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Who is More Hands on with Hand-offs? A Comparative Study of Clinical Handovers among Doctors and Nurses in a Tertiary Care Center in India
Authors: Jithesh V , Gupta Shakti Kumar , Kumar Parmeshwar , Vij Aarti 
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACT

Background
Standardized handovers have been known to improve outcome, reduce error and enhance communication. Few, if aany, comparative studies on clinical handovers have been conducted in the India.

Objective
To study clinical handover practices among nurses and doctors in a neurosciences center in India.

Design and setting
This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted over 4 months in a 200 bedded public sector tertiary care facility in New Delhi, India.

Materials and methods
The handover practices of nurses and resident doctors in a neurology ward were assessed across shifts, weekdays and weekends using a pretested checklist. Ten elements were observed under the categories of time, place, record, process, staff interaction and patient communication. Outcomes were analyzed using z-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Spearman's correlation coefficient.

Results
Three hundred and eighty-two handovers each of nurses and doctors revealed varying adherence for time (44%), place (63%), documentation (50%), process (78%), staff interaction (50%) and patient communication (45%) related elements with overall compliance being 55%. Doctors fared better only in process elements and bedside handovers; however, only nurses had a statistically significant fall in levels over weekends and in night shifts. Staff interaction and patient communication were positively correlated and bedside handover was negatively related to handover duration in both groups. No statistically significant difference was found between the two groups when assessed as categories.

Conclusion
Study revealed a need for a system change and standardization of clinical handovers. Greater administrative commitment, use of technology, customized training and leadership development will aid in continuity of care, promote patient safety and ensure better outcomes.

How to cite this article
Kumar P, Jithesh V, Vij A, Gupta SK. Who is More Hands on with Hand-offs? A Comparative Study of Clinical Handovers among Doctors and Nurses in a Tertiary Care Center in India. Int J Res Foundation Hosp Healthc Adm 2015;3(1):33-40.
Transfusion Reaction Reporting Culture in Hemovigilance Program of India since Its Inception
Authors: Singh Surinder , Gupta Shakti Kumar , Bisht Akanksha 
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACT
Hemovigilance Program of India (HvPI) at the national level was launched on 10th December 2012 by National Institute of Biologicals (NIB), Noida, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India as the National Coordinating Centre (NCC). Awareness about the program, its objectives and its nonpunitive implications are being generated through organizing continuing medical educations (CMEs) on HvPI in different regions of the country from time to time. A total of 24 CMEs on HvPI have been organized all across the country. The study shows that creating awareness about this progam among healthcare professionals has resulted in substantial increase in number of center enrolled under HvPI as well as number of reporting of transfusion reactions under HvPI since the inception of this program.

How to cite this article
Bisht A, Gupta SK, Singh S. Transfusion Reaction Reporting Culture in Hemovigilance Program of India since Its Inception. Int J Res Foundation Hosp Healthc Adm 2015;3(2):69-70.
A Study of Patient Safety with Special Reference to Incidence of Adverse Events taking Place in Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India
Authors: Mirza Moonis , Jan Farooq A , Mumtaz Syed Hina , Sofi Fayaz Ahmad , Wani Rauf Ahmad 
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACT

Background
Adverse events in hospitals are now widely agreed to be a serious problem, annually killing more people than breast cancer or AIDS. Aims: To study incidence of adverse events in admitted patients by current record review.

Aims
To study incidence of adverse events in admitted patients by current record review.

Materials and methods
A two-staged prospective study for a period of 1 year was carried out. Current records of inpatients were screened for adverse events. The adverse event was categorized as preventable or nonpreventable on the basis of World Health Organization (WHO) set confidence score of preventability.

Results
A total of 3150 patients were screened, among which 488 (15.5%) patients were screened positive for having adverse event. Readmission during last 12 months to any given healthcare for the same health condition (32.79%) was the most common adverse event seen. Hospital acquired infection/sepsis (26.64%) was the second most common adverse event seen. The 78% of adverse events presented with untoward outcome among which 81.8% of adverse events resulted in admission in wards, 4.33% adverse events were associated with death, 23.4% adverse events were associated with disability at discharge and 35.5% adverse events were associated with prolonged stay. A total of 67.4% of studied adverse events showed signs of healthcare team responsible for causing adverse events, among which 76.8% of adverse events occurred outside SKIMS before the index admission. A total of 71.3% of adverse events were categorized preventable.

Conclusion
Hospital acquired infection was found responsible for prolonged stay of the patients. Proper referral policy must be followed by the department of health services.

How to cite this article
Mirza M, Jan FA, Mumtaz SH, Sofi FA, Wani RA. A Study of Patient Safety with Special Reference to Incidence of Adverse Events taking Place in Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India. Int J Res Foundation Hosp Healthc Adm 2015;3(2):91-97.
A Study of the Awareness Levels of Universal Precautions in High-risk Areas of a Super-specialty Tertiary Care Hospital
Authors: Jain Kanika , Singh IB , Lathwal Amit , Arya Sanjay Kumar , Ahlawat Ravinder 
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACT
Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC), Atlanta, in 1987, defined universal precautions and recommended that blood and body fluid precautions be consistently used for all patients. Although universal precautions have been in existence for a long period of time and the risk of transmission of blood borne infections to healthcare workers (HCWs) is very real, the awareness levels among HCWs to these precautions is still far from satisfactory.
This study was conceived to study the knowledge of universal precautions in high-risk areas of a super-specialty tertiary care hospital in India among different categories of HCWs.
A pretested structured questionnaire common to all the categories of HCWs was used to study the awareness levels of universal precautions. Each question was assigned a unit score. Seventy-five percent score in the questionnaire was taken as cut-off for adequate knowledge.
The findings of the study reveal that the HCWs who had adequate knowledge of universal precautions were 29 (30%) out of 96 HCWs. These included 17 (53%) doctors, 8 (36%) nurses, 3 (31%) technical staffs and 1 (5%) housekeeping staff.

How to cite this article
Lathwal A, Arya SK, Singh IB, Ahlawat R, Jain K. A Study of the Awareness Levels of Universal Precautions in High-risk Areas of a Super-specialty Tertiary Care Hospital. Int J Res Foundation Hosp Healthc Adm 2015;3(2):98-102.
Mihumisang: Formosan Tribal Voices
Authors: Eisenberg Amy 
Published: September 2019

Abstract
As Formosan National Parks research fellow with the Bunun tribe, whose homeland is Yushan National Park and well beyond its borders, I witnessed and published the desecration of a Bunun cemetery by Taiwanese developers in the Bunun hot springs village of Tungpu. As Yushan Tribal College professor, I asked my students to consult their elders. These are their stories.
The Dawn of Translation
Authors: Geczy Adam 
Published: September 2019

Abstract
This photo essay was part of a project at a studio residency in December 2018 in the Hòa Binh Province situated in northwest Vietnam. It is home to a minority (roughly 1.5 percent of the population) known as the Muong. They lay claim to a special indigeneity dating back to the second century, when the population began to become heavily Sinicized. Living in the mountains, they escaped the same level of interracial mixing as those in the more populated lower regions. The art project began as “Drawn in Translation,” in which I wrote fragments each day and translated them electronically, first into French and then into Vietnamese, anticipating errors. These texts were then rendered on a paper roll and interspersed with drawings taken from photographs, some of which are reproduced below. As a flow from the first project, this photo-essay is entitled “The Dawn of Translation,” as it expresses the many mismatches that occur in encounters with people, landscapes, and customs different from one's own.
The Land Since Time Immemorial: A Review of the Assimilation Policies on Indigenous Peoples Through Canada's Indian Act
Authors: Neeganagwedgin Erica 
Published: September 2019

AbstractIn the past, Britain, and later Canada, implemented a series of laws and policies concerning Indigenous nations. This article provides a review of Canada's 1876 Indian Act and examines some of the ways in which the Canadian government has dominated Indigenous peoples throughout its history.
Making the Most of the Middle: Zelda Fitzgerald and Dawn Powell inCollege Humor
Authors: Lawson Ashley 
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACTThe brief period when Zelda Fitzgerald and Dawn Powell both published in the magazine College Humor offers a unique lens through which to view not only each author's larger body of work but also this critically neglected magazine. By placing the stories within a middlebrow context, this article charts the way these authors utilized such conventions to make pointed critiques of gender expectations as represented by the flapper. Such an approach also helps us understand the underappreciated role that middlebrow magazines played as a venue for female authors who sought to protest restrictive gender ideals in an era of unprecedented freedom.
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazineand the Postpulp: From Modern to Postmodern
Authors: Pennywark Leah 
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACTFrom its origins in the 1940s through the 1960s, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine exceeded the boundaries of modernist literature and mystery fiction, making connections between genre and literary fiction and contributing to the development of a popular postmodernism. Cold War mystery fiction makes visible the contradictions inherent in US containment culture, revealing the epistemological apprehensions that underpin and connect modern and postmodern literature. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine constellates Cold War cultural binaries through the lens of mystery, performing the breakdown of these narratives into spatialized and hybrid forms, shaping the turn from modernism into postmodernism.
“We do not want our war memorials turned out by the thousand, like 75 mm. shells”: The Arts and Crafts Movement, Print Culture, and World War I Commemoration in Britain
Authors: Malone Carolyn 
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACT
This article explores the role of print culture in the Arts and Crafts movement's campaign to guide the nation in its commemoration of the war dead. They held meetings and exhibitions and published circulars, pamphlets, and articles in art and architecture journals. Because of public interest in the subject, newspapers and a wide array of journals publicized their activities and ideas. It is this article's contention that print culture enabled them to reach a broader public and to frame the debate about war memorials. This is an important facet of commemoration that has been largely overlooked in the scholarship.
Coprolites Production of Native Earthworms in Braquiaria Fields Under Biofertilization
Authors: Dantas Murielle Magda Medeiros , Zuza José Flavio Cardoso , Henrique Josinaldo Da Silva , Cavalcante Adailza Guilherme , Gondim Joaquim Emanuel Fernandes , Bezerra Ana Carolina , Neto Manoel Alexandre Diniz 
Published: September 2019

Aims: The objective of this study was to evaluate the coprolite production of native earthworms in a pasture with Brachiaria, with and without liquid-enriched biofertilization.
Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was carried out between April of 2014 and August of 2015 at the Centro de Ciências Agrárias da Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB.
Methodology: A randomized complete block experimental design was used, with subdivided plots and four replicates, with a total of 40 plots in a 5x3x2 factorial arrangement, five grass species (Brachiaria brizantha, B. decumbens, B. humidicola, B. ruziziensise e B. brizantha MG5) and three sampling times, with and without liquid-enriched biofertilization. The plot area was composed of 50.0 m2 (10 m x 5 m) with subplots of 0.25 m2 (0.5 m x 0.5 m). Six foliar fertilization were performed in intervals of fifteen days, with three applications in the drought period and three applications in the rainy season. Each application consisted of 5% of biofertilizer (100 mL of biofertilizer diluted in 2 L of water), each plot received 2 L of biofertilizer.
Results: In the dry season there was a significant difference in the means between the fertilization treatments, leading to the absence of fertilization, obtaining a better result, varying of 48, 24% in relation to the treatments that received fertilization, and there was no significant difference between the brachiaria. In the rainy season, it was verified that there was no significant difference in the means between the fertilization treatments, but there was a significant difference between the brachiaria.
Conclusion: The study concludes that earthworm coprolites production is higher under pasture with B. MG5 during the dry season. In the rainy season, production increased under pasture with B. humidicula. Brachiaria fertilized with liquid-enriched biofertilizer provided lower results in the production of biogenic aggregates (earthworm coprolites). Under conditions of the present study, the hypothesis that the effect of the liquid -enriched biofertilizer increases the production of endogeic earthworm coprolites has not been proven.
Relationship between Creative Thinking and Students Academic Performance in English Language and Mathematics: The Moderating Role of Gender
Authors: Inuusah Mahama, , Regine Kwaw, , Jonathan Mensah, Kwame , Ebenezer Acheampong, , Richard Marfo, 
Published: September 2019

Aims: This study sought to explore the moderating role of gender in the relationship between creative thinking and academic performance in English Language and Mathematics among Junior High School students in the Aboom Circuit, Cape Coast.
Study Design: The design for the study is correlational espousing the quantitative approach. The study was guided by two research hypotheses, which were tested using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation and Andrew F. Hayes Moderation Process. The instruments for the data collection were Kumar, Kemmler and Holman (1997) Creativity Styles Questionnaire-Revised (CSQ-R) and standardised-type test developed by experts in the various subject areas.
Results: The study revealed significant relationship between creative thinking and academic performance of students (English Language: r=.432, n=140, p=0.05, p=.003, 2-tailed; Mathematics: r=.401, n=140 p=0.05, p=0.000, 2-talied). The study further revealed that gender moderated significantly in the relationship between creativity and academic performance (English Language: b=-.276, t=-2.398, CI= -.485, -.088; Mathematics: b=-.300, t=-2.198, CI= -.564, -.070). As such, male respondents had higher creative thinking effect in English Language and Mathematics than female respondents (b=.371, t=4.608, CI [.212, .530; b=.219, t=2.286, CI [.030, .407]).
Conclusion: Creative thinking indeed relates to performance, as such, it was recommended that creative thinking should be nurtured among all students in J.H.S. In addition, stakeholders in education should consider including creative thinking in the curriculum and pay special attention to nurturing creative think in female students so that they could match up with their male counterparts.
Bolidophyceae
Authors: Jordan Richard W , Fujita Ryohei , Konno Susumu , Eriksen Ruth 
Published: September 2019

AbstractThe marine microalgal class Bolidophyceae is a sister group to the diatoms and includes motile naked (bolidomonad) cells and nonmotile siliceous plate‐bearing (parmalean) cells. The bolidomonad cell possesses two unequal flagella, a long one bearing mastigonemes (tubular hairs) and a shorter smooth one, with the basal apparatus reduced to basal bodies. The parmalean cell wall is composed of 5–8 interlocking siliceous plates, which exhibit distinct dorsal, ventral, shield and girdle plate morphologies. Both cell types have a chloroplast (including the major carotenoid fucoxanthin and chlorophyllsa+c1+c2+c3) with a girdle lamella, Golgi body, nucleus, mitochondrion and large vacuole. The group currently includes approximately 30 taxa, mostly described from high latitudes, although some tropical species also have been reported. Parmalean algae reach high absolute abundances in the spring, but later in the summer, they sink to the pycnocline (a layer of maximum water density difference) – a strategy similar to the centric diatoms. Their rare occurrences in sediment trap and surface sediments suggest that the siliceous plates are mostly recycled in the photic zone, yet plates of parmalean algae have been discovered in older sediments, although their true stratigraphic distribution remains unknown.Key ConceptsRecent gene sequence analyses have shown that the genusBolidomonasis polyphyletic, forming several clades, one of which includes the Parmales, resulting in allBolidomonasspecies being transferred toTriparma.The Bolidophyceae is a sister group to the diatoms, with similar cell features and pigment composition.Bolidomonad cells are motile and naked, while the nonmotile parmalean cells are covered by 5–8 silicified plates, consisting of three or four types (shield, girdle, ventral and/or dorsal), arranged in a particular pattern and with distinct morphology, which defines each genus.At present, the ploidy level or life cycle has not been identified; however, it is possible that the nonmotile silica plate‐bearing cells are diploid and alternate with a naked bolidomonad‐like flagellate haploid stage.Naked bolidomonads appear to be present throughout the World's oceans, while most parmalean taxa inhabit high latitude areas, although tropical taxa also exist.Studies have shown the parmalean ecology is similar to that of the centric diatoms, with assemblages remaining in their silicified form throughout the year and sinking to the pycnocline in the summer.Remains of parmalean cells found in the fossil record suggest at least an early Cenozoic origin.If the bolidophytes are haplodiplontic and represent an ancestral stage to the diplontic diatoms, then future molecular clock calculations should reveal a much older origin, possibly as old as the late Paleozoic (as diatoms are believed to have diverged around the Permian–Triassic boundary).
Depth‐Resolved Modulation of Metal–Oxygen Hybridization and Orbital Polarization across Correlated Oxide Interfaces
Authors: Rogge Paul C. , Shafer Padraic , Fabbris Gilberto , Hu Wen , Arenholz Elke , Karapetrova Evguenia , Dean Mark P. M. , Green Robert J. , May Steven J. 
Published: September 2019

AbstractInterface‐induced modifications of the electronic, magnetic, and lattice degrees of freedom drive an array of novel physical properties in oxide heterostructures. Here, large changes in metal–oxygen band hybridization, as measured in the oxygen ligand hole density, are induced as a result of interfacing two isovalent correlated oxides. Using resonant X‐ray reflectivity, a superlattice of SrFeO3 and CaFeO3 is shown to exhibit an electronic character that spatially evolves from strongly O‐like in SrFeO3 to strongly Fe‐like in CaFeO3. This alternating degree of Fe electronic character is correlated with a modulation of an Fe 3d orbital polarization, giving rise to an orbital superstructure. At the SrFeO3/CaFeO3 interfaces, the ligand hole density and orbital polarization reconstruct in a single unit cell of CaFeO3, demonstrating how the mismatch in these electronic parameters is accommodated at the interface. These results provide new insight into how the orbital character of electrons is altered by correlated oxide interfaces and lays out a broadly applicable approach for depth‐resolving band hybridization.
When Bio Meets Technology: Biohybrid Neural Interfaces
Authors: Rochford Amy E. , Carnicer‐Lombarte Alejandro , Curto Vincenzo F. , Malliaras George G. , Barone Damiano G. 
Published: September 2019

AbstractThe development of electronics capable of interfacing with the nervous system is a rapidly advancing field with applications in basic science and clinical translation. Devices containing arrays of electrodes can be used in the study of cells grown in culture or can be implanted into damaged or dysfunctional tissue to restore normal function. While devices are typically designed and used exclusively for one of these two purposes, there have been increasing efforts in developing implantable electrode arrays capable of housing cultured cells, referred to as biohybrid implants. Once implanted, the cells within these implants integrate into the tissue, serving as a mediator of the electrode–tissue interface. This biological component offers unique advantages to these implant designs, providing better tissue integration and potentially long‐term stability. Herein, an overview of current research into biohybrid devices, as well as the historical background that led to their development are provided, based on the host anatomical location for which they are designed (CNS, PNS, or special senses). Finally, a summary of the key challenges of this technology and potential future research directions are presented.
Exploiting the Novel Electronic and Magnetic Structure of C3N via Functionalization and Conformation
Authors: Bafekry A. , Stampfl C. , Shayesteh S. Farjami , Peeters F. M. 
Published: September 2019

Abstract2D polyaniline, C3N, is of recent high interest due to its unusual properties and potential use in various technological applications. In this work, through systematic first‐principles calculations, the atomic, electronic, and magnetic structure of C3N and the changes induced due to functionalization by the adsorption of hydrogen, oxygen, and fluorine, for different coverages and sites, as well as on formation of nanoribbons including the effect of adsorbed hydrogen and oxygen, and the effect of strain, are investigated. Among other interesting phenomena, for hydrogen adsorption, a semiconductor‐to‐topological insulator transition, where two Dirac‐points appear around the Fermi level, as well as ferromagnetic ordering for both hydrogen and oxygen functionalization, is identified. Considering C3N nanoribbons, adsorption of H leads to significant changes in the electronic properties, such as transforming the structures from semiconductor to metallic. Furthermore, investigating the effect of strain on the physical properties, it is found that the band gap can be significantly altered and controlled. The present findings predict that a wide variation in the magnetic and electronic structure of C3N can be achieved by adatom functionalization and conformation indicating its high potential for use in various technological applications, ranging from catalysis, energy storage, and nanoelectronic devices.