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ERME column
Authors: Rathgeb-Schnierer Elisabeth , Carvalho Renata , Dorneles Beatriz Vargas , Sayers Judy
Published: May 2022

ERME Thematic Working Groups. The European Society for Research
in Mathematics Education (ERME) holds a biennial conference
(CERME), in which research is presented and discussed
in Thematic Working Groups (TWG). We continue the initiative of
introducing the working groups, which we began in the September
2017 issue, focusing on ways in which European research in the
field of mathematics education could be interesting or relevant
for research mathematicians. Our aim is to extend the ERME community
to new participants, who may benefit from hearing about
research methods and findings and contribute to future CERMEs.
Solved and unsolved problems
Authors: Rassias Michael T.
Published: May 2022

The present column is devoted to Probability Theory and related
topics.
Impact factor, an inadequate yardstick
Authors: Moslehian Mohammad Sal
Published: May 2022

Our aim is twofold. On the one hand we discuss the limitations of
the impact factor as a criterion for assessing mathematical journals,
and suggest substituting a set of different types of indicators
including the SCImago Journal Rank. On the other, we state that
scientometrics such as the impact factor cannot be used alone in
evaluating researchers’ work: one must have both a package of
metrics as an objective measure and peer review by human beings
as a subjective judgement.
Teaching school mathematics to prospective teachers
Authors: Wu Hung-Hsi
Published: May 2022

What kind of mathematics should be taught to prospective mathematics teachers has been a longstanding open problem in mathematics education. We contend that we should teach them exactly what they need for their work: school mathematics
Her Maths Story – Sharing stories of women in mathematics in all walks of life
Authors: Grah Joana , Grossmann Tamara , Kroos Julia
Published: May 2022

Her Maths Story (hermathsstory.eu) is a platform portraying stories of women in mathematics in all walks of life. Motivated by the lack of women role models, Her Maths Story strives to bring light to the variety of careers, non-linear paths and individual decisionmaking processes of women mathematicians in today’s society –
mathematicians like you and me. The purpose of this platform is to encourage and empower women to pursue studies and careers in maths, spark their curiosity and transmit enthusiasm for technical subjects.
Bicomplex numbers as a normal complexified f-algebra
Authors: Gargoubi Hichem , Kossentini Sayed
Published: May 2022

The algebra B of bicomplex numbers is viewed as a complexification of the
Archimedean f-algebra of hyperbolic numbers D. This lattice-theoretic approach
allows us to establish new properties of the so-called D-norms. In particular,
we show that D-norms generate the same topology in B. We develop the
D-trigonometric form of a bicomplex number which leads us to a geometric
interpretation of the nth roots of a bicomplex number in terms of polyhedral
tori. We use the concepts developed, in particular that of Riesz subnorm of a
D-norm, to study the uniform convergence of the bicomplex zeta and gamma
functions. The main result of this paper is the generalization to the bicomplex
case of the Riemann functional equation and Euler's reflection formula.
Diseño, validación y aplicación de un cuestionario sobre prácticas docentes relacionadas con un modelo pedagógico constructivista y crítico
Authors: Herrera-Pavo Miguel Ángel , Espinosa-Rodríguez José Daniel , Orellana-Navarrete Ana Verónica , Espinoza-Weaver Yadhira , Valencia Víctor H.
Published: May 2022

Este trabajo identifica las fortalezas y debilidades del magisterio fiscal ecuatoriano con respecto a la implementación de un modelo pedagógico. Se aplica un cuestionario que explora las prácticas docentes relacionadas con la concepción, planificación, desarrollo y evaluación de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje en las instituciones educativas públicas, desde la perspectiva de un modelo socioconstructivista y crítico. Tras la validación del contenido por un panel de expertos y el pilotaje del instrumento, el cuestionario se aplicó a una muestra representativa de docentes de educación primaria y secundaria pública, quienes clasificaron las prácticas pedagógicas de acuerdo con sus preferencias. Estos datos ranqueados se trataron mediante análisis multidimensional, de conglomerados y un modelo de rango de clasificación de inserción. Los resultados muestran la disposición hacia el diseño y desarrollo de actividades de enseñanza y aprendizaje basadas en la indagación, con propuestas flexibles y abiertas y con materiales diversificados, apego a la formación continua, y una pobre valoración de la asesoría colaborativa y la práctica reflexiva. Una gran parte de docentes están anclados en una pedagogía tradicional, transmisiva, especialmente cuando carecen de experiencia profesional.  Entre las debilidades, el apego a la formación continua y rechazo al modelo de mentorías, basado en propuestas de asesoría colaborativa, y a la práctica reflexiva, como medio de crecimiento profesional en el seno de la comunidad de práctica, suponen un obstáculo para la implementación del modelo que el Ministerio de Educación ha de superar mediante el diseño de políticas específicas.
Prevalence of Allergy and Risk Factors in Nursery Children
Authors: Yüzer Alsaç Selda , Tuncay Birgül
Published: May 2022

Allergy is an important health problem in preschool children and its prevalence is increasing. Allergy is especially common in nursery and preschool children. There is limited data on allergy epidemiology in children in Türkiye. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of allergy in nursery children and to determine the risk factors that lead to allergies. The descriptive cross-sectional field study was carried out between 01.11.2017 and 01.05.2018 in the nurseries in Yozgat City Center. The study was conducted with the parents of 320 children who continued nursery education between the specified dates. The data were obtained by a 35-question information form prepared by the researchers. The mean age of the children was 4.7±0.95 and 56.25% (180/320) were male. A family history of asthma or disease with appearance of allergic symptoms, history of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) in the first two years of life and having pets at home were significantly more common in the group with allergic sensitivity compared to the group without allergic sensitivity (p<0.05). It was determined that 14.7% of the children were diagnosed by the physician, 38.3% (18/47) of these diagnoses were urticaria, 31.9% (15/47) were allergic asthma, 19.1% (9/47) were atopic dermatitis-eczema, and 10.6% (5/47) were allergic rhinitis. According to the results of this study, it was found that children with allergic sensitivity had a history of asthma or atopic disease in their families, experienced allergic symptoms frequently, and frequently had URTI until the age of two.
ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY AND OXIDATIVE STABILITY OF AN AVOCADO BY-PRODUCT PASTE WITH AND WITHOUT SEED
Authors: Concepción-Brindis Andrés , Jiménez-Ruiz Edgar Iván , Rodríguez-Carpena Javier Germán , Sumaya-Martínez María Teresa , Sánchez-Herrera Leticia Mónica , Peraza-Gómez Viridiana , Montoya-Camacho Nathaly , Ocaño-Higuera Víctor Manuel
Published: May 2022

During the harvest, processing, and distribution of avocado (Persea americana Mill.), a large amount of waste (peel, seed, and pulp) is produced, which has proven to have antioxidant properties and this by-product might be used as input within the food production chain. This study evaluates the lipid oxidation, antioxidant capacity and phenolic compounds of two pastes made with avocado by-products (with seed: PS and without seed: PWS) during 60 d stored under refrigeration. On the results obtained, an analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed, followed by the Tukey’s test (p ≤ 0.05). The lipid oxidation was controlled in both pastes and was even reduced during storage. In the PS, the antioxidant capacity declined, although it remained high and very similar to the PWS towards the end of the storage. The concentration of phenolic acids increased during most of the time of storage. Although PWS displayed better results with two of the analyses performed, both pastes were considered to have important antioxidant characteristics, which remained during the refrigerated storage. Due to this, its potential use in the production of foods is inferred, particularly for animals such as cattle, pigs, in aquaculture, or even in the cosmetics industry.
Penggunaan Group Whatsapp dalam Pengurusan Sahsiah dan Aktiviti Pelajar di Kolej Kediaman: Emosi, Kelakuan, Norma
Authors: Ahmad Syahruddin Awang
Published: May 2022

Media sosial kian mendapat tempat dalam kalangan warga negara ini malah juga penduduk seantero dunia. Ia berfungsi sebagai mediaum yang dapat menghubungkan seseorang dengan seseorang atau kumpulan manusia lain pada satu-satu masa dengan tujuan yang tertentu. Pilihan untuk memuat naik maklumat, pendapat, gambar dan bahan multimedia menjadikan media sosial seperti Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp dan Wechat berguna dan sudah tentu memudahkan urusan perkongsian maklumat dalam kalangan ahli-ahli komuniti yang menggunakan teknologi media sosial tersebut. Justeru, Model Tetingkap EKNI (TtEKNI) digunakan oleh penyelidik untuk menzahirkan gambaran aktiviti wacana di group whatsapp yang dijayakan oleh admin yang berkenaan dan ahli-ahli group whatsapp yang berkenaan. TtEKNI dapat memberikan gambaran tentang aktiviti wacana dari sudut maklumat tentang bingkai pendapat individu terutama tentang ciri-ciri pendapat dari sudut corak dan aliran, tona negatif dan positif serta istilah yang mengaitkan pihak pengurusan kolej, organisasi pelajar di kolej kediaman dan pelajar-pelajar yang menghuni kolej kediaman yang berkenaan. Model EKNI atau TtEKNI dapat merumuskan sikap, kelakuan dan kepercayaan ahli-ahli dalam lima group whatsapp terhadap mesej berkaitan sahsiah dan aktiviti pelajar dalam satu-satu perbualan di group whatsapp yang dikaji. Dapatan kajian ini menjelaskan bahawa, maklumat yang dikongsi dan diproses seterusnya diberikan maklumbalas oleh warga kolej kediaman Excellence (E) menerusi lima group whatsapp telah memberikan impak yang positif kepada rangka kerja pengurusan kolej kediaman ini secara keseluruhan.
PENGEMBANGAN STRATEGI DAKWAH PADA MASYARAKAT MARGINAL
Authors: Masruq Masruq , Waris Milawaty
Published: May 2022

Karakteristik masyarakat yang berbeda membuat strategi dakwah yang digunakan oleh seorang da’i menjadi berbeda pula. hal ini dilaksanakan agar nilai-nilai dalam ajaran Islam dapat tersampaikan dengan efektif dan efisien kepada mad’u.Terkhusus dakwah di kalangan masyarakat marginal tentunya dimulai dengan strategi, metode, materi, media dan karakteristik seorang da’i pun akan berbeda. Dalam penelitian ini membahas tentang bagaimana strategi dakwah pada masyarakat marginal. Dimana pada umumnya masyarakat marginal memiliki karakteristik yang sifatnya khusus yang memerlukan sebuah sentuhan dakwah yang bisa membawa perubahan ke arah yang lebih maju. Adapun hasil penelitian ini menjelaskan bahwa pengembangan strategi dakwah dalam masyarakat marginal dapat dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan langkah strategi melalui langkah praksis dan juga melalui pembinaan berupa bimbingan, arahan dan pendampingan, dan memberikan pemahaman serta penjelasan tentang agama Islam berlandaskan al-Qur'an dan al-Hadits secara benar, menjalin kerjasama dalam bidang organisasi-organisasi keagamaan (organisasi Islam) dan ulama/kyai dalam rangka pengembangan dakwah Islam melalui strategi dakwah dengan metode hikmah, metode bil-lisan, metode wal mujadalah billati hiya ahsan  dan metode bil-hal dan juga melalui pendekatan kajian tentang keislaman dan melalui pendekatan sosial yang merupakan aktualisasi dari dakwah.
Displasia alveolo-capilar con mal alineamiento de las venas pulmonares. Reporte de un caso sobreviviente
Authors: Lobo Fermín , Hernández Jiménez Haimar , Rey Severino
Published: May 2022

La displasia alveolo-capilar con mal alineamiento de venas pulmonares es una malformación congénita letal en la mayoría de los casos que consiste en el desarrollo vascular anómalo de los pulmones asociado a hipertensión pulmonar severa del recién nacido y desarrollo de insuficiencia cardíaca fatal. Recientemente se han descrito casos de afectación localizada en uno o ambos pulmones asociados a supervivencia a largo plazo en algunos pacientes. Se reporta el caso de un recién nacido y se describen los hallazgos histopatológicos encontrados en la biopsia pulmonar realizada.
Magyar kifektetések a Nyugat-Balkánon: tapasztalatok és ajánlások
Authors: Ármás Julianna , Németh Ferenc
Published: May 2022

A Nyugat-Balkán, különösen Szerbia a magyar kifektetések egyik legfontosabb célterülete. A további, minőségi növekedés érdekében ajánlatos a térségbe irányuló kifektetési mechanizmusok finomhangolása. A Nyugat-Balkánt (is) középpontba helyező külgazdasági és kifektetési stratégiák írásba foglalása, az intézményi-pályázati átfedések megszüntetése és azok kiterjesztése a térség összes országára, valamint a hazai üzleti közösség ismereteinek bővítése elengedhetetlen. Emellett fontos, hogy Magyarország megfelelően pozícionálja magát: meghatározza és célzottan támogassa azon szektorokat, amelyek kifektetései versenyképesek tudnak lenni a Nyugat-Balkánon.
Discrete Fix up Limit Model of a Device Unit
Authors: Waziri Tijjani Ali , Ibrahim Alhassan
Published: May 2022

Sometimes, a failed device cannot be fix up completely within the precise limit time due to some reasons. This paper addresses the problem of completing a fix up action of a failed device unit within a projected discrete precise limit time. A discrete fix up limit model is constructed for the device is constructed based on a fix up limit policy. A numerical example is provided for simple illustration of the fix up limit model constructed, so as to investigate the characteristics of the constructed model.
 
Received: 7 February 2022 | Revised: 28 April 2022 | Accepted: 17 May 2022
 
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to this work.
The effects of stock market crises shocks on market liquidity, market volatility and exchange rate volatility: Case of the Tunisian stock market
Authors: Hammami Haifa , Boujelbene Younes
Published: May 2022

Purpose: This paper is conducted to investigate the response of market liquidity, market volatility and exchange rate volatility to stock market crises shocks.

Methodology: First, the CMAX approach is used to detect stock market crises. Then, the Vector Auto Regression (VAR) approach is applyed to study the transmission effect of stock market crises shocks on market liquidity, market volatility and exchange rate volatility.

Results: According to the empirical study based on evidence from Tunisia, we obtain the following results: The impulse response analysis underlines that there is a deterioration in market liquidity and market volatility in the months after the occurrence of stock market crises. In contrast, the response of EUR/TND exchange rate volatility to stock market crises shocks is not significant during the whole period. In addition, the variance decomposition results highlight that market liquidity and Tunindex index volatility are more sensitive to stock market crises shocks. However, stock market crises shocks explain a smaller portion of the EUR/TND exchange rate volatility.

Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: This research contributes to this debate by investigating the impact of stock market crises shocks on liquidity market, volatility of stock returns and exchange rate volatility. A better understanding of these topics has become the key to investors, academics and policymakers.
Knowledge, Attitude and Expectancy on Alcohol among Selected Undergraduate Students of Bangalore with a View to Develop Structured Instructional Module
Authors: Nidagundi Sangamesh
Published: May 2022

Alcoholic beverages are the oldest intoxicating drinks discovered and consumed by man. Its abuse kills millions of people, sends millions of victims to hospitals, necessitates millions of police arrests, breaks millions of marriages and homes and causes severe damage to industry and economy. This study was set out to examine the knowledge, attitude and expectancy of alcohol among 2000 undergraduate students selected by multistage stratified random sampling design. The data were collected by using College Drinking Attitude Scale and Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire standardised tools. Structured Instructional Module on Alcoholism among students was prepared. There was no statistical significant difference between the zone in terms of Knowledge (F=0-92, p<0.954).
Assessing the Knowledge and Attitude of Family Members of Psychotic Patients regarding Drug Compliance and its Relationship with the Selected Factors in a Selected hospital of Delhi
Authors: Sonia
Published: May 2022

A study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of family members of the psychotic patients regarding drug compliance and its relationship with the selected factors in selected hospital of Delhi. The conceptual framework adopted for the study was based on system model. Descriptive survey approach was adopted; convenient sampling was used for selecting the hospital and purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 100 family members of psychotic patients. The tool developed and used for data collection was structured interview schedule and a likert type attitude scale. It was found that in majority of the family members of psychotic patients had good level of knowledge. There was significant relationship between knowledge and demographic factors in educational qualification and no significant relation between knowledge and selected factors like age, sex, religion, occupation, marital status, monthly income and duration of illness. There was significant relationship between attitude and demographic factors in educational qualification and no significant relationship between attitude and selected factors like age, sex, religion, occupation, marital status, monthly income and duration of illness.
Effect of Structured Teaching Programme regarding Collection of Cord Blood for Stem Cell Therapy in terms of Knowledge among Staff Nurses in Selected Hospitals of Bangalore
Authors: S Pinto Vivitha , NP Pushpaveni
Published: May 2022

In the present study evaluating the effectiveness of structured teaching programme (STP) regarding collection of cord blood for stem cell therapy in terms of knowledge among staff nurses in selected hospitals of Bangalore, a pre-experimental design, with convenient sampling method was used. Information was collected from 50 staff nurses regarding collection of cord blood for stem cell therapy using the structured knowledge questionnaire. STP was implemented and post-test was conducted after 7 days to find the effectiveness. The pre-test knowledge scores were found to be 43.05 percent and after STP the post-test knowledge scores of staff nurses was found to be 77.45 percent which enhanced by 34.4 percent with the t-test value 25.96 and Chi-square value 80.18 which is significant at 5 percent level. The result proved that STP was effective in improving the knowledge of staff nurses on collection of cord blood for stem cell therapy.
The effect of Planned Teaching on Knowledge and Practice Regarding Burping Techniques of Newborn
Authors: Joseph Jesina
Published: May 2022

In this study, the effectiveness of planned teaching on knowledge and practice on burping techniques of newborn was assessed by selecting 60 mothers by using convenience sampling technique. The pre-test was conducted using a structured questionnaire and observation checklist; planned teaching was conducted for each sample. Most of the mothers (n=37, 61.66%) had poor knowledge, (n=12, 20%) had very poor knowledge, whereas 10 (16.66%) had average knowledge, while 1 (1.66%) of mothers had good knowledge while in practice. It revealed that all 60 (100%) of mothers had poor practice. The post-test revealed that 37 (61.66%) of mothers had good knowledge, while 13 (21.66%) had average knowledge and 10 (16.66%) were in excellent knowledge category, whereas in practice it revealed that 34(60%) had excellent practice, 24 (40%) had good practice. There was high association between knowledge and practice score with age, religion, education, occupation, source of information and position of child and no association with awareness of burping. The correlation of the knowledge and practice score revealed moderate positive correlation in the pre-test with the value of 0.79 and 0.49 in the post-test which was statistically confirmed. This study demonstrated that planned teaching on burping techniques of newborn is effective in improving the knowledge and practice level of mothers of newborn.
Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on the Quality of Life of Alcoholics in a Selected De-addiction Centre at Mangalore, Karnataka
Authors: Antony Beena , Elizabeth Jose Agnes
Published: May 2022

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of Mindfulness Meditation on the Quality of Life (QOL) of alcoholics. A quantitative experimental evaluative approach was adapted and pre-experimental research design (one group pre-test – post-test design) was used. The sample consisting of 30 alcoholics in the selected de-addiction centre chosen by purposive sampling technique. Tools used were baseline proforma, QOL and Mindfulness Meditation skills rating scales. The data were analysed using paired ‘t’ test, ANOVA for repeated measures, Karl Pearson co-relation co-efficient and chi-square. The study revealed that mean post-test QOL score (101.57±13.7) was greater than the mean pre-test QOL score (121.70±10.02). There was a significant difference between the preintervention and post-intervention QOL scores (t 29=8.718; p<0.05) . The mean of 15th day of Mindfulness Meditation Skill score (68.13±4.0) was greater than the mean of 5th day (55.53±7.06) and 10th day (60.80±4.7) scores. There was a significant difference between the three different days of assessment (F=89.80, p<0.05). This indicates that the skill in Mindfulness Meditation increases when the number of days of practice progresses. There was a moderate positive correlation between post-interventional QOL and 15th day Mindfulness Meditation skill level (r=0.57). This indicates that there is a significant relation between post-intervention QOL score and 15th day Mindfulness Meditation Skill scores. There was no association between pre-intervention QOL and selected baseline characteristics. The result showed that Mindfulness Meditation had a statistically significant positive effect on the QOL of the alcoholics.
Effect of Health Care Package on Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness in Terms of Knowledge, Practice and Labour Outcome Among Primi Gravida Mothers
Authors: Dinesan Preethy
Published: May 2022

The study evaluated the effectiveness health care package on birth preparedness and complication readiness in terms of knowledge, practice and labour outcome among primi mothers at a selected hospital of Delhi. It was an experimental research study with pre-test post-test control group design. The study was conducted in antenatal outpatient department of Safdarjung Hospital with 60 primi gravida mothers, 30 in each experimental and control group. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample, and assigned to the group by randomly. The pre-test and post-test were conducted by using a structured interview schedule and check list to assess the knowledge and practices respectively regarding birth preparedness and complication readiness. The health care package includes individual teaching, demonstration, pictorial cards, pamphlets, self-activity checklist, and daily foetal movement cont. chart. A structured performa was used to assess the labour outcome. The analysis was done by using both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, in terms of frequencies, percentage, mean, median, standard deviation, ‘t’ value and ‘chi square’ value. The study revealed a knowledge deficit among primigravida mothers regarding birth preparedness and complication readiness. The health care package was effective to increase the knowledge and enhanced practices. Even though some of the physiological factors of labour outcome were not affected, a remarkable difference was found was found to establish a good feeding practices and less time of hospital stay. The health care package on birth preparedness and complication readiness was effective to enhance the knowledge and practices of primigravida mothers regarding preparations for birth, to identify complications early so as to seek appropriate care without delay.
Medication Adherence and its Association with Subjective Well Being among Persons with Schizophrenia: A Descriptive Trial from Assam
Authors: Lama Angshu , Barauah Arunjyoti
Published: May 2022

Medicationnon-adherence has been associated with persistence of psychotic symptoms, relapse, and hospitalisation inpatientswithschizophrenia. Adherenceto antipsychotic drug treatment is a key issue for nurses and treatment team members caring forpatientswho typically are on chronic, progressive disease course. The study was conducted at LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam to assess the medication adherence and its association with subjective well-being. Descriptive research design was opted for the present study with 85 samples selected by using convenience sampling technique. Semi-structured interview technique was used to collect the data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the obtained data. Results showed that 34.1 percent patients were not adherent to medication. Significant association was found between the Subjective well-being and Medication Adherence at 0.05 level of significance. Significant association was also found between the medication adherence and Inadequate Mental Mastery Factor (Factor 8) of Subjective well-being at 0.02 level of significance.
Self-changing Strategies to Quit Smoking Among Current Tobacco Smokers in General Population
Authors: Sugavanaselvi K , Rajalakshmi R
Published: May 2022

Tobacco smoking is one of the important public health problems in India and the prevalence of smoking among adult males is high. Despite numerous community interventions and government legislation against smoking, cessation or prevention of tobacco smoking is still challengeable. Literature suggests that strong self-changing behaviours of smokers, facilitate the process of quit smoking. The aim of this cross sectional study was to explore self-changing strategies to quit smoking among current smokers in a selected rural population at Bangalore. A sample size of 35 from general population were conveniently selected to complete a Self-Changing Strategies of Current Smokers (SCS-CS) questionnaire about commitment to change, taking control, risk assessment, helping relationship and coping with temptation to quit smoking. Amongst all the participants (n=35) none of the females were identified. Around 12 (34.3%) of male study subjects smoked more than 10 times per day. Nearly three-fourth of current smokers (n= 25, 71.4%) never had previous quit attempts. Commitment to change strategy (mean 11.11±2.73) was high among subjects, (80% often thought to stop smoking) which facilitated to strengthen their pre-contemplation stage of change process. In-contrary participants were weak in coping process. Greater part (n=21, 60%) of the subjects ‘never’ keep themselves busy to overcome the urge to smoke thus failing to achieve the maintenance stage in change process (mean 5.57±2.83). Continuous followup and frequent cessation programme would aid to boost up the self-change strategies to quit smoking. Mental health professionals such as psychiatry nurses actively implementing the smoking cessation intervention in every care settings will increase the successful quitting.
Assessing the Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students Regarding Health Hazards of Using Mobile Phones
Authors: D’Souza Monica , K Kiran , K Mamata , K Seema , L Dynaneshwari , M Shweta , M Vishakha
Published: May 2022

Mobile phones have weakened our social ability; without it, people find it hard to express themselves. Because of the quick development and widespread use of mobile phones, and their vast effect on communication and interactions in work and private life, it is important to study possible negative health effects of the exposure. This survey was undertaken to assess the knowledge and attitude of nursing students regarding health hazards of using mobile phones among 174 nursing students in Mumbai (Maharashtra). The study found that more than 70 percent of the participants had moderately adequate knowledge and moderately favourable attitude.
Missing Person Identification System
Authors: Prof. S. S. Pawar  , Ayush Kumar  , Ayush Kumar  , Ritik Sharma  , Abhishek Kadam
Published: May 2022

One main objective of the project is to develop a missing youngster (people) realize application that may be useful for the folk whose beloved ones are kidnapped lost, or saved by the folks. In this Finding Missing folk's exploitation website we offer person with entire information base of the missing youngsters, in order that the police will track regarding the whereabouts or file a case relating the difficulty. And the youngsters found (known or unknown) details are uploaded by the police or by AN appointed agent. Entering details of the kids like height, age, etc. could be a protracted method and also the search output. Being out of touch with a loved one is concerning and not hearing from someone you care about is terrifying. Several cases of missing people have been reported for many years, where most of the searches turn out unsuccessful. In order to quickly reunite families and friends with their missing loved ones, a solution for effectively searching for the missing people is presented. Persons more easily and quickly. Missing person identification and tracking for intelligent video surveillance systems. Due to some reason the people leave the home or some child or old man’s forget the route of home to this missing case entry is updated in police station by using CCTV camera technology compare the each person with the available database and find these people. To improve this system concept system is designed. In this system designed to find the missing people. If the missing person found in the CCTV Video streaming then track the location of missing person. After missing person found in the CCTV Video streaming then send location SMS to relatives of missing person and Police station. So our system can perform the very important role in security and authentication issues. The user performs the main role in the system. Firstly he can register in the system, after the registration he can login to the system. User also adds the missing person details in the system. If missing person found in video then user can send SMS to the police station and also to person’s relatives. Here the admin perform the all administrative role in this system. Admin can add the user, remove the user etc. After getting the user’s result admin can view those details.
AC Power Controller using Programmable Interface
Authors: Ashwin Shelke  , Bhuvanesh Kulkarni  , Pariniti Deshmukh  , Swatej Sawale
Published: May 2022

The project at controlling the AC power by using the concept regulator angle control of AC line. One can enter the required percentage of power supply through a bluetooth. The input is provided to a microcontroller of a family that initiate the regulator to adjust the load power. For matching the power to the required one, a servo is used in series with the AC load. A display unit is used to display the power and one can go through the preferred percentage to decrease the power to the load. Here, to maintain the load power the regulator would be change automatically. The project employs a bulb such that the entered power equals the necessary one. The above process is carried out with the help of a servo in series with the AC load. It uses AVR family microcontroller. A bluetooth is used to give the input to the microcontroller.
Implementation of Supply Chain Management in Agriculture using Blockchain
Authors: Mr. Anuj Mali  , Mr. Bharath Shinde  , Mr. Sahil Sharma  , Mr. Saurabh Khatal  , Ms.Vidya Vasekar
Published: May 2022

Block chains are now firmly established as a digital technology that combines cryptographic, data management, networking, and incentive mechanisms to support the verification, execution, and recording of transactions between parties. While block chain technologies were originally intended to support new forms of digital currency for easier and secure payments, they now hold great promise as a new foundation for all forms of transactions. Agribusiness stands to become a key beneficiary of this technology as a platform to execute ‘smart contracts’ for transactions, particularly for high-value produce. First it is important to distinguish between private digital currencies and the distributed ledger and block chain technologies that underlie them. The distributed and cross-border nature of digital currencies like Bitcoin means that regulation of the core protocols of these systems by central banks is unlikely to be effective. Monetary authorities are focused more on understanding ‘on-ramps’ and ‘off-ramps’ that constitute the links to the traditional payments system rather than being able to monitor and regulate the currency itself. In contrast to the digital currency feature of block chain, the distributed ledger feature has the potential for widespread use in agribusiness and trade financing, especially where workflows involve many different parties with no trusted central entity.
SMS Helper (For Offline Use)
Authors: Siddhesh S. Mhatre  , Ayush S. Upase  , Aditya A. Thosar  , Mithun V. Mhatre
Published: May 2022

In this digital world, everything is happening in few seconds. keeping tick of essentials in this fast life sometimes turn out to be quite demanding. So directly coming to point in this busy life we forget our things at home. We can’t able to contact our mobile device if we forget it. An Android application to detect your device and send some text message to particular device. This app is capable of Get contact number, Mobile device turn Silent to ringing , Mobile device turn ringing to silent , Track your current location. This all function will done in offline mode without accessing Internet. In our routine life sometimes we forget our Mobile Phone at anywhere So to overcome this issue, we created android application that can be used offline assistant to help you with the common problem faced in daily life. our app requires user permissions like location access , background access ,etc by using this permissions our app can send a Contact Number, location to user.
Flight Fare Prediction using Random Forest Algorithm
Authors: Prof. Ms. Archana Dirgule  , Shubham Agarwal  , Ram Agrawal  , Neha Singh  , Kiran Adsul
Published: May 2022

Accurate flight delay prediction is fundamental to establish the more efficient airline business. Recent studies have been focused on applying machine learning methods to predict the flight delay. Most of the previous prediction methods are conducted in a single route or airport. This paper explores a broader scope of factors which may potentially influence the flight delay, and compares several machine learning-based models in designed generalized flight delay prediction tasks. To build a dataset for the proposed scheme, automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) messages are received, pre-processed, and integrated with other information such as weather condition flight schedule, and airport information. The designed prediction tasks contain different classification tasks and a regression task. Experimental results show that long short-term memory (LSTM) is capable of handling the obtained aviation sequence data, but overfitting problem occurs in our limited dataset. Compared with the previous schemes, the proposed random forest-based model can obtain higher prediction accuracy (90.2% for the binary classification) and can overcome the overfitting problem.
Analisis Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Sebelum dan Sesudah Pandemi Covid-19
Authors: Louhenapessy Desry Jonelda , Rijoly Valdy
Published: May 2022

Pandemi Covid 19 telah membawa perubahan yang signifikan dalam pertumbuhan ekonomi setiap negara. Hal ini juga di rasakan di Provinsi Maluku. Pertumbuhan ekonomi yang dipengaruhi oleh faktor-faktor konsumsi rumah tangga, investasi dan pengeluaran pemerintah untuk tahun 2010 – 2020 signifikan, dimana untuk tahun 2019-2020 mengalami penurunan yang cukup tajam yang diakibatkan oleh pandemik Covid-19. Permasalahan ekonomi yang diakibatkan oleh pandemic Covid-19 dapat dilihat dari dua sudut pandang ekonomi yang berbeda, yaitu permintaan dan penawaran. Dari sisi permintaan, kondisi pandemi Covid-19 jelas akan mengurangi sektor konsumsi, kegiatan perjalanan dan transportasi, serta perdagangan. Sedangkan dari sisi penawaran, kemungkinan besar yang terjadi adalah terkontraksinya produktivitas pekerja/buruh, penurunan investasi dan kegiatan pendanaan, serta terganggunya rantai pasokan global (global value chain).
Prevalence, frontal plane knee alignment, and lower limb joint pain and injury in generalized joint hypermobility in Thai physical therapy students
Authors: Chaiparinya Pawan , Gaogasigam Chitanongk
Published: May 2022

Objectives

The primary aim was to study the prevalence of generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) among Thai physical therapy (PT) students. The secondary aims were to compare the lower limb alignments and lower limb joint pain and injury between GJH and non-GJH individuals. Furthermore, the association between GJH, lower limb alignment, and joint pain and injury were also evaluated.

Material and methods

Generalized joint hypermobility was assessed using the Beighton score with a cut-off of 4/9 in 255 PT students. The lower limb alignments measured in the study included pelvic tilt angle, tibiofemoral angle, quadriceps angle (QA), and navicular drop. Tibiofemoral angle and QA were measured with and without quadriceps contraction. The history of lower limb joint pain and injury was recorded with a simple questionnaire. Lastly, logistic regression analysis was used to study the association between GJH, lower limb alignment, and joint pain and injury.

Results

The prevalence of GJH was 21.18% among the studied population. Quadriceps angle during quadriceps relaxation of the non-dominant leg of the GJH group was the only lower limb alignment found greater than those of the non-GJH group. The rate of lower limb joint pain and injury was not different between the two groups. Furthermore, no significant association between GJH, lower limb alignment, and lower limb joint pain and injury was found.

Conclusions

GJH is not uncommon among Thai PT students. Only the non-dominant QA was found different between groups. Generalized joint hypermobility neither increase risk nor is it associated with lower limb joint pain and injury among Thai PT students.
Polymyalgia rheumatica and polymyalgia-like syndromes as adverse events following COVID-19 vaccines: working notes from a narrative review of published literature
Authors: Manzo Ciro , Castagna Alberto , Isetta Marco
Published: May 2022

Since the 1990s, polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) has been reported as a possible adverse event following immunization (AEFI). The aim of this narrative review is to provide an overview of PMR (and PMR-like syndromes) following the most common types of COVID-19 vaccines, namely mRNA (tozinameran and mRNA-1273) and adenovirus-vectored (ChAdOx1-S) vaccines. To date, published literature reports few cases of PMR as vaccine-linked AEFI. Yet Vigibase, the WHO pharmacovigilance database, reports a few hundred cases.

Based on these data, we address the question whether PMR/PMR-like syndromes following COVID-19 vaccines can be a true adverse or a coincidental event, and discuss its possible pathogenetic mechanisms.
The association between patellofemoral alignment and osteoarthritis in magnetic resonance imaging
Authors: Khoroushi Farzane , Davoodi Yasmin , Fathabadi Amirhossein , Salehi Maryam , Sharifan Yasamin , Bakaiyan Malihe , Aminzade Behzad
Published: May 2022

Objectives

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease in the world, becoming more prevalent with increasing age, and causes a significant burden on individuals and society. So far, several factors have been identified in association with OA of the knee joint. Age is the most crucial uncontrollable risk factor for OA. There are conflicting results regarding the relationship between patellofemoral joint orientation and OA. This study aims to elucidate the relationship between patellofemoral joint alignment and OA evidence.

Material and methods

A total of 277 MRIs performed at Imam Reza Hospital during the first half of 2017 were included. Patients were divided into two groups, under 50 years old and over 50 years old. Femoral sulcus angle (SA) and depth (SD), lateral patellar displacement (LPD), tibial tubercle-trochlear groove (TTTG), lateral patellofemoral angle (LPFA), and Insall-Salvati index were measured in axial and sagittal images. The morphology of the patellofemoral articular cartilage was evaluated and the grade of joint damage was determined. P-value < 0.05 was considered as significant.

Results

Significant correlations between SA (p-value = 0.01), SD (p-value < 0.001), Insall-Salvati index (p-value < 0.001), LPD (p-value = 0.02) values and OA in patients less than 50 years old were observed. A weak correlation was observed between SD and Insall-Salvati index values with increasing grade of articular cartilage damage (r = 0.21 and r = 0.21, respectively).

Conclusions

Patellofemoral joint asymmetry in the younger people was significantly associated with joint cartilage damage and premature patellofemoral joint OA. Joint misalignment by stressing the articular cartilage causes joint cartilage changes that may be congenital or due to bone injuries such as trauma and surgery.
Predetermined physical factors and alternative factors in
the treatment of chronic pain in discogenic lumbosacral radiculitis
Authors: Radeva Stoika , Zaralieva Aycha , Tonev Dimitar
Published: May 2022

Objectives

Evolution of acute pain in discogenic lumbosacral radiculopathy to subacute and chronic pain reflects pharmacotherapeutic issues and even helplessness in some cases. It has social significance since 80% of people in working age have faced it at least once in their working lifetime. Most of the acute and subacute (> 6 weeks) episodes resolve within 3 months while in 10–15% of patients their condition does not resolve and they develop chronic (> 3 months) lumbosacral syndrome.

Material and methods

We present our experience in non-pharmaceutical treatment of chronic pain in discogenic lumbosacral radiculopathy after comparison of different predetermined and alternative therapies that have been given to patients who were selected by highly informative assessment indicators for the extent of spinal root lesion. Sixty patients were enrolled in this study and were divided into two groups of 30 patients each. The first group was treated with classic acupuncture, and the second group with two predetermined factors from conventional physiotherapy. The effect of the two treatments applied was followed up after each procedure in the therapeutic course, and also a month later.

Results

As a result of the obtained statistical data, we present a variant of non-invasive treatment of chronic pain that would be useful in clinical practice.

Conclusions

In cases of chronic pain in this particular disease, a recommendation should be given for the combination of two physical factors – paravertebral application of ultrasound in impulse mode with an appropriate anti-inflammatory medicament as a mediator in the area of the lumbosacral spine segment, by a labile method, combined with low frequency impulse magnet field in the low back area and the affected leg. Also, acupuncture could be used in fighting against pain, especially in patients contraindicated for predetermined factors (those with a pacemaker, or an oncological process in the small pelvis area).
THE EFFECT OF POULTRY, CATTLE AND SWINE MANURE APPLICATIONS TO SOIL ON LETTUCE YIELD AND QUALITY AND GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION POTENTIAL
Authors: Vella Andrew , Sacco Anthony T.
Published: May 2022

This study investigated the effect that poultry, cattle, swine manures, and artificial fertilizer have on the yield and quality of lettuce (Lactucasativa L.). The ground water contamination potential of these fertilizers when applied to calcareous soil was also studied. Lettuce plants were cultivated in pots containing soil amended with either of the fertilizers together with a no-fertilizer control. The amount of fertilizer applied to soil was in line with that used by the lettuce growers in Malta. The experiment, including 20 replicates for each treatment, was set up in a greenhouse and the crop height, width, fresh and dry mass, root length, sap NO3 - and K + , and heavy metal content were monitored. The drain water from the pots was analysed periodically for NO3 - content and salinity. The best crop performance was obtained from poultry manure followed by swine manure, cattle manure and artificial fertilizer. Yield from the control soil was poor and also resulted in a crop containing the highest NO3 - concentration in the sap. No significant difference was found in sap NO3 - concentration in plants grown in soil amended with the fertilizers. The heavy metal content concentration in the plants was not significantly different except for Ni, Mn and Cu. The highest NO3 - leaching was shown in the soil amended with manure, especially with that from poultry. Crops grown on cattle manure showed the highest variation in crop mass and also the lowest yield-to-ground water NO3 - contamination potential ratio.
CHARACTERISATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF BIOPROCESSING EFFLUENTS FROM COFFEE, DAIRY AND TANNERYPLANTS
Authors: Ondiba Jared Ombaye , L. Kanali Christopher , Gathitu Benson B. , Ondimu Stephen N.
Published: May 2022

There is an increasing rate of environmental pollution resulting from high emission rates from bioprocessing industries in Kenya. This study provides information on the characterization of bioprocessing effluents from 3 industries in Kenya. To achieve this, samples of effluents were collected from the 3 industries and then transported using plastic containers to JKUAT chemistry laboratories within 24 hours for analysis. Each sample was divided into 3 different 500 ml bottles, and the experiment was replicated 3 times. Physico-chemical parameters such as total dissolved solids (TDS), biological oxygen demand in 5 days at 20°C (BOD 5 ), pH, total solids (TS), total suspended solids (TSS), chemical oxygen demand (COD) and electrical conductivity (EC) of collected samples were analysed. The mean concentration levels were found to be (118±5, 176±10, and 128±3) for COD and (1200±2,800±1 and 700±6) for BOD 5 for dairy, coffee, and tannery effluents, respectively. These values were found to be slightly higher than the standard removal levels. The pollutant levels noticed at the different industries were notably high in tannery with 286 mg/l and least in the dairy effluents with 28mg/l. Based on the results obtained, there is need to treat effluents before discharging to water bodies.