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{"title":"Microbial and Heavy Metal Contamination of Commercial Potash Solution (Ngor) in Some Parts of Eastern Nigeria","authors":"","doi":"10.14738/bjhmr.106.15584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/bjhmr.106.15584","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical engineering and medical imaging","volume":"69 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139260048","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":"Institutional Response to Mining in Forest Reserves in Ghana: A Case Study of the Atewa Range Forest Reserve","authors":"","doi":"10.14738/bjhmr.106.15703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/bjhmr.106.15703","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical engineering and medical imaging","volume":"147 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139260483","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":"Fulminating Colitis Multiple Drilling: Case Report","authors":"","doi":"10.14738/bjhmr.106.15850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/bjhmr.106.15850","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: fulminant colitis is a serious infection characterized by the presence of hypotension, shock and/or toxic megacolon. The nobility of the organ is exhausted once its chronic homeostatic adaptation breaks out. Objective: presentation of a case and review of the literature. 44-year-old male in the emergency department, without any significant history. Inmate of the prison system. Reports marijuana use. Bisexual. Conscious, cachectic, with dry mucous membranes, pale integuments, abdominal facies, cardiopulmonary without apparent compromise. Abdomen with colicky pain, increased peristalsis, tympanism present, no visceromegaly is palpable, but with clear signs of an acute abdomen, so he was immediately admitted to the operating room, finding fecal peritonitis due to multiple perforations of the entire colon from the cecum. up to the upper third of the rectum, colectomy and protectomy of the upper third are performed. Histopathology reports “perforated colon in multiple sites with six perforations due to chronic ulcerated amoebic colitis.” Discussion: Fulminant amoebic colitis is a rare complication of amebiasis associated with high mortality and it can occur in more than 50% of cases with severe colitis. Its pathogenicity is associated with its extremely polymorphic genetic structure of this parasite, determined by high-resolution genotyping methods. Conclusion: the defense mechanisms of the target organ and the eccentric pathogenicity of the parasite, together create a symbiotic chronicity, which extremely postpones the decline of the patient's homeostasis, until a catastrophic and/or fatal scenario. The treatment of fulminant amoebic colitis is surgical.","PeriodicalId":92231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical engineering and medical imaging","volume":"41 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136282040","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":"Medical Supply Chain Under Emergency Case","authors":"","doi":"10.14738/bjhmr.105.15423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/bjhmr.105.15423","url":null,"abstract":"Medical supply chain under emergency has been rarely explored. Pandemic, political conflicts, natural disasters, etc. create human sufferings. Healthcare supply chain is inadequate in dealing with such unique set of circumstances. Medical supply chain under emergency often assumes humanitarian responsibilities with emphasis on reliving human suffering. Medical supplies and logistics assets become the most critical components in medical supply chain. Yet, these two critical areas have not been adequately addressed under the healthcare supply chain.","PeriodicalId":92231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical engineering and medical imaging","volume":"67 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135724574","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":"Dietary Fructose and Serum Hyperfructosemia in Obese Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetic SHR/NTUL//-Cp Rats","authors":"","doi":"10.14738/bjhmr.105.15677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/bjhmr.105.15677","url":null,"abstract":"To determine the effects of a high fructose diet on key glycemic parameters in non-insulin dependent rats, groups of lean and obese SHR/Ntul//-cp rats were fed nutritionally complete, isoenergetic diets containing 54% carbohydrate (CHO, w/w) in which the CHO was in the form of cooked cornstarch (ST) or 27% ST plus 27% fructose (CSF) from one until 9 months of age. Measures of body weight (BW), combined fat pad mass (sum of epididymal, retroperitoneal and dorsal subcutaneous depots), glycated hemoglobin (GHB) and serum fructosamine (SFA) were obtained at the end of the study.  Body weights of obese ST >> lean ST, and increased only modestly further in both phenotypes when fed the CSF diet; Combined fat pad mass of obese >>> lean and were minimally impacted by diet in either phenotype.  Glycemic parameters including Fasting and OGT response plasma glucose, insulin and Insulin to Glucose ratio of Obese ST >> lean ST. GHB and SFA of obese ST > Lean ST, and the CSF diet increased GHB in lean and SFA in both phenotypes. These results indicate that partial substitution of Fructose for sucrose while exaggerating some parameters of NIDDM and chronic kidney disease (CKD), was neither beneficial or ameliorative in significantly attenuating the magnitude of NIDDM in the obese-NIDDM SHR/Ntul//-cp rat.","PeriodicalId":92231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical engineering and medical imaging","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135724583","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":"Image Visualization and Mechanical Measurements on Biocompatible Glass Ionomer Restorative Cement","authors":"","doi":"10.14738/bjhmr.105.15714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/bjhmr.105.15714","url":null,"abstract":"The present study aimed to corroborate image visualization techniques with mechanical measurements on biocompatible glass ionomer restorative cement of different compositions. Commercially available biocompatible glass ionomer restorative cement (BGIRC) was mixed with Arabic Gum (AG) powder with different weight percentages (0, 0.5, 2, 4, & 8). Mean and variance values were measured for image visualization. Additionally, diametral tensile strength and compressive strength tests were used to measure the mechanical properties. T-test and Tukey’s post hoc tests were used to find any statistical significance among the data. The findings revealed that mean values for the image visualization technique displayed the same pattern as diametral and compressive strength tests and their values. The mean values also displayed a significant difference between the groups with different wt.% of AG powder when mixed with BGIRC. Image visualization parameter i.e. mean values and mechanical testing i.e. diametral tensile strength surfaced a method in emphasizing the properties of the BGIRC with AG. Although the diametral tensile strength test is a more reliable method for identifying the mechanical properties of BGIRC with AG, image visualization displays a factual evaluation of the material.","PeriodicalId":92231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical engineering and medical imaging","volume":"69 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135724721","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":"Challenges to Effective Implementation of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Among Health Workers in Nigeria: A Systematic Review","authors":"","doi":"10.14738/bjhmr.105.15540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/bjhmr.105.15540","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: With the high disease burden in most developing countries, especially in Africa, the integrated disease surveillance and response strategy was implemented in Nigeria to create an effective surveillance system. However, despite the adoption of the strategy, the desired goal has still not been met. Objective: This systematic review aimed to evaluate the challenges to effective implementation of IDSR among health workers in Nigeria. Methods: The study employed a systematic review of literature published in English with a focus on health workers in Nigeria. The search was conducted in databases, namely, PubMed, CINAHL, Advanced Google Scholar, Web of Science, and grey literature search. The PRISMA protocol was adopted for clarity in reporting, and quality appraisals were done using the MMAT tool. A total of 23 papers were included for the review, out of 2326 articles. The included articles focused on IDSR challenges among health workers in Nigeria and their recommendations for effective implementation. Results: Despite the high awareness noticed in the recent studies reviewed, there is low implementation of the strategy among health workers. The challenges faced by health workers, as shown by this review, were identified across all IDSR core and support functions. Low reporting due to lack of awareness and knowledge; lack of feedback and supervision; low case confirmation; lack of emergency preparedness unit; low laboratory capacity. Conclusion: Although the country has shown a lot of accomplishments since the implementation of IDSR, there are still obvious gaps in this implementation.","PeriodicalId":92231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical engineering and medical imaging","volume":"66 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135724582","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":"Colon Cancer: An Atypical Clinical Presentation","authors":"","doi":"10.14738/bjhmr.105.15701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/bjhmr.105.15701","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Colon and rectal cancer are the third neoplasm in incidence and the second in mortality worldwide. In the United States of America, it is the second most common neoplasm and the incidence in Mexico is unknown, the prevalence and morbidity, as well as its mortality. Aim: Case report and literature review. Method: 74-year-old female in the emergency department. It presents with leukocytosis and systemic inflammatory response due to wall abscess, emergency surgery is performed, with the discovery of cecum tumor, multivisceral resection is performed. Satisfactory evolution and diagnosis of colon cancer. Discussion: The clinical presentation of colon and rectal cancer is so varied, it will depend on the anatomical site of the colon (right/left) or rectum, primary tumor, synchronism, age, anatomical differentiation or histological lineage. Right colon cancer due to its physiological characteristics tends to be more complex in terms of its timely diagnosis, with the intervals of signs and symptoms to a longer-term diagnosis. The technical objectives of a surgery with the intention of being curative must have the circumferential resection margin, the distance of healthy tissue from the tumor and the lymph node dissection, avoiding hemorrhage in the surgical dissection so as not to implant micro metastases. Conclusions: The form of clinical presentation of colon cancer can be very varied, masked or simulated by another disease, its rarity or very low incidence, evokes the group of researchers to make this experience known.","PeriodicalId":92231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical engineering and medical imaging","volume":"66 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135724579","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":"Primary Pleural Lymphoma: Case Report","authors":"","doi":"10.14738/bjhmr.105.15729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/bjhmr.105.15729","url":null,"abstract":"We report a case of a 70-year-old female with a history of prolonged exposure to biomass during childhood, non-smoker and no history of exposure to people with tuberculosis who presented with progressive dyspnea. Chest CT showed circumferential and nodular suitable pleural thickening with involvement of the mediastinal pleura and ipsilateral pleural effusion. An ultrasound-guided pleural biopsy was performed with a Trucut needle. The Histopathology result of the pleural biopsy determined an infiltration due to non-Hodkin lymphoma of lineage B. Immunohistochemistry CD20 positive, CD3 Positive. This case is thought to be a very rare case of primary malignant lymphoma arising in the pleura without a history of chronic pleural inflammation or immunocompromise.","PeriodicalId":92231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical engineering and medical imaging","volume":"67 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135724573","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":"The Misinformation Pandemic: Battling the Real Threat from Covid-19","authors":"","doi":"10.14738/bjhmr.105.15818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/bjhmr.105.15818","url":null,"abstract":"The World Health Organization declared Covid-19 pandemic a public health emergency in Jan 2020 to May 2023, with 770 million confirmed cases and 7 million deaths worldwide; considered highly underreported especially in countries without genomic surveillance data. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only prompted serious health challenges, but it has also resulted in an abundance of misinformation and misconceptions, especially regarding COVID-19 vaccines. The debate emphasizes the importance of evidence-based communication techniques and actions to counteract COVID-19 misinformation and misconceptions. The pandemic of COVID-19 has highlighted the essential importance of trustworthy data in public health measures. Along with scientific advances and public health efforts, there has been an exceptional increase in misinformation and misconceptions about the pandemic, particularly regarding COVID-19 vaccines and the origin of the pandemic. The article will look at the origins, propagation, and effects of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccinations and pandemic fabrications, providing insights into the underlying dynamics and public health concerns. We investigate sources and generation of misinformation surrounding COVID-19 vaccinations, origin conspiracy theories and pandemic fabrications on social media to present a thorough analysis of its impact, as well as the repercussions of misconceptions on public health efforts. Contributing associated deaths/hospitalizations from the infodemic due to unsanctioned cure/preventatives due by rumor, stigma and conspiracy theories related to COVID-19 are unknown. The anti-vax campaign against Covid-19 vaccination, rumors, stigma, and conspiracy theories can decrease trust in governments and international health agencies, create hesitancy and lead to serious impact on health systems. This study highlights false information disseminated during the COVID-19 pandemic and discusses sources of misinformation and its implications. A review of social media posts contributing to vaccine hesitancy, spread of COVID-19 and high mortality rates was performed. Results show influences from various social media rumours and conspiracy theories increased vaccination hesitancy.  Caribbean region has lower immunization rates, in part due to misconceptions spread during the infodemic stage. Efforts should be made to gain trust, debunk misinformation, prevent early-onset misinformation infodemics and increase adherence to health guidelines in times of public health emergencies to reduce associated deaths and limit impact on non-adherence to other public health guidelines such as childhood vaccinations.","PeriodicalId":92231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomedical engineering and medical imaging","volume":"65 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135724584","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}