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Severe Pneumonitis In Omani Infants During An In-Hospital Measles Outbreak, Samiya Al-Hashmi, Kholoud Al-Mukhaini, Samiuddin Shaikh, Ahmad Elkhamisy, Nuha Al Tahir, Nawal Al Maskari

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease. Despite aggressive national initiatives to eradicate measles, outbreaks have occurred in recent years. We report three infants who presented to a tertiary care hospital in Muscat, Oman, in 2019 with measles and then developed pneumonitis, received intensive care treatment and made full recoveries. Infants can have an atypical presentation and develop severe symptoms. Pneumonitis is a serious complication and the management strategies are controversial. The early detection of measles and isolation of affected individuals play major roles in the elimination of measles outbreaks.

A Rare Case Of Emphysematous Endocarditis Caused By Escherichia Coli, Ahmed S. Al-Dhahli, Rashid S. Al-Umairi, Osama Elkadi

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection of the heart endocardium with significant morbidity and mortality. Gram negative infection, particularly emphysematous IE, is an extremely rare and life-threatening disease. We report a 59-year-old diabetic female patient who was admitted to a secondary care hospital in Rustaq, Oman, in 2017 with the diagnosis of pneumonia for which she was started on antibiotics. Shortly afterwards, she developed facial and mouth deviation and became more tachypneic. Computed tomography of the brain demonstrated bilateral multiple small infarcts. Pulmonary angiography computed tomography was performed which ruled out pulmonary embolism. Nonetheless, it revealed an air-containing lesion around …

Pulmonary Complications Of Covid-19, Wai Y. Chan, Marlina T. Ramli Hamid, Yi T. Lim, Ching C. Ng, Nadia Fm Gowdh, Kartini Rahmat

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Rapid evolution of pulmonary complications associated with severe COVID-19 pneumonia often pose a management challenge to clinicians especially in the critical care setting. Serial chest imaging enable clinicians to better monitor disease progression and identify potential complications early which may decrease the mortality and morbidity associated with COVID-19. We report a 69-year-old male patient with severe COVID-19 pneumonia who presented to a tertiary referral centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2020 with multiple pulmonary complications including lung cavitation, bronchopleural fistula, pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema and acute pulmonary embolism. Unfortunately, the patient died one month after admission. COVID-19 patients may develop …

Abdominoscrotal Haematocele In An Adult And Its Successful Treatment, Uday S. Kumbhar, Oseen Shaikh, Sandeep Bhattarai

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Abdominoscrotal hydrocele (ASH) is a variant of hydrocele that rarely occurs in adults. ASH has two sacs, one in the scrotum and one in the abdomen connected through the inguinal canal. Abdominoscrotal haematocele is a rare complication of ASH. We report a 57-year-old male patient who presented to a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry, India, in 2019 with complaints of swelling in the scrotum for 15 years and abdominal pain for two months. Both the swellings were soft and cross fluctuation was present. Imaging confirmed the diagnosis of ASH. During a diagnostic laparoscopy, the abdominal sac was decompressed and found …

Collaborative Project Based Learning Implementation During Covid-19 Outbreak, Soetam Rizky Wicaksono, Rudy Setiawan

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Covid-19 outbreak has already created such big changes in education all over the world. However, rapid response improvement is needed to overcome the reality. One of the improvements is using Project Based Learning (PBL) which ensured that students can still become active and enthusiastic during remote learning. PBL implementation can be done using collaborative technique, which empirically proven to have better result. This research took place in Information System Study Program at Universitas Ma Chung Malang, in course which includes laboratory activity (in this case is Programming Language course). This implementation then being measured using focus group discussion (FGD), which …

Analisis Miskonsepsi Siswa Ma Menggunakan Metodethink Aloud Protocol (Tap), Erwinestri Hanidar Nur Afifi, Markus Diantoro, Wartono Wartono

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This study aims to find out the misconceptions experienced by students during the learning process using think aloud protocol (TAP) and physics multiple choice tests (TPGF) on hydrostatic pressure materials. This research design uses mixed method design with embedded experimental design. Quantitative data is obtained through N-gain calculations that show a high category with a score of 0.7. This indicates that there is a significant change in the mastery of the student's hydrostatic pressure concept after learning activities. Qualitative data analysis based on the results of the think aloud protocol also shows how students experience misconceptions by pouring their thoughts …

Current Surgical Indications For Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer, Nathaniel Deboever, Kyle G Mitchell, Hope A Feldman, Tina Cascone, Boris Sepesi

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

With recent strides made within the field of thoracic oncology, the management of NSCLC is evolving rapidly. Careful patient selection and timing of multi-modality therapy to permit the optimization of therapeutic benefit must be pursued. While chemotherapy and radiotherapy continue to have a role in the management of lung cancer, surgical therapy remains an essential component of lung cancer treatment in early, locally and regionally advanced, as well as in selected, cases of metastatic disease. Recent and most impactful advances in the treatment of lung cancer relate to the advent of immunotherapy and targeted therapy, molecular profiling, and predictive biomarker …

The George-Anne Daily, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

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Bicultural, Personality, And Pedagogical Competences In The Perspective Of Bipa Language Assistants, Syihabuddin Syihabuddin

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

In 2019, there were 63.022 learners of Indonesian as a foreign language in Victorian schools, Australia. They were facilitated by 263 Indonesian Language for Foreign Speakers (BIPA) local teachers. Due to a shortage of BIPA local teachers, the Department of Education and Training Victoria had recruited language assistants from Indonesia. This study is aimed to describe the required skillsets of BIPA language assistants to support their duties. The data were collected through interviews, an inventory, observations, and stories of eight Indonesian language assistants with one year of experience. The findings reveal that the language assistants need to develop bicultural, personality …

The Exploration Of Indonesian Students’ Attributions In Efl Reading And Writing Classes, Yustinus Calvin Gai Mali

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Although the previous studies have given so much attention to exploring the students’ attributions in various settings and academic levels, there is a scarcity of research that presents and compares findings on the attributions of Indonesian university students, specifically in the reading (receptive skill) and writing (productive skill) courses. This study researched students’ attributions in their English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing and reading classrooms at a private university in Indonesia. The research participants were 161 students who responded to an online questionnaire that explored their attributions for the success or failure in achieving the learning objectives of the …

The Translation Of Personal Pronouns In French Discourses Into Indonesian, Sajarwa Sajarwa

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Translation is the transfer of a message from a source-language text into an equivalent target-language text. Cultural differences between a source language and a target language always leave marks on a translation process. Language as part of culture influences the minds of its speakers, especially translators. French literary texts (as source texts) and their Indonesian translations (target texts) can provide examples of the differences between the reasoning process of French literary writers and that of Indonesian translators, particularly in the translation of pronouns with this topic being the focus of this present study. By carefully investigating how pronouns are translated …

Design Paradigm And Syntagm Of Woven Bamboo Packaging (Besek), Andika Agung Sutrisno, Bambang Sunarto, Dharsono Dharsono

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Communication becomes a powerful means of cultural diffusion and an alternative choice for the community. Recently, modern society has been observed to be highly consumeris­tic, where the image becomes a consideration in the decision-making to pur­chase. Visual design on the packaging has an effect on consumers' purchasing decisions. The traditional woven bamboo packaging (besek) has an exciting phenomenon in modern society today (urban). The qualitative approach was used with narrative construction or textual de­scriptions of phenomena. Formal analysis and sign interpreta­tion were used to answer research problems. The formal analytical method was used to identify the way syntag­matic shapes produce …

Contextualizing Extrinsic And Intrinsic Elements Of Short Stories In Indonesian Textbooks For Primary School Level, Erikson Saragih, Mindo Uli Sinaga, Pesta Simamora, Samsul Mustika

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

The objective of this study is to look at learning indicators and contextualize extrinsic and intrinsic components in three Indonesian language textbooks for elementary school students. This study employs a qualitative research approach with a content analysis design to attain this purpose. The findings show that textbooks only use one learning indicator for each short story, although intrinsic (themes, characters, and messages) and extrinsic (social values, moral values, cultural values, and religious values) elements have been effectively balanced in the story. short. Although the results of this study do not represent any analysis of short story content in all primary …

Laboratory Experiments Of Land Assembly Without Eminent Domain, Mark Desantis, Matthew W. Mccarter, Abel Winn

ESI Publications

The authors use laboratory experiments to test two self-assessment tax mechanisms for facilitating land assembly. One mechanism is incentive compatible with a complex tax function, while the other uses a flat tax rate to mitigate implementation concerns. Sellers publicly declare a price for their land. Overstating its true value is penalized by using the declared price to assess a property tax; understating its value is penalized by allowing developers to buy the property at the declared price. The authors find that both mechanisms increase the rate of land assembly and gains from trade relative to a control in which sellers’ …

Effect Of A Tailored Technology-Enhanced Home-Based Exercise Program On Dna Methylation Change Among Cancer Survivors With Multiple Chronic Conditions, Jongmin Park, Nada Lukkahatai

Sigma Foundation for Nursing Research Grant Reports

This study aims to (1) examine the pre-and-post tailored home-based exercise (iHBE) program epigenetic changes (2) examine the associations of changes in DNA methylation age with symptoms (pain, fatigue, cognitive function) and resilience at completion (12-week) compared to baseline data collected from cancer survivors living with multiple chronic conditions.

Group Psychotherapy For Pain: A Meta-Analysis, Cameron Todd Alldredge

Theses and Dissertations

Chronic pain is common and frequently interferes with people’s regular functioning and reduces quality of life. Though pharmacological approaches are used most frequently to treat pain-related issues, the side effects of these medications often lead to other problems. Group therapy has been used and studied for decades in treating pain though it’s general efficacy for addressing pain is not clear. Objectives: to determine group therapy’s efficacy for patients with pain-related issues and whether the effects are moderated by study, patient, leader, or group characteristics. Method: potential articles were selected from searches completed in major databases based on a set of …

Punishment Clauses: Amending United States Constitutions To Pursue “Complete Abolition”, Sydney Osterweil-Artson

Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review (CICLR) Blog

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (“UDHR”) proclaims, “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.” Though not legally binding, the document denotes international principles of fundamental human rights. The United States Constitution fails to enshrine the UDHR’s categorical denunciation of slavery and servitude, with the Thirteenth Amendment reading: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

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Copyright In Ecommerce: Conquering Fraudulent Advertising, Eliane Aini

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (AELJ) Blog

Business owners have a lot to consider when starting a business. Competing with themselves should not be something they need to think about. However, for businesses dealing with counterfeiters, this is exactly what is happening. Counterfeit products are not new to the market, but they have expanded drastically into the ecommerce and social media markets. A problem that is magnetized by selling counterfeit on the internet is that it has become even harder for buyers to recognize that they are not buying an original product.

This post was originally published on the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal website on …

Genetic Overlap Analysis Of Endometriosis And Asthma Identifies Shared Loci Implicating Sex Hormones And Thyroid Signalling Pathways, Emmanuel O. Adewuyi, D. Mehta, D. R. Nyholt, International Endogene Consortium (Iec), 23andme Research Team

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Study question: Is there a shared genetic or causal association of endometriosis with asthma or what biological mechanisms may underlie their potential relationships?

Summary answer: Our results confirm a significant but non-causal association of endometriosis with asthma implicating shared genetic susceptibility and biological pathways in the mechanisms of the disorders, and potentially, their co-occurrence.

What is known already: Some observational studies have reported a pattern of co-occurring relationship between endometriosis and asthma; however, there is conflicting evidence and the aetiology, as well as the underlying mechanisms of the relationship, remain unclear.

Study design, size, duration: We applied multiple statistical genetic …

Uncertainties In The Projected Patterns Of Wave-Driven Longshore Sediment Transport Along A Non-Straight Coastline, Amin Reza Zarifsanayei, José A. A. Antolínez, Amir Etemad-Shahidi, Nick Cartwright, Darrell Strauss, Gil Lemos

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This study quantifies the uncertainties in the projected changes in potential longshore sediment transport (LST) rates along a non-straight coastline. Four main sources of uncertainty, including the choice of emission scenarios, Global Circulation Model-driven offshore wave datasets (GCM-Ws), LST models, and their non-linear interactions were addressed through two ensemble modelling frameworks. The first ensemble consisted of the offshore wave forcing conditions without any bias correction (i.e., wave parameters extracted from eight datasets of GCM-Ws for baseline period 1979–2005, and future period 2081–2100 under two emission scenarios), a hybrid wave transformation method, and eight LST models (i.e., four bulk formulae, four …

Zero-Knowledge Proof, Deniability And Their Applications In Blockchain, E-Voting And Deniable Secret Handshake Protocols., Somnath Panja Dr.

Doctoral Theses

In this thesis, we propose a cryptographic technique for an authenticated, end-to-end verifiable and secret ballot election. Currently, almost all verifiable e-voting systems require trusted authorities to perform the tallying process except for the DRE-i and DRE-ip systems. We have shown a weaknesses in the DRE-ip system and proposed a solution. We have modified the DRE-ip system so that no adversary can create and post a valid ballot on the public bulletin board without detection. We provide security proofs to prove the security properties of the proposed scheme. We propose two methods to store these ballots using blockchain and cloud …

University Philharmonic Orchestra And University Band

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

Performances by KSU University Band & KSU Philharmonic Orchestra

Easing The Postpartum Return To Work: Workplace Resources, Work Interference With Family, And Health Behaviors, Aashna M. Waiwood

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

While work-family matters continue to receive increasing attention, one group that faces considerable health, childcare, and work adjustment challenges has remained relatively ignored and understudied – postpartum mothers returning to employment. Driven by the work-home resources model as theoretical backing, I used path analytic methods to examine the mechanisms by which key workplace resources for postpartum women, including family-focused support from organizational stakeholders, flexibility availability, and breastfeeding resources, relate to their subsequent perceptions of work interference with family and engagement in physical activity and high quality/quantity sleep. Specifically, four waves of data were collected from a sample of 129 women …

Extension Employee Health Behaviors, Needs, And Interests: A Utah-Based Survey, Gabriele Ciciurkaite, Sandra H. Sulzer, Emma Parkhurst

Journal of Extension

The goal of our study was to better understand the health and wellness practices, needs, and interests within Cooperative Extension. We used a Qualtrics web-based survey to collect data from Extension employees at Utah State University. Extension employees demonstrated interest in making healthier lifestyles a priority through Extension-specific wellness programs focused on exercise and physical activity, promotion of optimal mental health, and opportunities for personal development. Extension leaders and administrators are encouraged to offer targeted programming to enhance health and wellness within Cooperative Extension.

Assessing Awareness And Competence Of Best Practices In Synchronous Online Instruction During The Covid-19 Pandemic For Clemson Cooperative Extension Professionals, Christopher J. Eck, K Dale Layfield, Catherine A. Dibenedetto, Jacqueline K. Jordan, Sarah O. Scott, Weatherly Thomas, Michelle Parisi, Thomas Dobbins

Journal of Extension

Traditional delivery of Extension programming changed overnight in March 2020, when the COVID-19 outbreak forced switching traditional methods to virtual delivery. Extension professionals across South Carolina quickly adapted to online delivery. Concerns over instructor preparedness to use online tools, including functions to assure accessibility, did arise. Findings from this non-experimental, descriptive research study suggested Extension professionals used online tools (primarily Zoom). The majority were not comfortable using many of the features that would enhance instruction, including polling, file transfer, and live-streaming media platforms. Additionally, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint skills to assure accessibility for clientele were lacking.

Community Solar Dehydrator Plans, Kate Weigel, Roslynn Mccann

All Current Publications

As interest in home gardening and self sufficiency surged during the pandemic, many are looking for ways to preserve foods from their newfound harvests. This fact sheet provides an overview of how to build a community solar food dehydrator for food preservation, based on our experience doing so for the community of Moab, Utah. A list of needed building materials, tools, and specific plans are included.

Blood Biomarkers For Cognitive Decline And Clinical Progression In A Mexican American Cohort, Mitzi M. Gonzales, Chen-Pin Wang, Meghan I. Short, Danielle M. Parent, Tiffany Kautz, Daniel Maccarthy, Claudia L. Satizabal, David Andrés González, Donald R. Royal, Gladys E. Maestre

School of Medicine Publications

Introduction: The clinical translation of biofluid markers for dementia requires validation in diverse cohorts. The study goal was to evaluate if blood biomarkers reflecting diverse pathophysiological processes predict disease progression in Mexican American adults.

Methods: Mexican American adults (n = 745), 50 years of age and older, completed annual assessments over a mean of 4 years. Serum collected at baseline was assayed for total tau, neurofilament light (NFL), ubiquitin carboxyl‐terminal hydrolase LI, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), soluble cluster of differentiation 14 (sCD14), and chitinase‐3‐like protein 1 (YKL‐40).

Results: Higher GFAP and NFL were associated with global …

Eye State Identification Utilizing Eeg Signals: A Combined Method Using Self-Organizing Map And Deep Belief Network, Neda Ahmadi, Mehrbakhsh Nilashi, Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, Murtaza Farooque, Sarminah Samad, Nojood O. Aljehane, Waleed Abdu Zogaan, Hossein Ahmadi

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Measuring brain activity through Electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis for eye state prediction has attracted attention from machine learning researchers. There have been many methods for EEG analysis using supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques. The tradeoff between the accuracy and computation time of these methods in performing the analysis is an important issue that is rarely investigated in the previous research. This paper accordingly proposes a new method for EEG signal analysis through Self-Organizing Map (SOM) clustering and Deep Belief Network (DBN) approaches to efficiently improve the computation and accuracy of the previous methods. The method is developed using SOM clustering …

Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Does Not Alter Exercise Efficiency At High Altitude – Further Results From The Xtreme Alps Study, Philip J. Hennis, Andrew F. Cumpstey, Alasdair F. O’Doherty, Bernadette O. Fernandez, Edward T. Gilbert-Kawai, Kay Mitchell, Helen Moyses, Alexandra Cobb, Paula Meale, Helmut Pöhnl, Monty G. Mythen, Michael P.W. Grocott, Denny Z.H. Levett, Daniel S. Martin, Martin Feelisch

Peninsula Medical School

IntroductionNitrate supplementation in the form of beetroot juice (BRJ) ingestion has been shown to improve exercise tolerance during acute hypoxia, but its effect on exercise physiology remains unstudied during sustained terrestrial high altitude exposure. We hypothesized that performing exercise at high altitude would lower circulating nitrate and nitrite levels and that BRJ ingestion would reverse this phenomenon while concomitantly improving key determinants of aerobic exercise performance.MethodsTwenty seven healthy volunteers (21 male) underwent a series of exercise tests at sea level (SL, London, 75 m) and again after 5–8 days at high altitude (HA, Capanna Regina Margherita or “Margherita Hut,” 4,559 …

A Gesture-Based Educational System That Integrates Simulation And Molecular Visualization To Teach Chemistry, Shaykhah S. Aldosari, Bogdan Ghita, Davide Marocco

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Technology has proven effective in enhancing teaching methods. Gesture-based applications have a high potential for use in the development of teaching methods in schools. Simulation and 3D visualization, in particular, are some of the most important technologies that positively affected education. The implementation of these technologies in the education sector can determine students’ potential and enhance their interest in learning in scientific fields. This study explored the use of a chemistry education system that integrates virtual simulation and molecular visualization and uses a Leap Motion controller to teach chemistry in secondary schools. The sample comprised 113 students enrolled in four …