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Comparing LORETA Z Score Neurofeedback and Cognitive Rehabilitation Regarding Their Effectiveness in Reducing Craving in Opioid Addicts

Introduction: Previous studies have shown that conventional neurofeedback and cognitive modification treatments have numerous psychological benefits for patients with substance use disorders. However, the effectiveness of LORETA (Low-Resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography) Z Score Neurofeedback (LZNFB) and cognitive rehabilitation therapy in reducing opioid craving has not been investigated. Thus, the present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of LZNFB and cognitive rehabilitation therapy with Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) in reducing craving in patients with opioid use disorder. Methods: Thirty patients with opioid use disorder undergoing MMT were randomly assigned into three groups: LZNFB with MMT, cognitive rehabilitation with MMT (as experimental groups), and MMT alone control group. The LZNFB and cognitive rehabilitation groups received 20 and 15 sessions of treatment, respectively. The three groups were assessed using several questionnaires and dot-probe task at pretest, posttest, and one-month follow-up. Results: The results showed that both experimental groups accomplished a significantly greater reduction in opioid craving than MMT alone group at posttest and follow-up (P<0.05). The LZNFB plus MMT group showed a greater decrease in opioid craving than the cognitive rehabilitation plus MMT group. In addition, the cognitive rehabilitation plus MMT group experienced greater improvement in attentional bias towards craving cues than the LZNFB with MMT group at posttest and follow-up. Finally, the LZNFB plus MMT group and cognitive rehabilitation plus MMT group got higher scores on the recovery assessment scale than MMT alone group at posttest and follow-up. According to study results, LZNFB training is more effective than cognitive rehabilitation in decreasing cravings and improving the quality of life in addiction to opioids. Conclusion: The current study’s findings provided preliminary support for the effectiveness of LZNFB and cognitive rehabilitation in reducing opioid craving, improving attentional bias towards craving cues, and the quality of life among Iranian opioid use patients. Highlights LZNFB training showed higher decrease in opioid craving than the Cognitive rehabilitation in opioid addicts. Cognitive rehabilitation group experienced greater improvement on attentional bias towards craving cues than LZNFB. LZNFB and Cognitive rehabilitation with MMT group got higher scores on the recovery assessment scale than MMT alone group. LZNFB training is more effective than Cognitive Rehabilitation in decreasing of craving in addiction. opioids Plain Language Summary Addiction is a chronic relapsing disease that makes many problems for human society. Routine medical treatments are not completely effective and they have relapse. New forms of non-medical treatments such as neurofeedback and cognitive rehabilitation are effective and safe without impressive side effects . This article shows the efficacy of above mentioned interventions for decrease craving and control of this problem.
In-Wheel Motor Vibration Control for Distributed-Driven Electric Vehicles: A Review

Efficient, safe, and comfortable electric vehicles (EVs) are essential for the creation of a sustainable transport system. Distributed-driven EVs, which often use in-wheel motors (IWMs), have many benefits with respect to size (compactness), controllability, and efficiency. However, the vibration of IWMs is a particularly important factor for both passengers and drivers, and it is, therefore, crucial for the successful commercialization of distributed-driven EVs. This article provides a comprehensive literature review and state-of-the-art vibration-source analysis and mitigation methods in IWMs. First, selection criteria are given for IWMs, and a multidimensional comparison for several motor types is provided. The IWM vibration sources are then divided into internally and externally induced vibration sources and discussed in detail. Next, vibration reduction methods, which include motor-structure optimization, motor controller, and additional control components, are reviewed. Emerging research trends and an outlook for future improvement aims are summarized at the end of this article. This article can provide useful information for researchers who are interested in the application and vibration mitigation of IWMs or similar topics.
Risk Management in Corporate Governance Framework

There is a scarcity of literature involving studies about the effect of risk management on the relationship between corporate governance and a firm’s financial performance, especially in emerging markets. The study fills this gap and adds to the existing literature by investigating whether risk management acts as a mediator between corporate governance and the firm’s financial performance. This study found that risk management partially mediates the relationship between board size and financial performance. Our results further indicate that risk management acts as a partial mediator between foreign ownership and financial performance.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Policy Inconsistence in Nigeria (1970-2016)

Foreign Direct Investment is the dominant and the most reliable source of deficit financing to nations mostly developing and third world characterized with low investible fund since early 80s. This is against the backdrop that investible funds generated from high saving are a necessary condition for economic growth. However, the all-encompassing determinant of FDI is the consistency in the economic policy especially in the third world and developing economies like Nigeria. It is against this that this study seeks to measure the effect of policy inconsistency on the flow of FDI in Nigeria from 1970 to 2016 using Annual and Cumulative Growth Rate approach. The study revealed that policy inconsistency within the period reviewed has a serious impact on the flow of FDI. In line with this, it was part of the recommendations that Nigerian governments at all levels should reduce the rate of policy change and volatility through the design and pursuance of long term economic and FDI related policies with a strong legislation that they must remain uninterrupted even with a change of political leadership.
Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and the risk of the type 1 diabetes: a meta-analysis based on 40 case–control studies

Background: The association between the polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene and the risk of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) has been evaluated in several studies. However, the findings were inconclusive. Thus, we conducted a meta-analysis to comprehensively evaluate the effect of VDR gene polymorphisms on the risk of T1DM.Methods: All relevant studies reporting the association between VDR gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to T1DM published up to May 2020 were identified by comprehensive systematic database search in ISI Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed/MEDLINE. Strength of association were assessed by calculating of pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). The methodological quality of each study was assessed according to the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale. To find the potential sources of heterogeneity, meta-regression and subgroup analysis were also performed. Results: A total of 40 case–control studies were included in this meta-analysis. The results of overall population rejected any significant association between VDR gene polymorphisms and T1DM risk. However, the pooled results of subgroup analysis revealed significant negative and positive associations between FokI and BsmI polymorphisms and T1DM in Africans and Americans, respectively. Conclusions: This meta-analysis suggested a significant association between VDR gene polymorphism and T1DM susceptibility in ethnic-specific analysis.
Scabies outbreak investigation among madrasahs in Sinana district, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, May 2019

Background: Scabies is neglected parasitic disease and major public health problem worldwide, particularly in resource-poor regions including Ethiopia. It has been estimated about 300 million cases reported yearly and causes more than 1.5 million Disability Adjusted Life Years for all age. The study conducted in Ethiopia, among ‘Yekolo-Temari’ revealed 22.5% scabies prevalence. On March 9, 2019, the Sinana district surveillance office reported a scabies outbreak in five madrasahs. We investigate to determine its magnitude, identify risk factors and provide intervention and recommendation.Methods: We conducted a (1:2) unmatched case-control study. The scabies case-patient was any student of madrasahs in Sinana district with signs and symptoms consistent with scabies (superficial burrows, intense itching especially at night, generalized rash and secondary infection) from March 11 to April 30, 2019. We reviewed the line list and conducted active case finding. Participants were recruited from all madrasahs (five) proportional to the number of students in each madrasah (56 cases-patients and 111 controls) and interviewed with structured questionnaires. We use OR, P-value and 95% CI to measure the strength of association in multivariable logistic regression. Result: We identified 815 (6 crusted) scabies cases-patients (100% male) with the attack rate 143 per 1000 population (815/5,689) and no death and the mean age was 14 years (range 8-28 years). Sharing bed with scabies case (AOR=3.9, [95% CI=1.5-10.3], travel history to scabies area (AOR=3.87, [95% CI=1.19-12.56], showering more than a week interval (AOR= 2.74, [95% CI=1.04-7.21] were statistically associated with illness.Conclusion: Sharing bed with scabies case, travel history to scabies area and showering more than a week interval was associated with a high frequency of scabies infestation. All patients and contacts treated, additionally, at two madrasahs mass drug administration conducted with permethrin, and cloxacillin for secondary infection. We recommend health education about the transmission, prevention and control of scabies disease to the students.
Knowledge, perception and attitudes in Regard to COVID-19 Pandemic in Peruvian Population

ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Latin American countries have been profoundly affected by COVID-19. Due to the alarming incidence of identified cases, we intended to explore which psycho-social elements may be influencing the poor adherence toward the mandatory control measures among the population. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and vulnerability perception of Peruvians during the coronavirus outbreak.METHOD: Using a web-based cross-sectional survey, we collected data from 225 self-selected participants, evaluating demographic information. The overall respondents were between 18 and 29 years old (56.8%), being female (n = 134), belonging to educated groups, and graduated professionals (69.3%), the majority of them. RESULTS: Logistic regression showed that knowledge is highly correlated with education (p=0.031), occupation (p=0.002), and age (p= 0.016). Our study identified that, although people reported adequate knowledge by identifying expected symptoms and virus transmission ways in COVID-19 disease. There is a significant perceived susceptibility to contract the mentioning virus, displaying stigmatized behavior (59.1%) and fear of contracting the virus from others (70.2%). Additionally, it is reported to lack people's confidence to health national authorities on the sanitary responses (62.7%), preparedness for the disease (76.9%) and the lack of adequate measures to deal with it (51.1%). CONCLUSION: We suggest that public policies consider guidelines on knowledge translation and risk communication strategies for both containing psychological responses in a timely manner and ensuring compliance with public control measures by the population.
Prevalence of Gairdia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytic /Entamoeba dispare infections among Children in AL-Shulaa and AL-khadimya –Baghdad-Iraq

The prevalence of Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica/E.dispare were screened among 513 children aged less than 12 years in Al-Shulaa and Al-Khadimya - Baghdad, to evaluate the relationship of some factors (gender, age, grade and type of drinking water) with the prevalence of these two intestinal protozoal parasites, this study was done during the period from the beginning of April 2009 till the end of March 2010, in human.The study revealed that the total rate of ( G.lambli a and E. histolytica / E.dispare ) infection was (13.64%), the infectivity rate of G.lambli a was higher than the infectivity rate of E.histolytica / E.dispare as their rate was (10.72%) and (2.92%) respectively, and there was no significant relation (p≤0.05) between infectivity rate of these parasites and each of gender, age and grade (school and preschool) while there were very high significant relation between the type of drinking water and infectivity rate of both ( G.lambli a and E. histolytica / E.dispare ) the maximum infectivity rate of ( G.lambli a, E.histolytica / E.dispare ) was observed in patients who consumed tap water (17.56%) while patient who consumed the other kind of drinking water showed the minimum infectivity rate which was (3.49%) .
Performance Analysis for RIS-Assisted D2D Communication Under Nakagami-$m$ Fading

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is considered as a promising technology, which can effectively control the phase of signals with low-cost reflective elements. In this paper, we investigate the RIS-assisted D2D communication system under Nakagami-$m$ fading. Overlay mode and underlay mode are discussed respectively. To characterize the performance of proposed communication system, we propose novel closed-form analytical expressions for outage probability under two modes, respectively. Based on the analytical results, we derive the diversity order of outage probability. We show that under overlay D2D mode, the diversity order depends on the number of elements and fading parameters. For the underlay D2D case, 0 diversity order is obtained due to the existence of interference. Furthermore, we study the ergodic achievable rate for each mode and the corresponding tight bounds are derived in closed form. High SNR slopes achieved by users under two modes are also discussed. We observe a high SNR slope of order 1 for overlay D2D mode and 0 for underlay D2D mode. In addition, we also investigate the energy efficiency (EE) of the considered system. Numerical results show that the optimal phase shift proposed in our paper enhance system performance effectively comparing to the traditional D2D communication and random phase shift scheme. Significant EE gains can be obtained for low to middle SNR region by passive reflectors with reconfigurable phase. Unlike relay system, the nearer RIS to the D2D transmitter/receiver, the better performance is obtained.
Assessment of self-reported adherence to ART and patient's virological/CD4 response in a tertiary care clinic and government free ART clinic

Introduction: Treatment adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) is critical in reducing morbidity, mortality, and improving the survival in HIV patients. ART is a life-long commitment, and the variety of factors can influence treatment adherence. We studied the factors affecting treatment adherence in the private sector and public sector outdoor clinic in Ahmedabad, India. The primary objective of this study is to compare the level of adherence and factors that influence adherence to ART in patients attending government run free ART program and private setup. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 8 weeks among HIV-infected patients who were receiving ART from private clinic and free ART center from July 2019 to September 2019. We enrolled all consecutive patients >18 years of age attending both clinics. Statistical analysis was carried out using the SPSS software version 25.0. Multiple logistic regression was used to identify the factors that were independently associated with adherence to ART. Results: The study enrolled 306 patients, 151 (49.34%) from the outpatient department of private hospital, and 155 (50.65%) from the free ART center. Patients attending private clinics were more likely to have been diagnosed with HIV since ≥10 years compared to free ART center. Higher opportunistic infection rates were found in free ART center (64.51%). Treatment adherence was significantly lower in the patients attending free ART center (P = 0.004). Patients taking concomitant medications for other comorbid conditions (≥4 pills/day) were more likely to exhibit inadequate adherence ([odds ratio] 1.216, 95% confidence interval 1.0171–1.454). Univariate analysis showed that age, education, habits of alcohol, tobacco, number of pills, and duration of disease played a significant role in predicting adherence to ART (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Patients attending private clinic are surviving longer with HIV diagnosis, have fewer opportunistic infections, and have better treatment adherence compared to free ART clinic.
Adsorption of Copper by Raw Pinecone

This work was carried out in order to study the possibility of using pinecones as inexpensive sorbent material for the removal of copper ions in solution. The experiment was carried out in the Department of Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Batch adsorption studies were conducted to determine the optimum conditions for adsorption of copper ions on pinecone. 20mL of the aqueous metal ion solution was agitated with 1g of the adsorbent and different parameters varied. Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models were used to analyse the experimental data. Equilibrium data fitted well the Langmuir model (R=0.988). The monolayer adsorption capacity of Cu was found to be 38.46mg/g. The Lagergren’s pseudo first order and pseudo second order kinetic models were selected to study the adsorption process. Kinetic data was found to show very good fit with the pseudo second order kinetic model (R = 1). This shows that Original Research Article American Chemical Science Journal, 4(6): 992-1000, 2014 993 the adsorption of copper can be described by the pseudo second order equation, showing that the adsorption process is chemisorption between the metal ions and pinecone. The thermodynamic parameters ∆G, ∆H and ∆S were calculated for predicting the nature of adsorption. The negative value of the calculated Gibbs free energy value obtained for the sorption of Cu on raw pinecone shows the adsorption to be spontaneous and feasible. The results show that pinecone can be used as a low-cost and effective adsorbent for removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions.
Influence of Supplemental Niacin on Performancer and Ion Chroma of Serum for Dairy Cows in the Condition of Heat-stressed

An experiment was conducted using three Chinese Holstein cows in early lactation under hot environment,in a 3×3 Latin square design,to determine the effects of the basal diets supplemented with 0,8,15 g/d niac in each cow as control group A,group B,group C on performance,maintenance behavior and ion chroma of serum.The feeding experiment had been carried out for 63 days.The results showed :① compared with control group A,milk yield of group B and C was increased by 29.9%(P0.05),22.0%(P0.05),respectively,and 4% fat corrected milk yield was increased by 28.5%(P0.05),21.5%(P0.05),respectively,there was no significant difference between group B and C(P0.05);dietary niacin had no effect on the content of milk fat,milk protein and milk sugar;②compared with control group,there was no effect on the hours of standing and lying,the number of micturition and defecation,the number of drinking-water,but rumination time was significantly increased(P0.05). Also,there was no significant difference between group B and group C(P0.05);③compared with control group A,the Ca2+,K+,Na+ chroma of serum of group B and group C was increased in diffferent extent,but there was no significant difference between group B and group C(P0.05). The Mg2+ chroma of serum was increased,and the Cl-chroma of serum was decreased,but not reached significant levels(P0.05). As performance,maintenance behavior and ion chroma of serum were concerned,niacin supplementation with 8 g/d in the ration of lactating cows had the best effect and released the effect of heat stress in hot environment.
Genetic characteristics of competitive swimmers: a review

A successful swimming performance is a multi-factorial accomplishment, resulting from a complex interaction of physical, biomechanical, physiological and psychological factors, all of which are strongly affected by the special medium of water as well as by genetic factors. The nature of competitive swimming is unique, as most of the competitive events last less than four minutes. Yet training regimens have an endurance nature (many hours and many kilometres of swimming every day), which makes it impossible to classify swimming by definitions of aerobic-type or anaerobic-type events, as in track and field sports. Therefore, genetic variants associated with swimming performance are not necessarily related to metabolic pathways, but rather to blood lactate transport (MCT1), muscle functioning (IGF1 axis), muscle damage (IL6) and others. The current paper reviews the main findings on the leading 12 genetic polymorphisms (located in the ACE, ACTN3, AMPD1, BDKRB2, IGF1, IL6, MCT1, MSTN, NOS3, PPARA, PPARGC1A, and VEGFR2 genes) related to swimming performance, while taking into consideration the unique environment of this sport.
Determinan Perilaku Ibu Hamil Melakukan Pemeriksaan Kehamilan (Antenatal Care) Pada Masa Pandemi Covid -19

Dalam situasi pandemi COVID-19 ini, banyak pembatasan hampir ke semua layanan rutin termasuk pelayanan kesehatan maternal dan neonatal. Seperti ibu hamil menjadi enggan ke puskesmas atau fasiltas pelayanan kesehatan lainnya karena takut tertular, adanya anjuran menunda pemeriksaan kehamilan dan kelas ibu hamil Kurangnya kunjungan ANC ini bisa menyebabkan bahaya bagi ibu maupun janin seperti terjadinya perdarahan saat masa kehamilan karena tidak terdeteksinya tanda bahaya.Tujuan penelitin ini adalah Menganalisis Determinan yang berhubungan dengan perilaku ibu hamil dalam melaksanakan pemeriksaan kehamilan pada masa pandemi Covid 19 di BPM Bidan “R” tahun 2020. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan metode Survey analitik menggunakan pendekatan cross sectional,sampel dalam penelitian ini diperoleh dengan cara Accidental Sampling sejumlah 45 Ibu hamil trimester 3 yang melakukan ANC.Hasil penelitian mengunakan analisis Chi Square menunjukan nilai P<0,05 adalah terdapat hubungan yang siqnifikan antara perilaku ibu hamil melakukan ANC dengan Umur,Pendidikan, Pengetahuan, Sikap, dan Fasilitas Kesehatan, variabel yang tidak berhubungan adalah pekerjaan ibu serta Dukungan Suami.Pandemi Covid 19 tidak menghalangi ibu hamil melakukan Pemeriksaan Kehamilan secara rutin.Kata Kunci : Perilaku Ibu Hamil, ANC, Umur, pendidikan, pengetahuan,sikap dan Fasilitas kesehatan.