144 research outputs found
Impact of thumb sucking on salivary melatonin, Candida albicans, and dental caries in children
No full textIntroduction: Salivary melatonin is a critical antioxidant that contributes to oral health by mitigating oxidative stress. Psychological stress linked to thumb sucking may disrupt oral homeostasis, leading to conditions such as dental caries and fungal infections. Aim: This study explores the relationships between thumb sucking, salivary melatonin levels, dental caries, and the presence of Candida albicans (CA) in children. Materials and methods: A case-control study was conducted with 60 children aged 4-5 years at the University of Baghdad’s College of Dentistry. Participants were divided into thumb-sucking (n=30) and non-thumb-sucking (n=30) groups. Salivary melatonin levels were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), dental caries were assessed via the dmfs index, and CA counts were quantified on Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA). Statistical analyses were performed, including t-tests, ANOVA, and correlation assessments. Results: Thumb-sucking children exhibited significantly lower salivary melatonin levels (28.620±2.278 pg/mL) compared to controls (34.525±2.142 pg/mL; p=0.044). The thumb-sucking group also had higher dmfs scores (15.033±1.449 vs. 8.667±0.899; p=0.000) and greater CA counts (18.900±1.048 vs. 13.583±0.549; p=0.000). Negative correlations were observed between salivary melatonin levels and the severity of dental caries, while positive correlations linked CA with dental caries. Conclusions: Thumb sucking adversely affects pediatric oral health by reducing salivary melatonin, increasing dental caries risk, and promoting fungal overgrowth. Early intervention to curb thumb-sucking behaviors may mitigate these risks and improve oral health outcomes
Establishing Sustainable Construction in War Zones; Palestine as a Case Study
No full textPalestinian construction sector suffers from prolonged conflict and numerous restrictions imposed by Israeli occupation; international funds have been focusing on sustainability, but it is not achieved yet. The aim of this paper is to appraise reconstruction in war zones, taking Palestine as a case study, it will discuss the political situation and its impact on construction sector in Palestine, it also attempts to prioritise procedures and tasks involved in reconstruction, trying to set a suitable framework for sustainable construction and trigger sustainability out of war rubble.Collecting information about sustainable construction in conflict zones is challenging, since valid data is difficult to find. The main data collection instruments are a literature review and a group discussion, with ten construction professionals in Palestine. The debate structure was founded on issues in the literature; data reliability was also supported by interviewing five Palestinian experts in construction and an authoritative figure on green building in Palestine. Participants agreed that issues described in literature are applicable in the context of Palestine. Accordingly, a list of consequences of how war affected the constructionindustry in Palestine was agreed on, and how they hindered the development of sustainable construction. Methods both on private and public levels were discussed, which aim to createbuildings to last, by designing structures that could stand against strikes; thus, using destruction to reconstruct in the right way. Sustainable construction in Palestine should be focusing on high resilience buildings and providing affordable homes. Socio-economic development and planning are needed as post-conflict countries suffer from destruction, poverty and lack of access to basic needs. It is recommended to build stronger institutionsand municipal systems for cities to be able to anticipate, endure and rebound from crisis situations.<br/
Establishing Sustainable Construction in War Zones; Palestine as a Case Study
No full textPalestinian construction sector suffers from prolonged conflict and numerous restrictions imposed by Israeli occupation; international funds have been focusing on sustainability, but it is not achieved yet. The aim of this paper is to appraise reconstruction in war zones, taking Palestine as a case study, it will discuss the political situation and its impact on construction sector in Palestine, it also attempts to prioritise procedures and tasks involved in reconstruction, trying to set a suitable framework for sustainable construction and trigger sustainability out of war rubble.Collecting information about sustainable construction in conflict zones is challenging, since valid data is difficult to find. The main data collection instruments are a literature review and a group discussion, with ten construction professionals in Palestine. The debate structure was founded on issues in the literature; data reliability was also supported by interviewing five Palestinian experts in construction and an authoritative figure on green building in Palestine. Participants agreed that issues described in literature are applicable in the context of Palestine. Accordingly, a list of consequences of how war affected the constructionindustry in Palestine was agreed on, and how they hindered the development of sustainable construction. Methods both on private and public levels were discussed, which aim to createbuildings to last, by designing structures that could stand against strikes; thus, using destruction to reconstruct in the right way. Sustainable construction in Palestine should be focusing on high resilience buildings and providing affordable homes. Socio-economic development and planning are needed as post-conflict countries suffer from destruction, poverty and lack of access to basic needs. It is recommended to build stronger institutionsand municipal systems for cities to be able to anticipate, endure and rebound from crisis situations.<br/
The world of chilhood for Jabbar Yassin Hussin and the writing of life for Annie Ernaux
No full textDeux auteurs sont présents dans mon travail : l'écrivaine française Annie Ernaux et l'écrivain irakien Jabbar Yassin Hussin, ce sont les deux piliers sur lesquels se base mon analyse. C'est la condition de la femme qui s'impose fortement dans les écrits d'Annie Emaux où le féminisme atteint un degré maximal et où se croisent deux facteurs : L'inégalité des rôles entre la femme et l'homme, d'un côté, et d'un autre côté l'injustice masculine pratiquée sur les femmes par les hommes ainsi que par la société. Ce travail présente le visage semi-caché de l'auteure française où se mêlent l'enfance et l'intime, l'avortement et la mort, la relation conflictuelle des parents et leur amour. L'écriture chez elle est une pratique qui lui permet de relire sa vie passée pour en déduire les douleurs possibles. Cette même pratique d'écriture permet à l'écrivain irakien de retrouver l'enfant perdu qui vit dans son intérieur. Cet enfant autobiographique pousse Jabbar Yassin Hussin à relire son pays, dont il ne cesse de boire l'eau et de sentir l'air, pour guérir sa douleur du dépaysement. Notre étude montre donc que l'écriture exprime une cicatrice transcendée. Les deux auteurs expriment et s'expriment à partir d'un enfant qui leur semble à la fois étrange et familier, mais en vérité autobiographique. Annie Emaux écrit et dissèque une enfance vécue tandis que Jabbar Yassin Hussin explore une enfance perdue. Les deux écrivains sont proche l'un à l'autre au stade de la perte, l'écrivaine française cherche à cicatriser ses blessures de femme blessée et (( gelée ». L'irakien vise à remédier à la perte de son pays.Les deux auteurs cherchent, d'abord, à effacer les traces de cette perte et tiennent, ensuite, à réécrire des nouveaux traits de leur vie où la perte se transforme en mots. Annie Emaux raconte ses années à partir d'une mémoire riche et illustre ces années par des photos où apparaît d'abord une petite fille, puis une femme et finalement une vieille dame qui cherche à saisir le dernier fil d'espoir de son existence : l'écriture.Jabbar Yassin Hussin cherche, quant à lui, à raconter l'Irak, son pays d'origine, où l'enfant (auteur et narrateur) a passé des débuts d'existence tranquille et pour retrouver, de nouveau, beaucoup plus tard cette tranquillité première ; il prend l'écriture comme une solution indispensable et invulnérable. Notre étude se base donc sur trois notions : l'enfance, l'autobiographie et l'écriture comme solution pour échapper à une perte essentielle et existentielle chez nos deux auteurs.The two authors that presents my work are: the French writer Annie Emaux and the Iraqi writer Jabbar Yassin Hussin, they are the Two pillars which an: my analyses based on. It is the condition of the woman which imposes itself strongly in Annie Emaux's writings where the feminism reach a maximum degree and where two factors are intersects: inequality of roles between the women and man, in one side, and In the other side the male injustice which is practice on the woman from the men and also from the society. This work presents the semi hidden face of the French author where the childhood and intimacy, abortion and death, conflictual relations of parents and their love, are mixed. The writing for her is a practice which permits to her to re read her past life in order to reduce possible pains. It is the same writing practice which permits to the Iraqi writer to re find the lost child who is living inside him. This autobiographical child push Jabbar Yassin Hussin to re read his country which he could not stop himself from drinking from its water and breathing its air to heal his pain of exile. So our study shows that the writing express of an oppressive scar. The two writers expressed themselves through a child who seems to them strange and familiar at the same time, but he is in reality autobiographical. Annie Emaux writes and dissects living childhood while Jabbar Yassin Hussin is exploring a lost childhood. The two writers are close to each other on the field of loss. the French writer is searching for dressing her wound as an injury and «frozen woman". The Iraqi one seeks to therapy his lost of his country. The two authors search at the beginning to erasure the traces of that loss and trying to re-write a new features of their life where the loss is transformed in words. Annie Emaux tells her years through a rich memory and she illustrate these years by pictures where firstly a small girl appears then a woman and finally an old lady who is look for holding the last hope thread of her existence: the writing. Jabbar Yassin Hussin search for narrating Iraq, bis origin country, where the child (author and narrator) spend the beginning of his tranquility existing and to re-find, once again, Later that first tranquility; he takes the writing as an indispensable and an invulnerable solution. Our study is based on three notions: the childhood, the autobiography and the writing as a solution to escape from the essential and existential loss for our two authors
Le monde de l'enfance chez Jabbar Yassin Hussin et l'écriture de la vie chez Annie Ernaux.
No full textDeux auteurs sont présents dans mon travail : l'écrivaine française Annie Ernaux et l'écrivain irakien Jabbar Yassin Hussin, ce sont les deux piliers sur lesquels se base mon analyse. C'est la condition de la femme qui s'impose fortement dans les écrits d'Annie Emaux où le féminisme atteint un degré maximal et où se croisent deux facteurs : L'inégalité des rôles entre la femme et l'homme, d'un côté, et d'un autre côté l'injustice masculine pratiquée sur les femmes par les hommes ainsi que par la société. Ce travail présente le visage semi-caché de l'auteure française où se mêlent l'enfance et l'intime, l'avortement et la mort, la relation conflictuelle des parents et leur amour. L'écriture chez elle est une pratique qui lui permet de relire sa vie passée pour en déduire les douleurs possibles. Cette même pratique d'écriture permet à l'écrivain irakien de retrouver l'enfant perdu qui vit dans son intérieur. Cet enfant autobiographique pousse Jabbar Yassin Hussin à relire son pays, dont il ne cesse de boire l'eau et de sentir l'air, pour guérir sa douleur du dépaysement. Notre étude montre donc que l'écriture exprime une cicatrice transcendée. Les deux auteurs expriment et s'expriment à partir d'un enfant qui leur semble à la fois étrange et familier, mais en vérité autobiographique. Annie Emaux écrit et dissèque une enfance vécue tandis que Jabbar Yassin Hussin explore une enfance perdue. Les deux écrivains sont proche l'un à l'autre au stade de la perte, l'écrivaine française cherche à cicatriser ses blessures de femme blessée et (( gelée . L'irakien vise à remédier à la perte de son pays.Les deux auteurs cherchent, d'abord, à effacer les traces de cette perte et tiennent, ensuite, à réécrire des nouveaux traits de leur vie où la perte se transforme en mots. Annie Emaux raconte ses années à partir d'une mémoire riche et illustre ces années par des photos où apparaît d'abord une petite fille, puis une femme et finalement une vieille dame qui cherche à saisir le dernier fil d'espoir de son existence : l'écriture.Jabbar Yassin Hussin cherche, quant à lui, à raconter l'Irak, son pays d'origine, où l'enfant (auteur et narrateur) a passé des débuts d'existence tranquille et pour retrouver, de nouveau, beaucoup plus tard cette tranquillité première ; il prend l'écriture comme une solution indispensable et invulnérable. Notre étude se base donc sur trois notions : l'enfance, l'autobiographie et l'écriture comme solution pour échapper à une perte essentielle et existentielle chez nos deux auteurs.The two authors that presents my work are: the French writer Annie Emaux and the Iraqi writer Jabbar Yassin Hussin, they are the Two pillars which an: my analyses based on. It is the condition of the woman which imposes itself strongly in Annie Emaux's writings where the feminism reach a maximum degree and where two factors are intersects: inequality of roles between the women and man, in one side, and In the other side the male injustice which is practice on the woman from the men and also from the society. This work presents the semi hidden face of the French author where the childhood and intimacy, abortion and death, conflictual relations of parents and their love, are mixed. The writing for her is a practice which permits to her to re read her past life in order to reduce possible pains. It is the same writing practice which permits to the Iraqi writer to re find the lost child who is living inside him. This autobiographical child push Jabbar Yassin Hussin to re read his country which he could not stop himself from drinking from its water and breathing its air to heal his pain of exile. So our study shows that the writing express of an oppressive scar. The two writers expressed themselves through a child who seems to them strange and familiar at the same time, but he is in reality autobiographical. Annie Emaux writes and dissects living childhood while Jabbar Yassin Hussin is exploring a lost childhood. The two writers are close to each other on the field of loss. the French writer is searching for dressing her wound as an injury and frozen woman". The Iraqi one seeks to therapy his lost of his country. The two authors search at the beginning to erasure the traces of that loss and trying to re-write a new features of their life where the loss is transformed in words. Annie Emaux tells her years through a rich memory and she illustrate these years by pictures where firstly a small girl appears then a woman and finally an old lady who is look for holding the last hope thread of her existence: the writing. Jabbar Yassin Hussin search for narrating Iraq, bis origin country, where the child (author and narrator) spend the beginning of his tranquility existing and to re-find, once again, Later that first tranquility; he takes the writing as an indispensable and an invulnerable solution. Our study is based on three notions: the childhood, the autobiography and the writing as a solution to escape from the essential and existential loss for our two authors.TOURS-Bibl.électronique (372610011) / SudocSudocFranceF
Metformin-induced mixed hepatocellular and cholestatic hepatic injury: case report and literature review
No full textTarek Saadi,1–3 Matti Waterman,1–4 Heba Yassin,3 Yaacov Baruch1,41Liver Unit, 2Department of Gastroenterology, 3Department of Internal Medicine A, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel; 4The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelIntroduction: Metformin is a first-line drug choice for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM-2). Metformin-induced hepatotoxicity has rarely been reported. We report on a case of metformin-induced mixed hepatocellular and cholestatic liver injury in an elderly patient with DM-2 as well as review and summarize case reports of metformin hepatotoxicity available in English on the PubMed database.Case: After receiving metformin 850 mg/day for 2 weeks, a 78-year-old male presented with a 10-day history of abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and jaundice. Laboratory analysis showed severe hepatocellular and cholestatic hepatic injury. Other causes for acute liver injury were ruled out. Discontinuation of metformin treatment led to significant subjective improvement after 1 week, and all hepatic abnormalities resolved by 2 months.Conclusion: Metformin is an important drug for the treatment of DM-2, which is also used for treatment of patients with fatty liver. It can, however, induce hepatocellular and cholestatic hepatic injury; both physicians and patients should be aware of this potential side effect.Keywords: metformin, hepatocellular liver injury, cholestasis, hepatotoxicit
Corrigendum to Coital Incontinence: What Can We Learn From Urodynamic Assessment? [Urology 85 (2015) 1034-1038].
No full textThe authors regret the surname of the last author was misspelled. The byline to this Corrigendum is correct. The XML and online PDF of the article has been reposted and replaced. Unfortunately, the discovery of the error was too late to correct the printed issue. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused. DOI of original article: 10.1016/j.urology.2015.02.007 From the Department of Urogynecology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon, UK; the Department of Urogynecology, Bristol Urological Institute, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK; Department of Urogynecology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; and the Department of Urogynecology, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, Devon, UK Address correspondence to: Musaab Yassin, [email protected]
Effect of perinatal outcomes on the stage of primary dentition eruption
No full textBackground/Aim: Understanding how perinatal outcome variations affect dentition eruption can lead to healthcare providers monitoring and managing dental health in infants and children. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of gestational age, mode of delivery and birth weight on the stage of primary dentition eruption in children. Methods: A sample of 304 children aged 6-24 months from Baghdad City was studied. Information about gestational age, delivery method (vaginal vs Caesarean) and birth weight were evaluated through a parent-answered sheet. The stage of dental eruption was estimated based on the criteria established by Damodar P Swami. Statistical and descriptive analyses were utilised to compare the dental eruption stages across different groups. Results: Most of the study population (62.8 %) exhibited eruption stage 3 and statistical analysis revealed no significant differences in eruption stage when compared across variable groups, including gestational age, delivery method and birth weight. Conclusion: Results indicate the possible early effects of birth weight during eruption of deciduous teeth in young infants (6-11 months). This potential effect appears to decrease with age and was not statistically significant in older age. In contrast, gestational age and mode of delivery showed no significant effects on the stage of deciduous teeth eruption. These results provide valuable insights to paediatric dentists
Comparison of Immunoglobulin IgA Level in the Stimulated Saliva of Caries-Free and Caries-Active Children Aged 7-10 Years
No full textBackground: Salivary immunoglobulin IgA plays an essential role in the immune response against dental caries. This studywas conducted to compare the salivary IgA levels and flow rate of stimulated saliva in caries active and caries free children.
Materials and methods: The present study included sixty healthy children age 7-10 yearswho were divided into two groups. They were caries free and caries active children (30 children in each group). Assessment and recording of caries – experience were through the application of Decayed, Missing and Filled Tooth Index (DMFT) and (dmft) index, for permanent and deciduous teeth respectively. After dental examination, stimulated saliva samples were collected from the subjects and performed under standard condition following instruction cited by Tenovuo and Lagerlof, and chemically analyzed for the detection of salivary immunoglobulin (IgA).In addition, salivary flow rate for the children were evaluated. Data was then statistically analyzed using SPSSversion 18.
Results: Salivary IgA levels were significantly higher in caries free children than caries active children and the flow rate were lower in caries active children in both gender as compared to caries free children.
Conclusions: Within the limitation of this study, it can be concluded that that the flow rate and salivary IgA levels of the whole stimulated saliva have some role in protection against dental caries
Clinical and Radiological Manifestations of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Jazan Region, Saudi Arabia
No full textContext:
Tuberculosis (TB) is a public health problem worldwide with a wide range of clinico-radiological manifestations. These features can vary and are not specific, which can lead to misdiagnosis and delay in treatment. In Jazan Region, Saudi Arabia (SA), currently, there is no published report on the clinico-radiological manifestations of TB patients.
Aims:
This study aims to determine the clinico-radiological characteristics of TB among adult patients in the Jazan Region, SA.
Settings and Design:
This cross-sectional study design was conducted at Jazan Chest Hospital in the Jazan region of SA over 10 months.
Materials and Methods:
The study included all adults aged 18 years or older who were newly diagnosed with TB. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of three sections. The first section collected background information about the study population, the second section recorded presenting complaints and risk factors, and the third section included diagnostic criteria such as microbiological tests and radiological characteristics.
Statistical Analysis Used:
The data analysis was performed using IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences software. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to identify correlations between clinico-radiological manifestations and other variables, with a P value of <0.05 considered statistically significant.
Results:
A total of 114 patients were enrolled in the study, with an average age of 35.25 ± 17.157 years. The majority of the participants were male (71.1%) and Saudi (43%). Only 42% of the patients were married, whereas 60.5% lived in rural areas. A significant number of patients had only elementary education (42.1%) or were illiterate (28.9%). Most participants had a normal body mass index (77.2%), whereas a smaller percentage were underweight (17.5%) or overweight (5.3%). Various risk factors were reported, including smoking, substance abuse, contact with active TB patients, diabetes mellitus, and a history of TB. Coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms lasted 8 weeks or more for most individuals (73.7%), with weight loss, fever, and sweating being prevalent. Cough was a common respiratory symptom (69.3%), but shortness of breath (SOB) was significantly higher in males than in females. Radiological lesions were mainly located in the upper and middle zones, with consolidation being the most prevalent. Fever was a significant predictor of sputum positivity for alcohol-fast bacilli (AFB), but other symptoms did not show significant associations. General symptoms were more common in patients with non-parenchymal lesions, whereas respiratory symptoms were linked to parenchymal radiological manifestations. The extent of radiological lesions did not correlate with symptom duration.
Conclusion:
The current revealed a high prevalence of common symptoms (cough, fever, and weight loss) and associations between fever and sputum AFB positivity. Radiologically, parenchymal lesions correlated with cough and SOB, whereas non-parenchymal lesions correlated with hemoptysis. The study highlights the importance of targeted screening, management strategies, and awareness initiatives in this population
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