REVIEW ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
An Overview of Police Custodial Death Cases in Malaysia
Gan Chee Keong
Page no 540-545 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.4.2
This article will give an overview on the issues pertaining to death in
custody ranging from custodial death cases, inquests, protection of detainees in
police custody, and constitutional rights of the detainees. The cases of custodial
deaths due to police brutality are a serious issue. Studies show that the figures of
custodial deaths due to misfeasance of the police in Malaysia are alarming. This of
course will undermine and erode the public’s confidence in the police force for
death in custody will raises the public interest and attracts media attention. It is one
of the worst crimes in a society governed by the rule of law, and poses a serious
threat to an orderly civilised society. Torture in custody infringes the basic rights of
the citizens and is an affront to human dignity. Hence, it is important to pay urgent
attention to this matter, and drastic measures should be taken to avoid or reduce the
deaths in police custody. At the end of the article, the writer will make
recommendations for the purpose of improving the present system.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
Hypoglycemic and Hypolipidemic Effects of Hoya parasitica Variegata (Apocynaceae) and Crotalaria pallida Aiton (Fabaceae) Leaves in Aloxane-Induced Type 2 Diabetic Rats
Israt Jahan Bulbul, Md. Masudur Rahman, Fatema Nasrin
Page no 414-419 |
10.36348/sjmps.2018.v04i04.007
Traditional plant treatment for diabetes has produced a rising interest now a day. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the hypoglycemic effect and hypolipidemic properties of the methanolic extract of Hoya parasitica Variegata (Apocynaceae) and ethanolic extract of Crotalaria pallida Aiton (Fabaceae) in alloxan induced diabetic rats. In this study diabetes was induced in rats by intraperitoneal administration of 100 mg/kg of alloxan. Animals were only treated for one week with both the plant extracts at doses of 300 and 600 mg/kg. Metformin (100 mg/kg) was used as standard for comparison. The antidiabetic effect was examined by measuring blood glucose (BG) level at 0, 3, 5 and 7 days after alloxan treatment. Blood samples were collected after 8 days treatment and analyzed for triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) at sacrifice. Both the plants H. parasitica and C. pallida at 300 mg/kg and 600 mg/kg showed significant (p<0.05) hypoglycemic effect compared to control and untreated diabetic control rats. Alloxan induced diabetic rats showed moderate to significant increases in the levels of BG, TG, TC, LDL-C while body weight, HDL-C and relative weights of liver and pancreas were decreased to controls (non diabetic rats). Administration of both the plant extracts to alloxan induced diabetic rats resulted in significant decrease in BG, TG, TC and LDL-C and the dose 600 mg/kg of both plant extracts were the most effective. HDL-C levels for both plants were markedly increased after treatment compare to untreated diabetic rats. Results of the treatment study showed that both H. parasitica and C. pallida extracts causes antidiabetogenic properties and beneficial effects on diabetic hyperlipidemia.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
Principal Transformational Leadership of State Senior High Schools in the Empowerment of Excellence Schools in Jambi Province
Mukhtar Latif, Ahmad Sykri, Ahmad Mulyadi
Page no 524-539 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.4.1
Transformational Leadership of the State Senior High School in
Empowering Superior Schools, Dissertation of Islamic Education Management
Postgraduate Program UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi 2018. The problem
studied in this dissertation is the leadership capability of headmaster's leadership in
empowering the excellent schools in Jambi Province. The purpose of this study is
to: (1). Finding transformational leadership of the leading school principal in Jambi
Province, (2) Revealing the transformational leadership characteristics of principals
who are able to empower the leading schools in Jambi province (3) Revealing the
principal transformational leadership of the principal's leadership in the
empowerment of excellent schools in Jambi Province. This research uses
qualitative methodology , data collection is done through observation, interview,
and documentation, the analysis is triangulated with case study at the existing
superior SMAN in Jambi Province, namely SMAN 1 Jambi city, SMAN 1 Kuala
Tungkal, and SMAN 8 Merangin. The results of this research indicate that the
headmaster's transformational leadership can empower the leading schools and the
demand by the community due to the commitment and efforts of the principal,
parent support, communication systems and good management of school
governance, oriented towards the achievement of vision and mission, disciplined,
organized and able to empower all potentials. The empowerment of excellent
schools is done by empowering the stakeholders, establishing cooperation with the
government and private parties, promoting, equipping facilities and infrastructure,
creating superior learning and extra curricular programs, reward and punishment,
and improving the capacity of educators and education personnel. The principal in
his role as a transformational leader to empower the leading schools as: Sharing
vision, strategizing, making changes, empowering, motivating inspiration,
cooperating, overcoming obstacles, getting around the rules, and becoming uswah.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
Prevalence of Typhoid Fever in Pediatric Patients of Adilabad
K. Ananth Rao, Mohd Inayatulla Khan, Sridhar Yadav
Page no 186-190 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i04.016
Enteric fevers are a common occurrence in pediatric patients especially in rural and tribal areas where the conditions of sanitation are generally poor. The common causative organisms are gram-negative bacteria Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A. There is a limited data regarding the burden of the disease in Tribal Adilabad region. With this background, we in the present study tried to evaluate the prevalence of enteric fever in pediatric patients with RIMS Adilabad. Method: The data were collected from the Department of Pediatrics, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences [RIMS], Adilabad from August-October 2017. All the febrile patients attending the pediatric OPD, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Media [RIMS] presenting with clinical signs and symptoms of typhoid fever and the fever were lasting for more than 3 days. They were not on antibiotic therapy. A total of [n=66] 34 male and 32 female patients aged 0-14 years were found to have positive cultures for S.typhi. Patients were treated with ceftriaxone IV dosage based on the 100 mg/kg IV 24h for 10-14 days Results: the Most important symptom of typhoid is fever which was seen in all the 66 (100%) of cases involved in the study. The next common symptom was headache in 37 (56.06%) of cases followed by hypotension 22 (33.33%), diarrhea 21(31.81%), Abdominal pain 19 (28.79%), constipation 18 (27.27%), vomiting 14 (21.21 %) and only 7 (10.60%) and 6 (9.0 %) presented with cough and bradycardia. Maximum 45.45% patients get rid of typhoid fever after one week of medication. 22.73% of patients get rid of typhoid fever in two weeks of medication. 9.0% were cleared of infection after 3 weeks of medication. Conclusion: Typhoid fever is common in this group of the population especially in children. Fever, diarrhea and abdominal pain were the major clinical symptoms. No multi-drug resistant S.typhi was found in this population. Increase awareness regarding hygiene maintenance, sanitation and vaccinations in the population is required to reduce the burden of the disease in this area
CASE REPORT | April 30, 2018
Management of Avulsed Tooth: a Case Report
Akash Bhatnagar
Page no 114-117 |
10.21276/sjodr.2018.3.4.4
Traumatic dental injuries are very common and mainly affect children and
adolescents. Maxillary incisors are more prone to fracture. It affects the facial
appearance of the patient. This case report described the management of avulsed
maxillary right lateral incisor with longer extra alveolar dry time in a 15 year old
healthy boy. Replantation is the only treatment of the choice. Before replantation,
root surface was cleaned with scaler and then placed in sodium fluoride for 20
minutes. Extra oral root canal treatment was done. The replanted tooth was secured
with wire-composite splint for 4 weeks. After one year follow-up, the tooth was
asymptomatic, normal mobility, normal percussion sound, no radiographic evidence
of resorption, bone loss and periapical pathology.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
Oxidative Stress in Iron Deficiency Anemia
Ravjit Kaur Sabharwal, Supriya Rana, Indira R. Samal, Pinak Samal
Page no 377-381 |
10.36348/sjmps.2018.v04i04.001
Iron deficiency anemia is widely prevalent nutritional disorder worldwide, resulting in oxidative stress which in turn leads to cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes mellitus and ageing. Oxidative stress and iron levels were studied in 84 subjects, 36 of whom were anemic (Hb <11 gm/dl) and 48 healthy subjects who were taken as controls. In these subjects serum iron, Total Antioxidant Capacity, superoxide dismutase and malondialdehyde levels were estimated. In the present study it was found that anemic subjects had higher oxidative stress as compared to controls and female anemia subjects were more affected than males. Preventive action may help in reducing the morbidities caused by the oxidative stress
REVIEW ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
Adoption of E-government Services in Libya: A Critical Review
Mansaf M Elmansori, Halinah Atan, Asbi Ali
Page no 553-560 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.4.4
An overview about the situation of electronic government in Libya is
presented in this paper. In addition, to provide number of studies that related to the
electronic government adoption in both developed and developing countries. The
findings indicted that the adoption of electronic government in developing
countries especially still in the first stage and the governments should be pay
attention towards the adoption of electronic government services.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
Effect of Job Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, and Organizational Citizenship Behaviour on Turnover Intention (Case Study in PT Iwaindo Internasional)
Farida Elmi, Wiyoga Nur Alamsyah, Hapzi Ali
Page no 401-412 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.4.5
This research is purposed to find out the influence of job satisfaction,
employee engagement and organizational citizenship behaviour and its impact on
turnover intention. Type of quantitative research with survey method. The population
of all employees of PT. Iwaindo Internasional is 100 employees, non-probability
sampling technique with a Saturated sample. The data analysis technique used is
Multiple Regression. The results showed that job satisfaction had the significant effect
on turnover intention, employee engagement had the significant effect on turnover
intention, and organizational citizenship behaviour significantly influenced turnover
intention. The simultaneous test (F test) shows job satisfaction, employee engagement,
and organizational citizenship behaviour together have significant effect on turnover
intention at PT. Iwaindo Internasional.
REVIEW ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
Similarities in Genre and Theme: A Comparative Study of The Professor and Jane Eyre
Guo Lei, Xuhan Zhu
Page no 565-568 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.4.6
As a remarkable Victorian novelist, Charlotte Bronte wrote four impressive
novels including Jane Eyre and The Professor. Jane Eyre proves to be a typical
Victorian book, fascinating and enduring, whereas The Professor, the first complete
novel that Charlotte Bronte wrote has always been considered as minor and illconceived. Despite the totally different judgments of the two novels, there exists many
similarities between Jane Eyre and The Professor. This paper aims at helping readers
have a better understanding of The Professor by comparing with Jane Eyre from two
aspects: genre and theme, and try to find out the similarities of Jane Eyre and The
Professor, thus we can have a further understanding of Charlotte Bronte.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
Mineral Content and Chemical Composition of Napier (Pennisetum purpureum) Grass
Johnson-Ajinwo OR, Chime Joy
Page no 382-386 |
10.36348/sjmps.2018.v04i04.002
Napier grass is a popular tropical grass, employed by farmers in livestock nutrition. In this work, the matrices of matured shoots of P. purpureum (schumach) commonly called Napier grass, were subjected to proximate analysis, mineral content determination and phytochemical screening. The proximate profile includes moisture (91.00%), total ash (22.20% DW), crude protein (20.11% DW), crude fat (14.00% DW), total carbohydrate (27.24% DW) and the total metabolizable energy value (315.40 kcal/100g DW) was obtained. The mineral content determination revealed the presence of Calcium (1.479 mg/100g), Cadmium (0.001 mg/100g), Copper (0.017 mg/100g), Iron (0.200 mg/100g), Manganese (0.043 mg/100g), Potassium (10.715 mg/100g), Sodium (0.495 mg/100g), and Zinc (0.045 mg/100g). The presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, oils, saponins, steroids, tannins, terpenoids and absence of acidic compounds and resins were determined from the phytochemical screening carried out. This result suggests that Napier grass possesses several bioactivities of which antimicrobial activity is likely the significant activity. Also, the proximate composition and mineral content underlines its importance as a health food suitable for weight loss management of obese individuals, due to the high fibre content and low calorie value
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
Prevalence of Mandibular and Palatal Tori among 5-15 Years Old Children in Khartoum State, Sudan
Ahmed Hisham Mohamed, Elhadi Mohieldin Awooda
Page no 127-130 |
10.21276/sjodr.2018.3.4.7
Torus is a ridge of bone or muscle that are usually asymptomatic unless
ulcerated but may sometimes affect speech and tongue movement, Torus palatinus and
torus mandibularis are the most common tori in the oral cavity. The objective of this
study was to determine the prevalence of torus palatinus and torus mandibularis among
5-15-year-old schoolchildren. A descriptive cross sectional school based study among
894 children selected by systematic random sampling from 10 basic schools in Khartoum
locality. Children were examined by mouth mirror at schools in an upright chair, where
presence, size, site of tori in the mandible and maxilla were recorded in check list.
Comparison between variables using chi square test with the level of significance set at
value <0.05. The prevalence of tori was 25% with the highest occurrence being the
palatal 23.7% and mandibular 5.7%, females count was more predominant compared to
males 63%, 37% respectively. There was a significance correlation between the age of
the children and presence of tori, Also between the presence of mandibular and palatal
tori and occurrence of bilateral tori p<0.05. The prevalence of tori was high among basic
schoolchildren in Khartoum locality, females were more affected with age 12-15 being
the most and the most common site was palatal
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
Tracing Study of Students’ Certification Competency Exam at Ministry of Communication and Informatics Indonesia
Besar Agung Martono, Titing Widyastuti
Page no 413-418 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.4.6
The purpose of this paper is to conduct tracing study for students of
certification competency exam at Ministry of Communication and Informatics
Indonesia. The proposal is based on the concept of college and career readiness in
Boston which was used to assess the factors of careers after students taking
competency exam for framing the tracing study of certification competency exam in
Ministry of Communication and Informatics Indonesia. Majority respondents use the
certificate to apply for job vacancy. This is good result, means that the objective of
Ministry of Communication and Information to facilitate young workers to get job
from this competency exam do satisfied the objectives. The factors identified for not
applying jobs are: still finishing study, already working, and taking entrepreneurship
path. and are still asking support from their parents. Those who are working in banks,
schools, government institutions and private companies, others say they are going to
try to propose again, and are going to continue their education before attempting to get
job again. Interestingly, there are some respondents are willing to take
entrepreneurship instead of continuing their effort to get a job. This means that
entrepreneurship is attractive for them.
REVIEW ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
An Analysis of the Barriers and Countermeasures of Sino-Latin American Economic and Trade Cooperation
Hengxing Zhang, Yanqing Jiang
Page no 65-69 |
10.36348/sjef
Since the 21st Century, China has become increasingly closely related to
Latin American countries, and economic and trade cooperation has also increased
rapidly. However, there exist various barriers in the process of cooperation between
the two sides. Based on the data and descriptive statistics concerning economic and
trade cooperation, this paper analyzes barriers, propose countermeasures, and the
prospects of the future relationship between China and Latin America.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
Evaluation of the Effect on Prognosis of Metastatic Lymphnode Ratio and Number of Metastatic Lymph Node for Patients with Gastric Cancer
Huseyin Gobut, Alp Yildiz, Kürşat Dikmen, Hasan Bostancı, Aydin Yavuz, Ziya Anadol, Osman Yüksel, Aybala Yildiz
Page no 157-164 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i04.010
There is some controversy about assessment of nodal stage in staging systems used for gastric cancers. The goal of the this study is to assess the influence of metastatic lymph node ratio (MLNR) and number of resected lymph nodes on survival in patients with gastric cancer who were perfomed R0 resection due to gastric adenocarcinoma. Data from 125 patients with gastric carcinoma who underwent R0 resection due to from 2009 to 2015 investigated retrospectively. Cut-off values used for MLNR were 0.1-25%, 26-50% and >50%. Sex, age, size and location of tumor , differentiation, tumor invasion, lymphovascular invasion, number of metastatic lymph nodes and MLNR were analyzed as prognostic factors. Five-year survival rate was 45.6%. Five-year survival rates among patients with pN0, pN1, pN2, pN3aand pN3b disease were 79%, 41%, 34%, 25% and 17%, respectively (p=0.0001). Five-year survival rates among patients in MLNR0, MLNR1, MLNR2 and MLNR3 categories were 79%, 42%, 28% and 5%, respectively (p=0.0001). Due to our results, tumor size, differentiation degree, depth of invasion, presence of lymphovascular invasion, number of metastatic lymph nodes, MLNR and disease stage were found to be associated with survival (p=0.0001). According to results of multivariate analysis, differentiation degree, presence of lymphovascular invasion and MLNR were found as independent risk factors, while number of metastatic lymph nodes was not an independent risk factor regarding survival. MLNR is an independent risk factor in gastric adenocarcinoma patients undergoing R0 resection regarding survival.
REVIEW ARTICLE | April 30, 2018
Research on PBL Application in College English Reading Class
Dong Tian, Qiu Lu
Page no 561-564 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.4.5
PBL goes with the trend of the times which is conducive to cultivate
students' comprehensive qualities and autonomous learning ability, moreover, to
stimulate their creativity, exploration and critical thinking so as to provide the
society with interdisciplinary talents. This paper aims to probe into the validity of
PBL method in College English reading teaching through the review of PBL
theory, the contrast between traditional class and PBL class, and the PBL class
design of College English reading so as to lay the foundation for further in-depth
teaching and research in the future.