ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Jan. 30, 2018
A Numerical Study of Hall Current Effect on the Blood Flow through a Multiple Stenosed Artery
Agraj Gupta, Archana Dixit
Page no 57-65 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.1.9
The present analysis gives an idea about the Hall current effect on an
unsteady Magneto Hydro Dynamic flow of an incompressible viscous, electrically
steering fluid through a vertically symmetric artery but horizontally non-symmetric
arterial with a mild stenosis. Numerical observations of the laminar flow of a
power law fluid in a multiple stenosed artery, in the existence of transverse
magnetic field. Now, Hall current effect is taken in to consideration. The
transformed governing equations in the present study were solved numerically by
using FDM. Effect of stenosis, magnetic field , the Hall current parameter „ ‟,
and power law fluid index „ ‟ on the velocity profiles, the wall shear stress and the
axial flow are presented graphically.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Jan. 30, 2018
The Impact of Teacher Motivation on Teacher Effectiveness in Bubi District of Zimbabwe
Dr. Caxton Shonhiwa
Page no 48-54 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.1.7
This study investigated the impact of teacher motivation on teacher
effectiveness in ten schools in Shurugwi District in Midlands Province in
Zimbabwe. The study draws on a quantitative inquiry on the relationship between
teacher motivation and teacher effectiveness. The population consisted of all the
primary schools in Shurugwi District. The sample consisted of 100 respondents
purposively sampled. The sample was composed of 48 males and 52 females. The
study adopted the descriptive survey design and all the information was collected
through a questionnaire which largely had close-ended questions and one openended question. The findings of the study revealed that teacher motivation is not
given top priority by schools in Shurugwi District. It was also found that monetory
incentives among other forms of incentives were highly valued by teachers in the
District. The study recommends that teacher motivation should be given top priority
by schools in order to enhance teacher effectiveness.
CASE REPORT | Jan. 30, 2018
Cystic Endometrial Stromal Nodule with an Unusual Gross Morphology
Dr. P S Jayalakshmy, Dr. Asiq Sideeque N
Page no 37-43 |
10.21276/sjpm.2018.3.1.7
Endometrial Stromal Tumours are rare mesenchymal neoplasms of the
uterus, the cells of which resembles stromal cells of proliferative endometrium.
Grossly, most common appearance of Endometrial Stromal Nodule is a circumscribed
solid mass. We report a case of Endometrial Stromal Nodule which has undergone
complete cystic degeneration and has acquired a unilocular tender coconut-like cystic
appearance which is very unusual.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Jan. 30, 2018
An Empirical study on Employee Views and level of understating on Essentials of Performance Management System
Dr. M. S. R. Sesha Giri, Y. Gayathri
Page no 81-87 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.1.11
Competition is very high in the modern world. Every organization strive
to achieve higher productivity. This is possible only with human resources in the
organization. Organization need to keep relatively high standards to achieve and the
same should be clearly informed to all the employees. The performance
management system (PMS) in the organization should be effective and educative to
all. In this paper an attempt is made to evaluate the perceptions of Executives on
how do they perceive PMS in NTPC, Simhadri, Visakhapatnam. This research
article is a part of the author’s thesis work.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Jan. 30, 2018
Effect of Aqueous Leaf Extract of Tobacco on Plasma Glucose Level and Biochemical Indices of Male Albino Wister Rats
Ughachukwu PO, Nwozo CM, Okoye NC, Ikebudu SC, Nwafia IN
Page no 16-21 |
10.21276/sjpm.2018.3.1.3
Several studies have highlighted the health hazards of cigarette smoking
and other forms of tobacco consumption to include addiction, cancers, cardiovascular
diseases, respiratory disorders, and electrolyte disturbances. However, none has
reported the effect of aqueous leaf extract of tobacco on blood glucose and plasma
concentrations of many electrolytes. This study was designed to find answers to these
questions. Ten male albino Wister rats were randomly divided into test and control
groups of 5 rats each. Each test rat was given 100 mg of aqueous tobacco leaf extract
dissolved in 1.5 mls distilled water once daily for 21 days through an orogastric tube.
Each control rat received 1.5 mls distilled water once daily for the same duration.
After 21 days, blood samples were collected from each rat for the estimation of
plasma concentrations of glucose, sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate,
magnesium, and calcium. Blood samples were collected and plasma concentrations of
glucose, sodium, potassium, chloride, and calcium determined. There were no
significant differences in plasma glucose, sodium, chloride, bicarbonate, magnesium,
and calcium in the test and control groups of rats. However, there was a significant
decrease in plasma potassium in the test group compared to the control group of rats
as shown by the mean values of 5.7 ± 0.25 mmol/L and 6.60 ± 0.25 mmol/L
respectively and P value of 0.0005. Orogastric administration of aqueous tobacco leaf
extract produced statistically significant reduction in plasma potassium, but not in
plasma glucose, sodium, chloride, bicarbonate, magnesium, or calcium in male albino
Wister rats.
REVIEW ARTICLE | Jan. 30, 2018
ABCD Analysis of Fingerprint Hash Code, Password and OTP Based Multifactor Authentication Model
Krishna Prasad K, P. S. AITHAL
Page no 65-80 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.1.10
Authentication is the usage of one or multiple mechanisms to show that
who you declare or claim to be. Authentication ensures that users are granted to
some resources or services after verifying their identity. The essential characteristics
of every authentication system are to provide high security for their users.
Multifactor authentication model always improves or enhances the security
compared to single-factor authentication model. This new model makes use of three
factors-biometric Fingerprint Hash code, One Time Password (OTP), and Password.
Fingerprints are not fully secret compare to passwords, because if passwords are
leaked which can be easily revocable using another password and which is not true
in case of fingerprint biometric security system. If an authentication system uses
only fingerprint biometric features, it is not easy to change fingerprint, because
fingerprint is static biometric, which never change much throughout the lifespan. In
this paper, as per ABCD analysis various determinant issues related to Multifactor
Authentication Model for Verification/Authentication purpose are: (1) Security
issues, (2) User-friendly issues, (3) Input issues, (4) Process issues, (5) Performance
Evaluation matrix Issues. The constituent critical elements of Multifactor
Authentication model determinant issues are listed under the four constructs -
advantages, benefits, constraints and disadvantages of the ABCD technique and
tabulated. The analysis has brought out many critical constituent elements, which is
one of the proofs for the success of the new methodology.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Jan. 30, 2018
Histomorphological Spectrum of Benign Breast Diseases in a Tertiary Care Centre
Dr. Deepika Hemrajani, Dr. Nehal Minda, Dr. Anita Harsh, Dr. Ankur Jain, Dr. Ranjana Solanki, Dr. Kusum Mathur
Page no 22-29 |
10.21276/sjpm.2018.3.1.4
Breast lump constitutes a significant population affecting all ages and
ethnic groups. They are a cause of concern to patient and hence are reported early in
OPD. BBD is a complex of reactive/inflammatory lesions, proliferative and fibroepithelial lesions some of which mimic malignancy clinically or mammographically
and poses diagnostic dilemmas to both clinicians and pathologists. FNAC,
Histopathology and other ancillary techniques are essential for exact pathogenesis.
This study was carried out with the aim to study Incidence of Benign and Non
neoplastic breast diseases out of total breast lumps presenting in OPD, 2.Frequency of
individual benign breast disease 3. Distribution with age and sex. This is an
observational type of study conducted in department of pathology, SMS medical
college, Jaipur over period of one year (1st January 2016 to 31st December 2016). Out
of total 469 cases received for histopathology, 326(69.50%) were found to be benign
lesions. Commonest benign lesion was fibroadenoma 160 cases (52.45%) in females
and gynaecomastia 39 cases (11.96%)in males followed by and granulomatous lesion,
23 cases ( 0.8%) and fibrocystic change 20 (0.6%). BBD accounts for 70 to 80 % in
Indian population as seen in different studies. In our study, benign breast diseases
comprised greater proportion (69.50%) than malignant disorders. Since, the prognosis
and treatment of benign and malignant lesions are wide apart, and some proliferative
benign lesions tend to convert into malignancy, so it is necessary to identify these
lesions at the earliest and initiate appropriate treatment surgery or medical.
REVIEW ARTICLE | Jan. 30, 2018
Amit Jain’s Classifications for Diabetic Foot Classifications
Amit Kumar C Jain
Page no 1-5 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i01.001
There are numerous classifications on diabetic foot available today but only few are used. Each classification has its own merit and demerits. This article classifies the diabetic foot classifications to make our understanding simple, easy and much clearer. This is in fact the first novel attempt by author to classify the classifications itself. The diabetic foot classifications are classified based on some features of the classification. This new classification for diabetic foot classification has made a pavement for Amit Jain’s classification for diabetic foot classification to be considered a universal classification as it is now a classification supreme.
CASE REPORT | Jan. 30, 2018
Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia about a Case
Assya Khermach, Mariam Mahha, Ghizlane Zoulati, Nawal Bougrine, Imane Tlemcani, Moncef Amrani Hassani
Page no 30-33 |
10.21276/sjpm.2018.3.1.5
Acute biphenotypic leukemias (LAB) are defined by the presence on the
same blast cells membrane and cytoplasmic markers belonging to at least two
different hematopoietic lineages. We report the case of an infant of 22mois with LAB
highlighting the capital interest of hematological cytology, immunophenotyping and
cytogenetic study.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Jan. 30, 2018
A Review of Cervical Spine Injury Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury: Prevalence, Etiology, and Injury Characteristics
Alzahrani Abdullah J, Aljabarti Azzah A, Boker Faisal A, Alshehri Mohammed A, Sebeih Sami H
Page no 20-25 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i01.004
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is commonly associated with other injuries such as cervical spine injury (CSI) which critically affects TBI patients, interfering with airway management techniques, selection of proper radiological studies, and the management approach of both the TBI and the CSI. This study aims to assess the prevalence, etiology, and characteristics of CSI in patients who sustained TBI. Also, we will investigate other associated injuries in patients experienced combined TBI and CSI, and their effects on patients’ mortality and course of hospitalization. The study was conducted in the health information management (HIM) department. The charts of all adult (>14 years old) patients with TBI presenting to the emergency department (ED) at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah or referred from other hospital over a four years period (January 2013 to December 2016) were reviewed. 220 patients with traumatic brain injury were included in the study. Most of the patients were young adult (median age 29 years). In 185 of the 220 patients (84.1%), a diagnosis of cervical spine injury was ruled out on the basis of the clinical presentation and computed tomography scans reports. in the remaining 35 patients, cervical spine injury was confirmed with the prevalence of 15.9%. The rate of cervical spine injury was highest among young adult (men greater than women) who sustained motor vehicle related injury, and usually associated with thoracic, thoracolumbar trauma and abdominal injury that only explained by mechanism of injury.
ORGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Jan. 30, 2018
Dengue Virus Antibodies in Patients Presenting with Pyrexia attending Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria
Ugwu B. Kingsley, Vem S. Tabitha, Nimzing Lohya, Anejo-Okopi A. Joseph
Page no 47-55 |
10.21276/sjpm.2018.3.1.9
Dengue virus (DENV) is the most common mosquito-transmitted human
flavivirus worldwide, and it is well-established that DENV and Zika virus are closely
related, resulting in substantial antigenic overlap. The infection is caused by any of
the four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes transmitted by Aedes aegypti and albopictus
mosquitoes. Despite the public health relevance, data on the prevalence of DENV
infections among febrile patients in Jos, North Central Nigeria are limited. We aimed
to determine the sero-prevalence of Dengue virus infection among febrile patients.
Cross sectional study was conducted among 118 participants presenting with pyrexia
at the Jos University Teaching Hospital. Participants who were malaria negative using
rapid diagnostic tests (mRDT) with specific symptoms defined as probably dengue by
WHO (fever and symptoms such as headache, rash, nausea/vomiting, joint pain,
fatigue, retro-ocular pain and haemorrhage) were screened for dengue
immunoglobulin G and M (IgG and IgM) using Dengue NS1 Antigen and IgG/IgM
antibody duo panel RapiCardTM InstaTest and ELISA-based kit.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Jan. 30, 2018
Haematological Profile of Rat Offspring Exposed To Beta Cypermethrin during the Perinatal Period
Victoria Chinenye Obinna, Hope Delesi Kagbo
Page no 156-159 |
10.36348/sjmps.2018.v04i01.023
Cypermethrin, a broad spectrum insecticide, has been extensively used for pest management and animal husbandry practices. Previous studies have shown that cypermethrin has teratogenic effect on rat foeti born to exposed dam or buck with no information on its effect on their haematological profile. The present study was aimed to assess the haematological profile of rat offspring exposed to beta cypermethrin during the perinatal period. Fifteen pregnant animals (Day 0 = day of mating, average body-weight = 190g) were randomly divided into 3 groups. Group A (Control) received 0.5ml olive oil, Group B (15 mg/kg β-cyp) and Group C (30 mg/kg β-cyp,) by oral gavage from gestational day (GD) 1 – post natal day (PND) 20. The litter size and foeti weights were taken on PND 0, 7, 14 and 21. On GD 21, blood samples were collected from 5 pups from each group for haematology. β-cyp caused a significant (p< 0.05) decrease in the packed cell volume, haemoglobin concentration, platelets and red blood cell count. Significant (p< 0.05) decrease in foeti weights were observed on PND 14 and 21. It is concluded that β-cyp has a dose-dependent toxic effects on the haematology of albino rat offspring exposed during the perinatal period
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ENGINEERING | Jan. 30, 2018
Enhancing the Productivity of a Single Slope Solar Water Distiller by Cooling the Transparent Cover
Ali A K Al-Waeli, Kadhem H M Al-Asadi
Page no Sch. Bull.; 2018, 4(1): 81-87 |
10.21276/sb.2018.4.1.11
Abstract: Water distillation and provision of drinking water takes a high percentage of electricity generated in many countries of the world. Solar distillation benefits from the sun's free energy in purifying salty or contaminated water and making it drinkable. In this study, a single distillation was produced and a distillate production was studied in the Spring of Baghdad-Iraq in 2017. A fan used to cool the glass cover was used at 12 noon. In other experiments, the lid was sprayed with water to cool. The results showed that the cooling of the glass cover in both methods caused the distillation of the distillate yield, but in the case of water, the improvement was greater.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Jan. 30, 2018
Antidiabetic Activity of the Leaves of Ficus sur Forssk (Moraceae) on Alloxan Induced Diabetic Rats
Suleiman Mikailu, Kio Anthony Abo
Page no 140-146 |
10.36348/sjmps.2018.v04i01.020
To investigate the acute toxicity and antidiabetic potentials of various extracts of the leaves of Ficus sur Forssk on alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Powdered leaves were successively extracted with n-hexane, chloroform and 70% ethanol for three consecutive days respectively and the obtained extracts were assessed for phytochemicals, acute toxicity and antidiabetic activity on albino rats. The acute toxicity was assessed by Lorke’s method. Diabetes was achieved by intraperitoneal injection of alloxan monohydrate (120mg/kg). Blood glucose was determined daily for seven days using a glucometer. On the seventh day of treatment, blood samples were obtained and the serum triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), glycosylated heamoglobin (GH), urea and high density lipoprotein (HDL) were determined. The active N-hexane fraction was further fractionated by column chromatography packed with silica gel G (60-80mesh) eluting with gradient mixture of n-hexane, dichloromethane and ethanol. The phytochemical screening revealed the presence of terpenoids, tannins, flavonoid and carbohydrates. The lethal dose (LD50) was recorded at 2154mg/kg in the toxicity study. The n-hexane extract showed the highest significant (p<0.05) reduction of 77.7% in blood glucose which was comparable to Glibenclamide (78.3%). Further fractionation yielded five fractions (F1-F5) in which fraction F4 and F5 were the most active with 54.7 and 55.9% reduction of blood glucose. The lipid profile of fraction F4 also exhibited decrease in TG, TC, GH, Urea and increase in HDL. This study reports the LD50 of F. sur to be2154 mg/kg and further confirms its ethnobotanical use of in the treatment of diabetes mellitus and its potential in preventing cardiovascular diseases
SUBJECT CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE | Jan. 30, 2018
Agro-economic performance of pea (Pisum sativum L.) varieties under rice-based relay and conventional tillage cropping systems
Khalilur Rahman Faysal, Mrityunjoy Biswas
Page no Sch. Bull.; 2018, 4(1): 120-129 |
10.21276/sb.2018.4.1.14
Abstract: The experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Farm, Sylhet Agricultural University during November 2012 to February 2013 to know the performance of pea varieties under rice-based relay and conventional tillage cropping systems. There were two sowing methods; i. Relay with transplant aman rice and ii. Conventional through land preparation after harvest of transplant rice and four pea varieties; i. BARI motoshuti-1, ii. IPSA motorshuti-1, iii. Jhikorgacha local and iv. Natore local as treatments in the experiment. The experiment was conducted in a split plot design assigning sowing methods in the main plot and varieties in the sub-plots. The results revealed that the highest green pod yield (3333 kg/ha) was obtained from Natore local and this was statistically at par with that of Jhikorgacha local (3234 kg/ha) in the relay cropping system. The lowest green pod yield (1745 kg/ha) was obtained from BARI motorshuti-1 under conventional method of sowing. Due to lower number of pod/plant all varieties produced lower green pod yield in spite of higher plant population/m2 in the conventional sowing method. Natore local motorshuti produced the highest fodder yield (4055 kg/ha) under relay cropping system which was significantly different from the others and BARI motoroshuti-1 produced the lowest (2220 kg/ha) under conventional sowing method. The maximum gross return (Tk 1,74,760 /ha) was obtained from the variety Natore local followed by Jhikorgacha local (Tk 1, 69, 218 /ha) in relay cropping system. Similar trends were found in case of gross margin.