REVIEW ARTICLE | March 18, 2021
Obstacles Faced by Nurses Working in Corona Isolation Ward and Their Coping Strategies: A Way Forward to Fight against the Pandemic
Shumaila Sadiq Jiwani
Page no 72-74 |
10.36348/sjnhc.2021.v04i03.003
Corona Virus has become a huge cause of burnout and frustration among common public in general and among healthcare staff in particular. In some situations healthcare workers are not even able to express their fears, thoughts and experiences. Level of anxiety, depression and physical stress is increasing in health care staff, especially in nurses because of multiple factors. This review article will highlight challenges faced by nurses and other health care staff while caring for patients in COVID-19 isolation wards. Furthermore, through this paper readers will be able to find out some coping strategies to fight with commonly occurring issues during COVID-19 pandemic. Past studies will be presented as literature review to ensure the authenticity and enrichment of content.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 18, 2021
A Systematic Review of Family Caregivers of Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses in Non-Western Countries
Samirh Said Alqhtani, Charlotte Barry, Beth King
Page no 48-71 |
10.36348/sjnhc.2021.v04i03.002
Family caregivers of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) play an essential role in managing patient conditions. The shift towards community care for patients has resulted in transferring patient care to family members, resulting in significant challenges. Studies have documented the experiences of family caregivers in Western countries. However, a clear overview of family caregiver experiences of persons with SMI in non-Western countries is warranted. The purpose of this study was to integrate and summarize the current literature about family caregiver experiences in non-Western countries. Five databases were searched using relevant keywords for studies published in English from 2015 to 2020. The studies included in the review were qualitative and quantitative designs, representing several non-Western countries. This systematic review included 25 articles and data synthesized based on similarities and different findings. The findings of this systematic review will provide more knowledge on the experiences of family caregivers of persons with SMI in non-Western countries, including burden, coping, psychological well-being, and stigma. This review found that additional research is necessary to understand the family caregiver experience and how healthcare teams can support caregivers. Further, the findings may help to inform health care policymakers to tailor strategies that support family caregivers.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 17, 2021
Microteaching as a Strategy for Preparing Teacher Trainnees in Open and Distance Learning Institutions
Saziso Mukomana, Lillie Beth Hadebe, Lincolyn Moyo
Page no 75-78 |
10.36348/jaep.2021.v05i03.003
Microteaching has been observed to be one of the key components in shaping the ultimate student and future teacher who can be trusted by the government and later on the citizenry of any country in the global village to effectively manage the educational environment. Even though important, microteaching in most teacher training institutions is likely not being given adequate emphasis that it deserves leading to insufficient innovative and skillful teaching. The research found out three major challenges which hamper effective planning, implementation and management of competent based microteaching. These challenges are excercabated by lack of dedication and inadequacies of time that is allocated for microteaching and deficits of applying pedagogical knowledge, limited subject content knowledge and application of theoretical concepts in practical teaching. Ghanagaguru [1] actually affirms this when he posits that microteaching is key to professional development and that it is a mechanism for improving teaching. Qualitative research methodologies were used to gather and analyze literature on the subject matter under study and to collect data from 15 participants. Participant population comprised of 37 Post Graduate Diploma in Education students at Zimbabwe Open University Bulawayo Regional Campus and 19 Zimbabwe Open University Bulawayo Regional Campus Teaching Practice Supervisors. Participants were selected through purposive sampling. Reviewed literature analysis revealed that most microteaching researchers argue that those trainee teachers who undergo an extensive microteaching exercise display skillful and effective teaching practices. However, supervisors further revealed that whilst micro-teaching was relevant, it needed adequate preparation and more emphasis needed to be placed on providing a high technological support base for microteaching to be effectively implemented. Despite several challenges, the study concluded that microteaching was a pivotal strategy for developing professional expertise in teacher trainees as it exposed them to direct and practical teaching experiences in the classrooms as opposed to theoretical experiences.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 16, 2021
Reconstruction of a Green Open Space (RTH) Policy in Indonesia Based on the Value of Justice
Agus Widodo, Gunarto, Edy Lisdiyono
Page no 159-165 |
10.36348/sijlcj.2021.v04i03.005
Forensic science works on physical evidence and hence the forensic investigators are searching for physical evidence in the crime scenes to identify the perpetrator and to solve the mystery. The significance of some evidence appears unknown or unimportant at the time of collection from crime scenes but seemingly important as the investigation proceeds. Foot print is important physical evidence found in many crime scenes such as homicide, burglary and sexual assault, but is simply ignored even in the initial stage of investigation, considering unimportant. Footprint based gait pattern analysis is currently used for person identification. Forensic podiatry is a sub discipline of forensic science in which specialized podiatric knowledge including foot and lower limb, used in the examination of foot-related evidence in the context of a criminal investigation. Footprint and gait analysis are most aligned with other pattern based form of evidence like blood pattern analysis. The gait pattern evidence found mostly in homicide and burglary crime scenes are simply neglected by the investigators because of knowledge lack in podiatry. The present crime scene report, as investigated by the corresponding author (Prof. T. Nataraja Moorthy, hereafter mention as “TN”) in India highlighted the value of footprint and gait pattern evidence in a peculiar homicide crime scene. A woman lodged a complaint with police station in India that her husband was murdered by unknown person but footprint based gait pattern analysis identified the culprit, nobody but the complained wife. She murdered her husband and concealed the fact, a case of “crime concealment”.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 16, 2021
Identification and Ranking the Most Significant Risks of the Mega Construction Projects in Saudi Arabia
Abdulmoneim AM, Al Samadony A, Nosair IA
Page no 35-49 |
10.36348/sjce.2021.v05i02.003
Megaprojects are a large-scale project with an expensive cost and long time schedule, this unique kind of projects are usually given their infamous reputation as it is often result in undesired outcomes same as enormous cost overruns and time extensions. In a lot of cases of undesired outcomes, we can predict that it is due to not managing megaprojects characteristics as skillfully as required and wrong combination of that characteristics which lead to a disaster. Improper managing the different managerial aspects of mega projects is reflecting a failure in the achievement of the project requirements especially in case of risk managements where we can say that, Mega projects is resulting a Mega risk. Risk management is currently considered to be a mandatory part of project management in general and an integral part of successful project management while the main aspect which is projects management is different from megaprojects than in other types of projects (small- and medium-scale projects) as in case of megaproject the management is more complex and complicated due to the size and complexity of that kind of projects. In this research the author studied the Risk Management in the Mega construction projects in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the main objective of this research was to apply the best ways of managing the risk in case of mega construction projects starting from identifying the most significant risks which impact this kind of project in KSA and then analyze the identified risk qualitatively to determine its impact in the project objective and to find out the most significant 15 risks after the ranking of the identified risk depending on the risk importance index of every risk the research resulted in identifying 57 risks and categorize those risks in 2 main groups and 8 subgroups one of them is related the mega construction projects characteristics and then the most important risks has been determined.
REVIEW ARTICLE | March 16, 2021
Tooth Surface Loss: Definitions, Prevention and Diagnosis
Abdulaziz A. Algadhi
Page no 129-133 |
10.36348/sjodr.2021.v06i03.005
Background: Tooth surface loss (TSL) is the loss of dental hard tissue including enamel and dentin caused by factors other than dental caries. This condition can be seen clinically as attrition, erosion, abrasion and abfraction. TSL can cause dental hypersensitivity and loss of vertical dimension. Also, TSL can be asymptomatic in which patients are not aware of the condition. Aims: This review will provide an overview of the definitions, prevalence, aetiology, diagnosis and preventive management of TSL. Conclusion: TSL or tooth wear (TW) is a common physiological condition occurs throughout the patients’ life, however, excessive tooth wear that cause functional and aesthetic problems are considered pathological wear. Dentists should be aware of the aetiology of the tooth wear in order to provide a successful diagnosis, management, and treatment. Clinical significance: it is of paramount importance to know and differentiate between the causes of the TW to be able to prevent and treat the problem. In mild to moderate TW without functional and aesthetical concerns, preventive measurements and regular follow-up will help to monitor and prevent further destructions.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 16, 2021
Reconstruction of Teacher Certification Policies According to Law Number 14 of 2005 Concerning Teachers and Lecturers Based on the Value of Pancasila Justice
Triwahyu Budiutomo, Gunarto, Agus Pandoman, Abdul Wahab, Sri Utari
Page no 151-158 |
10.36348/sijlcj.2021.v04i03.004
Teachers are the educators of the nation's next generation, therefore their welfare must be considered by the state and one form of welfare given by the government is teacher’s certification. With this certification, teacher salaries can be increased because they are recognized as professionals, but in practice, this teacher certification is still far from perfect because it has not been able to touch all teachers in Indonesia. This encourages the author to conduct research on the subject matter, namely what are the obstacles that arise in the teacher certification process and how the law reconstruction should be based on the value of Pancasila justice where the author uses empirical juridical research methods with primary data obtained from supported fields, Secondary data from literature and statutes analyzed using data triangulation to formulate a conclusion. The results show that the obstacles that arise in implementing teacher certification policies are the weak government support seen by the lack of readiness of the government in implementing policies (availability of human resources and financial resources) which causes the implementation of policies that should be smooth and effective to the contrary, the ambiguity of the Policy, stagnation, and frequent changes in the rules and the length of the policy implementation process as there is a difference in understanding in the implementation of policies as in Article 82 paragraph (2) UUGD where the teacher certification policy should be understood as pre-service training policy, not in-service training. This difference in understanding causes the teacher certification policy to be a policy that has unclear or vague understanding. To overcome this, it is necessary to have a legal reconstruction related to the minimum academic qualifications of teachers to a minimum of S2 (Postgraduate).
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 16, 2021
Identity Conflict and Development Challenge in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, 2011-2020
Ogele Eziho Promise
Page no 96-108 |
10.36348/sjhss.2021.v06i03.001
The paper examined the nexus between identity-based conflict and the development challenge in Nigeria's Fourth Republic. The study was informed by the increasing disjointed loyal relationship between the citizens and the nation, which has adversely impacted on the country’s socio-political and economic advancement. Using the descriptive-analytical method, the study adopted triangulation methods of data gathering techniques. 3,600 copies of a questionnaire titled ‘identity conflict and development challenge in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic’, which was administered in the six geopolitical zones of the country using a combination of the random and purposive sampling methods to select the study areas. Two hypotheses were tested using the statistical tool of simple percentages and the Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient at 5% significance level. The study adopted the Political Economy paradigm as its theoretical construct. The study unravelled a significant linkage between identity-based conflict and Nigeria’s development challenge. Second, the study unravelled that identity conflicts have adversely impacted on the socio-economic development since Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. The study, therefore, amongst others recommends national dialogue, that will facilitate peaceful coexistence in Nigeria.
In the realm of beings, human beings by their nature, are never satisfied with one kind of product and are always on the lookout for difference and innovation. When the world of animals is observed, for example, it can be seen that they are beings who never tire of eating grass or doing the same thing for life. Besides, they do not have multiple options. When the plants are observed, the situation looks similar; they consume soil for life and perform photosynthesis. Thanks to their mind and consciousness, people are equipped with the ability to compare, decide if they like or dislike, and want to pick or not pick the things they encounter. However, when these abilities face limited options, it's easy to get stuck in a difficult situation; They may also choose an option such as not preferring anything. It is also possible that they will search for an alternative. It is thought that the ability of people to prefer this or similar way may have a negative impact on customer loyalty to the brand and product. On the one hand, while producers want to increase their market shares by keeping the product range suitable for each consumer profile in terms of marketing, the consumer who faces the situation of choosing one among the diversity may have difficulty in choosing. For instance, which one of the cell phones, which of the televisions, which of the computers, which of the cars, etc. In fact, what is in question is how a product's design appeals to different consumer profiles in different ways. The customer buys a product whether he/she knows it and it fulfills his/her needs and aspirations, in other words, whether he/she likes it. Even if he/she does not purchase the product, he/she can preserve consumer loyalty by comparing the design innovations produced in the one he/she bought to the current version. However, when the customer cannot decide between different product designs that appeal to various customer profiles, he/she may lose his/her loyalty to the brand and switch to another product. This will have a detrimental effect on the product's marketing plan, and sales may decrease as a result. In this study, in terms of customer loyalty, the questions of: "Does a customer have the patience and time to choose without getting tired in the face of the variety of designs that appeal to different customer profiles in the same product?", "Will the customer still remain loyal?", "What solutions are there for the continuation of loyalty?" have been analyzed and researched. In other words, it was discussed what kind of relationship might exist between design and product diversity and customer loyalty. At the same time, the effect of low or no free time, unwillingness to collect information to evaluate products and to assess them for a long time on brand and product loyalty has been examined.
ORIGINAL CRIME SCENE REPORT | March 16, 2021
Footprint Based Gait Analysis in a Homicide Case - Identified the Culprit as Wife of the Deceased, Also the Complainant: Challenging Forensic Podiatry Crime Scene Report
T. Nataraja Moorthy, M. Baskaran
Page no 166-169 |
10.36348/sijlcj.2021.v04i03.006
Forensic science works on physical evidence and hence the forensic investigators are searching for physical evidence in the crime scenes to identify the perpetrator and to solve the mystery. The significance of some evidence appears unknown or unimportant at the time of collection from crime scenes but seemingly important as the investigation proceeds. Footprint is an important physical evidence found in many crime scenes such as homicide, burglary and sexual assault, but is simply ignored even in the initial stage of investigation, considering unimportant. Footprint based gait pattern analysis is currently used for person identification. Forensic podiatry is a sub discipline of forensic science in which specialized podiatric knowledge including foot and lower limb, used in the examination of foot-related evidence in the context of a criminal investigation. Footprint and gait analysis are most aligned with other pattern based form of evidence like blood pattern analysis. The gait pattern evidence found mostly in homicide and burglary Crime scenes are also simply neglected by the investigators because of knowledge Lack in podiatry science. The present crime scene report, as investigated by the corresponding author (Prof. T. Nataraja Moorthy, hereafter mention as “TN”) in India highlighted the value of footprint and gait pattern evidence in a peculiar homicide crime scene. A woman lodged a complaint with police station in India that her husband was murdered by unknown person but footprint based gait pattern analysis identified the culprit, nobody but the complained wife. She murdered her husband and concealed the fact, a case of “crime concealment”.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 15, 2021
A Cross Sectional Study of Perception of First Year Medical Students Students on Different Teaching Methods
Dr. Shashiraj HK, Dr. Kavitha BS, Dr. Arifuddin MK
Page no 35-37 |
10.36348/sijap.2021.v04i03.004
Background: Chalk board teaching as a medium of instruction in classroom is one of the most commonly used methods in lectures. In the recent past there is increased use of power point presentations which is now one of the most popular methods of delivering the lectures using electronic devices. In medical colleges chalk board teaching and PPT–based lectures are being used extensively and there is also a debate wherein the teaching faculty are divided in their opinion regarding the superiority of traditional chalk and talk method and PPT-based lectures. Objectives: To estimate the preferences of first year medical students between traditional chalk and talk lectures and PPT-based lectures. To assess the student perceptions about traditional chalk and talk lectures and PPT-based lectures. Methodology: A cross sectional study was carried out among 130 first year medical students of 2015-16 batches belonging to Sri Siddhartha Medical College Tumkur, Karnataka. A self structured questionnaire was administered to the study population and preferences of the students were estimated in percentage. Results: 66.15% (86) of the student preferred the traditional chalk and talk method over PPT-based lectures. 8.46% (11) of the students preferred PPT-based lectures as a mode of teaching method citing that this technique offers them better quality of diagrams, pictures and sequence of images. 25.38% (33) of students preferred the use of both the methods in the lecture wherein they feel that usage of black board to explain the key concept along with PPT-based lectures as a better method of teaching.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 15, 2021
Screening and Confirmatory Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) Testing for Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN): A Tertiary Care Experience
Dr. Faisal Ansari, Dr. Ram Mohan, Dr. Vijay Dharma Teja
Page no 95-99 |
10.36348/sjpm.2021.v06i03.002
Objective: Simultanaeous testing for serum antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) by indirect immunofluorescence (IF) and by anti-proteinase-3 (PR3)/anti-myeloperoxidase (MPO) antibody assays may identify patients with PR3-ANCA or MPO-ANCA despite a negative IF (IF negative MPO/PR3-positive); however, the significance of this result is not clear. We sought to determine whether IF-negative MPO/PR3-positive results identified any cases of clinically meaningful systemic vasculitis at our institution. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of all ANCA positive RPGN patients either by IF or ELISA identified at our institution from August 2017 - July 2018. Results: Out of 265 samples 45 were positive for both IF and ELISA, 220 were IF-negative. Among IF negative, 6 samples (2.7%), tested positive for MPO-ANCA or PR3-ANCA. Two IF-negative ELISA positive patients were subsequently diagnosed with ANCA-associated renal limited vasculitis. Two IF-negative ELISA-positive patients were previously diagnosed and treated for AAV, both with positive IF and antibody tests prior to treatment. 1 patient had SLE and 1 had inflammatory bowel disease. Mean age of patients 58±4, 56% were males and P-ANCA 67% and C-ANCA 33% only 1 pt had both C- ANCA AND P-ANCA patterns positive. Conclusion: In our study both IF and ELISA, ELISA positivity without a positive IF rarely led to a definite diagnosis of systemic vasculitis, and was more likely to occur in the context of a non-vasculitis inflammatory condition. Our results suggest that concurrent IF and MPO/PR3 testing may be important in preventing a missed diagnosis of new onset renal limited AAV.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 15, 2021
Sociopragmatic Study of Neologisms and Phraseological Expressions of Adolescents between Them and On Social Network
Noukio Germaine Bienvenue, Kamseu Mogo Jean Paul
Page no 73-79 |
10.36348/sijll.2021.v04i03.002
Nowadays, development takes place under different historical conditions and different places. Contemporary societies are confronted with comparable phenomena such as social breakdown, the crisis of social movements and the expansion of informal activities. Generally, written or spoken interaction appears as a means of communication, which is highly used on the social media. Youngs are writing and speaking for communication. The writing or Use of different message has a phatic and expressive dimension. These communication forms appear as a mean to chat without be with someone, to be absent but present in the group, to create intimity by preserving the usage of spatial distance.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 15, 2021
Special Swimming Activity, a Recommend Program for Persons with Disabilities (PWD)
Hernando P. Diaz, Estela F. Diaz
Page no 30-44 |
10.36348/jaspe.2021.v04i03.003
A special swimming program for the students with disabilities was started in summer year 2016 when the researcher was privileged and invited to make a physical education program in a Special Education (SPED) School in Quezon City, Philippines, through the initiative of its directress to offer a swimming lesson specifically designed for learners with disabilities (the activity just stopped due to Covid-19 pandemic). The school has 70 students with different disabilities and level of mental health problems. The directress was in need of physical activity program that she believed will enhance the total personality development of her students [22, 11]. She was hesitant at first to have the outdoor program due to the high risk responsibility, a venue outside the school, and how the students react to the environment, in a swimming program that is new to them [13]. The partnership envisioned that the water activity provides significant benefits for children with disabilities [32, 33] that regular participation in the program would also promote positive advancements physically, can increase competency in gross motor skills, enhance fitness level, improve self-esteem, social skills, encourage and maintain a motivation to improve their health and raise their level of enjoyment [9, 21, 10].
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | March 15, 2021
Morningness- Eveningness Preferences among First Year Medical Students
Dr. Arifuddin MK, Dr. Shashiraj HK, Dr. Kavitha BS
Page no 32-34 |
10.36348/sijap.2021.v04i03.003
Background: Morningness and eveningness is a phenomenon which looks at the differences among individuals regarding their diurnal preferences, sleep-wake pattern of activity, and alertness in evening or morning. Morning chronotypes are known to exhibit better physical and mental health, greater self esteem and academic performance. Evening chronotypes has been to be associated with several mental disorders, infection prone and have poor sleep quality. Students of Medicine have an average of sleep duration of 6 hrs per day in contrast to 8 hrs of sleep which is seen in other groups. Objectives: To study the morningness eveningness preferences among first year medical students. Methodology: With the approval of Institutional ethical committee this cross sectional study was carried out among 130 first year medical students. Informed consent was taken and the British version of the Horne and Ostberg questionnaire was administered. Confidentiality was maintained and the recorded responses were analyzed using Microsoft excel and Epi Info 7. Results: 34.61% (45) of the study population belong to moderate evening category and 13.07% (17) to definite evening category. Ours study also reveals that 9.23% (12) belong to neither of the morning or evening categories. Our results also show that 26.15% (34) belong to definite morning types and 16.92% (22) belong to moderate morning types. Conclusion: Our study shows that the study population which is first year MBBS students show more inclination towards eveningness. Scheduling of academic activities based on the chronotypes will help the students to improve upon their academic performance.