ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
A Prospective Study of Diagnostic Hysteroscopy in Abnormal Uterine Bleeding and its Correlation with Histopathology in Rural Tertiary Care Hospital of Central India
Dr. Surekha Tayade, Dr. Jaya Kore, Dr. Neha Gangane, Dr. Ketki Thool
Page no 15-20 |
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Abnormal uterine bleeding is the most common complaint in gynecology. Dilatation and Curettage is a blind procedure. Hysteroscopy has ushered in a new era in the evaluation of abnormal uterine bleeding. By direct visualization of the uterine cavity it is able to pin point the etiology. This study evaluates the role of hysteroscopy in the diagnosis of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding and its correlation with histopathological findings. The Prospective study was conducted in Department Of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, a rural tertiary Hospital of Central India over a period of one year. A total of 50 subjects ,women of age group 30-60 years, in one year, having abnormal uterine bleeding were included in study .Prospective study was done to know hysteroscopic correlation with histopathology. In this study abnormal findings on hysteroscopy were found in 26 patients (52%), while in the remaining 24 patients (48%) no abnormality was detected. The results of hysteroscopy and dilatation and curettage were in agreement in 84% patients; hysteroscopy revealed more information than curettage in 12 % patients and curettage revealed more information than hysteroscopy in 4% patients. Hysteroscopy is an important diagnostic tool in evaluation of AUB and can be considered superior to curettage. It is a safe, reliable, feasible and quick procedure.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
The Role of Urban City Establishment Policy to Social and Economics Growth at Kecamatan Samarinda Seberang, Lao Janan Ilir and Palaran Samarinda City East Kalimantan
M. Havidz Aima, Antonius D. Robinson Manurung, W. Hary Susilo, Syachrumsyah Asri
Page no 782-793 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.6.12
The objective of this study is to understand the appropriateness of Samarinda
Seberang, Loa Janan ilir and Palaran District to be supporting city/urban for East
Kalimantan capital which is Samarinda. The research result shows: there are 10
people’s attention focus that become the attention priority about the sustainable urban
city importance. There are 5 important things related to the plan of urban city
establishment and the following is known from hypothesis result: there is no significant
influence of central city to urban city, there is no significant influence of social factor
to the establishment of urban city, there is no significant influence of economic factor
to the establishment of urban city, there is no significant influence of politic factor to
the establishment of urban city, there is no significant influence of land factor to the
establishment of urban city, there is no significant factor of social factor to the
establishment of urban city. There is significant influence of social factor to the
establishment of urban city and from all of the predictors available only social factor
that have a significant contribution to the establishment of urban city. These research
recommend: sustainable urban city should involve society social factor in planning
process of sustainable urban city blueprint. Local government should prioritize its
attention to the importance of sustainable urban city. Infrastructure development
acceleration is needed, by shifting priority scale to sustainable urban city area with a
more appropriate budget portion corresponding to the capability of APBD, pay
attention to environment impact analysis in giving business recommendation that will
be conducted in certain area. Designing spatial city plan and transportation, planning
activity function zone system in city’s area and supporting district. Designing waste
disposal system and environment friendly waste that could be recycled, and designing
flood controlling system by making cannals and avoiding river reclamation that is
done without appropriate planning and pay attention to sustainable environment impact
analysis.
REVIEW ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
The New Reform at the University Level in Morocco: Objectives and Realities
Kenza Saadani Hassani
Page no 709-712 |
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Reform of educational institutions is an ongoing process which constantly
molds and refits curricula, teaching methodologies, and infrastructures to new content
and shapes in order to meet the needs of continuously changing communities.
Congruent with such statement, Morocco, as other states elsewhere, has undergone
several reforms the last of which was in the academic year 2003/2004 with the
introduction of the LMD system (Licence, Master, and Doctorate) to higher education.
Such reform and its influence on English language teaching are the main concern of the
current study. Informed by policy documents and evidence drawn from qualitative data
collected through means of observations and interviews of students at Faculty of
Letters and Human Sciences, Sais, Fez, the study revealed that, on the one hand, the
new reform has brought an innovative curriculum; however, a number of acute
problems impeded the effectiveness of the reform. The problems were mainly linked to
lack and poor educational infrastructures, insufficient coverage of some subjects (say,
ESP), and the lack of student academic advising program which is necessary for
students to develop self-autonomy. The cumulative effects were high attrition rates and
repetitions, poor learning outcomes, and generally mismatch between the goals of the
reform and its outcomes.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Performance Analysis of Distribution Transformer in Nigerian Power System
Esobinenwu Chizindu Stanley, Engr. A. J. Ulasi
Page no 336-356 |
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Distribution transformers, being the most common equipment in a distribution
system, are of very great importance and must be properly cared for so that they can
perform optimally at all times and last long. One of the major challenges distribution
transformers have is the amount of losses in the transformer. These losses are load and
no-load losses, of which load losses constitute the most under full and medium capacity
operations. Several methods have been proposed in the fight to improve the handling
capacity of distribution transformers and reduce the load losses in the transformer. In this
study, an analysis is carried out on the effects of linear and non-linear loads on an
11/0.415kV, 200kVA, three phase, two winding oil coiled distribution transformers and
three of the methods of loss compensation. These system is modelled and simulated using
Matlab Simulink 2015a. The simulation results are collected and using Microsoft Excel,
graphs are used to compere the results from the different simulations.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Horizontal Integrated Teaching for First-Year MBBS Students
Srabani Bhattacharya, Rupali Gajare, Sundaram Kartikeyan, Sandhya Khadse
Page no 38-41 |
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This comparative, before-and-after study (without controls) was conducted between February 2018 and April 2018 at Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, Maharashtra, India, to compare the cognitive domain scores obtained by first-year Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) students after traditional didactic lectures with that obtained after integrated teaching. After obtaining permissions from the Institutional Ethics Committee and institutional authorities, the purpose of the study was explained to first-year MBBS students. Those who had given written informed consent and were present for traditional didactic lectures, integrated teaching, pre-test and post-test were included in the study. Traditional didactic lectures were conducted as per the syllabus for the first-year MBBS course. The pre-test, conducted after traditional didactic lectures, consisted of ten questions (two mark per question; total 20 marks). After the pre-test, integrated teaching was conducted by the same set of teachers. The post-test was conducted after integrated teaching, using a questionnaire that was identical to that of the pre-test. A total of 62 students (29 females; 52.54% and 33 males; 47.46%) participated. The overall mean scores (out of 20) increased from 11.53 +/- 3.59 (95% CI: 10.64 - 12.43) in the pre-test to 13.31 +/- 3.16 (95% CI: 12.52 - 14.09) in the post-test, exhibiting high statistically significant (Z= 2.921; p= 0.003) difference. In the pre-test, the gender differences in scores were statistically significant for two questions, while in the post-test, the statistical significance was observed only for one question. Despite time constraints in the teaching schedule for first-year medical students, it is possible to conduct integrated teaching, which increased cognitive domain scores. However, a larger study on integrated teaching would be necessary in order to generalize the results.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
The Associations And Age-Related Development of Motivational Climate, Achievement Goals, Enjoyment, Technical Skills, And Body Mass Index in Young floorball players
Arto Gråstén, Hannele Forsman
Page no 12-23 |
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Abstract: The present study examined the associations and age-related development of motivational climate, achievement goals, enjoyment, technical skills, and body mass index (BMI) in young floorball players. The sample comprised 283 Finnish competitive male floorball players with a mean age of 11.49 ± .27 years in the beginning of the data collection. Players completed floorball-specific technical skill tests and questionnaires across two time points, twelve months apart. The path model showed that perceptions of task-involving climate positively associated with mastery-approach, performance-approach, and enjoyment, whereas perceptions of ego-involving climate related with mastery- and performance-approach and mastery- and performance-avoidance. The results indicated that players with higher BMI had higher mastery-avoidance and slower dribbling skill scores. However, the findings supported previous findings, as a player can have high mastery-approach and high performance-approach or high performance-avoidance at the same time. Finally, mastery- and performance-approach, performance-avoidance, dribbling skills, and passing test scores increased over time. In contrast, perceptions of task- and ego-involving climate, mastery-avoidance, enjoyment, and BMI remained stable. The findings indicated that task-involving coaching methods could enhance approach goals and enjoyment in young floorball players. All young floorball players, especially players with higher BMI could benefit, if they were encouraged to spend more time with a wide range of fundamental skill practices on their leisure time, not only during the organized sessions. This could increase their floorball-specific skills, and in turn, decline the negative perceptions of mastery-avoidance.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Research Strides in Manuscriptology for Ayurveda
Mallika K J, Sriharsha K V
Page no 9-13 |
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Ayurveda being a science learnt, practiced and taught over generations is a
discipline codified through centuries in written documents called manuscripts.
Manuscripts on medicine ranges between 20,000–1,00,000 in number. A mere 2% of
the available material from manuscripts is in printed form. Several treatment
priniciples methods and medical formulations are yet to be discovered from the
manuscripts for the present day needs. Therefore, a scientific protocol of research
methodology for accessing and exploring this knowledge treasure is of immediate
necessity. This article provides an alleyway towards the methodology in Medical
Manuscriptology to be adopted by a scholar who intends to take up research in
Ayurveda manuscripts.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Controlling Dose May Be an Alternative and Effective Way in Citrinin Safety: A Review Emphasized on Neuropharmacological Effects
Muhammad Torequl Islam
Page no 32-34 |
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Citrinin (CIT), a toxin first isolated from Penicillium citrinum, is known
for its cytotoxic and nephrotoxic properties. To date, CIT has been identified in
various species of Penicillium and several species of Aspergillus Toxic and protective
effects of citrinin may be due to its dose relevant. More experimental setup is required
to understand the fact clearly.
RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Capitalism’s Challenges to Financial Ethics: The Subprime Lending Crisis
Donovan A. McFarlane
Page no 101-107 |
10.36348/sjef
The goal of this paper is to provide sound rationale for increase ethical
financial training and overview in the financial services industry by explaining the current
ethical status of the financial services industry and cite examples of financial
malpractices, unethical financial practices, financial corruption and other practices that
reflect poor financial choices by corporations and financial services personnel ranging
from banks, mortgage lenders, to financial agents. There are several objectives
underpinning this research. These include: (1) describing the state of financial ethics in
Corporate America and across the globe, (2) identifying several financial scandals and/or
practices as examples that highlight the lack of ethics in the financial services industry,
(3) identifying and describing current efforts to ensure financial ethics ranging from
private and governmental administrative agency policies and rules to efforts by other
institutions including business colleges to teach ethics, (4) communicating the
effectiveness of existing measures designed to ensure financial ethics and evaluating these
measures on the basis of success and failure, and (5) making recommendations in the
forms of programs, practices, or initiatives to increase financial ethics across the board.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Does Regional Financial Information System Have an Impact on the Quality of Financial Statement?
Dedi Hadian
Page no 688-691 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.6.10
The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of regional financial
information systems on the quality of financial statements. The object of the research
is 53 users of local government financial information system. This research uses the
exploratory method with survey approach. Moreover, the data analysis method of this
study is Structural Equation Modelling. The result shows that there is an influence of
regional financial information system on the quality of local government financial
statements. Therefore, the local government must increase the usage of regional
financial information systems to produce qualified financial reports.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Sustainable Natural Lightweight Concrete by Blending Locally Available Waste Materials
A. Anandraj, S. Vijayabaskaran
Page no 432-436 |
10.21276/sjeat.2018.3.6.10
Lightweight concrete provides numerous benefits compared to conventional
concrete, like reduction in dead load and operating costs. One of the prime methods of
producing structural lightweight concrete is the utilization of lightweight aggregates.
The relevance of waste substances as cement alternate or aggregates in concrete can
help a solution in order to reduce negative influences of the concrete industry. One of
the agricultural solid wastes derived from the industry of coconut is coconut shell (CS)
which processes about 40% lower weight compared to normal weight aggregates. The
paper reveals an investigation on the coconut shell as coarse aggregate as well as class F
fly ash and sugarcane bagasse ash as complementary cementitious material to produce
more environmentally adorable lightweight concrete. Based on the research outcome,
the eco friendly structural lightweight aggregate concrete has the ability to be prepared
by combining three kinds of waste substances: coconut shell as coarse aggregate and
blended Class –F flyash and sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) as a substitution for cement
(by mass) up to 60%. The process of replacing the cement by blended Class –F flyash
and sugarcane bagasse ash leads to density reduction.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Livability and Urban Quality of the Souq Waqif in Doha (State of Qatar)
Heba O. Tannous, Raffaello Furlan
Page no 368-387 |
10.21276/sjeat.2018.3.6.5
Doha, the capital city of the State of Qatar, has undergone rapid economic
growth and urbanization over the past 20 years. In contrast with developed countries,
where sustainable development has been implemented on a neighborhood scale,
sustainable planning research has still been concentrated at the national level and less on
the neighborhood level in the State of Qatar. Achieving the development of healthy cities
without green and sustainable neighborhoods within them is challenging. The dynamism,
livability and diversity of cities rely upon the cohesion of its neighborhoods as they make
up the urban fabric from which enduring settlements are formed. Moreover, walkability
and connectivity have been identified as two of the central aspects for enhancing
neighborhood livability. However, the introduction of the car has transformed traditional
pedestrianized street patterns into a car-dominant street network, with traditional walking
Souqs replaced by destination-based strip-shopping. This study aims to examine the
extent to which the heritage neighborhood site of the Souq Waqif in Doha is livable and
what further implementations can be employed to increase its social sustainability
(livability).
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Smart Home Energy Management System Using Least Square Regression Analysis
Shiru Mohammed Abdullahi, Kolo Jonathan Gana, Simon, Apeh, Ajao Lukman Adewale, Agajo James, Nuhu Bello K
Page no 357-367 |
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Smart home is a residence with several electrical and electronic appliances that
are capable of communicating with each other and can be controlled remotely from any
room in the home or from any location in the world. Easy control of home
appliances/devices and energy management has been the main goal that leads to the
invention of smart homes. However, most of the systems developed for these homes are
either complex or could not manage energy wastage efficiently which incurring more
electricity bills cost. In this work, an intelligent home energy management system that is
based on Least Square Regression (LSR) analysis is presented. The system is trained
based on the historical data of occupant’s interaction with the appliances over a period of
time. It monitors and computes the power consumption of home user over a period of
time. This system takes decision and controlled the output using LSR based on what it
learnt by alerting the home user on condition of accept or reject response through
Android GUI Apps. The system performance evaluation based on the frequency
prediction which is given as 0.77 RMSE, the activation time prediction is given as 127.89
seconds RMSE which is slightly above 2 minutes with a regression coefficient of
(R=0.999988). The RMSE of 257.90 seconds for activation of duration prediction with
regression coefficient analysis of (R= 0.989071).
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Prediction and Appraisal of solar radiations and its Intensity in South East Geopolitical Region, Nigeria
Ogunoh Arinze Victor, Digitemie, Innocent Eteli, Aguh Patrick Sunday
Page no 388-401 |
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This research work is shows the variability of solar parameters. The
parameters that are solar radiation, sun intensity and temperature were optimized and
predicted in other to investigate its influence in Permanent site of Federal Polytechnic,
Oko, Anambra State, South Eastern part of Nigeria. The research was conducted for the
period of five days, 6:00am to 6:00pm daily on 6th to 10th December, 2017. Measuring the
intensity of solar radiation is one of the directions used at investigation of solar power
and necessary for the implementation of photovoltaic systems in a particular geographical
'area. Instrument used for measuring the solar radiation is solarimeter which is based on
the thermal or photovoltaic principles. The device harness two main components for
measuring solar radiation, namely- direct radiation and diffuse radiation, with sensors
based on the photovoltaic principles. The research tends to optimize and to develop the
intended sun intensity and solar radiation principles and properties of the environs. From
the optimization results, the maximum sun intensity of the geographical area is 957.620
w/m2 while the minimum sun intensity of the area is 2 w/m2. However, the maximum
temperature of the geographical area is 39.4˚С while the minimum temperature of the
geographical area is 18.8˚С. The average sun intensity of the case study is 356.644w/m2.
The optimization technic employed will ensure the efficiency of solar radiation, sun
intensity and temperature variability of the geographical area in study as a key to climatic
issues and solar systems manufacturing.
REVIEW ARTICLE | June 30, 2018
Redeeming Financial Crimes in the Cameroon Public Service: The Etiquettes of the Southern/West Cameroon Model
Confidence Chia Ngam
Page no 760-772 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.6.10
The Cameroon Public service is a blend of the moral and cultural values that
were inherited in British and French systems of administration along with the desire
put in by the different administering authorities to cope with the demands of time.
Unfortunately, this blend even in the era of modern technology with improved tools of
communication has not completely destroyed the ligaments of financial crimes and
scandals that have encumbered this department. Going by reachable evidences, in the
heat of economic crises that warranted the introduction of broad based structural
adjustment Programmes, Cameroon ranked twice as most corrupt country in the world.
Again, most of the top officials (ministers and directors) that have served the different
departments of the public service have been judged and sentenced for differential
durations in prisons due to financial crimes.The questions that beg for convincing
answers are; why is the Cameroon public service department still bedevilled by
financial crimes inspite of the measures put in place to assure transparency? What are
these crimes and what is their impact on national and international dealings? From
primary and secondary sources complimented with statistical and oral interviews, this
paper argues that the near absence of blueprint etiquettes along with administrative
lapses is at the root of these financial crimes. It uses the way accountability was assured
in the management of Southern/West Cameroon budget as model to argue that; with a
determined will churned from endearing etiquettes, the financial crimes alive in the
Cameroon public service can be reduce to the barest minimum or at best, eliminated. It
posits that in an era of modern technology, moral etiquettes that express themselves in
an astute art of private and public righteousness of financial management is required of
state authorities. By so doing, it makes a claim which is not only valid for Cameroon
but also for every state and institution suffocating under the spell of financial crimes
that, much can be redeemed using the model provided.