bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Peut-on évaluer les effets de la formation continue ? Le cas des pratiques professionnelles du pharmacien d’officine
Authors: Calop Nathalie
Published: October 2022

L’objet de notre recherche est d’évaluer les effets des actions de formation continue sur les pratiques professionnelles du pharmacien d’officine diplômé. Cet objectif a nécessité la construction d’un protocole méthodologique appliqué à une telle situation et élaboré à partir d’une « référentialisation » justifiant le choix des indicateurs d’évaluation. Les résultats mettent en évidence une potentielle amélioration de la relation entre le pharmacien et le prescripteur, une prise de conscience éclairée par le pharmacien de son rôle actif dans la prévention de la pathologie iatrogène médicamenteuse, une meilleure utilisation pratique de l’outil informatique, une approche éducative du patient plus active.
La qualité dans les organisations publiques d’éducation : une problématique d’évaluation
Authors: Henriot Martine
Published: October 2022

Les démarches qualité managériales peuvent-elles être transférées in extenso dans les services publics ? Procédures et outils-qualité génèrent certes de la qualité, notamment quand il s’agit de fabriquer un objet. Mais une telle logique est-elle pertinente lorsqu’il s’agit de fournir des services ? Dans ce cas, le rôle de l’humain-sujet avec ses capacités de résistance, de réflexion et de critique n’est-il pas plus essentiel ? La qualité managériale fera ici l’objet d’une analyse critique et le concept de qualité sera appréhendé en référence aux modèles de l’évaluation.
Le recours au retrait de la classe pour gérer les comportements difficiles au secondaire : qu’en pensent les élèves concernés ?
Authors: Bernier Vincent , Gaudreau Nancy , Massé Line
Published: October 2022

En contexte inclusif, gérer la classe de manière à répondre à la diversité des besoins des élèves représente un défi complexe pour les enseignants. Face aux comportements difficiles, ils sont nombreux à recourir au retrait de classe; une pratique fréquemment utilisée auprès des élèves présentant des difficultés comportementales. Mettant à profit la voix des principaux concernés, cet article vise à documenter leurs perceptions concernant le retrait de classe. À l’aide d’un devis de recherche descriptif et narratif, des entrevues individuelles ont été réalisées avec quatorze élèves présentant des difficultés comportementales scolarisés en classe d’adaptation scolaire au secondaire et soumises à une analyse thématique par catégorisation émergente. Les analyses ont permis d’identifier six conditions d’efficacité et six types de retraits qui ont été classés en fonction de leur efficacité perçue par les participants. Les résultats permettent de formuler plusieurs recommandations susceptibles d’améliorer la qualité de l’expérience scolaire des élèves présentant des difficultés comportementales et de soutenir leur bien-être à l’école.
« Nous verrons »
Authors: Lemons Katherine , Kerbiriou Anne-Hélène
Published: October 2022

De décembre 2019 à mars 2020, l’Inde a été agitée par des manifestations contre deux mesures législatives, soit l’Amendement à la Loi sur la citoyenneté (MLC) et le Registre national des citoyens (RNC), qui discriminaient les musulmans. Les manifestations ont été historiques, même dans un pays de forte culture protestataire. Elles ont été marquées par une solidarité interreligieuse, intergénérationnelle et intercommunautaire et ont été largement menées par des femmes musulmanes. Les manifestations ont provoqué des débats au sujet de la religion et de la citoyenneté dans un état laïc, des débats autant entre manifestants qu’entre les contestataires et les partisans des lois de l’État. Cet article examine les deux slogans contestataires qui ont suscité le débat : un poème ourdou, et la proclamation de foi religieuse des musulmans, la chahada. Il soutient que les débats éclairent quelques-uns des paradoxes de la citoyenneté laïque et posent à nouveau les questions qui ont préoccupé les nationalistes anticolonialistes du 20e siècle. Enfin, l’article suggère que ces controverses sont nécessaires et constitutives des politiques des états ayant une importante pluralité religieuse.
« Vivre comme des animaux »
Authors: Paquet Pierre-Alexandre
Published: October 2022

La foresterie sociale dans la décennie 1970, la cogestion à partir de 1990 et la reconnaissance de la constitutionnalité des droits forestiers en 2006 laissaient présager que le régime forestier de l’Inde, demeuré une prérogative étatique depuis l’ère coloniale, allait progressivement être soumis à des processus de décisions démocratiques. Toutefois, le durcissement en parallèle des lois sur la protection de la biodiversité a permis au Département des forêts de garder ses privilèges et son autorité morale sur la forêt dans plusieurs états indiens, souvent au détriment des population locales. Cet article scrute les conceptions du soi et de la citoyenneté des éleveurs nomades Van Gujjars de l’Uttar Pradesh et de l’Uttarakhand, qu’ils vivent à l’intérieur ou à proximité du parc national de Rajaji, à travers le prisme que leur offre spontanément leurs contacts quotidiens avec des animaux sauvages et domestiques : tigres et léopards, hirondelles, macaques et buffles. Considérant une gamme de rapports matériels et langagiers au sein desquels s’immiscent des figures animalières, cet article mobilise l’ethnographie multiespèce pour mettre en lumière des principes et des valeurs qui sous-tendent les revendications citoyennes des habitants traditionnels des forêts et analyser des mécanismes d’inclusion et d’exclusion propres aux zones forestières en Inde.
“What huge influence they could have !” : Consumer empowerment in and around Quebec’s first Consumer Protection Act
Authors: Le Guerrier Catherine
Published: October 2022

This paper explores the figure of the empowered, and enlightened consumer, who is capable of inflecting the production and commercial processes to reflect his ideals, as it appears in the debates surrounding the adoption of Quebec’s first Consumer Protection Act in 1971. It shows that this ideal was defended strongly by groups who were, paradoxically, quick to criticize consumers’ inability to distinguish their wants from their needs. These groups also advocated many protection measures that were seemingly identical to those put forward by groups who imagined the consumer to be a much humbler figure. After reviewing the socioeconomic changes that led to the adoption of the law, I explore these paradoxes in light of the history and objectives of two consumer advocacy groups, the CAC and the FACEF. I suggest that the latter, the boldest of the two, had a coherent view of the consumer. However, the figure of the greater-than-life consumer was only one part of a much larger project of emancipation ; in the FACEF’s view, it could never have effectiveness as a mere legal concept.
Le rapatriement d’articles culturels autochtones détenus par des musées américains et canadiens
Authors: Fullum-Lavery Marie-Pier , Wiseman Bradley , Morin Michel
Published: October 2022

La restitution des articles culturels autochtones détenus par des musées canadiens et américains peut contribuer dans une certaine mesure à réparer les torts découlant de l’héritage du colonialisme et du génocide culturel en exhumant et en remettant en valeur l’histoire et la culture autochtones. Cet article présente le cadre juridique canadien applicable au rapatriement d’articles culturels autochtones, de même que la législation et les décisions administratives américaines pertinentes et de nouvelles avenues de collaboration entre communautés autochtones et musées. Le cadre législatif canadien est largement incomplet et crée des obstacles pour les communautés autochtones qui demandent la restitution d’artefacts et laisse beaucoup trop de place à la bonne volonté des musées. En revanche, le cadre juridique américain, bien qu’imparfait, est beaucoup plus détaillé et exige la pleine participation des Autochtones. Cet article peut présenter un intérêt particulier pour les chercheurs et les représentants communautaires qui doivent naviguer entre les écueils juridiques des demandes de rapatriement.
Le pont Royal-Albert, 1875-1876 : histoire d’une bérézina sur fond de rivalités ferroviaires
Authors: Fougères Dany
Published: October 2022

Avant la construction du pont Jacques-Cartier à la fin des années 1920, plusieurs projets de traverses du Saint-Laurent au même endroit devant Montréal ont été proposés et abandonnés, dont celui du pont Royal-Albert en 1875-1876. Bien qu’à première vue on puisse croire que l’échec de cet imposant projet qui aurait mis fin au monopole du pont Victoria tient à un manque de financement ou à un défi technique trop ambitieux pour l’époque, il n’en est rien. Avant même que puisse avoir lieu la première levée de terre, le projet du pont Royal-Albert est abandonné à cause de la vive opposition qu’il suscite. Son histoire révèle des contraintes environnementales et des jeux de pouvoir et d’influence où l’industrie ferroviaire occupe une place centrale.
Ping times: Relating economic growth to internet connectivity
Authors: Smit Martijn
Published: October 2022

Since the last decade of the twentieth century, internet access has become a sine qua non for businesses. IT as well as online commerce have been growing fast over the past decades, and many other sectors also depend more and more on internet access; even industrial services such as design and warehousing, to name but two examples, rely on and benefit from cooperation at a distance. The global boost in teleworking and particularly teleconferencing following the Covid-19 pandemic has shown how important reliable connections are.

Governments have over the past decade invested in improving their connections to the worldwide internet. Yet it is not clear whether economic clustering in fact is attracted to well-connected locations. We therefore test empirically whether the level of connectedness to the global IT infrastructure has a correlation with subsequent economic growth in sectors that use such infrastructure, or even depend on it.

We do this using a panel of US cities, in which we zoom in on a few sectors that can use the infrastructure and compare them against the background of other sectors in the same cities. As a measure for the quality of local connections, we employ a unique method: we use the latency (ping times), a network metric usually spurned in favour of the more common bandwidth.
Spatiotemporal relationships of coyotes and free-ranging domestic cats as indicators of conflict in Culver City, California
Authors: Davenport Rebecca N. , Weaver Melinda , Weiss Katherine C. B. , Strauss Eric G.
Published: October 2022

As habitat generalists, urban coyote (Canis latrans) populations often utilize an abundance of diverse food sources in cities. Within southern California, domestic cats (Felis catus) comprise a higher proportion of coyote diets than in other studied urban areas throughout the United States. However, it is unclear which ecological factors contribute to higher rates of cat depredation by coyotes in this region. While previous research suggests that coyote presence may have a negative effect on free-ranging domestic cat distributions, few studies have determined whether urban green spaces affect coyote or free-ranging domestic cat occurrence and activity within a predominantly urbanized landscape. We placed 20 remote wildlife cameras across a range of green spaces and residential sites in Culver City, California, an area of Los Angeles County experiencing pronounced coyote-domestic cat conflict. Using data collected across 6 months from 2019–2020, we assessed the influence of green space and prey species (i.e., cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagusspp.) and domestic cats) on coyote habitat use and activity. Coyotes exhibited a preference for sites with higher amounts of green space, while domestic cat habitat use was high throughout our study region. Although cottontail rabbit habitat use was also highly associated with urban green space, neither cottontails nor domestic cats appeared to temporally overlap significantly with coyotes. Unlike other cities where coyotes and domestic cats exhibit strong habitat partitioning across the landscape, domestic cats and coyotes spatially overlapped in green space fragments throughout Culver City. We suggest that this pattern of overlap may be responsible for the frequent cases of domestic cat depredation by coyotes in Culver City.
Amas de casa con mención en literatura
Authors:   Instituto de Lingüística y Literatura, Universidad Austral de Chile (Chile), Traverso Ana
Published: October 2022

Este artículo se propone hacer una lectura de la narrativa de mujeres chilenas de la primera mitad del siglo XX en relación con la profesionalización de la escritura, a partir de las representaciones que las autoras construyen en sus relatos en tanto “escritoras aficionadas”. Junto con distinguirse de una tradición masculina buscan asimismo denunciar las dificultades laborales y educativas de su formación, al haberse relegado el problema de la mujer de la agenda política, más orientada en alcanzar transformaciones sociales y de clase. A través del análisis de algunas novelas publicadas entre los años treinta y sesenta del siglo, buscamos abordar el discurso que las autoras articularon en torno a la profesión, el trabajo y la escritura, desde sus condicionantes de género y clase.
Proof of God's Existence from Physics to Metaphysics Evidence of Motion in Avicenna and Ibn Miskawayh
Authors: DÜNDAR İbrahim Halil
Published: October 2022

Bu makalede Tanrı’nın varlığının delillerinden en eski delil olan hareket delilini islam düşüncesinin en önemli filozflarından olan İbn Sînâ ve İbn Miskeveyh’i esas alarak inclemeye çalıştık. Ancak hareket delili en eski delil olması
hasebiyle öncelikli olarak giriş kısmında Platon ve Aristoteles’in hareket delili ile ilgili düşünclerine yer verdik. Herakleitos'tan Aristoteles’e kadar fiziğin temel konusu hareket ve değişimdir. Filozoflar, fiziksel hareketi,
evreni, metafiziksel olarak açıklamalarında kullanmışlardır. Bu bağlamda hem Platon’da hem de Aristeles’te, doğadaki hareketten yola çıkarak bir ilk hareket ettiriciye ulaşılabilir düşüncesi hakimdir. Hareket delili kısaca doğada
bir hareket mevcuttur, bu hareket bir hareket ettiriciye muhtaçtır o da başka bir hareket ettiriciye muhtaçtır. Bu hareket zinciri sonsuza kadar devam etmeyeceğine göre bir ilk hareket ettiricinin olması gerektiği düşüncesine dayanmaktadır.
Hareket delilini ilk olarak sistemli bir şekilde ele alan Aristoteles, doğada var olan hareketten yola çıkarak bir İlk Hareket Ettirici olması gerektiği düşüncesine fiziksel bir temellendirme yaparak ulaşmaktadır. Hareket delili
ile ilgili düşüncelerine yer verdiğimiz İbn Sînâ ve İbn Miskeveyh’in, Aristoteles’ten almış oldukları bu hareket delilini ondan farklı nasıl yorumladıklarını hangi yönleriyle ondan ayrıldıklarını ve hangi yönden onun düşüncelerine
benzerliklerini ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktayız. İbn Sînâ da tıpkı diğer konularda olduğu gibi bu konuda da Aristolestes’ten etkilenmiştir. Ancak İbn Sînâ, bu delili Yeni Eflatuncu bir bakış açısıyla kendi sistemi içererisinde yeniden
yorumlamıştır. Bu yüzden Aristoteles ile ayrıldığı bazı noktalar olmuştur. İbn Miskeveyh de bu delili Aristoteles’ten alarak yeniden yorumlamıştır. Ancak o, Aristoteles’in düşüncesinin çoğuna sadık kalmıştır. O, bu delili Tanrı’nın
varlığının kanıtlanmasında en önemli delil olarak değerlendirmektedir.
The Fate Theology in Process of Pesponsibility
Authors: ORAL Osman
Published: October 2022

Eylemlerin sorumluluğunu kabul etmeyip sebebini zaman, uğursuzluk ve kader gibi başka hususlara bağlama çabaları tarihte hep olagelmiştir. Sorumluluğun ön şartı akıl ve özgürlük olduğundan eylemlerini kendi gücü ve yetenekleriyle yapan
bir kişi niyet ve iradesinden sorumlu olmaktadır. İnsanların sorumluluğu kabul etme veya reddetme görüşlerini dini metinlere dayandırma çabalarının kader teolojisini oluşturduğu söylenebilir. Sözgelimi Emevî bazı yöneticilerin
haksız siyasî icraatlerinin sorumluluğundan kaçınma çabaları onları cebrî kadere sarılmaya yöneltti. İlâhî irade kapsamında insan eyleminde hiçbir sorumluluğu olmadığı tezine sarıldılar. Buna karşılık eylemlerinde insanın sorumlu
olduğunu savunan Kaderiyye ve Mürcie gibi ekoller ortaya çıktı. Kader, siyasî dünyevî gerekçelerle iman olgusu haline getirildi. Hadis kültürüyle şekillendirildi. Dini algı bu inanca yönlendirildi. Kurʿân’da kader; ilâhî ilim,
irade, hikmet, kudret ve yaratılış bakımından kâinatta, plan, program, ölçü ve denge anlamındadır. İtikad bağlamında “kadere iman” ise geçmemektedir. Kurʿân’a dayalı bir kader teolojisinin kişilik oluşumunda büyük faydası olurken
Kurʿân’a dayanmayan çarpık bir kader anlayışının insana ve topluma zararları yadsınamaz. Eylemlerinden sorumlu olduğu hissi hayatı olumlu yönde etkiler. Sorumlu ve duyarlı insan düzgün, düzenli ve planlı bir hayat yaşar, hem dünyasını
hem de âhiretini cennetlere çevirebilecek yetilere sahip olur. Nefis eğitimi ve alışkanlık kazanarak sabırlı, tahammüllü, usanmayan bir karakter kazanılabilir. Allah, insana aklını ve iradesini kullanarak kin, haset ve düşmanlık
barındıran duyguları sabırla gemlemesini nefsi terbiye ile kendisi için yaşamsal ilâhî buyruklara kendini alıştırmasını ister, onu gücü ve kapasitesi ile sorumlu tutar. Her birey kendi güç, yetenek ve kapasitesinin farkındalığını
bilmek böylece iradesini iyi, güzel ve doğruya yönlendirmek durumundadır. Aklı olan özgür bir bireyin sorumlu olduğu fiilleri bilmekten, ilim ve bilim ışığında sabırla nefsini terbiye etmekten, olumsuz hallerini azimle güzelliklere
dönüştürmekten, zararlı şeylere karşı tedbir almaktan ve hayatını düzene sokmaktan sorumlu olduğu söylenebilir.
Knowledge and Decision-Making Patterns of Farm Women in Peddaplli District, Telangana, India
Authors: Prasanna K.  Laxmi , Doharey R. K. , Yadav Vishal , Kumar Manoj , Kumar Gaurav , Singh Ajay Pratap
Published: October 2022

The present study was conducted in the Peddapalli district of Telangana, India. The paper mainly focuses on the respondent's (farm women) knowledge analysis and decision-making patterns in their profession (agriculture). The purpose of choosing this region is that it is more familiar to the researcher and further interest was shown to know the activity participation of women in the study area. The methodology included was the personal interview method in which a questionnaire was prepared on dependent variables (knowledge and decision-making). The results revealed that the majority of them had a medium level of knowledge (93.33 percent) on agricultural activities, and the majority of them are actively taking decisions in agriculture activities like seasons of growing               (79.17 percent), time of manuring (70.83 percent), and use of pesticides (74.17 percent) respectively.
Chemical Composition Changes of Main Active Components Accompanying the Conversion of Some Essential Oils (EO) into Essential Oils Nanoemulsion (EONE)
Authors: Elhafez Zeinab A. Abd
Published: October 2022

Four essential oils [Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum L, Fam: Lamiaceae), Geranium, (Pelargonium graveolens, Fam: Geraniaceae), Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus, Fam: Poaceae) and Peppermint (Mentha piperita L. Fam: Lamiaceae)] were selected to be converted into essential oil nanoemulsions (EONE). The four oils were analyzed in their natural (EO) and nano form (EONE) using GC-MS, and the results showed a significant increase in the percentage of the main components of the four oils in their nano form (EONE). The results also indicated an increase in the total content of TPC phenols (12.91, 12.04, 13.78, 12.88 (mg GAE/g)) respectively, as well as an increase in the percentage DPPH% (48.22, 36.21, 44.68 and 30.83%) respectively in the four oils. The results showed that the conversion EO to EONE for the four oils under study had preserved their physical and chemical properties.
Digital Curriculum Model for MBKM Program towards Job Readiness of Generation Z Facing the Industrial Era 4.0
Authors: Ingsih K. , Astuti S. D. , Perdana T. A.
Published: October 2022

Aims: This research is to find out which of the eight MBKM programs is the most effective in preparing students for the world of work in industry 4.0.

Study Design:  This research model seeks to find out what actually happens in the natural context when the program is still running, to improve its quality presently and in the future.

Place and Duration of Study: Primary data sources were accessed through in-depth observations and interviews with final semester students of public and private universities in the Semarang City area for four (4) months (April - July 2022).

Methodology: This study uses a qualitative descriptive method that applies a formative evaluation research. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling, with criteria that have A accreditation (6 public and private universities) and have run several MBKM programs.

Results: A review of the research results show that the impact of the implementation of the MBKM Learning Program is represented through readiness to participate in learning activities outside the study program. This readiness is triggered by the awareness of the importance of the program to equip oneself. Increased competence – attitudes, skills, and knowledge – is felt through improving and strengthening English language skills, digital literacy, and digital engineering. In addition, off-campus learning activities offer so many supporting skills from the specific skills that exist in the field.

Conclusion: Although the students considered the MBKM program to be important and useful, the form of activity that was followed was more dominant in apprenticeships. A student exchange, humanitarian action, and five other activities have not received more attention. This fact initiates further research to find out the problems behind the student's actions.
Efficacy of Monetary Policy Measures on Price and Exchange Rate Stabilty in Nigeria
Authors: Priscilla Imoagwu Chika , Nwagu Umunna Godson , Ulua Kalu Chris , Maureen Okaforocha Chika
Published: October 2022

The study investigated the efficacy of monetary policy measures on price and exchange stability in Nigeria using the Ordinary Lease Square (OLS), Johansen Co-integration approach and Error Correction Technique on time series data collected from 1981 to 2021. The unit root tests using Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) found that consumer price index and exchange rate are integrated of order zero I(0) and money supply, lending rate, interest rate and external reserve are stationary at first difference I(1) and also show that there exist a long-run relationship among the variables. The study revealed that monetary supply (MS2) shows a positive statistical significant to consumer price index and exchange rate. In view of these findings, the study concluded and recommended that the government to ensure a stable economy, there is need for them to diversify the economy so as to channel excessive money supply resulting from deficit financing, different economic yielding ventures that are remote causes of instability in Nigeria economy so as to select the proper monetary policy instrument capable of controlling instability in the economy.
Profile Analysis of Milkfish Nursery Pond Culture in Cibuaya District, Karawang Regency (Case Study in Cemarajaya Village)
Authors: Suryana Asep Agus Handaka , Arum Adinda Galuh , Maulina Ine , Nurhayati Atikah
Published: October 2022

Pond aquaculture is an alternative aquaculture activity that has high economic value and can be developed in coastal area. The purpose of this study was to describe the profile of milkfish pond aquaculture in Cemarajaya Village, Cibuaya sub-district, Karawang Regency. The method used is a case study with quantitative analysis and descriptive data analysis. The sampling technique used Purposive sampling with 30 respondents. The result show the first for characteristic of cultivation majority are the male, range of age in 50-54 years with an elementary school of education level and then majority of cultivation have been doing this cultivation 2-6 years. Second for general condition majority cultivation 1-5 Ha area, they buy the fish seed IDR 25-30/fish with transportation cost in IDR 300,000-500,000. The cultivation can be stocking from 300,000 – 500,000 fish/Ha/cycle with cost of fertilizer in IDR 225,000-550,000 and cost probiotic in IDR ≤100,000. The production in cultivation can be 190,000 – 255,000 fish/Ha/cycle which is selling at a price IDR 100-200/fish. The labor can be have 10% from production as a cost of labor. These results indicate that the cultivation of milkfish nursery ponds in the Cemarajaya village can still be imporved in order to get maximum production results, because the current production resuls are still below existing standards.
Drip Irrigation and Its Effect to Water Quality in Aquaponic Systems
Authors: Andriani Yuli , Pratama Rusky Intan , Zahidah .
Published: October 2022

This study aims to evaluate the effect of drip irrigation on water quality in aquaponics systems. The research was carried out at the Ciparanje Aquaculture Laboratory, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Padjadjaran University. The research method applied is experimental employing Completely Randomized Design (CRD), with six treatments and three repetitions. The treatments in the study included the volume of drip irrigation for Capsicum frutescens plants: A (a positive control employing organic liquid fertilizer), B (negative control without employing liquid fertilizer), C (aquaponics drip irrigation with a water volume of 100 ml/day/plant), D (aquaponics drip irrigation with a water volume of 150 ml/day/plant), E (aquaponics drip irrigation with a water volume of 200 ml/day/plant), F (aquaponics drip irrigation with a water volume of 250 ml/day/plant). Parameters observed in this study consist of water quality in the aquaponics system, including ammonia, nitrate, phosphate, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and pH. The resulting data were analyzed by descriptive analysis. The results showed that water quality evaluations performed were still within the recommended standard for fish culture.
Impediments that Challenged Therapeutic Plasma Exchange: Experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh
Authors: Sonia Farah Anjum , Mahmood Anika , Hasan Md. Rifat , Mursafa Marzia , Saha Subarna , Jannat Jobaida , Akbar Iffat Ara , Rahman Atiar
Published: October 2022

Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is an extracorporeal blood purification technique that removes circulating antibodies, toxin and mediators from the plasma of the patients. This study was conducted to assess the safety, type and frequency of complications with regard to the indications and technical aspects of the TPE procedure performed in patients referred with different indications. A total of 127 patients’ clinical data treated with 424 TPE cycles over a period of 6 years from June 2016 to July 2022 at the apheresis unit of the Department of Transfusion Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Bangladesh, were enrolled in this retrospective observational study. The median age was 35.26 years (range 19–63) with a male predominance. The indications were mostly American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) category I (81.895%) and the most common indications were neurological indications including Guillain–Barré Syndrome (GBS) (61.41%), Myasthenia Gravis (MG) (10.24%) followed by Acute Liver Failure (7.09%). Venous access was established with the femoral vein maintaining blood flow at 70 ml/min using acid citrate-dextrose solution A (ACD-A) anticoagulant. TPE was frontline therapy in 55.91% of the patients. Human albumin was used as a replacement fluid in 88% and fresh frozen plasma in 12% of the cycles. Incidence of procedural complication was 49% (n = 206) and majority of them were mild (n = 191; 45%) with only 3% and 0.47% being moderate and severe, respectively.             Mild complications were hypocalcemia (n = 127; 29.95%), anxiety (n = 109; 25.70%), restlessness (n = 68; 16.04%) and hypotension (n = 46; 10.85%) in albumin group and anxiety (n = 31; 7.31%), hypocalcemia (n = 23; 5.42%), muscle cramp (n = 23; 5.42%) in FFP group. Interestingly, complications were almost similar in albumin and FFP groups except for allergic reactions and mild reactions which were mostly manageable and preventable with continuous, cautious monitoring. Our findings suggest that TPE is a relatively safe procedure and severe complications such as hypotension and anaphylaxis is preventable through continuous and dedicated monitoring by expert personnel.
A Practical Method for Short-term Earthquake Prediction Using Multiple High-frequency Tremor Events
Authors: Fujinawa Yukio , Noda Yoichi , Miyagawa Minako , Katsuta Yoshifumi , Oosumi Isao
Published: October 2022

The substantial damage induced by major earthquakes requires the preparation of prevention methods before serious shocks occur. For a half-century, researchers have tried to develop an efficient method for earthquake prediction using modern scientific methods without practical results except for two rare successes; as a result, the general evaluation is pessimistic. Among many phenomena, seismic activity has been the approach most often investigated. Particularly, foreshocks seem to offer the most potential. However, foreshocks are found to precede only a small fraction of major earthquakes and provide precursor parameters with too many kinds of diversity.

We need to find another seismic or similar phenomenon in the nucleation period with characteristics expected for foreshocks, i.e., a stable rate of occurrence and extremely large anomalies immediately before major earthquakes [1,2]. Here we make a special seismic catalog of high frequency tremors deduced anew from continuous seismic data of just before major earthquakes using the extensive network, High-net of Japan. Analyses of catalog of three major and one little bit smaller earthquakes show that there are three successive precursory phenomena, first at some six weeks, second at some four weeks, and finally immediately before the earthquake.

These results can provide evidence to predict major earthquakes without high rate of diversity among threshold parameters; i.e., the selected threshold values for distinguishing precursor candidates are quite stable. Each precursory activity provides the three items of prediction, namely, occurrence time, epicenter and magnitude, with sufficient accuracy for practical disaster prevention efforts. The positive results will contribute to developing practical prediction methods to be used for the mitigation of serious earthquake disasters.

The proposed system is now in the level of POC, and expected to start in Japan without large difficulties because of sufficient level of observation network and storage of past data of some twenty years.
Influence of Plant Spacing and Intercropping on the Growht and Septoria Leaf Spot of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill)
Authors: Nwokeji E. M. , Ogwudire V. E. , Emmanuel-Okafor L. C. , Peter-Onoh C. A. , Okere S. E. , Anyanwu P. C. , Agu C. M. , Ihejirika G. O.
Published: October 2022

The influence of plant spacing and intercropping on the growth and septoria leaf spot disease incidence and severity of tomato were studied in Owerri, the south east of Nigeria, in the year 2011.The study was designed as a 4x4 factorial in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three (3) replications. Data on growth parameters and septoria leaf spot disease incidence and severity of tomato were collected and statistically analyzed by using Gensat version 4 analytical software, while the means were separated for difference using Fisher’s Least Significant Difference Protocol. The result showed a significant (P<0.05) reduction of septoria leaf spot disease incidence to 0.00% by intercropping at the distance of 75 x 50 cm under tomato sole cropping arrangement. The intercrop combination of tomato/groundnut/soybean also significantly (P<0.05) reduced septoria leaf spot disease incidence (6.7%) under the spacing of 100 x 75 cm. Intercropping significantly (P<0.05) influenced septoria leaf spot disease severity at 6 weeks of transplanting. Similarly, plant spacing of 75 x 50 cm and under the tomato sole crop arrangement significantly reduced the tomato septoria leaf spot disease severity.
Scrub Typhus-Induced Macrophage Activation Syndrome with Flare of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Rare Case Report
Authors: Sengupta Debroop , Bag Upamanyu , Poddar Kamal , Roy Aakash Guha , Sarkar Shramana , Ghosh Sandip , Pain Shantasil
Published: October 2022

Aims: Infection is a major trigger for both Lupus flare and Macrophage activation syndrome. Scrub typhus infection associated with lupus flare or MAS has been very rarely reported. We report a case of scrub typhus-induced MAS along with a flare of disease activity in a neuropsychiatric lupus patient presenting after discontinuation of medications.

Presentation of Case: 13-year-old girl, a known case of neuropsychiatric lupus with lupus nephritis, on immunosuppressant for the last 1 year had stopped all medications for 3 months. She had presented with a fever and altered sensorium. Based on clinical and laboratory investigations, a diagnosis of scrub typhus-induced macrophage activation syndrome with a flare of lupus disease activity was made and the patient was treated with injection doxycycline and glucocorticoids. There was rapid clinical improvement with treatment.

Discussion: The case emphasizes the importance of identifying the exact trigger behind the deterioration of a patient with lupus and its therapeutic implications. An infection alone requires antibiotics only, flare without infection requires up titrating immunosuppressants but the presence of life-threatening complications like MAS along with infection requires prompt treatment of both facets simultaneously.

Conclusion:  Scrub typhus infection should be ruled out apart from other common infections in any patient with lupus flare or MAS.
Immunotherapy-Induced Vogt Koyanagi Harada Syndrome: A Case Report
Authors: Chehal Aref , Alakkad Ashraf , Kenja Madhava Rao , Chintakuntlawar Ashish
Published: October 2022

This report describes a case of Vogt Koyanagi Harada Disease (VKH) in a 44-year-old male with metastatic gastric carcinoma who presented with sudden onset headache and decreased vision. The patient was treated with first-line standard therapy for stage IV HER2-positive gastric adenocarcinoma and was on maintenance trastuzumab and pembrolizumab for seven months before developing new symptoms. His VKH was diagnosed after multiple imaging and a comprehensive ophthalmologic examination. The patient’s vision and headaches improved with theinitiation of corticosteroid therapy. Although immunotherapy wasdiscontinued,trastuzumab was continuedwith close ophthalmology follow-up. He remains in stable conditiondespitehis cancer. It is critical to consider and recognize immunotherapy-relatedophthalmologic complications immediately, even if they are rare, considering theirimplications. Corticosteroids remain the first-line organ-saving therapy.
Inflation, Economic Growth and Government Expenditure in Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis 2016 – 2020
Authors: Aktar Shamima , Mithy Samme Akter , Hossain Shohal
Published: October 2022

The purpose of this study is establish to the effect of inflation and government expenditure on economic growth in Bangladesh. The study focused total of five (05) years in the period of (2015-2016) fiscal year to (2019-2020) fiscal year after major liberalization of trade took place in Bangladesh. In this paper, we want to look into the impact of Bangladesh government expenditure on growth of economic using time series data from 2016 to 2020 fiscal years. We used Secondary data and it was obtained from various sources like the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Bangladesh Bank (BB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB), and World Development Indicators of the World Bank. Econometrics tools like ADF (Augmented Dickey-Fuller) unit root test, ECM (Error Correction Model) and Engel-Granger Cointegration test to estimate the short and long run association in the model are used to investigate such relationship. We use E-views 10 tools to calculate the above test. From the result of the study, we can say that a long-term relationship among the govt. expenditure, inflation and rate of economic growth. Also suggested that, when the association among economic growth and govt. expenditure is positive then economic growth and inflation are negative.
Simulation and Construction of a High Frequency Transformer-Based Inverter for Photovoltaic System Applications
Authors: Yusuf Samson Dauda , Loko Abdulmumini Zubairu , Abdulhamid Aminu Alhaji , Stephen Olorunshola Sunday
Published: October 2022

Aims: To simulate and construct a single phase, pure sine wave inverter using a high frequency transformer.

Study Design: Experimental design through simulation studies using pulse width modulation and proportional integral controller.

Place and Duration of Study: Department of Physics, Nasarawa State University Keffi, Nigeria, between July 2021 and March 2022.

Methodology: Secondary data from Shenzhen EMPTEK EP1100 PRO manufacturer’s datasheets website was utilized for modelling and simulation of the inverter schematic using PSIM version 12.0.3 software. The system consists of DC source-Link, DC-DC converter, VS full bridge with MOSFET driver, LCL filter, HF transformer, and PI controller. The circuit was constructed at a rated power of 1kW and analysis of the inverter output was carried out over a range of steady state loading conditions.

Results: A fairly good steady state dynamic response was obtained by the system with an output voltage range of 220V to 224V, output current range of 5.02A to 5.51A; all recorded over a range of loading conditions. The highest inverter efficiency was found to be 97.47% at a load of 0.036Ω, while the power delivered by the inverter at this load was 1049.18W. The lowest value of the efficiency, which was 91.79%, occurred at the lowest load of 0.029Ω, and the output power delivered by the inverter at this load was 1172.53W.

Conclusion: The circuit combines the advantage of galvanic isolation and high conversion efficiency which reduces harmonic disturbance resulting from non-linear circuit behavior. The disadvantage of weaker load capacity and impact resistance is greatly improved using the PI controller. It can serve as a good source of alternative power supply for domestic and commercial users especially in Nigeria where the power supply is unstable and unreliable.
Quality of Life (QoL) and Psychological Distress among Congestive Heart Failure Patients: A Prospective Observational Study from Pakistan
Authors: Shahzad Rana Umar , Malik Madeeha , Hussain Azhar , Hashmi Ayisha
Published: October 2022

Introduction: Congestive Heart failure (CHF) is a cardiovascular disease harming the physical, social, psychological, emotional, and well-being status of an individual. The interference due to symptoms and signs of heart failure affects QoL (QoL) and leads to depression among the majority of the patients.

Objective: To assess the QoL and depression among CHF patients in Pakistan.

Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to assess the QoLand depression among CHF patients in Pakistan. The study population included CHF patients greater than 18 years old, both genders visiting public and private Health Care Facilities located in twin cities of Pakistan. QoL was assessed by using SF 36 and KCCQ while HADS (hospital anxiety and depression scale) was used to evaluate the Depression among 382 CHF patients selected using the convenience sampling technique. Data was entered in SPSS version 21 and statistically analyzed.

Results: The results highlighted that use of SF-36 showed the lowest scores for QoL in the domain of role physical (8.82, ± 8.23) followed by the domain of role emotional (10.17, ± 8.6) whereas the highest scores were observed in the domain of mental health (67.26, ± 15.67). On the other hand, the results reported that the use of KCCQ-12 highlighted that the lowest scores for QoL were observed in all the domains of QoL i.e. physical limitations (39.98, ± 31.93), symptoms (73.42, ± 27.94), social limitations (43.21, ± 27.78) and QoL (43.32, ± 23.38).

Conclusion: The current study concluded that CHF patients had poor QoL and severe depression. Several domains of QoL among CHF patients were compromised including physical limitations, emotional limitations, social functioning, and pain. For the general symptoms scale, shortness of breath and limitation in sleeping posture are the most commonly affected leading to compromised quality of life. Interventions must be designed with a focus on patient counseling tailored to the needs for improving QoL and minimizing depression.
A Study on Policy Related to Teacher Retention in the Rural Primary Schools of Chhukha, Bhutan
Authors: Tshering . , Phuntsho Dawa
Published: October 2022

Teachers’ attrition rate keeps rising every year and has been observed that mostly teachers from rural and remote parts of the country choose to resign voluntarily or go on long term leave. Teacher’s attrition rate in 2018 is 4.4% and it has risen up to 5.2% in 2019 which is a serious concern to be looked at. Recruitment and retention of teachers in the remote and rural schools remains a significant challenge in low-income countries, including Bhutan, hampering the educational delivery services to the rural population and slows the progress of achieving Sustainable Development Goals.

For delivering quality educational services to the people and improving their outcomes, motivated teachers must be available at the right time and place. The purpose of this study is to determine the factors affecting teacher retention in the rural areas of Chhukha District based on policy and practice. A total of five domains were assessed regarding financial matters, career matters, personal and family matters, working and living conditions, and policy matters. In the past decade, there have been worrying signs that the intellectual quality of teachers is declining. Teachers who are already in schools and are highly qualified may be able to offset this trend if they are retained.

In order to better understand the key factors influencing rural schools' appeal and retention of teachers, this study was conducted. A satisfaction survey was also conducted to determine if their current place of employment offered them the policies, facilities, services, and support that they were seeking. In order to attract or retain teachers in remote and rural schools, the study findings, recommendations, and appropriate strategies were provided to relevant stakeholders for intervention. Therefore, more motivated teachers are available in remote Bhutanese regions. Consequently, teaching services will be of a higher quality. Gross National Happiness can ultimately be achieved by achieving this goal.
Association Between State Regulations Supportive of Third-party Services and Likelihood of Assisted Living Residents in the US Dying in Place
Authors: Belanger Emmanuelle , Rosendaal Nicole , Wang Xiao (Joyce) , Teno Joan M. , Dosa David M. , Gozalo Pedro L. , Carder Paula , Thomas Kali S.
Published: October 2022

Importance

Older adults are increasingly residing in assisted living residences during their last year of life. The regulations guiding these residential care settings differ between and within the states in the US, resulting in diverse policies that may support residents who wish to die in place.

Objective

To examine the association between state regulations and the likelihood of assisted living residents dying in place. The study hypothesis was that regulations supporting third-party services, such as hospice, increase the likelihood of assisted living residents dying in place.

Design, Setting, and Participants

This retrospective cohort study combined data about assisted living residences in the US from state registries with an inventory of state regulations and administrative claims data. The study participants comprised 168 526 decedents who were Medicare beneficiaries, resided in 8315 large, assisted living residences (with ≥25 beds) across 301 hospital referral regions during the last 12 months of their lives, and died between 2017 and 2019. Descriptive analyses were performed at the state level, and 3-level multilevel models were estimated to examine the association between supportive third-party regulations and dying in place in assisted living residences. The data were analyzed from September 2021 to August 2022.

Exposures

Supportive (vs “silent,” ie, not explicitly mentioned in regulatory texts) state regulations regarding hospice care, private care aides, and home health services, as applicable to licensed/registered assisted living residences across the US.

Main Outcomes and Measures

Presence in assisted living residences on the date of death.

Results

The median (IQR) age of the 168 526 decedents included in the study was 90 (84-94) years. Of these, 110 143 (65.4%) were female and 158 491 (94.0%) were non-Hispanic White. Substantial variation in the percentage of assisted living residents dying in place was evident across states, from 18.0% (New York) to 73.7% (Utah). Supportive hospice and home health regulations were associated with a higher odds of residents dying in place (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.38; 95% CI, 1.24-1.54; P < .001; and AOR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.10-1.34; P < .001, respectively). In addition, hospice regulations remained significant in fully adjusted models (AOR, 1.46; 95% CI, 1.25-1.71).

Conclusions and Relevance

The findings of this cohort study suggest that a higher percentage of assisted living residents died in place in US states with regulations supportive of third-party services. In addition, assisted living residents in licensed settings with regulations supportive of hospice regulations were especially likely to die in place.