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The Ubiquitous Healthcare Facility Framework: A Proposed System for Managing Rural Antenatal Care

Ubiquitous computing is playing a vital role in the provision of healthcare services through advanced technologies. The ubiquitous environment where resources can be accessed by anyone at anytime regardless of location have brought revolution in delivery and accessibility of healthcare services even in remote areas. Therefore, in recent years more research contributions can be seen to propose digitalized healthcare services in the form of mobile and eServices that are accessible through ubiquitous devices. To exploit the underlining potential of ubiquitous computing, in this research we have proposed a ubiquitous healthcare framework for provision of healthcare services in remote rural areas in province of Punjab, Pakistan. The research has employed a case study research approach to understand the phenomena in depth and in its real context. The unit of analysis is provision of antenatal and child healthcare services at basic health units in the selected region. The case study is constructed through field study by engaging healthcare professionals working at basic health units and data is collected through focus group interviews with healthcare professionals. A proof-of-the-concept ubiquitous framework is proposed as part of the case study by constructing various services to facilitate healthcare professionals in rural areas. To evaluate the proposed ubiquitous framework, an evaluation framework based on usability, information system and ISO models is constructed. Hypothesis are constructed to measure user satisfaction through twelve constructs of the evaluation framework that include availability, adaptability, memorability, effectiveness, responsiveness, cognitive load, error recovery, ease to understand, ease of learning, efficiency of use, navigation, and execution. The data is collected through field surveys by conducting walkthroughs with healthcare professionals in rural areas. The analysis of the data is carried out by employing structured equation modeling in SPSS. The results provide highly significant relationship between constructs and user satisfaction. The study findings show that the healthcare problem in rural areas could be addressed through ubiquitous solutions however, while designing, constructing and evaluating these solutions, the involvement of relevant community is crucial.
Empathic concern and personal distress depend on situational but not dispositional factors

Empathic concern and personal distress are empathic responses that may result when observing someone in discomfort. Even though these empathic responses have received much attention in past research, it is still unclear which conditions contribute to their respective experience. Hence, the main goal of this study was to examine if dispositional empathic traits or rather situational variables are more likely to evoke empathic concern and personal distress and how the two empathic responses influence motor responses. We presented pictures of persons in psychological, physical, or no pain with matched descriptions of situations that promoted an other-focused state. Approach-avoidance movements were demanded by a subsequently presented tone. While psychological pain led to more empathic concern, physical pain led to higher ratings of personal distress. Linear mixed-effects modelling analysis further revealed that situational factors, such as the type of pain but also the affect experienced by the participants before the experiment predicted the two empathic responses, whereas dispositional empathic traits had no significant influence. In addition, the more intensely the empathic responses were experienced, the faster were movements initiated, presumably reflecting an effect of arousal. Overall, the present study advances our understanding of empathic responses to people in need and provides novel methodological tools to effectively manipulate and analyze empathic concern and personal distress in future research.
Trends in Atopic Dermatitis—From Standard Pharmacotherapy to Novel Drug Delivery Systems

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a predominant and deteriorating chronic inflammation of the skin, categorized by robust burning and eczematous lacerations in diverse portions of the body. AD affects about 20% of both offspring and adults worldwide. The pathophysiology of AD combines environmental, hereditary, and immunological aspects, together with skin barrier dysfunction. The procedures used to prevent the disease are the everyday usage of creams to support the restoration of the epidermal barrier. The classical treatments include the use of topical corticosteroids as a first-line therapy, but also calcineurin inhibitors, antihistamines, antibiotics, phototherapy, and also immunosuppressant drugs in severe cases of AD. Topical drug delivery to deeper skin layers is a difficult task due to the skin anatomic barrier, which limits deeper penetration of drugs. Groundbreaking drug delivery systems, based on nanoparticles (NPs), have received much attention due to their ability to improve solubility, bioavailability, diffusion, targeting to specific types of cells, and limiting the secondary effects of the drugs employed in the treatment of AD. Even so, additional studies are still required to recognize the toxicological characteristics and long-term safety of NPs. This review discusses the current classical pharmacotherapy of AD against new nanoparticle skin delivery systems and their toxicologic risks.
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tion of these biochemical parameters and Table 1 lists their standard values and ranges. According to Ellershaw's definition (3), 57°10 of these patients were biochemically dehydrated and 30% were azotemic. Thus the degree of biochemical dehydration in our patients was comparable to some reports (4,5) in which almost of all patients received rehydration, and it seemed less severe than in other patients (3,6) where artificial hydration was rarely performed. Pleural effusion, ascites, and edema were observed in 36°'0, 26°'0, and 64% of our sample respectively. The prevalence of each fluid retention symptom was not significantly different between the biochemically dehydrated and the non-dehydrated patients (p>0.05, chi-square test). Taking the biochemically dehydrated patients alone, 29°' 0, 34°'0, and 66°10 had pleural effusion, ascites, and edema, respectively, and 80°'0 showed at least one of these symptoms. Therefore biochemical dehydration in terminally ill cancer patients is often accompanied by fluid retention symptoms, and may not be characterized by the deficit of entire body water. In conclusion, it is estimated that not a few patients die in a biochemically dehydrated status, especially if no rehydration therapy is employed. Although rehydration may be accompanied by some fluid retention signs, under careful monitoring artificial rehydration can often be used to palliate dehydration biochemically without any worsening of fluid retention symptoms. Further research should be focused on whether or not the palliation of biochemical dehydration contributes to specific symptom relief.
Drug abuse Pattern and Frequency of High Risk Be-haviors of the Clients at Outpatient Addiction Treat-ment Centers

Today, the issue of addiction to narcotics or drug abuse has evolved into a global and universal problem. This study was performed with the goal of determining of the drug abuse pattern and high risk behaviors among the clients to DIC of Private sector of Rasht. This is a cross-sectional study in 2013.The questionnaire contained 10 general questions about demographic characteristics and 30 specific questions about drug abuse and high-risk behaviors. This questionnaire was completed via interviewing the addicts. The reliability of the questionnaire was checked using Cronbach's alpha (α=0.86). SPSS software was used to analyze the results and, descriptive statistics such as frequency tables and inferential statistics including the chi-square test were used. The average age of patients was 38.8. Opium and crack were the most widely used narcotic among subjects, respectively before referring to DIC centers. In addition, 9.8% of them had a history of using injectable drugs, among which 20.6% had used shared needle for injection. 80.9% had experienced sexual intercourse, among which 48.4% were unmarried. There was a significant statistical relationship between men and women (p=0.001). There was a significant statistical relationship between running away from home and the consumption of narcotics (p=0.002). Results also indicated that committing suicide had a positive significant relationship with the variations of age (p=0.001), the age of smoking onset (p=0.002) and method of use (p=0.003). This study knows the following items as the main high-risk behaviors of addicts: taking narcotics by injection, using common syringe and needle, blood playing background, imprisonment background, making homosexual intercourses, suicide, and using no condom during sexual intercourse.
Single-center Experience of 24 Cases of Tailgut Cyst

Purpose Tailgut cysts are rare congenital or developmental lesions that arise from vestiges of the embryological hindgut. They are usually present in the presacral space. We report our single-center experience with managing tailgut cysts. Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of 24 patients with tailgut cyst treated surgically at the Colorectal Surgery Department of Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, between 2007–2018. Results This study included 24 patients (18 females) with a median age of 51.5 years (range, 21–68 years). Ten cases were symptomatic and 14 were asymptomatic. Cysts were retrorectal in 21 patients. Cysts were below the coccyx level in 16 patients, opposite the coccyx in 6, and above the coccyx in 2. Cysts were supralevator in 5 patients, had a supra- and infralevator extension in 18 patients, and were infralevator in 1. Ten patients were managed using an anterior laparoscopic approach, 11 using a posterior approach, and 3 using a combined approach. Mean cyst size was 5.5 ± 2.7 cm. Postoperative complications were Clavien-Dindo (CD) classification grade II in 9 patients (37.5%) and CD grade III in 1 (4.2%). The posterior approach group showed the highest rate of complications (P = 0.021). Patients managed using a combined approach showed a larger cyst size (P < 0.001), longer operation times (P < 0.001), and a greater likelihood of tumor level above the coccyx (P = 0.002) compared to other approaches. The tumors of 2 male patients were malignant: 1 was a neuroendocrine tumor treated with radiotherapy, while the other was a closely followed adenocarcinoma. Median follow-up was 12 months (range, 1–66 months) with no recurrence. Conclusion Tailgut cysts are uncommon but can cause perineal or pelvic pain. Complete surgical excision via an appropriate approach according to tumor size, location, and correlation with adjacent pelvic floor muscles is the key treatment.
Postural Control Responses to Different Acute and Chronic Training Load Profiles in Professional Rugby Union

Abstract Troester, JC and Duffield, R. Postural control responses to different acute and chronic training load profiles in professional rugby union. J Strength Cond Res 36(1): 220–225, 2022—The current investigation identified the response of postural control (PC) measures of single-leg balance and landing to different accumulated training load profiles representing normal, higher, and spiked loads. Twenty-two professional rugby union players performed single-leg balance and landing tests on a 1,000-Hz force plate on the first training day of 24 weeks across the season after 36 hours of recovery. Internal (session rating of perceived exertion training load) and external (total and high-speed running distance) load measures were monitored during all training sessions and matches. Calculations of acute (7-day rolling average), chronic (28-day rolling average), and acute-to-chronic workload ratio were determined. Three-week load profiles were identified that represented normal, spike, and higher load profiles to determine the effect on PC, which were analyzed using 2-way repeated-measures analysis of variance. A significant effect of load profile on landing impulse on the dominant (p = 0.005) and nondominant legs (p = 0.001) was identified, with significantly greater impulse measures in the spike and higher load profiles (p = 0.001–0.041) compared with the normal load profile. Significant load profile × week interactions (p < 0.05) were identified for landing peak force on the dominant leg and impulse on both legs suggesting a decrement during the spike load profile and increased impulse in the higher load profile. No effects (p > 0.05) were identified for load profile changes in single-leg balance sway velocity or single-leg landing time to stabilization. The respective landing responses may indicate altered movement strategies under spike and higher load profiles resulting from neuromuscular fatigue in response to the accumulated load.
Monitoring Land Subsidence in Guatemala City Using Time-Series Interferometry

Monitoring land subsidence is important to prevent and manage disasters. The extent of land subsidence can be measured by various ways and one of them is PSI technique. Guatemala City has geologically weak structure and suffered from disasters such as sinkhole and landslide. The purpose of this study was to measure wide range of relative movement in Guatemala City and to analyze obtained values. C-band Sentinel-1 A/B data during November 2014 to March 2018 were used in this study. By gathering information from both ascending and descending paths, relative movements were decomposed from line of sight of each path to vertical and horizontal component. As a result 4 regions in Guatemala City showed significant subsidence patterns with average vertical movement going down with a scale of 14 mm/year.
Abortions in Dairy Cattle II: Diagnosing and Preventing Abortion Problems

Abortions can represent a significant loss of (potential) income an estimated $500 to $900 per case and present a frustrating challenge to dairy producers and veterinarians. The procedures presented here should help producers and their veterinarians increase the likelihood of diagnosing the cause of any abortions that may occur. In some situations, the prompt diagnosis of an abortion may help reduce the severity of an impending outbreak.
Cerebellar‐hippocampal processing in passive perception of visuospatial change: An ego‐ and allocentric axis?

In addition to its role in visuospatial navigation and the generation of spatial representations, in recent years, the hippocampus has been proposed to support perceptual processes. This is especially the case where high‐resolution details, in the form of fine‐grained relationships between features such as angles between components of a visual scene, are involved. An unresolved question is how, in the visual domain, perspective‐changes are differentiated from allocentric changes to these perceived feature relationships, both of which may be argued to involve the hippocampus. We conducted functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain response (corroborated through separate event‐related potential source‐localization) in a passive visuospatial oddball‐paradigm to examine to what extent the hippocampus and other brain regions process changes in perspective, or configuration of abstract, three‐dimensional structures. We observed activation of the left superior parietal cortex during perspective shifts, and right anterior hippocampus in configuration‐changes. Strikingly, we also found the cerebellum to differentiate between the two, in a way that appeared tightly coupled to hippocampal processing. These results point toward a relationship between the cerebellum and the hippocampus that occurs during perception of changes in visuospatial information that has previously only been reported with regard to visuospatial navigation.
Factors associated with caregiver burden for mothers of children undergoing Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) treatment

Abstract Objective The present study examined the extent to which social support (SS) availability and satisfaction could predict the extent of caregiver burden (CB) among mothers of children with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL). Method The study was a cross-sectional, descriptive-correlative study. It was conducted on a sample of 117 mothers whose children were undergoing treatment in a public hospital in Bam, Iran. The Norbeck Social Support Scale and the Caregiver Burden Scale were used to measuring study variables. The data were analyzed using Pearson's correlations, t-tests, ANOVAs, and linear regressions. Results Significant correlations were observed between CB and SS availability (r = −0.499, p < 0.001), SS satisfaction (r = −0.543, p < 0.001), the age of the child with cancer (r = −0.22, p = 0.01), and duration of treatment (r = 0.336, p < 0.001). Married mothers experienced less CB than those that were widowed or divorced. Within the regression equation, SS satisfaction, SS availability, marital status, and duration of treatment were the predictors of CB. Significance of results Based on the results of the current study, mothers who have less SS, especially those who are single mothers, with younger children, and who have taken care of their child for an extended duration should be given special attention. Furthermore, it appears that there are distinct cultural variations amongst Iranian mothers which suggest that culture may impact upon SS availability. Results also suggest a need for interventions that enhance nurses' ability to provide support to caregivers and the broader family unit as a whole. Nurses in cancer care need to have psychological competencies to help family members of cancer patients especially mothers and more so those that are single mothers. As integral members of the patient care experience, nurses may be uniquely positioned to provide this needed psychosocial support.
Assessment of Citations of the Retracted Article by Wakefield et al With Fraudulent Claims of an Association Between Vaccination and Autism

Key Points Question What are the characteristics of citations of the retracted 1998 article by Wakefield et al that purported to show an association between the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and autism? Findings In this cross-sectional bibliographic analysis of 1153 works citing the article by Wakefield et al, citation characteristics were mostly negative, but since the notice of retraction was issued in 2010, many of the citing works published afterward did not indicate that the article was retracted. Meaning The findings suggest that improvements are needed from publishers, bibliographic databases, and citation management software to ensure that retracted articles are accurately documented.
The influence of tobacco smoking on dental periapical condition in a sample of an adult population of the Łódź region, Poland.

OBJECTIVES Epidemiological studies show that apical periodontitis (AP), alongside tooth decay, is the most common oral disease. The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of smoking on the prevalence of AP in the population of the Łódź region, Poland. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study involved 815 first-time, randomly selected patients reporting to the Central Teaching Hospital of the Medical University of Lodz. The studied group was a systematic sample of the population admitted for treatment in 2016. The study consisted of a questionnaire and a radiological part. Each patient filled out a questionnaire containing demographic data, and an interview regarding smoking and diabetes. The radiological part of the study included the analysis of panoramic radiographs which showed the periapical status, and the presence and quality of root canal treatment. RESULTS Teeth with AP were observed more frequently in patients addicted to tobacco either at the time of the study or in the past (group 1) - 7.2% than in people who had never smoked (group 2) - 5.2% (p < 0.0005). In the teeth without root canal treatment, AP was observed more frequently in group 1 - 3.5% than in group 2 - 1.9% (p < 0.0005). A statistically significant difference was found in the percentage of endodontically treated teeth between group 1 and group 2 (10.7% vs. 9.6%) (p = 0.017). However, no difference was observed in the frequency of AP in the endodontically treated teeth in both groups (37.6% vs. 35.8%) (p = 0.451). CONCLUSIONS Smokers are a group facing an increased risk of AP and, therefore, there is a need for an early detection and treatment of caries and its complications in this group of patients. The multifactorial etiology of AP indicates the necessity to undertake further studies on the effect of smoking on the periapical status.
Soil Moisture Estimation From Smap Observations Using Long Short- Term Memory (LSTM)

Soil Moisture (SM) estimation is of growing interest. In the recent years, different Machine Learning (ML) methods were developed in order to better understand the spatio-temporal variability of SM. Among the different ML methods, neural networks were the most used for SM estimation. The purpose of this paper is to propose a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) based methodology to estimate the SM. The input data used in the LSTM model include the Soil Moisture Active and Passive mission (SMAP) Brightness Temperature (TB), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Vegetation Water Content (MODIS-VWC) and the soil temperature. The target SM data used to train the LSTM model is provided by the Real-time In situ Soil Monitoring for Agriculture (RISMA) network installed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). LSTM shows good ability to estimate the SM values with good accuracy.
New Perspective on Global Thermal Environment Monitoring

The change of global thermal environment plays an important role in land surface processes. In this study, global thermal environment was analyzed using the vertically polarized brightness temperature at 36.5 GHz. The daily brightness temperature from 2003 to 2010 were decomposed using the annual temperature cycle (ATC) model, and the annual cycle parameters (ACPs) were obtained. The results show that the brightness temperature decreases with the increasing latitudes respectively for the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere. The land covered by vegetation is colder than the desert and barren. Some plateaus lead to lower brightness temperature than surrounding areas. In addition, the atmospheric and ocean circulation also affect global brightness temperature. The ACPs from brightness temperature can generally characterize the global thermal environment.