Cent CORE: Centralized Cloud Oriented Requirement Engineering Strategy for Tracking and Elicitation of Dynamic Requirements

Requirement Engineering is one of the most important stages of Software Engineering. Eliciting requirements is highly critical and a complex process as the software end product totally depends on the quality of requirements that were collected. The property of the requirements is dynamic that keeps changing and constantly evolving. The Traditional Strategies for Requirement Engineering lacked organization and change management was entirely manual which consumed a lot of time and skilled labor. A centralized strategy for Elicitation of Dynamic Requirements using the concept of Requirement Cloud is proposed with high level of organization and structuring. A novel idea of using Cloud Storage Service for Requirement Engineering is implemented using a heuristics approach. Change management is incorporated and a few activities like requirements document generation is automated in this approach. Finally a survey between the Traditional Requirement Engineering and Proposed Cloud Methodology is conducted to prove the proposed methodology is better than the traditional strategies of Requirement Engineering

Antimicrobial Use/Consumption Surveillance in Zimbabwe: Desk Review Report

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) now poses a significant global threat to animal and human health, and over the years, inappropriate antimicrobial use (AMU), both in animals and humans, has been identified as the most significant driver of AMR. Recognizing the urgent need to tackle AMR, in 2015, the WHO, WOAH and FAO endorsed a Global Action Plan (GAP) on AMR, which includes five strategic objectives targeted at curbing AMR development. Amongst these objectives is the need to “strengthen knowledge through surveillance and research”. Zimbabwe, one of many African countries experiencing challenges arising from AMR in both the animal and human health sectors, needs to map a way forward to address this critical challenge. The objectives of this report were firstly to determine the current status of antimicrobial use or consumption (AMU/C) surveillance in Zimbabwe in the animal sector and identify gaps in knowledge. Secondly, to explore AMU/C surveillance strategies in food-producing animals in other countries, including data collection methods, data entry platforms, data analysis and reporting. Finally, to provide a situational analysis of existing systems, plans, software platforms and human and physical resources in relevant institutions in Zimbabwe to identify potential strategies for implementing AMU/C surveillance in the country. Methods The objectives were addressed through various methods, including key informant interviews of personnel in key government institutions such as the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) and the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), among others. Information was also derived from relevant publications searched from scientific databases, including PubMed and PLOS. Key findings The first part of the report describes the situation analysis of Zimbabwe, which details the country’s animal production sector and the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS), and AMR & AMU/C surveillance initiatives in the country, including the reporting of AMU/C data to the WOAH. The second part of the report reviews global standards and methods for AMU/C in animals, including the WOAH standards for AMC data collection. Also included in this section are the AMU/C surveillance strategies in food-producing animals in Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs). The report also includes a brief on the different types of antimicrobial use metrics and indicators used in AMU/C surveillance in food-producing animals, as well as their advantages and disadvantages. The last section of the report includes proposals for implementing AMU/C surveillance in Zimbabwe and a feasibility assessment for each proposal. Conclusion and recommendations Zimbabwe generally has adequate human resource capacity to implement AMU/C surveillance in food-producing animals. The key personnel to perform these activities will need to be identified and adequately capacitated through training and provision of other key resources. To coordinate the AMU/C surveillance activities, the relevant institutions, the DVS and MCAZ, will need to collaborate closely to conduct the process activities efficiently. Of paramount importance is that the two government institutions will also need to establish funding mechanisms for AMU/C surveillance in food-producing animals in order to make it sustainable

Isolation of Haemophilus parasuis in lungs of pigs in Lima, Peru: a report of three cases

Se presentan tres casos ocurridos entre mayo y junio de 2006, en base a muestras de pulmón de cerdo procedentes de dos granjas de crianza porcina y de un camal de la zona de Lima. Los resultados del aislamiento y pruebas bioquímicas fueron compatibles con Haemophilus parasuis.The paper document three cases occurred in May and June, 2006, based on lung samples from pigs of two farms and one slaughterhouse in Lima, Peru. The results of isolation and biochemical test were compatible with Haemophilus parasuis

Childhood abuse is associated with methylation of multiple loci in adult DNA

Childhood abuse is associated with increased adult disease risk, suggesting that processes acting over the long-term, such as epigenetic regulation of gene activity, may be involved. DNA methylation is a critical mechanism in epigenetic regulation. We aimed to establish whether childhood abuse was associated with adult DNA methylation profiles

Population Biology of Rhodnius domesticus Neiva & Pinto, 1923 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) under Laboratory Conditions

The entire life cycle of Rhodnius domesticus, fed weekly on mice, was studied under controlled conditions. Aspects related to hatching, life time, mortality, feeding behaviour and fecundity for each stage of the insect life-cycle were evaluated. The hatching rate observed in 100 eggs was 57% and the mean time of hatching was 15.6 days. Forty-six nymphs (80.7%) completed the cycle and the mean time from NI to adult was 93.8 days. The average span in days for each stage was 12.4 for NI, 9.8 for NII, 14.2 for NIII, 16.8 for NIV and 25.0 for NV. The number of bloodmeals in each nymphal stage varied from 1 to 3. The mortality rate was 12.3% for NI, 3.5% for NII and 1.7% for NIII and NV nymphs. The mean number of eggs laid per female in a 9-month period was 333.1. Average adult survival rates were 287.6 +133 and 328 +73 days for males and females respectively

Drugs for relief of pain in patients with sciatica: systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective To investigate the efficacy and tolerability of analgesic and adjuvant pain drugs typically administered in primary care for the management of patients with sciatica

BACTERIAL ISOLATIONIN CANINE EAR INFECTIONS AND ITS ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY

El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la frecuencia de casos de otitis bacteriana en canes, las bacterias involucradas y su susceptibilidad a los antibacterianos, en base a muestras procesadas en un laboratorio de microbiología especializado en el campo veterinario en el periodo 2001-2006. Se emplearon 429 fichas de laboratorio. La bacteria de mayor frecuencia fue el Staphylococcus intermedius (27.7%), pero hubo otros agentes de importancia como Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus sp. y Staphylococcus sp. Las infecciones óticas fueron mayormente monomicrobianas (63.6%). En las pruebas de susceptibilidad por el método de Kirby-Bauer se encontró el mayor nivel de susceptibilidad de las bacterias a las quinolonas, aminoglucósidos, cefalosporinas y penicilinas combinadas con inhibidores de las betalactamasas; mientras que las penicilinas, sulfas, tetraciclinas, lincosamidas y macrólidos fueron los antimicrobianos de menor efectividad.The objective of the study was to determine the frequency of bacterial otitis cases indogs, the bacteria involved in the infection and the bacterial susceptibility to antibioticsin samples processed during 2001-2006 in a bacteriology laboratory specialized in theveterinary field. A total of 429 laboratory records were used. The most frequent isolatedbacteria was Staphylococcus intermedius (27.7%), but other important species were alsofound (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus sp. and Staphylococcus sp). Earinfections were mostly due to a single bacteria species (63.6%). In susceptibility testusing the Kirby-Bauer method the quinolones, aminoglycosides, cephalosporins, and penicillins combined with inhibitors of betalactamics showed better antimicrobial effect,while bacteria species showed high resistance to penicillin, sulpha, tetracyclines,macrolides and lincosamides

FRECUENCIA DE INFECCIÓN CON ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE EN GRANJAS PORCINAS TECNIFICADAS DE LA COSTA PERUANA

The objective of the study was to determine the frequency of antibodies against the ApxIV toxin of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, causal agent of porcine pleuropneumonia in 10 commercial pig farms of Arequipa, Lima, Ica and La Libertad departments. Blood samples were collected from animals in the growing and finishing stages (30 per farm) and analyzed by the indirect ELISA test using a commercial kit. The results showed that 23.7% (71/300) of the animals presented antibodies against the ApxIV toxin, and the highest frequency was found in the farm located in Ica (60%). The presence of antibodies against the ApxIV toxin indicated the presence of A. pleuropneumoniae infection in pig commercial farms in Peru.El objetivo del estudio fue determinar la frecuencia de anticuerpos contra la toxina ApxIV de Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, causante de pleuroneumonía porcina en 10 granjas porcinas tecnificadas de los departamentos de Arequipa, Lima, Ica y La Libertad. Se colectaron muestras de sangre de porcinos de las etapas de crecimiento y acabado (30 por granja) y se analizaron mediante la prueba de ELISA indirecta con un kit comercial. El 23.7% (71/300) de los animales presentaron anticuerpos contra la toxina ApxIV, correspondiendo la mayor frecuencia a la granja del departamento de Ica (60.0%). La presencia de anticuerpos contra la toxina ApxIV evidencia la presencia de la infección con A. pleuropneumoniae en la industria porcina del Perú