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Management of Psychiatric Disorders in Patients with Parkinson’s Diseases
Authors: Tripathi Adarsh , Gupta Pawan Kumar , Bansal Teena
Published: March 2022

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a heterogeneous progressive neurodegenerative disorder, with a triad of motor symptoms with akinesia/bradykinesia, resting tremor (4–6 Hz), and rigidity. It is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease. The overall management of PD depends on the status of symptoms, functioning of the patients, impairment, disability, and its impact on quality of life. Depression, anxiety disorders, apathy, anhedonia, psychosis, cognitive impairments, dementia, and impulse control disorders (ICDs) are the common psychiatric symptoms/disorders comorbid with PD. Depression remains the most common psychiatric disorder reported to be comorbid with PD. Several pharmacological and nonpharmacological management strategies are used for the treatment of comorbid psychiatric disorders in PD. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors are used to treat depression in patients with PD. The best evidence of efficacy in PD psychosis is for clozapine and pimavanserin. The treatment for cognitive impairments in PD remains poorly researched. Rivastigmine is the only approved treatment for PD as per the Food and Drug Administration. Pramipexole, a dopamine agonist (DA), is reported to cause improvement in the symptoms of decreased willingness in apathy. The treatment approaches for different sleep disorders in PD are different. Identifying the cause, reviewing the patient’s ongoing medications, and evaluating the impact of comorbid medical conditions and sleep hygiene are common to all conditions related to sleep disorders. The first approach for treating ICD symptoms is the reduction or discontinuation of DAs. The psychiatric symptoms in patients with PD are highly prevalent, and their management should be included in the basic treatment algorithm for PD. This paper summarizes common psychiatric symptoms/disorders in PD and their management approaches.
Role of self-compassion and online/offline integration on internet addiction, aggression, and psychological well-being: A mediation analysis
Authors: Iyer Meera , Sharma Roopali , Sahasrabudhe Sameer
Published: March 2022

Context:

Internet addiction is known to harmfully affect psychological health. However, few researches have examined its plausible related factors and respite from its effects.

Aim:

This study aims to examine the relationship between internet addiction, aggression, psychological well-being, and the mediating effects of self-compassion and online/offline integration, on them.

Materials and Methods:

Data from 459 university students aged between 18 and 21 years were purposively selected from various disciplines and locations in India. Data were collected using an online demographic survey and standardized psychological measures.

Statistical Analysis:

Data analysis was performed using Partial Least Squares (PLS) path analysis. Direct and indirect effects and path coefficients were observed using PLS structural equation modeling.

Results:

The study indicated a possible influence of internet addiction on psychological well-being and aggression. It seems to increase aggression levels and lower psychological wellbeing. Online/offline integration and self-compassion partially mediated and dampened its adverse effects.

Conclusions:

Online/offline integration and self-compassion have a possibility to therapeutically diminish the ill-effects of internet addiction, lower aggression levels and promote psychological health of students who use internet extensively. This study provides a basis for further research to establish causal inferences.
Scleroderma Renal Crisis as Initial Presentation of Scleroderma
Authors: Bagai Sahil , Sanjeevani Scienthia , Khullar Dinesh , Bansal Bhavna , Malik Vipra
Published: March 2022

Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is characterized by the development of severe or worsening arterial hypertension associated with the abrupt onset of progressive renal failure in the absence of any other cause. Only 1% of limited and 4–11% of diffuse scleroderma cases have SRC. We report a case of SRC as an initial presentation in a newly diagnosed case of scleroderma.
Association of nitric oxide synthase 1 adaptor protein gene polymorphisms with schizophrenia in a Chinese Han population
Authors: Yang Xueping , Zhou Jing , Yuan Zhen , Lin Ailu , Li Xin , Cong Zhengtu , He Ru , Zhu Gang
Published: March 2022

Introduction:

Previous studies have analyzed the association between nitric oxide synthase 1 adaptor protein (NOS1AP) polymorphisms and schizophrenia; however, the results were inconsistent and there was a lack of evidence in a larger sample of Chinese Han population.

Subjects and Methods:

We decided to determine the association between four NOS1AP single-nucleotide polymorphisms (i.e., rs1858232A/G, rs4531275C/T, rs4657178C/T, and rs6704393C/T) and schizophrenia in northern Chinese Han population (350 patients and 522 controls) using restriction fragment length polymorphism.

Results:

Between schizophrenia group and healthy group, the genotype and allele frequencies for rs1858232A/G differed significantly (χ
2 = 6.256, 4.145; P = 0.044, 0.045), but neither genotype nor allele frequencies of rs4531275C/T differed significantly. The genotype frequencies for rs4657178C/T and rs6704393C/T differed significantly (χ
2 = 19.782, 12.683; P < 0.01, P = 0.002) between schizophrenia group and healthy group. In the gender-specific analysis, we found statistically significant difference in genotype frequencies between patients and controls in both subgroups for rs4657178C/T (χ
2 = 9.356, 9.585; P = 0.009, 0.008). There was also a significant difference in the genotype frequency between patients and controls in male subgroup for rs6704393C/T (χ
2 = 8.800, P = 0.012). In the haplotype analysis, only the TCT haplotype frequency of rs6704393C/T, rs4531275C/T, and rs4657178C/T differed significantly between patients and controls in total population (χ
2 = 5.215, P = 0.022).

In conclusion:

Individuals with G allele of rs1858232A/G and C allele of rs4657178C/T which may be risk factors for schizophrenia should be given more attention, and also to individuals with the TCT haplotype, who are more likely to have schizophrenia. These results provide novel evidence for an association between NOS1AP polymorphisms and schizophrenia.
Soliton solutions to the curve shortening flow on the 2-dimensional hyperbolic space
Authors: da Silva Fábio Nunes , Tenenblat Keti
Published: March 2022

We show that a curve is a soliton solution to the curve shortening flow on the 2-dimensional hyperbolic space if and only if its geodesic curvature can be written as the inner product between its tangent vector field and a fixed vector of the 3-dimensionalMinkowski space.We show that for each fixed vector there is a 2-parameter family of soliton solutions to the flow. We prove that there are three classes of such curves. Moreover, we prove that each soliton is defined on the whole real line, it is embedded and its geodesic curvature, at each end, converges to a constant.
Diarrheal Disease Awareness Is Associated with Caregiver Handwashing with Soap in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (REDUCE Program)
Authors: Bisimwa Lucien , Endres Kelly , Williams Camille , Thomas Elizabeth D. , Kuhl Jennifer , Coglianese Nicole , Bauler Sarah , Masud Jahed , François Ruthly , Saxton Ronald , Sanvura Presence , Bisimwa Jean Claude , Mirindi Patrick , Mwishingo Alain , Perin Jamie , George Christine Marie
Published: March 2022

Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of childhood illness and a major cause of infant and child mortality globally. In the Reducing Enteropathy, Undernutrition, and Contamination in the Environment (REDUCE) prospective cohort study, we investigated the association between diarrheal disease awareness and handwashing with soap among caregivers of children under 5 years of age. A total of 259 caregivers of children under 5 years of age in Walungu Territory, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), were administered an open-ended questionnaire assessing awareness of diarrheal disease transmission and prevention, and key times to wash hands with soap. An overall diarrhea awareness score was developed based on the responses to these items. Five-hour structured observation of handwashing behaviors was conducted at the 6-month follow-up. Diarrheal disease awareness among caregivers was low. Only 32% of caregivers were able to correctly identify a method of diarrhea prevention. The median diarrhea awareness score was 3 out of 10 (SD: 1.7, range: 0–9). During structured observation, 9% of caregivers washed their hands with soap at a food-related event and 9% washed their hands with soap at a stool-related event. Higher diarrheal disease awareness was associated with an increased odds of handwashing with soap at food-related events (odds ratio: 1.40, 95% confidence interval: 1.03, 1.90). Our findings emphasize the need for targeted water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions to increase diarrhea awareness and facilitate handwashing with soap among caregivers of children under 5 years in rural DRC.
Evaluación de la capacidad termorreguladora en bovinos lecheros Holstein pelona puertorriqueña, Holstein normal y Jersey
Authors: Jaime E. Curbelo-Rodríguez  , Valeria Rodríguez-Cruz  , Abel Almeida-Montenegro
Published: March 2022

Se evaluó la capacidad termorreguladora de vacas lecheras Holstein de pelo normal (HLS; n=4), Holstein pelona puertorriqueña (HPP; n=4) y Jersey (JRS; n=4) bajo un sistema comercial de producción de leche en el trópico. La temperatura vaginal (TV) se monitoreó utilizando 'HOBO data loggers' por un periodo de cuatro días consecutivos bajo manejo regular del hato. Además, se determinó la temperatura superficial de cada animal por dos horas bajo un sistema de enfriamiento evaporativo utilizando una cámara termográfica. Las vacas HPP tuvieron menor TV promedio que las vacas HLS (p<0.05) en cada uno de los días y cada hora durante un ciclo diurno de 24 horas, mientras las JRS presentaron TV intermedia relativo a HPP y HLS. La TV promedio abarcando los 4.7 días de estudio difirió entre los tres grupos raciales (p<0.0181), siendo 38.87±0.02, 39.18±0.03 y 39.35±0.02° C los valores promedio ± error estándar de HPP, JRS y HLS, respectivamente. Al exponerse a enfriamiento evaporativo, las vacas HPP y JRS presentaron menor TV que las HLS (p<0.0001), sin embargo, no se registraron diferencias en temperatura superficial entre los grupos raciales. Los resultados indican que las vacas HPP poseen capacidad termorreguladora superior a la de las HLS y JRS bajo condiciones locales de manejo, siendo la raza HLS la de inferior capacidad termorreguladora. Es necesario realizar estudios donde se cuantifique el efecto de la capacidad termorreguladora superior observada en HPP sobre la eficiencia alimenticia, desempeño productivo y reproductivo, relativo a HLS, para determinar si es justificable o no el uso de HLS en sistemas de producción de leche en regiones tropicales.
Ciclos diarios de temperatura vaginal en novillas tipo carne Senepol y cruzadas con diferentes tipos y colores de pelo bajo condiciones ambientales tropicales
Authors: Héctor Sánchez  , Katherine Domenech  , Gerardo Rivera  , Américo Casas  , Gladycia Muñiz
Published: March 2022

Este estudio evaluó la influencia del tipo y color del pelaje sobre la regulación de la temperatura vaginal (TV) en novillas de carne. Se registró la TV, cada cinco minutos durante cuatro días, de cinco novillas Senepol de pelo corto y rojizo (SENEPOL); seis novillas cruzadas de pelo corto y claro (PELONAS); y cuatro novillas cruzadas de pelo largo y claro (REGULARES). Las novillas cruzadas se obtuvieron del cruce Charbray x Senepol x Charolais. También se registró la temperatura y humedad relativa del aire en sincronía con la TV para calcular el índice de temperatura y humedad (ITH). Las novillas ocuparon un cercado grande con libre acceso a sombra. Los datos se analizaron mediante los procedimientos GLIMMIX y CORR (SAS). El tipo-color de pelo interactuó con la hora del día para afectar la TV; siendo las TV mayores en novillas REGULARES que en las PELONAS y SENEPOL entre las 2200 a 2400 h (39.33±0.03, 38.84±0.01, y 38.74±0.02 °C, respectivamente). Se obtuvieron las mayores correlaciones positivas entre el ITH y la TV al usar el valor de ITH observado siete horas previas en las novillas SENEPOL (r=0.25) y PELONAS (r=0.30) y de ocho horas previas en las novillas REGULARES (r=0.32). Independientemente del color, el pelo corto facilitó una superior capacidad termorreguladora. Se sugiere que la introducción de genes para el fenotipo pelo corto provenientes del Senepol en otras razas de ganado de carne puertorriqueño podría ayudar a reducir el efecto negativo del estrés por calor.
Control químico de yerbajos en calabaza
Authors: Li C. Liu  , Elvin Caraballo  , Ismael Reyes-Soto  , Nilsa Acín
Published: March 2022

En un suelo San Antón de la subestación de Fortuna se realizaron en 1989-90 dos experimentos de campo para evaluar herbicidas en calabaza. En el primer experimento, con clomazone aplicado antes de la siembra a razón de 1.12 y 2.24 kg. p.a./ha., se logró un excelente control de las gramíneas. Chloramben solo, a razón de 4.48 kg. p.a./ha., no controló adecuadamente las malezas, pero la aplicación subsiguiente de bentazon + fluazifop las controló mucho mejor. El DCPA a razón de 1 1.2 kg. p.a./ha,, solo o en secuencia con el bentazon + fluazifop, controló las malezas eficazmente. El mayor rendimiento de calabaza se obtuvo en parcelas testigo desyerbadas a mano. No hubo diferencias significativas en rendimiento entre los tratamientos de herbicidas. En el segundo experimento, el tratamiento que mejor controló las malezas fue aplicación presiembra de 2.24 k.g, p.a./ha. de clomazone seguido por una aplicación de 0.56 k.g. p.a./ha. de paraquat, Metolachlor a razón de 2.24 y 4.48 kg. p.a./ha., y DCPA, a razón de 11.2 kg. p.a./ha. fueron eficaces para controlar las gramíneas, pero no las malezas de hoja ancha. Chloramben y DCPA, en aplicación en secuencia con paraquat a razón de 0.56 k.g. p.a./ha., controlaron mejor las malezas que cada uno aplicado solo. El mayor rendimiento de calabaza se obtuvo en parcelas tratadas con clomazone a razón de 2.24 kg. p.a./ha. + paraquat a razón de 0.56 kg. p.a./ha., seguido por las parcelas testigo desyerbadas a mano; finalmente por las parcelas tratadas con clomazone a razón de 1.12 k.g. p.a./ha. + paraquat a razón de 0.56 k.g. p.a./ha. No se encontraron diferencias significativas entre estos tres tratamientos.
Burnout in Journalism: Evidence from Regional Television Stations in Ethiopia
Authors: Woldearegay Amanuel Gebru
Published: March 2022

The international evidence base shows that the mass communication industry is characterized by elevated levels of employee burnout while there is scant research addressing parallel situations in Africa and more specifically Ethiopia. Accordingly, the objective, of the present study was to determine the prevalence and magnitude of burnout among journalists working for Amhara TV, Oromia Broadcasting Network and Tigray TV using the Maslachburnout inventory and a sample of 123 journalists. The aim was also to determine the contribution of job control, job demands, organizational support and biographical factors to burnout using hierarchical regression methods. A two-step hierarchical regression procedure was employed to determine the best fit to the data. Results indicated that biographical predictors failed to qualify as significant explanatory factors, but the model explained an improved 32 % of the variance in burnout. ANOVA tests showed no significant scores in burnout were attributable to gender, job level, age or work experience differences except for region. Implications are discussed.
Critical-Thinking Experiences of Chinese and U.S. College Students: A Comparative Analysis Using Phenomenology
Authors: Yan Lu (Wendy)
Published: March 2022

In this study, I investigated the critical-thinking experiences of seven Chinese international and five U.S. students attending a large public university in the United States. I conducted a comparative analysis of these groups’ different experiences with critical thinking in this context, while closely following the twin methods of epoché and reduction in phenomenology to remain attuned to any personal biases. My results indicated that Chinese and U.S. students experienced critical thinking differently on the basis of the four universal existentials noted by van Manen (2016): lived experiences of relation (self–other), materiality (things), time, and space/place. Specifically, the Chinese students tended to view themselves as outsiders and/or newcomers to the United States and found that they learned to think critically by interacting with others (e.g., professors, peers, and teaching assistants). By contrast, the U.S. students developed and practiced their critical thinking mainly by completing homework assignments that were hands-on and practical. These findings suggest that familiarity with linguistic and educational practices may be a strong predictor for experiential differences between groups of students in a university setting.
High School Counselors as Social Capital for Low-Income Students in a Career Academy High School Model: A Case Study
Authors: Oleka Onyejindu , Mitchell Donald
Published: March 2022

Within this qualitative study, we explored the idea that high school counselors, acting as a form of social capital, could influence the postsecondary opportunities of low socioeconomic students. We used a case study design to analyze freshman academy counselors and their influence in the career pathway selection process within one district to answer two research questions: (1) Using the knowledge available regarding college and career opportunities, how do freshman academy counselors influence low socioeconomic students’ career pathway selections? (2) How do freshman academy counselors’ perceptions of college and career opportunities for low socioeconomic students influence low socioeconomic students’ career pathway selections? We collected data through interviews, archival records, and document analysis, and analyzed the data using initial coding, leading to themes to explain the case. We found that high school counselors’ social capital was influenced by (a) the person behind the position, (b) the importance of context at specific schools, and (c) the access to resources at their school and how those resources meet student needs. We close with a discussion of the findings and the implications for practice and future research.
Memory Rewriting as a Method of Inquiry: When Returning Becomes Collective Healing
Authors: Trinh Ethan , LE GIANG NGUYEN , Dong Ha , Tran Trang , Tran Vuong
Published: March 2022

Writing is collective healing to build a community. We, five Vietnamese bodies, enquire, how can individual memories be collective healing to rewrite a better future of education? We borrow Nhat Hanh’s philosophy to touch on our suffering to heal and Barad’s returning as a multiplicity of processes for reconnecting with the pastpresentfuture. We use the recollection of individual memories to share critical incidents of past experiences to build a collective community for healing purposes. We have demonstrated our deep commitment to creating a resilient system in retelling stories and rewriting for hope for educational change through this process.
The Effect of Primary, Secondary and Tertier Economic Growth on Poverty and Their Relationship with Community Welfare of District/City in West Kalimantan Province
Authors:   University Tanjungpura, Indonesia, Suharlina Helly
Published: March 2022

In a development process occur obstacle as well as obstacle, so will result in development Becomes hampered, one that becomes blocker from success development a country is poverty. So that government area nor government center try for do countermeasures poverty through activity programs for reduce poverty. Destination from study this is for test and analyze influence growth economy primary sector, sector secondary, sector tertiary to poverty as well as for test and analyze influence poverty to well-being public Regency/City In the province of West Kalimantan. Study this using secondary data during six year with method analysis use multiple linear regression with panel data and statistical tests. Research results showing that primary sector and sector secondary take effect negative and significant to poverty, while sector tertiary take effect positive and not significant as well as poverty take effect negative and significant to well-being public Regency/City In the province of West Kalimantan.
Biodiversity of Freshwater Algae from Temple Tank
Authors:   Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Maneesh Ganesh
Published: March 2022

The study aims to find the diversity of freshwater algae present in the temple tank of Adikesava Perumal temple, Korattur, Chennai. The samples were collected in plastic bottles from various sites in the temple tank. The samples were checked for their pH and temperature. The samples were brought to the laboratory and maintained in an open tank under direct sunlight for 4 weeks. The observation and documentation of the algae were done using the LABOMED VISION 2000 Binocular microscopic unit. Many different varieties of algal species were found from the samples collected. From this, we can conclude that temple tanks act as the best source of a sustainable environment for the growth of algae with diversity and can also be used to monitor the pollution level.
Hyponatremia Incidence and its Association with Mortality in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Observational Study
Authors:   Internal Medicine Department, Mexicali's General Hospital (Hospital General de Mexicali). Autonomous University of Baja California, Faculty of Medicine. Mexicali, Mexico., Rios Jeremy Javier Hernandez
Published: March 2022

Introduction: Pulmonary tuberculosis has been of great interest for us given the high number of cases in our community at the Mexican-American border, however, this abundance of patients allows us to observe whether there is an association between the previously described development of hyponatremia and mortality in these patients. Objective: To determine the association between mortality and hyponatremia in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Material and Methods: We analyzed the electronic health record of patients with a pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis from a 4-year period in the General Hospital of Mexicali, in México. Inclusion criteria were patients over the age of 18, a pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis, and complete laboratory tests. The collected data was then analyzed through descriptive statistics. Results: 116 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis were included, of which 91 (78.4%) were male. A history of past Infection with the Human immunodeficiency virus and previous tuberculosis infection were shown to correlate with higher mortality and requirement of intensive care. The logistic regression analysis showed that hyponatremia had no association with mortality or the need for intensive care. Complications such as Acute respiratory distress syndrome and Acute kidney injury were related to higher mortality and need for critical care. Conclusions: The incidence of hyponatremia was higher than previously described, but there was no statistical association between hyponatremia and mortality in comparison to patients with normal sodium. Among this study’s weaknesses, most patients were hospitalized at the time of diagnosis, implying they could already have had a complication, thus increasing the incidence.
Psychological Impact on the NHS staff at a Teaching Hospital in UK during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors:   Registrar Breast and General Surgery, Department of General Surgery Whiston Hospital NHS Trust UK., Chauhan M N
Published: March 2022

Aims: To know the Psychological impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Hospital staff. Methods: The survey was conducted during the first wave of COVID-19 between 4thJune 2020 to 5th July 2020 at St. Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Permission was obtained from the Audit & Information Governance Department of St. Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Survey was done through Survey Monkey web site and used staff hospital e mail addressess to communicate with the hospital staff. Results: COVID-19 Pandemic has significant effects on the mental health and wellbeing of Front Line Health Workers in UK as shown in this study. Our study showed that major depressive symptoms were more common in non-doctors and doctors were more non-depressed. [Figure 3] There was a slightly higher sub-threshold depression among doctors over other staff members. Altogether among both groups of the front the line health workers 57.79% were non-depressed, 25.32% had sub-threshold depressive symptoms, and 16.88% had major depressive symptoms. [Figure 3] Conclusions: It is noted from our study that Front Line Health Workers do not give priority to their mental health wellbeing, hence there should be a system to regularly assess mental health of Front Line Health Workers and they should be encouraged to seek advice which appeared lacking in the respondents. It is important to mention that during the first wave, behavior, pathology and treatment of COVID-19 was not understood, and NHS staff at St. Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, like many other health care workers risked their own lives as Front Line Health Workers. It is not surprising that there was an impact on psychological wellbeing in such challenging circumstances.
The Impact of Gadget Use on Early Childhood at Jayawijaya Education Foundation Tembagapura School
Authors:   Jayawijaya Education Foundation Early Childhood School (YPJ) Tembagapura, Thesia Paskalina
Published: March 2022

This research aims to examine the impact of gadget use in early childhood school YPJ Tembagapura.The type of research used in this study is qualitative research. The sampling techniques used in this study used random sampling. Techniques for collecting data by observation, interview, and documentation. The results of the study obtained by the authors divide into 2 (two) parts, namely positive impacts and negative impacts: The positive impacts include increasing children's knowledge, building and training children's creativity, facilitating communication, and expanding friendship networks. The use of gadgets should have helped children in their daily lives, especially in finding data and information to do schoolwork and as a means of entertainment from the features provided in the gadgets at this time Indonesia is facing Covid-19, so that the method Learning at Paud YPJ Tembagapura School online, where parents are obliged to facilitate children to use Gedget. While the negative impact, among others, children become dependent on gadgets, so that in carrying out all their life activities children become difficult to interact with the surrounding environment. Excessive use of gadgets can interfere with eye health, Fine Motor; Feet: (The nerve muscles of the feet are not trained so that children are tired faster to walk not far, feet become stiff, footrests / palms are less precise, feet easily hurt), Fine Motor Hands: The nerve muscles of the hands are not trained so: The muscles of the fingers limp / less strong, the muscles of the fingers are less strong, Children have difficulty making provisions to eat and drink, Children have difficulty opening the lid of markers / glue / , Children have difficulty cutting paper, Children have difficulty opening toy containers, Children do less activity / More done by parents), children become lazy to move and move and prefer to play with their gadgets rather than playing with friends.
Existential Damage in the Work of Nurses
Authors:   Specialist, Santa Úrsula University in Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil, Bogossian Tricia
Published: March 2022

The present study aims to discuss the existential damage in the work of nurses. Therefore, as a methodology, it uses the literature review carried out in legislation, books and scientific articles that are dedicated to the regulation and study of the subject under analysis. It was seen that the occupational environment of nursing presents a series of risks to the worker’s health, which in most cases are relegated to the background; however, they can cause changes in the worker’s emotional well-being, leading him to seek ways to adapt to the reality of work. It was concluded at the end of the study that in primary care, nurses are exposed to all types of risks: physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psychosocial, with physical and ergonomic risks being more prevalent, which leads to the understanding that they are trained professionals are needed in sufficient numbers to meet the demands of the area, in addition to being important to prioritize the use of PPE and good ergonomic conditions for workers, under penalty of the health institution being able to incur in moral damages cumulated with existential damages
Minat dan Motivasi Murid Terhadap Penggunaan Aplikasi Interaktif dalam Pendidikan Islam
Authors: Zaini Zur`ain Binti , Abdul Razak Khadijah
Published: March 2022

Kajian ini dijalankan bertujuan untuk mengkaji minat dan motivasi murid terhadap penggunaan aplikasi interaktif dalam Pendidikan Islam. Selain itu, kajian ini juga melihat perbezaan tahap motivasi murid antara jantina terhadap penggunaan aplikasi interaktif Kahoot, Quizziz dan Wordwall dalam Pendidikan Islam. Kajian tinjauan ini dijalankan di daerah Tawau, Sabah. Peserta kajian terdiri daripada murid tahap 2 di sebuah sekolah rendah di daerah Tawau. Soal selidik digunakan sebagai instrumen untuk mengumpul data kajian. Data soal selidik ini dianalisis menggunakan perisian Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) versi 25 melibatkan analisis deskriptif dan inferensi. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan tahap minat dan motivasi murid terhadap penggunaan aplikasi interaktif dalam Pendidikan Islam adalah tinggi. Tahap motivasi terhadap penggunaan aplikasi interaktif ini antara jantina juga tidak menunjukkan sebarang perbezaan. Hasil kajian ini diharapkan dapat memberi gambaran kepada guru khususnya di daerah ini bahawa penggunaan aplikasi interaktif mampu menarik minat murid dan memberi motivasi kepada pelajar untuk belajar Pendidikan Islam terutamanya dalam musim pandemik ini.
ANÁLISE DO NÍVEL DE MATURIDADE DO PROCESSO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE PRODUTOS: UM ESTUDO DE CASO EM UMA EMPRESA CALÇADISTA
Authors: Rosa Ariane Ferreira Porto , Santos Lucas Nienow dos , Royer Rogério
Published: March 2022

Os padrões de competitividade da indústria calçadista nas últimas décadas têm exigido mais das empresas a capacidade de captar e responder aos sinais do mercado. Neste contexto a gestão do Processo de Desenvolvimento de Produtos (PDP) torna-se um fator estratégico. Os modelos de maturidade surgem como uma ferramenta de auxílio à gestão do PDP na busca da melhoria do processo. A presente pesquisa buscou através da realização de um estudo de caso, a análise do nível de maturidade do PDP de uma empresa de calçados localizada no Vale dos Sinos no Rio Grande do Sul, através das abordagens do Capability Maturity Model Integration, CMMI, Modelo de Capacidade e Maturidade Integrado, e do Modelo Unificado de Rozenfeld et al. (2006). Os resultados demonstram a efetividade dos modelos na identificação de oportunidades de melhorias no PDP de calçados da empresa alvo do estudo.
Regulation Model of Southeast Sulawesi Provincial Government on Community Empowerment and Development Through Corporate Social and Responsibility (CSR) in Mining Sector
Authors: Amin Hasriany , Fachruddin Sutiyana
Published: March 2022

Southeast Sulawesi Province has abundant natural resources, especially the mining sector. This is proven by the number of mining business permits in Southeast Sulawesi, but they have not made a positive contribution to the community's economy. The implementation of Corporate Social and Responsibility (CSR) in Southeast Sulawesi is still partial in the form of local and stimulus. That it has not had a long-term impact. This study aims to describe the regional government regulation model of Southeast Sulawesi province in community empowerment and development through the CSR of mining sector companies. This study is a qualitative descriptive analysis and used purposive sampling to select informants at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry of Southeast Sulawesi. This study showed the Provincial Government of Southeast Sulawesi make a program framework (Blue Print) which became a mandatory document for implementing community empowerment by mining companies in Southeast Sulawesi. The community development and empowerment program is part of the vision and mission governor of Southeast Sulawesi as listed in the RPJMD 2018-2023. The PPM program aims to develop community life be better. They can be sovereign, safe in fields economy, hardiness food, education, health, environment, politics, have faith and piety.
Discourse Helplessness and Power Relations Women’s in The Film 7 Hearts 7 Love 7 Women Movie
Authors: Jumaidin Laode , Amin Hasriani , Darni
Published: March 2022

The film 7 hearts 7 love women discuss women who experience helplessness. The film tells the story of 7 women with various backgrounds, generations, professions, life problems, and romance. The film tells the story of women who take place around her, ranging from the lives of teenage girls who become pregnant out of wedlock, to prostitutes suffering from uterine cancer. This study aims to find out the forms of signs or symbols of female helplessness in the film 7 hearts 7 love 7 women. The research is carried out using qualitative descriptive analysis techniques. The theory used is the semiotics theory of Charles Sanders Pierce. Data collection techniques are observation, documentation, and literature studies. The data collected was then analyzed using semiotics theory by Charles Sanders Pierce method with three stages of analysis, namely representation, object, and interpretation. The results of this study show that there are several scenes and dialogue about the forms of signs of female helplessness in the film 7 hearts 7 love 7 women, such as domestic physical violence, sexual violence, women are not important in domestic decision-making, psychic violence, and being victimized in promiscuity.
Data Presentation in Qualitative Research: The Outcomes of the Pattern of Ideas with the Raw Data
Authors: Ningi Aisha Ibrahim
Published: March 2022

The data presentation is one of the segments of the methodology in every research depending on the approach. The methodology, therefore, refers to the design and the theory that underpins the research. The paper contained a detailed explanation of the steps taken from the researcher’s interactions with the raw data and how such data was presented or analyzed. The data processing used observations, interviews, and audio recordings to have a balanced presentation. The pattern of ideas in data presentation involved familiarizing with the data to generate initial codes, searching for themes, defining and producing the report. Thus, the paper gives the reader a clear view of how qualitative data are presented and discussed with credibility. It is recommended that a researcher must rely on a wide range of sources of data that would help to produce an in-depth and holistic portrait of the participants' experiences.
Forecasting Weekly COVID-19 Infection and Death Cases in Iraq Using an ARIMA Model
Authors: Jabardi Mohammed Hussein , Kurmasha Hasan Thabit , Al-Khalidy Roaa Razaq
Published: March 2022

Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a contagious disease by SARS-CoV-2 that causes the extreme respiratory disorder. The virus has caused a global crisis that has had repercussions on public health, well-being, and all aspects of public and economic life. Infrastructure, information sources, preventive measures, treatment protocols, and various other resources have been put in place worldwide to combat the growth of this deadly disease. This study used the "AutoRegressive Integrated Moving Average" (ARIMA) forecasting technique to estimate the weekly confirmed cases and deaths from the coronavirus epidemic in Iraq. The data collection period was June 1, 2020, until August 31, 2021. The findings demonstrated the model's high accuracy, with an RMSE of 24.168 for the training data and 32.794 for the testing data.
Evaluation of the Convincing Ability through Presentation Skills of Pre-Service Management Wizards Using AI via T2 Linguistic Fuzzy Logic
Authors: Dey Priyanka , Jana Dipak Kumar
Published: March 2022

Convincing ability is one of the most desirable an attribute to be a successful management wizard in any field whether political, business or domestic. They require to present various facts in such convincing style strategically employing verbal as well as non-verbal communication that all being persuaded accede to their proposal and their goal is achieved very smoothly. Till date this presentation evaluation skill has been measured in various ways without emphasizing much on various style enhancing attributes. So in this present paper a communicative approach has been made proposing a model devised centering Interval Type-2 Fuzzy logic for evaluating the convincing ability of the presenter/communicator through the positive response from the affected audience conducting the study on a group of students budding to be masters in business administration. Here it has also been shown the advantage of the present evaluation procedure over the previously suggested methods.
 
Received: 15 January 2022 | Revised: 7 March 2022 | Accepted: 18 March 2022
 
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to this work.
Survey on Caregiver and Financial Resources for Time Donation
Authors: Pratiksha M. Kanhere  , Shital T. Bhosale  , Ankita N. Chougule  , Rahul V. Modhave  , Bhagyashree D. Shendkar
Published: March 2022

Online time donation-based caregivers has brought new life to needy people by soliciting small monetary contributions from time donors to help others in trouble or with dreams. However, a crucial issue for caregiver platforms as well as time donation process is the problem of high donor attrition, i.e., many donors donate only once or very few times within a rather short lifecycle and then leave. Thus, it is an urgent task to analyze the factors of and then further predict the donors’ behaviors. Especially, we focus on two types of behavioral events, e.g., donation recurrence (whether one donor will make donations at some time slices in the future) and financial resources (whether one can take help by financially in future time). In this project, we present a focused study on donation recurrence and financial resource with the help of large-scale behavioral data collected from time donation. The experimental results clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed models for analyzing the donation recurrence and financially in time donation. Keywords: Time Donation, Donation Recurrence, Web application.
Stock Price Prediction Using Random Forest Method and Twitter Sentiment Analysis
Authors: Mr D.B Khadse  , Ashutosh Ambule  , Tuba Khan  , Abhishek Shende  , Vaibhav Mundhe
Published: March 2022

Stock price forecasting could be a vital and thriving topic in financial engineering especially since new techniques and approaches on this matter are gaining ground constantly. Within the contemporary era, the ceaseless use of social media has reached unprecedented levels, which has led to the belief that the expressed public sentiment could be correlated with the behaviour of stock prices. The concept is to acknowledge patterns which confirm this correlation and use them to predict the future behaviour of the assorted stock prices. With little doubt, though uninteresting individually, tweets can provide a satisfactory reflection of public sentiment when taken in aggregate. We develop a system which collects past tweets, processes them further, and examines the effectiveness of varied machine learning techniques like Naive Bayes Bernoulli classification and Support Vector Machine (SVM), for providing a positive or negative sentiment on the tweet corpus. Subsequently, we employ the identical machine learning algorithms to research how tweets correlate with exchange price behaviour. Finally, we examine our prediction's error by comparing our algorithm's outcome with next day's actual close price. Overall, the final word goal of this project is to forecast how the market will behave within the future via sentiment analysis on a collection of tweets over the past few days, also on examine if the idea of contrarian investing is applicable. the ultimate results seem to be promising as we found correlation between sentiment of tweets and stock prices.
IoT Based Monitoring System in Smart Agriculture
Authors: Mantesh H Dollin  , Meghana Nekar  , Meghana S  , Ashwitha Thomas
Published: March 2022

Agriculture is the most traditional activity over time. Since the beginning of it, agriculture has suffered many changes to improve productivity and quality of crops. Agriculture balances both food requirement for mankind and supplies indispensable raw materials for many industries, and it is the most significant and fundamental occupation in India. The advancement in inventive farming techniques is gradually enhancing the crop yield making it more profitable and reduce irrigation wastages. The proposed model is a smart irrigation system which predicts the water requirement for a crop, using machine learning algorithm. Moisture, temperature and humidity are the three most essential parameters to determine the quantity of water required in any agriculture field. This system comprises of temperature, humidity and moisture sensor, deployed in an agricultural field, sends data through a microprocessor, developing an IoT device with cloud. Decision tree algorithm, an efficient machine learning algorithm is applied on the data sensed from the field in to predict results efficiently. The results obtained through decision tree algorithm is sent through a mail alert to the farmers, which helps in decision making regarding water supply in advance.
Facial Recognition Using Image Processing
Authors: Dr. Madhusudhan S  , Chinmaya Dayananda Kamath  , Darshan Naik M G  , Chinmaya Bhatt K K  , Shreyas  H
Published: March 2022

The growing interest in computer vision of the past decade. Fueled by the steady doubling rate of computing power every 13 months, face detection and recognition has transcended from an esoteric to a popular area of research in computer vision and one of the better and successful applications of image analysis and algorithm based understanding. Because of the intrinsic nature of the problem, computer vision is not only a computer science area of research, but also the object of neuro- scientific and psychological studies, mainly because of the general opinion that advances in computer image processing and understanding research will provide insights into how our brain work and vice versa. Because of general curiosity and interest in the matter, the author has proposed to create an application that would allow user access to a particular machine based on an in-depth analysis of a person’s facial features. This application will be developed using Intel’s open source computer vision project, OpenCV and Microsoft’s .NET framework..
Internet of Things for Smart Cities
Authors: Rajesha C C  , Pruthviraj D A  , Amrutha G  , Pushpitha
Published: March 2022

This study uses a methodology based on an in-depth literature assessment of international organisations to define the meaning of the term "smart" in relation to cities. It also acknowledges the key dimensions and characteristics that define a smart city. The various measures of urban smartness are examined in order to establish the need for a shared understanding of what makes a smart city, what its highlights are, and how it performs in comparison to traditional urban regions. Smart cities advocate for future environments in which ubiquitous sensors, data supply and sharing, and information mash-up allow for improved support of all aspects of (social) life in human settlements. As this vision develops, evolves, and is shaped by a variety of application situations and adoption perspectives, a common requirement for scalable, pervasive, and adaptable solutions emerges.
Prevalence and Molecular Evaluation of Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Multi-transfused Thalassemia Patients in South of Iran
Authors: Farshadpour Fatemeh , Taherkhani Reza
Published: March 2022

Objectives: Information regarding the magnitude of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among thalassemia patients is of great importance for health care providers to assess blood safety and improve the quality of screening systems. Therefore, this study evaluated the prevalence, risk factors, and genotypic pattern of HCV infection among β-thalassemia patients in South Iran. Methods: This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was conducted from March to June 2019. All patients with β-thalassemia major from Borazjan, Bushehr, Delvar, Kangan, and Ahram cities participated in the study and attended the transfusion center of the Bushehr University of Medical Sciences located in southern Iran. Serum samples were tested for the presence of anti-HCV antibodies by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The seropositive serum samples were tested for detection of HCV viremia and genotypes by semi-nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and sequencing. Results: Of 125 thalassemia patients, 22 (17.6%) were positive for anti-HCV antibodies and two (1.6%) had HCV viremia with genotype 3a. HCV seroprevalence increased with age, so anti-HCV seropositive thalassemia patients had significantly higher mean age than anti-HCV seronegative patients. HCV seroprevalence was higher among female patients, residents of Kangan, patients with blood transfusion every two weeks, Fars patients, and thalassemia patients with alanine aminotransferase levels of < 20 IU/L and aspartate aminotransferase levels of > 80 IU/L. Nevertheless, anti-HCV seroprevalence among thalassemia patients was not statistically associated with these variables.Conclusions: These results indicate ongoing HCV incidence among the thalassemia population in this region. Transfusion of HCV-seronegative viremic blood units donated during the infectious window period contributes to HCV infection in thalassemia patients. These findings highlight the need to include sensitive molecular assays in the screening process of donated blood for HCV infection in Iran.
A pesquisa com/sobre bebês no Nupein: análise da trajetória
Authors: Coutinho Angela Maria Scalabrin , Schmitt Rosinete Valdeci
Published: March 2022

O artigo trata da trajetória e contribuições dos estudos com e sobre os bebês, sua educação e cuidado no contexto da creche, desenvolvidos no Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre a Pequena Infância (Nupein) da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Foram analisadas todas as pesquisas, de mestrado e doutorado, desenvolvidas pelos membros do núcleo, durante seus 30 anos de existência, com uma primeira dissertação defendida sobre o tema em 2000 e a última em 2019. A análise dos trabalhos permitiu a delimitação de 9 categorias temáticas: bebês; cuidado; docência; relações; corpo; linguagens; brincadeira; inserção e famílias, que foram reagrupadas em três categorias centrais: bebês; docências-relação e cuidado-corpo. Os estudos analisados representam uma produção contínua e dialógica entre as pesquisadoras do Nupein, na interface entre a Pedagogia da Infância e outros campos de conhecimento. E, consequentemente, um movimento crescente de refinamento do construto teórico que tem auxiliado de forma significativa a dar visibilidade aos bebês e a especificidade de seus processos educativos.