Role of Trichoderma in Agriculture and Disease Management

This study is to analyze information sources and information needs of women farmers of Banka and Bhagalpur district of Bihar. The research was undertaken for assessment of information needed for young farm women of age group of 18-35 years with respect to kharif paddy cultivation. Useful Information is the pivotal for successful kharif paddy cultivation. In the study area young farm women contribute immensely in kharif paddy cultivation. Information helps in creating awareness about technologies and mobilize people to use them. It also helps in training people, organizing community and ultimately resulting in the development of the whole nation. Result of the study illustrated that farm women need more information about selling of product, pest control, nursery raising and disease management. The study also revealed that the most preferred source of information was personal localite i.e. Husband, Friend, Relatives and Neighbors and agri-input dealers.

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Role of Meteorological Factors and Relative Impact of Rust Disease Management in Field Peas through Fungicides and Botanicals in Tarai Region of Indo-Gangetic Plains

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ◽

10.20546/ijcmas.2018.705.014 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (05) ◽

pp. 106-116

Author(s):

Shweta Badoni ◽

K.P.S. Kushwaha ◽

Archana Negi

Keyword(s):

Disease Management ◽

Meteorological Factors ◽

Relative Impact ◽

Rust Disease ◽

Gangetic Plains ◽

Field Peas

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‘Oh, she is just a nurse’ Re-imagining the role of the nursing workforce in Uganda after a decade of ART scale-up (2004-2014)

10.21203/rs.3.rs-15525/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Henry Zakumumpa

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

Disease Management ◽

Scale Up ◽

Task Shifting ◽

Health Facilities ◽

Hiv Care ◽

Scope Of Practice ◽

Nursing Workforce ◽

Hiv Disease

Abstract Background The expanding roles and increasing importance of the nursing workforce in health services delivery in resource-limited settings is not adequately documented and sufficiently recognized in the current literature. Drawing upon the theme of 2020 as the international year of the nurse and midwife, we set out to describe how the role of nurses had expanded tremendously in health facilities in Uganda during the era of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) scale-up between 2004 and 2014.Methods A mixed-methods study was conducted in two phases. Phase One entailed a cross-sectional health facility survey (n=195) to assess the extent to which human resource management strategies (such as task shifting) were common. Phase Two entailed qualitative case-studies of 16 (of the 195) health facilities for an in-depth understanding of the strategies adopted (e.g. nurse-centred HIV care). We adopted a qualitatively-led mixed methods approach whereby core thematic analyses were supported by descriptive statistics.Results We found that nurses were the most represented cadre of health workers involved in the overall leadership of HIV clinics across Uganda. Most of nurse-led HIV clinics were based in rural settings although this trend was fairly even across all settings (rural/urban/peri-urban). A number of health facilities in our sample (n=36) deliberately adopted nurse-led HIV care models. Nurses were empowered to be multi-skilled with a wide range of competencies across the HIV care continuum right from HIV testing to mainstream clinical HIV disease management. In several facilities, nursing cadre were the backbone of ART service delivery. A select number of facilities devised differentiated models of task shifting from physicians to doctors to nurses in which the latter handled patients who were stable on ART.Conclusion Overall, our study reveals a wide expansion in the scope-of-practice of nurses during the initial ART scale-up phase in Uganda. Nurses were thrust in roles of HIV disease management that were traditionally the preserve of medical doctors. Our study underscores the importance of reforming regulatory frameworks governing nursing workforce scope of practice in Uganda such as the need for evolving a policy on task shifting which is currently lacking in Uganda.

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Women's COPD

Frontiers in Medicine ◽

10.3389/fmed.2021.600107 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Author(s):

Maéva Zysman ◽

Chantal Raherison-Semjen

Keyword(s):

Disease Management ◽

Pulmonary Rehabilitation ◽

Clinical Presentation ◽

Chronic Obstructive ◽

Specific Population ◽

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽

Medical Consultations ◽

The Usa

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is no longer a respiratory disease that predominantly affects men, to the point where the prevalence among women has equaled that of men since 2008, partly due to their increasing exposure to tobacco and to biomass fuels. Indeed, COPD has become the leading cause of death in women in the USA. A higher susceptibility of female to smoking and pollutants could explain this phenomenon. Besides, the clinical presentation appears different among women with more frequent breathlessness, anxiety or depression, lung cancer (especially adenocarcinoma), undernutrition and osteoporosis. Quality of life is also more significantly impaired in women. The theories advanced to explain these differences involve the role of estrogens, smaller bronchi, impaired gas exchange in the lungs and smoking habits. Usual medications (bronchodilators, ICS) demonstrated similar trends for exacerbation prevention and lung function improvement in men and women. There is an urgent need to recognize the increasing burden of COPD in women and therefore to facilitate global improvements in disease management (smoking cessation, pulmonary rehabilitation…) in half of the population. Nevertheless, important limitations to the treatment of women with COPD include greater under-diagnosis than in men, fewer spirometry tests and medical consultations. In conclusion there is an urgent need to recognize the increasing burden of COPD in women and therefore to facilitate globally improvements in disease management in this specific population.

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The Role of 3D-Printed Phantoms and Devices for Organ-specified Appliances in Urology

International Journal of Bioprinting ◽

10.18063/ijb.v7i2.333 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Natanael Parningotan Agung ◽

Muhammad Hanif Nadhif ◽

Gampo Alam Irdam ◽

Chaidir Arif Mochtar

Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

Disease Management ◽

Surgical Planning ◽

Literature Search ◽

Anatomical Models ◽

Current Role ◽

Genitourinary System ◽

Planning Strategy ◽

3D Printed

Urology is one of the fields that are always at the frontline of bringing scientific advancements into clinical practice, including 3D printing (3DP). This study aims to discuss and presents the current role of 3D-printed phantoms and devices for organ-specified applications in urology. The discussion started with a literature search regarding the two mentionedtopics within PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and EBSCOhost databases. 3D-printed urological organ phantoms are reported for providing residents new insight regarding anatomical characteristics of organs, either normal or diseased, in a tangible manner. Furthermore, 3D-printed organ phantoms also helped urologists to prepare a pre-surgical planning strategy with detailed anatomical models of the diseased organs. In some centers, 3DP technology also contributed to developing specified devicesfor disease management. To date, urologists have been benefitted by 3D-printed phantoms and devices in the education and disease management of organs of in the genitourinary system, including kidney, bladder, prostate, ureter, urethra, penis, and adrenal. It is safe to say that 3DP technology can bring remarkable changes to daily urological practices.

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