Antitcancer effect and Seasonal variation in oil constituents of Santolina chamaecyparissus

The volatile components of the aerial parts of Santolina chamaecyparissus, an aromatic plant of North region, Saudi Arabia, were analyzed in two season by GC and GC-MS. Among the 39 compounds identified, major components were Curcumene, alpha-terpinol, p-cymene, 1,8-cineole and caryophllene oxide. Quantitative variations have been characterized following the season. Oil extract of the aerial parts of the medicinal plant Santolina, was in vitro investigated for cytotoxicity against A549,  HCT116, HepG2 and MCF-7 cell lines, and resulted show high cytotoxic activity against  HepG2 with (97.7 %), but resistance to other cell lines, The percentages of inhibition related to the reference drug (doxorubicin),  as long as people are looking to alternative forms of medicine and relaxation such as aromatherapy in this review we confirm the use of one of these medicinal plant as  antitumor agent. Keywords: S. chamaecyparissus, volatile oil , anticancer, Caryophyllene oxid

Zoonotic Diseases Prevention Program for Veterinary Workers in Rural Health Units at Benha City

Context: Zoonotic diseases are infectious diseases that are naturally transmitted from animals to humans.Aims: The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Zoonotic Diseases prevention program for Veterinary workers in Rural Health Units at Benha City.Methods: A quasi-experimental design. The study was carried out in Veterinary Health Units at Benha City. A convenience sample was used, which includes (85) Veterinary workers. Two tools were used for collecting data: 1) A structured interviewing questionnaire to assess: a) demographic characteristics, b) medical history of previous exposure to Zoonotic diseases and c) knowledge of Veterinary workers regarding zoonotic diseases. 2) An observational checklist sheet was used to assess: a) practices of veterinary workers regarding the prevention of zoonotic diseases, b) veterinary health unit environmental condition.Results: More than three-quarters (76.5%) of veterinary workers were male, less than half (45.9%) aged ranged from 30 < 40 years with mean±SD (32.3±6.62), and about one-third (31.8%) of them were secondary education. The majority (89.4%) of veterinary workers had a poor total knowledge score regarding zoonotic diseases preprogram intervention compared to more than half (55.3%) of them had a good total knowledge score post-program intervention. On the other hand, about two-thirds (62.4%) of veterinary workers had unsatisfactory total practices score regarding zoonotic diseases preprogram intervention compared to more than three quarters (78.8%) had satisfactory total practices score post-program.Conclusion: Post-program score was higher than the preprogram score both in knowledge and practices of veterinary workers regarding zoonotic diseases, and there is a positive correlation between total knowledge and total practice pre and post-program (P=0.000). The study recommends illustrated booklets and brochures in each Veterinary Health Unit focus on using protective methods during contact with animals and adherence to adequate sanitary standards

Effect of Coping Strategies Program on Quality of Life among Emergency Clinic Nurses Working at Night Shift

Context: The night shift work can have a negative impact on job performance, sleep, physical and emotional health, social life, family life, and level of job-related stress for nurses.Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of coping strategies program on quality of life among emergency clinic nurses working at night shift. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was utilized to fulfill the aim of this study. The study was conducted at Emergency Clinic affiliated to Benha University Hospital. A convenience sample was used to achieve the aim of this study. It includes all nurses (60 nurses) who worked at night shift at Emergency Clinic. Three tools utilized in this study: Three tools were utilized in this study: Structured interviewing questionnaire to assess nurses' data, ways of coping scale for measuring coping abilities of nurses working at night shift. It included 45 items comprising eight subscales. The quality of life scale, which was designed for measuring the quality of life for nurses, consisted of 34 items categorized based on the quality of life in three domains. Results: A result reveals a significant difference between nurses' quality of life and their coping abilities post-program implementation (P= 0.001) compared to the pre-intervention level. A positive significant correlation coefficient between nurses coping strategies and their quality-of-life post-program implementation (r= 0.40, p=<0.05).Conclusion: This study concluded that the coping strategies program was effective, and its results had a drastic improvement in coping abilities and quality of life for nurses working at night shift. The study suggested establishing continuous educational programs for nurses working on the night shift at the emergency clinic unit about coping strategies & their effect on their quality of life

Effect of Hygiene Guidelines on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Food Handlers at University Cafeterias

Context: Safe food is a critical issue in the prevention of foodborne diseases. Food handlers play an essential role in preventing foodborne diseases and food poisoning at all stages of food preparation, storage, and handling.Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of hygiene guidelines on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handlers at University cafeterias. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used to carry out the study. Setting: The study was conducted at the Faculties Cafeteria at Benha University. A convenient sample of (60) food handlers worked at Cafeterias of Benha University. Three tools were used for collecting data: A Structured interview questionnaire included two parts. The first is concerned with the assessment of the food handlers' demographic characteristics. The second part is concerned with assessing knowledge, and the third part included an assessment of food handlers' practices of the food handlers about food hygiene. The second tool is the food handlers' attitude assessment scale. The third tool is an environmental observational checklist that assessed the cafeteria's environmental condition. Results: 73.3% of the studied food handlers were male and single, 50.0% of them aged 20 - <30 years with mean± SD (32.63±4.71). Additionally, 76.7% of food handlers had a secondary education level, and they had health certificates. Only 18.3% of the food handlers had good knowledge regarding food hygiene before the guideline sessions compared to 85.0% after the guideline sessions. On the other hand, 65.0% of food handlers negatively affected food hygiene before the guideline sessions decreased to 15.0% after the guideline sessions. Moreover, 68.3% of food handlers had unsatisfactory practices regarding food hygiene before the guideline sessions compared to 76.7% after the guideline sessions. Conclusion: A considerable improvement was noticed among the studied food handlers after the guideline sessions related to the knowledge, attitude, and food hygiene practices. Recommendations: Further research should be geared towards regularly implementing health education programs for food handlers about food safety and hygiene at all faculties of Egyptian universities

Predictors of Delay in Seeking Health Care among Myocardial Infarction Patients, Minia District, Egypt

Objectives. To determine the barriers that hinder early seeking of medical care among Minia's myocardial infarction patients. Methods. The study was based on individual interviews with 207 men and women with a first confirmed myocardial infarction (MI), admitted to the coronary care units of hospitals in Minia city in the period from April 1 to August 30, 2014. Data was collected via structured questionnaire and patient medical charts. The delay was evaluated by assisting patients to triangulate time of symptom onset and time of professional health care by placing both times in context of daily activities that participants could easily remember. Results. The median (25th, 75th percentiles) delay time was 4 (2, 10) h. Only 32.8% of patients arrived within 2 hours of symptoms onset. Variables that significantly predicted prehospital delay time were patient's misinterpretation of nature of pain with OR 8.98 (95% CI) (3.97-20.32), illiteracy 7.98 (2.77-22.95), age (>65) 5.07 (1.57-16.29), and pain resistance behavior 4.61 (2.04-10.41). Conclusions. Interventions to decrease prehospital delay must focus on improving public awareness of acute myocardial infarction symptoms and increasing their knowledge on early treatment benefits

Electronic Resources licenses and their role in supporting the free access to information at universities libraries: a pilot study on universities libraries in Greater Cairo.

This study aims to identify the role of university libraries in negotiating with publishers about licenses for the use of information resources, whether subscriptions or open access, and shed light on the recent developments in the field of legal licenses for open digital content and the extent of validity of Creative Commons licenses in achieving a balance between the protection of authors' rights and users in the digital age, and submitting some proposals that help the existence of new legislations compatible with the requirements of dealing with the digital library and the Internet and protection of intellectual property rights, and to highlight the importance of raising awareness of the existence of this legislations and how to apply them and benefit from them. The study depended on the field survey method to achieve its goals using a set of tools to collect data. The tools include a questionnaire, observation, and personal interview

Predictors of Long-term Disability in Multiple Sclerosis: Real World Data from a Cohort of Egyptian Patients

Background: Specification of prognostic factors in multiple sclerosis (MS) is crucial for clinicians to guide therapeutic protocols. This study aimed to identify demographic, clinical, and radiological factors associated with disability on a long-term basis in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) and secondary progressive MS (SPMS).Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted on patients with RRMS and SPMS with a disease duration of at least 10 years. Demographic, clinical, and radiological parameters were collected from the medical records.Results: During the study period, 217 patients were recruited with a mean disease duration of 14.9 ± 4.6 (range: 10-35) years. Regression analysis revealed that age (B = 0.071, CI: 0.00-0.132, P = 0.025), male sex (B = –0.825, CI: –1.444 to –0.206, P = 0.009), duration between first 2 attacks (B = -0.007, CI: -0.015-0.000, P = 0.037), and involvement of pyramidal (B = 0.754, CI: 0.051-1.457, P = 0.036) or cerebellar domains (B = 1.355, CI: 0.542-2.168, P = 0.001) at disease onset were the only parameters that had an independent effect on EDSS.Conclusion: Predictors of long-term disability in our cohort were closely similar, but not typically identical to predictors reported in the literature. Age, male sex, short duration between first 2 relapses pyramidal and cerebellar affection were the strongest predictors of disability in patients with RRMS and SPMS

IMPLEMENTASI SISTEM VIRTUAL TOUR BERBASIS E-PANORAMA UNTUK PENGENALAN KAMPUS UNIVERSITAS NAROTAMA SURABAYA

E-Panorama merupakan kumpulan dari beberapa gambar panorama yang saling berhubungan melalui menu hotspot yang telah tersaji didalam sistem berbasis web.Untuk membuat sebuah sistem virtual tour berbasis e-panorama ini menggunakan aplikasi pendukung yang dilengkapi dengan bahasa pemrograman Java Script, XML, dan HTML.Didalam sistem virtual tour, pengguna dapat menjelajahi isi lingkungan yang terdapat didalam sebuah institusi dalam bentuk gambar panorama 360 derajat. Penyajian informasi yang berupa gambar dan dikemas dalam bentuk animasi berjalan dengan menampilkan kondisi riil suatu kondisi lingkungan institusi dapat menghasilkan sebuah sistem yang interaktif bagi user.Adapun implementasi untuk melakukan uji coba keberhasilan sebuah sistem kami lakukan pada sebuah Perguruan Tinggi swasta di Surabaya yakni pada Universitas Narotama.  Pembuatan virtual tour berbasis e-panorama pada Universitas Narotama Surabaya memiliki tujuan dan manfaat yaitu membuat tampilan dalam bentuk gambar panorama yang berisikan pengenalan terhadap beberapa lingkungan dan ruang perkuliahan di Universitas narotama Surabaya sehingga dapat menghasilkan informasi terhadap banyak masyarakat luas dan juga berguna untuk bidang branding atau marketing. Kata Kunci : E-Panorama, Virtual Tour, Gambar Panorama 360 Deraja

A First Look at Commercial 5G Performance on Smartphones

We conduct to our knowledge a first measurement study of commercial 5G performance on smartphones by closely examining 5G networks of three carriers (two mmWave carriers, one mid-band carrier) in three U.S. cities. We conduct extensive field tests on 5G performance in diverse urban environments. We systematically analyze the handoff mechanisms in 5G and their impact on network performance. We explore the feasibility of using location and possibly other environmental information to predict the network performance. We also study the app performance (web browsing and HTTP download) over 5G. Our study consumes more than 15 TB of cellular data. Conducted when 5G just made its debut, it provides a "baseline" for studying how 5G performance evolves, and identifies key research directions on improving 5G users' experience in a cross-layer manner. We have released the data collected from our study (referred to as 5Gophers) at https://fivegophers.umn.edu/www20.Comment: Published at The Web Conference 2020 (WWW 2020). Please include WWW in any citation