts and bringing out the issue in time is one of the positive aspects of JCDR and is possible with strong support team in terms of peer reviewers, proof reading, language check, computer operators, etc. This is one of the great reasons for authors to submit their work with JCDR. Another best part of JCDR is "Online first Publications" facilities available for the authors. This facility not only provides the prompt publications of the manuscripts but at the same time also early availability of the manuscripts for the readers.
Indexation and online availability: Indexation transforms the journal in some sense from its local ownership to the worldwide professional community and to the public.JCDR is indexed with Embase & EMbiology, Google Scholar, Index Copernicus, Chemical Abstracts Service, Journal seek Database, Indian Science Abstracts, to name few of them. Manuscriptspublished in JCDR are available on major search engines ie; google, yahoo, msn.
In the era of fast growing newer technologies, and in computer and internet friendly environment the manuscripts preparation, submission, review, revision, etc and all can be done and checked with a click from all corer of the world, at any time. Of course there is always a scope for improvement in every field and none is perfect. To progress, one needs to identify the areas of one's weakness and to strengthen them.
It is well said that "happy beginning is half done" and it fits perfectly with JCDR. It has grown considerably and I feel it has already grown up from its infancy to adolescence, achieving the status of standard online e-journal form Indian continent since its inception in Feb 2007. This had been made possible due to the efforts and the hard work put in it. The way the JCDR is improving with every new volume, with good quality original manuscripts, makes it a quality journal for readers. I must thank and congratulate Dr Hemant Jain, Editor-in-Chief JCDR and his team for their sincere efforts, dedication, and determination for making JCDR a fast growing journal.
Every one of us: authors, reviewers, editors, and publisher are responsible for enhancing the stature of the journal. I wish for a great success for JCDR."
Thanking you
With sincere regards
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Ghritlaharey, M.S., M. Ch., FAIS
Associate Professor,
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Gandhi Medical College & Associated
Kamla Nehru & Hamidia Hospitals Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462 001 (India)
E-mail: drrajendrak1@rediffmail.com
On May 11,2011
Dr. Shankar P.R.
"On looking back through my Gmail archives after being requested by the journal to write a short editorial about my experiences of publishing with the Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research (JCDR), I came across an e-mail from Dr. Hemant Jain, Editor, in March 2007, which introduced the new electronic journal. The main features of the journal which were outlined in the e-mail were extensive author support, cash rewards, the peer review process, and other salient features of the journal.
Over a span of over four years, we (I and my colleagues) have published around 25 articles in the journal. In this editorial, I plan to briefly discuss my experiences of publishing with JCDR and the strengths of the journal and to finally address the areas for improvement.
My experiences of publishing with JCDR: Overall, my experiences of publishing withJCDR have been positive. The best point about the journal is that it responds to queries from the author. This may seem to be simple and not too much to ask for, but unfortunately, many journals in the subcontinent and from many developing countries do not respond or they respond with a long delay to the queries from the authors 1. The reasons could be many, including lack of optimal secretarial and other support. Another problem with many journals is the slowness of the review process. Editorial processing and peer review can take anywhere between a year to two years with some journals. Also, some journals do not keep the contributors informed about the progress of the review process. Due to the long review process, the articles can lose their relevance and topicality. A major benefit with JCDR is the timeliness and promptness of its response. In Dr Jain's e-mail which was sent to me in 2007, before the introduction of the Pre-publishing system, he had stated that he had received my submission and that he would get back to me within seven days and he did!
Most of the manuscripts are published within 3 to 4 months of their submission if they are found to be suitable after the review process. JCDR is published bimonthly and the accepted articles were usually published in the next issue. Recently, due to the increased volume of the submissions, the review process has become slower and it ?? Section can take from 4 to 6 months for the articles to be reviewed. The journal has an extensive author support system and it has recently introduced a paid expedited review process. The journal also mentions the average time for processing the manuscript under different submission systems - regular submission and expedited review.
Strengths of the journal: The journal has an online first facility in which the accepted manuscripts may be published on the website before being included in a regular issue of the journal. This cuts down the time between their acceptance and the publication. The journal is indexed in many databases, though not in PubMed. The editorial board should now take steps to index the journal in PubMed. The journal has a system of notifying readers through e-mail when a new issue is released. Also, the articles are available in both the HTML and the PDF formats. I especially like the new and colorful page format of the journal. Also, the access statistics of the articles are available. The prepublication and the manuscript tracking system are also helpful for the authors.
Areas for improvement: In certain cases, I felt that the peer review process of the manuscripts was not up to international standards and that it should be strengthened. Also, the number of manuscripts in an issue is high and it may be difficult for readers to go through all of them. The journal can consider tightening of the peer review process and increasing the quality standards for the acceptance of the manuscripts. I faced occasional problems with the online manuscript submission (Pre-publishing) system, which have to be addressed.
Overall, the publishing process with JCDR has been smooth, quick and relatively hassle free and I can recommend other authors to consider the journal as an outlet for their work."
Dr. P. Ravi Shankar
KIST Medical College, P.O. Box 14142, Kathmandu, Nepal.
E-mail: ravi.dr.shankar@gmail.com
On April 2011 Anuradha
Dear team JCDR, I would like to thank you for the very professional and polite service provided by everyone at JCDR. While i have been in the field of writing and editing for sometime, this has been my first attempt in publishing a scientific paper.Thank you for hand-holding me through the process.
Dr. Anuradha
E-mail: anuradha2nittur@gmail.com
On Jan 2020
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Holistic Insight into Health Promotion and Healing in Yoga
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This article is helpful to gain a comprehensive understanding of yoga and the numerous benefits, the practice has to offer. Holistic yoga offers a gentle relaxing form of yoga that doesn’t require the participants to be overly flexible. This style generates a rejuvenating effect that leaves practitioner feeling invigorated and in a deeply relaxed state .The aim is to communicate yoga in a traditional form. Practitioner therefore realize the how and why of yoga. This understanding helps to facilitate a deeper and more comprehensive insight into yoga. Holistic yoga provides clear instruction in a step by step approach following all the practitioners to integrate the techniques of yoga investing it in their souls to transform their life into a positive, more fulfilling and happier experience People would like to try yoga if it is presented in a way that is rational ,scientific and most importantly in a style that can relate to which embraces our life style in the 21st century.
ASANA
Ancient classics conceives life as four dimensional entity. Ayu that is living entity is the sum total of physical body, senses, the psyche and the soul. The aim of yoga is to keep the health intact and to cure the diseases of human being. Yoga promotes the four dimensions to remain in most natural or original state. As yoga on one hand, affects the human body promoting the physical health, it also affects senses, the psyche and soul, promoting the mental health on the other hand. Hence the approach of yoga towards health is psychosomatic. There are 8 sub divisions of yoga- yam, niyam, asana, pranayam, pratyahar, dharma, dhyan, samadhi. Although all the 8 subdivisions are health promoting, yet out of them, yam, niyam, asana and pranayama are more imp in this prospect where as pratyahar, dharma, dhyan and samadhi are more of spiritual importance. Yam, niyam, dhyan etc are more concerned to mental health while asana, pranayam are concerned with physical health.
YAM - These are the rules of moral conduct to keep the psyche indulged towards soul. These are five i.e- ahinsa, satya, asteya, brahamcharya and aparigrah.
NIYAM - are also five-i.e- santosh, tag, swadayaya, iswar pranidhan.
ASANA - Asana means Systematic assumption of certain postures or positions. Asana are procedure to buttress the effects of other angas of yoga.
It is thought appropriate to consider in brief the effects of kriyas, bandhas, mudras along with asanas.
Asana have psychological bearing. Many asana mimics animals. Many mimics plants. Many mimic nonliving objects. Asana are important for feeling of oneness with the living and nonliving universe. They are important for getting rid of pride and achieving self-effacement. Asana constitute churning of the whole body so as to get the cream of spirit in terms of self-realization which is a result of awakening of kundalini, when practiced along with yama and other angas of yoga. Asanas involve co-coordinated, smooth, steady, disciplined contractions and/or relaxations of muscles, systematic squeezing of tissues, stimulations of receptors, alteration in the blood flow, alteration in the characteristics of blood, stimulation of spinal cord and a variety of regions of brain during neuromuscular activity as a result of receptor stimulation and as a result of stimulation due to altered local metabolism. Asanas are associated with direct stimulation of brain, spinal cord, as well. It is not yet completely understood as to how these simple maneuvers such as compression, stretching, pressing, twisting, distension etc. lead to such profound changes in one human being as a whole, or at least complement or synergies such changes. However effort has been made to probe in these gray areas.
All Asanas cause stimulation of internal and external neural receptors. This causes stimulation of several parts of central nervous system. Asanas cause stimulation of autonomic and peripheral nervous system also.
However quantification of these effects merits attention and extensive investigation. Some Asanas such as sheers asana are associated with change in posture and therefore besides stimulation of receptors it causes homodynamic changes, displacement of viscera causing local changes which may involve blood flow as well as metabolic changes.
Effects of sheers asana include or may include hemodynamical changes as well as stimulation of receptors in the carotid vessels. Long-term effects of gravitation may include reversal or altered calcification/degeneration in bones.
Asanas such as chakrasana twist the vertebral columns and cause stimulation of nerve roots at different levels. These asanas stimulate local blood flow and prevent congestion, degeneration, fibrosis, osteoporosis etc. in vertebral column and vertebral joints.
Quantification of these effects is however essential. This is because careful evaluation of yogasana effects will enable effective application of yoga<
This review is a glimpse of YOGA, as can be sensed today. It is clear that it does not confine to today’s scientific knowledge alone or today’s perception of yoga practitioners as found in their writings,(2), (4), (5), (6),(7) or the texts of yoga. (3),(8). It leaves us at the edge of infinity because YOGA is a process of infinitesimal enlightment and voyoge to the supreme cosmic strength.
Om Nama Iti.
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