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AQUAPORINAS 3 APLICADAS A COSMETOLOGIA EM REGIÃO DE FACE DE MULHERES: UMA REVISÃO DE LITERATURA
Authors: Santos Aline Dantas , Sena Dirlan Vitoria Ferrari de , Rambo Douglas Fernando 
Published: May 2021

Introdução: Na atualidade, a hidratação cutânea é fundamental para a manutenção da aparência jovem, saudável e viçosa das mulheres. O processo de hidratação dos tecidos é executado pelas funções do nosso próprio organismo, juntamente com a água ingerida. A água é responsável por promover a hidratação da pele através das camadas inferiores – da derme para epiderme – sendo transportadas através dos queratinócitos pelos canais proteicos. Estes canais responsáveis pelo transporte de água pelas camadas da pele são conhecidos como aquaporinas 3, que se trata de uma proteína, estando presente na membrana plasmática dos queratinócitos. Objetivo: Este trabalho teve como objetivo realizar uma revisão da literatura sobre os benefícios das Aquaporinas 3 aplicadas a cosmetologia em região de face de mulheres. Método: Para tal objetivo, foi elaborado um estudo com base em artigos científicos, a partir de 2010, com bases de dados eletrônicos PubMed e Google Acadêmico, onde foram consultados artigos originais e de revisão sobre o tema Aquaporinas. Resultados: A partir da revisão realizada verificou-se que a descoberta dos canais de aquaporinas 3 trouxe importantes contribuições para compreender os mecanismos envolvidos na hidratação da pele, proporcionado um aspecto saudável através da passagem de água mediada por esses poros. Evidenciou-se, também, que houve um grande avanço tecnológico, existindo a necessidade de desenvolver princípios ativos que atuam na manutenção destes canais aumentando a expressão e as atividades das aquaporinas 3 na membrana celular, restaurando a hidratação da pele e revitalizando-a. Conclusão: Observou-se que as aquaporinas 3 contribuem de maneira significativa para a hidratação da pele, porém se faz-se necessário o uso de ativos que favorecem seu aparecimento nas células cutâneas, melhorando a hidratação devido o envelhecimento cutâneo.
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Authors: Chos skyid Sgrol ma 
Published: May 2021

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Improving the patient's experience in the emergency department during COVID-19 pandemic: a community-based analysis from Western Saudi Arabia.
Authors: Banjar Khadijah , Bin Nafisah Sharafaldeen 
Published: May 2021

Background Patient satisfaction is an important measure of the health care encounter. It is challenging to achieve a perfect patient experience during the current COVID-19 pandemic, especially from an emergency department visit. Aim This study aimed to assess the factors that improve patient experience during an emergency department (ED) visit in the western region of Saudi Arabia. Methods This is a cross-sectional study, conducted over a month from January to February 2021. Via an electronic survey tool, we used the de en (EQS-H) to measure patients’ satisfaction with their ED encounter. Results The total level of satisfaction was high in 43.66% (n=224) of participants, moderate in 37.04% (n=190), and 19.29% (n=99) were unsatisfied. We noted significant predictors of dissatisfaction, including increasing age, higher educational level, and the existence of chronic diseases. A clear treatment plan and discharge instructions were important determinants for improving patient satisfaction. Conclusion The determinants of patient satisfaction during an ED visit are an important quality marker of the emergency department encounter. Such findings should be used as a benchmark for future programs aiming to improve patients’ experience during ED visits.
Patient Satisfaction with the Emergency Department Experience in the Era of COVID-19: A National Survey
Authors: Banjar Khadijah , Bin Nafisah Sharafaldeen 
Published: May 2021

Background Patient satisfaction with an ED visit is often overlooked during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and requires further examination. Aim We aim to investigate, on a national scale, patients’ satisfaction during their ED encounter, and to explore the determinants of such satisfaction. Methods This is a cross-sectional analysis conducted between January and February 2021 throughout Saudi Arabia. Result The total number of patients was 508. The median satisfaction score for the clarity of information provided in the ED was 40 (SD=4.94), while satisfaction with the relationship with staff and ED routine revealed a median score of 39.9 (SD=5.08). We noted several determinants of ED satisfaction, including age, marital status, educational status, clarity of the treatment plan, improvement of their condition while in the ED, verbal and/or written discharge instructions, as well as a follow-up call two days after discharge. Conclusion Patient satisfaction is an integral part of the patient-centred approach in the ED, and should be continuously evaluated.
Wrist and Forehead Temperature Measurement as Screening Methods During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Malawi Imtinan , Alsohabani Thamer , Aleidan Mashael , Al shahrani Nawa , Karairi Adel , Mzahim Bandr , Bin Nafisah Sharafaldeen 
Published: May 2021

Background: Temperature screening checkpoints have become widely distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic, using various contactless methods of temperature measurement, including wrist and forehead measurement. Aim: In this study we aim to investigate the sensitivity and specificity of these two temperature measurement methods – wrist and forehead – compared with the standards of sublingual or axillary measurement. We also aim to investigate the influence of age, gender, device brand and diurnal effect on the temperature reading. Methods: Participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups, each group using a different temperature measurement device. All participants had their forehead and wrist temperature measured, and this was compared to their axillary or sublingual readings. Results: The area under the curve for wrist measurement was 0.49 (95% CI 0.34 and 0.64), p>0.05, with a sensitivity of 46.2% and specificity of 53.3%, while the area under the curve for forehead measurement was 0.70 (95% CI 0.51, 0.89), p<0.05, with a sensitivity of 23.1% and specificity of 76.9%, PPV 1.59% and NPV 97.7%. Conclusion: Wrist and forehead temperature measurement is not accurate in detecting fever during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Although forehead measurement is also not an ideal method, it nevertheless appears more consistent than wrist measurement.
The Prevalence of COVID-19 in Jizan Region-Saudi Arabia: A Demographic Analysis
Authors: Sahli Seham , Bin Nafisah Sharafaldeen 
Published: May 2021

BACKGROUND The unrelenting pandemic of the SARS CoV2 (COVID-19) pleads for re-examining predictors of infection and containment measures, once again. AIMS The researchers aim to investigate the prevalence of COVID-19 in Jizan region to analyse the demographic details of the population, to examine the quarantine predictors and the prescription of zinc and azithromycin. METHODS The researcher reviewed the Jizan region data obtained from the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia and performed a cross-sectional study from September 1st, 2020 - September 29th, 2020. The researchers surveyed people from the same region to collect and analyse demographic and quarantine data. RESULTS The total number of positive cases was 11,752 patients in the Jizan region since the start of the pandemic. The prevalence of infection is 0.84% with a mortality rate of 1.73% (n=257). Out of 328 participants, 46.4% (n=148) acquired the infection with an admission rate of 1.6% (n=5). We noted two predictors for infection in the region: female gender and being married. Furthermore, males were more likely to be admitted than females and irrespective of age and chronic diseases. The quarantine after contact with a probable case or after travel showed an inverse relationship with the age; and in particular young females stratum, p <0.05. One third received zinc supplementation, whereas the majority 82.4% was not pre- scribed azithromycin. CONCLUSION Overall, the researchers provide a region-specific analysis that uncovers important infection determinants for COVID-19 infection, which should be taken into consideration when designing and implementing health promotions programs.
Radical Avant-Garde and the Obsession for a New Beginning
Authors: Gaie Ștefan 
Published: May 2021

Rising in an extremely troubled context in the first decades of the 20th century, the so-called radical avant-garde (especially Futurism, Dadaism, Suprematism and Constructivism) obsessively pleaded for a ”new beginning”, a real ”restart” of art. Its discourse, both theoretical, of the avant-garde manifestos, and visual, aimed at giving alternatives for what were meant to become the new benchmarks of art history.
We know today that the face of art definitely changed as a result of the avant-garde assaults. Even if the effects of this radicality faded in the past century, they are still evident. This study is intended to understand this radicality within the context of its occurrence, to find some of its constants and to follow its effects upon contemporary art, in order to attempt to understand to what extent we can speak about a success or a failure of the avant-garde.
DECOMPOSITIONS OF $K_{m,n}$ INTO 4-CYCLES AND 8-CYCLES
Authors: FU CHIN-MEI , HUANG WEN-CHUNG 
Published: May 2021

In this paper it is shown that $G$ can be decomposed into $p$ copies of $C_4$ and $q$ copies of $C_8$ for each pair of nonnegative integers $p$ and $q$ which 8atisfics the equation $4p+ Sq = |E(G)|$, where $E(G)$ is the number of_edges of $G$, when
(1) $G = K_{m, n}$ the complete bigartite graph, if $m$ and $n$ are even,
(2) $G = K_{m, n}-F$, $K_{m, n}$ with 1-factor removed, if $m = n \equiv 1$ (mod 4), and
(3) $G = K_{m, n}-(F \cup C_6)$, $K_{m, n}$,with 1-factor and one 6-cycle removed, if $m = n \equiv 3$ (mod 4).
Narrative Tyranny in American Political Discourse and Plato's Republic I
Authors: Schultz Anne-Marie ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: May 2021

This paper begins with a brief examination of the contemporary American political landscape. I describe three recent events that illustrate how attempts to control the narrative about events that transpired threaten to undermine our shared reality. I then turn to Book I of Plato’s Republic to explore the potentially tyrannizing effect of Socrates’s narrative voice. I focus on his descriptions of Glaucon, Polemarchus and his slave, and Thrasymachus to show how Plato presents Socrates’s narrative activity as a process that controls how the auditor understands the events that follow. I then turn to an alternate understanding of Socratic narrative which extols its philosophically and politically liberatory possibilities. I use my own previous work on Socratic narrative, Jill Frank’s Poetic Justice, and Rebecca’s LeMoine’s Plato’s Cave as three examples that emphasize the more positive dimensions of Socratic narrative. Finally, I end with a brief exploration of Cornel West’s Democracy Matters, and bell hooks’ works on pedagogy to argue for the possibility a Socratically-informed public space for political discourse.
Extent of Adoption of ANGRAU Technologies in Cotton Crop in Andhra Pradesh, India
Authors: Chowdary K. Raghavendra , Prasad S. V. , Vemaraju . 
Published: May 2021

Cotton is the backbone of Indian textile industry, which produces 59% of the country’s total fiber production. Ex-post facto research design was selected as an appropriate research design to investigate the variables influencing extent of ANGRAU technologies in cotton cultivation. Two districts were selected purposively from Andhra Pradesh based on the highest area under cotton cultivation. The names of the selected districts were Kurnool and Guntur. Three mandals from each district were purposively selected based on the highest area of cotton cultivation thus constituting six mandals. Four villages from each mandal were selected by following simple random sampling procedure. The sample constituted to a total of twenty four villages. From each of the selected village, ten farmers were selected by following lottery method of simple random sampling procedure. The sample constituted to a total of 240 respondents. Cent per cent of the farmers had adopted seed rate followed by overwhelmingly (92.08%) of the members had adopted spacing per cent had adopted disease management practices, 53.33 per cent had adopted weed management, more than half (52.50%) had adopted harvesting and water management practices, 32.5 per cent had adopted nutrient management, 15.83 per cent had adopted fertilizer management and minute (3.33%) had adopted recommended varieties of SAU. In overall level of extent of adoption of recommended practices in cotton cultivation more than half (60.00%) of the cotton farmers had medium adoption of recommended practices in cotton cultivation followed by one-fifth (20.00%) of the cotton farmers had high adoption of recommended practices in cotton cultivation and rest (20.00%) had low adoption of recommended practices in cotton cultivation.
Adoption of Agricultural Labour Saving Tools by Farm Women in India and Gujarat – An Overview
Authors: Thakar Dipti 
Published: May 2021

Aim: The purpose of this paper is to overview the adoption of labour saving tools by women working in the agricultural farms in India and special reference to the Gujarat state.
Methodology: The study is based on the secondary sources. A systematic methodological approach has been adopted while reviewing various related literature of India and Gujarat. The conclusion of the study is based on the systematic review analysis of key findings.
Review analysis: Farm women have been found using both traditional and improved labour saving tools. Lack of adoption of improved tools was reported in various literatures, however, the adoption level by the farm women found to increase after trainings. The gain in understanding and skill about labour saving tools increase work efficiency and save their time.
Conclusion: The study concluded that the practices of labour saving tools are not satisfactory due to the lack of awareness. The capacity building training enhance in using the labour saving tools efficiently.
Impacts of Food Loss on the Cost of Cultivation: A Study on Agriculture Commodities of India
Authors: Sutradhar Sumit 
Published: May 2021

India is the respectable producer of most of the food grains in the world despite such a large production we are the 102nd rank in global hunger index 2019 and one of the most starving nations of the world. For a country like India production is not a problem anymore but the food available for human consumption is the problem as there is a huge amount of food loss in the marketing chain [1,2,3]. India losses a large amount of its production in post-harvest activities due to under established supply chains and poor infrastructure. So, this paper studies the effect of post-harvest losses on the cost of food production in the long-terms both empirically (Simple regression analysis) and theoretically (law of Scarcity by Lionel Robbins) from 1997 to 2017 and unravels that they are positively correlated i.e., post-harvest losses are one of major determining factor for actual price hike in the cost of cultivation of major agriculture commodities in India.
Effect of Antioxidant-rich Nutraceuticals in the Management of High Fat Diet-induced Obesity in Albino Rats
Authors: Nwaogu Jude , Abubakar Ibrahim Babangida , Udeze Chizoba Maria , Jeremiah Ukperoro Uyoyo 
Published: May 2021

Background: Obesity, a metabolic disorder caused by an imbalance in energy intake and energy expenditure, is a major risk factor for chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular heart diseases (CHD) and some types of cancer. This research was designed to investigate the effect of antioxidant rich- nutraceuticals in the management of high fat diet-induced obesity in rats.
Method: Induction of obesity was achieved by feeding rats with a formulated high fat diet (HFD) for ten (10) weeks. Rats were subsequently group administered 250mg/kg body weight and 500mg/kg body weight of the nutraceutical respectively while apple cider vinegar of 5ml/kg body weight was administered to the standard group.
Result: Supplementation showed significant (P<0.05) decrease in the glucose, total cholesterol, triglyceride, low density lipoprotein- cholesterol, malondialdehyde and increased in high density lipoprotein-cholesterol and antioxidant status as compared with untreated high fat diet groups. However, there was no significant difference between supplementation of 500mg/kg and the standard group treated with 5ml/kg of Apple cider vinegar.
Conclusion: Antioxidant rich nutraceuticals could provide a protective effect against oxidative stress in obesity and remedy complications associated with obesity by reversing the damage to near normal.
The Determinants of Capital Structure Choice: Evidence from Bangladeshi FMCG Companies
Authors: Kalam Kh Khaled , Khatoon An-Nisha 
Published: May 2021

This paper offers empirical proof of Bangladesh's theories of capital markets and analyses the effects of the failure to introduce a secondary capital market in relation to Bangladesh. The findings from the cross-sectional OLS regression demonstrate that both the static deal theory and the cost theory of the organisation are applicable to the capital structure of the Bangladesh Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies. The lack of a secondary market will affect the costs of an entity because shareholders unable to decommission their shares may place pressure on management to behave in their best interests. We analyse in this paper, using a sample of 5 Bangladeshi FMCG companies for the period from 2014 to 2019, the determinants of Bangladesh's Debt to Total Asset. This study reveals that Bangladesh's listed Food and Allied company's average leverage ratio is close to that of other countries in the growth of the economy. The study also shows that the Company's Profitability is strongly and positively linked to the asset structure, Size, Profitability, growth and business risks. A firm's Size has a statistically significant negative impact on Debt to Total Asset.
Activity-determined Steps on the Attenuation of Atmospheric PM2.5 Concentration Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) at the Country Level: Empirical Evidence in Taiwan
Authors: Huang Wu-Jang 
Published: May 2021

Finding ways to minimize the atmospheric concentration of PM2.5 is an emergency issue throughout the world. This research has found a method to calculate historical PM2.5 data and to define the PM2.5 environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) pattern in Taiwan. From the analysis of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency’s public emission data, results showed that the continuous decay of PM2.5 is mostly contributed by the energy policy, while several short-term regular stepwise fluctuations in PM2.5 concentrations are caused by natural activity. Our study also proved that the linear decay with stepwise fluctuations also exhibits an EKC pattern.
The results herein mean that the continuous decay of PM2.5 is caused by the energy policy, while the regular fluctuation of PM2.5 concentrations is caused by natural activity, like the La Nino phenomena. Based on the viewpoint of this paper, the oil consumption percentage for electricity generation should be first reduced to zero. However, oil-based power plants are an important emergency source of electricity supply. If Taiwan wants to continue the reduction of PM2.5 in the future, then a big capacity electric storage facility should be built as an emergency source of electricity supply. The energy policy in Taiwan at 2025 will be 50% natural gas, 30% coal, and 20% green energy. As oil fuel will reach 0%, PM2.5 will be affected by the energy intensity contributed from coal and natural gas, meaning that PM2.5 will maintain a long-term attenuation trend until 2035.
Evaluating the Nitrate to Phosphate Ratio and Other Physicochemical Characteristics of Different Water Sources in Yeghe Community, Rivers State, Nigeria
Authors: Wemedo S. A. , Sampson T. , Dick B. 
Published: May 2021

Water quality determination has become essential in characterising the nature of water used by humans for various purposes. This study was therefore carried out to assess the nitrate to phosphate ratio and other physical and chemical parameters influencing the quality of water used for domestic purposes in Yeghe Community, Rivers State, Nigeria. Water samples (from 3 boreholes, 3 river points and 3 wells) were collected randomly for each study period, and subjected to standard laboratory procedures to analyse for parameters such as temperature, pH, nitrate nitrogen, phosphate, total dissolved solid (TDS), dissolved oxygen (DO) and electrical conductivity, using standard procedures. Nutrient limitation in the water sources was evaluated based on critical ratios produced by Redfield, using nitrate and phosphate as limiting nutrients. The nitrate to phosphate ratios indicated that there were more of phosphate limitations in the samples, as only two of the samples showed nitrate limitation, with the well water samples showing no nitrate limitation. The study also showed that all the physico-chemical parameters were within the WHO limits, except for pH that had values below the regulatory standard. Statistical evaluation of the data showed a significant difference (p < 0.05) between the physicochemical parameters of the different water sources (river, tap and well), except for temperature that recorded no significant difference (p > 0.05). This novel study on physicochemical water quality determinants has provided baseline and reference data set for monitoring the pollution status of the different water sources of this rural community. Local health authorities should however regulate anthropogenic activities around these water sources to ensure the availability of safe for use water sources in this locality.
Cosmological effects on Size Evolution of some Extragalactic Radio Sources and Quasar/Galaxy Unification
Authors: Chukwuemerie Ezeugo Jeremiah 
Published: May 2021

We use analytical methods to develop a mathematical model that expresses the relationship between the linear size of some extragalactic radio sources (EGRS) and their redshift . Result shows that , where . For the purpose of obtaining an empirical relation of similar form, we carry out simple linear regression analyses of the observed linear sizes of these EGRS in our sample against their respective observed redshifts. We obtain an empirical relation of the form, , where and for radio-loud quasars and radio galaxies respectively, with correlation coefficients given by, for each of the sources. The correlation is marginal/slight. Comparing the theoretical and empirical relations, we find that the data show an inverse correlation which is similar to the theory. This suggestively indicates presence of cosmological effects on the size evolution of the radio sources. Moreover, we find that similarity in the behavior of the two sources in the plane, simply supports quasar/galaxy unification scheme in which the different observable properties that characterize these two subclasses of radio sources are aspect-dependent.