10 research outputs found
Acute Febrile Illnesses – Clinico-epidemiological Pattern in a Remote Geographical Location of North-eastern India
No full textBackground: Acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI / AFI) is a common cause for patients seeking hospital care in tropical country like India. Non-specificity of symptoms and lack of appropriate diagnostics pose challenge especially in resource limited settings. Investigation into etiology and trends of AUFI provide valuable public health data to target clinical workup and guide optimal treatment.
Method: A record based descriptive study was conducted on all AFI cases presenting to a Government tertiary care centre in a tribal hilly sate of Northeast India in the year 2021.
Result: Under five children were the most affected and respiratory infections were the most common cause of fever. Enteric fever and scrub typhus were the most common cause of undifferentiated fever. However, it was a remarkable finding that no case of malaria or dengue was reported from this region. Fevers remained undetermined in 28% of cases. Undetermined fevers and scrub typhus had higher occurrence during winters while no seasonality was observed with enteric fever. Majority of the patients recovered and discharged. Case fatality rate was 0.35%.
Conclusion: The local epidemiology of AUFI can help guide presumptive diagnosis and deliver optimal patient management in these settings. Typhoid and scrub typhus to be considered as differentials for AUFI in this region
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme in India - a tired horse or an ignored one. An evaluation in a tribal district of Maharashtra, India
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Support services for international students : a lack of commitment by U.S. colleges
No full textInternational students coming to study in the US experience some unique challenges that their domestic counterparts do not have to contend with, such as cultural adjustment issues and constraints imposed on them by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Through surveys and personal interviews with International Student Advisors across the country, it has been determined that a large number of small colleges do not meet the minimum guidelines for providing International Student Services that were put forth by NAFSA: Association of International Educators in 1983. Nor do they meet the recommendations laid out by prominent international educator, Richard Greenfield. In addition, these International Student Advisors contend with numerous constraints in their work, namely lack of adequate staff, time, space, funding and support by the senior-level administration at their institutions. The author gives recommendations for overcoming these constraints and deficiencies in order to improve the efficiency of providing International Student Services at a small college
Using Blogs in the Library to Reach Diverse and Non-Traditional Student Groups, 2014
No full textWhile there is no dearth of information about the uses of a blog as a Web 2.0 tool in the library, there is very little information about the ways in which a blog can be used to reach diverse and non-traditional groups. This paper explores blog topics and strategies that will help to engage users from diverse populations. It also explains ways in which librarians might frame their library blogs to be more inclusive of their entire community. Blogs can serve as excellent marketing tools for communicating resources, services, and events, but in featuring posts that include various populations, more users might become readers of the blog and may even develop an appreciation for the diversity surrounding them. The blog can then serve as a solid model for communicating and appreciating diversity. If their true power is harnessed, library blogs can reach larger groups and promote a more inclusive environment for all
Improving the heterotrophic media of three Chlorella vulgaris mutants toward optimal color, biomass and protein productivity
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This work was supported by CRESC Algarve and European Regional Development Fund through the ALG-01-0247-FEDER-069961 PERFORMALGAE project. Additional funding was provided by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Portugal) through projects UIDP/04378/2020 and UIDB/04378/2020 of the Research Unit on Applied Molecular Bio-sciences—UCIBIO, project LA/P/0140/2020 of the Associate Laboratory Institute for Health and Bioeconomy—i4HB, through projects UIDB/04326/2020, UIDP/04326/2020 and LA/P/0101/2020 awarded to CCMAR, and through the 2020.06814.BD PhD and 2020.07229.BD PhD fellowships awarded to Mafalda Santos and Nádia Correia, respectively. This research was funded in part by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT, Funder ID = 50110000187) under Grant (2020.06814.BDANA). For the purpose of Open Access, the author has applied a CC-BY public copyright license to any Author‘s Accepted Manuscript (AAM) version arising from this submission.
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© The Author(s) 2025.The high production costs and unappealing sensory properties still limit the widespread commercialization of microalgae feedstocks. Therefore, this work focused on fine-tuning the heterotrophic medium composition to cultivate novel green, yellow, and white Chlorella vulgaris mutant strains. Screening assays were carried out to select the most significant factors, and different nutrient concentrations were optimized by modelling biomass and protein productivity, specific growth rate, and color, via response surface methodology. The biomass and protein productivities achieved by these strains were improved by up to 70% and 94%, respectively. Additionally, biomass color was correlated with medium composition for the first time, allowing the improvement of the yellow and white mutant colorations by 20%. Overall, the findings of this study are vital to overcoming the challenges of the biobased industry, allowing the enhancement of the cost-effectiveness, attractiveness, and nutritional profiles of microalgae-based products in different markets and applications.publishersversionpublishe
Well-known trade mark protection: confusion in EU and Japan
No full textIn this thesis concerning the protection of well-known trade marks against confusion in the European Community Trade Mark (CTM) and Japanese trademark systems, the author critically considers the difficulties in comprehensively defining ‘well-known trade mark’ in the relevant international trade mark instruments. After critical analysis of various definitions of both ‘trade mark’ and ‘well-known trade mark’, she undertakes a comparison of the definitions of the parallel concepts of ‘trade mark of repute’ and ‘syuchi-syohyo’, and also undertakes an assessment as to the extent to which these trade marks are protected against confusion and kondo in the CTM and Japanese systems, respectively. It is concluded that the protection of well- known trade marks against confusion in the CTM and Japan cannot be said to be completely clear, and the author identifies some areas for legal refor
