Daily Life Routines Research Articles

Eksistensi Masyarakat Islam dan Kristen terhadap Kegiatan Keagamaan dalam Perspektif Islam dan Kristen di Desa Jawi Jawi

This research examines the Islamic and Christian Society's Animo towards Religious Activities in Jawi Jawi Village, Sei Kepayang Barat District, the Community in Jawi Jawi Village towards understanding religious teachings can be assessed as a stimulus that has an impact on a person's religious behavior. Religious behavior as an activity based on believed religious values, is influenced by the intensity of individual activity, the level of understanding of religious teachings, and the intensity in carrying out activities related to religious teachings. This research uses the type of research conducted by researchers is qualitative research with a theological approach. This research was conducted in Sei Jawi Jawi Village, Sei Kepayang District, Asahan District, North Sumatra Province. In this case researchers classify sources into two categories, namely primary sources and secondary sources and researchers collect data by means of observation, interviews and documentation. The results of this study are that religious activities are all forms of activities related to religious values, which are used as routines in daily life and used as guidelines in establishing relationships with Allah SWT and relationships with other human beings. The views of the Muslim and Christian communities on religious activities in Jawi Jawi Village are activities that are based on Islamic or Christian religious teachings which are a form of Islamic development and one of its goals is to help build morals, especially as a form of moral development in the Jawi Jawi Village community. With the activeness of a person in participating in religious activities, it is hoped that the quality of a person's faith will be better than before where this will appear in his moral behavior in everyday life. This means that Islamic and Christian religious activities contribute to the process of developing the morals of the people of Jawi Jawi Village.

Reshaping Societies: The Vital Role of Sociological Studies amid Globalization

The swift and profound societal changes triggered by the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic have necessitated rapid adaptations in individual behaviors within daily life routines. This study addresses the vital role of sociological studies in reshaping societies amid globalization within the New Normal Era. Employing a sociological lens grounded in Talcott Parsons’ functionalism theory, this study employs a meticulous and rigorous descriptive qualitative research design. This study investigation draws upon an extensive and systematic collection of diverse bibliographic sources, encompassing previous scholarly research that sheds light on behavioral shifts before and after the pandemic, alongside credible information from mainstream media outlets. The intricate dynamics of societal metamorphosis during the New Normal epoch are intricately intertwined with the inherent complexities of the prevailing social system, actively grappling with the diverse and enduring aftermath of the coronavirus. Notably, Parsons’ AGIL framework emerges as pivotal in facilitating the establishment of a fresh and adaptive social equilibrium. The realization of the New Normal paradigm hinges on the ethical evaluation and calibration of precisely defined indicators, fostering seamless collaboration and integration among diverse community constituents. Ultimately, this study underscores sociological studies’ indispensable and central role in deeply understanding, critically analyzing, and effectively reshaping societies amidst the profound and multifaceted challenges posed by globalization and the transformative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder and its Ayurvedic Management - A Case Report

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) is a condition in which children or adolescents experience ongoing irritability, anger, and frequent, intense temper outbursts. The symptoms of DMDD go beyond a “bad mood.” DMDD symptoms are severe. Youth who have DMDD experience significant problems at home, school, and often with peers. They also tend to have high rates of health care service use, hospitalization, and school suspension, and are more likely to develop other mood disorders. The present case of a 13 year old girl has worsening of mood characterized by irritability, anger, harming parent, crying spells, poor self care, social withdrawal for 12 months. The symptoms were increasing progressively and which badly affected her daily routine activities and school life. Here had never been a distinct period lasting more than one day during which the full symptom criteria, for a manic, hypomanic or a depressive episode had been met. In Ayurveda, the condition was diagnosed as Vathaja Unmada with Pithanubandha based on the symptoms of irritability anger etc. The treatment protocol including Snehapana, Virechana, Vasthi and Nasya was administered. During the treatment period family therapy methods also administered. After the intervention the symptoms were improved.

Review Article on Varicose Veins – Sirajgranthi

Abstract-Varicose veins is a disease commonly affecting the lower limbs, particularly the persons in higher age group, engaged in hard work, or in prolonged standing jobs, etc. Varicose veins are commonly occurring health problem in patients related to standing occupation. Varicose veins are not a severe medical condition in the early stages it's only a cosmetic concern but continued pain causes disturbance in daily routine life. Incompetency of the valves and weakness in the walls of the veins are the primary cause of this disease. In Ayurveda Siraja Granthi & Siragata Vata rogas are explained which are synonymous with the modern system disease of varicose veins. Varicose veins commonly develop in calves, thigh, in the legs and feet. Varicose veins are not life threatening but it affects day-to-day activities and conditions worsen with chronicity. Hence it is necessary to do a review study on varicose veins.

Design and Development of a Non-Contact ECG-Based Human Emotion Recognition System Using SVM and RF Classifiers.

Emotion recognition becomes an important aspect in the development of human-machine interaction (HMI) systems. Positive emotions impact our lives positively, whereas negative emotions may cause a reduction in productivity. Emotionally intelligent systems such as chatbots and artificially intelligent assistant modules help make our daily life routines effortless. Moreover, a system which is capable of assessing the human emotional state would be very helpful to assess the mental state of a person. Hence, preventive care could be offered before it becomes a mental illness or slides into a state of depression. Researchers have always been curious to find out if a machine could assess human emotions precisely. In this work, a unimodal emotion classifier system in which one of the physiological signals, an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal, has been used is proposed to classify human emotions. The ECG signal was acquired using a capacitive sensor-based non-contact ECG belt system. The machine-learning-based classifiers developed in this work are SVM and random forest with 10-fold cross-validation on three different sets of ECG data acquired for 45 subjects (15 subjects in each age group). The minimum classification accuracies achieved with SVM and RF emotion classifier models are 86.6% and 98.2%, respectively.

Preparation, production and characteristics of sugarcane vinegar

Sugarcane is one of the main crops worldwide, and it has an important impact on environmental issues. Sugarcane is used in daily routine life in many ways like as vinegar, jiggery, juices etc. In India sugarcane crop is best cultivated in the west U.P. Sugarcane original vinegar drink with high nutritional quality was produced from fresh sugarcane juice using the yeast culture and acetic acid bacteria by fermentation techniques such as submerged alcoholic fermentation followed by acetic fermentation at room temperature. Refined sugarcane is the primary product of sugarcane juice, during its processing, various other valuable products are also obtained in an unrefined form such as brown sugar, molasses, jaggery and vinegar. Sugarcane juice is widely used in the treatment of jaundice, hemorrhage, dysuria, and other urinary disease. Nowadays sugarcane vinegar is also used in Indian kitchens commonly in pickles, salads, etc. Vinegar is extremely useful for human health including antimicrobial activity, blood pressure reduction, antioxidant activity, reduction in the effects of diabetes, and prevention of cardiovascular disease. Phenolic acid in vinegar can scavenge superoxide anion and free radicals in vivo resulting in a potent antioxidant activity.

“The <em>Internet of Life</em>”

“The <em>Internet of Life</em>”

Outcomes of a Cognitive Management Program (CMP) for an Individual with Mild Neurocognitive Disorder at Risk of Developing Alzheimer

Individuals with mild neurocognitive disorder (mild-NCD) may suffer from one or a range of mild neurocognitive dysfunctions that disturb their daily life routines. This study tested the outcomes of an author-compiled cognitive management program (CMP) on a patient at the risk of developing Alzheimer. The CMP comprised a careful diagnostic procedure, a multi-dimensional cognitive assessment of the participant's cognitive functioning, and a series of cognitive rehabilitation procedures. A 59-year old woman (diagnosed based on DSM-5 and Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R)) was included in the study. The participant's cognitive rehabilitation program consisted of a face-to-face training for twelve sessions and a daily homework-based training (35 days). The participant was tested at the baseline, at the end of the rehabilitation procedure, and 6- and 12-month follow-ups. To measure memory, attention, executive function, language, and reasoning abilities the following tests were administered: (a) Forward and Backward Digit Span Test; (b) Rey Complex Figure Test; (c) Continuous Performance Test; (d) Color-Word Interference; (e) Verbal Fluency; (f) Trial Making Test; (g) Symbol Digit Modality Test; and (h) The Twenty Questions Test and the Word Context Test. The Mean Percentage Improvement (MPI) index suggested improvements in the participant's scores for ACE-R subscales, memory, attention, language, executive functions, and reasoning and persistent improvements in the Word Context Test (55% at post-test and 63% at follow-up) and Rey Complex Figure Test (33% at the post-test and 47% at the follow-up). The results suggest that the CMP could improve the overall cognitive functioning of the participant.

Mandible Angle Resection with the Retroauricular Approach

Square-shaped and large moon-shaped faces are commonly observed in Asians, and the contour of the mandible is associated with the shape of the lower part of the face. Mandible contouring surgery is performed to create a softer impression for East Asians. Currently, most surgeries are performed using an intraoral approach. External approaches have not been cosmetically attempted because of possible damage to the facial nerve and visible scarring and have been limited to mandible bone fracture reduction. This study included 42 patients who underwent mandibular angle reduction via classical intraoral incision and retroauricular incision between April 2019 and October 2021. Clinical outcomes were assessed using the Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale and Visual Analog Scale. Surgery was successful in all cases, with no significant complications. An appropriate mandibular contour was achieved postoperatively. All patients were satisfied with the outcome. Some patients experienced short-term complications, such as hematoma and wound disruption of the skin above the incision line. However, these improved within 3 weeks, and no serious long-term complications were observed. Mandible angle resection with the retroauricular approach is a promising alternative for patients, allowing speedy recovery and the resumption of routine daily life.

Elderly and their barriers to accepting and learning to use technology: A scoping review

As the rate of technology development is concurrently increasing with the number of elderly people, it is necessary for people to be digitally literate and be able to use technology to its full capacity. However, research has found that the digital divide is still happening within the community, as not everyone has fully accepted technology in their daily life routines. With the aim of identifying barriers and challenges of elderly learning technology, and mitigating efforts used by past researchers to cater to the barriers, a scoping review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guideline was conducted, and 19 eligible articles have identified having low self-confidence, lack of knowledge, cognitive and physical limitations, as well as psychological and socioeconomic challenges as the common barriers associated with elderly learning. Recognizing what the elders can and cannot do, alongside having intervention programs that promote digital inclusion, could be taken as measures to mitigate the barriers faced by the elders in learning to use technology.

The dark side of being a pathologist: Unravelling the health hazards.

Pathologists are indispensable to the practice of medicine. Awareness of health hazards among pathologists is a crucial aspect of today's time. Numerous occupational health risks are prevalent which are mostly ignored; for example, the association of microscope use for prolonged durations leading to the development of chronic pain syndromes has been acknowledged for nearly three decades, yet most pathologists are unaware about this hazard until after it transforms into a chronic health issue. The purpose of this study is to learn its prevalence in working pathologists, make them aware of the risks, discuss and encourage them to proactively integrate strategies which are preventive in nature into their daily routine lives. The aim of the study was to analyze the level of risk, knowledge, awareness and biosafety measures taken by the pathologists in their routine daily work life. The study was conducted in a developing country, Northern India, using a standard online 50-item questionnaire enquiring about routine practices. 450 participants were enrolled consisting of 360 pathologists and 90 residents of pathology. Among the 450 enrolled study participants, 84.8% complained of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), with the neck being the commonest location of pain. Furthermore, 74.8% reported visual refractive errors, among which myopia took the highest place. Work injuries were reported in 60% of participants. Intolerance reactions to chemicals especially formaldehyde was observed in 63.1%. Depression and burnout were reported in 42%. Although knowledge seems to be near adequate, there is a lack of implementation and a noticeable risk of health hazards namely musculoskeletal problems, injuries, visual disorders, and ergonomic issues in routine daily activities of pathologists.

International Perspectives on Social Work and Political Conflict, Joe Duffy, Jim Campbell and Carol Tosone (eds)

International Perspectives on Social Work and Political Conflict is a timely book given Putin’s attack on Ukraine, shattering the peace of Europe and with profound implications ricocheting across the world. This hostile act has caused mayhem in the routines of daily life through a cost-of-living crisis that includes food scarcities and expensive fuel costs to heat homes and travel to and from work and schools. These developments have had a huge impact on people’s pocketbooks, particularly those who are on no or limited incomes as they spend a greater proportion of their funds on these items. It has also exposed the interdependencies of countries in a globalised world. A horrendous war in one country carries implications for the entire world. Social workers are involved in supporting the people of Ukraine through their organisations, the International Association of Schools of Social Work, the International Federation of Social Workers mainly through their regional associations and Social Work for Peace.

Heart rate and oxygen uptake kinetics obtained from continuous measurements with wearable devices during outdoor walks of patients with COPD.

Continuous physiological measurements during a laboratory-based exercise test can provide physiological biomarkers, such as heart rate (HR) and oxygen uptake (V̇O2) kinetics, that carry clinically relevant information. In contrast, it is not clear how continuous data generated by wearable devices during daily-life routines could provide meaningful biomarkers. We aimed to determine whether valid HR and V̇O2 kinetics can be obtained from measurements with wearable devices during outdoor walks in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). HR (Polar Belt) and V̇O2(METAMAX3B) were measured during 93 physical activity transitions performed by eight patients with COPD during three different outdoor walks (ntr = 77) and a 6-minute walk test (ntr = 16). HR and V̇O2 kinetics were calculated every time a participant started a walk, finished a walk or walked upstairs. HR and V̇O2 kinetics were considered valid if the response magnitude and model fit were adequate, and model parameters were reliable. Continuous measurements with wearable devices provided valid HR kinetics when COPD patients started or finished (range 63%-100%) the different outdoor walks and valid V̇O2 kinetics when they finished (range 63%-100%) an outdoor walk. The amount of valid kinetics and kinetic model performance was comparable between outdoor walks and a laboratory-based exercise test (p > .05). We envision that the presented approach could improve telemonitoring applications of patients with COPD by providing regular, unsupervised assessments of HR kinetics during daily-life routines. This could allow to early identify a decline in the patients' dynamic physiological functioning, physical fitness and/or health status.

Quantified self and subjectivity: Evaluation of digital self-tracking practices in the context of subjectification processes

Parallel to the widespread use of digitalization in all areas of life, monitoring and evaluation of various bodily functions and practices through digital technologies has also taken its place among daily life routines. With wearable/portable devices and smart phone applications, many bodily parameters and practices such as steps counts, calorie consumption, sleep tracking, stress level, habits and personal finance management, etc. are tracked, converted into quantitative data, analyzed, and those bodily functions and practices are re-structured on the basis of these data. Expressed in the description of the “Quantified Self”, this contemporary trend corresponds to the new forms of regulation of bodily practices in the digital society and is discussed in the relevant literature within the framework of various forms of subjectivity. The Foucauldian theoretical line considers self-tracking as a self-practice in the context of biopower as a normalization, control and surveillance activity that structures bodily practices around certain norms regarding health and aesthetics. Self-tracking practices are also discussed in the context of new-individualism culture, where self-transformation through self-knowledge and self-updating is the distinguishing feature, and performance subject as a “self-designer”, a success-oriented “self-entrepreneur” who transforms herself into a project. In this paper, firstly, these subjectivities will be evaluated in the context of self-tracking practices and current approaches as to what kind of subjectivity to which the “quantified self” corresponds will be discussed. Then, the thesis that the subject of the self-tracking practice can be understood in a more comprehensive way in the context of the notion of “neoliberal subjectivity”, which includes certain aspects of the subjectivities in question, will be discussed.

Daily life time of women during Covid 19. Trends and drivers

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on our living systems and on the economic and political organization of our country. The significant loss of human lives, the interruption of economic activities, the lockdown, to give just a few references, are undoubted threats to our well-being. The Italian context is of great interest to analyse the possible consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to women’s new daily life routines, not only because of the drastic measures adopted by the Government in the first emergency phase, but also because of the significant gender differences that characterise the country. In a more recent study (Chirivì and Moffa 2020) on women’s equality paths, we were able to highlight how the typically family-based Italian welfare system – the care of the most fragile people (children, elderly and disabled) is almost entirely entrusted to families penalises women who bear the burden of looking after everyone. The spread of the pandemic has in fact laid bare the already existing gender inequalities, highlighting a dimension of womens lives that is often hidden or overlooked, based on a persistent disparity in different areas of daily life, from everyday family life to work and social activities. This paper aims to explore two key issues: gender inequality and links between reproduction and production sphere, focusing on pre-existing inequalities and vulnerabilities in women’s life experiences.

‘Just another world’: an interpretive biography of the cultural transition of two West African footballers in Germany

This paper explored the cultural and career transition experiences of two elite West African footballers in Germany using the approach of interpretive biography. By analysing data collected through semi-­structured interviews, the players’ narratives revealed a range of experiences emerging at different temporal points or life domains. The experiences included the psychosocial states of pre-transition, the challenges associated with language and weather, the increased demands of professionalism, the challenge of adapting to a new environment and routines of daily life, the superficiality of relationships and the attendant loneliness. It however, advanced literature by demonstrating how an African footballer in Europe may locate self and progress career within the European football economy and how a high-status African migrant athlete may use his social position to characterise self in a certain manner so as to exercise the right to belong.

Effects of a Pedometer-Based Walking Home Program Plus Resistance Training on Inflammatory Cytokines and Depression in Thai Older People with Sarcopenia: A Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial

ABSTRACT Objective To examine the effects of daily walking steps plus resistive exercise on chronic inflammatory markers and depressive symptoms in older adults with sarcopenia. Methods Ninety men and women aged over 60 years were enrolled and divided into 60 and 30 adults with and without sarcopenia, respectively. Older individuals were screened for sarcopenia using the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia in 2019. A simple random sample was conducted to divide the older adults with sarcopenia into two groups: control and intervention. Thirty older adults with sarcopenia were assigned to perform 12 weeks of step walking (>7500 steps) daily for 5 days/week plus resistance exercise with an elastic band twice/week; the control groups (i.e., no sarcopenia and sarcopenia) performed routine daily life Changes in depression and expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were measured before and after the 12-week intervention program. Two-way mixed ANOVA models were computed for group and interaction effects for each variable. Results Changes in depressive symptom scores (Δ2.86 ± 0.92) and TNF-α levels (Δ22.16 ± 2.30) were observed in the intervention group after the 12-week program. In addition, an interaction effect between the intervention (Δ4.04 ± 3.10) and control groups (Δ8.10 ± 4.88) was found for the symptoms of depression. Conclusion Older people with sarcopenia who accumulated >7,500 steps/day, 5 days/week plus resistive elastic band twice /week show improvements in inflammation and depressive symptoms. Clinical implications: Encourage physical activity had a positive effect on reducing inflammation and depression among older people with sarcopenia.

An Enhanced Multi-Stage Deep Learning Framework for Detecting Malicious Activities From Autonomous Vehicles

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), particularly Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), are susceptible to safety and security concerns that impend people’s lives. Nothing like manually controlled vehicles, the safekeeping of communications and computing constituents of AVs can be threatened using sophisticated hacking techniques, consequently disrupting AVs from the operative usage in our daily life routines. Once manually controlled vehicles are linked to the Internet, so-called the Internet of Vehicles (IoVs), they would be misused by cyberattacks. In this paper, we present a multi-stage intrusion detection framework to identify intrusions from ITSs and produce low rate of false alarms. The proposed framework can automatically distinguish intrusions in real-time. The proposed framework is based on normal state-based and a deep learning-centered bidirectional Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) architecture to efficiently discover intrusions from the fundamental network gateways and communication networks of AVs. The designed framework is evaluated through two benchmark datasources, that is, the UNSWNB-15 datasource for exterior network communications and the car hacking datasource for in-vehicle communications. The outcomes indicated that the proposed framework achieves high performance that outperforms various current state-of-the-art systems with an accuracy rate of 98.88% for the UNSWNB-15 dataset and 99.11% for the car hacking dataset. Besides, the proposed framework is furthermore capable to detect zero-day (concealed) outbreaks from IoVs networks.

Factors influencing the integration of self-management in daily life routines in chronic conditions: a scoping review of qualitative evidence

ObjectiveSelf-management of chronic diseases is regarded as dynamic experience which is always evolving and that requires constant adjustment. As unexpected and new shifts in diseases occur, patients tend to abandon...

DeCoP: Deep Learning for COVID-19 Prediction of Survival

The current ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has severely affected our daily life routines and behavior patterns. According to the World Health Organization, there have been 93 million confirmed cases with more than 1.99 million confirmed death around 235 Countries, areas or territories until 15 January 2021, 11:00 GMT+11. People who are affected with COVID-19 have different symptoms from people to people. When large amounts of patients are affected with COVID-19, it is important to quickly identify the health conditions of patients based on the basic information and symptoms of patients. Then the hospital can arrange reasonable medical resources for different patients. However, existing work has a low recall of 15.7% for survival predictions based on the basic information of patients (i.e., false positive rate (FPR) with 84.3%, FPR: actually survival but predicted as died). There is much room for improvement when using machine learning-based techniques for COVID-19 prediction. In this paper, we propose DeCoP to train a classifier to predict the survival of COVID-19 patients with high recall and F1 score. DeCoP is a deep learning (DL)-based scheme of Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM) along with Fuzzy-based Information Decomposition (FID) to predict the survival of patients. First of all, we apply FID oversampling to redistribute the training data of the Open COVID-19 Data Working Group. Then, we employ BiLSTM to learn the high-level feature representations from the redistributed dataset. After that, the high-level feature vector will be used to train the prediction model. Experimental results show that our proposed scheme achieves outstanding performances. Precisely, the improvement achieves about 19% and 18% in terms of recall and F1-measure.