bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Review on the Aflatoxins’ Contamination of Foods and Public Health Effects among Nigerian Population
Authors: Baha’uddeen Salisu  , Siti Marwanis Anua  , Wan Rosli Wan Ishak  , Nurzafirah Mazlan
Published: December 2020

Aflatoxin in foods and feeds need adequate monitoring on account of their severe toxicity and carcinogenicity to both humans and animals. This review was aimed at examining the public health risks attributed to chronic exposure of aflatoxins in foods within Nigeria. Both the reported cases of aflatoxins in foods and biomarkers in Nigeria signified increase in dietary exposure. Aflatoxins contamination levels ranges from 1.3 ng/g to 51,192ng/g in foods with an estimated dietary exposure of 0.00017 ng/kgbw/day to 9, 880.56 ng/kgbw/day. The percentage incidence of primary liver cancer cases (PLCC) attributable to the dietary aflatoxin exposure for every 100,000 Nigerians per year ranges from 0.0024 to 708.13% between 1998 to 2008 which increases to 0.0046 to 45,602% between 2009 to 2018. The percentage incidence of PLCC signified by urine aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) levels in adults was around 0.23 – 1.29% per 100,000 population per year. In children, the estimated PLCC and stunting due to aflatoxin exposure via breast milk were 0.0019 to 237.71 cancers per 100,000 populations per year and mild to severe stunting with height-for-age z-score (HAZ) value above -3 HAZ reductions. Hence, there is need for additional monitoring of the marketed foods and implementing more stringent control and prevention strategies that reduce dietary exposure levels in Nigeria.
Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection among Tuberculosis Patients at Infectious Disease Hospital, Kano State, Nigeria
Authors: Aminu, A. I.
Published: December 2020

The epidemic of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the emergence of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains have been recognized as the most important factors contributing to increasing resurgence of tuberculosis (TB). This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of HIV among tuberculosis patients and drug sensitivity pattern of some of the mycobacterial isolates. One hundred and sixty eight (168) sputum samples from tuberculosis patients attending Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kano were collected and processed for the presence of Mycobacteria. Blood samples of the patients were also screened for the presence of HIV. The drug susceptibility test (DST) was performed using the BACTEC Mycobacteria Growth Inhibitory Test (MGIT) M960 technique. Results revealed that out of the 168 patients studied 24 (14.29%) were TB and HIV co-infected and 135 (68.88%) were males while 61 (31.12%) were females (P = 0.001). Majority of the studied cases were of the age groups 15-24 years and 25-34 years (P = 0.001). Ten (58.82%) of the 17 isolates that were subjected to DST against the first-line anti-TB drugs (isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide) were found to be resistant against the various drugs to which they were tested; out of which 7 (41.17%) exhibited a primary drug resistance pattern, 3 (17.65%) exhibited acquired drug resistance pattern and 2 (11.74%) were multi-drug resistant TB. The highest drug resistance of 23.53% was recorded against isoniazid, followed by rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide each with a resistance of 17.65%. The study recommends screening of all TB patients for early diagnosis of HIV co-infection as well as conducting DST which will inform prompt management of the infected individuals and designing appropriate treatment schedule for effective TB/HV control as well as preventing transmission of drug resistant TB.
Antibacterial Activity of Aloe vera Gel against Multidrug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Authors: Usman, A.  , Hussaini, I.M.  , Hamza, M.M.  , Sanusi, S.B.  , Idris, H.
Published: December 2020

Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been implicated as important nosocomial pathogens causing severe infections especially in hospitalized patients. The aim of the study was to assess the antibacterial activity of Aloe vera gel against multidrug resistant S. aureus and P. aeruginosa isolated from wound. Clinical isolates of S. aureus and P. aeruginosa from wound infection were collected from Microbiology laboratory of Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital (BDTH), Kaduna and re-confirmed using standard microbiological procedure. Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the isolates was determined using Kirby Bauer disk diffusion method. Aloe vera gel was obtained fresh matured leaves of Aloe vera plant and was screened for the presence of phytochemical constituents. Antibacterial activity of the Aloe vera gel against Multidrug Resistant (MDR) Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates was determined by agar well diffusion technique. The result revealed that all the two isolates were resistant to more than three classes of antibiotics. The Staphylococcus aureus isolate was resistant to fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin), aminoglycoside (gentamicin), cephalosporin (cefaroline), folate pathway antagonist (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole), penicillin(cefoxitin) and macrolide (erythromycin) while the Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate was resistant to β- lactam (ticarcillin-clavulanate), fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin), aminoglycoside (gentamicin) and cephalosporin (ceftazidime)hence regarded as MDR isolates. Phytochemical screening of the gel revealed the presence of saponins, flavonoids, terpenoids and alkaloids. The Aloe vera gel was found to have antibacterial activity against the test isolates with MIC and MBC values of 25µg/mL and 50µg/mL against MDR S. aureus 50µg/mL and 100µg/mL against MDR P. aeruginosa respectively. The study identified that Aloe vera gel possesses antibacterial activity against MDR S. aureus and P. aeruginosa isolated from wound infection.
Babesiosis in Cattle slaughtered at Zango Abattoir Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria: A Short Communication
Authors: Wada, Y  , Tijjani, M  , Abdulmalik, Y  , Wada, M
Published: December 2020

Babesiosis constitutes a major public health threat to cattle rearing in most countries, including Nigeria. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of Babesia sp. in cattle slaughtered at Zango abattoir. Blood samples were collected from 200 Cattle at slaughter in bottles containing EDTA and transported to the laboratory. A thin blood smear was made, air- dried, fixed in absolute methanol for 5 minutes and stained with 10% Giemsa. Slides were examined for Babesia spp. under oil immersion (x100) objective lens. An overall prevalence of 6.5% (13/200) was observed. Prevalence in males and females were 4.35% (3/69) and 7.63% (10/131) respectively and the differences in their prevalence rates were not significant (χ²=0.803, p value=0.370). Females had a higher chance of getting infected (OR=1.818, CI=0.483-6.838) than male (OR=0.550, CI=0.146-2.068). The prevalence in White Fulani 6.63% (12/181) was higher than that of Sokoto Gudali 5.26% (1/19) although not significant (χ²=0.053, P-Value=0.818). White Fulani had a higher chance of getting infected (OR=1.278, CI=0.157- 10.407) than Sokoto Gudali (OR=0.782, CI=0.096-6.371). The prevalence in cattle at > 8.5 years was 4.35% (3/69) as compared to 7.63 % (10/131) of cattle within 5-8.5 years. There was also no association between the age of cattle and the prevalence of Babesia (χ²=0.803, P value=0.370). Other haemoparasites observed were Anaplasma spp 16.5% (33/200), Theileriaspp11.0% (22/200) and Trypanosoma sp0.5% (1/200). This study has detected a low prevalence of Babesia in the study area. There is therefore the need for large scale studies and also studies using ELISA and PCR.
Os coletivos em cena: experiências práticas e campo de análise
Authors: Gohn Maria da Glória , Penteado Claudio Luis de Camargo , Marques Marcelo de Souza
Published: December 2020

Visando contribuir com o debate, mas também com a construção de um campo de estudos voltados à análise dos coletivos, em suas múltiplas dimensões, experiências e vivências, é que foi organizado o presente dossiê Os coletivos em cena: experiências práticas e campo de análise. Os trabalhos aqui reunidos voltam-se ao desenvolvimento de novas abordagens e categorias analíticas para: a construção de metodologias voltadas à apreensão do fenômeno, bem como à identificação das inovações (e continuidades) que os coletivos trazem para a ação coletiva, e os limites e potencialidades da ação política desses grupos; a compreensão da relação conflitiva com as institucionalidades; os estudos comparativos entre diferentes modelos de organização e atuação dos coletivos e entre os coletivos e organizações da sociedade civil; e outras formas de apreensão e análise dos coletivos.
Trajectories of violence: the border experiences of peruvian women between Tacna (Peru) and Arica (Chile)
Authors: Guizardi Menara Lube , López Contreras Eleonora , Valdebenito Felipe , Nazal Esteban
Published: December 2020

The article discusses the strategies articulated by Peruvian women in the border area between Chile and Peru to confront the historical legitimations of gender violence in this territory. In Peru, their trajectories are marked by violations, labor exploitation, kidnapping and slave labor. In Chile, other violence and discrimination (labor, documentary, sexist aggressions) persist, being supported in a discourse on the ethnic-national inferiority of Peruvians. Thus, there is a tension between social legitimacy and legal illegality, and between agency and subordination as far as gender violence is concerned. Supported by ethnographic data, we will define this tension as a process that (re) inscribes, in the vital trajectories of women, disparate forms of marginalization and border crossing.

Keywords: Gender, violence, female migration, Chile-Peru border.

 

Resumen

El artículo discute las estrategias articuladas por las mujeres peruanas de la zona fronteriza entre Chile y Perú para enfrentar las legitimaciones históricas de la violencia de género en este territorio. En Perú, sus trayectorias están marcadas por violaciones, explotación laboral, secuestro y trabajo esclavo. En Chile, otras violencias y discriminaciones (laborales, documentales, agresiones machistas) persisten, siendo apoyadas en un discurso sobre la inferioridad étnico-nacional de las peruanas. Se observa, así, una tensión entre legitimidad social e ilegalidad jurídica, y entre agencia y subordinación en lo que concierne a la violencia de género. A partir de datos etnográficos, definiremos esta tensión como un proceso que (re)inscribe, en las trayectorias vitales de las mujeres, formas dispares de marginación y cruce fronterizo.

Palabras clave: Violencia, género, migración femenina, frontera Chile-Perú.

 

Resumo

O artigo discute as estratégias articuladas pelas mulheres peruanas na zona fronteiriça entre Chile e Peru para enfrentar a legitimidade histórica da violência de gênero neste território. No Peru, suas trajetórias são marcadas por estupro, exploração laboral, sequestro e trabalho escravo. No Chile, outras formas de violência e discriminação (laborais, documentais, agressões machistas) persistem e são apoiadas por um discurso sobre a inferioridade étnica e nacional das mulheres peruanas. Assim, existe uma tensão entre legitimidade social e ilegalidade legal, e entre agência e subordinação em relação à violência de gênero. A partir de dados etnográficos, definiremos esta tensão como um processo que (re)inscreve, nas trajetórias vitais das mulheres, formas díspares de marginalização e de passagem de fronteiras.

Palavras-chave: Violência, gênero, migração feminina, fronteira Chile-Peru.
Economia e Política em Wolfgang Streck
Authors: Del Passo Octávio Fonseca
Published: December 2020

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STRECK, Wolfgang (2018), Tempo comprado. A crise adiada do capitalismo democrático. São Paulo, Boitempo, 235p.
Gladiador
Authors: Reis Maurício de Novais
Published: December 2020

Poema
Implementation of Leadership Style in Increasing Local Government Innovation
Authors: Wahid Nur , Sangkala Sangkala , Sadik Nur , Nara Nurdin
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this study is to determine the implementation of leadership styles in increasing local government innovation. This research method is based on the approach used in this study is a qualitative approach. This research was conducted in North Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi Province, to be precise at the Regent Office of North Luwu Regency. Data collection was carried out through observation and interviews. The results showed that the leader has carried out his function as a spokesman. The output of the aforementioned activities has brought the good name of the North Luwu Regency Government as a regency that has the ability to speak professionally, where organizing international and national scale events require optimal lobbying and negotiations. The implementation of the leader in giving natural rewards to employees turns out to be able to improve performance and motivation on the pretext that the work given is an award because not everyone is able to complete the job well, on the other hand, employees feel that tasks that can be completed properly are opportunities for further increase his potential and competence so that it will be easier to get strategic positions in the future. Leaders play a role in creating a positive mindset towards developing potential employees from various dimensions, namely the dimensions of HR development, the dimensions of skill development, and the dimensions of decision making.
KAJIAN KOHESI DAN KOHERENSI DALAM KARANGAN NARASI INFORMATIF SISWA KELAS XI MIPA 2 SMA NEGERI 1 KERINCI
Authors: Susmita Nelvia
Published: December 2020

Penelitian ini berawal dari hasil observasi yang dilaksanakan di SMA Negeri 1 Kerinci, diketahui bahwa  siswa bisa menuangkan ide atau gagasannya dalam bentuk karangan narasi, hanya saja karangan yang dihasilkan belum sepenuhnya bisa dikatakan karangan yang utuh dikarenakan siswa tidak memperhatikan  kepaduan unsur bahasa dalam karangannya, sehingga tulisan menjadi tidak kohesif dan koherensif. Penelitian ini bertujuan  untuk mendeskripsikan jenis penanda kohesi dan koherensi yang terdapat dalam karangan narasi informatif siswa kelas XI MIPA 2 SMA Negeri 1 Kerinci. Teori yang dijadikan landasan untuk menganalisis kohesi dan koherensi dalam penelitian ini adalah yang dikemukakan oleh Tarigan (2009), Kasupardi, dkk (2010), Meleong (2017),  Chaer (2014), Dalman (2015), dan Burhan (2010). Sumber data dalam penelitian ini yaitu siswa kelas XI MIPA 1 sedangkan data berupa karangan narasi informatif karya siswa kelas XI MIPA 2 SMA Negeri 1 Kerinci. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan yaitu penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan yaitu instrumen pengumpulan data berupa observasi dan tes mengarang, serta instrumen analisis data berupa peneliti sendiri.  Hasil penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa (1) Jenis penanda terdiri atas penanda kohesi gramatikal dan kohesi leksikal. Kohesi gramatikal terdiri atas referensi, substitusi, elipsis, dan konjungsi. Jenis penanda kohesi leksikal terdiri atas reiterasi (repetisi, sinonim, hiponim, dan ekuivalensi), kolokasi, dan antonim. (2) Jenis penanda koherensi terdiri atas penanda koherensi hubungan sebab-akibat, hubungan sarana-hasil, hubungan sarana-tujuan, hubungan latar-kesimpulan, hubungan kelonggaran-hasil, hubungan syarat-hasil, hubungan parafrastis, hubungan aditif (simultan dan berurutan), hubungan identifikasi, dan hubungan generik-spesifik.
KONTRIBUSI KELINCAHAN DAN KELENTUKAN DALAM OLAHRAGA SEPAK BOLA TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR PENJASKES MURID KELAS I SDN 37 SUNGAI PENUH
Authors: Jufinda Anggil
Published: December 2020

Merujuk kepada undang-undang no 3 tahun 2005 pasal 27 ayat 4 penelitian ini bertujuan untuk seberapa besar kontribusi kelincahan dan kelentukan terhadap hasil belajar penjaskes murid kelas 1 SDN 37 Sungai Penuh. Jenis penelitian adalah korelasional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh murid SDN 37 Sungai Penuh sebanyak 149 orang, sedangkan teknik pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan teknik purposive sampling dimana dalam penelitian ini adalah murid kelas 1 saja yaitu yang berjumlah 25 orang. Analisa data dilakukan dengan cara menggunakan korelasi product moment dan dilanjutkan uji kontribusi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ; tidak terdapat kontribusi antarakelincahan terhadap hasil belajar, diperoleh sumbangan 4% dan hubungan rhit 0.20 < rtab 0.404 (hubungannya lemah)/ tidak signifikan, terdapat kontribusi antarakelentukan terhadap hasil belajar murid SDN 37 Sungai Penuh diperoleh sumbangan 2.52% dan hubungan rhit 0.16 < rtab 0.404 (hubungannya lemah)/ tidak signifikan , dan terdapat kontribusi antarakelincahan dengan kelentukan secara bersama-sama terhadap hasil belajar diperoleh sumbangan 34.81%.  Di sarankan kepada guru olahraga untuk memperhatikan faktor kelincahan dan kelentukan tersebut
The Conflict of Virtue and Corruption in Shaw’s Major Barbara: A Perspective
Authors: Dahami Yahya Saleh Hasan
Published: December 2020

This study focuses on analyzing the conflict between good and evil, and to ascertain the importance of justice and rights in society through a crucial factor that touches all people – poverty and wealth. It aims to detect the measure of the Islamic hints of George Bernard Shaw with particular reference to one of his great plays, Major Barbara, which focused on economy, money, and poverty. The paper begins with a general introduction about some social and dramatic philosophical indications of George Bernard Shaw. After that, it shifts to shed light on (1) the perspective of the dramatist, Bernard Shaw, on the contrastive concept of Good against Evil and (2) the analysis on the central part of the study illustrating the perspectives of the play. Then the paper ends with a summary on the results and discussion of the study to be followed by the conclusion. The study applies the deductive, critical, and analytical approach as a suitable method of literary research.
E-Moderation Skills in Discussion Forums: Patterns of Online Interactions for Knowledge Construction
Authors: Vasodavan Vinothini , DeWitt Dorothy , Alias Norlidah , Noh Mariani Md
Published: December 2020

Discussion forums have the potential for enabling knowledge construction during online interactions, especially when facilitated by a skilled e-moderator. Unfortunately, most e-moderators are not provided training for facilitating discussions, and hence may only summarise information and deliver factual knowledge without encouraging elaboration or reflection among the learners. Hence, this study focused on developing e-moderation skills in discussion forums by investigating the patterns of interactions among 24 students in an undergraduate course. This study employed one group pre-test and post-test experimental group design to measure student’s interaction patterns after undergoing training for e-moderation. After moderating online discussion forums, a content analysis of the transcripts of the discourse in their forum was conducted to understand the nature of the interaction patterns and the quality of the discussions. The results revealed that training had contributed to a significant increase in domains of social interaction, sharing information, egocentric elaboration, allocentric elaboration, application and transfer, coordination, and reflection. The skillset in this study can be applied by e-moderators to effectively facilitate online learning for knowledge development. It is recommended that instructors in higher education institutions be equipped with skills to scaffold students in constructing knowledge.
On the Reform and Exploration of New Energy Automobile Professional Education Based on the New Situation
Authors: Han Yajun
Published: December 2020

At present, new energy vehicles have developed rapidly, not only occupy a relatively high share in the market, but also increase the demand for related talents.However, according to the analysis of the current automobile professional education system, the automobile market can not be satisfied. Therefore, the automobile professional education should be reformed, and the automobile research center should be set up for the students to have the automobile practice platform. So that new energy vehicles to achieve good development, enhance innovation.
A Study on the Effective Integration of Mass entrepreneurship and innovation Education and Professional Education
Authors: Wang Chunxi , Wang Hongchao , Gan Juan
Published: December 2020

Under the influence of a new round of scientific and technological revolution, the creator movement is advancing and developing in a global scope. Colleges and universities, as an important garden for talent training, are generally not motivated and innovative in classroom teaching. How to stimulate students’ learning motivation and innovative development consciousness is a severe test that every university must face.
Application Research of Digital Signal Processing Course Based on Matlab Teaching
Authors: Wang Yuanmin , Zhang Li
Published: December 2020

:In the course of digital signal processing, MATLAB software can be used in combination to change the traditional teaching form, to show students rich teaching content, to stimulate students’ interest in learning and to improve teaching quality.This paper first introduces the characteristics of digital signal processing course, and then analyzes the advantages of MATLAB software and digital signal processing course. The application of MATLAB software in digital signal processing course teaching is explored in detail in order to provide reference for teaching practice.
Practical Exploration of Differentiated Teaching in the Process of Practical Teaching — A Case Study of Mechanical Design CourseDesign
Authors: Huang Bin , Wang Kai
Published: December 2020

Students’ individual differences, teaching resources and school hours are facing new challenges for practical teaching. In this case, how to ensure the teaching quality within the limited school hours has become a new difficult problem for colleges and universities to train talents, and the differentiated teaching with strong pertinence and in line with the development of students has brought a new way out for practical teaching. In this paper, the application of differentiated teaching in practice teaching process is explored based on the practice teaching of Mechanical Design Curriculum Design of Class 17 vehicle engineering students.
Discussion on Case Teaching Reform of Audit Course Based on Flip Classroom Model
Authors: Hu Cuilei
Published: December 2020

:As the job market becomes more and more severe, audit standards put forward higher requirements for auditors’ professional competence, business skills and communication skills. Based on the characteristics and present situation of audit courses in colleges and universities, this paper puts forward some suggestions on teaching reform by using the flipping classroom mode in the teaching of audit courses, so as to strengthen the cultivation of audit students’ abilities. Let students stand firm in the severe job market environment.
A Trenchant Analysis of Relationships in Object Oriented Domain Paradigms
Authors: Jain Ajeet K. , Kumar Seravana
Published: December 2020

Object oriented paradigms provide a number of ways to permanently alter the software engineering field, catapulting it into the realm of true elegant design. Object oriented paradigms have taken the software evolution as a means of managing divergent complexities of development. The challenges through OO modeling / programming incorporating design paradigms are making head way for developing robust, reliable and maintainable software. The program code can be written, tested and modeled for reusability as a design process. The dynamic behavior modeling implementing the state models using OOAD and UML are most popular now with wider acceptance[1][2]. The importance of design paradigms and patterns are increasing ever fast in crafting complex systems. The software design patterns allow describing fragments and reuse of these design ideas in order to help the developers leverage. In this paper, the focus is aimed at addressing following issues: • How OO relashionships can be used to form abstractions of higher derivatives adapting best practices • Siutability of relationships among OO paradigms and their pertinent analysis • How to map design artifacts incorporating languages like C++ and Java.
Global Warming Problem and Impact of Power Electronics
Authors: Majhi Dipti Mayee , Hota D. , Nanda L.
Published: December 2020

Global energy consumption is increasing at a dramatic rate due to the increase in the world’s population and the quest for improvement of living standards. Most of our energy comes from fossil fuels which cause the problem of global warming due to the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG). As a result, there are many harmful effects such as rise in sea level, drought in tropical regions near the equator, an increase in hurricanes, tornadoes and floods, and the spread of disease. Renewable energy is the energy generated from natural resources such as solar heat and light, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat, which are replenished naturally. This paper highlights in particular the impact of power electronics in solving or mitigating the global warming problem and supporting the generation of renewable energy.
MODELING OF GREEN ENERGY SOURCES –A SOLAR AND WIND HYBRID MODEL
Authors: KHARE DIKSHA , LANJEWAR SF.
Published: December 2020

In parallel to developing technology, demand for more energy makes us seek new energy sources. The most important application field of this search is renewable energy resources.Wind and solar energy have been popular ones owing to abundant, ease of availability and convertibility to the electric energy. We will focus on Modeling the design and verification process for Renewable and Green Energy sources.Samples like solar,wind and tidal energy are used for making model.The term Green energy can be associated with environment-friendly Generation,transport,storage and control of electrical energy .Solar power,wind power and the natural flow of water are resources that comply with our definition of Green Energy.Since the natural fossil energy resources are limited on this planet,we have to put our focus on green power generation like solar and wind power.
DESIGN OF A MICROCONTROLLER BASED PFC
Authors: KUMAR PRADEEP , SHARMA P.R. , KUMAR ASHOK
Published: December 2020

With the increasing demand for power from the ac line and more stringent limits for power quality, power factor correction has gained great attention in recent years. A variety of circuit topologies and control methods have been developed for the PFC application. International Standards in the area of compliance of a product’s AC mains current
harmonics have forced that new power supply design must include the power factor correction at the front end. The new trend in Power Supply is towards the digital control. This paper discusses the design of a controller for Power Factor Correction (PFC). A microcontroller based PFC design is proposed and design issues are discussed. PFC is simulated using MATLAB and results are reported. Interface requirement between the power converter and microcontroller are discussed.
VISUALIZATION OF NETWORK TRAFFIC
Authors: C. L SOWMYA
Published: December 2020

Network security in today’s world is critical. System administrators must quickly perceive the security state of their networks, but they often have only text-based tools to work with. These tools often provide no overview that would help users grasp the big-picture. Network traffic visualization tools have successfully enabled security analysts to understand the nature of traffic present in a network. However these tools rely mainly on human expertise to discover anomalies in traffic and attack patterns. The visualization capability provided by Visualization tool allows an operator to assess the state of a large and complex network given an overall view of the entire network and filter/drill-down features with a friendly user interface that allows users to request more detailed information of interest such as specific protocol traffic flows. Visualization tool allows operators to detect and investigate anomalous internal and external network traffic. Visualization tool shows network events graphically. We model the network as a graph with hosts being nodes and traffic being flows on edges. We present a detailed description of Visualization tool functionality and demonstrate its application to
traffic dynamics in order to monitor, discover, and investigate security-relevant events.
IMPLEMENTATION AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS EVALUATION OF A NEW MANET ROUTING PROTOCOL IN NS-2
Authors: SAHOO MONALI , CHAURASIA ASHISH
Published: December 2020

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) can be defined as a collection of large number of mobile nodes that form temporary network without aid of any existing network infrastructure or central access point. The Efficient routing protocols can provide significant benefits to mobile ad hoc networks, in terms of both performance and reliability. Many routing
protocols for such networks have been proposed so far. The main method for evaluating the performance of MANETs is simulation. The Network Simulator is a discrete event driven simulator. The goal of ns-2 is to support networking ,research, and education. In this paper we create a new Routing Protocol called My Router step by step in Ns-2.Then we evaluate its performance based on several parameters such as Packet Delivery Ratio , End to End Delay etc and compare it with MANET routing protocol OLSR .
IMPLEMENTATION OF SERVICE ORIENTED WEARABLE SYSTEM FOR PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE
Authors: OLUWAGBENGA OGUNDUYILE O. , FRANS KGOETE S.
Published: December 2020

as an emerging state-of-art technology, wearable systems have been applied to various real life situations and healthcare is one of such important areas. This study reports the implementation of a prototype Service Oriented Wearable System (SOWS). After detailed analysis of healthcare requirements, a system based on Service Oriented Architecture
(SOA), wearable devices and sensor networks is implemented to provide continuous remote monitoring, diagnosis, immediate response and treatment for the purpose of preventive healthcare. Technologies based on SOA and sensor networks can support cost effective ubiquitous access to healthcare services, real time service provisioning and processing of heterogeneous data for various wearable devices such as ECG, accelerometer, SpO2 and location sensors. Wearable devices collect and transmit bio signal data to a wearable computer through IEEE/Wi-Fi network. Bio signal data is then uploaded to a Health Server PC (HS-PC) for analysis and storage where it will be accessed by doctors, paramedics or any other authorized personnel.
MULTI-CHANNEL MAC PROTOCOL FOR ENERGY SAVING IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
Authors: S GEETHANJALI , A PRAVIN RENOLD
Published: December 2020

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a self-organizing and distributed collection of small sensor nodes with limited energy are connected wirelessly to the sink, where the information is needed. The significant trait for any Wireless Sensor Network is power consumption since WSNs finds its most of the applications in unsafe, risky areas like Volcano eruption identification, Warfield monitoring, where human intervention is less or not possible at all. Hence designing a protocol with minimum energy consumption as a concern is an important challenge in increasing the lifetime of the sensor networks.
Medium Access Control (MAC) Layer of WSN consumes much of the energy as it contains the radio component. Energy problems in MAC layer include collision, idle listening, and protocol overhead. Our Proposed MAC protocol provides solution for the problem of: collision by providing multiple channels; idle listening by providing sleeping mechanism for the nodes other than the active node; overhead by reducing the number of control messages. Avoiding collision results in the decrease in number of retransmissions which consumes more energy, avoiding idle listening problem will fairly increase the lifetime of the sensor node as well as the network’s lifetime and reducing overhead in turn consumes less energy.
SLOT LOADED SHORTED GAP COUPLED BROADBAND MICROSTRIP ANTENNA
Authors: SINGHAL SARTHAK
Published: December 2020

In this paper the bandwidth of a conventional rectangular microstrip antenna has been enhanced by locating capacitively excited λm/4 short circuit parasitic elements at its radiating and non-radiating edges along with the circular polarization and loading the parasitic elements with the rectangular slots. An impedance bandwidth of 1.53513 GHz to 1.843438 GHz (308.3MHz). It has three resonances at 1.56GHz, 1.67GHz and 1.8 GHz. The result are simulated by MOM based IE3D software.
DESIGN METHODOLOGY OF BIDIRECTIONAL BARREL SHIFTER BASED ON REVERSIBLE LOGIC
Authors: SRUJANA V. , BABU G.
Published: December 2020

Data shifting is required in many key computer operations from address decoding to computer arithmetic. Full barrel shifters are often on the critical path, which has led most research to be directed toward speed optimizations. With the advent of quantum computer and reversible logic, design and implementation of all devices in this logic has received more attention. Rotating and data shifting are required in many operations such as logical and arithmetic operations, indexing and address decoding etc. Hence barrel shifters which can shift and rotate multiple bits in a single cycle have become a common
choice of design for high speed applications. The design has been done using reversible fredkin and feynman gates. In the design the 2:1 mux can be implemented by fredkin gate which reduce quantum cost, number of ancilla bits and number of garbage outputs. The feynman gate will remove the fanout. By comparing the quantum cost, number of ancilla bits and number of garbage outputs the design is evaluated.
Influence of Pharmacist on Consumer’s Buying of Pharmaceutical Product with Specific Preference to Gujarat and Maharashtra
Authors: Dube Mayank
Published: December 2020

To cope up with the competition among the existing pharmaceutical industries and new entrance, there is always a challenge for the pharmaceutical industries to innovate for new marketing strategies which would help the industries to survive in the competitive market. This paper provides perceptions of the consumer regarding the purchase of the pharmaceutical products. Consumer data are collected from two major states of India, Gujarat and Maharashtra and 516 respondent’s data were collected who provided their responses to the questionnaire designed for this study. The data collected are of the consumer’s preception or action steps over the possible scenarios while there is unavailability of the drug or the prescribed drug is costly. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse data from both groups to compare perceptions of the consumers. The objective was to evaluate the perspective of consumers. Results from analysis shows that there is positive impact of the Pharmacist on the purchasing decision of the consumers.
İnmeli Hastalarda Hareket Fonksiyonuna Yönelik Rehabilitatif Yaklaşımlar
Authors: GÜRBÜZ İlkay Zeynep , AKIN Semiha
Published: December 2020

İnme, serebral kan akımının bozulması ile ilişkili olarak çeşitli düzeylerde mobilite ve duyusal sorunlara, yutma bozukluklarına, bilişsel ve emosyonel değişimlere ve iletişim sorunlarına yol açmaktadır. İnmeli hastaya uygulanan rehabilitatif girişimler ile işlevselliğin geri kazandırılması, bağımsızlık düzeyi ve yaşam kalitesinin artırılması, bakım vericilerin bakım yükünün azaltılmasına katkıda bulunur. Ayrıca inmeli hastalar fiziksel, emosyonel ve sosyal yönden desteklenir. İnme geçiren bireylerde ortaya çıkan defisitleri kontrol altına almak ve günlük yaşam aktivitelerinde daha aktif ve bağımsız olmalarını sağlamak için eklem açıklığı hareketleri, germe ve kuvvetlendirme egzersizlerinin yanı sıra, gelişen teknoloji ile birlikte güncel rehabilitatif yaklaşımlar da ortaya çıkmıştır. İnmede hareket ile ilgili sorunların rehabilitasyonu amacıyla ayna terapisi, biofeedback tedavisi, robot yardımlı tedavi, kısıtlayıcı-zorunlu hareket tedavisi, sanal gerçeklik tedavisi, telerehabilitasyon ve transkranial magnetik stimülasyon tedavisi gibi yeni yaklaşımlar kullanılmaya başlanmıştır. Bu yaklaşımlar sayesinde inme geçiren bireyler rehabilitasyon programına erken başlayabilir, teknolojik gelişmeler sayesinde motor hareket becerileri ve yaşam kalitesi desteklenebilir. Bu derlemede inmeli bireylerde uygulanan güncel rehabilitatif yaklaşımlar tartışılmıştır.
Desaprender a cada tempo em tempos pandêmicos: crianças, artes e outros contágios
Authors: De Oliveira Camargo Andréia Regina , Donizetti Pereira Leite César
Published: December 2020

Este texto se apresenta como um ensaio, um convite a desaprender com crianças e arte. A proposta se apoiará em projetos que temos desenvolvido com crianças, professoras e professores de Educação Infantil. Em uma composição entre poesias, manifestações artísticas, textos, ideias e imagens produzidas por crianças e professoras em processo inventivo e criativo de resistência, procuramos romper com representações e narrativas previamente colocadas ao trabalho com educação de crianças. Um convite à travessia por caminhos ainda não trilhados, à composições aforísticas, crianceira e arteira que nos coloca em movimento, permitindo adentrar temporalidades e espacialidades contagiantes que mobilizem experiências sensíveis de pensamentos para outras formas de estar no mundo e na educação em tempos de pandemia.
Multi Features based Fruit Classification Using different Classifiers
Authors:   Department of Computer Science ,Govt. First Grade College Shahapur, Karnataka, India., B Ummapure Dr. Suryakanth , M Hanchinal Shashikiran ,   Department of Computer Science, Govt. College Autonomous Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India.
Published: December 2020

The fruits available naturally will be having different colors and shape in appearance. Humans can identify the type of fruit by seeing their shape and color without any difficulty. Here a practical approach has been offered in this paper to classify the fruit images based on the Color and Shape of the fruit. Five thousand images were taken from the standard Fruit-360 dataset for the experiment; the dataset contains Apple, Banana, Cherry, Grapes, and Mango. The color_moment and shape of the fruits were considered to extract the features from different fruit images. In this proposed work, three feature vectors are constructed. In the color_moment feature extraction, here statistical features such as mean and standard deviation of three-color channels (RGB) are computed. The binarized images of fruits were used to extract shape-based features, and a multifeatured vector consisting of color_moment and shape features were used. The SVM, MLP, and RF classifiers are used for the classification process. The recognition accuracy of 99.98% has been achieved using the combined feature vector (multifeatured vector) and RF classifier. This paper’s contribution is that the color_moments feature extraction is carried out directly on fruit images without using any pre-processing techniques such as gray-scale and binary conversion on fruit images.
PENGELOLAAN AKUNTANSI PADA UMK DI KECAMATAN CEPIRING, KABUPATEN KENDAL
Authors: Santoso Aprih , Kurniawati Emaya , Widowati Sri Yuni
Published: December 2020

Usaha Mikro Kecil (UMK) di Kecamatan Cepiring berjumlah 31 orang. UMK di Kecamatan Cepiring ternyata masih dijumpai permasalahan yang dihadapi UMK, yaitu: belum adanya kejelasan tentang akuntansi usaha secara benar. Dengan demikian penyelesaian masalahnya adalah mengadakan penyuluhan akuntansi usaha UMK Di Kecamatan Cepiring Kabupaten Kendal. Pelaksanaan penyuluhan akan menghasilkan informasi keuangan yang bermanfaat untuk pendukung kinerja UMK di Kecamatan CepiringKata kunci: akuntansi, UMK, penyuluhan
Pemanfaatan IoT (Internet Of Things) Sebagai Upaya Optimalisasi Peran Generasi Millennial Dalam Kegunaan Waktu Dan Hidup Sehat Di Tengah Pandemi Covid-19
Authors: Widodo Anang Aris
Published: December 2020

Pandemi Covid-19 sangat berdampak luas pada berbagai bidang, desa wrati kecamatan kejayan kabupaten pasuruan adalah salah satu desa yang menjadi dampak covid-19. Minimnya sumberdaya alam dan sumberdaya manusia menjadi faktor terpenting dalam pemulihan dampak covid -19. Kegiatan Kuliah Kerja Nyata adalah kegiatan akademik bagi mahasiswa, KKN merupakan implementasi kegiatan akademik yang menitik beratkan fokus pada pengabdian kepada masyarakat. Instruksi pemerintah dalam pengendalian Covid -19 adalah dengan jaga jarak. Semua kegiatan di lakukan dengan cara daring untuk meminimalisir less contact. Internet sebagai salah satu media untuk tetap dapat melakukan aktifitas sehari hari di tengah pandemi covid-19. Melalui edukasi, sosialisasi dan pendampingan yang kompeten dan profesional pada desa wrati untuk memecahkan masalah dampak pandemi covid-19 sehingga bisa membangkitkan UMKM/UKM, membantu sekolah daring, kegiatan pemasaran online dan lainnya dari dampak covid -19. Hasil dari Kegiatan dan pemanfaatan IoT 90 persen warga telah berhasil memanfaatkan dengan baik.Kata Kunci: Optimalisasi IoT; Waktu dan Hidup Sehat, Pandemi Covid-19
DRESS Sendromu: Bir Olgu Sunumu
Authors: DOĞANTEKİN Cankat , AYVAZ ÇELİK Havva Hilal , ERTURAN İjlal , ERKILINÇ Gamze , KORKMAZ Selma , YILDIRIM Mehmet
Published: December 2020

DRESS (Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms) syndrome is a rare, life-threatening drug reaction characterized by acute onset of fever, skin rash, and multisystemic involvement. Although the pathophysiology is not exactly known, slow detoxification of arene oxide bioactive metabolites of drugs and viral coinfections are blamed in people with genetic predisposition. A 17-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic with a rash covering his entire body for 5 days. The patient, who stated that he had been using carbamazepine for 4 months due to epilepsy, had fever reaching 38.5°C at the time of admission, impaired liver function tests, high CRP, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and eosinophilia. The patient, who was hospitalized, developed sudden vision blurriness and the cranial MRI result was reported as normal. It was thought that the blurriness in the vision could be caused by drug-induced eosinophil infiltration. This case is presented as a rare case of DRESS syndrome with blurred vision. Keywords: drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome, anticonvulsant treatment, blurred vision
Magico-religious Beliefs Stigma and Help-seeking Behaviour among the Caregivers of Persons with Schizophrenia
Authors: Basumatary Mrinal , Ali Arif , Daimari Buli Nag
Published: December 2020

Background: The cultural and traditional aspects of caregivers of people with mental illness have been seen widely, where the faith healers are the immediate source for treatment. Due to poor understanding of mental illness and stigma among caregivers, people often seek traditional help than modern medical treatment. Aim: To assess the Magico-religious beliefs, stigma and help seeking behaviour among the caregivers of persons with schizophrenia. Methods and Materials: Descriptive research design was used. Seventy caregivers of persons with schizophrenia attending the outpatient department of LGBRIMH, Tezpur, Assam were purposefully taken for the study. Socio-demographic datasheet, Family Interview Schedule (stigma section), Super Natural Attitude Questionnaire and General Help Seeking Questionnaire were administered. Results: Prevalence of the stigma was 100%. The majority (80%) of care giver's locality and community believe in Jadu Tona, 75.7% have performed puja/ritual/jhad-phook, 72.9% visited or consulted faith healer, 67.1% talk about or believe in bhoot pret, Jadu Tona (65.7%), Opari kasar (64.3%), 68.6% believed that performing puja/rituals/jhad-phook can change patient's behaviour. Majority 57.6% care giver showed high help-seeking behaviour while 42.4% showed low help-seeking behaviour. Majority of the caregivers seek help from the parents (5.47Â±1.20). Conclusion: Supernatural beliefs and stigma found to be common among the caregivers of persons with schizophrenia. Caregivers have higher help-seeking behaviour from informal groups than formal groups.
Determination of the malnutrition risk in overweight and obese patients with cardiovascular disease
Authors: Çalapkorur Sema , Bakır Buse
Published: December 2020

Objective: This study was performed to determine the risk of malnutrition in overweight and obese individuals with cardiovascular disease.
Methods: We enrolled 238 patients who were undergoing treatment at the hospital. The demographic characteristics and health status of the patients were recorded, and their anthropometric parameters were measured. The Nutritional Risk Screening-2002 and Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form were used to determine the patients’ risk of malnutrition.
Results: As per Nutritional Risk Screening-2002, 39.95% of the subjects were at risk of malnutrition. According to the Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form evaluation, 42.4% of the patients were at risk of malnutrition, and 7.1% of them were malnourished. As per Nutritional Risk Screening-2002, 18.8% of the overweight patients and 21.1% of the obese patients were at risk, and as per the Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form, 20.6% of the overweight patients and 21.8% of the obese patients (p > 0.05) were at risk of malnutrition. As per the Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form, 2.5% of the overweight patients and 4.6% of the obese patients had malnutrition (p > 0.05). There was a significant and poor consistence between the two screening tools (kappa = 0.308).
Conclusion: About 40% of the overweight and obese patients were found to be at risk of malnutrition; this demonstrates the importance of nutrition screening in this patient group. We recommend that nutrition screening be performed by dieticians using appropriate screening tools for all patients undergoing treatment in the clinics.