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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA AND DEPRESSION LEVEL AMONG STUDENTS
No full textBackground: Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is a highly prevalent health related problem because of its effects on different aspects of physical and mental health. Objectives: To find association of primary dysmenorrhea with depression. Methodology: A correlational study was conducted at Royal group of colleges Gujranwala, Pakistan. Ninety-nine female students with confirmed diagnosis of primary dysmenorrhea were included with age range between 16-25 years. The data was collected through non-probability convenience sampling technique. The data was collected using numeric pain rating scale, daily record of severity of problems (DRSP) and patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) for depression. Linear regression and chi square test have been used to observe association between variables. Results: The mean age was 21.06+2.59 years, age at menarche 13.15+1.03 years. The results showed significant association among pain, depression and severity of symptoms associated with primary dysmenorhhea (p≤0.00). Conclusion: The intensity of pain and associated symptoms was moderate in majority of subjects. There is positive association of pain and symptoms of dysmenorrhea with depression level. Increasing depression can cause difficulty in work, getting along with others and take care of other things
2024: Taymour Soomro
No full textTaymour Soomro is a British Pakistani writer. He read law at Cambridge University and Stanford Law School and has an MA and a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker and the New York Times. He is the author of Other Names for Love, short listed for the McKitterick Prize and a Malala Book Club pick.https://thekeep.eiu.edu/lionsinwinter_writers/1049/thumbnail.jp
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”Alla får inte samma läxa”
No full textSammanfattning
Stefan Soomro (2016). "Alla får inte samma läxa". ("Not everyone gets the same homework".) Specialpedagogprogrammet, Skolutveckling och ledarskap, Lärande och samhälle, Malmö högskola.
Problemområde
Denna studie vill belysa läxpolicyn som ett viktigt fenomen i dagens svenska skola. Både formella och informella diskussioner om läxor förekommer överallt i samhället. Frågan som diskuteras här är hur dessa samtal inom skolans ram skrivs ner och dokumenteras i en policy. Om varje skola har en läxpolicy kan pedagoger, elever och föräldrar bättre förstå hur arbetet med läxor på skolan fungerar och det blir samtidigt lättare att arbeta medvetet mot en likvärdig utbildning på skolan.
Syfte och preciserande frågeställningar
Syftet med denna studie är att studera en skolas arbete med läxpolicy och utifrån deras arbete finna framgångsfaktorer. Förhoppningen är även att föreliggande arbete kan fungera som ett arbetsmaterial vid diskussioner om elevers läxor. Specialpedagogen är en person som kan använda dessa faktorer som lärdomar i sitt arbete och få en drivande roll på olika skolor. Följande frågeställningar är därför aktuella i sammanhanget:
• På vilket sätt har skolan tagit fram sin läxpolicy?
• Vilken forskning ligger till grund för skolans läxpolicy?
• På vilket sätt används policyn i det systematiska kvalitetsarbetet?
Teoretisk ram
Teorin om socialkonstruktionism ligger som grund i denna studie. Det innebär ett synsätt om samhället som socialt konstrukturerat av människor i samspel med varandra. Enligt perspektivet konstrueras olika fenomen av människorna som använder begreppen, i den tid de används. Det gör att innebörden av de olika fenomenen kan förändras över tid. Framför allt språket lyftes fram som en viktig faktor och därför kallas denna förändring inom samhällsvetenskaperna för ”den språkliga vändningen”. Anhängarna till denna teori lyfter gärna fram att de sociala konstruktionerna har en viktig funktion när det gäller att skapa en bild av vad som är normalt och onormalt.
Skolan är en verksamhet som ständigt utvecklas. En del nya begrepp och fenomen tillkommer och en del försvinner. Fenomen skapas här och nu av personer som direkt berörs av dem. Våra fördomar och vår förförståelse påverkar den bild vi skapar om vår verklighet som vi befinner oss i. Dessa upplevelser, som är socialt konstruerade, påverkar oss i vardagen.
Teorin i detta arbete används för att belysa se hur samspelet fungerat, eller inte fungerat, på den aktuella skolan. Studien vill även visa på betydelsen av att skolors läxpolicy konstrueras tillsammans med människorna som skall använda den.
Metod
Studien använder en kvalitativ intervjumetod med fenomenologisk forskningsansats. Fenomenologi beskrivs som läran om tolkning och handlar om hur vi kan förstå och skapa mening i tillvaron. Intervjuerna i arbetet spelades in och granskades noga. Därefter analyserades svaren och utgjorde grunden till nya frågor. Uppmärksamhet riktas till hur författarens förförståelse och fördomar präglar arbete med granskningen. Att befinna sig i en cirkulär process, som sker vid tolkning av insamlad empiri, ökar förståelsen. För att ta reda på hur det egentligen går till att göra en läxpolicy behövs en motpart som kan ge en kontext där fördomar utmanas och sätts på prov.
Resultat
Intervjuerna med rektorn om läxpolicyn hade fokus på tillvägagångssätt, forskningsgrund och användningsområde i skolans kvalitetsarbete. Då analysen av svaren på dessa frågor färdig-ställts kunde resultaten sammanfattas i sju kategorier. Oavsett kontext anses dessa vara av vikt vid upprättandet av en läxpolicy. De sju kategorier är följande:
1) Begreppen. Öka kunskapen kring begrepp, som policy och rutiner, bland kollegiet.
2) Delaktigheten. Elever och föräldrar görs tidigt delaktiga i arbetet med läxpolicyn.
3) Tiden. En medvetenhet om den tid som krävs av pedagogen för individanpassade läxor.
4) Undersök hemmiljön. Ta reda på och utvärdera hur läxarbetet fungerar i hemmet.
5) Forskningen. Vad säger aktuell forskning om läxor och inlärning? Vad är en bra läxa?
6) Lärande samtal. Kollegor pratar pedagogik för att få nya insikter och kunskaper.
7) Läxpolicy som en del i det systematiska kvalitetsarbetet. En analys av ovanstående delar görs kontinuerligt och ingår som en del i skolans kvalitetsarbete. Skolan bör ha en återkommande diskussion om läxor. Frågan de skall ställa till sig själva är: Varför har vi läxor på vår skola?
Kunskapsbidraget
Forskning som behandlar läxpolicyarbete är svårt att finna. Den kända läxforskaren Harris Cooper (2001, 2007) framhåller vikten av en policy och nämner även vad den bör innehålla. Detta arbete fokuserar på hur en specifik skola arbetat fram sin policy och vilka lärdomar andra kan göra av det. Om en skola använder sig av läxor som en del av den ordinarie undervisningen, så bör de även ha en policy kring hur detta arbete ser ut precis som det finns en läroplan med centralt innehåll och kriterier för bedömning. Vi människor är olika och gör saker på olika sätt. Slutsatser och lärdomar i detta arbete är därför generellt skrivna, så de kan användas av alla skolor som funderar på att starta ett arbete med läxpolicy.
Specialpedagogiska implikationer
Specialpedagogens roll är viktig för alla elever – inte bara för de med särskilda behov. Detta gäller både i den ordinarie undervisning och med läxarbetet. Hur barns hemmiljö påverkar möjligheten att lära är allmän kunskap och behovet av en förståelse för skillnader i hemmen är av yttersta vikt. Det behövs en person på varje skola som för elevernas talan vid exempelvis diskussioner om läxans vara eller icke vara. Specialpedagogen bör vara denna person. Det är min önskan att rektorer kan se ett användningsområde för specialpedagogens erfarenheter och kompetens i ett läxpolicyarbete, där de sju kategorier som jag beskrivit ovan fyller en funktion.
Nyckelord: läxa, läxpolicy, framgångsfaktor, socialkonstruktionism, specialpedagogEnglish summary: "Not Everyone Gets The Same Homework" (Stefan Soomro, 2016)
A study on the process of writing a homework policy.
This study wants to highlight the homework policy as an important phenomenon in Swedish schools. Both formal and informal discussions on homework are present everywhere in society today. The question is how these discussions within the school are documented in a policy. If a school has a homework policy then educators, students and parents can better understand the idea of homework.
The intent was to study a specific school's work with their policy and then organize different kinds of knowledge in specific categories. Other schools can use this knowledge, with the special education teacher in a leading role, when writing a homework policy of their own.
The theory of social constructionism is the foundation in this study. This means an approach on society as socially constructed by people interacting with each other. According to this perspective phenomenon is constructed by the people who use them. Therefore, the meaning of various phenomena may change over time.
This study uses a qualitative interview method with a phenomenological research approach to get answers to questions about the homework policy process in a school. Our prejudices and our preconceptions affect the image that we create from the reality that we live in. These experiences, which are socially constructed, affects us in everyday life.
After three interviews with one principal the results have been summarized in seven categories. Regardless of the context these categories are considered by the author to be of importance of writing a homework policy. These seven categories are as follows:
1) Concepts. Increasing knowledge about concepts, for example policies and procedures in a school environment.
2) Participation. Pupils and parents must be involved at an early stage on the process of writing a homework policy.
3) Time. An awareness of how much time is required for a teacher to personalize homework.
4) Home environment. Evaluate pupils' and parents' experiences at home.
5) Research. What does current research say about homework and learning? What is good homework?
6) Discussions on learning. Colleagues talking about education to gain new insights and knowledge.
7) The homework policy as part of the systematic quality work. An analysis of the above parts is made continuously and is included as a part of the school’s quality work.
The school should have a regular discussion on homework. The question they should ask themselves every year is: Why do we have homework in our school?
Keywords: homework, homework policy, successful learning, social constructionism, special education teache
Radiative decays of B mesons at LHCb
No full textThis thesis is dedicated to the study of radiative decays of B mesons at LHCb.
At quark level, such decays are a b-sy
transition and take place via a penguin loop
and are sensitive to virtual contribution of New Physics, which can be indicated by
an increase in the decay rates. These decays also offer the possibility to test the V-A
structure of the Standard Model coupling in the processes mediated by loop penguin
diagrams.
In the decay Bs-ǿy, New Physics contribution can be probed by measuring
the polarization of the photon in this decay. Systematic effects in the proper time
reconstruction of the Bs in Bs-ǿy can bias the photon polarization measurement
in this decay, which will reduce the sensitivity on the relevant New Physics parameter.
The author studied those effects and developed ideas to calibrate them using
Bd-K *y and Bs-J/ψǿ decays as control channels. These studies are mostly
Monte Carlo based, due to a relatively small data set from the 2010 running. However,
some studies and cross checks have indeed been performed with data.
The author developed the trigger and stripping (another level of skimming the
data, after the trigger) selections for Bs-ǿy and Bd-K*y
decays, and made a
major contribution to the selection of the first significant sample of Bd-K *y from
the 2010 data set of LHCb
Radiative decays of B mesons at LHCb
No full textThis thesis is dedicated to the study of radiative decays of mesons at LHC. At quark level, such decays are a transition and take place via a penguin loop and are sensitive to virtual contribution of New Physics, which can be indicated by an increase in the decay rates. These decays also offer the possibility to test the V-A structure of the Standard Model coupling in the processes mediated by loop penguin diagrams. In the decay , New Physics contribution can be probed by measuring the polarization of the photon in this decay. Systematic effects in the proper time reconstruction of the in can bias the photon polarization measurement in this decay, which will reduce the sensitivity on the relevant New Physics parameter. The author studied those effects and developed ideas to calibrate them using and decays as control channels. These studies are mostly Monte Carlo based due to a relatively small data set from the 2010 running. However, some studies and cross checks have indeed been performed with data. The author developed the trigger and stripping (another level of skimming the data, after the trigger) selections for and decays, and made a major contribution to the selection of the first significant sample of from the 2010 data set of LHC
Hyperhomocysteinemia - An unidentified risk factor for stroke in our population
No full textIntroduction: Various studies show that moderate elevation of plasma homocysteine level has been associated with increased risk for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.
Objective: To observe the frequency of increased homocysteine level in ischemic stroke patients; and its association with other risk factors.
Methodology: Observational pilot study was conducted on a sample of 75 ischemic stroke patients, enrolled regardless of their age, gender and comorbidities, at Ziauddin university hospital, Karachi. Fasting serum homocysteine, folate and vitamin B12 levels were measured. Results were interpreted using spss 20.0.
Results and Discussion: Mean homocysteine level in our population was 19.51 (SD: 11.47)micromol/l. It was higher in groups with vitamin B12 and folic acid deficiency, difference being statistically significant (p=0.013 and 0.017, respectively). Males had greater propensity to hyperhomocysteinemia; the mean homocysteine value being higher, and the difference, statistically significant (p=0.010). Other factors that affect homocysteine levels were also evaluated, that is hypertension, increased cholesterol levels and smoking. There was no significant statistical difference in the homocysteine value between the groups of patients who had these risk factors and the groups that did not (p=0.747, 0.252 and 0.565, respectively).
Conclusion: It was speculated that hyperhomocysteinemia is an imperative risk factor for stroke
Role of Voice of Customer in New Personal Care Product Development
No full textVoice of a customer is a technique help to know the customers’ needs, desires, perceptions, and preferences through getting feedback of customers. Voice of customer enables organization to identify the improvement in existing products and find out the need of new products. New products development is not only to introduce a new product but may be the modulation in existing product or product line. This research is conducted to know the impact of voice of customer on new personal care products. A sample of 50 people was taken in order to get the response. Different questions were included in questionnaire regarding new personal care product development. Regression technique was applied for analyzing the data. This study showed that voice of customer (independent variable) has significant relationship with new personal care product development (dependent variable).Research reflects that voice of customer has impact on new personal care product development. The limitation of this research is that it only includes the role of voice of customer with new personal care products development and its finding are restricted to the khairpur Pakistan only. The further study can be conducted through increasing the size of target area
Exploring the impact of compassion and leadership on patient safety and quality in healthcare systems: a narrative review
No full textRelationship Between History/Physical Examination and Radiological Findings with Surgical Findings to Determine the Level of Obstruction
No full textObjective: To assess the correlation between the clinical findings and radiological findings with surgical findings in patients with intestinal obstruction and the subsequent determination of the level and severity of the obstruction.
Methods: This prospective observational study was done at the general surgery department of JPMC Karachi, during 12-month from January 2022 to December 2022. Adults aged 15 years and above, clinically and radiologically suggestive of intestinal obstruction and underwent surgical intervention were included. Clinical data was collected through thorough physical examinations and detailed medical history reviews. Parameters such as abdominal pain, distension, bowel sounds, and other relevant symptoms were documented. Radiological investigations were analyzed for evidence of obstruction and its location. Patients who undergone surgical intervention, their operative findings were correlated with clinical and radiological findings. Data analysis was done by using SPSS version 26.
Results: Overall, 44 patients were studied with mean age of 38.59 ± 7.77 years, 56.8% were male and 42.3% female. Common clinical findings included inability to pass gas or stool (97.7%), constipation (95.5%), dehydration (93.2%), and tachycardia (93.2%). Radiologically, air-fluid levels with valvulae connivences were most frequent (52.3%). Intra-operatively, omental bands (22.7%) were the most common finding. There was a significant association between clinical symptoms, such as tenderness and anorexia, with specific intraoperative findings (p=0.004). Radiological findings, particularly air-fluid levels, were strongly associated with surgical diagnoses (p=0.001), highlighting their importance in guiding treatment.
Conclusion: Clinical assessments and abdominal X-rays in diagnosing intestinal obstruction, applicable in only a few instances. It emphasizes the superior diagnostic capability of abdominal CT scans, may enhance the surgeon's understanding of the underlying pathology
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