bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nonlinear and Asymmetric Impact of Oil Prices on Exchange Rates: Evidence from South Asia
Authors: Gao Wenxin , Wen Jun , Zakaria Muhammad , Mahmood Hamid
Published: October 2022

The study analyses the asymmetric and nonlinear influence of oil price on exchange rates of South Asian countries in time–frequency framework using wavelet technique. For empirical analysis, monthly data are examined from July 1983 to June 2018. Wavelet coherence results show that the variables are in phase, i.e., oil prices and exchange rates are positively correlated. It suggests that oil price influences exchange rates positively. The study also investigates the causal association between oil price and exchange rates using a nonlinear causality test. The results of nonlinear causality show that there is bidirectional causality between oil price and exchange in Bangladesh and India and unidirectional causality from oil price to exchange rate in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The findings provide some important recommendations to investors and policy makers.
Health in poultry- immunity and microbiome with regard to a concept of one health
Authors: Dunislawska Aleksandra , Pietrzak Elżbieta , Bełdowska Aleksandra , Siwek Maria
Published: October 2022

The overall concept of OneHealth focuses on health and infectious disease in the context of the relationship between humans, animals, and the environment. In poultry production, there are many opportunities to implement OneHealth by organizing work and introducing appropriate engineering solutions. It is recommended that future research directions include designing and testing solutions to improve air quality and the elimination of antibiotics in the poultry industry. For this to be possible, it is essential to understand the indigenous microbiota of poultry, which plays a crucial role in nutrients, but also restricts the growth of pathogenic organisms. In poultry production, the most important thing is disease control in the herd, high product quality, and product efficiency. Food safety is key for consumers, as some zoonoses are transmitted through the food chain. Moreover, antibiotic resistance of bacteria is becoming a growing threat. For this reason, it is essential to maintain the proper immune status in the herd. Virus disease control in poultry is based on vaccination programs and the maintenance of biosecurity. This chapter aims to present the current state of knowledge in the field of immunity and microbiome of poultry in the context of the OneHealth concept.
The Renaissance Superstructure
Authors: Ng Morgan
Published: October 2022

The Renaissance Superstructure charts the sixteenth-century reinvention of what Morgan Ng calls the superstructure: a typology of elevated defensive corridors that emerged during the Middle Ages and once traversed many European cities. Not unlike private helicopters today, such pathways afforded rulers secure and privileged mobility, enabling them to travel between their urban and extramural strongholds while remaining high above the chaos of the street. Against all odds, superstructures continued to thrive well into the early modern period, despite their military vulnerability in the age of artillery warfare. By morphing from utilitarian defenses into monumental systems of circulation, they served the rising bureaucratic, ritual, and symbolic demands of absolutist courts. The unlikely survival of an obsolescent architecture opens a window onto the complex dynamics of technical evolution and cultural change.
Of Architecture and Hope
Authors: Mohammadi Banafsheh
Published: October 2022

Of Architecture and Hope: The Citadel Theatre of Edmonton and the Cruel Optimism of a Bygone Petroleum Age explores how one of the largest theaters built in North America in the twentieth century represents a form of petroleum-driven “cruel optimism,” a concept introduced by Lauren Berlant. Drawing upon a wide range of primary sources from the City of Edmonton Archives, the Provincial Archives of Alberta, the University of Alberta Archives, and the private archives of the family of theater cofounder Joe Shoctor, Banafsheh Mohammadi provides a detailed analysis of the design and materials of the Citadel Theatre as a means of examining how they exemplify a distinctive twentieth-century form of petroleum-based aesthetics.
Women on the move are healthy women - Correlation between physical activity and health indicators
Authors: Machado Marco
Published: October 2022

It is well described in the literature that physical activity (PA) contributes to the maintenance of health in general, and especially to the prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The aim of the present study was to verify the association between PA and CVD. Women (n=325) between 18 and 77 years old were volunteers for this study. They responded to a 3-day physical activity recall (3DPAR), had blood pressure affection and blood collected for analysis of blood lipids. The results showed that there is an inverse association between the amount of PA performed and the risk indexes for diseases, that is, the more activity, the lower the risk.
Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in Children and Youth
Authors: Lee Lois K. , Fleegler Eric W. , Goyal Monika K. , Doh Kiesha Fraser , Laraque-Arena Danielle , Hoffman Benjamin D. ,   THE COUNCIL ON INJURY, VIOLENCE, AND POISON PREVENTION, Hoffman Benjamin , Culyba Alison , Dodington James , Johnston Brian , Kendi Sadiqa , Kiragu Andrew , McFadden Terri , Osterhoudt Kevin , Tenenbein Milton , Quinlan Kyran , Dixon Cinnamon , Beno Suzanne , Kozial Bonnie , Delgado Allison
Published: October 2022

Firearms are the leading cause of death in children and youth 0 to 24 years of age in the United States. In 2020, firearms resulted in 10 197 deaths (fatality rate 9.91 per 100 000 youth 0–24 years old). Firearms are the leading mechanism of death in pediatric suicides and homicides. Increased access to firearms is associated with increased rates of firearm deaths. Substantial disparities in firearm injuries and deaths exist by age, sex, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation and gender identity and for deaths related to legal intervention. Barriers to firearm access can decrease the risk to youth for firearm suicide, homicide, unintentional shooting injury, and death. Given the high lethality of firearms and the impulsivity associated with suicidal ideation, removing firearms from the home or securely storing them—referred to as lethal means restriction of firearms—is critical, especially for youth at risk for suicide. Primary care-, emergency department-, mental health-, hospital-, and community-based intervention programs can effectively screen and intervene for individuals at risk for harming themselves or others. The delivery of anticipatory guidance coupled with safety equipment provision improves firearm safer storage. Strong state-level firearm legislation is associated with decreased rates of firearm injuries and death. This includes legislation focused on comprehensive firearm licensing strategies and extreme risk protection order laws. A firm commitment to confront this public health crisis with a multipronged approach engaging all stakeholders, including individuals, families, clinicians, health systems, communities, public health advocates, firearm owners and nonowners, and policy makers, is essential to address the worsening firearm crisis facing US youth today.
Cîteva observații pe marginea unui text din secolul al XVIII-lea și a unei ediții fragmentare moderne – Pildele filosofești (1713)
Authors: Celac Victor
Published: October 2022

În acest articol vom aborda și vom încerca să clarificăm o grafie neobișnuită (sumparao) dintr-un text de la începutul secolului al XVIII-lea, atribuit lui Antim Ivireanul. Este vorba de o traducere în română, după o versiune intermediară grecească, a unui original francez îndepărtat. Totodată, vom semnala cîteva grafii discutabile (sau mai mult decît discutabile), dintr-o ediție fragmentară modernă a textului respectiv, publicată de Alexandru Duțu în 1968 (ciocotințește pentru ciocotnițește; ciocotinția pentru ciocotniția; împărteșuțează pentru împărteșugează; roscoasă pentru roscoașă; scutelește pentru șutelește). De asemenea, vom semnala cîteva unități lexicale neobișnuite, rare, unele dintre ele reprezentînd antedatări față de cele mai vechi atestări înregistrate în lucrările de referință din domeniu (deletnicie; însoțime; răsfățăciune; soțiime). Vom propune și anumite precizări de ordin semantic și/sau etimologic.
A Comprehensive Cloud Security Model with Enhanced Key Management, Access Control and Data Anonymization Features
Authors: Mini G Venifa , Angel Viji K. S.
Published: October 2022

A disgusting problem in public cloud is to securely share data based on fine grained access control policies and unauthorized key management. Existing approaches to encrypt policies and data with different keys based on public key cryptosystem are Attribute Based Encryption and proxy re-encryption. The weakness behind approaches is: It cannot efficiently handle policy changes and also problem in user revocation and attribute identification.  Even though it is so popular, when employed in cloud it generate high computational and storage cost. More importantly, image encryption is some out complex in case of public key cryptosystem. On the publication of sensitive dataset, it does not preserve privacy of an individual. A direct application of a symmetric key cryptosystem, where users are served based on the policies they satisfy and unique keys are generated by Data Owner (DO). Based on this idea, we formalize a new key management scheme, called Symmetric Chaos Based key Management (SCBKM), and then give a secure construction of a SCBKM scheme called AS-Chaos. The idea is to give some secrets to Key Manager (KM) based on the identity attributes they have and later allow them to derive actual symmetric keys based on their secrets. Using our SCBKM construct, we propose an efficient approach for fine-grained encryption-based access control for data stored in untrusted cloud storage.
Quaternion-based Encryption/Decryption of Audio Signal Using Digital Image as Variable Key
Authors: ElSharkawy Magdy Ibrahim
Published: October 2022

With the rapid growth of communication technology, cryptography plays a significant role in securing and verification of information exchanged via public communication channels.   The current paper introduces a novel method for encrypting/decrypting audio signal using a selected digital image as a complicated key and cover for audio signal.  Each sample of the audio signal is combined with the values of the three color components of a pixel fetched from the cover image yielding a quaternion number.   The absolute value of this quaternion number is then transmitted and when received, the original value of the audio sample can be extracted using simple quaternion mathematics. A second level of complexity can be added to this approach by applying one of the well-known cryptographic techniques (symmetric or asymmetric).   The suggested approach is implemented using Matlab simulation software and the generated audio signal is compared with the original one using some performance metrics.  The obtained results show that the proposed approach is robust and more secure against cryptanalysis attacks.
PFPS: Priority-First Packet Scheduler for IEEE 802.15.4 Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks
Authors: Sarode Sambhaji , Bakal Jagdish
Published: October 2022

This paper presents priority-first packet scheduling approach for heterogeneous traffic flows in low data rate heterogeneous wireless sensor networks (HWSNs). A delay sensitive or emergency event occurrence demands the data delivery on the priority basis over regular monitoring sensing applications. In addition, handling sudden multi-event data and achieving their reliability requirements distinctly becomes the challenge and necessity in the critical situations. To address this problem, this paper presents distributed approach of managing data transmission for simultaneous traffic flows over multi-hop topology, which reduces the load of a sink node; and helps to make a life of the network prolong. For this reason, heterogeneous traffic flows algorithm (CHTF) algorithm classifies the each incoming packets either from source nodes or downstream hop node based on the packet priority and stores them into the respective queues. The PFPS-EDF and PFPS-FCFS algorithms present scheduling for each data packets using priority weight. Furthermore, reporting rate is timely updated based on the queue level considering their fairness index and processing rate. The reported work in this paper is validated in ns2 (ns2.32 allinone) simulator by putting the network into each distinct cases for validation of presented work and real time TestBed. The protocol evaluation presents that the distributed queue-based PFPS scheduling mechanism works efficiently using CSMA/CA MAC protocol of the IEEE 802.15.4 sensor networks.
State of the Art in Biometric Key Binding and Key Generation Schemes
Authors: Jegede Abayomi , Udzir Nur Izura , Abdullah Azizol , Mahmod Ramlan
Published: October 2022

Direct storage of biometric templates in databases exposes the authentication system and legitimate users to numerous security and privacy challenges. Biometric cryptosystems or template protection schemes are used to overcome the security and privacy challenges associated with the use of biometrics as a means of authentication. This paper presents a review of previous works in biometric key binding and key generation schemes. The review focuses on key binding techniques such as biometric encryption, fuzzy commitment scheme, fuzzy vault and shielding function. Two categories of key generation schemes considered are private template and quantization schemes. The paper also discusses the modes of operations, strengths and weaknesses of various kinds of key-based template protection schemes. The goal is to provide the reader with a clear understanding of the current and emerging trends in key-based biometric cryptosystems.
Optimized Clustering Protocol for Balancing Energy in Wireless Sensor Networks
Authors: Omar Dina Mohamed , Khedr Ahmed Mohamed
Published: October 2022

While wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are increasingly equipped to handle more complex functions and in-network processing may require these battery powered sensors to judiciously use their constrained energy to prolong the effective network lifetime. Cluster-based Hierarchical Routing Protocol using compressive sensing (CS) theory (CBHRP-CS) divides the network into several clusters, each managed by a set of CHs called a header. Each member of the header compresses the collected data using CS. This paper proposes an optimized clustering protocol using CS (OCP-CS) to improve the performance of WSNs by exploiting compressibility. In OCP-CS, each cluster is managed by a cluster head (CH). CHs are selected based on node concentration and sensor residual energy, and performs data aggregation using CS to reduce the energy consumed in the process of data sampling and transmission. Simulations show that our proposed protocol is effective in prolonging the network lifetime and supporting scalable data aggregation than existing protocols.
The Experimental Evaluation of Simple Bidirectional DC/DC Converter with Snubber Compensation for Electric Vehicle Application
Authors:   Program Studi Sistem Telekomunikasi, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia, Fuada Syifaul , Lawu Braham Lawas
Published: October 2022

This research discusses the implementation of a buck-boost converter which is also known as a Bidirectional DC/DC Converter (BDC) in electric vehicles with a specific focus on electric All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV). The BDC circuit was used to integrate the main battery of the ATV (Li-Po) with the secondary battery (a 25V max./8 Farad Supercapacitor bank). This is to ensure the main battery of the ATV motor safer from unstable output load currents through the charging and discharging mechanism facilitated by BDC in order to ensure it has a longer lifetime. This discussion is more focused on the charging mechanism which occurs when the BDC is in buck mode (36V to 18 V). Meanwhile, the DC motor was used as the load inductor in this BDC circuit. It is also important to note that an interruption in the current flowing either due to a switch or other components has the ability to cause a voltage or current spike in the semiconductor switch component. Therefore, a special circuit was required to be connected to the main circuit to reduce interruption and also indicates the role of the snubber circuit in reducing the spike. This paper is more highlighted on voltage spike reduction. Moreover, LTSpice simulation was applied to verify the BDC circuit design, and the results obtained were compared with a real laboratory measurement based on the ability to change the Duty Cycle on the Vout of the BDC circuit for the charging mechanism. The determination of the desired Vout was followed by a change in the parameters of the BDC circuit such as input voltage, inductor value, switching frequency, duty cycle, and power supply configuration to determine their impact on the Vout of BDC, Spike, and MOSFET's temperature. The experiments showed that the Snubber circuit was able to compensate for voltage fluctuations in the MOSFET.
SGMRP: Scalable Geographic Multicast Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Authors:   Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Palestine Technical University Kadoorie, Hebron, Palestine, Qabajeh Mohammad M.
Published: October 2022

Recently, group communications over Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) have received considerable attention. Group communication needs support of multicast routing protocols for simultaneous delivery information of group of receivers. Thus, designing effective and efficient multicast routing protocol is necessary to support this kind of applications. Several efforts have been adopted to improve multicast routing. However, most of them did not consider the scalability issue. In this paper, we propose a novel Scalable Geographic Multicast Routing Protocol (SGMRP) to improve the scalability of multicast routing with reduced overhead. SGMRP uses virtual clustering strategy to implement scalable routing and efficient group management. This scheme based on partitioning the network into sectorial zones. The proposed solution performs efficient packet forwarding with reduced communication overhead. This scheme reduces the number of participating nodes and eliminates the duplicate packets. Compared with on Demand Multicast Routing Protocol (ODMRP) and Efficient Geographic Multicast Protocol (EGMP), simulation results show that SGMRP delivers more packets with significantly reduced overhead regardless of the network size, mobility speed and number of multicast members.
A Soft Surface Based Low Profile Wearable Antenna for Biomedical Telemetry
Authors:   Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Rustamji Institute of Technology, Tekanpur Gwalior, India, Kumar Devendra , Mathur Dhirendra
Published: October 2022

A soft surface based low profile wearable antenna operating on 5.8 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band (5.725-5.875 GHz) is presented for high speed biomedical telemetry. The flexible substrate of Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA) foam makes the structure water proof, ultra-violet resistant and mechanically stable. First, the basic antenna structure (reference) with inset feeding is designed. Initially, the forward to back power ratio obtained is 14.1 for basic design. The back radiation is further reduced by introducing soft surface around the patch. Use of two different materials as soft surface has been studied and analyzed. The maximum gain of 5.2 dBi and Front to Back Ratio (FTBR) of 25.63 is achieved for the chosen resonant frequency. The absorption of electromagnetic field by the body is reduced by 9.35 % and gain is improved by 23.68/24.40 % with reference to our basic design of antenna without soft surface. The value of Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) is 1.26 W/kg for 10 gm of human body tissue which is within the specified limits. The software simulated and experimented results are presented.
Speech Enhancement in Wireless Communication System Using Hybrid Spectral-Kalman Filter
Authors:   Computer Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, Toyin Olawole E. , Oluwole Akande D. , Kayode Adeyemo Z.
Published: October 2022

Speech enhancement is of paramount importance in improving the intelligibility and audibility of speech signals in an uncontrolled noisy environment over wireless communication systems. However, the existing techniques used to achieve this such as spectral subtraction are characterized by remnant noise or musical note, while Kalman filter which can remove the remnant noise is associated with instability and non-linear characteristics. Therefore, this paper proposes speech enhancement model in noisy environment using hybrid spectral-Kalman filter over wireless communication system. The proposed model was carried out using acquired noisy speech signals by the Samsung Android mobile phone. The phone call was made in an uncontrolled noisy environment. The signal received was processed by the hybrid spectral-Kalman filter which was achieved by using the output speech signal from the spectral subtraction in time domain as the input of the Kalman filter. The proposed hybrid spectral-Kalman filtering technique was evaluated using Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), Mean Square Error (MSE), Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) and Short-Time Objective Intelligibility (STOI). Comparison was then performed with the existing techniques and validation was performed using corrupted speech signals obtained from the NOIZEUS corpus data set. The result revealed that the proposed technique performed better than the existing techniques in a noisy environment.
Practice of the Operating Mechanism and Talent Cultivation of Mixed Ownership in Higher Vocational Colleges
Authors:   Department of Educational Administration of TZVTC, Taizhou, China, Jin Sike , Jin Jiali
Published: October 2022

Mixed ownership is a new way through which higher vocational colleges aim to deepen the integration of enterprises and vocational colleges. This study expounds on the connotation and existing problems of mixed ownership in higher vocational colleges and the practical measures taken by our school towards the mixed-ownership reform. The following concepts are examined in depth from the perspective of the reform in the operating mechanism and talent training model of the mixed ownership in higher vocational colleges: financial management system, management mechanism of the board of directors, school-enterprise cooperation curriculum system and modern apprenticeship talent training programme under mixed ownership. Finally, the achievements of the mixed-ownership reform of our school are briefly enumerated. The reformed programmes of the operating mechanism and talent training model of mixed ownership in our school can serve as valuable references for other colleges and universities.
Nebulization as the mode to administer therapeutic bacteriophages to resolve Acinetobacter pneumonia in rabbits
Authors: C.S VinodKumar , Swamy Ananya V , Shamanur Shreshta , Venkatareddy Arpitha , Jayasimha V.L , Reddy Sriman Narayan , Dsouza Susan Jyothica , H Srinivasa
Published: October 2022

Multidrug-resistant strains of , a significant hospital pathogen, have developed resistance to virtually all available antibiotics. Carbapenems antibiotics are among the most commonly used antibiotics against Acinetobacter infections, but they can be rendered ineffective by the metallo-beta-lactamase enzyme. In this study, bacteriophage isolated against producing was evaluated for its therapeutic potential in the rabbit pneumonia model.

was isolated from the sputum and was speciated as per the standard microbiological techniques. Bacteriophage specific for producing from the sewage water. Pneumonia was introduced in the rabbits as per Esposito Pennington method and efficacy of the bacteriophage in resolving pneumonia was evaluated. For in-vivo experiments, five groups of rabbits were used including infection-free, phage control, bacteria-infected control, and the other two groups infected with and treated either with an antibiotic, colistin (2.5 mg/kg, twice a day intraperitoneally) or Acinetobacter phage (3×10 PFU/mL, given once through nebulizer). The experimental animals were monitored for 72 hours for mortality, and the surviving rabbits were killed for bacteriological and histopathological analysis

In the infected group, pneumonia was developed within 48 hours, and 6/10 animals were dead after 72 hours. All the animals in the antibiotic group survived but showed signs of pneumonia, and there was up to 4 log CFU/g±0.24 reduction in the bacterial count. In phage treated group, all the animals survived at the end of 72 hours and all the animals were healthy with no signs of pneumonia.

The experiment showed new insights into the application of bacteriophage through nebulization, a non-invasive method of phage delivery to rescue rabbits from pneumonia caused by -producing .
Outcomes of community acquired pneumonia in a tertiary hospital
Authors: Kollanur Janso , Pulikal Ronica , R Ajay , Chelangara Davis Paul , EV Krishnakumar
Published: October 2022

Despite the advances in healthcare setup, Community Acquired pneumonia still continues to be one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality among the hospitalised, especially the elderly population. Knowledge about the distribution of the disease, susceptible population, risk factors, mortality and morbidity outcomes makes it easy for the effective management of the affected individuals. Even though we have enough data on worldwide distribution and outcome of CAP, similar studies in Indian setup are few. Considering the fact that the change in environment, population characteristics and difference in clinical practices can hugely influence the outcome of CAP, it was found necessary to conduct this study.

: To understand the demographic profile of patients, to identify the main symptoms and risk factors and to find out the outcome of patients admitted with CAP in a tertiary health care centre in Thrissur.

Retrospective study by collecting the details of patients hospitalized with CAP in the past one year by going through their medical records.

The incidence of CAP was found to be steadily increasing with age, more in males with productive cough being the most common symptom. While in majority of cases no organisms were isolated, the ones which had an identified causative organism were mainly bacterial. Maximum cases occurred in monsoon season and the mortality rate was 2%.
Comparative Effects of Kemphor and Chlorhexidine Mouthwashes on Tooth Staining and Gingivitis: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Clinical Trial
Authors: Hooshyarfard Amirarsalan , Poormoradi Banafsheh , Olad Fatemeh , Shahbazi Armaghan , Cheraghi Zahra
Published: October 2022

Objectives: Considering the side effects of chlorhexidine (CHX), which is currently the gold-standard antimicrobial mouthwash, this study aimed to compare the effects of Green Kemphor and CHX mouthwashes on tooth staining and gingivitis.
Materials and Methods: This randomized controlled crossover clinical trial evaluated 38 patients requiring CHX mouthwash following oral surgery and periodontal therapy. The patients were randomly assigned to CHX and Kemphor groups (n=19). In CHX group, patients used CHX mouthwash in the first 2 weeks, and after a 4-day washout period, they used Kemphor mouthwash for 2 weeks. This order was reverse in the Kemphor group. Gingivitis was evaluated using the Silness and Loe gingival index (GI), and tooth staining was evaluated by the Lobene index at 0 (baseline), 2 and 4 weeks. Data were analyzed by paired t-test.
Results: CHX mouthwash significantly decreased the GI and increased tooth staining (gingival stains, body stains, and stain extent) at 2 weeks (P<0.05). Kemphor mouthwash significantly decreased the GI and increased tooth staining after 2 weeks (P<0.05). The GI in Kemphor group was significantly lower than that in CHX group at 4 weeks (P<0.05). Also, the tooth staining parameters in the Kemphor group were significantly lower than the corresponding values in the CHX group at 2 and 4 weeks (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Kemphor had higher efficacy for reduction of GI and caused less tooth staining than CHX; thus, it may be recommended for use as an alternative to CHX.
Effect of Sintering Temperature on Flexural Strength of Two Types of Zirconia
Authors: Shahbazi Armaghan , Vafaei Fariborz , Hooshyarfard Amirarsalan , Nosrati Erfan , Nazari Masood , Farhadian Maryam
Published: October 2022

Objectives: Any change in the sintering process can directly affect the micro-structure and properties of zirconia. This study sought to assess the effect of sintering temperature on flexural strength of IPS e.max ZirCAD MO Ivoclar (EZI) and CopraSmile White Peaks Symphony (WPS) zirconia blocks.
Materials and Methods: In this in vitro, experimental study, 30 EZI and 30 WPS zirconia blocks measuring 10 x 10 x 1 mm were milled and sintered at 1440, 1500 and 1530°C in three subgroups. The flexural strength of the specimens was measured by a testing machine with piston-on-3-ball method according to ISO2015. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA.
Results: The mean flexural strength was 1.31±0.49, 1.09±0.24 and 1.29±0.48 MPa in 1440, 1500, and 1530°C subgroups of EZI, and 1.44±0.61, 1.18±0.35, and 1.33±0.54 MPa in 1440, 1500, and 1530°C subgroups of WPS zirconia, respectively. Two-way ANOVA revealed that the effects of zirconia type (P=0.484), temperature (P=0.258) and their interaction (P=0.957) on flexural strength were not significant.
Conclusion: Increasing the sintering temperature from 1440°C to 1530°C did not increase the flexural strength of EZI or WPS zirconia.
Prescription Patterns of Drugs Used in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease at Tertiary Care Hospital
Authors: Mukadam Fehmi M. , Gawali Ujwala P. , Chavarkar Pranali , Ali Dilara P. , Naghotkar Sanjivani
Published: October 2022

Background: The Cardiovascular disease is emerging as one of the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. To determine the appropriateness of the prescriptions and various trends in treatment, so as to provide the basis for modification in the future drug usage in accordance with risk factors and clinical presentations and also assess the improvement of health-related quality of life of patients with coronary artery disease.
Methods: A prospective, observational and cross-sectional study was conducted in Department of Pharmacology in collaboration with Department of Medicine of tertiary healthcare hospital. As per inclusion criteria, patients visiting Medicine Outpatient department (OPD) from November 2021 to January 2022 were enrolled in the study.
Results: Total 360 prescriptions were analysed, most of them belonged to the age group of 61-75 years. The prevalence was higher in Females (54%) than males (46%). An average number of drugs per prescription was 4.5. All the drugs were prescribed by generic names. 90.63% drugs prescribed were included in World Health Organization (WHO) essential drugs list 2021. 98.40% drugs prescribed were included in National list of essential medicines (NLEM) 2015. Antiplatelets (99.44%) were the most commonly prescribed category of drugs, followed by hyperlipidaemic (96.67%).
Conclusion: The overall analysis of prescription pattern suggests that most of the drugs were prescribed rationally according to current American College of Cardiology Federation/American Heart Association (ACC/ AHA) guidelines. The incidence of polypharmacy was in the normal limits as per WHO recommendation. Generic drugs were prescribed majorly, which promotes awareness amongst prescribers, supporting WHO policies.
Pathophysiology, Symptoms and Evolving Treatment for Colonic Diverticular Disease: A Review
Authors: Kushwaha Neelottama , Kushwaha Swatantra K.S.
Published: October 2022

The review on diverticulitis disease, is the most prevalent non-cancerous pathology of the colon is diverticular disease and diverticulitis. It has long been thought to be a disease of the elderly, linked to cultural and dietary patterns. Our understanding of this condition, as well as the therapy protocols, has progressed. To give an updated assessment of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and classification of diverticulitis, as well as to highlight developments in medicinal and surgical management. Treatment of Diverticular Disease represented an important challenge in clinical practice, especially concerning the management of symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease (SUDD) and the primary and secondary prevention of acute diverticular disease (AD). Antibiotics and supportive treatments are the mainstays of non-operative treatment, while antibiotics may be skipped in moderate cases. Acute surgery is required for the most severe and refractory cases, whereas elective resections should be considered for chronic, smoldering, or recurrent forms, as well as their associated complications (stricture, fistula, etc.) and patients with factors that are highly predictive of recurrent attacks. Diverticulitis isn't just a condition that affects the elderly. Our growing understanding of diverticulitis as a clinical entity has resulted in a more nuanced approach to its medicinal and surgical therapy. For more than 70% of patients, non-surgical care is still the best option. In the acute, chronic, or elective-prophylactic environment, a segmental colectomy remains the most effective surgical treatment for those with non-relenting, persistent, or recurrent symptoms, as well as those with severe disease and sequelae.
Baricitinib: First Systemic Oral Drug for Alopecia Therapy
Authors: Mishra Prashant , Sinha Sharmila , Vihan Sandeep , Dahiya Navdeep , Vasudevan Biju
Published: October 2022

Baricitinib, a Janus kinase inhibitor, was originally approved as anti-rheumatic drug in 2017. In 2020, it was approved for the treatment of COVID-19 in selected hospitalized adults. Baricitinib received priority review designation for treatment of adult patients with severe alopecia areata and got USFDA approval on June 23, 2022 based on the results of 02 phase III trial: BRAVE-AA1 and BRAVE-AA2. In this review, we aim to summarize the different pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics aspects including drug interactions, adverse effects/black box warnings and their clinical relevance. We reiterate that oral JAK inhibitors are expensive, may carry significant risks, and are not yet recommended for routine treatment of alopecia areata. There is ongoing research on other topical and oral JAK inhibitors (tofacitinib and ruxolitinib), giving hope that better treatments for alopecia areata will become available in future.
Incorporation of Pharmacist in Conducting Medication Reviews for Identification of Risk of QT Prolongation: A Neglecting Latent Approach in Cardiology
Authors: Ullah Humza Ahmad , Rizvi Kashif , Ali Kashif
Published: October 2022

Sudden cardiac arrest correlates with QT-interval prolongation and torsade de points (TdP). Several medicines frequently used in geriatric aged care populations can cause QT prolongation. Major predisposing factors and QT-prolonging medications enhance QT interval prolongation incidence in medical inpatients. Pharmacists can help ensure safe drug therapy and in-hospital patient safety by paying attention to QT prolongation and extra risk factors for prolonged QT intervals during medication reconciliation. We recommend pharmacists improve knowledge and awareness of corrected QT prolongation (QTc) when conducting drug reviews. Implementation of Pharmacist-driven QTc monitoring is required to lower the risk of QTc prolongation.
Enoxsaparin Induced Fever after Orthopedic Surgery
Authors: Taner Neda , Şirin Betül , Taner Barış
Published: October 2022

A fever above 38°C is a common complication in the first few days after major surgery. Drug-induced fever is the most common cause of fever among the noninfectious causes of postoperative fever. Antimicrobial drugs and heparin, widely used for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after major orthopedic surgery, are the drugs most commonly associated with postoperative fever. This case study, showing that enoxaparin may be the drug responsible for unexplained fever, may help significantly reduce patient morbidity and the additional costs of investigating the underlying causes of fever. At this stage, the approaches of the clinical pharmacist to provide counseling services to the patient and the healthcare professional in the treatment of medications, the detection of side effects of medications and the suggestion of a solution are important.
A Case Report of Three Guillain-Barré Syndrome During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Promising Outcome in a Patient with History of Multiple Sclerosis
Authors: Ghahremani AmirAli , Bigdeli Amir , Salarbashi Davoud , Shakouri Pouyan , Elyasi Sepideh
Published: October 2022

Neurologic complications in patients with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) are common particularly in hospitalized patients. Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare complication of COVID-19. Most patients with GBS and COVID-19 presented with progressive, ascending limb weakness evolving over one to four days. There are some reported cases of GBS, mostly in form of case reports or case series, and also a comprehensive review on this topic. However, none of these cases experienced multiple sclerosis (MS) as an underlying disease. So, in this manuscript we reported three cases of COVID-19 induced GBS; one of them with history of MS and promising outcome after receiving five sessions of plasmapheresis and corticosteroid therapy.
Evaluation and Interpretation of AMH in Female Infertility
Authors: DİLBAZ Berna , ATALAY MERT Şule
Published: October 2022

Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a glycoprotein that secreted by the granulosa cells of the pre-antral and antral ovarian follicles that have a diameter <8 mm. By inhibiting both initial recruitments of primordial follicles into primary follicles and also the sensitivity of antral follicles to follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) in cyclic recruitment AMH acts as a “follicular gatekeeper”. AMH is recognized as an early marker of the decline in the follicular pool. Although AMH levels are accepted to be stable all through the menstrual cycle, inter- and intracycle variability are detected in the studies with the highly sensitive automated assays. Besides aging, body mass index, obesity, oral contraceptive use, previous ovarian surgery, chemotherapy, BRCA mutations, and ethnicity play a role on the AMH levels. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is related with increased AMH level and thus proposed to be used as a diagnostic criterion. However, there is no universally accepted threshold value for AMH that can be used in the diagnosis of PCOS. AMH levels have also been used for designing an ideal treatment protocol in assisted reproduction. AMH measurements can be utilized for the prediction of poor or hyper ovarian response. The value of AMH levels in the prediction of pregnancy outcome remains controversial.
Benchmarking the Impact of Micro Watersheds of Sabarkantha and Aravalli Districts of Gujarat, India
Authors: Gor Vishalkumar R. , Patel Vinodkumar M.
Published: October 2022

Background: An integrated watershed management approach adopted in the recent decade caters to the management of natural resources and the overall economic improvement of the region. Watershed projects need to be evaluated after implementation to know the effectiveness of programmes on rural economic enhancement of beneficiaries. Methods: The present study describes the identification of impact indicators that play the important role in the measurement of watershed performance. The impact of micro watersheds was calculated on hydrological, agricultural, social and economic parameters in study area. To examine this impact, the WPBI (Watershed Performance Benchmarking Index) was designed from the evaluation of 10 impact indicators for these parameters based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The calculated WPBI was then applied with multiple linear regression to find the relationship coefficients for estimating the regression WPBI. Comparing both WPBI values, the difference in WPBI was calculated for validation of regression model. Result: The results of the analysis indicate that the changing of impact values of these 10 indicators has a significant impact on WPBI. Based on the impact indicators and WPBI, the watershed projects were benchmarked to compare the effectiveness of implementation of watershed projects under different watershed schemes.
Object and subject of fraud in the field of lending under the criminal legislation of the Donetsk People's Republic
Authors: Anisimov Valery F. , Vvedenskaya Viktoria V. , Chesnokov Maxim V.
Published: October 2022

Subject of research: criminal law categories the object and subject of fraud in the field of lending, responsibility for which is provided for in Art. 166 of the Criminal Code of the Donetsk People's Republic (hereinafter the Criminal Code of the DPR), in the context of the content of property relations regulated by the civil legislation of the Donetsk People's Republic (hereinafter the DPR).

The purpose of research: to identify substantive shortcomings in the formulation of the object and subject of the crime under Art. 166 of the Criminal Code of the DPR, followed by a proposal for options for their elimination.

Methods and objects of research: to obtain the results of the study, the methods of cognition used in the humanities (legal) sciences were used. The content analysis method was used in the study of the content of the relevant provisions of the criminal and civil legislation of the DPR in terms of determining the object of criminal law protection against theft in the field of lending. The method of system analysis was used in studying the issues of providing adequate criminal law protection of public relations in the field of lending. Dialectical and formal-logical methods were used in assessing the quality of the differentiation of criminal liability for fraud in the field of lending and other theft committed by deceit or breach of trust, carried out by the legislator of the DPR.

Results of research: the content of the subject of the crime under Art. 166 of the Criminal Code of the DPR, needs an extensive official interpretation. To do this, it is necessary to extend the scope of Art. 166 of the Criminal Code of the DPR on relations based on a loan agreement. The subject of fraud in the field of lending must be recognized not only as cash and non-cash funds, but also other property, as well as property rights, as defined in Art. 168 of the Civil Code of the DPR.
Analysis of the transport and logistics potentials of the municipality and the formation of strategically significant directions of its development (on the example of the Nizhnevartovsk District of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra)
Authors: Ustyuzhantseva Anastasia N. , Panenko Anna I.
Published: October 2022

The subject of research: the transport and logistics infrastructure of the municipality as a component of transport and logistics potential.

The purpose of research: based on the analysis of the transport and logistics infrastructure to identify the key areas of development of the Nizhnevartovsk district.

Methods and objects of research: the object of research is the investment potential of the municipality (Nizhnevartovsk district).General scientific methods of cognition were used in the theoretical understanding of theoretical approaches to the content of the concepts of transport and logistics potentials of territories, tabular and graphical methods were used in the analysis of transport and logistics infrastructure of Nizhnevartovsk district, methods of strategic analysis allowed to formulate key directions for the development of its transport and logistics complex. The methodology of the study is based on the analysis of official municipal statistics (presented on the official website of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation) and planning and reporting program documents of the regional and municipal levels.

Main results of research: the components of the transport and logistics potentials of the territories were identified, as well as indicators of their assessment; the main indicators of transport and logistics infrastructure as the basis of transport and logistics potential were analyzed; strengths and weaknesses, as well as opportunities and threats to the development of transport and logistics infrastructure of the district were highlighted.
Formation of the concept of crisis situation with respect to the criminal executive system
Authors: Khokhrin Sergey A.
Published: October 2022

Subject of research: the state of the national security of the Russian Federation directly depends on the degree of implementation of strategic national priorities and the effectiveness of the functioning of the national security system. One of the national priorities of the Russian Federation is the readiness of the forces and means of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia to counteract crisis situations that arise in penitentiary institutions. To date, there is no single concept of a crisis situation, which allows us to form this concept in relation to the penitentiary system.
Purpose of research: based on the analysis of the conceptual apparatus of a crisis situation, to formulate a scientifically substantiated author's concept of this phenomenon in relation to the penitentiary system.
Methods and objects of research: the article uses such general scientific research methods as: generalization, analysis and synthesis, concretization.
Main results of research: legislative indicators for the formation of the opinion of federal executive bodies and the need for in-depth development of problems related to the concept of a crisis situation are determined. The stage of developing opinions on fixing the concept under consideration in the normative acts is subjected to a detailed analysis. The legislative introduction of the concept of a crisis situation will make it possible to form a legislative framework and regulate the issues of interaction between the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia and federal executive authorities.
Study of electric drive with thyristor voltage regulator
Authors: Timoshkin Vadim V. , Popov Semen S.
Published: October 2022

In the modern world, the electric drive has tasks of different nature, depending on the application and technological process. At the moment, induction electric drives, which operate by direct start, are widely used. This method has negative factors: high starting currents at the launch; impact loads on the mechanical system. During continuous running mode of the electric motor with direct start, its resource and mechanical system is reduced. Thyristor voltage regulators is used extensively to solve this problem. Ramp generators are used for soft start, the parameters of which determine the settling time and how efficiently the peak currents and torques will be reduced.

Object of research: induction electric drive with thyristor voltage regulator.

Purpose of research: research of parameters of ramp generator for electric drive with thyristor voltage regulator.

Methods of research: numerical methods for solving differential equations, functional diagrams, control system topology, electric drive theory.

Main results of research: A generalized algorithm for the control system of thyristor voltage regulator keys is presented. An analysis was made for parameters of ramp generator in the electric drive with thyristor voltage regulator.