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Menstrual Hygiene Amongst School Girls: Still A Messy Business, Naghma Rizvi, Saleema A. Gulzar, Tazeen S. Ali, Syeda Aleena Fazal, Alishah Aziz Gulzar, Yasmin Parpio, Rimsha Hirani

Journal of Asian Midwives (JAM)

Background: Menstruation has become a taboo topic among adolescent females, affecting their reproductive health, particularly in more traditional South Asian nations such as Pakistan. The study highlights the societal silence surrounds menstruation, which leads to detrimental practices and attitudes among school-age females. The study reveals the sociocultural, psychological, and educational challenges that teenagers encounter. The presence of myths and misconceptions adds to unsanitary habits, which undermine education and reproductive health.
Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in urban Karachi. The participants were 850 unmarried school-going female adolescents aged 13 to 19. The data were collected using a pre-coded questionnaire. …

Use Of Social Media For Receiving Professional Support In Enhancing Mothers’ Lactation Self-Efficacy, Mehtab Lalwani, Zohra Kurji, Salma Rattani, Zahra Shaheen, Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja, Shabina Ariff

Journal of Asian Midwives (JAM)

Background: Insufficient support for breastfeeding and limited exclusive breastfeeding rates emphasize the need for high-impact approaches to enhance maternal confidence in lactation. Social media has emerged as a promising platform for professional support and information dissemination in this context. This review aims to examine the role of social media in providing professional lactation support to mothers in enhancing their lactation self-efficacy.
Method: Employing PRISMA guidelines, the review sought relevant literature on professional assistance in enhancing breastfeeding self-efficacy. Major databases, including PubMed, CINAHL, Google Scholar, and Science Direct, were meticulously queried using targeted keywords. Every selected article underwent screening for English …

Strengthening Lady Health Visitors And Midwives For Sindh, Pakistan For Non-Communicable Diseases (Ncds) Prevention And Management With Refresh Essential Skills, Zulekha Saleem Tharwani, Khairunnissa Mansoor, Zahra Tharani, Ambreen Merchant, Zohra Asif Jetha

Journal of Asian Midwives (JAM)

They were addressing the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly in Low-Middle Income Countries (LMICs) like Pakistan. A proactive initiative undertaken by a Primary Health Service (PHS) in collaboration with a Private School of Nursing and Midwifery in Karachi conducted a 14-week project. 28 LHVs and Midwives (MWs) working in the community of PHS in various parts of Sindh, Pakistan were equipped with some common NCD prevention and management through online sessions and in-person refresher essential skills. The project aimed to equip them with the knowledge of early identification and management of some common NCDs and freshen some skills …

Post-Partum Hemorrhage (Pph) Management In Emergency, Learning Experience, Gul Raihan

Journal of Asian Midwives (JAM)

No abstract provided.

Complicated Home Delivery: A Real Story, Nusrat Jahan

Journal of Asian Midwives (JAM)

No abstract provided.

Enhancing Maternal And Fetal Well-Being: Exploring The Determinants Of Preconception Care, Mahak Mehdi Hashim Mehdi Hashim, Nurmeen Anwar Ali

Journal of Asian Midwives (JAM)

Preconception care is the delivery of biomedical, behavioral, and social health interventions to women and couples of reproductive ages. The significance of care is emphasized by the World Health Organization (WHO), as it greatly affects the quality of life of the mother and child. However, the uptake of pre-conception care services in Low and Middle-income countries (LMIC) such as Pakistan is low due to several factors. This discussion paper will identify some of the contextual factors related to the quality of health care services, acceptability due to cultural value beliefs, and affordability that largely influence the utilization of preconception care …

Persistent Discord: The Adjudication Of National Security Deportation Cases In Canada (2018–2020), Simon Wallace

Dalhousie Law Journal

This study asks two research questions. First, how many people get deported from Canada for security reasons and what are those reasons? This empirical study of deportation cases (2018–2020) finds that the number of national security and terrorism deportation cases in Canada is at a record high and that Canada’s deportation tribunal is the country’s busiest national security tribunal. Despite this volume, most cases (sixty per cent) turned on the same allegation. During the period under study, Canada regularly moved to deport members of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP), claiming that the group intentionally used terror-based tactics.

The second research …

Searching For Justice: Moving Towards A Trans Inclusive Model Of Access To Justice In Canada, Evan Vipond, Pierre Cloutier De Repentigny

Dalhousie Law Journal

Access to justice literature has paid little attention to the role of gender identity and gender expression as barriers to justice that must be addressed. As a marginalized and disenfranchised population, trans and gender nonconforming people experience specific barriers to justice that cisgender people typically do not. This paper seeks to address the gap in access to justice literature by attending to specific barriers to justice that trans people face in Canada. These barriers include socioeconomic inequalities; exclusion from the legal system; sex/gender certification and bigenderism within the legal system; and transphobia and cissexism within the legal system. Calling for …

Informing The Debate On Lowering The Criminal Rate Of Interest, Gail Henderson, Katlin Abrahamson

Dalhousie Law Journal

Canada has two markets for consumer credit. Consumers with middle to high incomes can draw on ‘mainstream’ forms of credit at reasonable interest rates, such as lines of credit and credit cards issued by chartered banks. Consumers living on low to moderate incomes, who also may have a poor credit score or no credit history, often find themselves pushed to high-cost credit products, such as instalment loans issued by alternative financial services providers. The effective annual interest rate on instalment loans can run up to the maximum permitted under section 347 of the Criminal Code. Anything above this constitutes a …

Women Strength: Using Photovoice To Explore Female Chinese International Students’ Experiences, Yue Cai

Doctoral Dissertations

Female Chinese international students face discrimination and stereotypes in Western academia based on race and gender, yet they possess unique “Women Strength” characterized by agency, resilience, and self-advocacy. This study explores how these students navigate cultural differences and develop their strengths while studying in the U.S. Drawing upon “Women Strength” as a theoretical framework, including Community Cultural Wealth, Critical Feminist Theory- Chinese feminism, decolonial feminism, and transnational feminism, transformative agency, resilience theory, and self-advocacy theory, this research employs a qualitative approach, including Photovoice and autoethnography. Three research questions guide the study: 1) What cultural differences do female Chinese international students …

Using An Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Tool (Chatgpt) To Identify The Main Indications And Side Effects Of Drugs, Mai Elzieny, Christian Santiago, Zhenhong Qu

Posters

This study evaluated the efficacy of ChatGPT, an AI powered language model (1), in retrieving drug information for pathology practice compared to UpToDate. The research focused on 160 commonly prescribed drugs, assessing the speed and accuracy of information retrieval. Results showed that ChatGPT efficiently provided indications and side effects of multiple drugs in batches within seconds, comparable to UpToDate's information but remarkably faster (2). The study suggests that ChatGPT is a promising valuable tool to help pathologists in accessing drug information, potentially improving diagnostic accuracy and work efficiency

Optimize Artificial Intelligence Language Model Use In Medical Board Exams: Insights From Instruction Quality And Domain Context Analysis, Zhenhong Qu, Mai Elzieny, Kanika Arora

Posters

Artificial intelligence language models (AI-LMs) show promise in medical education and clinical problem solving, but their performance in medical board exams has been inconsistent (1,2,3).

This study investigated how prompt engineering and providing essential reference material influence AI-LM performance on board exam questions.

We tested ChatGPT and Claude-2 on 360 questions in various formats under three conditions: simple prompt, elaborate CRAFTS prompt, and CRAFTS prompt with references (CRAFTS stands for context, role, action, format, tone, and style).

Results showed significant improvement in accuracy from simple prompts (67-83.5%) to CRAFTS prompts (76.2-92.5%) to CRAFTS prompts with references (97.3- 99.4%)

These findings …

Dynamic Disability Measures Decrease The Clinico-Radiological Gap In People With Severely Affected Multiple Sclerosis, Alex Burnham

Emerson Authors, Researchers, & Creators

PwMS recruited from The Boston Home (TBH), a specialized residential facility for severly-affected pwMS and University at Buffalo (UB) MS Center were assessed using EDSS, MS Severity Scale, age-related MSS, Scripps Neurological Rating Scale (SNRS) and Combinatorial Weight-Adjusted Disability Score (CombiWISE). In all scores except SNRS, higher score indicates greater disability. MRI measures of T1, T2-lesion volume (LV), whole brain, gray matter, medulla oblongata and thalamic volumes (WBV, GMV, MOV, TV) and thalamic dysconnectivity were obtained.

Results

Greatest disability differences between the TBH and UB pwMS were in SNRS (24.4 vs 71.9, p < 0.001, Cohen's d = 4.05) and CombiWISE (82.3 vs. …

Privacy-Preserving Information Fusion Technique For Device To Server-Enabled Communication In The Internet Of Things: A Hybrid Approach, Amal Al-Rasheed, Rahim Khan, Tahani Alsaed, Mahwish Kundi, Mohamad Hanif Md. Saad, Mahidur R. Sarker

Artículos científicos

Due to the overwhelming characteristics of the Internet of Things (IoT) and its adoption in approximately every aspect of our lives, the concept of individual devices’ privacy has gained prominent attention from both customers, i.e., people, and industries as wearable devices collect sensitive information about patients (both admitted and outdoor) in smart healthcare infrastructures. In addition to privacy, outliers or noise are among the crucial issues, which are directly correlated with IoT infrastructures, as most member devices are resource-limited and could generate or transmit false data that is required to be refined before processing, i.e., transmitting. Therefore, the development of …

July 2024 Louisiana Bar Exam, Louisiana Supreme Court Committee On Bar Admissions

Louisiana Bar Exams

No abstract provided.

The Refractive Thinker®: Artificial Intelligence: The New Frontier Of The Digital Age: Ch 7: Navigating The Integration Of Ai In Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges, And Ethical Considerations, Cheryl Lentz, Dr. Karen Balcanoff

Publications

As educators in higher education continue to learn the effects and influence of artificial intelligence (AI), there are questions regarding the role of educators. According to Bearman et al. (2023), more research has been conducted about AI technology rather than how AI will affect higher education institutes (HEI). The goal of this chapter was to begin to fill this gap regarding the how by offering discourse through a refractive thinking approach and review of the literature with practical application of this how, particularly in the areas of (a) ethics and cheating, (b) use of administrative repetitive tasks easily delegated, and …

Protecting Minority Representation In An Era Of Political Polarization And The Hollowing Out Of Voting Rights Protections, Henry L. Chambers Jr.

Washington and Lee Law Review

The United States Supreme Court has hollowed out various voting rights protections, leaving all voters—minority and nonminority—less protected in a politically polarized America. Surprisingly, the Court has continued to protect representation for minority race voters who live in racially polarized areas. However, minority race voters risk losing that protection, typically provided through majority-minority districts authorized under the Voting Rights Act, if they build cross-racial coalitions with their neighbors. Under the Court’s interpretation of the VRA, cross-racial voting coalitions may be less protected than local majorities comprised of a single race of voters. The loss of such protection could leave their …

Unprincipled All The Way Down, Wilfred U. Codrington Iii

Washington and Lee Law Review

In 2006, the Supreme Court issued an emergency stay order in Purcell v. Gonzalez. Sparing in words and inattentive to the realities on the ground, the opinion nevertheless made a reasonable and understandable assertion: prior to issuing relief, courts presiding over elections should take into account any harms that judicial orders might cause, particularly in the lead-up to voting, alongside other considerations unique to elections. The statement was general enough to mollify the masses in the short-term. But over the long haul, it has proven to be a vehicle through which important election decisions might be made in less than …

The Scope Of Election Litigation, Michael T. Morley

Washington and Lee Law Review

One way to think about the “scope” of a case is based on the range of parties who are—or must be—involved in it. The broader a case’s scope in this regard, the more burdensome and costly it can be for plaintiffs to file and the more complicated and time-consuming it may be for a court to adjudicate. Requiring large numbers of parties to be involved in a case can sometimes effectively preclude otherwise meritorious suits from being filed. This is especially true in election law disputes which often arise under harried circumstances and can be subject to strict time constraints. …

The Brain Is In Your Court: Evaluating Intellectual Property Infringement Audience Through The Lens Of Neuroscience, Madyson Kent

Washington and Lee Law Review

To protect creations of the mind, the law needs to understand the mind. Thankfully, the rapidly emerging field of neuroscience provides an invaluable glimpse into the inner workings of the human brain. Now that scientific instruments provide a window into the living brain, it is time to reexamine the way intellectual property law decides the outcomes of infringement lawsuits.

Critically examining neuroscience in the context of the law helps to answer the most fundamental question in an intellectual property lawsuit: Was there infringement? A judicial hesitancy to understand the thought processes of artists and creators results in relying on the …

Burnout Among Medical Residents, Coping Mechanisms And The Perceived Impact On Patient Care In A Low/ Middle Income Country, Charles Muteshi, Elizabeth Ochola, Dorothy Kamya

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Africa

Background: Burnout is a syndrome that result from chronic workplace stress and it characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low personal accomplishments. Studies report higher burnout levels in medical personnel compared to the general population. Workplace burnout has been directly linked to medical errors and negative coping strategies such as substance abuse. The aims of this study were to assess the level of burnout in medical residents, evaluate their impressions about coping mechanisms and assess perceived impact on patient care in a low/ middle income country setting.

Methods: This was a cross sectional, mixed methods survey carried out at Aga …

July 2024 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

North Atlantic Arctic Crisis Workshop (Naacw), Coastal Response Research Center/Center For Spills & Environmental Hazards (Crrc/Cse), Unh Department Of Security Studies And The New England Arctic Network (Nean), Ted Stevens Center For Arctic Security Studies

Coastal Response Research Center

On December 12-13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Defense (USDOD) Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies (TSC) held a workshop at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) entitled the North Atlantic Arctic Crisis Workshop (NAACW). The workshop was facilitated by the UNH Center for Spills and Environmental Hazards (CSE) which is co-located with NOAA’s Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC). Many workshops have been held to address security issues in the Bering, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas, but few have focused on the North Atlantic Arctic (NAA), though there are many potential climate change, infrastructure and environment-related challenges that could arise …

Identifying Goalkeeper Movement Timing From Single-Camera Broadcast Footage Through Pose Estimation: A Pilot Study, Reddy Chethan, Woohyoung Jeon

Health & Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Featured Application: This research describes a methodology for identifying the moment when a goalkeeper initiates their save attempt in the frontal plane, providing a way to benchmark the timing component of a save attempt. This study explores how open-source pose estimation can be utilized to identify goalkeeper dive initiation during soccer penalty kicks. The purpose of this study is to provide an accessible, low-cost heuristic methodology for identifying goalkeeper dive initiation. This study uses single-camera broadcast footage (1080 p resolution, 50 frames per second) of all 41 penalty shootout kicks attempted during the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup. We isolated …

Optimization Of A Plate Beam System For Energy Harvesting Using A Piezoelectric Material, Jose Manuel Almendros Espantaleon

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

With a continuously growing demand for power, driven by the need to reduce our environmental footprint, this research provides an examination of the potential of energy harvesting with smart materials technology and its practical applications. The energy harvesting system considered here works on generating energy through vibrations of a piezoelectric material beam which will undergo sustained vibrations due to flow of air over its surface. It is assumed that sustained limit cycle oscillations of this system will occur at the flutter velocity. This research creates an optimization framework to obtain the best values of parameters that will result in the …

Exploring A New Conceptual Framework In Aviation Maintenance Incident Reporting Using Natural Language Processing, Christopher P. Braun

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

In the analysis of human error incidents, human factors specialists predominantly follow two schools of thought in categorization strategies. One is to categorize the operator’s actions by the physical properties of the activity (phenotypes); the other focuses on the cognitive behaviors preceding the incident (genotypes). These categorization strategies are intended to foster an understanding of the events, identify risks, and assist in the implementation of risk reduction interventions. Commercial aviation maintenance presents unique challenges to human factor practitioners in terms of task requirements, working environments, communication modalities, and safety standards. Complex tasks are handed from one shift of personnel to …

Situation Awareness Assessment Of Enhanced Stable Approach Flight Instrument Displays, David J. Hunter

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

Through the year 2022, runway-related events, including excursions, abnormal runway contact, and runway undershoot and overshoot, were the third leading causes of fatal aircraft accidents. Principal to these runway-related accidents was the presence of an unstable approach. Pilots currently must depend on the timely recall of stable approach criteria stored in long-term memory, application of those criteria against current flight conditions, perception and cognition of deviation from those criteria, and determination of potential courses of action. Such recall is fallible, and challenges to perception and cognition are ever-present.

This study examined whether the presentation of stable approach criteria boundaries and …

News From Uab Libraries, 07 2024, Uab Libraries

UAB Libraries News

No abstract provided.

Validation Of A Tool To Evaluate Nursing Students’ Electronic Health Record Competency In Simulation, Susan Mcbride, Laura Thomas, Sharon Decker, Matthew Pierce, Shelley Burson, Huaxin Song, Katie Haerling (Adamson)

Nursing Faculty Publications and Presentations

AIM

The aim of the study was to establish reliability and validity of the Competency Assessment in Simulation of Electronic Health Records (CASE) tool.

BACKGROUND

Effective teaching and learning practices, including valid and reliable assessment of students’ electronic health record (EHR) competency, contribute to safe, high-quality, efficient nursing care.

METHOD

The study used a mixed-methods design to test reliability and validity of the CASE tool. RESULTS A nationally representative sample of faculty from universities representing 27 states provided scores for videos using the CASE tool. Forty-seven participants completed the first scoring survey; 22 of the 47 participants (47%) completed the …

Synthesis And Characterization Of Amino Acid Capped Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles, Aislin Isaak, Jonah Groce, Jerry Harris

Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research

Antibiotics have been used for treating different bacterial infections ranging from meningitis to urinary tract infections. With those uses comes an increase in the number of drug resistant bacteria strains. Zinc Oxide (ZnO) is used in medicine to help treat and prevent different skin irritations like minor burns, cuts, and rashes. Metal oxides are being studied as potential antibiotics; this research focuses on capping ZnO nanoparticles with biologically active molecules to enhance their ability to combat bacteria. ZnO was synthesized with glutamic acid and valine. All the materials were made by alkali precipitation at 65oC. The materials were made by …