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Analisis Proses Produksi CPO Untuk Mengidentifikasi Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Kualitas Mutu CPO
Authors: Levia Dinda , Mhubaligh
Published: May 2023

PT Perkebunan Nusantara V Tandun menghasilkan produk utama yaitu Crude Palm Oil (CPO). Untuk memproduksi minyak mentah kelapa sawit atau sering disebut dengan CPO (Crude Palm Oil) perusahaan ini memastikan mutu minyak dengan dilakukan pengujian kadar asam lemak bebas (FFA), Kadar Air dan Kadar Kotoran. Namun untuk pengujian paling dasar dan penting dilakukan adalah kadar asam lemak bebas (FFA). Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis penyebab kenaikan kandungan Asam Lemak Bebas (FFA) yang dievalusi penyebabnya menggunakan salah satu metode statistical quality control (SQC) yaitu diagram sebeb-akibat. Faktor penyebab permasalahan diperoleh dengan pengamatan langsung dan wawancara dengan pekerja bagian produksi PT. Perkebunan Nusantara V Tandun. Dari sampel yang dianalisis diketahui bahwa kadar FFA sudah memenuhi standar yang ditetapkan. Upaya yang dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kualitas CPO berupa pengawasan terhadap pekerja agar tidak terjadinya human error pada proses analisis dan menjadwalkan pemberhentian mesin serta melakukan penjadwalan tandan buah segar yang masuk.
Impact of carbon coating processing using sucrose for thick binder-free titanium niobium oxide lithium-ion battery anode
Authors: Cai Chen , McCormack Patrick , Nie Ziyang , Koenig Gary
Published: May 2023

Lithium-ion batteries are increasingly important for providing energy storage solutions. In the drive to improve the energy density at the cell level, optimizing the electrode architecture is crucial in addition to researching new materials. Binder-free (BF) electrodes include porous pellets only containing battery electroactive materials. These electrodes can provide advantages with regard to mechanical stability and alleviated ion transport limitations relative to composite approaches for very thick and energy-dense electrodes. However, the absence of conductive additives often limits suitable material candidates for BF battery electrodes. TiNb2O7 (TNO) is a promising BF electrode material from a gravimetric and volumetric capacity standpoint, but phase pure TNO has relatively low electronic conductivity. Herein, a sucrose precursor coating method for TNO materials was implemented to process the TNO materials into BF electrodes. The sucrose served as a source to generate carbon in the electrodes, where the carbon coating resulted in an increase in rate capability, discharge voltage, and cycle life.
Quality of Life after Sleeve “Bariatric” Operations
Authors:   MBChB, Faculty of Surgery, Kurdistan Higher Council of Medical Specialities, Erbil, Iraq, Qader Kameran Othman , Qader Saleem Saaed ,   MBCH, MD, MSC, MPH, PhD, Swedish Board of General Surgery, Consultant General Surgeon, Assistant professor in Biotechnology, President of Kurdistan Higher Council of Medical Specialities
Published: May 2023

Background and objectives: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy consider as one of the most effective and common bariatric treatments to lose weight and improve quality of life. Our aim is to evaluate the quality of life after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, in view of their health, social, and psychological well-being. Methods: This study is carried out at Paky Hospital between 01.09.2019 and 31.03.202. We recorded the body mass index, physical examination, and medical history of 50 patients before sleeve gastrectomy with assessing the quality of life after sleeve gastrectomy through a special questionnaire where it is included with core symptoms, physical, psychological, social, operation-specific items, and medical updates. Results: More than three-quarters of the patients (90%) became happier with the results after the surgery, (86%) of them became more able to do their daily activities and to cope with stress. 50% of the sample had poor sleep quality, this rate decreased to 26% after the surgery. Out of 50 Patients, 10 of them had cardiovascular disease and 9 of them had diabetes, while after the operation it decreased to 2 and 3 respectively. Conclusions: Sleeve gastrostomy is associated with significant weight reduction and improvement in the quality of life of obese patients.
Relation of Helicobacter Pylori and Hyperemesis Gravidarum in sample of pregnant women in Maternity Teaching Hospital of Erbil city
Authors:   M.B.Ch.B. KMBS clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology student, Maternity Teaching Hospital-Erbil city., Shahab Linda Sabah , Hamadamin Awat Ibrahim ,   M.B.Ch.B, FIBMS, MRCOG (Obstetrics & Gynecology); Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynecology-Maternity Teaching Hospital-Erbil city
Published: May 2023

Background and objectives: Nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy are accompanied by great impact on general health status of pregnant women especially if presented as hyperemesis gravidarum. The helicobacter pylori infection is predominant in Iraqi community. The aim of the study is to find out whether sero-positivity for immunoglobulin G antibodies to Helicobacter pylori is related to hyperemesis gravidarum. Methods: A study carried out in Maternity Teaching Hospital in Erbil city, Kurdistan region-Iraq from 1st of May, 2019 to 30th of April, 2020 on a sample of 80 pregnant women; 40 pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum and 40 pregnant women as controls. Diagnosis of hyperemesis gravidarum was done depending on clinical presentations and investigations findings. Serum electrolytes and immunoglobulin G antibody tests were done for the studied women. Results: In the current study, 60% of pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum pregnant women had positive immunoglobulin G of Helicobacter Pylori as compared to 35% of control group. The serum levels of sodium, potassium and chloride were significantly lower in 40%, 50% and 25% of pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum respectively compared to 10%, 17.5% and 7.5% in control group. Low educational level and socioeconomic status of pregnant women were significantly associated with hyperemesis gravidarum. Hyperemesis gravidarum was more common in pregnant women with normal body mass index. Conclusions: Helicobacter pylori infection is more common in pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum. The development of hyperemesis gravidarum in pregnancy leads to obvious electrolyte imbalance.
The Use of Keystone Flap for the Reconstruction of Skin Defects
Authors:   M.B.Ch.B SHO of plastic surgery in Rizgary Hospital, trainee of KHCMS, Erbil, Iraq., Muhyadin Mustafa , Mustafa Sabir Othman ,   M.B.Ch.B, HDGS, FIBMS (plastic). Department of plastic surgery in Rizgary Hospital, KHCMS, Erbil, Iraq
Published: May 2023

Background and objectives: Skin graft and various flaps are used to cover defects; available options have different patterns of blood supply, aesthetic outcome, donor area morbidity, surrounding soft tissue availability, operative time duration, the need for microsurgical expertise and long term complications. The aim of this study is to assess reliability and versatility of keystone flap for the reconstruction of the skin defects. Methods: Reconstruction of skin defects by keystone flap were done in plastic surgery department between (January 2018- May 2020), records of patient’s age, and cause of the defect, size, flap outcome and complications are documented.to study the ability of the flap to cover the skin defect and its long term survival. Results: Nineteen patients underwent reconstruction, age was ranging from two days to seventy-five-year-old with mean age 37.5 years, twelve were males and seven were females. Size of the defect ranged from (0.5 cm x 1 cm) to (9 cm x 7 cm) with mean defect size 31.75 cm2. Seven flaps in head and neck, five in the trunk, five in lower limb and two flaps in upper limb. All flaps were successful in covering the defects, no partial or total necrosis with minor complication in two patients. Conclusions: Keystone flap is a reliable flap with excellent survival rate, versatile and can be used for skin defects in different regions of the body with low complication rate, easy technique for learning by surgeons and have short operative duration with good cosmetic outcome.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Patterns of Intracranial Meningiomas in Erbil City
Authors:   M.B.Ch.B, KHCMS Trainee, Erbil-Iraq. Kurdistan MOH, Mustafa Ivan Mawlwd , Jamal Aska Faruq ,   M.B.Ch.B , C.A.B.R, KHCMS Trainer, Erbil-Iraq. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, HMU
Published: May 2023

Background and objectives: Meningiomas are the most common non-glial tumors of the central nervous system representing around one fifth of primary intracranial tumors with annual incidence of six per 100,000 populations. This study aimed to address the diagnostic precision of magnetic resonance imaging as a brain investigation tool to evaluate meningioma diagnosis and tumor staging before performing the operation. Methods: This study designed as a cross-sectional study and carried out between December 2019 and December 2020. A total number of 48 meningiomas resected and evaluated at three public hospitals in Erbil City. Pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging investigation and postoperative histopathological evaluation were done for all patients for their intracranial tumors and tissue sections. Results: Majority of patients showed isointense pattern on T1 (87.5%) and T2 (85.4%) signal intensity, homogenous in consistency (81.3%), the vast majority of the meningiomas were typical (93.8%) and of meningothelial type (81.3%). In most of the cases, there was no bone involvement (77.1%), no invasion of dural venous sinuses (83.3%), no calcifications (83.3%), no cystic changes (97.9%) but positive cerebral spinal fluid cleft (66.7%) and homogenous enhancement pattern (83.3%). Five out of eleven imaging patterns and configurations including T1 signal intensity, T2 signal intensity, consistency, calcification and vascularity of the meningioma were valid and reliable by calculating their sensitivity, specificity and running kappa test. Conclusions: Some magnetic resonance imaging patterns such as T1 signal intensity, T2 signal intensity, consistency, calcification, and vascularity of the meningioma are useful for predicting the stages of meningioma.
The incidental finding of otitis media with effusion in children admitted for adenoidectomy or adenotonsillectomy
Authors:   MBChB, KHCMS trainee (Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery), Mustafa Luqman Aababaker , Said Said Mustafa ,   FIBMS/FACS, Consultant Otolaryngologist/ Rizgary Teaching Hospital, Azeez Dariya Yousif ,   Prof. Hawler Medical College/ Hawler Medical University, Ali Omar Suad ,   MBChB, Otolaryngology department, Rizgary Teaching Hospital
Published: May 2023

Background and objectives: Otitis media with effusion is a common condition in the pediatric population, and is a leading cause of hearing loss in this age group. This condition is commonly missed by the parents due to lack of objective symptoms especially in young children, in turn leading to learning difficulties and communication problems. This study focused on the incidental finding of asymptomatic, undiagnosed otitis media with effusion in children with adenotonsillar diseases admitted for adenoidectomy or adenotonsillectomy (aged 2-12 years) Methods: A cross sectional study conducted from January 2020 to February 2021. We randomly selected 110 children (aged 2-12 years), admitted purely for adenoidectomy or adenotonsillectomy at Rizgari Teaching Hospital in Erbil / Iraq. Those with acute upper respiratory tract infection, other otological problems, or craniofacial abnormalities were excluded. Selected children were examined by otoscopy and sent for tympanometry preoperatively. Results: Of total 110 patients, 23 (20.9%) cases had hidden, undiagnosed otitis media with effusion, which was missed by parents (14.5% bilateral, 6.4% unilateral). The majority (n= 15; 65.2%) in (5-8) years age group (mean age of 5.1 years) (p=0.02), with gender distribution; males (n = 15; 65.2%), females (n= 8; 34.8%) (p=0.123). Conclusion: Adenotonsillar disease carries an extra risk for developing otitis media with effusion in children. Otoscopic examination and simple test such as tympanometry can diagnose this condition in order to take the necessary steps for management and prevent future complications.
The effect of consanguinity on reproductive outcomes in Maternity Teaching Hospital in Erbil city
Authors:   M.B.Ch.B. Senior House Officer of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Maternity Teaching Hospital in Erbil, Mohamad Banaz Nassih , Alsakkal Ghada ,   M.B.Ch.B. C.A.B.O.G. Assistant Professor and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Published: May 2023

Background and objectives: Consanguinity is a wide spread practice, increases the incidence of multifactorial disorders such as diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, obesity has been associated with stillbirths, low birth weight, preterm delivery, abortion, infant and child mortality, congenital birth defects and malformations. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of consanguinity on maternal and neonatal health measurement. Methods: This case control study was carried out in Maternity Teaching Hospital in Erbil city, Kurdistan region, Iraq. The study duration was from 1st April 2020 to 1st April 2021. Data obtained from group I, two hundred fifty women had consanguineous marriage and group II, 250 women had non consanguineous marriage, regarding their pregnancy outcomes such as full term or premature live birth or still birth and miscarriage and any obvious congenital malformation. Results: The mean age of women of Group I (26.9 years) was significantly less than the mean age of women of group II (28.1 years). No significant differences were detected between the two study groups regarding the gestational age ,parity, antenatal care, stillbirth, miscarriage and rate of preterm deliveries. The rate of Cesarean section in Group I (26.8%) was significantly less than the rate of Group II (37.2%). Conclusions: Pregnant women with history of consanguinity had lower mean age than those without consanguinity without important differences in their parity, educational level and mean gestational age. Consanguinity had not resulted in increased rates of stillbirth, preterm labor, miscarriages or twin pregnancies in the studied sample.
Prevalence and risk indicators of gingival recessions in Erbil city: a cross-sectional study
Authors:   D.B.S, M.Sc. Candidate of KHCMS. Khanzad training center for oral health (Erbil training center), Abdulhamed Dilven Abdulsamed , Mousa Hashim Dawood ,   B.D.S, M.Sc., Ph. D, Assist. Prof (Head of Department of Periodontology), College of Dentistry/University of Duhok
Published: May 2023

Background and objectives: Gingival recession is the migration of the gingival margin toward the apex, causing root exposure. It may affect one (local) or a group of teeth (generalized), affects individuals in all ages. The prevalence of gingival recession is high worldwide. Gingival recession gives rise to numerous problems, like functional and aesthetic concerns to psychological problems. Objective of the study was to estimate prevalence of gingival recession and risk factors in Erbil province. Methods: This cross sectional-study carried out on 989 patients that visited Khanzad Teaching Center for oral health in Erbil city. All participants were evaluated by filling in questionnaires form with a clinical examination by single examiner. Results: Among 989 participants, 70.4% were females and 29.6% were males with mean age of 34.86 ± 10.63 years. Gingival recession seen in about 93.6% of participants. Significant association was detected between educational level and age with gingival recession, but this was not consistent throughout the educational categories as it was (41.7%) in post-graduate, (12%) in college graduate, and (28.8%) in illiterate. No significant association was detected between gingival recession with gender and ethnic group (p = 0.183, and p = 0.327). The risk factors mostly associated with recession were plaque index, periodontal diseases, frenul pull, tooth position, age. Conclusions: Almost all of the examined participants demonstrated gingival recession. Many significant risk factors (Poor oral hygiene, inflammation, trauma, anatomical, tooth malposition) are associated with the presence of gingival recession.
The Use of Acellular Dermal Matrix for the Closure of Skin Defects
Authors:   M.B.Ch.B. KBMS trainee in Plastic surgery. Hawler Training Center, Salih Areen Mahmood , Mustafa Sabir Osman ,   M.B.Ch.B, HDGS & FIBMS (plastic). College of Medicine. Hawler Medical University
Published: May 2023

Background & Objectives: Skin substitutes are a diverse set of biologics, synthetics, and biosynthetic materials that can replace open skin wounds temporarily or permanently. Skin substitutes are designed to mimic the qualities of natural skin. One must select an option that accomplishes an excellent wound healing and closure. This study aimed to assess the reliability and effectiveness of ?acellular dermal matrix for potentially more pliable coverage of the wound and for better ?functional and aesthetic appearance of the skin defects. Methods: A prospective cohort study performed on 20 patients with full-thickness skin defects who underwent surgery using acellular dermal substitute and skin grafting in Erbil Governorate from January 2017 to December 2019. Functional and aesthetic outcome has been evaluated in this study. Results: The study included 20 patients with mean age of 18.8 ± 6.2 years, female to male ratio was 1.5:1, and the majority of the cases presented with burn (90%). The Vancouver Scar Scale score was significantly reduced after 1 month of follow-up in which it reduced by 4.12 mm (57.6% reduce from baseline), Mean healing score was 93.5%, and Re-epithelialization after 1 month Was 95.55%, Overall the complication rate is low with 5% had hematoma, 5% had infection and 5% had loss of graft. Conclusion: The use of acellular dermal matrix in conjunction with split thickness skin graft result in substantial improvement in the quality of wound healing and tissue reconstruction.
Prevalence of delayed language acquisition with smartphone usage in toddlers in Erbil city-Iraq
Authors:   Department of Family Medicine, Department of Community Medicine. College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Jamil Shayda Ziyad , Dauod Ali Shakir ,   JBFM, Ph.D., MPH, M.B.Ch.B. Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq., Gardi Zaher Taher ,   C.A.B.P. M.B.Ch.B. Consultant Pediatrician, Rapareen Teaching Hospital, Erbil, Iraq.
Published: May 2023

Background & Objectives: Worldwide, speech delay is the most common developmental disorder in 3 to 6-year-old children. In the normal population, many children have speech delays, of which more than one-third of them will not resolve spontaneously and need further management.The aim of the study was to find any statistical correlation of speech delay with smart phone usage . Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted and data were collected from randomly selected 300 toddlers aged 12-36 months who attended two rimary health care centers in Erbil city-Iraq during the period from the 1st of January 2020 to the end of January 2021. A designed questionnaire was used to assess the speech delay in the toddlers and evaluate factors that may affect language development including (socio-echonomic state, hours of use, type of videos…etc) Results: The mean age of the study participants was 26.7months. Despite the higher percentage of speech delay in the user group (among which the delay was more in those watching non-age-appropriate videos than age-appropriate videos with percentages of 84%, 53.2% respectively) than the nonuser group, but it was statistically non-significant. The delay was more prominent among those using smart devices for four hours or more (76.1%).the percentage of delayed speech was higher in those who watch videos with same mother language (76.9%)with lower in those with other language videos (53.1%). Conclusion: Prevalence of speech delay was higher in toddlers using smart phone with significant increase in the percentage of delay associated with longer duration of usage.
Evaluation of Dorsal Reverse Adipofascial Flap for Fingertip Amputation Reconstruction
Authors:   M.B.Ch.B. Rizgary teaching hospital and Rozhawa emergency hospital in Erbil -Iraq, Abdulhussein Israa Ismael , Fattah Jalal Hamasalih ,   M.B.Ch.B. DGS, FIBMS (Plastic Surg.), FEBOPRAS ISAPS member, ASPS member Assistant Prof. in plastic surgery. Head of Plastic surgery dep. / College of medicine/HMU. Erbil-Iraq
Published: May 2023

Background & Objectives: Fingertip injuries are very frequent among hand injuries; these injuries need to be carefully addressed as it has an important role in fine motor activity and delicate sensation. The aim is to assess the outcome by using the dorsal reverse adipofascial flap in the reconstruction of fingertip amputations at the level of the nail fold. Methods: This prospective case series study was conducted in Rizgary Teaching and Rozhawa Emergency Hospital in Erbil city/Iraq from June 2018 to June 2020.Twenty patients sustained fingertip amputations at the level of the nail fold and underwent reconstruction of their fingertips using the dorsal reverse adipofascial flap. We evaluated the fingertip appearance, The function of the proximal interphalangeal joint and distal interphalangeal joint, donor site scar, and patient`s satisfaction. Results : The mean age ± SD of patients was 29.5 ± 8.5 years, the median was 28 years, and the age range was 18 -48 years. The most common injured finger was the ring (35%), Type of injury was mostly by a sharp object (40%). only one patient (5%) was not satisfied, (10) ten patients (50%) were satisfied, and 9 (45%) were highly satisfied. There was a statically significant association between patients’ satisfaction and the presence of complications. Conclusion: The dorsal reverse adipofascial flap is effective in the reconstruction of traumatic fingertip amputations at the level of the nail fold with consistent aesthetic and functional results.
The Effect of Botulinum Toxin Injection in Cleft Lip Repair
Authors:   M.B.Ch.B. Rizgary Teaching Hospital, Erbil, Kurdistan region-Iraq, Bapir Evan Nuri , Fattah Jalal Hamasalih ,   M.B.Ch.B. DGS, FIBMS (Plastic surg.), FEBOPRAS. ISAPS member, ASPS member Assistant Prof. in plastic surgery. Head of Plastic surgery unit/ College of medicine/ Hawler Medical University, Erbil-Iraq.
Published: May 2023

Background & Objectives: Cleft lip and palate are common congenital anomalies that require precise management with main component of repairing lip is the aesthetic outcome. Using botulinum toxin is new method to optimize the resultant scar. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of botulinum toxin type A following cleft lip repair on resultant quality of scar. Methods: This is a comparative study conducted in Rizgary teaching hospital and private hospitals in Erbil – Kurdistan region/Iraq between July 2018 and April 2021. A total of 38 patients with cleft lip were included; bilateral and unilateral, complete and incomplete, isolated cleft lip and cleft lip and palate, 20 of them received botulinum toxin injection. Preoperative and postoperative photos were documented. Scars were analysed one year following repair. Results: Among 38 patients, in comparison of outcome of using botulinum toxin (31.6%) following cleft lip repair to patients did not receive the injection (68.4%), the scar quality was better; linear scar in botox group 100%, non-botox group 80.8%, complications were less; early complications in botox group 8.3%, non-botox group 11.5% and late complications in botox group 0% non-botox 7.7% and satisfaction was better; parents of botox group were 100% highly satisfied while for those of non-botox group 84.6% highly satisfied, 7.7% satisfied and 7.7% unsatisfied. There was significant difference between the two groups but statistically not significant. Conclusion: Botulinum toxin injections into the subjacent orbicularis oris muscle following cleft lip repair produced better appearing and narrower cheiloplasty scars.
Clinical evaluation of motor neuron disease in Erbil Governorate: A cross-sectional study
Authors:   M.B.Ch.B. KBMS trainee. Rizgary Teaching Hospital, Hado Mansour Fakher , Rasoul Abdulrahman Aziz ,   Consultant neurologist F.I.B.M.S. (Neurology), lecturer in Kurdistan Higher Council of Medical Specialties
Published: May 2023

Background & Objectives: Melasma is an acquired hyperpigmented patches dispersed symmetrically on body parts that are exposed to sun, mostly on face of female patients. The precise etiology is obscure, but it has numerous hazards such as; ultra violet exposure, genetic factors, hormonal imbalances like thyroid hormone abnormalities. In this study we aimed to evaluate serum thyroid hormones levels in melasma patients. Methods: A complete of 51 female patients with melasma were enrolled during this study over a period of six months. The cases were clinically diagnosed and examined by Wood’s light, then sent for thyroid hormone levels assessment and the finding were reported. Results: In the current study 51 females with melasma. Their ages ranged between (19-46) years, with (59.9%) between (28-38) years. The duration of melasma was from 6 months to 9 years. Thirty-eight of them were married and had pregnancy. Thyroid stimulating hormone levels were high in 22 of them (43.1%), 20 out of 22 cases that was had high levels of thyroid stimulating hormone had dermal type of melasma by Wood’s lamp examination and their p-value was significant (0.001). Conclusion: We found significantly high levels of thyroid stimulating hormone in cases of melasma mainly among those of dermal type.
Early predictors of mortality for moderate to severely ill patients with Covid-19 in Erbil city
Authors:   M.B.Ch.B., trainee at Kurdistan higher council for medical specialties, Ahmed Taha Khudhur ,   West Emergency Hospital-Erbil-Kurdistan region/Iraq, Ahmed Halgurd Fathulla ,   M.B.Ch.B., F.I.B.M.S; Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine-Director of training Kurdistan higher council for medical specialties-Erbil-Kurdistan region/Iraq, Mohammed Haval Faris ,   M.B.Ch.B, FKBMS_EM; Emergency Medicine Specialist; West Emergency Hospital-Erbil-Kurdistan region/Iraq
Published: May 2023

Background & Objectives: COVID-19 disease represents a major burden on national health institutes. The aim of study is to figure out the parameters that can predict the mortality in moderate to severely ill Covid-19patients. That enable us to predict the course of the disease and reduce the mortality of Covid-19 patients. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study carried out in West Emergency Hospital in Erbil city-Kurdistan region/Iraq from February to August 2021onsample of one hundred patients with positive real-time polymerase chain reaction.The patients were followed up from their admission to hospital until their discharge alive or dead.Their data were collected by direct interview with them or from their relatives or saved records in hospital and fulfilled in a prepared questionnaire. Results: The mortality rate of hospitalized patients with moderate to severe Corona infections diseasewas (44%). The older age of patients was significantly related to higher mortality rate. The patients presented with dyspnea (51.4%), hypertension (57.1%) and renal failure were significantly associated with higher mortality rates. High respiratory rate (>25 bpm), low oxygen saturation (<88%), and high C-reactive protein level (>59) were accompanied with higher mortality rates. These results were statistically significant. Conclusion: The early predictors of mortality in patients with moderate to severe Corona infections disease were elderly age, dyspnea, co-morbidity with hypertension and renal failure, high respiratory rate, low oxygen saturation and elevated levels of C-reactive protein.
Ancestral knowledge and pedagogical projects with students of the Pijao ethnic group, Coyaima Tolima
Authors: Guzmán Rodríguez Julian Steve , Rincón Soto Idana Beroska , Sanchez Leon Nayibe Soraya
Published: May 2023

Indigenous peoples have a wealth of knowledge, traditional practices, cultural forms and access to natural resources, as well as forms of collective social organization and community life that make them resilient in the face of adversity and uncertainty. Rural communities face the greatest risks of labor automation, as their economies tend to have activities with a high proportion of repetitive tasks, low economic diversification and out-migration of highly skilled labor. Preparing rural economies to face the challenges and reap the benefits of technological change is crucial to make the most of the digital age for individuals and businesses. It is necessary to develop learning management based on the Moodle platform for the improvement of teaching and learning processes in the area of technology and information technology, because in rural regions of Colombia the policies needed to realize the promises of digital technologies for growth and rural welfare are an open debate. It is necessary to recognize the existence of a traditional episteme and to analyze the plurality of knowledge in the tradition of knowledge, in the socio-cultural scenarios that are produced, in order not to continue perpetuating the forms of social, cultural and educational reproduction under a unilateral vision regarding knowledge.
Classification model for student attrition in a Peru public university
Authors: Villarreal Torres Henry , Marín Rodriguez William , Morales Julio Ángeles , Cano Mejía Jenny , Mejía Murillo Carmen
Published: May 2023

Information and communication technologies are playing a very important role in the different fields of knowledge; there is an increasing ability to identify patterns in the data of an organization; in this context, the study aimed to develop a classification model for student dropout by applying the autoML method of the H2Oai framework, taking into account socioeconomic and academic characteristics of students in order for authorities to make decisions in a timely manner. The methodology was technological, propositional level, incremental innovation, temporal scope, synchronous; the data collection was prospective, a 20-item questionnaire was applied to 237 graduate students of master’s degree programs in education. The research resulted in a supervised automatic learning model, Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM), to classify student desertion, identifying the main associated factors that influence desertion, obtaining a Gini coefficient of 92,20 %, AUC of 96,10 % and a LogLoss of 24,24 %.
People, ethnicity and culture: an approach to the multicultural environment of Ecuador
Authors: Villacis Zambrano Lilia Moncerrate , Lemoine Quitero Frank , Montesdeoca Calderón Maria Gabriela , Barberán Moreira María Alejandra
Published: May 2023

The objective of the research was to analyze cultural ethnicity from a multicultural perspective as a historical identity in the new Ecuadorian generations and its significance within their actions. The methodology used was the quantitative, qualitative and expert method, the type of research was descriptive, the survey technique was applied, the results were tabulated by the IBM SPSS 25 software, the results were important because they helped to verify that They are the basis for historical identity in the new Ecuadorian generation, it is also a reference from the values ​​of multiculturalism, as a cultural process it is a challenge for the new generations based on their autonomy and identity from the reality of each ethnic group, respecting their expressions. cultural, social, religious.
La multidimensionalidad en el estudio de la valorización de reciclables a nivel urbano
Authors: Gonzalez Insua Mariana
Published: May 2023

La evaluación de la sustentabilidad adquiere un reconocimiento cada vez mayor como una estrategia de diagnóstico para avanzar hacia los objetivos ecológicos, sociales, económicos y políticos contenidos en el paradigma de desarrollo sustentable, dando respuesta a preocupaciones ambientales relevantes en las ciudades, como es la gestión de residuos sólidos urbanos y dentro de la misma, la promoción de la valorización de reciclables como un eje central de la Economía Circular y el Reciclaje Inclusivo. Se presenta la propuesta teórico-metodológica implementada en el estudio de la valorización de los reciclables en la ciudad intermedia de Mar del Plata, Argentina. La misma aborda la complejidad de la valorización de reciclables desde un enfoque sistémico e integrador, posicionando la investigación dentro del marco epistemológico de la sustentabilidad urbana. De esta manera se articulan las dimensiones política, económica, social y ecológica que constituyen la sustentabilidad desde diferentes perspectivas disciplinares al inicio de la investigación. El enfoque interdisciplinar implementado a través de las perspectivas teórico-metodológicas permite una revisión de la fundamentación de diversas disciplinas que estudian diferentes aspectos de la valorización de los reciclables, a través de las cuales se modeliza la relación de la valorización con las dimensiones política, económica, social y ecológica de la sustentabilidad urbana. El estudio de caso al cual se aplica la propuesta, verifica que la escasa articulación de abordajes que estudian la valorización como sistema complejo a nivel urbano, afecta el funcionamiento del mismo, a la implementación de estrategias de gestión integrada de residuos y en consecuencia a la sustentabilidad urbana. Al mismo tiempo, proporciona una serie de indicadores situados que contribuyen al desarrollo de políticas publicas que avancen hacia una situación de mayor sustentabilidad a nivel local.
Las obras del arte como hechos históricos. Intersecciones en el campo de la teoría y los abordajes metodológicos
Authors: Tassara Mabel
Published: May 2023

La ponencia refiere al abordaje de obras del arte—en este caso del territorio de lo audiovisual—en cuanto hechos históricos y desarrolla una discusión en torno a encuadres teóricos y metodológicos de diferente extracción pero cuya complementación se considera fructífera para estos estudios. Se partirá de un enfoque semiótico que integra ya diferentes orígenes -como pueden ser vertientes de la teoría retórica o la teoría de la enunciación-, dentro de la perspectiva discursiva desarrollada por Eliseo Verón. Es esta una apertura insoslayable si se busca acceder a la operatoria semiótica ligada a la producción semántica de las obras. Se convocarán en según do término encuadres y nociones conectados con el estudio de obras del arte en la historia que se consideran aptos para su interacción con el enfoque sociosemiótico, por su atención a las formas y a la indivisibilidad de la obra en lo que hace a expresión/contenido. Como es el caso de los que se desprenden de posiciones autorales de Walter Benjamin y Aby Warburg, así como de lecturas de esas posiciones que han llevado a cabo Georges Didi-Huberman y Giorgio Agamben. Asimismo se apelará a la perspectiva semioantropológica y la noción de recurrencia semíótica desarrolladas por Oscar Traversa; y algunas nociones, como la de forma activa, presentes en autores de la teoría formalista rusa, como Yuri Tynianov. La hipótesis de trabajo es que estudiar y discutir la complementariedad de estos enfoques, así como la posibilidad de articular metodologías de análisis que contemplen su integración, redundará en el enriquecimiento de la perspectiva semiótica de abordaje cuando se contempla la dimensión tiempo en el estudio de las obras.
Valorización de los relatos turísticos desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar
Authors: Denise Weth Camila
Published: May 2023

La práctica turística se nutre de relatos que permiten la interpretación de atractivos. Su diseño, suele estar de la mano de una mercadotecnia de destinos turísticos que responde a intereses hegemónicos. Éstos se elaboran frecuentemente desde una perspectiva positivista, carente de mirada crítica sobre procesos sociohistóricos específicos. De esta manera, la reproducción aparentemente neutral de estos discursos replica la idea de un pasado mítico, alejado de la realidad territorial. ¿Existen nuevas maneras de desarrollar estos relatos que se alejen de las miradas vacías? ¿Qué herramientas pueden permitir su renovación, sin perder rigor histórico? ¿De qué manera estas nuevas formas podrían aportar a la autenticidad de las experiencias turísticas?
Esta comunicación reflexiona sobre las posibilidades de que la Historia Reciente pueda contribuir a la creación de nuevos relatos turísticos desde la interdisciplina. Para ello toma como caso el Presidio de la ciudad de Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, conocido también como la Cárcel del Fin del Mundo, convertida hoy en museo y en atractivo complementario de la oferta de este destino.
La interpretación actual de este atractivo enfatiza en aspectos históricos cristalizados en los procesos carcelarios de la primera mitad del siglo XX y dejan de lado la vinculación sociohistórica de este espacio a la realidad fueguina reciente. En este sentido, se presenta la idea de lo negativo como parte del pasado y deja al presente exento de conflictividad.
En este marco, la Historia Reciente enriquece los relatos turísticos al aportar diversos datos que matizan y diversifican los constructos consolidados en torno a atractivos específicos. En contraparte, el Turismo, por su cualidad divulgativa, contribuye a visibilizar hechos y procesos históricos de los territorios en los que se desarrolla. Además, por su carácter masivo, despierta interés y permite el acceso al conocimiento histórico a múltiples sectores de la población.
La terapia empírico-popular de cannabis en Argentina en un contexto de biomedicalización y violencia epistémica
Authors: Lavagnino Nicolás José , Sy Anahi , Acosta Luis Ernesto
Published: May 2023

La biomedicina, como modelo hegemónico de atención a la enfermedad, ha tendido a subalternizar, desestimar y criticar estrategias alternativas de atención a la salud. Operaría en dicho proceso cierta violencia epistémica que niega o descalifica otros conocimientos, prácticas y modos de atender al cuidado de la salud. La producción de cannabis con fines terapéuticos, desarrollada inicialmente por personas que buscaban tratamiento a problemas que la biomedicina no solucionaba, es un ejemplo de ello. La legislación actual en Argentina resulta un avance en el sentido de no criminalizar el cultivo y uso de cannabis con fines terapéuticos; sin embargo, también habilita una producción que tiende a la estandarización e industrialización de un producto, mientras que la práctica empírico-popular documentada sobre dicha terapia involucra el desarrollo de experiencias terapéuticas singulares.
En ese escenario, por un lado, se observa cierta negación de la validez del conocimiento empírico-popular de la terapéutica de cannabis, constituyendo una violencia epistémica que en ocasiones promueve violencia institucional. Por otro lado, siendo que la producción estandarizada de terapias en el proceso de biomedicalización tiende a la homogeneización e industrialización, puede conducir al paulatino abandono o reemplazo de las prácticas artesanales. Nos preguntamos entonces: ¿será el proceso de producción y estandarización farmacológica (en vinculación directa con la lógica biomédica) respetuoso de esas prácticas artesanales y populares de la terapia de cannabis? ¿Qué pasará con aquellas personas que artesanalmente producen sus aceites de valor terapéutico cuando legalmente circulen fármacos patentados? ¿Quién/es tiene/n el patrimonio sobre esos conocimientos y prácticas de origen popular del que se apropian científiques y compañías farmacéuticas?
En esta indagación, sostenemos que modos de producción de salud alternativos tienen el potencial de (re)crear otras formas de pensar la salud-enfermedad, que resultan contrahegemónicos y decoloniales, en la medida que se parte de problemas y necesidades locales.
Reflexiones epistemológicas sobre inter y transdisciplina desde la perspectiva del pensamiento dialéctico y el paradigma de la complejidad
Authors: Ynoub Roxana
Published: May 2023

El objetivo de la presentación es ofrecer algunas reflexiones de raigambre epistemológica para la discusión entre paradigmas de actualidad.
Atenderemos a las siguientes dimensiones analíticas:
- Cuestiones ontológicas: andamiaje categorial para una concepción orgánica y holística de los fenómenos que se estudian, atendiendo al carácter estratigráfico de la realidad y a la dialéctica-diferenciación e integración propia de toda realidad organizada (Hegel, Piaget, Goldmann).
- Cuestiones epistemológicas: modelos disponibles para superar las concepciones atomistas, desvitalizadas y a-histórica promovidas por la ciencia clásica y el positivismo (ecología de saberes -Bateson, Samaja, De Sousa Santos-, semiótica dialéctica Peirce-Samaja, aportes de las ciencias de la complejidad provenientes de las llamadas “ciencias duras”.
- Cuestiones pedagógicas: formación de profesionales sensibles a su contexto social e histórico, capaces de pensar globalmente para actuar localmente, formación basada en problemas, promoción de la agencialidad, el protagonismo y el compromiso social, cultores de la producción colectiva del conocimiento.
- Cuestiones metodológicas: una metodología ampliada que integre con igual validez los contextos de descubrimiento como los de justificación, motivada por una reflexión crítico-epistemológica, alejada de toda concepción prescriptivista, que oferte recursos y modelos para investigar desde la complejidad.
- Cuestiones ético-ideológicas: Vocación dialógica y colectivista en la producción de conocimiento. Motivación por la creatividad al servicio de transformaciones socialmente potenciadoras e inclusivas, que promueva prácticas de resistencia a la ciencia hegemónica al servicio de la reproducción del capital.
- Cuestiones programático-institucionales: Redefinir prácticas institucionales, motivando la integración entre profesionales, recuperar el sentido plenario de la vida humana (que resista a la enajenación propia de la sociedad de consumo). Concebir propuestas integradoras y colectivistas. Articular la investigación con actores provenientes de múltiples espacios sociales.
Como marco general de la reflexión comentaremos el “Manifiesto de la Transdisciplinariedad” de Basarab Nicolescu, que inspira los fundamentos de cada una de las dimensiones analíticas propuestas.
Templos y entornos sagrados: experiencias de trabajo de campo interdisciplinario en el Noroeste argentino
Authors: Rodríguez Romero Agustina , Plaza Ana , Tomasini Eugenia , Guzmán Fernando , Siracusano Gabriela , Rey-Márquez Juan Ricardo , Iglesias Lucila , Maier Marta , Córdova Milagros , Scocchera Vanina , Rodríguez Do Campo Victoria
Published: May 2023

La presente propuesta pretende dar cuenta de las experiencias del equipo interdisciplinario del Centro de Investigación en Arte, Materia y Cultura (IIAC-UNTREF), en el marco del proyecto PICT 2017-1716 “Espacios de pintura y poder: estrategias locales en la producción de imágenes sobre lienzo y muro en los templos del sur andino colonial (fines del siglo XVII-siglo XVIII)”. El objetivo principal de esta investigación es la de poner de relieve las elecciones iconográficas, materiales y técnicas que evidenciarían la circulación de saberes y productos en ese entorno, así como los modos en los que se desarrolló una producción local, vinculada a los artistas y recursos materiales y tecnológicos, consecuente con políticas eclesiásticas de la zona.
En este trabajo se presentan algunos aspectos de la visita a los templos que apuntó a la realización de un relevamiento fotográfico extensivo de los sistemas visuales de cada uno y el análisis químico de los materiales que componen sus pinturas murales. Para esto último se contó con un equipo portátil de Espectroscopia de Fluorescencia de Rayos X (FRXp) para determinar la composición elemental de los materiales presentes. La aplicación de este tipo de técnicas, no invasivas y de manera in situ favorece el intercambio de conocimientos entre profesionales de la química, historia del arte y la conservación en un contexto interdisciplinario. Así, resulta posible trabajar en forma integral en los mismos sitios para comprender los materiales y técnicas de producción, el deterioro de los objetos y planificar su conservación, a partir del intercambio activo con las personas y comunidades que son responsables de los templos y patrimonio que alojan.
Acompañamiento interdisciplinar de las trayectorias académicas, en formación docente y psicopedagógica
Authors: Catrambone Angela Rosa , Ledwith Andrea Susana
Published: May 2023

Acompañar trayectorias formativas, se presenta como uno de los imperativos propios del Nivel Superior. Aparecen allí dos componentes solidariamente responsables de ese acompañamiento: colaborar en la tramitación de las dificultades cognitivas que todo ingreso a un nuevo nivel trae consigo y lo propio de la biografía académica que construyen en las grupalidades, las equilibraciones que elabora cada estudiante, los modos diferenciados de organizar y transitar su formación.
El otro aspecto, es el otorgamiento a los y a las estudiantes, de un lugar para la escucha activa, que los y las signifique, de concesión de palabra que empodere y emancipe, y la generación de un escenario para la comunicación y el lazo social en el aula, y que todo ello sea una oferta subjetivante para docentes y estudiantes.
Aparecen en este acompañar elementos constitutivos de cada carrera, específicos, de la mirada disciplinar que le es propia, un tipo de lenguaje que le confiere a cada especialidad una manera de comunicar/se, de elaborar el posicionamiento profesional y la conjunción de todo ello con miradas epistémicas que caracterizan a un tipo de saber, que dará sustento profesional y que, para enseñar, deberán conocer los aspectos metodológicos para poder transponerlos. Ese mismo posicionamiento y ese sustento profesional que cada estudiante construirá en su trayectoria académica, será el bagaje necesario para generar abordajes institucionales, otras propuestas didácticas y distintas intervenciones psicopedagógicas.
En ese marco, las posiciones interdisciplinarias, sostenidas en el pensamiento de la complejidad, pueden generar una perspectiva de desarrollo integral para cada estudiante, y experiencias singulares que cada quien desplegará, en el trabajo conjunto y colaborativo entre pares y nuestra intervención, instancia importante para su formación y para la tarea que desarrollarán a futuro, en el acompañamiento de las trayectorias escolares de niños, niñas y adolescentes en las escuelas trabajando colectivamente, de manera interdisciplinaria.
Sustentabilidad, Género y Agroecología. Una propuesta de articulación interdisciplinar para el abordaje situado
Authors: Gonzalez Insua Mariana , Molpeceres Celeste , Kaczan Gisela , Cabral Victoria
Published: May 2023

En los últimos años se advierte un cambio en las decisiones de política pública en torno al modelo de producción imperante, especialmente reforzado en la pandemia por covid-19. Tanto a nivel nacional como provincial se postula a la agroecología como la alternativa al modelo convencional de producción -derivado del paquete tecnológico de la revolución verde-. En este sentido, en la proyección de prácticas de agroecología sustentable se considera necesario incorporar la dimensión de género de manera transversal, tanto en las prácticas de producción como en los organismos vinculados al diseño de políticas públicas para el sector. Enmarcada en el Proyecto Género y Desarrollo: relevamiento y análisis de innovaciones y tecnologías para la resolución de problemas socio-ambientales en Argentina desde una perspectiva de género, (PICTO- FONCyT 2022), se presenta la propuesta teórico-metodológica implementada por el nodo Sustentabilidad y Género, radicado la Facultad de Arquitectura Urbanismo y Diseño de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. La misma emplea una metodología de tipo mixta desde un marco analítico que articula conceptos centrales de la sustentabilidad y de los estudios de género con conceptos de la sociología de la tecnología. Con este abordaje, se busca aportar a estrategias más plurales en el diseño de políticas públicas, poniendo en diálogo los conceptos a partir del enfoque de sistemas como una forma de pensar en términos de conectividad, relaciones y contexto con un carácter interdisciplinario.