Physical Sciences and Engineering

Experiencing the step-wells of Gujarat

The history of India spans over more than 2000 years. It has different states each with its own distinctive social and cultural character. The western regions of India have a hot and semi- arid climate with irregular rainfall. There was always a need to collect water of monsoon rains to utilize it during the dry months of the year. That is how the step-wells came into existence and India is a home to hundreds of them.

Determinación de la aplicación de los cuidados perioperatorios de higiene venosa en pacientes del centro médico naval

Introducción: Los cuidados de higiene venosa son aquellos que son proporcionados para mejorar la salud de la circulación sanguínea en las personas que padecen alguna enfermedad venosa crónica o como medio de prevención de estas. Objetivo: El objetivo del presente estudio es la determinar la prevalencia en la indicación y correcta aplicación de los cuidados de los cuidados perioperatorios de Higiene Venosa que se llevan a cabo y cual es de método de mayor empleo en el Centro Médico Naval (CEMENAV) en el periodo de septiembre de 2018- mayo de 2019.

Tax policy, small and medium enterprises compliance perception and growth relationship in Ekiti state, Nigeria

The general belief that a complex tax policy puts enormous weight on Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) and affects their growth level appeared to be a recent debate in Ekiti state and this constituted the motivation for this study. On this premise, this study was undertaken to examine tax policy, SMEs compliance perception and growth relationship in Ekiti state.

Effect of meal skipping on nutritional status of college students of kanpur

Breakfast, the first meal of the day, is considered the most important meal throughout the day. As nutritionist Adelle Davis famously put it back in the 1960s: “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper”. Breakfast is most commonly skipped meal more than lunch and dinner specifically in the young adult in the university study period and those who wake up late. Lack of time is the main reason behind skipping meals, in general, lack of appetite, inability to cook, fasting/religion, and not being hungry.

Evaluation of surgical technique and identification of bacterial growth in the hands of the surgical staff of the naval medical

Introduction: The correct hand washing technique remains one of the important practices in the area of health, in the operating room this routine practice becomes essential because we avoid infections at the surgical site and the goal is to evaluate the staff health that performs the surgical hand washing technique in the area of operating rooms, through an observational instrument and the realization of taking hand cultures after performing this procedure.

Efficacy of plants aqueous extracts for greenflies management on six cowpea cultivars in northwest of Benin

The present study allowed evaluating the efficacy of five plant water extracts on aphids and the yield of six cowpea’s cultivars in three villages of the northwest region of Benin. The five aqueous extracts made with Hyptis suaveolens, Azadirachta indica, Manihot esculenta, Thevetia neriifolia and Cymbopogon nardus have been compared to the control treatment without product with six producers in a scattered experimental randomized blocks. The number of aphids present on the cowpea plants at 27, 34, 41, 48, 55 and 62 days after sowing, and the cowpea seeds yield was estimated.

Professional exposure to wood and cement dust on the ventilatory parameters of masons and carpenters

Dust has nowadays become one of the major problems which threaten the health of populations, undermine the stability of affected ecosystems and consequently the renewal of biological, even mineral, natural resources. The most common respiratory illnesses and almost all common conditions are linked to occupational dust exposure in humans. The study, conducted in Porto-Novo, Benin, aims to assess the influence of the exposure of wood dust and cement on the ventilatory parameters of carpenters and masons.

Inclusión escolar en el marco de la nueva normativa legal en chile

This paper investigates the role of Human Capital (HC) to inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Algeria and the ways to improve it and used annual time series secondary data over the period of 1998-2017. The literature determines the importance of HC, determinants of FDI and the relationship between HC and inward FDI in Algeria. A multiple regression model is employed to estimate the relationship between the role of HC and inward FDI in Algeria.

Role of foot wear as a predictive factor for flatfoot in children of urban and rural communities

Background: Flat foot deformity is frequently encountered in pediatric orthopedic and rehabilitation practices. The effects of footwear on the development of children's feet has been debated for many years and recent work from the developmental and biomechanical literature has challenged long-held views about footwear and the impact on foot development. This narrative review draws upon existing studies from developmental, biomechanical and clinical literature to explore the effects of footwear on the development of the foot.