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S Zhao

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000135

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Suppose r < q(σ”). It is well known that U = t’. We show that p = ttϕ,t. In this context, the results of [1] are highly relevant. This reduces the results of [1] to a standard argument...... ReadMore

Adinew Handiso Arficho*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000134

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Marriage is the very beautiful gift which Allah given to his human being. It gives pleasure, security, peace, and family. In life there is happiness and worries which men or women have to face and try to solve problems. Relation of husband and wife makes life beautiful and loveable, but unfortunately most of the couples these days fail to understand its beauty and charm. They mostly quarrel with each other and create misunderstandings, and end of this can be in the separation or divorce. Divorce is an emotional journey, due to this reason they have different impacts, among thus the children remains without family, street children number is increase, affected by a disease emotional disobedience occurred in children and other. All over the world the divorce rate among the couples is increasing an alarming rate. Rising of divorce rate has af..... ReadMore

Ahmed E*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000133

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A cryptography algorithm is proposed. It depends on extremal optimization which is motivated by immune system...... ReadMore

İlker Etikan*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000132

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This study aims to examine the most dangerous cause of death in underdeveloped, developing and developed countries. Themajor diseases considered in this study were HIV/AIDs and Cancer. The causes of this death are selected since the year 2003-2016, the data is extracted from the World Health Organization (WHO). This research shows the level of significant difference between the most common cause of death in the three categories of countries. This test is carried out by the use of ONE-WAY ANOVA. In this case of study, it was concluded that there is a significant difference when comparing the results, except Underdeveloped and Developed countries that are; the case report of the cause of death by HIV/AIDS is low. Similarly, in the case study of the cause of death by CANCER, the results show that there is a significant difference in all when..... ReadMore

Sharma M K* and Mohammad O Ibrahim*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000131

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For studying quantitative inheritance and developing hybrid programs, it is useful to examine single cross or triallel cross or double cross. In this article we are presenting the method of construction of partial double cross designs using Semi-balanced arrays...... ReadMore

Alfred K Mbah*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2020.02.000130

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We investigate in this study the impact of sleep quality as a mediating factor in the association between second hand smoking and depressive symptoms. The study included 196 pregnant women interviewed during and after pregnancy. A multilevel mediation model was applied to the data. Our results suggested that exposure to second hand smoking (ETS) positively predicted sleep quality 0.314, 95% CI [0.124, 0.504], 0.001ρ= . In turn, sleep quality was positively related to the depressive symptoms 0.551, 95% CI [0.122, 0.98], 0.012ρ= . As a result, the between-cluster indirect effect of ETS on depressive symptoms was 0.173 (= 0.314 × 0.551). The distribution of the product of the coefficients 95% CI for the indirect effect was [0.028, 0.375], which did not contain zero. This indicates that the indirect effect of ETS on de..... ReadMore

Deidre Wild*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.02.000129

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Interviews with 7 Korean War veterans were conducted to explore and add to the key findings from a survey of the health and social well-being of 994 veterans of the Korean War and who are members of the British Korean Veteran Association (BKVA). This qualitative part of the ‘mixed’ method study proved to be particularly useful when survey outcomes were either unclear or they needed further information to enhance understanding. The veteran interviewees represented a range of war-time military roles and were deployed in different years over the duration of the war. Through the creation of themes and sub-themes, the comments give credence to the overall conclusion that for those with psychological symptoms arising from distressing memories, these form a ‘willing’ rather than an ‘unwilling’ psychological burden. Combatants w..... ReadMore

Jacqueline Zawada and John Kolassa*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.02.000128

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Statistical inference has strongly relied on the use of p-values to draw conclusions. For over a decade this reliance on the p-value has been questioned by researches and academics. The question of whether p-values are truly the best standard, and what other possible statistics could replace p-values l has been discussed deeply. We set out to understand the amount of variation within p-values, and to find if they really are as reliable as the frequency of their use would suggest. To answer this question, we studied a set of clinical trials over the past two years. We also aim to describe the variety of information included in drag labels, and determine whether this information conforms to FDA guidelines. We found a large variation in the presentation of clinical trial data, much of which was not in ..... ReadMore

Tigist Tigabie Tesfaye and Berhanu Teshome Woldeamanuel*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.02.000127

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Background: Malnutrition is defined as deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients. Malnutrition among children under five years of age is a chronic problem in most regions of Ethiopia, including the Tigray region. The main objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of under-five child malnutritions and the risk factors attributed to nutritional status of children in Tigray region based on Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, 2016 datasets.Methods: The information collected from 370 children was considered in the study, and variables like maternal socio and demographic characteristics, child demographic characteristics, health and environmental factors were considered as determinants of nutritional status of a child. The study used descriptive statistics and Multivariate multiple linear ..... ReadMore

Mutlaq Khelaif Aldhafeeri, Khalid Faisal Alahmadi, Abdulrahman Mohammed Alalyani, Ameen Naeem Makhdoom, Rami Abdullah Abotalib, Talal Jahaz Almutairi and Ammar AL-Farga*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.02.000126

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Healthcare during pregnancy, which includes prenatal and preconception care, is very crucial for pregnant women in terms of minimising the effects of different complications and issues during pregnancy. Health education is vital to increase self-knowledge and preventive behaviour among pregnant women regarding preconception related complications. One of the main purposes of health education for pregnant women is to promote self-care behaviour during the prenatal period, and this may lead to a decreased morbidity and mortality rate, improve the quality of life of pregnant women and reduce healthcare costs. A few studies have focused on the health management of pregnant women in Saudi Arabia; however, they have not especially focused on the impact of health education in terms of improving awareness of a healthy lifestyle and minimisin..... ReadMore

Mohamed Nabih Baeshen, Mohiuddin Khan Warsi, Arwa A Makki, Dina Hajjar, Mohammad Azhar Kamal, Ammar AL-Farga* and Nabih A Baeshen

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.01.000125

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The medicinal desert shrub Rhazya stricta is a member of the Apocynaceae family. This plant is a local shrub, which mostly found around and within the valleys in desert lands. R. stricta was one of the famous medicinal plants in traditional and folkloric medicine. As well as to its medicinal properties, it’s also a promising plant in the field of bioengineering and the future of genetically modified corps according to its resistance biotic and biotic stress factors and its survival in the harsh desert conditions. The plant was used over history in many nations and prescribed to treat many infections, inflammations, and diseases. On the basis of various experimental validations, it’s been found that R. stricta has various chemotherapeutic properties such as, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, and antibacterial effects, including. Future studi..... ReadMore

Michele Nichelatti*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.01.000124

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It is presented a method useful to form ordinary differential equations from nonlinear regression models of the type 1 1 1 n n n n y a x a x − a x − = + ++ , allowing to directly retrieve the differential model from raw data after fitting, to be compared with the differential model expected for the biological system which is studied...... ReadMore

Khalid Faisal Alahmadi, Abdulrahman Mohammed Alalyani, Salman Ali Abdali, Emad Alharbi, Abdulaziz Jafar almusallam, Khalid Ibrahim Alahmadi and Ammar AL-Farga*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.01.000123

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Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common bacterial strains and has been linked to various infections ranging from light respiratory and skin infections to fatal conditions such as endocarditis osteomyelitis and periodontitis. However, S. aureus has been resistant to antibacterial drugs and body immune system response mechanisms owing to its efficient adaptation mechanisms such as biofilm formations. D-Amino acids are believed to play a significant role in the structural formation of the biofilm’s peptidoglycan. The amino acids form the peptide chains and crosslinks with N-acetylmuramic acid. Altering the structural composition of the compounds would compromise the mechanical integrity of the biofilm and, thus, could be used as a potential target for preventing biofilm formation. The aim of the given study is to ..... ReadMore

Deidre Wild*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.01.000122

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Ninety-five British ex-Army Reserve and Voluntary Services (predominantly Territorial Army) health professional veterans (HPVs) of the 1991 Gulf War (GW) gave their reactions towards notice of embarkation for the return home and thence to the subsequent events of demobilization, reunion, and their return to civilian work. Collectively these events mark the transition from the role of soldier back to that of civilian. Postal survey data were collected six months after participants had returned home from the Gulf. The findings show that although the war was short and with few Coalition casualties, a sizeable number of the HPVs were dissatisfied with their embarkation,demobilisation and homecoming as reality did not meet their pre-event expectations. The findings are discussed in relation to the related knowledgebase from other wars precedin..... ReadMore

Marcel Matley*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.01.000121

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Self-forgery, also called auto-forgery, auto-simulation or self-imitation, is an oxymoron. Forgery in this context does not mean a fraudulent making or uttering of a false document for unjust economic gain. The term self-forgery does not mean fraudulently writing one’s own name without permission, since the owner of the name writes the name deliberately and knowingly...... ReadMore

Deidre Wild*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.01.000120

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In 2001, a survey of the veteran members of the British Korean War Veterans Association was conducted with support from the Royal British Legion. As a part of this survey, the present inquiry addresses the relationship between older combatant and non-combatant veterans’ levels of combat exposure, their losses and Gains in life and current psychological symptoms. Nine hundred and ninety-four British Korean War veterans provided data for four measurement scales: The Combat Exposure Scale (CES); the Losses from life scale and the Gains from life scale, and the Impact of Event Scale (IES). Significant positive correlation effects were found between life losses (but not life gains) with and between the CES and the IES. Combatants had an overall score on the IES that clearly exceeded its recommended cut-off level but notably the score for non..... ReadMore

Adinew Handiso Arficho*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.01.000119

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Antenatal health care (ANC) refers to pregnancy related health care provided by a doctor or a health worker in a health facility or home. ANC is the key entry point of a pregnant woman to receive broad range of health promotion and preventive services which promote the health of the mother and the baby. This study aimed to identify the factors affecting. Antenatal health care usage of women at Hossana town in Bobicho Kebele. In order to achieve our objective descriptive statistics, cross-tabulation and logistic regression statistical techniques were used for data analysis using socio-economic and demographic variables as explanatory variables and Antenatal health care usage of women as the response variable using R software. The results of descriptive statistics shows that 70(42.20%) of women were not use ANC and 96(57.80%) were use ANC a..... ReadMore

Yemane Hailu Fissuh*, Tsegay Giday Woldu, Tarekegn Gebreyesus Abisso, Abebe Zewdie Kebebe and Idriss Abdelmajid Idriss Ahme

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.01.000118

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Background: Survival analysis is a major area of interest in the vast disciplines including biostatistics and biomedical researches. Survival data are the observations that systematically arise when the duration from a defined time origin until the occurrence of event for each individual item. Proportionality problems are the key challenges in survival models. The proportionality problems may arise when the coefficient effect varies over time intervals. Thus, to fill this gap and to relax the proportionality assumption, the article is focused on the comparison of proportional hazards models with and without including time-varying coefficient effect and time-varying covariate. Results: After a comparison of four models, the findings have proved that the statistical significance was highly improved when the time-varying coefficient was cons..... ReadMore

Muhammad Imran Qadir and Daima Hamid*

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.01.000117

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Nitrituria is a presence of nitrites in urine. Nitrites are formed from the chemical conversion of nitrates by bacteria. Eyes are optical complexed system and are a major organ of a human body. Any abnormality in this organ may lead to very serious conditions. Myopia is characterized by a refractory disorder in which eye is not able to focus light onto the retina. The objective of the present study is to check the association of nitrates in urine with eyesight. 100 participants accepted to take part in this project. Urinalysis was done of the participants using a urine strip test. The participants were the pupils from the Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. In 18% male and 39% female respondents with eyesight between 0 to -1 dioptre(D), normal results were observed. The research concludes that there is no relation b..... ReadMore

Noelia Rivas Martínez*, Gustavo Rivas Martínez, Sergio Eduardo Giannasi, Nicolás Marcelo Ciarrocchi

DOI : 10.32474/CTBB.2019.01.000116

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Objectives: The aims of this study are: a) to identify predictors of mid-term poor neurological outcome in Moderate or Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (MoSTBI); b) to recognize the consequences of MoSTBI, using neurological outcome and mortality rates six months after the patient´s discharge from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Methods: Prospective, longitudinal study. Patients with MoSTBI admityted to the ICU of the Manuel Giagni Trauma Hospital (Paraguay) were included. Patient´s family members were contacted by phone six months after ICU discharge to assess survival and neurological outcome, using the Barthel Index. Main measures: Demographics, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) on admission and at ICU discharge, New Injury Severity Score, APACHE II, Marshall CT Score, mechanical ventilation, sedation, ICU length of stay, the development of shock..... ReadMore