C. Anyinam, C. Silva, S. Coffey, Frank A. Smith, C. Arnold, B. Muirhead, E. Vogel, R. Vanderlee
The benefits of postsecondary education (PSE) are well documented and yet historic challenges have contributed to significant underrepresentation of students with disabilities. This paper presents the results of a survey study that explored students with disabilities’ experiences of transfer between PSE institutions in Canada. Data was collected using a survey questionnaire developed by the research team. Rating questions were analyzed using descriptive data. Students also answered open-ended questions that were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis approach. Sixty-nine of the 248 survey responses received indicated involvement in transfer between PSE institutions, mostly college to university. Four out of 5 of the transfer students self-identified as having psychiatric and mental health disabilities (e.g., anxiety, depression). Perceptions and experiences among successful and non-successful transfer students were mixed. Fully one-third of transfer students indicated that they felt that college-university transfer may be a better route for PSE for students with disabilities than going straight to university. Barriers to college-university transfer, among others, included a lack of information about who can assist with the process (62.5%) and inadequate information about disabilities and accommodation (56.3%). The results of this snapshot of PSE students with disabilities’ perceptions of college-university transfer may inform the design of evidence-based PSE transition interventions for this population. Additionally, given the under-representation of Indigenous and other racialized students in PSE, there is merit in further investigation focusing on their transfer experiences.
{"title":"College-University Transfer Experiences of Students With Disabilities: A Survey Study","authors":"C. Anyinam, C. Silva, S. Coffey, Frank A. Smith, C. Arnold, B. Muirhead, E. Vogel, R. Vanderlee","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v5i3.755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v5i3.755","url":null,"abstract":"The benefits of postsecondary education (PSE) are well documented and yet historic challenges have contributed to significant underrepresentation of students with disabilities. This paper presents the results of a survey study that explored students with disabilities’ experiences of transfer between PSE institutions in Canada. Data was collected using a survey questionnaire developed by the research team. Rating questions were analyzed using descriptive data. Students also answered open-ended questions that were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis approach. Sixty-nine of the 248 survey responses received indicated involvement in transfer between PSE institutions, mostly college to university. Four out of 5 of the transfer students self-identified as having psychiatric and mental health disabilities (e.g., anxiety, depression). Perceptions and experiences among successful and non-successful transfer students were mixed. Fully one-third of transfer students indicated that they felt that college-university transfer may be a better route for PSE for students with disabilities than going straight to university. Barriers to college-university transfer, among others, included a lack of information about who can assist with the process (62.5%) and inadequate information about disabilities and accommodation (56.3%). The results of this snapshot of PSE students with disabilities’ perceptions of college-university transfer may inform the design of evidence-based PSE transition interventions for this population. Additionally, given the under-representation of Indigenous and other racialized students in PSE, there is merit in further investigation focusing on their transfer experiences.","PeriodicalId":39544,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Security and Networks","volume":"4 1","pages":"25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73316190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hao-min Cheng, H. Chang, H. Huang, H. Hsu, Chih-Yi Lee, Mei-Jyh Sheu, Hsiao-Hui Chiu
Background : Atrial Fibrillation (AF) prevalence rate is about 2%-3% worldwide. The risk of stroke in patients with AF is 4 -5 times than normal. It’s important to take oral anticoagulant therapies to prevent stroke. Aims: The purpose of this study was to estimate whether share decision making (SDM) could lower the anxiety and improve the intension of medical decision or not. Methods: This was one-group pretest-posttest study design. The study contained 21 patients who had hospitalized following diagnosis and treatment of AF pectoris in Cardiology in the Veterans General Hospital. After using health education, patient filled out the questionnaire. TREND guideline has been adhered to in the reporting of this study. Results: The anxiety level decrease after the SDM from 2.8 to 1.2 points ( p -value<0.05) and the rate of the intension to choose medication increase from 57% to 76%. The promote factors are "After patient understand the disease and treatment, they are ready for consultation (83%)". Medical staff believes that the relevant factors of "System-related difficulties" are "Insufficient time to talk with patient (45%)". Conclusion: Both medical staff and patients have positive feedback and statistically significant differences in affecting the patient's medical willingness and reducing patient anxiety in SDM. It is important to help patients to think and evaluate carefully through SDM and determine the most appropriate treatment.
{"title":"Clinical Efficiency Analysis of Share Decision Making in the Atrial Fibrillation Patients","authors":"Hao-min Cheng, H. Chang, H. Huang, H. Hsu, Chih-Yi Lee, Mei-Jyh Sheu, Hsiao-Hui Chiu","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v5i3.765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v5i3.765","url":null,"abstract":"Background : Atrial Fibrillation (AF) prevalence rate is about 2%-3% worldwide. The risk of stroke in patients with AF is 4 -5 times than normal. It’s important to take oral anticoagulant therapies to prevent stroke. Aims: The purpose of this study was to estimate whether share decision making (SDM) could lower the anxiety and improve the intension of medical decision or not. Methods: This was one-group pretest-posttest study design. The study contained 21 patients who had hospitalized following diagnosis and treatment of AF pectoris in Cardiology in the Veterans General Hospital. After using health education, patient filled out the questionnaire. TREND guideline has been adhered to in the reporting of this study. Results: The anxiety level decrease after the SDM from 2.8 to 1.2 points ( p -value<0.05) and the rate of the intension to choose medication increase from 57% to 76%. The promote factors are \"After patient understand the disease and treatment, they are ready for consultation (83%)\". Medical staff believes that the relevant factors of \"System-related difficulties\" are \"Insufficient time to talk with patient (45%)\". Conclusion: Both medical staff and patients have positive feedback and statistically significant differences in affecting the patient's medical willingness and reducing patient anxiety in SDM. It is important to help patients to think and evaluate carefully through SDM and determine the most appropriate treatment.","PeriodicalId":39544,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Security and Networks","volume":"29 1","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81980202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Background: Women of all races and ethnicities have the possibility of developing cervical cancer. Cervical cancer has continued to be а significant issue in public health worldwide. Aim: To assess the impact of а cervical cancer educational program on the awareness, attitude, and practice of working women at the University of Port Said. Subject & Methods; Design: Α quasi-experimental design. Setting: The study conducted at Port Said University faculties; Subjects: 260 working women at Port Said University, who accepted to participate in the study. Results: The mean age of the females surveyed was 37.22±11.00 years. There has been а general increase in the awareness, practice, and attitude of the studied women about cervical cancer during the different measurement periods compared with before the program; with а highly statistically significant difference at р-values <0.001. There was a positive highly statistical significant correlation (р<0.001) between total knowledge and attitude scores as well as total knowledge and practice scores at different times of assessment. Conclusion: The implementation of educational program led to significant improvements in women's knowledge, practices, and attitude. Recommendations: The study can be replicated on а larger sample in different settings. More rigorous researches are required to explore the long-term impact of these programs and to plan an individualized educational system in formulating their educational program.
{"title":"Cervical Cancer Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices: Educational Program Management for Female Workers at Port Said University","authors":"Mervat Caber Zagloul, H. Hassan, E. Naser","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v5i3.776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v5i3.776","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Women of all races and ethnicities have the possibility of developing cervical cancer. Cervical cancer has continued to be а significant issue in public health worldwide. Aim: To assess the impact of а cervical cancer educational program on the awareness, attitude, and practice of working women at the University of Port Said. Subject & Methods; Design: Α quasi-experimental design. Setting: The study conducted at Port Said University faculties; Subjects: 260 working women at Port Said University, who accepted to participate in the study. Results: The mean age of the females surveyed was 37.22±11.00 years. There has been а general increase in the awareness, practice, and attitude of the studied women about cervical cancer during the different measurement periods compared with before the program; with а highly statistically significant difference at р-values <0.001. There was a positive highly statistical significant correlation (р<0.001) between total knowledge and attitude scores as well as total knowledge and practice scores at different times of assessment. Conclusion: The implementation of educational program led to significant improvements in women's knowledge, practices, and attitude. Recommendations: The study can be replicated on а larger sample in different settings. More rigorous researches are required to explore the long-term impact of these programs and to plan an individualized educational system in formulating their educational program.","PeriodicalId":39544,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Security and Networks","volume":"151 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77784177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eman Ali Abd El Moaty Sheha, Asmaa Abouda Abdelhamed Soultan, Rasha Nabil Malk, E. Elsherbeny
Background: Stroke is one of the major healthcare challenges, being one of the leading causes of death, disability, and dependency in the activity of daily living worldwide Homecare of stroke patients is having a great role in the patient recovery. Patient family caregivers and relatives can play an important role in the care of patients. But how to continue proper care of the patient at home after discharge, they don't know what to do and don't have practice as well. In this view, the researcher believes that it might be a great help for caregivers and the patients to teach theirs about stroke and home care of stroke patients. Objective: The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a planned health teaching on the caregiver's knowledge and competence of home care of stroke patients. Therefore, improve the patients' functional ability. Methods: The two group pre and post-test, quasi-experimental design was conducted among 50 caregivers of stroke patients, assigned to 25 caregivers as a control group and 25 caregivers as an experimental group. The study was done in the university hospital at El Fayoum city from 1st March 2019 to 31st August 2019. Four tools were used for data collection after reviewing relevant data as the following; a structured interviewing questionnaire, caregiver's knowledge questionnaire regarding stroke, caregiver's practices regarding bed position, Position Change and Transfer, and Range of Motion Exercises, and patient function ability assessment according to Barthel index. Results : revealed that there was a poor score level of knowledge and competence of home care practices before the intervention. However, there was an improvement of score level in the control and experimental group post-intervention, but the higher score was observed in the experimental group. The mean score level of patient functional ability in the experimental group improved than the control group through follow up. Highly statistical significance was found between control and experimental group post-intervention related to knowledge and practices. A positive significant correlation between caregiver's practices and patients function ability in the experimental group was found. Conclusion: planned health teaching is important after patients discharge to increase the caregiver's knowledge and competence of home care practices of post-stroke patients; resulting in improved patient functional ability.
{"title":"Effect of a Planned Health Teaching on Improving Knowledge and Competence of Home Care Practice of Post Stroke Patient Among Caregivers' Achievement","authors":"Eman Ali Abd El Moaty Sheha, Asmaa Abouda Abdelhamed Soultan, Rasha Nabil Malk, E. Elsherbeny","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v5i2.761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v5i2.761","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Stroke is one of the major healthcare challenges, being one of the leading causes of death, disability, and dependency in the activity of daily living worldwide Homecare of stroke patients is having a great role in the patient recovery. Patient family caregivers and relatives can play an important role in the care of patients. But how to continue proper care of the patient at home after discharge, they don't know what to do and don't have practice as well. In this view, the researcher believes that it might be a great help for caregivers and the patients to teach theirs about stroke and home care of stroke patients. Objective: The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a planned health teaching on the caregiver's knowledge and competence of home care of stroke patients. Therefore, improve the patients' functional ability. Methods: The two group pre and post-test, quasi-experimental design was conducted among 50 caregivers of stroke patients, assigned to 25 caregivers as a control group and 25 caregivers as an experimental group. The study was done in the university hospital at El Fayoum city from 1st March 2019 to 31st August 2019. Four tools were used for data collection after reviewing relevant data as the following; a structured interviewing questionnaire, caregiver's knowledge questionnaire regarding stroke, caregiver's practices regarding bed position, Position Change and Transfer, and Range of Motion Exercises, and patient function ability assessment according to Barthel index. Results : revealed that there was a poor score level of knowledge and competence of home care practices before the intervention. However, there was an improvement of score level in the control and experimental group post-intervention, but the higher score was observed in the experimental group. The mean score level of patient functional ability in the experimental group improved than the control group through follow up. Highly statistical significance was found between control and experimental group post-intervention related to knowledge and practices. A positive significant correlation between caregiver's practices and patients function ability in the experimental group was found. Conclusion: planned health teaching is important after patients discharge to increase the caregiver's knowledge and competence of home care practices of post-stroke patients; resulting in improved patient functional ability.","PeriodicalId":39544,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Security and Networks","volume":"192 1","pages":"51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79636929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This Critical Realist review recognises the transitional challenge faced by all undergraduates on their path to becoming qualified practitioners but draws attention to the particularly high levels of student stress associated with the experience of learners who enrol on pre-registration nursing programmes. It also examines international evidence of factors which contribute to such stress. Professional opinion, reports, qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research is thematically presented to indicate the wide range of educational, social, environmental, intrapersonal and interpersonal variables that contribute to pre-registration nursing student stress. Congruent with the principles of Critical Realism, the paper also identifies several emerging fields associated with student nurse stressors that are worthy of further investigation due to an apparent paucity of published work. Finally, the authors briefly highlight their own research activity currently underway to extend the body of knowledge in these areas and in so doing seek to help address student retention issues within nursing.
{"title":"A Critical Realist Review of Pre-Registration Nursing Student Stress","authors":"P. Coleman, G. Vance","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v5i2.748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v5i2.748","url":null,"abstract":"This Critical Realist review recognises the transitional challenge faced by all undergraduates on their path to becoming qualified practitioners but draws attention to the particularly high levels of student stress associated with the experience of learners who enrol on pre-registration nursing programmes. It also examines international evidence of factors which contribute to such stress. Professional opinion, reports, qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research is thematically presented to indicate the wide range of educational, social, environmental, intrapersonal and interpersonal variables that contribute to pre-registration nursing student stress. Congruent with the principles of Critical Realism, the paper also identifies several emerging fields associated with student nurse stressors that are worthy of further investigation due to an apparent paucity of published work. Finally, the authors briefly highlight their own research activity currently underway to extend the body of knowledge in these areas and in so doing seek to help address student retention issues within nursing.","PeriodicalId":39544,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Security and Networks","volume":"3 1","pages":"28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89974687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hao-min Cheng, H. Hsu, Chih-Yi Lee, H. Chang, H. Huang, Mei-Jyh Sheu, Hsiao-Hui Chiu
Background : Cardiac disease is the second leading causes of death in Taiwan in 2018 and coronary artery disease is one of the main reasons. Aims: The purpose of this study was to estimate whether Shared decision making (SDM) could lower the anxiety of the patient in the treatment of cardiac catheterization and improve the intension of medical decision or not. Methods: One-group pretest-posttest design.Using the public medical aids opinion questionnaire that was developed by the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare. STROBE guidelines have been adhered to in the reporting of this study. Results: The anxiety level decrease after the SDM from 3.5 to 2.1 points (p-value<0.05) and the proportions of the intension to choose medication and surgery increase from 34% to 66%. Results show that SDM has positive influence in the relief of anxiety. Conclusion: SDM has positive influence in lowering patient’s anxiety and improve the intension of medical decision, the hesitation of patient and deficiency of time are two of the main barriers during the application process.
{"title":"Clinical Application and Efficiency Analysis of Shared Decision Making (SDM) in the Treatment of Stable Angina","authors":"Hao-min Cheng, H. Hsu, Chih-Yi Lee, H. Chang, H. Huang, Mei-Jyh Sheu, Hsiao-Hui Chiu","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v5i2.751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v5i2.751","url":null,"abstract":"Background : Cardiac disease is the second leading causes of death in Taiwan in 2018 and coronary artery disease is one of the main reasons. Aims: The purpose of this study was to estimate whether Shared decision making (SDM) could lower the anxiety of the patient in the treatment of cardiac catheterization and improve the intension of medical decision or not. Methods: One-group pretest-posttest design.Using the public medical aids opinion questionnaire that was developed by the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare. STROBE guidelines have been adhered to in the reporting of this study. Results: The anxiety level decrease after the SDM from 3.5 to 2.1 points (p-value<0.05) and the proportions of the intension to choose medication and surgery increase from 34% to 66%. Results show that SDM has positive influence in the relief of anxiety. Conclusion: SDM has positive influence in lowering patient’s anxiety and improve the intension of medical decision, the hesitation of patient and deficiency of time are two of the main barriers during the application process.","PeriodicalId":39544,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Security and Networks","volume":"37 1","pages":"41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90450089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anthonia C. Ogbe, C. Nwankwo, Theresa O. Agbele, Joshua C. Nwambo
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) plays a pivotal role in determining the optimal health and development of infants with reduction in infant mortality. This study focuses on those factors which place nursing mothers in the likelihood of not adopting and practicing EBF. It is a descriptive study that utilized a multi-stage sampling technique. A structured questionnaire, mean and standard deviation were used. The result shows that the EBF practice among nursing mothers is high with a grand mean and standard deviation of 2.75 (0.61). Those with secondary qualification and below had 3.10(0.37) while tertiary had 2.23 (0.41). Mothers aged 25 and below had 3.39 (0.14) and above age 25 had 2.57(0.52).Parity of 1-4 had 2.93 (0.47) while parity of 5 and above had 1.93 (0.34). Married and single mothers had 2.75 (0.61) and 1.26 (0.05) respectively. Effective EBF education is needed to reduce socio-demographic factors that hinder mothers’ practice of EBF.
{"title":"Socio-Demographic Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices Among Nursing Mothers in Enugu State","authors":"Anthonia C. Ogbe, C. Nwankwo, Theresa O. Agbele, Joshua C. Nwambo","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v5i2.736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v5i2.736","url":null,"abstract":"Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) plays a pivotal role in determining the optimal health and development of infants with reduction in infant mortality. This study focuses on those factors which place nursing mothers in the likelihood of not adopting and practicing EBF. It is a descriptive study that utilized a multi-stage sampling technique. A structured questionnaire, mean and standard deviation were used. The result shows that the EBF practice among nursing mothers is high with a grand mean and standard deviation of 2.75 (0.61). Those with secondary qualification and below had 3.10(0.37) while tertiary had 2.23 (0.41). Mothers aged 25 and below had 3.39 (0.14) and above age 25 had 2.57(0.52).Parity of 1-4 had 2.93 (0.47) while parity of 5 and above had 1.93 (0.34). Married and single mothers had 2.75 (0.61) and 1.26 (0.05) respectively. Effective EBF education is needed to reduce socio-demographic factors that hinder mothers’ practice of EBF.","PeriodicalId":39544,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Security and Networks","volume":"10 1","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86555725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Breast engorgement is а common issue affecting breastfeeding initiation and length. There are minimal options for relieving the pain associated with breast engorgement. Therefore, further study of strategies to achieve successful pain relief is crucial to promoting progress in breastfeeding. This study was conducted to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of compressed cold cabbage leaves versus hot compresses among postnatal mothers in relieving breast engorgement. Αn interventional quasi-experimental study design used to conduct this study. The study was carried out in the postnatal wards of Ismailia & port-Said general hospitals, and Suez Canal University Hospital. Α convenient sample study was 60 breast-engorgement postnatal mothers. Tools of data collection were; an interviewing questionnaire sheet included socio-demographic and obstetrical data, Visual Analogue Scale, and Six-point engorgement scale. The results showed that before the intervention, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups linked to breast engorgement symptoms & body temperature. But body temperature, scores of breast engorgement and pain were statistically significant differentiated between the two groups’ pre and post-intervention. Significant improvement in the breast engorgement and pain scales after the intervention was found, ( p < 0.001). In conclusion, this study revealed that hot compresses and cabbage leaves compresses, as well, for relieving breast engorgement; are time-efficient and easy to perform. However, hot compresses are better than compresses of raw cabbage leaves to minimize discomfort among postnatal mothers and to alleviate breast engorgement. Additional randomized controlled trials with potential placebo treatment should be performed to elucidate the unspecific effects of the application of hot compress and cold Cabbage leaves.
{"title":"Influence of Hot Compresses Versus Cabbage Leaves on Engorged Breast in Early Puerperium","authors":"Mervat Caber Zagloul, E. Naser, H. Hassan","doi":"10.20849/ijsn.v5i2.740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v5i2.740","url":null,"abstract":"Breast engorgement is а common issue affecting breastfeeding initiation and length. There are minimal options for relieving the pain associated with breast engorgement. Therefore, further study of strategies to achieve successful pain relief is crucial to promoting progress in breastfeeding. This study was conducted to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of compressed cold cabbage leaves versus hot compresses among postnatal mothers in relieving breast engorgement. Αn interventional quasi-experimental study design used to conduct this study. The study was carried out in the postnatal wards of Ismailia & port-Said general hospitals, and Suez Canal University Hospital. Α convenient sample study was 60 breast-engorgement postnatal mothers. Tools of data collection were; an interviewing questionnaire sheet included socio-demographic and obstetrical data, Visual Analogue Scale, and Six-point engorgement scale. The results showed that before the intervention, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups linked to breast engorgement symptoms & body temperature. But body temperature, scores of breast engorgement and pain were statistically significant differentiated between the two groups’ pre and post-intervention. Significant improvement in the breast engorgement and pain scales after the intervention was found, ( p < 0.001). In conclusion, this study revealed that hot compresses and cabbage leaves compresses, as well, for relieving breast engorgement; are time-efficient and easy to perform. However, hot compresses are better than compresses of raw cabbage leaves to minimize discomfort among postnatal mothers and to alleviate breast engorgement. Additional randomized controlled trials with potential placebo treatment should be performed to elucidate the unspecific effects of the application of hot compress and cold Cabbage leaves.","PeriodicalId":39544,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Security and Networks","volume":"2 1","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74234703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-04-17DOI: 10.1504/ijsn.2020.10028585
Haibo Liu, Yujie Dong, Fuzhong Wang
In view of the practical characteristics of coal mine underground working environment and the low positioning accuracy of existing algorithm, an improved weighted centroid localisation algorithm based on received signal strength indicator (RSSI) is proposed. Firstly, the environmental parameters of RSSI ranging are modified by the least square method to eliminate the influence of various interferences on the measured data. The exponential factor and the modified RSSI value are directly calculated to determine the coordinates of the unknown node. The exponential factor is optimised by an improved quantum particle swarm optimisation algorithm based on the criterion of minimum root mean square error. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can reduce the influence of complex environment factors in the positioning process and has the better positioning accuracy than the traditional method, which meets requirements of personnel location precision in underground long-distance roadway.
{"title":"An improved weighted centroid localisation algorithm for wireless sensor networks in coal mine underground","authors":"Haibo Liu, Yujie Dong, Fuzhong Wang","doi":"10.1504/ijsn.2020.10028585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijsn.2020.10028585","url":null,"abstract":"In view of the practical characteristics of coal mine underground working environment and the low positioning accuracy of existing algorithm, an improved weighted centroid localisation algorithm based on received signal strength indicator (RSSI) is proposed. Firstly, the environmental parameters of RSSI ranging are modified by the least square method to eliminate the influence of various interferences on the measured data. The exponential factor and the modified RSSI value are directly calculated to determine the coordinates of the unknown node. The exponential factor is optimised by an improved quantum particle swarm optimisation algorithm based on the criterion of minimum root mean square error. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can reduce the influence of complex environment factors in the positioning process and has the better positioning accuracy than the traditional method, which meets requirements of personnel location precision in underground long-distance roadway.","PeriodicalId":39544,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Security and Networks","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81277744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-04-17DOI: 10.1504/ijsn.2020.10028586
Y. Along, Jiao Jiajia, Cao Hao, Sun Hongbing, Dai Jinqiao
The corrosion of reinforcing steel bars in concrete is the main factor affecting the durability of reinforced concrete structures. The traditional capacitance method has many limitations in detecting the corrosion of the bars, such as low sensitivity, short lifespan and small test range. Therefore, an interdigital capacitive corrosion sensor is designed based on the capacitive method, and a wireless corrosion monitoring system for reinforcing steel bars in concrete is established based on the ZigBee wireless sensor network technology. The data processing unit, wireless communication unit, data acquisition unit, voltage conversion unit and serial communication unit are designed for terminal nodes and the coordinator node in the system. Moreover, a host computer interface is developed with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, which can realise real-time display and query of monitoring information. The experimental results show that the system can effectively monitor the corrosion of reinforcing steel bars in concrete, which can provide a reliable basis for timely and effective maintenance.
混凝土中钢筋的腐蚀是影响钢筋混凝土结构耐久性的主要因素。传统的电容法检测棒材腐蚀存在灵敏度低、寿命短、测试范围小等局限性。因此，基于电容法设计了一种跨数电容式腐蚀传感器，并基于ZigBee无线传感器网络技术建立了混凝土中钢筋的无线腐蚀监测系统。针对系统中的终端节点和协调器节点设计了数据处理单元、无线通信单元、数据采集单元、电压转换单元和串行通信单元。利用Microsoft Visual Studio 2010开发了上位机界面，实现了监控信息的实时显示和查询。试验结果表明，该系统能有效监测混凝土中钢筋的腐蚀情况，为及时有效的维修提供可靠依据。
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