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Myths and Misconceptions about Intrauterine Devices: Impact on Usage
Authors: Lamptey Emmanuel , Okunlola Michael A. , Oladokun Adesina 
Published: October 2020

The Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) have the benefit of providing long-term protection against unwanted pregnancies. This study investigates the myths and misconceptions associated with IUDs and their influence on the usage. This cross-sectional was conducted in six family planning centres in Accra. The questionnaire included statements of misconceptions about IUDs and participants responded either in agreement or in disagreement with each of the statements. Three hundred eligible respondents completed the questionnaire. The study commenced on January 2019 and ended on June 2019. We observed a heightening level of misconceptions about IUDs among the participants. Pain during insertion (68.7%), the male partner feeling it during intercourse (66.7%), IUDs breeding infections (66.3%) and the belief that it can damage the womb (65.7%) were the major misconceptions identified about the device. Although, these misconceptions may be the true reflection of the experiences of these users, an accurate knowledge about the device is still lacking which can influence the potential patronage. Massive education to change and dispels these misconceptions are needed. Doi: 10.28991/SciMedJ-2020-0204-3 Full Text: PDF
A Study of Maternal Breast Feeding Issues during Early Postnatal Days
Authors: Avabratha K. Shreedhara , Shanbhag Sweta , Joseph Rilna Clara , Shenoy K. Varadaraj 
Published: October 2020

Background: The success in breast-feeding is dependent on early initiation and effective management of breast feeding problems during early postnatal days. Objectives: To identify breast feeding problems and their etiologies during early postnatal days until discharge from hospital. Methodology: Descriptive study done in a medical college hospital. One hundred and twenty mothers in early postnatal days were enrolled in the study. Sick mothers, sick neonates admitted in NICU for >24 hours and where breast-feeding was contraindicated were excluded. Data was collected by direct interview with the mother by the investigators and were entered in the proforma. The questionnaire contained general information of the mothers, self-reported and observed problems about breast feeding. The first interview was carried out within 12 hours of delivery after taking informed consent. Follow up interviews were done on 24 hourly basis until discharge. Data was analyzed statistically. Results: Mothers were aged between 22 to 40 years with more than half in 26-30 years range. Majority were homemakers and educated up to high school. 31(25.8%) were primi mothers. 64(53%) had vaginal and 56(47%) had caesarean deliveries. 61.6% of the mothers knew about colostrum and its benefits. Most (98.3%) of the mothers felt that there is a need for education about breast-feeding. Majority had initiated breast feeds within an hour or at least within 4 hours (LSCS mothers). Insufficiency of milk and problems with latching, positioning and sucking were some of the problems noted. Though most of the problems were resolved before discharge, few persisted until discharge. Perceived milk insufficiency, latching problems and breast problems were higher in primi and found to be statistically significant. Objective problems like poor positioning, sucking etc were higher among primi and caesarean mothers. Even problems that remained at discharge were also more among them. Conclusions: Most common problems were positioning, emphasizing the need for teaching/training. Primi and delivery by LSCS were found to have higher feeding problems emphasizing the need to focus on these high risk groups. Doi: 10.28991/SciMedJ-2020-0204-4 Full Text: PDF
Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Social Isolation in Hepatitis Patients
Authors: Ahmadi Sarbarzeh Pegah , Karimi Saba , Jalilian Milad , Mosafer Hadis 
Published: October 2020

Hepatitis is a complex and chronic liver disorder. Due to the nature of the disease, these patients experience various levels of social isolation, anxiety, and depression. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate depression, anxiety, stress, and social isolation in patients with hepatitis B and C in Kermanshah. This study is descriptive-analytic research, the participants were the patients with hepatitis, who referred to liver disease center. Data collection was with Russell social isolation questionnaire and DASS-21 questionnaire. The questionnaires were completed by the patients. 67.3% of the patients were male. The mean age was 41.02 ± 12.4 years, and the majority of the participants were married (143; 67.8%). The results showed that there is a direct and significant relationship between social isolation with depression, anxiety, and stress (P=0.001, P=0.001, P=0.001). In addition, results showed that there is a significant difference between the mean depression scores and age (P=0.048). Also, the results showed that there is a significant difference in the mean score of social isolation and education level (P=0.038). There is no significant difference between the other variables with depression, anxiety, stress, and social isolation (P>0.05). These results showed that there is a relationship between social isolation with anxiety, stress, and depression. Also, anxiety, stress, and depression in hepatitis patients are related to age and education level. So, it is suggested to provide effective programs in the care of these patients. Doi: 10.28991/SciMedJ-2020-0204-5 Full Text: PDF
Convalescent Plasma Therapy and its Century-Old Untapped Potential for COVID-19
Authors: Khan Samahir Tariq , Ali Sajjad , Lohana Nisha 
Published: October 2020

Background: The COVID-19 virus, in terms of pathogenesis and disease spectrum, resembles its predecessor viral strains which caused outbreaks of SARS and MERs. Due to unavailability of approved treatment protocols, healthcare workers initiated treatment of COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma therapy. Objective: To appraise similarities between the three Coronaviruses and deduce the effectiveness of CP therapy based on exploration of its efficacy in the SARS and MERS outbreaks. Analysis: A narrative review of case reports, randomised controlled trials and meta-analysis studies, on use of CP therapy in SARs and MERS, was conducted. Studies evaluated for the purpose of this review were added through search engines of PubMed Central and Google Scholar. Results: We concluded that CP therapy had been able to play pivotal roles in treating critically-ill SARS and MERS patients. The risks of unintended immunological responses among other factors, hindering CP Therapy’s approval from drug administration authorities, were weighed against favourable chanisms, such as hypercoagulability, that support its use in COVID-19 patients. Conclusion: Findings collected from these studies steered our path to theorize the possibility of reducing mortality with convalescent plasma therapy and support our rallying efforts for enlisting this in the official treatment protocol of COVID-19. Doi: 10.28991/SciMedJ-2020-0204-6 Full Text: PDF
Ethnological Collections in Selected South African Museums - Past Issues and Current Challenges
Authors: Motsamayi Mathodi Freddie 
Published: October 2020

The paper examines the state of ethnological collections in two post-apartheid South African museums, with a specific focus on cataloguing, and is based, inter alia, on an appraisal of anthropological discourses that informed the collections. A discussion of the artefacts’ background is of importance in establishing their origins, motives for their presence in collections and the current state of these collections. Presently, such information is difficult to establish since persons who have knowledge regarding the makers, donors and collectors of artefacts are no longer part of the museums’ establishment. Evidently, curators face a huge challenge in cataloguing such materials with only patchy information available.In South Africa many ethnological collections of artefacts produced by Africans are 'owned' by heritage institutions, but the care expanded on the objects consists mainly in placing them in storeroom facilities where they are distant from custodians, devoid of identifying material, and insufficiently researched. I contend that the lacklustre manner of assessing items of indigenous material culture in museums of ethnography, and the accompanying decontextualization, are irreconcilable with their original socio-cultural and environmental significance, their meanings and technological trends. The question is what to do with museum collections of rare indigenous material culture, created in the colonial and apartheid era but which, unfortunately, are left without relevant information?
Numerical Simulation of Flow over Stepped Spillways with varying Step-Angle
Authors: Nasrabadi Mohsen , Aminpour Younes 
Published: October 2020

In the present study, the flow over the stepped spillway was ‎ numerically investigated by using Flow3D model. The effect of step angle on different properties of Nappe flow regime such as the water surface profile, location of free-surface‎ aeration inception, Froude number at the ‎spillway’s toe, and pressure, flow velocity, air concentration and cavitation index were evaluated. The realizable k–ε was applied as the turbulence ‎model, and Volume of Fluid (VOF) model was used to determine the free surface flow profiles of the spillway. ‎The model was verified using experimental data. In order to investigate the different ‎characteristics of Nappe flow regime, 17 numerical runs was designed, in which, ‎four step angles, four flow discharge were considered to investigate the flow characteristics over the stepped spillway. The results indicated that the numerical model is well suited with the experimental data over the stepped spillway (RMSE = 0.147 and ARE = 6.9%). In addition, with increasing the step angles, the aeration inception point is generally moved ‎downstream. By increasing the step angles from zero to 10 degrees, the Froude number does not change ‎significantly, however, at the angle of 15 degrees, the Froude number decreases by about 42 ‎percent.
Poetry Musicalization as Desire Manifestation of Ari-Reda Group in Sapardi Djoko Damono’s Poems
Authors: Nasution Arie Azhari , Nasution Ricky Yudhistira , Harahap Evi Marlina 
Published: October 2020

Viewed in the past 10 years, poetry musicalization had become a trend in Indonesia. Many groups change a written poem into musical. Not only creating musical poetry, this group also utilizes technological developments to publish it. The publication is done by uploading poetry musicalisation to social media so that it can be listened by public. One of the groups best known for the music he created is the Ari-Reda group, which from the beginning focused on the poems of Sapardi Djoko Damono. Of course, many things can be highlighted when looking at the process of reproduction of a work. One of them expressed a desire as an effort to fulfill themselves. Ari-Reda in this case, expressed desire through the poem "Aku Ingint" by Sapardi Djoko Damono. The results show that Ari-Reda's desire to the poemss as a fulfillment of desires between humans and humans and humans with love that is never finished because it never having time to say the desire.
Seduzioni e scenari veneziani
Authors: Fabris Angela 
Published: October 2020

This paper analyses the exploratory and evolutionary path of the protagonist Jules – i.e. all her perceptions in the relationships with men and women – in the light of the dissolution of the postmodern self and the nomadism as a phenomenon of change in terms of gender, role and behaviour. In this sense, the categories of masculine and feminine in their narrative figurations, the materiality of the body and the physical and sexual instincts of the young Jules are investigated, demonstrating how this 1964 novel by Milena Milani seems to implicitly anticipate the process of giving a new meaning to the feminine subjectivity that was to accelerate remarkably from the 1970s onwards.
Penggunaan Biji Jenitri Sebagai Pengganti Filler Pada Lapisan Aspal (Ac-Bc) Terhadap Variasi Suhu
Authors: Rahmahima Bella Amiria , Candra Agata Iwan , Poernomo Yosef Cahyo Setianto 
Published: October 2020

The use of bitumen was widely used in road construction in Indonesia. Moisture – fed asphalt results in lowered durability and qualitative qualities. Concrete asphalt results from road rifts that are a suitable, well-built alloy of heavy vehicles, and mixed temperatures sdetermined by the type of asphalt to be used. The study provided a new innovation in content replaced with the jenitri seeds in 0%, 3%, 6%, and 9% variations with temperature variations 60⁰C and 100⁰C. The research method used in this study is the experimental method used with the jenitri seed instead of the filler, testing was done by being put into a water bath and then marshall’s. The purpose of this study is to look at the output of the filler levels of the jenitri seed and the temperature differential. Based on the study, the use of jenitri seeds to replaced fillers that have been tested with marshall’s devices and met the specification’s value is 3% variation filler at 60⁰C with a VIM: 3,78% VMA: 21,3% VFB: 82,26% Stabilitas: 3608kg Flow: 3,13mm MQ: 1151,49kg/mm. Penggunaan aspal banyak digunakan untuk konstruksi jalan di Indonesia. Aspal yang mengalami pemuaian suhu panas akan mengakibatkan keawetan dan kualitas menurun. Lapis aspal beton merupakan dari perkerasan jalan yang merupakan campuran agregat yang cocok dan layak dilalui kendaraan berat, dan suhu pencampuran ditentukan berdasarkan jenis aspal yang akan digunakan. Penelitian ini memberikan inovasi baru yaitu bahan pengisi filler diganti biji jenitri dalam variasi 0%, 3%, 6%, dan 9% dengan menggunakan variasi suhu 60⁰C dan 100⁰C. Metode penelitian yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah metode eksperimental dengan biji jenitri sebagai pengganti filler aspal, pengujian dilakukan dengan di letakkan dulu ke dalam alat Water Bath kemudian di uji dengan alat Marshall. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah melihat hasil perbandingan filler kadar biji jenitri dan dengan suhu yang berbeda. Dari hasil penelitian tersebut penggunaan biji jenitri sebagai bahan pengganti filler yang sudah di tes uji alat marshall dan memenuhi nilai spesifikasi adalah filler variasi 3% di suhu 60⁰C dengan nilai VIM: 3,78% VMA: 21,3% VFB: 82,26% Stabilitas: 3608kg Flow: 3,13mm MQ: 1151,49kg/mm
Kuat Tekan Pelat Beton Menggunakan Pasir Wlingi dan Wiremesh Diameter 4 mm
Authors: Vricilia Meylinda , Ridwan Ahmad , Candra Agata Iwan 
Published: October 2020

Reinforced concrete is a combination of concrete and steel, where reinforcing steel provides tensile strength that concrete does not possess. Wlingi sand is sand that has a high level of silica. The function of silica to functional extender adds durability and anti-corrosion and anti-weathering properties. The purpose of this study is to find out the strong press, strong pull wire mesh, cracks, cracks, and faults and to find out if the test results can qualify as concrete plates—testing on test objects by the required SNI. The results showed that the compressive strength test value got an average value (28.38 Mpa), the wiremesh tensile strength test had average yield stress (393.42 Mpa), and tensile stress (569.30), and the seepage test were obtained the mean value (0.45%). The test for cracks and fractures obtained an average (1.72 Mpa) (2.18 Mpa). Test results showed wire mesh steel could be used as a concrete plate reinforcing because it has tensile voltage and melt voltage exceeding the minimum allowable limit of 390 Mpa and 240 Mpa.Beton bertulang adalah kombinasi antara beton dan baja, dimana baja tulangan memberikan kekuatan tarik yang tidak dimiliki beton. Pasir wlingi merupakan pasir yang memiliki kadar silika yang cukup tinggi, fungsi dari silika untuk ekstender fungsional menambah daya tahan dan sifat anti korosi serta anti pelapukan.Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kuat tekan, kuat tarik wiremesh, rembesan, retakan dan patahan dan untuk mengetahui apakah hasil pengujian dapat memenuhi syarat sebagai pelat beton. Pengujian pada benda uji sesuai dengan SNI yang disyaratkan. Pengujian dilakukan saat umur beton 28 hari dengan 3 benda uji berbentuk balok ukuran P×L×t=60×20×10(cm). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengujian kuat tekan didapat nilai rata-rata (28,38 Mpa), pengujian kuat tarik wiremeshmemiliki nilai rata-rata tegangan leleh (393,42 Mpa) serta tegangan tarik (569,30), pada pengujian rembesan didapat nilai rata-rata (0,45%), pengujian retakan dan patahan didapat rata-rata (1,72 Mpa)(2,18 Mpa). Hasil pengujian menunjukkan baja wiremesh dapat digunakan sebagai tulangan pelat beton karena memiliki tegangan tarik dan tegangan leleh melebihi batas minimum yang diijinkan yaitu 390 Mpa dan 240 Mpa.
Beton Fc’ 21,7 Mpa Menggunakan Agregat Kasar Biji Genitri
Authors: Bahrudin Muhammad Sulton , Candra Agata Iwan , Winarto Sigit 
Published: October 2020

Concrete in technological development has progressed very rapidly, so that it is able to open ideas in the use of organic materials as an alternative material for concrete. Genitri seeds are an organic material that can be used as an alternative to the building blocks of concrete. Genitri seeds have very good hardness and have a light volume weight so that they can reduce the large structure weight due to the weight of the concrete itself. The research method used in this study is an experimental method with genitri seeds as a mixture of coarse aggregate in concrete. This study aims to determine how much influence the compressive strength, slump value, volume weight, absorption, using a mixture of genitri seeds with a percentage of 5%, 10%, 15% of the weight of coarse aggregate. The results showed that the highest compressive strength was obtained by the addition of 5% genitri seeds, namely 20.75Mpa with an average slump value of 5.2. In the absorption test, the value of ¼ hour 0.040 1 hour 0.022 4 hours 0.006 24 hours 0.002 was obtained.Beton dalam perkembangan teknologi mengalami kemajuan yang sagat pesat, sehingga mampu membuka pemikiran dalam pemanfaatan material organik sebagai bahan alternatif penyusun beton. Biji genitri merupakan salah satu bahan organik yang dapat digunakan sebagai alternatif material penyusun beton. Biji genitri memiliki kekerasan yang sangat baik dan memiliki berat volume yang ringan sehingga dapat mengurangi berat struktur yang besar akibat beban dari berat beton itu sendiri. Metode penelitian yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah metode eksperimental dengan biji genitri sebagai bahan campuran agregat kasar pada beton. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui seberapa besar pengaruh terhadap kuat tekan, nilai slump, berat volume, absorpsi, dengan menggunakan bahan campuran biji genitri dengan persentase 5%,10%,15% dari berat agregat kasar. Dari hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kuat tekan tertinggi diperoleh dengan penambahan biji genitri sebesar 5% yaitu 20,75Mpa dengan nilai slump rata-rata 5,2. Pada pengujian absorpsi diperoleh nilai ¼ jam 0,040 1 jam 0,022 4 jam 0,006 24 jam 0,002.
Pemanfaatan Limbah Galvalum Sebagai Substitusi Aggregat Kasar Pada Jobmix Beton
Authors: Bahrudin Muhammad , Candra Agata Iwan , Winarto Sigit 
Published: October 2020

Concrete is one of the construction materials that is widely used. Currently, variations in concrete are being studied. Galvalum waste has high tensile properties but is mild. Its lightweight properties are expected to reduce the weight of the concrete itself. The purpose of this study is to find out the value of strong press, absorption, weight type (E), degree of saturation (Sr), moisture content (Wc), and porosity of the addition of galvalume waste. The method used is a experimental method. Variations in galvalum waste substitution used are 50% and 100% of the aggregate weight is roughT the sample used in the form of a cylinder size of 15cm x 30 cm with the initial quality of fc' 18.67 Mpa. The results of the strong press test showed that the galvalum waste subtitution has not been able to exceed the initial quality of the plan. The highest test result was obtained at a percentage of 50% with a strong press score of FC' 17.94 Mpa. In the percentage, absorption test results are 0.010%, the weight of the type is 2325 kg / m3, the pore number is 0.00232%, the water content is 0.108%, and porosity is 0.00108%.Beton merupakan salah satu bahan konstruksi yang banyak dipergunakan. Saat ini, pengguanaan variasi pada beton sedang banyak diteliti. Limbah galvalum memiliki sifat tarik yang tinggi namun ringan. Sifatnya yang ringan diharapkan mampu mengurangi berat beton itu sendiri. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui nilai kuat tekan, absorpsi, berat jenis (Ɣ), angka pori (e),derajat kejenuhan (Sr), kadar air (Wc), dan porositas dari penambahan limbah galvalum. Metode yang digunakan merupakan metode eksperimen. Variasi pensubtitusi limbah galvalum yang digunakan yaitu 50% dan 100% dari berat agregat kasar. sampel yang digunakan berbentuk silinder ukuran 15cm x 30 cm dengan mutu awal fc’ 18.67 Mpa. Hasil uji kuat tekan menunjukkan bahwa subtitusi limbah galvalum belum mampu melebihi mutu awal rencana. Hasil uji tertinggi didapat pada prosentase 50% dengan nilai kuat tekan fc’ 17,94 Mpa. Pada prosentase tersebut, didapat hasil uji absropsi yaitu 0,010%, berat jenis yaitu 2325 kg/m3, angka pori yaitu 0,00232%, kadar air yaitu 0,108% serta porositas yaitu 0,00108%.
Teachers’ Performance and Students’ Learning Outcome in the Division of Cavite Province, Philippines
Authors: Ereje Betty Rojas , Ambag Silvia Catalan 
Published: October 2020

The paper aimed to correlate the teachers’ performance and learning outcomes on grade 10 students’ first periodic test and the teachers' Performance as assessed by headteachers and students in relationships with the knowledge of the subject matter and pedagogical approaches such as constructivism, collaborative, integrative, inquiry-based and reflective approaches. The respondents were the schools offering the same strands on Information and Communications Technology, Cookery and Wellness Massage located in North Cluster, Division of Cavite Province in the Philippines. As to the knowledge of the subject matter and pedagogical approaches, the teachers' Performance was outstanding as assessed by headteachers. Amongst the pedagogical approaches, the integrative approach obtained the highest meanwhile. The reflective approach got the lowest mean. The data were analyzed with the descriptive method and documentary analysis on teachers’ performance and learning outcomes on students’ first periodic tests. These were also the means of obtaining the data requirements of this research. The findings revealed that the teachers' Performance was highly satisfactory as assessed by students. Amongst the pedagogical approaches, constructivism approach acquired the highest mean while reflective approach got the lowest mean. Moreover, there is a significant difference on teachers' Performance as assessed by headteachers and by students, and there are a significant relationship and weak positive correlation on teachers' Performance on learning outcomes of students' first periodic test and on the assessments of students as to knowledge of the subject matter and pedagogical approaches except for reflective approach which has a very weak positive correlation.