ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 29, 2017
Intra-Ventricular Tumors and Their Expression with Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Markers- Original Article
Dr. Anunayi Jestadi, Dr. Kandukuri Mahesh Kumar
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Intraventricular neoplasms of the central nervous system are rare and arise from periventricular structures such
as the walls of the ventricular system, the septum pellucidum, and the choroid plexus. Many tumour types arise from, or
can bulge into the ventricular system, although there are certain lesions that are relatively restricted to ventricles. A
number of factors assist in defining the differential diagnosis, both radiological and clinical, including where the lesion is
positioned within the ventricle as well as age and any associated conditions. A total of 30 cases of primary
intraventricular tumors were studied. Study included both the left over squash and regular tumor tissue specimen.
Duration of the study was 2 years. In this study, the overall incidence of the intraventricular tumors was 5.47 %, 30 cases
among the total 548 intracranial lesions. Out of the 30 cases, 19 were males and 11 were females. Most of the cases were
seen in the age group of 11 to 20 years and least tumors were seen in the age group 51 to 70 years. Intraventricular
tumors are rare tumors and they closely mimic various other tumors of the CNS on imaging. Squash cytology and
Histopathological examination (HPE) usually confirms the diagnosis.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 29, 2017
Influence of Information Power on Career Development among Administrative Staff in Public Universities: A Case of the University of Eldoret, Kenya
Francis A. Anyira, Dr. Susan K. Lewa, Joseph Mwanza
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Institutions of higher learning in Kenya are faced with a multiplicity of challenges due to policy shifts that
have led to massification of education. The structural adjustment programmes (SAPS) together with other neoliberal
policies introduced by Britton wood institutions has had major implications for the education sector in Kenya. The
greatest effect has been on the human resource working in institutions of higher learning that have been faced by various
challenges including career stagnation. These has led to a pool of demotivated staff which has a spiral effect on the
quality of service provision thus leading to frequent and persistent strikes by both the staff and the students. All these are
linked to organizational politics and specifically its subset the politics of information. Therefore, the purpose of the study
is to examine the influence of information power on career development among administrative staff in public
universities: a case of University of Eldoret (UOE) in Eldoret, Kenya. The specific objective of the study was to
determine the influence of Information power on career development among administrative staff in public universities
.The research design employed was a case study to enhance collection of extensive and detailed information on the
research objective. The target population comprised of 134 permanent administrative employees of University of Eldoret.
This also formed the sample size since the population was not big enough the researcher employed a census technique in
the selection of respondents for the study. However only 130 respondents were able to fill their questionnaires and return.
Closed ended questionnaires with the aid of likert scales were employed as the data collection instrument for the study.
Data was analysed with the aid of both descriptive and inferential statistics specifically correlation to test the effect of
information power on career development. This data was then presented using tables, charts and graphs to enhance
analysis of data. This study is of great significance to policy makers, Human resource practitioners in universities, as well
as the University management who are able to make clear and effective policies on the issue of information power and
career development.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 29, 2017
Efficiency of Cyperus esculentus as a biofilter in treatment of domestic waste water
Nwajuaku, I. I., Okey-Onyesolu, C.F.
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This study presents treatment of domestic wastewater collected from the Harmony Lodge Ifite Awka,
Anambra state using laboratory scale constructed wetland vegetated with Cyperus esculentus(tiger nut)plant as
biofilter.to determine the removal of pollutants. The study was conducted from August 19th 2016 to September 2016, at
Nnamdi Azikiwe University laboratory, Awka. Result of laboratory analysis on samples of wastewater collected showed
reduction in pollutant of nitrate 50%, phosphorus 42%, ammonia 36%, COD 59%, BOD 70%, pH range was changed
from 6.59 to7.15. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyse data obtained. Differences in parameter
concentration between the influent and effluent parameters and also between effluents for three detension periods were
considered significant at 5% level of significance (i.e p . The concentration of these parameters decreased
significantly as a result of the treatment. This shows that the cyperus plant is effective in pollutant removal from
domestic wastewater.
REVIEW ARTICLE | April 29, 2017
A Comparative Study on Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Japan and Malaysia
C. Hironaka, M. A. Zariyawati, F. Diana-Rose
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the best practice of small medium enterprises (SMEs) from Japan.
Japan has been proven to be successful lesson to be followed by Malaysia. Japan’s SMEs began after World War II in
1945. Thus, it has shown that the development process has intricacies and can be studied by Malaysian SMEs, which
began in the 1970s due to the revolution of new economic policies. This paper provides the understanding of the
development of SMEs between Japan and Malaysia. Further, we identify a gap between SMEs in Malaysia and SMEs in
Japan as best practice. The challenges SMEs face might be different in their respective countries—it might be from the
perspective of cultural aspects, market environments, and more, but with the initiative measures, pro and cons of both
countries’ SMEs can enhance their duty as the backbone of a country’s economy.
CASE REPORT | April 29, 2017
Endodontic Files are Useful in Removing Broken Roots: Report of Two Cases
Fareedi Mukram Ali, Wedad Ahmed Mashali, Youssef Ahmed Maadi, Ali Atiyah Dahesh Derrbishi, Elnur I. Elbeshir
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It happens many times that the dental surgeon faces a tricky situation when fracture of the root tip occurs
during tooth extraction. It is frequently a time consuming and a stressful situation for the patient as well as to the surgeon
when attempting removal of these root apices . Though many techniques have been described in the literature, they have
some disadvantages. The present article describes a case series of two reports in which we have done atraumatic removal
of the broken root tips with the help of endodontic files.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 28, 2017
An Appraisal of the Status of integration of Social Studies Curriculum in Kenyan Primary Schools
Samwel N. Njoroge, Lazarus N. Makewa, Daniel Allida
Page no 308-315 |
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This study was geared towards appraising the curriculum status of integrated Social Studies in Kenyan
primary schools in the wake of a lot of fluid content which keeps on changing day in day out. To deal with the quick
changes there’s need to use Curriculum foundations sieves to allow only concrete content in the integrated Social Studies
Curriculum. 250 teachers were sampled using stratified simple random sampling for teachers and purposive sampling for
Tutors from the two Primary School Teacher Training College in Nakuru Sub County, the chair-persons of the Head
teachers of the five zones of Nakuru Sub-County and the Quality Assurance and Standards Officers. Research
Instruments were questionnaire and semi-structured interview guide. This research study adopted a mixed research
methods approach. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were applied in the analysis of data. Findings show that the
content of integrated Social Studies (SST) is beneficial to learners, it contributes to the attainment of the national goals of
education, it has been changing very quickly within short span of time hence need to elongate time before next revision is
done, the Social Studies teachers need to be taken for refresher courses to improve their teaching skills, there’s
relationship among topics taught from one class and the next and that integrated Social Studies curriculum has integrated
emerging issues. The recommendation is that the government through Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development
(KICD) should take time before reviewing Social Studies curriculum.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 28, 2017
Medullary Aplasia in the Child: Epidemiological, Clinical and Biological Aspects in the Hematology Laboratory of CHU Hassan II of Fez
Dr. Amadou Djibrilla, Pr. Imane Tlamcani, Dr. Imane Jamai, Dr. Boubacar S. Marou, Dr. Nazik El. Hammouni, Pr. Moncef Amrani, Dr. Boubacar Efared, Pr. Hinde El Fatemi
Page no 111-114 |
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Medullary aplasia (MA) is a rare and severe affection. It is much rarer in children. The etiologies are multiple:
constitutional, acquired, and idiopathic. In order to evaluate the epidemiological, clinical and biological aspects of bone
marrow aplasia in a pediatric population, we carried out a retrospective study of 9 cases collected in the hematology
department in collaboration with the department of anatomy pathology of the Hassan II CHU in Fez over a four-year
period from January 2013 to December 2016. Age ranged between 1 and 14 years, with a sex ratio of 3.5. The anemic,
hemorrhagic and infectious syndrome was noted respectively in: 9, 7, and 6 cases. The hemoglobin varied between 3.3
and 7.3 g/dl with an average of 5 g/dl, anemia is normochrome normocytic argenerative in all our patients. Neutropenia
was found in 100% of patients, and all patients had thrombocytopenia with platelet counts ranging from 500 to
105000/mm3. The BOM-coupled myelogram was performed in all patients, confirming the diagnosis of AM. For the
etiologies, Fanconi Anemia was evoked in 4 cases and idiopathic in 5 patients.
CASE REPORT | April 28, 2017
De Novo Plasma-Cell Leukemia: About A Case
Dr. Nawal Bougrine, Dr Amadou Djibrilla, Dr Assya Khermach, Dr Mereym Mahha, Pr Imane Tlamcani, Pr Moncef Amrani
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Primary plasma cell leukemia: a rare type of leukemia and plasma cell proliferation Plasma cell leukemia is
defined by the presence of more than 20% plasma cells in the peripheral blood or a number of circulating plasma cells
greater than 2G/L. The primary form: observed may be de novo, and may reveal a multiple myeloma until then unknown.
This has similarities with multiple myeloma and has some special particularities that authors will expose in the light of a
case diagnosed in the laboratory hematology Hassan II university Hospital of Fez.
CASE REPORT | April 28, 2017
Macrophage Activation Syndrome: About A Case
Aich F, Benbella I, Elkhiyat M, Taghouti A, Amhaouch Z, Tlemçani I, Amrani M
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Macrophage activation syndrome is a rare but a potentially fatal disease. This pathology is defined not only by
clinical criteria (fever, splenomegaly), but also by biological criteria (bi or pancytopenia, hypofibrinogenemia,
hypertriglyceridemia, hyperferritinemia) and cyto histological ones (hemophagocytosis in the bone marrow, in the spleen
or in the peripheral lymph nodes). It may be primary or more often reactive to an infectious or a malignant pathology, an
immune deficiency, or an autoimmune systemic disease. Its occurrence imposes a quite exhaustive etiological
assessment, as the associated diseases are multiple. We report in this work the case of a patient in whom a macrophage
activation syndrome secondary to a bacteraemia was diagnosed in the laboratory of Hematology of the Hassan II
University Hospital -Fez, and whose evolution was marked by a good response to antibiotic therapy with a regression of
clinical symptoms and an improvement of the biological parameters. However, the prognosis for macrophage activation
syndrome remains severe with about 50% mortality in the literature. It is therefore considered as a serious condition, with
a severe prognosis and a treatment that is still poorly codified.
CASE REPORT | April 27, 2017
Appendicular Abscess to Streptococcus constellatus : Case Report
Sara Figuigui, Imane Benbella, Amal Taghouti, Ghizlane Zoulati, Zineb Amhaouch, Ghita Yahyaoui, Mustapha Mahmoud
Page no 297-299 |
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Streptococcus constellatus is a germ that belongs to the Streptococcus milleri group, it has a particular tropism for the digestive tract and the hepatobiliary region. It is found in deep abscesses in immunocompromised patients. 70-year-old patient admitted to the emergency room for a pain in the right iliac fossa. The abdominal scan showed a retro cecal collection probably related to an appendicular abscess. The cytobacteriological study of abscess sampling in peroperatively demonstrated the presence of Streptococcus constellatus associated with Escherichia coli. The identification of a streptococcus of the milleri group is difficult by ordinary methods and must make search for an abscess.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 27, 2017
Haematological Issues on Anaemia Prevalence Among Less Than Ten Years Old Children Patients Attending Rongo Sub-County Hospital, Kenya
Yambo, Elizabeth Onyango
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The purpose of the study was to determine anemia prevalence on less than ten years old children patients’
attending Rongo sub-county hospital, Kenya. The country has experienced rapid economic growth over the last few
decades, significant health and nutritional problems remain. Unfortunately, because little work has been done to track
basic diseases, such as iron-deficiency anemia, the exact problem of these health problems still remain unknown. The
study comprise 250 parents, 7 medical laboratory technologists/technicians, 1 medical superintendent 1 hospital
administrator.The study adopted hospital based cross sectional survey design.Since the hospital is one, there is one
medical superintended and an administrator; purposive sampling was used to select them as they were few. Due to the
fact that there are 250 parents of anemic children attending the hospital 30 percent of them was considered hence 75
parents/guardians. The study used questionnaire. The actual data collection, a pilot study was conducted in the same
county among the parents of less than ten years old attending Minyenya health centre which was not included in the final
study population. From this health centre where 10 parents were be randomly selected for the pilot study, 3 medical
laboratory technologists, and their respective hospital administrator and medical superintendent. A minimum correlation
coefficient of 0 .65 is recommended and considered reliable.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 27, 2017
Epidemiological and Observational Studies on Neurological Disorders: A cross-sectional study
K.M. Rahat Maruf Jitu, Md. Ibrahim, Md. Mahabub Alam Rasel, Mamun Ahmmed, Md. Liton Sarker, Mahammad Hossain, Sharmeen Asad, Md. Monirul Islam, Farhana Sultana
Page no 291-296 |
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The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and risk factors for different neurological disorders. We also aimed to explore the effect of different socio-demographic variables in neurological disorders. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was carried out at Neurology Outpatient Clinic of United Hospital Ltd., Bangladesh, from December 2015 to March 2016 to explore the experiences of patients with neurological disorders. A separate questionnaire was used to collate the information. All registered patients medical records were reviewed. Microsoft Office Excel 2007 software package was used for statistical analysis. Data of 438 patients were collected and analyzed of which 239 (54.57 %) were females and 199 (45.43 %) were males. This study showed a high prevalence of epilepsy, stroke and migraine and an overall low prevalence of Parkinsonism, Alzheimer’s and dementia. The values were 121, 97, 52, 43, 23 and 102 for epilepsy, stroke, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Parkinson’s and Migraine accordingly. Most of the patients (79.95%) were unmarried in our observational study. Only 20.06% were married. 41.03% and 26.18% patients were alcoholic and smoker respectively. Highest percentage of the patients (27.27 %) belonged to the age group 61 - 70 years, 21.23% to the age group 41 - 50 years and 17.05 % to the age group 51 – 60 years. Moreover, 42.98% of the patients were from community colony. The findings from the present study supported some previ¬ous research studies showing that women are more adversely affected by different neurological disorders than men. Therefore, more epidemiological studies need to be conducted to look into the changing pattern of neurological disorders using a uniform methodology.
REVIEW ARTICLE | April 27, 2017
Tendency of Migration Processes in Primorsky Krai: Their Impact on Regional Human Capital
Sakharova Larisa Saudi J. Humanities Soc. Sci.Anatolievna, Golitsynskaya Yuliya Denisovna
Page no 357-361 |
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The regional human capital trend is scrutinized in this article relying on indicators of the cultural and
intellectual potential based on the statistical data of Primorsky krai region. Additionally, the effect of migration processes
on the labor potential is deliberated, just as the budgetary and fiscal stimulation of human capital inflow is considered at
an angle of the regional labor potential increase.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 27, 2017
Teacher Perception on the Ban of Corporal Punishment in Secondary Schools
Lazarus Ndiku Makewa, Nyambossibe Myriam, Kinuthia Benson
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This study looked at if there was any significant difference between teachers‟ and students‟ perceptions on the
ban of corporal punishment in school in Kosirai Division, of Nandi County public secondary schools by gender, age,
highest level of education and experience in school. Descriptive-comparative survey research design was used. Fifty
eight (58) teachers participated. Questionnaires were used to collect data from the respondents. Validity was determined
by the use of expert opinion in matters education in the department of educational administration, curriculum and
teaching of University of Eastern Africa, Baraton. The reliability of the questionnaire was done through a pilot study
done in two (2) public secondary schools in Eldoret Municipality. Thirty (30) teachers participated in the pilot study.
Cronbach‟s alpha of 0.6 was set as the cut-off point. The Cronbach‟s alpha for teachers‟ questionnaire was .654 T-test
was used to determine the difference between the mean ratings of boys and girls, female and male teachers, age, teaching
experience and level of education of teachers. The findings indicated that there was no significant difference between
teachers‟ perception on the ban of corporal punishment in schools in Kosirai Division secondary schools when
categorized by gender, age, education and experience. This study recommends that alternative ways of discipline be
sourced and applied to avoid physical pain to students.
REVIEW ARTICLE | April 27, 2017
A Review Study on Various Anti-Microbial Susceptibility Patterns of Staphylococcus aureus
Ajay Uniyal, Arun Bhatt, Yogendra Mathuria
Page no 94-99 |
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Staphylococcus aureus stays a standout amongst the most much of the time segregated pathogens in both
group and hospital practices. The organism form has been observed to be the most widely recognized bacterial agent
recuperated from blood circulation system diseases, skin and soft tissue contaminations, pneumonia and healing facility
procured post-agent wound diseases. Changes in the example of antimicrobial helplessness of S. aureus and different
living beings have been accounted for around the world, particularly in developing countries, making antimicrobial
agents progressively less viable in treating bacterial infections. Most strains of the Gram-positive bacterium
Staphylococcus aureus are avirulent, anti-infection soft commensals; in any case, in the course of recent decades there
have developed various pandemic, harmful, anti-microbial safe strains including methicillin-resistant (MRSA) and
vancomycin-resistant (VRSA) strains. This paper presents the review analysis of various studies based on antimicrobial
patterns detection of Staphylococcus aureus.