48 research outputs found
Preschool Children, Coping Mecanism, Coloring Play Activities, Hospitalization
Children will experience the stress of hospitalization time due to changes in the environment. The purpose of this research was to analyze the influence of coloring activities toward the using of coping mecanism when hospitalization. Design of this research is pra eksperimental pre-post test one group design. This population is children preschool old even hospitalization at Kediri Baptist Hospital total sample was 31 respondent, sample taken on accidental sampling. Variable of this research were coloring play activities and coping mecanism. The data were collected by using questionaire. Collecting data using a statistical test by using wilcoxon signed range test with α≤0,05. The results showed that 24 respondent change coping mecanism to positive range, 6 respondent fixed on their coping mecanism before interview, and 1 respondent change their coping mecanism to negative range. p=0,000. Concluded that coloring activities giving patients preschoolers will enhance adoptive coping mechanism when hospitalization
Evaluation de la quantité des métaux lourds dans la décharge d’Agoè (Lomé- Togo): Cas du plomb, cadmium, cuivre, nickel et zinc
Depuis l’indépendance (1960), la population de la ville de Lomé à l’instar des grandes villes Africaines n’a cessé d’augmenter, engendrant ainsi une forte production des déchets. Ceci a entraîné la mise en place des décharges à l’exemple de celle d’Agoè pour une gestion pérenne des déchets. Ce travail a pour objectif d’évaluer la quantité des métaux lourds de la décharge finale des déchets urbains de la ville de Lomé. Les échantillons sont prélevés à la surface et à chaque mètre en profondeur en six points de la décharge finale. Les paramètres physico-chimiques (humidité, pH, matière organique) ont été déterminés sur ces échantillons de même que les teneurs de cinq métaux lourds (plomb, cadmium, nickel, cuivre et zinc). Le taux d’humidité des échantillons varie entre 17,65 et 67,64%. Le pH mesuré varie entre 7,48 et 8,45. La teneur en matière organique déterminée par la méthode de perte au feu varie entre 8,58 et 14,57%. Les teneurs moyennes des métaux lourds sont de 66,91 mg/kg pour le plomb ; 2,51 mg/kg pour le cadmium ; 6,10 mg/kg pour le nickel; 70,24 mg/kg pour le cuivre et 401,13 mg/kg pour le zinc. Le cadmium et le zinc ont des teneurs supérieures à la norme AFNOR NF U 44-041.Mots clés: Déchets, décharge, métaux lourds, polluant
Effets des composts à base de déchets d’agrumes et du tourteau de karité sur la disponibilité du phosphore du sol: Une étude en conditions contrôlées
Le compost, riche en matière organique, contient des éléments fertilisants tels que le phosphore, l’azote et le potassium. La biodisponibilité de ces éléments fertilisants du compost dans le sol dépend de la minéralisation de la matière organique mais aussi des réactions de fixation de ces éléments. Ce travail vise à étudier la disponibilité du phosphore de deux composts: le compost CA obtenu à base des déchets d’agrumes et le compost CK obtenu à base du tourteau de karité. Les composts sont mélangés au sol à raison de 0,5 g de compost pour 50 g de sol et sont incubés dans des conditions contrôlées pendant 180 jours. L’humidité a été ajustée à 2/3 de la capacité au champ et la température à 28 °C. Entre le début et 180 jours d’incubation, une augmentation de 33, 25 et -2% de la teneur en phosphore assimilable est notée pour les traitements sol+CA, sol+CK et le témoin respectivement et près de 85% du phosphore des composts sont disponibles. L’étude de la dynamique du phosphore montre qu’une partie du phosphore s’immobilise sous forme de phosphore lié à l’aluminium. Ceci est plus notable dans le traitement avec le compost CK.Mots clés: disponibilité du phosphore, compost, sol, conditions contrôlée
Extractions et caractérisations physico-chimiques des substances humiques naturelles des sols et du compost
Les substances macromoléculaires naturelles qui constituent la matière organique (MO) des sols sont formées essentiellement au cours des processus de dégradation des matières végétales et animales par les microorganismes. Elles jouent un rôle dans la fertilisation, le transport, l’immobilisation et la dégradation des espèces chimiques organiques ou minérales telles que les pesticides, les composés aromatiques polycycliques ou les métaux lourds dans les sols et les eaux. Elles doivent ces rôles à leurs caractéristiques chimiques et structurales. D’un milieu à un autre, leurs structures et leurs caractéristiques diffèrent en fonction de conditions physico-chimiques telles que le pH, le taux d’humidité, la température, la composition chimique etc. Dans le cadre de l’étude de la dissolution des phosphates naturels de Hahotoé-Kpogamé (Togo) par les acides organiques naturels, nous avons réalisé l’extraction des substances humiques d’un sol et d’un compost à l’aide d’une solution alcaline de NaOH (0,1 N) après un prétraitement aqueux ou acide. Les échantillons extraits ont été purifiés par dialyse. La caractérisation de ces substances par des méthodes chimiques (dosages élémentaires et du Carbone Organique Total (COT)) et physiques (Spectroscopies Infrarouge et UV-Visible, Microscopie Electronique à Balayage (MEB)) a été effectuée. Les méthodes analytiques utilisées ont permis d’identifier les groupements fonctionnels qui confirment le caractère humique des échantillons extraits.Mots clés : Substances humiques, extraction, caractérisation, infrarouge, UV-Visible, Microscopie Electronique à Balayage (MEB)
Significant improvements in pain after a six-week physiotherapist-led exercise and education intervention, in patients with osteoarthritis awaiting arthroplasty, in South Africa: a randomised controlled trial
Patient preference and willingness to pay for knee osteoarthritis treatments
John Posnett,1 Sanjeev Dixit,2 Brooks Oppenheimer,2 Sven Kili,3 Nazanin Mehin4 1HERONTM Commercialization, PAREXEL® International, London, UK; 2Reason Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 3Sanofi Biosurgery, Oxford, UK; 4Sanofi, Paris, France Purpose: To review treatments for osteoarthritis of the knee (OAK) received by patients across five European countries, and to obtain patients’ perceptions and willingness to pay for current treatments.Patients and methods: A prospective, internet-based, double-blind survey of adults with OAK was conducted in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The questionnaire included questions about diagnosis, treatment history, and perceptions of OAK treatments, followed by a discrete choice-based conjoint exercise to identify preferred attributes of OAK treatments, evaluating 14 sets of four unbranded products.Results: Two thousand and seventy-three patients with self-reported OAK completed the survey; 17.4% of patients rated their knee pain as drastically affecting their ability to perform normal daily activities, and 39.3% of employed patients reported that they had lost work time because of OAK. The most common treatments were exercise (69.7%), physical therapy (68.2%), and nonprescription oral pain medication (73.9%). Treatments perceived as most effective were: viscosupplement injections (74.1%), narcotics (67.8%), and steroid injection (67.6%). Patient co-pay, duration of pain relief, and type of therapy exhibited the largest impact on patient preference for OAK treatments. The average patient was willing to pay €35 and €64 more in co-pay for steroid and viscosupplement injections, respectively, over the cost of oral over-the-counter painkillers (per treatment course, per knee) (each P<0.05).Conclusion: OAK is a debilitating condition that affects normal daily activities. In general, treatments most commonly offered to patients are not those perceived as being the most effective. Patients are willing to pay a premium for treatments that they perceive as being more effective and result in longer-lasting pain relief, and those that can be administered with fewer visits to a physician. Keywords: osteoarthritis, treatment, survey, viscosupplementatio
The Influence of Aspects of Interpersonal Skills, Compensation, and Teacher Performance at Madrasah Aliyah Manado
Many environmental factors can affect teacher performance, three of which are as follows: 1). Principal leadership is the effort of an individual who is trusted as an organizational leader in the school that influences its members including teachers, staff/employees, students, and school committees to realize an educational goal. This research is a survey research that uses a quantitative approach. This quantitative method is a scientific or scientific method because it has fulfilled scientific principles, namely concrete or empirical, objective, measurable, rational, and systematic. In simple terms, there is a positive and significant effect between interpersonal skills and the performance of Madrasah Aliyah teachers in Manado City, where Y = 36.91 + 0.534X1 and the hypothesis value is 0.00 <0.05.
Simply put, there is a positive and significant effect between compensation and the performance of Madrasah Aliyah teachers in Manado City, where Y = 39,079 + 0.541X2 and the hypothesis value is 0.00 <0.05.
Simultaneously there is a positive and significant effect between interpersonal skills and compensation on the performance of Madrasah Aliyah teachers in Manado City, where the formulaY= 27,583 + 0.361X1+0.412X2 and the hypothesis value is 20.38 > 4,009 or F-count > F-table
EQ-5D UTILITY WEIGHTS ASOCIATED WITH RESPONSE TO TREATMENT WITH MATRIX APPLIED AUTOLOGOUS CULTURED CHONDROCYTES (MACI) IMPLANT AND MICROFRACTURE FOR CARTILAGE DEFECTS OF THE KNEE
EQ-5D UTILITY WEIGHTS ASOCIATED WITH RESPONSE TO TREATMENT WITH MATRIX APPLIED AUTOLOGOUS CULTURED CHONDROCYTES (MACI) IMPLANT AND MICROFRACTURE FOR CARTILAGE DEFECTS OF THE KNEE
Matrix-Applied Characterized Autologous Cultured Chondrocytes Versus Microfracture: Two-Year Follow-up of a Prospective Randomized Trial
Background: Randomized controlled trials studying the efficacy and safety of matrix-applied characterized autologous cultured chondrocytes (MACI) versus microfracture (MFX) for treating cartilage defects are limited. Purpose: To compare the clinical efficacy and safety of MACI versus MFX in the treatment of patients with symptomatic cartilage defects of the knee. Study Design: Randomized controlled clinical trial; Level of evidence, 1. Methods: Patients enrolled in the SUMMIT (Demonstrate the Superiority of MACI implant to Microfracture Treatment) trial had >= 1 symptomatic focal cartilage defect (Outerbridge grade III or IV; >= 3 cm(2)) of the femoral condyles or trochlea, with a baseline Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) pain value Results: Of the 144 patients treated, 137 (95%) completed the 2-year assessment. Patients had a mean age of 33.8 years and a mean lesion size of 4.8 cm(2). The mean KOOS pain and function subscores from baseline to 2 years were significantly more improved with MACI than with MFX (pain: MACI, 37.0 to 82.5 vs MFX, 35.5 to 70.9; function: MACI, 14.9 to 60.9 vs MFX, 12.6 to 48.7; P = .001). A significant improvement in scores was also observed on the KOOS subscales of activities of daily living (MACI, 43.5 to 87.2 vs MFX, 42.6 to 75.8; P = 3 cm(2) in size using MACI was clinically and statistically significantly better than with MFX, with similar structural repair tissue and safety, in this heterogeneous patient population. Moreover, MACI offers a more efficacious alternative than MFX with a similar safety profile for the treatment of symptomatic articular cartilage defects of the knee