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Determinants of tuberculosis treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients Treated in gebretsadik-shawo general hospital, southwest ethiopia (jan 2014-dec 2021); a case-control study.
No full textBackground : -The determinants of unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment outcome were
bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis, retreatment category of tuberculosis, pretreatment body
mass index less than 18.5kg/m2 and unemployed. But negative sputum smear result at the end of
second month was determinant of Successful treatment outcome. The Successful tuberculosis
treatment outcome was low (74.5%).
Objective: The objective of the current study was to identify determinants of tuberculosis
treatment outcomes among patients treated with full course of Directly Observed Treatment-
Short course program in Gebretsadik Shawo General Hospital from Jan 1, 2014 to Dec30, 2021
Methods : Analysis of 8 years hospital-based retrospective case control study was conducted
using simple random sampling technique to select 72 cases and 210 controls with a total of 282
samples from tuberculosis patients who were registered from 2014 to 2021 in Gebretsadik
Shawo General Hospital in Bonga town. The data were collected by document review using
structured data extraction checklist. Data were analyzed using statistical package for social
sciences (SPSS) version 23. A bi-variable and Multi-variable logistic regression analysis was
employed to determine the factors associated with poor treatment outcome. A P-value less than
0.05 with an adjusted odds ratio with 95% confident interval was used to evaluate the strength of
association and its statistical significance.
Results: In case of type of tuberculosis, bacteriologically confirmed Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(AOR =5.739, 95%CI: 1.599-20.6), retreatment category of TB patients (AOR=11.254, 95%CI:
4.59-27.597), pretreatment body mass index less than 18.5kg/m2 AOR=2.335, 95%CI: 1.244-
4.381) and occupation of non-employee (AOR=4.932, 95%CI: 1.576-15.433) were significantly
associated with poor tuberculosis treatment outcome. Poor treatment outcome is high (25.5%) as
compared to W.H.O. targets to decline the poor treatment outcome to 5 to 10%.
Conclusion and Recommendations : Poor treatment outcome of tuberculosis is high (25.5%)
and significantly associated with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis(PTB), re-treatment
category, pretreatment body mass index of tuberculosis patients less than 18.5kg/m2 and non-
employed characteristics of individual patients. Hence Gebretsadik shawo general Hospital
should carefully follow patients’ dose, tracing defaulters, providing, nutritional treatment,
medical advice and health education for tuberculosis patients with very low pretreatment body
mass index and non-employment patients on directly observed treatment short-cours
Data for: Climate and Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Improved Irrigation Water Supply
No full textThe data is about the valuation of irrigation supply improvement using a single bounded contingent valuation technique. It also includes rainfall variability of selected villages in Tigray. The data is stored in STATA 14 format with description available in the text document 'climate-irrigation-valuation'. STATA commands used for estimation are also available in the 'val-wdp' do file
Factors associated with acute respiratory infection in children under the age of 5 years: evidence from the 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey [Corrigendum]
No full textGebretsadik A, Worku A, Berhane Y. Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics. 2015;6:9–13.On page 9 in the third sentence of the results section “(AOR 0.4; 95% CI 0.2–0.6 and AOR 0.1; 95% CI 0.01–0.6, respectively)” should be “(AOR 0.4; 95% CI 0.2–1.0 and AOR 0.1; 95% CI 0.01–0.6, respectively)”.On page 11 left column, second paragraph P<0.025 should be P<0.25.On page 12, Table 2 note section P<0.005 should be P<0.05.On page 13 reference 7 should have been shown as “Prajapati B, Talsania N, Lala MK, Sonalia KN. A study of risk factors of acute respiratory tract infection (ARI) of under five age group in uban and rural communities of Ahmedabad district, Gujarat. Healthline. 2012;3(1):16–20.”Read the original articl
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Ingaalas Multi-quantum- Well Electro-absorption Modulators For 10gb/s Uncooled Operation In The C-band
No full textInGaAlAs multi-quantum well (MQW) structures for the integration of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) and Quantum Confined Stark Effect (QCSE) electro-absorption modulators (EAM) are demonstrated. Robust performance over a large temperature range is shown in hybrid modules integrating these devices and DFB lasers. Modulated output power in excess of 0 dBm, 1.7 dB maximum change in extinction ratio, and dispersion penalty of 1 dB for 1600 ps/nm propagation are demonstrated in a range of temperature operation over 80°C.3183188Zhang, J., Frateschi, N.C., Choi, W., Gebretsadik, H., Jambunathan, R., Bond, A.E., (2003) Electron Lett., 39, p. 1841. , accepted for publicationChoi, W., Bond, A.E., Zhang, J., Jambunathan, R., Foulk, H., O'Brien, S., Norman, J., Cao, H., (2002) IEEE J. Lightwave Technol., 20, p. 2052Choi, W., Frateschi, N.C., Zhang, J., Gebretsadik, H., Jambunathan, R., Bond, A.E., Norman, J., Wanamaker, C., (2003) Electron Lea., 39, p. 1
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Author, publisher and bookseller : a tripartite synergy in Nigerian book industry
No full textThis work is about the roles of Author, Publisher and Bookseller in Book development in
Nigeria. The paper started by delving into the history of Book Publishing in Nigeria after
which it proceeded by defining who an author, a publisher, and a bookseller is and
expatiated on the indispensable roles of these key actors in Nigerian Book Industry and in
the emerging Information Society. Furthermore, the various constraints to book
development were identified while the paper advised on how the Book Industry can be
further promoted in Nigeria. However, the paper concluded and made recommendations
on how the Book sector can help in enhancing scholarship in the country
The Thursday Murder Club: Launching a megabrand author - a publishing case study
No full textIn 2020, the Christmas book charts in the UK made headlines: Barack Obama’s eagerly awaited autobiography, The Promised Land, was beaten to the top spot by The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, a debut cosy crime novel set in a retirement village. Not only did Osman’s book beat the former US president’s expected bestseller, it also broke records, becoming the fastest-selling debut crime novel of all time. Although Osman has a certain level of fame in the UK from his TV appearances on shows such as Pointless, his celebrity status does not entirely explain the novel’s huge sales. This article tracks the acquisition, publication, and promotion journey of The Thursday Murder Club in order to understand the industry and cultural context of its success and to interrogate the role of celebrity in the creation of author brands. The findings suggest that the unexpected scale of the success of the book owed to a number of factors, including in-depth editing by the novel’s agent, editor, and author to tighten up the plot, an extensive and strategic promotional campaign, the pandemic (which drove interest in the book’s genre and themes), and the quality of the writing. We find that the book’s success was accentuated by Osman’s celebrity status rather than being entirely reliant on it. This research adds to the growing scholarship on celebrity authorship by means of an in-depth case study and provides insight into the processes behind publishing a ‘celebrity’ book and launching a megabrand author
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