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Impact of COVID-19 on medical practice
Get PDFInitiating from China, the contagious virus namely COVID-19 spread at really high rate all over the world. In the starting stage, healthcare officials were considered as front-line warriors. The current study focuses on analysing the impact of COVID-19 on medical officials in order to identify the risks and protective factors of their mental health stress level. The parameters considered were socio-demographic variables, exposure to the patients suffering from COVID-19 and the strategies employed for coping with and deal with distress. A total of 100 healthcare professionals enrolled in the current study and completed the all the parameters. This study has demonstrated that positive attitude towards the stressed situation. Comprehensively, it is found that has been emerged due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study highlighted the major coping strategies employed by healthcare professionals to get rid of highly stressful situation caused by COVID-19 outbreak
A comparative study of different doses of intrathecal nalbuphine as an adjuvant to bupivacaine in subarachnoid block in cesarean section
Get PDFBackground: Spinal anesthesia is preferred over general anesthesia by most of the anesthetists in cesarean section as it provides post-operative analgesia. Materials and methods: The parturient were randomly divided two groups of 30 each. Inj. Bupivacaine 2ml with Inj. Nalbuphine 0.75 mg (GROUP A) and 1 mg (GROUP B) diluted till 0.5 ml, making a total volume of 2.5 ml. The onset and duration of sensory and motor blockade, time of absolute and effective analgesia, number of rescue analgesia required in 24 hours, hemodynamic stability and side-effects were noted. Results: Onset time of motor block was significantly prolonged in group A (3.93±0.59) as compared to group B (3.29±0.46). Duration of absolute analgesia (185.74±4.17) and effective analgesia in Group B (197.25±5.58) is higher as compared to group A, thus number of rescue analgesia required in 24hrs is more in Group A (2.03±0.72) as compared to group B (0.77±0.57)Conclusion: 1mg Intrathecal Nalbuphine as an adjuvant to 0.5% hyperbaric Bupivacaine is more efficient in prolonging postoperative analgesia compared to 0.75 mg dose
Strategy of tourism policy implementation based on health safety during COVID-19 in Temajuk of Sambas regency of Indonesia
Get PDFTourism is a crucial element in a country today, and Indonesia is no exception, but this sector has been heavily impacted after the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Tourism in Temajuk, Sambas, has excellent potential to become Indonesia's leading tourism destination. Still, there has not been a practical implementation of tourism policies in the Temajuk tourism area of Sambas Regency during the Covid-19 pandemic that can develop Temajuk tourism during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research method, a qualitative approach is designed to investigate, and research subjects used as resource persons will be carried out purposively. The results of the study show that there are four points needed to improve the implementation of health security-based tourism policies during Covid-19, including 1) Building a Shared Vision where operational policies are measurable; 2) Participation; 3) Network; 4) Partnership
Effects of Dexamethasone on Trophoblastic, IDO, and Macrophage Cells in Domestic Pregnant Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Get PDFThe healthy pregnancy requires a healthy fetal-maternal placental development that depends not only on invasion of fetal trophoblast but also on the presence of immune cells, such as macrophages. Dexamethasone (DEX) is used to treat several diseases, but exceed exposure to exogenous DEX may impair placental and fetal development and subsequent fetal loss. The current study investigates the effects of high dose of DEX (HD) (1.125 mg) and low dose of DEX (LD) (0.562 mg) on trophoblastic (T), IDO, andCD68 macrophage (M) cells in domestic pregnant rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Forty-eight pregnant does were caged in the animal house and divided into six groups, eight for each. These groups are treated as follows: groups A and B (as an experimental groups) were daily injected by (1ml) from day 5 to 9 of gestation (dG) with HD and LD, respectively; whereas group C was injected by (1 ml) of sodium chloride (0.9%) (as a control group). Then, all the groups (A, B and C) were dissected at 10 and 28 dG
Life: How to live it an approach to mental health through the Lens of the Śrīmadbhagavadgītā
Get PDFThe Śrīmadbhagavadgītā is one of the most thoughtful texts in the canon of World literature. An interesting feature of this book is that its ideals are not limited with the jurisdiction of any particular religion, belief, culture or any specific community. But it deals with the subtle mechanism of humanism as a whole, making the content very popular and philanthropic. It altogether is a repository of humanistic elements. The teachings of the book become even more significant than before in today’s world of growing consumerism, materialism and rising violence that lead to restlessness, anxiety and confusion in life. Its eternal wisdom is required for developing emotional balance, right judgment and inner strength. The Śrīmadbhagavadgītā is abundant with mental health issues that goes to the root of the problem related to mental illness. The mental disorders have a variety of costs that ultimately link with other physical illness and add to this burden is the poor quality of life. Mental illnesses are among the most common health conditions in today’s world specially in some of the fast growing tech countries. Therefore, it is the increasing need of the hour to build mental health intervention
The advantages of digital applications in public health services on automation era
Get PDFThis study explored the advantages of using digital applications in public services in the era of automation. We have searched data in many applications, including scientific journals, books, academic residences, and many telling applications in the medical world. A series of data studies involving coding system analysis, evaluation, and interpretation, became more in-depth so that the data we found could be digested to answer this research question. Our data search was conducted electronically on secondary data published from 2010 to 2022. While the format of this study report is suitable from problem formulation to reporting on water, we chose a descriptive qualitative design with a phenomenological approach, trying to obtain the broadest possible data that is useful in answering questions of research questions. Based on the data and discussion, this study found several advantages of using digital applications in public health services in the current digital era. The reason is that digital applications have been able to innovate the work of paramedics in improving services to the public about health. Hopefully, this salary buddy will be full of supporting data for future health and technology studies
Education of humanitarian specialists during COVID-19 pandemic
Get PDFThe study aims to consider the components of the mixed type of education organization within the humanitarian fields of study; to establish the students' assessment of the mixed type of education. The research methodology is based on a comprehensive approach, the method of pedagogical experiment, statistical methods are taken to work, descriptive method. The research hypothesis lies in the fact that adaptation to a blended education includes the use of software, social networking platform, tools of informal humanitarian education with open access in combination with face-to-face education, and the acquisition of practical experience, which is difficult to obtain virtually. The research result involves establishing the effectiveness of mixed forms of education using digital technology capabilities as a comprehensive humanitarian specialist. In the future, there should be continued the following steps: to conduct several experiments to solve the problem of training humanitarian specialists during the pandemic era, the study of the right balance between learning at home and at university, where the main thing is to maintain readiness to professional activities, reducing increased anxiety and avoiding professional burnout, which has become a big educational problem during the quarantine times
Formation of student professional skills under pandemic conditions
Get PDFThe study aims to analyze the process of developing students’ professional skills and characterizing the degree of formation of this type of skill in the educational process during a pandemic. Methodology. In the course of the research, data from international studies and scientific publications have been used, as well as the results of students’ and teachers’ surveys on their position and development of professional skills of students during pandemic constraints of the educational process. Results. Through the methods of questioning, the pros and cons of distance learning from the point of view of degree-seeking students have been revealed, which is important for the formation of a student-oriented model of higher education. Advantages of distance learning include as follows: a flexible learning schedule, compatibility of work and study, mastering additional skills, courses, hobbies, and increasing motivation for independent learning. Disadvantages of distance learning during a pandemic are as follows: technical problems, lack of Internet access, the difficulty of self-study, low level of information technology level proficiency among teachers and students. It has been determined that students and educators require additional support during the pandemic
Inter-role conflict and job depressive symptoms: The mediating role of perceived organizational support and the moderating role of employee resilience among middle-aged working women
Get PDFThe present research intends to look into the combined outcome of Inter-role conflict and job-related depressive symptoms among working women in relationship with the mediating role of perceived organizational support and moderating role of Employee resilience among middle-aged working women belongs to various occupations such as a bank, hospitality, retail sales, healthcare, telecom, travel and tourism, education and government sectors. Based on the Job-Demand-Resource Model's prediction, a total of seven hypotheses were investigated using mediation analysis of perceived organizational support and also the moderating influence of employee resilience. Out of the given data, 247 aged women completed an online survey cross-sectional assessment. The data are authenticated using archival data from reliable sources. The findings substantiated the hypothesis that there is a link between inter-role conflict and job depression symptoms. The findings also supported the idea that perceived organizational support modulates the link between inter-role conflict and job-related depression episodes. Employee Resilience exhibits a negative influence on Job Depressive Symptoms. Furthermore, the moderate data analysis demonstrates a favorable relationship between organizational and family support as predictors of Perceived Organizational Support
Characteristics of structure, meaning and culture of personal only in Ede language in Vietnam
Get PDFPersonal names are classified as proper nouns belonging to the noun category in a language. They function as nominators, addressing a particular name of a person in a given communication setting. Each community or ethnic group has distinctive cultural and linguistic features in naming a person. The Ede's names are a subset of the proper names, with their semantic and structural characteristics. Upon the basis of reasoning and the survey and categorization result of Ede personal names in Vietnam, this research paper analyzes and illuminates the structural and semantic features of the components in proper names, such as middle names, given names, and surnames of the Ede. Thereby, this also indicates modern-day's Ede people's pattern in naming and sheds light on their cultural traits through their names