Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.11648/j.bs.20220801.11
Maha Tareq Hussein
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.11648/j.bs.20220801.14
Bright Amadi, S. Lawson, C. Amadi
{"title":"Hypokalemia and Its Correlates Among Nigerian SARS-CoV-2 Infected Patients","authors":"Bright Amadi, S. Lawson, C. Amadi","doi":"10.11648/j.bs.20220801.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.bs.20220801.14","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75599,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical sciences instrumentation","volume":"281 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77874898","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 : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.11648/j.bs.20220801.13
H. Maghsoudi, Mahsa Khosrogardi, Amir Akbarnejad Eshkalak, Younes Tatar Mamaghani, Gholamreza Bakhshi Khanaki, E. Yazdanpanah
{"title":"The Effect of the Alcoholic Essence of <i>Laurus nobilis L.</i> on Pro-inflammatoiry Cytokine Gene Expression in Synoviocytes and Macrophage/Monocyte","authors":"H. Maghsoudi, Mahsa Khosrogardi, Amir Akbarnejad Eshkalak, Younes Tatar Mamaghani, Gholamreza Bakhshi Khanaki, E. Yazdanpanah","doi":"10.11648/j.bs.20220801.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.bs.20220801.13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75599,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical sciences instrumentation","volume":"os-55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87373928","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 : 2021-10-28DOI: 10.11648/J.BS.20210704.11
Md. Abu Sayeed, Mahbubur Rahman, A. Munshi, D. Dipti
Background: Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) are the most common birth defects, responsible for nearly one-third of all congenital birth defects. The birth prevalence of CHD is reported to be 8-12/1000 live births. Early diagnosis of Congenital as well acquired heart diseases are of paramount important for timely management plan and intervention and thus reduce the mortality and morbidity of childhood heart disease patients. Method: This is a prospective observational study carried out during January 2020 to December’ 2020 at Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Bangladesh. The study population were 100 enrolled cardiac Children who were clinically suggestive of having cardiac disease evaluated through chest X-ray, ECG, Echocardiography and other necessary Investigation. Proper informed consent was taken under the study and purpose of the study was explained. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee. All data were processed, analyzed, and disseminated by MS Office and SPSS version 26 as per need. Results: Among the 100 enrolled cardiac patient 87 were diagnosed to have congenital heart disease and remaining 13% percent presented with acquired heart disease. Out of 87 patients suffering from congenital heart disease 59 (67.81%) had acyanotic heart disease where Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is in the top of the list 27 (31.34%). Cyanotic congenital heart disease was found in 28 (32.19%) where Tetralogy of fallot (TOF) was the most common lesion 9 (10.34%). Conclusion: Childhood Heart diseases are responsible for a significant number of mortality and morbidity. Earlier detection and timely initiative regarding medical or surgical management is of utmost importance to avoid complications, reduce mortality and improve quality of life.
{"title":"Pattern of Cardiac Abnormalities in Children < 5 Years of Age - Experience in a Tertiary Care Hospital","authors":"Md. Abu Sayeed, Mahbubur Rahman, A. Munshi, D. Dipti","doi":"10.11648/J.BS.20210704.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.BS.20210704.11","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) are the most common birth defects, responsible for nearly one-third of all congenital birth defects. The birth prevalence of CHD is reported to be 8-12/1000 live births. Early diagnosis of Congenital as well acquired heart diseases are of paramount important for timely management plan and intervention and thus reduce the mortality and morbidity of childhood heart disease patients. Method: This is a prospective observational study carried out during January 2020 to December’ 2020 at Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Bangladesh. The study population were 100 enrolled cardiac Children who were clinically suggestive of having cardiac disease evaluated through chest X-ray, ECG, Echocardiography and other necessary Investigation. Proper informed consent was taken under the study and purpose of the study was explained. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee. All data were processed, analyzed, and disseminated by MS Office and SPSS version 26 as per need. Results: Among the 100 enrolled cardiac patient 87 were diagnosed to have congenital heart disease and remaining 13% percent presented with acquired heart disease. Out of 87 patients suffering from congenital heart disease 59 (67.81%) had acyanotic heart disease where Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is in the top of the list 27 (31.34%). Cyanotic congenital heart disease was found in 28 (32.19%) where Tetralogy of fallot (TOF) was the most common lesion 9 (10.34%). Conclusion: Childhood Heart diseases are responsible for a significant number of mortality and morbidity. Earlier detection and timely initiative regarding medical or surgical management is of utmost importance to avoid complications, reduce mortality and improve quality of life.","PeriodicalId":75599,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical sciences instrumentation","volume":"196 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79881801","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}
Rajarshi Ray, Zack Agar, Pratik Dutta, S. Ganguly, P. Sah, Debarshi Roy
Digital innovation & transformation, a technology revolution triggered by the latest advancements in the IT sector, has redefined several socially significant domains including healthcare, agriculture, food, finance, and education since the turn of this millennium. Although the power of digital technology has played a key role in modernizing many areas of the healthcare arena, a critical sub-category like andrology i.e., sexual and reproductive health of men, is yet to reap the full benefit of digitalization. This paper describes and explains how MenGO, the world’s 1st data science and analytics powered digital healthcare solution for andrology, is ushering in a new era of men’s health, a traditionally neglected domain, with innovative applications of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine & deep learning, natural language processing, bioinformatics, blockchain, and cloud computing. MenGO offers custom recommendations, contextual guidance, smart alerts, in-depth report analytics, and statistical guidance for physicians, health institutions, biomedical researchers, pharma houses, insurance companies, and common users. The data analytics engine of MenGO helps users with personalized analytics, physicians with predictive and prescriptive analytics, and caregiving institutes with demographic analytics. A one-stop solution for men suffering from chronic ailments like erectile dysfunction, infertility, ejaculation problems, prostate gland issues, etc. MenGO helps users access affordable physiological and psychological treatments through its cloud and big data analytics powered smart and interactive telehealth platform.
{"title":"MenGO: A NOVEL CLOUD-BASED DIGITAL HEALTHCARE PLATFORM FOR ANDROLOGY POWERED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DATA SCIENCE & ANALYTICS, BIO- INFORMATICS AND BLOCKCHAIN","authors":"Rajarshi Ray, Zack Agar, Pratik Dutta, S. Ganguly, P. Sah, Debarshi Roy","doi":"10.34107/kszv7781.10476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34107/kszv7781.10476","url":null,"abstract":"Digital innovation & transformation, a technology revolution triggered by the latest advancements in the IT sector, has redefined several socially significant domains including healthcare, agriculture, food, finance, and education since the turn of this millennium. Although the power of digital technology has played a key role in modernizing many areas of the healthcare arena, a critical sub-category like andrology i.e., sexual and reproductive health of men, is yet to reap the full benefit of digitalization. This paper describes and explains how MenGO, the world’s 1st data science and analytics powered digital healthcare solution for andrology, is ushering in a new era of men’s health, a traditionally neglected domain, with innovative applications of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine & deep learning, natural language processing, bioinformatics, blockchain, and cloud computing. MenGO offers custom recommendations, contextual guidance, smart alerts, in-depth report analytics, and statistical guidance for physicians, health institutions, biomedical researchers, pharma houses, insurance companies, and common users. The data analytics engine of MenGO helps users with personalized analytics, physicians with predictive and prescriptive analytics, and caregiving institutes with demographic analytics. A one-stop solution for men suffering from chronic ailments like erectile dysfunction, infertility, ejaculation problems, prostate gland issues, etc. MenGO helps users access affordable physiological and psychological treatments through its cloud and big data analytics powered smart and interactive telehealth platform.","PeriodicalId":75599,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical sciences instrumentation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43283787","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}
Barbara Howard, T. Turner, Naomi Campbell, Barbara Graham, Solomon T. Garner, A. Hamme
It is no secret that the retention of students majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) has presented itself to be a challenge across the country. The National Science Foundation (NSF) allots substantial funding annually towards this effort. Jackson State University’s (JSU) Students Understanding Chemistry Concepts to Enhance STEM Skills (SUCCESS) Program is one such effort funded by the NSF. While the JSU Department of Biology had over 900 majors in 2016, data suggested that less than 23% would graduate with a bachelor’s degree within six years of entry. According to data obtained, the first four chemistry courses, General Chemistry (I & II) and Organic Chemistry (I & II), were significant barriers to the educational success of many Biology majors. A review of the literature provides many examples of initiatives to improve student retention. A reoccurring theme found that the comprehensive understanding of the students’ experiences within a particular major is essential to determining how best to impact student retention in that department. Student focus groups were implemented to evaluate the perceptions of Biology majors enrolled in Chemistry classes who utilized the SUCCESS Program. The overall impression of students in the SUCCESS Program was that it was helpful and beneficial to their classroom success, increased their confidence to learn Chemistry, and improved their understanding of Chemistry concepts. The students often identified scheduling conflicts as a hindrance to their participation. They also felt that the program was needed to help most students pass their tests.
{"title":"STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ‘SUCCESS’: A BIOLOGY STUDENT RETENTION PROGRAM","authors":"Barbara Howard, T. Turner, Naomi Campbell, Barbara Graham, Solomon T. Garner, A. Hamme","doi":"10.34107/kszv7781.10392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34107/kszv7781.10392","url":null,"abstract":"It is no secret that the retention of students majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) has presented itself to be a challenge across the country. The National Science Foundation (NSF) allots substantial funding annually towards this effort. Jackson State University’s (JSU) Students Understanding Chemistry Concepts to Enhance STEM Skills (SUCCESS) Program is one such effort funded by the NSF. While the JSU Department of Biology had over 900 majors in 2016, data suggested that less than 23% would graduate with a bachelor’s degree within six years of entry. According to data obtained, the first four chemistry courses, General Chemistry (I & II) and Organic Chemistry (I & II), were significant barriers to the educational success of many Biology majors. A review of the literature provides many examples of initiatives to improve student retention. A reoccurring theme found that the comprehensive understanding of the students’ experiences within a particular major is essential to determining how best to impact student retention in that department. Student focus groups were implemented to evaluate the perceptions of Biology majors enrolled in Chemistry classes who utilized the SUCCESS Program. The overall impression of students in the SUCCESS Program was that it was helpful and beneficial to their classroom success, increased their confidence to learn Chemistry, and improved their understanding of Chemistry concepts. The students often identified scheduling conflicts as a hindrance to their participation. They also felt that the program was needed to help most students pass their tests.","PeriodicalId":75599,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical sciences instrumentation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49346053","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}
Katie Boydstun, Mary G. b. Ware, Wesley Daughdrill, Jarrod joel, S. Colson
Age related loss of muscle strength can impact the older adult’s ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL). Both traditional and functional strength training has shown to improve overall strength in the elderly. The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate whether traditional or functional training has a greater impact on improving ADL performance in older, community dwelling adults. Databases were utilized for article searching. Key search words included: functional training, traditional training, older adults, and ADLs. Results were screened by title, abstract, and full text, respectively. Inclusion criteria consisted of: written in English, publication 2010-2020, participants’ community-dwelling ≥ 65 years old. Studies focusing on participants with medical conditions were excluded. Five articles remained after screening. 722 participants were included in the five studies. One of five studies showed no significant difference in ADL performance between traditional and functional training. Three of five studies indicated a significant difference in favor of functional over traditional training in a least one ADL outcome measure. One study showed significant within group improvements for both traditional and functional training but did not indicate between group differences. The findings indicate while both functional and traditional training improves ADL’s, functional training showed more significant gains.
{"title":"COMPARISON OF FUNCTIONAL TRAINING VS TRADITIONAL TRAINING ON ADL'S IN THE OLDER ADULT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW","authors":"Katie Boydstun, Mary G. b. Ware, Wesley Daughdrill, Jarrod joel, S. Colson","doi":"10.34107/kszv7781.10459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34107/kszv7781.10459","url":null,"abstract":"Age related loss of muscle strength can impact the older adult’s ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL). Both traditional and functional strength training has shown to improve overall strength in the elderly. The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate whether traditional or functional training has a greater impact on improving ADL performance in older, community dwelling adults. Databases were utilized for article searching. Key search words included: functional training, traditional training, older adults, and ADLs. Results were screened by title, abstract, and full text, respectively. Inclusion criteria consisted of: written in English, publication 2010-2020, participants’ community-dwelling ≥ 65 years old. Studies focusing on participants with medical conditions were excluded. Five articles remained after screening. 722 participants were included in the five studies. One of five studies showed no significant difference in ADL performance between traditional and functional training. Three of five studies indicated a significant difference in favor of functional over traditional training in a least one ADL outcome measure. One study showed significant within group improvements for both traditional and functional training but did not indicate between group differences. The findings indicate while both functional and traditional training improves ADL’s, functional training showed more significant gains.","PeriodicalId":75599,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical sciences instrumentation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43599768","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}
Felix I. Adah, Audrey Montalvo, Kaitlyn Harthcock, A. Myers, Meagan Pry, Min Huang
Background: Low back pain, especially non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) is a big challenge to healthcare professionals including physical therapists. Physical Therapists employ varying modalities including spinal manipulation when treating NSLBP. Recently, there is a huge interest and use of drying needling/acupuncture in the management of NSLBP. However, there are limited studies in the literature that examined and compared the efficacy of spinal manipulation and or dry needling/acupuncture in the management of low back pain (LBP). Objective: The purpose of this systematic review is to examine and compare the efficacy of spinal manipulation and/or dry-needling/acupuncture for the treatment of NSLBP. Methods: An electronic search of Embase and Pubmed were performed to collect randomized control trials. Studies were included with the following criteria: 1) human trials, 2) published in English, 3) participants were adults eighteen years and older with NSLBP, and 4) comparisons of spinal manipulation and/or dry-needling/acupuncture. The PEDro scale was used to assess the risk of bias of each study included in this systematic review. Results: The electronic search resulted in 381 potential articles, five meeting the criteria. Three out of the five studies show spinal manipulation provides superior outcomes with having significant P-values for Oswestry Disability Index (p-values between 0.0004 - 0.01), Visual Analog Scale (p-values between 0.0001- 0.005), and Short Form-36 (P-values between <0.001 - 0.006). Risk of bias was assessed using the PEDro scale which determined two articles to be high-quality (≥7/10), two moderate quality (5-6/10), and one poor quality (≤4/10). Conclusion: Three out of the five studies showed spinal manipulation provides superior outcomes with having significant p-values when compared to DN/acupuncture. In one of the studies, both manipulation and acupuncture were equally effective in the management of LBP with no superiority of either of the interventions. It is suggested that in the management of NSLPB, spinal manipulation should be considered as first option or be considered in the arrays of other therapeutic interventions. The authors suggest that clinical trials at a larger scale to be conducted to validate a better efficacy of spinal manipulation compared to dry needling/acupuncture and whether there is any synergy between them when treating NSLBP.
{"title":"FFECTS OF SPINAL MANIPULATION AND/OR DRY NEEDLING/ACUPUNCTURE ON NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW","authors":"Felix I. Adah, Audrey Montalvo, Kaitlyn Harthcock, A. Myers, Meagan Pry, Min Huang","doi":"10.34107/kszv7781.10430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34107/kszv7781.10430","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Low back pain, especially non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) is a big challenge to healthcare professionals including physical therapists. Physical Therapists employ varying modalities including spinal manipulation when treating NSLBP. Recently, there is a huge interest and use of drying needling/acupuncture in the management of NSLBP. However, there are limited studies in the literature that examined and compared the efficacy of spinal manipulation and or dry needling/acupuncture in the management of low back pain (LBP). Objective: The purpose of this systematic review is to examine and compare the efficacy of spinal manipulation and/or dry-needling/acupuncture for the treatment of NSLBP. Methods: An electronic search of Embase and Pubmed were performed to collect randomized control trials. Studies were included with the following criteria: 1) human trials, 2) published in English, 3) participants were adults eighteen years and older with NSLBP, and 4) comparisons of spinal manipulation and/or dry-needling/acupuncture. The PEDro scale was used to assess the risk of bias of each study included in this systematic review. Results: The electronic search resulted in 381 potential articles, five meeting the criteria. Three out of the five studies show spinal manipulation provides superior outcomes with having significant P-values for Oswestry Disability Index (p-values between 0.0004 - 0.01), Visual Analog Scale (p-values between 0.0001- 0.005), and Short Form-36 (P-values between <0.001 - 0.006). Risk of bias was assessed using the PEDro scale which determined two articles to be high-quality (≥7/10), two moderate quality (5-6/10), and one poor quality (≤4/10). Conclusion: Three out of the five studies showed spinal manipulation provides superior outcomes with having significant p-values when compared to DN/acupuncture. In one of the studies, both manipulation and acupuncture were equally effective in the management of LBP with no superiority of either of the interventions. It is suggested that in the management of NSLPB, spinal manipulation should be considered as first option or be considered in the arrays of other therapeutic interventions. The authors suggest that clinical trials at a larger scale to be conducted to validate a better efficacy of spinal manipulation compared to dry needling/acupuncture and whether there is any synergy between them when treating NSLBP.","PeriodicalId":75599,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical sciences instrumentation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43794679","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}
Ashlyn Mendrop, Bailey Turbville, Bailey Wood, Ryan McGlawn
Background: Physical therapists commonly use manual therapy to improve shoulder range of motion. Manual therapy was investigated to determine its effectiveness in improving range of motion in overhead athletes. Objective: The objective of this systematic review is to investigate the effects of manual therapy techniques versus other therapy treatments on improving range of motion in overhead athletes. Methods: A systematic search of PubMed, Embase, and PEDro databases using search terms related to manual therapy, shoulder, overhead athletes, and volleyball were combined with Boolean operators. The results were limited to English articles published within the last 5 years. Full text articles that remained after a title, abstract and full text screen were included. Results: The initial search yielded a total of 419 articles which were screened based on specific inclusion criteria. Following a title screen, abstract screen, and full text screen, eight articles fit the inclusion criteria defined and were included for review. Of the eight articles included, seven reported significant results of improving range of motion with some form of manual therapy. Conclusion: The results support the benefit of administering various forms of manual therapy to an overhead athlete's physical therapy program to further improve shoulder range of motion.
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Alina Santander Vinokurova, Tatiana Jaimes, August Rodriguez, M. Benalla
The present paper displays the design process and characteristics of the BrailleTech. BrailleTech is a low-cost teaching device that encourages pre-K through 1st-grade children to learn the alphabet and acquire letter recognition skills through interactive methods that stimulate their tactile and auditory senses. It is programmed through Arduino and includes passive infrared sensors (PIR), a DF player SD, and solenoids. The solenoids act as braille dots to display letters, depending on their pattern, while the speaker informs the child of the letter that is currently shown. The device is an electrobiomechanical device programmed to coordinate the spelling of the letter with the electromechanical movement of the related audio and the appropriate braille dots solenoid representation. The device responds to the child’s motion that the sensors perceive and activates other functions that are constantly repeated each time the sensor is activated. The objective is to aid young children to progress from pre-literacy to literacy in an enjoyable and simple manner.
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