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A Cross-Sectional Study On Perinatal Mortality In Jasin District, Malaysia, Yadneshwar Khobragade

Manipal Journal of Medical Sciences

Background: Since 2003 perinatal mortality rate of Malaysia is in range of 7.5 -8.5/1000. But higher deaths rates were observed in Jasin District from 2014-2017, hence this study was conducted to find out the prevalence and causes of perinatal mortality and suggest the steps to prevent it. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted in Jasin district health office. Registered cases for delivery and birth records covering the period of 2014-2017 were checked. Total births (including stillbirths) were 8092. The files of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths were segregated, and data entered in excel sheet. Statistical Analysis: Processing and analysis …

A Rare Presentation Of Miller Fisher Syndrome, A Rare Variant Of Guillain Barre Syndrome, Saumya Mittal

Manipal Journal of Medical Sciences

Guillain Barre syndrome presents as acute onset of gradually progressive ascending flaccid paralysis with hyporeflexia or areflexia. The variants are acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, acute motor axonal neuropathy, acute motor sensory axonal neuropathy, and Miller Fisher syndrome. Miller Fisher syndrome includes symptoms that form a classical triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and hyporeflexia or areflexia. This case presents a case of Miller Fisher syndrome with atypical features wherein the patient had normal reflexes and his reflexes remained normal in follow-up.

University Attachment And Its Relation To Interest Study Among University Students, Anwar Mohammed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The Current research aims at identifying: University Attachment among University Students. The Significant differences in university attachment among University Students in accordance with variables. Gender (male- female) Grade (first – fourth). University (Baghdad – Almustansiryah). Interest in Study among university Students. The Significant differences in interest in study among university students in an accordance with. Gender (male-female). Grade (first – fourth). University (Baghdad – Almustansiryah). The Correlational relation between university attachment and the interest in study among University Students. To achieve the research aims the researcher has developed University attachment scale after reviewing a set of previous litetures and collecting …

Personal And Social Compatibility And Its Relationship To The Control Center For The Children Of Kindergarten, Bayda Abdulsalam

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current study aims to identify personal and social compatibility and its Relationship to the Control Center for the Children of Kindergarten. The sample included (100) children from kindergartens in the city of Baghdad. In order to achieve the research objectives, identifying personal and social compatibility after studying the theories and previous studies related to her research. Identifying personal and social compatibility in its final form (27) paragraph and gave each position three alternatives While Locus of control scale in final phase includes (10) items The researcher has verified the psychological standard characteristics The researcher has reached to the following: …

Analyzing The Position Of Women In The Poems Of Contemporary Kuwaiti Poet Fahd Al-Askar, Hossein Mohtadi

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

In the nineteenth century, women in Arab societies did not enjoy social rights. Kuwait's contemporary poet Fahad al-Askari, and one of the country's freemasons, went to the point of rejecting society in its struggle against the rotten traditions of its society. What Al-Askari has written in his Court about womanhood is divided into four categories: 1- Woman as true mistress; 2- Woman as the poet's imaginary lady; 3- Woman as mother; The most important question to ask is what image does Fahd al-Askari present to the audience in his poems? the results of this study show that since Fahd al-Askari …

The Effect Of Adding Sludge On Some Aqueous Properties Of Loamy Soil Mixture, Suad Abdulkhadim

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Adding sludge to the soil increases the ability of the soil to retain water when the levels of addition increase, especially in sandy soils, and this is due to the role of the decomposition products of these residues in linking the initial soil particles together, improving its construction, increasing its porosity and its aeration. The study concluded with many results. Perhaps the most important of them are:

The decomposition of organic excreta by means of soil regeneration is rapid and energetic, and it leads to a decrease in the bulk density of soft-textured soils, improvement of permeability, increased stability of …

The Impact Of The Global Economic Crisis (1929-1933) On Iraqi Society And The Most Important Topics Covered By The Iraqi National Newspapers, Vian Hussein

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

My research study relied on the descriptive and analytical approach to monitor and analyze the most important challenges that Iraq faced, and its importance was summarized in the impact of the global economic crisis on Iraq during a period of four years and the challenges that the Iraqi governments faced in this period by preserving the Iraqi economy, market prices and the unemployment rate as indicated in my research what was reported by the national press From the opinion of the Iraqi street about the global economic crisis and the transfer of the suffering of the Iraqi citizen, as well …

The Pragmatic Mistake: A View In The Concept And Reasons Of Formation, Kareem Abeed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This research studies the pragmatic mistakes by examining the structurally straight grammatical composition which were considered by the grammarians as an un useful lingual. The research followed an analytical descriptive approach in dealing with these grammatical compositions, in addition to a comparison held between the Arabic morphological theories to the contemporary Linguistic discourse. The research aims at crystallizing the concept of pragmatic mistake in order to reveal its roots in the inherited morphological theory and how such a mistake has been formed. The research is constituted of an introduction, then a pavement to the modern Arabic studies that describes the …

The Mujahideen Youth Movement And Its Impact On The Political Reality Of Somalia, Muna Hussein

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The Young Mujahideen Movement is one of the Islamic movements that appeared in 2006, and it has a Salafi Islamist orientation that aims to establish a state on the basis of Islamic law. This movement managed to control most aspects of political life in Somalia, specifically in central and southern Somalia, and sought to impose taxes and fees. Zakat on Somali citizens, and the application of strict Sharia provisions in the areas under its control, and perhaps what helped this movement to expand and spread in Somalia is the deteriorating conditions the country is going through, as well as political …

Indefiniteness And Definiteness In The Nominal Sentence A Functional Study (Syntactics, Semantics, Pragmatics, Najim Abdulwhid

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The study deals with the definition of terminology and functional reasoning. It analyzes the structure of the nominal index and starts with the reference to it. It follows the grammatical views in the syntactic, semantic and deliberative levels, and the subject assigned to define the types of definition, analyzing the functions of each type in the associative structure and the nature of its external transmission, (Al-Khobar), in the original grammatical source and its definition. The analysis assigns the name defined by (Al) according to the Arabic grammatical theory, because the research seeks to investigate this phenomenon achieved in nominal descriptive …

Evaluation Abilities Of Preparatory School Students, Rana Kamal, Nada F. Abayajy

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This research aims to project a test of the evaluation abilities and measure the level of these abilities among students of the preparatory stage and to identify the differences in the level of these abilities according to the gender and specialization variables, the sample of the study consists of (500) students of the preparatory stage. In order to achieve the objectives of the research, the researchers built a test of evaluation abilities consisting of (90) items and after applying the test to the sample and processing the data statistically the results indicated that the sample members have a high level …

Infanticide Among The Arabs Before Islam, Wathiqa Hazim Jasim

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The phenomenon of infanticide of girls is a negative and inhuman phenomenon and we will highlight the reasons that led some Arab tribes to infant their daughters or even kill their children and from the tribes that used to do this to infant the girls are Rabia, Kinda, Tamim and some Quraysh tribes. It should be noted that the Arab society before Islam is based on the male element, which is the main condition of the family and its protection if it is exposed to a threat. On the other hand, The Arab tribes were proud of the large number …

A Contrastive Study Of Affixation In English And Kurdish, Hilbeen Bahjat Anwar

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The present study is an investigation of affixation in English and Kurdish. It conducts a contrastive study of affixation in English and Northeren Kurmanji Kurdish with the aim of finding the similarities and differences between them. After describing and comparing affixation in both languages, the final finding of the study is that affixation is a common process in English which is done by using different types of affixes. Kurdish is concerned with different types of bound morphemes without paying attention to the process of affixation and the created words from affixes though both languages have the same ways of classifying …

A Semantic Analysis Of Multiple Copulas In English And Arabic With Reference To The Glorious Quran, Inam Ismael Taher

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

يتناول هذا البحث الفعل الرابط المتعدد في اللغتين الإنكليزية والعربية. هناك عدة أنواع من الفعل الرابط كان kana في اللغة العربية وهي الرابط الفعلي والرابط الزمني والرابط الوصفي. الرابط الفعلي له خصائص الفعل اما الرابط الزمني والوصفي فلا دلالة لهما .ان هذه الانواع مشتركة باللفظ لكنها مختلفة في الوظيفة. اما في اللغة الانكليزية فان بيكر (2002، 2004) بينت ان هناك نوعان من الفعل الرابط في اللغة الانكليزية وهما الرابط الفعلي والرابط الزمني. ان الهدف من البحث هوعرض انواع الرابط في اللغتين الانكليزية والعربية ومعرفة التشابه والاختلاف في انواع الرابط في هاتين اللغتين ، ولتحقيق اهداف البحث فقد تم اختيار بعض …

A Study Of The Impact Of Digital Learning: Learning Motivation And Learning Outcomes, Saad Jumaa Farhan, Sanaa Rusly Rajab, Mayadah Abdusalam

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

In today’s society when smart mobile devices have become popular, the Internet is breaking barriers in time and space and has become a complete learning tool. Designing tutorials for digital education and the rapid use of technology tools, is a key topic for current information technology education. In this study, students are screened and asked questionnaires to understand the concept of digital learning. To successfully fulfill; the research objectives and to test the findings, in-depth studies are included in this study. A total of 116 students in four classes were selected as test subjects for teaching assessments. The findings of …

Learning Strategies Preference Of Iraqi Efl Learners, Umer Ali Alyas

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current study aims at investigating Iraqi EFL learners’ knowledge and preference of language learning strategies. Data are collected using two self-reported questionnaires; a background questionnaire and the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL, Oxford, 1990) with some modifications to meet the needs of this study. The following questions are asked: 1-Are students aware of the concept of LLS? 2- If yes, how much they know about it? 3- What are the kinds of LLS they employed in their learning? 4- What are their preferred strategies? The questionnaires are submitted to a total sample that consists of 77 students. The …

Post-Operative Vision Loss Following Cataract Surgery: Lessons Learned From An Eight-Year Analysis, Thanigasalam Thevi

Manipal Journal of Medical Sciences

Background: Cataract is an ageing process and surgery is the only mode of restoring vision. Patients who undergo surgery have only one aim in mind, which is improvement in their visual acuity (VA). However, some patients do not achieve this aim for improved vision after having undergone the surgery. Reasons for worsening vision after cataract surgery should be identified to counsel the patients on the possibility of poorer outcomes so that patients are prepared for such eventualities should they happen. Objective: While cataract surgery restores vision in most, a subset of patients experience worsening vision post-operatively. We investigated various reasons …

Percutaneous Tracheostomy; As It Stands Today, Devaraja K

Manipal Journal of Medical Sciences

Conventionally, tracheostomy includes surgical creation of tracheo-cutaneous communication. It is done either to bypass the upper airway obstruction or to facilitate optimal mechanical ventilation and early weaning off the ventilator support in neurologically unstable patients. For many years now, percutaneous tracheostomy has been proposed as an alternative to open surgical tracheostomy in ventilator-dependent patients. This review briefly narrates the principles and procedure of percutaneous tracheostomy. In addition, the article sheds light on a few critical problems that one could encounter during the process and discusses countermeasures to overcome those difficulties. Finally, the role of intra-procedure bronchoscopy or ultrasonography and of …

Post-Coarctectomy Syndrome And The Use Of Gabapentin For Gi Ileus: A Case Report, Vinay Krupadev

Manipal Journal of Medical Sciences

Post-coarctectomy syndrome is a complication of aortic arch repair that occurs due to a sudden increase in reperfusion of the body’s vasculature following surgery. One complication related to postcoarctectomy syndrome is ileus which can prolong a patient’s ICU stay and delay discharge home. While traditionally supportive care has been used to resolve this condition, this case highlights the use of gabapentin as a relatively novel treatment for post-coarctectomy syndrome gastrointestinal ileus.

An Investigation Of Sensory Percepts Elicited By Macro-Sieve Electrode Stimulation Of The Rat Sciatic Nerve, Nikhil Shiva Chandra

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Intuitive control of conventional prostheses is hampered by their inability to replicate the rich tactile and proprioceptive feedback afforded by natural sensory pathways. Electrical stimulation of residual nerve tissue is a promising means of reintroducing sensory feedback to the central nervous system. The macro-sieve electrode (MSE) is a candidate interface to amputees’ truncated peripheral nerves whose unique geometry enables selective control of the complete nerve cross-section. Unlike previously studied interfaces, the MSE’s implantation entails transection and subsequent regeneration of the target nerve. Therefore, a key determinant of the MSE’s suitability for this task is whether it can elicit sensations at …

Electrodeless Electrochemistry Enabled By Nonthermal Plasma, Harold Oldham

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

The increasing availability and decreasing cost of electricity generated by renewable resources have motivated research into electrified chemical processing, whereby electrical energy is used to drive chemical transformations. Electricity-intensive processing techniques such as electrochemistry using solid electrodes has attracted attention in this context for the synthesis of organic compounds, such as high-value pharmaceuticals and renewable chemical production. Selective chemical transformations are achieved in conventional aqueous electrochemical systems by using external circuitry to bias solid electrodes, allowing for the preferential transfer of electrons between the electrode-liquid interface. Despite having the ability to promote controlled electrochemical reactions, configurations using solid electrodes are …

On The Study Of Age-Related Physiological Decline In C. Elegans, Drew Benjamin Sinha

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Aging decline is a universal and unescapable phenomenon; as organisms reach maturity and continue living, physiological function inevitably declines, resulting in mortality. While the study of mortality has been long studied, technical and practical challenges have limited the equally important study of how/when individuals deteriorate and what types of factors affect that deterioration. This gap in knowledge is not only evident in a relative lack of empirical data on physiological decline, but considerable debate around the analysis and conceptual interpretations of the little data that is available.

In this dissertation, I use quantitative reasoning and analysis of longitudinal data to …

Macrophage-Based Immunotherapies For The Treatment Of Multiple Myeloma, Jennifer Sun

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow (BM) and represents the second most common hematologic malignancy in the world. Despite an array of novel therapy approvals, MM remains to be incurable. Most patients ultimately relapse and become refractory to previous treatments, which lowers the median survival to only 5–15 months. Recently, cancer immunotherapy has gained attention as a promising approach to enhance the body’s natural immune responses to fight cancer. Currently, immunotherapies in MM have largely focused on engaging the T cells; however, many are challenged by insufficient responses, high cost, and/or extensive adverse …

Hyperlocal Air Quality Exposure Assessment To Support Health Studies, Pradeep Prathibha

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Hyperlocal air pollution exposure is driven by local emission sources, meteorology, and the built environment, with traffic-related emissions modulating primary and secondary pollutant concentrations against a variable background of similar contaminants from other sources. Recent studies show that intra-urban air quality has temporally persistent patterns that sharply vary 5-8 times within a city block; currently, regulatory ambient air quality monitoring (2-5 fixed-site monitors per 1000 km2 in U.S. census urban areas) cannot capture exposure at this spatial resolution. This dissertation aims to advance methods relying on fixed-site and mobile measurements using high-time resolution aerosol instruments as well as low-cost sensors …

Identification Of Candidate Microbial Biomarkers Of Disease And Design Of Engineered Microbial Therapeutics For The Gut Microbiome, Aura Lucia Ferreiro

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

The human gut microbiome is a compositionally and functionally diverse community of microorganisms that profoundly influences the health of the host. Deep characterization of gut microbiomes via high-throughput sequencing has identified associations between the gut microbiome and disease states, and spurred development of engineered microbial therapeutics. Successful translation of these research efforts to the clinic will involve i) consideration of how engineered microbes behave and adapt in the gut, towards the implementation of biosafety mechanisms, and ii) identification and validation of microbial biomarkers of disease. This dissertation describes both investigative (Chapter 2) and engineering (Chapters 3 and 4) approaches to …

Short-Term Memory And Olfactory Signal Processing, Lijun Zhang

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Modern neural recording methodologies, including multi-electrode and optical recordings, allow us to monitor the large population of neurons with high temporal resolution. Such recordings provide rich datasets that are expected to understand better how information about the external world is internally represented and how these representations are altered over time. Achieving this goal requires the development of novel pattern recognition methods and/or the application of existing statistical methods in novel ways to gain insights into basic neural computational principles. In this dissertation, I will take this data-driven approach to dissect the role of short-term memory in olfactory signal processing in …

Mapping Neural Responses Onto Innate And Acquired Behavior: From Insect Olfaction To Realizing A Bio-Hybrid Chemical Recognition System, Rishabh Chandak

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

In many organisms, the sense of smell, driven by the olfactory system, serves as the primary sensory modality that guides a plethora of behaviors such as foraging for food, finding mates, and evading predators. Using an array of biological sensors, the olfactory system converts volatile chemical inputs from an organism’s environment into well-patterned neural responses that inform downstream motor neurons to drive appropriate behaviors (e.g., moving towards food or away from danger). For many external cues, the elicited neural responses are often determined by the genetic makeup of the organism, which assigns an innate preference, or valence, for these different …

Predicting Patient Outcomes With Machine Learning For Diverse Health Data, Dingwen Li

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

As digitized clinical and health data become ubiquitous, machine learning techniques have shown promise in predicting various clinical outcomes. In this thesis research, we exploit three types of data including (1) data collected through wearables outside hospitals, (2) electronic health records (EHR) data of inpatient in general hospital wards, (3) intraoperative data collected during surgery. This thesis work investigates machine learning approaches for the diverse clinical and health data with distinctive characteristics and challenges in the context of real-world clinical applications. Specifically, this thesis makes the following contributions to the state of the art of clinical machine learning.

Extracting informative …

Process Information And Creative Mindsets: An Examination Of Their Role In The Evaluation Of Creativity, Brendon Michael Cummiskey

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Evaluating creativity is a key role for any organization interested in innovation and how that evaluation occurs has been a focal point of researchers. Although creativity scholars have made strides in understanding creativity evaluations, questions remain about the role that process information plays in the evaluation. While most creativity research involves some type of outcome, such as an idea or product, the evaluators often have no description of the creator’s work process or any understanding of the idea or product’s creation. In this dissertation, I build upon the existing evaluation literature and critically examine how process information may influence the …

A Continuous Wavelet Representation For Single And Bi-Parameter Calder\'On-Zygmund Operators, Tyler Williams

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

This thesis develops a novel approach to the representation of singular integral operators of Calder\'on-Zygmund type in terms of continuous model operators, in both the classical and the bi-parametric setting. The representation is realized as a finite sum of averages of wavelet projections of either cancellative or noncancellative type, which are themselves Calder\'on-Zygmund operators. Both properties are out of reach for the established dyadic-probabilistic technique. Unlike their dyadic counterparts, this new representation reflects the additional kernel smoothness of the operator being analyzed. These representation formulas lead naturally to a new family of $T(1)$ theorems on weighted Sobolev spaces whose smoothness …