ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 30, 2021
Relationship of the Nutritional Status of Mother Influence Neonatal Outcomes
Dr. Kazi Shamim Ara, Dr. Shereen Yousuf, Dr. Mehnaz Mustary Shumee, Dr. Rashida Khatun, Prof. Begum Nasrin, Dr. Sharmeen Mahmood, Dr. Nargis Akther, Dr. Noor-E- Ferdous
Page no 166-172 |
10.36348/sijog.2021.v04i04.015
Background: Birth weight is an indicator of the health status of a country. LBW remains a leading public health problem especially in developing country causes of childhood morbidity and mortality. Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the relationship of nutritional status of mother influence neonatal outcome and the pregnant population admitted in labour ward of a tertiary level of public Hospital. Methods & Materials: It was a randomized cross-sectional study, conducted in Dhaka Medical College and Hospital of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology over a period of six months from January 2010 to June 2010. All women who were admitted to labour room with term pregnant (>37 wks), which was confirmed by early USG or LMP. The indicator low birth weight <2.5 kg of the infant was examined as an outcome variable in association with different socio-economic status, educational qualifications and occupation of mother and health-related other variables. Results: More than 53% of LBW neonates were born to mothers who were illiterate, whereas 18.5% of LBW neonates were born to mothers who were educated up to the primary level. Maternal education, as well as higher socio-economic condition, reduces the incidences of LBW which was statistically significant. Poor ANC was associated with LBW babies after adjusting for maternal age and parity. Most of the multi gravid women present with moderate anaemia and greater than 60% of anaemic patients were not regular ANC and a total of 23% no ANC at all. The adverse fetal outcomes in this study were 44.2%. Low birth weight 28.3% and NICU admission 5.8% were the most common adverse birth outcome overall study period. Conclusion & Recommendation: Every mother with poor nutritional status should be screened during the antenatal check-up and should be considered a high-risk pregnancy. For these mother’s special emphasis should be given to provide health and nutrition education.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 30, 2021
Impact of ‘Buy Zimbabwe’ Campaign on Capacity Utilisation for Manufacturing Companies in Zimbabwe
Dr. Fainos Chinjova, Mr. Blessing Scott
Page no 50-58 |
10.36348/sijap.2021.v04i04.002
Many countries, irrespective of the country's level of economic status, seek to initiate macroeconomic policies towards achieving better economic performance in order to advance level of business activities and economic growth. In order to achieve this, various policy strategies and interventions are applied in the process, although the outcomes are always different. While some of these policy interventions have culminated in the desired outcomes, others falter on the platter of ineptness. This article investigated the impact of the ‘Buy Zimbabwe’ campaign initiative on the performance of the manufacturing sector through capacity utilisation since its introduction by the Government of Zimbabwe in 2011. The study used a positivism research philosophy because epistemologically, it allowed the researcher to focus on discovering observable and measurable facts. The explanatory and analytical research design was used to gather the data. A sample size of 21 companies was put into strata composed of 8 companies in the first stratum and the other 13 companies in the second stratum. Data was collected from primary sources through structured interviews with managers of manufacturing companies. The key findings are that the ‘Buy Zimbabwe ’initiative had very little impact on capacity utilisation of manufacturing companies in Zimbabwe. The main challenges that limited the adoption of ‘Buy Zimbabwe’ campaign are shortage of raw materials, low demand, ageing equipment, low investment in the manufacturing sector, persistent foreign currency shortages, liquidity crisis, and poor access to finance. The study recommended that the Government of Zimbabwe should create an enabling economic, political, social and legal environment that is conducive for ‘Buy Zimbabwe’ initiative to produce the desired results as an import substitution.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 30, 2021
Pharmacognostical Exploration of Saccharum officinarum
Dr. Pooja Semwal, Dr. Ranjana Jai Singh, Amit Kumar, Jitender K Malik
Page no 53-60 |
10.36348/sijtcm.2021.v04i04.003
The selection proper raw materials in the production of herbal formulation standardization plays essential role. Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) is the most exclusively cultivated and India is the second largest producer country next to Brazil. It has been used as a sweetening agent for past era and also chiefly in the form of refined sugar. The present study was focused on preliminary pharmacognostic and phytochemical investigations for determining and establishing the identity, purity and quality of the plants. This will provide with an appropriate guidance for future exploration. The plant was subjected to determination of various physicochemical parameters including ash values (total ash, water soluble ash) and extractive values (alcohol soluble extractive, water soluble extractive). The powdered crude drug was extracted successively with various solvents with increasing polarity and further the extracts were subjected to phytochemical screening for the identification of various phytoconstituents. More over the fingerprint profile of Saccharum officinarum was established using thin layer chromatography (TLC) methods. The results of the TLC profiling of the extract confirm about the presence of various phytochemicals.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 30, 2021
Performance Evaluation of Crushed Glass in Stabilizing Lateritic Soil for Road Pavement Layers
Akanbi DO, Sule E, Achema F, Bakam VA
Page no 77-83 |
10.36348/sjet.2021.v06i04.006
Crushed Glass (CG) is a recycled material obtained from crushing waste glass and has been established as a partial replacement for cement in concrete. However, this research investigated the performance evaluation of using CG as a stabilizing agent to improve lateritic soil for road pavement layers. The CG powder used is 75µm and classified as type GE according to the new standard ASTMC 1866/C1866M-20 passed in early 2020 [10]. An A-7-6(11)/CL lateritic soil sample was studied and classified using AASHTO and Unified Soil Classification System (USCS). The soil was treated with CG in a stepped concentration of 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 % of weight of dry lateritic soil. Atterberg limit tests were carried out on the soil and soil-CG samples. The properties of compaction, California Bearing Ratio (CBR) and unconfined compressive strength (UCS) were also determined for the soil and soil-CG mixes using British Standard Light (BSL) compaction energy for the soil and soil-CG samples. Results show that, the liquid limit of the soil-CG mixture decreased with increase CG content, while the plastic limit increased with increase in CG content. The MDD and OMC also increased with increasing CG content, but up to 6% content, and then decreased with further increment in CG content. The soaked and unsoaked CBR values of the soil-CG mix are higher than the CBR value for the lateritic soil alone. These values are less than the specified minimum values of 30 and 80%, respectively, for road subbase and base courses. This implies that CG cannot be used as a “stand-alone” additive for soil stabilization. Also, the UCS of the lateritic soil and soil-CG mix increased with curing age and increasing CG content, and the soil-CG have higher UCS values than the lateritic soil alone. For instance, the UCS of lateritic soil, soil-CG mix with 4% and 12% CG at 7 days curing age are 259.69, 300.09 and 388.39 kN/m2, respectively. The values are correspondingly 441.59, 479.30 and 599.91KN/m2 at 28days curing age, a trend that can be attributed to time-dependent strength gain action of the CG, which is a type GE pozzolana. Again, the UCS values of the soil-CG mixtures though increase with increase in both the curing age and CG content are less than 1710 kN/m2, minimum specified as a criterion for adequate soil stabilization with Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC). This further confirmed that CG, a waste, cannot be used as a “stand-alone” stabilization agent but as an additive to supplement OPC, thereby reducing the cost of stabilization.
REVIEW ARTICLE | April 29, 2021
Lockdown and its Impact on Education, Environment and Economy
Swati Singh, Meera Ranjith
Page no 116-119 |
10.36348/jaep.2021.v05i04.005
The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped at national borders. It has affected people regardless of nationality, level of education, income or gender. But the same has not been true for its consequences, which have hit the most vulnerable hardest. The paper reviews the (a) existing information on corona virus illness (b) policy responses and (c) its impact on the individuals, economic activities, and atmosphere of India. The pandemic has magnified a way of worry and insecurity among individuals because of probable job and pay loss. Consequently, existence of the many sectors and employability of a large range of staff is at stake. Despite the economic lag, the internment has become a boon for the atmosphere to revive because of less pollution and reduced discharge of effluents to water from factories. The policy formulators ought to think about this as wakeup decision and thereby align the individuals, economy, and atmosphere strategically.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 29, 2021
Pattern of Ocular Toxicity in Patients on Long-term Antipsychotic Drug
Dr. Tasnim Khanom, Prof. Dr. Md. Sanwar Hossain, Dr. Mohammad Solaiman Tanveer, Dr. Mohammad Mazaharul Islam, Dr. ASM Morshed
Page no 195-199 |
10.36348/sjmps.2021.v07i04.006
Background: The eye is supported to be the second organ to manifest drug toxicity following liver. Systemic drugs are frequently administered in persons of all age group ranging from children to the elderly for various disorders. There has been increased reporting of ocular side effects of various antipsychotic drugs in the past two decades. Psychiatrists, ophthalmologists and patients need to be aware of and prepared for any medication-induced toxic effect. Early prevention and intervention can avoid most of the serious and potentially irreversible ocular toxicities. Objective: The aims of the present study were to evaluate the occurrence of toxic ocular effects of antipsychotic drugs, evaluate intraocular pressure of chronic psychotic patients treated with psychiatric medications, correlate toxic ocular effects in patients treated with a variety of antipsychotics to duration of treatment. Methods: The present study was conducted on 100 chronic psychotic patients attending the Dr. Sirajul Islam Medical College and Hospital Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh who on treatment of antipsychotic drugs for a period more than six months period with age group between20 - 60 years. Data was entered in MS Excel and Statistical analysis was done using SPSS trial version 22. Results: 14% of those patients were on typical therapy alone, 16% on atypical antipsychotic alone while 70% were on combined therapy. As regard lens opacity, 7% was suffered from lens opacity, six cases due to typical therapy while one cases due to atypical therapy. Intraocular pressure was manifested in 11% of all cases. Optic disc examination revealed two cases had increased cup disc ratio who on typical therapy alone. Conclusion: It can be concluded that many systematic drugs can produce ocular and visual side effect which range from mild to severe and can be even vision threatening.
REVIEW ARTICLE | April 29, 2021
Protecting Children’s Rights: Assessing the Impact of the Child Rights Act 2003 on Children in Nigeria
Obagboye, Tomi Grace
Page no 252-261 |
10.36348/sijlcj.2021.v04i04.009
Children in Nigeria experience abuse of their fundamental rights on a daily basis. The living condition of many children is deplorable. Despite the adoption of the CRA 2003 children in Nigeria suffer a lot of abuse of their rights. There is no significant improvement in the welfare and quality of lives of children in Nigeria. This work considers how realizable these rights are and if there is a conducive socio-economic environment to actualize these rights. This work examines the impact of the CRA 2003 on the rights and welfare of children in Nigeria and posits that lack of awareness of the rights of children, lack of political will by the government to implement the CRA, non-adoption of the CRA 2003 by some states, socio-economic problems like poverty, lack of basic amenities, bad governance, among others, are responsible for the poor implementation of the CRA 2003. Good governance, effective implementation of the CRA 2003, punishment of offenders, improvement of socio-economic conditions, eradication of poverty, and uniform adoption of the CRA by all states in Nigeria are some recommendations underscored by this research. This study employs the doctrinal research methodology.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 29, 2021
Is Mouth Self Examination (MSE) A Good Tool For Early Detection of Oral Cancer? A Review
RM Vatchala Rani, BC Manjunath, Manas Bajpai, Pooja Gupta, Akshay Bhargava, Amit Kumar
Page no 160-165 |
10.36348/sjodr.2021.v06i04.005
Objectives: 1.To provide an overview of the effectiveness of mouth self examination (MSE) in early detection of oral cancer and oral potentially malignant lesions. Materials and Methods: Literature survey was carried out in March 2021 in electronic databases such as PubMed SCOPUS, EMBASE, COCHRANRE library, Science Direct using key words such as Mouth self examination, self mouth examination, oral cancer screening, etc... and a manual search was also done using the cross references and textbooks. Articles published in English language from 2000 to March 2021 which fulfilled the objectives of the study were included. The searches revealed 741 articles out of which 23 were selected after reading the full text articles. Results: The review of 23 articles revealed that mouth self examination (MSE) is one of the easiest and least expensive methods of identifying the lesions at the earliest stage by an individual where a specialist can be consulted if any suspicious lesions are found in the oral cavity. MSE has been advocated for early detection of oral cancers and can be very effective if performed by an individual accurately. MSE has low sensitivity. The sensitivity ranged from 8.6% to 43%. MSE demonstrated high specificity when compared to sensitivity. The specificity of MSE ranged from 44% to 99%. Conclusions: Mouth self examination is a good tool for identifying the suspicious lesions in the oral cavity and it can aid in early detection of oral cancer and oral potentially malignant disorders.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 29, 2021
The Value of Life in Dayak Meratus Custom, Indonesian
Ahmad Herman, Iim Wasliman, Hanafiah, Yosal Iriantara, Budi Suryadi
Page no 63-73 |
10.36348/sjls.2021.v06i04.002
Dayak indigenous communities have traditionally maintained and normalized the value of their ancestors, as a form of efforts to maintain these values, Dayak indigenous communities continue to perform rituals Balian in their interactive activities with nature. The research approach used is qualitative research with case study methods and research informants as a data source while data analysis techniques use stages of data collection, data reduction, data presentation and verification of conclusions conducted continuously until saturated. The results showed that the value of Dayak indigenous communities in the hall Kiyu hereditary upholds their pattern of life and relationship with nature. The value of life includes rice farming where rice is sacred and must be treated according to its dignity from planting to put back into the barn. According to belief, rice is a celestial plant and has decreased its dignity because it is in the dark world (real world, earth) must be restored to its sacred form of presenting various ceremonies for him who is sustainable.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 29, 2021
Comparative Analysis of Engineering Properties of Indus River Sand Concrete with Quarry Dust Concrete, District Jamshoro Sindh Pakistan
Mushtaque Ahmed Pathan, MS. Maryam Maira, Arif Ali Khaskheli, Agha Jamshed Ahmed
Page no 74-78 |
10.36348/sjce.2021.v05i03.002
This study shows the comparative analysis engineering, the physical and mechanical properties of river sand concrete with quarry dust concrete. The selected materials were batched by weight and volume. The water-cement ratio was opted as 0.50 1:2:4 for mix ratio was selected for the experimental investigation respectively. The specimens were cured for 7, 14, 21 and 28 days. For the purpose Slump, density and compressive strength tests were carried out. The river sand concrete showed better results and greater density and compressive strength than quarry dust concrete for all curing ages. The 28 days of curing, river sand concrete rise the required compressive strength by 36%, whereas quarry dust concrete was less than the limit compressive strength by 12%. Both river sand concrete and quarry dust concrete for the selected water/cement ratio and mix ratio has been found suitable for non-structural applications and lightly-loaded members where high strength is not a prerequisite.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 29, 2021
Developing Model for Critical Slip Surface in Slope Stability Analysis based on Geometry and Soil parameters
Worku Firomsa, Damtew Tsige
Page no 60-73 |
10.36348/sjce.2021.v05i03.001
The critical failure surface for a given slope can be determined by comparing factor of safety of several trial slip surfaces. To find the minimum factor of safety, it is important to get critical failure surface for the given slope. Different searching and optimization methods that had the difficulty in using them for hand calculations have been used in the past. In this study, effect of soil strength parameters; cohesion (c), internal friction angle (ϕ), and unit weight () on the failure surface and factor of safety of the slope were studied. GEO5 software program were used to calculate the length of failure and determine the critical failure surface. An equation was introduced in to locate the critical failure surface by using soils strength and slope geometry parameters. The results of the study showed that the factor of safety of the slope changes with varying cohesion c, internal friction angle ϕ, and the unit weight of the soil. Moreover, the slip surface is affected by the dimensionless function (), which is related to the cohesion, internal friction angle and unit weight. Model was introduced in to locate the critical failure surface by using soils strength and slope geometry.
REVIEW ARTICLE | April 29, 2021
Spell of Demise, Psychosis and Haunting: Gothicism as a Rudimentary Attribute in the Works of Edgar Allen Poe
Mirza Noman Shamas, Sana Akram, Dr. Akbar Khan, Zobia Ehsan, Aqsa Khadim
Page no 100-105 |
10.36348/sijll.2021.v04i04.003
Edgar Allen Poe is well known writer in the history of literature due to being bestowed with the unique type of stories and novels. Horror, demise, fester, madness, lunacy and awfulness are the most common features of his work. Similarly, Gothicism is an important movement of Sweden that remained active for long duration of time. Furthermore, demise, madness and haunting places are also the major attributes of the Gothicism. Therefore, it can be observed that work of EAP is spell bound by the major features of Gothicism. Various stories and novels including “Ligea”, “The Cask of Amontillado”, “Tell Tale Heart” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” are the perfect examples for proving the fact that work of EAP embellished with gothic features. However, very literature is available for highlighting this important scenario of literature and needs a detailed analysis for enlightening the spell bound work of EAP by Gothicism. Thus, present research covers these entire research gaps and is a source of opening a window for new researchers to work in the light of above explained theme of work. In the light of results obtained by qualitative analysis, it can be concluded that our hypothesis that work of EAP is spell bound by the Gothicism is quite significantly true supported by the context citation of the above explained short stories and novels.
REVIEW ARTICLE | April 27, 2021
The Relationship between Force and Time with Lagrange Formula by Regulating Piston Mass on Crank Linkage of Vehicle
Run Xu, Boyong Hur
Page no 73-76 |
10.36348/sjet.2021.v06i04.005
In this study the simulation about force and time is built with Lagrange equation which solves the crankshaft dynamics in engine of vehicle. The force will incline as the time inclines with a certain mass of piston of 1.6Kg, 3.2Kg & 4.8Kg in engine on vehicle, meantime as the mass inclines the force will incline too from 16N and 32N to 48N with maximum value at 7E-3s at 700r/m rotation of engine. The bad force will be formed in first and then the good one will be followed at last in terms of former d2F/dt2<0 and d2F/dt2>0 respectively. But the bad force has good stability. If the mass of piston is increased the bigger force may be formed in engine.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 27, 2021
Laws on Drug Trading Conditions are applied in Practice in Dong Nai Province
Luong Quynh Trang
Page no 233-240 |
10.36348/sijlcj.2021.v04i04.007
The study of the topic aims to clarify some theoretical issues about drugs and drug trading, the contents of current legal regulations on drug trading conditions, and practical application in Dong Nai province. On that basis, we can see the problems and shortcomings of the current law and propose a number of solutions to improve and improve the effectiveness of the application of the law on drug trading conditions in Vietnam in general and Dong Nai province in particular. To achieve that goal, this study focuses on the following contents: Analyzing the practice of drug trading in Dong Nai province, on that basis pointing out the limitations and shortcomings in the implementation of the law on drug trading lawsuits; analyzing the current legal status of drug trading conditions to point out inadequacies in the provisions of the law on the stated issue; provides a number of orientations, specific solutions, and recommendations to improve and improve the effectiveness of the application of the law on drug trading conditions.
REVIEW ARTICLE | April 27, 2021
The Kinematics Model Establishment of Crank Linkage with Time under Low Speed in Vehicle
Xu Run, Liu Jiaguang
Page no 67-72 |
10.36348/sjet.2021.v06i04.004
With inclining the velocity of vehicle the cost will become low dominantly when the velocity attains 19Km/h and 26Km/h in future. With increasing time the movement, the velocity and acceleration of vehicle will become sinusoidal wave. When the crank length increases from 70mm to 100mm under linkage length L=180mm the maximum movement, velocity and acceleration will increase and the minimum ones will increase. The phase angle will decline with inclining speed with sinusoidal wave but the size of them maintains unchanged respectively. So it is chosen of the short crank and long linkage so as to maintain maximum force. To be rapid work the speed is needed highly.