Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Skin Care Knowledge, Attitude and Practices among Pakistani Diabetic Patients

Introduction: Almost all diabetic patients eventually develop skin complications from the long-term effects of diabetes mellitus on the microcirculation and on skin collagen. The control of diabetes-induced skin manifestations is complex, made up of a number of separate treatments with education representing a single facet within this package. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive survey included 1073 diabetic patients to explore skin care knowledge, attitudes and practices among Pakistanis with diabetes mellitus. Case participants were interviewed through a precoded questionnaire from 10th March 2009 till 20th July Egyptian Dermatology Online Journal Vol. 6 No 1: 5, June 2010 2 http://www.edoj. org.eg 2009. Results and conclusion: The mean ± SD age of the participants was 58 ± 8.78 years. With 67% male subjects, only 14% had awareness about skin manifestations in diabetes. The majority of the respondents did not know that people with diabetes are more vulnerable to skin disease. Forty-three percent preferred traditional healers for skin treatment while eighteen percent did not know what to do. There is urgent need to educate Pakistani diabetic patients regarding self care and skin care. Limited information, social attitudes and beliefs are the reasons for non-adherence to management guidelines.
Equilibrium in the clinoptilolite-H 20 system

A thermodynamic formulation for the sorption of H20 in clinoptilolite has been obtained from analysis of equilibrium data collected by thermogravimetry on near endmember Ca-, Na-, and K-exchanged natural clinoptilolite (Fish Creek Mountains, Nevada). Temperature and pressure of the experiments ranged from 25 to 250°C and 0.2 to 35 mbar H20 vapor pressure. Equilibrium of three clinoptilolite species was successfully formulated with the following expression for the Gibbs free energy of hydration as a function of temperature and pressure: ~J.LHyIT= ~J.L~yITo+ ~~y(IIT liTo) 3R[1n(TITo) + (TolT 1)] W W + R In[OI(1O)P]+ -i0 + T202 where R is the gas constant, P is the vapor pressure of H20, W. and W2 are the excess mixing parameters, and 8 is the ratio H20/(maximum H20) with maximum water contents for the K, Na, and Ca end-members of 13.49, 15.68, and 16.25 wt°jo, respectively. The molar Gibbs free energy of hydration for calcium, sodium, and potassium clinoptilolite is -36.13:t 3.02, -29.68 :t 3.77, and -25.53 :t 1.37 kllmol H20, respectively. The molar enthalpy of hydration for these phases is -76.92 :t 2.88, -74.19 :t 3.46, and -67.78 :t 1.25 kJ/mol H20. The thermodynamic formulation is applied to the occurrence of clinoptilolite at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, where the proposed emplacement of nuclear waste would lead to heating of clinoptilolite-bearing tuffs. Rock units with abundant clinoptilolite (or by analogy other hydrous phases) would remain significantly cooler than units with anhydrous minerals and would evolve a substantial volume of water.
Some Experimental Results

Theoretical difiraction patterns and experimental results with natural clays are compared and indicate the relative importance of one-glycol-layer spacings in the analysis of interlayered clays. One-layer spacings modify, shift, and attenuate main maxima. Generally, one-layer spacings are not important in ethylene glycol-clay complexes but, when present, can influence the interpretations of either the kind of interlayering or the composition of the sample. Onelayer spacings are important in virtually all other polyalcoholpolyetheror water-clay complexes and thereby influence the diffraction effects, Calculated diffraction effects for a distribution of d values were made and resulted in the production of broad maxima whose presence on real patterns can affect interpretations of the kind of interstratification.
Medical students'online network abuse

Background: Nowadays, social networks play an important role in medical students’ life. Despite their benefits, unprofessional posting could harm medical society. This study aims to assess the prevalence and patterns of social network abuse and its association with gender, academic year, and GPAX. Method: A cross-sectional study using self-administered questionnaire was conducted among medical students in the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University in 2009. Results: Of 1,002 participants, 83.7% actively used social networks, most of which were Facebook, MSN, and Hi5. Up to 16.3% made unprofessional posting. Females reported better attitude and lower prevalence than males. Students’ attitude and behavior improved across the year. There was no association between attitude/behavior and GPAX. Regarding the faculty’s involvement, students prefer distinct recommendation to strict regulation. Conclusion: Few medical students made unprofessional posting. They seemed unconcerned with ramifications of their posting. The faculty should establish a clear guideline to enhance students’ professional responsibility.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

A study to measure adherence to artesunate and amodiaquine (AS+AQ) therapy in patients treated for uncomplicated malaria in community health centres (CHC) was conducted in Sierra Leone. Patients/caretakers were interviewed and remaining AS+AQ tablets at home after the last treatment dose were counted. Persons leaving CHCs with an AS+AQ prescription were also interviewed (exit interviews). In total, 118 patients were visited at home: 27 (22.9%) had one or more tablets left and were classed as certainly non-adherent; 34 (28.8%) were probably non-adherent [reported incorrect (n = 27) or incomplete (n = 7) intake]; and 57 (48.3%) were probably adherent. The main reasons for incomplete intake were sickness after one dose of AS+AQ, no food available for drug intake and forgetting to take them. For incorrect intake, reasons were vomiting after drug intake and incorrect instructions given by the CHC. Eighty-one percent of probably adherent patients reported following instructions given to them. In exit interviews, 82% of patients or caretakers of patients were able to repeat AS+AQ intake instructions correctly. Adherence to antimalarial treatment should not be taken for granted. Instructions on correct AS+AQ use should include discussion of disease symptoms as well as possible treatment side effects and how to manage them. Other factors are more difficult to influence, such as patients forgetting to take the treatment. © 2010 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Interactive comment on " Global modelling of H 2 mixing ratio and isotopic composition with the TM 5 model " by G . Pieterse

In their manuscript, Pieterse et al. present the global modelling study on tropospheric hydrogen and its deuterium composition with the use of TM5 atmospheric chemistry-transport model. The objective of the study is the reproduction of the global H2 mixing and D/H isotope ratios and the comparison with the newly available observational data. The sensitivity study probes different D kinetic isotope effect parameterisations and adjustment of the D/H ratios of the sources on top of unaltered H2 budget.
PREVALENCE OF DENTAL EROSION AMONG ASTHMATIC PATIENTS IN INDIA TÍTULO Prevalência de erosão dentária em pacientes asmáticos na Índia

OBJECTIVE: This study was done to investigate association between tooth erosion and asthma and to find out the relationship between medical history, dietary practices and the level of dental erosion. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A cross sectional survey was conducted among 102 asthmatic and non asthmatic patient aged from 18 to 65 years old in Udaipur, Rajasthan, in January 2009. Tooth erosion was assessed using tooth erosion index employed in the children’s dental health in UK survey 1993. Data was collected by using self-prepared questionnaire. The subjects were examined using a type III examination procedure by single examiner. Intra examiner variability was tested by weighted kappa statistic which was 90.3%. Chi-square test was applied by using SPSS software (version 11.0). RESULTS: Tooth erosion was present in 76.5% of adults with asthma and in 66.7% asthma free subjects. 86% drugs which were prescribed for asthma had a pH below 5.5. There were also association between dental erosion and consumption of soft drinks, carbonated beverages and fresh fruits. CONCLUSION: There was significant difference in prevalence of erosion, adults with asthma having a higher prevalence than controlled group, although there is relationship between levels of erosion, medical history and acidic dietary components.
Water flow in tide-and wave-dominated beds of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum

Biological processes in seagrass meadows are regulated by the exchange of momentum, heat and mass between the surrounding water and the plants and thus may strongly depend on the characteristics of water flow and turbulence. Comparisons of mean flow profiles, turbulence distribution and mixing in meadows of the seayrass Thalassia testudinum colonizing 2 hydrodynamically different sites (wave-dominated and tide-dominated) suggest that the hydrodynamic microclimate and consequently mixing within seagrass beds strongly depend on the hydrodynamic forces (waves and currents) acting on the plants. Unidirectional flows deflect the water over the meadow (skimming flows). which potentially leads to lower mixing between the water above and within the meadow. In contrast, waves cause the blades to move back and forth, increasing the exchange between the water column and that within the meadow. Therefore, the hydrodynamic conditions prevailing in the seagrass habitat (waves, tides) change the pattern of flow attenuation and mixing within the vegetation.
ASSESSING THE APPLICABILITY OF SERVQUAL MODEL ACROSS HEALTH CARE SETTINGS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Thehealthcareservice in developing countries is renownedfor itspoorser vicequality.However, interestin health careservice quality in developing coun tries is relatively lowcompared to that in develop^ countries. Itindicates that there are still unresolved problems abouthealthcareservice quality n eqsur^ent in developing countries. Irideveloped countries, the SERVQUAL moc elisappliedfor measuringservice quality in numerous.health caresettings. Hence, the purposes of thisstudyare:(1)toassess thepracticalityoftheSERVQUAL mod ? / inhealth care services in developing countries; (2) todevelop an improved SERVQUAL model forassessing health careservicequality in developing countries; an^d (3) to investi gatewho should assess thehealth careservice quality in developing countries. To achieve thepurposes ofthis study, a qualitative research using a^secondary case study is carried out. The credibility ofthefindings is established b^ reliabilityand validitycheck through making raw data used inthisstudyaccessiblefor the reader, writing field notes and also conducting triangulation. Initially, a modified SERVQUAL model isdevelopedfrom the literature on thesubject ofhealth care service qualityin developed country. Subsequently, themodel iscompared tothe secondarydata used in this study. The resultsfrom thedata analyks demonstrate that theservice dimensions oftheSERVQUAL model need to beadjusted to the developing country context. It isalso revealed that there are two ether important dimensions tliatneedtobeincorporate in theSERVQUAL model, which arecost andcountryspecificfactor. Hence, theimprovedSERVQUALmokeldevelopedas' one oftliefiridings in this study, adds cost and country specifi^factor into itsservice dimensions. Thefinal finding of this study demonstratis that both the health careproviders and thepatients in developing countries are the people who shoiddassess thehealthcareservice quality
A study of cranial injuries in road traffic accidents in Tirupati Region

Death due to Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) are increasing at an alarming rate world wide thereby possessing a major epidemiological problem. Victims in RTAs sustain large varieties of injuries and occurrence of cranial injuries is extremely high in RTAs. The cranial injuries associated with injuries to vital organ and acute massive haemorrhage are more fatal or more dangerous to life. The study of cranial injuries associated with fatal outcome helps in the implementation of measures to prevent the fatalities due to RTAs. Hence the present study is conducted to know the pattern of cranial injuries in victims of fatal RTAs, type of victims along with age and sex, survival period, type of offending vehicle. Language: en
Empowering Parents to Improve Education : Evidence from Rural Mexico

Mexico's compensatory education program provides extra resources to primary schools that enroll disadvantaged students in highly disadvantaged rural communities. One of the most important components of the program is the school-based management intervention known as AGEs. The impact of the AGEs is assessed on intermediate school quality indicators (failure, repetition and dropout), controlling for the presence of the conditional cash transfer program. Results prove that school-based management is an effective measure for improving outcomes, based on an over time difference-in-difference evaluation. Complementary qualitative evidence corroborates the veracity of such findings.
Using Social Norms to Change Behavior and Increase Sustainability in the Real World: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Behavioral change interventions based on social norms have proven to be a popular and cost-effective way in which both researchers and practitioners attempt to transform behavior in order to increase environmental and social sustainability in real-world contexts. In this paper, we present a systematic review of over 90 empirical studies that have applied behavioral change interventions based on social norms in field settings. Building on previous research about the sources of information that people use to understand social norms and other local determinants of behavior, we propose a framework organized along two axes that describe intervention context (situated interventions applied in the same context where the target behavior happens versus remote interventions that are applied away from that context) and type of normative information leveraged (interventions that provide summary information about a group versus interventions that expose participants to the opinions and behaviors of others). We also illustrate successful applications for each dimension, as well as the social, psychological and physical determinants of behavior that were leveraged to support change. Finally, based on our results, we discuss some of the elements and practical mechanisms that can be used by both researchers and practitioners to design more integral, effective and sustainable social norm intervention in the real world.
An Examination of the Relationship between Candidate Support Providers and Candidates Pursuing National Board Certification

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between Candidate Support Providers (CSPs) and candidates regarding the ways in which CSPs fostered reflective practices among candidates pursing National Board Certification. Investigators used a multiple case study methodology for this qualitative research. Five CSPs and five candidates from an urban school district in Alabama participated in this study. Consistent with qualitative research, this study utilized multiple data source including: (a) semi-structured interviews, (b) direct observations, (c) journal entries, (d) participant artifacts, and (e) an online questionnaire. The findings of this research revealed that CSPs utilized strategies that enhanced NBC candidates’ use of reflective
Open Archive TOULOUSE Archive Ouverte (OATAO)

In 3D collaborative environments, users needs interactivity and real-time updates. With web-based applications, such requirement implies that conventional client-server -alone- is no longer enough. To overcome this unmet need, we propose a hybrid client server peer-to-peer (P2P) communication model based on pluginless web standards enabling users to design collaboratively 3D scenes. The client part includes a WebGL editor to visualize and edit 3D scenes while the server side provides data and ensure persistence. Using the WebRTC protocol, a P2P mesh is generated to transmit directly the updates through a scenes working group. The feasibility of our approach is demonstrated with a web-based prototype submitted to a qualitative evaluation highlighting the usage of WebRTC for direct 3D data transmission with low latency and high throughput, and WebGL for 3D rendering.
Patologia da leptospirose. Análise crítica dos aspectos morfológicos e imuno-histoquímicos relevantes para a compreensão da patogenia

Essa revisão que se concentra nos aspectos morfológicos e imuno-histoquírnicos da leptospirose humana e experimental analisa as principais possibilidades pato genéticas. O fígado pode apresentar hepatite colestática com destrabeculação de hepatócitos nas fases de máxima gravidade. O acometimento renal varia desde nefrite intersticial até necrose tubular aguda. Miosites com predomínio de mononucleares são descritas em vários músculos, especialmente na panturrilha. Miocardites e coronarites são relacionadas aos casos de morte súbita. De fato, a vasculite pode ser considerada sistêrnica e multifocal. Os pulmões podem ter focos pneumônicos e até extensas hemorragias alveolares e pleurais. A detecção de antígenos de leptospira em biópsias e autópsias permite o diagnóstico etiológico, favorecendo também hipóteses patogenéticas que propõem que as principais lesões decorram de ação direta, sobre membranas de células parenquimatosas e endoteliais, inicialmente da leptospira íntegra e a seguir de produtos de sua degradação por macrófagos.
CLIENTS' SATISFACTION WITH ANTI RETROVIRAL THERAPY SERVICES AT HAMIDIA HOSPITAL BHOPAL

Background: The HIV/AIDS pandemic is a major public health problem with an estimated 33.33 million people living with the virus globally. Free antiretroviral treatment was initiated in India 2004. Patients’ satisfaction is one of the commonly used outcome measures of patient care. Objective: To assess the satisfaction of people living with HIV/AIDS with services provided at anti retroviral therapy Centre Hamidia Hospital Bhopal. Material and Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was undertaken from August 2008 to July 2009 on all the registered people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) following antiretroviral treatment at Hamidia Hospital Bhopal. Data was collected and by using pre-designed & pre-tested questionnaire and analyzed using Epi-info version 3.5. 3. Results: For most of the questions regarding satisfaction on the care services of the center, participants responded positively (excellent & good). The overall mean satisfaction score was “Excellent”. Conclusion: The services of the Center were rated positively (Excellent and above). The hospital management should work to strengthen the clinic services by helping the ART clinic staff to involve patients in the treatment process and recognize their opinions on follow up. Key word: satisfaction, PLWHA, ART, exit interview
Assessment of Some Poultry Management Practices in Kaduna State, Nigeria

ENGLISH/ANGLAIS] Affiliations: 1 Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria 2 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria Email Address for Correspondence/ Adresse de courriel pour la correspondance: otalu_202@yahoo.com Accepted/Accepte: X, 2014 Full Citation: Akpabio U, Kwaga JKP, Kabir J., Umoh VJ. Otalu O. Assessment of Some Poultry Management Practices in Kaduna State, Nigeria. World Journal of Public Health Sciences 2014;3(1):1-4. The biosecurity as well as other preventive measures carried out on 50 poultry farms that kept Layers in Kaduna State, Nigeria was assessed using structured questionnaire. Information sought from the farms included system of management, source of birds, number of birds, age of birds, week-in-lay, percentage production, source of feed, inclusion of additives, source of drinking water, presence of foot bath, disposal of dead birds, presence of pests, other animals on the farm, record of disease outbreak and control measures to prevent disease outbreaks. The results of the questionnaire showed that there was low level of biosecurity in farms within the study area and that transmission and spread of pathogenic microorganisms in the poultry farms is possible.
University of Groningen Experiences of home and institution in a secured nursing home ward in the Netherlands Klaassens, Mirjam; Meijering, Louise

3 Nursing homes have been criticised for not providing a home for their residents. This article aims to 4 provide insight into (1) the features of home and institution as experienced by residents and caregivers 5 of a secured ward in a nursing home, and (2) how interventions implemented on the ward can 6 contribute to a more home-like environment. For this purpose, a participatory intervention study, 7 involving both caregivers and residents, was carried out. We collected data through qualitative 8 research methods: observations, in-depth interviews and diaries to evaluate the interventions over 9 time. We adopted an informed grounded theory approach, and used conceptualisations of total 10 institutions and home as a theoretical lens. We found that the studied ward had strong characteristics 11 of a total institution, such as batch living, block treatment and limited privacy. To increase the sense 12 of home, interventions were formulated and implemented by the caregivers to increase the residents' 13 autonomy, control and privacy. In this process, caregivers' perceptions and attitudes towards the 14 provision of care shifted from task-oriented to person-centred care. We conclude that it is possible to 15 increase the home-like character of a secured ward by introducing core values of home by means of 16 interventions involving both caregivers and residents. 17
Benchmarking Distributed Stream Processing Engines

Over the last years, stream data processing has been gaining attention both in industry and in academia due to its wide range of applications. To fulfill the need for scalable and efficient stream analytics, numerous open source stream data processing systems (SDPSs) have been developed, with high throughput and low latency being their key performance targets. In this paper, we propose a framework to evaluate the performance of three SDPSs, namely Apache Storm, Apache Spark, and Apache Flink. Our evaluation focuses in particular on measuring the throughput and latency of windowed operations. For this benchmark, we design workloads based on real-life, industrial use-cases. The main contribution of this work is threefold. First, we give a definition of latency and throughput for stateful operators. Second, we completely separate the system under test and driver, so that the measurement results are closer to actual system performance under real conditions. Third, we build the first driver to test the actual sustainable performance of a system under test. Our detailed evaluation highlights that there is no single winner, but rather, each system excels in individual use-cases.
Study of prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in blood isolates from a tertiary care hospital in North Kerala , India

Bacterial blood stream infections (BSI) constitute a significant public health problem and are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Around 200,000 cases of bacteraemia occur annually with mortality rates ranging from 20 50% worldwide (Bailey and Scott s 2002) In India and developing countries septicemia is an important cause of illness and death among hospitalized patients (Sharma et al 1997, Diekma et al 2003).