NGOs, Religious Diversity, and Displacement in Morocco: How NGOs in Morocco navigate religious diversity when working with displaced populations from other countries

This research delves into how Christian organizations serving displaced populations and migrants from other countries in Morocco navigate religious diversity. The research explores how Christian NGOs navigate their religious identity in a predominantly Muslim society as well as how they aid migrants in being able to practice their faith. The paper examines what displacement looks like in Morocco, the complexity of how Islam is incorporated into the Moroccan constitution, and the breakdown of organizations providing services to refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants in Morocco. A hybrid case study-literature review approach is taken to highlight the ways in which two Christian organizations, CARITAS and Comite d’Entraide (CEI) play out their religious identity in working with migrants. By utilizing existing public literature about these organizations as well as conducting interviews with individuals associated with them, this project surveys the nature of the religious element in the operations, programming, and structures of the organizations

Confounding of racial and socioeconomic risk factors in epidemiological assertions sampled from Robbins and Cotran : pathologic basis of disease [abstract]

Background: Learning the risk factors for various diseases is an important part of medical education. However, when medical texts document racial risk factors for particular diseases, that information may be misleading if race is confounded with poverty. For middle-class black Americans, the risks of many diseases may resemble those for other middle-class Americans more than those for poor blacks. Are the epidemiologies of race for some diseases actually myths, perpetuated by successive generations of medical education? Methods: To test the hypothesis that widely-used and well-respected medical textbooks contain assertions that confound race with socioeconomic risk factors, this systematic review searched Robbins and Cotran: Pathologic Basis of Disease, 8th ed.(2009) for epidemiological statements about blacks or African-Americans. (Statements pertaining to other ethnicities were not analyzed for this phase of the research.) For every statement without high-quality, non- confounded sources, DynaMed was used to survey the literature for sources against which the textbook statements were judged. Results: 44 assertions about African-American racial disparities were found in Robbins. Preliminary results are available for the statement on page 773 that esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma is “sixfold more common in African- Americans." In fact, research that specifically controls for wealth shows that a large part of the disparity can be explained by poverty. Conclusions: Preliminary evidence shows that some assertions in medical textbooks about racial disparities in the incidence of particular diseases may confound racial with socioeconomic risk factors

Design & Simulation of Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Filter at 70MHz for Digital Data Transmission

The Surface Acoustic Wave(SAW) filter has found wide applications in digital communication due to its linear phase response. The important parameters to design SAW filter are number of fingers, spacing between fingers, their shapes. The SAW filter at 70MHz center frequency having bandwidth of 15% will be designed by using 2-IDT structure. The piezoelectric substrate will be used. The proposed filter will show the insertion loss of 2.5 to 3.5dB . The simulation results will be measured using CST microwave studio .By using remez algorithm in MATLAB frequency response is calculated

Functionalized MCM-48 as Carrier for In Vitro Controlled Release of an Active Biomolecule, L-Arginine

The present chapter describes the synthesis, characterizations, and application of MCM-48 functionalized by an inorganic moiety, as a carrier. MCM-48 functionalized by 12-tungstophophoric acid (TPA) (TPA-MCM-48) and L-arginine was loaded into pure as well as functionalized MCM-48. Both the materials were characterized by various physicochemical techniques and evaluated for in vitro release of L-arginine at body temperature under different conditions. A study on release kinetics was carried out using first-order release kinetic model, while the mechanism were by Higuchi model. Further, to see the influence of TPA on release rate, release profile obtained from pure and functionalized MCM-48 was compared

A Study to Assess the Level of Depression and Anxiety among Woman with Polycystic Ovarian Disorder in Selected Hospital Nadiad City Gujarat

Background: Polycystic Ovarian Disorder Is The Most Common Endocrine Abnormality In Women Of Reproductive Age It Is A Health Problem That Affect 1 In 10 Women Of Child Bearing Age (15-49 Year). According To Indian Fertility Society Prevalence Of Pcod Range From 3.71% To 22.5% Women With Pcod Have Experienced Adverse Social, Physical, Emotional, And Psychological Consequences And They Are At Risk Of Developing Depression, Anxiety, Sadness, And Loneliness, Which Had Negative Impact On Their Health. Aims: The Main Aim Of The Study Is To Assess The Level Of Depression And Anxiety Among Women With Polycystic Ovarian Disorder In Selected Hospital In Nadiad City, Gujarat. Objectives To Assess The Level Of Depression In Women With Pcod In Selected Hospital Of Nadiad City Gujarat To Assess The Level Of Anxiety In Women With Pcod In Selected Hospital Of Nadiad City Gujarat. To Find Out The Association Between Level Of Depression And Anxiety Among Women With Pcod In A Selected Demographic Variables. Methodology: A Cross Sectional And Descriptive Study Designed Was Used By A Researcher. 100 Women Who Having Pcod Were Selected As A Sample. Sample Were Selected From Samju Laxmi Maternity Hospital And Akshar Hospital In Nadiad City Gujarat , Data Were Analyzed By Using Descriptive And Inferential Statistic And Frequency And Percentage, Table, Graph Etc., Were Used To Represent The Statistical Data. Result: In All 100 Women With Pcod Were Entered Into This Study In Which 36% Pcod Women Have No Depression, 49% Pcod Women Have Mild Depression, 8% Pcod Women Have Moderate Depression 7%, Pcod Women Have Severe Depression. Which Is Associated With Their Demographic Variable I.E. Age, Type Of Family. In All 100 Women With Pcod 7% Women Have No Anxiety ,24% Women Have Mild To Moderate Anxiety Level ,52% Women Have Moderate To Severe Anxiety And 7% Women Have Severe Anxiety. Which Is Associated With Their Demographic Variables I.E. Age, Marital Status, Have A Child?, Source Of Information About Pcod, Duration Of Pcod?, Duration Of Treatment.Conclusion :The Result Of Present Study Shows That The Pcod Women Have A Psychological Impact In Which There Is Presence Of Mild, Moderate And Severe Level Of Depression And Anxiety In Women With Pcod

Experimental Evaluation of Routing Metrics in Wireless Multi-Hop Network

Routing protocols evaluate end-to-end path metrics which is conglomeration of individual link metrics to choose the best route. Routing protocols designed for wireless multi-hop constrained networks must optimally use the scare resources: bandwidth, battery power, memory, computing. Optimal paths are determined based on routing metrics. Analysis of routing metrics and impact of choice of routing metrics plays a major role on Quality of Service (QoS) parameters. This work mainly focus on empirical evaluation of signal strength based metric in indoor and outdoor environments to record Line Of Sight (LOS) and Non Line Of Sight (NLOS) radio characteristics. Analysis and experimentation is carried out using Xbee 802.15.4 modules and XCTU softwar

Maternal mortality: a retrospective analysis of 6 years in a tertiary care centre

Background: Pregnancy, although being considered a physiological state, carries the risk of serious maternal morbidity and at times death. This is due to various complications that may occur during pregnancy, labour or thereafter. Worldwide 3,03,000 women are dying of pregnancy related complication annually.Methods: The medical records of all maternal death occurred over a period of last five years between August 2011 to August 2017 in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at our tertiary care hospital were reviewed and analysed.Results: It is observed that out of total 30 patients, 24 (80%) deaths were from 20-30 year of age followed by 5 (16.67%) deaths from above 30 years of age. In the study period, 40% of maternal deaths were due to direct causes, haemorrhage (8/12; 66.67%) was main direct causes of obstetric death.Conclusions: The complications leading to maternal death can occur without warning at any time during pregnancy and childbirth. Most maternal deaths are preventable by optimum utilization of existing maternal and child health care facilities. Complications require prompt access to quality obstetric services equipped with life-saving drugs, intensive care unit, and the ability to provide blood transfusions and to perform surgical interventions as per the need

A study of role of doppler in gestational hypertension and perinatal outcome

Background: Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy is one of the most common complications that affect the human pregnancy. Hence it is important to identify women at risk of developing gestational hypertension or preeclampsia, its early diagnosis and subsequent consequences due to uteroplacental insufficiency with help of Doppler ultrasound, to improve perinatal outcome. The objective of this study was to study the application of Doppler ultrasound with analysis of blood flow velocity waveform in gestational hypertension and to examine and study the perinatal outcome in pregnancy with altered Doppler indices.Methods: A prospective study was carried out in 50 antenatal patients diagnosed to have gestational hypertension during a period of 12 months to evaluate the role of color Doppler imaging in gestational hypertension in patients more than 28 weeks of gestation, the initial scan was performed immediately after the diagnosis. This study analyzed the blood flow in umbilical artery, maternal uterine artery and fetal middle cerebral artery using Doppler ultrasound.Results: In this study approximately 76% of cases were found in 20-30 years group. 58% showed abnormal umbilical artery Doppler while 42% women had normal umbilical artery Doppler. In this study 23 cases had cerebro-placental index 1. Cases with cerebro-placental index <1 had various complications like preterm delivery, low birth weight, increased chances of still birth, intra uterine death (IUD), increased NICU admission. In this study 31 cases had abnormal uterine artery Doppler which accounts for 62% of total cases, while 38% had normal uterine artery Doppler.Conclusions: Doppler ultrasound can reliably predict any adverse fetal outcome in hypertensive pregnancies and can be a useful tool for decision making in appropriate timing of intervention for delivery

A study of fetomaternal outcome in elderly primigravida

Background: Elderly primigravida is defined as all women going through their first pregnancy over the age of ≥35 years. They are considered to be categorized as high-risk pregnancy. Advanced contraception methods and artificial reproductive technology have played key role in delaying the pregnancy. Methods: A retrospective study of fetomaternal outcome in elderly primigravida was conducted at department of obstetrics and gynecology, GMERS medical college, Junagadh from 1st September 2021 to 1st August 2022. All the patient data was obtained from their case records and indoor files and were followed up till delivery for fetal outcome. Results: There were 54 elderly primigravida patients in our study with an incidence of 1.05% based on the inclusion criteria with 96.3% between the age 35-40 years. Most common reason for delayed child bearing was pursuing higher education and work preferences. Gestational hypertension was most common maternal complication (48%), associated with preeclampsia in 28%. Among fetal complications 46% had low birth weight, 38.5% had IUGR. 54% patients had delivered by LSCS. Conclusions: Although elderly primigravida is considered a high-risk pregnancy with increased maternal and fetal complications, proper antenatal care, early recognition of maternal risk factors with timely intervention pregnancy outcome can be improved

Evidence that glutamate induced neurite retraction of reticulospinal neurons is dependent on calcium influx

Abstract only availableLocomotor systems of vertebrates consist of a command system in the brain that activates central pattern generators in the spinal cord to initiate locomotor behavior. Reticulospinal (RS) neurons are the output neural elements of the command system. Following spinal cord injury, axons of RS neurons are severed and must regenerate to restore behavioral functions below the lesion. In higher vertebrates, such as birds and mammals, axonal regeneration is very limited, and spinal cord injury usually results in permanent paralysis below the lesion. In contrast, in the lamprey and a few other lower vertebrates, axonal regeneration is robust following spinal cord injury, and this results in virtually complete behavioral recovery. Therefore, identification of the mechanisms for axonal regeneration in lower vertebrates might provide information about the requirements for regenerating neurons in higher vertebrates. Examination of neurite outgrowth in culture is often used to identify the cellular and molecular mechanisms for axonal regeneration. In our laboratory, we have shown that application of glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter, to growth cones of RS neurons in culture causes neurite retraction, presumably by causing depolarization and calcium influx. Intracellular calcium levels are thought to be one of the important regulatory factors for neurite outgrowth. Glutamate might mediate calcium influx via at least two types of channels: chemically-gated channels (e.g. NMDA channels); or voltage-gated calcium channels. The purpose of the present study was to determine if calcium influx via voltage-gated channels is necessary for neurite retraction. The anatomical tracer DiI was applied to the spinal cord to pre-label RS neurons. Following transport, RS neurons were isolated and placed in cell culture. Glutamate was pressure ejected onto the growth cones of RS neurons in the presence of w-conotoxin MVIIC, which is a specific blocker for N and P voltage-gated calcium channels. Under these conditions, conotoxin reduced but did not block glutamate-induced neurite retraction. In conclusion, glutamate-induced neurite retraction of lamprey RS neurons probably is mediated by calcium influx via both chemically-gated and voltage-gated channels. Determination of the factors that regulate neurite outgrowth in culture may provide insights into the mechanisms for axonal regeneration and behavioral recovery following spinal cord injury in whole animals.Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunity Progra