Kim Kardashian West has shared a message about her husband Kanye West and mental health.

In an Instagram Stories post on Wednesday, Kardashian West acknowledged that West has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and said it’s “incredibly complicated and painful” for many to understand.

“As many of you know, Kanye has bi-polar disorder. Anyone who has this or has a loved one in their life who does, knows how incredibly complicated and painful it is to understand,’ she wrote. “I’ve never spoken publicly about how this has affected us at home because I am very protective of our children and Kanye’s right to privacy when it comes to his health. But today, I feel like I should comment on it because off the stigma and misconceptions about mental health.”

By Udbhav Bhargava

Researchers from the following 3 organizations have developed an engineered magnesium alloy with significantly improved properties.  Indian Institute of Technology Madras, University of North Texas, and  U.S. Army Research Laboratory. 

Declined industrial application – The need to develop Magnesium

The current industrial application of wrought magnesium alloys in structural components is very limited due to their;

• Poor strength
• Poor ductility
• Yield strength asymmetry
• Lack of high strain rate super-plasticity.
• The density of Mg is 2/3rd of aluminium and 1/4th of steel

Description of scientific terms

Ductility is a measure of the capacity of a material to endure substantial plastic deformation until breaking or rupture.

The yield strength or yield stress is a material property and is the stress that corresponds to the yield point at which the material begins plastically deforming itself. The yield strength is used to calculate the maximum permissible load in a mechanical device, as it represents the upper limit of forces which can be applied without permanent deformation. A material will bend elastically until the yield point, and return to its original shape when the stress applied is removed. After reaching the yield point, some fraction of the deformation is permanent and non-reversible, and is known as plastic deformation.

Approach of the research team, the scientists used a magnesium alloy containing elements of rare earth such as Gadolinium (Gd), Yttrium (Y), and Zirconium (Zr). To produce an ultrafine grained variant of this magnesium alloy, the alloy was subjected to a thermo-mechanical processing technique (severe plastic deformation and ageing treatment).

The team then developed the nano-precipitates and ultrafine intermetallic compounds in the ultra-fine-grained magnesium alloy which were thermally stable. Using this method, the group has been able to achieve the highest combination of strength-ductility and highest super-plasticity strain rate of all the current magnesium alloys recorded in the literature to date.

The new engineered alloy is – 

• Strong
• Lightweight
• Highly ductile
• Its super-plasticity is achieved at higher strain-rates.

Why is this development significant? 

Such properties minimize overall time, energy and costs of manufacture. Vehicle emissions account for around 27 per cent of global emissions of carbon dioxide. Countries all over the world are focused on growing these. The reduction of the carbon emissions of vehicles by using lightweight material in their body has been a primary priority of the researchers. Light-weight vehicles require less energy (fuel) to run, and are thus one of the methods to improve the energy efficiency of automobiles. The new Magnesium alloy in automotive and aerospace parts will replace steel and aluminum alloys.

By Udbhav Bhargava

An observatory to allow visitors to see Gangetic Dolphins in the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary would be established shortly. People could watch Dolphins in the river aquatic activities from an observatory tower to be constructed as part of the Sultanganj-Aguwani Ghat Bridge in Bhagalpur, Bihar. The observatory on four storeys will be 40 feet high, with the bridge passing through its centre.

The observatory building will be transparent, with glass from all sides to ensure that the dolphins can be watched without disturbance. The observatory ‘s structural architecture is such that it supports eco-tourism. There would be no deleterious or negative impact on the ecology of the river, as the observation deck is being built on a bridge over the Ganga.

The Gangetic dolphin-Platanista gangetica Indus river dolphin-Platanista gangetica minor The Ganges river dolphin is found primarily in the Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers and their tributaries in India , Bangladesh, and Nepal. The Indus river dolphin is now only present in the main Indus River canal, and in Punjab in the River Beas. The gangetic dolphin is both the national Aquatic animal of India and the National Mammal of Pakistan (Indus Dolphin). These dolphins breathe after rising to the surface and locate objects through echolocation. They prefer water depth greater than 5ft and maximum of 8fts. This range corresponds to the depth range, where they can feed on enough fish. They live in an area where little to no current exists which helps them to save energy. They can dive into deeper waters, if they feel threatened. The dolphins swim up to the edges from the no-current zone to hunt for fish and return.

Endangered

The population of the endangered Gangetic river dolphins was found in the Ganga and its two main tributaries, Gandak and Ghaghra, at almost 1,000 km length. The presence of 1,548 Gangetic dolphins in Ganga, Gandak, Kosi and Mahananda rivers is a sign of a healthy river ecosystem according to a survey in 2019.

Facing various threats

These dolphins unintentionally get killed after being extricated in fishing nylon nets, and are killed by poachers for their flesh, fat and oil. Boats and Machines hamper their echolocation abilities.  Lowering of water levels due to sandbars in river, reckless use of water in irrigation, multiple dam projects significantly lower the inhibitability.

Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy and the same continues.Experience comes and grows within and out of a person. Preaching someone also requires having yourself preached at the initial stages of the upbringing of life. Every person who teaches you something was once a learner who has done mistakes and grew from it. Experience makes a person productive with the effective tone they put into what they are pursuing. To be effective, you structure the learning process, explain why your inputs are important, give clear instructions, check for understanding, and handle questions. This is referred to as directive coaching style. On the other end of the continuum, you have facilitative coaching style.

As we’ll see , people with or without experience have to go through the same process as all the others do. While few things do change or remain in this process of naive from fully known person. While directive style lies on positional power, facilitative style draws on personal power. In different coaching situations, depending on requirements, you draw on elements of both direction and facilitation. As a frontline leader, it is extremely important to widen your repertoire by honing your skills of facilitative coaching.