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A Study of Diasporic Divulgencies in the Works of Rohinton Mistry
Authors: Dr. Rashmi Dubey
Published: August 2022

Diaspora fiction deals with the issues of two different social milieus having discriminating margins, disintegration or combination of cultures and is also lingers over the related feelings such as nostalgia, loneliness, alienation, existential rootlessness, homelessness, quest of identity, protest, assertions and questioning etc. Rohinton Mistry is one such writer who is well known for his depiction of these psycho-sociological problems by the emigrants and immigrants. Rohinton belongs to the Parsi Zoroastrain religious minority while residing in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Being himself a victim, most of his works are concerned to scrutinize the complexities of contemporary rootlessness and alienated identities of the Parsi community he describes. While in India these Parsis are called “Ghatis” and when they move towards the United States and Canada, they are called “Pakis”, and Mistry considers both of them to be dehumanizing. He raises voice against the victimization of these emigrants and immigrants and highlights their struggle also.
Woman and Climate Change in Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behaviour
Authors: Dr T Eswar Rao
Published: August 2022

In today’s modern world, climate change is the most pressing important issue that mankind has to deal with. Backed with scientific evidences, there is no denying in the fact that mankind’s sustainability will be largely dictated by its catastrophic or soothing effects. To take the harsh realities of climate changes head on, every single species on this very earth should put forward its foot forward. It is here where we, the human race in general, must embrace the glaring truths of the day around us and exercise our democratic rights to make a difference in the physical world we live in. And in this noble sphere of activities, women can’t lag behind others. Women also have the knowledge and understanding of what is required to be acquired to challenge the changing environmental circumstances in order to determine practical solutions. But, in the face of the prevailing social environment, they remain a largely untapped resource due to existing biases, including restricted land rights, financial resources and limited access to decision making due to under representation. In Barbara's Flight Behaviour, Dellarobia, the female protagonist is deprived of the proper knowledge about the climate change which misleads her to interpret the Monarch butterflies as a vision of glory. But, later when she learns the fact, she shows her utmost enthusiasm to carry forward her learning. She even becomes lab assistant of Ovid, a scientist tracking the flight behaviour of monarch butterflies. At the end of the novel, Dellarobia plans to go back to college and move away from the farm along with her children. This paper explores the practical and effective climate change mitigation measures, and unleashes the knowledge and capabilities of women.
Subverting Androcentrism and Voicing the Silenced in Kavita Kane's The Lanka's Princess
Authors: Pretty Terangpi
Published: August 2022

The retelecast of Ramayana is presumed to have garnered the record as one of the most viewed television series with about 7.7 million viewers worldwide. Mythologies in India are closely intertwined with the socio-cultural aspects of the people, dictating the way the society functions. Such a massive reception of the mythsafter years of their origin only reiteratesthe significance and influence of mythologies even today. The retelling of mythologies is not a current phenomenon, as evident in the presence of the different versionsof Ramayana and Mahabharata.From films, dramas to television series, the two narratives have provided the blueprint for artists from all fields to explore and re-imagine them.The most significant change, however, occurred in recent times with the emergence of the often marginalized section revisiting the two grand narratives, the most prominent being Feminists and Dalits, and give space tothe often marginalized characters that are assigned the role of the 'other.' Writing and Reading are often considered political. The meaning-making process and what is being told or what is omitted is governed by the hegemonic control of the one in power. Mythology is typically considered as the avenuefor Men. Women represented in the epics hardly play a significant role. The omission of the voice of the women like Supernekha, Draupadi, Mandodari, Sita, Urmillafrom the grand narratives becomes all the more vivid as they representthe voice of the sidelined or marginalized. The right to form history belongs to the one ruling. In this case, it is the patriarchal setup that allows only for the androcentric viewpoint in the process relegating all the other possible views. In this vein, using an overarching lens of Feminism, the paperattempts to see Kavita Kane's The Lanka's Princess, from the viewpoint of the often voicelesscharacters to dismantle the binary structureand subvert Androcentrism.
Representation of Nature and the Dalits: A Close Reading of Karukku and Gun Island
Authors: Debayan Nag
Published: August 2022

The Dalit community coexists with nature that acts as their chief benefactor in a world of exploitation. They carry out tasks like labouring, collecting firewood for the basic necessities of survival. Besides this, it is in the company of nature that they earn the pleasure in taking part in primitive sports like fishing or festivities and belief in the supernatural. This paper attempts to explore the extent to which coexistence with nature influences the lives and decisions of the Dalits and the way they stand in face of casteism. It also attempts to explore the supernatural aspect associated with nature and the way this influences the choices and decisions of a Dalit. The former is studied from an objective perspective by referring to the Paraya community of Bama’s Karukku while the later is highlighted by referring to the choices of an individual Dalit named Tipu from Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island.
Cultural and Historical Identity in Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke: A Postcolonial Perspective
Authors: Satya Narayan
Published: August 2022

Amitav Ghosh is a prominent writer of present times. In his writings, Ghosh deals with the effects of colonialism on contemporary societies and cultures. By depicting the modern postcolonial situation, he problematizes the dominant discourse of culture and history. My paper proposes to examine and explore the cultural and historical identity in River of Smoke from the perspective of postcolonialism. He is considered an iconic figure in English Literature owing to his singular and unorthodox perception of history. Historical identity is a reservoir of past events and incidents. One of those historical incidents is the Opium War (1839-42), which has been dealt extensively by Amitav Ghosh in River of Smoke (2011) in sequential manner. In his fiction, Ghosh meticulously deals with many things:  the troubled legacy of colonial knowledge and discourse about formerly colonized societies and ideas, the ambivalent relationship to modernity of the so-called developing or ‘Third World’, and the formation and reformation of identities in colonial and post-colonial societies. The main purpose of this research paper is to examine in detail about the postcolonial traits with specific reference to the Indian diaspora.
An Ecology and Eco-Criticism in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide
Authors: Vishwa Bhushan
Published: August 2022

In recent times, literary writers have been drawn to the hitherto ignored strong interactive relationship between humans and nature. This relationship throws light upon the study of ecology and eco-critical reading. Now, literary writers focus upon the major environmental issues in their writing to highlight the problems of ecosystem. Amitav Ghosh is one of them. His novel The Hungry Tide is set in the Sundarbans meaning “Beautiful forest” which comprises of more than ten thousand square kilometers, the tide country- narrates the history of the forced evaluation of refugees from the island of Morichjhapi. Environmentalism and Destabilisation are some of the predominant themes in the novel. In this novel the physical environment is a representation of an active force that connects the plant, animal and human life together and one is affected by the other directly or it indirectly. The goal of my paper is to attempt an ecological analysis and the eco-critical reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide.
The Dynamics of Social Seclusion in the Select Short Stories of Manju Bala
Authors: Shibu Gorai
Published: August 2022

The paper intends to study Manju Bala’s short stories such as Conflict, The Housemaid Special, Discrimination in the light of dalitism. Bala being a Bengali Dalit woman writer portrays the grim condition of the marginalized women in Bengal with her empirical study. In all three stories, we happen to witness caste-based discrimination, gender biasness, social injustice, domestic violence and so on. The female protagonists may be seen as transgressing the conventionality but society in large biased towards gender roles. Women are seen only as objects, peace providers, calm and quiet so on. They as we see are not provided with any emancipatory spirit even by their kith and kin but they have tried to go beyond with such obstacles. And throughout their journey, the characters face multiple dilemmas, troubles and conflicting emotion. The discriminatory practice is not something external or physical but cognitive. This mental dilemma is quite noticeable. We attempt to observe how economic stability fails to secure self-esteem and social prestige not only due to caste discrimination but also gender expectation. Patriarchy always runs high in controlling the minds that of the uncontrolled. Patriarchy, somehow, interpellates that women need not to be educated and provided with what the males in particular are provided. From early childhood till maturity, we see how the characters are marginalized and bullied by others. The term Dalit comes in contact in this paper to suggest any kind of exploitation faced by anybody. Thus, this paper tends to highlight all such issues which are silently nurtured by society.
Evincement of Custom Conflicts in Interstates Nuptials Chetan Bhagat’s 2 States
Authors: Geeta Sharma  , Ramakant Sharma
Published: August 2022

In modern age custom conflicts is the cause of various hazardous problems taking place in contemporary society. The purpose of the present research paper is to portrait the evincement of custom conflicts in Inter states nuptials through Chetan Bhagat’s 2 States or the Story of My Marriage. India is a secular country where people following different custom reside. These distinct cultures and customs prevailing in India somewhere create differences in opinion. Bhagat is known youth’s icon for dealing modern issues in his writing, and as a famous screen writer of contemporary age for film adaptations. He has presented a realistic portraiture of custom conflict between two contrary states Delhi and Tamil. In India inter religion marriage are not accepted, if there is the matter of interstate nuptials love birds have to face great obstacles to win their parents and relatives consent. Bhagat has given an autobiographical touch to this novel. He has portrait a vibrant view of custom conflict and diversities.
The Ideal of Democracy is distorted in Naipaul’s The Suffrage of Elvira
Authors: Dr. Devanampriya M.
Published: August 2022

Democracy it’s a beautiful concept, where Equality, Freedom, Justice provided to the people of all strata of society irrespective of caste, creed, gender etc. Actually Democratic form of system is very ideal for administrative point of view.  There are equal opportunities for all sorts of people to participate in the formation of government and equal responsibility while framing rules and regulations as well.  Both the people and the elected representatives failed completely to uphold the very basic objectives of democracy.  And this is nothing but the murder of Democracy. Because in Democratic form of system everything should be transparent but whereas for as third world countries are concerned, no transparencies only corrupted administrative officials, corrupted representative and the people too.  This leads to the distortion of the ideal of the Democracy.  Abraham Lincoln says about Democracy “of the people, by the people and for the people”.  But the present scenario reconstitutes the statement “of the money, by the money and for the money”. Hence in this article Naipaul’s The suffrage of Elvira will be discussed.
An Ecofeminist Reading of Kavery Nambisan’s A Town Like Ours
Authors: Ragavi. S. R  , J. Edwin Moses
Published: August 2022

Ecofeminism is a term that shows the relationship between Ecology and Feminism. It is a branch of Ecocriticism which studies how the oppression of women is interlinked with nature. Naturally the “Land” is compared to a Feminine gender as it is fertile and nurtures the life similar to a female who nurtures her family and finally owned by a male as a property. Ecofeminism on the other hand offers a way of thinking which encourages interconnectedness of people with the environment and addressing the oppression and marginalization of women alongside. This paper focuses on how the protagonist Rajakumari is associated with nature and also about her psychological growth interlinked with the environment and with the other characters in Kavery Nambisan’s A Town Like Ours. The researcher will further critique the condition of Indian women under the patriarchy and how anthropocentric activities in the development process affect nature and humans.
Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana: Placing the Importance of Mythical Background
Authors: Kunwar Sahab Singh
Published: August 2022

As a reader of Karnad's plays, one needs to focus on their sources. Every literary expression has a source and in that the plot is gotten from someplace. The normal wellsprings of his plays incorporate fantasy, cultural story, myths, Puranas, recorded accounts, legends and so forth He appears to have propelled by Shakespeare who follows similar propensity of adjusting perceived plots. Present-day writers will in general utilize unique plots, or any notable recorded or political occasion, or adjust a famous Greek fantasy. There is not anything amiss with the act of adjusting any known or obscure content since it might give you new knowledge into the source text. A few pundits even say that each literary work depends on other writing as it conveys the echoes of its procreator. The activity of discovering how the first messages are adjusted and the new importance produced in the process merits endeavoring; it offers us another viewpoint regarding the matter, occasion, plot and so on.
Poverty as the Explicit Theme in Aravind Adiga’s Between the Assassinations
Authors: Dr. Nidhi Gupta
Published: August 2022

Adiga is an influential voice of 21st century India. He depicts the agony of the subjugated class of India. In Between the Assassinations, Adiga presents a vivid picture of lives of the marginalized. The novel contains the theme of poverty, hunger and exploitation of poor as the main theme. The novel is a scrupulous examination of microcosm of India. It is a simmering fury at the wide gulf between the haves and have not’s.  The novel provides a glimpse of the India of Darkness through its twelve stories spinning around the assorted aspects of life in the town Kittur. The novel highlights the social and political turmoil of India during 1984 and 1991 and reflects how poverty, the mother evil, gives rise to other evils in the society. The novel contains a wide array of characters from famished person to the richest person of the town, Kittur. It describes the harsh realities of poor villagers who have to but migrate to cities in order to survive and live on the streets.
Liberal Feminism and Ruskin Bond: An Exploration of Bond’s Women World
Authors: Dr. Gaurav Agrawal
Published: August 2022

Indian history has been a deponent of ups and downs in the position of women. In the Vedic era, they attained the highest place in society. Later in post-Vedic era they were accused of many disabilities and their freedom was banned. In middle age their position became very pathetic. So a necessity is felt for reconsideration of women's condition with the angle of Indian attitude. In contemporary age, many efforts are being done to resolve this social injustice. Indian intellectuals have been advocating for equal rights, equality, and co-operation between both genders for long ages, but it was in the British period when women uplift started. The result of all efforts made in this direction is that women have started to establish new dimensions in various areas, e.g., in education, politics, social, economic, administration, and in games and sports. In the literary area their contribution can also not be underestimated. Many female writers such as Arundhati Roy, Jhumpa Lahri, Shashi Despande, Shobha De and many others are raising their voices for women rights and women empowerment. Today women-deliberation has become a vivid question in every area of life so much that prominent male writers are also giving them a special niche in their writings. In male stream, Ruskin Bond is carrying this trend forward to maintain a balance between the two genders. The present paper is an endeavor to prove that Ruskin’s literature searches the way for women empowerment within democratic system.
Parsi Consciousness in Rohinton Mistry’s Fiction
Authors: Dr Anupam Soni
Published: August 2022

Rohinton Mistry is one of the most celebrated new wave fiction writers of Indian writing in English. Mistry is a well-known name for his heritage fiction and Parsi consciousness. As being a Parsi, Mistry seems to be more concerned with his community and its diminishing numbers like their symbol bird vultures. Parsi is one of the most educated communities all around the world and famous for their sense of charities yet with each passing year this one of the oldest religious communities is facing the threat of extinction; and this threat put each and every Parsi writers on their toes to preserve their culture through their writings, and the fiction of Rohinton Mistry is also no exception to this thought. Mistry tried his level best to put Parsi life as it is with their core consciousness and dilemmas on paper.
Ontological Emergence and Human Freedom
Authors: Sprintzen David
Published: August 2022

This article develops the ontological doctrine of naturalistic emergence, detailing three distinct but related types of emergent structures. It thus provides a coherent framework for making sense of the reality of human freedom, consistent with the operative determinism of natural science. This possibility emerges from taking seriously the implications of the reality of non-separability and decoherence, the significance of conservation laws, and the causal significance of systemic properties. The metaphysics of ontological emergence that is thus suggested reveals the ontological limitations of Aristotelian logic, Cartesian reduction, and their modern epigoni. Specific attention is paid to the formulations of scientific reductionism by E. O. Wilson with his theory of “consilience,” and to Jaegwon Kim’s critique of the doctrine of emergence.
Mimesis as Poiesis: The Production and Reproduction of Likeness in an Extra-Moral Sense
Authors: Wu Yi
Published: August 2022

Artworks of realism have been the chief target continuously employed by critics to perpetuate a traditional view of art as mere imitation. In this article, I argue for a way to understand artworks of realism based on a suspension of the classical distinction between mimesis (understood as imitation) and poiesis (understood as making, fabrication or production). By examining the perception model (the case of the trompe-l’œil of fifth-century Greek and Renaissance European paintings) and the poiesis of mechanically reproduced art (the case of the photograph), I argue that (1) contrary to the traditional view, an artwork of realism does not represent what is ordinarily called “reality” by imitating it; (2) in what may seem a representation of the world an artwork of realism actually creates something from scratch, making neither an ontological claim to become and to replace the object in question nor an artistic claim to copy after the object; and (3) despite its apparent achievement of resembling the objects in the world, an artwork of realism should be judged by itself as well as by itself as embodiment of conditions of seeing and of encountering, inhabiting, and interpreting the visible at a certain historical juncture.
Biyorezonans Terapilerine Geleneksel Tıp Yaklaşımı ve Biyorezonansın Sağlığa Etkisi
Authors: KOÇİNKAĞ Muhammed , TAYFUN Kanat , MÜSLÜMANOĞLU Ahmet Yaser
Published: August 2022

Geleceğin tıbbı olarak ifade edilen frekans ve enerjiye dayalı tedaviler, henüz dünyada çok bilinen bir alan değildir. Yeni bir alan olmasına rağmen tedavideki etkinliği ve uygulama kolaylığı bu alanı birçok insanın tercihi haline getirmektedir. Daha çok destekleyici tedavi amaçlı kullanılmaktadır. Türkiye’de henüz onaylanmış bir geleneksel ve tamamlayıcı tıp (GETAT) uygulaması değildir. Bu tür terapi yöntemleri, insanların sadece fizik bedenden ibaret olmadığını, enerji, frekans ve titreşim temelli yapılar olduğunu düşünen sağlık profesyonellerinin tercihi olmaktadır. Batı tıbbı öğretim sistemi, genellikle hastaları sadece fizik beden olarak değerlendirip, biyokimyasal analizler ile hastalıkların teşhisini ve takibini yapmaktadır. GETAT, insanı bütüncül değerlendiren, klasik tıpta kullanılan teşhis yöntemlerini kullanarak hastalıkların sonuçlarından ziyade altta yatan ana nedeni ortadan kaldırmayı ve biyolojik dengenin sağlanmasını amaçlayan bir hekimlik anlayışıdır. Yapılan çalışmalarla doğadaki her şeyin bir frekansının ve enerji alanının olduğu ve vücudumuzdaki doku, organ, hücre, bakteri, virüs, parazit, mantar ve toksinlerin hatta duygu ve düşüncelerin de bir frekansı olduğu gösterilmiştir. Vücuda giren patojenin frekans değişikliği yaptığı ve bunun sonucunda sağlıklı insan ile hasta insanın frekanslarının farklı olduğu çalışmalarda gösterilmiştir. Gıdalar, hastalıklar, psikolojik ve emosyonel durumlar ve bunun gibi birçok faktörün kişinin frekans dengesini bozduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu frekans dengesizliğini ortadan kaldırmak için yeni bir yöntem olan biyorezonans terapileri uygulanmaktadır. Bu makalenin amacı bu tür enerji tıbbı terapilerinin teşhiste ve tedavide GETAT’a entegre edilmesini sağlamak, tanıyı destekleyici ve tamamlayıcı yaklaşımla bir tedavi yöntemi olabilmesi için çalışmalar yapılmasına katkı sunmak ve hekimlerde biyorezonans terapileri hakkında farkındalık oluşturmaktır.
A utilização de recurso não farmacológico no puerpério imediato: uma revisão sistemática
Authors: Santos Alyce da Silva , Protazio Maiara Caroline Gonzaga , Santos Alan Douglas Bezerra dos , Aquino Vitória Santana de , Sousa Davi Santana , Santana Licia Santos
Published: August 2022

O puerpério é o período que se inicia após parto, e que pode ser dividido em três fases, imediato com duração de 1a 10 dias, tardio de 11a 45 dias e remoto quando ultrapassa 45 dias. Na fase imediata desse período existe a presença de alguns desconfortos justificados pelo processo de parturição. O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar as evidências cientificas encontradas sobre uso da fisioterapia no puerpério imediato. Trata- se de uma intervenção sistemática de caráter exploratório e descritivo o qual foi realizado a busca por publicações disponíveis nas bases de dados eletrônicos. A seleção dos artigos para coleta de dados, baseou-se na observação de título e na leitura dos resumos que se enquadraram nos critérios de inclusão. Após análise, justificaram-se para a discussão quatro artigos referentes aos principais tratamentos utilizados no puerpério imediato. Concluímos que os recursos fisioterapêuticos como: crioterapia, cinesioterapia e eletroestimulação são eficazes no puerpério imediato por reduzir dor perineal, diminuição do quadro álgico agudizado e por reduzir diástase abdominal, tratando e prevenindo complicações decorrente deste período.
Análise de custos da prevenção da pneumonia associada a ventilação mecânica: uma revisão integrativa
Authors: Almeida Ana Elizângela do Monte , Maia Eveline Lima , Bôto Elaine Gomes , Caetano Núbia Dias Costa , Bezerra Mariana Vieira de Melo , Sousa André Lima
Published: August 2022

O objetivo dessa pesquisa é de analisar através da literatura o que os estudos dizem sobre a análise de custos na prevenção de pneumonia associada a ventilação mecânica. Métodos: pesquisa exploratória-descritiva de abordagem qualitativa resultando em uma revisão integrativa baseada nas produções científicas publicadas em bases de dados nacionais e internacionais que apontaram o que os estudos evidenciam acerca da análise de custos na prevenção da pneumonia associada a ventilação mecânica. A busca foi realizada no mês de março de 2022 nas seguintes bases de dados virtuais: diretórios da revista PMC (PubMed Central), na LILACS (Literatura Latino-americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde) e na sciencedirect. Foram encontrados 640 artigos na Pub Med; 203 artigos na Sciencedirect; 85 artigos na Lilacs, perfazendo um total de 928 artigos. Com o propósito de identificar os artigos que mais se adequassem aos objetivos da pesquisa, concretizou-se um objeto de estudo de 13 artigos, sendo 10 na Pub Med, 1 na Sciencedirect, 2 na Lilacs. Através da literatura encontrada foi evidenciando que, através de estudos de avaliações econômicas, é possível obter resultados significativos de intervenções em saúde para a prevenção da PAV.
A psicomotricidade na educação física para estudantes com TEA: a atuação da educação física na educação especial
Authors: De Souza Nunes Amanda Cristina
Published: August 2022

O estudo aborda as contribuições da Educação Física no desenvolvimento acadêmico (alfabetização) em estudantes com TEA de escolas especializadas, que tem como questão problema: Quais são as contribuições psicomotoras que a Educação Física pode desenvolver na aprendizagem acadêmica de estudantes com TEA? O objetivo geral foi investigar as contribuições psicomotoras que a Educação pode desenvolver na aprendizagem acadêmica de estudantes com TEA. Os objetivos específicos foram: Classificar as características do TEA; analisar a atuação da Educação Física na Educação Especial; relacionar e identificar as atividades psicomotoras com o desenvolvimento acadêmico de estudantes com TEA. A metodologia usada neste estudo foi a abordagem qualitativa a partir das contribuições de Bardin (1977). Os principais autores utilizados para o estudo foram: Nogueira (2007), Fernandes et al. (2020) e Belisário Filho (2010). A aplicação da psicomotricidade na Educação Especial destacou a relevância e importância das aulas de Educação Física para estudantes com TEA, como também as contribuições motoras e psicomotoras no processo de ensino e aprendizagem e convivência social destes estudantes.
Cuidados paliativos em pacientes terminais na oncologia revisão integrativa
Authors: Rocha José Songlei da Silva , Doi Songila M S R
Published: August 2022

O câncer (CA) é uma das quatro principais causas de morte prematura (antes dos 70 anos) na maioria dos países. A Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) avalia que até 2030 ocorrerão 27 milhões de casos de CA a cada ano e destas, 17 milhões de pessoas virão a óbito. Estima-se que haverá aproximadamente 15 milhões de novos casos globalmente entre 2020 e 2021, dos quais 12 milhões podem vir a óbito. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo geral compreender o câncer em seu contexto geral e avaliar os cuidados paliativos no intuito de promover a qualidade de vida do paciente e de seus familiares através da prevenção do alívio do sofrimento e da avaliação cuidadosa do tratamento da dor e de outros sintomas físicos que são comuns aos pacientes em estado. Trara-se de uma revisão interativa especializada, utilizando o método de pesquisa bibliográfica mais aprofundada sobre o tema. O paciente na fase terminal tem pouco tempo de vida e o tratamento paliativo resulta apenas no conforto e no alívio da dor e melhora sua condição de vida. Uma equipe multidisciplinar que atua no setor oncológico atua na melhorar da qualidade de vida desse paciente e compartilha com estes em fase terminal e seus familiares os melhores momentos.
Recomendações para os profissionais que manejam as gestantes durante a pandemia: uma revisão integrativa
Authors: Andrade Menezes Bruna , Euzébio dos Santos Leandro , Douglas Bezerra dos Santos Alan , Santana de Aquino Vitória , Santana Sousa Davi , Santos Santana Licia
Published: August 2022

Desde o surgimento da COVID-19, foram emitidas alertas à toda a população sobre cuidados, principalmente aqueles que se enquadravam em grupo de risco. Devido ao aumento da demanda de oxigênio, diminuição da complacência torácica e consequentemente baixa tolerância à hipoxemia, as gestantes fazem parte desse grupo. O objetivo deste estudo é realizar uma revisão integrativa sobre as recomendações para os profissionais que orientam as gestantes durante a pandemia. A pesquisa buscou publicações disponíveis nas bases de dados: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (Medline/Pubmed), Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (Lilacs). Foram encontrados a partir dos cruzamentos dos descritores utilizando um dos operadores booleanos AND um total de 411 estudos, porém somente 10 artigos foram selecionados. Visando todo o transtorno causado pela pandemia na vida dessas mulheres, faz se importante atualizações para os profissionais da área. Conclui-se que o uso de aparelhos tecnológicos, a telemedicina, e os métodos já aplicados à população possibilita uma melhor assistência e segurança para essas mulheres em fase gestacional.
Avaliação do impacto do distanciamento social durante a pandemia na saúde e na qualidade de vida do idoso hipertenso e diabético
Authors: Oliveira Patricia , Machado Gabriela , Santos Aliny
Published: August 2022

Com o contexto da pandemia do coronavírus, foram recomendadas medidas preventivas, como o distanciamento social. Visto que os idosos são os principais acometidos pela doença, tais medidas precisaram ser mais rigorosas para esses, fato que pode gerar medo, insegurança, ansiedade, entre outros. O estudo, então, objetivou identificar impactos na saúde mental e física dos idosos cadastrados em uma Unidade Básica de Saúde de Arapongas, Paraná, decorrentes do isolamento social, durante a pandemia do COVID-19. Assim, participaram da pesquisa 32 idosos hipertensos e diabéticos. Para a coleta de dados foram utilizados os seguintes instrumentos: questionário desenvolvido pelas autoras da pesquisa, para caracterizar os idosos participantes e, o nível de distanciamento social da população em questão; questionários acerca da qualidade de vida - Whoqol-bref e Escala geriátrica de depressão. Os dados coletados foram organizados em planilhas elaboradas no Excel®, e analisados segundo estatística descritiva, por meio de medidas de proporção como média, mediana e frequência simples. Dessa forma, os resultados do presente estudo evidenciaram declínio na saúde cognitiva e geral dos idosos, tendo como repercussão um maior uso de medicamentos, eventos inteiramente ligados ao distanciamento social.
Aplicação de extratos vegetais na eliminação do biofilme por Candida albicans em resinas dentárias
Authors: Cruzeiro Maria Elvira , Blank Daiane , Freitag Rogério , Pinto Luciana , Meireles Mário Carlos Araújo , Cleff Marlete
Published: August 2022

Candida albicans, agente da Candidose oral, principal espécie envolvida com o biofilme. Pacientes usuários de próteses totais desenvolvem patologias associadas ao biofilme. Assim, o objetivo do trabalho foi quantificar o biofilme residual de C. albicans em material de próteses após exposição à diferentes extratos de Rosmarinus officinalis. Para confecção dos corpos de prova foi usada resina acrílica polimerizada em microondas. Após a polimerização da resina, os corpos de prova foram polidos e esterilizados com óxido de etileno. Posteriormente, foi induzida a formação do biofilme, os corpos de prova foram expostos à extratos de R. officinalis e após foi realizada a quantificação do biofilme. A loção do óleo essencial de R. officinalis a 24% foi a mais efetiva para remover o biofilme, seguida do óleo essencial em carbopol, não mostrando diferença estatística entre esses e em relação à nistatina. Conclui-se que a loção do óleo essencial de R. officinalis à 24% pode ser o tratamento alternativo para erradicação do biofilme.
Integração das tecnologias educacionais em classes multisseriadas no assentamento Alvorada
Authors: Stefanello Lucimara Moro , Rela Eliana , Marques da Rocha Karla
Published: August 2022

O presente artigo visa apresentar um recorte de uma dissertação, a fim de analisar os dados coletados a partir da integração das Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (TIC) ao desenvolvimento de conteúdos curriculares em uma escola do campo, localizada no assentamento Alvorada, no município de Júlio de Castilhos - Rio Grande do Sul. Os dados foram gerados por meio de uma pesquisa qualitativa, caracterizada como estudo de caso, em que foram desenvolvidas práticas educacionais em uma classe multisseriada, abrangendo a Pré-Escola e o 1º ano do Ensino Fundamental. Como base teórica, a pesquisa utilizou as concepções de Freire, Levy, Kenski. O estudo observou que a integração das tecnologias no desenvolvimento dos conteúdos específicos, pode potencializar processos de ensino-aprendizagem significativos, oportunizando a valorização do cotidiano e estimulando a interação da comunidade escolar, o que colabora para a construção de redes de conhecimentos. Trazendo como evidências dessa integração a construção de narrativas sobre o processo de constituição do espaço social em que a escola está localizada, valorizaram, portanto, a cultura local.
تقييم تجربة سلطنة عُمان في التعليم عن بعد في ظل جائحة كورونا من وجهة نظر أولياء الأمور
Authors: الخروصي أحمد , البادي أمل , المياحي محمود , الكلباني أسماء
Published: August 2022

هدفت الدراسة للكشف عن تقييم تجربة سلطنة عُمان في التعليم عن بعد في ظل جائحة كورونا من وجهة نظر أولياء الأمور، وقد استخدمت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي، حيث تم بناء استبانة لقياس تجربة سلطنة عُمان في التعليم عن بعد في ظل جائحة كورونا من وجهة نظر أولياء الأمور، وتكونت الأداة من (17) فقرة؛ موزعة على ثلاث محاور؛ هي: على مستوى المدرسة وتكون من (6) فقرات، ومحور وسائل الاتصال والتقنية المستخدمة وتكون من (5) فقرات، وعلى مستوى أولياء الأمور انفسهم وتكون من (6) فقرات. تألفت عينة الدراسة من (294) ولي أمر من مختلف محافظات السلطنة، وتوصلت الدراسة الى ان درجة تقييم أولياء الأمور للتعلم عن بعد في سلطنة عمان كان بدرجة متوسطة، كما لا توجد فروق تعزى لمتغير المؤهل في درجة تقييم أولياء الأمور للتعليم عن بعد. وأوصت الدراسة بعدة توصيات أهمها ضرورة تدريب أولياء الأمور على التقنيات الحديثة والتعاون المشترك بين المدرسة وأولياء الأمور.
مستوى رضا طالبات الصف الحادي عشر عن تجربة التعليم الالكتروني عبر منصة Google Classroom في ظل جائحة كوفيد -١٩: تجربة مدرسة أسية بنت مزاحم أنموذجا
Authors: الخروصي أحمد , المعولية إيمان , الحضرمي احمد
Published: August 2022

هدفت الدراسة للكشف عن مستوى رضا طالبات الصف الحادي عشر عن تجربة التعليم الالكتروني عبر منصة Google Classroom في ظل جائحة كوفيد -١٩: تجربة مدرسة أسية بنت مزاحم أنموذجا، وقد استخدمت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي، حيث تم بناء استبانة لقياس مستوى رضا طالبات الصف الحادي عشر عن تجربة التعليم الالكتروني عبر منصة Google Classroom في ظل جائحة كوفيد -١٩: تجربة مدرسة أسية بنت مزاحم أنموذجا، وتكونت الأداة من (18) فقرة. تألفت عينة الدراسة من (97) طالبة من طالبات مدرسة آسية بنت مزاحم موزعات على خمس شعب دراسية، وتوصلت الدراسة الى ان مستوى رضا طالبات الصف الحادي عشر عن تجربة التعليم الالكتروني عبر منصة Google Classroom في ظل جائحة كوفيد -١٩: تجربة مدرسة أسية بنت مزاحم أنموذجا كان بدرجة متوسطة اذا بلغ المتوسط الحسابي له (3,06)، كما لا توجد فروق تعزى للشعبة الدراسية في مستوى رضا الطالبات عن التعليم الإلكتروني. وأوصت الدراسة بعدة توصيات أهمها توفير أدلة إرشادية واضحة وفق خطوات محددة لمساعدة الطلبة على التعامل مع منصات التعلّم عن بعد، بحيث يستطيع الطالب استخدام المنصة وحده ودون الحاجة لمرشدين، وأن تشمل هذه الأدلة إجابات لأبرز الأسئلة التي يمكن أن يطرحها الطلبة، وحلولًا لأبرز التحديدات التي يمكن أن تواجه الطلبة أثناء تجربة التعلم عن بعد.
Risk factors of acne vulgaris in preparatory school students in Fayoum City
Authors: Kamel Hind Magdy Hashim , Abdel-Mohesen Afaf Salah , Gomaa Amany Abdel-Aziz , Mahmoud Mayada Taha
Published: August 2022

Background: Acne vulgaris is a multifaceted skin defect. It is the most popular skin disease, and it usually appears among preparatory school students. Aim: was aimed to assess risk factors of acne vulgaris in preparatory school students in Fayoum City. Research Design: A descriptive research design was used in this study. Setting: The current study was conducted in 49 preparatory schools in Fayoum City. Sample: A purposive sample was used to select 400 students diagnosed with acne vulgaris. Tools: the investigator used one tool: An interviewing questionnaire which consists of four parts, patients socio-demographic data, Assess family past history and past medical history of preparatory school students diagnosed with acne vulgaris, preparatory students' knowledge regarding acne vulgaris, and risk factors that lead to acne are divided into hormonal factors, diet habits, hygiene habits, use of cosmetics products, sun exposure, and another habit. Results: This study showed, 48.5% of studied preparatory school students were in the age group 15 years, 65.0% of them were females, 40.25% of preparatory school students had average knowledge and 53.2% and 51.8% of students had a high level of risk factors about acne vulgaris related to hormonal factor and sun exposure factor.
Real-time sign language recognition system
Authors: Mohammedali Atyaf Hekmat , Abbas Hawraa H. , Shahadi Haider Ismael
Published: August 2022

One of the more natural ways of interaction between the machine and human is offered by Human gestures which are useful for sign language recognition (SLR). Sign language is the speaking tongue of a segment of people who are known as Deaf people. they are the most people who benefit from the (SLR) by the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).Most natural people cannot understand these kinds of languages, so Deaf people fail to communicate with them without this helper which achieves by the (HCI). This study introduced a proposed system that offered SLR in real-time for some gestures from the American sign language (ASL), by using one of the most suitable deep learning-based architectures that were called Convolutional neural networks (CNN) and choosing the Squeezenet module After comparing it with a traditional machine learning system that relied on extracting [HOG] features. Squeezenet presented the best result in accuracy reached to (100%) in the off-time testing and about (97.5%)  in the real-time with a competition time of about 3.3sec for capturing the image,  predicting it, and converting it to a text and spoken sentence.The system achieved this result without making any preprocessing for the image, which gave it simplicity and low computing time.
Cytotoxicity of Fe2+, Cu2+, and Ni2+ metal complexes of thiosemicarbazide Schiff bases with dibenzalcyclohexanone & Di-o-bromobenzalcyclohexanone
Authors: Abdul-Salam Maryam , Tawfeeq Nabeel Arif
Published: August 2022

The work included the synthesis and characterization of two ketones (chalcones) through the reaction of cyclohexanone with benzaldehyde in the presence of a strong base, as well as ketones were prepared replaced with bromine in the ortho position from the reaction of brominated benzaldehyde in the ortho site with cyclohexanone . The first ligand prepared through the reaction of the thiosemicarbazide compound with dibenzalcyclohexanone, while the second ligand was prepared by reacting di-o-bromobenzalcyclohexanone. The resulting ligands are bi-dentate ligands that can bind to transition metal ions in a molar ratio (ligand:metal) 2:1. As mononuclear complexes were prepared through the reaction of these ligands with the divalent metallic elements under study, which are copper(II), iron(II)  and nickel(II). The novel complexes have been characterized by  1H&13C-NMR, (Mass Spectra), magnetic susceptibility and molar conductivity. And through spectroscopic studies and magnetic susceptibility, the geometry of the prepared complexes were suggested. The iron and copper complexes are paramagnetic complexes, and the magnetic moment values are within the range of the distorted tetrahedral. While for the nickel complexes, they are diamagnetic complexes, and the magnetic moment values are within the range of the distorted square planar shape.
Identification of nosocomial infection bacteria from hospitals, and effect of some antibiotics in Wasit Province
Authors: Mahdi Jasim R. , Makhrmash Jasim H. , Taher Taqi Mohammed Jwad
Published: August 2022

Background: Nosocomial infections are illnesses obtained after medical care. The responsible pathogens are represented by several types of microorganisms and this study aimed to define the causative bacteria and their sensitivity to different antibiotics.  Methods: A total of 308 samples have been collected from different places and surfaces prone to bacterial contamination in the three main governmental hospitals in AL-Kut city. Firstly, bacteria were isolated and identified using the biochemical test, then antibiotic sensitivity of isolates was performed using different antibiotics for Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Acinetobacter baumannii, Serratia marcescens, and Enterobacter cloacae on Mueller Hinton agar using Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. Results: There were 83 (26.9%) bacterial-contaminated samples.  The most common type of isolated bacteria was Staphylococcus haemolyticus (20.5%) followed by Acinetobacter baumannii (12%) of the total bacteria. Culture and sensitivity for Staphylococcus haemolyticus bacteria showed that bacteria were resistant to all selected antibiotics reaching 92.9% for Azithromycin and 85.7% for Erythromycin. Results for A. baumannii bacteria showed bacterial resistance to all antibiotics and the highest rate (87.5%) was reported for Piperacillin. Results for Serratia marcescens bacteria showed bacterial resistance to most antibiotics except for Meropenem with 100% resistance to Augmentin and Nitrofurantoin.
Comparison of candidemia patient profile in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 cases in a tertiary hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia
Authors: Partha Agung Dewi Sekar Langit , Widodo Agung Dwi Wahyu , Arfijanto Muhammad Vitanata
Published: August 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has been linked to secondary infections. Candidemia, a fungal healthcare-associated infection, has been described in patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19. Risk factors for developing severe COVID-19 include older age, malignancies, obesity, immunocompromised conditions, and chronic diseases, many of which are also risk factors for candidemia. This study aimed to compare clinical characteristics of candidemia in patients with and without COVID-19. This retrospective study observe patients medical records from 2020 – 2021 at Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia. A total of 131 candidemia cases (23 COVID-19 patients and 108 non-COVID-19 patients) were included during the study periods. COVID-19 cases had a higher rate of diabetes (60,9%, p=0,00), pulmonary disease (87%, p=0,00), obesity (34,8%, p=0,00), and having urinary catheter (69,6%, p=0,00). Non-albicans candida was the most common agent of candidemia in non-COVID-19 patients (91,3%, p=0,03). The susceptibility of fluconazole (80,6 v 56,5, p=0,01), caspofungin (82,4 v 60,9, p=0,04), amphotericin B (90,7 v 78,3, p=0,03) and flucytosine (92,6 v 73,9, p=0,00) were higher in non-COVID-19 patients. Based on the study result, it is important to take measures to prevent the transmission of Candida spp. with lower antifungal sensitivity that cause candidemia in COVID-19 patients.
Ameloglyphics: A mutidimensional tool in human identification
Authors: Shetty Rakhshith , Bose Surajit , Chattopadhyay Jayanta , Sen Subhalakhmi , Bhattacharya Maumita , Banerjee Abhishek
Published: August 2022

Background: Dental proof may provide significant assistance in identifying a victim’s body and determine specific facts thus influencing the investigative procedure. Ameloglyphics or tooth prints symbolizes exceptional differences enlightening distinctive patterns between teeth of unlike individuals and of the same individual, and also between males and females.

Aim: This novel study was performed to determine and establish the fact that enamel in teeth could be used to identify an individual as such by the help of the tooth prints or ameloglyphics. Materials & Method: 30 individuals (15 males and 15 females) were selected for the study. The anterior tooth of every individual was dried with cotton and impression of the enamel imprints were obtained on a cellophane tape which was then transferred to a glass slide and was subjected to photography. These photographs were then analyzed using Image Analysis Colorimetry. Results: The colorimetry analysis showed two different variations i.e. Red waves depicted male prints and Black waves showed females tooth prints. The results showed that ameloglyphics helped to determine the gender of an individual and also revealed that each individual had a separate discrete type of imprint.
Study the oxidative stress parameters in serum and saliva of the workers at the heavy fuel oil combustion unite
Authors: Ahmed Aisha Majeed , Hasan Hathama Razooki
Published: August 2022

The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of the pollutants emitted from the combustion of heavy fuel oil (HFO) on the workers’ health who are working at this unit. This was done by checking the changes in serum  and saliva total oxidant status ( TOS), total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and the oxidative stress index (OSI).The participants of the study were male workers (N= 83) who are working at the combustion of HFO unit in the electricity Dora station. They were divided into subgroups according to: their age, smoking habit, and the service period. Age and gender matched healthy individuals, (N=53) were also included in the study as a control group. Serum and saliva total oxidant status (TOS) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) were measured using Erel's methods and OSI was calculated. Serum (TOS) and (OSI) levels were found to be higher (p-value <0.000) in the workers than in controls with a reduced levels of antioxidants (p-value <0.05) in these workers.
Geochemistry study of black shale in Barzewa and Warte Sections, Sargelu Formation, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Authors: Dashti A. , Mohammad Farhad A. , Ibrahim Mohammed J.
Published: August 2022

Sargelu Formation (Middle Jurassic) is characterized by a wide geographical distribution in Iraq and neighboring countries. This study includes two sections Barzewa and Warte locations in Erbil Governorate of Kurdistan region, Iraq, the organic, inorganic Geochemistry and mineralogical properties were recorded. Fifteen samples of Sargelu Formation black shales were gathered from both locations. The source rocks of the black shales have an intermediate to felsic composition. The illite crystallinity index (IC) of the studied black shale shows the high anchizone stage. The organic geochemical parameters were analyzed in Sargelu Formation, the black shale contains type II - III kerogen. The average total organic carbon (TOC) of black shale for both section is 4.29 wt.%. By using the ultrasound homogenizer process the C-H bond (hydrocarbon component) of black shale recovered from the solid state to the liquid state.