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Prediction of abnormalities in heart beat sounds using convolutional neural networks
Get PDFWorldwide physicians prefer to use physical stethoscope and they listen to the heart beat sound and its rhythm to diagnose various heart conditions. In this work various abnormalities that happened in heart will be reflected in the sound of the heartbeat. In this work we have created a classification system which is based on Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to analyze the heart beat sound to predict the abnormalities. Heart beat sound is converted to spectrogram images and then CNN is trained with those images. In order to reduce the computational time, pooling is done, so that it reduces the parameters by taking particular pixel from particular part of pixels. The parameters in CNN are varied in the convolution and pooling layers to enhance the accuracy of classification of heart beat sound. Experiment is carried out by varying number of convolutional layers and by changing the pooling methods for various combinations of CNN models and the results are analyzed to find the optimal combination which can suit for sound analysis
Vitamin d deficiency and effect of its supplementation on interstitial lung disease (ILD): a randomized clinical trial
Get PDFBackground: Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that affects the immune system, lung remodeling, and bone health. Aim of the work: to assess serum vitamin D level in non-connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases (ILD), and to evaluate the impact of vitamin D supplementation. Patients and methods: One hundred and four patients with different types of ILD were randomly assigned to either; Group 1 (intervention): included 52 patients who received vitamin D for 3 months besides their standard treatment, and Group 2 (control): included 52 patients who received only the standard treatment of ILD. Follow up after 3 months. All patients were subjected to; dyspnea scoring, spirometry, six minutes walk test (6-MWT), and measurement of serum vitamin D at the time of enrollment and after 3 months for the intervention group. Results: The mean serum vitamin D level was (8.53 ± 6.29) ng/ml. After 3 months of supplementation; it significantly increased [5.7 to 18.5 (ng/ml), p < 0.001], dyspnea score significantly decreased, significant increase of forced vital capacity (FVC)% and forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1)% (P=0.004 & 0.02), with improvement of six minute walk distance (6-MWD) and oxygen saturation.
Nursing competency for nursing students: An integrative review
Get PDFComprehensive nursing is a form of nursing services including biological, psychological, social, spiritual and cultural services necessarily performed by nurses. The literature review used an integrative review approach to explain nursing competency. The methods of this study used the theme analysis method by obtaining the data from Science Direct, Pro Quest, Pub Med, Science and Technology Index (SINTA) published from 2010 to 2021 and obtained 16 articles related to the development of instruments, competencies, comprehensive of nursing, nursing students. There were 3 themes of nursing competency. The first is competence related to the biological, psychological, social, spiritual and cultural competence. The second is competence related to caring and etikal knowlede for patients in any conditions and the third is knowledge and information technology competence. The term of competency refers to a comprehensive set of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and ethics required by the nurses to provide a safe and effective services to the clients. A nurse who has nursing competency is most likely capable of implementing the 3 themes of nursing competency
The cognitive structure of graduate students
Get PDFThe current research aims to identify the cognitive structures of graduate students in the universities of the Middle Euphrates as well as the statistically significant differences in the cognitive structures of graduate students according to gender (male-female), specialisation (scientific-human), and study (Master-PhD), and to achieve the objectives of the research, the researchers built a research tool: the cognitive structure scale, so the tool was applied to the basic research sample (643) of male and female graduate students in the universities of the Middle Euphrates (Karbala, Babylon, Kufa, Al-Muthanna, Al-Qadisiyah) and to the scientific and humanitarian specialists. After stratifying the original population by 10% using the stratified random method, and after collecting and analysing data statistically using the SPSS statistical package for social sciences, the researchers reached the following results: The postgraduate students in the universities of the Middle Euphrates are characterised by cognitive structures. They know that the knowledge structures in their educational world, knowledge structures in their information world, and knowledge structures in their social world did not show any clear structures in their economic world, that PhD students are more than master’s students in cognitive structures. 
Significance of mindfulness, Al-Quran recital and prayer factors in coping with COVID 19 symptoms
Get PDFMindfulness in Islam is akin to muqarabah, which refers to an individual’s practices in a situation where he has completely surrendered himself to Allah SWT, which is reflected in the calmness, peacefulness and awareness evident in him after doing so. According to Islam, prayers (solat) affect a person’s mental health. The word “solat” originates from Arabic and it is the derivative noun (masdar) from the verbs (fi’li) solla, yusolli, solatan, which means doa (supplication prayers), istighfar, al-maghfirah, al-rahmah, al-Islam, al-din. Al-Quran contains various elements needed by humankind, such as religious, social, economic, health, medical, scientific, political and other aspects, as a guide for achieving prosperity in this life and the afterlife, reciting the al-Quran daily showers a person with continuous serenity, which is a very effective therapy for a person facing pressures in life. recital Quran has a unique power in changing an individual’s inappropriate behaviour to appropriate behaviour. Al-Quran also provides all the internal and external needs required by a person to face the various challenges, reciting the al-quran is not only advantageous to a person but listening to recitals can also provide serenity and blessings from Allah swt
Role of an agro technique for the development of medicinal plant: Shalparni
Get PDFVrikshayurveda a classical science of botanical field, this science deals with growth and development of plants. This science mainly suggests uses of Kunapa jala and Pancha gavya for the high productivity of crops. This concept works around organic farming for effective plant growth. Vrikshayurvedha mentioned Kunapajala as organic liquid manure which is a fermentation product and acts as plant nutrients. There are two types of Kunapajala mainly in practices viz; herbal and non-herbal which is prepared according to the procedures described in Vrikshayurvedha. Considering importance of this we planned a study to investigate role of Vrikshayurvedha concept for the development of medicinal plant; Shalparni. Present study investigated role of Kunapajala in the growth and % yield of plant Shalparni. This study observed that Kunapajala treatment offered best response with respect to root yield and soil physico-chemical parameters. Kunapajala increased plant yield quantitatively as well as qualitatively
Impact of IL-10-1082A\G promoter gene polymorphism and production in lung cancer patients
Get PDFLung cancer a deadliest malignant disease , Cytokines play a critical role in regulating host immune response toward cancer and determining the overall fate of tumorigenesis. So this study aimed to investigate the impact gene variation of IL-10 promotor region on production of IL-10 cytokine and their effect on lung cancer outcome. The aim of this study is the detection of IL-10-1082A\G polymorphism and IL-10 serum level with it correlation to progression of disease. A Case-control study was performed to 150 Lung cancer patients patients 54 females and 96 males and matched with age and gender attending to Middle Euphrates Cancer Center in AL-Najaf province with group of 60 healthy individual as control. Blood sample was collected from all patients and control. IL-10 level were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Single nucleotide polymorphism detected by ARMS-PCR technique. The result shown that IL-10-1082 G/A significantly (P<0.05) high frequencies of homozygous GG, and G allele carrier in lung cancer patients, in contrast homozygous AA and AG genotype and A allele appear at low frequency with patients. The data showed that genetic variants of the IL-10 affect the IL-10 production and associated with the progression of disease. 
Study of correlation of neonatal low birth weight and maternal anemia in first, second and third trimester of pregnancy
Get PDFIn Indian antenatal scenario , anemia in pregnant women is one of the commonest pathology routinely encountered. the most common cause of anemia during pregnancy is Iron deficiency anemia. Objective: To identify and analyze the real impact of Anemia during pregnancy individual all three trimesters of pregnancy in Indian pregnant women and its real effect on fetal weight. Materials and Methods: Retrospective evaluation of about 400 pregnant women who came for delivery during the study period February 2022 to May 2022 in Dhiraj hospital, Pipariya was done. The status and level of hemoglobin of these pregnant women during all three trimesters of pregnancy was done by proper detailed record of laboratory investigations and record of neonatal birth weight was done. Results: Among 400 Pregnant patients who had been delivered at Dheeraj Hospital , more than 72 % mothers were anemic in any of the three trimester of pregnancy. The rate of low birth weight baby was higher in these anemic mother than nonanemic mother in any of the three trimester. Conclusions: Considering the relationship between maternal anemia and LBW in the third trimester of pregnancy, anemia in third trimester can be used as a preventable factor for infant LBW
Attribute-based keyword search across encrypted cloud data with multiple authorities
Get PDFSearchable Encryption (SE) is a crucial technique for cloud data security and usability (SE). When employing Ciphertext Policy Attribute-Based Encryption (CP-ABE) and the Ciphertext Policy Attribute-Based Keyword Search (CP-ABKS), encryption and access control may be done simultaneously. A single attribute authority is responsible for authenticating user certificates and delivering secret keys in current CP-ABKS systems. A single point of failure results in distributed cloud systems. To address these difficulties, we explain in this paper the MABKS system, which is designed to help cloud devices with limited computing and storage capabilities. The MABKS system has added capability for tracing and modifying malicious attribute authority. According to our detailed security investigation, the MABKS system is safe in both selective-matrix and selective-attribute models. Our trials using real-world datasets have shown the MABKS system's efficiency and usefulness
Power and functions of the Sarkari Gaon Burah in Karbi Anglong district of Assam: A case study of Dilaji Mithiphang Village, Diphu
Get PDFThe Sarkari Gaon Burah (Village Headman) is playing a crucial role in the administrations of Village. It is the institution of Village administration system each and every corner of Northeast and as well as main land India. It is the bridge between village and district administrative setup. Gaon Burah system was prevailed since ancient period in India by various names such as in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and other Northern states it is known as Mukhia or Gaon Pradhan. In Assam it is known as Gaon Burah or Bor-Gaon Burah etc. Among the Karbi’s of Karbi Anglong district Gaon Burah’s are known as ‘Sarthe’ (Village Head) and Sarkari Gaon Burah’s are known as “Rong Asar”. In village whatever things or work (Socio-cultural) have to do or done all are under the guidance of Gaon Burah. Every village has a Gaon Burah but the Sarkari Gaon Burah may be one in for area of one village or may be in more than one i.e. some cases one Sarkari Gaon Burah for area of 5/6 villages. Sarkari Gaon Burah and its power and functions for the development of the village are very important.