34 research outputs found
The Killing of Avijit Roy: Silencing free-thinking and progressive conscience in Bangladesh
No full text"On February 26 the blogger Avijit Roy, a US-citizen of Bangladeshi origin, published author, and prominent voice against religious intolerance was murdered publicly in Dhaka after returning from a book fair (cf. TheGuardian, 27.2.2015; cf. Alam, 7.2.2015). Roy, an engineer by profession was not only known as a passionate writer but also as the founder of the Bengalilanguage blog Mukto-Mona, the “Free Mind”. (...)
Artists’ Moving Image: South Asian Trajectories
No full textA special South Asia-focused journal edition of the journal, 'Moving Image Review and Art Journal'. The edition includes eight articles, features, reviews and interviews as well as a contextual preface by the editors, Lucia King and Rashmi Sawhney. Trajectories of film history and the practices of 'artists' moving image' makers from South Asia are traced and critiqued, including the significant impact of documentary film experimentation from the 1960s to the present. Author contributors are: Nancy Adajania, Avijit Mukul Kishore, Adnan Madani, Shai Heredia, Nicole Wolf, Kaushik Bhamik, Lucia King and Rashmi Sawhney
Socio economic metabolism of Norwegain Kindergartens
No full textUsing a socio economic metabolism (SEM) approach, the case of Norwegian kindergartens is studied in the wake of a contemporary challenge facing the system: shortage of qualified staff. Through the case study, the thesis aspires to demonstrate the utility of SEM based models in examining quality provision in the educational service, and for addressing the topic of resource requirements. A dynamic stock driven time cohort type model is constructed that studies the Norwegian kindergarten system in terms of (i) children as demander stock (ii) teachers and assistants as provider stocks (iii) built area as resource stock and their associated flows. The model developed for the thesis is a starting point for SEM studies to develop in the education sector. The model also demonstrates the alternative of modelling population as a dynamic time cohort type model providing an alternative to linear statistical models.
The thesis shows that under a medium growth demographic scenario, between 2015 and 2040 the net stock of children increases by 9.6%. Subsequently, stock of teachers and assistants in the system increases by 10.5% and 9.9% respectively. In 2015, 9.9% teachers and 57.9% assistants were without relevant background. The thesis shows that at least 0.93% of unqualified teachers and 5.58% of unqualified assistants will be present in the system by 2040, assuming that the newly recruited staff in the future have formal qualifications. Through scenario analysis, interventions for achieving target of having all staff with formal background are studied
Socio economic metabolism of Norwegain Kindergartens
No full textUsing a socio economic metabolism (SEM) approach, the case of Norwegian kindergartens is studied in the wake of a contemporary challenge facing the system: shortage of qualified staff. Through the case study, the thesis aspires to demonstrate the utility of SEM based models in examining quality provision in the educational service, and for addressing the topic of resource requirements. A dynamic stock driven time cohort type model is constructed that studies the Norwegian kindergarten system in terms of (i) children as demander stock (ii) teachers and assistants as provider stocks (iii) built area as resource stock and their associated flows. The model developed for the thesis is a starting point for SEM studies to develop in the education sector. The model also demonstrates the alternative of modelling population as a dynamic time cohort type model providing an alternative to linear statistical models.
The thesis shows that under a medium growth demographic scenario, between 2015 and 2040 the net stock of children increases by 9.6%. Subsequently, stock of teachers and assistants in the system increases by 10.5% and 9.9% respectively. In 2015, 9.9% teachers and 57.9% assistants were without relevant background. The thesis shows that at least 0.93% of unqualified teachers and 5.58% of unqualified assistants will be present in the system by 2040, assuming that the newly recruited staff in the future have formal qualifications. Through scenario analysis, interventions for achieving target of having all staff with formal background are studied
The Jamuna-Brahmaputra River, Bangladesh
No full textBangladesh is dominated by three great rivers – the Jamuna-Brahmaputra, Ganga and Meghna – that combine to feed sediment into one of the World’s largest deltas in the Bay of Bengal (Figure 21.1). Bangladesh has been shaped by, and is dependent upon, its rivers, which provide fertile soils and a diverse flora and aquaculture but also bring significant flood hazard and risk to infrastructure for a large and growing population. Current anthropogenic stresses, in terms of changing climate, water diversions, pollution and sediment extraction, are posing new pressures to the river and its inhabitants (Best, 2019). The people of Bangladesh have adapted their lifestyle for centuries to live with river flooding – frequently moving their temporary bankside homes, planting on newly emergent river bars, and sometimes raising their homesteads above water level in flood periods (Paul, 1997). However, a growing population, coupled with the expansion of infrastructure and economic development, has resulted in an increase in the intensity of flood damage (FPCO, 1995; Paul, 1997; CPD, 2004). The lives of many millions of Bangladeshi citizens are reliant on these rivers, with up to 2.3 million people living on the riverine islands alone (Schmuk-Widmann, 2001). Bangladesh’s rural economy relies upon annual ‘normal’ floods to bring moisture and fresh sediments to the floodplain soils (Paul, 1997): for instance, two of the three seasonal rice varieties (aus and aman) cannot survive without floodwater and the fish caught both on the floodplain during flood season and from the many floodplain ponds (‘beels’) provide the main source of protein for many rural populations (Chowdhury, 1994; Paul, 1997; de Graff, 2003; Shankar et al., 2004). However, the effect of ‘abnormal’ floods can be devastating and result in appreciable damage to crops and houses, severe bank erosion with consequent loss of homesteads, schools and land, and loss of human lives, livestock and fisheries (BDER, 2004; Shankar et al., 2004). For example, in the 1998 flood, over 70 % of the land area of Bangladesh was inundated, affecting 31 million people and 1 million homesteads (Chowdhury, 2000). The 1998 flood, which had an unusually long duration from July to September, claimed 918 human lives and was responsible for damaging 16 000 and 6000 km of roads and embankments, respectively, and affecting 6000 km2 of standing crops (Chowdhury, 2000). In the 2004 floods, over 25 % of the population of Bangladesh, or 36 million people, was affected by the floods; 800 lives were lost; 952 000 houses were destroyed and 1.4 million badly damaged; 24 000 educational institutions were affected, including the destruction of 1200 primary schools; 2 million government and private tubewells were affected, and over 3 million latrines were damaged or washed away, this increasing the risks of diarrhoea, cholera and other waterborne diseases. Also, 1.1 million ha of rice crop was submerged and lost before it could be harvested, with 7 % of the yearly aus (early season) rice crop lost; 270 000 ha of grazing land was affected, 5600 livestock perished together with 254 000 poultry and 63 Mt of lost fish production (BDER, 2004; CPD, 2004). In the districts that are dominated by the Brahmaputra-Jamuna River, the 2004 flood damage to infrastructure (homes, roads, culverts), tubewells and latrines, with ensuing unemployment of many of the population, were some of the areas of critical impact. The total cost of the damage caused by the 2004 flood is estimated at $7 billion (CPD, 2004)
Ultrasound guided arthrocentesis in the Emergency Department: A scoping review protocol
No full textTitle:
Ultrasound-guided arthrocentesis in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review Protocol
Authors:
Avijit Barai1, Sujatha Kamalaksha2, Amy Hogben1, Thedchanamoorthy Prashanth4, and Susie Moreton5
1Consultant, Emergency Department, Epworth Geelong Hospital, Waurn Ponds, VIC 3216.
2Consultant, Department of Rheumatology, Warrnambool Hospital, Warrnambool, VIC 3280.
3Nurse Practitioner Candidate, Emergency Department, Epworth Geelong Hospital, Waurn Ponds, VIC 3216.
4Consultant, Emergency Department, Warrnambool Hospital, Warrnambool, VIC 3280.
5Medical Librarian, Epworth HealthCare, Richmond, VIC
Correspondence to
Avijit Barai: [email protected]
Keywords:
emergency department; arthrocentesis; point of care ultrasound; ultrasonography; joint aspiration
Citation: Barai A, Kamalaksha S, Hogben A, Prashanth T, and Moreton S (2024). Ultrasound guided arthrocentesis in the Emergency Department: A scoping review protocol.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/487U9
Data Availability: All relevant data are within the paper and its appendix files.
Funding: No author received any funding for this review.
Conflicts of interest: There is no conflict of interest in this project.
Abstract:
Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to describe and explore the breadth and extent of the evidence for ultrasound-guided arthrocentesis (UGA) in the Emergency Department (ED).
Introduction: Joint aspiration or arthrocentesis procedures are commonly performed in the ED for diagnosis and management of painful joints. The integration of ultrasound technology to arthrocentesis has ensured improved patient care and reduced complications.
Inclusion criteria: This scoping review will examine all articles in the English language published between January 2013 and December 2023. We will include human studies in peer reviewed journals and grey literature.
Inclusion criteria:
To define key elements required for our scoping review, including the population, concept, and context (PCC) related to the purpose of the review, we have drawn on guidance within the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis (Aromataris and Munn, 2020) when defining our inclusion criteria. Items to be included will meet the following criteria:
1. Population: Adult and paediatric patients who attended ED with joint pain or effusion
2. Concept: The use of ultrasound technology for arthrocentesis.
3. Context: ED.
4. Studies reporting on at least one of the following outcomes:
Clinical indications and feasibility of UGA in the ED.
Procedural success rates of UGA compared to traditional approaches.
Safety outcomes associated with UGA in the ED.
Resource implications of implementing UGA in the ED.
5. Evidence: Peer-reviewed articles including original theoretical or empirical research, randomized controlled trials, non-randomized controlled trials, observational studies, case series, or other quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, and experimental research. This will be supplemented by available relevant grey literature.
6. Articles are published in an identifiable academic or scholarly journal while grey articles will be collected from relevant governments and institutions and policymakers;
7. Language: We will include English publications only due to the language fluency of the researchers and lack of funding for language translation.
8. Time-frame 11 years since January 2013. If necessary, we may extend the timeframe to expand search results.
Exclusion criteria:
1. Those studies performed outside ED e.g. in the operating theatre, outpatient clinics, and inpatient wards.
2. Studies where ultrasound was not used for arthrocentesis
3. Secondary articles such as review articles
4. Non-empirical and non-peer-reviewed works, and works situated as opinion-based commentaries, viewpoints, editorials, and perspective pieces, letter to the editor etc.
5. Books, book reviews, and book chapters including government reports, dissertations/theses, conference abstracts, websites, environmental scans, etc.;
6. Studies not reporting on at least one of the specified outcomes
7. Language: Published in a language other than English;
8. Articles published prior to January 1st 2013. This is to ensure that only contemporary literature is considered for analysis.
9. Regarding the inclusion of grey literature, the research team understands the potential to reduce the risk of bias, and acknowledges that including grey literature is usually desired or required for evidence syntheses for highlighting a broader picture of evidence.
Methods: We will apply PRISMA ScR guidelines and Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidelines for this scoping review. A medical librarian will construct a robust and replicable search strategy of contemporary literature in key clinical databases. We will register the protocol in the Open Science Framework (OSF). In addition, we will perform literature review and analysis through rayyan.ai with collaboration of all authors. We will present the qualitative data in charts, tables and figures including the PRISMA ScR flow chart. Two reviewers will perform review independently in a predesigned data charting form, with any discordance to be reviewed by a third investigator.
Conclusion: This scoping review will provide an overview of recent advances in ultrasound-guided arthrocentesis, highlighting their various techniques, efficacy, safety, and potential applications in ED. In addition, it will identify gaps in the literature and highlight areas for future research to improve patient care
Starting from hopelessness – grand challenges, sustainable development goals, and responsible research and innovation under urgency and uncertainty
No full textInternational governance has responded to global challenges like climate change, poverty or health through the UN Sustainable Development Goals, or Grand Challenges for research. This paper provocatively proposes that, besides goal-setting, responding to urgent societal challenges can start from hopelessness. Starting from hopelessness, attends to, and accepts a given situation, and harvests its potentials. Building on Jullien's work on Taoist approaches to effective action and Bovens's definition of hope, we define starting from hopelessness as (a) desiring an outcome, (b) believing it is possible, though uncertain, and, instead of imagining things otherwise, (c) accepting the grim situation one is in, harvesting what potential it offers without pre-set plans. The principles of acceptance, humility and togetherness help guide hopeless action. We illustrate divergent crisis responses, starting from goals or from hopelessness, through cases in Orissa and Wayanad, India. We further explore what ‘hopeless planning' and ‘hopeless research and innovation’ may involve
Arunachal macaque evolves into two phylogenetic species after geographical isolation by Sela mountain pass
No full textArunachal macaque (M. munzala) is an endangered and recently discovered cercopithecine primate from the Western Arunachal Pradesh, India. On genetic analyses with nuclear markers from a range-wide collected samples of Arunachal macaque, we observed two major clusters following the spatially explicit and non-explicit Bayesian and non-Bayesian clustering algorithms. The study captured 13 noble haplotypes at mitochondrial d loop region, which were found distributed following a strong geo-spatial structure with agreement to the nuclear STR markers. The study establishes Sela mountain pass is a zoo-geographic barrier, which splits Arunachal macaques about 1.96 mya into two phylogenetic species i.e. M. munzala and M. selaii, in the west and east side of Sela pass. We also propose the newly reported species, M. selaii is a species complex where a few conservation units are lumped. Further, the coalescent based Bayesian skyline plot analysis suggested a steady reduction in the effective population size of Arunachal macaques in Tawang and West Kameng during last 2000 years. The present range-wide phylogeographic study on Arunachal macaque warrants an immediate attention of biologists and conservation authorities to accord necessary taxonomic recognition of the proposed species of Arunachal macaque. This study set the stage for further elaborated genomic studies and taxonomic revision of Arunachal macaques, that will influence the ongoing conservation efforts, funding allocation for the conservation and management of Arunachal macaque at regional and global scale.This microsat_data_of_Arunachal_macaque_readme.txt file was generated on 2021-02-25 by NAME microsat_data_of_Arunachal_macaque
GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Title of Dataset: microsat_data_of_Arunachal_macaque
2. Author Information
A. Principal Investigator Contact Information
Name: Mukesh Thakur, Sci C.
Institution: Zoological Survey of India
Address: Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata-73
Email: [email protected]
B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
Name: Avijit Ghosh
Institution: Zoological Survey of India
Address: Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata-73
Email: [email protected]
C. Alternate Contact Information
Name:
Institution:
Address:
Email:
3. Date of data collection : 2018-2020
4. Geographic location of data collection: Arunachal Pradesh, India. Tawang>pop1, WestKameng>pop2
5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: NMHS/2017-18/LG09/02/476
SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data:
2. Links to publications that cite or use the data:
3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data:
4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets:
5. Was data derived from another source? no
6. Recommended citation for this dataset:
DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
1. File List:
2. Relationship between files, if important:
3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: mtDNA sequences and Geographical coordinates
4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no
METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: microsatellite genotyping
2. Methods for processing the data: Automated and manual allele calling in 'genemapper
3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: GenAlEx 6.5
4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate:
5. Environmental/experimental conditions:
6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: consensus allele calling from triplicate genotypes
7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Avijit Ghosh, Ritam Dutta
DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [microsat_data_of_Arunachal_macaque]
1. Number of variables: 9 loci, 2 populations
2. Number of cases/rows: 38 individuals
3. Variable List:
4. Missing data codes: 0
5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used:Non-invasively collected samples-faecal samples.
Collected in 70% ethanol
Synthesis of ZnO nanorods and observation of resistive switching memory in ZnO based polymer nanocomposites
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