10 research outputs found
Analysis of Vaccine efficacy during the COVID-19 pandemic period using CSF-ELECTRE-I approach
No full textCOVID-19 vaccinations have been shown to be safe, efficacious, and life-saving. They, like other vaccines, do not entirely protect everyone who receives them, and no one knows how effectively they can prevent people from spreading the virus to others or whether the booster dosage is dangerous to some vulnerable people. So, in addition to getting vaccinated, we must continue with additional efforts to combat the pandemic. Quantitatively, the pragmatic, appropriate, and phenomenal mechanism of the complex spherical fuzzy set enhances the decision-making efficacy and the ordering quality of the ELECTRE I method to include a profitable and optimal approach for MAGDM. In the CSF environment, critically ill patients are investigated systematically using a pairwise comparison based ELECTRE-I technique. In this paper, we improve the precision of the CSF-based ELECTRE-I approach to an unique score function. The suggested approach’s comparability is examined with techniques that should provide equal importance to the alternatives, and the presented score function’s reliability is validated using the existing score function with the two cases
Health assessment, Franklin Elementary School : Phoenix, AZ, Maricopa County
No full textabstract: The objective of this health assessment is to provide an evaluation of current and future potential health risks that may result from exposure to residual organochlorine pesticides at Franklin Elementary School in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has been unoccupied for the past 10 years. The historic school building is being restored by the school district, which plans to reopen the building for use as an elementary school. Several organochlorine pesticides were discovered in the soil during routine environmental sampling done in conjunction with the renovation. In particular, chlordane and dieldrin, banned in the United States in the early 1980's, were present in concentrations above screening levels.Under cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-21)
Public health assessment, Klondyke Mine tailings : Klondyke, Graham County, AZ
No full textabstract: The objective of this health assessment is to provide an evaluation of the health risks that may result from exposure to abandoned mine tailings in Klondyke, Arizona. The tailings are remnants from an earlier flotation mill and mining operation that was in business from the early 1900's until 1950. Environmental data indicate that the 70,000 cubic yards of tailings that remain on the property have contaminated the soil and nearby creeks with heavy metals. This report evaluates the potential pathways of human exposure to the contaminated media. The contaminants of concern further evaluated are lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, manganese, and boron. Child health issues and community concerns are also an integral part of the evaluation.Under cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-28)
Health consultation, Hudson farm nitric acid release : July 1-2, 1998, Laveen, Arizona
No full textabstract: The Arizona Department of Health Services was asked by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to evaluate the potential health effects from inhalation of toxic vapors as a result of an unplanned, concentrated nitric acid release. According to Hudson Farms, at approximately 1 pm on July 1st, concentrated nitric acid began escaping from a small leak in a 33,000 gallon storage tank. By 4:30 pm, the first responding fire department units observed an orange colored plume that was moving with the wind
direction. The large plume continued to dissipate throughout the area until about 8:30 pm that night. Small amounts of nitric acid that was generally restricted to the Hudson property continued to leak until approximately 8 am the morning of July 2nd when pumping of acid waste waters into emergency storage tanks was completed. It is estimated by ADEQ that a total of 4,0 00-4,500 gallons of concentrated nitric acid was released from the storage tank. Approximately 600 people from the town of Laveen and the Gila River Indian Community were immediately evacuated. Residents were allowed re -entry to their homes the following day, July 2nd at approximately 10 am.Under cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.Includes bibliographical references (p. 10)
Health consultation, private residence, Wickenburg, AZ, Maricopa County
No full textabstract: A resident of Wickenburg, Arizona and her husband reported experiencing some adverse health effects that she felt may be attributed to a recent pesticide application to her home. The family requested the Arizona Department of Health Services to evaluate whether the remaining levels of pesticides present in her home would cause any health effects. The resident reported to ADHS that their symptoms continued to worsen over time, and that the chemical continued to pool in their house even after being wiped up several times, so that she and her husband vacated the house. The couple underwent extensive testing , and are receiving oxygen treatment to alleviate their symptoms. No medical records have been submitted to ADHS for review, and it is difficult to conclusively analyze health outcome information as it has been self reported.Under cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.Includes bibliographical references (p. 7)
Thilakavathy's Unakagava Naan Novel
No full textThe author of the novel Unkakagava Naan deals with the problems faced by women in the society and it also brings out how those women overcomes many obstacles and succeeds in life. This article highlights the sufferings of the woman named Pragathi in this novel. This article tells us that no matter how educated a woman is, she is always known for her beauty. And the author narrates her hardships from her father to the teacher who comes to teach her. It also highlights her migration from Tamil Nadu to Kolkata, marriage interrupted several times and waiting as an old woman. It captures her perspective on men. Later she married a boy named Tarun and expressed her love to him. Marrying someone who is less educated thanher and promoting him in life is a very great thing and she raised him to big level. The purpose of this article is to raise the status of the woman through her knowledge to fight the hardships
A rare case of childhood polyarteritis nodosa successfully treated with etanercept
No full textChildhood Polyarteritis Nodosa (CPAN) a rare and often fatal disease tends to be more common in individuals of Asian descent. Previously it was referred to as Infantile PAN. Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN) is a systemic autoimmune vasculitis characterized by necrotizing inflammatory lesions of the medium-sized and small muscular arteries, preferentially at vessel bifurcations, resulting in formation of microaneurysms, aneurysmal ruptures with hemorrhage, thrombosis and consequently organ ischemia or infarction. It usually appears in middle or older age without gender predilection. PAN shows variety of symptoms, including general symptoms, neurological, skin, renal and gastrointestinal involvement. In particular skin lesions characterized by multiple firm waxy papules, subcutaneous nodules, livedo reticularis, ulcers and gangrene are observed in 25%-60% of patients with PAN. The etiology of systemic vasculitis is yet unknown. However, dysregulation and/or enhanced expression of pro-inflammatory substances may be involved in pathogenesis of these diseases. Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) alpha is a pro-inflammatory cytokine produced primarily by cells of macrophage-monocyte lineage which may directly participate in vascular inflammation as well as in endothelial cell death via apoptosis. In addition, TNF-alpha may play a role in neutrophil priming inducing membrane expression of Proteinase-3 or Myeloperoxidase which are subsequently recognized by ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Author report a case of 14 months old male child with complaints of fever, gangrenous changes of ear lobes, tip of nose and toes, seizures, altered sensorium and hypertension. Initially Injectable Methyl Prednisolone pulse therapy was started followed by oral Prednisolone. After initiation of Etanercept treatment, his symptoms improved dramatically. Sensorium improved, skin ulcers healed faster, and gangrenous changes were arrested, fever subsided and child started accepting oral feeds
Simulated field-modulated x-ray absorption in titania
No full text© 2020 Author(s). In this paper, we present a method to compute the x-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectra of solid-state transition metal oxides using real-time time-dependent density functional theory, including spin-orbit coupling effects. This was performed on bulk-mimicking anatase titania (TiO2) clusters, which allows for the use of hybrid functionals and atom-centered all electron basis sets. Furthermore, this method was employed to calculate the shifts in the XANES spectra of the Ti L-edge in the presence of applied electric fields to understand how external fields can modify the electronic structure, and how this can be probed using x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Specifically, the onset of t2g peaks in the Ti L-edge was observed to red shift and the eg peaks were observed to blue shift with increasing fields, attributed to changes in the hybridization of the conduction band (3d) orbitals
The COVID-19 Vaccine Preference for Youngsters Using PROMETHEE-II in the IFSS Environment
No full textExtensive decision-making during the vaccine preparation period is unpredictable. An account of the severity of the disease, the younger people with COVID-19 comorbidities and other chronic diseases are also at a higher risk of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this research article, the preference ranking structure for the COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for young people who have been exposed to the effects of certain chronic diseases. Multiple Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) approach effectively handles this vague information. Furthermore, with the support of the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Soft Set (IFSS), the entries under the new extension of the Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation-II (PROMETHEE-II) is suggested for Preference Ranking Structure. The concept of intuitionistic fuzzy soft sets is parametric in nature. IFSS suggests how to exploit an intuitionistic ambiguous input from a decision-maker to make up for any shortcomings in the information provided by the decider. The weight of the inputs is calculated under the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Weighted Average (IFWA) operator, the Simply Weighted Intuitionistic Fuzzy Average (SWIFA) operator, and the Simply Intuitionistic Fuzzy Average (SIFA) operator. An Extended PROMETHEE-based ranking, outranking approach is used, and the resultant are recommended under the lexicographic order. Its sustainability and feasibility are explored for three distinct priority structures and the possibilities of the approach. To demonstrate the all-encompassing intuitionistic fuzzy PROMETHEE approach, a practical application regarding COVID-19 severity in patients is given, and then it is compared to other existing approaches to further explain its feasibility, and the sensitivity of the preference structure is examined according to the criteria
