Retroperitoneal intramuscular haemangioma: Imaging features.

Retroperitoneal intramuscular haemangiomas are quite rare. Interruption of the muscle layer by intramuscular cavernous haemangioma raised the suspicion of a soft tissue sarcoma. We discuss the radiological characteristics of a haemangioma compared to soft tissue sarcoma

Primary mediastinal myxoid liposarcoma

In this study, we report an extremely rare case of liposarcoma which arises primarily in mediastinum. The patient appeared to have progressive dyspnoea and prolonged cough for a duration of one year. Chest radiograph and Computed Tomography (CT) of the thorax revealed a large right mediastinal mass with fatty component. It was confi rmed to be primary liposarcoma on histopathological examination

Stock Returns and Inflation: a Bibliometric Analysis

Purpose:  The challenging economic climate and increasing inflationary pressures have made it necessary to re-evaluate inflation research and its impact on the stock market. The purpose of this study is to use bibliometric analysis to review scholarly writing on stock returns and inflation from 1975 to 2022.   Design/methodology/approach:  This study analyses bibliometric markers such as the number of citations, authors, journals, and institutions using the Web of Science database to discover publishing patterns and illustrate commonalities.   Findings:  The study indicates that the volatility domain has gained more attention, therefore there is a necessity for future research to model predictive accuracy to match the rising volatility and uncertainty environment. Due to the expanding energy theme from bibliographic coupling analysis and the oil-related macroeconomic factors cluster from author keyword co-occurrence analysis, the study revealed a research gap that underlines the need for a green and sustainable stock market.   Research, Practical & Social implications: The study suggests a need for future research to increase academic collaboration and to contribute toward the development of theoretical and empirical literature.   Originality/value:   The results revealed that it is vital to revise the current theory to integrate theoretical implications in light of the volatile market conditions and rising inflation rate

A Revisão Periódica da Prisão Preventiva na Interpretação do STF

TCC(graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências Jurídicas. Direito.Considerada a maior reforma parcial no processual penal, a Lei nº 13.964 foi promulgada em dezembro de 2019. Dentre as modificações, o parágrafo único do artigo 316 determina o reexame obrigatório da necessidade de manutenção da prisão preventiva a cada 90 dias, sob pena de a prisão torna-se ilegal. No entanto, em decisão inédita citada no Informativo 995, o Plenário do Supremo Tribunal Federal decidiu que o descumprimento desse prazo não configura a extinção automática da prisão preventiva e que o juiz competente deve ser chamado a reconsiderar a relevância e legalidade de suas razões. De tal modo, este trabalho objetiva investigar o raciocínio jurídico construído pelo STF sobre a revisão periódica da custódia cautelar no caso “André do Rap”. Para tanto, por meio do método indutivo e de pesquisa documental e bibliográfica, divide-se o texto em dois capítulos. O primeiro capítulo aborda a prisão preventiva a partir da constituição do Estado Democrático de Direito, estabelecendo vínculo com a garantia da presunção de inocência. No segundo capítulo, parte-se para a análise dos argumentos que definiram a formulação da tese, bem como a apresentação do resultado dos dados extraídos através da teoria fundamentada nos dados, bem como discute os resultados da análise através do debate sobre a importância da implementação da revisão periódica da prisão preventiva no direito processual penal brasileiro. Conclui-se que, diante da superlotação do sistema carcerário brasileiro e de cenários de abuso nas decretações das prisões preventivas, a reanálise nonagesimal da necessidade de custódia visa aplacar o número expressivo de custodiados provisórios. Todavia, é necessário que o prazo legalmente estipulado para reexaminar a situação fática contemporânea dos aprisionados seja devidamente observado, a fim de que o objetivo da norma seja atingido

Usage of mobile applications in diabetes management: a review

Peer-reviewed articles on the usage of mobile applications in the management of diabetes were reviewed. Studies using mobile device applications for diabetes interventions published between January 2007 and March 2013 were included in this review. Studies related to the developmental processes of the mobile applications were excluded. The characteristics of these studies and the outcomes of the methods used in the management of diabetes were gathered. We retrieved a total of 372 articles from ACM Digital library, PubMed and Proquest Medical Library. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 8 articles were eligible for further review. Most of the studies included in this review showed the effectiveness of mobile applications in diabetes management. Their major contribution comes from feedback functions of the systems that assist participants in the self-monitoring of their blood glucose and dietary intake. However, the majority of the studies showed the limited use of the mobile phone as a tool to input information into systems which would in turn convey a reminder message to the patient. In conclusion, with its features of portability and convenience, mobile application used in the management of diabetes has the potential to improve glycaemic control, resulting in significant clinical and financial benefits

Potency and efficacy of a low pathogenic H5N2 inactivated vaccine against challenge with a Malaysian H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

The potency and efficacy of an avian influenza (AI) H5N2 inactivated vaccine that was developed at Veterinary Research Institute, Ipoh was tested. The percentage sequence identity of the HA gene of the H5N2 vaccine virus to the challenge virus [A/chicken/Malaysia/5858/04 (H5N1)] was 88.2% by nucleotide and 90% by amino acid sequences similarities, respectively. As for the HAI segment, the nucleotide sequence similarities were 88.3 % and by amino acid sequence 87.7%.For potency testing, the heterologous killed H5N2 AI vaccine, formulated as an oil emulsion was administered only once subcutaneously in twenty five two-week old commercial broiler chickens. The HI antibodies were not detectable at week 1 post vaccination. The HI GMT attained was 30, 63, 200, 54 and 32 by week 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 post vaccinations. Efficacy study was conducted on ten SPF chickens at week 3 post vaccination. 60% of the birds (6/10) with HI titres ≥ 64 - 128 survived the challenged. H5N1 challenge virus was reisolated from all the birds with HI titre ≤ 32 that died, and each of the birds that survived with HI titres of 64 and 128, from the oropharynx and cloaca at day 3 post challenge. This vaccine protected 60% of chickens against mortality and did not prevent shedding after challenged with a HPAI H5N1 virus

Implementation of policy initiatives to foster public sector innovation in Malaysia: the need for measurement

The emergence of public sector innovation in the last two decades has been an important aspect of the solution for pressing global economic and social problems. There is rapidly growing interest for measuring innovation in the public sector as part of the goal to improve its overall performance. In the context of Malaysia, the public sector has been dedicated to fostering innovation through the implementation of various policy initiatives. Despite this dedication, there remains a lack of measurement strategies for public sector innovation performance. The existing performance measurement strategy mostly focuses on efficiency and object centric, while the current focus of performance measurement in leading governments such as the United Kingdom, European Union and Australia is shifting towards measuring the effectiveness and capability of public innovation to deliver expected public values. This situation established a critical need for a holistic approach in measuring Malaysian public sector innovation performance, through the implementation of subject-based innovation performance measurement. The existence of such a measurement will be able to provide indicator of achievement, as well as valuable insights to support policy formulation processes, debates and the evaluation of existing policy initiatives

Antimycotic screening of 58 Malaysian plants against plant pathogens

Ethanolic extracts of 58 Malaysian plants belonging to 24 different families were screened for antifungal activity against seven plant pathogens using the filter paper disc diffusion technique. Two varieties of Piper betle, showed strong activity against all the pathogens tested (Colletotrichum capsici, Fusarium pallidoroseum, Botryodiplodia theobromae, Alternaria alternata, Penicillium citrinum, Phomopsis caricae-papayae and Aspergillus niger), with inhibition diameters significantly (P<0·01) bigger than 2·5 mg ml−1 prochloraz or 10 mg ml−1 clotrimazole. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of the ethanolic extracts of P. betle against these plant pathogens ranged between 0·01 mg ml−1 and 1 mg ml−1. Thirty-four other plants (Kucing gala, Limau batik, Bertholletia excelsa, Bixa orellana, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Cerbera odollam (fruits and leaves), Colocasia gigantea, Curcuma domestica, Curcuma manga, Derris eliptica, Elephantopus scaber, Eleusine indica, Eugenia polyantha, Euphorbia hirta, Euphorbia tirucalli, Gardenia florida, Hedyotis auricularia, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Juniperus chinensis (three varieties), Lawsonia inermis, Lecythis ollaria, Mentha arvensis, Mimusops elengi, Ocimum sanctum, Phyllanthus niruri, Piper nigrum, Piperomia pellucida, Pedilanthus tithymaloides, Polygonum minus, Spondias dulcis, Solanum nigrum, Tinospora tuberculata) showed selective antifungal activity, while 21 species were inactive

Mean Field Bias Correction to Radar QPE as Input to Flood Modeling for Malaysian River Basins

The occurrence of unprecedented flood events has increased in Malaysia recently. To mitigate the impact of the disaster, the National Flood Forecasting and Warning System (NaFFWS) has endeavored to improve the system so as to produce more accurate and reliable early warning to the public. The paper describes the use of radar composites from the radar network in Peninsular Malaysia to produce quantitative precipitation estimates (QPE) as input to the NaFFWS flood model. The processing of the raw radar data and the conversion of rain rate are described. The comparison between radar QPE and gauge rainfall shows that radar QPE underestimates the gauge rainfall, and the results are better at the western parts of Peninsular Malaysia compared to the eastern parts of Peninsular Malaysia. The comparison between Marshall Palmer (MP) and Rosenfeld (RF) conversion equations shows that there is not much difference in performance between the two equations. Both underestimate the rainfall, although RF estimates higher radar QPE for high rainfall intensity. The underestimated radar QPE is improved by calibration process via the Mean Field Bias (MFB) correction technique. The study introduced zoning into smaller regions for the MFB factors derivation.&nbsp; Results indicated that the radar QPE is much improved after the calibration process. Simulation of flood event in December 2021 for the case study of Langat River basin indicates the improvement of correlation coefficient from 0.67 to 0.99 after the calibration process via MFB for smaller zones

Mean Field Bias Correction to Radar QPE as Input to Flood Modeling for Malaysian River Basins

The occurrence of unprecedented flood events has increased in Malaysia recently. To mitigate the impact of the disaster, the National Flood Forecasting and Warning System (NaFFWS) has endeavored to improve the system so as to produce more accurate and reliable early warning to the public. The paper describes the use of radar composites from the radar network in Peninsular Malaysia to produce quantitative precipitation estimates (QPE) as input to the NaFFWS flood model. The processing of the raw radar data and the conversion of rain rate are described. The comparison between radar QPE and gauge rainfall shows that radar QPE underestimates the gauge rainfall, and the results are better at the western parts of Peninsular Malaysia compared to the eastern parts of Peninsular Malaysia. The comparison between Marshall Palmer (MP) and Rosenfeld (RF) conversion equations shows that there is not much difference in performance between the two equations. Both underestimate the rainfall, although RF estimates higher radar QPE for high rainfall intensity. The underestimated radar QPE is improved by calibration process via the Mean Field Bias (MFB) correction technique. The study introduced zoning into smaller regions for the MFB factors derivation.&nbsp; Results indicated that the radar QPE is much improved after the calibration process. Simulation of flood event in December 2021 for the case study of Langat River basin indicates the improvement of correlation coefficient from 0.67 to 0.99 after the calibration process via MFB for smaller zones