The Impact of Drug Addiction Among the Students of Tertiary Level in Bangladesh

Drug use is becoming a major issue all over the world and people are taking drug without thinking its stern effects. The effects of drug abuse are felt on many levels: personal, friends, family and societal. The present study attempt to get an idea of drug addiction among the university students of Bangladesh. A total of 200 respondents were taken as a sample from different academic years. The results revealed that Phensedyl is the most popular drug and Yaba is the second most popular drug among the respondents. However, the results also show that the highest number of students are taking drug with friends (70%) and only a few students are taking drug alone. Moreover, most of the addicted students are buying drug from an agent. In addition, most of the students also mentioned that the habit of taking drugs affect their mental, physical health as well as their academic performances. Efforts are made so that our students have recreational areas with a variety of recreation activities like games and sports that may fully occupy them during weekends and evenings. Consequently, the concerned authorities should be empowered and provided with equipment to detect and arrest drug abusers, and those concerned with the drug business in the university campus and nearby area. Keywords: Drug addiction, University students, Bangladesh DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-7-03 Publication date:March 31st 201

The essential fit between qualitative methodology and Emirati population: Towards meaningful social science research in UAE

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. One of the most fundamental problems plaguing the state of social science research in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the lack of methodologies that appropriately respond to the cultural context of the country. Most social science research published from the region has merely transplanted Western quantitative methods and has proved ineffective as very few social problems in UAE have been appropriately responded to by social science research. This paper suggests the use of qualitative methods to make social science research in UAE more relevant and impactful. This researcher contends that qualitative methods present an epistemological framework that allows for a greater recognition of the cultural uniqueness of the country and that addresses the nuances that make UAE difficult to study under quantitative methods

A Proof-of-principle for Time-Of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography Imaging

Time-Of-Flight (TOF) is a noble technique that is used in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging worldwide. The scintillator based imaging system that is being used around the world for TOF-PET is very expensive. Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) are gaseous detectors which are easy to fabricate, inexpensive and have excellent position and timing resolution. They can be used as a suitable alternative to highly expensive scintillators. For the sole purpose of TOF-PET, a pair of 18 cm $\times$ 18 cm, 5 gap, glass-based MRPC modules have been fabricated. Our main aim was to determine the shift in the position of the source (Na-22) with these fabricated MRPCs. In this document, the details of the experimental results will be presented

A Study on Hevea Brasiliensis for evaluation of phytochemical and pharmacological properties in Swiss Albino Mice

Hevea brasiliensis, a plant belonging family Euphorbiaceae. In Brazil this plant is not only use for medicinal purpose but also for cosmetics purpose. The present study was aimed to study analgesic and antidiarrheal activity of methanol extract of Hevea brasiliensis. Analgesic activity was evaluated by acetic acid- induced writhing method and antidiarrheal by gastrointestinal motility method (charcoal meal test) in mice. Phytochemical evaluation was carried out by qualitative analysis. For analgesic evaluation, the extract (250 mg and 500 mg) showed significant activity compared to control diclofenac Na. On the other hand, for antidiarrheal activity the extract (250 mg and 500 mg) significantly reduce charcoal propulsion. The phytochemical evaluation showed significant presence of Alkaloids, Carbohydrates, Glycosides, Saponins, Phytosterols, Proteins and amino acids, Fats & fixed oils. It’s concluded that the extract possesses both analgesic and antidiarrheal activity and containing wide range of phytochemicals

Analysis of 100 Cases of Perforative Peritonitis: Studying the Prognostic Factors

INTRODUCTION: Perforative peritonitis is a common emergency encounnted by surgeons all over the world. It needs prompt diagnosis and equally rapid measures to correct the underlying derangement. The etiology of perforative peritonitis is varied and diverse, varying with the geographical location, culture characteristics and age of the patient among other factors. The spectrum of etiology of perforative peritonitis in tropical countries like India differ from its Western counter part, where lower Gastro intestinal perforation is common. Duodenal ulcer perforation is the commonest type among Nontraumatic gastro-intestinal perforation. While the mortality of duodenal ulcer perforation has steadily declined all over the world in the last few decades it still remains a significantly mortal disease especially in developing countries. While with the advent of better antibiotics enteric fever is easily curable, its complications like enteric perforation do occur from time to time primarily because of the failure to recongise therapy. AIM OF STUDY: The aim of my study is to study the prognosis of various perforative peritonitis on the basis of 1. Age of the patient, 2. Site of perforation, 3. Size of perforation, 4. Time of presentation. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a prospective study has been based on the analysis of 100 cases of perforative peritonitis admitted under the department of General Surgery, Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai from October 2008 to October 2011. Cases were admitted as emergency and possible immediate investigations were done. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Traumatic perforations were excluded, 2. Appendicular mass excluded. Statistical Tools: The information collected regarding all the selected cases were recorded in a Master Chart. Data analysis was done with the help of computer using Epidemiological Information Package (EPI 2008) developed by Centre for Disease Control, Atlanta. Using this software range, frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, chi square and 'p' values were calculated. Kruskul Wallis chi-square test was used to test the significance of difference between quantitative variables. A 'p' value less than 0.05 is taken to adenote significant relationship. CONCLUSION: 1. In non-Traumatic gastro – intestinal perforation duodenal ulcer perforation is the commonest (61). 2. Males are more commonly affected than females (8.09:1). 3. The incidence on Non-traumatic gastro – intestinal perforation is high in the third and fourth decades of life. 4. Higher mortality and seen in elderly patients with perforative pertitonsis. 5. Outcome for colonic perforation is poor. 6. Patients managed conservatively has poor outcome. 7. Mortality is higher in Ileal perforation as compaired to Duodinal perforation. 8. Compared to other perforative peritonitis appedndicular perforation has a better outcome. 9. Complications are higher for ileal perforation, followed by appendicular and duodenal perforation