REVIEW ARTICLE | July 7, 2022
Information Technology in Disaster Management
Er. Manoj Kumar Singh
Page no 312-315 |
10.36348/sjet.2022.v07i06.006
In the present era of technology it has been simpler to deal with the disaster both natural and man made. Disaster Management activities rely upon substantial volumes of precise, applicable, on-time geo information that different organization systematically make and maintain. Information Technology is changing each part of human life. Disaster management desires forceful enhancements in its sources to decrease injury and save the lifetime of individuals. The advanced methods of information technology such as web, remote sensing, satellite communication, GIS, etc. can facilitate in coming up with and implementation of disaster management. Web provides a useful platform for disaster mitigation communications. On GIS is basic as effective preparedness, communication and training tool for disaster management on the other hand Remote Sensing as a tool can very effectively contribute towards identification of hazards areas. Communication satellite have become vital for providing emergency communication and timely help into natural disaster monitoring and mitigation mechanisms is critical for hazards reduction. There should be more emphasis on development of new technologies in disaster mitigation. The disaster preparedness and awareness is the only effective method of mitigating the impact of future disaster. In this paper an attempt has been made to highlight the role of information technology in management of natural disaster in Nepal.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | July 7, 2022
To Evaluate Frequency of Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients of Head Trauma with GCS 10-15
Abdullah Asghar, Ehsan Ahmad, Hammad Naeem, Sanan Rasheed, Hafsa Waseem, Shahrukh Ahmad Khan
Page no 381-389 |
10.36348/sjm.2022.v07i07.004
Background: A common cause of mortality is traumatic brain injury (TBI). One of the deadliest complications is cerebral bleeding. Unanimously, CT scans are considered as gold-standard diagnostic tools for traumatic brain damage. In-patient assessment is aided by the patient's general condition score (GCS). Patients with a high GCS are often overlooked, yet it is possible that they may have major difficulties in the future. However, it is debatable whether or not a CT scan should be performed in individuals with GCS between 13 and 15 or not. Objective: It is our goal to examine individuals who have suffered head trauma and have a high GCS 10-15 on a CT scan who may have been overlooked but are now experiencing symptoms. We discovered the prevalence of ICH in 70 individuals with GCS ranging from 10-15. Methods: The computed tomography scans of 70 individuals with head trauma were performed. All patients underwent a non-contrast computed brain CT scan of 5mm axial images and slice thicknesses from the foramen magnum up to the vertex from which the findings were obtained. The patient's name, age, gender, and GCS score were all entered into a Performa. Results: The results showed that 32 patients (45.71 percent) experienced cerebral bleeding out of 70 individuals. Conclusion: Patients with RTA are at greater risk of developing ICH, and this risk is greater in men than in women.
REVIEW ARTICLE | July 7, 2022
The Development of High-Quality Human Resources in Phu Tho Province to Meet the Requirements of Sustainable Development
Dang Hong Nhung, Bui Thi Ly
Page no 370-376 |
10.36348/jaep.2022.v06i07.003
High-quality human resources play an important role in economic growth. In the current cause of national industrialization and modernization and international integration, developing high-quality human resources has been of greater and greater significance and in dire need to meet the requirements of the 4th Industrial Revolution and international integration. Therefore, amending and perfecting the policies of developing high-quality human resources is a regular and long-term task and an objective necessity. It demonstrates a profound understanding of the viewpoint: "Improving quality of human resources and local human resourcesβ is one of the three breakthroughs in the socio-economic development strategy for the period of 2021 - 2022 with a vision to 2045.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | July 7, 2022
Influence of the Locomotive Function on the Morphology of the Tibia: From A Comparative Study between Two Bipeds and Two Quadrupeds
James, Y. E, Sogan, A, Djembi, Y. R, James, K
Page no 100-104 |
10.36348/sijap.2022.v05i06.001
The mode of locomotion of humans and primates leads to changes in their skeleton. Objective: Establish a link between the morphology of the tibia and the locomotive function from a comparative anatomical study between the tibias of bipeds, Homo Sapiens (HS) and Pan troglodytes verus (PTV), and of quadrupeds, Canis lupus familiaris (CLF) and Sus scrofadomesticus (SSD). Materials and methods: It concerned an analytical and comparative study by direct observation involving a sample of 52 tibias. We proceeded by direct observation, to a synthetic analysis of the morphological characteristics of the tibia that we compared in bipeds and in quadrupeds. Results: The tibial diaphyses of HS and PTV presented the same morphological conformation with an italic S aspect in HS and a varus aspect in PTV. With CLF and SSD, they are straighter and the different faces are distributed differently. The proximal epiphyses are voluminous and massive in both classes. In quadrupeds, they present upper tibial articular surfaces which are deformed backwards and a voluminous anterior tibial tuberosity. The distal epiphyses in quadrupeds are convex with more pronounced creases. Conclusion: This comparative study allowed us to demonstrate that the locomotive function has a significant impact on the morphology of the tibia.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | July 6, 2022
The Determinants of Balance of Payments in Nigeria
Adelegan, Abiodun Edward, Abraham, Anthony
Page no 222-229 |
10.36348/sjef.2022.v06i07.001
The Balance of Payments in Nigeria was studied using annual data from 1981 to 2019 in this article. The paper's major goal was to examine the long-term factors that influence Nigeria's Balance of Payments. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL) was used in the investigation. Long-term results from the ARDL regression showed that the exchange rate coefficient was negative, whereas short-term results showed a positive value. Also, the coefficients of FDI, GDP growth, interest rates, and crude oil prices were positive and significant. There is a strong case can be made for governmental intervention to improve economic productivity, as evidenced by this study. To help the economy thrive, capital investments and expenditures should be made. The government should make incentives to prospective foreign investors in order to attract FDI inflows into the country. Government should also enhance safety and security and build a sense of belonging in the Niger Delta in order to promote peace and ease of doing business in the petroleum industry there.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | July 6, 2022
Development of Solar Operated Evaporative Refrigerating System
A. O. Akinola, S. Umar, J. F. Eiche, A. Akinsade
Page no 299-304 |
10.36348/sjet.2022.v07i06.004
People in the rural regions of the developing countries where electricity supply is not available are facing the problems of preserving their food through refrigeration. They need affordable and efficient method of food preservation. Therefore, a solar operated refrigerator was designed, constructed and evaluated. The system consists of three major parts, namely: the mild steel box (0.4 π Γ 0.4 π Γ 0.5 π), the clay shell and the wooden box (0.5 π Γ 0.5 π Γ 0.6 π). The mild steel box is enclosed in a clay shell, which is in turn enclosed in a wooden box with four open ducts. The work evaluated convective heat transfer through the ducts and the machine was tested on no load and also by using it to cool 40 kg of water for seven consecutive days over a period of eight hours per day. The results from its performance tests indicated that the system has a cooling process coefficient of performance (COP) of 2.48 and overall coefficient of performance (COP) of 1.64.
REVIEW ARTICLE | July 6, 2022
Recent Advancement of Cyber Security: Challenges and Future Trends in Bangladesh
Major Muhammad Masudur Rahaman
Page no 278-289 |
10.36348/sjet.2022.v07i06.002
The massive demand for global transformations describes the necessity of high-speed communication in the twenty-first century. Almost every facet of online networks is changing, including international relations, politics, trade, and security. However, cyber security has become a major issue all around the world. Bangladesh has recently taken the required steps to address the problem as swiftly as feasible. In order to prevent and combat cyber threats, the government of Bangladesh plans to establish a specialized computer incident response team (CIRT) for banks and financial institutions, which will serve as the national response team responsible for receiving, reviewing, and responding to computer security incidents and activities in Bangladesh. Implementing strong and multilayer authentication to better management of the data, as well as discovering and mapping out security issues, some major initiatives are required to implement cyber security. Engineers should obtain hands-on training in decoding corrupted data files during any cyber-attack in order to recover data from any lost data. In this review, cyber security challenges in smart cities and smart governance have been examined, with an emphasis on e-commerce, machine learning, industry automation, IoT, and other security elements. The main cyber security concerns are discussed in order to better comprehend almost every necessity of long-term cyber security situations. Moreover, smart industry control and its security infrastructure, problems for implementation in Bangladesh and recent security issues have been highlighted.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | July 6, 2022
Physicochemical Characteristics Study of Oil Extracted from Almond Seed
Akinola AO, Adeyinka TF
Page no 305-311 |
10.36348/sjet.2022.v07i06.005
The physicochemical properties of the extracted oil from almond seed were investigated. Physical properties such as cloud point, pour point, fire point, smoke point, specific gravity, refractive index, and viscosity; and the chemical properties such as acid value, free fatty acid, saponification value, iodine value, ester value, and peroxide value were investigated for both raw almond oil and transesterified almond oil. The various properties were investigated using ASTM standard methods and calculations. Results obtained for physical properties: cloud point, pour point, fire point, smoke point, specific gravity, refractive index, and kinematic viscosity were γ-3γ^o C, γ-9γ^o C, γ220γ^o C, γ130γ^o C, 0.928, 1.462, 21.84 γmmγ^2/sec respectively for the transesterified almond oil. Result obtained for the chemical properties of the transesterified almond oil: acid value, free fatty acid, saponification value, iodine value γmgIγ_2/g, and ester value, values were determined to be: 2.05, 1.03, 79.71, 34.33, and 77.66. It was concluded that transesterified Almond oil have a great potential for use as fuel alternative and substitute for internal combustion engine with its high purity, low corrosion ability and ease of ignition.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | July 6, 2022
Assessment of WDM Based RoF Passive Optical Network
Muhammad Towfiqur Rahman, Roni Ahmed, Md. Kamal Hossain, Md. Asadul Haque, Raduyan Ahmed, Naznin Sultana, Md. Nasir Uddin
Page no 290-298 |
10.36348/sjet.2022.v07i06.003
In this research, alternative Raman amplifier configuration were used in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)-passive optcal network (PON) system to investigate their effects on channel capacity and signal quality. Because of its scalability, energy efficiency, high capacity, low cost, and flexibility of data transfer ability, various Raman configurations are applied in different position to measure the output power. We used various techniques to evaluate the system performance such as varying the length of an optical fiber from 10 to 100 kms, number of users by increasing 8 to 16 channels. Various channel spacings are utilized in an 8 and 16 channels WDM system to calculate the system's bit error rate (BER) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Another key concern is the high data rate and to achieve the maximum transmission speed. We get the maximum data rate of 128 Gb/s by 8 channels and 192 Gb/s by 16 channels. The maximum BER was 10-9and noise level was -6.35 dBm associated with the distance which was 70 kilometers long fiber channel. Finally, maximum data rate and its related eye diagrams was evaluated.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | July 5, 2022
Tahfizh House as a Cadreization Institution for Memorizing the Qur'an
Tarmizi, Maryati, Lukman Hakim, Muhammad Bisyri
Page no 284-288 |
10.36348/sjhss.2022.v07i07.001
The research was carried out at the Daarul Qur'an tahfizh house in Yogyakarta, which was established by the PPPA Daarul Qur'an, a partner, or an independent that recorded in the Rumah Tahfizh Center (RTC) of PPPA Daarul Quran. This research is a type of qualitative research. Along with this method, the researcher took 14 (fourteen) Tahfizh houses from a population of 42 (Forty-two) Tahfizh houses as a sample and using purposive sampling and snowball sampling. The establishment of the Tahfizh house in Yogyakarta became the pioneer of the Tahfizh house movement in Indonesia. From that time onwards, the establishment of many Tahfizh houses turns into a movement to form the memorizers of the Qur'an cadres. This research will contribute positively to the development of the tahfizh house database, it's curriculum,
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | July 5, 2022
Impact of Conservation Agriculture System on Combating Water Erosion Hazards at Wadi El-Raml, Northwestern Coast of Egypt
S. F. T. Sharkawy, A. A. Ali, Omnia, M. Wassif, A. A. Meselhy
Page no 210-219 |
10.36348/sjls.2022.v07i07.002
Conservation agriculture practices (CA) is a management for available organic matter resources and considered important measures to enable farming in accordance with the principles of sustainable agriculture. The two-years experiment were performed on the soil under wheat crop. CA practices can help to decrease the area and duration for exposed soil to water erosion by increased soil aggregate size distribution, soil porosity, soil moisture and soil organic matter. Soil organic matter (SOM) is an important indicator of soil fertility and productivity because of its crucial role in soil chemical, physical and biological properties. CA leaves a soil organic mulch at the soil surface, which decreases runoff and soil loss. On other hand, soil mulch with plant residue as a component of CA is increased soil content of SOM. The least total cost for cultivation wheat crops under rainfed agriculture of Egypt achieved at conservation agriculture with No-tillage treatment (CANT) while the highest cost achieved at traditional agriculture (TA) treatment. The best results of decreased soil loss, increased SOM and wheat crop yield obtained when continue to apply conservation practices for more than one season. Indeed, our results showed the soil loss decreased about (56%) while wheat grain yield and SOM increased about (7% and 45%) respectively when using CA at the second season compared to TA. Conservation agriculture signifies environmentally friendly technologies reduce of climate related risks.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | July 5, 2022
Evaluation of Pelvic Organ by Laparoscopy among Patients with Adnexal Mass Attending Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Sultana Rajia, Khairun Nahar, Sufia Khatun, Maksudur Rahman
Page no 323-329 |
10.36348/sijog.2022.v05i07.001
Introduction: Adnexal masses consist of anomalies which can be noticed in any age of women. These abnormalities determine different features during reproductive age, entail surgical treatment, and are monitored with clinical and laboratory findings. Adnexal masses may result from benign or malignant lesions of ovarian, tubal, and para tubal origin, as well as pregnancy-related causes such as ectopic pregnancy. The study intends to evaluate the adnexal masses by laparoscopy among patients admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University from March 2016 to August 2016. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka. The sample was collected by the purposive consecutive sampling method. Subjects were selected by appropriate inclusion criteria. Data were collected after appropriate verbal consent from the guardian of patients and the result was subjected to standard statistical evaluation and was analyzed by the SPSS programme. Result: This study shows the average age was 27.82 years. Regarding parity majority (31, 62.0%) were nulliparous women and the majority (31, 62.0%) were from a lower-middle-class families. The primary complaints in the study group (27, 54.0%) were dysmenorrhoea followed by infertility (21, 42%). Eighteen women (18, 36.0%) complained of dyspareunia. Twenty-six patients (26, 52.0%) had tender mass. Size of the uterus, twenty-two (22, 44%) patients had an enlarged uterus. The commonest finding was tubo-ovarian mass in thirteen (13, 26.0%) patients followed by an endometriotic cyst in twelve patients (12, 24%). The findings of diagnostic laparoscopy, maximum (22, 44.0%) were enlarged uterus followed by fourteen patients (14, 28.0%) who had ovarian cysts. Conclusion: This study observed laparoscopic findings are far way better than ultrasonography. As a result, laparoscopy is a gold standard for the estimation of patients with pelvic adnexal masses.
CASE REPORT | July 5, 2022
Anaesthetic Considerations for Laminectomy and Spinal Decompression in a Patient with Cervical Myelopathy: A Case Report
Fagbohun, O, Towobola, O, Akintimeyin, O
Page no 109-113 |
10.36348/sijtcm.2022.v05i06.001
The principal focus of the anaesthetist during surgical intervention in a patient with cervical myelopathy is to prevent further deterioration of the neurological system while delivering anaesthetic care. Successful surgical outcome of these patients requires a detailed preoperative review, careful and knowledge based peri-operative anaesthesia care plan and a robust collaboration between the anaesthetic and neuro-surgical teams. We report the case of a 76year old male medical doctor who presented with progressively worsening symptoms of cervical myelopathy and subsequently had laminectomy and decompression under general anaesthesia relaxant technique. We aim to highlight the place of detailed anaesthetic care plan in the successful management of this patient who was assessed as high risk for both a difficult airway and peri-operative anaesthetic complications associated with anaesthesia for cervical laminectomy and decompression.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | July 5, 2022
The Co-Administration of Insulin and Zinc Ameliorates Diabetes Mellitus-Induced Oxidative Stress in Testicular Tissue
Ujah, G. A, Emmanuel, I. B, Akpan, I, Ani, E. J, Osim, E. E
Page no 374-380 |
10.36348/sjm.2022.v07i07.003
Oxidative stress is often associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). It has been reported to cause infertility in males. Diagnosed at an advanced phase, DM-associated complications may not be reversed by standard therapy alone. This study therefore investigated whether zinc given alongside insulin may reverse or ameliorate oxidative stress induced by DM. Five normal rats was assigned into the normal control group. Twenty diabetic rats were randomly assigned into four groups of five rats each. The first group had no treatment throughout the experiment. The second group were administered insulin two times daily at one and four units in the morning and evening. The third group had oral zinc (10mg/kg). The fourth group had a combination of insulin and zinc at doses as above. Treatments in all cases commenced after two weeks of DM induction and lasted ten days. Testes were harvested and assayed for parameters. DM decreased SOD, GPx, GSH and increased MDA. While insulin or zinc increased SOD, GPx, GSH and decreased MDA, insulin and zinc in combination had better results.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | July 5, 2022
Which Plant can be used as a Medicinal Plant? The Decision-Finding Process of Minangkabau Healers
Alexander Stark, Yohan Kurniawan
Page no 114-121 |
10.36348/sijtcm.2022.v05i06.002
Many ethnomedical researchers describe medicinal plants and the way they are used. In this research, the authors look at how a traditional healer can find a proper medical treatment. The decision-finding is influenced by the ideas of the local cultures regarding the treatment. In qualitative research, various healers were observed and interviewed. It was discovered that different elements influenced the decision-finding process like reference materials, experience and intuition. Furthermore, there are certain peculiar ways how to categorize a plant and decide whether the treatment needs a combination of plants or can be used without other medicinal plants. The healers are embedded in their environment. Therefore, certain concepts and cognitive patterns are essential for both the culture and the traditional medicine.