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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Among Survivals of Chemical Attack in Halabja
Get PDFThe main aim of this study was to find out the prevalence rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, likewise to find out significant gender differences in the level of this mental disorder among survivals of the chemical attack in Halabja. PTSD and depression among 109 (45 were males and 64 were females) survivors of the chemical attack were assessed by the Kurdish version scales of post-traumatic stress disorder checklist for DSM-5, and depression section of the Hopkins symptoms checklist-15. And the non-random snowball sampling technique was used to select the sample. Besides, face to face and structured interviews were used to collect data. The results of this study showed that the prevalence rate of PTSD was 46.78%, and there was a significant gender difference in the level of PTSD among survivals in Halabja. The prevalence rate of depression was 45.87%, and there was no significant gender difference in the level of depression among participants in this study
Simultaneous Submission of Journal Article: A Serious Author Misconduct
Get PDFSimultaneous submission refers to the practice of submitting a manuscript that is already submitted and still under consideration at another journal. Almost all journals have a clear policy to not submit any manuscript simultaneously and force authors to send each manuscript to one journal at a time. Despite the set and well-known policy, it seems that the authors are enjoying to breach the publication ethics. In many cases, authors might be hoping to speed up the publishing process by sending out the same paper to multiple journals simultaneously. However, by doing so they actually slow down the overall editorial publishing process by consuming editorial resources from many journals to the same single paper and damaging the whole community. Sometimes simultaneous submissions get detected as they end up with simultaneous publication and sometimes it gets caught by reviewer or editors if by chance the same individual gets assigned by both journals however it's very rare. When such misconduct of simultaneous submission detected editor takes appropriate ethical action however in my opinion such detections are less than 1% of total simultaneous misconducts happening. More than 99% simultaneous submission went undetected and such authors destroying precious editorial resources silently without getting caught. In this article, my focus is on such silent destroyers which can be prevented with a collaborative approach of watching violators by journals and tighten the other policies through which authors easily violating simultaneous submission policy
Market selling conditions and storage methods influences ?-carotene stability and retention in biofortified gari
No full textThe influence of regular market selling conditions and storage methods on ?-carotene stability and retention were investigated in two different biofortified gari types. Freshly processed gari samples obtained from TMS 01/1412 and TMS 01/1371 respectively were exposed to 35-450C sunlight (ESL) and 60 watts electric bulb light (EEB); stored in black polyethylene bag (SPB) and air-tight aluminum container (SAC) respectively. The stability (using area under curve analysis) and retention (%) of ?-carotene in all the experiments were monitored and compared over a period of 4 weeks. Results revealed that ESL had a huge negative influence on the stability and retention of ?-carotene in the two biofortified gari types. Although EEB showed minimal but progressive negative influence, SAC followed by SPB showed the least negative influence on the nutrient stability. The overall retention of ?-carotene in gari processed from TMS 01/1412 and TMS 01/1371 respectively were as follows: ESL (12.1%, 12.8%), EEB (58.5%, 47.5%), SPB (61.9%, 50.8%) and SAC (60.2%, 82.6%). SAC retained the most appreciable amount of the nutrient thus suggesting it as a better form of storage while ESL lost the largest amount of the nutrient thus portraying it a detrimental market selling condition for the biofortified gari
Outfitting COVID-19: An Effective Therapeutic Approach
Get PDFUse of antisense oligonucleotides of the type 3'-(N)x-AAAUUUG-(N)x-5' against slippery sequence and polynucleotides against pseudoknots forming sequences of SARS-CoV-2 RNA would block the first translation of ORF1a and ORF1b and hence dwindle the virus replication. It is easy to synthesize and deliver the antisense oligonucleotides to the target by directly injecting the nano formulation into the blood
A Systematic Review on the Potency and How Safe Chloroquine is for the Treatment of COVID-19
Get PDFCoronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) is a global health emergency of serious health concern. However, there is no current medical treatment, although it is much needed for patient contracting the severe form of the disease. This systematic review was to explain the information regarding chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 via the data obtain from PubMed and other three trial Registries which were searched for review and the use of chloroquine in patients with COVID-19. Four articles were included (one narrative letter, one in-vitro study, one commentary and one editorial) and review on other 14 ongoing clinical trials in China. Chloroquine seems to have great potential in reducing the replication of SARS-CoV-2 (virus causing COVID-19) in vitro. There is high chance, pre-clinical evidence of effectiveness and information of safety from long-time clinical use for other indications to describe the clinical research on Chloroquine in patients with COVID-19. However, clinical description should either adhere to the Monitored Emergency Use of Unregistered Interventions (MEURI) framework or be ethically approved as a trial as stated by the World Health Organization. Safety data and data from high-quality clinical trials are urgently needed
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Dietary Habits of Middle-Class Population in Mulund, Mumbai, India
Get PDFIn India, the SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 pandemic has grown to 112,359 cases and 3,435 deaths as per 21st May, 2020. The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) affected the world with 4,893,186 cases and 323,256 deaths as of 21st May, 2020. The WHO declared the outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern on 30th January, 2020 and it was declared as a pandemic in March 2020. Clinical studies conducted on hospitalized cases show that the onset of COVID-19 is associated with symptoms commonly associated with viral pneumonia, most commonly fever, cough/sore throat and myalgia/fatigue. COVID-19 world pandemic imposed a new set of challenges for the individual to maintain a healthy diet. When compared to the USA, India is currently facing lesser cases of the pandemic because of early implementation of the preventive measures such as a lockdown. Because of the lockdown imposed, India has and is facing a downfall in every aspect, such as the economy, the agriculture, the health sector, the IT and management sectors and also tourism. This in turn, will have a negative impact on the quality of life and economy in India. The present paper aims to find out the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the health sector and is based on the results obtained from a survey about the eating patterns of participants from Mulund, Mumbai, India. It was seen that the mental stress caused due to the pandemic had an effect on the dietary behaviors of the participants
The Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the health consciousness and hygiene levels in the people of Hyderabad, India: A questionnaire-based community study
No full textHygiene and healthy lifestyle practices were known to be important for the attainment and maintenance of positive health. On one hand hygiene helps in the prevention of communicable diseases and on the other hand health consciousness in terms of lifestyle changes has proved to have a positive impact on the immunity of a person, both of which are of the essence during the COVID-19 crisis. The study aims to understand the increase in health consciousness and hygiene practices in the people of Hyderabad, India due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. It also studies variation within age groups. This could help us learn the deficit in efforts at the individual level and awareness at the community level. It was observed that the impact of COVID-19 outbreak has definitely caused an elevation in the health consciousness and hygiene levels of the people. The people became more health-conscious in terms of looking into the diet, exercising and making other lifestyle changes respectively. The efforts to promote them, however, should be continued to reach everyone and the study has to be repeated to ensure this attitude continues. The study proves that there is no association between health consciousness and age groups but showed an association between hygiene and age groups. Thus more emphasis is required to promote hygienic practices among younger age groups to bridge the gap that was noticed
Impact of COVID-19 on Indian Economy
Get PDFAs the global economy is falling into a phenomenal recession due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) which is rapidly spreading across the World, health Services worldwide are increasingly abashed, also leads India into an arduous situation. The country’s growth rate has also reduced by 1.9% by International Monetary Fund from 5.8% for 2020-21. Businesses are in stress for their profit and trying to cover the operational cost, wondering if they will have customers which make them able to pay their employees. The informal sector especially the labourers are hurt the most as their wages are disappeared. Banks are realising, especially for small and medium sized (MSMEs), companies will default and that is why trying to protect the financial stability. Investors are in big confusion and badly hit in this situation. Meanwhile, the government of India is engaged to examine the impact of COVID-19 and improvising the tools to save economies from collapse. They know it well that this is unpalatable time, it will be known in the future only with the decision taken today
LoRa Based Inventive Agriculture System
No full textIn order to reduce labor cost and improve the collection efficiency for various growth parameters in traditional agricultural greenhouse environmental crops. And found solution for problem using zigbee technology for communication which causes short transmission distance and makes changes in interference levels. This paper conflates normally used Long Range (LoRa) wireless network technology to make new inventive agriculture system. In this system, LoRa communication module works for communication purpose, and also widely used STM32F103 development board is a controller for all the sensors and execution purpose. The Qt developed host computer program to receive the data information and display them and process them. This module works on timely monitoring and decision-making on greenhouse agriculture
Analysis and Fabrication of Micro Cold Storage Plant and improving its performance using Phase Change Material (PCM)
No full textIn rural areas the supply of power is non uniform and the load demand varies as per the requirement. Cold storage present in such areas are facing this difficulties because cold storage containing items like agricultural commodities and food items are prone to spoilage in absence of power. This project research proposes the introduction of a Phase Change Material in Cold storage plants to provide solution to such problems. This project promises to reduce and control the temperature drop for cold storage plant located in such areas with variable load. Also, the project aims in supporting the cold storage vehicle in covering a long distance as the temperature drop will be controlled as per their requirements in even hot summer days