bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
COVID 19 pandemic: Lesson learned by South Korea and its application with India’s perspective
Authors: Sinha Smita , Chandra Rishita
Published: October 2020

A novel coronavirus named as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in December 2019, in Wuhan city of Hubei province of China, which got transmitted throughout the nation and even world. It was declared as a Public Health Emergency by WHO on January 30th 2020, due to the increase in the number of cases reported from various regions of WHO with the evidence of human to human transmission. (1)

Spread of COVID-19 across the globe: China reported first COVID-19 death on January 11th 2020.  After a few weeks, 830 cases were diagnosed in China along with 26 reported deaths. By January 20, Wuhan was placed under lockdown and China alerted other nations about its spread in various provinces. (2)

This contagious disease had spread to 24 nations outside China-Hong Kong-Macau, by 2nd February.  About 172 countries and regions were engulfed by this virus by March 25, 2020. (3) Globally over 3,308,643 cases have been confirmed, over 234,123 deaths have been reported, and around 1,042,981 have recovered as on 30th April 2020. (4)

Controlling the Pandemic COVID 19: success story of the Republic of Korea: Initially, one country which successfully stood out from the rest of the world was South Korea. The country confirmed its first few cases in late January and then reported a surge in the cases a few weeks later. The country was exploded with cases in dozens to hundreds to thousands during late February and early March and launched drive-through testing centers and massive contact tracing.

Almost 909 new cases were identified in a single day of February 29th 2020 and was reported at peak. This data brought the country with 50 million population on the verge of a deluge. But the number of new cases was halved within a time period of just a week. The number of cases reduced to half within four days, and it halved, again the following day. (5)
Building the Capacity of African Health Sciences Librarians in the Development and Conduct of Systematic Reviews
Authors: Kinengyere Alison Annet , Hussein Haruna , Ssenono Richard , Mallya Rehema Chande
Published: October 2020

While African health sciences librarians’ role as expert searchers is widely recognized, they have much more to contribute to supporting the development and conduct of systematic reviews. Research evidence has indicated that the librarians rarely participate in the development and conduct of systematic reviews because they are either not called upon to be part, or do not have the skills to participate. Moreover, few librarians who have participated are from outside Africa. Keeping this in mind, the Network of African Medical Librarians (NAML) conducted a pre-AHILA Conference training workshop to introduce participants, specifically the librarians, to the systematic review process. The regional conference for health librarians took place in Ibadan, Nigeria from 14-18 October 2019. This paper evaluates the impact of training of African health sciences librarians in the conduct of systematic reviews. Participants' evaluation feedback was collected using pre and post-training surveys. A mixed-method was employed to gather and analyze both quantitative and qualitative data. The results indicated that the main barriers to librarians’ participation in systematic reviews were lack of skills due to insufficient training and lack of time. This paper is expected to encourage the librarians to advocate for further skills development, in addition to their normal information searching roles. Their participation in the systematic review process would make them, not just relevant but dependable collaborators of systematic review teams, as they participate in improving systematic review reporting.
Cognitive behaviour therapy with compulsive hoarding: a single case study
Authors: Aasma Yousaf  , Rukhsana Kausar  , Iram Fatima
Published: October 2020

Abstract

The current case study used cognitive behaviour treatment (CBT) for the management of a 35-year-old, married man who presented with complaint of compulsive hoarding. The complaint of compulsive hoarding (excessive acquisition, difficulty in discarding saved material and cluttering) was accompanied by feeling of anger, sad mood, low confidence, decreased sleep and appetite, poor problem solving ability, indecisiveness and interpersonal conflicts. The study was approved by the institutional research committee (Departmental Doctoral Programme Committee) and followed by the university research committee (Advance Studies and Review Board) as academic requirement for the duration of 2013-2020. Written consent was also taken from the individual to publish the results of the case. Twenty-eight CBT sessions of one-hour duration were conducted, over a period of six months. Continuous...
The accessory fallopian tube, a rare Mullerian duct anomaly: two case report
Authors: Ibrahim Kale
Published: October 2020

Abstract

We describe two cases of accessory fallopian tubes which did not compromise fertilisation and were asymptomatic; the condition is rather rare. Both the cases were discovered during Caesarean sections; the first case featured accessory fallopian tubes attached to both the main tubes, while in the second case, two accessory tubes were attached to the right main tube. The fallopian tube is where fertilisation takes place; the zygote then proceeds to the uterine cavity. An accessory fallopian tube is a rare congenital anomaly; the tube is usually attached to the ampullary region of a principal tube. Accessory tubes are usually asymptomatic, rarely causing infertility, pyosalpingitis, tortion, and ectopic pregnancies.

Key Words: Accessory fallopian tube, tubal duplication, fallopian tube, Mullerian duct anomaly. Continuous...
A case report of abdominal sponge in ileum in a patient with intestinal obstruction
Authors: Ammar Ahmed Siddique
Published: October 2020

Abstract

A 36-year-old woman presented in the emergency department of East Surgical Ward of MAYO Hospital Lahore, Pakistan, in August 2019 with compliant of abdominal pain and vomiting for the past five days. The patient had a history of three Caesarean sections, the last one three years back. Off and on, she experienced abdominal pain and distension which was relieved after taking local medicines. She had no comorbid conditions and her baseline investigations were normal. On examination she had tachycardia with pulse 110/min and her whole abdomen was tender with exaggerated bowel sounds. X ray of the abdomen showed multiple air fluid levels in the small intestine. Exploration plan was made; a distended segment of ileum was later found to have abdominal sponge inside its lumen. Continuous...
COERÊNCIA REFERENCIAL E ORDEM ORACIONAL
Authors: Cavalcante Sávio André de Souza , Coan Márluce
Published: October 2020

Tomando por base o fenômeno da coerência referencial tal como entendido por Givón (1995; 2001b), analisamos suas consequências sintáticas na combinação de cláusulas. Com apoio em teorias funcionalistas que defendem a articulação de cláusulas em termos de gradiência (HAIMAN; THOMPSON, 1984; HOPPER; TRAUGOTT, 2003; GIVÓN, 2001b), descrevemos e analisamos 596 Cláusulas Hipotáticas Temporais do Corpus Sociolingüístico de la Ciudad de México (CSCM) e testamos a hipótese de Givón (1995; 2001b) sobre continuidade referencial em cláusulas mais integradas às que se articulam, observando a posição (anteposta, intercalada, posposta), seu tipo (desenvolvida, reduzida) e seus sujeitos (correferenciais ou não aos de suas nucleares). Nossos resultados mostram a atuação do princípio de marcação e sua dependência ao contexto (GIVÓN, 1995; 2001a) e do princípio de expressividade (DUBOIS; VOTRE, 2012), principalmente no uso de cláusulas intercaladas, formas menos marcadas nesse contexto, por expressarem maior coerência referencial do que as antepostas e pospostas. Concluímos que a combinação de orações serve a propósitos discursivos, mobilizando a coerência referencial no discurso, cujos meios sintáticos são expressos em cláusulas mais integradas à sua nuclear.
CLÁUSULAS ADVERBIAIS DESGARRADAS NA LÍNGUA ORAL DE MARIANA (MG)
Authors: Sampaio Danúbia
Published: October 2020

Embasando-se teoricamente em pressupostos funcionalistas, o presente artigo tem como objetivo descrever as cláusulas adverbiais, em especial as cláusulas adverbiais desgarradas, de um corpus constituído de dados da modalidade oral da língua portuguesa contemporânea do município de Mariana (MG). Esta análise, de base funcionalista, foi vinculada a fatores de ordem social para a classificação dos informantes, dentre os quais se destaca o fator rede social fraca e forte, conforme pensamento e metodologia de Milroy (1987) e Milroy (1992). Foram entrevistados quatro informantes marianenses de cada uma dessas redes em duas localidades do município de Mariana, de acordo com as faixas etárias e sexo. Na Rede Universitária, a ocorrência de cláusulas adverbiais foi mais expressiva, já que do total de unidades informacionais dessa rede foram identificadas 431 cláusulas adverbiais, enquanto que na Rede de Familiares foram identificadas 390 cláusulas desse tipo. Em relação ao número de ocorrências de cláusulas adverbiais desgarradas no corpus, os resultados apontaram que o fenômeno do desgarramento se manifestou com mais frequência na rede social forte. Os fatores sociais idade e sexo pareceram não ter relevância para a construção das cláusulas adverbiais desgarradas nas entrevistas realizadas.
SEMIPRODUTIVIDADE CONSTRUCIONAL
Authors: De Oliveira Ximenes Dayanne , Pinheiro Diogo
Published: October 2020

A literatura em Gramática de Construções Baseada no Uso – entendida aqui como a vertente cognitivo-funcional da Gramática de Construções – menciona três mecanismos possíveis para explicar como o falante evita a supergeneralização: o conhecimento gramatical, o enraizamento e o bloqueio estatístico. Este artigo busca avaliar a realidade psicológica de cada um desses mecanismos a partir da análise de uma construção específica do português brasileiro: a Construção de Complementação Sentencial (por exemplo, “Ela disse que sairia”). Após uma análise baseada em corpus, da qual derivamos três hipóteses relativas à representação mental da construção em pauta, relatamos um experimento de produção induzida. Os resultados confirmam a atuação de um mecanismo baseado em conhecimento gramaticale de um mecanismo baseado em conhecimento estatístico em termos de enraizamento. Por outro lado, não foi possível comprovar a atuação do bloqueio estatístico.
A CONDIÇÃO DE DISTINTIVIDADE NA VARIAÇÃO DO SUJEITO PRONOMINAL DE PRIMEIRA PESSOA DO SINGULAR EM CARTAS ESCRITAS POR UM CAPIXABA
Authors: Massariol Caroliny , Yacovenco Lilian
Published: October 2020

No presente estudo, por meio de uma análise sociofuncionalista (NEVES, 1999; GÖRSKI; TAVARES, 2013), observamos o efeito da ambiguidade sobre a variação do sujeito pronominal em 33 cartas pessoais escritas por um capixaba. Utilizamos como base deste estudo os apontamentos de Kiparsky (1972 apud POPLACK, 1980) acerca da condição de distintividade; os estudos de Paredes Silva (1988) e de Duarte (1993), sobre a variação da expressão do sujeito pronominal; os pressupostos teóricos da Sociolinguística Variacionista, de Labov (2008 [1972]); a Sociolinguística histórica de Hernàndez-Campoy; Schilling (2012) e de Conde Silvestre (2007); o detalhamento de Guy e Zilles (2007) sobre o pacote de programas Varbrul. Verificamos nas cartas manuscritas que contextos de ambiguidade morfológica e contextual favorecem o uso do sujeito pronominal explícito, ratificando, assim, a condição de distintividade proposta por Kiparsky (1972 apud POPLACK, 1980).
A MATERIALIZAÇÃO PROSÓDICA DE ESTRUTURAS DESGARRADAS COMPARADA A DE TÓPICOS E CLIVAVAS
Authors: Barros Gonçalves Ana Carolina , Silvestre Aline
Published: October 2020

Decat (1999; 2009; 2011) postula o fenômeno do desgarramento e afirma que o uso de estruturas “soltas” funciona como estratégia de focalização para atender a objetivos comunicativos e discursivos, sendo comparável à topicalização e à clivagem. Com base nisto, este trabalho objetiva averiguar se estruturas desgarradas apresentam pistas prosódicas que as assemelhem às já descritas para tópicos e clivadas no Português do Brasil, fornecendo evidência fonológica à estratégia sintática. Para tal, são utilizados os pressupostos teóricos da Fonologia Prosódica (NESPOR; VOGEL, 1986) e da Fonologia Entoacional (PIERREHUMBERT, 1980; LADD, 2008) e analisadas gravações feitas com base em exemplos retirados de Decat (2011). A análise, feita no programa computacional PRAAT (BOESMA; WEENICK, 2015), verificou os parâmetros acústicos de frequência fundamental (F0), pausa e duração em estruturas desgarradas e em estruturas anexadas formalmente à oração matriz, a fim de que se pudesse proceder à comparação dos dados. Os resultados revelam que o “contorno final” e a presença de pausa, descritos por Decat (2011) como possivelmente caracterizadores de cláusulas desgarradas, são traços comuns em todas as estruturas analisadas e não evidenciam, fonologicamente, o desgarramento. Entretanto, uma maior duração das pausas antes das desgarradas pode ser indício de uma estrutura sintaticamente diversa.
CONSTRUÇÕES CONTRASTIVAS ACONTECE QUE E LOGO EU
Authors: Dias Nilza , Araújo Jocineia , Pacheco Priscilla
Published: October 2020

Neste artigo, propomo-nos a analisar as construções contrastivas acontece que e logo eu/tu, não prototípicas, com base em modelos centrados no uso. O efeito de contraste estabelecido entre os segmentos A e B, em construções prototípicas, resulta de uma quebra de expectativa (não) inferencial, percebida como desigualdade. Utilizamo-nos da proposta de valor semântico da conjunção prototípica mas, de Neves (2011), como exemplar representativo do valor de contraste, para verificar quais relações semânticas são instanciadas pelas construções em foco. Verificaremos, nas amostras selecionadas, os domínios cognitivos chunking (agrupamento) e categorização (BYBEE, 2016). Os dados de acontece que são selecionados em entrevistas da modalidade falada, e logo eu/tu, em amostras de redes sociais e de modalidade falada. Os resultados mostram que acontece que instancia a maior parte das características do conector prototípico mas, enquanto logo eu/tu aponta somente para duas relações semânticas. Ambos instanciam um chunking que nos leva a considerá-los como parte dos conectores de contraste.
TURBULENT NATURAL CONVECTION AND RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER IN SQUARE ISOTROPIC SCATTERING MEDIUM
Authors: TEKKALMAZ Mesut
Published: October 2020

The influence of turbulent natural convection and thermal radiation in a differentially heated square enclosure is numerically investigated. The enclosure is heated from the right wall and cooled from the left wall. The other walls are assumed to be adiabatic. The Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) formulation was employed for analyzing turbulent flows together with a Realizable k– model. In addition, the discrete ordinates method (DOM) was used to solve the radiative transfer equation (RTE). Influence of Rayleigh number (Ra), optical thickness (), Planck number (Pl), scattering albedo () and wall emissivity ( ) parameters were studied numerically on square enclosure for the flow and temperature distribution. It is interesting to note that a detailed parametric study focusing on characterizing parameters in turbulent natural convection and radiation was rarely dealt with in details. Solutions were obtained for a range of Rayleigh numbers varying from 109 to 1012. It was found that the radiation heat transfer alters the characteristics of flow fields in the enclosure. Increasing the optical thickness results in a decrease in combined heat transfer for a fixed Rayleigh number and the maximum of heat transfer occurred for low optical thickness with radiation presence. =87.796 and 82.351 is obtained for =0.2 and 5, respectively (Ra=1010, Pl=0.02 and =0). The heat transfer increases with decreasing Planck number, and decreases with the increasing scattering albedo. =445.837 and 68.100 is obtained for Pl=0.001 and 10, respectively (Ra=1010, =1 and =0). When the active walls are black and the insulated walls are reflected, =85.507 is obtained for Ra=1010, Pl=0.02, =1 and =0.
RCCI BİR MOTORDA FARKLI GİRİŞ SICAKLIKLARI İÇİN DİREKT ENJEKSİYON ZAMANLAMASI İLE YANMA FAZININ KONTROLÜ
Authors: SOLMAZ Hamit , İPCİ Duygu
Published: October 2020

Karayolu ulaştırma sektörü için emisyon regülasyonlarının giderek sıkılaşması, içten yanmalı motorlarda yeni emisyon azaltma tekniklerinin uygulanmasını zorunlu kılmaktadır. Egzoz emisyonlarının azaltılabilmesi için yanma sonrasında veya yanma sırasında birtakım önlemler alınması gerekmektedir. Düşük sıcaklık yanma çevrimleri hem düşük emisyon seviyeleri hem de yüksek enerji dönüşüm oranı sağlamaları nedeniyle popüler bir araştırma konusudur. Reaktif kontrollü sıkıştırma ile ateşlemeli (RCCI) yanma modu diğer düşük sıcaklık yanma modlarına göre yanma fazının daha kontrol edilebilir olması ve daha geniş bir çalışma aralığı sunabilmesi bakımından avantajlıdırlar. Ancak RCCI modunda motorun her çalışma şartında en yüksek verimi sağlayabilmesi için direkt enjeksiyon püskürtme başlangıcının anlık olarak kontrol edilmesi gerekir. Bu çalışmada sıkıştırma oranı 9,2 olan direkt enjeksiyonlu bir benzin motoru RCCI modda çalıştırılarak, püskürtme başlangıcı yanma fazının (KA50) anlık değişimine göre kontrol edilmiş ve farklı giriş sıcaklıkları için püskürtme avans haritası ile çalışma haritaları elde edilmiştir. En geniş çalışma aralığı 80°C giriş sıcaklığında sağlanmıştır. Minimum özgül yakıt tüketimi 232,3 g/kWh olarak ölçülmüştür. Kullanılan motorun sıkıştırma oranı çok düşük olmasına rağmen özgül yakıt tüketimi değerlerinin oldukça düşük olması yanma fazı kontrolünün başarılı olduğunun bir göstergesidir
A CONCISE ANALYTICAL TREATMENT OF ELASTIC RESPONSE OF A COOLING TWO-LAYER SOLID CYLINDER WITH DIFFERENT END AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
Authors: AKIŞ Tolga , ERASLAN Ahmet
Published: October 2020

Analytical models are developed to estimate the transient elastic response of cooling two-layer solid cylinders with different end and boundary conditions. Such cylinders contain two layers that are in perfect contact. The hot assembly loses energy from its surface to either zero ambient by convection or by a prescribed lower surface temperature. In any case, as the cooling takes place slowly, the problem is amenable to use of the uncoupled theory of elasticity. A generalized plane strain solution is derived and then reduced to the state of plane strain by simply setting the axial strain equal to zero. The results of these solutions revealed that the radial and circumferential stresses remain unchanged by end conditions when the boundaries are free. However, in case of plane strain, the axial stress becomes the dominant stress component and it is much larger than that in free ends. Radially constrained boundaries create very large stresses in the assembly but the corresponding stress state is far away from yielding
THE EFFECT OF STEFAN FLOW ON THE MODELS OF DROPLET EVAPORATION
Authors: AKKUS Yigit
Published: October 2020

Droplet evaporation has been widely studied in the literature due to its key role in various applications in science and industry. The problem of droplet evaporation involves various mechanisms in both liquid and vapor phases together with the interface separating them. Modeling of this multiphase problem is not straightforward thereof studied by many researchers but in every time a few different contributing mechanisms could be highlighted. One of the pieces of this puzzle is undoubtedly the Stefan flow, which is always present during the evaporation of a liquid to an insoluble surrounding gas, yet the number of studies exploring its individual contribution to the evaporation remain very restricted. In the current study, the effect of Stefan flow is assessed by employing a recent state-of-the-art model that accounts for all pertinent physics of droplet evaporation. Results reveal that Stefan flow can be responsible for 17% of total evaporation when the droplet is placed on a high temperature substrate. Moreover, it is shown that lower performance of diffusion based models (in gas phase) can be greatly enhanced by incorporating the effect of Stefan flow into the interfacial mass flux equation. In addition, performances of existing purely diffusion and diffusion and Stefan flow based correlations in the prediction of evaporation rates are elucidated. Last but not least, under varying humidity of the surrounding gas, contribution of individual transport mechanisms in gas phase to the total evaporation rate is found to be unaffected. Based on this result, it is hypothesized that contributions of Stefan flow and natural convection have a linear dependence on the contribution of sole diffusion. The current study clearly demonstrated that Stefan flow considerably enhances the evaporation rate of droplets, especially in the case of high substrate heating. Therefore, future studies on the topic should account for the Stefan flow during the modeling of droplet evaporation.
The Promising Future of Nanomedicine
Authors: Gupta Shweta
Published: October 2020

The introduction of nanomedicine and its evolution in recent times have brought about promising development in the field of medicine
Cognition and Perception About Tooth Brush Maintenance and its Contamination
Authors: Mary A. Vinita , Kesavan R. , Maheswari R. Hema , Keerthi Jasti , Priyavadhani S. Jenisha , Zinnerah S. Fathima
Published: October 2020

Introduction: Good oral health is essential for everyone; it can be achieved by proper brushing. The continuous usage of tooth brush leads to contamination, so the disinfection of toothbrush plays an important role in maintenance of toothbrush.Aim: This study was aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and awareness about the toothbrush maintenance and its contamination among the general population in India.Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted using self-administered questionnaire, through Google forms, due to pandemic situation, among 510 people from the age group of 20-60 years old in India. Statistics was done and tabulated.Results: On knowledge about tooth brush maintenance, 83% of the participants agreed to the fact that usage of tooth brush is related to oral hygiene. In response to frequency of brushing 62% responded as they brush once a day. On concept of sharing toothbrush 91.8% responded that they don’t share their tooth brush while 4.1% agreed to share their toothbrush. About 74% participants responded as bacteria is responsible for tooth brush contamination. Regarding to the usage of pre brushing mouthwash, 71.2% reported as they don’t use it and remaining 28.8% were aware of using it.Conclusion: Thus, awareness and knowledge level regarding toothbrush maintenance and its contamination among people was found to be low, which can be improved by community oral health programmes.
Proton Pump Inhibitors : The Controversies to Consider
Authors: Nasir M , Rahman AFM M
Published: October 2020

Heartburn is ailing the masses. By one estimate. 20% of the Western population experiences acid reflux at least once a week and shelling out buckets of cash S25.6 billion worldwide in 2008 to alleviate those hot, sour. acidic pains in the chest. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) am one of the most commonly prescribed classes of medications in the primary care setting and are considered a major advance in the treatment of acid-peptic diseases. Since the introduction of omeprazok in 1989. several other PPIs have become available in combating various acid-peptic disorders, including gastroesophageal reflux disease, peptic ulcer disease, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced gastropathy. The intravenous form of pantoprazole is now available. and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the newest dexlansoprazole in 2012. Although H2 blockers are less expensive thanPPIs, but PPIs provide superior acidsuppression, healing rates and symptom relief.Therefore, PPIs may be more cost-effectivethan H2 blockers. especially in patients withmore severe acid-peptic disorders, because oftheir lower and less frequent dosingrequirements and their comparatively shorterduration of required therapy.
Prevalence of Dental Caries Among Paediatric Patients in Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital
Authors: Tauhid F , Rahman Md. A , Nessa J , Begum S , Saifuddin Md.
Published: October 2020

A cross sectional, descriptive study was done to find the incidence of dental caries among paediatric patients by age, oral hygiene and correlation to the parent's occupation, education status. Total 400 children aged 2-12 years who attended the Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital, Dhaka during the study period were included in the study. Among them the number of boys and girls were 194 (48.5%) and 206 (51.5%) respectively. The children of 6-7 years old had the highest caries score both for primary and permanent teeth. It indicated that children at this age group were more vulnerable to dental caries. It may be because they were too young to take care of their teeth at the same time their parents may not aware about the information regarding eruption time of permanent teeth in the mouth. The study results also revealed that parent's occupation had a great impact on their oral hygiene status where the business and teaching occupation had a negative and positive influence on their children respectively. Therefore, education may have a great role about maintaining better life-style.
Hypertension an Important Risk Factor for Stroke : A Study of 100 Cases in A Tertiary Care Hospital
Authors: Kamal A H M , Hossain K , Khuda K E
Published: October 2020

Stroke is one of the commonest causes of death and disability in the world. Early detection and correction of risk factors, particularly the major and modifiable risk factors is the mainstay of controlling stroke. The present cross sectional hospital based study was carried out on 100 patients in Holy Family Red crescent Medical College Hospital to evaluate the correlation of hypertension with stroke as an important risk factor and the result of the study was compared with similar types of studies carried out at home and abroad. One hundred hospitalized patients of stroke were chosen randomly for the study. Male patients were more than female with ratio of 1.93:1. Majority of stroke patients were elderly 50 years and above (88%). Most of the patients came from middle and higher socioeconomic status. Hypertension was observed as the most common (82%) risk factor for stroke. Among them most of the patients were known hypertensive (90%) but were getting irregular treatment and only 10 percent cases were newly diagnosed. Most of the patients were hypertensive for 1-5 years.
Awareness About Role of Life Style In Controlling Diabetes Mellitus Amoung The Visitors In A Tertiary Level Hospital
Authors: Mazid A , Anwar K S , Nasreen A , Begum M , Khan Md. S H
Published: October 2020

The cross-sectional descriptive study was done from December 2011 to February 2012 to determine the awareness about lifestyle in controlling diabetes mellitus among the visitors of a tertiary level hospital in Dhaka city. The data were collected by face to face interview using a structured questionnaire. The sample size was 306, which was selected randomly from visitors aged 21 years and above. The mean age of the respondents was 42.97 years, of them 53.60% were male and 46.40 % were female. 231 (75.49%) tested their blood for diabetes, of them 84.42% tested within one year; about 51(17%) respondents were diabetic. Of the diabetic 49.02% was suffering for 1-5 years, and 35.29% for more than 5 years; of the 51 diabetic respondents, 90.12% controlled diet, 88.23% did physical exercise, 72.95% took prescribed medicine and 70.55% took all the measures while 9.80% did nothing for management or control of diabetes. Of the respondents, 19.28% had family history of diabetes. Regarding risk factors for developing diabetes 77.45% mentioned excess intake of sweetmeat, 69.28% lack of exercise, 55.23% family history, 53.92% overweight, 49.02% overeating, and 39.54% mentioned about life style change; 46.73% of the respondents did exercise irregularly and 12.09% regularly; 25% of the total respondent controlled diet regularly and 26.47% occasionally; 86.80% opined excess intake of sweetmeat may increase diabetes and 50.00% said excess intake of all food may increase the diabetes. The study revealed that diabetes mellitus is a multi-factorial disease, since several risk factors appear to play contributory role in its prevalence in the community. Hence, a complex mix of interventions is required at multiple levels to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with this condition.
SCI: Identificación de debilidades en almacenes de empresas agrícolas
Authors: Ariaza Santillán Marisa Aideé , Palafox Bolívar Marisol Priscila , Torres López Octavio , Castillo Mata Patricia , García Soto Gerardo
Published: October 2020

Las principales debilidades de cualquier empresa han sido la falta de un adecuado SCI que les permita lograr sus objetivos estratégicos y que, a su vez, ayude a minimizar o atenuar los riesgos a los que se encuentra expuesta. Dichas debilidades afectan también a la agroindustria por lo que este sector se analizó con el objetivo detectar las debilidades del SCI de los inventarios de varias empresas dedicadas a la venta, reparación y fabricación de maquinaria e implementos agrícolas de la región centro-sur del estado de Chihuahua con el fin de brindar soluciones de mejora al proporcionar un sistema adecuado de planificación. La investigación tuvo una duración de cuatro meses, consistió en una fase documental y otra de campo, en campo se realizó una encuesta a 32 trabajadores que intervienen en el proceso de control del almacén. Los resultados fueron analizados y aplicados para generar alternativas de solución a la misma.
Estado del conocimiento del enfoque educativo por competencias en México
Authors: Montiel González Irais Cleopatra , Placido Juárez Luca , Soriano Fonseca Jesús , Enríquez García Fabián
Published: October 2020

Existe gran diversidad de concepciones sobre el enfoque por competencias, algunos teóricos lo presentan como la solución y atención a las necesidades educativas con un sustento claro metodológico para su práctica, pero también se observa que el enfoque por competencias ha tenido problemas en su implementación y operatividad debido a las diferentes conceptualizaciones sobre las competencias educativas, lo que generó la crítica que plantea las dificultades, utopías, desventajas e incluso en algunas de ellas la imposibilidad del logro del desarrollo de dicho enfoque. Para generar la información se realizó una investigación bibliográfica exhaustiva bajo las directrices educativas del nuevo orden a nivel mundial. En la gestión del modelo por competencias, los resultados son distintos en cada nación precisamente porque los factores económicos, políticos y sociales no son iguales.
ACUTE NEUROLOGIC/PSYCHIATRIC PRESENTATION [ANPP] IN HOSPITALIZED HIV INFECTED PATIENTS
Authors: ZG Habib , AG Habib
Published: October 2020

Background: There are limitations to diagnosing opportunistic infections and diseases etiologically in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection in much of sub- Saharan Africa. World Health Organization advocates syndromic management approach although certain presentations may have adverse outcome. Objectives: To determine the Prevalence of Acute Neurologic/Psychiatric disorders in Hospitalised HIVinfected patients. Methods: Prospective hospital based study involving patients admitted to adult medical wards at AKTH, Kano, Nigeria over a 6- month period between April and Sept 2005. Acute Neurologic / Psychiatric Presentation [ANPP] was defined by focal deficit, meningism or meningitis, seizures, confusion or recent onset psychiatric ailment. Outcome was evaluated at discharge as dead or alive. Results: A total of 437 patients were admitted in the period. Of the 257 patients with known HIV status 107 (42%) were infected and 43 of them died. At admission most patients were neither on ART nor on co-trimoxazole prophylaxis. Half of those whom were HIV positive had ANPP. There was no difference in gender, mean length of stay, hematocrit and CD4 cell counts between infected patients with and without ANPP (p>0.05) Conclusion: ANPP occurred in half of hospitalized HIV positive patients. Syndromic care might be a sub-optimal approach to management of ANPPin HIV infected patients. Early recognition, aetiologic diagnosis and referral / management in tertiary facility should be emphasized and improved for ANPPin HIVpositive patients.
DENTAL TREATMENT DEMANDS AMONG PATIENTS IN JIGAWA NORTHWEST NIGERIAPAGE 109 CALIPHATE MEDICAL JOURNAL Vol. 1 No. 4, October - December 2013 ISSN: 2346-7193.I
Authors: OA Taiwo , MO Yusuf , MO Agbaje , WL Adeyemo , WO Olawole , OA Alabi
Published: October 2020

Background:ObjectiveMethodResult Oral health is a critical but an overlooked component of overall health and well-being among children and adults. The detrimental consequences of dental disease have been well documented in the literature. Huge differences exist between actual dental service utilization and oral health needs in several resource constraint nations of sub-Saharan Africa. Hence, most patients seek treatment for symptomatic relief of pain and sometimes devastating life
TUMOURS OF OROFACIAL REGION IN ZARIA NIGERIA: A SEVEN YEAR REVIEW
Authors: A Mohammed , U Mohammed , N Abubakar
Published: October 2020

BACKGROUND: Research and literature on orofacial tumours are seldom reported in this part of the world. This study will describe the histopathological features of orofacial tumours seen in a tertiary institution in northern Nigeria. AIMS/OBJECTIVE: To study the pattern of tumours of orofacial region in a tertiary institution in northern Nigeria and compare it with other centres. METHOD: This is a retrospective study in which surgical biopsy specimens seen over 7 year period were reviewed with respect to age, sex, site and histopathological characteristics. RESULTS: Of the 192 lesions of orofacial region that were diagnosed during the study period, there were 24(12.5%) odontogenic and 168(87.5%) of non-odontogenic tumours of which63 (32.8%) were benign and 105 (54.7%) malignant non-odontogenic tumours.The age rangefor odontogenic tumour was 12 year to 54 year, commonly seen in the second decade of life with a male to female ratio of 1.4:1. Ameloblastoma was the most common form 91.7 % .The benign non- odontogenic tumour consist of epithelial (30.2%), vascular tumours (30.2%), bone tumours (23.8%), fibrous and adipose tissue tumours (12.7%)) and neurogenic tumours(3.2%). It is predominantly seen in men with a male to female ratio of 1.25:1. Their ages range from 18 years to 54 years.On the other hand of benign non-odontogenic tumous, Pleomorphic adenoma forms 19.1% Which is the most common.Malignant non-odontogenic tumours are predominantly seen in male with male to female ratio of 1.3:1 and it is commoner in fifth, fourth and third decades of life with age range of12 years to 84 years. Squamous cell carcinoma was the most common malignant non-odontogenic tumourin both males and females and these constitute44.8%. CONCLUSION:Tumours of the orofacial region are diverse and are fairly common. This study have demonstrated that squamous cell carcinoma and ameloblastoma are the most common malignant nonodontogenic and benign odontogenic tumours seen res
Inclined Slot Loaded Proximity-Coupled Microstrip Antenna for WLAN
Authors: Thomas Milind , Chelani Vikas , Ramesh Rahul , Sukumar Sanjay , Singh Saurav
Published: October 2020

The design of a miniaturized proximity-coupled microstrip antenna (PCMA) is presented here. The antenna has very small size, wide bandwidth and moderate gain and may be used as small, compact antenna for 5GHz band wireless local area network(WLAN). Simulated results using IE3D software are verified by measurement.
Automatic Braking And Evasive Steering For Active Pedestrian Safety
Authors: Jayalakshmi P. P. , Sangakavi G. , Saranya J. , Sathyapriya J. , Sudha R.
Published: October 2020

Active safety systems hold great potential for reducing accident frequency and severity by warning the driver and/or exerting automatic vehicle control ahead of crashes. This paper presents a novel active pedestrian safety system that combines sensing, situation analysis, decision making, and vehicle control. The sensing component is based on stereo vision, and it fuses the following two complementary approaches for added robustness: 1) motion-based object detection and 2) pedestrian recognition. The highlight of the system is its ability to decide, within a split second, whether it will perform automatic braking or evasive steering and reliably execute this maneuver at relatively high vehicle speed (up to 50 km/h). We obtained a significant benefit in detection performance and improved lateral velocity estimation by the fusion of motion-based object detection and pedestrian recognition.
Overview of Honeypot Security System for E-Banking
Authors: Shirbhate Prajakta , Dhamankar Vaishnavi , Kshirsagar Aarti , Deshpande Purva , Kapse Smita
Published: October 2020

This paper presents a proactive defense scheme based on Honeypot security system (HPSS). We propose an improved approach based on Intruder Detector System (IDS) which enhances the security of cyber. HPSS provide improved attack prevention, detection and reaction information, drawn from the log files and other information captured in the process. Honeypot security system can be best defined as follows: “A honeypot is a security resource whose value lies in being probed, attacked or compromised.[1] However, the electronic banking system users still face the security risks with unauthorized access into their banking accounts by non-secure electronic transaction hence it need to build reliable system which holds the identity of both the sender and the receiver.”
EVALUASI PENERAPAN SISTEM KEUANGAN DESA (SISKEUDES) DI KECAMATAN KABILA
Authors: Mooduto William Indra S.
Published: October 2020

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah: 1) untuk mengetahui  penerapan Sistem Ke-uangan Desa (Siskeudes) di Kecamatan kabila Kabupaten Bone Bolango; 2) untuk mengetahui apa saja faktor penghambat dan faktor pendukung dalam penerapan sistem keuangan desa (Siskeudes) di Kecamatan Kabila.

Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dan jenis penelitian deskriptif dengan menggunakan teknik pengumpulan data melalui observasi, wawancara mendalam  dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data  dilakukan me-lalui tahapan reduksi data, penyajian data dan penarikan kesimpulan.

Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa: 1) penerapan Sistem Keuangan Desa (siskeudes) membantu pemerintah desa dalam mengelola keuangan de-sa; 2) Sistem Keuangan Desa (Siskeudes) diterapkan pada tahun 2017; 3) pro-ses penggunaan aplikasi Sistem Keuangan Desa di Kecamatan Kabila sudah dilaksanakan secara terstruktur dan sesuai prosedur. Faktor yang mempe-ngaruhi penerapan Sistem Keuangan Desa (siskeudes). Faktor penghambat yaitu kurangnya BIMTEK aparat desa, faktor pendukung yaitu memudahkan dalam pelaporan keuangan desa. Penerapan aplikasi Sistem Keuangan Desa (siskeudes) di Kecamatan Kabila sudah berjalan dengan baik. Dalam hal ini kualitas Sumber Daya Manusia (SDM) harus sangat di perhatikan karena dapat berdampak pada kualitas laporan keuangan yang akan di hasilkan
A ceifa da gripe espanhola entre os trabalhadores pobres e os miseráveis da Bahia (1918-1919)
Authors: Souza Christiane Maria Cruz de
Published: October 2020

Este texto discorre sobre a epidemia de gripe espanhola em Salvador, capital da Bahia, Brasil. A pandemia que varreu o mundo entre 1918 e 1919 se disseminou na cidade a partir de setembro de 1918. Neste artigo objetiva-se analisar a disseminação da doença em diferentes distritos da cidade e se os efeitos da crise econômica e as condições materiais de existência da população interferiram no adoecimento e morte dos soteropolitanos, especialmente dos trabalhadores pobres e dos miseráveis. Esta reflexão se apoia em fontes primárias como jornais, artigos médicos publicados em periódicos especializados, relatórios de inspetores sanitários, livro de registro de óbitos, dentre outras.
A gripe espanhola em Portugal: a construção da memória. O trabalho médico e a assistência hospitalar
Authors: Esteves Alexandra Patrícia , Pinto Sílvia
Published: October 2020

Com este trabalho pretendemos refletir sobre a gripe espanhola em Portugal, procurando evidenciar o seu impacto na sociedade portuguesa e o papel desempenhado pelos profissionais da saúde, em particular pelos médicos, na assistência às vítimas da doença. Atingido pela primeira vaga da epidemia na primavera de 1918, o país, então governado por Sidônio Pais, já sofria as consequências da sua participação na Primeira Guerra Mundial. Era um tempo marcado por carências de toda ordem, em que as convulsões sociais davam expressão ao descontentamento e à revolta da população. O surgimento e a propagação da pneumônica puseram a nu as fragilidades do país em diversas áreas, nomeadamente, em matéria de prestação de cuidados de saúde, de assistência hospitalar, de higiene pessoal e pública. A impreparação e a incapacidade reveladas pelas autoridades administrativas e sanitárias para conter e combater a doença, apesar das medidas tomadas com esse propósito, motivaram reações violentas e geraram mesmo a desconfiança da população nas entidades públicas. Valeu, na altura, a intervenção de várias instituições, designadamente das Misericórdias, que tomaram a seu cargo a prestação de auxílio aos doentes e às respectivas famílias. Para a (re)construção da memória sobre a pneumônica, uma pandemia durante muito esquecida, e traçar um quadro mais geral da situação que se viveu em Portugal, recorremos a estudos efetuados por médicos e, em particular, à imprensa da época, reconhecido o importante papel que desempenhou, apesar da censura então vigente não apenas na transmissão de informação sobre o flagelo que afetava o país e o mundo, mas também na crítica e na denúncia do que se considerava merecer reprovação.
Análise da atividade cemiterial na qualidade da água no município de Presidente Prudente-SP
Authors: Costa Letícia Aparecida , Silva Paulo Antonio da , Antunes Patricia Alexandra
Published: October 2020

Os cemitérios são essenciais à sociedade e precisam ser analisados a fim de que possam proporcionar uma relação harmoniosa com o meio ambiente, minimizando os impactos que essa atividade pode gerar. De acordo com a potencialidade de contaminação dos cemitérios, e as alterações nos meios físico e biótico, é atribuída à atividade cemiterial um potencial impacto ambiental. O líquido liberado pela decomposição dos cadáveres, o necrochorume, é a principal causa da poluição ambiental. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo analisar a qualidade da água superficial próximo aos cemitérios do município de Presidente Prudente- SP. As análises físico-químicas e microbiológicas foram executadas em amostras de água superficiais, em pontos próximos dos cemitérios. A partir dos resultados obtidos foi possível identificar que os cemitérios do município podem proporcionar impactos ambientais negativos ao meio ambiente, causando contaminação dos recursos hídricos superficiais.
"Geografias do Sul": descentramento, transescalaridade e espacializações no pensamento miltoniano
Authors: Leite Gabriel Carvalho da Silva , Trindade Júnior Saint-Clair Cordeiro da
Published: October 2020

Nos últimos anos, o pensamento descolonial tem se afirmado como importante abordagem na ciência geográfica brasileira. Com vistas a contribuir com essa discussão contemporânea, o artigo identifica um conjunto de intelectuais cujas preocupações e reflexões se aproximaram, de alguma maneira, de problemáticas atualmente abordadas pelas “epistemologias do Sul”, definindo a vertente aqui metaforicamente nomeada de “geografias do Sul”. Após uma breve caracterização dos principais atributos dessa vertente, procura-se identificá-los nas obras de alguns importantes geógrafos brasileiros, com destaque para Milton Santos, autor cujo pensamento descentrado, transescalar e atento às geografizações da sociedade em muito tem a contribuir com a compreensão do “Sul global” no período atual.
Cadeia produtiva de frango de corte: uma análise de desempenho a partir da matriz insumo-produto de Mato Grosso do Sul
Authors: Rodrigues Wesley Osvaldo Pradella , Frainer Daniel Massen , Eduardo Antonio Sérgio
Published: October 2020

A cadeia produtiva de frango de corte em Mato Grosso do Sul apresenta uma estrutura de mercado semelhante a oligopólio, com número restrito de firmas atuantes na economia e ausência de dominação do mercado por nenhum dos agentes. Neste trabalho buscou-se analisar os efeitos de uma estrutura de mercado concentrado para o desempenho da cadeia produtiva, assim como sua relação e interação com o resto da economia estadual. A partir do background fornecido pelo modelo insumo-produto, constatou-se a baixa contribuição direta do setor para a geração e spillover dos efeitos multiplicativos do emprego (E), rendimento (R) e produção (VA). Os resultados possibilitam o melhor entendimento da cadeia produtiva de frango de corte e os reflexos de uma estrutura de mercado concentrado na economia.
Território e sujeito sertanejo: relações de poder e subalternidade no Nordeste brasileiro
Authors: Queiroz Rodrigo José de Góis
Published: October 2020

Este artigo apresenta reflexões sobre o pensamento decolonial e a perspectiva dos sujeitos subalternos na produção do território. A teoria geográfica, numa leitura relacional, é de fundamental importância para a compreensão da tensão entre as dimensões de dominação e apropriação na produção territorial, ressaltando as relações de poder no âmbito dos conflitos sociais. Damos um enfoque no entendimento dos conflitos políticos no sertão do Nordeste brasileiro, apresentando o ponto de vista dos vencidos em suas lutas sociais. Tencionamos um resgate da memória de luta dos sujeitos sertanejos, destacando suas ações espontâneas e organizadas contra a produção desigual do território em diversas frentes, como a construção da utopia sertaneja na cidade de Canudos.
Renda Básica Permanente: uma utopia possível
Authors: Salgado Lucia Helena
Published: October 2020

Conforme cresce a consciência acerca do aprofundamento do fosso de desigualdade e outros problemas estruturais contemporâneos, robustecem-se experimentos, projetos e a discussão sobre programas de renda básica. Com a eclosão da crise econômica provocada pela pandemia de COVID-19, no Brasil, como em outros países, foi implantado programa de auxílio emergencial, de curta duração (Lei 13.982/2020). A adoção dessa medida estimula o debate em torno da ideia de renda básica permanente como política pública. Examinadas brevemente as origens e diferentes versões da proposta de renda básica ao longo da história moderna, discutem-se os três mitos difundidos em torno de programas de renda básica: gerariam desestímulo ao trabalho, seu financiamento seria inviável e esbarrariam em insuperável complexidade e resistência política. Apresentam-se evidências que contrariam tais mitos, concluindo que o país dispõe de recursos financeiros e instituições para garantir renda mínima permanente a todos os brasileiros em condições de vulnerabilidade.
Food and Women in Italian Literature, Culture and Society
Authors: Bernardi Claudia , Calamita Francesca , De Feo Daniele
Published: October 2020

This book explores how women’s relationship with food has been represented in Italian literature, cinema, scientific writings and other forms of cultural expression from the 19th century to the present.

Italian women have often been portrayed cooking and serving meals to others, while denying themselves the pleasure of the table. The collection presents a comprehensive understanding of the symbolic meanings associated with food and of the way these intersect with Italian women’s socio-cultural history and the feminist movement.

From case studies on Sophia Loren and Elena Ferrante, to analyses of cookbooks by Italian chefs, each chapter examines the unique contribution Italian culture has made to perceiving and portraying women in a specific relation to food, addressing issues of gender, identity and politics of the body.