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The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Education System in Developing Countries
Authors: Willies David 
Published: March 2023

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the education systems in developing countries.
Methodology: The study adopted a desktop methodology. Desk research refers to secondary data or that which can be collected without fieldwork. Desk research is basically involved in collecting data from existing resources hence it is often considered a low cost technique as compared to field research, as the main cost is involved in executive’s time, telephone charges and directories. Thus, the study relied on already published studies, reports and statistics. This secondary data was easily accessed through the online journals and library.
Findings: The findings of the study revealed the existence of a contextual and methodological gap relating to the impact of COVID-19 on the education systems in developing countries. Preliminary empirical review found that in the world, most schools, colleges, and universities are closed to control the spread of the COVID-19.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The Disruption theory, Social Learning theory and the Cognitive Load theory may be used to anchor future studies on the impact of COVID-19 on education systems in developing countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has made all the educational schools across the world to adopt teaching and learning online. So, governments should scale network infrastructure and internet connectivity across urban and rural areas. The countries should design a strategy to scale educational technology, establish zero-rating educational resources on the internet, and prepare digital teaching and learning resources.
The Role of Prophylactic Antibiotics in Prevention of Wound Infections in Open Appendectomy Patients in Al-Diwaniayh Teaching Hospital
Authors: Alammar Nahedh Raoof , Alnaqeeb Qassim Jabbir , Jassim Mohanad Hassan , Alshammari Ali Jawad Hamza 
Published: March 2023

Knowing how, when, and what types of antibiotics should be used before and after an appendectomy is a very important subject for this very common intra-abdominal procedure that is performed in an emergency setting. This subject reflects the positive results of the procedure on the reduction of infectious complications, such as surgical site infection or intra-abdominal abcess. Post-operatively, we divided patients who had a non-perforated appendix into two groups: group A received pre-operative antibiotics half an hour before surgery with a single dose of 3rd generation cephalosporin (ceftriaxone)1g and metronidazole 500mg, and group B received antibiotics half an hour pre-operatively and continued antibiotics post-operatively within 24 hours. Both groups received antibiotics post-operatively. 240 patients were randomly selected and separated into two groups with an identical number in each. Of the 120 patients in group A, eight of them developed a wound infection (6.67%), and the same number of patients in group B also became infected. The 30-day follow-up period came and went without anyone developing an intra-abdominal infection. The use of a single dosage of antibiotic will be sufficient to prevent infection at the surgical site, and the advantage of post-operative antibiotic treatment in non-perforated appendix will be imperceptible.
Vopli Vidopliassova’s Tantsi
Authors: Sonevytsky Maria , Yamada Keisuke , Galbraith Patrick W. , Bridges Rose , Michel Patrick , Roberts Martin , Hara Kunio , McCorkle Brooke , Johnson Henry , Lehtonen Lasse , Ohwada Toshiyuki , Brunt Shelley , Browning Barbara , Thayer Allen , McCann Brian , Hertzman Marc A. , Burns Mila , Grasse Jonathon , Pardue Derek , Sharp Daniel B. , Perrone Charles A. , Moehn Frederick J. , Hagen Ross , Silverman Carol , Bohlman Philip V. , Nye Sean , Marstal Henrik , Szemere Anna , Elliott Richard , Mazierska Ewa , Mutsaers Lutgard , Val Fernán del , Looseley David , Tomatis Jacopo , Yardumian Aram , Sonevytsky Maria , Gray Lila Ellen , Tochka Nicholas , Turner Graeme , Gibson Chris , Goold Lachlan , Renzo Adrian , Chapman Ian , Stratton Jon , Bannister Matthew , Johnson Henry , Encarnacao John , Jorgensen Darren , Beilharz Peter , Rodger Dianne , Green Ben , Brown Michael , Karlin Jason G. , Rónai András , Gradowski Mariusz , Fouce Héctor , Istvandity Lauren , Giuffre Liz , Rogers Ian 
Published: March 2023

Rock ‘n’ roll may not have toppled the USSR, but it definitely rumbled through its foundations. Unlike the often-saccharine pop music sanctioned by the Soviet state, Ukrainian punk musicians of the 1980s Kyiv underground adapted ideologies of rock to roast the absurdities of late Soviet life, to articulate new ways of being Ukrainian, and to celebrate the cathartic pleasures of collective gatherings organized around musical performances.
This book tells the story of Tantsi (Dances) a 1989 semi-official cassette release by the now-legendary Ukrainian punk band Vopli Vidopliassova, known to fans simply as VV (pronounced “Ve-Ve”). Their disruptive musical sounds, ironic lyrics, use of language, and propulsive performances toyed with the distinctions between official and unofficial Soviet culture. VV's Tantsi exemplifies how Soviet musical cultures existed within an ecosystem of contradictions as entrenched state infrastructures collided with emergent youth subcultures on the quicksand of late Soviet life. Today, Tantsi continues to invite us to dance while we laugh (or cry) at the absurdities of everyday life.
Service Time Reduction Through the Development of a Simulation Model in a Selected Bank
Authors: Anam Rashed Choudhury Abul , Nahar Syeda Kumrun , Pritom Arindam Purohit 
Published: March 2023

Service time is an important element of the banking service. The time needed to wait in the queue makes the service receiver dissatisfied. To minimize the waiting time and improve the utilization rate, simulation-based analysis is a well-established technique. The objective of the current research is to investigate the current scenario of the service mechanism of the selected bank and suggest the best possible configuration for improving the service level. The research is based on a case study in which the operations of a specific bank were observed. A conceptual model of the studied bank has been developed first. It helps to realize how the entities move through the system. Then, an arena model was built according to the conceptual model following the collection and distribution of field data (arrival time, delay time at the aisle, and service time) via an input analyzer. The suggested model shows progressregardingthe average server utilization rate and waiting time customers spend in the queue. The proposed model shows a 30% improvement in waiting time and a 40% improvement in service time, or value-added time.
The use of buckwheat flour in the technology of semi-smoked sausage
Authors: Yessengaziyeva Aliya , Uzakov Yassin , Chernukha Irina , Kaimbayeva Leila , Kalashinova Lyazat , Zhantleuov Daniyar 
Published: March 2023

This article aims to substantiate the use of buckwheat flour in the technology of semi-smoked sausage based on the study of physicochemical, functional and technological, structural and mechanical and organoleptic parameters. It has been found that a small amount of buckwheat flour in semi-smoked sausage samples (up to 10.0% by weight of unsalted raw material) increases the moisture-binding capacity of the control sample by 1.1-1.8%. The study of the shear stress limit of the finished experimental samples showed that the maximum value of this parameter is 758 Pa. With increasing the dosage of hydrated buckwheat flour, the minced meat loosens, and the value of the shear stress limit in samples No.3 and No.4 is 420 and 390 Pa. The appearance, color, smell, aroma, consistency, taste and juiciness were studied in the produced samples of semi-smoked sausage. Histological examination of an experimental sample of semi-smoked sausage with a level of hydrated buckwheat flour of 6% was carried out. It has been found that introducing hydrated buckwheat flour into the minced meat up to 6% of the mass of raw meat material has a positive effect on the physical and chemical, functional and technological, structural and mechanical and organoleptic parameters of semi-smoked sausage.
COVID-19’un Sağlık Sigortası Sektörüne Etkisi
Authors: BULAN Seyhan , ÖZSARI Haluk 
Published: March 2023

Amaç: Sağlık sigortacılığı sektöründe; Türkiye’de COVID-19 nedeniyle oluşan değişimlerin ortaya konmasını amaçlamaktadır.
Yöntem: Sağlık sigorta sektöründe meydana gelen değişikliklerin tespiti için yetkili kurumların web sayfalarından 2017-2021 yıllarını kapsayan ikincil veriler elde edilerek içerik analizi yapılmıştır.
Bulgular: Pandemi başlangıcı öncesi ve sonrası iki yıllık periyotların ele alınması ile farklılıkların ortaya konabileceği düşünülmüş ve 2018-2019-2020-2021 yılı genel sağlık sigorta verileri ile özel sağlık sigortası verilerine bakılmıştır. Şirketlerin teknik kârlılık düzeylerinde bir etkilenme söz konusu olmasa da özel sigortalarda poliçe üretim sayısında bir azalma meydana geldiği gözlenmiştir.
Sonuç: Özel sağlık sektörü ve genel sağlık sigortası kapsamlarının genişletilmesi ile COVID-19’un meydana getirdiği risk durumu en az hasarla atlatılmış olarak değerlendirilebilir. Olağanüstü hallerde karşılaşılan durumların ekonomik çıktılarının ortaya konması sonraki dönemler için alternatif çözüm yolları oluşturulması açısından önemli görülmeli ve her yönden analiz edilmelidir.
SEROLOGICAL MONITORING OF INFLUENZA A VIRUS CIRCULATION AMONG HORSES OF SOUTHERN KAZAKHSTAN
Authors: НУРАЛИБЕКОВ С.Ш. , САБЫРЖАН Т.Б. , КАСЫМБЕКОВ Е.Т. , АХМЕТСАДЫКОВ Н.Н. , АХМЕТЖАНОВА М.Н. , БАТАНОВА Ж.М. , ХАН Е.Я. , КАРАМЕНДИН К.О. , КЫДЫРМАНОВ А.И. 
Published: March 2023

В статье описываются подтипы вируса гриппа, вызывающие инфекции среди лошадей, приводится историческая справка об эпизоотиях лошадиного гриппа А, приведены данные о зарегистрированных случаях на территории Казахстана. Описаны данные по серологическому исследованию распространенности гриппа А среди лошадей Туркестанской области.
The article describes the influenza A virus subtypes that cause equine influenza infections; provides a chronicles of equine influenza epizootics and demonstrates the data on registered cases in Kazakhstan. Data on a serological study of the prevalence of influenza A among horses of the Turkestan region are described.
case series study on skin manifestations in diabetic patients
Authors: Hailat Raef , Samin Kashif Ali , Sagheer Afshan , Jabbar Areeba , Junaid Shakila , Safdar Talal 
Published: March 2023

Aim: The present study aimed to investigate the skin manifestation in diabetic patients. Patients and Methods: A case-series study was conducted on 120 diabetes patients having skin manifestation investigated in the Department of Dermatology, PIMS Hospital, Islamabad from 11th March 2021 to 10th March 2022. Study protocol was approved by the institute research and ethical committee. Patients of either gender or age with diabetes mellitus and having at least one skin manifestation were enrolled. Each individual underwent dermatological examination and systemic findings were noted. Blood samples from each individual were taken for measuring the blood glucose level. Skin manifestation images and relevant investigations such as histopathological and microbiological were conducted. SPSS version 26 was used for data analysis. Results: Of the total 120 DM patients, there were 86 (71.7%) type 2 DM or non-insulin dependent and 34 (28.3%) were type I DM or insulin dependent. Out of 120 DM patients, there were 22 (18.3%) male and 98 (81.7%) females. The overall mean age was 48.62± 16.48 years with an age range 16 to 70 years. The mean duration of the disease was 9.84± 8.42 years varied from 5 months to 25 years.
Optimización del rendimiento financiero a través de la gestión eficiente del capital de trabajo: estudio de caso de Comgersol Cía. Ltda.
Authors: Navarrete Zambrano Cecilia Mercedes 
Published: March 2023

La importancia de una eficiente administración del capital de trabajo analizada como principal estrategia y esencial para lograr una adecuada operatividad y estadía a lo largo del tiempo. El capital de trabajo, es una de las actividades que exige gran atención y tiempo, la acertada aplicación manteniendo equilibrio en la liquidez y posibles riesgos que puede incurrir en la misma. Aplicada una metodología exploratoria tomando como referencia fuentes primarias tales como libros, artículos científicos, tesis de pregrado y posgrado. de acuerdo a lo mencionado anteriormente. Indagando las bases teóricas de investigaciones realizadas sobre la administración del capital de trabajo, estrategias y políticas entes aplicables en micro, pequeñas, medianas y grandes empresas del cantón. Como resultado se estableció que la administración del capital de trabajo es un instrumento financiero que todo personas que está interesado en invertir o crear su propio emprendimiento debe procurar entender que mantener la actividad económica dentro la empresa tendrá que disponer de interés por lo que está realizando y destinar tiempo necesario debido que factor determinante a la hora de emprender o dirigir un negocio, y sobrevivir el primer año de operatividad representa un gran reto para las empresas hoy en día
VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY IN CHILDOOD: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE
Authors: CELEP Gökçe , EVSİLE Sümeyye 
Published: March 2023

Purpose: Vitamin B12 is an essential micronutrient for neurodevelopment, growth and erythropoiesis of the human body. Deficiency is a common public health problem affecting young children; leading to neuropsychiatric and hematologic disorders. The aim of this study was to determine the rate and clinical findings of B12 deficiency among a sample of well children in a city located of middle northern Turkey.
Methods: The study was carried out in the pediatric outpatient clinics of a tertiary health-care center in middle-northern Turkey between November 1, 2019 and May 31, 2022. The medical records about age, gender, clinical history and laboratory data were retrieved from the hospital information system, retrospectively. Results were presented as percentages and fractional data after the analyses based on software.
Results: The study group consisted of 240 participants aged between 1-6 years old, 42.9% (n=103) of them were boys. The rate of vitamin B12 deficiency (
Vanadium oxide - poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) cathodes for zinc-ion batteries: effect of synthesis temperature
Authors: Volkov Filipp S. , Eliseeva Svetlana N. , Kamenskii Mikhail A. , Volkov Alexey I. , Tolstopjatova Elena G. , Kondratiev Veniamin V. 
Published: March 2023

Vanadium oxide composites with conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) were obtained by one-step microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis at two different temperatures: 120 and 170 °C (denoted as V-120 and V-170, respectively). The structure and composition of the obtained samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectro­scopy (XPS), and thermogravimetric (TG) analysis. The detailed study of the electro­chemical properties of the composites as cathodes of aqueous zinc-ion battery was per­formed by cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) at different current densities and by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). It was shown that V-120 demonstrated excellent electrochemical performance in the 0.3 to 1.4 V vs. Zn/Zn2+ potential range reaching specific capacities of up to 390 mA∙h∙g−1 at 0.3 A∙g−1 with excel­lent capacity stability after 1000 charge-discharge cycles. Its functional parameters were found to be much better than those of the electrodes based on the V-170 composite obtained at a higher temperature. The effect of the synthesis temperature on the electro­chemical properties is discussed in terms of the crystallographic, compositional, and thermogravimetric properties of the samples.
Improving access to mental health care: a system dynamics model of direct access to specialist care and accelerated specialist service capacity growth
Authors: Vacher Catherine , Skinner Adam , Occhipinti Jo‐An , Rosenberg Sebastian , Ho Nicholas , Song Yun Ju Christine , Hickie Ian B 
Published: March 2023

AbstractObjectiveTo simulate the impact on population mental health indicators of allowing people to book some Medicare‐subsidised sessions with psychologists and other mental health care professionals without a referral (direct access), and of increasing the annual growth rate in specialist mental health care capacity (consultations).DesignSystem dynamics model, calibrated using historical time series data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, HealthStats NSW, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, and the Australian Early Development Census. Parameter values that could not be derived from these sources were estimated by constrained optimisation.SettingNew South Wales, 1 September 2021 – 1 September 2028.Main outcome measuresProjected mental health‐related emergency department presentations, hospitalisations following self‐harm, and deaths by suicide, both overall and for people aged 15–24 years.ResultsDirect access (for 10–50% of people requiring specialist mental health care) would lead to increases in the numbers of mental health‐related emergency department presentations (0.33–1.68% of baseline), hospitalisations with self‐harm (0.16–0.77%), and deaths by suicide (0.19–0.90%), as waiting times for consultations would increase, leading to disengagement and consequently to increases in adverse outcomes. Increasing the annual rate of growth of mental health service capacity (two‐ to fivefold) would reduce the frequency of all three outcomes; combining direct access to a proportion of services with increased growth in capacity achieved substantially greater gains than an increase in service capacity alone. A fivefold increase in the annual service growth rate would increase capacity by 71.6% by the end of 2028, compared with current projections; combined with direct access to 50% of mental health consultations, 26 616 emergency department presentations (3.6%), 1199 hospitalisations following self‐harm (1.9%), and 158 deaths by suicide (2.1%) could be averted.ConclusionThe optimal combination of increased service capacity growth (fivefold) and direct access (50% of consultations) would have double the impact over seven years of accelerated capacity growth alone. Our model highlights the risks of implementing individual reforms without knowledge of their overall system effect.
Taenia solium Taeniasis and Cysticercosis Prevalence and Control Practice in China
Authors: Li Junqiang , Zhang Longxian 
Published: March 2023

Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis is an important global food-borne zoonosis transmitted between humans and pigs. In China, the prevalence of Theridion solium taeniasis/cysticercosis has been marked decline in recent decades based on the data revealed by both national surveys and field prevalence investigations. Health education and promotion, meat inspection, and chemotherapy are unquestionably the main control measures for diseases. It is worth noting that a variety of socio-ecological variables have been identified in the process of controlling T. solium taeniasis/cysticercosis. It has become difficult for pigs to come into direct or indirect contact with or consume human excreta as pig farming practices have been shifted from traditional backyard farms to large-scale commercial pig raising systems that are still in progress. The human toilet revolution in rural areas of China has ensured hygienic separation of human excreta from contact, and thereby preventing human excreta from polluting the soil, feeds, and water. These two important fundamental preventive measures are crucial to establishing an environmental restriction between humans and pigs cannot be overlooked for interrupting or limiting T. solium transmission. In this chapter, we reviewed the epidemiology, traditional measures, and ecological determinants that significantly contributed to the dramatic decline of taeniasis/cysticercosis in China.
Pelatihan Media Terbarukan Berbasis Virtual Reality Bagi Tenaga Kependidikan, Laboran dan Pustakawan di SMPN 3 Mranggen Demak
Authors: Siti Kholifah  , Achmad Buchori  
Published: March 2023

Tahun 2022 merupakan era perubahan yang besar dan mendadak karena pandemic Covid-19. Sektor pendidikan mengalami dampaknya. Salah satu solusi bagi tenaga kependidikan dalam mempromosikan sekolahnya dan paraktek di laboratoratorium atau perpustakaan adalah dengan menggunakan teknologi Virtual Reality sebagai media alternatifnya. Dengan memanfaatkan media Virtual Reality ini, tentu akan membuat pembelajaran dan pelayanan akademik lebih menarik, inovatif, dan memberikan imajinasi lebih baik bagi siswa dalam belajar baik pada waktu jam belajar atau diluar jam belajar. Tentu saja kombinasi-kombinasi kegiatan lanjut dengan pemanfaatan media ini perlu disiapkan oleh karyawan atau tenaga kependidikan.
Kegiatan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat (PKM) ini bertujuan untuk; (1) memberikan pengenalan kepada tenaga kependidikan di SMPN 3 Mranggen mengenai media Virtual Reality sebagai alternative media pembelajaran, media promosi sekolah, media perpustakaan, dan (2) melatih tenaga kependidikan SMPN 3 Mranggen untuk mampu memanfaatkan media terbarukan di laboratorium, Tata Usaha maupun perpustakaan. Metode yang diterapkan dalam program pengabdian ini, yaitu metode presentasi, metode demonstrasi, dan metode praktik. Metode presentasi diterapkan dalam pengenalan software hypermedia menggunakan aplikasi millealab, kemanfaataannya, dan penerapannya dalam pembuatan media berbasis virtual reality, metode demonstrasi mengenai pengoperasionalisasian program dan metode praktik dimana tenaga kependidikan mempraktikkan secara langsung pembuatan media pembelajaran sesuai kebutuhan masing-masing dengan pemanfaatan media berbasis virtual reality.
L’ethos dramaturgique de Catherine de Médicis dans La Guisiade de Pierre Matthieu
Authors: Desrosiers Diane 
Published: March 2023

Dans cet article, je me propose d’analyser la construction textuelle de l’ethos discursif de Catherine de Médicis à travers les prises de parole attribuées à ce personnage dans La Guisiade (1589) de Pierre Matthieu, hostile à Henri III. Je montrerai de façon plus spécifique comment les procédés rhétoriques mis en oeuvre dans cette tragédie de la fin du XVIe siècle informent l’élaboration de l’ethos de la reine mère dans les discours épidictiques de blâme qu’elle prononce.
Ethos royal et pouvoir féminin : Laodamie, reine d’Épire (1689) de Catherine Bernard
Authors: Frappier Louise 
Published: March 2023

Cet article s’intéresse à la construction de l’ethos, tout à la fois féminin et royal, du personnage éponyme dans la tragédie Laodamie, reine d’Épire de Catherine Bernard, créée en 1689 à la Comédie-Française, de même qu’à la tension générée par le conflit entre cet ethos et le pathos. Si ce pathos perturbe la « tranquillité » de la reine tout au long de l’action dramatique, celle-ci n’en parvient pas moins à le tenir en bride – mais au prix d’un immense effort – au profit de la raison, qui lui dicte de contrôler des passions qui entrent en contradiction avec les exigences de sa fonction.