T M Sucharitha

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Background: Fingerprints are unique, and each fingerprint of an individual differs from another. Studies were conducted to know how various factors like Race, Sex, and certain disorders influence fingerprint patterns. Similary, the number of ridges present in an area of palms and fingers and their variations were also studied. Objective: To study the sexual variations in fingerprint ridge density among medical students studying in Narayana Medical college from Andhra Pradesh. Materials and Methods: Fingerprints of one hundred and twenty medical students (sixty male and sixty female) were analyzed for this study. Results: The mean ridge density in males is 128.5 (Range 124 -134) for ten digits, and in females, the mean ridge density for ten fingers is 148. 67 and (Range 145 -153). Average ridge density for 0.25sq.cm. in Male:Female is 12.85:14.86. Conclusion: The females exhibit higher ridge density than males; ridge density of more than 14 ridges of a finger in a 0.25 sq. mm area indicates that the finger likely belongs to a female. Keywords: Fingerprints, Ridge density, Sex, Medical students.

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Background: Due to the COVID pandemic, all the educational institutions, including medical colleges, are closed for students, and teaching methodology shifted from traditional offline teaching to online teaching. After the shift of teaching to the online mode from April 2020, the Narayana Medical College, like other Medical colleges, started online teaching and evaluation. Not much evidence is available about the student’s perception of online evaluation. Objective: An online survey was conducted to study first-year medical student’s perceptions about the online evaluation through a structured questionnaire. Materials and Methods: The study is conducted using a closed structured questionnaire containing ten questions with multiple responses and Yes or No responses. The study subjects included first-year MBBS students. Results: The majority of the students are more comfortable with offline examination though they feel that it can be combined occasionally with an online examination in the post-COVID situation. Conclusion: Students prefer offline examination to online examination, methods to combine offline, and online examinations need further study. Keywords: Medical students, Online, Evaluation, Questionnaire, Feedback.

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Background: Metopic suture is present between two halves of the frontal bone of the Skull of infants and children. By about 6-8 years, it disappears; the persistence of metopic suture is called Metopism. Aim: To study the incidence of Metopic suture in adult skulls of Nellore South coastal District of Andhra Pradesh. Materials and Methods: A study was conducted to observe the incidence of Metopic suture in adult skulls of Nellore south coastal district of Andhra Pradesh. For this purpose, 82 Skulls belonging to the Departments Anatomy and Forensic Medicine and Toxicology of Narayana Medical College, Nellore, are observed. Results: Two out of 82 skulls showed Metopism. Conclusion: The incidence of Metopism in the present study is 2.4% and is compared to similar studies. Keywords: Metopic suture, Frontal Bone, Skull.

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