Themes and Associations Concerning The COVID-19 Pandemic: Autoethnography

Per the college of nursing, my proposed project will discuss living during uncertain times and unusual times of change. This APA formatted paper will be an autoethnography, meaning that we will review the perspectives of COVID through the lens of culture, research, and our own perspectives and experiences. Everyone has experienced changes during the COVID-19 pandemic due to self-isolation. Examples of change include changes in learning, working, thinking, teaching, and behaving. Using acquired nursing skills such as critical thinking, reflection, inquiry, and evidenced-based practice; my partner and I will dissect and discuss these changes and how they have affected ourselves, others, and our culture. This will be done by incorporating personal narratives with scholarly inquiries academically correlate personal narratives with research and evidence

Trend of childhood TB case notification in Lagos, Nigeria, 2011-2014

Background: Childhood tuberculosis (TB) has been neglected by national TB programs in sub-Saharan Africa because of the emphasis on adult smear-positive TB cases. About 80,000 HIV children die from TB, and over 550,000 childhood TB cases occur annually, representing 6% of the global TB burden, making TB an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children. Thus, this study assessed the trend of childhood TB cases notified in Lagos, Nigeria from 2011 to 2014. Methods: Retrospective data review of childhood TB cases notified to the Lagos State TB and Leprosy Control Programme (LSTBLCP) between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2014. Results: A total of 2396 children were treated for all forms of TB representing 6.8% of the total 35,305 TB cases notified during the study period. This constituted 1102 (46%) males and 1294 (54%) females. There was a progressive increase in the proportion of children treated for TB from 495 (5.9%) in 2011, 539 (6.4%) in 2012, 682 (7.2%) in 2013 and 680 (7.6%) in 2014. Of the total childhood TB cases notified, 16.3–20% were new sputum pulmonary smear positive; 68.2–74.6% were new sputum pulmonary smear negative; while extra-pulmonary TB accounted for 6.7–10.6%. The case notification rate (CNR) of childhood TB per 100,000 increased from 13.4 in 2011, 14.3 in 2012, 17.7 in 2013 and 17.2 in 2014. Conclusion: There was an increase in the case notification rate of TB among children between 2011 and 2014. Efforts should be made to sustain this increasing trend

Clofibrate, a PPAR‐α agonist, abrogates sodium fluoride‐induced neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and motor incoordination via modulation of GFAP/Iba‐1/anti‐calbindin signaling pathways

Please read abstract in the article.National Research Foundation; Cape Peninsula University of Technology.http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/toxhj2023Paraclinical Science