Neglected Research Articles

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BIOLOGY PRACTICAL LESSONS IN SELECTED WELL-ENDOWED AND LESS-ENDOWED SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN GHANA

The teaching and learning of biology in the Senior High Schools has of late not been very effective since the practical aspect of the subject is seemingly neglected by many teachers. The main objective of this study was to investigate and compare how biology practical lessons were conducted in some well-endowed and less-endowed Senior High Schools in Ghana. The main instruments used for gathering the data for the study were questionnaires, document analysis and informal observation of some biology lessons. This enabled the Researchers to capture as closely as possible, the real picture of what happened during the observed lessons. The sampled population for the study consisted of 408 students and 24 biology teachers from twelve selected Senior High Schools in the Eastern and Central Regions of Ghana. Data collected were analyzed using frequency counts and percentages. The research findings showed that the time allotted to practical lessons in biology varied from one school to another, as 35.8% of students from well-endowed schools complained of insufficiency of time as against 78.9% of students from less-endowed schools. The study also found that the teaching strategies employed in the two categories of Senior High Schools were not different. However, students from the selected well-endowed schools tend to have a greater advantage than their counterparts from the less-endowed schools, as they were exposed to less lecture method 7.4% compared to 27.9% from the low-endowment schools . To ensure efficiency in the teaching of the practical aspect of biology in the Senior High Schools, the study recommends that the government and all other stakeholders in education must supply laboratories in all Senior High Schools with the necessary equipment, materials and chemicals to enable students to develop the necessary skills, attitudes, and interest in science. Article visualizations:

Pharmaceutical management interventions through a Drug and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) in Kabul, Afghanistan: initial experience after decades of neglect

Pharmaceutical management interventions through a Drug and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) in Kabul, Afghanistan: initial experience after decades of neglect

An iterative method to infer distributed mass and stiffness profiles for use in reference dynamic beam-Winkler models of foundation piles from frequency response functions

Accurate characterisation of soil behaviour in Dynamic-Soil-Structure Interaction (DSSI) applications remains a significant challenge. Knowledge of the operational soil-structure interaction stiffness is important for applications ranging from earthquake engineering to offshore structures subjected to wind and wave loading. A number of methods have been derived to couple soil and structural properties using beam-Winkler models. One of the key drawbacks of these approaches is the disparity in predicted stiffness depending on the formulation chosen. Moreover, the contribution of soil mass in the dynamic motion of foundations is often neglected. In this paper, a method is presented that uses a Frequency Response Function (FRF) measured from a laterally-impacted pile to estimate operational stiffness and mass profiles acting along the pile. The method involves creating a beam-Winkler numerical model of the soil-pile system, applying a starting estimate of the soil stiffness and mass profiles and calculating weighting factors to be applied to these starting estimates to obtain a match between the measured FRF from the test pile and the calculated FRF from the numerical model. This paper presents the formulation of the iterative updating approach, and demonstrates its functionality using simulated experimental data of typical piles. Simulated data is used as it enables testing a wide range of circumstances including possible issues relating to the influence of the shape of the operational soil stiffness profile, soil density, effects of sensor noise and errors in damping estimation. The method may be useful in finite-element (FE) model updating applications where reference numerical models for soil-structure interaction are required.

Medical Neglect in Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus.

Diabetes mellitus was a fatal disease for thousands of years, but the discovery of insulin in 1921 and major substantial improvements in care have made living with diabetes a chronic rather than fatal disease for many people, including children and adolescents. Diabetes mellitus is a lifestyle-altering diagnosis for the entire family. In some families, children and adolescents do not get the daily care they depend upon. This article reviews the consequences of medical neglect of children with diabetes and the optimal community response to concerns of medical neglect of diabetes. Criteria for placement in foster or substitute care are suggested.

소외계층의 스포츠복지 제약척도 개발

소외계층의 스포츠복지 제약척도 개발

Some Classic Formulation used by the Native Practitioners of South Tripura District, Tripura, North-East India

This article highlights some classic formulations used by the traditional practitioners of Bangalee community in Belonia bio – region of South Tripura district for the treatment of various ailments. A field survey revealed nine classic formulations those are important folklore medicines for various ailments, where 23 different plants species and five organic and inorganic entities have identified those used as components for nine formulations and two species of plants Citrus limon Linn, Azadirachta indica (A). Juss recorded in more than one formulation. The name and address of traditional practitioners, the composition of formulations, disease, sign and syndrome have detailed in this article. Apart from traditional knowledge few traditional mindset on ghost action, restriction for pregnant women has also documented. With the advent of the modern exotic culture and the parallel development of modern or allopathic medicines, the rich Indian traditional system of health care practices have sidelined and neglected. Resultantly, the village-based wisdom of the traditional system of health care practices has not seriously referred, not well documented and conveyed properly over generations. With this background, our survey on Tripura traditional medicine (TTM) may help in the discovery of safe, natural remedy for some dreaded ailments and sustainable development of ethno-medicinal bioresources.

(Mis)representations of Motherf** in Italian Film Dubbing

There are swearwords which are considered very offensive and are almost unutterable in many situations and in different languages. One of such words is “motherfucker”, which, nonetheless, is fairly used in American films. Being forbidden in Italian dubbing, the literature claims that audiovisual translators tend to replace it by resorting to alternatives, such as “son of a bitch” and “bastard”. What this paper will explore, is whether such replacement swearwords are used in Italian dubbed films and to what extent. To this aim, a corpus of 24 American films dated from 1977 to 2015 will be implemented and the occurrence rates of the back translations will be analysed. This analysis will firstly highlight that the literature's findings can be confirmed only partly, as the epithet “son of a bitch” is very recurrent (as well as omissions), while the insult “bastard” is almost neglected. Discrepancies in the film ratings will then emerge, as the films composing the corpus are rated R in The United States; whereas they are rated either a sort of NC-13 or G in Italy. Therefore, a further analysis will be mandatory in order to explore divergences in translations, if any, in view of the different film ratings. This analysis will yet confirm the high recurrence to “son of a bitch”; however, it will also highlight that dubbed films rated G are censored pervasively; whereas NC-13 films resort to new translation patterns, albeit on reduced terms.

Roberta Rambelli: una presencia invisible

Roberta Rambelli was one of the first Italian science fiction writers, editor of the «Galassia» pulp book series, creator of the first collection of “serious” science fiction books and one of the most acclaimed translator of American best-seller novels. Nevertheless, her work and figure has been largely overlooked by academics in both literature and science fiction studies. The objective of this article is to analyze Rambelli’s professional career as writer, editor and translator while aiming to reconstruct the possible causes of this neglect. In order to do this, we have linked a descriptive term to each of her activities: as writer, disguise; as editor, exclusion; as translator, invisibility. This labelling device will serve the purpose of organizing, connecting and elucidate the elements and causes of what we have defined as a Rambelli tendency to shroud and be shrouded.

Beneath the Complete Denture Prosthesis: A Review

With the advances of implants in dentistry, mucosal problem of denture have been overlook to some extent. There are cases where the treatment plan of conventional complete denture cannot be neglected. Treatment planning of denture fabrication starts from preoperative diagnosis and clinical assessment of the supporting tissue. Success of the prosthesis depends on the variability of the mucosal displacement. This article reviews the various mucosal effects on complete denture. It should be properly assessed to maintain denture balance and to achieve oral and denture hygiene in optimum level.

Specific skin changes induced by chemotherapy

Cancer remains the leading cause to death among Chinese populations, with increasing incidence and mortality every year. As we know, chemotherapy is the main systemic therapy for cancer patients, which frequently causes skin toxicity. Since this side effect is non-life threatening, the impact of its occurrence is often being neglected. However, skin toxicity does influence the quality of life of the patient and often leads to the decrease in dosage or even suspension of treatment, and therefore significantly altered the therapeutic outcome. Hereby, we first report four specific skin changes induced by chemotherapy which are observed in patients treated in our department (from March to October in 2015). To further establish our current observation, we reviewed pertinent publications regarding skin toxicity due to chemotherapy and summarized common skin toxicity induced by chemotherapy. Herein, by summarizing both common and rare skin adverse reactions induced by chemotherapeutic drugs, we hope to increase awareness in this area and possibly to come up with therapeutic interventions that could curb these side effects.

Ottoman textiles and Greek clerical vestments: prolegomena on a neglected aspect of ecclesiastical material culture-CORRIGENDUM

Ottoman textiles and Greek clerical vestments: prolegomena on a neglected aspect of ecclesiastical material culture-CORRIGENDUM

Neonatal tetanus in Central African Republic: a neglected tragedy

Neonatal tetanus in Central African Republic: a neglected tragedy

Influencing factors of non-compliance in bowel preparation for patients undergoing colonoscopy: a qualitative research

Objective To explore the factors affecting non-compliance in bowel preparation for patients undergoing colonoscopy and to provide evidence for improving patients' compliance. Methods Guided by the phenomenological research method, semi-structured interviews were performed among 16 patients who had poor bowel preparation for colonoscopy at the digestive endoscopy center in 3 Class Ⅲ Grade A hospitals in Suzhou from January to April 2017. The data were analyzed by Colaizzi analysis method. Results Through the interviews, the factors influencing bowel preparation compliance were summed up into 3 themes: the neglect of the importance of strict compliance with bowel preparation, the inability to tolerate bowel preparation, and lack of specialized knowledge of bowel preparation. Conclusions To improve the compliance of bowel preparation for patients undergoing colonoscopy, medical staff should correctly guide the patients to understand the importance of bowel preparation and ensure the full grasp of the specific requirements, on the other hand, should actively strive to improve the patient's tolerance of bowel preparation. Key words: Colonoscopy; Bowel preparation; Compliance; Qualitative research

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Analysis of basics examination performance of clinicians at 55 public hospitals

Objective To learn the command of basic theories, basic knowledge and basic skills, as well as strict requirement, strict attitude and strict behavior(three basics and three strictness)of clinicians at secondary and above public hospitals in Chongqing. Methods In this study, the examination scores of 1 650 clinicians from 55 such hospitals were assessed in terms of their three basics and three strictness performance during November 9-11 of 2016. The data were analyzed with t test and descriptive statistics. Results The theory scoring and skill scoring of all the clinicians averaged 61.25±0.72 and 68.19±21.12 respectively. Theory scoring and skill scoring of tertiary hospital clinicians were significantly higher than those at secondary(P<0.05). The skill scoring of teaching hospital clinicians averaged 74.87±20.67, higher than those at non-teaching hospitals(67.38±21.07, P=0.045). Conclusions The basic medical quality lacks due attention by medical institutions at all levels, and the training and assessment of clinicians on three basics and three strictness fall far behind. The clinicians rely heavily on large medical equipments for their diagnoses, neglecting most basic diagnostic skills. Basic medical quality of the city can only be enhanced by strengthening the training and assessment of three basics and three strictness for clinicians. Key words: Health manpower; Total quality management; Assessment; Training; Chongqing

Preparing your healthcare system to identify and respond to victims of abuse, neglect, and exploitation

Objectives: The participants will utilize best practice guidelines in developing a coordinated response to victims of abuse, neglect and exploitation in the healthcare setting. Background: The identification of abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation in patients’ lives is important for optimal care. Despite national recommendations to screen for intimate partner violence, many healthcare systems are not prepared to address abuse, …

Neglected encounters: addiction and the meaning of pain

Neglected encounters: addiction and the meaning of pain

Systematic review of randomized controlled trials addressing childhood adversities in pediatric primary care settings

BACKGROUND: Childhood adversities such as abuse and neglect can be harmful for short and long-term health, and minimizing exposure is critical for prevention. Although there has been increased attention to addressing childhood adversity through screening, referral, and intervention in the pediatric setting, solutions are not widely established. The objective of this review is to evaluate the impact of pediatric-setting engaged practices to address childhood adversities. METHODS: We included English language articles published through December 2016 that utilized a randomized trial design and targeted children or adolescents age …

Child Abuse, Spotting the Signs: A Pilot Program to Increase the Detection Skills of Pediatric Residents, Using a Combination of Simulation-Based and Didactic Training

Purpose In 2014, over 700,000 children in the U.S. were victims of maltreatment or abuse, in which 1,500 children succumbed to fatalities. Providers can protect children by reporting maltreatment, but only if they can recognize the subtle signs of abuse and neglect. Methods Pediatrics residents participated in a one-day training, a hybrid education model of simulation and lecture. We developed a simulated scenario, which was a clinical visit for an infant with a …

Inadequate water treatment quality as assessed by protozoa removal in Sarawak, Malaysia.

ABSTRACTProviding safe drinking-water to human civilization is indispensable; it is one of the most cost-effective means of reducing the disease burden of diarrhea. Unfortunately, water supply quality monitoring from public water treatment plants (WTPs) is often neglected or taken for granted. To determine the produced water quality, WTPs in Sarawak, Malaysia were assessed for their protozoa removal ability. A self-administered questionnaire based on the regulations in the Drinking-water Standards for New Zealand (DWSNZ) was developed. Optional 10-liter raw water samples were collected from willing WTPs for the detection of protozoan cysts. Routine physical and microbial testing of WTP parameters were also requested for raw water quality overview. Two of the nine assessed WTPs achieved three log credits in the treatment component, one of which belonged to Peninsular Malaysia. No log credits were obtained in the other tested components for any samples. Most of the WTPs employed “Coagulation, Sedimentation, and Filtration” using rapid gravity filters without enhancement (P < 0.05). Giardia cysts were detected in raw water sources used for treatment, and the geographical location was identified as an influencing factor for raw water quality. There is an urgent requirement for active collaboration and holistic approaches to review existing water management policies and interventions. WTPs in Sarawak did not achieve the log credits required to safeguard the microbial quality of the water supplied; however, only Giardia cysts were detected in 10-liter raw water samples despite routine microbial parameter monitoring showing disturbing contamination levels.