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Partograph Utilization and Associated Factors among Graduating Health Professional Students in Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital, Ethiopia, 2016
Abstract: Background: Outcome of labor and delivery are unpredictable events, which if not monitored properly can result in a maternal and fatal mortality and morbidity. The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes the use of the partograph to monitor and improve the management of labor and to support decision-making regarding interventions.Objective: This study aimed to assess proper utilization of partograph and its associated factors.Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 127 participants …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Computational Biology · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 12–18 Read article
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Predicting diabetes status using ensemble algorithms with hyperparameter tuning
Abstract: Diabetes is a condition in which the body is unable to produce enough insulin to keep blood sugar levels under control. If diabetes is not properly identified and treated, it can lead to kidney failure, nerve damage, blindness, and coronary heart disease. A healthy lifestyle, therefore, depends on the early identification of diabetes diseases. However, it can be difficult to assess a person's diabetic status if they live in remote …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Computational Biology · Vol. 12, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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Revolutionizing Cancer Diagnosis: Unleashing the Tab Transformer's Power for Accurate Classification
Abstract: Gene expression platforms offer vast amounts of data that can be utilized for investigating diverse biological processes. However, the presence of redundant and irrelevant genes makes it challenging to identify crucial genes from high-dimensional biological data. To overcome this obstacle, researchers have introduced different feature selection (FS) methods. Developing more efficient and accurate feature selection techniques is essential for selecting important genes in complex biological information with multiple dimensions. In …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Computational Biology · Vol. 12, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 24–38 Read article
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Detection of Tannerella Forsythia by Pocket-out Method in Chronic Periodontitis Patients
Abstract: The outcome of microbiological diagnostics may depend upon the sampling techniques. The aim of the study was to detect using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), the presence of Tannerella forsythia (T. forsythia) in chronic periodontitis patients by pocket-out sampling technique, to compare the pocket-out and curette method as sampling techniques for detection of T. forsythia in chronic periodontitis patients using PCR. A total of 27 adult patients, 30–65 years of age …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Dentistry · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 1–6 Read article
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Screening for Deviant Voice Characteristics in School Children
Abstract: Objectives: Early detection of voice disorders in children has obvious advantages but it is challenging due to lack of appropriate screening tool and referrals. The present study aims to estimate the prevalence of vocal deviancies in children through screening and to confirm the results with acoustic measures. This also serves to create awareness among teachers, to make appropriate referrals. Method: 260 children aged 4.1 to 10.11 years were screened using …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 59–64 Read article
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Social Marketing in Public Health
Abstract: Social marketing in public health is application of commercial marketing concepts, tools, resources, skills and technologies to encourage socially beneficial behavior especially among poorly or inadequately served segments of the population. It can be product- or behavior-focused. It mainly aims at changing one’s behavior to promote health and prevent diseases for benefit of individual and society as a whole. Triad of social marketing comprises of behavioral goals, segmentation and marketing …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2012 · pp. 17–27 Read article
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Predictors of Low Birth Weight in Tigrai Regional State, Northern Ethiopia: Hospital Based Case Control Study
Abstract: Background: Low birth weight is a serious public health crisis to neonatal survival, about 20.6 million such infants born each year and the developing world inhabits 96.5% of them and little is documented about the predictors of low birth weight in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study is intended to identify the determinants of low birth weight in governmental hospitals of Tigrai national state, Ethiopia.Method: A case-control study was carried out at …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 23–32 Read article
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Dietary Intake Habit and State of Anaemia Among Women Who Gave Birth at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Teaching Hospital, Northern Ethiopia
Abstract: Introduction: Pregnancy—a physiologically demanding process—is impacted by dietary intake of the mother before and during pregnancy. Anaemia, one of the problems that occur during pregnancy, is believed to exist due to several factors including poor dietary intake. Aim of the Study: This study, therefore, is aimed at examining the relationship between anaemia and dietary intake among pregnant women who came for delivery in the Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northern Ethiopia. …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2019 · pp. 31–36 Read article
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A Critical Analysis and Evidence-Based Study on The Impact of Sensory Health Screenings and Its Risk Factors In the Prediction and Prevention of Organ Damages
Abstract: ABSTRACTSensory organs operate the senses of vision, hearing, touch, smell and taste. In order to assess the type, severity, and locations of aberrant feeling, sensory examination is utilised. If the patient complains of diminished sensation, a sensory system exam is required. The main aim is to find out the sensory changes/impairments and its risk factors predictions in prevention of organ damages and to study the role of clinical pharmacist/Doctor of …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions · Vol. 12, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 46–62 Read article
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Mothers Practice and Associated Factors on Kangaroo Mother Care, in Mekelle City Hospitals Tigray, North Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Abstract: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a special way of holding low birth weight, preterm and hypothermic babies with skin-to-skin contact between the mother and the newborn in a position like a kangaroo. Most neonatal units in the world do not has appropriate space and material to offer a comfort to mothers providing a continuous KMC. In Ethiopia, KMC has not expanded as broadly as we hoped. To assess the practice …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Immunology · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 21–31 Read article
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Effect of Diabetes Mellitus on Hearing
Abstract: Jordao (1857) was the first to report sensorineural hearing loss in patients with diabetes mellitus. Jannulis and Delijan [1] were the first otologists who carried out hearing tests in diabetics and concluded that these patients suffered from progressive bilateral sensorineural deafness of gradual onset which predominantly affects higher frequencies in elderly subjects. The objective was to identify type of hearing loss, comparison of duration of diabetes and relation of HbA1c …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 24–29 Read article
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Prevalence of Lower back pain in a sample population of Musculo-skeletal disorders - Cross sectional community based study
Abstract: Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) is a global term for several types of disorders affecting the body’s joints, ligaments, muscles, nerves, tendons and structures that support limbs, neck and back. Low back pain (LBP) is most common musculoskeletal disorder defined as pain and discomfort, localised below the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds, with or without referred leg pain.LBP is one of the most common conditions encountered in clinical medicine.LBP …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · Vol. 11, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 38–44 Read article
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Benign ProstaticHyperplasia–EnhancementinPrevalence,EtiologyandManagement
Abstract: The goal is to learn more about the prevalence, etiology, treatment, and complications of benign prostatic hyperplasia. This is a 6-month retrospective study that covers people who have been diagnosed with BPH. The prevalence, etiology, management, and consequences of benign prostatic hyperplasia were investigated. By recognizing lower urinary tract symptoms and identifying an enlarged prostate, men can receive early treatment and limit the effects of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Benign prostatic …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2021 · pp. 1–11 Read article
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Determinants of Short Inter-Birth Interval among Child Bearing Age Women in Mekelle City, Northern Ethiopia: Community Based Case Control Study
Abstract: Background: In Ethiopia, where there is high maternal mortality and fertility rate, enhancing optimal inter-birth interval is one of the key strategies to promote the health status of mothers and their children. The purpose of this study is therefore, to understand the determinants for having short inter-birth interval among women in child bearing age. Methods: This unmatched case-control study involved 330 (110 cases and 220 controls) women in child bearing …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Medical Science and Technology · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 6–20 Read article
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Women’s Satisfaction with Care Providers Interaction and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Tiyo District, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia, 2016: Institutional Based Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract: Background: Health care provider-client interaction during antenatal care is an effective strategy to improve maternal health care seeking behavior. When clients are informed and involved in decision making, they are more adherent to medical recommendation and carry out more health related behavioral changes. However, the unsatisfactory interaction between health care providers and women pose a significant challenge in the health care service utilization.Objective: This study is aimed to assess women’s …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Medical Science and Technology · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 30–38 Read article
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Identification of ESBL producing Escherichia coli from Urine Samples at Tertiary Care Hospital in Jhalawar
Abstract: Introduction: Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a serious worldwide threat to public health due to the emergence of multidrug resistant bacteria and is considered as a great problem in the treatment of bacterial infections both in hospital as well as community settings. Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) producing strains have emerged as a significant challenge to counter with present antibiotics. Aims: Our study was aimed to know the prevalence of ESBL producing …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Microbiology and Virology · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 38–45 Read article
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CHARACTERIZATION, VIRULENCE TESTING AND ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF VARIOUS CANDIDA SPECIES AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE, AMRITSAR
Abstract: IntroductionSerious fungal infections particularly Candida infection have increased in recent years as a consequence of increased immunosuppression associated with HIV infection, organ and tissue transplant and aggressive treatment for malignancies and autoimmune diseases. Present study was conducted to Characterize various Candida species isolated from various clinical samples, their virulence testing by biofilm production and antifungal susceptibility pattern.Settings and Design:A prospective observational study was conducted from September 2014 to June 2016 …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Microbiology and Virology · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 1–5 Read article
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Molecular Diagnosis of Rifampicin Antibiotic Resistance in Mycobacterium Avium Subspecies Paratuberculosis Isolated from Sheep Clinical Samples
Abstract: The present study was conducted to identify parts of the rpoB gene in MAP of Indian sheep isolates. The rpoB gene (Beta sub unit of RNA polymerase) is involved in conferring the rifampicin antibiotic resistance in MAP bacteria. The resistance is due to the presence of mutations in the 81 bp variable region of the rpoB gene including C1367T and T1442C mutations identified by several workers. The study was further …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Microbiology and Virology · Vol. 12, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 35–56 Read article
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Prevalence of Associated Problems among the Mentally Challenged Children in Bangalore
Abstract: Background: Mentally challenged children experience a lot of associated disturbances along with problems of mental retardation. The primary aim of the present study was to identify the associated problems that occur along with the mental retardation among the mentally challenged children in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Method: Descriptive research design was adopted for the present study. Complete enumeration sampling method was used to select 134 caregivers of mentally challenged children studying …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Neuroscience · Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2018 · pp. 19–23 Read article
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Factors Associated with Relapse in Schizophrenia Patients Who are on Follow Up at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital and Mekelle General Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018/19
Abstract: Schizophrenia is a chronic and disabling illness; relapse is recognized as the reemergence or the worsening of positive and/or negative psychotic symptoms, hospital admission or readmission. Factors that associated with relapse; substance use disorders, noncompliance of medicine, side effect experience of antipsychotic, poor social support, co-morbidity of other mental illness and chronic medical condition. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with relapse in schizophrenia patients who …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Neuroscience · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 9–15 Read article