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{"title":"Preparation of Electronic Dynamic Cards on Potential Erossian Damage of Electric Power Plants on Gas Technology","authors":"Z. Aliyev","doi":"10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000544","url":null,"abstract":"After reaching independence in Azerbaijan, the development of agriculture is of great importance in raising the national economy. However, one of the main factors that hinders the development of agricultural crops, the stable and high yield from it is the erosion of the soil.The severity of the erosion process leads to the loss of soil fertility, the reduction of water resources and degradation of the soil cover. The decentralization of the important challenges facing the country in the development of agriculture is directly related to all other factors, including anti-erosion measures.This problem is of particular importance for the republic’s conditions. Thus, in large districts of Azerbaijan, water, wind, irrigation, surface spread, landslide, flood and other types of erosion have been created each year, resulting in the loss of soil, which is the main means of production in agriculture, its fertility, causing washing loss. This, in turn, significantly reduces the productivity of agricultural plants and adversely affects the quality of the product.","PeriodicalId":72276,"journal":{"name":"Archives in biomedical engineering & biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45790541","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}

{"title":"Haitian Epistemology, Phenomenological Structuralism, and Resolving the Binding and Hard Problems of Consciousness","authors":"Paul C. Mocombe","doi":"10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000542","url":null,"abstract":"The hard problem of consciousness, introduced in the discourse of consciousness constitution by David Chalmers (1995), seeks to understand how and why sentient beings have phenomenal experiences or felt states like pain, excitement, heat, etc. This latter problem is tied to the binding problem, which seeks to understand what accounts for the unity of experience. The understanding here is that the solution to the latter will resolve the problem of the former. In this work I explore the nature of the hard and binding problems of consciousness in Paul C. Mocombe’s structurationist theory of phenomenological structuralism. The author utilizes the concept of the nanm in Haitian epistemology as constituted in his theory of phenomenological structuralism to resolve both problems of consciousness. Mocombe concludes that what accounts for the unity of experience is the psychion, subatomic particle, of an emergent psychonic/panpsychic subatomic field of the multiverse that has phenomenal properties, which gets embodied as neuronal particles of the aggregated brain, which experiences a material resource framework as an “I” whose phenomenal properties following matter disaggregation either returns back to the field or collapses in other worlds where the same matter exists.","PeriodicalId":72276,"journal":{"name":"Archives in biomedical engineering & biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43932789","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}

{"title":"A Note on the Application of Analysis of Variance in Medical Research","authors":"K. Bhuyan","doi":"10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000540","url":null,"abstract":"Some of the data related to bioscience are socioeconomic characteristics which are associated with different types of communicable or non-communicable diseases. For example, age, height, weight, gender, marital status, religion, education, occupation, income, food habit, working conditions, smoking habit, and utilization of time are associated with many noncommunicable diseases. This phenomenon was observed in many studies, home and abroad [ 1-20], especially these characteristics were found associated with level of obesity, prevalence of diabetes and prevalence of other non-communicable diseases. The level of obesity is measured by the ratio of body weight (in kg) to square of height (in m2). This measurement is known as body mass index (BMI) and it is a quantitative measurement. The study of association of this variable with any of the social characteristics is not possible if the variables are not classified into groups. For example, level of income and level of obesity are significantly associated [21]. Here level of obesity depends on level of income and this dependency can be studied if the values of both the variables are measured by numerical figures. In this type of analysis, the main objective is to verify whether the values of BMI vary with the variation of income and for which level(s) of income the BMI is significantly different. This type of information is not available from the study of association. This is possible if analysis of variance, one-way or multi-way, is applied. The analysis of variance helps to distinguish between the average values of BMI for any two or more levels of income. In this note one-way analysis of variance was presented to distinguish the level of BMI of children and adults of Bangladesh with respect to some social characters.","PeriodicalId":72276,"journal":{"name":"Archives in biomedical engineering & biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42884517","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}

{"title":"Cost of Biotech Drug Development and Affordability Issues in LMICs","authors":"Abdul Kader Mohiuddin","doi":"10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000538","url":null,"abstract":"Pharmaceutical companies invest in the development and testing of their drugs including by funding clinical trials. Furthermore, pharmaceutical companies also spend a large amount of money on advertising. For instance, in 2016 US$6.7 billion was spent on direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising alone in the USA [1]. Worldwide spending on medicines reached $1.2 trillion in 2018 and will exceed $1.5 trillion by 2023, according to “The Global Use of Medicine in 2019 and Outlook to 2023” [2,3]. Although, access to essential medicines is problematic for one third of all persons worldwide [4]. Limited access to essential medicines (EMs) for treating chronic diseases is a major challenge in lowand middle-income countries (LMICs) [4,5]. Average public sector availability of even low-cost generic medicines ranges from 30% to 55% across 36 LMICs [6]. Price of drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics is a major burden in 105 middle income countries round the globe, comprising of 70% of the world population, 75% of the poor [7]. While public hospitals offer free or subsidized treatment including essential medicines, the high patient caseloads, underfunding and inefficient medicine distribution systems are barriers to consistent service provision [8]. Moreover, 90% of the population in developing countries purchase medicines through out-of-pocket (OOP) payments [7]. Poor availability of medicines in the public sector has pushed up household OOP expenditure, making them the largest household expenditure item after food [9]. However, The WHO has set a minimum of 80% as target availability of medicines for both communicable and non-communicable diseases in all countries [10]. But Pharmaceutical companies have a substantial desire in developing drugs for chronic diseases and cancer treatments, not only because of high prevalence, but also because these drugs are often used in long term [11]. Pharmaceutical patents maintain drug prices well above the cost of production and can restrict access to needed medicines [12]. Biotech drugs have completely changed the management of several diseases, including cancer and autoimmune diseases such as, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and inflammatory bowel disease [13]. The high cost of biotech medications (target a gene or protein and typically are injected or infused, associated with treating a chronic condition) often requires significant OOP expenditures [14,15]. Some studies say that pharmaceutical companies price drugs monopolistically, protected by patent rights, while others believe that the high prices for orphan drugs simply allow drug R&D and production costs. However, the global orphan drug market is estimated to reach US $209 billion by 2022 accounting for 21.4% of total branded prescription drug sales [16]. According to the Tufts Center for Drug Development, it costs, on average, $100 million in 1975, around $900 million before 2004 and 1.3 billion after 2005 to develop a new drug and bring it t","PeriodicalId":72276,"journal":{"name":"Archives in biomedical engineering & biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48559854","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}

{"title":"Role of the Biological Processes in Soil forming Process and Soil Fertility (Azerbaijan, Shamakhy)","authors":"R. Bagirova","doi":"10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000537","url":null,"abstract":"(Figure 1) An importance of the biological processes, mainly microbiological process is great in a period of the soil science and biology science development, especially in biotechnology science formation. The significance for the microbiological process in the xx century is explained that an intensity of the processes in our environment, biosphere is closely connected with microorganisms activity. Synthesis and resynthesis of organic substance, humus mineralization and humification processes in soils are performed by microorganisms. Microbiological process is great in decomposition of the nutrient total forms, in provision of soils with the nutrient. It is already determined that the substances which are synthesized by microorganisms regulate the complex process occurring in the soil [1,2]. Turning of the plant residues and coarse organic substances into humus mainly occurs under an influence of the complex ecological factors and forms a basis of the soil fertility. Figure 1: Importance of the biological processes *Corresponding author: RF Bagirova, Institute of Soil Science and Agro chemistry, NAS, Azerbaijan Received Date: July 15, 2019 Published Date: July 19, 2019 ISSN: 2687-8100 DOI: 10.33552/ABEB.2019.02.000537","PeriodicalId":72276,"journal":{"name":"Archives in biomedical engineering & biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49245031","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}

{"title":"Clinical Challenges in Using Chinese Medicinal Herbs","authors":"T. Zheng","doi":"10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000536","url":null,"abstract":"After acupuncture that has gained popularity and is recognized as the part of the healthcare system in the West, Chinese herbs are also getting more and more attention with the news that Chinese herbs are accepted and used by Olympic athletes, even though they are still viewed as the complementary and alternative healthcare tools. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is developed on the basis of inductive logic thinking that focuses on the similarity through the observation of nature. Under this notion, Chinese herbs develops its own theories different from those of acupuncture, which to some extents can be complicated to understand for clinical use and learning. A pharmaceutical consideration is required in clinical use of Chinese herbs when the desired outcomes are expected for an individual’s conditions. Processing induces expected actions that can vary depending on the factors, such as timing, processing approaches, etc.","PeriodicalId":72276,"journal":{"name":"Archives in biomedical engineering & biotechnology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41521613","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}

{"title":"DNA Interaction Study of Some Symmetrical 1,2-Phenylenediamine Schiff’s Base Derivatives as New Potential DNA Intercalators Using Ethidium Bromide Competition Fluorescent Assay","authors":"A. Hermann, Sofiane Mohamed, Inass A Sadawe, Nisreen H Meiqal, Abdulathim A A Alshoushan, A. S. Aboud, S. A. Aboulqasim, A. A. Issa, Salah M. Bensaber, Abdul M. Gbaj","doi":"10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/abeb.2019.02.000534","url":null,"abstract":"Sofian S Mohamed1, Inass A Sadawe1, Nisreen H Meiqal1, Abdulathim A Alshoushan2, Aisha S Aboud1, Safa A Aboulqasim1, Aisha A Issa1, Salah M Bensaber1, Anton Hermann3 and Abdul M Gbaj1* 1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tripoli, Libya 2Department Food and Drug Control Centre (LFDA), Tripoli, Libya 3Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria","PeriodicalId":72276,"journal":{"name":"Archives in biomedical engineering & biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43359470","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}

{"title":"Clinical Pharmacists in Pediatric Units","authors":"Abdul Kader Mohiuddin","doi":"10.33552/ABEB.2019.02.000535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ABEB.2019.02.000535","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72276,"journal":{"name":"Archives in biomedical engineering & biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41921950","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}

{"title":"Impact of High-Altitude Ultraviolet Radiation on Functionability of Flight Crews","authors":"J. Knezevic","doi":"10.33552/ABEB.2019.02.000533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ABEB.2019.02.000533","url":null,"abstract":"The philosophy of MIRCE Science is based on the premise that the purpose for the existence of any functionable system is to do functionability work. The work is done when the expected measurable function is performed through time. In MIRCE Science a flight crew is considered as an element of a flying system type. MIRCE Mechanics is a part of MIRCE Science that focuses on the scientific understanding of the mechanisms of the interactions between functionability elements and the consequences on functionability performance. The research performed shown that pilots and flight crews on aircraft is twice as likely as the general population to develop life-threatening melanoma skin cancer. On average, those who developed melanoma were 42% more likely to die compared with the general population. With progress in aviation technology, aircraft will fly longer and at higher altitudes attracting more and more passengers demanding more and more flights. Hence, the main objective of this paper is to investigate the mechanism of interactions between the high altitude ultraviolet radiation on functionability of flight crew.","PeriodicalId":72276,"journal":{"name":"Archives in biomedical engineering & biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41758664","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}

{"title":"Epigenetic Information-Body Interaction and Information-Assisted Evolution from the Perspective of the Informational Model of Consciousness","authors":"F. Găiseanu","doi":"10.33552/ABEB.2019.02.000532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33552/ABEB.2019.02.000532","url":null,"abstract":"In a series of recently published papers it was shown that the informational system of the human organism operates by means of seven components referring to memory, decisional operability, emotional reaction, autonomic driving of the metabolic processes, genetic transmission and genetic info-generation [1-3]. A special component explains some extra-power properties of the mind, revealed during the near-death experiences [4, 5] and other similar phenomena [6-8]. Such an informational architecture of the human informational system permits to approach the analysis of the interaction between the received information from the environment and conclusions on the adaptation process of the organism [3,9]. This analysis is supported also by the increasing epigenetic studies [10-12], showing that some acquired traits during the life can be transmitted to the offspring by means of embodiment/disembodiment mechanisms of information [3]. The progress obtained in this field is an encouraging stimulant to approach also the evolution process due to the adaptation to changes of the environmental conditions [13]. Therefore, in this paper it is presented first of all an analysis of the epigenetic processes and the typical steps of such mechanisms. In a second section there are presented the results concerning the information*Corresponding author: Florin Gaiseanu, Principal Senior Researcher (Professor), Science of Information and Technology Bucharest (Romania), and Barcelona (Spain). Received Date: June 28, 2019 Published Date: July 09, 2019 ISSN: 2687-8100 DOI: 10.33552/ABEB.2019.02.000532","PeriodicalId":72276,"journal":{"name":"Archives in biomedical engineering & biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47626343","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}