Latar belakang. Data global menunjukkan pneumonia pada anak usia di bawah 5 tahun (balita) menyebabkan kematian 15,5%.Neutrophil to lymphocyte count ratio (NLCR) atau rasio jumlah neutrofil-limfosit merupakan parameter inflamasi sistemik dan stresuntuk pasien kritis. Dari beberapa penelitian didapatkan hubungan antara derajat keadaan klinis dengan peningkatan NLCRTujuan. Membuktikan nilai NLCR awal masuk sebagai faktor risiko luaran pasien pneumonia anak yang dirawat di bangsal anakRSUP dr KariadiMetode. Penelitian kohort prospektif pada anak pneumonia usia 1 bulan – 5 tahun yang dilaksanakan di ruang perawatan anak(bangsal anak, HCU, PICU) RS dr Kariadi, Semarang. Subjek yang memenuhi kriteria inklusi dilakukan pemeriksaan darah rutin,kemudian dilakukan pemantauan klinis pada hari perawatan ke 10. Pada spesimen darah diperiksa darah rutin dan dilakukanperhitungan NLCR. Analisis statistik menggunakan uji chi square dan Mann-Whitney UHasil. Didapatkan 40 subjek dengan pneumonia. Rerata NLCR lebih tinggi pada luaran yang buruk dari pada luaran yang baik(3,42± 4,063) vs (1,73 ± 1,568) tetapi tidak berbeda bermakna (p= 0,118). Titik potong NLCR 1,335 meningkatkan risiko luaranperburukan pada pneumonia anak sebesar 1,727 kaliKesimpulan. Tidak terdapat perbedaan nilai NLCR awal antara luaran perbaikan dan perburukan. Titik potong dari NLCR awaltidak dapat digunakan sebagai indikator prognosis luaran pneumonia anak
Objective: To adapt, validate and establish psychometric property of the Substance Use Risk Profile scale for Pakistani population.
Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted from May to September 2021 in Lahore, Pakistan, and comprised clinical and non-clinical adult patients following the International Test Commission guidelines for the adaptation and validation of the Substance Use Risk Profile scale. A The scale’s factor structure, internal consistency, content validity, face validity and convergent validity were exained. Confirmatory factor analysis, reliability analysis, and data analysis were done using SPSS 25.
Results: Of the 485 subjects, 243(50.1%) were non-clinical and 242(49.9%) were clinical subjects. The overall mean age was 4.68+/-2.3 years (range: 19-58 years). The scale had adequate internal consistency, criterion validity, and construct validity with Cronbach’s alphas ranging 0.71-0.95.
Conclusion: The Substance Use Risk Profile was found to be a beneficial tool to be employed in research realted to substance use disorder in Pakistan.
Key Words: Adaptation, Substance use risk profile scale, Personality, Substance use disorder, Psychometric properties, Confirmatory factor analysis.
An experiment was conducted at the Moinar Mor Sabuj Nursery, Mymensingh to evaluate the effects of compost prepared from solid wastes of Mymensingh municipality area on the yield and yield attributes of three crops viz. Chilli, Dahlia and Marigold grown in pots. Each crop was grown under six different treatments viz. 100% compost (T 0 ), 75% compost + 25% soil (T 1 ), 50% compost + 50% soil (T 2 ), 25% compost + 75% soil (T 3 ), 100% soil (T 4 ) and farmers practice-(T 5 ) (75% of recommended rate of NPK plus soil). A single factor experiment was laid out in a with three replications. The results revealed that in Chilli, application of 75% compost plus 25% soil (T 1 ) produced significantly the tallest plant (45.50 cm), maximum number of flowers (25.00) and fruits (21.00) plant -1 , longest leaf (11.67 cm), longest root (5.43 cm) and greater yield of fruits plant -1 (168.30 g). This treatment also produced the tallest plant (45.33 cm), maximum flowers plant -1 (2.33), longest leaf (11.55 cm) and higher fresh weight of single flower (7.34 g) of Dahlia. Compost treatment also significantly influenced various plant characters of Marigold where 75% compost + 25% soil (T 1 ) gave the tallest plant (16.33 cm), higher weight of fresh flower (10.52 g), longest leaf (10.10 cm) and maximum flowers plant -1 (16.33). Plants grown in 100% compost showed the longest duration in case of Dahlia (19 days) and Marigold (23 days) flowering. From the findings, it can be inferred that use of 75% compost prepared from solid wastes of Mymensingh municipality area plus 25% soil appeared to be the best practice for obtaining the maximum yield of Chilli, Dahlia and Marigold.
Fresh sugarcane juice packed with sugars, minerals, phytonutrients, antioxidants and proteins is vulnerable to quality losses caused by enzymatic inversion, chemical interactions and microbiological intrusions. Three temperatures (70, 80 and 90 °C) and four time interval combinations (5, 10, 15 and 20 min) were used to thermally blanch sugarcane billets for comparing the effects on physio-biochemical, microbiological and sensory properties of juice recovered. The optimum and acceptable combination determined was 90 °C for 10 min. The physio-biochemical parameters vis a vis pH (5.03), titratable acidity (0.198%), electrical conductivity (4.77 mScm −1 ), total soluble solids (20.67°B), sucrose (18.19%), reducing sugar (0.38%), total plate count (4.42 cfu ml −1 ), residual PPO activity (12.21%) and colour (L*, b*, chroma) along with sensory profile was most acceptable. A 9-point hedonic ratings of blanched SCJ retained appearance (9), taste (9), aroma (8.8) and quantitative descriptive analysis showed a close resemblance with fresh sugarcane juice.
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