bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
BUSINESS STRATEGY OF VIETSOVPETRO IN PERIOD OF 2017-2022
Authors: Mai Nhat Chi
Published: May 2022

Researching business strategies in general is not a new issue but it has become an essential and critical norm for a business to survive and prosper. In the case for Joint Venture Vietsovpetro, a company with 85% of its revenue come from the sales of crude oil, it is now being faced with the difficulties and hardships from the current situation where the price of crude oil is seriously dropping from 120USD/barrel in 2012 to 45USD/barrel in 2016, and this trend is expected to continue in the next few years. The purpose of this research is to build business strategies for Vietsovpetro in the next 5 years to fight against the threats from oil price declining and continue to sustainably develop. The results will be given through applying significant and verified theoretical bases to analyze the key internal and external factors that contribute to the success of Vietsovpetro.
Warp gravity and magnetic field
Authors: Vit Ku
Published: May 2022

Warp gravity and magnetic field
PENGARUH PENDIDIKAN AGAMA KRISTEN TERHADAP PEMBENTUKAN KARAKTER ANAK DALAM KELUARGA
Authors: Parrangan Ribka
Published: May 2022

Keluarga memiliki peranan penting dalam membentuk karakter setiap anak.Orang tua sebagai pendidik utama di dalam keluarga harus mampu mengajarkan Pendidikan Kristen yang berguna bagi tumbuh kembang baik rohani maupun jasmani dari setiap anak agar senantiasa bertumbuh pengetahuan dan iman kepada Yesus Kristus.Pendidikan Agama Kristen mampu mewujudkan generasi – generasi yang mengasihi Tuhan dengan segenap hati,jiwa serta akal budi.Karakter merupakan sikap,sifat dan tingkah laku seseorang yang sesuai dengan aturan atau norma yang berlaku di dalam masyarakat.Sebagai orang Kristen kita diajarkan untuk meneladani karakter dari Yesus Kristus dalam kehidupan sehari – hari.Orang tua memiliki tanggung jawab untuk mengajarkan,mendidik,dan membentuk karakter anak –anaknya.Oleh karena itu,pembentukan karakter anak merupakan hal yang sangat penting untuk diperhatikan oleh orangtua sejak dini
Resume Model Analisis IS-LM Dalam Perspektif Islam
Authors: Irhamni
Published: May 2022

Dalam perekonomian tentunya kita tidak asing lagi dengan istilah uang, barang dan pasar. Ketiga hal tersebut saling berkaitan satu sama lain. Uang adalah alat perantaraan untuk melancarkan kegiatan tukar menukar dan perdagangan. Dalam ekonomi pembagian pasar dibagi menjadi dua yaitu pasar barang dan pasar uang.
Elimination of diarrhea or bleeding could be a sign of successful cancer control for long-term survival
Authors: Liu Qiuyun , Ouyang Jess Lan , Peng Jingli , Fu Min , Tang Man
Published: May 2022

Cancer patients often exhibit diarrhea or bleeding before the onset of malignancies. The control of such symptoms with plant-based diet and calcium tablets could eliminate neoplasm risk and prevent tumorigenesis. It may also extend the lifespan of cancer sufferers. To identify cancer-patients-friendly food, a rule of the thumb is that those food which render you loose- and watery-stool or bleeding could be slightly carcinogenic.
研究中作者不端行为令人烦恼但长期存在的问题
Authors: Mai Nhat Chi
Published: May 2022

本文研究了作者身份不当行为：涉及不恰当地归因作者学分的行为，例如礼物、客人、名誉和代笔作者（不包括抄袭）。
model analisis IS-LM dalam perspektif islam
Authors: Azizah Fithri
Published: May 2022

Dalam perekonomian tentunya kita tidak asing lagi dengan istilah uang, barang dan pasar. Ketiga hal tersebut saling berkaitan satu sama lain. Uang adalah alat perantaraan untuk melancarkan kegiatan tukar menukar dan perdagangan. Dalam ekonomi pembagian pasar dibagi menjadi dua yaitu pasar barang dan pasar uang. Idealnya kajian mengenai pasar barang dan pasar uang ini bisa masuk menjadi bagian kajian makroekonomi yang Islami. Namun, ada hal-hal yang menjadikannya tidak sesuai atau bertentangan dengan nilainilai Islam. Sehingga disinilah bahasan mengenai konsep IS-LM dalam konvensional dan mengakomodir sejumlah pemikiran yang mencoba membawa kajian tentang pasar uang dan pasar barang ini dalam sebuah analisis yang Islami akan dibahas.
社会データのためのBayes解析:ステップバイステッププロトコルと解釈【JST・京大機械翻訳】
Authors: Mai Nhat Chi
Published: May 2022

社会データのためのBayes解析:ステップバイステッププロトコルと解釈【JST・京大機械翻訳】
FATWA-FATWA DARI PRODUK-PRODUK BANK SYARIAH
Authors: Dahlia
Published: May 2022

Kemunculan bank-bank syariah dan lembagalembaga keuangan Islam lainnya di Indonesia ini merupakan fenomena menarik yang kehadirannya tidak terlepas dari pengaruh beberapa faktor. Pertama, kepercayaan kaum Muslimin bahwa di samping sebagai sebuah agama dalam pengertian sebuah sistem kepercayaan, Islam juga merupakan a way of life, jalan hidup, yang komprehensif. Islam memiliki teori politik, sistem etika, dan juga prinsip-prinsip ekonomi tersendiri. Diyakini bahwa mengamalkan sistem nilai tersebut merupakan suatu tugas setiap Muslim. Kedua, dari segi struktur penduduk, umat Islam di Indonesia merupakan mayoritas sehingga wajar muncul kesadaran di kalangan umat untuk melembagakan nilainilai keagamaan yang mereka anut termasuk di bidang muamalah Karena kebebasan menjalankan ibadah menurut agama masingmasing dijamin pelaksanaannya dalam pasal 29 UUD 1945. Ketiga, larangan riba merupakan ide sentral dalam ajaran ekonomi Islam sehingga bagi sebagian umat Islam yang berpegang teguh akan keidentikan bunga bank dengan riba, pada dasarnya transaksi mereka di bank-bank konvensional bukanlah merupakan cerminan nilai-nilai yang mereka anut. Banyak dari mereka melakukan transaksi di bank konvensional dengan alasan terpaksa karena tidak adanya pilihan lain. Bahkan masih terdapat segmen tertentu dari masyarakat yang selama ini belum atau tidak mau tersentuh oleh layanan perbankan. Keempat, good will dari pemerintah untuk mengakomodasi aspirasi umat Islam sebagai penduduk mayoritas terutama sejak masa akhir rezim Orde Baru sehingga nilainilai Islam mulai banyak diakomodasi dan menjadi bagian dari hukum positif di Indonesia.
Khối đại học đứng đầu về tiềm năng nghiên cứu ở Việt Nam
Authors: Quynh Bui Dieu
Published: May 2022

Các cơ quan có số lượng nghiên cứu nhiều nhất đều là các trường đại học hoạt động dưới cơ chế tự chủ, và một tỷ lệ không nhỏ là các trường đại học tư thục - dữ liệu từ Web of Science/Publons cho thấy. (Khoa học & Phát triển, 7/11/2019)
Hospitalitas Pemerintah Dan Pelaku Judi Sabung Ayam Di Kelurahan Pasang
Authors: Ranak Viorentika
Published: May 2022

Abstrack: Irrigularities that occur in society are actins that are consciously carried out by the perpetrators but this is considered bad by other communities and this is also sticty prohibited by the government or lagel parties.and unconsciously the perpetrator also gets negative things in his life,for example in his household.and this cockfighting has also involved children who are still underage.it is very sad to see young people who have a bobby of gambling among the toraja people.fathers prefer to go to cockfighting than go to church.
Projet de recherche Création du Terrorisme
Authors: Jnah Hakima
Published: May 2022

L’Homme Programme : La manipulation du cerveau, motivations, techniques et impacts dans la manipulation des personnes et la création du terrorisme et des terroristes
Talent Conceptualisation and Talent Management Practices within the Banking Sector in Vietnam
Authors: Mai Nhat Chi
Published: May 2022

Talent management (TM) is still an emerging issue in Vietnam. Generally, recent human resource managment studies have found that human resource (HR) development is associated with key stages of the country’s economic development. Conversely, limited research has focused on TM in the country’s context. A few studies investigated ways of attracting and/or retaining Vietnamese talent without a clear focus on the conceptualisation of talent and TM or influencing factors for TM flow. This gives rise to a need for an empirical study which explores the relevant talent concepts, TM practices and the challenging factors influencing TM flow (the process from talent conceptualisation to TM outcomes) in the Vietnamese banking sector.
resume teori produksi
Authors: Irtiy
Published: May 2022

biaya dalam pengertian produksi ialah semua "beban" yang harus ditanggung oleh produsen untuk menghasilkan suatu produksi
Dike Shelvia Adista
Authors: Adista Dike Shelvia
Published: May 2022

Kaitan pembelajaran bahasa indonesia dengan lingkungan
Morality and model-coherence: A constructivist and biologically tractable account of moral motivation
Authors: Theriault Jordan E.
Published: May 2022

Formulating a biologically tractable account of moral psychology is daunting enough to have been called an impossibly high bar for popular nativist accounts like the Moral Foundations Theory. Although it is not unreasonable to see the prospect of linking complex psychological experiences with their underlying biology as a “hard problem” (Chalmers, 1995; but see Churchland, 1996; Varela, 1996), this chapter will suggest that recent theoretical advances in our understanding of emotion and brain-based information processing can help dissolve some of this apparent intractability when it comes to moral motivation. In particular, this chapter will suggest that moral motivation—ranging from social pressure to conform to norms, to a felt obligation to uphold moral principles—can be explained by domain-general aspects of brain–body interactions, in combination with incentives to regulate local and global social environments.
Enforcing pragmatic future-mindedness cures the Innovator's Bias
Authors: Reece Andrew Garrett , Eubanks Austin D. , Liebscher Alex , Baumeister Roy
Published: May 2022

The innovator’s bias is defined as the tendency for innovators to focus mainly on the positive potential impact of their inventions and to neglect, ignore, or downplay any potential negative impact. Such bias may help sustain the motivation needed for business success but may create problems by failing to acknowledge and prepare for problematic outcomes. We report three studies (total n = 1608) designed to demonstrate this bias — and to show how to overcome it (while ideally preserving the innovators’ enthusiastic affection for their product). Three studies used hypothetical innovations, all with potential downsides. Feelings of ownership were manipulated by having some participants role-play being marketing manager, including naming the product, devising advertising slogans, and identifying target demographics for potential purchasers. Owners then rated their product, while non-owner controls rated a different product. Study 1 (n = 495) demonstrated the innovator’s bias by showing that owners rated the likely consequences of their product more favorably than non-owners did. Owners also displayed more enthusiastic zeal for their product. Study 2 (n = 553) tested interventions aimed at reducing the bias while preserving the zeal. Of six interventions, the most successful was having owners imagine the worst-case scenario involving the most negative outcome that the invention could cause. Study 3 (n = 560) was a preregistered replication of the main findings from Study 2 (osf.io/ew9cq).
The impact of explanations as communicative acts on belief in a claim: The role of source reliability
Authors: Tesic Marko , Hahn Ulrike
Published: May 2022

Providing an explanation is a communicative act. It involves an explainee, a person who receives an explanation, and an explainer, a person (or sometimes a machine) who provides an explanation. The majority of research on explanation has focused on how explanations alter explainees' beliefs. However, one general feature of communicative acts is that they also provide information about the speaker (explainer). Work on argumentation suggests that the speaker's reliability interacts with the content of the speaker’s message and has a significant impact on argument strength. In five experiments we explore the interplay between explanation, the explainee's confidence in what is being explained, and the explainer's reliability. Experiment 1 replicates results from previous literature on the impact of explanations on an explainee’s confidence in what is being explained using real-world explanations. Experiments 2 and 3 show that providing an explanation not only impacts the explainee's confidence about what is being explained but also influences beliefs about the reliability of the explainer. Additionally, the two experiments demonstrate that the impact of explanation on the explainee's confidence is mediated by the reliability of the explainer. In Experiment 4, we experimentally manipulated the explainer's reliability and found that both the explainer's reliability and whether or not an explanation was provided have a significant effect on the explainee's confidence in what is being explained. In Experiment 5, we observed an interaction between providing an explanation and the explainer's reliability. Specifically, we found that providing an explanation has a significantly greater impact on the explainee's confidence in what is being explained when the explainer’s reliability is low compared to when that reliability is high. Throughout the study we point to the important impact of background knowledge, warranting further studies on this matter.
End on a positive note: Transition perceptions influence flourishing, identity, and career confidence
Authors: Rist Billymo , Quartuccio Claire , Pearce Alan
Published: May 2022

Objectives: This exploratory study quantified professional Australian rules football players transitioning from the Australian Football League (AFL), comparing responses between retiring and delisted players and if the experience of exiting an AFL club influenced the athlete transition process.Design: Online survey research.Method: Identified male athletes (n=425) transitioning from the AFL competition from years 2019-2021 were invited to participate in an anonymous online survey. Athletes answered questions on career length, the mechanism of their transition (retirement or delisting), and their experience of transition. They also answered questions on their self-perceived athletic identity, financial confidence, social relationships, the influence of sport in their daily life, and future career preparations. Apart from their playing career demographics and experience of transition, questions were answered via either dichotomous or scaled responses.Results: Delisted players, compared to retired players, reported shorter career spans (p<0.001), and poorer perception of their club’s handling of the transition process (p<0.001). Further, delisted players had a stronger identity attachment to sport (p<0.001), were less confident in their financial capabilities (p=0.048), and career preparation beyond football (p=0.026). Conversely retired players showed stronger psychological flourishing (p=0.011). Correlations showed that retired players with more positive experiences in the club transition process were more confidence in their finances (p<0.001), reported greater psychological flourishing (p=0.05), had lower attachment to an athletic identity (p=0.008).Conclusions: In this cohort, career length and transition process experience impacted on transitioning athletes psychological flourishing, athletic identity, financial confidence and elements of career self-doubt. The data supports previous case and qualitative studies that education and awareness to AFL club staff on the transition process is required particularly to delisted players exiting the AFL and for a life outside of professional sport.
Investigating anabolic-androgenic steroid dependence and muscle dysmorphia with network analysis
Authors: Scarth Morgan , Westlye Lars T. , Havnes Ingrid Amalia , Bjørnebekk Astrid
Published: May 2022

Anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) dependence has numerous adverse health consequences, and may be driven in part by body image concerns, primarily muscle dysmorphia. This study aims to further understanding and identify potential clinical targets using network analyses of AAS dependence and muscle dysmorphia symptoms in male AAS users and weightlifting controls. Symptoms of AAS dependence and muscle dysmorphia were assessed using clinical interviews and standardized questionnaires. In a network of AAS dependence symptoms among users, continuing use despite physical and mental problems, using longer than planned, tolerance, and work/life interference were the most central symptoms. When comparing symptom structures of muscle dysmorphia between AAS users and controls, the most central symptoms in each group were exercise dependence and size/symmetry concerns, respectively. AAS users demonstrated elevated muscle dysmorphia symptoms compared to controls, indicating that both the severity and structure of symptoms differ between these groups. In a network including both AAS dependence and muscle dysmorphia symptoms among users, no significant connections between symptom groups were identified. AAS dependence is complex, with correlated somatic and psychological challenges driving the symptom network, indicating that alleviating physical and mental health concerns during both AAS use and cessation is an important clinical target.
A learning bias for word order harmony: evidence from speakers of non-harmonic languages
Authors: Culbertson Jennifer , Franck Julie , Braquet Guillaume , Navarro Magda Barrera , Arnon Inbal
Published: May 2022

Word order harmony describes the tendency, found across the world’s languages, to consistently order syntactic heads relative to dependents. It is one of the most well-known and well-studied typological universals. Almost since it was first noted by Greenberg (1963), there has been disagreement about what role, if any, the cognitive system plays in driving harmony. Recently, a series of studies using artificial language learning experiments reported that harmonic noun phrase word orders were preferred over non-harmonic orders by English-speaking adults and children (Culbertson et al. 2012, Culbertson & Newport 2015, 2017). However, this evidence is potentially confounded by the fact that English is itself a harmonic language (Goldberg 2013). Here we sought to extend the results from these studies by exploring whether learners who have substantial experience with a non-harmonic language still showed a bias for harmonic patterns during learning. We found that monolingual French- and Hebrew-speaking children, whose language has a non-harmonic noun phrase order (N Adj, Num N) nevertheless preferred harmonic patterns when learning an artificial language. We also found evidence for a harmony bias across several populations of adult learners, although this interacted in complex ways with their L2 experience. Our results suggest that transfer from the L1 cannot explain the preference for harmony found in previous studies. Moreover, they provide the strongest evidence yet that a cognitive bias for harmony is a plausible candidate for shaping linguistic typology.
Love and Friendship Across the Lifespan
Authors: Heshmati Saeideh , Cabreros Ezra , Ellis Olivia , Blackard Betsy
Published: May 2022

Humans are innately social, and this disposition motivates us to build relationships. In particular, close relationships such as romantic love relationships and friendships have a unique bidirectional influence on development. These close relationships influence individuals’ overall well-being in addition to giving purpose and meaning to people’s lives. They also have implications for the development of identity, promoting better mental health, and increasing life satisfaction. Love and friendships are unique in their voluntary and bidirectional nature, and it is this very nature that puts them into the spotlight of interest and makes them prone to change across the lifespan. In the earliest stages of life, the most significant relationships are those with caregivers, although such relationships lay the groundwork for future non-familial relationships. As children begin going to school and interacting with people outside of the home, social connections expand to include friendships during childhood and adolescence. While peer relations teach children and adolescents many of the social skills that are required to maintain close relationships later in life, love relationships, which tend to emerge in adolescence, also contribute to their development and cognitions about social bonds. Love relationships gain a great deal of importance in young adulthood, as young adults strive for intimacy and strong social support. As individuals grow older, they tend to be more selective about the people they spend time with; consequently, middle-aged and older adults’ social circles reduce to the most meaningful connections. These patterns in close relationships provide a deeper understanding of how social connections influence development and, conversely, how development influences social connections.
A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Adolescents’ Beliefs About the Causes of Depression
Authors: Ahuvia Isaac , Chen Sharon , Gordon Lucy , Fox Kathryn , Schleider Jessica L.
Published: May 2022

Background: Adolescents’ beliefs about what causes depression may inform their attempts to manage the disorder and, consequently, their clinical outcomes. However, research is needed to articulate what these beliefs are and how they relate to other clinical constructs. Methods: This study explored the causal beliefs about depression held by a sample of U.S. adolescents with elevated depression symptoms (N = 281). Qualitative methods were used to identify causal beliefs from open-ended survey responses. Quantitative methods compared the perceived causes of one’s own depression vs others’ depression, compared causal beliefs across groups, and measured the association between causal beliefs and additional clinical constructs. Results: The most common causal beliefs were dysfunctional home and family relationships (52%) and stress from school (42%). Several causal beliefs were expressed more in regards to one’s own depression than others’ depression (e.g., adverse childhood events, 11% vs 3%, p = .004) and vice versa (e.g., social media use, 12% vs 2%, p < .001). Additionally, significant relationships emerged between certain causal beliefs and demographic and clinical variables. Limitations: This study did not examine behavioral indicators of illness management (e.g., help-seeking) and cannot speak to the relationship of causal beliefs to these behaviors. Moreover, as causal beliefs were measured dichotomously, we were unable to measure the degree of agreement with each belief. Conclusions: Adolescents’ causal beliefs about depression are diverse and multifaceted. The causal beliefs endorsed about one’s own depression differ substantially from those endorsed about depression generally, and both types of causal beliefs are associated with additional clinical variables.
Gender, work, and back pain in India: quantitative and qualitative evidence
Authors: Sharma Kanika
Published: May 2022

Back pain is a neglected health issue in India. Within this neglect is the further neglect of back pain experienced by women. To investigate the relationship between gender and back pain, I use complementary qualitative and quantitative empirical strategies. Using the World Health Organization’s Study of Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE), I examine gender differences in experience and duration of back pain. I find that across ages and work categories, women report experiencing a higher burden of back pain than men. Women also report greater number of days spent in back pain in a month than men. Moreover, every second woman engaged in agricultural work reports having back pain and spending about a week a month in back pain. To understand why women agricultural workers face such a high burden of back pain, I conducted qualitative research in a rural district in Bihar. The backbreaking nature ofwomen’s work both inside and outside the home emerges as the biggest contributor to back pain. These findings have important implications for intersections between work, gender, and health in India. They also underscore the need for addressing social determinants of health thatshape women’s health and wellbeing in India.
Cognitive behavior therapy reduces crime and violence over 10 years: Experimental evidence
Authors: Blattman Christopher , Sheridan Margaret A. , Jamison Julian C. , Chaskel Sebastian
Published: May 2022

In most societies, a small number of people commit most of the serious crimes and violence. Short-term studies have shown that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can reduce such antisocial behaviors. There are some signs that these behavior changes may be temporary, however, especially from therapy on its own. This is unsettled, however, for there has been little randomized and long-term research on the question. We follow 999 high-risk men in Liberia 10 years after randomization into one of four arms: 8 weeks of a low-cost therapy; a \$200 cash grant; both therapy and cash; or a control group. Together, the two interventions cost just \$530 to deliver. We find that, a decade later, both therapy alone and therapy with economic assistance produce dramatic reductions in antisocial behaviors. Reported drug-selling and participation in thefts and robberies, for example, fall by about half. These impacts are greatest among the very highest-risk men. The effects of therapy alone, however, are somewhat smaller and more fragile. The effects of therapy plus economic assistance are more sustained and precise. Since the cash did not increase earnings for more than a few months after the grants, we hypothesize that the grant, and those few months of legitimate business activity, reinforced the learning-by-doing and habit formation embodied in CBT. Overall, the results suggest that highly-targeted CBT plus economic assistance could be an inexpensive and effective way to prevent violence, especially when policymakers are searching for alternatives to aggressive policing and incarceration.
Comparative study of bone microarchitactural structure after porous bioglass and Strontium doped bioactive glass bone graft in Wistar rat model
Authors:   University of Rennes 1, UMR CNRS 6226, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 av. du Général, Leclerc, 35042 Rennes, France, Jebahi Samira , Oudadesse Hassane ,   University of Rennes 1, UMR CNRS 6226, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 av. du Général, Leclerc, 35042 Rennes, France, Abdessalem Nacer ,   Histology, Orthopaedic and Traumatology laboratory, Sfax Faculty of Medicine, Sfax, Tunisia, Keskes Hassib ,   Histology, Orthopaedic and Traumatology laboratory, Sfax Faculty of Medicine, Sfax, Tunisia, Rebai Tarek ,   Histology, Orthopaedic and Traumatology laboratory, Sfax Faculty of Medicine, Sfax, Tunisia, Feki Hafed el ,   Science Materials and Environement laboratory, Sfax Faculty of Science, Sfax, Tunisia, Feki Abdelfattah el ,   Animal Ecophysiology Laboratory, Sfax Faculty of Science, Department of Life Sciences, Sfax, Tunisia
Published: May 2022

Osteoporosis is an important systemic skeletal disease, characterized by reduction in bone mass and disruption of the microarchitectural structure of bone tissue, resulting in loss of mechanical strength and increased risk of fracture. Wistar rats were divided into four groups: the group (I) was used as negative control (T), after ovariectomy, groups II, III, IV and V were used respectively as positive control (OVX), implanted tissue with Strontium doped bioactive glass (BG-Sr) (OVX-BG-Sr) implanted tissue with Porous bioactive glass (OVX-PG) . The histomorphometric analysis demonstrated that BV/TV, N. Ob was significantly higher in PG treated rats groups than those of BG-Sr groups. However, the (Oc.S/ BS) parameter was significantly decreased in PG groups when compared with that of BG-Sr treated rats. On the other hand, the MS/BS had not significantly decreased in the PG treated rats groups when compared with that of BG-Sr rat groups. After 60 days of implantation, the microarchitecture in PG bone were more ameliorated then that of BG-Sr bone. Both of PG and BG-sr groups were more amilorated than that of OVX groups. Therefore, our findings suggested that both PG and BG-Sr might have promising applications in osteoporotic diseases.
Comparison of proper nutrition, creatine and glutamine supplements effects on white blood cells
Authors:   Department Physiology, Specialty Sport Nutrition, Yerevan State University, Armenia, Abbasalipour Masoud , Parsay Sousan ,   Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Social Medicine Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Akbarnejad Ali ,   Assistant Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, Iran
Published: May 2022

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of glutamine and creatine supplements and proper nutrition on white blood cells. Materials and Methods: The samples for this study consisted of 28 elite wrestlers of Mazandaran province, aged 18 to 25 years old. They were randomly divided into four groups. Proper nutrition with carbohydrate solution made of 5% honey instead of water, creatine supplement group (0.3 g/Kg/ for 15 days), glutamine group (0.3 g/kg for 15 days), control group. Statistical analyses were performed using Excel and SPSS. Results: The results of the investigation of the blood leukocytes level in the pre-test showed significant differences (p <0.05). Conclusion: Our results revealed that proper nutrition and carbohydrate has positive effects such as prevention of white cells increase after exercise and immune system suppression after exercise.
Use of 3rd generation cephalosporins in different age groups in tertiary health care centers of Karachi
Authors:   Department of Pharmacy, Jinnah University for Women, 5C, Nazimabad, Karachi – 74600, Pakistan, Naveed Safila , Hameed Asra ,   Department of Pharmacy, Jinnah University for Women, 5C, Nazimabad, Karachi – 74600, Pakistan, Sharif Neelam ,   Department of Pharmacy, Jinnah University for Women, 5C, Nazimabad, Karachi – 74600, Pakistan, Urooj Ammarah ,   Department of Pharmacy, Jinnah University for Women, 5C, Nazimabad, Karachi – 74600, Pakistan, Mehak Ramsha ,   Department of Pharmacy, Jinnah University for Women, 5C, Nazimabad, Karachi – 74600, Pakistan
Published: May 2022

Prescription writing is the key part in healthcare provision. The caution use of antibiotics is very important as their resistance can be life threatening. Our study aims to find out the current prescribing practice of the antibiotics, specially the use of cephalosporins for Pediatric in tertiary health care centres situated in Karachi. Cross sectional, random sampling method was used to collect data of patients from different hospitals & health cares in the city of Karachi from September to November 2013. Antibiotics are most commonly prescribed drugs. On the other hand Antibiotics are available and sold throughout the whole city without the prescription of a registered medical practitioner, which is one of the causes for overuse of antibiotics resulting in becoming the bacteria & other microbes resistant to antibiotics. Our result shows that altogether 50 patients, 13 males and 14 females (54 %), were using third generation cephalosporins.
Rapid in vitro propagation of Inula royleana DC. through embryo culture
Authors:   Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar 190006, J&K, India, Amin Samar , Kaloo Zahoor A ,   Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar 190006, J&K, India, Singh Seema ,   Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar 190006, J&K, India
Published: May 2022

During present study a rapid in vitro propagation method was developed for Inula royleana, a medicinal perennial herb, through embryo culture. Embryo germination and complete plantlet formation was obtained on basal MS medium in a time period of 6 and 11 days respectively with 100% culture response. Indirect shoot regeneration with 25±0.6 mean number of shoots was also obtained in 70% cultures when leaf explants obtained from germinated embryos were inoculated on MS medium containing BAP (5 mg/l) +IAA (2 mg/l).
Intracranial tuberculomata: A computerized tomographic evaluation
Authors:   Department of Radiology, Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, Ghanpur Village, Medchal Mandal, R.R district, Andhra Pradesh 501401, India, Ravindranath M. L.
Published: May 2022

Tuberculosis is a global pandemic accounting for 9.2 million new cases and approximately 2 million deaths annually. Tuberculomata of the brain are a common feature of Intracranial tuberculosis. In the past the diagnosis was based on the evidence of active tuberculosis, elsewhere in the body, characteristic Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings, a biopsy of necropsy. CSF findings would be equivocal in the absence of meningeal involvement. In India, its incidence is 12 to 30% of all intra-cranial space occupying lesions. The material consisted of 1000 patients who were admitted during the two year period, presenting with clinical features of headache vomiting, or focal/generalized seizures. These patients belonged to the acute medical care unit and pediatric Medical Units of a tertiary care hospiatl in South India. This study is a retrospective one and only those cases who had their Computerized Tomography (CT) scan of head and brain done were included. A total of 276 patients with definite CT findings of tuberculoma were analyzed for their age, and sex incidence, numbers, size and site of correlated with the clinical presenting features, duration of illness, CT morphology. A definite pattern of CT morphology of tuberculomata was seen, small sized lesions were the commonest 61 % , medium size lesions 30 % large size lesions 9 % . Shape: Ring and disc lesions 79 % irregular ball like nodular lesions 21 %. Number: Single lesions were the most frequent 86 % though multiple lesions were encountered in 14 % cases of our study. Site: Supratentorial involvement we noted in 96 % of patients and only 4 % infratentorial involvement was seen. The commonest site of supratentorial involvement of brain by tuberculoma was the parietal lobes. The advent of CT has definitely helped in the early diagnosis of intracranial tuberculomata. It is cost effective and currently available even at the district headquarter level, and is therefore effective in isolating tuberculomata cases from other intracranial space occupying lesions by its typical CT morphology unsuspected cases are coming to light who and are amenable to medical treatment if diagnosed at the earliest by the help of CT.
Hypothermia and the outcomes in emergency department
Authors:   Emergeny Medicine Department, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran, Bozorgi Farzad , Abbasi Mohsen ,   Emergency Medicine Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Jahanian Fatemeh ,   Emergeny Medicine Department, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran, Hoseininejad Seyed Mohammad ,   Emergeny Medicine Department, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Published: May 2022

Hypothermia is defined as a core temperature less than 35 which is commonly seen in patients with loss of consciences. It increases the mortality due to impaired cardio respiratory function, peripheral vasoconstriction, bleeding diathesis, metabolic acidosis, diminished hepatorenal function and impaired immune response. We decide to investigate the prevalence of hypothermia and its relationship with patients’ outcome considering the problem mentioned and inadequate attention to hypothermia. Investigation was done in 100 emergent patients who presented to Iran university hospital, Tehran, Iran. This descriptive study was done during 4 month; tympanic infrared thermometer was used to measure the temperature. The temperature was measured 0.1 and 6 hr. after arrival and then gathered data was processed by SPSS statistical software. Our goal was to find the relation between patients’ core temperature and their outcomes in emergent patients. Some other data such as mortality and need for critical care or ward admission, was also included. Hypothermia was detected in 35.3% of the patients. There was significant correlation between hypothermia and mortality P; 0.002. Hypothermia was more prevalent in patients who were died but there was no significant correlation between hypothermia and the need for critical care length of stay.
Inhibition of growth and induction of apoptosis in PC3 and A549 cell lines by hydro alcoholic fruit extract of Morinda tinctoria roxb: in vitro analysis
Authors:   University College of Pharmacy, Cheruvandoor, M G University, Kottayam, Kerala, Ittiyavirah Sibi P. , Muraly A ,   University College of Pharmacy, Cheruvandoor, M G University, Kottayam, Kerala, Rajiv P ,   University College of Pharmacy, Cheruvandoor, M G University, Kottayam, Kerala, Raveendran R ,   University College of Pharmacy, Cheruvandoor, M G University, Kottayam, Kerala
Published: May 2022

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Morinda tinctoria Roxb fruit on inhibition of growth and induction of apoptosis in human prostate carcinoma cells (PC-3) and lung carcinoma (A549) cells. Morinda tinctoria Roxb hydro alcoholic fruit extract (MTHFE) was taken to in vitro studies, like phytochemical screening, MTT assay, cell induced apoptosis. Dose dependant cytotoxic activities were exhibited by PC-3 cell lines and A549 cells. The result showed that, as the dose of the extract increased, the no of viable cells were found to be decreased, which confirms the anti-cancer and cytotoxic activities of the fruit extract.
Callus induction and multiple shoot regeneration in Ajuga bracteosa Wall ex. Benth.-An important medicinal plant growing in Kashmir Himalaya
Authors:   Plant Tissue Culture Research Laboratory, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K 190006, India, Jan Mahroofa , Singh Seema ,   Plant Tissue Culture Research Laboratory, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K 190006, India, Kaloo Zahoor A ,   Plant Tissue Culture Research Laboratory, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K 190006, India, Maqbool Farhana ,   Plant Tissue Culture Research Laboratory, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K 190006, India
Published: May 2022

Ajuga bracteosa Wall ex. Benth is an important medicinal plant growing in Kashmir Himalaya. During the present study an efficient and rapid in vitro protocol has been established viz; Callus induction and multiple shoot regeneration. Callus induction has been achieved from different explants viz., leaf, petiole and internodal cuttings. Maximum callus production was obtained when leaf explants were inoculated on Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium supplemented with BAP (benzylaminopurine 5.0 mg/l) after 19 days of inoculation. In the petiole explant callus was induced on MS (Murashige and Skoog ) medium supplemented with BAP (2.0 mg/l) + IAA ( Indole-3-acetic acid 3.0 mg/l) after 51 days of inoculation and from internodal explant callus was induced on MS medium supplemented with BAP (2.0 mg/l) + NAA(α-Naphthalene acetic acid 5.0 mg/l) after 35 days of inoculation. Callus derived from leaf explants differentiated into multiple shoots on MS medium supplemented with different concentrations of auxins (IAA, NAA) and cytokinins (BAP, Kinetin). Maximum multiple shoots regenerated on MS medium supplemented with BAP (5.0 mg/l) after 28 days of inoculation.
A review on chemistry of some species of genus Vepris (Rutaceae family)
Authors:   Chemistry Department, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, P.R. China, Imbenzi Palmer Sivoko , Osoro Eric Kibagendi. ,   Chemistry Department, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, P.R. China, Aboud Naji Said ,   Chemistry Department, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, P.R. China, Ombito Japheth Omollo ,   Chemistry Department, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536 Egerton, Kenya, Cheplogoi Peter Kiplagat ,   Chemistry Department, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536 Egerton, Kenya
Published: May 2022

This review presents the current known phytochemical constituents of the genus Vepris. The genus is a rich source of alkaloids and limonoids most of which possess the 3, 4- methylenedioxy moieties. They are frequently used as antimalarial in African traditional medicine. The genus Vepris produces a number of metabolites in high quantities whose biological activities including antiplasmodial and antioxidant activities exhibited are discussed. The ethnopharmacology and toxicity of Vepris are also considered.
An audit of prescription for rational use of fixed dose drug combinations at a tertiary care dental setting
Authors:   Senior Demonstrator, Department of Pharmacology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur302022, India, Sharma Kopal , Sharma Amit ,   Reader, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Rajasthan Dental College, Jaipur- 302001, India, Neemawat Kanu ,   Medical Officer, Govt. of Rajasthan, India
Published: May 2022

This study aimed to study about the rationality of various fixed dose combinations prescribed at a tertiary care dental setting, in Jaipur. After taking permission from the Institutional Ethical Committee, total 1654 prescriptions from all the clinical departments of the Rajasthan Dental College from December 2013 to September 2014 were analyzed. Our study revealed that 69.1% of the prescriptions contained fixed dose combinations, out of which majority of prescription (66.75%) had rational fixed dose combinations. Only 33.24% prescriptions had irrational fixed dose combinations. The average number of fixed dose combinations per prescription was 1.03. All the fixed dose combinations were prescribed by their brand names. 55.6% of the fixed dose combinations were prescribed by the oral route. The majority (37.1%) of the prescribed irrational fixed dose combinations were ofloxacin and ornidazole combinations, followed by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory combinations (24.7%). This study highlights the importance and need of awareness programs focusing on the deleterious consequences related to irrational use of medicines to ensure that the prescriber’s knowledge and skills to prescribe rationally is updated frequently.
Effects of core iron oxide nanoparticles on microbial control and bacteriostatic activity against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium smegmatis
Authors:   Dept. of Biomedical Informatics Centre, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute Medical Science, Patna 800007, India, Kumar Rishikesh , Sahoo Ganesh Chandra ,   Dept. of Biomedical Informatics Centre, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute Medical Science, Patna 800007, India, Das VNR ,   Clinical Medicine, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute Medical Science, Patna 800007, India, Pandey Krishna ,   Clinical Medicine, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute Medical Science, Patna 800007, India, Das Pradeep ,   Dept. of Biomedical Informatics Centre, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute Medical Science, Patna 800007, India
Published: May 2022

The anti-bacterial activity of the Fe3/citric acid/cephalosporin nanoparticles (core) on Staphylococcus aureus (MTCC737), Mycobacterium smegmatis (MTCC994) and Escherichia coli (MTCC443) was tested using this system as an active compound carrier. We have describe the simple method to obtain iron nanoparticles with uniform size distribution by utilizing citric acid and as surface-capping agents the dimensions of Fe nanoparticles were in the 5-20 nm range and they were characterized by High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM).The particle size was tailored by tuning the concentration ratio of iron ions to carboxylic acid groups. Fe nanoparticles assisted by citric acid to analyze the interaction different type of cephalosporin against the these bacteria The antibacterial activity was observed in both, citric acid core nanoparticles/cephalosporin and core nanoparticles alone against these pathogen.
Callus induction and shoot regeneration from rhizome explants of Rheum webbianum Royle- a threatened medicinal plant growing in Kashmir Himalaya
Authors:   Plant Tissue Culture Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K, India, Rashid Sabreena , Kaloo Zahoor A ,   Plant Tissue Culture Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K, India, Singh Seema ,   Plant Tissue Culture Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K, India, Bashir Iram ,   Plant Tissue Culture Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K, India
Published: May 2022

Rheum webbianum Royle is an important medicinal plant of family Polygonaceae growing in Kashmir Himalaya. It possesses hepatoprotective, spasmolytic, anticholesterolaemic, antitumor, antiseptic, antifungal, anti-microbial, anti-Parkinson’s, anti-proliferative, immuno-enhancing, antiviral and antioxidant properties. During the present study an attempt has been made to standardize a protocol for large scale propagation of this threatened Himalayan plant species using rhizome cuttings as explants. Callus was obtained when the rhizome explants were inoculated on MS medium containing different concentrations of auxins either alone or in combination, 2, 4-D at a concentration of 0.5 mg/l was found to be most effective in callus production in a time period of 30 days. Callus derived from rhizome explants differentiated into shoots on MS medium supplemented with different concentrations of auxins (IAA, IBA) and (BAP). Maximum number of shoots (2.8±0.2) was regenerated on MS medium supplemented with BAP (5.0 mg/l) and IAA (2.0 mg/l) after 16 days.
Comparative efficiency of various explants for callus production in Bunium persicum (Boiss.) B. Fedtsch
Authors:   Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K-190006, India, Bashir Iram , Kaloo Zahoor A ,   Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K-190006, India, Singh Seema ,   Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K-190006, India, Rashid Sabreena ,   Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K-190006, India
Published: May 2022

Bunium persicum, family Apiaceae is a native of west Asia and has a limited distribution. During the present study an efficient in vitro protocol has been standardized viz, callus production from cotyledon, hypocotyl and nodal explants. Callus was obtained from these explants on MS medium fortified with different growth regulators both auxins (IAA, IBA, NAA, 2,4-D) and cytokinins (BAP and Kn). From cotyledon explants best callus production was achieved on MS medium supplemented with BAP (2 mg/l) +IAA (2 mg/l) within 10 days. For hypocotyls explants MS medium fortified with BAP (2 mg/l) resulted in best callus production within 24 days. MS medium supplemented with BAP (1 mg/l) +IAA (3 mg/l) proved to be most effective in callus production from nodal explants within 19 days.