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Власний досвiд пiвторашлуночкової корекцiї в пацієнтів з аномалією Ебштейна
Authors: Khanenova V. А. , Stogova O. V. , Hrytsaiuk A. Y. , Kuzmenko Y. L. , Meshkova M. S. , Yalynska T. A. , Kostrakevych R. M. , Yemets І. М.
Published: August 2019

Аномалія Ебштейна (АЕ) – комплексна вроджена вада серця, при якій задіяні переважно трикуспідальний клапан (ТК), праве передсердя та правий шлуночок (ПШ). Виражена систолічна дисфункція ПШ зумовлює високий ризик під час оперативних втручань з приводу АЕ. Накладання двонаправленого кавопульмонального анастомозу (ДКПА), яким доповнюється відновлення компетентності ТК, є важливим етапом півторашлуночкової корекції.

Мета роботи. Проаналізувати власний досвід лікування аномалії Ебштейна методом півторашлуночкової корекції.

Матеріали і методи. У період із 1999–2018 рр. в ДУ «НПМЦ ДКК» було проведено півторашлуночкову корекцію з приводу АЕ 17 пацієнтам. Доопераційні обстеження показали у 4 (23,5 %) пацієнтів тип В аномалії Ебштейна, у 8 (47 %) – тип С, у 5 (29,5 %) – тип D. Накладання ДКПА поєднувалось з різними видами пластики ТК у 14 (82,4 %) пацієнтів, протезуванням ТК у 3 (17,6 %) пацієнтів.

Результати та їх обговорення. Показник ранньої післяопераційної летальності становив 5,9 %, виконана 1 (6,2 %) реоперація. На цьому етапі скоротлива функція обох шлуночків була задовільна, недостатність на ТК – від мінімальної до помірної. Середня тривалість віддаленого післяопераційного періоду склала 102,6 ± 58,8 місяця. У більшості хворих зберігався невеликий до помірного зворотний потік на ТК, скоротлива функція обох шлуночків задовільна. Віддалена летальність склала 12,5 %. Також було проведено 3 (18,7 %) реоперації.

Висновки. Півторашлуночкова корекція може використовуватися для хірургічного лікування пацієнтів з АЕ у випадку наявності вираженої дилатації та систолічної дисфункції ПШ, різкого зменшення серцевого системного викиду за рахунок зміни геометрії та скорочення лівого шлуночка та неідеальної корекції тристулкової недостатності.
Застосування VAC-терапії в лікуванні ускладнених післяопераційних кардіохірургічних ран. Наш досвід
Authors: Beleiovych V.
Published: August 2019

Ранові інфекційні ускладнення після кардіохірургічних втручань є загрозливим фактором, який значно збільшує перебування пацієнтів у стаціонарі та підвищує ризики, які можуть призвести до летальних наслідків.

Мета роботи. Покращити результати лікування кардіохірургічних хворих з післяопераційними інфікованими ранами із застосуванням VAC-терапії.

Матеріали та методи. Проведено аналіз результатів застосування VAC-терапії у 8 хворих з інфекційним стерномедіастенітом. У всіх пацієнтів VAC-терапія була використана як перша лінія лікування.

Результати та їх обговорення. У всіх пацієнтів було досягнуто позитивного результату. У середньому VACтерапія тривала 4 ± 3 доби, загальна кількість ексудату, який виділявся, становила 170 ± 55 мл. У 100 % хворих після проведеного лікування були показання до накладання вторинних швів, що й було виконано. Середня тривалість перебування пацієнтів у клініці, яким застосовувалася VAC-терапія, становила 15 ± 6,4 доби. Завдяки цьому дослідженню нами отримано переконливі дані, що VAC-терапія дійсно сприяє успішному загоєнню ран.

Висновки. VAC-система є безпечним, економічним та ефективним варіантом у лікуванні інфекційних ускладнень після кардіохірургічних втручань.
Results of Hemodynamic Correction in Patients with Double Outlet Right Ventricle
Authors: Abralov Kh. K. , Karimov O. Kh. , Siromakha S. O. , Dziuriy I. V. , Truba Ya. P. , Lazorishinets V. V.
Published: August 2019

Aim. To analyze results of hemodynamic correction in surgical treatment of double outlet right ventricle (DORV).

Маterials and methods. For the period from January 1996 to September 2017, 31 (6.03 % of total number of patients with DORV) patients underwent hemodynamic correction of DORV. The age of the patients ranged from 1 to 19 years (71.2 ± 50.5 months on the average). The weight of the patients ranged from 9 to 41 kg (19.6 ± 11.3 kg on the average). Of these, 19 (61.3 %) were male patients and 12 (38.7 %) were female patients. The overwhelming majority (25 (80.6 %)) of the patients were diagnosed with transposition-type DORV. The anatomy of DORV with non-committed ventricular septal defect was observed in 5 (16.1 %) patients. In one patient (3.1 %), the anatomy of DORV (in the form of tetralogy of Fallot) was combined with tricuspid valve atresia.

Results. The main reasons of hemodynamic correction in 16 (51.6 %) cases was LV hypoplasia. In 2 cases it was combined with tricuspid valve (TV) straddling, and in 2 cases it was an integral part of the unbalanced form of complete atrio-ventricular communication (AVC). In one case (3.1 %), the unbalanced form of complete AVC was combined with a mixed form of the common ventricle. The mixed form of the common ventricle was the reason of hemodynamic correction in 9 (29 %) patients. In 2 (6.2 %) cases, hemodynamic correction was performed due to the anatomy of the RV hypoplasia. In the remaining 2 patients, anatomy of the common ventricle was not diagnosed, but a combination of other concomitant defects was a contraindication to biventricular correction. Palliative operations (Blalock-Taussig shunt, BTS) as the first stage of correction were performed in 16 (51.6 %) patients. In 2 patients with LV outflow tract obstruction, systemic-pulmonary anastomosis was applied in combination with plastic repair of the great vessel roots using the proprietary technique for elimination of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) stenosis. Bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis (BCPA) was applied in 29 (93.5 %) cases. Of these, 4 (13.8 %) patients subsequently underwent total cavopulmonary anastomosis (TCPA) procedure. Two patients with good hemodynamic parameters underwent TCPA without prior palliative procedures.

Conclusion. Palliative surgery as the first stage to hemodynamic correction is accompanied by significant improvement in hemodynamic parameters of patients. Application of BCPA as the second stage of hemodynamic correction provides good results and is required to prepare the patient for TCPA. The long-term period is characterized by improvement in the quality of life in patients with complex DORV. In the long-term period, 85.2 % of patients are classified as NYHA FC I.
Хірургічне лікування вираженої мітральної недостатності при пролапсі мітрального клапана
Authors: Mokhnatyi S. I. , Dovgan O. M.
Published: August 2019

У роботі представлено досвід ДУ «НПМЦДКК МОЗ України» в хірургічному лікуванні пацієнтів з мітральною недостатністю (МН), зумовленою пролапсом стулок мітрального клапана (МК).

Метою роботи є аналіз власного досвіду реконструктивних втручань на МК.

Матеріали і методи. Із січня 2011 до грудня 2017 року на базі ДУ «НПМЦДКК МОЗ України» прооперовано 146 пацієнтів з вираженою мітральною недостатністю, що зумовлена пролабуванням стулок мітрального клапана.

Результати. Корекція МК була остаточною у 144 (98,6 %) пацієнтів. На момент виписування у 33 (23,9 %) пацієнтів була відсутня залишкова МН. У 97 (66,4 %) пацієнтів виявлена мінімальна (trivial) мітральна недостатність, у 15 (10,3 %) – невелика (mild) МН, а в 1 (0,7 %) – помірна (moderate) МН. Випадків вираженої МН на момент виписування не відзначалося. Таким чином, пластика мітрального клапана була успішною в 145 (99,3 %) пацієнтів. Cвобода від помірної та вираженої мітральної недостатності у віддалений післяопераційний період знизилась і становила 95,4 %. Ми проаналізували 8 пацієнтів, які мали реоперації або прогресування залишкової МН. У всіх відзначали задовільний результат на момент виписування зі стаціонару, але незадовільний результат у віддалений період, причиною якого було використання штучних хорд та шовної анулоплікації.

Висновки.1. Успішна пластика мітрального клапана можлива в більшості випадків вираженої мітральної недостатност зумовлена пролапсом МК.2. Хороший безпосередній результат не означає збереження його у віддалений період.3. Використання шовної анулоплікації є статистично достовірним фактором ризику прогресування мітрал недостатності в післяопераційний період.4. Застосування резекції задньої стулки МК в комплексній реконструкції МК справляє позитивний впли прогноз пластики у віддалений період
More about Diamonds
Authors: Shubin Vladimir
Published: August 2019

The article is a rejoinder to the work of Yury S. Skubko, previously published in the Journal of the Institute for African Studies, on Moscow’s relations with De Beers. It is based not only on the available literature but also on the author’s personal experience. The author shows that under the monopoly of this South African company in the field of diamond sales, Soviet organizations, even in the conditions of a South African boycott, were forced to deal with its subordinate structures and the attempts to sideline them were in vain.

In particular the article analyses the attitude to a controversial agreement signed by the Soviet state-owned “Glavalmalmazzoloto” and De Beers Centenary in 1990, when, like in many other cases in the “Gorbachev’s era” Moscow’s principle stand was eroded for short-term results even personal gains.

The author comes to the conclusion that the responsibility for Moscow’s dealings with De Beers must be borne not by our country, but above all by the United Kingdom, which allowed De Beers have the headquarters of its Central Selling Organisation (CСO) in London.
Adapting a Business Elite to Global Regimes of Financial Control: Analysis of Illicit Financial Flows from Africa
Authors: Fituni Leonid
Published: August 2019

The article analyzes the problems associated with the illicit financial outflow from Africa and provides a critical analysis as well as the author’s own estimates of the amounts of funds illegally funneled from African countries to foreign jurisdictions. The paper points out significant discrepancies in quantitative estimates of the volume of illegal financial flows from different countries between the estimates UNECA, that of a number of NGOs specializing in this subject matter and the author’s own calculations based on the Direction of Trade Statistics database of the International Monetary Fund and completed according to the methodology and formulas used by The High Level Panel (HLP) on illicit financial flows of the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

The article systematizes and categorizes the fundamental causes, driving forces and motives that lead to the illicit outflows of capital from African countries and investigates common mechanisms and schemes of unlawful transborder transfers of funds. The publication exposes a key role of African business elites and corrupt officials in the steadily growing illegal export of capital from Africa, as well as sanctions and other restrictive measures that are taken in the world in order to prevent the widespread export of funds of illicit origin from Africa.
Russia-Zambia: stages and horizons of cooperation
Authors: Prokopenko Lyubov
Published: August 2019

The article shows the dynamics of the development of the 55-year-long cooperation between the USSR/Russia and Zambia, as well as the characteristics of the first stage of the cooperation between our countries during the period when the United Party of National Independence (UNIP) led by Kenneth Kaunda was in power, and later in the 1990s when contacts were limited.

The bilateral cooperation of our countries at the present stage is based on our common international interests. The partnership between Russia and the Republic of South Africa in the framework of the BRICS has not only been a new stage in the development of our relations, but has also opened up additional opportunities for cooperation with the neighbors of South Africa related to it politically and economically, including Zambia.

Consultations are regularly held on topical international and regional problems at the level of foreign ministries, inter-parliamentary ties have been established. In the last decade there have been talks of foreign ministers, as well as top-level negotiations at the meetings of the Russian President V.V. Putin and the Zambian President E. Lungu at the 10th BRICS Summit (Johannesburg, South Africa, July 2018). Since the beginning of the 2010s bilateral trade has shown a certain dynamics, although the second stage of cooperation between our countries is characterized by the prevalence of political contacts.

The political leadership of Russia understands and takes into account that many African development problems have to be tackled in the context of a low standard of living. The cancellation by Russia in 2001 of more than 80% of the Zambian debt created additional conditions for the development of business relations between our countries. The interest of Russian business to the Zambian market has increased. Nevertheless, the trade turnover between the Russian Federation and Zambia is still having a low and unstable volume, mutual deliveries are still fragmentary.

Cooperation in the field of education continues. The quota for Zambian students sent to study in the Russian Federation is growing. There are new areas of cooperation, for example, in the field of telemedicine. Russia is helping Zambia to solve the problem of energy resources. In May 2018, Rosatom and Zambia signed a contract to build a Center for Nuclear Science and Technology. This is the first joint project of Russia and Zambia in the field of nuclear technologies.
Contextual Cinemas: Screening Everydayness of Africa in Nollywood
Authors: Uwah Innocent Ebere
Published: August 2019

African video-films, like performances generally capture the complexity of people’s everydayness. Apart from challenging formerly held stereotypes about the continent, they reveal the identity of Africa by underpinning key circumstantial experiences of her people. The thrust of this paper is to explain this everyday experiences in the context of a new wave of video-filmmaking culture and representations across the continent, starting with Nigeria and Ghana. By means of textual analysis as a methodological approach, it critically examines two video-films: Uziga (2008, Andy Nwakalor) from Nigeria and Enemy Within (2013, Pascal Amanfo) from Ghana to conceptualise the nature of this situation across the continent. At the end, it recommends that the present model of new cinemas across Africa be considered an alternative audio-visual prism (as against mainstream western stereotypes) for home grown truths that Africans can easily identify with.
Beyond the African Unification Debate: Why is Pan-African Unity Still a Distant Dream?
Authors: Msellemu Sengulo Albert , Machangu Hamisi Mathias
Published: August 2019

The idea of the Unification of Africa is not one that should be easily discarded. It is an idea, however, that has experienced major difficulties for those seeking to implement it. Originating in the African Diaspora, it was taken up by figures such as Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere. In its first decades, the project of African unity was institutionalised in the Organization of African Unity. The OAU passed through many vicissitudes and was always a conceptual and political battleground divided between those who wanted swift and speedy unification of African states, and those who favoured more cautious approaches. In a period where the OAU has given way to the African Union, the authors make an impassioned plea for the continuation of the unification projection into the future, even if in a more sober manner more attuned to the complexities of a diverse continent.
The Future of Industry in Zambia: Will Engagement with India mean a New Phase of Development?
Authors: Krishna Kamini
Published: August 2019

Voices in both African and international communities argue that African industrialization has to catch up with the global economy. The former United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, once commented that the industrialization needs to speed up in Africa so that it can act as a stimulus for economic transformation in the continent. Additionally, it is a proven fact that countries cannot sustain themselves by being only consumers, and that they can only prosper if they also engage in production. Both India and Zambia experienced colonial economic plunder, for years and both countries felt that industrialization was required in their countries which contributes extensively for the eliminating of poverty; which raises productivity, create employment, enhance the income generated assets of the poor and helps to diversify exports. After Zambia achieved independence in 1964, the governments of India and Zambia aimed to strengthen their trade relations. The target of the Indian government towards the enhancement of the Zambian economy is not only concentrated on the trade alone but also in the promotion of both human resources and industries to elevate poverty as well. The article investigates the existing trade relations between India and Zambia and examines the benefit acquired by the Zambian people. It also explores the possibility enhancing trade and establishing more industries by Indian companies, the Indian Community and by the Indian government in Zambia.
Plural Trajectories: Introduction to African Futures
Authors: O’Kane David , Bondarenko Dmitri
Published: August 2019

The editors of this issue of the Journal of the Institute for African Studies introduce the theme of African futures, and insist on the plural meanings it involves as both a concept and an empirical reality. The relationship between the continent’s futures and its multiple pasts and presents are considered, and the concept of ‘trajectory’ is used to integrate those multiple African realities into an integrated picture of human agency and human action in the continent today. The editors then introduce the papers that follow in this special issue.
Agronomic Performances of Rice Lines on Non-Tidal Swampland
Authors: Chozin Mohammad , Silalahi Sarina , Masdar Masdar , Sumardi Sumardi
Published: August 2019

A successful rice production on swampland would require a planting material from high yielding varieties adaptated  to the swampy ecosystem. This study was carried out to compare the growth and yield characteristics of five rice lines and a check variety as grown on non-tidal swampland. The lines were F4 generation of bulk selection from the crosses involving Bengkulu swamp rice landraces (Hanafi Putih, Tigo-tigo, Harum Curup, and Lubuk Durian) and high yielding varieties for the irrigated field (Sidenuk and Bestari). The trial was conducted on a shallow non-tidal swampland with stagnant inundation no more than 50 cm in depth often occurred during the plant life cycle.  The lines and the check variety (Inpara 4) were arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Observations were made for the agronomic performances of the plant, including plant height, total tiller number clump-1, effective tiller number clump-1, heading date, maturity date, panicle length, grain number panicle-1, 100-grain weight, and grain yield clump-1. Significant variation among the genotypes was found for all observed traits. On average, the evaluated lines showed comparable growth and yield performances to the check variety.  Tigo-tigo × Bestari was the tallest line and potential for medium depth swampland.  This line showed good overall agronomic performances and yielded relatively higher than the check variety, but delayed in attaining maturity. For shallow swampland, Hanafi Putih x Sidenuk exhibited the most potent line by having good overall agronomic and yield performances, except late in maturity.  For early maturing line, Lubuk Durian x Hanafi Putih showed its potential for shallow swampland. Although this line was not the best,  it showed better overall agronomic performances than the check variety. Keywords: F4 lines,  growth and yield performance, rice landrace, swampland, plant maturity
Acclimatization of Pencil Orchid (Papillionanthe hookeriana Rehb.f) as Affected by Different Types of Planting Media and Fertilizing Frequency
Authors: Febriyani Sustri , Ganefianti Dwi W , Romeida Atra , Herawati Reny
Published: August 2019

Acclimatization is a process of an environmental adaptation from heterotrophic conditions to autotrophic conditions. In order to be successful in acclimatization, it requires proper planting media and enough nutrition supply. The objective of this experiment were to determine the best planting media and the best spraying frequency of leaf fertilizer on Pencil orchid growth during acclimatization period.  The experimental design used was Randomized Complete Block Design, arranged in factorial (2 factors, 3 replications). The first factor was type of planting media: Coconut Coil, Rockwool, Wood Shavings, and Fern Roots. The second factor tested was fertilizing frequencies: every 2 days, every 3 days, and every 4 days. The results showed that the best media for acclimatization of Pencil orchid was fern root fertilized every four days, the best media for growing Pencil orchid was fern root and Wood Shavings, and the best fertilizing frequency to promote Pencil orchid growth were every 3 days or every 4 days.Keywords: Pencil orchid, acclimatization, planting media, fertilization
Different Compost Materials Used as Source of Organic Matter in Production of Chili Pepper
Authors: Sumbayak Roy S.O. , Handajaningsih Merakati , Hartal Hartal , Marwanto Marwanto
Published: August 2019

Compost has been commonly used as the primary organic matter in organic plant production, especially in vegetable production.  Different sources of compost materials give different medium structures and chemical characteristics. The objectives of this research were: 1) to evaluate the response of growth and yield of chili pepper to a rate of compost and source of animal waste which were used as compost; 2) to determine the optimum rate of fertilizer for the highest growth and yield of chili pepper. The research was carried out from November 2015 until March 2016. Compost material treatments consisted of cow dung, empty palm oil bunches, and mixed of vegetable residue and weeds. The compost rate treatments consisted of 0 ton ha-1, 10 ton ha-1, 20 ton ha-1, and 30 ton ha-1. No interaction between the two treatments was found to influence plant growth and yield variables.   The type of compost materials affected plant height of 5, 6, and7 weeks after transplanting.  Cow dung as a source of compost showed the best effect in increasing chili plant height.  Plant height, the number of plant dichotomous, and plant canopy responded linearly  to the increase of the compost rate. The usage of compost at 20 ton ha-1 and 30 ha-1 resulted in higher fruit length, the number of fruit, and fruit weight per plant.   Keywords: chili pepper, compost, organic, growth, yield
Spectral Separability of Local Climate Zones in Landsat 8 Imagery and its Application in WUDAPT Framework
Authors: Bansal Parth
Published: August 2019

Local Climate Zones (LCZs) classification of urban area under World Urban Database and PortalTool (WUDAPT) framework has amassed about 100 regions’ LCZ catalog by an international collaborationof researchers. With Landsat 8 (L8) being the current standard of imagery for most of the LCZ classificationprocess, the question of ability to distinguish LCZs from the spectral range of L8 imagery need to be answered.Using sample of training areas, Jeffries-Matusita distance are computed as the measure of separability toinvestigate if any pairs of LCZ class consistently show similar spectral signature and it’s utility to predict thequality of final LCZ classification.
SISTEM INFORMASI MANAJEMEN SEBAGAI MEDIA PROMOSI BAGI LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN
Authors: Darman
Published: August 2019

AbstrakDalam memromosikan Lembaga pendidikan yang paling efektif adalah dengan melalui teknologi Informasi, Dalam era teknologi saat ini lembaga pendidikan harus mampu memromosikan diri agar dapat dikenal lebih luas oleh masyarakat. Dengan adanya system informasi manajemen lembaga pendidikan dapat bersaing, sehingga lembaga pendidikan dalam mempromosikan diri tidak terbatas ruang dan waktu. Sistem informasi dalam suatu pemahaman yang sederhana dapat didefinisikan sebagai satu sistem berbasis komputer yang menyediakan informasi bagi beberapa pemakai dengan kebutuhan yang serupa.Promosi merupakan salah satu variabel di dalam marketing mix yang sangat penting dilaksanakan oleh perusahaan dalam pemasaran produk atau jasanya. Menurut Martin L. Bell dalam Basu Swasta dan Irawan (1990:349) promosi adalah semua jenis kegiatan pemasaran yang ditujukan untuk mendorong permintaan. Sedangkan menurut William G. Nikels dalam bukunya Basu Swasta dan Irawan (1990:349) promosi adalah arus informasi atau persuasi satu arah yang dibuat untuk mengarahkan seseorang atau organisasi kepada tindakan yang menciptakan pertukaran dalam pemasaran. Kata Kunci: Sistem Informasi Manajemen, Promosi, Lembaga Pendidikan
An Empirical Study linking Additive Manufacturing Design Process to success in Manufacturability
Authors: Malviya Manoj , G.P.Berdanier Catherine , Mehta Priyesh
Published: August 2019

This paper characterizes engineering designers’ abilities to re-design a component for additive manufacturing, employing screen capture methods. Additive Manufacturing has garnered significant interest from a wide range of industries, academia and government stakeholders due to its potential to reform and disrupt traditional manufacturing processes. The technology offers unprecedented design freedom and customization along with its ability to process novel and highstrength alloys in promising lead times. To harness the maximum potential of this technology, designers are often tasked with creating new products or re-design existing portfolios of traditionally manufactured parts to achieve lightweight designs with better performance. To date, few studies explore the correspondence between design behaviors and manufacturability of final product within an Additive Manufacturing context. This paper presents empirical data from the design processes of six graduate student engineering designers as they re-design a traditionally designed part for additive manufacturing. We compare behaviors through the design task between the study participants with a quantitative measure of the manufacturability and quality of each design. Results indicate opportunities for further research and best practices in design for Additive manufacturing and engineering education practitioners across multiple disciplines.
Estimasi Efisiensi Teknis Usahatani Kapas Rakyat di Sulawesi Selatan
Authors: Junaedi
Published: August 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat efisiensi teknis usahatani kapas di Sulawesi Selatan, sehingga solusi diperkirakan dengan menggunakan fungsi produksi frontier stokastik. Faktor dominan yang mempengaruhi produksi kapas adalah lahan yang luas, memberikan jumlah urea, herbisida insektisida, dan penggunaan tenaga kerja. Pencapaian tingkat efisiensi teknis (efisiensi teknis - TE) kapas pertanian berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang tinggi. Penguasaan dan adopsi teknologi budidaya pada teknologi yang tersedia dengan petani kapas sudah pada tingkat yang sangat memuaskan. Efisiensi penggunaan input produksi masih dapat ditingkatkan untuk mencapai perbatasan tetapi dalam peningkatan yang relatif terbatas (14%). Berdasarkan estimasi dari metode MLE, variabel yang tidak diketahui yang berkorelasi negatif dan signifikan terhadap inefisiensi teknis pertanian kapas bahwa pendidikan formal petani.
Giving Voice to Silence: Empowerment and Disempowerment in the Developmental Shift from Trauma ‘Victim’ to ‘Survivor-Advocate’
Authors: Delker Brianna C , Salton Rowan , McLean Kate C.
Published: August 2019

In the past several years, a public conversation in the United States about interpersonal violence has flourished, sustained by the work of advocates who are themselves survivors. This surge in public sharing of trauma stories is a rhetorical form of resistance to ideologies in mainstream American culture that impose silence on survivors (e.g., the “just world” belief). However, the developmental progression from trauma ‘victim’ to empowered public ‘survivor/advocate’ accommodates to dominant American cultural preferences that stories of adversity have a redemptive story line. In a redemptive story, negative experiences are followed by something positive (e.g., personal growth, lessons learned, strength gained). In this paper, we draw from theory and the sparse relevant literature across multiple disciplines to conceptualize when and for whom the redemptive storying of trauma (or, redemptive master narrative) is available, advantageous, and systemically encouraged. Among the proposed advantages of redemptive storying are its psychological health benefits; potential to empower self and others; promotion of meaning-making, mission, and communal solidarity; and the larger social/political changes that can emerge from giving voice to silenced experiences. Proposed challenges to redemptive storying include layers of societal oppression and marginalization that shape the redemption stories of many survivor-advocates; ongoing connection to or dependence on relationships and communities that enable abuse; and the reality of historical trauma and other forms of intergenerational trauma, which complicate the linear, individualistic story of redemption. With this theory-driven framework, we wish to promote compassion for survivors, along with interdisciplinary, inclusive, and intersectional research in this understudied area.
IDENTIFICATION OF A NEIGHBOUR (LUKE 10:25-37) IN NIGERIAN MULTI-CULTURAL CONTEXT
Authors: Ezeogamba Anthony Ikechukwu
Published: August 2019

God, out of his goodness created humankind (Adam) in his own image and likeness, male and female he created them (Gen 1:27). God after creating them, he blessed them saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that move upon the earth” (Gen. 1:28). As mankind continued to live as was commanded, they turned inwards to subdue and dominate one another. Man against woman; village against village, town against town; state against state; region against region and worst of all tribe against tribe. This domination can come in the form of “stronger persons” dominating the “weaker ones,” “the stronger families” dominating “weaker families,” or “the stronger tribes” dominating “weaker tribes” etc. Jesus Christ when he came as God made man, he noticed these divisions among mankind hence on his last supper with his apostles he prayed, “That they may be one” (John.17: 11). He said it at the last supper to show how dear that unity is to his heart. St. Paul in trying to re-echo Jesus’ teaching among the Corinthians says, “Has Christ been divided?” (1Cor1:13). Whenever you gather among yourselves as Christians, there should be neither Jew nor Gentile, male or female, you are all one before God (Gal 3:28).The story of Good Samaritan is one of the ways through which Christ tried to tell us that we ought to look at one another fundamentally as image and likeness of God. The presence among Christians of tribal sentiments and loyalty to one’s ethnic group must be a scandal of great proportion to all of us who claim to be the agents for spreading Christ’s kingdom of love, and brotherhood in the world. Since we are now the authentic image of God, there ought not to be any form of division among us.
Wealth and Obesity Among U.S. Adults Entering Midlife
Authors: Wolfe Joseph D. , Baker Elizabeth H. , Scarinci Isabel C.
Published: August 2019

Objective: This study examines the relationship between wealth and obesity among adults entering midlife and whether this relationship varies by gender, race, and measure of wealth. Methods: The data were obtained from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY-79). Population-averaged models were used to examine the associations between multiple measures of wealth and obesity among 6,979 respondents while controlling for education, occupation, income, and relevant sociodemographic variables.Results: The analysis found a robust association between wealth and midlife obesity as well as heterogeneity in the wealth-obesity association across gender, race, and measure of wealth. With the exception of Black men, net worth generally had a significant and inverse relationship with obesity. The net worth-obesity association was largest among women and was driven primarily by home value—in addition to savings and debt for Black women. Although home value was significant for White men, the components of wealth were generally unrelated to obesity among men. Conclusions: The association between wealth can obesity was generally robust but also complex, depending on gender, race, and measure of wealth. Research that does not consider multiple components of wealth may overlook the importance of economic resources in shaping obesity rates in the U.S. population
TINGKAT DAN POLA DISTRIBUSI INFESTASI PENGGEREK BATANG JAGUNG OSTRINIA FURNACALIS (LEPIDOPTERA: CRAMBIDAE) DI PADANGSIDIMPUAN
Authors: Permadi Muhammad Agung , Harahap Qorry Hilmiyah
Published: August 2019

Ostrinia furnacalis Guenee as known as Asian corn stem borer is one of the main pests in corn cultivation practices in Indonesia. Besides Indonesia, these pests attack in other Asian regions such as Central Asia, East Asia, and also Australia. This study was aimed to measure the intensity of infestation and to analyze patterns of distribution of O. furnacalis in corn field. The observations of intensity and infestation distribusiton were held on 12 corn plantations owned by farmers in six sub-districts of Padangsidimpuan. Results showed that The lowest infested area of O. furnacalis larvae was 1.1%, while the highest was 4.31%. O. furnacalis larvae infestations at each plant in each plantations has a random distribution and the distribution was varies among corb fields.
A Giant Enchondroma Mimicking Sarcoidosis: Report of Case and Review of the Literature
Authors: Basdelioglu Koray , Atik Aziz , Sahin Nilay , Sargin Serdar
Published: August 2019

Sarcoidosis of the humerus is exceptionally rare and only a few cases have been reported. In this mini-review, a case of enchondroma in proximal humerus mimicking sarcoidosis and the features of bone involvement of sarcoidosis were reviewed.
A 41-year-old female who was diagnosed with sarcoidosis in 2009 had used corticosteroids for 4 months. She had not any symptoms until 2014. She was admitted the clinic with a 2-month-history of erythema nodosum on her legs and right shoulder pain. Values of laboratory tests were all within normal limits except erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein levels. The mass in the proximal metaphyseal humerus has the characteristic as a medullary lesion which had calcifications in CT sections. MR images that the mass had low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and heterogeneous high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. It had irregular nodular contrast and the mass did not cause the expansion of the bone. Increased activity was observed on scintigraphy. We suspected the mass which was realized incidentally in a patient with sarcoidosis, could be bone sarcoidosis. As a result of our biopsy, it was enchondroma.
Bone neoplasms should be kept in mind in issues like our case report.
Sono and photo stimulated Chlorine E6 nanocomposite in tumor-bearing mice: upcoming cancer treatment
Authors: Almamoori Ammar Yahya Kadhim , Elsamie Gihan Hosny Abd , Metwally Metwally Aly , Ali Samir
Published: August 2019

This study was directed at study the effectiveness of cancer targeted therapy using the activated Chlorine E6 nanocomposite (Nano-CE6). Study was applied on male Swiss albino mice, implanted with Ehrlich tumor (EAC) divided into six groups. Two energy sources were used; laser and Ultrasound. Results showed that Nano-CE6 is a potential sensitizer for photodynamic or sonodynamic treatment of tumor. Nano-CE6 plays an important role in tumor growth inhibition and cell death induction. Activated Nano-CE6 with both infrared laser and ultrasound has a potential antitumor effect. The results indicated that (FA–NGO–CE6) could be used as a unique nanocomposite for cancer targeted therapy SPDT.
Learning Capability and the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Economies: The Role of Absorptive Capacity
Authors: SALISU YAKUBU , Mohammed Sani
Published: August 2019

How to develop and enhance the effectiveness of external flow of knowledge and information to improve invention and performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has becomes crucial to both researchers and managers. This study was designed to purposely examine empirically the influence of the absorptive capacity on the relationship of organizational learning capability and SMEs performance. A total of 206 valid questionnaires obtained from personal administration of the survey instrument on SMEs manager in Kano state Nigeria. Partial Least Square Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM). The result of the study indicates that learning capability significantly and positively relates to SMEs firms performance, equally learning capability positively relates with absorptive capacity. The study further established significant positive relationship between absorptive capacity and SMEs performance. Similarly, absorptive capacity mediates the relationship between learning capability and SMEs performance. The study conclude that experimentation, risk taking, external interaction, dialogue and participatory decision making influences SMEs knowledge acquisition, assimilation, transformation and application for better performance.
The Measuring Economic Cost of Corruption: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan
Authors: Uddin Ikram
Published: August 2019

Purpose- In this study economic cost of corruption in Pakistan has been measured. Pakistan has been facing the problem of corruption since its independency. According to transparency international United states of America Pakistan has been ranked 117 countries out of 180 in world in 2017.

Method/Design- Secondary data has been collected from various sources such as Asian development bank and various issues of economic survey of Pakistan. In this study independent variable such as export, inflation and foreign borrowing impact on dependent variable corruption perception index has been analyzed.in this analysis OLS regression technique was applied in e-view 7.

Findings- Foreign borrowing and export annual change is found to have significant impact on corruption but there is no significant impact of inflation on corruption perception index. Based on finding it is recommended that policy makers should develop effective policies in order to reduce the impact of corruption on economy.
Clean Energy Policy, Planning and Management: Gearing up the Rapid Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Nepal
Authors: Acharya Chet Narayan
Published: August 2019

Sustainability agenda has been gaining extensive concentration as one of the major development paradigm in modern era. Rapid economic growth, social development, sustainability and poverty reduction have been considered as crucial discourse under that paradigm. With the world-wide wave of economic development and improved traditional living standard of people, consumption of fuel has also increased significantly. Exponential growth in use of fossil fuel and its impacts compelled to search for alternative energy sources. Green energy is that source of energy that is naturally restocked. Nepal is rich enough country for renewable energy sources even though, could not accelerate growth and development agenda.  Appropriate policy, planning, and management of green energy would help to give a big push to break development hazards and would contribute for takeoff for sustainable development and poverty reduction strategies.  This paper attempts how green energy policy, planning and management would contribute for gearing up for sustainable development and poverty reduction in Nepal. It is an endeavor to scrutinize and understand the green energy utilization, proper management and exploring the capacity of the Nepalese economy. Findings of the study conclude that, instead of fossil energy, renewable energy utilization contributes for transferring poor livelihood and its sustainability.
The Measuring Economic Cost of Exchange Rate: Empirical Evidence from Panel Data
Authors: Uddin Ikram , Kazi Abdul Subhan , Mahar Qamaruddin , Hussain Farhan
Published: August 2019

Purpose- This study examines the economic cost of exchange rate. Pakistan has been facing serious issue in regard of exchange rate and this fluctuations impact on various economic indicators or variables. The overall exchange rate value is being depreciated since 2008, it started from Rs 60 against one dollar and recently it reached to Rs, 154 that is equal to one dollar.

 Design/methodology/approach- Time series panel data from 2002-2016 has been used for analysis, it has two cross-sections Pakistan and India. Data is collected from various sources that include Asian Development Bank, Transparency International US and World Economic Indicators. Exchange rate in Pak rupees and Ind rupees, corruption perception index in percentage and foreign borrowings in both Pak rupees and Ind rupeesâ€™ variables are taken for analysis. Various statistical tests have been applied for the analysis of data such as unit root panel and regression analysis panel in E-views version 7.

Findings- Based on all studied variables are found to have significant and positive impact on real exchange rate.

Originality/value- In previous studies research scholars investigated overall exchange rate impact on GDP of any economy. This study gives insight into exchange rate impact on government department corruption of both countries Pakistan and India. In future similar study can be conducted for those countries which are also facing problem of exchange rate in their respective countries.
Data Screening and Preliminary Analysis on the Impact of Rural Infrastructure on Rice Productivity in Kano State, Nigeria
Authors: Tanko Yusuf , Kang Chea Yong , Islam Rabiul
Published: August 2019

Despite having vast farmland suitable for paddy rice farming, local production in the country is weak, especially in Kano where the state has the most abundant farmland put to rice farming and the most extensive rice farmers in the 36 states of the country. As such, over 4mm/t of milled paddy rice has to be imported annually into Nigeria to supplement home production. The economy cannot sustain rice import because it depends on crude oil revenue; thus, leading to scarcity of rice at an exorbitant price. The study was conducted in the 2018 cropping season for rainfed and irrigated paddy rice, to identify the impact of rural infrastructure on the productivity of rice farmers in Kano State, Nigeria. There are seven local governments with 17 rice clusters in the state that are cultivating rice. A random sample of 768 rice farmers was selected in 9 rice clusters from the population of 135,895 rice farmers using multistage and purposive sampling. Using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 22, data screening and preliminary analysis was conducted, aimed at satisfying the assumptions of the multivariate analysis. Thus, missing data analysis was performed to identify univariate outliers and multivariate outliers. Likewise, normality skewness and kurtosis, as well as multicollinearity issues, were checked. The preliminary analysis indicates that the data fulfil the conditions of multivariate analysis, thus, suitable for inferences.
Nigerian Federalism Problems in Prospects
Authors: Ali Mustapha Alhaji , Ahmed Fatima Ahmed
Published: August 2019

The paper examined Nigerian federalism problems in prospects. Nigerian as a nation was amalgamated in 1914. The unification of the two protectorates under one canopy has created a problem in power-sharing and resources allocation among the diverse ethnic groups. Certainly, the federal system operating in the Nigerian context has created a lot of problems and prospects because of the heterogeneity nature of the country that unites diverse people under one umbrella. This study is qualitative research, data were obtained through books, journals, newspapers, magazines, reports. These data were thoroughly reviewed to explain the topic under examination. To support this paper the researcher adopted Pluralism theory. This theory by tradition explains the complication and heterogeneity nature of the country. This is because of the diverse ethnic groups and ethnoreligious differences that were united under one federating units. The study found that federalism was born to unite people of different religion, ethnicity, culture, and traditions so as to enhance the national inity as well as the economy. But the major problem of Nigerian federalism is power sharing and resources allocation across the regions and states. It is found that under the federal system there are serious problems of majority domination over the minority. These have led to ethno-religious conflicts in the nation because of unequal access to national resources and power sharing among the citizens. To overcome these problems the study recommended that: Aall the citizens of the confederating units should be treated equally in term of power and resources allocations. To maintain equality and justice among the citizens. The government should adhere to the principles of federal character commission. To minimize the problems of federalism Nigeria should ensure equality and justice in power and resources allocation among its citizen in the federating units.
Consequences of Capital formation, Trade Liberalization on the Economic Growth: Pakistanâ€™s Experience
Authors: Bukhari Nadia , Iqbal Anjum
Published: August 2019

This study considers the long run relationship between the liberalization of trade, capital formation and the economic growth of Pakistan by using the time series data from 1975-2013. The main aim of this study is to examine that how much liberalization of trade and capital formation affects the economic growth of Pakistan in long run. The approach that has been used for empirical analysis is Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model. Under the ADF test capital formation (CF) is stationary at its first level but the trade openness (TO) and GDP is stationary at its first difference. Moreover, the granger casualty test is evident that there become a casual relationship between the trade openness and GDP. The result of this study shows that both the trade openness and the capital formation determined the economic growth in long run and they both have statistically significant effect on the GDP. Furthermore it has has been depicted from the study that the trade has a vital role to influence the economic growth.
Peningkatan Kemampuan Aparat Dusun Dalam Pelaksanaan Tugas Administrasi Pemerintahan
Authors: Hamirul Hamirul
Published: August 2019

Pelayanan yang terbaik yang seharusnya diberikan oleh pemerintah melalui aparatnya atau dalam hal ini birokrasi, namun dalam setiap pelayanan seharusnyalah didudukung oleh kemampuan aparat yang mumpuni dalam hal administrasi, dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif dan pendekatan kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data wawancara serta informan yang digunakan sebanyak 11 orang. Hasil penelitian Pelaksanaan Tugas Administrasi Pemerintahan Desa di Dusun Teluk Panjang belum maksimal dilaksanakan, belum maksimalnya pelaksanan tersebut berdampak kepada rendahnya rekomendasi/hasil kerja yang dirasakan.

Upaya peningkatan kemampuan Aparat Desa di Dusun Teluk Panjang terhambat dikarenakan kondisi pelaksanaan tugas pemerintahan desa disebabkan oleh beberapa faktor yang melingkupi aparat Dusun. Faktor-faktor yang dimaksud adalah minimnya keterampilan/kemampuan setiap Aparat Dusun sehubungan dengan tugas-tugas tersebut, masih rendahnya disiplin kerja ditinjau dari hasil kerja, minimnya pemberian bimbingan terhadap aparat, pengawasan dan, pengendalian yang tidak efektif, serta kondisi kerja yang kurang mendukung.

Upaya peningkatan kemampuan aparat desa di Dusun  Teluk Panjang dalam pelaksanaan tugas administrasi pemerintahan, khususrnya administrasi pemerintahan desa yang meliputi, pembinaan disiplin aparat, pendidikan dan pelatihan, motivasi kerja dan pengembangan karir.

Kata Kunci: Peningkatan, Kemampuan, ASN, Pelaksanaan Tugas, Administrasi Pemerintahan.