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Usages de poudres à base de rhizomes de Cochlospermum tinctorium Perrier ex A.Rich au Bénin : fréquence, formes et indications
Authors: Dossa Appolinaire Kouamé , Klotoe Jean Robert , Agbodjento Eric , Dougnon Victorien , Sinkou Julien Sassa , Loko Frédéric
Published: November 2021

Cochlospermum tinctorium est une plante médicinale utilisée dans plusieurs pays pour le traitement de l’hépatite. Au Bénin, différentes poudres à base de ses rhizomes sont vendues dans les marchés et utilisées par les tradithérapeutes pour plusieurs usages. L’objectif de cette étude était de répertorier les différentes formes et les divers usages des recettes à base de Cochlospermum tinctorium utilisées au Bénin. Dans ce sens, une enquête ethnomédicinale a été menée auprès de 434 usagers des marchés et 40 tradithérapeutes du Sud et du Nord Bénin suivant la méthode par interview semi-structurée. Les données obtenues ont montré que les recettes à base de C. tinctorium sont plus connues et utilisées au Nord-Bénin. Ces recettes se présentent sous trois formes (A, B et C). Leurs usages sont alimentaires (41%) et médicinales (59%). La forme A est très utilisée (93,91%) par la population enquêtée pour les besoins nutritionnels et thérapeutiques alors que les formes B et C ont, essentiellement, un usage médicinal. Cette étude a permis de comprendre la diversité de recettes associées au terme "poudre jaune" au Bénin. Il est dès lors nécessaire d’évaluer la toxicité et l’efficacité de ces différentes formes d’usage de la poudre de rhizome de C. tinctorium.

 

English title: Uses of rhizome-based powder of Cochlospermum tinctorium Perrier ex A.Rich in Benin: frequency, forms and indications

Cochlospermum tinctorium Perrier is a medicinal plant used in several countries for the treatment of hepatitis. In Benin, different powders made from its rhizomes are sold in markets and used by traditional healers for several purposes. The objective of this study was to list the different forms and uses of Cochlospermum tinctorium-based recipes used in Benin. An ethnomedicinal survey was conducted among 434 market users and 40 traditional healers from Southern and Northern Benin using the semi-structured interview method. The data obtained showed that the recipes based on C. tinctorium are more known and used in North Benin. These recipes come in three forms (A, B and C). Their uses are food (41%) and medicinal (59%). Form A is widely used (93.91%) by the population surveyed for nutritional and therapeutic needs while forms B and C have, essentially, a medicinal use. This study has allowed us to understand the diversity of recipes associated with the term "yellow powder" in Benin. It is therefore necessary to evaluate the toxicity and effectiveness of these different forms of use of C. tinctorium rhizome powder.
Déterminants de l’accès aux crédits agricole par les producteurs d’anacarde au nord-Bénin
Authors: Awo Jean-Marie S. , Ollabodé Nouroudine , Yabi Jacob A.
Published: November 2021

Pour sécuriser les revenus agricoles des producteurs béninois, des mécanismes de financement sont mis en place dans la production d’anacarde. La présente étude identifie les déterminants de l’accès au financement par les producteurs d’anacarde. A cet elffet, des données socioéconomiques ont été collectées par enquête auprès de 160 producteurs de noix de cajou choisis aléatoirement dans deux communes du Nord-Bénin. La statistique descriptive a été utilisée pour caractériser les types de financement. Un modèle de régression Logit binaire a été estimé pour déterminer les variables influençant l’accès aux crédits par les producteurs d’anacarde. Les principaux résultats de cette étude indiquent trois types de financement sont obtenus par les producteurs d’anacarde et financés par divers acteurs. Le sexe, l'âge, l'appartenance à une organisation, les contacts avec les services de vulgarisation et la formation à la production d’anacarde déterminent l'accès au crédit agricole au nord du Bénin. Enfin, a promotion du financement agricole dans la zone d’étude permettra de réguler la capacité à introduire l’agroforesterie dans l’exploitation agricole dans le contexte d’amélioration des conditions de vie et la protection des sols.

 

English title: Determinants of access to agricultural credits by casnacard growers in north Benin

In order to secure the agricultural income of producers in Benin, agricultural financing mechanisms have been put in place in cashew production. This study aimed at identifying the determinants of access to finance by cashew producers. To this end, socioeconomic data was collected through a survey of 160 cashew producers chosen at random from two municipalities in North Benin. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the types of funding. A binary logit regression model was estimated to determine the variables influencing access to credit by cashew producers. The main results of this study indicate three types of financing obtained by cashew producers, which are financed by various actors. In addition, gender, age, membership of an organization, contacts with extension services and training in cashew production determine access to agricultural credit in northern Benin. Finally, the promotion of this financing in the study area will make it possible to regulate the capacity to introduce agroforestry on the farm, all of which contributes to the improvement of living conditions and soil protection.
Comparison of efficacy and safety of general anesthesia alone with those of combined epidural/general anesthesia in Chinese patients with gastric cancer undergoing laparoscopy-assisted tumor resection
Authors: Liu Hui , Wang Jie , Cao Hui , Zhang Chao , Ma Qingying
Published: November 2021

Purpose: To compare postoperative opioid consumption, inflammatory response, survival/clinical outcomes and safety profile of epidural combined with general anesthesia (GA) versus GA in stage 1 gastric cancer patients undergoing surgical intervention by laparoscopy.Method: Chinese patients with early-stage gastric cancer undergoing laparoscopic-assisted tumor resection were enrolled and received either epidural combined with general anesthesia (group EA + GA) or general anesthesia only (group GA) in allocation ratio of 1:1. The following efficacy variables were assessed: 1) Pain score was measured on VAS scale; 2) post-operative consumption; 3) Quality of recovery; 4) inflammatory response; and 5) survival outcome. Safety was assessed throughout the study period.Results: Data for 200 subjects were analyzed. Compared to GA alone, combination of EA + GA demonstrate significantly greater reduction in post-operative pain with decrease postoperative opioid consumption. Also, the combination of GA and EA inhibited inflammatory response when compared to patients who received GA only. Moreover, the combination of GA and EA did not demonstrate any clinical benefit in survival outcome, when compared to patients who received GA alone, indicating that GA + EA has no role in improving survival outcome among patients undergoing gastric cancer surgery. Additionally, EA + GA was also associated with a shorter length of hospital stay, compared to GA.Conclusion: Overall, the results favor the use of GA + EA in Chinese patients with early-stage gastric cancer undergoing laparoscopic-assisted tumor resection. GA + EA combination improves immune response by inhibiting the inflammatory response but has no significant effect on survival outcome.
Effects of different immunosuppressive drugs on the periodontal status and changes in periodontal pathogenic bacterial flora in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Authors: Wu Zhihai , Yang Xuguang , Li Ning
Published: November 2021

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of periodontal disease(s) and the associated bacteria among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with different immunosuppressive drugs.Methods: Patients aged 18 – 65 years who had a 6-month history of RA, and were diagnosed as per the American College of Rheumatology and European League against Rheumatism, were included in the study. Supragingival plaque was removed by dentists. Using sterile paper strips, sub-gingival biofilm samples were collected from 5 of the deepest periodontal pockets. The samples were sent to pathologists for assessment. Polymerase chain reaction was carried out on them. Detection thresholds were >102 for Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, while the detection threshold for Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, Treponema denticola, Prevotella intermedia,  Fusobacterium nucleatum, Campylobacter rectus, Eubacterium nodatum, Eikenellacorrodens, and Capnocytophaga species was 103.Results: There was a higher number of patients with bleeding-on-probing amongst cohorts who received a combination of methotrexate and tumor necrosis factor-α antagonist than in those given leflunomide only (52 vs. 29, p = 0.041, q = 3.064), or methotrexate + rituximab (52 vs. 30, p = 0.041, q = 3.131, Fig. 1). Papilla bleeding index was lowest in patients who were treated with leflunomide. Almost all patients had dental infection with Fusobacterium nucleatum.Conclusion: These results indicate that treatment of RA with methotrexate results in periodontal inflammation.
Lipoic acid inhibits nerve cell apoptosis in rats with Parkinson's disease via Erk signaling pathway
Authors: Li Xin , Li Wei , Li Weigang , Zhang Jian
Published: November 2021

Purpose: To investigate the effect of lipoic acid on nerve cell apoptosis in rats with  Parkinson's disease via the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway.Methods: A total of 36 rats were randomly divided into normal group (n = 12), Parkinson's disease model group (n = 12) and lipoic acid group (n = 12). The neuronal morphology was examined by means of Nissl staining, while cell apoptosis was assessed by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay.Results: The neurons were severely damaged in model group, while neuronal morphology and structure were ameliorated in lipoic acid group when compared with those in model group. The p-ERK was lowered significantly (p < 0.05) in model group and lipoic acid group compared with that in normal group. Levels of mRNA, caspase-3 and Bax increased significantly, while Bcl-2 decreased in model group and lipoic acid group when compared with those in normal group (p < 0.05). Lipoic acid treatment significantly reduced mRNA expression of caspase-3 and Bax, but increased Bcl-2 compared with model group. Furthermore, ELISA results indicate that model and lipoic acid groups exhibited raised caspase-3 and Bax but significantly reduced Bcl-2 levels, compared with normal group. The results also showed that the apoptosis was higher in the other two groups than in normal group; on the other hand, it was significantly lower in lipoic acid group than in model group (p < 0.05).Conclusion: Lipoic acid inhibits nerve cell apoptosis in rats with Parkinson's disease by up-regulating ERK signaling pathway. Therefore, lipoic acid is a potential neuroprotective agent for the management of Parkinson’s disease.
Alternatywne narzędzia zdalnej identyfikacji
Authors: Lewandowski Remigiusz
Published: November 2021

Alternative tools of remote identification and authentication

The paper presents an analysis of the present-day process of remote identification. On this basis, the most important weaknesses of the methods were diagnosed. With regard to non-biometric methods, the main weakness and limitation is that they only verify if the user (the person being verified) has appropriate credentials, and they do not verify the identity per se. On the other hand, the currently applied biometric methods are time-consuming and subjective in assessing the compliance of biometric data with the template. An alternative to these methods is a model, presented in this paper, which is based on fully automated, remote biometric identification using biometric data contained in IDs and passports as a template. The model is free from the weaknesses and limitations of other biometric and non-biometric identification methods analysed in this paper and has a very low error rate.

W pracy przeanalizowano proces zdalnej identyfikacji w tej postaci, w jakiej jest on realizowany obecnie. Na tej podstawie zdiagnozowano najważniejsze słabe strony metod wykorzystywanych w tym procesie. W przypadku metod niebiometrycznych ich główną słabością jest ograniczenie ich stosowania do weryfikacji określonych danych uwierzytelniających posiadanych przez użytkownika (osobę weryfikującą się), a nie do weryfikacji tożsamości per se. Z kolei stosowane współcześnie metody biometryczne są czasochłonne i obarczone subiektywizmem w ocenie zgodności danych biometrycznych ze wzorcem. Alternatywę dla tych metod stanowi zaprezentowany w niniejszym artykule model, który jest oparty na w pełni zautomatyzowanej, zdalnej identyfikacji biometrycznej, wykorzystującej jako wzorzec dane biometryczne zawarte w dokumentach osobistych i paszportach. Model jest wolny od słabości i ograniczeń innych analizowanych biometrycznych i niebiometrycznych metod identyfikacji i charakteryzuje się bardzo niskim poziomem błędu.
Pendampingan Pembuatan Kandang Domba Sehat di Desa Sriharjo Imogiri Kabupaten Bantul
Authors: Indarjulianto Soedarmanto , Sugiyanto Catur , Soetiarso Lilik , Tontowi Alva Edy , Pertiwiningrum Ambar , Prabowo Teguh Ari , Wuri Margaretha Arnita
Published: November 2021

Ternak domba di Desa Sriharjo masih dipelihara secara tradisional di pekarangan rumah di kandang berlantai tanah. Tujuan dari pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah pendampingan pembuatan kandang domba sehat di Desa Sriharjo, Kecamatan Imogiri, Kabupaten Bantul. Mitra kegiatan pengabdian adalah 30 peternak anggota kelompok ternak Taruna Tani Hijaunya Cinta, desa Sriharjo. Kegiatan yang dilakukan meliputi sosialisasi, pelatihan, studi banding dan dilanjutkan pendampingan peternak membangun kandang  sehat. Pemahaman masyarakat terhadap kandang sehat diukur melalui wawancara serta pengisian kuesioner sebelum dan sesudah pengabdian. Hasil pengabdian ini adalah peternak telah berhasil membangun kandang panggung percontohan yang berlokasi di pekarangan yang tidak terlalu dekat dengan rumah penduduk. Hasil survey  menunjukkan bahwa sebelum PKM sebanyak 10% dan setelah PKM semua (100%) peternak memahami tentang pengertian dan manfaat kandang sehat. Disimpulkan bahwa kandang domba sehat telah berhasil dibangun dan fungsinya telah dimengerti oleh semua peternak domba di desa Sriharjo.
Parámetros para orientar procesos informales de concertación en movilidad urbana sostenible en Colombia
Authors: Castro Buitrago Erika , Vásquez Santamaría Jorge
Published: November 2021

El artículo propone desde un punto de vista jurídico los parámetros de actuación que pueden orientar los procesos de concertación informal sobre movilidad urbana sostenible entre autoridades y ciudadanos en Colombia, acudiendo a las experiencias de concertación informal de actores ciudadanos. Se empleó una metodología cualitativa, con enfoque sociojurídico y hermenéutica dialógica. La información empírica se recopiló a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas a informantes clave y el análisis de documentos. Los hallazgos mostraron que una buena parte de estos procesos tiene lugar de manera informal y los participantes no poseen directrices que dirijan su éxito. Además, la concertación de proyectos o políticas públicas tiene dificultades por la falta de reglas claras en el proceso de negociación, de comportamiento de las partes y de seguridad sobre el cumplimiento de lo convenido. El conocimiento previo e implementación de unos parámetros de actuación puede mejorar la calidad de las negociaciones y aumentar la aceptación de las políticas públicas en la ciudadanía.
Rane pripovijetke Jovana Radulovića: „Ilinštak“ (1978) i „Golubnjača“ (1980)
Authors:   Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Delić Jovan
Published: November 2021

The paper deals with two earliest collections of short stories by Jovan Radulović; their particularities and common features are analyzed. The collections have great literary value, and they had a huge impact on both Serbian and Yugoslav literary public in the late 1970s until the mid-1980s.
O genezi djela Jovana Radulovića
Authors:   University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philology, Ivanić Dušan
Published: November 2021

Der Autor warnt vor dem methodologischen Risiko bei der Un- tersuchung der Entstehung von Kunstwerken im Allgemeinen (die Verbindung von Er- fahrungs- und Imaginationsfelder) Das Werk von Radulović hat sich durch große Genre-, Morphologie-, Stil- und Mediendynamiken entwickelt. Bemerkenswert ist die Bewegung sowohl vom Panorama (das Tableau) zur novellistischer Art der Geschichte als auch zwi- schen narrativen und dramatischen Werken, der Literatur und Drehbüchern für einen Film oder einer Fernsehserie. Sein Opus zeichnet sich durch eine Verflechtung von Genreformen und und narrativ – beschreibenden Techniken (wie Brief, Bewusstseinsstrom, erlebte Rede) und von einer zunehmenden Durchdringung dokumentarischer Texten, urbaner Themen und virtueller (nicht-mimetischen) Weltbilder aus.
Jovan Radulović, upravnik Biblioteke grada Beograda od 2001. do 2009. godine
Authors:   Belgrade City Library, Srećković Franić Olga
Published: November 2021

The goal of this paper is to shed light on Jovan Radulović’s impact on Serbian culture, apart from his literary work. Radulović was the director of the Belgrade City Library in the period from 2001 to 2009. After years of war, inflation and economic crisis, which affected all aspects of the Library work, Radulović was constantly working on the enrichment of the book funds and significantly contributed to the development of the Library as a cultural institution with long tradition and great importance for the cultural history of both Belgrade and Serbia.
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN CREATIVITY AMONG STUDENTS IN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION
Authors: Sokić Katarina , Qureshi Fayyaz Hussain , Khawaja Sarwar
Published: November 2021

The primary purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between openness to experience, creativity, creative behaviour, general creativity, and support for creative behaviour from academic staff (lecturers and professors) and by the environment among students in private higher education. The aim was to investigate the contribution of gender, support for creative behaviour from academics, and the environment in predicting different measures of creativity. Additionally, this study examined the structure of the creative behaviour self-assessment questionnaire. The openness to experience scale, creativity subscale, inventory of creative behaviours, creativity self-assessment questionnaire and assessment of incentives for creative behaviour by academics and the environment were tested on a sample of 346 students (54% female), who were randomly selected from different private higher education institutions (college and universities). Students with different majors participated (70% finance and law, 16% information technology and 14% web design). Consistent with our predictions, the 'openness to experience’ domain was positively related to the creativity facet, creativity behaviour and general creativity. As expected, the openness to experience domain and its creativity facet and creative behaviour and general creativity were associated with supporting creative behaviour by the environment in both males and females. However, contrary to our predictions, support for creative behaviour from academics was unrelated to openness to experience, creativity and general creativity in both males and females. In contrast, support for creative behaviour by academics was related to creative behaviour in females but not in males. Creative behaviour and general creativity were positively associated and supported creative behaviour by academics and the environment. Support for creative behaviour from the environment was positively associated with openness to experience, creativity, creative behaviour and general creativity, while gender only showed independent positive associations with creative behaviour. Gender, support for creative behaviour from academics and support for creative behaviour from the environment together accounted for 9% of the variance in openness to experience, 7% of the variance in creativity, 12% of the variance in creative behaviour and 13% of the variance in general creativity. The results highlight the importance of support for creative behaviour from the environment in explaining openness to experience, creativity, creative behaviour and general creativity. Furthermore, they show that gender is a significant predictor of creative behaviour. The results also provide further validation of the Inventory of Creative Behaviours and further delineate the nomological network of the creativity construct.

 

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EXAMINATION OF IBN BATUTA TRAVEL BOOK IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7th CLASS SOCIAL STUDIES OUTCOMES
Authors: Öncü Zeynep , Koca Nusret , Kaya Mehmet Tamer
Published: November 2021

The aim of this research is to examine Ibn Batuta's Travel Book in line with the 7th grade acquisitions in the social studies curriculum. In the research, the 2-volume work of the author was examined by using the document analysis method as a data collection tool; In addition, in the direction of the findings obtained, the category-code and direct quotations were examined in detail with content analysis. In the research, 5 categories and 11 codes related to the 7th grade 10 achievement were created. The category-code and content created in line with the findings obtained in the research are supported by direct quotations and given with page and volume numbers. It has been determined that the most related acquisitions in the research are in the learning fields of Individual and Society, People, Places and Environments, Science, Technology and Society, Production, Distribution and Consumption; the least associated acquisitions are included in the Cultural Heritage and Global Connections learning areas; It has been determined that the acquisitions that are not associated at all are included in the Active Citizenship learning area.

 

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POSTGRADUATE THESES WRITTEN ON DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN TURKEY: A CONTENT AND CITATION ANALYSIS
Authors: Karagöz Beytullah
Published: November 2021

The aim of this research is to examine postgraduate theses carried out on digital story in the field of education in Turkey with content and citation analysis. Methodological evaluation and citation analysis techniques were used in the research. In the research, 68 postgraduate theses accessed on the National Thesis Centre of the Council of Higher Education, a search platform, were examined. The findings of the research reveal that the number of theses on digital stories has increased until 2020. Most of the theses were prepared at Gazi University. Postgraduate theses were mainly carried out under the guidance of advisors with the title Associate Professor. The theses on digital stories were mostly prepared in the field of Elementary Education. Mixed approach models were mostly preferred as a method in theses. The sampling of the theses mostly consisted of students at K-12 level. Scale, achievement test, and interview form were used as data collection tools. The data were analyzed mostly using the t-test and content analysis. Digital stories were most frequently prepared by using Photo Story 3 and Movie Maker programs. Digital storytelling applications were mostly used with elementary and secondary school students. “Digital story/ (storytelling) narration/design”, “academic achievement and “attitude” were the most frequently used keywords. The most cited type of source in the theses examined was articles. The most frequently cited source in the theses was the Computer & Education. Among the references to the books, Joe Lambert’s Digital storytelling cookbook and traveling companion is at the top of the list. In addition, the most frequently cited researcher was Bernard R. Robin.

 

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EXISTING CONFLICTS AMONG STAFF MEMBERS IN SELECTED PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN TANZANIA
Authors: Meyan Zawadi Emmanuel , Chaula Egidio , Kasumba Flora
Published: November 2021

Public secondary schools refer to the secondary schools that receive government support and its operations are controlled by the government. In recent years, several educational institutions in Tanzania have experienced conflicts among schools’ staff members. This study was conducted in Dodoma City Council, which is found in Dodoma Region, Tanzania. The area was selected randomly. A sample of 110 informants was drawn. Both primary and secondary data were collected. The study revealed that, conflicts vary from one school to another but the most experienced type of conflict in public secondary schools were interpersonal conflicts which include conflict between staff members and heads of schools, staff members themselves, teachers and students’ parents as well as members of school committee or village leaders. Furthermore, conflicts in public secondary schools were caused by difference in individuals’ attitudes, inadequate resources, friends’ influence, indiscipline on the part of schools’ staff members and administrators, favoritism by the school administrators, administrative incompetence and the misuse of funds. 

 

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THE ROLE OF FATE IN TRAGEDY: A CASE STUDY OF ROTIMI’S THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME
Authors: Mokani Japhet
Published: November 2021

The traditional pagan view of human tragedy which existed several centuries back in the ancient Greek religious myths was transposed not only to Western Europe but also to the African context in the literary representation of reality in tragedy. Common religious metaphysics across cultures occasionally occasion common conception of human tragedy across generations of human history, but such cosmological cross-cultural convergence does not take for granted their dynamic perspectives on the role of fate in human tragedy. To be sure, the audiences of each time, view and appreciate tragedy within their unique geo-political and cultural milieu. In this sense, Erich Auerbach’s new historicist reading and post-modern montage of texts and commentaries validly confirms humanity’s representation of reality from their religious and traditional customary dispensations across space and time. Coming into the world in the West African Nigerian Yoruba metaphysical universe, the tragic personage holds his fate in his own hands. The gods and supernatural beings in the invisible realms claim foreknowledge of the fate which the tragic hero brings into the world, yet do not influence the fate-holder in the winding trail of life to the fulfillment of tragic fate. The gods in the mythico-religious worldview of the Yoruba natives permit the fulfilment of prehistoric fate based on the fate-holder’s individuality, as dictated by his carnal nature. This paper therefore posits that tragedy occurs as a product of the constant working of fate in the tragic hero which fulfills itself in a tragic conflict through the hero’s free-will, according to the prophecy of the gods in Ola Rotimi’s The gods are not to blame. This is more so in the Aristotelian concept of catharsis in tragedy due to the interplay between prehistoric fate and historic fate, the latter being the product of the former.

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EFFECT OF CORPORATE BRANDING ON SALES PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Okocha Ebere Rejoice , Emezue Leonard Nnabugwu
Published: November 2021

The study focuses on effect of corporate branding on performance of manufacturing firms in Enugu State, Nigeria. The objective of the study is to: determine the effect of brand awareness on performance of manufacturing firms in Enugu State, Nigeria; ascertain the nature of the relationship between brand associations and sales performance of manufacturing firms in Enugu State, Nigeria and determine the influence of perceived quality on performance of manufacturing firms in Enugu State, Nigeria. The population size was 1168 out of which a sample size of 369 was realized using Cochran’s sample size at 5% error tolerance and 95% level of confidence. Instruments used for data collection were primarily questionnaire and interview. Out of 369 copies of the questionnaire that were distributed, 385 copies were returned while 11 were not returned. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient t and Simple Linear Regression Statistical tools. The findings indicate that brand awareness significantly affect performance of manufacturing firms in Enugu State, Nigeria (r = 0.864; t = 33.536; p < 0.05). That there is a positive relationship between brand associations and performance of manufacturing firms in Enugu State, Nigeria (r = 0. 812, p < .05). That perceived quality significantly influences performance of manufacturing firms in Enugu State, Nigeria (r = 0.883; t = 36.848; p < 0.05). The study concluded that branding enable customers to distinguish between different products and services and recognize what they perceive satisfies their needs the most. The study recommended that manufacturing firms should adopt brand awareness so as to ensure that customers’ recall and recognize the brand as reflected by their ability and to identify the brand under different conditions which will promote firms’ performance.

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THE EFFECT OF SHIFT TIME AND WORK SCHEDULE ON INJURIES IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORKPLACE
Authors: Prall Joshua , Ross Michael
Published: November 2021

Background: Musculoskeletal injuries have increased in the past decade and to date, no study has examined an employee work schedule and shift time on injuries. Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact an employees’ shift time and work schedule have on occupational injuries in the industrial workplace. Setting and Design: Retrospective analysis of a large manufacturing company located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The company employs 551 workers for work on assembly lines, packaging products, dissemination of old material, loading and unloading delivery trucks, and cleaning between two locations. Methods and Materials: Occupational injuries were gathered from analysis of the company’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration 300 Injury and Illness Log from 2016 to 2020. A retrospective analysis of injured employees (N = 143) over a five-year period from 2016-2020. Statistical Analysis: A chi-square analysis was used to analysis how work shift and work schedule impacted injuries (p < 0.005). Results: The results of the study add significant information to the existing literature on ergonomic interventions in the industrial workplace being delivered by a physical therapist. The results indicate that there is a statistically significant relationship between an employee’s shift time and a non-statistically positive association between an employee’s work schedule on injuries. Researchers found that employees are being injured more in the second half of the workday and later in the employee’s work week. Conclusion: The authors conclude that shift time and work schedule are important factors for reducing injuries in the workplace.

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The needs of patients with psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis in the Pan-American region
Authors: García Coello Adriana Denisse
Published: November 2021

PANLAR collected feedback and recommendations from patients and expert rheumatologists on the unmet needs of those diagnosed with psoriatic disease and set them down in a position paper
PEMBERDAYAAN PROSES PEMBELAJARAN DI RA AL-HIDAYAH BELANTI MELALUI MANAJEMEN SARANA DAN PRASARANA
Authors: Ajizah Lisnor , Riinawati Riinawati
Published: November 2021

Pada Setiap lembaga pendidikan pasti memiliki sarana dan prasarana, baik itu mamadai ataupun tidak memadai. Sarana dan prasarana tersebut perlu didayagunakan dan dikelola untuk kepentingan proses pembelajaran. Pengelolaan ini dimaksudkan agar dalam menggunakan sarana dan prasarana bisa berjalan dengan efektif dan efisien. Adapun tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan tentang pengelolaan sarana dan prasarana dalam proses pembelajaran serta untuk mengetahui usaha yang dilakukan dalam meningkatkan proses pembelajaran. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif, dengan mengambil obyek penelitian di RA. Al-Hidayah Belanti Kebupaten Hulu Sungai Tengah. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan mengadakan observasi, wawancara dan dokumetasi. Analisis data di lakukan dengan memberikan makna terhadap data yang berhasil dikumpulkan, dan dari data tersebut di narasikan dan ditarik kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian ini menggambarkan proses pengelolaan sarana dan prasarana serta usaha apa yang dilakukan untuk meningkatkan proses pembelajaran. Adapun hasil penelitian tersebut bahwa pengelolaan sarana dan prasarana di RA. Al-Hidayah Belanti Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Tengah sudah sesuai dengan teknik pengelolaannya, yang meliputi perencanaan, Pengadaan, Pendistribusikan, penggunaan dan pemeliharaan.
Evaluation of the Modified SAMe-TT2R2 Score to Predict Good Anticoagulation Control with Warfarin Among non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Authors:   Pharmacy administration, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Bahmaid Reem , Almarzouq Filwah ,   Pharmacy administration, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Published: November 2021

Background: The SAMe-TT2 R2 Score was developed to identify vitamin K antagonists control outliers before non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) patients start treatment. SAMe-TT2 R2 Score was derived and validated using a primarily white Caucasian population to predict TTR. Given that non-Caucasian race already confers 2 points in this score, the SAMe-TT2 R2 score requires validation and/or re-calibration despite race of population. Method: We conducted a cohort retrospective study that included all non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients who were on warfarin therapy from January to December 2019. Then we calculated the modified SAMe-TT2 R2 and SAMe-TT2 R2 for all study populations and we correlated the result with patients' TTR. The TTR was calculated through the Rosendaal's method. Results: We had 662 patient using warfarin therapy, among those 662, 60.9% were under cardiology and using it for cardiac indication, and only 18.1% diagnosed to have non-valvular AF. Modified SAMe-TT2 R2 score has good relation to original SAMe-TT2 R2 score as showed 75.71% (95% CI. 63.99 to 85.17%), 100% (95% CI. 92.89 to 100%) and 15% (95% CI. 3.21 to 77.95%); accuracy, sensitivity and specificity in relation to SAMe-TT2 R2 respectively. In addition to that in this small cohort we found that there is universal relationship between SAMe-TT2 R2 score, Modified SAMe-TT2 R2 score and TTR; TTR >=65% associate with low score (<2) of both SAMe-TT2 R2 , Modified SAMe-TT2 R2 score. Conclusion: The use of Modified SAMe-TT2 R2 score allows clinicians to make an informed decision on whether to start vitamin K antagonist or other non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant despite the race of the patients.
What is Quantum Computing and How it Works
Authors:   Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University, Ageno School of Business, Data Analytic, San Francisco, California, USA, Zohuri Bahman , Rahmani Farhang Mossavar ,   Professor of Finance and Director of MBA School of Business and Management, National University, San Diego, California, USA
Published: November 2021

Companies such as Intel as a pioneer in chip design for computing are pushing the edge of computing from its present Classical Computing generation to the next generation of Quantum Computing. Along the side of Intel corporation, companies such as IBM, Microsoft, and Google are also playing in this domain. The race is on to build the world’s first meaningful quantum computer—one that can deliver the technology’s long-promised ability to help scientists do things like develop miraculous new materials, encrypt data with near-perfect security and accurately predict how Earth’s climate will change. Such a machine is likely more than a decade away, but IBM, Microsoft, Google, Intel, and other tech heavyweights breathlessly tout each tiny, incremental step along the way. Most of these milestones involve packing more quantum bits, or qubits—the basic unit of information in a quantum computer—onto a processor chip ever. But the path to quantum computing involves far more than wrangling subatomic particles. Such computing capabilities are opening a new area into dealing with the massive sheer volume of structured and unstructured data in the form of Big Data, is an excellent augmentation to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and would allow it to thrive to its next generation of Super Artificial Intelligence (SAI) in the near-term time frame
Wear-Resistant Materials Synthesized in A Solar Furnace
Authors:   Institute of Materials Science, Uzbekistan, MS Paizullakhanov , AA Kholmatov ,   Fergana Polytechnic Institute, Uzbekistan, MM Sobirov ,   Fergana Polytechnic Institute, Uzbekistan, B Khamdamov ,   Djizak Polytechnic Institute, Uzbekistan
Published: November 2021

The influence of technological modes of the Big Solar Furnace on the process of synthesis of materials from the melt is studied. It is shown that for the synthesis of materials with a set of specified properties, it is necessary to optimize the density and nature of the energy distribution of concentrated solar radiation in accordance with the degree of blackness, absorption coefficient, melting temperature and thermal conductivity of the charge. It is shown that the remelted state and a homogeneous fine-crystalline structure with an optimal combination of crystalline and amorphous phases, which leads to increased wear resistance of the material
New Approach for the Synthesis of Aryloxy 1,3-Oxazines
Authors:   Chemistry Dept. College of Education of pure science, Mosul university-Iraq, Sadeek Ghufran T , Al-Ajely Mohammad S ,   Chemistry Dept. College of Education for Girls, Mosul university-Iraq, Saleem Neim H ,   Chemistry Dept. College of Education of pure science, Mosul university-Iraq
Published: November 2021

Oxazinne compounds have drew the attention of many researchers to find different approaches to the synthesis of this type of compounds according to the success of their use in a wide range of pharmaceutical application during the last decades .It is also for the difference reactivity of these analogues is exhaustively depicted and illustrates the rich versatility of this class of starting material. They proved to have most of actions of a combination of other drugs. We are herein investigate the synthesis of ethyl aryloxy acetate(S1-6) from the reaction of the corresponding ethyl bromo acetate with aryl phenols .These intermediates were cyclized with antharanilic acid affording the titled compounds
The Role of Bio-Extracted Reduced Graphene Oxide in the Crystallization Kinetics of Chitosan Bio-Polymer
Authors:   Department of Metrology, Kenya Bureau of Standards, P. O. Box 54974-00200, Nairobi, Kenya, Joseph Solomon L , John Agumba O ,   Department of Physical Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology ( JOOUST), P.O. Box 210-40601, Bondo, Kenya, Keheze Fanuel M ,   Department of Physics, Pwani University, P. O. Box 195-80108, Kilifi, Kenya
Published: November 2021

Carbon nanomaterials have recently attracted wide scientific applications due to their tunable properties. These novel materials act as best fillers that can provide substantial benefits due to their high strength, thermal conductivity, and electrical conductivities. With their huge applications as bulk materials, when implemented in polymer matrix as fillers, they give rise to new promising materials with which their properties can be tuned to suit a particular application. Besides the development of these new nanocomposite materials, there exist some challenges which must be fully surpassed to explore the potentiality of application of carbon-based nanocomposites. Reduced graphene oxide is one of the carbon derivatives which has attracted the current advancement in technology, and recently, it found its new applications in super capacitors used in electronic industries. The limiting factor for its exploration is the affordability. New and affordable sources of these graphene-based nanomaterial have to be devised, for fully realization of their potential applications. In this study, reduced graphene oxide and the bio-polymer chitosan were extracted from the locally available bio waste materials. Nanocomposites were prepared at 50% rGO: chitosan ratio. The films were then prepared by spin coating method. Prepared films were subjected to morphological analysis. From the results, it was observed that rGO induced chitosan crystallization, which led to formation of dendritic structures. Cellulose nanocrystals have thus displayed temperature dependent positive uniaxial birefringence
Self-Reboot-Mobility of Self-Cleaning Antimicrobial Industry on Textiles and Apparel for Impact of COVID-19
Authors:   Professor of Textiles & Apparel, Kaferelsheikh University, Faculty of Specific Education, Department of Home Economic, El-Geish Street, 33516 Kaferelsheikh City, Egypt, Elnashar Elsayed Ahmed
Published: November 2021

Self-reboot-mobility of self-cleaning antimicrobial industry on textiles and apparel is receiving an increasing amount of interest worldwide as a method to address Antimicrobial in materials. In particular, for advanced high-performance fiber-reinforced polymer of self-reboot-mobility (SRM) with composite materials, Self-reboot-mobility of self-cleaning antimicrobial industry on textiles and apparel offers an alternative to employing conservative damagetolerant designs and a mechanism for ameliorating inaccessible and invidious internal Antimicrobial within a structure. This article considers in some detail the various self-reboot-mobility of self-cleaning antimicrobial industry on textiles and apparel technologies currently being developed for SRM with composite materials. Key constraints for incorporating such a function in SRMs are that it not be detrimental to inherent mechanical properties and that it not impose a severe weight penalty
Nanocatalysts in Olefins and Dienes Polymerization Processes
Authors:   Institute of Petrochemical Processes of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, AZ 1025, Baku, Azerbaijan, Nasirov Fuzuli A
Published: November 2021

Sustainable development, the design of green and economically feasible processes to produce synthetic polymers is one of the major needs and biggest challenges. Catalysis of polymerization processes is among the most important applications within the field of nanoscience. Intensive research is being conducted and considerable success has been achieved in the heterogenization of various homogeneous catalysts on nano supports for polymerization of olefins and dienes. The large surface area of various nanomaterials qualifies them quite naturally to act either as a heterogeneous promoter for catalytic reactions or as a support for the heterogenization of homogeneous catalysts. To the polymerization of olefins and dienes by using nanocatalysts are devoted significant numbers of published papers, but to elucidate the possible effect of both the type and properties of nano supports and their sizes and amounts on the activity and stereoselectivity of heterogenized catalysts and the properties of the obtained polymers are needed more detailed studies. This review attempted to collect some published research materials in the field of the nanocatalysis of olefins and dienes polymerization processes and our main aim is to assess the critical points and to indicate the future perspectives and possible strategies in this area of research. We are confident that this review will be a helpful companion and deliver key hints to those, in academia and in the industry, who decide to move their research interest in this direction
Sepsis Mimicking TTP-Case Report and Review of Literature
Authors:   Lead, Consultant Intensive Care Health Care Global No.8 P Kalinga Rao Road, Sampangi Ram Nagar, Bangalore, Krupesh Vijay Raju , Mohanty Biswabikash ,   Lead critical care consultant, Utkal Institute of Medical Science, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India, B J Srinivas ,   Lead, Consultant Intensive Care Health Care Global No.8 P Kalinga Rao Road, Sampangi Ram Nagar, Bangalore, Jadhav Sachin ,   Lead, Consultant Intensive Care Health Care Global No.8 P Kalinga Rao Road, Sampangi Ram Nagar, Bangalore, K H Basavaraj ,   Lead, Consultant Intensive Care Health Care Global No.8 P Kalinga Rao Road, Sampangi Ram Nagar, Bangalore, N Prasad ,   Lead, Consultant Intensive Care Health Care Global No.8 P Kalinga Rao Road, Sampangi Ram Nagar, Bangalore
Published: November 2021

Here we report a case of Sepsis mimicking as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in a cancer patient with Urothelioma. A 61-year-old man with High grade Urothelial Carcinoma of left renal pelvis (Multifocal disease) Stage-4 presented with Fever on and off since 1 week and shortness of breath at rest since 2 days and hematuria since 1 day.Later in the course, he developed thrombocytopenia followed by MAHA (Micro Angiopathic haemolytic Anaemia), and other lab abnormalities .Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) was suspected, and total plasma exchange was considered. Since serum procalcitonin,Total leucocyte count was very high and also had elevated prothrombin time, ADAMTS13(a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type 1 motifs, member 13) was sent for confirmation showed that ADAMTS13 activity of more than 10% for which plasmapheresis was delayed , later patient was treated for sepsis , but patient did not respond and succumbed . This case shows that Sepsis can mimic TTP making diagnosis and treatment extremely difficult. In this type of clinical dilemma to do total plasma exchange (TPE) which is the main modality of treatment for TTP ADAMTS13 activity helps us to prioritise treatment
Randomized Controlled Trial of Modified Radical Mastectomy with and Without Quilting Technique and Its Effect on Seroma Formation
Authors:   Department of Surgery, Holy family Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Aziz Munazzah
Published: November 2021

Objective: To determine the frequency of seroma formation after flap fixation by quilting technique in MRM patients as compared to control group. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial. Place and Duration of study: This study was conducted from 11th November ,2017 to 10th May , 2018 in Department of Surgery, Holy family Hospital, Rawalpindi. Patients and Method: A total of 60 patients were included in the study having histologically proven breast cancer stage 2 or 3 in age group of 40-70 years undergoing modified radical mastectomy. Patients were allocated to group1 or 2 by random selection. In group I patients, flap fixation was done by quilting technique during MRM . In group II , no quilting was done. Post operative follow up was done after 05 days in OPD and development of seroma was observed clinically. Results: Mean age of patients was 55.23 ± 7.94 years. Mean BMI was 30.05 ± 2.63 kg/m2. Seroma formation was seen in 04 patients (13.33%) in group I (flap fixation by quilting technique ) and 19 patients (63.33%) in group II (control group) with p-value of 0.0001. Conclusion: This study concluded that there is significantly low incidence of post mastectomy seroma formation in MRM patients with quilting technique as compared to the conventional method of wound closure in MRM