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Managing a Renal Transplant Programme During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Practical Experience from a Singapore Transplant Centre
Authors: Kee Terence , Gan Valerie HL , Chung Jasmine Shimin , Tee Ping Sing , Lu York Moi , Chan Lai Peng , Cheong Elizabeth HT , Lee Puay Hoon , Yong Jin Hua , Ho Quan Yao , Thangaraju Sobhana , Foo Fiona , Kwan Natelie , Ng Eleanor , Xia He , Lee Constance , Boey Shannon , Foo Marjorie , Tan Chieh Suai
Published: November 2020

Introduction: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has significantly affected the way healthcare is delivered in Singapore. Healthcare services such as renal transplantation had to rapidly adjust and meet the needs to (1) protect patients and staff, (2) ramp up, conserve or redeploy resources while (3) ensuring that critical services remained operational. This paper aims to describe the experience of the renal transplant programme at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) in responding to the risks and constraints posed by the pandemic. Methods and Materials: This is a review and summary of the SGH renal transplant programme’s policy and protocols that were either modified or developed in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Results: A multi-pronged approach was adopted to respond to the challenges of COVID-19. These included ensuring business continuity by splitting the transplant team into different locations, adopting video and tele-consults to minimise potential patient exposure to COVID-19, streamlining work processes using electronic forms, ensuring safe paths for patients who needed to come to hospital, ring-fencing and testing new inpatients at risk for COVID-19, enhancing precautionary measures for transplant surgery, ensuring a stable supply chain of immunosuppression, and sustaining patient and staff education programmes via video conferencing. Conclusions: Though the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced access to kidney transplantation, opportunities arose to adopt telemedicine into mainstream transplant practice as well as use electronic platforms to streamline work processes. Screening protocols were established to ensure that transplantation could be performed safely, while webinars reached out to empower patients to take precautions against COVID-19. Keywords: COVID-19, Nephrology, Public Health, Renal Transplant, Transplantation, Urology
Paleolitik Çağ'da Beslenme
Authors: TANSÜ Yunus Emre
Published: November 2020

İnsanın evrimsel süreci boyunca beslenme alışkanlıkları sürekli değişimler geçirmiştir. Erken hominidler, önceleri avcı-toplayıcı olarak sadece bulundukları çevredeki besinleri kullanırken, önce taş aletlerin kullanılması ve sonrasında ateşin bulunması ile birlikte beslenme konusunda farklı süreçlere sahip olmuşlardır. Sürecin başında genel olarak otçul beslenen erken hominidler, uzun bir zaman boyunca çevresel şartlardan dolayı ormanlık alanlarda yaşamış ve bu yüzden de farklı besinler alma ihtiyacı duymamıştır. Fakat zaman ilerledikçe, iklimsel değişmeler ve besin kaynaklarının azalmaya başlaması yeni besinler bulma arayışlarını hızlandırmış ve farklı bölgelere göçe neden olmuştur. Bu göçler sırasında ormanlık alandan savanaya geçmek durumunda kalan hominidler, yeni yaşamlarına adapte olmaya çalışırlarken ormanda bulunan bitki bolluğundan savanadaki daha az besin kaynağına da alışmak zorunda kamıştır. Savanalarda bitkiden çok etin bulunması sonucu hominidler, avcılık konusunda yeteneklerini arttırmaya ve daha fazla hayvansal protein içerikli bir beslenmeye dönmüştür. Hayvansal proteine dönüş sırasında hominidlerin başlangıçta birtakım zorluklar çekmiş olması muhtemeldir zira çiğ ete alışkın olmadıklarından dolayı bedenleri bu yeni besine farklı tepkiler vermiş olabilir. Fakat zamanla bedenleri bu yeni duruma adapte olmayı başarmış ve hatta et ağırlıklı bir beslenme alışkanlığı kazanmışlardır. Tamamen ot temelli bir beslenmenin ardından hayvansal proteinleri de kullanmaya başlamış olmak, insanın beyin kapasitesinin büyümesini de hızlandırmıştır. Etin içerisinde bitkilere nazaran daha fazla bulunan protein ve vitaminler, beynin yapısı, gelişmesi ve büyümesi açısından son derece önemlidir. Ateşin keşfi ve kontrol altına alınmasından sonraki dönemde ise hayvansal protein tüketimi daha da artmıştır. Bu makalede, öncelikle Paleolitik Çağ insanlarının beslenme alışkanlıkları incelenmiş, ardından Anadolu’dan ve dünyadan örnekler verilerek detaylandırılmıştır.
Genetic association study of ERBB4 SNP rs1351592 with polycystic ovary syndrome in Pakistani population
Authors: Tayyaba Afzal  , Ghazala Kaukab Raja  , Maimoona Afzal  , Shakeel Ahmad  , Nighat Sultana  , Umm e Kalsoom
Published: November 2020

Abstract

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an oligogenic condition, characterised by hyperandrogenism, ovulatory dysfunction and polycystic ovarian morphology. Previously, European and Han Chinese populations identified different susceptibility loci, of which ERBB4 (rs1351592) was strongly associated with PCOS. Our study aimed to investigate the association of ERBB4 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP), rs1351592 with PCOS in Pakistani women of Hazara region. Fifty PCOS patients and 14 healthy women were recruited and SNP was replicated using ARMS-PCR and sequencing. The study showed that Luteinising Hormone (LH), Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), and Testosterone (T) were significantly elevated in patients compared to controls (P <0.05). Overall, the frequency of G allele was higher than C allele and the SNP lacked significant association with PCOS.

This is the first study demonstrating the association of ERBB4 SNP, rs1351592 with PCOS in Pakistani population. Further research, Continuous....
Comparison of blood pressure and pain rating index used for depth regulation of sevoflurane anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial
Authors: Jianwen Zhang  , Zhigan Lv  , Liping Bai  , Baoguo Wang  , Admin
Published: November 2020

Abstract
Objective: The Pain Rating index (PRi) is a new parameter for regulating analgesic depth of anesthesia based on wavelet analysis. The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of PRi for depth regulation of sevoflurane anesthesia.
Methods: We conducted a monocentric randomized controlled study from September 2017 to June 2018 in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) (n=44). Patients were randomly allocated into two groups and assigned 22 cases to each group: systolic blood pressure group (SBP group) and pain rating index group (PRi group). In SBP group, sevoflurane inhalation concentration (Cs) was adjusted to maintain SBP values at baseline values -20%?+20%; in PRi group, Cs was adjusted to maintain PRi values between 50 and 70. The primary endpoint was anesthesia recovery time. Secondary endpoints included extubation time, sevoflurane consumption, number of intraoperative hemodynamic instability events /interventions, number of adverse events and postoperative visual analogue scale for pain.
Results: Patient demographic characteristics, surgical time and anesthesia time did not differ between groups. Anesthesia recovery time was shorter in PRi group than in SBP group (17.5±3.8min vs 21.5±2.8 min; P=0.001). Extubation time was also shorter in PRi group than in SBP group (21.9±1.7min vs 24.1±2.5min; P=0.001). Sevoflurane consumption was lower in PRi group than in SBP group (15.5±4.1ml vs 20.0±2.5ml; P=0.001).
Conclusions: PRi was feasible to regulate depth of sevoflurane anesthesia, which could shorten anesthesia recovery time and extubation time, reduce sevoflurane consumption during general anesthesia in patients undergoing cervical vertebra surgery. Continuous...
Anatomic study of the carpal tunnel in adults using monoenergetic reconstruction of dual-energy computed tomography
Authors: Heng Zhao  , Fei Peng  , De qiu Tang  , Jin cai Liu  , Hao Lei  , Qiang Liu  , Fang Wang  , Qiu ping Ren  , Jiao yang Li  , Feng zhe Wang  , Zhao Lu  , Shi Nong Pan  , Admin
Published: November 2020

Abstract
Purpose: To seek optimal keV settings for imaging carpal tunnel in adults by dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) monoenergetic technique; to describe anatomic characteristics of carpal tunnel and to observe correlation between carpal bony and soft tissue structures.
Methods: DECT images of 20 wrists (11 left and 9 right wrists; 14 men, mean age 26.93 ± 1.38 years, range 23 to 28, and 6 women, mean age 24.17 ± 0.98 years, range 23 to 26) were evaluated. Monoenergetic images were reconstructed at 42, 62, 82, 102, 122, and 142 keV. Image quality was assessed along a 5-point Likert scale, and the highest-quality images were chosen for quantitative analysis. Two musculoskeletal radiologists performed both analyses independently.
Results: The optimal energy spectrum with the best contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) for monoenergetic images were at 62 keV (19 wrists, 95%) and 61 keV (1 wrist, 5%). There was substantial interobserver agreement between the readers in the 5-point Likert scale analysis of image quality (? = 0.793). Bland-Altman plots also indicated good agreement between observers in quantitative analysis. Intra-category 1 and 2 correlation was mostly discovered at hamate hook level and middle level of pisiform (P < 0.05), while bony and soft tissue structures partly reached correlation (P < 0.05).
Conclusion: The optimal energy spectrum for monoenergetic DECT imaging of carpal tunnel structures was 62 keV. DECT monoenergetic imaging could predict changes in soft tissue structures and demonstrate carpal tunnel anatomic structures.
Keywords: DECT, monoenergetic, keV, carpal tunnel, Continuous...
Knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceived barriers of emergency health care providers regarding sepsis and septic shock in a tertiary care centre: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Madiha Ismail  , Umaira Aftab  , Kiran Azizi  , Badar Afzal Khan  , Admin
Published: November 2020

This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes, practices, and perceived barriers of emergency healthcare providers regarding the management of sepsis and septic shock. This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Emergency Department of Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan from August to October 2017. A total of 53 healthcare providers participated in the study. Overall, 42(79%) of the participants demonstrated correct knowledge of the sepsis bundle. The most common barrier reported in the compliance of the sepsis bundle was a shortage of staff (62%), followed by delayed presentation of patients (58%) and overcrowding (42%). Furthermore, better staffing was perceived by the participants (60%) to improve the care of septic patients, followed by sepsis awareness sessions (23%) and reduction in ED crowding (11%). Staff shortage, delayed presentation of patients, and ED overcrowding were considered the most common barriers in the management of sepsis in this setting.
Millennium development goals (MDGs-2000-2015) to sustainable development goals (SDGs-2030): a chronological landscape of public sector health care segment of Pakistan
Authors: Fehmi  Aziz  , Faheem Tahir  , Naveeda Akhtar Qureshi  , Admin
Published: November 2020

Abstract

Objective: To study health related Millennium Development Goals in context of Pakistan’s progress in improving health system of Pakistan.

Methods: Chronological landscape of health conditions with temporal limit of 2000 to 2015 and progress was measured in five, ten and fifteen years of MDGs in view of Public Sector Health Care Segment (PSHCS). Statistical package IBM-SPSS-21 was used for analyzing the data. ANOVA was conducted at level of significance (p<0.05).

Results: Different parameters of PSHCS in context of MDGs were analyzed to evaluate the improvement in public health conditions. No difference in infrastructure was observed during the MDGs (2000-2015) era; Hospitals (p=0.262), Basic Health-Units (p=0.910), Mother & child health centers (p=0.345), Rural Health Centers (p=0.226) Tuberculosis centers (p=0.660), Total-Beds (p=0.220) and Population per bed (p=0.772). However, significant difference was observed in no. of dispensaries (p=0.001). We also observed significant difference in workforce; Registered doctors (p=0.024) dentists (p=0.001) nurses (p=0.047) midwives (p=0.032) and lady-health-workers (p=0.007). No significant difference was observed in the expenditures; health-expenditure (p=0.515), development-expenditure (p=0.678), current-expenditure (p=0.481), percentage-change (p=0.998) expenditure as per GDP (p=0.908). Family planning sector was also without any significant change; Population growth (p=0.108), crude birth rate (p=0.705), crude death rate p=0.460) and life expectancy (p=0.319). It was observed that sick population preferred private facilities compared to the PSHCS facilities.

Conclusion: We did not observe any significant difference in most of the health care segments during 2000-2015 and MDGs remained underachieved. Therefore, a way forward is proposed for improvement in PSHCS to persevere SDGs.
Mucocutaneous manifestations of Chikungunya fever, an experience of tertiary care hospital
Authors: Sana Kaleem  , Rabia Ghafoor  , Sidra Khan  , Admin
Published: November 2020

Abstract

Objectives: 1. To determine the different frequencies of mucocutaneous manifestations of Chikungunya Fever in a Tertiary care hospital.

To determine the associations of positive Chikungunya Fever serology with its mucocuatneous manifestations.

Methodology: It was observational cross-sectional study conducted in Department of Dermatology of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre from 15th May 2018 to 15th January 2019. After getting approval from Institutional Review Board, 67 patients were recruited in study by purposive sampling who presented with early and late manifestations of Chikungunya Fever (CF). Different cutaneous manifestations were confirmed by consultant Dermatologist. Photographs were taken after the inform consent of patients. Data was analysed by SPSS 23 and P value was taken significant with < 0.05.

Result: The mean age of patients was 30.24±7.89 years. Females and males were 45 (68%) and 20 (31%) respectively. Hyperpigmentation were noted as most frequent finding in 31 (46%), maculopapular rashes ,oral ulcers in 17 (25%), and diffuse hair fall in 14(20%) .Findings like lichenoid eruption in 11 (16%), chick sign in 5 (8%), and erythema of Pinna in 4 (6%) were also recorded. While hair falls, exacerbation of pre-existing dermatoses like psoriasis and acne form eruption were also seen rarely.  There was no significant association was found between clinically suspected cases and serology positive patients of CF.

Conclusion: CF presented with important and unusual mucocutaneous findings which are important to diagnose as they help in differentiating it from other viral diseases. We observed that some finding remain long standing and presented months
Additional cytogenetic abnormalities in chronic myeloid leukemia; an experience from Pakistan
Authors: Nida Anwar  , Muhammad Nadeem  , Sana Khurram  , Naveena Fatima  , Tahir Shamsi  , Admin
Published: November 2020

Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate the presence and characteristics of additional karyotype abnormalities in chronic myeloid leukaemia cases.

Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Pathology, National Institute of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplant, Karachi, from May 2010 to September 2016 and comprised diagnosed chronic myeloid leukaemiapatients regardless of age and gender.Baseline cytogenetic evaluation was done on overnight, 24-hrs un-stimulated and 72-hrs stimulated bone marrow cultures, and karyotypes were defined according to the International System for Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature2013. Data was analysed using SPSS 23.

Results: There were 222 cases with a median age of 38 years (range: 12-84 years). The male-to-female ratio was 1.8:1. Chronic myeloid leukaemiawas detected in 18(8.1%) patients havingadditional cytogenetic abnormalities. Among the patients found positive, cytogenetic type was minor in 10(55.55%), major 3(16.66%), complex 3(16.66%), and variant 2(11.11%). .

Conclusion: Additional cytogenetic abnormalitieswere found in 8% of the sample.

Key Words: Additional cytogenetic abnormalities, Chronic myelogenous leukaemia, Bone marrow, Cytogenetics.
The role of overweight and obesity on severe Covid-19: the evidence and possible mechanisms of action
Authors: Rangel-Aldao Rafael
Published: November 2020

This commentary addresses three fundamental questions, 1) How solid is the evidence regarding obesity as a risk factor to Covid-19, in particular to the most serious form of the disease requiring hospitalization and mechanical ventilation? 2) What cellular and/or molecular mechanisms could explain a possible enhancement of the disease by obesity? 3) Given a probable and causal relationship of overweight and obesity with severe Covid-19, the question then arises on whether it may be possible to use as therapy well know drugs that work on fat metabolism?
A critical view of CRISPR applications in Human Genetics
Authors: Ramírez Ochoa José Luis
Published: November 2020

Gene therapy entered a new era with CRISPR gene-editing technology. In a short period of eight years, CRISPR revolutionized how we handle genes by simplifying and democratizing the tools for gene editing. CRISPR applications in human health are exponentially growing and opening new horizons for otherwise difficult diseases to treat. Nonetheless, the versatility, easiness, and wide use of this technology in humans are creating new bioethical challenges. Here, aiming to non-experts, students, and researchers, I briefly review some relevant aspects of CRISPR history and evolution, as well as some ethical concerns related to its use in humans. To pretend to do a comprehensive review on CRISPR is a futile task since the speed of its evolution would render it obsolete by the time of its publication.
Distinguished Venezuelans succeed worldwide, at a young age
Authors: Mariño Eliana
Published: November 2020

«Diet can alter the gut microbiota and shift its production of metabolites, which affect systemic immune function. In Nature Immunology, Marino et al. (2017) demonstrate protection from Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice by feeding diets that promote gut microbiota-dependent generation of the [short-chain fatty acids] SCFA acetate and butyrate. They identify mechanisms by which acetate leads to decreased infiltration of self-antigen- specific cytotoxic T cells and butyrate improves regulatory T cell number and function, collectively contributing to reduced destruction of insulin-producing b-cells in the pancreas.«
This quote is how Sydney Lavoie and Wendy S. Garrett, from The Chan School of Public Health at Harvard, and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, summarized in Cell Metabolism, the work lead by Venezuelan scientist, Eliana Mariño and colleagues, at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. We at CientMed, the electronic journal of the National Academy of Medicine of Venezuela, celebrate the work of this young investigator, that describes herself, as “…passionate about science and for helping others, with a career path toward the work on microbiome and diet in diabetes.”
Entrevista al Dr. Horacio Vanegas F., Nuevo Individuo de Número de la Academia Nacional de Medicina
Authors: Vanegas F Horacio
Published: November 2020

El 30 de julio pasado, en un acto solemne, el Dr. Horacio Vegas F. asumió la posición de Individuo de Número, Sillón XL, de la Academia Nacional de Medicina, cuyo predecesor fue el insigne académico Juan José Puigbó, precursor de la cardiología en Venezuela, quien a su vez sucedió al Dr. Marcel Granier Doyeux, una figura señera de la farmacología en nuestro país. El Dr. Vanegas constituye en sí una señal más de las transformaciones que ocurren en nuestra academia, por cuanto se trata de un médico e investigador científico a tiempo completo, de una extensa trayectoria que abarca las investigaciones en neurofisiología en el IVIC, así como en distinguidas universidades e institutos de Estados Unidos, México y Europa, además de una dilatada experiencia como profesor titular de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Central de Venezuela, además de haber desempeñado importantes cargos de liderazgo como el de Director del IVIC. Entrevistamos al Dr. Vanegas a quien conocemos como un admirado amigo, valioso colega científico y persona de extensa cultura.
Sinopsis de siete días, 25 al 31/08/2020
Authors: Rangel-Aldao Rafael
Published: November 2020

La pandemia Covid-19 se asemeja a un fuerte viento que de este a oeste va despejando la «bruma» que cubre o ensombrece la verdadera fisonomía de líderes, instituciones, conexiones, y relaciones sociales de los habitantes del planeta. Verlos «desnudos», en su verdadera dimensión, produce admiración por unos y pena por otros, y el consiguiente e inevitable resultado de éxitos o fracasos en la lucha contra el Covid-19. Nunca antes fue tan elocuente el adagio asiático sobre el doble significado de oportunidad/peligro de una crisis
Sinopsis de siete días, martes 01/09 al lunes 07/09/2020
Authors: Rangel-Aldao Rafael
Published: November 2020

Vacunas, anticuerpos y linfocinas. Esa semana fue pletórica en resultados sobre la respuesta inmune a la pandemia Covid-19. En los días siguientes es probable que esa tendencia se mantenga o se acelere aún más en la medida que se acerque el final de la fase 3 del grupo de vacunas en ensayos clínicos. La presión es enorme, en particular en los Estados Unidos según el reporte del BMJ que anticipa una vacuna antes de las elecciones generales de noviembre 3 en ese país. La presión es global y así vemos como la vacuna rusa aparece en Lancet con la primera publicación de un ensayo clínico de fase 1/2, con 38 voluntarios, por cierto, sin control aleatorio doble ciego. Otro ensayo de vacuna, recombinante, en fase 1/2, se publicó en NEJM, con 83 voluntarios y los debidos controles, que produjo resultados de muy buena eficacia y seguridad.
Norms in AVT
Authors: Martí Ferriol José Luis
Published: November 2020

The main objective of this article is to review the concept of norm in Audiovisual Translation (AVT), a concept which has been subject to a dual approach when using it, both a descriptive one and a prescriptive one. The review proposed in this article is intended to be twofold: descriptive and critical. A descriptive approach will be the focus in the first two sections of the paper, where the history and evolution of the concept is analysed. A more critical stance is then adopted in the following two sections of the paper. The dual orientation of the concept of norm is highlighted in Section 3. The hypothetical application of norm theory to professional practices for the main modes within AVT has in most cases taken the form of guidelines, the result of a pure prescriptive approach. This discussion is covered in Section 4. The final fifth section summarizes the review, while pointing out the great significance of this fundamental notion within the field of AVT. All in all, the concept has proven to be successful and long-lasting, and it is mainly accepted that norms obtained from empirical research should give rise to guidelines for professional practice in translation.
“KARDEŞ” KAVRAMININ ELEŞTİREL SÖYLEM ANALİZİ: ENGELLİ BİREYLER ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: DEMİR Ali Eren
Published: November 2020

Kardeş kavramı, gündelik dilde aile ilişkilerini anlatmaktan öte bir anlamda kullanılmaktadır.Kardeş söylemi, farklı sosyo-ekonomik ve siyasi haklardan tecrit edilmiş veya arka planda bırakılmışdezavantajlı gruplar için kullanımı medyada oldukça yaygındır. Buna örnek olarak kadınlar, işçiler,Suriyeliler ve engelliler gösterilebilir. Bu makalede “Engelli Kardeşlerimiz” söylemi üzerinden kardeşkavramının ötekileştirici anlamı tartışılacaktır. Engelli kardeşlerimiz söylemi, engelli bireylerin haberlerdeve diğer medyatik temsil kategorilerinde “dramatik” ve “elinden tutulması gereken” bir konumaindirgenmesi, sıklıkla karşılaşılan bir durumdur. Temel olarak medyada kullanılan “kardeş” söylemi ileüretilen damgalama (stigma), ötekileştirme süreçleri engelli bireyler örneği açıklanmıştır. Haberlerinsöylemsel olarak incelenmesi, van Dijk’ın temellendirdiği eleştirel söylem analizi ile yapılmıştır.Makalede yüksek tirajlı gazeteler (Sabah, Milliyet, Hürriyet) ve çeşitli yerel gazeteler örneklem olarakseçilmiştir. Bu medya organlarının seçilmesindeki temel sebep ana akım medya sayılmalarıdır. Yanı sıramuhalif gazete ve medya yayın organlarına da bakılmıştır. Bu gazetelerde 2015-2018 yılları arasında“engelli kardeşlerimiz” söylemi kullanılarak yayınlanan haberler analiz edilmiştir. Bu incelemesonucunda eğitim, sağlık, siyaset, sosyal yardımlaşma gibi toplumsal pratikler içerisinde ötekileştirilenengellilerin, medyada söylemsel karşılığının “kardeş” kavramı olduğu görülmüştür. Kardeş kavramı bubağlamda hem ötekileştirici söylemi besleyen hem de ötekileştirici pratikler ile beslenen bir söylemolarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır.
Studio Portraiture as a Construct: Interview with Ana Peraica
Authors: Djukić Emina , Peraica Ana
Published: November 2020

Dr. Ana Peraica was born into a family of photographers. Her grandfather, as well as her father after him, run a family photo studio Atelier Perajica on the main square of Diocletian’s palace in Split, Croatia. The studio went into Ana’s hands, and she still works there herself today. Besides running the business, her main focus is photographic theory, more precise the field of contemporary arts, visual culture studies and media theory. It is very thought- provoking to see how her background and studio practice influenced her research and vice versa. In her writings she focuses on networked society, strategies of anonymity and pseudonymity, parallel hyper-narratives etc. She currently works on her new book Postdigital Arcadia in which she focuses on changes in the post digital photography (eg. aerial images and 360 images), and reflects upon the changes brought about by new visual language on our perception of reality. We spoke also about her last published book The Culture of the Selfie, an important survey on this particular contemporary phenomenon.

Keywords: background, photographic backdrop, photography, selfie, studio photography
‘Cheese’ and Don’t Move! Tame Animals and Contrived Poses: Rob Macinnis’s Animal Group Portraits
Authors: Schwärzler Monika
Published: November 2020

Macinnis’ photographs of various groups of animals are so striking because all the animals assembled in front of the camera seem to be most willing to accept the camera’s gaze and the power relation implied. Animals are usually hard to photograph, because they are not particularly collaborative, unpredictable in their movements, and tend to flee the frame. Macinnis’ protagonists pose and look straight into the camera. They appear tame, pacified, ‘civil’, patiently awaiting their pictorial equivalent. As in all well-managed and representative group photos, there are no obvious signs of disorder or potential subversion. Macinnis’ patchwork families look friendly and demonstrate unity and a sense of aesthetic order. Macinnis’ photos allow for a reflection on group photographs and their specific arrangements. At the same time, they make one painfully aware of the disciplinary nature of the photographic act. Posing and freezing in front of the camera is a cultural practice that had to be trained and appropriated. Narratives from the beginnings of photography prove that. By looking at Macinnis’ fully disciplined animal models, one realizes how much of our own unruliness we had to give up to fit into the photographic system.

Keywords: animal group portraits, anti-photographs, composite images, discipline
Taxidermy as a Cultural Object: Notes on Preservation, Death and Art
Authors: Morcate Montse
Published: November 2020

This essay, based on academic research on the representation of death, grief and science, deals with the new resurgence of taxidermy in New York City, where a new generation of artists and artisans explore the aesthetic and ethical limits of this practice. As taxidermy deals with lifeless bodies of animals it becomes a delicate issue for many, in which the central element of debate would be around the legitimacy of using the corpse of an animal and the need for preserving or exhibiting it. Different perspectives of this practice are analysed by means of classical taxidermy, the anthropomorphic style or contemporary art based on taxidermy practises, in order to address questions such as: Is ethical taxidermy possible? Is commemorative taxidermy of a beloved pet acceptable? Why does taxidermy appeal or disgust? Is taxidermy controversial just because it questions the limits of life, death and decay? What is the contribution of the new generation of taxidermists?

Keywords: art, death, New York City, preservation, taxidermy
Animals in the Years 1914–1918 as Part of War Propaganda
Authors: Pirnat Jani
Published: November 2020

The article focuses on examples of also using animals for war propaganda. Photography served to justify animal drafting, to keep up the military morale, and to show how cruel the enemy was. The animal ‘heroes’ of the newspapers– horses, dogs and pigeons – illustrate the attitude of humankind toward animalkind in the first industrial and technological war that showed the vulnerability and the nonsense of using animals on the fronts.

Keywords: animals in war, First World War, photography, propaganda images of animals, representation of animals, surveillance
Protest in the Photo Essay: Following Tradition or Breaking New Ground?
Authors: Becker Karin
Published: November 2020

The photo essay, a form of visual journalism that arose during the era of the picture magazines, has reemerged as a regular feature of global news channels, including CNN, BBC World, and, notably, Al Jazeera English, recognized for its live reporting of political unrest. In 2017, a year marked by protest around the world, AJE published over 200 photo-series, including 37 on public protest. An analysis based in a four-year study of protest on screen, revealed that these photo essays share characteristics that in turn distinguish them from video broadcasts of public protests. The photo-reportage on screen, like its classic forerunner in print, employs a variety of visual perspectives and focuses on participants who are often quoted and identified by name. Scenes of public protest are complemented by visual and textual reporting from the private/domestic sphere. This visual strategy, in contrast to the immediacy of video coverage from the streets, supports knowledge of the protest issue and engagement with its participants.

Keywords: Al Jazeera English, global television news, news galleries, photo essay, photojournalism, public protest
Het polycystisch ovariumsyndroom: actuele richtlijnen voor diagnose in de eerste lijn en vruchtbaarheidsbehandeling
Authors: Hellebaut S. , Vanden Meerschaut F. , Vandekerckhove F.
Published: November 2020

Dit artikel beschrijft de diagnose en de therapie van het polycystisch ovariumsyndroom aan de hand van de Rotterdam-criteria en de recente internationale richtlijnen. De eerste lijn speelt hierbij een belangrijke rol.
Het “dropped head”-syndroom: casusbeschrijving en literatuuroverzicht
Authors: De Ruysscher C. , Marcelis J. , Batjoens A. , Truyers A. , De Bleecker J.
Published: November 2020

Het “dropped head”-syndroom is een klinische aandoening gekenmerkt door zwakte van de cervicale extensorspieren. De brede differentiaaldiagnose wordt uitgewerkt, met inbegrip van beeldvorming, bloedanalyse, emg, spierbiopsie en genetische studie.
Het klinisch onderzoek van het bovenste lidmaat in de expertisegeneeskunde in de Antwerpse expertisebureaus: een vergelijkende studie
Authors: Beeckmans N. , Rooker S. , Verlooy J.
Published: November 2020

Het klinisch onderzoek door verzekeringsartsen gebeurt niet uniform. Een eenduidig evidencebased gestructureerd klinisch onderzoek is ook voor verzekeringsartsen nuttig om letselschade op een eenvormige manier te interpreteren.
Hyperhidrose: wanneer doet overmatig zweten hormonaal lijden vermoeden?
Authors: De Smet S. , Vanwonterghem Y. , Ongenae K. , Lapauw B. , T'Sjoen G.
Published: November 2020

Hyperhidrose (overmatig zweten) is een frequent voorkomende klacht. Het is meestal idiopathisch (primaire hyperhidrose), maar kan evengoed een symptoom zijn van een onderliggende aandoening of van medicatiegebruik (secundaire hyperhidrose).
http://habibiaislamicus.com/index.php/hirj/article/view/124
Authors:   Ph.D of Faculty of Islamic Studies, International Islamic University Islamabad, SAEED MUHAMMAD , KHAN ABDUR RAHMAN
Published: November 2020

Shaykh Ghulam Rasool Saeedi was a prominent Scholars of the contemporary era. His tafseer Tibyan ul Quran is very famous for his comprehensiveness and due to discussion on modern issues and challanges. He has done rectifications and criticism in his Tafseer on other scholars in so many issues with arguments, one of them is Imam Fakhr Uddin Razi a famous scholar of 6th century AH. The Shaykh Ghulam Rasool Saeedi rectified and criticize the Imam Razi in different kind of issues, so we had discuss it from surah Al-Anfal only because we can not discuss it more than one surah in this article. Furthremore Rectification is a terminology of Islamic Studies which mean corrections of mistakes, completion of deficiency and clearification of ambiguity which is a special Quality of Islam. In addition the Rectifications of Honourable Muslim Scholars on each other is a source for the innocency of the Ummah, and we can find its examples in the era of Sahahaba (RA) and Tabieen and later, One thing which is unforgettable is that, that these Scholars has maintained respect of each other personalities and opinions, further more thay were impartial in their research as well as tolerant and courteous while dealing with these issues even having different school of thoughts etc.
PENGARUH KUALITAS PELAYANAN FRONTLINER TERHADAP KEPUASAN NASABAH PADA BANK BNI SYARIAH KCP KARTINI -DEPOK
Authors: . Muhlis , . Haryani
Published: November 2020

Tujuan Penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui seberapa besar  variabel pelayanan wujud fisik, kehandalan, daya tanggap, jaminan dan empati mempengaruhi kepuasan nasabah pada Bank BNI Syariah KCP Kartini. Penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner sebagai instrument untuk mengambil sampel sebanyak 100 orang responden, yang merupakan nasabah BNI Syariah KCP Kartini Depok. Hasil analisis data dengan menggunakan regresi linier berganda menunjukan bahwa secara parsial hanya empati berpengaruh secara positif dan signifikan terhadap kepuasan nasabah di BNI Syariah KCP Kartini. Secara simultan diketahui bahwa F statistik > F tabel sehingga Ho ditolak, artinya secara bersama-sama wujud fisik, kehandalan, daya tanggap, jaminan dan empati  berpengaruh terhadap kepuasan nasabah. Variabel independent mampu menjelaskan variabel dependen yaitu kepuasan nasabah sebesar 39.6% dan selebihnya 60.4 dijelaskan oleh variabel lain yang tidak termasuk dalam analisa ini.
Using phase field and third-order shear deformation theory to study the effect of cracks on free vibration of rectangular plates with varying thickness
Authors: Pham Minh Phuc
Published: November 2020

The paper researches the free vibration of a rectangular plate with one or more cracks. The plate thickness varies along the x-axis with linear rules. Using Shi's third-order shear deformation theory and phase field theory to set up the equilibrium equations, which are solved by finite element methods. The frequency of free vibration plates is calculated and compared with the published articles, the agreement between the results is good. Then, the paper will examine the free vibration frequency of plate depending on the change of the plate thickness ratio, the length of cracks, the number of cracks, the location of cracks and different boundary conditions
A unified framework for automated person re-identification
Authors: Hong Quan Nguyen , Thuy Binh Nguyen , Duc Long Tran , Thi Lan Le
Published: November 2020

Along with the strong development of camera networks, a video analysis system has been become more and more popular and has been applied in various practical applications. In this paper, we focus on person re-identification (person ReID) task that is a crucial step of video analysis systems. The purpose of person ReID is to associate multiple images of a given person when moving in a non-overlapping camera network. Many efforts have been made to person ReID. However, most of studies on person ReID only deal with well-alignment bounding boxes which are detected manually and considered as the perfect inputs for person ReID. In fact, when building a fully automated person ReID system the quality of the two previous steps that are person detection and tracking may have a strong effect on the person ReID performance. The contribution of this paper are two-folds. First, a unified framework for person ReID based on deep learning models is proposed. In this framework, the coupling of a deep neural network for person detection and a deep-learning-based tracking method is used. Besides, features extracted from an improved ResNet architecture are proposed for person representation to achieve a higher ReID accuracy. Second, our self-built dataset is introduced and employed for evaluation of all three steps in the fully automated person ReID framework.
Development of ANN-based models to predict the bond strength of GFRP bars and concrete beams
Authors: Thuy Anh Nguyen , Hai Bang Ly
Published: November 2020

The use of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) has gained increasing attention over the past decades, aiming at replacing traditional steel rebar in concrete structures, especially in corrosion or magnetic conditions. Understanding the working mechanism between the reinforcements and concrete is crucial in many practical applications, in which the corresponding bond strength is considered as a critical element. In this study, a database including 159 experimental beam results gathered from the available literature was used for the development of an artificial neural network (ANN) model in an effort to predict the bond strength between GFRP bars and concrete. Two ANN models using BFGS quasi-Newton backpropagation and conjugate gradient backpropagation with Polak-Ribiére algorithms were constructed and evaluated in terms of bond strength prediction accuracy. The considered database consisted of five input parameters, including the bar diameter, concrete compressive strength, minimum cover to bar diameter ratio, bar development length to bar diameter ratio, the ratio of the area of transverse reinforcement to the product of transverse reinforcement spacing, the number of developed bars and bar diameter. The evaluation of the models was conducted and compared using well-known statistical measurements, namely the correlation coefficient (R), root mean square error (RMSE), and absolute mean error (MAE). The results demonstrated that both ANN models could accurately predict the bond strength between GFRP bars and concrete, paving the way for engineers to possess a useful alternative design solution for reinforced concrete structures
An approximate formula to calculate the critical depth in circular culvert
Authors: Hoang Nam Binh
Published: November 2020

Critical depth is a depth of flow where a specific energy section is at a minimum value with a flow rate. Critical depth is an essential parameter in computing gradually varied flow profiles in open channels and in designing culverts. If cross-sections are rectangular or triangular, the critical depth can be computed by the governing equation. However, for other geometries such as trapezoidal, circular, it is totally difficult to find a solution, because the governing equations are implicit. Therefore, the approximate solution could be determined by trial, numerical or graphical methods. These methods tend to take a long time to find an approximate solution, so a simple formula will be more convenient for consultant hydraulic design engineers. The existing formulas are simple, but the relative error between the approximate solutions and true values can reach 9% or greater. This article presents new explicit regression equations for the critical depth in a partially full circular culvert. The proposed formula is quite simple, and the relative maximum error is 3.03%. It would be very useful as a reference for design in conduit engineering
Efficiency of university education: A partial frontier analysis
Authors: Viana Rafael Antonio , Arranz José María , García-Serrano Carlos
Published: November 2020

This article investigates the efficiency of the university education using two linked databases (Saber Pro and Saber 11) from the Colombian Institute for Evaluation of Education (ICFES) corresponding to 2014. We use a non-parametric frontier approach that combines the “order m” technique with the concept of a meta-frontier to disaggregate students’ total efficiency in generic skills in quantitative reasoning, critical reading, and written communication, into the parts attributable to the students themselves and the university. The analysis is performed by academic programme and by education sector (public vs. private). Results indicate that most of the inefficiency of students in the assessment of generic skills in higher education is attributable to the students themselves and a significant number of students could improve their performance in the assessment in each of the academic programmes if they performed as efficiently as those located on the frontier. Furthermore, the inefficiency share of students varies between academic programmes and university sectors, with students in the private sector more inefficient than those in the public sector in some and less inefficient in others. This research constitutes the first application of the technique of “order m” with the approach of the meta-frontier for the analysis of educational efficiency using data at the student and university levels.
Classification of Facial Emotions using Guided Particle Swarm Optimization I
Authors: Ghandi Bashir Mohammed , Nagarajan Ramachandran , Desa Hazry
Published: November 2020

This paper presents a novel approach to facial emotion detection using a modified Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm, which we called Guided Particle Swarm Optimization (GPSO). The approach involves tracking the movements of 10 Action Units (AUs) placed at appropriate points on the face of a subject and captured in video clips. Two dimensional rectangular domains are defined around each of the AUs and Particles are then defined to have a component in each domain, effectively creating a 10- dimensional search space within which particles fly in search of a solution. Since there are more than one possible target emotions at any point in time, multiple swarms are used, with each swarm having a specific emotion as its target. At each frame in the video clip, the solution of the swarm that is nearest to its target is accepted as the solution. Our results so far show the approach to have a promising success rate.
Implimentasi Sistem Bunga dan Bagi Hasil Terhadap Kinerja Keuangan Perbankan
Authors: Amin Surahman
Published: November 2020

This research is aimed to know difference of the financial performance of the conventional banking and the syariah banking. Financial is measured by using ratios: ratio of capital to asset deliberated by according to risk, ratio of earning asset which classified to earning asset (KAP. I), ratio of allowance for possible earning losses to classified earning asset ( KAP.II), ratio of net operating income to operating income (NPM) representing proxy from management, ratio of profit before interest and tax to total asset ( ROA), ratio of operating expenses to operating income (BOPO), ratio of current assets to current liabilities and ratio of loan to deposit (LDR). This research use the saturated simple, that all bank of state of the public ownerships (BUMN) and bank of the Muamalat Indonesia, by using data of the secondary publicized by the Bank Indonesia each of semester, between period 2003-2011. The analysis instruments used was Multivariate Discriminant Analysis (MDA). Results of this research indicate that the CAMEL approach can determine banking financial performance. Pursuant to statistical test really there was financial performance difference between conventional banking and syariah banking, where conventional banking has better finance performance from syariah banking. This research found that CAR dan LDR; significantly differentiate conventional banking finance performance and syariah banking, in which the CAR was the most dominant
Pornografi dan Pornoaksi Persfektif Hukum Islam
Authors: Adib Shohibul
Published: November 2020

The progress of science and technology that can not be avoided, print and electronic media and the potential to contribute greatly to the spread of the problem and pornoaksi and pornografi. The results of this study show three subjects. First, in the 16th century, the roots of pornography in the Western world is considered as a balance between the political and sexual. Pornography share the progress with the development of civilization and modern technology. Second, the discussion of the perspective of Islamic law against pornography use two approaches, namely the normative and juridical approach. From the normative refers to the two main sources of Islam, namely the Qur'an and Sunnah to see the Quranic verses and hadiths of the Prophet related to pornography. While the juridical explanation will refer to the MUI fatwa and the Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 44 2008 on pornography. Third, pornography and porno-action perspective of Islamic law are forbidden, it is clearly a normative based on several verses in the Qur'an. And some of the traditions of the Holy Prophet are strictly prohibited.
Transformasi Hukum Islam dalam Kerangka Pikir Ibnul Qayyim Al-Jauziyah
Authors: Rahman Fathur
Published: November 2020

The dynamics of the transformation of Islamic law is a serious business in an effort to actualize syar'i prescriptions to be made operational guidance in the life of mankind, so that it appears clearly that Islamic law has really been set up practical life of mankind, not just talk at the level of ideal. It also can provide an understanding that religion has placed on its functional position, which certainly in a position like this would give more positive impact within the Muslim community. The possibilities of transformation within the Islamic law gives a strong indication that the teachings of Islam that was revealed to mankind is a religion that regulates all the joints of human life as well as to regulate the human within the scope of a different time and place. So that religious teachings should be applicated in any place and at any time.
Performance of Assaf Lambs Fed Two Upgraded Agricultural Wastes
Authors: ABO OMAR Jamal , ABDALLAH Jihad
Published: November 2020

Effects of ensiled greenhouse wastes (GHW), alkali-treated GHW and almond hulls (AH) on growth performance were studied on 24 Assaf lambs. All lambs were males with an average weight of 36.2 kg (S.D. = 2.1 kg) at the beginning of the experiment. Animals were randomly divided into 4 groups of 6 lambs each. Lambs in each group received individually corn-soybean meal (SBM) total mixed rations (TMR). Rations were incorporated with a fixed amount (200 g/kg) of the treated raw ingredients: ensiled greenhouse wastes, alkali-treated GHW and ensiled AH. All rations were isonitrogenous and isocaloric. The growth experiment lasted 80 d. Both chemical and biological treatments had significant effects on improving crude protein (CP) and fiber fractions. At termination of the experiment, lambs fed treated ingredients (i.e., ensiled GHW, alkali-treated GHW, ensiled AH) had better (P < 0.05) feed conversion ratios and consumed less (P < 0.05) feed. Treated GHW and AH had no effect on average daily gain (P = 0.14) and total gain (P = 0.21). Cost of gain was significantly lower in lambs fed the treated ingredients.