Unintentional Death Rates in Selected Medical Districts among Males living in the United Arab Emirates

ABSTRACT The purpose of this research study is to determine if the rate of unintentional injury death in selected medical districts differs significantly among citizen and non-citizen males ages 20-65 living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A profile of unintentional injury deaths was generated by specific cause for the six medical districts of Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ra’s al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Qaiwain managed for the UAE Ministry of Health for the years 2006-2008. During this time period the six medical districts reported a total of 14,101 deaths. Males were found to represent 73.9 per cent of the deaths reported by the six medical districts managed by the UAE Ministry of health for the years 2006-2008. Non –citizen males represented 74.8 per cent of the male fatalities reported by the six medical districts managed by the UAE Ministry of health for the years 2006-2008. Fatality rates for males ages 20-65 were generated and analyzed by citizen status and season of the year. This age group represented 6,141 deaths. In the two medical districts with the highest population (Dubai & Sharjah) unintentional injury deaths represented 77.1% of the total unintentional deaths reported by all the six medical districts managed by the UAE Ministry of Health for the years 2006-2008. A Chi-Square found the rate of fatalities among 20-65 years old male citizens and non-citizens in the six medical districts managed by the UAE Ministry of Health for the years 2006-2008 differed significantly by cause of unintentional injury death. The observed rate of death from accidental falls for non-citizen 20-65 males was found to be higher than expected for male citizens in the same age group. The observed unintentional injury death rate for males ages 20-65 caused by motor vehicle & traffic accidents and for accidental poisoning found the death rate for UAE citizens to be higher than the rate for non-citizens living in the UAE. The results of this study demonstrate the need for the reporting and analysis of unintentional deaths at the medical district level in the UAE by subgroups such as citizen status and age group

Horizontal Loading Tests of Instrumented Tubular Piles Driven Into Clay — A Case History

Within the scope of an important experimental program of research on piles behaviour, the LCPC (Laboratoire Central des Ponts & Chaussées, France) carried out static lateral loads on two 915 mm diameter steel tubular piles in order to analyze the load-transfer P-Y curves. Each pile was driven up to 5 m deep into a brown clayey layer of thickness 6.50 m overlying a blue stiff marl. The instrumentation of each pile comprised 12 pairs of strain gauges for the measurement of bending moments along the pile and LVDTs for pile deflections. Process of double differentiation and double integration led to derive lateral soil reaction and pile deflection respectively and therefore to construct P-Y curves along the pile. Lateral reaction modulus as well as ultimate soil reaction were derived and compared to some usual methods in the literature of laterally loaded piles

Hospital hygiene challenges: An overview of issues and solutions

Hospital hygiene plays a vital role in averting nosocomial infections and safeguarding the well-being of patients, medical personnel, and visitors. These infections, acquired within medical facilities, pose a significant global public health challenge. Despite advances in prevention, hospital-acquired infections persist as a formidable issue due to emerging antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains and inconsistent hygiene practices. These infections have severe repercussions for patients, medical staff, and healthcare establishments, leading to heightened morbidity, mortality, substantial financial burdens, and compromised care quality. Key challenges in hospital hygiene encompass infection transmission among patients with varying health conditions, divergent hygiene routines, and obstacles to effective intervention implementation. To enhance hospital hygiene, solutions encompass well-defined handwashing protocols, innovative surface disinfection techniques, proper medical waste handling, immunization, and the adoption of personal protective gear. Potential remedies also extend to exploring the utility of natural essential oils. Furthermore, advanced sterilization methods like steam sterilization, ultraviolet radiation sterilization, and cold plasma technology hold promise for curbing nosocomial infections

Emotions Recognition in people with Autism using Facial Expressions and Machine Learning Techniques: Survey

في الآونة الأخيرة ، اهتمت الكثير من الدراسات بالتعرف على المشاعر واكتشافها لدى الأشخاص المصابين بالتوحد. الهدف الرئيسي من هذه الورقة هو مسح الدراسات المختلفة التي تتعلق بالحالة العاطفية للأشخاص المصابين بالتوحد. يتضمن الاستطلاع جزأين ، يركز الجزء الأول على الدراسات التي استخدمت تعابير الوجه للتعرف على المشاعر واكتشافها. حيث تعتبر تعبيرات الوجه من التقنيات العاطفية المهمة التي تستخدم للتعبير عن أنماط مختلفة من المشاعر. ركزت الأجزاء الثانية من هذه الدراسة على الأساليب التقنية المختلفة مثل التعلم الآلي والتعلم العميق والخوارزميات الأخرى التي تستخدم لتحليل وتحديد سلوكيات الوجه للأشخاص المصابين بالتوحد. للعثور على الحل الأمثل ، يتم من خلال التحقيق في مقارنة أنظمة الكشف عن المشاعر الحالية في هذه الورقة.Recently, a lot of studies have been interested in recognizing and detection of emotions in people with autism.  The main goal of this paper is to survey different studies which have been concerned emotional state of people with autism.  The survey includes two parts, first one focused on studies which use facial expressions to recognize and detect emotions. As facial expressions are considered the affective and important techniques which is used to express different patterns of emotions.  Second parts of this study, focuses on different technical methods like machine learning, deep learning and other algorithms that are employed to analyze and determine the facial behaviors of people with autism. To find the optimal solution, a comparison of current emotion-detecting systems is investigated in this paper

Effect of Nursing Care Strategy on Functional Outcomes among Patients after First Time Stroke

Context: Strokes are life-changing events that not merely affect a person physically but also emotionally as it may result in physical disabilities, which lead to functional disabilities as difficulties carrying out daily activities as working, walking, talking, eating, bathing, with loss of energy in addition to depressive status as a result of functional disabilities. Daily nursing care strategies are essential to stroke management since they can overcome spasticity and hemiplegia through sustained stretching by various positioning, the repetitive performance of a specific movement, and teaching the patient to use and adapt the affected limb during functional activities. Aim: This study aims to evaluate the effect of nursing care strategy on functional outcomes among patients after a first-time stroke. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used to conduct the current study in the neurology department to be followed through the neurology outpatient clinic at Benha University Hospital. During the period from the beginning of February 2018 till the beginning of January 2019.Subjects: Purposive sample of 171 patients to be at the end of the study period (Intervention group 72 & control group 69), recruited according to the study formula based on the total number admitted to the study settings during 2017. Tools: Two tools utilized for data collection, (1)Structured interviewing questionnaire for patients, (II)Functional outcomes scales, involving: Modified Ashworth scale, Modified Barthel index, as well as the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D Scale). Results: Showed that there was a highly statistically significant difference in terms of increased knowledge score among the intervention group compared to controls, as well as a higher level of independence in performing the activity of daily living (ADL), besides, lower depression score among the intervention group compared to controls. It also showed a significant correlation between spasticity with both independence in performing ADL and degree of depression among intervention groups after nursing care strategy implementation. Conclusion: The nursing care strategy effectively improved patients' knowledge and the functional outcomes among intervention groups, revealing a significant correlation between the degree of spasticity with both independence in performing ADL and degree of depression. The study suggested continuous education and training program planned and offered regularly to stroke patients in the neurology and rehabilitation unit. Also recommended written, a simple booklet about stroke and its management should be provided & be available for patients and their families (relatives)