The cognitive outcome in athletics among physical education teachers

The study aimed to identify the cognitive outcome in athletics for physical education teachers. The descriptive survey method was used and a cognitive test was applied as a measurement tool for data collection, which included 45 items for the fields of study: running, jumping, and throwing, and the study sample consisted of 198 teachers from Irbid First Directorate of Education in the first academic semester 2022/2023. The results showed that the level of the cognitive outcome in athletics for physical education teachers was "average" and that there were no statistically significant differences (α≤0.05) due to the effect of gender in all fields and all total scores, and the results of the study showed that there are significant differences Statistics in favor of more than 10 years experience

Evaluating Physical Education Curriculum for the Intermediate Stage as Perceived by Teachers in Anbar Governorate

The purpose of this study is to evaluate physical education curriculum for the intermediate stage as perceived by teachers in Anbar governorate. Moreover, findings if there are any significant statistical differences attributed to gender, scientific qualification and experience. The population of the study consisted of (181( male and female teachers in public schools as Anbar governorate in (Al-rmadi, Hbanya, Fluja, Heet, Haditha, Rawa, Ana, Qae’m and rutba). The population was considered the sample of this study but the researcher retrieved (157) questioners with a rate of (86.7%). For the purposes of the study the researcher developed a questionnaire consisted of (60) items distributed into five domains: goals.Teaching planning, curriculum and content, teaching strategies, aids and assessment). After collecting and analyzing data the findings showed that the evaluating physical education curriculum for the intermediate stage as perceived by teachers in Anbar governorate came in an average level as assessment domain came first followed by curriculum and content then goals and teaching planning while aids came in the last rank with means of (3.80). (3.71). (3.58) (3.50). Moreover, there were no significant statistical differences attributed to gender, scientific qualification and experience in teacher’s evaluation of physical education curriculum

Validated HPLC Method to Simultaneously Determine Amprolium Hydrochloride, Sulfaquinoxaline Sodiumand Vitamin K3 in A.S.K Powder Manufactured byPharmacare-PLC

A new HPLC method that is based on zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (ZIC-HILIC) coupled with ultraviolet detection was developed, optimized and validated for simultaneous determination of Amprolium hydrochloride, Sulfaquinoxaline Sodium , and Vitamin K3 (as menadione sodium bisulfite) in A.S.K Powder. The separation was carried out using ZIC-HILIC column (250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 µm) and a mobile phase of 0.2 M Ammonium acetate (NH4AC) buffer and acetonitrile (ACN) (15:85; v/v) with pH adjusted to 5.7 by glacial acetic acid (G.A.A) at a flow rate of 0.5 ml/min. The analytes were monitored by UV detection at 263 nm. The effects of the operational chromatographic conditions on the separation and column efficiency were thoroughly investigated, including the concentration of the organic solvent (ACN) in the aqueous-organic mobile phase, the ionic strength of the NH4AC buffer and pH of the mobile phase. The optimized method was finally subjected to full analytical validation by examining specificity, accuracy, precision, linearity, range, ruggedness, robustness and stress conditions. The results were evaluated according to the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) and United States Pharmacopoeia (USP33/NF28) guidelines and the method fulfilled validation criteria. In addition, the assay was shown to indicate stability and can be used to analyze for degradation products; for example; sulfaquinoxaline impurity A. The developed method is sensitive, specific, fast, accurate and requires minimum sample manipulation. The analysis time requires only 18 minutes. The new optimized HPLC method was applied on three commercial A.S.K batches for analysis of amprolium hydrochloride, sulfaquinoxaline sodium and vitamin K3. All the active ingredients were separated from excipients according to the authentic specifications

Microbiological Contamination of Mobile Phones of Clinicians in Intensive Care Units and Neonatal Care Units in Public Hospitals in Kuwait

Background: The objective of this study was to explore the prevalence of microbiological contamination of mobile phones that belong to clinicians in intensive care units (ICUs), pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), and neonatal care units (NCUs) in all public secondary care hospitals in Kuwait. The study also aimed to describe mobile phones disinfection practices as well as factors associated with mobile phone contamination. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that included all clinicians with mobile phones in ICUs, PICUs, and NCUs in all secondary care hospitals in Kuwait. Samples for culture were collected from mobile phones and transported for microbiological identification using standard laboratory methods. Self-administered questionnaire was used to gather data on mobile phones disinfection practices. Results: Out of 213 mobile phones, 157 (73.7 %, 95 % CI [67.2-79.5 %]) were colonized. Coagulase-negative staphylococci followed by Micrococcus were predominantly isolated from the mobile phones; 62.9 % and 28.6 % of all mobile phones, respectively. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Gram-negative bacteria were identified in 1.4 % and 7.0 % of the mobile phones, respectively. Sixty-eight clinicians (33.5 %) reported that they disinfected their mobile phones, with the majority disinfecting their mobile phones only when they get dirty. The only factor that was significantly associated with mobile phone contamination was whether a clinician has ever disinfected his/her mobile phone; adjusted odds ratio 2.42 (95 % CI [1.08-5.41], p-value = 0.031). Conclusion: The prevalence of mobile phone contamination is high in ICUs, PICUs, and NCUs in public secondary care hospitals in Kuwait. Although some of the isolated organisms can be considered non-pathogenic, various reports described their potential harm particularly among patients in ICU and NCU settings. Isolation of MRSA and Gram-negative bacteria from mobile phones of clinicians treating patients in high-risk healthcare settings is of a major concern, and calls for efforts to consider guidelines for mobile phone disinfection

Antigenic Detection of Salmonella Infection among Pediatric Patients with Acute Gastroenteritis

Background: Diarrheal diseases are one of the social problems in developing countries. The pathogens commonly associated with childhood diarrhea are Salmonella, Clostridium difficile, Shigella, Yersinia and Escherichia coli but the highest attack rate for salmonellosis in infancy. Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the presence of Salmonella antigen in acute gastroenteritis in children admitted to a pediatric hospital. Material and Methods: The study was performed on freshly collected stool samples among 94 acute diarrheal children below two years admitted to AL-Khadymia and AL-Elweya pediatric hospitals from May 2015 to January 2016. A questionnaire was completed for each patient’s name, age, gender, clinical data like fever, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. The criteria included hemorrhagic fresh stool sample in addition to containing parasite agent. Fresh stool samples were tested by immunochromatographic assay for antigenic detection of Salmonella. Results: Salmonella antigen identified in five stool samples one for male and four for females. All pediatric patients show fever, vomiting and abdominal pain, while the stool consistency distributed to 75.5% watery and 24.5% loosely. Stool samples show 69.1% with blood and 39.9% without blood, 16.9% with pus and 83.1% without pus, 83% with mucous and 17% without mucous. Four cases with giardiasis and 24 cases with entamebiasis and 14 cases with cyst of E. histolytica or G. lamblia in addition to absence the parasites ova in all stool samples. Conclusion: Salmonella antigen present in five stool samples, all the patients show vomiting, fever, abdominal pain, 65 cases with blood in comparison with, 29 without blood 15 cases with pus in comparison with 79 without pus. 78 cases with mucous in comparison with, 16 without mucous, four cases with goddesses and 24 cases with entamebiasis, 14 cases with cyst of E. histolytica or G. lamblia in addition to absence the parasites ova in all stool samples

Expedition 381 Summary

The primary objective of International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 381 was to retrieve a record of early continental rifting and basin evolution from the Corinth rift, central Greece. Continental rifting is fundamental for the formation of ocean basins, and active rift zones are dynamic regions of high geohazard potential. However, the detailed spatial and temporal evolution of a complete rift system needed to understand rift development from the fault to plate scale is poorly resolved. In the active Corinth rift, deformation rates are high, the recent synrift succession is preserved and complete offshore, and earlier rift phases are preserved onshore. Additionally, a dense seismic database provides high-resolution imaging of the fault network and seismic stratigraphy around the basin. As the basin has subsided, its depositional environment has been affected by fluctuating global sea level and its absolute position relative to sea level, and the basin sediments record this changing environment through time. In Corinth, we can therefore achieve an unprecedented precision of timing and spatial complexity of rift-fault system development, rift-controlled drainage system evolution, and basin fill in the first few million years of rift history. The following are the expedition themes: High-resolution fault slip and rift evolution history, Surface processes in active rifts, High-resolution late Quaternary Eastern Mediterranean paleoclimate and paleoenvironment of a developing rift basin, and Geohazard assessment in an active rift. These objectives were and will be accomplished as a result of successful drilling, coring, and logging at three sites in the Gulf of Corinth, which collectively yielded 1645 m of recovered core over a 1905 m cored interval. Together, these cores provide (1) a long rift history (Sites M0078 and M0080), (2) a high-resolution record of the most recent phase of rifting (Site M0079), and (3) the spatial variation of rift evolution (comparison of sites in the central and eastern rift). The sediments contain a rich and complex record of changing sedimentation, sediment and pore water geochemistry, and environmental conditions from micropaleontological assemblages. The preliminary chronology developed by shipboard analyses will be refined and improved during postexpedition research, providing a high-resolution chronostratigraphy down to the orbital timescale for a range of tectonic, sedimentological, and paleoenvironmental studies. This chronology will provide absolute timing of key rift events, rates of fault movement, rift extension and subsidence, and the spatial variations of these parameters. The core data will also allow us to investigate the relative roles of and feedbacks between tectonics, climate, and eustasy in sediment flux, basin evolution, and basin environment. Finally, the Corinth rift boreholes will provide the first long Quaternary record of Mediterranean-type climate in the region. The potential range of scientific applications for this unique data set is very large, encompassing tectonics, sedimentary processes, paleoenvironment, paleoclimate, paleoecology, geochemistry, and geohazards