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Study of Karpoor Ghrita and Povidine Iodine in Sadyo Vrana
Authors: Nikam Sandeep T
Published: April 2021

Aims: Study ofÂ  local use of Karpoor ghrita andÂ  Povidone- IodineÂ  in Sadyovrana. Objectives: 1.To study comparative effect of karpoor ghrita and Povidone- Iodine in sadyovrana. 2. To study assess the effect of â€˜karpoor ghritaâ€™ in minimizing infections after injury. 3. To study compare the days for wound healing for both drugs. As the reference has been quoted from Sadyo Vrana Chikitsadhyaya, the formulation of this medicine is to be used only in Sadyo Vranas i.e. Shuddha Vrana. Methods: In this study 60 Diagnosed Patients OfÂ  sadyovranaÂ  were Taken From O.P.D And I.P.D Of Shalyatantra Department OfÂ  hospital. Clinical was Conducted.Computer Generated Random Number Table Were Used For Clinical Trial.Â  Trial group 30 Patients OfÂ  karpoor ghrita dressing and control group 30 patients of povidone- iodine dressing Â were Enrolled Under Following Groups Irrespective Of Sex And Religion. Observations and results: In this clinical study it is seen that, Clinical parameters like Vedana,, Varna, Akruti, Gandha, were significantly reduced after treatment in Trial group than in Control Group and srava showed equal results. Number of Days required for ropan were less in Trial group than that in Control Group. After testing the effectiveness of Karpoorghrita treatment against the Standard betadine Treatment, results showed that The Karpoorghrita treatment has better results than the Standard betadine in Sadyovrana Patients.Â
A Preliminary Phyto-Pharmacognostical evaluation of Calotropis gigantea(L.) R. Br. ( Alarka or Mandara ) Root.
Authors: Sharma Neelima , Shankar Rama , Gupta Nitika , Prakash Pankaj
Published: April 2021

â€˜Alarkaâ€™ Calotropis gigantea (L.) R. Br. is a medicinal shrub, belongs to the family Asclepiadaceae.Â  The plant is used in Ayurvedic system of medicine for healing various diseases. However the present study was aimed to evaluate the parameters to determine the identity, purity and strength of the plant. This study comprise of morphological, microscopical and preliminary phytochemical investigations of the shrub.Â
Chandanadi ghruta tarpana in Computer vision syndromeâ€”A Pilot Study
Authors: S Jyoti , Angadi Ravindra , N Ramesh B
Published: April 2021

Computer vision syndrome, a recent occupational hazard, is a collection of features like â€˜eye strainâ€™, â€˜blurred visionâ€™, â€˜rednessâ€™, â€˜drynessâ€™, â€˜headacheâ€™, â€˜diplopiaâ€™ etc. About 50 to 90% of the regular computer users are affected with these symptoms. Although a number of researches have been carried out, no curative treatment has been achieved yet. Only palliative measures in the form of tear supplements are available which have to be used lifelong by the patients. Hence, aim of this pilot study is to understand the efficacy of â€˜chandanadi ghrita tarpanaâ€™ in computer vision syndrome.
A Clinical evaluation of efficacy of Kapikacchu churna (Black seeds) in The management of Klaibya
Authors: Tarun Sharma , A Ramamurthy , Sumit Nathani , Parul Anand
Published: April 2021

Healthy sexual functioning plays an essential role in maintaining the harmony and happiness in marital life. The common cause which always prevents a man from enjoying sexual interplay with his female partner is â€œKlaibyaâ€ in Ayurveda and in medical term it is called as Male Sexual Dysfunction (MSD). A special group of disorders of coital performance and sexual intercourse in total, either primary or secondary are grouped in Male Sexual Dysfunction. Male Sexual Dysfunction being common amongst men of invariably all ages, has been recently reported to have affected more than 152 million men worldwide with erectile dysfunction in the year 1995 and it is estimated that this number will rise to approximately 322 million by the year 2025. Keeping these facts in mind, present study is aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Kapikacchu churna (black seeds) in the management of Klaibya. A clinical trial on 15 patients of klaibya was carried out. The trial drug Kapikacchu churna (black seeds) in the dose of 5 gm twice/day with luke warm milk was administered to all the patients for 1 month. The results showed statistically highly significant improvement in total sperm count and rapid linear progressive (RLP) motility of sperms while there were significant results observed in other sexual symptoms and seminal parameters.Â
Therapeutic Emesis (Vamana) - Management of Ekakustha- A Case Study
Authors: Deshmukh Saurabh , Jibkate Bhagyashree , Zanwar Ashish
Published: April 2021

50 years old male with well defined, slightly raised dry erythematous macules with silvery scales and typical extensor distribution diagnosed as ekkustha (psoriasis). As shodhan chikitsa is more effective patient is treated by giving sadhya snehan and madanphala vaman karma in which vitiated doshas are expelled through urdhvamarga. The patient vomited 6 times a total content of 3800ml against 2500ml of input. At the end of vaman, pitta is vomited. After an hour of vaman karma patient felt remarkable relief from itching, scaling and gradual reduction of erythema. The madanphala vaman karma (therapeutic emesis) is a safe Ayurveda .Panchakarma protocol to eliminate kapha accumulated either by pathological condition or dietetic mismanagement .
Role of Bhallatak Guggulu in the Management of Amavata (Rheumatoid Arthritis)
Authors: Shukla Shiv Shankar , Sharma Astha
Published: April 2021

Background and objectives: - Amavata (Rheumatoid arthritis) is a most remarkable problem in the society in modern era. In Ayurveda, many approaches are in practice to treat Amavata but still it remains a challenging problem. Ayurveda considers ama as the root cause of disease amavata. Design: Double blind randomized interventional trial. Participants: age group of 20-60 yrs. Method: 60 patients were selected from OPD and IPD of A & U Tibbia college and hospital, Delhi. They were randomly divided in two groups. Bhallatakadi Churna with guda in Group A and Bhallatak guggulu in Group B administered for three months of duration with follow up at every fifteen days. Outcome measures:- The assessment of efficacy of drug was made through scoring of clinical features and Laboratory parameters i. e. RA factor, ASO titre. Results: Present study reflects that both regimes- Bhallatak churna with guda and Bhallatak guggulu, have given very good relief in sign and symptoms of Amavat, but in group B who received Bhallatak Guggul showed faster and better improvement. Conclusion:- Bhallatak Guggulu is safe, beneficial and very effective in management of Amavata and also in Rheumatoid arthritis.
Ayurvedic Panchkarma Management of Sthaulya (Obesity): A Case Report
Authors: Alodaria Nirmal P , N Gupta S , Dholakiya Dhaval , Vyas Kaushik B
Published: April 2021

Obesity is burning health problem for society nowadays. In Charak Samhita, Sthaulya is described widely and with deep interpretation. Also in sutrasthana which is most important part of Charak Samhita, in different adhyaya (eg. Astauninditiya, Langhanabrumhaniya, Santarpaniya) causes, symptoms and treatment are described. As an alternative approach, Ayurvedic treatment may serve as promising modality.A 27 years old male patient came in P.D. Patel Ayurveda Hospital at 5th June 2015. Patient measured weight was 98.1 kg and BMI was 33.94 which is fairly included in obesity category according to NHI guidelines. He also had some associated complaints like exertional dyspnoea, increased appetite, excessive perspiration. He was admitted in hospital and was treated with Snehana ( Aabhyantara and Bahya ), Swedana,Vamana, Virechana, Niruha Basti, Udavrtana along with oral medicines like Varunaadi Kwatha, Arogyavardhini Vati, Triphala Guggulu, Kaishor Guggulu and Navayasa Lauha. Also patient was advised to follow prescribed dietary regimes and life style strictly. The patient responded very well. He lost about 10.2 kg of weight, which was 87.9 kgs and BMI was 30.41 only in 26 days without any complications and any signs and symptoms of malnutrition. So with the help of Ayurvedic management patient got weight loss significantly
Effect of Takradhara in Children with Attention Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Authors: C Ragamala K , Dash Pravat Kumar
Published: April 2021

ADHD is a complex neurobehavioral psychosomatic disorder, which affects millions of children and often persists into adulthood. According to the 4th edition, American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV criteria), the core symptoms of ADHD are 1) inattention 2) hyperactivity and 3) impulsivity. In Ayurveda it occurs due to vibramsha of Dhee (rational thinking), Dhriti (intellect / retaining power of the mind), Smriti (memory) which results into improper contact of the senses with their objectives and give rise to inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. In modern sciences, treatment predominantly relies on prescribing stimuÂ­lant medications and psychosocial therapy. Stimulant drugs used to treat ADHD are associated with side effects like cardiovascular events etc. Therefore Ayurvedic literature explains many treatment modalities which are safe and effective in various disorders, among which Shirodhara (Takra processed with Brahmi, Jatamamsi, Vacha and Aswagandha) is a procedure which is widely used in psychosomatic disorders and there is a need to standardize this procedure as a safest treatment in children. Hence an effort is made to study the effect of Takradhara in Attention- Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.So to evaluate the effect of Takradhara in ADHD, 40 children aged 7 â€“ 12years who were fulfilling the inclusion criteria and diagnostic criteria were selected from Kaumarabhritya OPD and IPD of S.V.Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Tirupati. Takradhara was done for 14 days and then again repeated after every two months for 3 consecutive sittings. The cases were recorded as per the case sheet and observations were recorded. Symptoms were scored and statistically analyzed for any change before and after treatment. In the group statistically highly significant change (p = <0.001) was observed in the symptoms of ADHD.Â
Advocacy and Social Justice Approaches With Immigrants and Refugees in Counsellor Education
Authors: Snow Kevin C. , Harrichand John J. S. , Mwendwa Joy M.
Published: April 2021

In the current world, working with immigrants and refugees presents unique clinical and case management challenges that may go beyond standard training offered in most counsellor education courses on diversity. This applied conceptual article examines some of the barriers to working with immigrants and refugees. It also discusses approaches to including a focus on immigrants and refugees in counsellor education programs and courses as well as suggestions for counsellors working with these members of the community. In addition, an advocacy and social justice mandate to provide exposure to and teaching about clinical work with these often overlooked members of society is presented.
The Role of Self-Efficacy in Expatriate Adjustment: An Allegorical Perspective
Authors: Cooper Roseanne D.
Published: April 2021

This paper is unique among the articles written about expatriates in that it focuses on the importance of self-efficacy, on developing one’s cultural identity consciously, and on community building in order to facilitate adjustment. Well-adjusted expatriates build an array of strategies to overcome the many challenges they are faced with: awakening, overwhelmingness, culture shock, grief, uncertainty, communication issues, and identity loss. Most expatriates have had a wide array of experiences and thus can relate to characters with otherworldly experiences. James and the Giant Peach, a remarkable story by Roald Dahl, is used as a platform to illuminate the research literature as an invitation to reconceptualize expatriate adjustment creatively.
Teaching Counselling Amid the Evolving Evidentiary Landscape
Authors: Nuttgens Simon , Anderson Murray S. , Brown Emeleigh D.
Published: April 2021

Historically, professional counselling has been mired by “theory wars” involving proponents going to great lengths to prove (either through research or through rhetoric) that their approach was superior to others. This, not surprisingly, led to rancour and division within professional counselling and a form of camp mentality among model adherents. This paper offers an innovative approach to teaching models of counselling that counters such tendencies. The impetus for this approach stems from a robust and growing body of research indicating that counselling models, although often revered among model adherents and assumed to be the sine qua non of effective counselling, now appear to play a smaller role within the therapeutic enterprise. While few (including the present authors) would argue that counselling models are unnecessary, the various lines of research outlined in this paper compel counsellor educators to rethink how counselling models ought to be taught to graduate-level counselling students.
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOLAR PV MICROGRID: A CASE STUDY OF PALESTINE
Authors: ZARO Fouad , KİRİAKOS Ibrahim
Published: April 2021

The increased demand for power worldwide with high quality and sustainability, and the need for clean energy using renewable resources, had put a lot of challenges in modern power systems. Microgrid has the ability to overcome all these challenges with elimination of load shedding. This paper studies a PV station with a local load using real data collected using different monitoring system, and offer a modified design to convert this part of power system into microgrid, the suggested microgrid is tested and operated using MATLAB simulation tool, assuring power sustainability and acceptable THD, electrical and financial results are reported supporting this design.
Percepción del formador de pedagogos en ciencias sobre las competencias docentes
Authors:   Universidad del Bio Bio. Chile, VEGA Emmanuel A. , SANCHEZ Ivan R. ,   Universidad del Bio Bio. Chile
Published: April 2021

La presente investigación busca conocer las percepciones del formador de pedagogos de ciencias sobre las competencias docentes mediante un cuestionario de percepción. El análisis de datos se realizó mediante software SPSS comparando y contrastando las variables: género, tiempo en docencia y disciplina. Se evidencian diferencias estadísticamente significativas en las competencias de trabajo en equipo, conocimiento disciplinar y planificación de la enseñanza, según el género. Tiempo en docencia y disciplina, no registraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas.
Violencia y dependencia emocional en parejas adolescentes de educación secundaria de la región Huancavelica, Perú
Authors:   Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica. Peru, GONZALES-CASTRO Abel , GUERRA-OLIVARES Tula ,   Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica. Peru, RODRIGUES-BENITES Carlos ,   Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica. Peru
Published: April 2021

La violencia y dependencia emocional en parejas adolescentes de educación secundaria está presente en todos los estratos sociales. El objetivo fue establecer la relación entre violencia y dependencia emocional en estudiantes mujeres con pareja de educación secundaria. Los resultados reflejan que un tercio de la muestra sufrió violencia y dependencia emocional moderado y severo, debido al predominio del machismo, desconocimiento de derechos de las mujeres adolescentes y carencia de habilidades emocionales en adolescentes de la región.
Review: Big Data Privacy and Security Risk and Solutions
Authors: Tota Madhavi
Published: April 2021

Big Data is very dynamic issues in the current year, enables computing resources as a data to be provided as Information Technology services with high efficiency and effectiveness. The high amount of data in world is growing day by day. Data is growing very rapidly because of use of internet, smart phone and social network. Now size of the data is in Petabyte and Exabyte. Traditional database systems are not able to capture, store and analyze this large amount of data. In the digital and computing world, information is generated and collected at a rate that rapidly exceeds the limits. However, the current scenario the growth rate of such large data creates number of challenges, such as the fast growth of data, access speed, diverse data, and security. This paper shows the fundamental concepts of Big Data. Privacy threats and security methods used in Big Data. With the development of various research application and recourses of Internet/Mobile Internet, social networks, Internet of Things, big data has become the very important topic of research across the world, at the same time, big data has security risks and privacy protection during different stages such as collecting, storing, analyzing and utilizing. This paper introduces security measures of big data, then proposes the technology to solve the security threats.
Early Stage Disease Diagnosis Using Human Nail In Image Processing
Authors: Sharine R. , Sharon J. , Uthayakumar Dr. G. S.
Published: April 2021

Human’s hand nail is analysed to identify many diseases at early stage of diagnosis. Study of person hand nail colour helps in identification of particular disease in healthcare domain. The proposed system guides in such scenario to take decision in disease diagnosis. The input to the proposed system is person nail image. The system will process an image of nail and extract features of nail which is used for disease diagnosis. Human nail consist of various features, out of which proposed system uses nail colour changes for disease diagnosis. Here, first training set data is prepared using Weka tool from nail images of patients of specific diseases. A feature extracted from input nail image is compared with the training dataset to get result. In this experiment we found that using color feature of nail image average 65% results are correctly matched with training set data during three tests conducted. Finally, the early-stage diseases are diagnosed using the Human Nail.
nferior Vena Cava Filter Placement in a Duplicated Inferior Vena Cava: A Case Report
Authors: Al Hatmi Asma , Al Hajriy Mahmood
Published: April 2021

Inferior vena cava (IVC) duplication is a well-known anatomic variation that is important when relevant procedures are being planned. Duplication of IVC is a relatively rare to detect especially vascular anomaly with a prevalence of 1.5% (range 0.2–3.0%). Knowing this anatomical variation is very important in cases of IVC filter placement. Filter placement in duplicated IVC cases has many options like placing it in both vena cavae, suprarenal filter placement, or coil embolization of the intervenous segment plus placing a filter in the right IVC. We report a case of a patient with newly diagnosed bladder cancer who had a high risk of thrombosis and a recent massive pulmonary embolism. The patient was planned for transurethral resection of the bladder tumor. As a prophylactic measure, an IVC filter placement was requested to prevent further pulmonary emboli that might occur during or after surgery. Cavography showed a duplicated IVC, and the filter placement was performed in the suprarenal portion and was proved to be an adequate and safe procedure. No procedure-related complications were reported. There are few worldwide reported cases of filter placement in a duplicated vena cava, and to our best knowledge, this is the first case reported in Oman.
Dynamic Shaping Method using SDN And NFV Paradigms
Authors: Kuribayashi Shin-ichi
Published: April 2021

Traffic shaping controls communication traffic flow to prevent a specified communication rate from being exceeded. In conventional networks, the traffic shaping device is implemented at a predetermined location and only a communication flow passing through the device is targeted. If the traffic can be shaped dynamically on any selected communication flows at the optimal point only when necessary, it could use network bandwidths and packet relay processing capacity more efficiently and flexibly. This paper proposes a dynamic shaping method using Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) paradigms, which selects the optimal communication flows to be shaped, and the optimal shaping points dynamically. This paper also presented system configuration and functions for the proposed dynamic shaping, and the method to simplify the process of collecting the traffic data of each communication flow by SDN controller.
Self-Pruning based Probabilistic Approach to Minimize Redundancy Overhead for Performance Improvement in MANET
Authors: Kumar Pallai Gyanendra , Sankaran Meenakshi , Kumar Rath Amiya
Published: April 2021

The Broadcast storm problem causes severe interference, intense collision and channel contention, which greatly degrades the QoS performance metrics of the routing protocols. So, we suggest a neighbourhood coverage knowledge probabilistic broadcasting model (NCKPB) integrating with AODV protocol with knowledge on 2-hop neighbourhood coverage; a connectivity function to control a node’s forwarding probability of retransmission to alleviate significant overhead redundancy. Our objective is to minimize the broadcast RREQ overhead while ensuring fair retransmission bandwidth. We considered two more important measures called Saved Rebroadcast and Reachability. The outcomes of NCKPB, Fixed probability (FP) and Flooding (FL) routing schemes are examined under three major operating conditions, such as node density, mobility and traffic load. The NS-2 results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed NCKPB model by illustrating its performance superiority over all key metrics such as redundancy overhead, end to end latency, throughput, reachability, saved rebroadcast and collision contrast to FP and FL.
Phishing Mitigation Techniques: A Literature Survey
Authors: Nmachi Wosah Peace , Win Thomas
Published: April 2021

Email is a channel of communication which isconsideredto be a confidential medium of communication for exchange of information among individuals and organisations. The confidentiality consideration about email is no longer the case as attackers send malicious emails to users to deceive them into disclosing their private personal information such as username, password, and bank card details, etc. In search of a solution to combat phishing cybercrime attacks, different approaches have been developed. However, the traditional exiting solutions have beenlimited in assisting email users to identify phishing emails from legitimate ones. This paper reveals the different email and website phishing solutions in phishing attack detection. It first provides a literature analysis of different existing phishing mitigation approaches. It then provides a discussion on the limitations of the techniques, before concluding with anexplorationintohow phishing detection can be improved.
Tembang Batanghari Sembilan and Character Building
Authors: Sariasih Yanti , Murthado Fathiaty , Rafli Zainal
Published: April 2021

This paper begins with a concern over the existence of regional oral literature which is increasingly "isolated" from the hustle and bustle of the modern world today. The lack of efforts to preserve oral literature, which is actually an asset of the community itself, and there are not many generations who want to cultivate this oral literature as a form of cultural responsibility for their society. It is feared that this will backfire for oral literature so that one day this oral literature will disappear. In this paper, the author tries to reveal and describe the cultural values ​​contained in the Tembang Batanghari Sembilan (TBS) by using content analysis research methods and ethnographic analysis. The results of this study reveal that the TBS contains character education that has been maintained until now through development and cultural activities that exist in the Semende community in Ogan Komering Ulu Selatan (OKUS) regency
Análisis de actividad de un servicio de teleasistencia social mediante Big Data y Data Mining
Authors: Moreno Muñoz Alfredo , Lara Torralbo Juan Alfonso
Published: April 2021

La utilización de Big Data en el momento tecnológico en el que nos encontramos está adquiriendo una gran fuerza e importancia. En las grandes empresas existentes en los principales sectores sociales y de servicios ya han sido implantados sistemas de Big Data que permiten almacenar y tratar toda la información que poseen e incorporarla al día a día de sus clientes y mercados para mejorar los servicios ofrecidos y dar un paso más allá en la relación cliente/empresa.En teleasistencia, con la llegada de tecnologías IP a los terminales domiciliarios, la comunicación que realizan con la central tendrá lugar a través de internet en lugar de línea de teléfono. Esto permitirá que se empiecen a utilizar sistemas de Big Data debido al incremento de información que se envía desde el terminal al centro de atención. Con el volumen de información que se espera recibir, se podrán descubrir patrones de comportamiento de los usuarios, detectar enfermedades, como, por ejemplo, el alzhéimer, pero, sobre todo, se podrá recibir una información más detallada del estado de todos los dispositivos y sensores instalados en la vivienda del usuario en el momento en el que se produce una llamada de emergencia.
Implantación de un SPOC en la educación a distancia para la mejora del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje
Authors: Aguayo Sarasa Raquel , Bravo-Agapito Javier
Published: April 2021

La introducción de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) ha supuesto un gran cambio en muchos aspectos dentro del ámbito educativo, como, por ejemplo, en la forma de procesar la información y de adquirir el conocimiento por parte de los alumnos, debido a su inmersión dentro de una cultura audiovisual. Esto ha provocado que muchos docentes, con el fin de mejorar el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, hayan introducido el vídeo en sus aulas.
Una de las modalidades formativas que utiliza este tipo de material didáctico (vídeo) como base de su metodología son los massive open on line courses (MOOC). Estos cursos, que son de carácter abierto, masivo y se realizan en plataformas especializadas, han sufrido una gran evolución desde su aparición en 2012, haciendo que de su metodología se deriven diversas modalidades de cursos. Este es el caso de los small private on line courses (SPOC), que mantienen la estructura y la metodología de los MOOC, pero restringiendo el número de alumnos y el acceso a los mismos.
El presente trabajo propone un proyecto basado en la implantación de un SPOC dentro de la educación a distancia on line como «curso cero de matemáticas» para las nuevas incorporaciones en las titulaciones de Ingeniería. La finalidad de este proyecto es comprobar si esta metodología basada en el formato audiovisual mejora de manera significativa el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje respecto a la metodología utilizada hasta el momento.
The Grammatical Explanation of Al-Jundi in The Book of Anwar Al-Misbah Sharh Misbah Al-Mutarrzi
Authors: Thakir Shahad Yassir , Hamad Mahmood Khalaf
Published: April 2021

This research aims to study the grammatical reasoning methods of Al-Jundi in his book "Anwar al-Misbah Explanation" of Misbah Al-Mutarrzi" that we are intending to investigate .The reason that represent as the grammatical cause and its employment, so the search was on three axes, preceded by an introduction, so the first axis dealt with the definition of the reason in the language and the terminology and the emergence of the reason in Arabic grammar, the second axis was devoted to studying the employment of the reason and its types among Arab grammarians. His attitudes towards the author of the text, then a conclusion in which we explained the most important results of the research.
The Functional Value of Morphological and Grammatical Movement
Authors: Albanna Zyad A. Abdussamad
Published: April 2021

Arabic is one of the synthetic languages, and it is one of the most languages that branch into various sciences and departments. Among these sciences is semantics, which is a wide-area science, intertwined with parts, broadening relationships with other linguistic, structural, and structural linguistic levels, in addition to its relations with many human sciences and knowledge such as philosophy, jurisprudence, and science. Speech, and others, and specialized in Arabic features that made it known and clearly defined among other languages, and among these features are movement and what it performs of indications, whether morphological in the structures of words or grammatical in the end, and this research tries to stand at the importance of these movements and reveal the indications that suggest and gain the lexical singular New connotations.
DON’T KILL INNOVATION: INNOVATION IS AN IDEA
Authors: Joutey Hassani Doha Tahri
Published: April 2021

Innovation is an idea, whether it’s a major or minor where it can turn into a great wealthy project. Nowadays, kids & grown-ups creating or inventing projects that will help the society.  Each day a new creator pops up into the world where he benefits as well as all people around him. But some of these people are killing his innovation, but how? 1. Not supporting his idea and being negative towards his thoughts. 2. Keep considering the innovator is cloning other’s ideas. 3. Even if you have a roomful of Steve Jobs, room’s social climate will determine whether the innovation fails or break the failure wall and enter the succession area.
DON’T KILL INNOVATION: CONCEPT TOWARDS A NEW ACADEMIC WORLD
Authors: Jain D.
Published: April 2021

Faculties and academic institutions have been trying hard and often failing in getting their scholars understand in true spirit the objective of the program they are learning, more commonly in professional study programs that in fact are focused towards a defined and selected set of professional skills. Formal education had been in existence for many hundred centuries yet failing meeting the current industrial demand of required skills and attitude.
China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as Opportunity Bearer with Innumerable Hardship: An Overview
Authors: Bhatti Inayatullah , Sahito Imdad Hussain
Published: April 2021

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is one of the huge and promising projects in the history of the world in general and of Pakistan in particular. The significance of this work on CPEC can be gauged that it has discussed few aspects i.e. engagement of Baloch people, special economic zones etc., which are rarely touched by the academia and professionals. This work reviews on different aspects of the project opined by well-known researchers and experts of the field. Through an analytic and logical reasoning this work has elaborated about the opportunities and challenges nagging to this huge project. This paper has found that there are innumerable challenges which government faces to execute and operationalize of this project. But the government is strongly determined to remove these challenges and it has taken some pragmatic initiatives for the eradication of challenges in the way of this very project and ease to develop different projects under the umbrella of CPEC.
Forests Under Siege: Indigenous Causes of Deforestation in Dir Valley, Pakistan
Authors: Ali Furad , Ibrar Muhammad , Shah Syed Asif Ali
Published: April 2021

Deforestation is an alarming worldwide issue whereas the government of Pakistan knows the importance of forests and strives for its preservation. In this respect, an afforestation drive has been kicked off in the country. The aim is to increase the forests resources to thwart the country from the forecast environmental degradation. Moreover, these forests are predicted as the resuscitator of economy of the country in the long run. Besides the afforestation drive, the relentless deforestation is observed in the country. This study is conducted in Asban’r Valley, Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Pakistan to surface the indigenous causes of deforestation. Data was collected through the qualitative research methods including the rapport building, observation, in-depth interviews and key informant interviews. A total of 21 respondents were selected purposively. The descriptive analysis is preferred for the analysis of empirical data. The findings revealed that other causes as highlighted by the various studies and the indigenous causes in the area under study that leads to depletion as reasoned of the political support of timber mafia and locals who cut the trees with collusion of timber mafia and forest officials; and have the competition for the maximization of property among the locals lacking ownership in forest and contumacy of cutting the trees and social disorganization.
A cartografia e a construção dos modos de ver
Authors: Queiroga de Carvalho E Sousa Suzana
Published: April 2021

As cartografias e os mapas podem ser entendidos desde seus primórdios como objetos complexos de representação espacial do mundo e da identidade e cultura dos povos em que se entrelaçam arte, ciência, matemática, física, memória, ficção, história, geografia, planejamento, urbanismo, política, economia, antropologia etc. A transdisciplinaridade dos mapas foi potencializada por Leonardo Da Vinci cuja contribuição à cartografia constitui um marco epistemológico na relação entre arte e ciência.
A transição da Física Clássica para a Física Moderna segundo Thomas Kuhn
Authors: Lima de Sousa Junior Francisco de Assis , Pinguelli Rosa Luiz
Published: April 2021

O filósofo da ciência Thomas Kuhn teve grande destaque em meados do século XX ao defender uma epistemologia baseada na História da Ciência. Sua mais conhecida obra “A estrutura das revoluções científicas” causou grande impacto na comunidade científica ao supor que a Ciência não progride continuamente através da substituição de teorias e sim por meio de rupturas de paradigmas. Segundo Kuhn, o desenvolvimento científico passa por um período de aprofundamento (ciência normal) e depois de crise culminando com a quebra de paradigma (revolução científica). Este trabalho procurou mostrar que a teoria de Kuhn pode ser claramente exemplificada pelo período de transição da Física Clássica para a Física Moderna onde ocorre o rompimento do paradigma newtoniano.
Marianne North vive em Virginia Woolf
Authors: Cesar de Oliveira Renata
Published: April 2021

Este artigo aponta a influência da obra oitocentista de Marianne North (1830 - 1890) na escrita literária de Virginia Woolf (1882-1941). A narrativa de North tanto em seus diários de viagens quanto nas mais de 800 pinturas a óleo acerca de paisagens botânicas, abrigadas no Royal Kew Gardens (Londres, Inglaterra), inspiraram as descrições da natureza e da cor, aspectos de interdependência e evolucionismo, principalmente nos contos, romances e ensaios de Virginia Woolf. “Kew Gardens” é um exemplo de conto, no qual o jardim é cenário e personagem, questionando assim o antropocentrismo, as regras sociais e a complexidade humana e da natureza. North e Woolf representam a transição entre o século XIX e o XX, apontando aspectos do modernismo e do papel da mulher no mundo, seja nas Ciências ou nas Artes.
Veganismo: aspectos históricos
Authors: Magalhães Márcia Pimentel , Oliveira José Carlos de
Published: April 2021

Movimento crescente no mundo e, em especial, no ocidente, o veganismo vem modificando hábitos de consumo de alimentos e de produtos de vestuário, cosméticos, lazer, entre outros a partir de uma perspectiva ética e moral em reconhecimento do animal como ser senciente. Nascido a partir de reflexões sobre o direito dos animais, abarca atualmente aspirações sociais em diversas áreas como a do meio ambiente, da sustentabilidade, do feminismo, do especismo, da política e outras. Neste artigo abordam-se aspectos históricos da trajetória do veganismo, bem como perspectivas  para o futuro.
Astronomia cultural: um olhar decolonial sobre e sob os céus do Brasil
Authors: Pedroza Lima Flavia , Vasques de Nader Rundsthen
Published: April 2021

Este trabalho traz uma reflexão sobre o estudo da Astronomia nas Culturas como uma forma de contribuição a um pensar decolonial sobre as formas de observar e interpretar o céu e os fenômenos astronômicos. Com o intuito de valorizar e dar visibilidade às epistemologias do Sul e como forma de contrariar a lógica dominante da episteme eurocêntrica, apontamos caminhos para novos olhares sobre e sob os céus do Brasil, a partir dos conhecimentos indígenas.
Jogo didático sobre energias renováveis como legado discente-docente-aprendente
Authors: Elise Maia Adriane , Sanches Rocha Angela , Tamiasso-Martinhon Priscila , Sousa da Silva Célia Regina
Published: April 2021

Um jogo didático sobre energias renováveis foi aplicado em uma turma do curso de mestrado profissional em química, composta por professores de química da educação básica. As regras se assemelham àquelas do dominó, propiciando aos participantes a oportunidade de conhecer, relembrar e fixar conceitos sobre fontes renováveis de energia. Esta atividade lúdica permitiu aos discentes conhecer alguns esquemas simplificados de explorações destas fontes renováveis, suas aplicações e implicações. O jogo foi um ponto de partida para discussões posteriores, na forma de roda de conversa, sobre aspectos ambientais, sociais e econômicos do uso de energias renováveis, despertando o senso crítico dos discentes e os fazendo refletir sobre o uso desta ferramenta didática em suas práxis docentes.
The attitude of Czech university students to beer consumption from microbreweries
Authors: Kozák Vratislav , Lapčíková Vendula
Published: April 2021

The questionnaire survey was focused on the relation of university students of generation Z in the Czech Republic to beer from microbreweries. The survey involved 1,103 respondents from among Czech university students. 1,004 respondents complied with the survey conditions (they had to belong to university students and consume beer). Although 98% of beer consumed in the Czech Republic is from industrial breweries, it has turned out that the proportion of students who consume beer from industrial breweries and microbreweries is almost the same. As for beer from microbreweries, students prefer classic beers of the Pilsen type. So far, these do not circulate in beer tourism in larger quantities. The respondents agree that beer tourism will compete successfully with wine tourism. For beer tourism to develop successfully, microbreweries must also offer catering, accommodation, and other services; beer baths are in high demand at present. The economic benefits of microbreweries are in several areas – they integrate into tourist destinations, use local raw materials for beer and food preparation, create new jobs, enhance abandoned breweries and contribute to the development of rural areas.
La representación de la pobreza en la prensa (Estudio de caso en la prensa tapatía)
Authors: Gabino María , Contreras Román Roberto Carlos
Published: April 2021

El objetivo primario de la prensa, desde su nacimiento, fue difundir mensajes. A medida que se modernizó y surgieron los diarios impresos, el contenido de los mensajes se diversificó con un criterio que antepone invariablemente una temática sobre otra.La prensa de nuestros tiempos se caracteriza porque en sus páginas aminora la representación de ciertos sectores de la sociedad, como es el caso de los que viven en condiciones de pobreza; donde se vislumbra como se acalla la voz de los sectores desprotegidos y se les priva de influir en la conciencia pública.Ante esta situación se plantea una investigación con alcance descriptivo desde el enfoque cualitativo donde se pretende evidenciar, a través del análisis de contenido, cómo se refleja la pobreza en la prensa y para ello, se eligieron los tres diarios de mayor tiraje de la Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México (El Informador, Público y Mural) durante el mes de octubre del 2010.Los resultados obtenidos muestran como la pobreza es representada en la prensa analizada. Se da respuesta a qué tan rentable resulta este sector para los intereses del medio, y a la forma de hacer periodismo de cada uno, lo que se proyecta de la masa; lo cual denota como la prensa no contesta a este sector socio-económico, y como el periodismo se aleja de su papel social.
Want Engaged Employees? Encourage Human Resource and Enhance Organizational Connectedness
Authors: Sharma Abhishek
Published: April 2021

Work engagement is not only a "nice-to-have" but has been shown to be linked to various positive outcomes of work, including its proven financial and behavioural gains. The concern regarding employee engagement is increasing, and organizations of the 21st century are looking for every possible way to develop the culture of employee engagement deliberately. In this context, this research introduces employee engagement as a viable method to encourage organizational productivity and examines how perceptions of specific human resource (HR) practices and organizational identification relate to experiences of employee's work engagement. The study data was collected using standard psychometric tools from 75 mid-level managers working in various organizations. Statistical analysis was performed to answer research questions. The results conveyed the significance of applying encouraging human resource practices and demonstrated the positive effect of organization-al identification (OID) on work engagement. HR practices and OID were found instrumental in positively predicting the significant amount of work engagement. By discovering the relationship between HR practices (conditions that organizations can influence easily), organizational identification, and employee engagement, this study relates to the realistic implementation of measures to improve employee engagement and especially emphasises them. As most companies are searching for ways to promote employee engagement, the latest re-search results are of practical importance to HR executives.
Editorial
Authors: Ribeiro Junior Howard Lopes
Published: April 2021

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Impact of Business Communication Determinants on Business Profitability: An Empirical Evidence of Citibank in Greece
Authors: Kalogiannidis Stavros , Kontsas Stamatis
Published: April 2021

The aim of this research was to assess the impact of business communication on business profitability using Citibank Greece as the case study. Communication has been for a long time a great tool of improved performance in organizations because it contributes in bridging the gap between the organstaion and its different stakeholders. However, little focus is normally given on how communication influences profitability of different businesses. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the link between business communication and business profitability by employing literature and contextual based research instrument. The research was conducted as a descriptive survey from where data were collected using an online survey questionnaire. The analysis of data was conducted using various expository statistical methods of analysis. Finally, the obtained results strongly suggest that effective communication in business has an obvious and indisputable influence on business profitability and performance.
Value creation in private healthcare providers: an analysis considering the regulations of supplementary health agency (ANS)
Authors: Avelar Ewerton Alex , Souza Antônio Artur de , Amaral Hudson Fernandes , Orefici Jacqueline Braga Paiva
Published: April 2021

Este artigo apresenta os resultados de um estudo que teve como objetivo analisar as variáveis que influenciaram a criação de valor nas operadoras de planos de saúde (OPS) brasileiras, sob perspectiva da regulação da Agência de Saúde Suplementar (ANS), no período de 2010 a 2016. A amostra empregada foi composta por OPS médico-hospitalares cujos dados estavam disponíveis publicamente no site da ANS. A análise dos dados empregou as seguintes técnicas: análise de conteúdo, estatística descritiva e análise de regressão com dados em painel. Com relação às decisões de investimento, com foco na criação de valor, constatou-se que as OPS usualmente criaram mais valor do que destruíram (exceto no caso das organizações da modalidade Filantropia). Pode-se concluir que as regras da ANS afetaram as diferentes modalidades de operadoras de várias formas, no que diz respeito à criação de valor. Quase todas as variáveis regulatórias foram significantes em diferentes contextos e variaram dependendo da modalidade de OPS. Isso demonstra a relevância de se considerar as especificidades de cada uma delas nas análises. A discussão apresentada pode subsidiar decisões de reguladores e gestores das organizações, devido à constatação de que a regulação da ANS sobre as OPS influencia na criação ou destruição de valor nas mesmas. Pode-se dizer que a regulação pode desenvolver um oligopólio neste setor e/ou criar oportunidades de criação de valor para as organizações.
Flipped ophthalmology classroom augmented with case-based learning
Authors: Diel, MD Ryan J. , Yom, BS Kelly H. , Ramirez, MD David , Alawa, MD Karam , Cheng, MD Justine , Dawoud, MD Salma , Snyder, MD Michelle R. , Kemp, MD Pavlina S.
Published: April 2021

BackgroundAlthough the flipped classroom model provides an effective way to teach ophthalmology to medical students, there are concerns that it overburdens the learner. The purpose of this study was to assess medical students’ perceptions of a case-based flipped classroom style compared with a traditional didactic lecture series and to evaluate the effects of case-based learning on students’ confidence in managing common ophthalmic complaints.MethodsWe created an interactive, case-based flipped classroom ophthalmology curriculum. Paired pre- and post-clerkship surveys were distributed to students on the first and last day of the 2-week clerkship. Questions were formatted as statements using a 6-point Likert scale to assess students’ prior exposure to a flipped classroom, perceptions of the flipped classroom curriculum, and confidence in evaluating ophthalmic complaints.ResultsA total of 75 students were included during the period July 2019 to March 2020. Pre-clerkship questionnaires revealed no preference for either teaching modality. Wilcoxon signed-rank testing comparing pre- and post-clerkship data revealed a significant increase in students’ favoring the case-based flipped-classroom model. Participants reported significant reductions in pressure to perform, course burden, and overall anxiety as well as increased confidence in triaging common eye complaints.ConclusionsThe case-based flipped classroom modality prioritizes key learning objectives while increasing student participation and confidence. The reproducibility and accessibility of standardized prepared video lectures and cases may help institutions to better incorporate ophthalmology into preexisting rotations.
Open globe injury caused by barbed fish hook repaired using the back-out method: a report of two cases
Authors: Justus, BA (co-first author) Sally , Pomerantz, BS (co-first author) Alexander , Tom, MD Lisa M. , Yuan, MD Amy , Armstrong, MD, MPH Grayson W.
Published: April 2021

Fish hook open-globe injuries (OGIs) are challenging to repair surgically because of the backward-projecting barb near the hook’s point that prevents withdrawal of the hook. The most commonly reported ophthalmic surgical technique for removal of barbed hooks is advance-and-cut, wherein the fish hook is pushed through an iatrogenic wound to the exterior of the globe, the barb is cut off, and the shank is backed out of the entry wound. We report 2 cases of zone I OGIs with retained fish hooks successfully repaired using the back-out technique. This strategy involves enlarging the entry wound to allow the entire hook and barb to be backed out, decreasing iatrogenic injuries and eliminating the need for wire cutters.