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PIASJYJA NITRIC OXIDE STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH DRUG·INDUCED ACUTE RENAL FAILURE

Background: Drug-induced acute renal failure ( AR F) is a metlical problem affecting hospitalized patients and patiems presented to emergency hospitals. A drug can induce ARF through n prerennl or a11 illtrareual pathway. St4bjects and methods: 12 patients with preteMl ARF aud 7 patie111s with intrnrenal 11eplrrotoxic A RF were enrolled in the present study. They were clinically examined and iaborarory and radiologicnlly investigared. Hi.story of prescribed nephrotoxic medications, rise in serum creatiuure levels and ARF mcmifestarious were encowrtcrcd in all cases. Plasma NO metabolites (N02 mul NOJ) were deternriued colorimetricalJy as a colored azo dye product of Griess reaction . Results: The study showed rlrat IIOIISieroidal ami-inflammatory agents ( 41.6%), angiotensin converting et1<. yme inllibitors ( 16.6%) and sildenafil citrMe, (8.3%) were the si11gle drug-induced prerenal ARF. The remai11ing cases (JJ.J%) gave (lisJOry of multiple drug.r intake. 011 rlze orher hand, amitwglycoside nephroloxicity occurred in 14.3%.of intrarenal ARF patients while, analgesics atrdlor anti-pyrerics caused ARF ill, 57./4%. AI the snme lime, illtrarena/ Af? F wns derected ill association wilh methicillin or cephalosporin aclministmli011 ill rhe remaining parie11ts (28.6%). Tile OtiSel of ARF in both series of patienls began between four days and two weeks after dmg intake (except with sildenafil cirrare) while the severity and prognosis were dose-dcpe11de11t. Plasma N0-2 conceflfrations amo11g intrarenal ARF patiems were not siglrijicamly dif· ferent from those observed in cotrtrols. Altematively, the concemration of plasma total N0-3 (NOx) WI/OII,~ prcrenal ARF patients were si811ijicantly higher than comro/s. t1 addilion, plas11U1 N0-2 and NQ~ concenlrations of intra renal ARF were significantly lower than rhose of prere11al ARF. Conclusion: PlfL~­ mll total N0-3 (NOx) differentiates between prere11al (high) and inlrarenal (normal or low) neplrrotoxici· ty. Hyperkalemia a11d relatively subnormal NO bioactivity found in imrarenal ARF may explain the lrigh incidence of cardiovascular strokes in rhem. 011 the other lla11d, the excess NO in prerenal ARF panici· pates in developmenl of ltypotetiSion and collapse. Discontitwation of the responsible drug is ojte11 the only necessary manngemcnt while avoidrmce of tlu~. H: dru~s is the most effecrive wfl_v ro m •nirl dm~29 Ma11soura f. Foreusic Med. Cli11. Toxicof. Vol. Xll No. 1, Jauunry 2005 El-Kamzis! ly et al . 30 induced neplrrotoxicicy.
EFFECT OF INFORMATION SHARING TOWARD EQUILATERAL AGILITY WITH KNOWLEDGE EXPLOITATION AND EXPLORATION AS AN INTERVENING VARIABLE

This paper aims to investigate the effect of information sharing toward responsiveness, operational flexibility and business relationship with knowledge exploitation and exploration. Data were collected from 201 SMEs in Indonesia and were analyzed by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The result shows that Information sharing significantly affect knowledge exploitation and responsiveness, knowledge exploration significantly affect business relationship and operational flexibility, knowledge exploitation significantly affect operational flexibility. Furthermore, information sharing does not significantly affect knowledge exploration, operational flexibility and business relationship, knowledge exploration does not significantly affect responsiveness and knowledge exploitation does not significantly affect business relationship and responsiveness. Recommendations for future researchers are expected to apply to the business sector with a larger scale and wider geographical area.
in humans and poultry

Campylobacter is well recognized as the leading cause of bacterial foodborne diarrheal disease worldwide. The infection may be subclinical or cause disease of variable severity. The eating and handling of improperly cooked or raw broiler meat has been shown to be one of the most important sources of human campylobacteriosis. Birds carrying Campylobacter are asymptomatic colonizers without any clinical signs. Broilers are considered Campylobacter free after hatching and become colonized by exposure to viable bacteria from the environment. Several risk factors can result in the introduction of Campylobacter into the flocks making it difficult to keep chicken flocks free of Campylobacter throughout the rearing period. Lack of biosecurity measures, season, age, partial depopulation practices, flock size, type of production system, presence of other animals on farm, water quality, presence of rodents and mechanical transmission via insects are considered to be some of the risk factors associated with horizontal transmission. The control of of information on prevalence and risk factors of Campylobacter in flocks. investigate the prevalence of Campylobacter infection on farms and in poultry carcasses and subsequently the risk factors at all production stages of broiler meat and plan intervention studies to help reducing the disease in humans. paper the most recent data reported worldwide on Campylobacter infection in humans and poultry in order to provide an overview of trends, risks, possible causes and mechanisms of transmission routes. of Campylobacter spp . in raw broiler meat was investigated by Zisidis (2011) during the period from 2005 to 2010. The samples were collected from several slaughterhouses, poultry meat selling points and restaurants of Western Greece. The results showed that 28.7% of the samples were Campylobacter positive, with C. jejuni as predominant species and a remarkable decline of positive results was observed through the study from 50% in 2005 to 18.5% in 2010. However, there is still a need of more investigation in order to determine the true prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in our country.
IMPACT OF PERMITTIVITY PATTERNS ON FULLY POLARIMETRIC BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE SIGNATURES AT L-BAND

This study investigates the sensitivity of L-band (1.41GHz) polarimetric brightness temperature signatures to oriented permittivity patterns, which can occur for example in the case of row and interrow soil moisture differences in agricultural fields. A field experiment and model simulations are conducted to verify the effects of such patterns on all four Stokes parameters. We find that for an artificial target resembling idealized model conditions, permittivity patterns lead to systematic brightness temperature modulations in dependency of the azimuthal look angle. For the specific field setup, modulations reach amplitudes of ∼ 4K and mostly affect h-polarized brightness temperatures as well as the first, second, and third Stokes parameters. Simulations of soil moisture patterns under idealized model conditions indicate even higher amplitudes (up to 60K for extreme cases). However, the effects occur only for permittivity layer widths of up to 8 cm (given the observing wavelength of 21 cm), which is lower than the row and interrow widths typically observed in agricultural settings. For this reason, and due to the idealized model geometry investigated here, future studies are needed to transfer the findings of this study to potential applications such as the sensing of oriented soil moisture patterns. Particular interest might lie in radiometry and reflectometry in lower frequency ranges such as P-band, where according to the threshold established here (8/21 wavelengths), permittivity layer widths of up to ∼ 45 cm could be observed.
Evaluation of a combined drought indicator and its potential for agricultural drought prediction in southern Spain

Abstract. Drought prediction is crucial, especially where the rainfall regime is irregular, such as in Mediterranean countries. A new combined drought indicator (CDI) integrating rainfall, soil moisture and vegetation dynamics is proposed. Standardized precipitation index (SPI) is used for evaluating rainfall trends. A bucket-type soil moisture model is employed for keeping track of soil moisture and calculating anomalies, and, finally, satellite-based normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data are used for monitoring vegetation response. The proposed CDI has four levels, at increasing degrees of severity: watch, warning, alert type I and alert type II. This CDI was thus applied over the period 2003–2013 to five study sites, representative of the main grain-growing areas of SW Spain. The performance of the CDI levels was assessed by comparison with observed crop damage data. Observations show a good match between crop damage and the CDI. Important crop drought events in 2004–2005 and 2011–2012, distinguished by crop damage in between 70 % and 95 % of the total insured area, were correctly predicted by the proposed CDI in all five areas.
Lessons learned in the design and construction of a wastewater earth liner project

This paper presents a detailed forensic review into the premature failure of a series of earth-lined reed beds constructed for a wastewater treatment plant to understand the reasons and mechanism leading to excessive leakage. The review covered implications related to the initial investigation, design, material selection, construction expertise, environmental factors, workmanship together with the technical and construction know-how of the designer, constructor and supervisor. The outcomes from this case study provide some salient lessons – a good construction practice should provide opportunities for adequate communication among all parties at all stages of the project.
Teachers’ Indicators Used to Describe Professional Well-Being

The teaching profession has been studied and discussed from a problem-oriented point of view and cultivated by a problem-oriented scientific tradition. Years of research have enabled a better understanding of difficult teaching conditions and teachers’ ill-being; an ideological and scientific shift, however, appears necessary to enrich and broaden our present knowledge. One particular question arises: which determinants optimize teachers’ professional well-being? In response, our study seeks to identify indicators that allow teachers to create, maintain or restore a state of professional well-being. Our research objective thus aims to describe teachers’ indicators regarding the “optimal functioning” that characterizes professional well-being (Seligman, 2011). The research protocol targets physical education teachers insofar as they are now recognized as leaders and models for promoting healthy lifestyles in schools and communities (MEQ, 2001). The methodology involved 5 focus groups composed of 37 teachers from 7 regions of Quebec. As the findings indicate, this approach allowed us to paint an integrative portrait of teachers’ indicators relative to professional well-being. Two categories have proved effective in terms of professional well-being: the first is Self and includes 4 variables: meaning, positive emotions, engagement and vitality; the second is Others and includes 3 sub-categories: students, colleagues and school administration. The sub-categories comprise 6 variables divided as follows: positive relationships, learning, collaboration, transfer (specifically for the two first sub-categories), followed by vision and valorization for the third sub-category.
Evaluation of quality of life after Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) in chronic rhinosinusitis patients in Menoufia Governorate

Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis has a great impact on the quality of life. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery is the treatment of choice for chronic rhinosinusitis refractory to medical treatment as it allows restoring ventilation and mucociliary clearance. Sino- Nasal Outcome Test 22 questionnaire has been used for evaluating changes in symptoms and predicting the extent of postoperative outcome. Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate how functional endoscopic sinus surgery affects the outcome in patients’ symptom profile and quality of life.Patients and Methods: 60 patients indicated for functional endoscopic sinus surgery from March 2017 till December 2018. This prospective study was carried out at the Otorhinolaryngology Department at El-Menoufia University Hospital. For all patients, the Sino-Nasal Outcome Test–22 was completed before and three months after Functional Endoscopic sinus surgery. Results: 60 patients were enrolled in this study (34 Males and 26 Females) aged from 25 to 40 years old with a mean age of 32.9 ± 5.3. The results of the statistical analysis showed that functional endoscopic sinus surgery reduced the Sino-Nasal Outcome Test–22 questionnaire score with a statistically high significant result (P ≤ 0.001). Conclusion: Functional endoscopic sinus surgery statistical significant improvements in disease-specific quality of life for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis
Nurses' Performance Regarding Postoprative Discomfort among Patients Undergoing Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair

Background:Effective postoperative discomfort management is an essential component to good quality of care, nursing a patient in discomfort is a challenging task requiring up-to-date knowledge, skilled interventions and attitudes that convey trust. Aim: Assess nurses' performance regarding postoperative discomfort among patients undergoing abdominal wall hernia repair. Subjects and Method: a descriptive research design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at the surgical in port said city (El-Zohoor Hospital and Port Said General Hospital)and Damietta. Subjects: A 6o convenient nurses participated in the study Tools: data were collected using three tools, Nurses' Knowledge questionnaire, observational check list for nurses' practiceand Nurses' attitude toward postoperative discomfort. Results: the result of study indicated that71.7% of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge, 83.3 % had satisfactory practice, 66.7% of them had negative attitude Conclusion: most of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge while majority of them had satisfactory practice and more than two third of studied nurses had negative attitude. Recommendations: there are obvious needs for conducted an in service educational and training programs to improve nurse's knowledge, practice and nurses' attitude regarding postoperative discomfort among patients undergoing abdominal wall hernia repair.
Radioprotective efficacy of ginger (Zingiber officinale) extract against gamma-ray radiation-induced genotoxicity in rats

Background: Ginger (Zingiber officinale), a member of the Zingiberaceae family that contains phenolic compounds such as gingerol, paradol, zingerone, zingiberol and shogaols, has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antifungal and antitumour activity. Materials: The present investigation was intended to evaluate the radioprotective effects of ginger extract in Wistar albino rats against whole-body gamma-ray irradiation. Rats were orally administered 250 mg/kg b.w. of ginger extract by gavage for 14 consecutive days. On the 14 day, 2 hr after the last ginger administration, the animals were exposed to whole-body gamma-rays of 6 Gy. The radioprotective potential of ginger was assessed through measurement of the DNA oxidative stress marker 8-hydroxy-2’-deoxyguanosine in serum, analysis of chromosomal abnormalities and micronucleus formation in bone marrow cells and estimation of DNA impairment in both bone marrow cells and epidydimal sperm using comet assay. Sperm DNA integrity and sperm shape abnormalities were also studied. Results: The results revealed that ginger extract reduced DNA oxidation by restoring the levels of 8-hydroxy-2’deoxyguanosine in serum. Ginger also significantly reduced radiation-induced chromosomal abnormality and micronucleus formation. Additionally, pretreatment with ginger extract significantly decreased DNA damage in both bone marrow cells and epididymal sperm, maintained sperm DNA integrity and reduced the occurrence of sperm anomalies after irradiation. Conclusion: Our results confirmed that ginger extract offers rats significant protection against whole-body gamma-rays and helps to alleviate the effects of radiation. Our findings suggest a new strategy to combat the effects of acute radiation doses that impair biological systems.
A parametric study on numerical simulation of crude oil contaminated site capping

This study aimed to investigate whether alum sludge, a material that is normally disposed of in landfills as waste, could be used as capping material in crude oil contaminated soil capping applications. The remediation of a crude oil-contaminated site by in-situ capping was investigated by a parametric study using two-dimensional finite element analyses. In the finite element analyses, different crude oil contents (0%, 4%, 8%, 12%, and 16%), contaminated soil depths (0, 1, 3, 5, and 10 m), capping materials (alum sludge and compacted clay), and uniform surface loadings (2.0 and 5.0 kPa) were modeled, and the results of the analyses were evaluated in terms of displacement and factor of safety (FS) values. The results of this study showed that settlement increased with increasing crude oil content, contaminated soil depth, and surface loading conditions. However, the use of alum sludge as the capping material resulted in a lower settlement and lateral displacement, but higher FS values in comparison to those of the compacted clay for all the crude oil contents, contaminated soil depths, and surface loading conditions investigated. For all the cases studied, FS values greater than 1.5 were obtained for slope stability. Based on these results, it was concluded that alum sludge has favorable mechanical properties, and can be used as a comparable alternative to compacted clay for use in crude oil-contaminated site capping applications.
A Multivariate Analysis of the General Skills Developed in Accounting Higher Education

The literature shows important and crucial changes in higher education, motivated by the rapid advance of technology and a constantly changing organizational environment. This study aims to analyze final-year students’ and accounting lecturers’ perceptions about the development of general skills in first-cycle courses in order to improve skills taught in accounting courses to facilitate students’ entry into the labour market. A questionnaire-based survey was applied to 345 final-year students and 155 accounting lecturers at Portuguese higher education institutions. The answers obtained were statistically analyzed by factor analysis by the principal component method. The results of two individual factor analyses indicated differences in the factors that represent the skills perceived as developed throughout the academic course: students indicated teamwork and pressure tolerance as the factors that explain the most developed skills, while accounting lecturers considered problem-solving as the most developed dimension. These results are very important for accounting educators in Portugal to complement their teaching, along with other learning strategies present in the literature review.
Study of Dielectric Barrier Discharge in Air and Estimation of Electron Density and Energy Deposition

This paper reports the electrical behaviors of atmospheric pressure plasma reactor with Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) in air medium. The DBD discharge was generated in air at atmospheric pressure using Disc Electrode Geometry (DEG) reactor powered by ac voltage (0-7kV) at a frequency of 24kHz. The glass plates of thickness 1.0mm and 3.0mm were used as dielectric. The current-voltage characteristics were studied for two air gap of 2.0mm and 3.0mm by varying the applied voltages. The numbers of filamentary micro discharges were found as increased in each half cycle with increase in power. The observations of Lissajous figure of applied voltage versus electric current was used for measuring energy deposited by discharge and also compared with calculated value. Lissajous figures clearly show that the energy deposited by discharge was dependent on applied voltage. The electron density of discharge was measured by power balance method. Electron density was found in the order of 10 17 per cubic meter.
INHIBITORY EFFECT OF ONION (ALLIUM CEPA LINN) AND SUGAR PASTE MIXTURE ON STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AND ESCHERICHIA COLI BY IN VITRO

Background: Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli are infection agents. The onion is known to have antibacterial properties. Meanwhile, sugar paste is effective to inhibit bacterial growth. Objective: This study aimed to identify the antibacterial activity of onion extract (Allium cepa Linn) and sugar paste mixture on staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli by in vitro. Methods: We used a post-test-only control group design with a completely random design. The onion extract with sugar paste mixture was divided into 4 concentrations; 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% with 3 repetitions. The data were analyzed by measuring inhibition zone diameter and tested using the One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Tukey test. Results: Findings showed that on average, the antibacterial activity of onion extract and sugar paste mixture on staphylococcus aureus was 14.57mm, 17.44mm, 18.36mm, and 22.28mm, respectively 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% concentrations. Meanwhile, on Escherichia coli, it was 17.27mm, 19.67mm, 20.31mm, and 21.62mm. Conclusion: onion extract and sugar paste mixture can inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.
The Impact of Teachers vs. Peers Corrections and the Explicit Instruction of DMs on Iranian EFL Learners’ Writing Scores

This study investigated the effects of two independent variables including Discourse Markers’ (DMs) instruction as well as teacher and peers’ corrections on the Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ writing scores. The participants of the study were 60 EFL male learners. To examine the impacts of explicit instruction of DMs, the participants were divided into two groups of 30. One of the researchers as the EFL teacher taught the key DMs including consequences, reasons, additions and contrastives to the experimental group, while no DMs were taught to the control group. Independent sample t-test results showed a significant difference in EFL learners’ posttest writing scores in two groups. In fact, the experimental group outperformed the control group due to DMs’ use. Also an independent sample t-test was applied to compare the teacher’s and peers’ ratings in 3 writing tasks. These writings were scored analytically according to Jacobs et al. (1981) scale. The results of the independent sample t-test showed a significant difference between the gain scores of the mean of DMs’ use across two groups. In fact, the experimental group outperformed the control group in their use of DMs, with a medium Cohen's d effect size. The findings also showed a significant difference between two groups’ ratings; peers had given higher ratings than what the teacher had given. The conclusions of this study revealed that: 1) cooperative learning activities could improve the writing skills in EFL classes, and 2) All of the components of an acceptable piece of writing, that is, content, Journal of new advances in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics Volume: 1, Issue: 2, September 2019 178 | w w w . j e l t a l . i r organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics could be enhanced through cooperative learning activities. The implications and suggestions for further research were also formulated.