Effectiveness of continuous Versus intermittent phototherapy on level of bilirubin among babies with hyperbilirubinemia in neonatal intensive care unit at Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: A study to assess the effectiveness of continuous versus intermittent phototherapy on level of bilirubin among babies with hyperbilirubinemia in neonatal intensive care unit at GRH Madurai. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the level of bilirubin among babies with hyperbilirubinemia. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of continuous phototherapy on level of bilirubin in group. 3. To evaluate the effectiveness of intermittent phototherapy in group II. 4. To compare the effectiveness between continuous and intermittent phototherapy. 5. To associate the level of bilirubin among babies with hyperbilirubinemia and their demographic variables. HYPOTHESES: There is a significant difference between the pre test and post test level of bilirubin. There is a significant difference between post test level of bilirubin in group I, group II. There is a significant association between their level of bilirubin among babies with hyperbilirubinemia with their demographic and clinical variables. METHODOLOGY: True experimental pre test post test design was used, 60 subjects selected by simple random sampling and intervention was given for 6 times daily for 6 days. RESULTS: The study revealed that group II were had more (19.10%) reduction of level of bilirubin than group I. CONCLUSION: Intermittent phototherapy on hyperbilirubinemia was effective than continuous phototherapy

Antibacterial activity and phytochemical screening of ethanolic leaf, stem and flower extract of Aerva lanata

Screening of phytochemicals provides the potentiality for serving several illnesses. The current investigation was carried out the antibacterial activity and phytochemical screening of ethanolic extract of leaf, flower and stem of Aerva lanata commonly known as Sirupeelai through spectroscopic analysis. In this screening the major components are carbohyrates, aminoacids, alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols, terpenoids and cocumarins. The antibacterial activity showed maximum sensitivity in leaf extract of Staphylococcus aureus(16mm). The FTIR spectroscopic analysis revealed that the functional groups were alkene, alkyne, amines which showed major peaks. Based on antibacterial activity and functional group analysis, GC-MS was carried out in leaf extract of A. lanata. The current report indicated 27 bioactive compounds, in that Uridine is a major peak which showed antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-cancerous activity etc

Trends and Challenges in the Utilization of Web-Based Information Repositories for the Academicians of University Libraries in Tamil Nadu

A Web-Based Information repository is a technology used to collect and organize multimedia information such as images, text, audio, video, software, and scientific data. It improves knowledge management and provides high-speed access to the database. The researcher made an initiative to analyze the trends in information services accessed from the university library website and to analyze the satisfaction of the respondents with Web-Based Information Repositories available in the sample unit. The target population of this study is research scholars in various departments of Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. The questionnaire method has been used for the collection of data required. A well-designed questionnaire was personally distributed to selected academicians covering different university departments. On the whole, 150 questionnaires were distributed to the respondents. Only 125 teaching faculties have responded to the request, with a response rate of 83.33%. The data was then tabulated and analysed for results and discussions

Effectiveness of normal saline in healing of episiotomy wound among postnatal mothers at Government Hospital For Women & Children, Chennai

BACKGROUND: To assess the effectiveness of normal saline in healing episiotomy wound among postnatal mothers. Pregnancy and child birth are special events in women‘s lives. Episiotomy continues to be a frequently used procedure in Obstetrics and Gynaecology despite little scientific support for its routine use. 60 postnatal mothers were selected in Govt. Hospital for Women & Children. METHOD: True experimental design was utilized and data collected by random Sampling method by using the structured interview method. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULTS: In pre test mean value of episiotomy wound healing score in experimental group is 13.30 and the SD score was 1.06 were as in control group is 13.63 and the SD score .93 respectively. The calculated ”t” value is 1.29 P=0.19, this difference is small and it is not statistically significant. In post test mean value of episiotomy wound healing score in experimental group is 0.93 and the SD score was .87 were as in control group is 4.53 and the SD score 1.93 respectively. The calculated “t” value is 9.33 P=0.001, this difference is statistically significant. Statistically there is a difference between experimental group and control. Assess the effectiveness of normal saline of healing episiotomy wound of experimental and control group was (82.5-60.6) =21.9% . CONCLUSION: Application of normal saline in healing of episiotomy wound is very effective among postnatal mothers. This difference was associated in experimental and control group

Effectiveness of chest physiotherapy and incentive spirometry on postoperative respiratory status and respiratory complications among children undergoing abdominal surgery

This study intended to evaluate the effectiveness of chest physiotherapy and incentive spirometry on postoperative respiratory status and respiratory complications among children undergoing abdominal surgery. The conceptual framework of the study was based on J.W.Kenny’s open system model. Research design for this study was after only control group non-equivalent quasi experimental design. After confirming their preoperative respiratory status as normal, out of sixty children, 30 children randomly assigned to control group and another 30 to the experimental group. Convenient sampling was followed for this study. The tool used for data collection was demographic profile, observational checklist to assess respiratory status and respiratory complications and a scoring procedure was also developed. Content validity of the tool was given by five experts in the field of paediatrics and two in the field of physiotherapy. Inter- rater reliability was used to check the reliability of the tool. Pilot study was done to check the feasibility of conducting the study. Data collection period was six weeks. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the analysis of data. The following were the significant findings of the study. The postoperative respiratory status of the experimental group who had chest physiotherapy and incentive spirometry was significantly higher than the control group. (‘t’ value on fourth postoperative day was 5.59*). The respiratory complications of the experimental group who had chest physiotherapy and incentive spirometry were lesser than the control group. (‘t’ value on fifth postoperative day was 2.71*). The result of the study implies that the chest physiotherapy and incentive spirometry was very effective in children who had undergone abdominal surgery

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF MEDICINAL PLANT ALPINIA GALANGA

Objective: The study was undertaken to evaluate the antimicrobial activity and phytochemical constituents of the medicinal plant Alpinia galanga.Methods: The plant samples were collected from the places of Mandaikadu, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. Plant extracts were preparedfrom the dried leaf powder using different solvents include acetone, chloroform, diethyl ether, ethanol, and distilled water. Initially, antimicrobialactivities of the plant extracts were tested by agar well diffusion method against four bacterial, viz., Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, Bacilluscereus, and Staphylococcus aureus and two fungal pathogens, viz., Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogenum. Further, the plant extracts werescreened for phytochemical constituents by standard protocols.Results: In this study, the entire bacterial pathogens have inhibited by acetone, chloroform, diethyl ether, and ethanol extracts. In phytochemicalscreening tests, the plant extracts showed positive results for carbohydrates, amino acid, chloride, alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols, and terpenoids.Conclusion: This study reveals the continuation of antimicrobial components in the medicinal plant A. galanga.Keywords: Alpinia galanga, Phytochemical, Antimicrobial activity and plant extracts

Effectiveness of information, education, communication package on knowledge and expressed practice regarding iron deficiency anemia among blind adolescent girls

A pre experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of Information Education Communication package regarding iron deficiency anemia in terms of knowledge and expressed practice among blind adolescent girls in Rovers girls Hr. Sec. School, Perambalur 2011. Objectives 1. To assess the knowledge of blind adolescent girls regarding iron deficiency anemia. 2. To assess the expressed practice of blind adolescent girls regarding iron deficiency anemia. 3. To evaluate the effectiveness of Information Education Communication package regarding iron deficiency anemia. 4. To determine the relationship between the knowledge and expressed practice of blind adolescent girls regarding iron deficiency anemia. 5. To determine the association between the knowledge of blind adolescent girls regarding iron deficiency anemia with demographic variables. 6. To determine the association between the expressed practice of blind adolescent girls regarding iron deficiency anemia with demographic variables. Conceptual frame work Rosenstock’s and Becker’s health belief model. Research design Pre experimental design (One group pretest posttest). Population Blind adolescent girls Sample size 30 samples Sampling technique Non probability convenience sampling technique. Setting Rovers Girls Hr. Sec. School, Perambalur. Tool Knowledge questionnaire Expressed practice questionnaire Data Collection The period of the data collection was started from 04.07.2011 – 12.08.2011. Before starting the study the investigator obtained formal permission from the principal of Rovers Hr. Sec. School to conduct the study. Data Analysis 1. Percentage, mean, chi-square and standard deviation would be used to know the association between demographic variables and the post test scores. 2. Correlation would be used to determine the relationship between knowledge and expressed practice. 3. Paired T-test would be used to compare the pretest and posttest score. Major Findings 1) The mean pretest level of knowledge is higher than the mean post test level of knowledge. 2) The mean pretest level of expressed practices higher than the mean post test level of expressed practices. 3) There is significant improvement in the level of knowledge and expressed practice after administering the IEC package which shows the IEC given was effective. 4) There was a positive correlation between the post test knowledge and post test expressed practice of blind adolescent girls. 5) Significant association was found between the post test level of knowledge and selected demographic variables of blind adolescent girls such as father’s occupation (p < 0.01), mother’s education (p < 0.01), father’s education (p < 0.01). 6) Significant association was found between the post test level of expressed practice and selected demographic variables of blind adolescent girls such as father’s occupation (p < 0.01), mother’s education (p < 0.01), father’s education (p < 0.01). Conclusion 1. Improves the knowledge and expressed practice of blind adolescent girls regarding iron deficiency anemia after IEC package. 2. Blind adolescent girls are having positive attitude

Enhanced EQSR based QoS Mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless sensor networks are widely used in real-time applications. Due to the resource limited nature of sensor networks providing Quality of Service (QoS) is quiet interesting and challenging task for the researchers in recent years. The QoS based schemes require to cope up with the energy constrained smaller devices. Therefore, allowing QoS applications in sensor networks mandate it to implement in separate layers. In this work an enhanced version of Energy Efficient Quality of Service Routing (EQSR) is offered. The enhanced EQSR maximizes the task of the application in mixed delay sensitive and delay tolerant applications. The scheme balances the energy by distributing the traffic in a disperse manner that guaranties the delay sensitive packets to be forwarded on time within the tolerable delay. By conducting simulations with varying scenarios the performance of the protocol is evaluated and compared with the base EQSR. The simulation results have proven that the enhanced EQSR works better by lowering the energy and increasing the packet delivery ratio