bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN PENGEMBANGAN DIRI MELALUI TEKNIK SHAPING PADA SISWA TUNAGRAHITA RINGAN
Authors: Dwiandriani Elsy
Published: June 2021

Tulisan yang berbasis Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK, Classroom Action Research) yang dilaksanakan di Sekolah Luar Biasa (SLB) Negeri Sungailiat Bangka Belitung ini bertujuan meningkatkan kemampuan pengembangan diri dalam menyetrika pakaian bagi siswa tunagrahita, khususnya tunagrahita ringan. Sebagai kolaborator adalah teman sejawat. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa tunagrahita ringan kelas 5 sebanyak 5 orang. PTK ini dilakukan dalam 2 siklus, masing-masing siklus terdiri atas 4 kali pertemuan. Data program khusus pengembangan diri diperoleh melalui observasi, tes, dan catatan lapangan. Setelah diberikan tindakan melalui teknik shaping pada siklus I, nilai siswa mengalami peningkatan, meskipun belum maksimal. Maka, dilakukanlah siklus II. Hasilnya, teknik shaping dapat meningkatkan kemampuan pengembangan diri secara optimal dalam menyetrika pakaian. Kriteria keberhasilan ditetapkan berdasarkan ketercapaian minimal pada kategori baik. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa teknik shaping dapat meningkatkan kemampuan pengembangan diri menyetrika pakaian pada siswa tunagrahita ringan.
Identificación de ecto y endoparásitos en palomas domésticas (Columba livia) del área urbana de Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia
Authors: Hernández-Martínez María Cristina , Parra-Arango Jorge Luis , Góngora-Orjuela Agustín , Walteros-Casas Harvey Augusto , Chaparro-Gutiérrez Jenny Jovana
Published: June 2021

Objetivo. Determinar la presencia de parásitos internos y externos en palomas comunes (Columba livia) del área urbana de la ciudad de Villavicencio, Meta, durante la transición verano a invierno del año 2017. Materiales y Métodos. Se capturaron 72 palomas de tres comunas de la ciudad y sometidas a inspección visual para parásitos externos, a la vez se obtuvo muestras de material fecal para análisis coprológico mediante el método de Sheather’s. Se realizaron frotis con las muestras de sangre y tinción con Giemsa para agentes hemotrópicos. Resultados. En el 100% de las muestras se encontraron dos especies de parásitos externos: piojos malófagos (Columbicola columbae) y mosca de paloma (Pseudolynchia canariensis). Dentro de los parásitos internos se encontraron dos protozoarios: Haemoproteus spp. 26.5% (9/34) en frotis sanguíneo y Eimeria spp. 36% (26/72) en heces, seguido de los nematodos: Ascaridia spp. 4.2% (3/72) y Capillaria spp. 13.8% (10/72) y cestodos: Raillietina spp. 1.38% (1/72). No se encontró asociación del parasitismo con el sexo de la paloma o la comuna de muestreo. Conclusiones. La presencia de parásitos internos fue baja, excepto para Eimeria spp., estos datos representan información importante del riesgo potencial para la salud animal y humana, especialmente para poblaciones comerciales de aves y la avifauna nativa. Estos resultados indican que se requieren programas sanitarios y de control en las poblaciones de palomas de la ciudad.
Political Change in Liberalism: Carl Poper’s perspective as an example
Authors: Abdullah Kanaan Hamagharib , Shareef Aryan Rasheed
Published: June 2021

Liberalism does not have one perspective on political changes. Classical liberalism places great emphasis on individual freedom and opposes state interference in the private affairs of individuals. From this standpoint, Liberalism accepts revolutionary movements against oppressive regimes that violate individuals’ freedom. The idea of freedom is central in neoliberalism, particularly in social welfares, to provide people decent conditions for pursuing a good life or for human flourishing and therefore the neoliberalism perspective opts for a limited interference by the state in the market. The different perspectives of neoliberalism can trace their roots back to classical liberalism’s arguments, which encourage individuals’ freedom and opt for limit state interference, while in terms of political change, they have conservative views and in this regard, Karl Poper is with the gradual changes of society and rejects the revolutionary mechanism because it threatens freedom and leads to tyranny
The Influence of COVID-19 Information Sources on the Attitudes and Practices Toward COVID-19 Among the General Public of Saudi Arabia: Cross-sectional Online Survey Study
Authors: Alshareef Noor , Yunusa Ismaeel , Al-Hanawi Mohammed Khaled
Published: June 2021

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in panic among the general public, leading many people to seek out information related to COVID-19 through various sources, including social media and traditional media. Identifying public preferences for obtaining such information may help health authorities to effectively plan successful health preventive and educational intervention strategies.

Objective

The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the types of sources used for obtaining COVID-19 information on the attitudes and practices of the general public in Saudi Arabia during the pandemic, and to identify the socioeconomic and demographic factors associated with the use of different sources of information.

Methods

This study used data from a cross-sectional online survey conducted on residents of Saudi Arabia from March 20 to 24, 2020. Data were analyzed using descriptive, bivariate, and multivariable logistic regression analyses. Bivariate analysis of categorical variables was performed to determine the associations between information sources and socioeconomic and demographic factors. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were employed to examine whether socioeconomic and demographic variables were associated with the source of information used to obtain information about COVID-19. Moreover, univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine how sources of information influence attitudes and practices of adhering to preventive measures.

Results

In this analysis of cross-sectional survey data, 3358 participants were included. Most participants reported using social media, followed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as their primary source of information. Seeking information via social media was significantly associated with lower odds of having an optimistic attitude (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.845, 95% CI 0.733-0.974; P=.02) and adhering to preventive measures (aOR 0.725, 95% CI 0.630-0.835; P<.001) compared to other sources of information. Participants who obtained their COVID-19 information via the MOH had greater odds of having an optimistic attitude (aOR 1.437, 95% CI 1.234-1.673; P<.001) and adhering to preventive measures (aOR 1.393, 95% CI 1.201-1.615; P<.001) than those who obtained information via other sources.

Conclusions

This study provides evidence that different sources of information influence attitudes and preventive actions differently within a pandemic crisis context. Health authorities in Saudi Arabia should pay attention to the use of appropriate social media channels and sources to allow for more effective dissemination of critical information to the public.
Application of the eHealth Literacy Model in Digital Health Interventions: Scoping Review (Preprint)
Authors: El Benny Mariam , Kabakian-Khasholian Tamar , El-Jardali Fadi , Bardus Marco
Published: June 2021

BACKGROUND

Digital health interventions (DHIs) are increasingly being adopted globally to address various public health issues. DHIs can be categorized according to four main types of technology: mobile based, web based, telehealth, and electronic health records. In 2006, Norman and Skinner introduced the eHealth literacy model, encompassing six domains of skills and abilities (basic, health, information, scientific, media, and computer) needed to effectively understand, process, and act on health-related information. Little is known about whether these domains are assessed or accounted for in DHIs.

OBJECTIVE

This study aims to explore how DHIs assess and evaluate the eHealth literacy model, describe which health conditions are addressed, and which technologies are used.

METHODS

We conducted a scoping review of the literature on DHIs, based on randomized controlled trial design and reporting the assessment of any domain of the eHealth literacy model. MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, and Cochrane Library were searched. A duplicate selection and data extraction process was performed; we charted the results according to the country of origin, health condition, technology used, and eHealth literacy domain.

RESULTS

We identified 131 unique DHIs conducted in 26 different countries between 2001 and 2020. Most DHIs were conducted in English-speaking countries (n=81, 61.8%), delivered via the web (n=68, 51.9%), and addressed issues related to noncommunicable diseases (n=57, 43.5%) or mental health (n=26, 19.8%). None of the interventions assessed all six domains of the eHealth literacy model. Most studies focused on the domain of health literacy (n=96, 73.2%), followed by digital (n=19, 14.5%), basic and media (n=4, 3%), and information and scientific literacy (n=1, 0.7%). Of the 131 studies, 7 (5.3%) studies covered both health and digital literacy.

CONCLUSIONS

Although many selected DHIs assessed health or digital literacy, no studies comprehensively evaluated all domains of the eHealth literacy model; this evidence might be overlooking important factors that can mediate or moderate the effects of these interventions. Future DHIs should comprehensively assess the eHealth literacy model while developing or evaluating interventions to understand how and why interventions can be effective.
The Effects of Log-in Behaviors and Web Reviews on Patient Consultation in Online Health Communities: Longitudinal Study (Preprint)
Authors: Chen Qin , Jin Jiahua , Zhang Tingting , Yan Xiangbin
Published: June 2021

BACKGROUND

With the rapid development of information technology and web-based communities, a growing number of patients choose to consult physicians in online health communities (OHCs) for information and treatment. Although extant research has primarily discussed factors that influence the consulting choices of OHC patients, there is still a lack of research on the effects of log-in behaviors and web reviews on patient consultation.

OBJECTIVE

This study aims to explore the impact of physicians’ log-in behavior and web reviews on patient consultation.

METHODS

We conducted a longitudinal study to examine the effects of physicians’ log-in behaviors and web reviews on patient consultation by analyzing short-panel data from 911 physicians over five periods in a Chinese OHC.

RESULTS

The results showed that the physician’s log-in behavior had a positive effect on patient consultation. The maximum number of days with no log-ins for a physician should be 20. The two web signals (log-in behavior and web reviews) had no complementary relationship. Moreover, the offline signal (ie, offline status) has different moderating effects on the two web signals, positively moderating the relationship between web reviews and patient consultation.

CONCLUSIONS

Our study contributes to the eHealth literature and advances the understanding of physicians’ web-based behaviors. This study also provides practical implications, showing that physicians’ log-in behavior alone can affect patient consultation rather than complementing web reviews.
Patients and Professionals as Partners in Hypertension Care: Qualitative Substudy of a Randomized Controlled Trial Using an Interactive Web-Based System Via Mobile Phone (Preprint)
Authors: Andersson Ulrika , Bengtsson Ulrika , Ranerup Agneta , Midlöv Patrik , Kjellgren Karin
Published: June 2021

BACKGROUND

The use of technology has the potential to support the patient´s active participation regarding treatment of hypertension. This might lead to changes in the roles of the patient and health care professional and affect the partnership between them.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the partnership between patients and health care professionals and the roles of patients and professionals in hypertension management when using an interactive web-based system for self-management of hypertension via the patient’s own mobile phone.

METHODS

Focus group interviews were conducted with 22 patients and 15 professionals participating in a randomized controlled trial in Sweden aimed at lowering blood pressure (BP) using an interactive web-based system via mobile phones. The interviews were audiorecorded and transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis.

RESULTS

Three themes were identified: the technology, the patient, and the professional. The technology enabled documentation of BP treatment, mainly for sharing knowledge between the patient and the professional. The patients gained increased knowledge of BP values and their relation to daily activities and treatment. They were able to narrate about their BP treatment and take a greater responsibility, inspired by new insights and motivation for lifestyle changes. Based on the patient’s understanding of hypertension, professionals could use the system as an educational tool and some found new ways of communicating BP treatment with patients. Some reservations were raised about using the system, that it might be too time-consuming to function in clinical practice and that too much measuring could result in stress for the patient and an increased workload for the professionals. In addition, not all professionals and patients had adopted the instructions regarding the use of the system, resulting in less realization of its potential.

CONCLUSIONS

The use of the system led to the patients taking on a more active role in their BP treatment, becoming more of an expert of their BP. When using the system as intended, the professionals experienced it as a useful resource for communication regarding BP and lifestyle. Patients and professionals described a consultation on more equal grounds. The use of technology in hypertension management can promote a constructive and person-centered partnership between patient and professional. However, implementation of a new way of working should bring benefits and not be considered a burden for the professionals. To establish a successful partnership, both the patient and the professional need to be motivated toward a new way of working.

CLINICALTRIAL

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03554382; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03554382
DETERMINANTS OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS’ ACCESS TO MOBILE PHONE BASED MONEY TRANSFER SERVICES – EVIDENCE FROM VOLTA REGION OF GHANA
Authors: AMEDI MAXWELL , DELALI WOLEDZI FREEDMAN
Published: June 2021

Objective: Smallholder farmers’ access to Mobile Phone Based Money Transfer Services in Akatsi North District of Volta Region of Ghana under the Planting for Food and Jobs Programme.

Methods: Primary data were collected from 300 farmers in beneficiary districts while secondary data were gathered from literatures and various actors. A multi-stage sampling technique was used in selecting respondents for the study. The first stage involved selecting ten communities that benefited from the planting for food and jobs program in the Akatsi North district, while the second stage considered randomly selecting 30 beneficiary farmers in each community. Obtained data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences and STATA-11 software. Results were presented in the form of descriptive statistics, cross tabulation, and Logit regression model.

Results: Majority of respondents (74%) do not use Mobile Phone Based Money Transfer platform for any agricultural transaction. Is only 26% of the respondents that use the mobile money platform for their agribusiness activities. Out of the nine explanatory variables included in the Logit regression model, six of them were significant at p<0.01, p<0.05, and p<0.1. Significant factors include: Educational level of households, age, major occupation, accessibility of mobile money service provider, convenience to respondent, trust of the system, and availability of mobile money service.

Conclusions: The availability and accessibility of Mobile Phone Based Money financial services among smallholder farmers is key to achieving competitive global business.
MANAGEMENT OF MAGGOT INFLICTED WOUND – AYURVEDIC APPROACH
Authors: HS SATHISH , TM RASHMI , ADMANI MALLIKARJUN
Published: June 2021

Unhygienic conditions attract organisms into the pathological lesion and worsen the condition, here is a case wherein the patient with psoriatic skin lesions took treatment from an unqualified person and in addition his unhygienic habit attracted maggots into the foot eating away a major chunk of his normal tissues. The case was diagnosed and treated in lines with fundamental principles of Sushruta. The case is a best example of maggots destructive and repair effect on the tissue, the wound with maggots presence healed faster than with wound without maggots.
SEROPREVALENCE OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN IgG ANTIBODY RESPONSE TO PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MEROZOITE ANTIGENS AMONG CHILDREN IN MINNA, NORTH CENTRAL, NIGERIA
Authors: HADIJAH YAMMAN-USMAN , CJ INNOCENT OMALU , ABDULKADIR ABUBAKAR , SO ABOLARINWA , SAMUEL EKE S , A CHIDIEBERE OTUU
Published: June 2021

Objective: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a representative cohort of children in Minna aged 6 months–17 years to determine the correlation between immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum merozoite antigens.

Methods: Plasma samples from 93 children were exposed to Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the measurement of IgG antibody production against P. falciparum.

Results: There was a high seroprevalence of IgG antibody against P. falciparum antigens tested with 74.20%. The seroprevalence for the male category was quite higher as compared with that of the female category, though, analysis using Mann–Whitney U-test revealed IgG antibody response to P. falciparum infection in the male was significantly different as compared to the female category (p<0.05). Furthermore, the prevalence of IgG antibody against P. falciparum antigen increased with age, with the lowest observed in 6 months–5 years 66.66%. Kruskal–Wallis H test showed a non-significant difference in the production of IgG antibody against P. falciparum antigen between different cohorts, and no correlation exists between them (p>0.05). An evidence of more than 50% was found for the production of IgG antibody by sub-microscopic parasite. On the other hand, microscopically positive P. falciparum samples recorded more seroprevalence of 68.81% as against negative samples, though significant difference between the negative and positive P. falciparum infected samples and the production of IgG antibody was not observed (p>0.05).

Conclusion: This study has demonstrated a boosting immune responses by sub-microscopic parasite and also suggests a strong relationship between production of IgG antibody and malaria transmission, rather than protective immunity.
MOLECULAR DOCKING: AN EXPLANATORY APPROACH IN STRUCTURE-BASED DRUG DESIGNING AND DISCOVERY
Authors: SHARMA ADITI , KUNWAR SALONI , VAISHALI  , AGARWAL VAISHALI , SINGH CHHAYA , SHARMA MANISH DEV , CHAUHAN NEHA
Published: June 2021

Molecular docking is a modeling tool of Bioinformatics which includes two or more molecules which interact to provide a stable product in the form of a complex. Molecular docking is helpful in predicting the 3-d structure of a complex which depends on the binding characteristics of Ligand and target. Also, it is a structure-based virtual screening (SBVS) utilized to keep the 3-d structures of small molecule which are generated by computers into a target structure in various types of conformations, positions and orientations. This molecular docking has come out to be a novel concept with various types of advantages. It behaves as a highly exploring domain due to its significant structure-based drug design (SBDD), Assessment of Biochemical pathways, Lead Optimization and in De Novo drug design. In spite of all potential approaches, there are certain challenges which are-scoring function (differentiate the true binding mode), ligand chemistry (tautomerism and ionization) and receptor flexibility (single conformation of rigid receptor). The area of computer-aided drug design and discovery (CADDD) has achieved large favorable outcomes in the past few years. CADD has been adopted by various big pharmaceutical companies for leading discoveries of drugs. Many researchers have worked in order to examine different docking algorithms and to predict molecules' active site. Hence, this Review article depicts the whole sole of Molecular Docking.
SIMULTANEOUS METHOD FOR THE ESTIMATION OF BEDAQUILINE AND DELAMANID IN HUMAN PLASMA USING HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY
Authors: KUMAR A. K. HEMANTH , SUDHA V. , VIJAYAKUMAR A. , PADMAPRIYADARSINI C.
Published: June 2021

Objective: A specific, simple and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the estimation of Bedaquiline (BDQ) and Delamanid (DLM) in human plasma was developed.

Methods: The method involved deproteinization and further extracted the analyte using Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) cartridge and analysed using C18 column with the wavelength set at 231 nm. The isocratic mobile phase consisted of 10 mmol ammonium acetate buffer containing 0.25% acetic acid and 0.02% trifluoroacetic acid and acetonitrile in the ratio of 20:80(v/v). The validation parameters were evaluated. The method was applied to estimate plasma BDQ and DLM collected from five MDR-TB patients.

Results: Well resolved peaks of BDQ and DLM at retention times of 5.4 and 2.6 min were obtained respectively. The calibration curve was linear over a range of 0.01–10.0 µg/ml for both BDQ and DLM. The intra-and inter-day relative standard deviations for standards were below 10%. The recoveries for BDQ ranged from 101% to 107% and 98% to 107 % for DLM respectively.

Conclusion: A specific and sensitive method for simultaneous determination of BDQ and DLM in plasma using high-performance liquid chromatography was developed. This method can be used in clinical studies to evaluate drug exposure.
A REVIEW ON URSOLIC ACID: A NATURALLY OBTAINED PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENE
Authors: SHAIKH NARGEES , SAWANT GAURANG , DIXIT NIKHIL
Published: June 2021

Natural products derived from plants have been used for decades in traditional medicine. Many classes of compounds exist in plants such as saponins, alkaloids, anti-oxidants, etc. Pentacyclic triterpenes are also one of the compounds occurring in plants. In this class Ursolic acid is a well-recognized compound that is available from various sources like seeds as well as fruits and possess many types of activities and is a bright contender for developing novel treatment approaches for treating diseases.
THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN IN WORETA CITY ADMINISTRATION, ETHIOPIA
Authors: AGMASE NEGA GEDEFAW
Published: June 2021

Objective: This study attempted to investigate the socio-economic effects of divorce on children in the Woreta City Administration.

Methods: Qualitative, specifically phenomenological research design was employed for understanding the lived experiences of children from divorced families. Data were collected from children of a divorced family and experts through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews and participants of the study were selected by using a non-probability of snowball sampling technique. The collected data analyzed and interpreted thematically to address the aforementioned objectives.

Results: The study shows that many children are negatively suffering from the social effects of divorce. This is often expressed by the feeling of insecurity, educational failure and/or low school performances, loss of attachment as well as abuse and neglect. The study further reveals that children are also facing the harmful economic effects of divorce. Inability to access resources to fulfill basic needs, in-accessed to health-care services, as well as learning difficulties and low school performances are the major economic problems of divorce on children.

Conclusion: The study concluded that even if divorce affects all of those involved in its process but it has harmful effects on children’s socio-economic wellbeing than others.
“Echoing Pushkin”: Khodasevich and Pasternak on Mass and Elite Poetry
Authors: Sergeeva-Klyatis Anna Yu.
Published: June 2021

The article deals with several issues: first of all, it is a question of building the creative strategy by two of the largest representatives of Russian poetry of the XX century. Khodasevich's aspiration is based on separating himself from mass literature, closing in on the elite poetic world, focused on the Russian "golden age" and, mainly, the poetry of Pushkin. Against this background - the opposite direction of the development of Pasternak, also focused on Pushkin, but aimed at the mass reader, starting from the first half of the 1920s and ending with the late work. The author asks how the focus on Pushkin could lead one poet to abandon poetry and silence, while the otheron the contrary, to full realization and world fame. The article also touches the question of Khodasevich's attitude to Pasternak's work and, more broadly, to futuristic poetry in the context of ideas about the destructiveness of mass and the high mission of elite poetry.
Qualitative characteristics of business reporting: A historical perspective
Authors: Verma Vishal , Shahwan Yousef
Published: June 2021

This paper aims to provide a historical review of several leading documents in relation to the objectives of financial statements. Four main documents were discussed, analyzed and compared, using the content analysis approach. These documents are The Trueblood Report (1973), The Corporate Report (1976), Making Corporate Reports Valuable (McMonnies, 1988), and Guidelines for Financial Reporting Standards (Solomons, 1989). These documents were selected because they have been described as milestones in addressing qualitative characteristics of financial and business reporting. The historical review showed that the basic objective of financial statements is concerned with providing useful information for economic decision-making. In addition, it emphasized that information is useful when: 1) it shows the economic reality of the financial statements (i.e., balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement); and 2) it is relevant and reliable to users
COVID ROUTINES
Authors: moomal shekhawat  , Vastavikta Bhagat
Published: June 2021

We at SEA believe that the pandemic has a granularity of meta, non-linear narratives that become useful in making sense of the relational complexities of the pandemic and society. Thus, we set out to collect stories of fears, joys, agilities, fragilities, friendships, networks, collectives, home, work, infrastructures, entrepreneurship, privileges, marginalizations, migrations, desperation, gender, equity, etc. The glossary as a method became useful to reflect on this granularity of experiences and account for slippages during these times. These spatio-temporal stories, when read together or as individual instances produce a new sense of the emergent contemporary. This framework also allows us to speculate on the kind of world we will inhabit once the storm has passed.

We draw on multiple readings to bring out the nuances and patterns of social life produced in a pandemic. This we hope would allow us to collectively reflect on the restructured ideas of the self, the collective, society, space, and time.

Individual micro-curated expositions are linked together for www.covidglossary.net in order to generate non-linear readings of the pandemic.
CELEBRATIONS-EVENTS -FESTIVALS
Authors: moomal shekhawat  , Vastavikta Bhagat
Published: June 2021

We at SEA believe that the pandemic has a granularity of meta, non-linear narratives that become useful in making sense of the relational complexities of the pandemic and society. Thus, we set out to collect stories of fears, joys, agilities, fragilities, friendships, networks, collectives, home, work, infrastructures, entrepreneurship, privileges, marginalizations, migrations, desperation, gender, equity, etc. The glossary as a method became useful to reflect on this granularity of experiences and account for slippages during these times. These spatio-temporal stories, when read together or as individual instances produce a new sense of the emergent contemporary. This framework also allows us to speculate on the kind of world we will inhabit once the storm has passed.

We draw on multiple readings to bring out the nuances and patterns of social life produced in a pandemic. This we hope would allow us to collectively reflect on the restructured ideas of the self, the collective, society, space, and time.

Individual micro-curated expositions are linked together for www.covidglossary.net in order to generate non-linear readings of the pandemic.
FEAR- PHOBIA- TOUCH- SPATIALITY- HABITS
Authors: Vastavikta Bhagat  , moomal shekhawat
Published: June 2021

We at SEA believe that the pandemic has a granularity of meta, non-linear narratives that become useful in making sense of the relational complexities of the pandemic and society. Thus, we set out to collect stories of fears, joys, agilities, fragilities, friendships, networks, collectives, home, work, infrastructures, entrepreneurship, privileges, marginalizations, migrations, desperation, gender, equity, etc. The glossary as a method became useful to reflect on this granularity of experiences and account for slippages during these times. These spatio-temporal stories, when read together or as individual instances produce a new sense of the emergent contemporary. This framework also allows us to speculate on the kind of world we will inhabit once the storm has passed.

We draw on multiple readings to bring out the nuances and patterns of social life produced in a pandemic. This we hope would allow us to collectively reflect on the restructured ideas of the self, the collective, society, space, and time.

The pandemic and the microscopic virus has bought in immense fear of the unknown, of getting infected through touch and air leading to extreme phobias emerging amongst individuals and collectives that are shaping spatiality.
NON METRO/URBAN EXPERIENCES
Authors: Vastavikta Bhagat  , moomal shekhawat
Published: June 2021

We at SEA believe that the pandemic has a granularity of meta, non-linear narratives that become useful in making sense of the relational complexities of the pandemic and society. Thus, we set out to collect stories of fears, joys, agilities, fragilities, friendships, networks, collectives, home, work, infrastructures, entrepreneurship, privileges, marginalizations, migrations, desperation, gender, equity, etc. The glossary as a method became useful to reflect on this granularity of experiences and account for slippages during these times. These spatio-temporal stories, when read together or as individual instances produce a new sense of the emergent contemporary. This framework also allows us to speculate on the kind of world we will inhabit once the storm has passed.

We draw on multiple readings to bring out the nuances and patterns of social life produced in a pandemic. This we hope would allow us to collectively reflect on the restructured ideas of the self, the collective, society, space, and time.

The experience of the nonurban was grossly different in both the waves of the pandemic. Whereas in the first the rural was sought out for, in the second wave, the absence of health infrastructure was widely experienced.
CONVERSATIONS
Authors: Vastavikta Bhagat  , moomal shekhawat
Published: June 2021

We at SEA believe that the pandemic has a granularity of meta, non-linear narratives that become useful in making sense of the relational complexities of the pandemic and society. Thus, we set out to collect stories of fears, joys, agilities, fragilities, friendships, networks, collectives, home, work, infrastructures, entrepreneurship, privileges, marginalizations, migrations, desperation, gender, equity, etc. The glossary as a method became useful to reflect on this granularity of experiences and account for slippages during these times. These spatio-temporal stories, when read together or as individual instances produce a new sense of the emergent contemporary. This framework also allows us to speculate on the kind of world we will inhabit once the storm has passed.

We draw on multiple readings to bring out the nuances and patterns of social life produced in a pandemic. This we hope would allow us to collectively reflect on the restructured ideas of the self, the collective, society, space, and time.

The mode and terms of conversations completely changed. Mediated sight and sound became the tools and interfaces for the same over digital space.
Testing systems
Authors: Vastavikta Bhagat  , moomal shekhawat
Published: June 2021

We at SEA believe that the pandemic has a granularity of meta, non-linear narratives that become useful in making sense of the relational complexities of the pandemic and society. Thus, we set out to collect stories of fears, joys, agilities, fragilities, friendships, networks, collectives, home, work, infrastructures, entrepreneurship, privileges, marginalizations, migrations, desperation, gender, equity, etc. The glossary as a method became useful to reflect on this granularity of experiences and account for slippages during these times. These spatio-temporal stories, when read together or as individual instances produce a new sense of the emergent contemporary. This framework also allows us to speculate on the kind of world we will inhabit once the storm has passed.

We draw on multiple readings to bring out the nuances and patterns of social life produced in a pandemic. This we hope would allow us to collectively reflect on the restructured ideas of the self, the collective, society, space, and time.

From reluctance of getting tested, to running out of testing kits. The pandemic brought about a new wave of desperation and fear associated with the transmission of the virus.
COVID CORRUPTION
Authors: Vastavikta Bhagat  , moomal shekhawat
Published: June 2021

We at SEA believe that the pandemic has a granularity of meta, non-linear narratives that become useful in making sense of the relational complexities of the pandemic and society. Thus, we set out to collect stories of fears, joys, agilities, fragilities, friendships, networks, collectives, home, work, infrastructures, entrepreneurship, privileges, marginalizations, migrations, desperation, gender, equity, etc. The glossary as a method became useful to reflect on this granularity of experiences and account for slippages during these times. These spatio-temporal stories, when read together or as individual instances produce a new sense of the emergent contemporary. This framework also allows us to speculate on the kind of world we will inhabit once the storm has passed.

We draw on multiple readings to bring out the nuances and patterns of social life produced in a pandemic. This we hope would allow us to collectively reflect on the restructured ideas of the self, the collective, society, space, and time.

The pandemic got in new agile entrepreneurialism, some ingenious methods swayed on the borders of ethics and right and wrong to survive in the pandemic world. Instances of bribery, black marketeering etc were recorded.
Loneliness- Anxiety
Authors: Vastavikta Bhagat  , moomal shekhawat
Published: June 2021

We at SEA believe that the pandemic has a granularity of meta, non-linear narratives that become useful in making sense of the relational complexities of the pandemic and society. Thus, we set out to collect stories of fears, joys, agilities, fragilities, friendships, networks, collectives, home, work, infrastructures, entrepreneurship, privileges, marginalizations, migrations, desperation, gender, equity, etc. The glossary as a method became useful to reflect on this granularity of experiences and account for slippages during these times. These spatiotemporal stories, when read together or as individual instances produce a new sense of the emergent contemporary. This framework also allows us to speculate on the kind of world we will inhabit once the storm has passed.

We draw on multiple readings to bring out the nuances and patterns of social life produced in a pandemic. This we hope would allow us to collectively reflect on the restructured ideas of the self, the collective, society, space, and time.

Locked in a people experienced anxieties around the unknown uncertain unravellings of the outside and the loneliness of isolation in the inside of their four walls.
Masking
Authors: Vastavikta Bhagat  , moomal shekhawat
Published: June 2021

We at SEA believe that the pandemic has a granularity of meta, non-linear narratives that become useful in making sense of the relational complexities of the pandemic and society. Thus, we set out to collect stories of fears, joys, agilities, fragilities, friendships, networks, collectives, home, work, infrastructures, entrepreneurship, privileges, marginalizations, migrations, desperation, gender, equity, etc. The glossary as a method became useful to reflect on this granularity of experiences and account for slippages during these times. These spatio-temporal stories, when read together or as individual instances produce a new sense of the emergent contemporary. This framework also allows us to speculate on the kind of world we will inhabit once the storm has passed.

We draw on multiple readings to bring out the nuances and patterns of social life produced in a pandemic. This we hope would allow us to collectively reflect on the restructured ideas of the self, the collective, society, space, and time.

Masking etiquettes formed a large part of the pandemic narrative.
Lockdown Phases
Authors: moomal shekhawat  , Vastavikta Bhagat
Published: June 2021

We at SEA believe that the pandemic has a granularity of meta, non-linear narratives that become useful in making sense of the relational complexities of the pandemic and society. Thus, we set out to collect stories of fears, joys, agilities, fragilities, friendships, networks, collectives, home, work, infrastructures, entrepreneurship, privileges, marginalizations, migrations, desperation, gender, equity, etc. The glossary as a method became useful to reflect on this granularity of experiences and account for slippages during these times. These spatio-temporal stories, when read together or as individual instances produce a new sense of the emergent contemporary. This framework also allows us to speculate on the kind of world we will inhabit once the storm has passed.

We draw on multiple readings to bring out the nuances and patterns of social life produced in a pandemic. This we hope would allow us to collectively reflect on the restructured ideas of the self, the collective, society, space, and time.

Individual micro-curated expositions are linked together for www.covidglossary.net in order to generate non-linear readings of the pandemic.
NEW PRACTICES- RATIONING- ARCHIVING- STORING- RECORDING
Authors: moomal shekhawat  , Vastavikta Bhagat
Published: June 2021

We at SEA believe that the pandemic has a granularity of meta, non-linear narratives that become useful in making sense of the relational complexities of the pandemic and society. Thus, we set out to collect stories of fears, joys, agilities, fragilities, friendships, networks, collectives, home, work, infrastructures, entrepreneurship, privileges, marginalizations, migrations, desperation, gender, equity, etc. The glossary as a method became useful to reflect on this granularity of experiences and account for slippages during these times. These spatio-temporal stories, when read together or as individual instances produce a new sense of the emergent contemporary. This framework also allows us to speculate on the kind of world we will inhabit once the storm has passed.

We draw on multiple readings to bring out the nuances and patterns of social life produced in a pandemic. This we hope would allow us to collectively reflect on the restructured ideas of the self, the collective, society, space, and time.

Individual micro-curated expositions are linked together for www.covidglossary.net in order to generate non-linear readings of the pandemic.
Resynchronization in Heart Failure: What to choose?
Authors: Baba Mohammad El , Wananu Moses , Refaat Marwan , Sahadevan Jayakumar
Published: June 2021

Achieving Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with Biventricular
pacing(BiVP) pacing for patients with moderate-to-severe heart failure
(HF), left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and ventricular
dyssynchrony is well established and is currently the standard of care.
Multiple studies have demonstrated significant improvement in quality of
life, functional status, and exercise capacity in patients with New York
Heart Association (NYHA) class III and IV heart failure who underwent
resynchronization therapy1,2. In addition, resynchronization therapy is
associated with survival benefit3. However, one third of patients do not
respond to BIVP. New modalities for resynchronization have emerged
namely His bundle pacing (HBP) and left ventricular septal pacing
(LVSP). In this paper, we will review the benefits and limitations of
BiVP and also the role of new pacing modalities such as HBP and LVSP in
patients with HF with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)
and electrical dysynchrony.
Effect of induced magnetic field on non-Newtonian nanofluid Al2O3 motion through boundary-layer with gyrotactic microorganisms
Authors: Eldabe Nabil , Rizkalla Raafat , Abou-Zeid Mohamed , Ayad Vivian
Published: June 2021

The effect of the induced magnetic field on the motion of Eyring-Powell nanofluid Al2O3, containing gyrotactic microorganisms through the boundary-layer is investigated. The viscoelastic dissipation is taken into consideration. The system is stressed by an external magnetic field. The continuity, momentum, induced magnetic field, temperature, concentration, and microorganisms equations that describe our problem are written in the form of 2-D non-linear differential equations. The system of non-linear PDE is transformed into ODE using appropriate similarity transformations with suitable boundary conditions and solved numerically by applying the NDSolve command in the MATHEMATICA program. The obtained numerical results for velocity, induced magnetic field, temperature, the nanoparticles concentration, and microorganisms are discussed and presented graphically through some figures. The physical parameters of the problem play an important role in the control of the obtained solutions. Moreover, it is obvious that as Grashof numbe increases, both the velocity, f ?, and the induced magnetic field, h?, increase, while, the reciprocal magnetic Prandtl number, A, works on decreasing both f ? and h?. As Eckert number increases the temperature increases, while it decreases as the velocity ratio B increases.
Measuring surface temperatures of different types of fly ash samples using a CCD camera
Authors: Liu Huawei , Zhu Runru , Wang Xin , Li Gengda , Cui Qingru , Xu Chao , Huang Yun
Published: June 2021

In this work, an optical emission-based two-color method was experimentally investigated for the measurement of surface temperatures of different types of fly ash samples using a CCD camera. A heating system consisting of a Hencken flat-flame burner, a narrow piece of stainless steel wire mesh to separate the flame and the ash samples to be studied, and a thermocouple to record the temperature, was used to heat fly ash samples. A color camera equipped with a tri-band filter was used to capture radiation images. Fly ash samples collected from three kinds of coal-fired boilers were heated and imaged at different temperatures. The chemical compositions, elements, and particle size distributions were analyzed. The emissivity ratios of the wavelengths corresponding to the R and G optical channels and permitted by the tri-band filter were experimentally determined. A two-color method was subsequently used to calculate the average surface temperatures with relative errors within ?2% in the experiments, and an uncertainty analysis was conducted. Surface temperature distributions were also calculated and presented. The results demonstrate that the emission-based two-color method can be used to determine reliable average surface temperatures and surface temperature distributions when the radiation emitted from the ash samples is obviously greater than the ambient light. The results also show that the method has a lower limit of temperature measurement, which will lessen with the use of larger apertures and a higher radiation capacity of the ash samples to be studied.
Flat plate solar water heater with closed-loop oscillating heat pipes
Authors: Charoensawan Piyanun , Wilaipon Patomsok , Seehawong Nopparat
Published: June 2021

The flat plate solar water heater, using the closed-loop oscillating heat pipes, was constructed and investigated. The flat plate collector consisted of 10 pipes of closed-loop oscillating heat pipes and the collector area was 1.5?1 m2. Each closed-loop oscillating heat pipes was made of a copper capillary tube with a 1.5 mm inner diameter, a 2.8 mm outer diameter, and had 20 turns. The distilled water was used as the working fluid with a filling ratio of 50% the tube?s total internal volume. The evaporator section of the closed-loop oscillating heat pipes was placed on the absorber plate of the collector, and its condenser section was wrapped around the copper tube, in which hot water flowed through. The solar water heater was tested under the solar simulator with halogen lamps generating the uniform artificial solar energy. The irradiation intensity and the water flow rate of the solar water heater were adjusted. It was found that the thermal performance of the solar water heater clearly improved with an increase in the irradiation intensity from 480-1086 W/m2. However, the water flow rate in the range of 1.5-3.0 Lpm, had a thermal performance that was slightly different. The thermal efficiency of 0.67 was archived at the high irradiation intensity of 947-1086 W/m2. Moreover, the mathematical model to predict the thermal efficiency of the flat plate solar water heater with the closed-loop oscillating heat pipes was obtained.
Research on the influence of different obstacle structures on the energy distribution characteristics of pulse detonation gas
Authors: Li Xiaofeng , Xiao Junfeng , Wang Feng , Wang Wei , Hu Mengqi
Published: June 2021

In order to improve the gas energy conversion efficiency at the outlet of the pulse detonation combustor, numerical calculation methods were used to study the influence of three different cross-section obstacle structures of square, circle and trapezoid on the distribution characteristics of gas pressure potential energy, kinetic energy and internal energy in a single cycle at the outlet of pulse detonation combustor. The results show that: the expansion of pulse detonation gas mainly includes three-stages: primary expansion, secondary expansion, and over-expansion. Gas pressure potential energy, kinetic energy, and internal energy increase during the primary and secondary expansion stages, and decrease during the over-expansion stage. Pulse detonation combustor with trapezoidal cross-section obstacle structure has the smallest proportion of gas energy at the outlet of the combustor during the over-expansion stage and the highest proportion during the secondary expansion stage. Compared with square and circle cross-section obstacle structures, the gas energy distribution at the outlet of the pulse detonation combustor with trapezoidal cross-section obstacle structure is the easiest for turbomachinery to convert the gas energy.