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The purpose of the study is to test the impact of supply chain management practices on productivity of the organisation. Additionally, investigated the relationship between supply chain management practices and organisational productivity. The type of research used is descriptive in nature.. The study was conducted on the basis of various factors like risk management, process, delivery and planning and how organisational productivity can be improved through these factors of supply chain management practices. The paper revealed that there is a relationship between supply chain management practices and organisational productivity. It also revealed that there is an impact of supply chain management practices on organisational productivity. As far as the researcher is aware,this paper is rst to investigate the impact of supply chain management practices on organisational productivity with factors like quality management, inventory management and transportation and the researcher has done the study on different factors like risk management, planning, process and delivery
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Objective To assess the trichoscopic features of alopecia areata, and determine correlation between the findings and the severity of alopecia tool [SALT] score
Methods A cross-sectional study was done on 67 patients in Amrita Institute, Kochi, who were clinically diagnosed with alopecia areata of scalp. Patients were examined using Heine Delta 20 Plus dermoscope
Results Yellow dots were the most common finding on trichoscopy, seen in 86.6 percent of patients. Black dots were next most common finding, seen in 68.7 percent of patients, followed by broken hair [59.7 percent], vellus hair [49.3 percent] and tapering hairs [25.4 percent]. Grey hair was seen in 11.9 percent and coiled hair in 7.5 percent patients. There was a significant relationship between vellus hair and lower SALT score. This study did not find any significant association between the other trichoscopic features of alopecia areata and clinical type or SALT score
Conclusion Scalp lesions in alopecia areata show characteristic features on trichoscopy, such as yellow dots, black dots, broken hair, vellus hair and tapering hair. Trichoscopy is a quick, easy tool in the diagnosis of alopecia and it can be a non-invasive alternative to skin biopsy