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The potential protective effect of Hydrastasis canadensis on the cervico-vaginal lesions
Authors:   Department of Surgery, “Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, PETREA Sorin , BACALBASA Nicolae ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Center of Excellence in Translational Medicine, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, BALESCU Irina ,   “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, STOICA Claudia ,   Department of Anatomy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, Ilfov County Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, POP Lucian ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania, VARLAS Valentin ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, MARTAC Cristina ,   Department of Anesthesiology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, VOICHITOIU Andrei ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania
Published: August 2022

Homeopathic principles have been widely investigated and proposed even from the ancient times in order to treat different wounds, to prevent inflammation and to treat infections. Although initially they have been tested in regard to skin wounds, their use was also tested in regard to different internal viscera with promising results. Therefore, such extracts have been proposed as part of the topical products proposed for treating certain pathologies of the uterine cervix such as infections, cervicitis or even in order to prevent the risk of uterine cervical cancer development. The aim of the current paper is to discuss about the potential protective role of Hydrastasis canadensis in treating different cervico-vaginal lesions.
Epidural steroid injections in treatment of chronic lower back pain caused by degenerative-dystrophic spine damage
Authors:   State Institution of Science “Research and Practical Center of Preventive and Clinical Medicine” of State Administrative Department, Kyiv, Ukraine, Kvasnitskyi Mykola V.
Published: August 2022

Background. The high incidence of degenerative-dystrophic spine damage with the variability of research results on the effectiveness of epidural steroid injections for treatment of chronic lower back pain is an urgent issue regarding treatment of this pain with epidural steroid injections only. Objective. The aim of the study is to improve the effectiveness of treatment of chronic lower back pain caused by degenerative spine damage with monotherapy – epidural steroid injections only. Material and methods. The early and long-term treatment outcomes with epidural steroid injections only of 120 patients with chronic lower back pain were analysed. The control group consisted of 36 patients with lower back pain treated conservatively. The results of treatment were assessed by the dynamics of pain regression using the visual analog scale (VAS), as well as the functional status by the Oswestry index. The assessment was performed three times: before treatment, after treatment and six months after it. Results. In the early post-treatment period, reliable results of treatment of chronic lower lumbar pain was evidenced in both the main and control groups. There was no significant difference in treatment outcomes between these groups in the early period, although both the Oswestry index and the VAS by the Student’s T-test showed that the differences were in favour of the main group. There was a significant difference in long-term treatment outcomes between the main and control groups both by the Oswestry index and the VAS in favour of monotherapy with epidural steroid injections. Conclusions. The study proved a high effectiveness of monotherapy with epidural steroid injections for chronic lower back pain caused by degenerative-dystrophic spine damage.
Fluid Flow Analysis at Single and Dual Plenum Intake Manifolds to Reduce Pressure Drops Using Computational Approach
Authors: Setyo Pranoto  , Ubaidillah  , Bhre Wangsa Lenggana  , Eko Prasetya Budiana  , Agung Tri Wijayanta
Published: August 2022

The intake manifold is one of the most important components of an internal combustion engine as it distributes air to each combustion chamber. In certain situations, a restrictor is added at the inlet of the intake manifold. However, this has been found to decrease engine performance as it decreases the pressure and limits the amount of air entering each cylinder. Therefore, it is imperative to optimise the geometric design of intake manifolds that utilise restrictors. Prototyping is an optimisation method that investigates various intake manifold geometries to determine which configuration provides the best performance. However, this method is expensive and time consuming. Furthermore, it is difficult to identify design areas that require improvements as air flow phenomena in the intake manifold cannot be accurately analysed. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is an alternative optimisation method that is both cheaper and less time-consuming. It also yields optimal results and a high level of accuracy that enables designers to easily identify problems in the geometric design.
Determination of Al2O3 Powder Thermal Conductivity Using DSC at NIS-Egypt
Authors: Doaa Abd-El-Galiel  , Ahmed El-Matarawy  , Eman Mohy El-Dien
Published: August 2022

The mission of the thermal metrology laboratory is to maintain, disseminate, develop and realize the International Temperature Scale 1990 (ITS-90). One of the services that the laboratory has introduced is the routine calibration to all industrial sectors that covers almost all fields inside and outside Egypt. This paper explains how to use Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) to determine the thermal conductivity of unknown powders. The paper is based on the ability to determine the thermal conductivity (k) of powders from the melting peak of the reference metal. This technique assists for the first time to establish a new activity at the National Institute for Standardization to test the thermal conductivity of powders, which had been requested by many clients. Experiments were carried out using alumina powder Al2O3 and metal reference beads of Sn and Zn which have diameter ranges from 1.9 mm up to 4.12 mm in an atmosphere of nitrogen during Sn and Zn melting. The results show good performance. The results showed confidence that will enable to do more studies at NIS to see if this technology can be applied to a wider spectrum of materials.
Conservation of Total Wave Action in the Expanding Solar Wind
Authors: Huang 黄 Zesen 泽森 , Shi 时 Chen 辰 , Sioulas Nikos , Velli Marco
Published: August 2022

The conservation of wave action in moving plasmas has been well known for over half a century. However, wave action is not conserved when multiple wave modes propagate and coexist close to the degeneration condition (where the sound speed equals the Alfvén speed, i.e., plasma β ∼ 1). Here, we show that the violation of conservation is due to wave mode conversion, and that the total wave action summed over the interacting modes is still conserved. Though the result is general, we focus on MHD waves and identify three distinctive mode-conversion mechanisms, i.e., degeneracy, linear mode conversion, and resonance, and provide an intuitive physical picture for the mode-conversion processes. We use one-dimensional MHD simulations with the Expanding Box Model to simulate the nonlinear evolution of monochromatic MHD waves in the expanding solar wind. The simulation results validate the theory; total wave action therefore remains an interesting diagnostic for studies of waves and turbulence in the solar wind.
The Hubble Tension Revisited: Additional Local Distance Ladder Uncertainties
Authors: Mörtsell Edvard , Goobar Ariel , Johansson Joel , Dhawan Suhail
Published: August 2022

In a recent paper, we investigated possible systematic uncertainties related to the Cepheid color–luminosity calibration method and their influence on the tension between the Hubble constant as inferred from distances to Type Ia supernovae and the cosmic microwave background as measured with the Planck satellite. Here, we study the impact of other sources of uncertainty in the supernova distance ladder, including Cepheid temperature and metallicity variations, supernova magnitudes, and GAIA parallax distances. Using Cepheid data in 19 Type Ia supernova host galaxies from Riess et al., anchor data from Riess et al., and a set of recalibrated Milky Way Cepheid distances, we obtain H
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Young, Blue, and Isolated Stellar Systems in the Virgo Cluster. II. A New Class of Stellar System
Authors: Jones Michael G. , Sand David J. , Bellazzini Michele , Spekkens Kristine , Karunakaran Ananthan , Adams Elizabeth A. K. , Battaglia Giuseppina , Beccari Giacomo , Bennet Paul , Cannon John M. , Cresci Giovanni , Crnojević Denija , Caldwell Nelson , Fuson Jackson , Guhathakurta Puragra , Haynes Martha P. , Inoue John L. , Magrini Laura , Muñoz Ricardo R. , Mutlu-Pakdil Burçin , Seth Anil , Strader Jay , Toloba Elisa , Zaritsky Dennis
Published: August 2022

We discuss five blue stellar systems in the direction of the Virgo cluster, analogous to the enigmatic object SECCO 1 (AGC 226067). These objects were identified based on their optical and UV morphology and followed up with H i observations with the Very Large Array (and Green Bank Telescope), Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (on the Very Large Telescope) optical spectroscopy, and Hubble Space Telescope imaging. These new data indicate that one system is a distant group of galaxies. The remaining four are extremely low mass (M
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, H ii regions. These high metallicities indicate that these stellar systems formed from gas stripped from much more massive galaxies. Despite the young age of their stellar populations, only one system is detected in H i, while the remaining three have minimal (if any) gas reservoirs. Furthermore, two systems are surprisingly isolated and have no plausible parent galaxy within ∼30′ (∼140 kpc). Although tidal stripping cannot be conclusively excluded as the formation mechanism of these objects, ram pressure stripping more naturally explains their properties, in particular their isolation, owing to the higher velocities, relative to the parent system, that can be achieved. Therefore, we posit that most of these systems formed from ram-pressure-stripped gas removed from new infalling cluster members and survived in the intracluster medium long enough to become separated from their parent galaxies by hundreds of kiloparsecs and that they thus represent a new type of stellar system.
Understanding Accretion Variability through TESS Observations of Taurus
Authors: Robinson Connor E. , Espaillat Catherine C. , Rodriguez Joseph E.
Published: August 2022

Interpreting the short-timescale variability of the accreting, young, low-mass stars known as Classical T Tauri stars remains an open task. Month-long, continuous light curves from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have become available for hundreds of T Tauri stars. With this vast data set, identifying connections between the variability observed by TESS and short-timescale accretion variability is valuable for characterizing the accretion process. To this end, we obtained short-cadence TESS observations of 14 T Tauri stars in the Taurus star formation region along with simultaneous ground-based, UBVRI-band photometry to be used as accretion diagnostics. In addition, we combine our data set with previously published simultaneous near-UV–near-IR Hubble Space Telescope spectra for one member of the sample. We find evidence that much of the short-timescale variability observed in the TESS light curves can be attributed to changes in the accretion rate, but note significant scatter between separate nights and objects. We identify hints of time lags within our data set that increase at shorter wavelengths, which we suggest may be evidence of longitudinal density stratification of the accretion column. Our results highlight that contemporaneous, multiwavelength observations remain critical for providing context for the observed variability of these stars.
Post-operative Pain after Different Root Canal Irrigant Activation Methods in Patients with Acute Apical Periodontitis (Randomized Clinical Trial)
Authors: Elzainy Passant , Hussein Wael , Hashem Ahmed , Badr Mahmoud
Published: August 2022

Objective To evaluate the degree of postoperative pain in patients with necrotic teeth with symptomatic apical periodontitis after applying ultrasonic irrigation or manual dynamic agitation.
Methods Seventy-eight patients diagnosed with necrotic mandibular first molar with symptomatic apical periodontitis were randomly allocated into 1 of 3 separate groups (n=26); Manual Dynamic Agitation group, Ultra X group, or NaviTip group (control). After a single-visit root canal treatment and a specific method of agitation, depending on each group, the patients were given a questionnaire on which they would mark the degree of pain in a scale from 0 to 10 at 6, 12, 24, 48, 72 hours and 7 days post-operative. Data were statistically analyzed with a significance level of P ≤ 0.05.
Results Final irrigation protocol including Ultrasonic agitation and NaviTip (control) groups showed significantly lower values of pain than the MDA group. There was a reduction in pain values by time in all groups.
Conclusion There was significantly less pain associated with passive ultrasonic agitation and side vented needle (NaviTip) irrigation compared to Manual Dynamic Agitation.
The Effectiveness of Local-Leader-Based Social Interventions on Knowledge and Attitudes of Early Marriage among Mother Who Have Teenage Children
Authors: Surbakti Elisabeth , Hasibuan Yusrawati , Pasaribu Rina
Published: August 2022

Abstract.
Introduction. Early marriage causes pregnancy and early delivery with complications of pregnancy, childbirth, low birth weight, and stunting and has an impact on high maternal and child mortality rates. Local leader-based social intervention for parents with adolescents can increase knowledge and attitudes in preventing early marriage. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of social interventions by community leaders on the knowledge, attitudes of mothers, and young women.
Methode. The study was conducted in the district of Deliserdang, subdistrict Percut Sei Tuan, Sumatera Utara province,Indonesia. We conducted a prospective cross-sectional interventional study with baseline survey and repeat surveys to evaluate the effectiveness of social interventions by community leaders on the knowledge, attitudes of mothers, and young women. Fifteen participants local leaders from the community were trained to provide early marriage prevention education. The training was carried out for two days. After the training, the researchers assisted for 2 weeks in conducting early marriage prevention education to the community. After mentoring, each participant carried out early marriage prevention education independently. 308 for adolescents and parents (154 in the intervention group and 154 in the control group) were selected by systematic sampling to assess the effectiveness. Data was collected using a questioner and analyzed by Mann Whitney test.
Result. Social intervention by local leaders as agents of change in the community for six months and controls were given leaflets for adolescents and parents, indicating that interventions carried out by community leaders were more effective in increasing the knowledge and attitudes of parents and young women compared to giving leaflets (p-value <0.05).
Conclusion. Social intervention based on local leaders is more effectively used as a method of early marriage prevention education.
Légalisation des drogues : l’importance du marché dans le gouvernement des conduites
Authors: Ben Lakhdar Christian
Published: August 2022

Aux côtés des programmes et outils institutionnalisés de réduction des risques et des dommages (RDRD) de l’usage de drogues se développe également une offre privée et marchande de ces mêmes outils, destinés plutôt au plus grand nombre qu’aux personnes fréquentant les dispositifs dits de bas seuil. Cette offre de marché s’apparente à un dispositif de sécurité foucaldien. En sécurisant les conduites addictives, ce dispositif autorise le marché à devenir véridictionnel quant à la gestion des drogues. D’autres disciplines émergent et invitation est faite à sortir du champ pénal tout ou partie de l’offre de produits et de conduites addictives. L’individu et le groupe sont renvoyés à leurs responsabilités entre modération et empowerment . Les marchés des drogues et des conduites addictives fleurissent alors dans un environnement sécurisé tout en renvoyant l’État à un rôle de régulateur qu’il peine encore à incarner.
Le cannabis médical, déconfiné et déclassifié : retour sur le récent changement de classification internationale
Authors: Riboulet-Zemouli Kenzi
Published: August 2022

Le 2 décembre 2020, les Nations unies votaient la sortie du « cannabis » et de la « résine de cannabis » du Tableau IV annexé à la Convention unique sur les stupéfiants de 1961. Complexe et controversé, le vote et les recommandations de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé l’ayant motivé sont analysés et discutés. Après une revue et actualisation du contexte légal et de l’histoire de la classification internationale du Cannabis et de ses médicaments dérivés, l’article revient sur l’impact, large mais mal compris, du changement de classification internationale des produits du Cannabis , et les conséquences que celui-ci peut avoir pour les patientes et les patients, les professionnel.le.s de la santé, pour les États, mais aussi pour le système des Nations unies et pour le droit international plus largement.
Usage de cannabis à l’adolescence, ne pas laisser sans réponse…
Authors: Lascaux Muriel , Blaise Mario
Published: August 2022

Aborder la question de la consommation de cannabis à l’adolescence reste souvent difficile, surtout entre parents et enfants. En partant de données épidémiologiques généralistes de l’usage de cannabis à l’adolescence et de l’expérience clinique des consultations jeunes consommateurs, nous présenterons la valeur expérientielle que peut prendre cet usage à une période spécifique de développement qu’est l’adolescence avec ses enjeux d’individuation au sein d’un milieu écologique et familial. Adapter les postures professionnelles et accompagner les parents à devenir acteurs des enjeux développementaux, mis à mal par les usages de substances, permettent à l’adolescent de s’autoriser à investir cet espace-temps de parole pour s’individuer.
Synchronization of fractional-order memristive recurrent neural networks via aperiodically intermittent control
Authors: Zhang Shuai , Yang Yongqing , Sui Xin , Zhang Yanna
Published: August 2022

In this paper, synchronization of fractional-order memristive recurrent neural networks via aperiodically intermittent control is investigated. Considering the special properties of memristor neural network, differential inclusion theory is introduced. Similar to the aperiodically strategy of integer order, aperiodically intermittent control strategy of fractional order is proposed. Under the framework of Fillipov's solution, based on the intermittent strategy of fractional order systems and the properties Mittag-Leffler, sufficient criteria of aperiodically intermittent strategy are obtained by constructing appropriate Lyapunov functional. Some comparisons are given to demonstrate the advantages of aperiodically strategy. A simulation example is given to illustrate the derived conclusions.
Flow by Gauss curvature to the $ L_p $ dual Minkowski problem
Authors: Guang Qiang , Li Qi-Rui , Wang Xu-Jia
Published: August 2022

In the paper [20], the authors introduced a Gauss curvature flow to study the Aleksandrov problem and the dual Minkowski problem. The paper [20] treated the cases when one can establish the uniform estimate for the Gauss curvature flow. In this paper, we study the $ L_p $ dual Minkowski problem, an extension of the dual Minkowski problem. We deal with some cases in which there is no uniform estimate for the Gauss curvature flow. We adopt the topological method from [13] to find a special initial condition such that the Gauss curvature flow converges to a solution of the $ L_p $ dual Minkowski problem.
“What Did I Gain From Graduate Studies Abroad?”
Authors: Chen Aide
Published: August 2022

This chapter aims to provide critical retrospective insights into the extent to which education can shape one's views, practices, and identities. Focusing on sharing the author's graduate learning stories abroad, this autoethnographic chapter consists of the following five sections. The first section introduces the author's self-positioning as a multilingual speaker, an emerging teacher, an international student, among others, and also motivation to write about his life stories. The second to the fourth sections identify three main learning gains over the course of the author's graduate studies, including his heightened awareness of pluralism, improved socio-educational competencies, and increased sensitivity to equity and social justice issues. The final section summarizes the author's graduate learning gains and then highlights some recommendations and issues for stakeholders to (re)consider.
The Influence of Life Stories and Literature on Critical Thinking
Authors: Ramírez-Verdugo M. Dolores , Márquez Eva
Published: August 2022

This chapter explores the influence of life stories and literature on English learners' critical thinking development by examining students' goal orientation, attitudes, and motivation to rhetoric passages with high sociolinguistic content. Specifically, this study, part of a larger project, applies a sociocultural pedagogical model to raise L2 learners' awareness of the relevance of developing their critical thinking competence to analyze reality and gain confidence in expressing their voice. As a dystopian life story, George Orwell's 1984 novel is used as critical thinking triggering strategy for first-year bilingual education baccalaureate students to achieve this goal. The study's methodical instruments included a three-dimensional analysis model, pre- and post-questionnaires, specific tasks on judgment and inference, guided interviews, rubrics, and field observations. This chapter reports on the study's qualitative findings and demonstrates the effect of literature and stories on students' engagement and awareness of their critical thinking skills.
Learning English and Teaching Italian
Authors: Scala Carmela B.
Published: August 2022

As Federico Fellini said, “A different language is a different vision of life,” and nothing resonates more with the author and her life experience than this quotation. Moving to the USA and learning English and then Spanish has immensely broadened her horizons immensely and taught her to live and think of life in ways she was unaware to. In writing this autoethnography, she wants to narrate part of her journey as a language learner; she will share some of the most important milestones of her adventurous quest. She will reflect on how the perception of who she was changed, and how she slowly became a “contact space” where her native Italian culture and her acquired American one merged, struggled, and eventually learned how to co-exist. Furthermore, she will also reflect on how her personal experience with learning foreign languages has shaped her approach to teaching and her understanding her students.
Study of E-Commerce and Impact of Machine Learning in E-Commerce
Authors: Sharma Mukta , Sharma Vinita , Kapoor Ritika
Published: August 2022

Technological advancement is evident especially after the internet has come into the market; it has revolutionized the way we do business. Electronic commerce has been largely benefitted by the technology. The chapter commenced with the introduction to commerce, a brief comparison between the business and commerce. Later the chapter will shed light on electronic commerce, its types, advantages, and drawbacks of e-commerce, followed by a few revenue-generation models. In this chapter, the authors will discuss the technological impact on e-commerce in supply chain management, value chain, customer relationship management, and many such propositions. The authors will also explore machine learning and the role of artificial intelligence in e-commerce. Later a few use cases/some live cases will be discussed at length for better clarity.
Artificial Intelligence-Based Approaches for Product Recommendation in E-Commerce
Authors: Samal Sumitra , Kar Kaveri , Taunk Shraddha , Patra J. P.
Published: August 2022

Today's e-commerce is completely dependent on artificial intelligence. Whatever technology was used in the ancient days, there was a huge gap between a customer and a seller. From a seller's point of view, he wanted to sell the maximum product and a customer had to purchase the product whose price was lowest in the market but best in quality. In this situation, we need a system that can automatically recommend a suitable product to the customer so that we can buy his goods easily and at a low price. For this, artificial intelligence is the best method. Artificial intelligence recommendation system is a combination of machine learning algorithms that are used by developers to help users predict their choices and get related suggestions.Through this chapter, the authors show the different processes and uses of artificial intelligence that help the user for an accurate recommendation of a product such as search queries, past purchases, items placed in the shopping cart, viewing history, and the location of the customer or buyer.
The Financial Digital Assets Frontier
Authors: Popescu Andrei Dragos
Published: August 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the value chains for all major business sectors, with a great impact on the way we interact, socialize, transact, and trust the systems that we use on a daily basis. The magnitude of this major health crisis imposed a new level of digitalization, to which everyone needed to adapt, with great costs in terms of social, psychological, political, and economic transformation. In order to adapt in a new digital environment, imposed by the pandemic, we witnessed the adoption of decentralized ecosystems and technologies. One of the technologies that stood as foundation for this decentralization movement is blockchain. The first adaptations for blockchain technology happened within the financial services, with the introduction of the financial digital assets or crypto assets. This created the base for concepts like decentralized finance (DeFi), Web 3.0, and the metaverse. This chapter will assess the frontier of financial digital assets, which has emerged and developed the perfect infrastructure for scalability, efficiency, and transparency.
Supply Chain in the Eras of Pre and Post COVID-19
Authors: Magd Hesham , Ruzive Benson
Published: August 2022

Firms have been forced to adopt and/or retract to previously dropped management control strategies such as onshoring. This has come at the backdrop of preventative policies enforced by most governments such as lockdowns, social distancing, and to some extend the closure of common frontiers. This study aims at establishing the logistics and supply chain strategies embraced by firms before, during, and after COVID-19. Some secondary objectives include to discover strategies adopted by companies during and after COVID-19 to identify the impact and disruptions caused by COVID-19 in natural economies to establish approaches in supply chain management approaches and practices and to establish critical success factors and preventative strategies post COVID-19. A cross-sectional survey of literature is conducted with the aim of identifying the themes in the study area and synthesizing them to identify gaps.
Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
Authors: Sharma Ashwani , Kumari Reenu , Goel Neha
Published: August 2022

Health is a major and primary concern for every organization for manpower in the world without any discrimination, and the healthcare situations of the countries are different for this problem. Universal health coverage (UHC) is the only solution for this challenge, and UHC means that everyone everywhere should have access to quality, affordable healthcare services (including prevention, promotion, treatment, and rehabilitation) without suffering financial hardship. COVID-19 is the world's serious problem. It tells the reality of the healthcare challenge and the importance of health coverage for humanity. Therefore, this chapter analyzes the situation of COVID-19's impact on the universal health coverage initiative. After that, this chapter helps to check the countries' progress towards UHC and furthermore discusses the opportunities and forthcoming policies to support UHC for upcoming health disasters like pandemics and other health issues.
The Nexus Between Forensic Tax and Accounting Knowledge After Pandemic COVID-19 in Indonesia
Authors: Jaya I Made Laut Mertha , Narsa I. Made
Published: August 2022

The phenomenon of tax fraud has rarely been highlighted in the literature. This addition was made in order to provide a new logic, thinking that the fraud financial statement is also related to the sakes of tax evasion or fraud. The population of this study was 1,053 auditors and the percentage level of leeway used was 10%. The questionnaires distributed were 300 copies, or 28.49% of the population. The method of analysis was applying partial least square (PLS). This study found that the level of forensic accounting and tax forensic knowledge had a positive effect on the prevention of fraud financial statements in the new normal era in Indonesia at this time. Although there were many studies on forensic accounting, none had collaborated with the level of forensic tax knowledge. It seems that there are some parties who are afraid when there is education about forensic tax knowledge in Indonesia, especially the new normal period towards a new world order.
Photoluminescence Study of Silver Nanoparticles Decorated on Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) by Spectroflourometer
Authors: Munir Muhammad Saqib , Khan Ali Abbas , Khan Mohsin , Nowsherwan Ghazi Aman , Hussain Syed Sajjad , Riaz Saira , Raza Muhammad  Akram , Naseem Shahzad
Published: August 2022

Multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have recently attracted much attention due to their appealing properties in several domains. Multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were functionalized in this research study and then decorated with silver nanoparticles. Fourier transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to check the successful attachment of hydroxyl (OH) and carboxyl (C=O) groups with MWCNTs. XRD analysis was used to check the crystallite size of silver nanoparticles and the decoration of silver nanoparticles on MWCNTs. Pure Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) show luminescence in an infrared region having approximately 1.3 eV absorption band. At room temperature, our hybrid material's photoluminescence (PL) spectra indicate only one peak in the UV region and many high-intensity peaks in the visible region. These PL results show the change in the band structure of Ag/MWCNTs composite compared to pure silver nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes. Therefore, it unlocks the possibilities to use this hybrid material for bio-sensing and bio-imaging devices, chemical sensing devices, optoelectronics devices, drug delivery devices, cancer cell detection, and environment detection devices.
Architecture Fibrous Meso-Porous Silica Spheres as Enhanced Adsorbent for Effective Capturing for CO2 Gas
Authors: Alsadi Jamal , Tripathi Vikas , Amaral Larissa Souza , Potrich Erich , Hasham Sarah Haidar , Patil Pandurang Y. , Omoniyi Elabiyi Michael
Published: August 2022

The increase in exhaust of CO2 gas has created a undesirable change into atmosphere, which leads to global warming and unfavourable climatic change. Therefore capturing for CO2 gas has become a global anxiety. Coal-mine stations generate the majority of the world's electricity, Stakeholders environmentalists, and Researchers have paid close attention to CO2 capturing using combustion technology using a variety of technological alternatives such as membrane separation, adsorption, absorption, and chemical loop combustion in presence and absence of oxygen. Meso, Micro and porous adsorbents can be used to collect carbon from exhaust gases. Carbonaceous MOF and non-carbonaceous and mesoporous adsorbent for CO2 capturing under various pore size and surface area are discussed in this study. The mesoporous adsorbents and non-carbonaceous micro are also being studied in chemical loop combustion with in situ CO2 capture at elevated heat (>400 °C). The mechanics of adsorption, material properties, and synthesis techniques are all explored. Isosteric temperatures and characterization approaches are discussed. The prospects for improving the techno-economic feasibility of carbon capturing systems by combining them with CO2 to create industrial essential compounds such as ammonia and urea are investigated.
Study on Cu Based Organic Linkers for Effective Emission Control over Diesel Engine Effuluents
Authors: Ismail Rabah Mahmoud Ahmad , Enemose Edith Ajiroghene , Al-Jamal Marwa , Trrad Issam , Al-Mattarneh Hashem , Tripathi Vikas , Patil Pandurang Y.
Published: August 2022

The Cu-MOF has outstanding catalytic activity because of its capacity to buffer oxygen. As a result, when added to diesel fuel, this additive reduces nitrogen dioxide emissions while also oxidising hydrocarbon emissions. The current study examines the impact of Cu-MOF nanoparticles on diesel engine efficiency and emissions. The SEM, and XRD methods were utilised to characterise the nanoparticles of Cu-MOF, which were generated by chemical approach. In a two-step method, Cu-MOF was combined with diesel using a conventional ultrasonic shaker in order to get a stable suspension, Extensive experiments using ASTM-standard testing procedures have also examined the impact of nanoparticles on several physicochemical parameters of diesel fuel. For the purpose of examining the impact of nanoparticles on engine efficiency and emissions, a diesel engine load test was conducted. Also included are side-by-side comparisons of fuel qualities with and without additives.
A Simple Approach of CQDs@MoS2 Nanosheets for Turn-On Fluorescence Sensor for Detection of Pb2+ Ions
Authors: Singh Anshul , Rathinam R. , Yadav Anil Kumar , Vasudevan Rajkumar , Kulandhaisamy Indhumathi , Purushotham Malleboina , Patil Pandurang Y.
Published: August 2022

The 2-Dimennsionnal nanocomposites are applied for the ennhannced fluorescence sensor for analysing heavy metal ions is explored using a simple novel technique based on green manufactured (CQDs@MoS2) nanocomposite. The emission intensity of CQDs have a better dispersibility, and MoS2 nanosheets have an excellent exfoliation, allowing the CQDs to adhere to the surface and form a label-free sensors. The emission peak of CQDs was quenched by transferring non-radiative energy as of CQDs to MoS2 sheets in an excited state. However, when metal ions are included in the CQDs@MoS2 nanocomposite, it develops a solid surface combined with the carbon dots nanosheets, that might aid in CD recovery. More intriguingly, the sensing performance of MoS2 nanosheets were examined at various pH levels to better recognize the change in surface charge, which resulted in significantly improved responsiveness for identification of Pb (II) ions with LODs of 0.9 nM. Furthermore, it is suggested that present method are intended to be quick, easy, cost effective, environmental friendly for sensing heavy metal ions.
TiO2-Cu2O Based Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Degradation of Dye Pollutants from Aqueous Industrial Waste Solutions
Authors: Nayak Tanvi , Kulathuraan K. , Pakiyaraj K. , Potrich Erich , Amaral Larissa Souza , Dixit Chandra Kumar , Patil Dipak S
Published: August 2022

When comparing the photo-catalytic degradation of Rhodamine b dye azo dye, TiO2-Cu2O was shown to be much more efficient. Additionally, the effects of several parameters on the dye concentration, including pH, degradation rate of dye solution, and irradiation time, were examined. Rhodamine b dye's ability to aggregate was also investigated using UV-Vis spectroscopic techniques, which were utilised in conjunction with other approaches. The revival of the TiO2-Cu2O catalyst was also examined.
Kinetics Study of Chicken Breast Meat (Pectoralis major) Color Changes Measured Using the TCS 3200 Color Sensor during Storage at Room Temperature
Authors: Nastiti Pramilih Wahyu , Bintoro Nursigit , Karyadi Joko Nugroho Wahyu , Rahayoe Sri
Published: August 2022

Chicken meat has a high nutritional content that makes its freshness rapidly deteriorates. A color change characterized the degradation. Color changes could influence the consumer perception toward food quality. Human perception and evaluation of color are often subjective. Sensors can provide better detection accuracy toward this phenomenon than the human senses. This study aims to determine the change of color attribute of chicken breast meat kinetically and classify meat quality based on color changes during meat storage using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The experiment was performed with equipment consisting of a Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and a TCS 3200 color sensor. The meat sample was stored in a dark-colored container along with the sensor for 24 hours storage at room temperature. The measurement was done every hour in three replications. Color data from sensor readings in the frequency form was then converted into RGB (Red, Green, Blue) values and finally to L*, a*, b* values during the experiment. The data obtained was sent to the database for kinetic analysis and quality classification using PCA. It was found that the change of color attribute of Chroma (C), Hue Angle (Ho), Color Difference with True Red (DE), and Color Difference (AE) followed zero-order or first-order kinetics reactions. While from the PCA resulted, two chicken meat quality classes, PC 1, explained 85.4%, and PC 2 explained 12.5%.
Impact of Subjective Norms and Behavioral Intention in Investing in Equity Market: A Survey of Colombo Stock Exchange
Authors: Ranawakage Sithari Thanya
Published: August 2022

In an era where stock market has certain concerns, it has become highly influential in significant community judgment. This study investigates the impact of subjective norms and behavioral intention in investing in equity market. Through quantitative data collection the researcher composed and gathered data by issuing a questionnaire with the survey among 200 savers as investors in the field who finance in Colombo Stock Exchange. The SPSS software is used for the data analysis as quantitative measurable type of data can be dignified with using proper statistical analysis methods. The acquired data examination in this chapter and encapsulate in summarizing all the findings, recommendations and conclusions. There are numerous indications that modern finance is shifting toward behavioral theories that aim to explain investor behavior. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is a widely used psychological paradigm for predicting behavioral intention from various perspectives. Independent variables Perceived Behavior, Subjective Norms, attitudes, and Intention of buying had optimistic, durable high association. Factors such as Perceived Behavior, Subjective Norms, and Attitudes are positively corelated with the Buying Intention of the investor. According to the multiple regression calculated in the study it proves there is a positive and also strong relationship with all independent variables and the dependent variable of buying intention. Hence the author of the study accepted all the hypothesis developed in research methodology chapter and rejected null hypothesis in the same.
Anchored versus conventional hang-back technique in large bimedial rectus recession
Authors: Elsaadani Ibrahim A. , Eleiwa Taher K. , Khater Ahmed A.
Published: August 2022

Purpose

To compare surgical outcome of anchored hang-back technique (HBT) against conventional HBT in bimedial rectus-muscle recession (BMR) for large-angle esotropia.

Design

A retrospective nonrandomized comparative interventional study.

Participants

In total, 94 patients with esotropia and indicated for at least 6-mm BMR.

Methods

Patients were randomly assigned into two groups according to surgical technique of BMR: (a) anchored HBT and (b) conventional HBT. Postoperatively, angles of deviation were quantified for near and far. Alignment within 10-prism diopters (PD) of orthotropia was considered a successful result by the end of 6 months. Kaplan–Meier analysis was used to determine the cumulative survival in both groups.

Results

In total, 48 patients underwent conventional HBT and 46 patients in the anchored HBT. Preoperatively, mean angles of deviation for near and far were 61.6 and 60.1 PD in the conventional group, versus 62.2 and 60.4 PD in the anchored group, respectively (P>0.05). By the sixth postoperative month, the mean angles of deviation for near and far in the conventional group were -1.4 and -3.4 PD, versus 1.2 and 0.1 PD in the anchored group, respectively (P=0.03). Success rate was 76% in the conventional group, versus 87.5% in the anchored group (P=0.03). Kaplan–Meier survival analysis showed a significantly higher cumulative 6-month incidence of failure in the conventional HBT group than the anchored one (P=0.025, Log rank).

Conclusion

Anchored HBT showed a higher efficacy than conventional HBT in large BMR recession.
Awareness of age-related macular degeneration and its associated risk factors
Authors: Alhazimi Amro , Aljuhni Abdulaziz , Almadhi Abdulmalk , Alrumaih Ibrahim , Khalaf Ahmed , Alruwaili Shahad , Alkadi Trad , Almarek Faisal , Almazrou Abdulrhman
Published: August 2022

Background

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive retinal degenerative disease divided into two types: early dry non-neovascular AMD and advanced wet neovascular AMD. It is recognized as the leading cause of irreversible blindness in high-income nations, with an increasing incidence among the elderly. This study aims to assess the awareness of AMD among the Saudi population and identify the groups with the least knowledge and the factors influencing their level of knowledge.

Patients and methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted using a validated questionnaire adapted from the AMD Alliance International Global Report. Univariate analysis was performed to determine the factors associated with awareness of AMD, and the odds ratio and 95% confidence interval were calculated. Two-tailed analysis with P value less than 0.05 was used as the cutoff for statistical significance.

Results

Among the 1008 participants who agreed to participate, the most common age group was 41–50 years (33.7%) and nearly two-thirds (63%) were female. Only 7.6% of participants were aware of AMD, whereas 92.4% were not aware, and higher educational levels were associated with increased awareness of AMD.

Conclusion

There is a low level of awareness of AMD among the Saudi population. A great emphasis on the importance of AMD education and awareness of modifiable risk factors is necessary, especially among the high-risk population.
Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis
Authors: Neenu N. , Utpat Ketaki , Desai Unnati , Sarawade Gautam
Published: August 2022

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by diffuse bilateral deposition of calcispherites in lung alveoli due to mutations in the SLC34A2 gene. Here, we presented a case of PAM in a young male who had been referred to our center to rule out miliary tuberculosis due to his chest radiography findings of bilateral extensive reticulonodular opacities. Possibility of PAM was considered here due to clinicoradiological dissociation and was confirmed with high-resolution computed tomography of the chest, which showed findings of Stage 2 PAM. Even though PAM has pathognomonic unique chest radiographic findings, it always poses a diagnostic challenge for physicians as it closely resembles other diseases including miliary tuberculosis, pneumoconiosis, and sarcoidosis. This case shows the need for thorough knowledge about PAM that physicians should have to reach at early prompt diagnosis and to avoid unnecessary need for invasive procedures.
An Unusual Site for Chest Wall Trauma
Authors: Chetambath Ravindran , Sneha N. K. , Maneesha T. S.
Published: August 2022

Blunt chest trauma can injure ribs, vertebra, or sternum and, in turn, lead to lung injury of various severities. However, trauma to the scapula is very rare and it suggests heavy impact on the chest wall during fall. Here, we discuss a case of a traffic accident where multiple ribs and scapula on the right side are fractured. This, in turn, precipitated contusion of the lung.
The Pain of Pills
Authors: Samal Janmejaya
Published: August 2022

Background:

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major public health threat in India. Management of TB requires intake of multiple pills during the entire treatment period with strong repugnance by the patients and the family members as well.

Objective:

The main objective was to understand the difficulties and challenges faced by TB patients while undergoing TB treatment.

Materials and Methods:

Cured TB patients from urban slums in one of the cities of Chhattisgarh were interviewed in depth by the help of an open-ended semi-structured questionnaire. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and subsequently underwent an inductive thematic analysis.

Results:

Of the 12 study participants, 25% constituted female patients; 16.6% constituted relapse cases; 16.6%, 8.3%, and 75% of the cases were diagnosed through chest X-ray, cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test, and sputum examination, respectively. All the cases belong to an urban slum and are pulmonary TB cases. Two major thematic areas and 2 sub-themes were identified; (a) Pain of Pills (1. Load of pills, 2. Adverse effects of anti-TB drugs) and (b) Social Stigma (1. Concealment of treatment status, 2. Concealment of treatment success). Owing to the long duration of treatment, TB patients develop strong aversion toward pills and wish to complete the treatment before prescribed time-limit. Despite the progress made, TB patients are still being stigmatized in communities and many TB sufferers neither want to share their status as TB patients nor want to share the treatment success in their neighborhood. Sometimes, these patients feel exhausted, isolated and live with solitude with self-discrimination.

Conclusion:

Health-care workers should be compassionate toward the stigma and aversion for treatment that becomes a part of many TB patient's life.