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Factors associated with development of adverse events after taking COVID-19 vaccine in a tribal state of India: Regression analysis.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination becomes a crucial weapon in the pandemic's control. Two vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, are approved in India to vaccinate against the virus. Hence, the present study was done to determine the factors associated with the development of adverse events after taking the COVID-19 vaccine in a tribal state of India. This was a cross-sectional analytical study. All persons who were willing to participate in our study and had received the first or second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from January 1 to March 31, 2021, were included. We got 1497 complete responses via (free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by google, Founders- Larry Page Sergey Brin. Menlo Park, California, United States). So our final sample size came out to be 1497 in which analysis was done. The data was compiled in MS excel sheets (Microsoft version 2013, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, United States) and a template was generated which was further analyzed in SPSS version 20 (version 25.0; IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). The total number of respondents who participated in the surveillance of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) was 1497. Among them, a majority have taken the Covishield vaccine followed by Covaxin. The majority of participants were female of age group less than 30 years and above 18 years with a mean age of 33.63 ± 51.51. The most common AEFI was pain at the site of injection, after the first and second dose followed by fever after the first and second dose within 24 h following immunization. We conclude that factors like the type of vaccine, gender, and participants who have allergies have a higher risk of presenting the adverse events after the COVID-19 vaccination.

Gizmo: Macro & Micro

Microsoft's Windows 11 is awesome. It also abandons millions of users. The latest version of Microsoft's 36-year-old operating system began its rollout on 5 October 2021. Some eligible devices may not receive it until mid-2022. Still, there's a chance your PC will have the update by the time you read this.

Concentration of heavy metal in sediment, water, and fish from Ankobra and Tano River Estuaries, Ghana

Abstract. Awuah GK, Mensah JA, Fobil JN. 2020. Concentration of heavy metal in sediment, water, and fish from Ankobra and Tano River Estuaries, Ghana. Ocean Life 3: 94-101. The heavy metals arsenic (As), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb) are all poisonous and found in nature. The increase in their concentrations, however, is a result of human activities that pose a danger to both aquatic life and humans. The researchers set out to measure the levels of arsenic (As), hexavalent chromium (Hg), and lead (Pb) in sediment, water, and fish from the Ankobra and Tano Rivers in Ghana's Western Region. That was thought to be heavily polluted due to human activity, particularly artisanal gold mining. To assess the prevalence of As, Hg, and Pb in fish and the aquatic media (water and sediment) in the Tano of Jaway Wharf - Ellenda and Ankobra River of Sanwoma basins, an analytical cross-sectional study was carried out. The Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) Pinnacle 900T was used to determine the levels of As, Hg, and Pb in the tissues (muscles) of "Ekpoke" Ctenopoma kingsleyae, "Adwene" Clarias gariepinus, "Nzerma" Pomadasys jubelini, "Bile" Parachanna obscura, "Ekpoke" Sarotherodon galilaues, "Ekpoke" Sarotherodon melanotheron, and "Senzeke" Parapenaeus longirostris (n=53), water samples (n=30), and sediment samples (n=25) (Perkin Elmer, USA). STATA version 13 and the Excel spreadsheet from Microsoft version 10 were used for the statistical Analysis (StataCorps LP, Chicago, USA). Hg, As, and Pb levels were the highest in all the analyzed locations. In general, Hg (2.09 ± 1.29 mg/kg) and As (2.80 ± 1.52 mg/kg) were found in the highest amounts in fish, next by sediment (1.40 ± 1.78 mg/kg) and (0.61 ± 0.40 mg/kg), and water (0.09 ± 0.36 mg/L) and (0.06 ± 0.05 mg/L), respectively. Sediment (1.46 ± 4.26 mg/kg), water (0.14 ± 0.10 mg/L), and fish (0.11 ± 0.11 mg/kg) all had higher Pb concentrations than the other two. The total heavy metal variability in soil, water, and fish was not different (p=0.828, 0.570, and 0.978, respectively). Concentrations of As, Hg, and Pb in river water, sediment, and fish did not differ significantly between the Ankobra and Tano Rivers. Tano and Ankobra have As and Hg concentrations higher than those considered safe by the World Health Organization (WHO) for use in freshwater habitats.

Heavy metal concentrations in sediment, water and fish in two major rivers (Ankobra and Tano) in major farming and artisanal gold mining areas in Ghana

Heavy metal concentrations in sediment, water and fish in two major rivers (Ankobra and Tano) in major farming and artisanal gold mining areas in Ghana1University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, 2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USABackground: Arsenic (As), mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) are toxic heavy metals that occur naturally in the environment. However, their levels are on the rise due to anthropogenic activities, including artisanal gold mining thus polluting fresh water bodies and posing a threat to aquatic wildlife, animals and humans.Objective: The aim of the study was to assess As, Hg and Pb concentrations in sediment, water and fishes from the Ankobra and Tano Rivers in the Western Region of Ghana, where human activities; especially artisanal gold mining are suspected of grossly polluting river bodies..Methods: Levels of As, Hg and Pb in different fish species and aquatic media (water and sediment) from the Tano and Ankobra River basins were analysed using the Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) Pinnacle 900T (Perkin Elmer, USA). Statistical analysis was done using Microsoft version 10 excel spread sheet and STATA software version 13 (StataCorps LP, Chicago, USA).Results: Overall, levels of heavy metals were in the order, Hg>As>Pb across study sites. Mean concentrations of Hg and As were highest in fish (2.09±1.29 mg/Kg) and (2.80±1.52 mg/Kg), followed by sediment (1.40±1.78 mg/Kg) and (0.61±0.40 mg/Kg), and water (0.09±0.36 mg/L) and (0.06±0.05mg/L) respectively. Pb levels were highest in sediment (1.46±4.26 mg/Kg), followed by water (0.14±0.10 mg/L), and then fish (0.11±0.11 mg/Kg) respectively. Conclusion: As and Hg levels in both Tano and Ankobra were above the WHO recommended levels for pristine freshwater ecosystems and may therefore pose a threat to aquatic wildlife and human health. Keywords: Tano, Ankobra, Heavy metals, artisanal

Evaluating the Feasibility of a Software Prototype Supporting the Management of Multimorbid Seniors: Mixed Methods Study in General Practices.

BackgroundLongitudinal, patient-centered care represents a challenge for general practices. Decision support and reminder systems can offer targeted support.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to follow a user-oriented, stepwise approach to develop an add-on for German electronic health record (EHR) systems, which aims to support longitudinal care management of multimorbid seniors, using a flag system displaying patient-centered information relevant for comprehensive health care management. This study evaluated the prototype’s feasibility from both a technical and users’ perspective.MethodsThe study was conducted with 18 general practitioners (GPs) and practice assistants (PAs) from 9 general practices using a mixed methods approach. In all practices, 1 GP and 1 PA tested the software each for 4 multimorbid seniors selected from the practice patient data. Technical feasibility was evaluated by documenting all technical problems. To evaluate the feasibility from the users’ perspective, participants’ responses during the software test were documented. In addition, they completed a self-administered questionnaire, including the validated System Usability Scale (SUS). Data were merged by transforming qualitative data into quantitative data. Analyses were performed using univariate statistics in IBM SPSS statistics.ResultsFrom a technical perspective, the new software was easy to install and worked without problems. Difficulties during the installation occurred in practices lacking a 64-bit system or a current version of Microsoft .NET. As EHRs used in German practices do not provide an interface to extract the data needed, additional software was required. Incomplete flags for some laboratory data occurred, although this function was implemented in our software as shown in previous tests. From the users’ perspective, the new add-on provided a better overview of relevant patient information, reminded more comprehensively about upcoming examinations, and better supported guideline-based care when compared with their individual practice strategies. A total of 14 out of 18 participants (78%) were interested in using the software long-term. Furthermore, 8 of 9 GPs were willing to pay 5 to 25 Euros (mean 14.75, SD 5.93) monthly for its use. The usability was rated as 75% (43%-95%).ConclusionsThe new EHR add-on was well accepted and achieved a good usability rating measured by the validated SUS. In perspective, the legally consolidated, standardized interface to German EHRs will facilitate the technical integration. In view of the high feasibility, we plan to study the software’s effectiveness in everyday primary care.Trial RegistrationGerman Clinical Trials Register DRKS00008777; https://www.drks.de/drks_web/navigate.do? navigationId=trial.HTML&TRIAL_ID=DRKS00008777

The Role of Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist as an add on therapy to β2-Agonists in Acute Asthma

Objective:This study was designed to determine the role of leukotriene receptor antagonist as an add on therapy to s2-agonists in acute asthma. Methods: A prospective study carried out in ESIC hospital in which the total number of 100 patients were enrolled. The study has two arms, the group A treated with salbutamol alone and the group B treated with salbutamol and montelukast. The symptomatic changes and variation in pulmonary function test (PFT), pulse rate (PR), respiratory rate (RR) were compared between both the group. The data were collected, compiled, analysed with statistical tools (SPSS – Microsoft Version 6). Results: In comparison of force expiratory volume % (FEV1 PRED) between the group A and group B, after 24 hours significant change was noticed in group B. The results of forced expiratory volume/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC%) shows a significant difference after 24 hours of the treatment with salbutamol in group A and salbutamol plus leukotriene receptor antagonist (Montelukast) from the baseline measurement. Base line asthma score shows p value (p = 0.58). But after 48 hours, significant change was noticed in both groups. p value was significant (p = 0.05). In group B, asthma score was significantly improved with passage of time. Conclusion: The study revealed the effectiveness of leukotriene receptor antagonist in preventing many types of aggravated asthmatic responses. Once-daily treatment with 10 mg of montelukast, as compared with s2-agonists, provided significant protection against severe broncho-constriction. Parameters strongly confirmed the role of leukotriene receptor antagonist when in addition added with s2-agonists.

Fifteen years of human leptospirosis in São Paulo, Brazil

Objective: Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by pathogenic Leptospira spp. The aim of this study was to report theincidence of leptospirosis from 1998 to 2012 in the state of São Paulo, Brazil to show the importance of human leptospirosis andto describe some epidemiological characteristics.Methods: From January 1998 to December 2012, sera from patients with suspected leptospirosis were analyzed. The microscopicagglutination test (MAT) was used for serological investigations and MLST, serotyping and PFGE methods for the identificationof leptospires. The descriptive seasonal analysis was performed with Excel Microsoft version 2007. Pearson’s correlation wasused to assess the association between rainfall and the number of cases.Results: Among 22,795 serum samples, 2,430 cases of leptospirosis were laboratory confirmed, giving an average incidence rateof 1.35/100,000 inhabitants. Of these patients, 2,032 (83.62%) were male with a predominance in the age groups of 21-50 years.The highest incidence and rainfall were from December to April. There was correlation between the rainfall and the number ofcases. Icterohaemorrhagiae was the predominant serogroup.Conclusions: This study shows that leptospirosis is a seasonal disease in São Paulo with most cases occurring during the rainyseason, and thus, will continue to be a disease of public health importance.

Processing Records of Wind Speed and Direction (September - November 2009)

A direction for current high research is the wind monitoring and renewable energy.
 In this paper is monitored by the meteorological station wind direction and is calculated wind rose in September December 2009. The Siap GECO + MICROSOFT Version 2.3.2 automatically record the following parameters: air temperature, wind speed and direction, atmospheric humidity, solar radiation, rain.

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Implementing non-strict evaluation on OOVMs

Object-oriented virtual machines (OOVMs), such as the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) and Java Virtual Machine (JVM), are increasingly common. The CLI, with its support for objects and value types, provides a good platform for many, but not all, programming languages. Gyro, the generics for Rotor extension, improves the CLI as a platform for languages with polymorphic type systems, C++ style templates, Ada style generics, and so on. The introduction of Gyro also simplified extending languages to include generic features. However, there remain a number of programming language features that are hard to implement well on these OOVMs. These include general closures, continuations, block structure, non-strict evaluation, and dynamic inheritance. The author looks at just one of these and introduces just-in-time (JIT) objects as an OOVM version of non-strict evaluation. The method is evolutionary rather than revolutionary, but is a significant improvement over existing techniques. These have been implemented for an unreleased development version of Microsoft's CLI. Such JIT objects support the compilation of non-strict languages. The design also enables strict languages, such as C#, to also access and create JIT objects.

Low-Complexity MPEG-4 Shape Encoding towards Realtime Object-Based Applications

Although frame-based MPEG-4 video services have been successfully deployed since 2000, MPEG-4 video coding is now facing great competition in becoming a dominant player in the market. Object-based coding is one of the key functionalities of MPEG-4 video coding. Realtime object-based video encoding is also important for multimedia broadcasting for the near future. Object-based video services using MPEG-4 have not yet made a successful debut due to several reasons. One of the critical problems is the coding complexity of object-based video coding over frame-based video coding. Since a video object is described with an arbitrary shape, the bitstream contains not only motion and texture data but also shape data. This has introduced additional complexity to the decoder side as well as to the encoder side. In this paper, we have analyzed the current MPEG-4 video encoding tools and proposed efficient coding technologies that reduce the complexity of the encoder. Using the proposed coding schemes, we have obtained a 56 percent reduction in shape-coding complexity over the MPEG-4 video reference software (Microsoft version, 2000 edition).

Java at middle age: enabling Java for computational science

Java's early history explains its lure to this day. Java is alive and well, running on just about every computing platform, from handhelds to high-end servers such as multiprocessors. Implementations of Java for Windows, Macintosh (including OS X), and Linux have all reached sufficient maturity and are in widespread use. Performance and resource usage remain a problem in most Java implementations, but the language is improving all the time. In this article, I examine the lure of Java for computational science, discuss the Java Grande effort to work with Sun, and identify areas for improvement. I focus on language and implementation issues that must be solved for Java to be taken seriously for computationally focused codes. As a motivational tool, I include a number of reflections on the C# language from Microsoft, which many claim is nothing more than Java with a new syntax. I excise a number of sections from the specification documentation to demonstrate that specific Java Grande Forum (JGF) recommendations are implemented in the current version of Microsoft's C#. What is particularly interesting (but not necessarily verifiable) is that language appearing in the Microsoft C# specification proper often appears to paraphrase similar points raised in the JGF documents available at www.javagrande.org.

Kerberos authentication in Windows NT 5.0 domains

Enterprise networks using Windows NT are growing in size and complexity. Windows NT 5.0 uses the Kerberos Version 5 authentication protocol and the Active Directory for network security in Windows NT domains. The Windows NT implementation of the Kerberos Version 5 protocol is based on RFC 1510, which has gone through a wide industry review and is well known in the security community [1]. Kerberos authentication provides many features that support performance and security objectives for Enterprise networks. Microsoft's implementation will support any RFC 1510-compliant clients, but will be required for full support of Windows NT networks because the Microsoft version includes permitted extensions to the standard. Windows NT 5.0 integrates the Kerberos protocol into the existing Windows NT distributed security model. Windows NT uses the extensibility features of the protocol, as have other security architectures, such as DCE and SESAME [2]. The Kerberos protocol is just one of the security protocols supported in Windows NT 5.0. Others include NTLM for backward compatibility, SSL and the IETF standard Transport Layer Security (TLS) for public-key authentication, Simple Protected Negotiation (SPNEGO) of security mechanisms, and IP security (IPsec) for network layer security using either shared-key or public-key authentication.

Multimedia Strauss: Three Tone Poems, Interactive CD-ROM for IBM PC and Compatibles

In spite of the fast pace at which electronic information is now speeding around the globe, the pace of the release of commercially viable interactive multimedia products in the field of music has been relatively slow. Hypercard, the application that was used for the first generation of these products, was first released in 1988, but today the choice of CD-ROMs remains limited. Of the available titles, jazz and popular music are proportionately better represented than classical music. One welcomes, therefore, Russell Steinberg's Richard Strauss.' Three Tone Poems, first released by Voyager in 1992 and licensed to Microsoft in 1994. three tone poems on the CD are Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel, and Death and Transfiguration, as performed by the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel. In authoring this multimedia product, Steinberg faced the inevitable comparisons between his work and that of his colleague at UCLA, Robert Winter. Winter is the pioneer in this area, having published for Voyager: Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony no. 9 (1989), Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (1990), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet in C Major, K. 465 (1991) [reviewed below], and Antonin Dvorak's Symphony no. 9 (1994). Like Winter's work, Steinberg's CD-ROM sets a full musical rendering of a masterwork (or works, in this case) by a world-class orchestra within an instructional context composed of narrative/descriptive text, definitions of musical terms, and historical, biographical and orchestrational information, all of which is integrated and interactive for the user. It would be fair to say that Steinberg has measured up to Winter's high standard and has produced a useful and attractive product. principal distinction between the two versions of the Three Tone Poems is in the interface. earlier Macintosh version from Voyager makes an attempt to integrate and music, thus exploiting the visual dimension of the medium. effort deserves a salute, even if the result is disappointing. designer elected to adopt an imitation Aubrey Beardsley-art nouveau style of illustration, which does vaguely evoke Beardsley's gloriously wicked Salome illustrations, and is thus both pleasantly erotic and historically appropriate. Technically it even suits the purely black-and-white color scheme. But ultimately the execution of the is so poor that it falls far short of giving the program real visual appeal. illustrations turn out to be embarrassingly cartoonish, with the depiction of Till Eulenspiegel's antics on the gallows being one particularly bad example. In this Macintosh version the user is given the option, blessedly removed in the PC version, of viewing the art rather than reading the accompanying textual explication during the playthrough of the music. To choose this option is certainly to lessen the instructional impact; indeed, one is tempted to say, it is to vulgarize the experience of the music. In the newer Microsoft version of the product, the artwork in general has become neutral and abstract, and there is no apparent aim to integrate and music stylistically. This removes the possibility of the being a distraction, but it also means that the visual potential of the medium has not been utilized beyond mere marginal illustration. Other aspects of the interface need no specific commentary, apart from the assurance that navigation is easy and the many visual cues provide a user-friendly environment. One useful feature added in the Microsoft version is an aural rendering of glossary terms, which one accesses by clicking on a speaker icon. core content of the two versions is essentially the same, although a number of errors or infelicities in Voyager's Macintosh version have been cleaned up for the later Microsoft version. basic program consists of nine main sections, presented in typical menu style on the opening screen. These sections are the Pocket Guide, Close Reading, Master Orchestrator, Inside the Score, The Tone Poem, Pragmatic Romantic, Further Reading, Glossary, and Prankster's Game. …

A frequency deconvolution procedure using a conjugate gradient minimization method with suitable constraints

AbstractIn a variety of spectroscopic techniques the fundamental problem exists of determination of the individual spectral components, intrinsically overlapped in the measured spectrum. This is a typical deconvolution problem and several methods and techniques have been proposed for its solution in the technical literature, but suggestions of new approaches are still of interest. A new deconvolution procedure is presented here based on the use of the conjugate gradient minimization algorithm with the addition of sutiable constraints directly obtained by the application to the measured spectrum of the second‐derivative operator or more sophisticated resolution enhancement procedures. Since in the examined case deconvolution essentially requires the minimization of a non‐convex function, the use of such constraints is extremely important to supply suitable input parameters to the conjugate gradient algorithm to avoid obtaining minimum points which have no physical meaning. In our case each spectral compoent used for deconvolution has been assumed to have a Gaussian analytical definition fully identified by three parameters (amplitude, central frequency, spectral bandwidth), so that the input values required to start the deconvolution process are the number M of Gaussian components and 3M suitable initial approximations of the parameters above. It is shown that all this information can be obtained from the measured data. The deconvolution procedure was implemented by a FORTRAN Microsoft Version 5.1 program and experimental results relative to spectroscopic data obtained by FT‐IR analysis of human serum albumin are reported. The results are discussed and compared with data obtained by the use of other techniques.

Evaluating OS/2

Abstract Every once in a while the technologists get out of hand a make changes that affect existing programs —that is, affect them so that they don't work any more. By the time you read this, the newest of such changes, IBM's OS/2 and its Microsoft version, should be available from your local computer store.

An Unsteady Regional Multilayered Aquifer Model for Microcomputers

Groundwater quality and quantity modeling in regional aquifer systems has developed very rapidly within the last twenty years. The new computational methods introduced to this field offer flexible tools to practicing engineers to analyze complex problems that otherwise would have been unfeasible to solve. Recent advances made in microcomputer technology introduce a new phase to this progress since such computational facilities are now readily available to most engineers, and the existing groundwater models can be implemented on these computers for efficient and reliable simulation. The study summarized here is an extension of an earlier steady‐state groundwater Now model developed by the first author. The numerical model discussed here is developed for an IBM‐AT or compatible system with 640K core memory capacity. The FORTRAN code is compiled using the Microsoft version 3.2 FORTUNE Compiler (MS‐FORTRAN Compiler) which runs under version 1.25 of the Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS‐DOS). For fast numeric processing an 8087 coprocessing environment is suggested but such a processor is not necessary for proper execution. The unsteady multilayer aquifer model developed here is verified based on analytical solutions for multilayer aquifers available in the literature. The computer code generated is identified as MUCF1 (Multilayer‐Unsteady‐Groundwater‐Flow) model.

Drawing a block plan from a REL chart with graph theory and a microcomputer

Facilities layout is concerned with the arrangement and coordination of physical facilities. In this paper we describe a new method which achieves part of this aim—the drawing of a block plan. The BASIC (Microsoft Version 5.0) program derived from the approach is designed to run on a personal computer with 30K RAM, without graphics capability. It requires a REL chart as input. It has the unique feature that one of the facilities specified can be the area exterior to the building, allowing a user to specify whether or not certain facilities must be adjacent to the outside wall. The program attempts to maximize the sum of the REL Chart scores of adjacent pairs of facilities and is based on a graph theoretic formulation and heuristic for the layout problem. Although the method is designed to handle 10–20 facilities, there is effectively no limit to the number of facilities; the final plan has dimension of 80 × 60 characters.