REVIEW ARTICLE | April 27, 2024
“The Philosophy of Ethical Education” In Family Relationships of the Southern Khmer Ethnic Group in Vietnam
Nguyen Van Thanh
Page no 319-323 |
DOI: 10.36348/jaep.2024.v08i04.004
Ethics is an area of social and spiritual life, which born from the practice of social relationships between people. It encompasses all notions and beliefs held by humans on morality, conscience, duty, happiness, justice, and other related topics that associates with rules of evaluation, adjustment, and orientation and human's behavior in that society. For that reason, morality, as a type of social consciousness, always represents distinct facets of the social existence of humans. Which is the value that elevates human virtue as the aim and focal point of growth and a gauge of civilization, emphasizing its role, goodness in the core of the human soul and the advancement of human civilization so the Southern Khmer people in Vietnam always take “Ethics” as the foundation and center of organizing, building, and developing society in their educational philosophy. Starting from the above reason, in this entire article, the author only focuses on researching the moral education philosophy of the Khmer people of Southern Vietnam in family relationships to see the diversity deeply rooted in the cultural traditions of a community with a long history of settlement and birth in Vietnam. For the reasons outlined above, the author only focuses on researching the philosophy of ethical education of the Khmer people in family relationships to see the diversity and depth in a group of people who were born and have lived in Vietnam for a long time.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 27, 2024
Impact of Educational Intervention on Pharmaceutical Waste Management in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital-Healthcare Staff Centered Study
Binu, K. M, Harika, N, Jaya Swathi, B. P. Nivedita, Saniya, H. Doddayya
Page no 267-272 |
DOI: 10.36348/sjmps.2024.v10i04.010
Expired and unused medicines are potentially toxic substances that should be managed effectively to avoid accumulation of potentially toxic pharmaceuticals in the hospital and environment. This study aimed to identify and assess the disposal practices of pharmaceutical waste at tertiary care teaching hospital. A cross-sectional prospective questionnaire study was conducted for a period of six months at tertiary care teaching hospital with a sample size of 120. Healthcare professionals above the age of 18 years were included in the study. Data from the questionnaire was analyzed using appropriate statistical tools and Chi-square test. A pre and post educational intervention study was conducted among 120 participants. The study found that 90.83% (109) participants were under the age group of 18-25 years. Among them 77.5% (93) were female and 22.5% (27) were male. Before intervention only 80.8% (97) participants were aware of different types of bags used to dispose pharmaceutical waste, whereas after educational intervention 97.5% (117) are aware of bags used to dispose pharmaceutical waste (x2=0.000<0.001). Before intervention 55.83% (67) of participants were known of drug takeback system, after intervention 99.16% (119) known of drug takeback system (x2=0.000<0.001). Majority of the study participants agreed that safe pharmaceutical disposal practice is an important concern in both pre and post study. Hence awareness and concern regarding the problem is high. It was observed that the knowledge of healthcare staff about pharmaceutical waste management was good. We found that educational programs can improve staff awareness level on pharmaceutical waste management.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: EDUCATION | April 27, 2024
Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges for the Social Education and Profession
Laxman Toli, Gouri Manik Manasa
Page no 143-147 |
DOI: 10.36348/sb.2024.v10i04.005
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing and holds both opportunities and risks for the social work profession. This review article provides an analysis of the potential applications and implications of AI technologies for social work practice, education, research, and ethics. The article highlights promising uses of AI tools like predictive risk models, virtual simulations, chatbots, and data analytics to enhance social work services and training. However, it also critically examines the ethical considerations and social justice concerns related to the integration of AI in social work, including issues of privacy, transparency, accountability, consent, bias, displacement of roles, and threats to human dignity. To responsibly leverage AI's benefits while mitigating its risks, the article offers recommendations for social workers to collaborate on AI design, follow ethical protocols, pursue education on AI, and conduct further research. Key areas for future research identified include studying client perspectives on AI, testing the efficacy of AI systems for social work tasks, auditing algorithms for bias, and analyzing AI's impact on social work employment. In conclusion, while acknowledging AI's significant potential, the article emphasizes that purposeful oversight, participatory design, and adherence to social work values must remain priorities to ensure AI promotes dignity, autonomy, and justice. This review provides a balanced, evidence-based analysis to inform discussions on optimizing AI's integration in the social work profession.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 27, 2024
Prefrontal Cortex Neuromodulation Improve Gait Parameters in Latinx People Living with HIV
Martín G. Rosario, Rachel Moore, Deborah Walton
Page no 75-84 |
DOI: 10.36348/jaspe.2024.v07i04.003
Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (H.I.V.) infection affects motor and cognitive systems and can lead to impairments in gait and balance. The application of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), particularly to the prefrontal cortex, has shown encouraging results in enhancing cognition and executive functioning in individuals with H.I.V., both in the short and long term. Despite the current research, some experts have suggested that incorporating a task that stimulates higher cognitive centers in conjunction with tDCS may enhance its effects. Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effect of tDCS combined with a tracking task on the prefrontal cortex as a viable treatment for enhancing balance and gait in individuals living with H.I.V. Methods: The study evaluated nine female participants, all living with H.I.V., with an average age of 58.8 ± 4.6. As part of the experiment, each participant's gait was carefully evaluated before and after tDCS treatment to measure any potential changes in their walking patterns accurately. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) was non-invasively administered to the participants' prefrontal cortex within seven days to investigate its possible effects on brain function. Results: Upon analyzing the data, the results demonstrated significant variations between single and dual tasks in numerous aspects, such as temporospatial, turn, and balance, before transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), ultimately shedding light on the potential cognitive difficulties that may arise. Data analysis showed noticeable improvements in various aspects, such as stride length, turn duration, and balance trends, when tDCS was applied. Conclusion: This study's findings suggest that tDCS may improve these parameters. However, it is recommended that treatments be administered over an extended time, which is longer than that observed in this study.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 26, 2024
A Regression Model for Predicting the Cost of Laterite- Quarry Dust Cement Blocks
Enang A. Egbe
Page no 58-64 |
DOI: 10.36348/sjce.2024.v08i04.001
This is part of a study investigating the structural properties of blocks produced from using different combination of laterite and quarry dust as full replacement for conventional river sand as aggregate. The use of alternative materials in blocks production and other concrete works is becoming increasingly popular across most developing countries. This work developed a mathematical model using Osadebe Regression Theory (ORT) for the prediction of cost/cum of laterite- quarry dust cement block. The lack of fit of the model was carried out using statistical tool (excel) and found to be adequate. The model will be very useful especially for commercial blocks producers and built experts in Nigeria and sub-Sahara African countries for construction cost estimation and profit projection.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 26, 2024
Ideational Grammatical Metaphor in Electrical Engineering Abstracts
Yan Chu, Tian Hu
Page no 101-08 |
DOI: 10.36348/sijll.2024.v07i04.001
Ideational grammatical metaphor is an important aspect of systemic functional linguistics as well as widely present in academic abstract. According to the classification of 13 types of ideational grammatical metaphors by Halliday, this paper probes into their characteristics in English abstracts of 30 electrical papers, and compares the differences of ideational grammatical metaphors used by Chinese scholars and native English scholars. In this study, it can be found that domestic electrical engineering scholars have the following problems in writing abstracts: overuse of nominalization, underuse of the verbalization of conjunction, insufficient use of some types and low lexical variation.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | April 25, 2024
Chronic Pathologies Associated with Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children Hospitalised at the Ureni Reference Health Centre in Commune V
Kanté, M, Sacko, D, Beydari, B. H, Traoré, M, Koné, I, Traoré, Y, Haïdara, M, Bamba, K, Mallé, D, Kassogué, A, Sylla, F, Diamouténé, O, Diakité, F, Maïga, L, Doumbia, A, Belco, M, Sacko, K, Diakité, A. A, Sylla, M, Togo, B
Page no 56-61 |
DOI: 10.36348/sijtcm.2024.v07i04.001
Introduction: The objective was to study chronic pathologies associated with severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6 to 59 months hospitalized at URENI. Methodology: This was a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study running from January 1 to December 31, 2017. Results: During the study period 352 children were hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition at the URENI of the CSREF CV. Among them, 18 presented a chronic pathology, i.e. a frequency of 5.11%. The male gender was predominant, i.e. 61.1% with a sex ratio of 1.57. The 12-24 month age group represented 50% of cases. Thirty-three percent of children had a history of neonatal resuscitation and 16.7% were formerly premature babies. Marasmus was of the severe acute malnutrition type the most represented, i.e. 77.8% of the cases. The association of malnutrition with HIV infection and Cerebral Palsy (CP) were accounted for 27.8% each. More than half of the patients (55.6%) stayed between 15 - 21 days in the structure. Conclusion: HIV infection and cerebral palsy constitute the chronic pathologies most associated with severe acute malnutrition in children at the Csref of commune V.