Presumptive Value Research Articles

Akurasi Biopsi Aspirasi Jarum Halus untuk Diagnostik Tumor Kelenjar Liur di RSUD DR Saiful Anwar Malang 2018-2022

Fine needle aspiration biopsy is accepted as a safe, reliable, minimally invasive, and cost-effective method. Fine needle aspiration biopsy aims to assist clinicians in handling patients. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the validity of fine needle aspiration biopsy as a diagnostic tool in salivary gland tumors compared to histopathological examination at Dr. Saiful Anwar Malang Hospital for the period of 2018-2022. Methods: Fine needle aspiration biopsy examination was performed before surgery, then compared with the results of histopathological examination after surgery as gold standard and retrospectively reviewed. Fine needle aspiration biopsy results and histopathological results are classified as neoplasm or non-neoplasm and benign or malignant. Validity is determined from sensitivity, specificity, positive conjecture value, negative conjecture value and accuracy. As a result, there were 33 cases of salivary gland tumors that met the inclusion criteria in the period 2018-2022 were reviewed, then classified into neoplasms or non-neoplasms and benign or malignant neoplasms. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive presumptive value, and negative presumptive value of cytological diagnosis of fine needle aspiration biopsy of salivary gland tumors for the neoplasm or non-neoplasm category were 93.1%, 100%, 93.9%, 100%, 66.7% and for the benign or malignant category 94.4%, 88.9%, 92.6%, 94.4%, 88.9%. This study shows that salivary gland fine needle aspiration biopsy cytology is a reliable and accurate diagnostic method for the diagnosis of salivary gland lesions. Conclusions: Fine needle aspiration biopsy is a useful method for diagnostics in salivary gland tumors but cannot replace histopathological examination as the gold standard for diagnostics.

Excavating Myth and Memory in Congressional Papers

ABSTRACT Congressional papers constitute some of the most unique archival collections to find their way into American repositories. Often voluminous, complex, and appended by donor stipulations and financial considerations, they have been the subject of decades’ worth of archival conferences, scholarship, legislation, and practical manuals. These discussions have long upheld the belief that congressional papers retain inherent research and historic value, largely due to their documentation of legislative processes and topical subject areas. This article interrogates the origins of that presumptive value, positing that archivists have customarily drawn on traditional narratives of American identity and democratic governance to justify and inform the acquisition, appraisal, processing, and deployment of congressional collections. The article first reviews the robust history of the congressional papers community, surveying the evolution of rhetoric around archivists’ assignation of inherent value to congressional papers and critically examining the ways in which that value is shaped by American practices of myth-making. Drawing from memory studies and concepts of the mythic imagination, the article then problematizes the passivity of American democracy in congressional archival praxis, taking into account burgeoning national reckonings and re-reckonings with the nature of American government itself. Implicating archival praxis in the perpetuation of narratives that do not reflect or represent the current state of the nation, the article then suggests modes of alternative intervention for archivists working with congressional papers, calling for a critically contextual reimagining of the field.

Estimation of Variance and Heritability Components in F2 Populations of Maize (Zea mays L.) in Dry Land

The F2 population of maize plants that has been obtained from hybridization between NK212 and NK7328 varieties has not been suspected of genetic diversity components and heritability in the narrow sense. This study aimed to determine the magnitude of the alleged value of variety components and heritability, as well as determine the types of varieties to be formed. The experimental design used was the Group Randomized Design (RAK) - North Carrolina I (NCI) consisting of 120 treatments. The experimental setup involved 40 male parent plants, each paired with 3 female parent plants in season I, and this procedure was replicated twice, resulting in a total of 240 treatment groups. The collected data was subjected to analysis through variety analysis (ANOVA) utilizing the NCI model. The results showed that the presumptive value of additive variety and dominant variety based on the results of data analysis varied, but in all observed traits the dominant variety value tended to be greater. Most of the observed traits have a negative heritability presumptive value, except for stem diameter, panicle exit age, fresh pruning weight, and 1000 seed weights. The conclusion obtained is that most of the observed properties have additive variance values and negative heritability values; the dominant variance value in all observed properties is greater than that of additive variety; The heritability of most traits cannot be predicted because they are negative. Therefore, it is advisable for the improvement of the F2 population is with the formation of hybrids.

Immunohistochemical Diagnostic value of Calretinin in Hirschprung Disease

Introduction: Hirschsprung's disease (HD) is characterized by the absence of ganglion cells in Meissner's plexus and Auerbach's plexus which used to be assessed by histopathological examination using Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E). In some cases is difficult to assess ganglion cells, thus requiring additional examination in the form of calretinin immunohistochemistry to detect the presence of ganglion. Methods: The 59 samples of suspected HD were analyzed by H&E staining followed by calretinin immunohistochemical staining. This study aimed to assess the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of calretinin in HD diagnostics. Results: The immunohistochemistry of calretinin showed a good diagnostic value in detecting aganglionosis in patients with suspected HD with a sensitivity value = 97.7%; Specificity = 100%; Positive Presumptive Value (PPV) = 100%; Negative Presumptive Value (NPV) = 93.7%; Accuracy= 98.3%. Thus, calretinin immunohistochemistry can be relied upon as an additional method in the diagnosis of HD

Resilient modulus values of Western Australia asphalt pavement

Resilient modulus (MR) is a property to measure the material’s stiffness in designing asphalt pavement thickness. The value is usually calculated from an Indirect Tensile Test (ITT) for decades since it is considered efficient and more practical in most applications, and it only uses a single loading time and temperature. The Austroads 2008 still included the resilient modulus values from ITT as an input value at the initial pavement design stage due to its practicality in the application, although this conventional approach has no longer been used in a mechanistic-empirical design guide by NCHRP. In this research, three asphalt mixtures with variables of aggregates diameter and type of asphalt using Western Australia materials were investigated. The mixes, i.e. AC10-320, AC14-320, and AC20-320, were cast in cylinders with a dimension of 75×100mm at a reference temperature of 25°C. The indirect tensile strength used triplicate samples. Research shows the resilient modulus values increase with an increase of nominal maximum aggregate size and a decrease of air voids percentage. The highest MR values were given by mix AC-320 with 3% air voids compared to other mixtures variation. The reasons are an improvement in particle-to-particle contact between the aggregates and density with low air voids in the mixes. From this study, the resilient modulus values of Western Australian asphalt mixtures still meet the lower part of the range of the Austroads presumptive values and recommend as indicative values for design input in pavement thickness calculation.

Comparative Dermatoglyphic Study Between Schizophrenic Patients and Healthy Controls

Introduction: Dermatoglyphics is the branch of medical science that is concerned with the study of dermal ridges present on fingers, palms, toes and the soles of the human being. There may have some association between fingerprints and schizophrenia regarding the developmental background of skin ridge pattern and brain.So this study was conducted to find out the fingerprint patterns in schizophrenic patients and also to find out sex variation of fingerprint patterns in between schizophrenic male and schizophrenic female.
 Objective: This study was carried out with a view to find out the fingerprint patterns in schizophrenic patients.
 Methodology: A total of 200 samples were selected. Among them, 100 were schizophrenic and 100 were normal healthy control. Samples were taken in between 15 to 40 years of age. Selection of schizophrenic sample was performed by a qualified psychiatrist. Fingerprints were taken by Ink and pad method, described by Cummins. Fingerprint patterns were observed by using a magnifying glass.
 Results: The frequency of common fingerprint pattern was reduced in schizophrenia. In healthy control loop pattern was predominant. But in schizophrenia frequency of loop pattern was reduced and there was an increased frequency of whorl and arch pattern.
 Conclusion: Asdermatoglyphics is genetically determined, predominant whorl and arch pattern found among the schizophrenic patients might provide a presumptive value which would aid in diagnosis of the disease.
 KYAMC Journal Vol. 10, No.-2, July 2019, Page 66-72

The library value deficit

PurposeWhile the great recession may have concluded more than a year ago, the lingering effects of state and local budget contraction and austerity are having a highly negative impact on libraries and librarians. The future for publicly funded libraries as institutions that promote learning, literacy, knowledge creation and entertainment is increasingly doubtful as publicly funded libraries across the country are seeing unprecedented levels of budget cuts. While the immediate cause of such reduced funding seems rooted in budgetary pressures, the reality is that library financial support is traditionally premised upon a publicly held assumption of goodwill for libraries and the societal benefits they represent. In order for libraries to survive the economic downturn and austerity measures put in place by government budgets, they need to rethink the role, purpose and benefits of library marketing in favor of a more sophisticated approach that conveys the unique value of their library and its offering to their specific user population. This paper aims to address this issue.Design/methodology/approachInformed by the author's extensive experience in marketing information services, the paper discusses the current trends in library marketing, especially those aimed at conveying the value of libraries, and ties them to relevant scholarship in the areas of services marketing and value creation.FindingsAssumed goodwill is inadequate to the task of competing for financial support in a post‐recessionary environment where expenditure of public funds is highly scrutinized. In order to survive long term, libraries of all kinds must take on a more sophisticated view of library marketing that focuses on value creation. Eliminating the old model of presumptive value in favor of one that utilizes the marketing process in order to communicate the competitive viability of libraries as place and content providers to their users in the form of targeted benefits that convey value, is critical. Simply put, if libraries hope to receive continued support in today's challenging fiscal climate they must elevate marketing to a critical operational function while focusing that marketing effort upon communicating the library's benefits and value to the users it serves.Practical implicationsAs a librarian, adjunct professor of marketing and former sales and marketing manager for a large information company, the author relies on his years of experience to convey a more purposeful sense of library marketing that is directed at communicating a library's unique value or worth to its users based upon an understanding of their needs, the benefits to them specifically as well as the competing options available to them in terms of information acquisition.Originality/valueThe paper shares specific ideas regarding the purpose, role and benefits of library marketing that are connected to improving perceptions of the worth of libraries and the perception of value to a specific community as a means of engendering future support for them.

Comparative Bearing Capacity Analysis of Spread Footing Foundation on Fractured Granites

It is evident from several studies that ultimate bearing capacities calculated by traditional methods are conservative and subjective. For large civil structures founded on spread footings, cost-effective and safer foundation could be achieved by adopting optimum ultimate bearing capacity values that are based on an objective and pragmatic analysis. There is a pressing need to modify the existing methods for accurate estimation of the bearing capacities of rocks for spread footings. In practice, foundation bearing capacities of rock masses are often estimated using the presumptive values from Building Officials Code Administrators, National Building Code, and methods adopted by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. However, the estimated values are often not realistic, and site-specific analyses are essential. In this study, geotechnical reports and drill-log data from successful geotechnical design projects founded on a wide range of granites in eastern Tennessee were consulted. Different published methods were used to calculate ultimate bearing capacity of rock mass. These methods included Peck, Hansen and Thornburn, Hoek and Brown, Army Corps of Engineers, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, and Terzaghi's general bearing capacity equations. Wide variation was observed in the calculated ultimate bearing capacity values, which ranged over about two orders of magnitude. Only two of the methods provided realistic results when validated with plate-load test data from similar rocks.

吟醸酒の品質に及ぼす精白米の諸特性の影響

The relationship between properties of rice grains and the quality of ginjo sake (specially made sake) brewed from them is investigated on 179 samples of polished rice, of which 90% consisted of cultivated Yamadanishiki from Hyogo Prefecture.There were significant differences in polishing loss, specific polishing loss and some more properties between domestically polished rice and the rice polished on commission. Polishing loss was defined by the difference between true polishing ratio and apparent polishing ratio, and specific polishing loss was defined by polishing loss/(100-apparent polishing ratio). Tthese differences were considered to be derived from operating parameters of rice mills.The quality of sake, which was represented by the result of sensory test, was correlated to true polishing ratio, protein content of polished rice, deviation of weight distribution in polished rice and so on. According to multiple regression analysis, the presumptive value of quality of sake was the combination of true polishing ratio and deviation of weight distribution in polished rice for Yamadanishiki. On the other hand, it was the combination of true polishing ratio and protein content of polished rice for the total varieties of rice. The multiple correlation coefficients were 0.335 and 0.417-for each case. The results mentioned above suggested the importance of the rice grains as a main ingredient.The specific polishig loss had a trend to decrease, when Yamdanishiki with especialy large grains was milled at low speed.There were also significant differences in specific polishing loss and some other properties among the mills of various types.

Serum cholesterol level in normal people: association of serum cholesterol level with age and relative body weight.

Serum cholesterol level was studied in normal subjects in Kasakake Village. The serum cholesterol levels increased significantly with age, from the third to the fifth decade in males and from the third to the seventh decade in females. Thereafter, the levels were maintained in males while declined in females. The mean peak values (+/- SD) were 178 +/- 31 mg/100 ml in males and 207 +/- 37 mg/100 ml in females. The presumptive values of the zero-year-old obtained from the regression lines calculated from the plot of serum cholesterol values against age were 129 mg/100 ml and 112 mg/100 ml in males and females respectively. Throughout the age-range examined in females, the serum cholesterol level was well correlated with the relative body weight determined with modified Broca's method. A similar, but less obvious correlation was demonstrated in males. However, there was not comparable change in the relative body weight against the trend of the serum cholesterol level in both sexes. In the babies normally delivered with full term, the mean cholesterol level (+/- SD) in the umbilical cord blood serum was 65 +/- 13 mg/100 ml and it increased to 150 +/- 46 mg/100 ml during one to three months after birth which was very close to the presumptive values obtained from the regression lines in the adults. There also was significant correlation between the cholesterol value and the body weight. It is concluded that in normal people, age and relative body weight are major and independent determinants of serum cholesterol level from the start of their life.

Psychological Research on Empathy: In Search of an Elusive Phenomenon

A need for additional study of the empathic process is evidenced by a review of the literature. As yet there is no definitive study, and contradictory definitions exist regarding empathy's nature, meaning, and use. Because empathy has presumptive value in aiding interactional situations, the concept seems particularly relevant to psychology. Although empathy is an influential directive in all interactions and vital to communication, its full implications remain unknown. The present discussion focuses on the unique problems empathy poses for the psychological investigator.

Anaerobic bacteria in dentoalveolar infections

The bacteriology of 57 dentoalveolar infections was studied using optimal techniques to collect, transport and process specimens. There was an average of 4 bacterial species per specimen, and only 1/3 of the specimens held aerobes. Among the aerobic bacteria, streptococci dominated and among the anaerobes the Gram-negative rods, Bacteroides ruminicola and Fusobacterium nucleatum, were most frequently isolated followed by Gram-positive cocci, in particular Streptococcus intermedins. All aerobic isolates were sensitive to Phenoxymethylpenicillin and benzylpenicillin. 4 anaerobic isolates were resistant to penicillins but sensitive to clindamycin and tinidazole. The other anaerobic isolates were sensitive to penicillins but showed varying susceptibility to erythromycin and doxycycline. Tinidazole was effective against all anaerobic Gram-negative rods. The presence of volatile fatty acids in pus from dentoalveolar infections was found to be of presumptive value for the diagnosis of anaerobic infections. Direct gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of pus is recommended as a routine procedure for preliminary diagnosis of anaerobic dentoalveolar infections.

The Burning of the Books.

Chicago, Nov. 24, 1905. To the Editor: —No species of vandalism has ever aroused such universal execration as the wanton destruction of literature and records, whether accumulated for that purpose or captured with other acquisitions of victory. In modern times the easy production and multiplication of books has brought the dignity and presumptive value of the book to a low ebb; and, while the ancient tome had, from its very existence, a modicum of permanent value, the book of to-day may be valueless and a mere incumbrance, either because of its primary inherent worthlessness, or its worthlessness in a particular form, or on account of the enormous edition, or an edition made incomplete by abridgement, by faulty translation, by reproduction on poor paper, in bad print or with other defects. To the bibliophile any book within his horizon has a certain bibliographic, literary and commercial value, based on fluctuating interest