19 research outputs found
SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT ON STUDENTS IN BAGO UNIVERSITY, (Swe Swe Win Htet, 2018)
No full textSocial media has penetrated to the many areas in daily lives of students. The main objective of the study is to investigate the causes and effects of social media that impact on students according to the basic of a sample survey that was carried out in June 2018. A sample of students falling within the age group 16-24 was selected by using the stratified random sampling. In this study, it found that the mutual relationship between social media and students was highly significant. Factor analysis has been applied to explore that the significant factors of social media impact on students. Moreover, confirmatory factor analysis has also been applied to determine that the relationship and interactive structure between the effect and usage of social media in students. It was found that there was a causal relationship between so ial media actual usages and various effects of social media. Also, the students used social media for learning utilization, personal and multiple usages. Students were getting bored of their study, conflict within family and facilitate laziness because of social media. Moreover, social media usages appeared the personal problem , physical problem and mind problem in students. It was found that social media usage for learning utilization and multiple uses, addiction of social media usages and usable place for social media are difference between male and female students
Result of Open Reduction Kirschner Wire Fixation of Late Presentation of Lateral Condyle Fracture of Humerus in Children
No full textBackground: Management of lateral condyle fracture of the humerus needs accurate reduction and stabilization because of rotational displacement. Neglected lateral condyle fractures of humerus are misdiagnosed or insufficiently treated fractures, presenting later than 3 weeks after injury. This study aimed at analyzing the morphological and functional outcomes with hospital-based prospective and descriptive clinical study design of the neglected lateral condyle fracture of humerus in children at the Yangon Children Hospital, Myanmar. Methods: Sixty-two patients with unilateral neglected lateral condyle fractures of humerus were included in the study from January 2017 to January 2020. Seven patients had Milch’s type I fracture and 55 patients had Milch’s type II fractures. Open reduction with two smooth Kirschner wire fixation was done. Long arm plaster of Paris (POP) posterior slab was applied with the elbow at 90 degrees of flexion and forearm in a neutral position. Six weeks after the operation, the POP posterior slab and Kirschner wires were removed following a radiograph check. Thereafter, all patients were assessed both functionally and radiologically every month. Results: The outcome of 12 months follow up data were calculated. For the radiological union time, the age group of less than 5 years and 5 years of age group achieved the bone union considerably faster than the age of 6 to 10 years of age group and above 10 years of age group. (p<0.001). According to the Hardacre Scoring System for the Clinical Evaluation, 96.7% of the patients had good and excellent outcome scores using the data of 12-month follow-up. Hardacre score of an excellent and good result was statistically significantly different from the mean age of the fair functional results with p=0.018 and p=0.039. Conclusion: The study findings showed that open reduction and internal fixation in a majority of neglected lateral condyle fractures of the humerus in children gain good radiological and functional outcomes
Structural Analysis of Mini Power Weeder Worm and Worm Gear with Three Different Materials
No full textThe main aim of this paper is to conduct the structural analysis of min power weeder worm and worm gear with three different materials. The objectives of this paper are to calculate the design of worm and worm gear, to draw the model of worm and worm gear by using AutoCAD 2019 software, to analyze the structural behavior of worm and worm gear by theoretical approach using von-Mises criteria and compare with numerical structural result using ANSYS 16.2 software, and to select the suitable material of worm and worm gear for good performance. A 2.5 hp engine power and 6000 rpm worm speed mini power weeder is used in this paper to do worm and worm gear bending stress analysis with material properties of phosphor bronze, aluminum bronze, and tin bronze material. For the phosphor bronze material, the lowest von-Mises stress and effective strain are obtained. Thus, phosphor bronze is found to be the suitable material for worm and worm gear
Pre-operative pseudothrombocytopenia: terrifying but innocuous
No full textAn isolated thrombocytopenia was found in a 47-year old man during pre-operative work-up for his closed radial bone fracture on left forearm after a fall. His platelet count was as low as 14 x 103/μL, but there was no active bleeding and past history of bleeding disorder. The clue to true diagnosis started from careful blood film examination - platelet clumps in blood film. Repeat full blood count tests were requested not only with the usual anticoagulant EDTA (Ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid) but also with heparin as well as with citrate. EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia was diagnosed which can be confused with other life-threatening platelet disorders. The operation was successfully done without unusual bleeding.</p
Minimal dataset for the research "Outbreaks of COVID-19 in a tuberculosis treatment sanatorium on the Thailand-Myanmar border: a retrospective cohort analysis"
No full text<p><strong>Outbreaks of COVID-19 in a tuberculosis treatment sanatorium on the Thailand-Myanmar border: a retrospective cohort analysis:</strong></p><p><strong>Latest Version Published: </strong>22 Jun 2023, <strong>8</strong>:272 (<a href="https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19275.1">https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19275.1</a>)</p><p>This is an open access work distributed under the terms of the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution License</a>, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</p>
Effect of dietary garlic and thyme seed supplementation on the production performance, carcass yield and gut microbial population of broiler chickens
No full textA total of 200 Cobb 500 male broilers were randomly allocated to 4 treatments consisting of 5 replications with 10 chicks each in order to evaluate the effect of dietary garlic and thyme seed supplementation on the production performance, carcass yield and gut microbial population. Treatments were control diet (T1), control diet with 1% thyme seed powder (T2), control diet with 1% garlic powder (T3) and control diet with 0.5% thyme seed and 0.5% garlic powder (T4). Feed intake, body weight, weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR), carcass yield was not significantly (p>0.05) improved by dietary treatments compared to control. Escherichia coli (E. coli) count in the gut of broilers did not show significant difference among dietary treatments. However, Lactobacilli count in the gut of broilers significantly (p<0.05) increased in T2 compared to that of T1. Lactobacilli count in the gut of broilers received T1, T3 and T4 did not differ significantly (p>0.05) with each other. It was concluded that thyme seed was reliable as feed additive in the broiler diet and could provide positive advantages to the colonization and proliferation of Lactobacilli
Effect of dietary garlic and thyme seed supplementation on the production performance, carcass yield and gut microbial population of broiler chickens
No full textAbstract This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary garlic and thyme seed supplementation on the production performance, carcass yield and gut microbial population of broiler chickens. A total of 200 Cobb 500 male broilers were randomly allocated to 4 treatments consisting of 5 replications with 10 chicks each. Treatments were control diet (T1), control diet with 1% thyme seed powder (T2), control diet with 1% garlic powder (T3) and control diet with 0.5% thyme seed and 0.5% garlic powder (T4). Feed intake, body weight, weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR), carcass yield were not significantly (p>0.05) improved by dietary treatments compared to control. Escherichia coli (E. coli) count in the gut of broilers did not show significant difference among dietary treatments. However, lactobacilli count in the gut of broilers significantly (p<0.05) increased in T2 compared to that of T1. Lactobacilli count in the gut of broilers received T1, T3 and T4 did not differ significantly (p>0.05) with each other. It was concluded that thyme seed was reliable as feed additive in the broiler diet and could provide positive advantages to the colonization and proliferation of lactobacilli.</jats:p
Effect of dietary garlic and thyme seed supplementation on the production performance, carcass yield and gut microbial population of broiler chickens
No full textA total of 200 Cobb 500 male broilers were randomly allocated to 4 treatments consisting of 5 replications with 10 chicks each in order to evaluate the effect of dietary garlic and thyme seed supplementation on the production performance, carcass yield and gut microbial population. Treatments were control diet (T1), control diet with 1% thyme seed powder (T2), control diet with 1% garlic powder (T3) and control diet with 0.5% thyme seed and 0.5% garlic powder (T4). Feed intake, body weight, weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR), carcass yield was not significantly (p>0.05) improved by dietary treatments compared to control. Escherichia coli (E. coli) count in the gut of broilers did not show significant difference among dietary treatments. However, Lactobacilli count in the gut of broilers significantly (p<0.05) increased in T2 compared to that of T1. Lactobacilli count in the gut of broilers received T1, T3 and T4 did not differ significantly (p>0.05) with each other. It was concluded that thyme seed was reliable as feed additive in the broiler diet and could provide positive advantages to the colonization and proliferation of Lactobacilli.</jats:p
The clinical utility of the urine-based lateral flow lipoarabinomannan assay in HIV-infected adults in Myanmar: an observational study
No full textBackground: The use of the point-of-care lateral flow lipoarabinomannan (LF-LAM) test may expedite tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in HIV-positive patients. However, the test's clinical utility is poorly defined outside sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: The study enrolled consecutive HIV-positive adults at a tertiary referral hospital in Yangon, Myanmar. On enrolment, patients had a LF-LAM test performed according to the manufacturer's instructions. Clinicians managing the patients were unaware of the LF-LAM result, which was correlated with the patient's clinical course over the ensuing 6 months. Results: The study enrolled 54 inpatients and 463 outpatients between July 1 and December 31, 2015. On enrolment, the patients' median (interquartile range) CD4 T-cell count was 270 (128-443) cells/mm3. The baseline LF-LAM test was positive in 201/517 (39%). TB was confirmed microbiologically during follow-up in 54/517 (10%), with rifampicin resistance present in 8/54 (15%). In the study's resource-limited setting, extrapulmonary testing for TB was not possible, but after 6 months, 97/201 (48%) with a positive LF-LAM test on enrolment had neither died, required hospitalisation, received a TB diagnosis or received empirical anti-TB therapy, suggesting a high rate of false-positive results. Of the 97 false-positive tests, 89 (92%) were grade 1 positive, suggesting poor test specificity using this cut-off. Only 21/517 (4%) patients were inpatients with TB symptoms and a CD4 T-cell count of < 100 cells/mm3. Five (24%) of these 21 died, three of whom had a positive LF-LAM test on enrolment. However, all three received anti-TB therapy before death - two after diagnosis with Xpert MTB/RIF testing, while the other received empirical treatment. It is unlikely that knowledge of the baseline LF-LAM result would have averted any of the study's other 11 deaths; eight had a negative test, and of the three patients with a positive test, two received anti-TB therapy before death, while one died from laboratory-confirmed cryptococcal meningitis. The test was no better than a simple, clinical history excluding TB during follow-up (negative predictive value (95% confidence interval): 94% (91-97) vs. 94% (91-96)). Conclusions: The LF-LAM test had limited clinical utility in the management of HIV-positive patients in this Asian referral hospital setting.Swe Swe Thit, Ne Myo Aung, Zaw Win Htet, Mark A. Boyd, Htin Aung Saw, Nicholas M. Anstey, Tint Tint Kyi, David A. Cooper, Mar Mar Kyi and Josh Hanso
The clinical utility of the urine-based lateral flow lipoarabinomannan assay in HIV-infected adults in Myanmar: an observational study
No full textAbstract Background The use of the point-of-care lateral flow lipoarabinomannan (LF-LAM) test may expedite tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in HIV-positive patients. However, the test’s clinical utility is poorly defined outside sub-Saharan Africa. Methods The study enrolled consecutive HIV-positive adults at a tertiary referral hospital in Yangon, Myanmar. On enrolment, patients had a LF-LAM test performed according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Clinicians managing the patients were unaware of the LF-LAM result, which was correlated with the patient’s clinical course over the ensuing 6 months. Results The study enrolled 54 inpatients and 463 outpatients between July 1 and December 31, 2015. On enrolment, the patients’ median (interquartile range) CD4 T-cell count was 270 (128–443) cells/mm3. The baseline LF-LAM test was positive in 201/517 (39%). TB was confirmed microbiologically during follow-up in 54/517 (10%), with rifampicin resistance present in 8/54 (15%). In the study’s resource-limited setting, extrapulmonary testing for TB was not possible, but after 6 months, 97/201 (48%) with a positive LF-LAM test on enrolment had neither died, required hospitalisation, received a TB diagnosis or received empirical anti-TB therapy, suggesting a high rate of false-positive results. Of the 97 false-positive tests, 89 (92%) were grade 1 positive, suggesting poor test specificity using this cut-off. Only 21/517 (4%) patients were inpatients with TB symptoms and a CD4 T-cell count of < 100 cells/mm3. Five (24%) of these 21 died, three of whom had a positive LF-LAM test on enrolment. However, all three received anti-TB therapy before death — two after diagnosis with Xpert MTB/RIF testing, while the other received empirical treatment. It is unlikely that knowledge of the baseline LF-LAM result would have averted any of the study’s other 11 deaths; eight had a negative test, and of the three patients with a positive test, two received anti-TB therapy before death, while one died from laboratory-confirmed cryptococcal meningitis. The test was no better than a simple, clinical history excluding TB during follow-up (negative predictive value (95% confidence interval): 94% (91–97) vs. 94% (91–96)). Conclusions The LF-LAM test had limited clinical utility in the management of HIV-positive patients in this Asian referral hospital setting
