bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Electrokinetic effect provided by long oceanic waves coming on shore
Authors: Surkov Vadim Vadimovich , Sorokin Valery M. , Yashchenko Aleksey K.
Published: September 2022

Electrokinetic effect (EK) caused by long oceanic waves in porous water-saturated rocks of seabed and shore is examined theoretically. One possible reason for this effect is the motion of groundwater due to the volume deformation of porous rocks by oceanic waves coming on shore. The same mechanism is responsible for seismoelectric effect observed during seismic waves passage through ground-recording station. In this study, we examine another mechanism in which the wave-produced variable pressure on the seabed plays a role of a piston pushing seawater through the seabed rocks into sandy or porous rocks of the seashore thereby exciting the EK effect. To estimate this effect, we first consider a long gravity wave and then solve 2D‑problem on the pressure variations produced by this wave on the bottom. This solution is used to describe groundwater filtration in porous rocks subjected to the variable pressure of seawater. The EK current and telluric electric field in a porous medium are derivable through the pressure gradient of porous fluid. The amplitude of telluric electric field in a porous medium has been shown to decrease almost exponentially with distance from a shoreline. A penetration depth of the telluric field as a function of wave frequency in the range of 10‑100 mHz was analyzed. A role played by EK effect in the generation of ULF natural electromagnetic noise in coastal zone was discussed.
ROLE OF UTTARBASTI IN URETHRAL STRICTURE – A CASE STUDY
Authors: Amilkanthwar Dr. Rajeshree Rajendra , Oza Dr Bharat
Published: September 2022

Mutra marga sankocha is found to be common disease now these days. Urethral stricture is rare disease mainly found in male. The male urethra extends from the external urethral meatus at the tip of the glans penis to the bladder neck proximally , the inside of the urethra is lined with stratified squamus epithelium. Sushruta has explained disease of mutravaha srotas in uttartantra. Mutramarga sankocha can be correlated with stricture of urethra,abnormal narrowing of the urethral lumen mainly due to formation of fibrous tissue damage to the urethral mucosa causing difficulty for the passage of urine is called as urethral stricture.
FDM YÖNTEMİYLE ÜRETİLEN ABS, PLA VE PETG NUMUNELERİN YÜZEY PÜRÜZLÜLÜĞÜ VE ÇEKME DAYANIMININ MODELLENMESİ VE OPTİMİZASYONU
Authors: KURUOĞLU Yasin , AKGÜN Mahir , DEMİR Halil
Published: September 2022

Bu çalışma, Eriyik Yığma Modelleme (FDM) teknolojisi kullanılarak üretilen numunelerin yüzey kalitesi ve çekme dayanımı üzerinde ABS, PLA ve PETG filamentlerin ve baskı parametrelerinin etkisini incelemektedir. Bu amaçla, Taguchi L27 dizinine göre baskı deney tasarımı yapılmıştır. Filament malzemesi, dolum oranı, katman kalınlığı, doldurma hızı ve tarama açısı baskı parametreleri iken, yüzey pürüzlülüğü ve çekme mukavemeti de baskı kalitesi göstergeleridir. Ayrıca, deneysel ölçümler sonucu elde edilen yüzey pürüzlülüğü ve çekme dayanımı değerlerini matematiksel olarak modellemek için regresyon analizi de uygulanmıştır. Bu çalışmanın sonuçları filament malzemesinin yüzey pürüzlülüğü ve çekme dayanımı üzerinde önemli bir rol oynadığını göstermektedir. ABS ve PETG filamentlere göre PLA filament de yüzey pürüzlülüğünün sırasıyla ortalama %7,23ve %54,19 oranında daha az olduğu ve ayrıca, diğer filamentlere göre PLA filament de çekme dayanımın sırasıyla ortalama %46,46 ve %34,12 oranında daha yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Impact of pharmacist-led education on knowledge, adherence, and glycaemic control of type 2 diabetic outpatients
Authors: Suprapti Budi , Izzah Zamrotul , Yoshida Maria Angelia , Puspitasari Arina Dery , Nugroho Cahyo Wibisono
Published: September 2022

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a pharmacist-led education programme on knowledge, adherence, and glycaemic control of type 2 diabetic outpatients.
Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted among adult type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) outpatients. The pharmacist-led education programme was delivered to patients and their family members. Patient knowledge and adherence were assessed using questionnaires. Plasma glucose levels were also monitored during the study.
Results: 26 patients completed the study (median (IQR) age 61.5 (58.3 – 65.0) years, female 57.7%, median (IQR) duration of DM 5.0 (3.0 – 15.0) years). At the end of study, the education programme improved patient’s knowledge by 19.2% (p = 0.409) and medication adherence by 46.1% (p = 0.002). Glycaemic control in fasting plasma and postprandial glucose levels were achieved in 19.2% and 23.1% of patients, respectively.
Conclusion: An education programme led by pharmacists may improve diabetic outpatient’s knowledge, adherence to therapy, and glycaemic control.
Determinantes microeconómicos de la evasión tributaria empresarial en economías emergentes: el caso de Argentina
Authors: Pedroni Florencia Verónica , Briozzo Anahí , Pesce Gabriela
Published: September 2022

Este trabajo tiene por objetivo identificar los determinantes de la subdeclaración de ingresos y su evolución temporal desde la óptica de los empresarios en compañías registradas de un país emergente con alta inflación (Argentina). Se propone un modelo conceptual y se estima empíricamente mediante una regresión logística a partir de datos fusionados de secciones cruzadas independientes de los años 2010 y 2017 de las bases Enterprise Surveys del Banco Mundial. Los resultados muestran que la subdeclaración de ingresos es un fenómeno multicausal donde los impuestos pierden importancia a la luz de otros determinantes como: corrupción, regulación y burocracia, calidad de los servicios públicos y gubernamentales, probabilidad de detección, informalidad del sector e inestabilidad política. Además, los resultados reconocen las características de las empresas con mayor propensión a subregistrar las ventas (menor tamaño, venta en el mercado interno, del sector manufacturero, sin financiamiento externo, con empresarios del género masculino). La evidencia es relevante para la formulación de políticas públicas tendientes a reducir la subdeclaración de ingresos.
RELACIJA U ČLANU 181 DUŠANOVOG ZAKONIKA I U SREDNjOVEKOVNIM RUSKIM PRAVNIM SPOMENICIMA
Authors:   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Law, Čvorović Zoran
Published: September 2022

In the paper, the author analyzes the regulation of Article 181 of the Dushan’s Code on the exclusive right of the ruler to judge in those cases which, due to the factual complexity of a particular case or the existence loophole in the law, were transferred from regular courts to the ruler's court. In the first part of the paper, the author presents the views of some of the most important commentators on the Dushan’s Code, which differ from one another depending on whether they qualify the institution referred to in Article 181 of the Code as a relation or an appeal. These theses, as well as the content of Article 181 of the Dushan’s Code itself, the author illuminates from the perspective of the application of the institution of relation, as well as of related procedural institutions, in the first instance of supplication, in Byzantine law and the practice of the Byzantine ruler's court. Since the ruler appropriates a significant part of the judicial power through the relation, the regulation of Article 181 of the Dushan’s Code is analyzed by comparison with other articles of the Code, which, on the one hand, broaden, and on the other, narrow the possibilities of the ruler’s interference with the regular course of court proceedings. The role that the ruler played in the judiciary under the Dushan’s Code can only be objectively judged when the provisions of the Dushan’s Code of relation and supplication are compared with similar regulations in other Slavic laws. Therefore, the paper compares the relevant regulations of the Dushan’s Code with those of the relation and supplication of Moscow and Lithuanian-Russian law.
DISKVALIFIKACIJA ČLANA UPRAVE PRIVREDNOG DRUŠTVA: NOVA SANKCIJA ZA POVREDU DUŽNOSTI PRIJAVLjIVANjA POSLOVA I RADNjI SA LIČNIM INTERESOM U SRPSKOM PRAVU
Authors:   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Law, Mihajlović Borko
Published: September 2022

Amendments and supplements of the Serbian Company Law from June 2018 have significantly influenced the duty to report businesses and acts in which exists personal interest, which represents one of the five special duties towards the company, according to the Serbian company law. One of the major novelties in the legal regulation of the duty to report concerns the legal consequences of the breach of this duty, which become more stringent to some of the subjects of this duty. The breach of the duty to report conducted by a director, member of supervisory board, agent, or procurator of the company, according to mentioned amendments of the Serbian Company Law from 2018, has a new form of status liability – disqualification. The subject of this paper is a short analysis of the legal regulation of disqualification of certain subjects of special duties towards the company, in the case of breach of the duty to report businesses and acts in which exists personal interest. Prior to the analysis of the current legal regulation, the author will briefly turn to the remaining consequences of the breach of the duty to report (civil and criminal), as well as to the notion and types of disqualification in the comparative law, aiming to determine the position of disqualification comparing to the remaining legal consequences of the breach of the duty to report, and to some more important comparative solutions.
FORMA UGOVORA O POKLONU
Authors:   University of Istočno Sarajevо, Faculty of Law, Baćović Tijana
Published: September 2022

Donation contract is a formal agreement. In order to be valid, donation contract must be completed in regulated form by law. The formalism of donations represents a big departure from the principle of consensus, as a dominant principle of modern agreement law. In the Republic of Srpska, by the proclamation of a law on notaries, for donation contract, the form of a notarized document is envisaged, as an important, constitutive form, whose deficiency makes the contract ineffective. The purpose of the notary form of donation contract is that legal relations are regulated in a way to avoid disputes and to provide guarantees of the highest degree of legal certainty. Given that this form has been prescribed by the legislator for the purpose of protecting the public interest, in the absence of the contract, the contract is inevitably affected by nullity, without the possibility of convalidation. However, when it comes to the donation of moving things, the lack of notarial forms in this case is replaced by the execution of the promised act. In this elaborat, we will use the normative and comparative method, in order to determine the similarities and differences in the regulation of the same issues in different legal systems.
Investigation of Bread Wheat Genotypes with Different Characteristics by Physiological and Quality Traits
Authors: KARAMAN Mehmet , KURT Firat , KARADAĞ Yaşar , BAŞARAN Mahir
Published: September 2022

Instruments measuring spectral reflectance are extensively used by many researchers to determine the relationship between grain yield (GY), quality, and physiological traits of bread wheat genotypes at different developmental stages. This study was carried out under rain-fed conditions in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 growing seasons in Muş province. The experiment was set up in a randomized block experimental design with 3 replicates. Except to flowering stage chlorophyll content (FSC), statistically significant differences were determined among genotypes at the level of p≤0.01 in all examined characteristics. More explicitly, G6, G8, G10, Müfitbey, Hanlı and Metin in terms of GY; Cemre, Kenanbey and Bezostaja 1 as regards quality traits; Ekiz, G8, and G9 with regard to physiological traits were found as significant genotypes. Biplot model analysis, used to determine genotype-trait and stability relationship, showed that thousand grain weight (TGW) and plant height (PH) were positively associated with both GY and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). GY was found to be related to canopy temperature (CT) and heading time (HT) negatively. Notably, NDVI were positively related to protein ratio. Hanlı, Metin, G6, G8, and G10 were established as the high-yielded stabile genotypes which are least affected from environmental conditions
Effect of alkali modulus on the compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity of alkali-activated BFS/FS cement
Authors: DENER Murat
Published: September 2022

Portland cement, which has been used as an unrivaled binder material since its development has become one of major sources of greenhouse gas emission. Compared with the conventional cement, alkali-activated materials which based on the principle of activating precursor materials by means of alkali activators have comparable engineering properties and lower CO2 emission during its production. In this study, the effect of alkali modulus on the compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity of granulated blast furnace slag/ferrochrome slag-based alkali-activated cement was investigated. Alkali-activated cement was produced from the mixture of a blast furnace slag and ferrochrome slag in proportion 80% and 20% respectively. Alkali modulus of 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.4 were adopted in the test. Mortar specimens with the alkali modulus of 0.8 and 1 had very low strength after 3 days, while specimens with the modulus of 1.2 and 1.4 gained approximately half of their 28-day strength in the first three days.
The Antinociceptive Effect of Adalimumab, a TNF-Alpha Inhibitor, in a Mice Model of Inflammatory Pain
Authors: ÖZ Mehmet , ŞİMŞEK Hasan
Published: September 2022

The aim of this study, evaluate the nociceptive effect of adalimumab, a TNF-alpha inhibitor, on formalin-induced inflammatory pain in mice. The antinociceptive activity of adalimumab was determined on adult male BALB-C mice (6 mice in each group) by a formalin-induced inflammatory pain model and hot plate test applied. Diclofenac, which we used as a positive control, showed anti-nociceptive activity in both phases of the formalin test. The effect of the hot plate test at the thirtieth minute was statistically significantly different. Adalimumab was not effective in the neuronal phase of the formalin test but showed an antinociceptive effect in the inflammatory phase. Changes due to adalimumab in the hot plate test did not reach statistical significance. The findings of this study showed that adalimumab, which we applied as a single dose, had antinociceptive activity in the inflammatory phase of the formalin test. This result indicated that the peripheral analgesic effect of adalimumab is stronger.
Critérios classificatórios de gota e doença por depósito de pirofosfato de cálcio (CPPD)
Authors: Sampaio Henrique Pereira , Rosa Renata Ferreira
Published: September 2022

As artropatias microcristalinas como a gota e a doença de deposição de cristais de pirofosfato de cálcio (CPPD) estão entre as principais causas de artrite inflamatória no adulto e sua prevalência vem aumentando nos últimos anos. Apresentam manifestações clínicas diversas as quais podem mimetizar outras artropatias, tendo uma variedade de diagnósticos diferenciais. Dessa forma, critérios classificatórios são necessários para homogeneizarmos grupos de pacientes com as mesmas características clínicas e laboratoriais e possibilitarmos melhor abordagem diagnóstica e terapêutica. A visualização dos cristais de monourato de sódio (MSU) e de pirofosfato de cálcio (CPP) por microscópio de luz polarizada em uma articulação afetada ainda é considerada o “padrão-ouro” para o seu diagnóstico. No entanto, a aspiração e visualização dos cristais requerem profissionais capacitados para esta prática, sendo inviável principalmente em ambientes não reumatológicos. Nas últimas décadas, houve uma evolução nos critérios classificatórios de gota, sendo que os últimos critérios desenvolvidos pelo American College of Rheumatology (ACR) e a European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) com base em exames laboratoriais e de imagem, além de sintomas clínicos e, se disponível, avaliação por microscopia de luz polarizada, apresentaram excelente sensibilidade e especificidade, visando a possibilitar o diagnóstico e tratamento precoces e permitindo a classificação precisa da gota, independentemente da presença de cristais de MSU por análise do líquido sinovial. Até o momento não temos critérios classificatórios validados para as diversas formas de CPPD e, na prática clínica, utilizamos a análise do líquido sinovial em combinação com os achados clínicos e de imagem para chegarmos ao seu diagnóstico.

Unitermos: Gota. Doença por depósito de pirofosfato de cálcio. Pseudogota. Condrocalcinose. Critérios classificatórios.
Medir é preciso
Authors: Pinheiro Marcelo de Medeiros
Published: September 2022

Medir foi uma maneira intuitiva de garantirmos a sobrevivência da espécie, mas também uma maneira abstrata de vivenciar as incertezas e probabilidades desde o mundo primitivo. Quando o homem pré-histórico calculava uma determinada ação, como a caça de uma presa, ele avaliava a distância do animal, a força com que deveria atirar a lança e a velocidade do arremesso. E, com isso, muitas experimentações foram necessárias para se conseguir o alvo perfeito, com erros e acertos, predições e estimativas, bem como o uso da memória e das habilidades individuais.
Ao longo de nossa história, as unidades de medida têm sido instrumentos essenciais para a vida em sociedade e o progresso da humanidade, promovendo uma revolução intelectual e tecnológica do pensamento. Além disso, as medidas de espaço, volume, massa, temperatura, umidade e pressão foram incorporadas às nossas vidas e não podemos imaginar viver sem elas: do supermercado à compra de novas roupas ou para fazer as refeições, reforma da casa, previsão do tempo para planejar a viagem de férias ou transações comerciais em nosso cotidiano.
Human Subjects Protection by Monitoring the Stabilized Supply Voltages of the Medical Equipment
Authors:   INCDIE ICPE-CA, Splaiul Unirii 313, Sector 3, 030138 Bucharest, Romania, PÎSLARU-DĂNESCU Lucian , ZĂRNESCU George-Claudiu ,   INCDIE ICPE-CA, Splaiul Unirii 313, Sector 3, 030138 Bucharest, Romania, STOICA Victor ,   INCDIE ICPE-CA, Splaiul Unirii 313, Sector 3, 030138 Bucharest, Romania
Published: September 2022

This study addresses a sensitive topic, namely how human subjects undergoing medical procedures can be protected by means of medical electrical equipment. A solution to this problem is to monitor the stabilized electrical supply voltages of the medical equipment. The net effect of the proposed protection is the automatic disconnection of the medical equipment from the alternating voltage network supplying the medical equipment. This disconnection must be done without using electrical switching devices that contain electrical contacts that can generate electrical sparks. This is because most of the time the medical equipment is placed in an area where pure oxygen or other combustible gases predominate. Therefore, only static relays are used in this case. The realized electronic module has been tested in the laboratory and is capable of automatic disconnection of any medical equipment from the 230 V~, f = 50 Hz AC power supply in the case of major faults, which can be caused by accidental overvoltage on the electric energy supply lines, accidental overtemperatures, transient overvoltage which are propagated during storms, etc. This study presents the transient phenomena that occur in the immediate vicinity of the monitored voltages range. Finally, a solution for simultaneous monitoring of four electric voltages and/or currents is presented.
Power FETs: Failure Analysis (FA) and Reliability Analysis (RA)
Authors:   Prof. Eng., Doctor Honoris Causa of Military Technical Academy of Romania and of Technical University of Republic of Moldova (Chișinău), BĂJENESCU Titu-Marius ,   Romanian Academy „Tudor Tănăsescu” Prize Laureat
Published: September 2022

FET’s have become increasingly popular as possible replacements for microwave electron tubes and solid-state active diodes. Reliability is extremely important for these devices when used in communication systems, especially for space applications. The reliability of small, signal GaAs FET’s has been extensively investigated. As a result, the reliability of small-signal or low-noise devices is fairly well understood, and the essential problems are practically solved. However, the reliability of power devices is much more complicated because they are expected to operate in the vicinity of their maximum capability of voltage, current, or power dissipation, in the presence of large RF signals.
Glycated Haemoglobin as Seen at the Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos. Nigeria
Authors:   Department of Medicine, Collage of medical sciences, University of Jos, Caleb Chundusu
Published: September 2022

The use of glycated haemoglobin (Hba1C) in assessing long term glycemic control is well known. However, its use as cardiovascular risk remains controversial. Availability, technicality and cost has made it uncommon among the developing countries. A short over view may add up to the scanty literature on HBA1c in Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos. Nigeria. Design and methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of HBA1c records from the side-laboratory of the Jos University Teaching Hospital. The test was determined using STANDARD TM A1cCare analyzer. Results: A total of 264 patients were tested in the “point-of-care” laboratory within six months (1st quarter 2020). They consisting of 149 (56.4%) female, with a total mean age of 55years. 80.7% of total records were diabetic and 14.4% diabetic hypertensive. A heterogeneous group of non-diabetics consist of the remaining 19.3%. The non-diabetic group had a mean HBA1c of 6.79 % (+/- 2.2). The group of diabetes without hypertension had a mean HBA1c 8.54% (+/- 2.9) while diabetic hypertensive had a mean HBA1c of 8.8% (+/- 3.7). AVOVA showed significant variation in the three group (p<0.002). a two-unpaired t-test among the two diabetic group showed no statistical difference (p-0.66). Conclusion: Patients that are not diagnosed to be diabetic attending clinics for other aliments were more likely to be pre-diabetics. Long term diabetic control in the Jos University Teaching Hospital is rather poor and hypertension appear not to have significant effect on HBA1c level.
An Assessment of Clinician and Patient Baseline Knowledge and Preferences Regarding Red Blood Cell Transfusions in Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Surgery
Authors:   University of Minnesota, Department of Anesthesia, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA, E Perry Tjörvi
Published: September 2022

Purpose: To delineate the current knowledge of, and preference for perioperative red blood cell transfusion by clinician and patients. Methods: In this single center study, clinicians and patients were asked to complete a 21-item survey, and a 19-item survey, respectively. Results: On a 7-point category scale, clinicians felt more knowledgeable about when red blood cells should be transfused (5.5 vs 2.1; p<0.0001), clinicians, in preparation for open heart surgery, were more interested in hearing about the risks and benefits of a blood transfusion (4.6 vs 2.6; p<0.0001), and more clinicians felt it was important for them to be involved in deciding whether they should receive a blood transfusion (5.7 vs 5.0; p=0.015). The majority of clinicians chose hemoglobin triggers of either <7.5 mg/dL for non-cardiac surgery or 7.5-8.9 mg/dL for cardiac surgery, while patients either felt they did not have enough information or did not know. Conclusion: Our results highlight important differences between clinicians and patients in the basic knowledge about, and preferences for perioperative red blood transfusion, and imply a clinician-driven decision model to transfuse RBCs, and supports future efforts to develop decision aids to facilitate patient involvement in the shared decision-making about perioperative transfusion.
Unplanned Thirty-Day Readmission after Surgical Myectomy for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Using the Nationwide Readmission Database
Authors:   Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA, Sandio Aubin
Published: September 2022

Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) often masquerades as coronary artery disease. Symptoms which persisted after a 30-day readmission following surgical myectomy included; angina-like chest pain owing to myocardial ischemia, shortness of breath/dyspnea, atrial fibrillation and diastolic dysfunction. HOCM is the most common inherited cardiac disorder. Our study honed-in on the predictability of readmission’s surging healthcare resources; for example, the cost and length of stay utilization after surgical myectomy. Recent theories about the cause of hypertrophy in HOCM patients have been linked to inefficient utilization of ATP. The purpose of this study is to access the incidence, predictors, as well as the causes for readmission in HOCM patients who undergo surgical myectomy. We wanted to investigate the incidence so as to better predict the causes for symptoms after a thirty-day readmission rate following surgical myectomy. Readmission nationwide rates from January 2010 to September 2015’s database was investigated to find out about the 30-day unplanned readmission after surgical myectomy. International Classification of Disease; ninth Revision, and Clinical Modification were used. Patients who were readmitted consisted of those with similar ages as well as sex as well as burdened with higher comorbidities
An Optimal Solution to Global Warming
Authors:   Management Information Services, Inc. Oakton, Virginia, USA, Bezdek Roger H , Hirsch Robert L ,   Management Information Services, Inc. Oakton, Virginia, USA
Published: September 2022

Nature has given us a method of cooling the planet quickly. Among other things volcanic eruptions discharge droplets that reflect sunlight back into space, causing global cooling. We could conduct a human-made mimic relatively quickly without the volcanic mess, thereby dramatically changing the climate change dialogue and beginning to relieve populations from the astronomical costs of impending climate mitigation efforts.
Abundances of Ectoparasite of Sheep around West Shoa Zone Gindeberet Woreda
Authors:   Department of Veterinery laboratory, Ambo University, Nekemte, Ethiopia, Feyisa Tadesse Tilahun
Published: September 2022

A cross sectional study was carried out in West Shoa Zone of Oromia regioninal state in Gindeberet woreda from june 20/,2017 to October 2017, .Sheep are the most important farm animal in our country, special dominant livestock, providing skin or wool and cash income in addition to food subsistence value obtained from livestock production. However due to the ectoparasite there is loss of skin value, income and wool due to poor management problem. The purpose of this study was to identify major ectoparasites of sheep and to determine their prevalence in the study area and to assess the magnitudes of these parasites in relation to sex, age and body condition. Out of 200 sheep examined 133 (66.5%) sheep were infested with the major ectoparasite. The major ectoparasite identified were ticks 31%, followed by lice 15.5%, fleas 12.5%, Melophagus ovinus 7% and Mange mites 0.5%. The overall infestation with ectoparasites was higher in females (37.5%) than males (29%). The overall prevalence in association with age categories was higher in adult (34%) than in the young (32.5%). The prevalence of major ectoparasite based on the BCS was found to be higher in poor (33.5%) than the (21.5%) medium and the good (11.5%) from in the overall occurrence of ectoparasites. The higher prevalence of ticks, lice, fleas, M.ovinus, and mangemites were observed in female and males. The highest prevalence of tick infestation (n=62) were observed in the area, among ectoparasite ticks were the most prevalent parasites (n=62) with the prevalence of 31% in the area, while the prevalence of mangemites was 0.5 %( n=1). Based on age classification the prevalence of Ticks (17.5%), lice (9%), fleas (7.5%), Melophagus ovinus (or sheep ked) (4%), and mange mite (0.5%) were highly prevalent in the adults than young’s (13.5%), (6.5%), (5%) and (3%) respectively. From the result of this study it is possible to conclude that ectoparasite infestation has affected drawback in the production of sheep at the study area.
COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Updated Review with an Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Authors:   Microbiology & Immunology, Spartan Health Sciences University, Community Health and Research Centre of Spartan, St. Lucia & Country Ambassador for Microbiology to St. Lucia through ASM-American Society for Microbiology., Yaragalla Sambasivarao
Published: September 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown microbial etiology associated with Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China on 31 December 2019 [1]. The WHO later announced that a novel coronavirus had been detected in samples taken from these patients. Since then, the epidemic has escalated and rapidly spread around the world, with the WHO first declaring a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and then formally declaring it a pandemic on 11 March 2020. The condition has been given the official name of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) [2,3]. The disease is characterized by fever, dry cough, chest pain with pneumonia and Death in severe cases. Several clinical trials are under process for the development of effective vaccination and novel drug therapies. Therefore, in this review, we provide recent information about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19 formerly known as 2019 nCoV) caused by SARS-CoV-2, its Taxonomy, Epidemiology, pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment options along with a brief review of the management of mild to critically ill patients. In this Review Article, We also included a special note on Artificial Intelligence (AI) which is emerging as a lifesaver in our fight against COVID-19. AI has proved to be of great aid in drug development, clinical diagnosis, triage patients, monitoring mental health, forecasting spread, fighting misinformation, and even helping function robot cleaners.
Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots as Nanorobots to Detect and Kill Corona Virus from Earth Environment
Authors:   Institute of Management and Science (IMS), Sakegaon-Bhusawal, Maharashtra, India, Shaikh Sadique
Published: September 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown microbial etiology associated with Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China on 31 December 2019 [1]. The WHO later announced that a novel coronavirus had been detected in samples taken from these patients. Since then, the epidemic has escalated and rapidly spread around the world, with the WHO first declaring a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and then formally declaring it a pandemic on 11 March 2020. The condition has been given the official name of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) [2,3]. The disease is characterized by fever, dry cough, chest pain with pneumonia and Death in severe cases. Several clinical trials are under process for the development of effective vaccination and novel drug therapies. Therefore, in this review, we provide recent information about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19 formerly known as 2019 nCoV) caused by SARS-CoV-2, its Taxonomy, Epidemiology, pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment options along with a brief review of the management of mild to critically ill patients. In this Review Article, We also included a special note on Artificial Intelligence (AI) which is emerging as a lifesaver in our fight against COVID-19. AI has proved to be of great aid in drug development, clinical diagnosis, triage patients, monitoring mental health, forecasting spread, fighting misinformation, and even helping function robot cleaners.
Molecular Diagnosis of COVID-19 in Nigeria: Current Practices, Challenges and Opportunities
Authors:   Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria, Enita Seyi Samson
Published: September 2022

Nigeria has continued to record a dramatic rise in the number of confirmed cases and fatalities of Coronavirus Diseas-2019 (COVID-19) since the first incidence was reported on the 27th of February, 2020. As of 25 August, 2020; Nigeria has the largest COVID-19 outbreak in the West-Africa sub-region (52,800), second to South-Africa (613,017) in the continent. In the absence of an effective and safe vaccine, accurate diagnosis in a timely fashion is very critical to the control of the pandemic. Diagnostic testing allows tracking of the virus, understanding its epidemiology, informing case management, interrupting and suppressing its transmission. Although several serologic methods are being developed and are currently being validated for the diagnosis of COVID-19, the only authorized testing platform for COVID-19 diagnosis in Nigeria as of now is nucleic acid detection in nasal swab, throat swab or other respiratory tract specimen using the Real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Unfortunately, the country is not testing just enough due to its low molecular testing capacity. Lack of sufficient testing has been identified as the main reason we are not seeing the true picture of the outbreak in the country. In reality, the cumulative counts of COVID-19 cases may be ten times higher than reported, hence the need to scale-up the national molecular testing capacity amidst scarce resources. This review takes a look at the current practices, challenges and opportunities for molecular diagnosis of COVID-19 in Nigeria.
Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Testing: Change in Clinical Management of Asthma, or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Authors:   Department of Medicine, Ocean University Medical Center, Brick, New Jersey, Chaudhri Moiuz , K Agarwal Khushboo ,   Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore, University Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey
Published: September 2022

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common airway inflammatory conditions that can present in isolation or a combination known as asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS). Due to similarities in clinical presentation, differentiating these conditions can be challenging. Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is an endogenous molecule that can be elevated in patients with airway inflammation, particularly asthma. The purpose of this study was to determine if FeNO levels can be used to change pharmacologic management (addition, in patients presenting with asthma, COPD, and ACOS. A retrospective chart review of 250 patients underwent FeNO testing; 93 patients were included in the final analysis with their FeNO levels and medications. Out of 76 patients, 34 were prescribed medications of interest (inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), Inhaled corticosteroids - long-acting beta-agonists (ICS-LABA), anticholinergics (AC) monotherapy or combination therapy). After the FeNO testing, the number of patients on ICS therapy doubled (8 to 16), and the number of patients on ICS -LABA increased by 69.2%. Lastly, the number of patients not on medication of interest, 57.1%, ended up on one after FeNO testing. Our results support the utility of FeNO as a viable test to manage patients with obstructive lung disease.
China Transport Supply Chain Risk Management Challenges Face to COVID-19 Analysis
Authors:   Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Kuranovic Veslav
Published: September 2022

The international COVID-19 outbreak at the beginning of 2019 has had a huge influencing factor on lot of global and local manufacturing transportation chains, and triggered a continuous risks of logistics chains breakage by the way the COVID-18 pandemic has revealed the weakness of intercontinental supply chains arising from initial raw material scarcity, mass production and transportation disruption, and human being isolation. Among them, the short-term and medium-term and long-term impacts include encouraging companies to improve the flexibility of supply chains by constructing supply chains digital platforms, supply chains diversification systems and supply chains early warning system in the short, medium and long term, the global supply chains layout will change from internationalization to regionalization, and some high-end manufacturing industries will have a backflow trends. The risks associated with global supply chains management have created a discourse among practitioners and academics. Supply chains risk management is an integral function of the supply chains networks. Supply chains risks management have increasingly becoming a more popular research area recently, when COVID-18 appeared regionally, internationally and globally. In the article there are presented different calculation equations beginning from risk assessment during transportation and finishing by risk modeling, there are important factors influencing logistics and mainly supply chains when different types of risks appeared during COVID-22 transportation time.
Improving the Commercial Banks and Its Risks
Authors:   Department of Accounting, Tashkent Financial Institute, Uzbekistan, TM Juraevna
Published: September 2022

The article considers the content of the systemic riskiness of the sustainable development of commercial banks and the need for risk assessment in the innovative vector of development of the banking sector in modern conditions. The growing importance of ensuring the sustainable development of commercial banks as a key asset of the innovative economy is noted. The thesis is substantiated that it is the implementation of measures to ensure effective risk management of a commercial bank that is the driver for the development of the country’s banking system.
An Engine for Nanosciences Research
Authors:   An Engine for Nanosciences Research, National Research University of Electronic Technology, MIET, Moscow, Russia, SM Afonin
Published: September 2022

In nanosciences research the structural model of an electro elastic engine is constructed. Its structural scheme of is received. For an engine its matrix equation of the deformations are obtained in the decisions of the precision control systems. The parameters of an engine are determined.
Sarcoidal Granuloma in Cervical Lymph Node: Case Report
Authors:   Resident physician in otorhinolaryngology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco, Lina E Messaoudi
Published: September 2022

Sarcoidosis is a multi‐system granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. The presentation of sarcoidal granuloma in neck nodes without typical manifestations of sarcoidosis is difficult to diagnose. We describe the case of a 60-year-old woman with a left latero cervical lymphadenopathy, the excisional biopsy from the neck mass showed noncaseating epithelioid cell granuloma and th immunohistochemistry confirmed the diagnosis of gonglion sarcoidosis.
Macroaneurysm Rupture after Car Accident
Authors:   Hashemi Eye Care, Encino, CA, USA, Naser Maryam , Yiu Glenn ,   Hashemi Eye Care, Encino, CA, USA
Published: September 2022

Retinal arterial macroaneurysm (RAM) is an acquired, round dilation of a retinal artery which can present with a variety of retinal findings and is often misdiagnosed at first. patients with RAM usually complain of acute, severe vision loss. We present a 48 year old patient who came to neuro-ophthalmology clinic with blurry vision which was started after car accident.
Optics Solution In The Sars Cov -2 Pandemic With A New Portable Device
Authors:   Graduated in optics and optometry from the University of Granada, inventor of the Retinoptic Cam, Begoña Moyano Sanchez , Joaquín Duarte Herrera ,   Opticview S L
Published: September 2022

The pandemic that the world has suffered has led to the use of ingenuity in order to continue assisting the people who need it. Consultations at opticians were not possible for people at risk of contracting the disease. The introduction of remote medical devices in different areas of health, as well as the increase in telemedicine consultations, have propelled these devices to.
Sinonasal Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Rare Tumor with a Poor Prognosis
Authors:   Resident Physician in Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco, Benkhraba Niema , Elamraoui Oussama ,   Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
Published: September 2022

Despite the improvement in survival of pediatric patients with rhabdomyosarcoma, the outcome of patients with sinonasal rhabdomyosarcoma is poor and has not significantly changed. We report the case of a 22-year-old patient diagnosed with sinonasal rhabdomyosarcoma, with determining the prognostic factors and the therapeutic measures.
Diagnosis Thyroid Tumors by using Touch Cytology
Authors:   Postgraduate Student (M.Sc.), Dept. of Biotechnology Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Seno Suzan , Almarrawi Adnan ,   Dept. of Biotechnology Engineering, Faculty of Technical Engineering, Aleppo University
Published: September 2022

The study aims to assess the role of imprint cytology in the diagnosis of Thyroid nodules and compare it with paraffin Section in the diagnosis of thyroid lesions. It included 40 patients who visited Private Hospitals in Aleppo during the period from April to December 2021. The results indicated that there were 19 patients with thyroid cancer, representing 47.5%, of whom 14 were diagnosed with Papillary Carcinoma, with a percentage of 35%, and 5 cases with Follicular Carcinoma, with a percentage of 12.5%, while the remaining cases included 21 patients with Benign Adenomas at a rate of 52.5%, including 11 cases of Hashimoto’s disease at a rate of 27.5%, and 10 cases of Benign Follicular Tumors at a rate of 25%. These results were compared with Paraffin Sections and reached sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in diagnosis for this technology, 94.73%, 95.23%, and 95%, respectively, and the positive predictive value was 94.73%, while the negative predictive value was 95.23%. The results also indicated that this technology is fast in determining the Histologic Grading of Tumor Differentiation, but it does not determine the Histological Type. It also indicated that there was a significant association between gender and the incidence of thyroid tumors, while no significant statistical evidence was observed between age and the possibility of thyroid cancers.
Rising Demand for Biopharmaceuticals Has Been Overtly Beneficial for the Downstream Processing Industry
Authors:   Allied Market Research, 5933 NE Win Silver Dr, Portland, OR 97220, USA, Ghosh Koyel
Published: September 2022

Retinal degenerative diseases, such as Stargardt’s disease (SD), glaucoma, retinitis pigmentosa (RP), age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or diabetic retinopathy (DR), represent the main causes of a decreased quality of vision and blindness worldwide. The progression and management of these conditions have always represented a challenge, but promising new evidences about the efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as therapy for these diseases has been shown. The therapeutic potential of MSCs lies on its ability to release paracrine factors with neuroprotective, immunomodulatory and anti-angiogenic properties that stimulate the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) and are even similar to those produced by RPE. In literature we can find many studies conducted animal models, in which MSCs proved their efficacy in stopping the progression of retinal degeneration and for rescuing photoreceptors in the dormant phase. Furthermore, they retain a differentiation potential which allow them to differentiate into various cell types, including the cells of the retina. By all of those properties it is clear how MSCs result an important therapy option in these pathologies. In this review we summarize the various properties of MSCs and their promising applications in various retinal diseases, enhanching a new clinical approach on pathologies which otherwise have a difficult managing and a unfavorable prognosis.
Reinventando a ecopedagogia
Authors: Ivo Dickmann
Published: September 2022

Esta pesquisa trata da relação entre Educação Ambiental (EA) e Ecopedagogia, suas origens e trajetórias, como se articulam pedagógica e politicamente em seus contextos para estabelecer suas aproximações e distanciamentos em relação com a perspectiva crítica da Educação. A questão que move essa reflexão é: quais são as aproximações e distanciamentos entre a EA e a Ecopedagogia e como elas se constituem como campos distintos de conhecimentos e práticas educativas? O objetivo é estabelecer as fronteiras de ambas e suas intersecções de modo a distingui-las, estabelecendo novos horizontes para a Ecopedagogia. Primeiramente se estabeleceram os referenciais teórico-práticos de cada uma individualmente; posteriormente construiu-se um quadro sinótico com as respectivas características e, por fim, delimitaram-se as fronteiras, intersecções e distanciamentos, construindo um conjunto de indicações propositivas para a reinvenção da Ecopedagogia e as grandes questões na atualidade: superação patriarcado, do pensamento moderno e do capitalismo.
The relationship between extended D-dimer elevations and hereditary thrombophilia in COVID-19 patients
Authors: YALÇIN Kadir Serkan , YÜCETÜRK Hümeyra , KASAPOĞLU Benan , KEKİLLİ Murat
Published: September 2022

Aim: To compare the D-Dimer levels in patients with mild COVID-19 disease with and without hereditary thrombophilia.

Material and Method: Factor V Leiden (G1691A) mutation, methylene tetrahydrofolate gene mutation (C677T, A1298C), and PAI-1 (4G-5G) and FXIII (V34L) gene mutations were examined in all patients included in the study for various reasons such as recurrent miscarriage and venous embolism. Patients with any mutation were included in the hereditary thrombophilia group, while patients without mutations were included in the control group. D-dimer levels of the patients were also analyzed for the second time at least 25 days after admission. All included patients had received previously at least two doses of the BioNTech-Pfizer or CoronaVac vaccines.

Results: A total of 158 patients, 46 (29.1%) male and 112 (70.9%) female, were included in the study. The mean age of the patients included in the study was 39.08 ± 9.09 years. A total of 121 patients, 33 (27.3%) men and 88 (72.7) women, with hereditary thrombophilia were in the first group. A total of 37 patients, 13 (35.1%) male and 24 (64.9%) female, who did not have any mutations, were taken as the control group. Of the patients with hereditary thrombophilia, 47 (38.8%) had Factor V Leiden, 63 (52.1%) had MTHFR gene mutations, 32 (26.4%) had PAI-1 and 12 (9.9%) had FXIII gene mutations. When the D-dimer values of both groups were examined 20-35 days after admission to the hospital, the D-dimer level of the hereditary thrombophilia group was 667.26 ±354.11 while the D-dimer level of the control group was 369.76±173.45 (P=0.031). The D-dimer level of 23 patients in the hereditary thrombophilia group and 2 patients without thrombophilia were found to be above 1000ng/ml when they came for control.

Conclusion: It should be kept in mind that if there is prolonged or newly emerging D-dimer elevation in patients who had COVID-19 disease with mild-moderate symptoms, these patients may have hereditary thrombophilia.