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COMPARISON BETWEEN MINI-BAL AND BAL RESULTS AMONG ICU PATIENTS WITH PREDOMINANT RIGHT LOWER LOBE PNEUMONIA
Authors: Ahmad Anam , Ali Naqvi Syed Mazhar , Nazir Humaira , Sarwar Noma , Aslam Waqas , Tariq Rabia 
Published: May 2024

Background: Bacterial pneumonia is one of the public health concerns with high ICU admissions, morbidity and mortality in individuals of all ages worldwide. The diagnosis in intensive care unit (ICU) settings poses challenges, primarily obtaining rapid and reliable microbiological confirmation. Objective of the present study is to compare the results of mini-BAL and BAL among ICU patients with predominant right lower lobe pneumonia.
Material and Methods: This Prospective randomized comparative cross-sectional study as done Medical ICU, Services Hospital, Lahore – 1 year. The study was carried out after approval from the institute's ethics committee. Our study had 66 participants, 33 in each group. Each group of patients was assigned at random. The first group had the BAL procedure, whereas the second group received the mini-BAL procedure. Both groups' demographic, clinical, laboratory, bacteriological, and mycological data were obtained. SPSS version 23 was used to analyse the data collected. Mean, standard deviation, frequency, and percentages were utilised in descriptive statistics. The Chi square test was also used to compare groups. Cut off set to p<0.05.
Results: The BAL technique isolated bacteriological pathogens in 13(39.4%) patients and mini-BAL technique isolated bacteriological pathogens in 15(45.5%) patients. The BAL technique isolated mycological pathogens in 12(36.4%) patients and mini-BAL technique isolated mycological pathogens in 14(42.4%) patients. There was no statistically significant difference among the two procedures. (p>0.05)
Conclusion: In the mini-BAL group, the frequency of isolation of bacteria and mycological pathogens is slightly higher. Although there was no statistically significant difference, we propose that mini-BAL be used instead BAL because it is less invasive.
Key Words: Comparison, Mini-BAL, BAL ICU patients, Right lower lobe, Pneumonia
The current spectrum of infections in cancer patients with chemotherapy related neutropenia
Authors: Ashfaq Maliha , Haider Ghulam , Ather Tooba , Ahsan Mahnoor , Khan Mohammad Ejaz , Seher Sana 
Published: May 2024

Background: New cancer treatments have improved patient survival but also bring side effects like weakened immunity and higher infection risk. The present study aimed to assess the pattern of blood stream infections and antimicrobial resistance in blood isolates of neutropenic patients.
Material and Methods: This Cross-sectional, observational study was conducted at Department of Oncology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan between August 2019 to August 2020. Malignant patients who underwent chemotherapy and presented with fever, neutropenia, and positive bacterial blood culture were enrolled in the study. Patients with a recent history of blood transfusion were excluded. The spectrum of bacterial infections and the antimicrobial resistance patterns of causative organisms isolated from blood were studied. The CLSI standard antimicrobial panel was used for each microorganism. Findings were presented in tabular form.
Results: During the study period 95 organisms were isolated from the blood cultures. Strains of E. Coli, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas, S. Aureus, S. Pneumoniae, were found in 27 (28.4%), 18 (18.9%), 13 (13.7%), 17 (17.9%), and 2 (2.1%) patients, respectively. 44.0% of E. coli, 68.8% of Klebsiella, and 38.5% of Pseudomonas were resistant to tazobactam. 92.6% of E. coli, 88.2% of Klebsiella, 100% of Pseudomonas were resistant to Co-amoxiclav. 52.9% of Staph aureus were resistant to methicillin. 23 (92.0%) strains of E. coli, 15 (83.3%) strains of Klebsiella, 6 (46.2%) strains of Pseudomonas, and 11 (68.8%) of Staph aureus were resistant to ciprofloxacin.
Conclusion: Resistance to the majority of the commonly used antimicrobial drugs was noted. Continuous antimicrobial resistance surveillance of the everchanging spectrum of causative organisms and their characterization is very important to treat the bloodstream infections (BSI) in cancer patients with chemotherapy induced neutropenia.
Keywords: Neutropenia Infection, Fever, Antimicrobial resistance, Chemotherapy.
Developing a Toolkit to Measure the Impact of Programme Assessment Result on Improving the Teaching Quality
Authors: Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc , Le Huy Tung 
Published: May 2024

This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable toolkit to measure the impact of external assessment results and improve teaching activities in engineering majors at Vietnamese universities. The study comprised two stages: development and testing of the questionaire. In addition to desk research, expert interviews were conducted with six education quality assurance specialists to assess the content and construct validity of a several items intended to gauge the impact of external assessment results on improving teaching activities in the questionaire. Simultaneously, SPSS 26.0 software was employed to ensure the validity and reliability of the scale following the testing phase involving sample 439 lecturers teaching engineering majors. The research findings indicated that Cronbach's alpha coefficients were above 0.7, and 38 out of 40 questions exhibited a total variable correlation of over 0.03, thereby ensuring the reliability of the scale. Furthermore, the development of this scale is poised to furnish valuable data for improving teaching activities at the higher education institutions.
Partial Endorsement in Commercial Paper: Reasons for Rejection and Justifications for Acceptance (Critical Study)
Authors: Rjoub Abdelsalaam Mohammad 
Published: May 2024

This research paper strives to demonstrate how commercial paper trades through endorsement and for this trading to be correct and effective for its impact, the endorsement must meet the necessary objectives and formal conditions for that. One of the special objective conditions for endorsement is that it should be on the full immutable right in the commercial paper, but opinions have emerged from jurisprudence and the judiciary considered that partial endorsement is valid and effective to raise, so this study is done to elaborate the reasons for the endorsement invalidity in general and to study partial endorsement in specific, to find out the motives adhered to by jurisprudence to consider partial endorsement invalid, as well as provided a response by balancing between acceptance of endorsement and the reasons for rejection. In conclusion, the introduction of a new exception to the rules of endorsement will not be unusual.
Some Fixed Point Theorems For Mappings Satisfying Contractive Conditions Of Integral Type
Authors: Jha Naveen 
Published: May 2024

In this paper, we establish some common fixed-point theorems for two pairs of weakly compatible mappings satisfying integral type contractive conditions integral type in dislocated metric spaces by using E.A. which improves and extends similar known results in the literature.

2010 AMS Mathematics Subject Classification: 54H25, 47H10
ABOUT NORWEGIAN TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC
Authors: Умхольт П.А. , Орлов С.В. 
Published: May 2024

В основу статьи легла лекция-презентация, представленная доцентом Университета Юго-Восточной Норвегии Пером Асмундтом Умхольтом 3 мая 2018 года в Петрозаводской государственной консерватории имени А. К. Глазунова. По пожеланию и с согласия господина Умхольта преподаватель Петрозаводской консерватории С. В. Орлов перевёл выступление на русский язык и внёс необходимые изменения при подготовке материала к публикации. Предлагаемая работа имеет ознакомительный характер. В первой части статьи обрисовывается исторический контекст, в котором формировалась норвежская народная музыка, во второй – приводятся примеры фольклорных жанров и народных инструментов.
The article is based on a presentation lecture delivered by Per Åsmund Omholt, Associate Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway, on May 3, 2018, at the Petrozavodsk State Glazunov Conservatoire. Upon Mr. Omholt's request, Senior Instructor at the State Glazunov Conservatoire Serge V. Orlov translated the presentation lecture into Russian and made necessary changes while preparing the material for publishing. This paper is of introductory nature. The first part of it describes the historical context in which Norwegian folk music was formed. The second part presents genres and instruments of Norwegian folk music.
THE ISSUE OF THE MUSICAL TEXT PRONUNCIATION IN THE LIGHT OF THE RHETORICAL TRADITIONS
Authors: Художникова С.И. 
Published: May 2024

Современное исполнение западноевропейской музыки XVII–XVIII веков заметно отличается от принципов, изложенных в трактатах эпохи барокко. Важнейшим средством выражения барочного текста является артикуляция и акцентуация, которые были подчинены риторическим традициям. Музыкальная риторика – это не только свод правил и набор готовых клише. Трактаты прошлых веков представляют музыканта как искусного ритора, который должен владеть интонацией, ясной артикуляцией, уметь расставить эмфатические акценты и овладеть сердцами слушателей.
Modern performance of Western European music of the 17th–18th centuries differs dramatically from the principles stated in the tractates of the Baroque era. The most important means of expression of the Baroque text are the articulation and the accentuation that have been subordinate to rhetorical traditions. Musical rhetoric is not a set of rules and clichés only. The tractates of the last centuries describe a musician as a skillful rhetor who has to have control over intonation, clear articulation, the one who is able to place emphatic accents and seize the hearts of the listeners.
ANALISIS KEBIJAKAN SUROBOYO BUS DALAM PERSPEKTIF PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS
Authors: Thalita Nadia Putri Aryanti  , Salsabila Safira Aulia  
Published: May 2024

Kemacetan yang terjadi di Kota Surabaya menjadi permasalahan utama tingginya angka pertumbuhan penduduk yang pesat dan infrastruktur jalan yang tidak sebanding. Hal ini meningkatkan penggunaan transportasi pribadi dibandingkan transportasi umum yang menambah kemacetan lalu lintas. Terdapat beberapa faktor yang membuat masyrakat merasa tidak nyaman menggunakan transportasi umum dan sebagian beralih pada kendaraan pribadi. Sehingga, pengukuran aksesibilitas transportasi umum menjadi penting dalam pembuatan kebijakan oleh pemerintah maupun perencana transportasi. Oleh karena itu, Pemerintah Kota Surabaya merespon dengan menghadirkan inovasi baru yakni Suroboyo Bus sebagai salah satu transportasi umum sebagai solusi untuk mengurangi kemacetan di Kota Surabaya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk untuk menganalisis faktor yang mendorong pengguna transportasi umum ke kendaraan pribadi serta merumuskan solusi yang efektif untuk mengatasi masalah kemacetan yang terjadi di Kota Surabaya. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif dan studi literatur dengan menggunakan Problem Tree Analysis, menenkankan pada analisis mendalam terhadap persepsi dan preferensi yang mempengaruhi keputusan mereka untuk menggunakan kendaraan pribadi serta memberikan solusi alternatif. Selain itu, hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa adaptasi masyarakat terhadap transportasi publik masih perlu ditingkatkan untuk efektivitas Suroboyo Bus dalam mengatasi kemacetan lalu lintas di Kota Surabaya. Adanya inovasi Suroboyo Bus diharapkan peningkatan kepedulian masyarakat untuk beralih dari kendaraan pribadi ke transportasi umum sebagai langkah alternatif dalam mengatasi kemacetan.
Assessing the Impact of Annona muricata Aqueous Extract on Liver Enzymes in Wister Rats Exposed to Paracetamol Over Dose
Authors: Ajayi Abigael A. , Ajayi Benjamin A. , Ajayi Tolulope F. 
Published: May 2024

Aims: This study examines the effect of the aqueous leaf extract of Annona Muricata on liver enzymes in wister rats using the spectrophotometric method.
Methodology: 20 Wister rats were divided into groups A, B, C, and D, of 5 rats each, housed, fed, and the experimental groups administered treatments orally in distilled water (10 ml/kg) by means of orogastric cannula for 14 days. 500g of the plant powder was submerged for 72 hours 1500ml of distilled water. The sample was taken with a rotating evaporator, an electrical evaporator extraction apparatus. With water heated to 45°C, the solvent was removed. Before use, a paste-like sample was made and kept in a refrigerator at 4 degrees Celsius. The animals in group A were used as the control. The animals in group B were given feeds + 20mg of paracetamol, and the animals in group C were administered 100mg of paracetamol + silymarin. In comparison, the ones in group D were given 150mg of paracetamol + Annona muricata extracts. The animals were then sacrificed 48 hours following the final dose. A blood sample was collected, allowed to coagulate, and then the serum was separated, while the liver was excised and utilized for biochemical analyses.
Results: The alanine aminotransferase activities (ul) recorded 9.0±2.71, 14.67±1.5, 13.50±0.58, 15.75±2.50 for animals in groups A, B, C, and D respectively with corresponding activities of aspartate aminotransferase (ul) of 7.25±0.50, 27.33±4.04, 20.00±2.71, 17.25±1.71. Results revealed a significant difference (p<0.05) in the activities of ALT and AST of all the treated groups. Thus, the aqueous leaf extract of Annona muricata could be hepato-protective. The silymarin could also be hepatoprotective, but it is less effective than Annona muricata. The untreated group, B, showed elevated levels of alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase, confirming paracetamol's hepatotoxic activity.
Conclusion: The ethanol leaf extract of Annona muricata decreased the activities of liver enzymes in male wister rats, suggesting its hepato-protective tendency. It also does not encourage body weight loss.
Phytosociological Studies of the Flora of Dhanamanjuri University Campus in Imphal West District (Manipur), India
Authors: Thoudam Depiya , Rikesh N. , Devi A. Radhapyari , Sharma H. Manoranjan 
Published: May 2024

Aims: To study the life forms and biological spectrum of the vegetation of Dhanamanjuri University Campus, Manipur to determine its phytoclimate and species diversity.
Study Design: The vegetation of the whole university campus was studied and the site selection was made randomly.
Place and Duration of Study: Dhanamanjuri University Campus is located at the intersection of 24.82ºN Latitude and 93.94ºE Longitude. The study was carried out from March to September, 2023.
Methodology: Life forms were determined in the study area after detailed floristic studies. Vegetation classification on a physiognomic basis as per Raunkiaer’s system as modified by Ellenberg and Mueller-Dombois. Frequency, density, abundance and basal area were calculated for quantitative analysis. Both Shannon- Weiner Index and Simpson index were calculated for diversity studies. The degree of association between two randomly selected species was studied with a simple index of association IASM.
Results: The biological spectrum of Dhanamanjuri University Campus consists of 183 plant species belonging to 163 genera distributed over 74 families. Due to predominance of Phanerophytes (54.1%) and Therophytes (22.4 %) over the other life-forms, the study site was assigned to the “Phanero-Therophytic” Phytoclimate. The values of the Shannon- Weiner Index and Simpson Index were found to be 1.5202 and 3.101 respectively. For the degree of association between two randomly selected species χ2 value was calculated to be 0.101 inferring that the two species are not associated with each other, rather they are independently distributed in the site.
Conclusion: The current study has described the vegetation of the Dhanamanjuri University Campus, as per Raunkiaer’s terminology as “Phanero-Therophytic” phytoclimate. The study also shed light on various phytosociological attributes of plants growing on the campus, thus shedding more light on the diversity and distribution patterns of the plants growing there.
Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Growth, Fruit Yield and Quality of Kharif Season Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.)
Authors: Gopal Ram , Bahadur Vijay , Topno Samir E 
Published: May 2024

The present was conducted at Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj during the session 2022 - 2024. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications, and the study consists of ten treatment combinations including control. The best treatment was T12 (NAA200ppm) &T11 (NAA150ppm) which shows highest values in all the parameters viz., day to germination (10.20), survival % (71.02%), vine length at last harvest (228.02), number of days to first male flower appearance (43.10), number days to first female flower appearance (53.67), number of days to 50% flower first picking (61.85), number fruit per vine (31.23), average fruit length (20.79cm), average fruit diameter (4.34), average fruit weight (88.05 g), average fruit yield per plant (49.83 kg), TSS (189 °brix), vitamin C (85.33). Increased flowering, fruit yield, quality and economics might be due to the increased absorption of nutrients when given as foliar application.
Hole‐Transfer Dyads and Triads Based on Perylene Monoimide, Quaterthiophene, and Extended Tetrathiafulvalene
Authors: Boixel Julien , Blart Errol , Pellegrin Yann , Odobel Fabrice , Perin Nicola , Chiorboli Claudio , Fracasso Sandro , Ravaglia Marcella , Scandola Franco 
Published: July 2010

AbstractTwo families of dyad and triad systems based on perylene monoimide (PMI), quaterthiophene (QT), and 9,10‐bis(1,3‐dithiol‐2‐ylidene)‐9,10‐dihydroanthracene (extended tetrathiafulvalene, exTTF) molecular components have been designed and synthesized. The dyads (D1 and D2) are of the PMI–QT type and the triads (T1 and T2) of the PMI–QT–exTTF type. The two families differ in the saturated or unsaturated nature of the linker groups (ethynylene in D1 and T1, ethylene in D2 and T2) that bridge the molecular components. The dyads and triads have been characterized by electrochemical, photophysical, and computational methods. Both the experimental and the computational (DFT) results indicate that in the unsaturated systems strong intercomponent interactions lead to substantial perturbation of the properties of the subunits. In particular, in T1, delocalization is particularly effective between the QT and exTTF units, which would be better viewed combined as a single electronic subsystem. For the dyad systems, the photophysics observed following excitation of the PMI unit is solvent‐dependent. In moderately polar solvents (dichloromethane, diethyl ether) fast charge separation is followed by recombination to the ground state. In toluene, slow conversion to the charge‐separated state is followed by intersystem crossing and recombination to yield the triplet state of the PMI unit. The behavior of the triads, on the other hand, is remarkably similar to that of the corresponding dyads, which indicates that, after primary charge separation, hole shift from the oxidized QT component to exTTF is quite inefficient. This unexpected result has been rationalized on the basis of the anomalous (simultaneous two‐electron oxidation) electrochemistry of exTTF and with the help of DFT calculations. In fact, although exTTF is electrochemically easier to oxidize than QT by around 0.6 V, the one‐electron redox orbitals (HOMOs) of the two units in triad T2 are almost degenerate.
ChemInform Abstract: From Molecular to One‐Dimensional Polychalcogenides: Preparation, Structure, and Reactivity of NaNbS6, the First Ternary Alkali Metal Niobium Polychalcogenide Exhibiting Infinite Anionic Chains.
Authors: BENSCH W. , NAETHER C. , DUERICHEN P. 
Published: July 2010

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ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis and Crystal Structure Determination of Sodium Ozonide.
Authors: KLEIN W. , ARMBRUSTER K. , JANSEN M. 
Published: July 2010

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ChemInform Abstract: Rb2Au6Sb4S10: A Novel Sulfosalt with Two Different Interpenetrating Anionic Frameworks: [Au3Sb4S8]‐ and [Au3S2]‐.
Authors: HANKO J. A. , KANATZIDIS M. G. 
Published: July 2010

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ChemInform Abstract: Tetraammonium Tetrametaphosphimate Tetrahydrate.
Authors: STOCK N. , SCHNICK W. 
Published: July 2010

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ChemInform Abstract: The Crystal Structure of the Potential Ferroelectric Calcium Rhenate(VI, VII) Ca11Re4O24 and Its Relation to the Structure of Sr11Os4O24.
Authors: JEITSCHKO W. , MONS H. A. , RODEWALD U. CH. , MOELLER M. H. 
Published: July 2010

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ChemInform Abstract: Crystal Chemistry of the Copper(II) Zinc Tellurates Cu5Zn4Te3O18 (I) and Cu1.5Zn1.5TeO6 (II) with a Note on Cu1.5Co1.5TeO6 (III).
Authors: WULFF L. , MUELLER‐BUSCHBAUM HK. 
Published: July 2010

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ChemInform Abstract: RbAsF6, CsAsF6 and RbSbF6: Crystal Structures, Thermal Phase Transitions, and Vibrational Spectra.
Authors: LOSS S. , ROEHR C. 
Published: July 2010

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ChemInform Abstract: Crystal Chemistry of the Silver Manganese Oxovanadates Ag2BaMnV2O8 and (AgCa2)Mn2(VO4)3.
Authors: RETTICH R. , MUELLER‐BUSCHBAUM HK. 
Published: July 2010

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ChemInform Abstract: Solventothermal Synthesis of the Lamellar Selenidostannates(IV) A2Sn4Se9×H2O (A: Rb, Cs) and Cs2Sn2Se6.
Authors: LOOSE A. , SHELDRICK W. S. 
Published: July 2010

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