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Oral Manifestations Associated with COVID-19: a Critical Review
Authors: Marques Marcelo Victor Coelho , Brito Júnior Anildo Alves de , Abel Clara Magestade de Jesus , Ricarte Rebeka Gadelha , Reis Júlia Vianna Néri Andrade , Dantas Juliana Borges de Lima
Published: March 2022

AbstractWith a high global impact, the main target of recent health-related studies focuses on the current pandemic caused by COVID-19, a zoonotic infection mediated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which shows high transmission and mortality capacity. This paper aims to analyze, by means of a careful literature review , the current evidence on the manifestations of COVD-19 in the oral cavity, seeking to understand whether these are primarily from the virus, or secondary factors. This is a narrative literature review based on the research of articles carried out on the platforms: Pubmed, Google scholar, Scielo and Lilacs, in the period from June-August 2020, using the crossing of Decs / Mesh descriptors with the use of the Boolean operator AND. Only articles from 2020 were selected, in English or Portuguese and, after the search was refined, a total of 24 articles were selected. Among the manifestations expressed in the oral cavity, taste changes are present in most cases. In addition, vesiculobullous and ulcerative oral lesions have been observed in some case reports, however, due to the scarcity of information coupled with the recent emergence of this infection, further studies should be carried out in an attempt to prove or discard the association of COVID-19 with these oral manifestations.
Keywords: COVID-19. Mouth. Oral Manifestations.
ResumoCom alto impacto global, o principal alvo de estudos recentes na área de saúde concentra-se na atual pandemia causada pelo COVID-19, uma infecção zoonótica mediada pelo vírus SARS-CoV-2, que apresenta alta taxa de transmissão e mortalidade. O presente trabalho objetiva analisar, por meio de uma revisão criteriosa da literatura, as evidências atuais sobre as manifestações da COVD-19 na cavidade oral, buscando entender se estas são principalmente de origem viral ou de fatores secundários. Trata-se de uma revisão narrativa da literatura a partir da pesquisa de artigos realizada nas plataformas: Pubmed, Google scholar, Scielo e Lilacs, no período de junho a agosto de 2020, utilizando o cruzamento dos descritores Decs / Mesh com os uso do operador booleano AND. Foram selecionados apenas artigos do ano de 2020, em inglês ou português e, após o refinamento da busca, foram selecionados 24 artigos. Dentre as manifestações expressas na cavidade oral, as alterações do paladar estão presentes na maioria dos casos. Além disso, lesões orais vesiculobolhosas e ulcerativas têm sido observadas em alguns relatos de casos, porém, devido à escassez de informações aliada ao recente surgimento dessa infecção, novos estudos devem ser realizados na tentativa de comprovar ou descartar a associação do COVID-19 com essas manifestações orais.
Palavras-chave: COVID-19. Cavidade Oral. Manifestações Bucais
Orientación emprendedora y desempeño innovador en mipymes. El rol moderador de la orientación estratégica
Authors: Hernández-Ramírez Manrique , Mora-Esquivel Ronald , Leiva Juan Carlos
Published: March 2022

El objetivo del presente estudio fue medir si el efecto de la orientación emprendedora en el desempeño innovador está moderado por el tipo de orientación estratégica que siguen las mipymes. Para ello, se estimó un modelo de regresión jerárquica secuencial. Los resultados mostraron que, en mipymes que brindan atención a tendencias del entorno, aprovechan oportunidades de mercado y productos y tienen mayor flexibilidad operativa (prospectoras), el efecto positivo de la orientación emprendedora en el desempeño innovador resultó ser mayor que en aquellas mipymes orientadas a la eficiencia operativa, al control de costos y al mantenimiento de la cartera de productos para sus clientes (defensoras).
Efecto de la incertidumbre en las organizaciones del mercado accionario: una herramienta para la toma de decisiones y la inteligencia organizacional
Authors: Candelo-Viáfara Juan Manuel , Gonzáles-Campo Carlos Hernán
Published: March 2022

Este artículo tiene como objetivo medir el efecto de la incertidumbre en las organizaciones del mercado accionario colombiano, usando información financiera como los precios de las materias primas energéticas y la tasa de cambio, con el fin de aumentar la inteligencia organizacional para la toma de decisiones. Se utilizan el modelo FAVAR y la medición de derrame financiero para analizar los impactos y la volatilidad direccional del índice IMIFE, el cual es proxy de incertidumbre. Se encuentra que la incertidumbre afecta negativamente el crecimiento del valor de las acciones colombianas, generando impactos significativos de más del 90 % en momentos de alta incertidumbre, lo que permite tomar decisiones de gestión, tanto estratégica como financiera.
Block-Based Visual Programming as a Tool for Learning the Concepts of Programming for Novices
Authors:   the Department of Informatics Engineering Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia, Sukirman  , Pramudita Dias Aziz , Afiyanto Aziz , Utaminingsih
Published: March 2022

Programming is a course that prosecutes skills in critical thinking and problem-solving. However, learning programming for novices like junior high school students is no easy task. Moreover, the strategy uses text-based programming, which requires writing source code correctly to avoid the potential of syntax errors. This study aims to investigate a tool of block-based visual programming (BBVP) for learning the programming concepts. The method used in this study consists of five phases: analysis, design, development, experiment, and evaluation. Participants were 60 students of middle school age 14-15 years old divided into two groups, experimental and control groups. Data was collected through questionnaires, pretest-posttest, and analysis of codes in the project created by students. To compare the results of both two different groups, we employed independent samples t-test. The result shows that the significance score is less than 0.05 (p-value < 0.05), which means that learning programming concepts using BBVP significantly impacts novices. The concepts of programming that can be learned include variables, sequence, iteration or looping, and conditional statements.
The Effect of Productive Asset Diversification on Discretionary Behavior on Allowance for Loan Losses
Authors:   the Faculty of Business and Economics, the Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta of Indonesia, Indonesia, Widyatini Ignatia Ryana , Sasmita Raymundo Patria Hayu
Published: March 2022

The first objective of this study is to determine whether the discretionary behavior is built by diversification or concentrated productive asset financing. Discretionary behavior reflects the value of additional losses to form Allowance for Loan Losses or ALL based on several management motivations. The formation of ALL aims to maintain the quality of productive assets and the health of banks. Discretionary behavior is estimated from the difference between the total ALL and the non-discretionary component presented through a portfolio of economic impairment. Specifically, the concentration of banking asset financing in this study is classified based on the type of loan. This study examines the effect of the concentration of asset financing on loan distribution toward discretionary behavior. This research was conducted in several commercial banks in Indonesia.
Four hundred micrograms buccal misoprostol versus five units intravenous oxytocin in prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in elective caesarean section, randomized controlled study
Authors: Mitwally Abo Bakr Abass , Tawfik Mansour Abanoub Mansour , Ahmed Abdel-Ghaffar Mohamed
Published: March 2022

Background: The number of studies has been increased about the use of misoprostol during caesarean delivery to prevent obstetric hemorrhage, but may be no study compare buccal misoprostol versus oxytocin in prevention of obstetric hemorrhage during and post cesarean section. Our study is done to compare buccal misoprostol 400 mcg versus oxytocin 5iu intravenous bolus in prevention of postpartum hemorrhage during and post elective cesarean section.Methods: A prospective registered, double blinded, randomized controlled trial Operative list or emergency unit at Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Women Health Hospital, Assiut university, Egypt, comparing 77 patients in each group after verbal consent.Results: There was significant difference between both groups regarding total amount of blood loss (intra partum plus post-partum) 555.45±74.33 in oxytocin group versus522.6±88.76 in misoprostol group.Conclusions: Buccal misoprostol is more effective than intravenous infusion of oxytocin in reducing blood loss during elective cesarean delivery. However, occurrence of temporary side effects such as fever and chills was more frequent with the use of misoprostol. Clinical trial.gov: NCT03676621.
A quality improvement project to assess the feasibility and practicability of training women and their relatives about home blood pressure monitoring
Authors: Anand Upali , Samant Padmaja , Mehta Alisha
Published: March 2022

Background: Women with hypertensive pregnancies have a higher chance of developing subsequent hypertension, chronic renal disease and stroke. Lack of blood pressure (BP) monitoring in the postpartum period, only augments this risk. Keeping this is mind, this study was formulated, to enable women to timely detect any such complication later on in their life.Methods: In a tertiary healthcare hospital, postpartum women with hypertension in pregnancy and their relatives were sought consent from, enrolled into the study and trained on self-BP monitoring using an electronic BP measuring device. The feasibility outcome measures were “ease of use” of device by the participant, and the ability to correctly measure blood pressure with appropriate reporting of the value.Results: A total 47 pairs of women and their relatives participated in this study, at the end of which, 89.4% of the patients and 78.7% of the relatives were able to handle the device properly and take their own BP, with appropriate interpretation of the value. Participants who had a higher level of education were more likely to have understood the significance of the practice and comply with it. Moreover, about 70% of patients’ and 72% of relatives were willing for home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM).Conclusions: Feasibility and practicability of training women/relatives about home blood pressure monitoring were demonstrated in this study. Thus, a postpartum remote hypertension monitoring programme, which involves educating the patient and their family members to enable them to monitor their BP at home or a nearby primary centre, is the need of the hour.
Endometrial hyperplasia and tubal ectopic: a correlation
Authors: Gainder Shalini , Kaushal Aayushi , Aggarwal Aleena , Sharma Shruti
Published: March 2022

Anovulation due to polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the causes of endometrial hyperplasia in infertile women. Tubal ectopic apart from tubal factors can also be the result of hampered endometrial receptivity in these women which could be due to disturbed hormonal mileu, endometrial hyperplasia at cornua thereby interfering with transport of embryo from fallopian tube to uterus, or could be because of mechanical damage caused while taking endometrial biopsy. We are presenting case series of eight women of PCOS who presented to infertility clinic within two years with history of ectopic pregnancy or had subsequent ectopic pregnancy (after taking endometrial biopsy) with histopathology report of endometrial hyperplasia with or without atypia were enrolled. Out of 1200 PCOS women presenting to infertility clinic, eight women had coexistence of both endometrial hyperplasias and ectopic pregnancy. It is rare to find endometrial hyperplasias causing ectopic pregnancy. The causative factor in these cases could be the faulty endometrium by not being receptive thereby causing the embryo to implant in the fallopian tube or the tubes due to subtle infection secondary to repeated endometrial evaluation.
Cervical tuberculosis: a diagnostic dilemma in young mimicking cervical cancer
Authors: Bhardwaj Bikram , Menon Aruna , Singh Randeep
Published: March 2022

Genital tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that is still prevalent in third world countries but TB involving the cervix is a rare finding. It accounts for 0.1-0.65% of all cases of TB and nearly 5-10% cases of genital TB. Common presentation is persistent offensive vaginal discharge with either exophytic, ulcerative, interstitial or endo-cervical polypoidal growth over the cervix. We report here a rare presentation of cervical TB in young who presented with secondary amenorrhoea with ulcerative lesions over the cervix masquerading a cervical malignancy on local examination. Cervical biopsy revealed granulomatous cervicitis. The patient was managed with anti-TB treatment (ATT) for 6 months with resumption of menses and complete healing of the cervical lesion. Diagnosis of cervical TB is difficult clinically as it mimics an ulcerative variety of cancer cervix very closely. Confirmation is always by a cervical biopsy. This entity though rare can be entertained as a differential diagnosis in patients with cervical growth along with schistosomiasis, brucellosis and sarcoidosis.
Pelvic congestion syndrome: a potentially treatable cause of intractable dysmenorrhoea
Authors: Jha Nivedita , Papa Dasari , Sagili Haritha , Krishnan Nagarajan
Published: March 2022

Pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS) comprises a constellation of symptoms such as noncyclical pelvic pain, pelvic varicosities, dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia in multiparous women of reproductive age. It occurs due to pelvic venous insufficiency. The condition is a challenging entity and diagnosed after excluding other pelvic pathologies. Although venography has been considered gold standard for imaging diagnosis, Doppler ultrasonography, cross sectional imaging of pelvic veins at CT and MRI have been shown to provide adequate and accurate diagnosis. Here we report a case of intractable dysmenorrhoea in a 42-year multiparous woman and its successful management with embolization of pelvic varicose veins.
Effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding care of neonates undergoing phototherapy among BSc (nursing) 3rd year students of Vivekananda college of nursing in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
Authors: Pandey Pooja
Published: March 2022

Background: Neonatal period is the most vulnerable period of life with higher mortality and morbidity rate in human life. Jaundice is the condition in which the skin, sclera, body fluids and other tissues have a yellow discoloration which is caused by deposition of bile pigment. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding care of neonates undergoing phototherapy among BSc (nursing) 3rd year students of Vivekananda college of nursing in Lucknow.Methods: A pre-experimental study conducted on 50 BSc nursing 3rd year student studying in Vivekananda college of nursing. Sample was selected on the basis of non-probability purposive sampling technique. The data collection was done by conducting pre-test with structured knowledge questionnaire regarding care of neonates undergoing phototherapy than after 7 days interval post-test was conducted with same structured knowledge questionnaire.Results: Data was analyzed and interpreted by using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Distribution of BSc (N) 3rd year students according to level of knowledge showed that none of have adequate knowledge. Majority (62.00%) of students were having inadequate knowledge, 38.00% of BSc (N) 3rd year students were having moderate level of knowledge. Post-test knowledge scores shows that majority (54.00%) students had adequate level of knowledge, 46.00% students were having moderate level of knowledge whereas none of the students were having inadequate level of knowledge.Conclusions: Pre-test findings showed that there was inadequate knowledge on care of neonates undergoing phototherapy among BSc (N) 3rd year students which was improved after given video assisted teaching programme.
Blood glucose level on admission as potential indicator of in-hospital mortality in non-diabetic patients presenting with acute stroke
Authors: Dhanju Avtar Singh , Singh Inderjit , Gupta Namit , Sandhu Pashaura Singh , Sidhu Hargun Singh
Published: March 2022

Background: A stroke or cerebrovascular accident is defined as an abrupt onset of a neurologic deficit that is attributable to a focal vascular cause. Stress hyperglycemia has been defined as hyperglycemia in previously euglycemic patients that corrects once the acute process resolves.Methods: The present study was conducted in the medicine department, Guru Nanak Dev hospital attached to government medical college, Amritsar from April 2021-December 2021 after taking approval from institutional ethics committee. This was a prospective observational study. A total of 50 non-diabetic patients of acute stroke with age group >18 to <75 of either sex were enrolled in this study. Comparison of mortality was done in hyperglycemic and non hypergylcemic non-diabetic patients on 1st day of admission and up to 10th day during hospital stay.Results: Mortality percentage on day 1 was higher among those who had high blood glucose levels but there was no significant association between glucose levels and day 1 outcome (survival or death) observed in our study (p=0.078). Mortality percentage on day 10 was higher among those who had high blood glucose levels and there was significant association between glucose levels and day 10 outcome (survival or death) observed in our study (p=0.001). A significant association was observed between glucose levels and overall outcome in our study (p<0.001).Conclusions: We conclude that even in non-diabetic patients, hyperglycemia on admission is independently associated with a higher risk of in-hospital mortality.
Knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to tobacco smoking in undergraduate students in a selected university of Bangladesh
Authors: Anam M. Rifat , Shamsi Tasdidaa , Al Amin Abdullah , Ahmed Nafiu , Hasan Muhammad Tareque , Gupta Pradip Kumar Sen
Published: March 2022

Background: Tobacco smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable morbidity and mortality in the world, and is responsible for many premature deaths. The prevalence of smoking and smoking-related mortality are still high in developing and low-income countries. This survey was aimed to determine knowledge, perception and practices of tobacco smoking behavior in the undergraduate students of Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Bangladesh.Methods: A descriptive type of cross-sectional study was conducted among the Health Sciences students during January 2018. A self-administered semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection from 260 undergraduate students. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 25 (Statistical Package for Social Studies).Results: The prevalence of overall current tobacco smokers was 12.3% (21.2% for males and 0.9% for females). Nonsmokers had a better knowledge than smokers regarding smoking as a risk factor for lung cancer (98.4%; versus 92.9%; p=0.038), association between second hand smoke and serious illness (94.2% versus 82.9%; p<0.001) and likelihood of dying earlier than nonsmokers (84.2% versus 61.4%; p<0.001). In general, students had positive antismoking perception.Conclusions: Despite having a good understanding of the detrimental effects of tobacco smoking, smoking prevalence among students at Bangladesh University of Health Sciences is high. To reduce smoking among university students, effective smoking prevention and cessation intervention programs are necessary.
A cross sectional study of knowledge and attitude of breastfeeding among mothers of children up to 2 years attending immunization clinic in tertiary care teaching hospital of Southern Rajasthan, India
Authors: Swarnkar Madhusudan , Singh Lakhan , Nadeem Sharique , Shukla Uma Shankar , Kumar Vinod , Jain Mayank
Published: March 2022

Background: The WHO recommends that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months to achieve optimal growth, development, and health. NFHS-4, 28.4% children in Rajasthan are breastfed within 1 hour of birth and 58.2% are breastfed only for 6 months.Methods: This study was an institution-based cross-sectional study carried out on breast-feeding mothers having children up to 2 years of age who attended an immunization clinic of tertiary care teaching hospital of Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar Rajasthan. By the complete enumeration method, 240 participants were selected and included in our study during the study period that fulfilled our inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: The present study revealed knowledge and attitude for breastfeeding among mothers having children up to 2 years old. 11.7% (28) of the participants had poor knowledge, 27.5% (66) of the mothers had average knowledge and 60.8% (146) of the study participants had good knowledge about breastfeeding. 47.5% of breastfeeding mothers revealed a positive attitude towards breast feeding. Significant associations were observed between knowledge and attitudes with mother’s age, age of child, mother’s education, and mother’s occupation. No significant association was found between parity of the mother and their knowledge of breastfeedingConclusions: Present study revealed more than half study participants was having good knowledge of breastfeeding but majority participant have poor attitude towards breastfeeding. There was significant association found between knowledge of mothers and their attitude regarding breast feeding.
Prevalence of dental caries among government primary school children: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Kumar A. R. Harish , B. B. Bhavani
Published: March 2022

Background: Oral health is fraction of the whole health portion. The causal link connecting oral and complete disease has been revealed in recent years. Oral wellbeing has also affected the quality of life deeply. The extremely prevalent diseases in many communities include dental cavities and parodontal diseases. Once they happen, and even with complex etiology, they are rather irreversible. While there are primary preventive strategies, they do not offer maximum security. Methods: A total of 200 school children were selected randomly and dental caries assessment was recorded according to DMFT/DMFS indices.Results: Dental Caries was found to be 76 (38.0%) with mean DMFT scores 2.22±2.404 and mean DMFS scores 5.46±7.242, gender wise DMFT scores of school children is 2.22±2.404 and DMFS scores of school children is 5.46±7.242. The highest prevalence of dental caries 48.8% (mean dmft 2.27) was seen in 10-year children, followed 45.7% (mean dmft 1.69) was seen in 6-year children, 37.0% (mean dmft 2.3) was seen in 8-year children, 31.4% (mean dmft 2.26) was seen in 9-year children and lowest prevalence of dental caries 27.9% (mean dmft 2.49) was seen in 7-year children and females with 42.7% (mean dmft 2.15) and males with 32.2% (mean dmft 2.15).Conclusions: There is an urgent need to change from restorative dental services to preventive oriented dental services for government primary school children to improve the oral health status.
A comparative study of morbidities in pregnant women of urban and rural area of central India
Authors: Tiwari Priti N. , Thakre Sushama S. , Thakre Subhash B. , Pandey Sagar M. , Tayade Hitesh C.
Published: March 2022

Background: For each mortality, there are number of various morbidities, which directly or indirectly affect health of mother and foetus. Data on morbidity pattern of rural and urban pregnant women reveals varied morbid pattern. There is a shortage of data on morbidity pattern of the pregnant women. Objective of the study was to assess morbidities in pregnant women of the rural and urban areas of central India attending ante-natal clinics of study institute. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted in ANC OPD of tertiary health care centre and rural health training centre (RHTC) attached to tertiary health care centre in central India. Both urban and rural pregnant women were attending the ANC clinic.  The study was conducted from December 2020 to January 2022.  In all 330 pregnant women were enrolled and considered for final analysis. Results: Prevalence of maternal morbidities in an urban and rural area of central India was found to be similar that is 152 (92.12%). Anemia was the most common morbidity among both urban and rural participants, 90.61%.Conclusions: Prevalence of maternal morbidities in both urban and rural areas of central India was found to be high.
Nutritional status of Indian pre-school children and WHO nutrition targets for 2025
Authors: K. Kalaivani , Ramachandran Prema
Published: March 2022

Background: India has been food secure and has been implementing food supplementation programmes for decades but prevalence of under-nutrition in pre-school children is high. The WHO has set nutrition targets for reduction in low birthweight, stunting, wasting and halting rise in over-nutrition in children to be achieved by 2025.Methods: District level household survey 4 and annual health survey (2013-2015) undertook height and weight measurements in pre-school children (DLHS4 74717 and AHS 139157 children). Mean weight, height and BMI-for-age were computed for girls and boys in 0-5 years and compared with WHO MGRS growth standards. Prevalence of stunting, under-weight, wasting, over-nutrition, combined stunting and wasting were computed in each survey in relation to age.Results: The mean height and weight-for-age in boys and girls during 6-60 months was around the -2SD and mean BMI-for-age was between the mean and -1SD of the WHO standards. Frequency distribution of Z scores for all three indices in Indian children were to the left of the WHO standards. In under-five children stunting rates were highest, wasting rates lower and over-nutrition rates the lowest. Prevalence of stunting increased and wasting decreased with increasing age of the children. Prevalence of under-nutrition was higher in children surveyed in AHS.Conclusions: It might not be possible to achieve rapid reduction in low birthweight or stunting. It might be possible to achieve the targets for sustained reduction in wasting in some states. Early detection and management of over-nutrition in children can prevent the rise in over-nutrition.
A case of measles in a Nepalese child: where are we failing?
Authors: Lageju Nimesh , Neupane Durga , Jaiswal Lokesh Shekher , Jha Ashish Kumar , Rawat Roshan
Published: March 2022

Measles affected more than 90% of children under 15 years of age and caused 2-3 million measles-associated deaths globally each year before the introduction of vaccines against it. Today, measles vestiges a leading cause of vaccine-preventable illness worldwide, causing more than 100,000 deaths annually. Characterized by a febrile rash illness, measles is often self-resolving. However, significant complications can occur including encephalitis with permanent neurologic sequelae and death in one to three out of 1000 measles cases. Although global measles elimination is a WHO goal, current trends in the epidemiology of measles and vaccine hesitancy suggest that this goal is not yet attainable. As the most highly transmissible vaccine-preventable disease, measles is especially subtle to changes in herd immunity, the impact of vaccine refusal and globalization.
Operative outcomes of Lisfranc’s fracture dislocation
Authors: Medhavi Aditya K , Venkateshulu E , Selvan M Tamil
Published: March 2022

Lisfranc joint injury is uncommon and can fail to notice at the initial assessment and treatment. Once ignored, late reduction is difficult and requires extensive dissection. Lisfranc joint injuries are known to result in unctional loss and chronic pain due to residual ligamentous instability, deformity, and/or arthritis; osteoporosis may also occur due to antalgic gait without weight bearing.

This recognition is important, as most of the injuries are either misdiagnosed or overlooked, such as in patients suffering from polytraumatic injuries, possibly becoming a permanent source of pain after the major fractures have healed.

A prospective study to be conducted at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Ballari from 2018 to 2020. This study consists of 30 cases of Lisfranc’s Fracture Dislocation treated operatively by Cannulated Cancellous Screws and K wires (Kirschner Wires). The cases were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The functional outcome was evaluated using AOFAS score.

In our study, we achieved Excellent in 10% of the cases. Good outcome in 73.33% of cases, Fair outcome in 13.3% of the cases and no patient had poor outcome in our study. Average AOFAS (American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Score) being 76.5.

It can be concluded from the present study that operative management with CC (Cannulated Cancellous Screws) Screws and K Wires is an effective means of treatment based on biomechanical principle with good functional outcome and minimum complication.
Secondary malignant transformation of giant cell tumor of the first metatarsal presenting as a fungating cauliflower like mass- A rare case report
Authors: Shinde Abhishek T , Lalwani Kapil , Shewale Rajendra N
Published: March 2022

Giant cell tumor (GCT) is the most commonly occurring benign bone tumor. It occurs more commonly in the third decade of life and is slightly more common in females. The knee joint i.e. the distal femur as well as proximal tibia account for most number cases followed by the distal end of radius. The occurrence in foot is rare and usually occurs in the younger age group. The progression in foot is usually accelerated and is masked by vague symptoms and boring type of foot pain. Malignant transformation is rare.

In our case the 38 years female patient had GCT of the first metatarsal which later progressed to a secondary malignancy involving the ipsilateral inguinal and femoral lymph nodes. This was later managed by performing a Syme’s amputation along with the involved lymph node dissection.

In our single case we noted these salient features of GCT which has a high rate of recurrence, is locally aggressive and has potential for malignant transformation.
Recent advances in forensic odontology made easy in identification
Authors: Kumar Prashant
Published: March 2022

Forensic odontology is an evolving science and has a greater scope of development. It has established as an indispensable science in medico-legal matters and in the identification of the dead person. The dental tissues are often preserved even if the deceased person is skeletonized, decomposed, burnt, or dismembered. Various methods have been developed to determine age, sex, and ethnicity of the person, using dental tissues. Data collection methods and supplementary technologies used in forensic dental identification have undergone significant transformation. This article provides an overview of the evolving trends in the recent concepts used in forensic odontology.
Noticias del BID: Vol. 12, no. 8, agosto 1985
Authors:   Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Published: March 2022

Noticias del BID, publicación mensual que tiene por objetivo informar acerca de las actividades del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo.
ECG - Based Emotion Detection via Parallel - Extraction of Temporal and Spatial Features Using Convolutional Neural Network
Authors: Hammad Dhiyaa Salih , Monkaresi Hamed
Published: March 2022

Emotion detection from an ECG signal allows the direct assessment of the inner state of a human. Because ECG signals contain nerve endings from the autonomic nervous system that controls the behavior of each emotion. Besides, emotion detection plays a vital role in the daily activities of human life, where we lately witnessed the outbreak of the (COVID-19) pandemic that has a bad influence on the affective states of humans. Therefore, it has become indispensable to build an intelligent system capable of predicting and classifying emotions in their early stages. Accordingly, in this study, the Parallel-Extraction of Temporal and Spatial Features using Convolutional Neural Network (PETSFCNN) is established. So, in-depth features of the ECG signals are extracted and captured from the suggested parallel 2-channel structure of 1-dimensional CNN network and 2-dimensional CNN network and then combined by feature fusion technique for more dependable classification results. Besides, Grid Search Optimized-Deep Neural Network (GSO-DNN) is adopted for higher classification accuracy. To verify the performance of the proposed method, our experiment was implemented on two different datasets. The maximum classification accuracy of 97.56% and 96.34% on both valence and arousal were gained, respectively using the internationally approved DREAMER dataset. While the same model on the private dataset achieved 76.19% for valence and 80.95% for arousal respectively. The classification results of the PETSFCNN-GSO-DNN model are compared with state-of-the-art methods. The empirical findings reveal that the proposed method can detect emotions from ECG signals more accurately and better than state-of-the-art methods and has the potential to be implemented as an intelligent system for affect detection.
A Novel Ensemble Bagging Classification Method for Breast Cancer Classification Using Machine Learning Techniques
Authors: Ponnaganti Naga Deepti , Anitha Raju
Published: March 2022

Breast cancer is observed as a dangerous disease type for women in the world. The clinical experts stated that early detection of cancer helps in saving lives. To detect cancer in the early stage, medical image processing is observed as an effective field. Medical Image processing with an appropriate classification mechanism improves accuracy and image resource with minimal processing time. To detect breast cancer several machine learning techniques are evolved for cancer classification. However, those machine learning techniques are subjected to increased time consumption and limitation in the accuracy of classification. This paper proposed an Ensemble Bagging Weighted Voting Classification (EBWvc) for the classification of breast cancer. Initially, to resolve to overfit in machine learning bagging is applied for collected data. The ensemble bagging classification provides effective training to machine learning for reduced computational time and improved performance characteristics. The weighted voting is adopted for the classification of cancer in the breast. The performance of proposed EBWvc is analyzed comparatively with consideration accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 -Score. The comparative analysis of results exhibited that proposed EBWvc exhibits improved performance than existing classification techniques.
Emotional Analysis and Annotation of Tourism Landscape Images Based on Tourist Experience
Authors: Liu Yi , Zhang Qian , Lu Shuang , Liu Lei , Zhang Jing , Ma Shuai
Published: March 2022

Tourist attractions need to optimize and upgrade their tourist services and tourist experience, according to the trendy topics on the Internet and the we media. This calls for objective evaluation of tourist experience, and accurately depiction of tourist emotions upon looking at tourism landscape images (TLIs). However, most of the existing methods for image emotional analysis cannot overcome the semantic gap, or handle an extraordinarily large image set. To solve the problems, this paper implements emotional analysis and annotation of TLIs based on tourist experience Firstly, the flow of tourist experience evaluation was expounded, and a model was constructed to evaluate tourist experience. Next, the forms of feature-based semantic information were specified for TLIs, and the emotional features were calculated for such images. After that, a semantic selection model was established to generate the emotional feature subsets of TLIs. Finally, the proposed model was verified through experiments on image emotional classification and annotation, and the relevant results were analyzed in details.
A Comparative Analysis for Optical Character Recognition for Text Extraction from Images Using Artificial Neural Network Fuzzy Inference System
Authors: Bhyrapuneni Srikanth , Rajendran Anandan
Published: March 2022

Artificial neural networks (ANN) has the capability to analyze raw data from processing input-output relationships. This function considers them important in areas of industry with such information is unusual. Researchers have tried to extract the information embedded within ANNs as set of rules used with inference systems to resolve the black-box function of ANNs. When ANN applied within a fuzzy inference system, the extracted rules yield high classification accuracy. In this paper a Multi-Layer Neural Feed-Forward Network using Artificial Neural Network Fuzzy Inference System (MLNFFN-ANNFIS) is proposed for accurate character recognition from images. The technique targets areas of business that have less complicated issues about which there is no simpler approach is desired to a complex one. This paper proposed an Optical Character Recognition model for Text Extraction from Images using Artificial Neural Network Fuzzy Inference System for accurate text detection from images. The technique proposed is more effective and simple than most of the techniques previously proposed. The proposed model is compared with various traditional models and the results indicate that the proposed model accuracy is more and performance is also improved.
Detection of Sugarcane Mosaic Diseases Using Deep Learning Architecture to Avoid Annealing Temperature of PCR Primer in Laboratory Testing
Authors: Muthusamy Thamarai , Eswaran Gomathi
Published: March 2022

The sugarcane leaf diseases such as mosaic and streak mosaic are difficult to differentiate using Image processing techniques because both diseases show similar visual attributes such as pattern and color. To identify the type of diseases, we need to perform Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing which is used for the classification of diseases in laboratories. The accuracy of the PCR test depends on reaction mix preparation, reaction time, and DNA/RNA extraction. The major problem influencing the PCR test accuracy is the Annealing temperature of the primers and needs a standardized set of samples. In addition, it is a time-consuming process. In this paper, we proposed a Diversified Deep Learning Architecture (DDLA) which is developed with the input images after various pre-processing steps such as denoising using Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and enhancing using histogram equalization in HSI color space to improve the similar pattern disease prediction accuracy. The performance of the proposed model is analyzed for a set of diseased leaves and the results are compared with the output of the popular pertained models such asVGG16, InceptionV3, ResNET50, Inception ResNET, and DenseNET201 with and without pre-processing. The training accuracy of the proposed model is 97% and the testing accuracy is 87%. The DDLA model produces ground truth test results with an accuracy of 88.7% for mosaic and 85.7% for streak mosaic with a less computational time of 152sec compared to the lab test duration of 6 hrs. The performance of the model is also measured in terms of Precision, F1 Score, Specificity, and Sensitivity. The Proposed DDLA model’s F1 score is higher than the pre-trained models with a minimum test loss of 1.167. Moreover, the DDLA structure occupies less memory space when compared to the pertained models.
Acupoint Selection for Autonomous Massage Based on Infrared Thermography
Authors: Shu Jianfeng , Ding Rongtao , Jin Aixiang , Zhu Hui , Chen Shu
Published: March 2022

After breast cancer surgery, the patient has difficulty in selecting the acupoints for autonomous massage, due to the changes in muscles and nerves on the affected side. To overcome the difficulty, this paper proposes an acupoint selection method for autonomous massage after breast cancer surgery, based on infrared thermography. Firstly, the contrast of the infrared thermogram was enhanced by image differencing, and the chest region and upper limbs were segmented through global thresholding. Next, temperature specific detection and edge detection algorithms were combined to automatically locate the main chest organs, and the horizontal and vertical axes of the upper limbs, according to the temperature specificity and temperature variation induced by the physiological structure of chest and upper limbs. Furthermore, the main acupoints for autonomous massage were determined, based on their positions relative to the axes of main organs. Experimental results show that our method achieved a positioning accuracy greater than 90.12%. The excellent positioning effect improves the compliance of patients in active rehabilitation.
Effect of Lattice Structure and Composite Precursor on Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Bone Scaffolds
Authors: Shams M. , Mansurov Z. , Daulbayev C. , Bakbolat B.
Published: March 2022

This article presents an investigation on designing and fabricating scaffolds with different structures, desired porosity, composition, and surface area to volume ratio (SA:V) for orthopedic applications by using the computer-aided design (CAD) and the stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing technique. Different triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) and functionally graded lattice structures (FGLS) were designed based on various cell geometries. Finite element analysis (FEA), tensile and compression tests were carried out, and the results are presented. Two different resin compositions were used to print the models and compare the effect of resin precursors on the mechanical properties of scaffolds. The first was a biodegradable resin made from soybean oil commercially available on the market (made by Anycubic Co.). The second was a mixture of biodegradable UV-cured resin with 5% W/W of hydroxyapatite (HA) and 5% W/W calcium pyrophosphate (CPP). Bio-Hydroxyapatite and Bio-Calcium Pyrophosphate were obtained from eggshells waste and characterized using XRD and FESEM. The obtained data show that adding resin precursors (HA/CPP) slightly decreases the mechanical strength of printed scaffolds; however, considering their extraordinary effect on bone regeneration, this small effect can be ignored, and HA/CPP can be used as an ideal agent in bioscaffolds.
Third Parties Filing No Independent Claims with Respect to the Dispute Subject in the Civil Procedure Law: On the Way Towards the Formation of a New Legal Structure
Authors:   Postgraduate Student of the Department of Civil and Administrative Proceedings of the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Guziy Dmitriy A.
Published: March 2022

In the article the statutory concept of non-party interveners is analyzed from a new perspective. The author stands out the idea that substantive nexus of such persons doesn’t always occur with one of the parties only. It is drawn out and proved that it possibly occurs with both parties simultaneously, with the other non-party interveners. The author casts doubt on the prevailing abstract concept and proves that sometimes judgement may have an impact on rights and responsibilities of non-party interveners not nearly only in relation to one of the parties. The diversity of its potential substantive impact is drawn out. Distinguishing the issue in law with the disputed substantive legal matter the author concludes that non-party interveners may be subjects of the latter. Such aspect should be considered as constitutive feature of the relevant statutory concept.
Procedural and Legal Consequences of Non-Compliance with the Mandatory Complaint Procedure When Referring to a Commercial Court
Authors:   Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Law and Procedure of the Saratov State University Associate Professor of the Department of Arbitral Procedure of the Saratov State Law Academy PhD (Law), Potapenko Evgeniy G.
Published: March 2022

The article attempts to explain the need for a differentiated approach to the application of procedural and legal consequences of non-observance of mandatory complaint procedure when applying to the Arbitration Court. As a criterion for determining a specific procedural and legal consequence, it is proposed to consider the attainability of the goal of complaint procedure taking into account the stage of case consideration and the procedural behavior of the parties. The author expresses his opinion on the need for a clearer regulation of the procedural consequences of non-observance of complaint procedure through special legal provisions and clarifications by the highest judicial body.
On Procedural Protection of an Independent Creditor in Bankruptcy of an Affiliated Debtor
Authors:   Associate Professor of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE) PhD (Law), Ershov Oleg G.
Published: March 2022

In the article, the author raises the problem of insufficient procedural protection of an independent creditor in case of bankruptcy of an affiliated debtor. Revealing the imperfection of the norms of bankruptcy legislation on the basis of the legal positions formed by the courts, the author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to reform the legal norms, strengthen the role of the court in considering the claims of creditors, study the affiliation of relations between creditors and the debtor and their impact on the possibilities of procedural protection of independent creditors.
The Role of Information Technology in Exercising of the Right to Enforcement of Court Rulings in Modern Enforcement Proceedings
Authors:   Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Procedure of the Ural State Law University Visiting Professor of the Paris Nanterre University (France) PhD (Law), Kuznetsov Evgeniy N.
Published: March 2022

The article deals with the impact of information technology on the implementation of the right to the execution of judgments. The influence of the practice of the European Court of Human Rights on the implementation of this right is revealed. The features of the exercise of the right to performance in modern conditions of existing restrictions in connection with the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) are analyzed. The ways of using information technologies in enforcement proceedings are proposed, which can affect the increase in the effectiveness of the implementation of the right to the execution of judgments.
The Procedure for Invitation and Appointment of an Attorney as a Defense Counsel in the Course of Pre-Trial Investigation
Authors:   3rd Year Postgraduate Student of the Department of Advocacy of the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Khvenko Tatyana I.
Published: March 2022

The article examines the question of the procedure for inviting a lawyer as a defender, both by the suspect (accused) personally, and with his consent and on behalf of other persons acting in the interests of a person who is involved in the orbit of criminal proceedings. The article considers the procedure for appointing a lawyer as a defender in criminal proceedings, as well as the problems associated with remuneration of his labor for participating in the case as a defender by appointment.