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Nurses’ Perception And Satisfaction Towards Superiors’ Transformational Leadership In Health Care Facility At Hyderabad Sindh

Aftab Ahmed ¹, Parveen Akhter ², Zohaib Hassan Memon ¹

^1. Peoples Nursing School Liaquat University of Health Sciences Jamshoro, Pakistan

^2. Assistant Professor PNS, Faculty of Community Medicine & Public Health Science Liaquat University of Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan

Abstract: Leadership plays an important role to influence the staffs towards the patients’ outcome in health facilities. Current study was aimed to assess the perception and satisfaction towards supervisors’ transformational leadership in Health care facility. Methodology: The cross-sectional method was adopted in present study. Data was collected using questionnaires. Questionnaires are circulated among the two (2) renowned Hospitals of Hyderabad, Sindh. The sample size of the survey is 92. The questionnaire based on the various factors which influence the perception and satisfaction of the subjects. Results and Conclusion: Nurses are not satisfied towards superiors in terms of Transformational Leadership. Based on results it is recommended that affected areas should be improved, further more studies should be needed on the factors identified through factor analysis.

[Ahmed A, Akhter P, Memon ZH. Nurses’ Perception and Satisfaction towards Superiors’ Transformational Leadership in Health Care Facility at Hyderabad Sindh. Biomedicine and Nursing 2021;7(4):1-6]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 1. doi:10.7537/marsbnj070421.01.

Keywords: Transformational Leadership; Perceptions towards Nursing Superiors; Expectations towards Nursing Superiors; Transformational Leadership in health facility.

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Review On Serological And Molecular Diagnostics Techniques Of Brucellosis

Bayeta Senbeta Wakjira¹ and Getachew Mulatu Dilba²

^1. National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Center, Sebeta Ethiopia

^2. Department of Veterinary Laboratory Technology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Ambo University

didigabruma@gmail.com,

ABSTRACT: Brucellosis is one of the most important zoonoses widely distributed in developing countries. Since there is no clear clinical manifestation of brucellosis, laboratory testing is critical for initiating treatments. Conventional diagnostic approaches have been developed and applied for many decades for the diagnosis and study of brucellosis, including several bacteriological and serological methods. Although these methods enabled us to understand the epidemiology and biology of Brucella species, they have different limitations. Serological methods are suffering from low specificity and sensitivity, while bacteriological methods take a longer processing time to generate test results. The recent advances in biotechnological or molecular techniques are increasingly expanding our understanding of Brucella species at the molecular level and significantly shortened the turn-around time required for testing and enabled early diagnosis. If widely applied in conjunction with conventional methods, molecular methods can facilitate control and intervention strategies in developing countries including Ethiopia.  However, it is currently unclear when and how we can use combinations of available methods in different settings for different purposes. This review describes the principles and applications of conventional bacteriological and serological techniques with their strengths and limitations. Then discuss the current advances in molecular methods and their applications in the diagnosis of brucellosis in humans and animals. Moreover, we outline the future direction of Brucella diagnostics. To gain better outcomes, using serial combinations of different test methods should be recommended based on the investigations during surveillance, outbreak investigation, researches, and others.

[Bayeta Senbeta Wakjira and Getachew Mulatu Dilba. Review On Serological And Molecular Diagnostics Techniques Of Brucellosis. Biomedicine and Nursing 2021;7(4):7-20]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 2. doi:10.7537/marsbnj070421.02.

Keywords: Brucellosis; Molecular techniques; serological tests

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Logistic Regression Analysis on the Diabetic Status of Patient.

Oladimeji O. A.⁽¹⁾, Ikotun D. O.⁽²⁾ and  Ogunbanwo T. S. ⁽³⁾

¹Department of Statistics, Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, Nigeria

(adedipupo.oladimeji@gmail.com)

²Department of Statistics, Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, Nigeria

(fisikotun@gmail.com)

³Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke, Osun State, Nigeria

(tolualone@gmail.com)

ABSTRACT: Diabetes is an epidemic disease suffered by people all over the world. The result of this ailment is long time pain an eventual death if not properly taken care of. The associated factors that causes this ailment are high blood pressure, family history, alcohol consumption and so on. The data used for this paper was a secondary data collected from Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo state, Nigeria. The Methodology was Binary Logistic  Regression. From the Binary Logistic Regression result, the Wald Test reveals that all the predictor variables except high cholesterol level were significant at 5 percent level of significance. The likelihood ratio test revealed that at-least one of the predictor variables contribute significantly to the model at 5 percent level of significance. The findings of the paper recommend that Access to use of health services need to be increased in our communities particularly for diabetes in order to make individuals to visit the place early for treatment than for the disease to reach its climax.

[Oladimeji O. A., Ikotun D. O. and  Ogunbanwo T. S. Logistic Regression Analysis on the Diabetic Status of Patient. Biomedicine and Nursing 2021;7(4):21-30]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 3. doi:10.7537/marsbnj070421.03.

Keywords: Diabetes, Binary Logistic, Smoking, Cholesterol, Hypertensive Status

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A Medicinal Plant’s Extract Effective on Osteoarthritis

Adekunle Odunayo Adejuwon ^{1, 2, 3, 4*}, Olaleke David Odeleye ⁴, Okikioluwa Ayoade Odewale ⁵, Joseph Omololu-Aso ⁶, Victoria Anatolyivna Tsygankova ⁷

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kings University, Ode-Omu, Osun State, Nigeria

² National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU), Maksymovych Scientific Library of The Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University Kyiv, Volodymyrska Street 58, Office Number 38 Ukraine, East Europe

³ The European Science Foundation College of Expert Reviewers (The European Union (EU)); and The European Science Foundation College of Review Panel Members (The European Union (EU)), Offices: 1, Quai Lezay-Mamesia-BP 90015, 67008 Stasbourg, Cedex, France, Western Europe

⁴ Medwave Company Limited, Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Republic of Turkey, Southeastern Europe/Western Asia

⁵ Department of Nursing, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria

⁶ Department of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

⁷ Department for Chemistry of Bioactive Nitrogen-Containing Heterocyclic Compounds, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1, Murmanskaya Str., 02660, Kyiv, Ukraine

Corresponding Author:

Professor Adekunle Odunayo Adejuwon, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Microbiology – Microbial Physiology and Metabolism – Microbial Enzymology), LL.Dip. (Diploma in Laws), Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kings University, Ode-Omu, Osun State, Nigeria; And Professor Adekunle Odunayo Adejuwon, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Microbiology – Microbial Physiology and Metabolism – Microbial Enzymology), LL.Dip. (Diploma in Laws) (Voluntary International Referee – Professor of Microbiology), National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU), Maksymovych Scientific Library of The Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University Kyiv, Volodymyrska Street 58, Office Number 38 Ukraine, East Europe; The European Science Foundation College of Expert Reviewers (The European Union (EU)); and The European Science Foundation College of Review Panel Members (The European Union (EU)), Offices: 1, Quai Lezay-Mamesia-BP 90015, 67008 Stasbourg, Cedex, France, Western Europe

e-mail address: ao_adejuwon@yahoo.ca

ORCID Identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9404-874X

Loop Profile: 1019729, https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1019729/overview

Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/1487222/adekunle

Abstract: Background: Infection with bacteria or viruses including HIV, parvovirus, alpha viruses, hepatitis viruses B and C can lead to acute or chronic forms of arthritis. Arthritis seems prevalent in women than in men in the United States of America. It affects the middle aged and aged in Nigeria, West Africa. Osteoarthritis has been reported to affect 0.4% of the populace in the Nigerian rural setting. Investigation: 500g of the root bark of Philenoptera cyanescens was ground and added to 1L of 95% alcohol (Sigma-Aldrich). The extract was left overnight for 24 hr. The extract was filtered and concentrated to about one-sixth of its original volume in vacuo using a rotary evaporator (Quick fit, Rotavapor-R, Buchi, Switzerland) at 30^oC under low vacuum pressure and low evaporation. 100ml of the concentrated extract was given orally to ten human subjects (n= 5 males; n=5 females) diagnosed with osteoarthritis. The ten subjects were diagnosed with osteoarthritis at the Medical Out-Patient (MOP) Unit of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. Oral application of extract to subjects was immediately after meal on a daily basis for a period of eight days. Observation: All subjects were able to walk properly within eight days of oral application of plant’s extract. Ability to walk properly improved gradually after the period of the oral application. Conclusion: The concentrated alcohol extract the root bark of Philenoptera cyanescens was effective and improved the ability to walk in patients with osteoarthritis.  

[Adekunle Odunayo Adejuwon, Olaleke David Odeleye, Okikioluwa Ayoade Odewale, Joseph Omololu-Aso, Victoria Anatolyivna Tsygankova. A Medicinal Plant’s Extract Effective on Osteoarthritis. Biomedicine and Nursing 2021;7(4):31-33]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 4. doi:10.7537/marsbnj070421.04.

Keywords: Osteoarthritis; Philenoptera cyanescens; Root bark; Alcohol extract; Infection

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Dental Caries Risk Factors Among Symptomatic And Asymptomatic Selected People

Sossou, Ibukun Temitope¹ and Adesina, Ademola Olusola²

¹ Department of Nursing, Redeemer’s University, P.M.B. 230, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria

² Department of Mathematical Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University, P.M.B. 2002, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria

Corresponding author: Mrs. Sossou Ibukun Temitope

E-mail addresses: sossoui@run.edu.ng

Phone no: +234 8058 553 715

ABSTRACT: Background: Dental caries, the most common chronic infectious disease that affects humans is one of the most common preventable dis­eases. It is now recognized as a major public health oral disease which hinders the achievement and maintenance of oral health in all age groups, sex and tribes all over the world by gradually destroying the tooth structure and causes discomfort. To know the important factors responsible for formation of tooth decay and use these factors as guide for prevention. Materials and methods: Useful information was obtained from the study subjects by imploring them to fill questionnaire through the Google Forms Application. The responses gotten from respondents were analyzed using Social Sciences Statistical Package (Version 23). Results: Out of the 100 respondents (53 females and 47 males), 68% had tooth decay. Patients between ages 21-35 years had the highest frequency (57%) out of those that participated in the study. There is correlation (-0.04) between dwelling area of the patients and tooth decay. It was observed that the majority (89%) of respondents did not visit the dentist for regular annual oral examination. Conclusion: Due to limited information on risk factors of dental caries in vulnerable populations and lack of access to dental caries, preventable efforts are hindered. Thus the need to educate this populations the common risk factors of tooth decay and that early diagnosis should be treated with immediate effect.

[Sossou, Ibukun Temitope and Adesina, Ademola Olusola. Dental Caries Risk Factors Among Symptomatic And Asymptomatic Selected People. Biomedicine and Nursing 2021;7(4):34-40]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 5. doi:10.7537/marsbnj070421.05.

Keywords: Risk factors, teeth, dental caries, age, sex, prevention

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Review on the relationship of feeding various nutrients like energy, proteins and minerals to the growth of animals

Derbew Aynewa

Deber Markos University, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource, Department of animal science, Ethiopia. P.O. Box 269

Email. Yohansaddis68@gmail.com

Abstract: Animal growth performance and quality of meat depend on the interactive effects of meat animal genotype, rearing conditions, pre-slaughter handling, and carcass and meat processing. This paper focuses on the effects of feeding. Feed has effect on growth performance of meat animals, carcass composition and meat qualities of meat animals. The feeding level and protein: energy ratio can be used to manipulate growth rate or composition of weight gain. Restricted feed allowance strongly reduces growth rate and carcass fatness and also intramuscular fat (IMF) level, resulting in decreased meat tenderness or juiciness. Expression of compensatory growth due to restricted followed by ad libitum feeding modifies the composition of weight gain at both carcass and muscle levels, and may improve meat tenderness due to higher in vivo protein turnover. Decreasing the protein: energy ratio of the diet actually increases IMF and improves eating quality but gives fatter carcasses in contrast, a progressive reduction in the protein: energy ratio leads to similar carcass composition at slaughter but with higher IMF. Technological meat traits (pH1, pHu, colour, drip loss) are generally not affected by the level or protein: energy in feed. Modification of fatty acid composition and antioxidant level in meat can be obtained through diet supplementations (e.g. vegetable sources with high n-3 fatty acids), thereby improving the nutritional quality of meat animals.

[Derbew Aynewa. Review on the relationship of feeding various nutrients like energy, proteins and minerals to the growth of animals. Biomedicine and Nursing 2021;7(4):41-49]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 6. doi:10.7537/marsbnj070421.06.

Keywords: Energy, Feeding, Growth, Protein

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Review On Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Fikadu Bekele DVM , MVSc¹; Manyazewal Anberber DVM, MVSc², PHD, Ass. Professor; Dese Kefyalew DVM, MVSc³

1 and 2 College of Agriculture and Veterinary Science Department of Veterinary Laboratory Technology

3 Jimma University School of Veterinary Medicine

d21kefyalew@gmail.com

Abstract: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a member of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), primarily affects cattle. Transmission is via concentrate feed rations contaminated with infected meat and bone meal (MBM). In addition to cattle, other food animal species are susceptible to BSE and also pose a potential threat to human health as consumption of infected meat products is the cause of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, which is invariably fatal. In the UK, farmed and free ranging deer were almost certainly exposed to BSE infected MBM in proprietary feeds prior to legislation banning its inclusion. Therefore, although BSE has never been diagnosed in any deer species, a possible risk to human health remains via ingestion of cervine products. Chronic wasting disease (CWD), also a TSE, naturally infects several cervid species in North America and is spreading rapidly in both captive and free-ranging populations.

[Fikadu Bekele DVM , MVSc; Manyazewal Anberber DVM, MVSc, PHD, Ass. Professor; Dese Kefyalew DVM, MVSc. Review On Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Biomedicine and Nursing 2021;7(4):50-60] ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 7. doi:10.7537/marsbnj070421.07.

Keywords:  mad cow disease, BSE, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, prion

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Evaluation of the Model Prediction Toxicity (LD50) for a serie of 42 organophosphate Pesticides

H FIKRI *, A. OUBIBI¹, T. FECHTALI

Laboratory of Neurosciences, Integrated Physiopathology and Natural Substances - F.S.T. Mohammedia

* Corresponding author: fikrane@hotmail.com

ABSTRACT: Relationships structure-toxicity have been studied for a set of 42 organophosphate pesticides (OPs) through multiple linear regression (RLM) and artificial neural networks (RNA). A model with three descriptors, including: total lipophilicity [log(P)], widths radicals R₁ [(LR₁)] and R₂ [(LR₂)] and has achieved good results in phase Training and phase prediction of toxicity [log LD₅₀ (lethal dose 50, Oral rat)]. The linear model (RLM: n=40,  r²=0.86, s=40 and q² = 0.66) and non-linear model with a configuration [3-6-1] (RNA:  r²=0.95, s=0.73 and q² = 0.17) have proved very successful and complementary. The selected descriptors indicate the importance of lipophilicity and widths radicals R₁ and R₂ in the contribution of the toxicity of pesticides derived from OPs used in this study. This information is relevant to the design of a new model of non-toxic pesticides OPs.

[H FIKRI, A. OUBIBI, T. FECHTALI. Evaluation of the Model Prediction Toxicity (LD50) for a serie of 42 organophosphate Pesticides. Biomedicine and Nursing 2021;7(4):61-66] ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 8. doi:10.7537/marsbnj070421.08.

KEYWORDS: Multiple Linear Regression (RLM), artificial neural networks (RNA), Organophosphates (OPs), LD₅₀, Descriptors.

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All In One Technique versus Lichtenstein Technique for Treatment of Inguinal Hernia in Zagazig University Hospitals

Waleed A. Abd-Elhady, Bassem Sieda, Ahmed M. Sallam, Wael M. Abdallah

General Surgery department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University

Abstract: Background/purpose: Lichtenstein mesh repair is the most common procedure used by surgeons for management of inguinal hernia due to its low recurrence rate and complications. However, post-operative complications like chronic groin pain, foreign body sensation, loss of sensation obtained a great attention. Successful inguinal hernia repair measured by minimizing the post-operative complication and maximizing the patient satisfaction. Guttadauro et al. described a new open repair procedure called All In One technique for management of primary inguinal hernia in adult to decrease the incidence of chronic post-operative pain and foreign body sensation, leading to improving patient’s comfort [1].The objectives of this study To conduct a comparative study between the All In One technique and the Lichtenstein technique in order to evaluate the advantages and complications of each for treatment of inguinal hernia. Methods: This study was carried on 60 patients with primary inguinal hernia in the department of General Surgery, Zagazig University Hospitals during the period from August 2017 to January 2019.The patients divided into two groups : Group (A): was treated with All In One technique. Group (B): was treated with Lichtenstein technique. Results: the age of the studied patients in group (A) ranging  from 22-70 years old with mean 46.26±13.22 and in group (B) ranging  from 31-70 years old with mean 48.9±11.95 and most of the studied patients are in the 4th & 5th decade. All In One technique has significantly less loss of sensation over the groin, groin pain at 1,3,6 months and foreign body sensation over the groin . there is no significant difference in both groups as regard types of hernia ,operative time, Post-operative complications, Return to normal activity and Recurrence rate. Conclusions: the All In One technique procedure is considered as a good approach for the surgical treatment of primary inguinal hernia with less post-operative complications and less postoperative neuralgia, chronic groin pain, sensation of foreign body and loss of sensation with better patient compliance and satisfaction. It helps the less experienced surgeon to avoid pitfalls in dealing with nerves.

[Waleed A. Abd-Elhady, Bassem Sieda, Ahmed M. Sallam, Wael M. Abdallah. All In One Technique versus Lichtenstein Technique for Treatment of Inguinal Hernia in Zagazig University Hospitalst. Biomedicine and Nursing 2021;7(4):67-75]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 9. doi:10.7537/marsbnj070421.09.

Keywords: Technique; Lichtenstein; Treatment; Inguinal Hernia; Zagazig University; Hospital

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Investigation on intera-specific biodiversity of 20 silkworm germplasm based on glucose, urea, uric acid, lactat D-hydrogenase, total protein and alpha amylase

AR Seidavi^1*, M Mavvajpour², KH Tayyeb Naimi², AR Bizhannia², Y Kheirkhah², M Salehi Nezhad³

¹ Department of Animal Science, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

² Iran Silkworm Research Center (ISRC), Rasht, Iran

³ Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch, Rasht, Iran

^*Corresponding Author Email: alirezaseidavi@iaurasht.ac.ir

Abstract: Aim of this experiment was to investigation on the profile of biochemical markers in twenty peanut cocoon germplasm of Iran. In 5th day of 5th instar, heamolymph sampled using standard method. Sampled heamolymph transferred to laboratory. Heamolymph was obtained by cutting abdominal proleg and collected into 1.5 ml tube containing a few granules of phenylthiourea to prevent melanization. After 10 min centrifugation at 10000 rpm, the supernatant was used. Pellets were discarded also. The supernatant was transferred to new tubes and was preserved at -20 ºC until the onset of the experiments. From obtained results, it is showed that amount of glucose in twenty studied varieties included between 1.00-14.04 mg/dl. Among studied varieties, the highest level of glucose belonged to [2029] 113 (14.04 mg/dl), and some another varieties (1.00 mg/dl) remained at lower level than other varieties. Other varieties were between these two groups. Meanwhile statistical differences between studied varieties for this trait were significant (P<0.05). Based on these dendrograms, analyzed varieties were divided into two distinct groups. At cross 1.76, two clusters were formed which classified into subgroups in crosses of 1.30 and 0.80 Frequent divisions were also observed in major groups. First group included [2029] 113 variety and second group included other varieties. Among studied varieties, the highest level of total protein belonged to k-107 (6.52 mg/dl), and M2-6-18 variety (4.11 [g/dl]) remained at lower level than other varieties (P<0.05).On the basis of these dendrograms, analyzed varieties were divided into two distinct groups. At cross 3.11, two clusters were formed which classified into subgroups in cross of 0.02. Frequent divisions were also observed in major groups. First group included [151] variety. Second group included other varieties.

[AR Seidavi, M Mavvajpour, KH Tayyeb Naimi, AR Bizhannia, Y Kheirkhah, M Salehi Nezhad. Investigation on intera-specific biodiversity of 20 silkworm germplasm based on glucose, urea, uric acid, lactat D-hydrogenase, total protein and alpha amylase. Biomedicine and Nursing 2021;7(4):76-81]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN2379-8203 (online).http://www.nbmedicine.org. 10.doi:10.7537/marsbnj070421.10.

Keywords: Species richness; beta-diversity; taxonomic diversity; forest

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