Bibliometric Analysis on Dengue Virus (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehwish Arshad ◽  
Malik Muhammad Saad Missen ◽  
Ali Mustapha Qamar ◽  
Mujtaba Husnain ◽  
Gyu Sang Choi
Keyword(s):  
Dengue Virus ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Disease Spread ◽  
Digital Object Identifier ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Virus Research ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND Dengue is an acute pyretic disease spread by the mosquito-borne dengue virus. It is a self-limiting illness, characterized by fever, myalgia, headache, and rash, and its severe forms are hemorrhagic fever and shock syndrome may lead to multisystem participation and death. The dengue was originated in animals specifically in the monkeys that further overturned into human beings about 500 years ago. Initially, this virus was observed in the subcontinents of Africa and Southeast Asia in mid of 20th century. The dengue viruses in viremic individuals and the Aedes aegypti mosquito (yellow fever mosquito) were the main factors involved in spreading this virus throughout tropical Southeast Asia via maritime shipments. A number of experiments were performed in the last two decades for the remedy of this disease that needs to be arranged in some manageable form for extracting research-oriented information. OBJECTIVE The bibliometric analysis is one of the popular approaches to analyzing the literature review that helps in the mapping of research and development (R&D) activities. We implement this analysis model in illustrating and quantifying the scientific scenario related to dengue research worldwide. While performing the bibliometric analysis we can produce scalable results from an individual to an international level by depicting the collaboration of each author, the role of the impact factor of highly active journals, etc. METHODS In order to perform the above-mentioned task, the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases were selected as the repository of the noteworthy research work done in various tasks related to the dengue virus. In total, 18607 publications were considered within the period 1872-2019. Among these, a total of 9664 and 30604 documents were retrieved from WoS and Scopus databases respectively. After merging the data and eliminating the duplicates, the total number of publications was 32150. Furthermore, on the basis of the titles and abstracts, a total of 18607 studies were retrieved related to dengue virus research excluding the studies related to other diseases and viruses. The retrieved documents include articles, books, conference papers, data papers, editorials, erratum, letters, meeting abstracts, news items, notes, proceeding papers, reprint, review, and short survey papers. The metadata of the retrieved publications contains the information including the date of publication, authors, affiliation, digital object identifier (DOI), the title, abstract, name of the journal, and keywords, among other key aspects that were managed in Excel. For visualization and analysis purposes, state-of-art tools like Mendeley, Microsoft Excel, Biblioshiny, and VOS-viewer (version 1.6.15) were used. RESULTS After performing a careful analysis of the retrieved 18607 publications, it was observed that about 79.00% (14625) of the total articles were the original research papers, 5.99% (1115) were review and survey articles, 4.72% (878) were the editorial letters and remaining 3.41% (635) were the conference proceedings. Furthermore, it was also witnessed that 90.57% (16844) of the collected research articles were published in English and the remaining 9.47% (1763) are published in other languages. Among the journals that published these articles, the international journal “American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene” stood first having the highest number of papers (698) published in this journal. The research group of academic institutes of Mahidol University, University of Malaya, and the National University of Singapore contributed more than the other universities. The average citation of the top 15 articles was found to be 1,213. The paper having the title “The Global Distribution and Burden of Dengue” was the most cited (3833) as compared with other papers. The network visualization maps conclude that the most frequent terms that appeared in the papers were dengue, dengue virus, antibodies, female, aedes, mosquito, virus replication, epidemic, dengue vaccine. CONCLUSIONS The bibliometric analysis concluded that there is a strong bonding between the authors and institutions for instance Mr. HARRIS E from The University of California, USA is found to be the most productive author with 158 published articles. In general, this study not only demonstrates a full understanding of global dengue virus research but also can contribute to forthcoming further research in this field.

scholarly journals Examining the state of positive education in tertiary education across East, South and Southeast Asia: a scoping review protocol

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Hall ◽  
Jesika Juliana ◽  
Mageswary Manickam ◽  
Anil Singh Toor Sunil Singh ◽  
Sylvia Tan Sze Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Positive Education

The goal of positive education is to improve students’ well-being, as well as academic performance. This holistic approach to student development is on the rise, yet most of the academic research on positive education is conducted in Western countries. This is despite the fact that two-thirds of the world’s population live in Asia. The primary aim of this scoping review is to rigorously examine the extent of the current original research work on positive education within public and private higher education institutions across South, East, and Southeast Asia. The descriptive analyses will shed light on the amount, the nature and the characteristics of this work done so far and identify any major gaps in the evidence base. It is anticipated that by presenting the results in an accessible and summarised format, stakeholders will be well placed to make effective use of the findings. To promote transparency, we report our planned methodology for that scoping review. This protocol is published during the literature search stage, before data charting has started.

scholarly journals Mapping the structure and evolution of JISIB: A bibliometric analysis of articles published in the Journal of Intelligence Studies in Business between 2011 and 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Ricardo López-Robles ◽  
Jose Ramón Otegi-Olaso ◽  
Rubén Arcos ◽  
Nadia Karina Gamboa- Rosales ◽  
Hamurabi Gamboa-Rosales
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Open Platform ◽  
The Impact

Today, organizations are facing technological, economic and social challenges thatrequire the intelligent use of data, information and knowledge. To this end, organizations aredeveloping capabilities around intelligence. From the organizational point of view, intelligencein business is a relatively new field study, so it is convenient to know and understand what themain themes are and their evolution in order to facilitate their integration. Taking this intoaccount, the current research conducts a conceptual and structural analysis of the Journal ofIntelligence Studies in Business (JISIB). JISIB is one of the few academic journals devotedpurely to publishing articles about business intelligence, collective intelligence, competitiveintelligence, economic intelligence, market intelligence, marketing intelligence, scientific andtechnical intelligence, strategic intelligence, and their equivalent terms in other languages. Thisanalysis is carried out by quantifying the main bibliometric performance indicators, identifyingthe main authors and evaluating the development of the main themes within it using SciMATas a bibliometric analysis software. To this purpose, the documents published in JISIB from2011 to 2017 were retrieved from two different sources: the JISIB official web page and the Webof Science. In this way, the bibliometric performance analysis evaluates the impact of thescientific output based on publications and their citations, while science mapping illustrates theintellectual structure of the journal and the evolution of the main research themes. Bearing inmind that JISIB provides an open platform for the publication of original research articles,opinion articles, book reviews and conference proceedings about the intelligence field, thisresearch allows to understand its structure and evolution and all the themes associated with it.It provides a framework to support intelligence researchers and professionals in thedevelopment and direction of future research by identifying emerging, transversal, core anddeclining themes. Finally, this study includes a performance analysis of JISIB.

scholarly journals Bibliometric Analysis of Community Pharmacy Research Activities in Nepal over a period of 1992-2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil Shrestha ◽  
Deepa Shakya ◽  
Resha Dangol ◽  
Krisha Danekhu ◽  
Shailesh Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Community Pharmacist ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Community Pharmacy Services ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Mesh Terms ◽  
The Impact

Introduction: Community pharmacy services are an integral part of the healthcare system directly involved in providing safe and effective patient care services. Despite the beneficial role of the community pharmacist, limited research focusing on their roles and responsibilities have been conducted. Thus, a bibliometric study was carried out to give a bibliometric overview of publications on community pharmacy in Nepal. Method: This is a bibliometric review of published literature of articles on community pharmacy in Nepal. The extensive literature search was carried out using PubMed, Google Scholar, NepJol as the sources of data. The community-based articles published from January 1, 1992, up to December 31, 2018, were retrieved. The keywords or medical subject headings (MeSH) terms, such as “Community Pharmacy”, “Community Pharmacist”, “Community Pharmacies”, “Community Pharmaceutical Services”, “Community Pharmaceutical Service”, "Private Pharmacy" and "Retail Pharmacy" were used.  Nepal was entered as a country affiliation. Result: A total of forty-seven articles were retrieved, of which 87.5% (N=47) were based on original research papers. The maximum number of an article published in a single year was 17.02% (The majority [8 (17.02%]) of articles were published in 2016. The average number of authors per article was 4.65 with a standard deviation of 2.33. These articles were published in 38 journals, of which 10 articles were published in the journal without the impact factor or Scimago Journal and Country Rank. Conclusion: Scientific publications from community pharmacy settings are scant in Nepal. Hence, more analytical research work should be carried out to enhance the community pharmacy services and to promote the quality use of medicines in Nepalese society.

scholarly journals Psychosocial and Mental Health Issues of the Migrants Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic in India: A Narrative Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 025371762110448
Author(s):  
Gurvinder Pal Singh
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Psychosocial Issues ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Google Search ◽  
The Impact

Background: The objective of this review was to identify and synthesize the findings of the existing literature that highlighted the psychosocial and mental health issues of the migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Materials and Methods: An exploration of the PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Google search, and some other manual searches was undertaken so that no relevant study was missed. A search on Indian scientific literature and cross-references retrieved was also conducted to get further information. The period of the search has been one year from March 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021. The database was searched with the terms “migrants,” “migrant workers,” “COVID-19 pandemic,” “lockdown,” “migrant population,” “mental health issues,” “psychosocial issues” to retrieve the published literature. Results: Initially, 48 research articles were retrieved and 10 of them were excluded as they had no sufficient information about mental and psychosocial challenges faced by the migrants. In the remaining 38 articles, 9 articles were original research work ( n = 9) published from India related to the impact of COVID-19 on migrants. The second category consisted of editorials or commentary or letters to the editor or policy paper on psychosocial and mental health aspects of migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic ( n = 17). The third category was 11 articles on perspectives or opinions or viewpoints ( n = 11) related to various psychosocial and mental health issues among migrants in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. Predominantly psychosocial issues found among migrants were living conditions, basic needs, family concerns, and joblessness. The mental health issues found among migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic included psychological distress, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders. Conclusion: Existing literature from India has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted the psychosocial and mental health status of the migrants in India. This review suggests the need for more research work from the affected states of India and the development of psychosocial and mental health intervention strategies to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants.

scholarly journals Modelling the Leachability of Strontium and Barium from Stone Building Materials

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3403
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Pękala ◽  
Michał Musiał
Keyword(s):  
Trace Elements ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Porous Silica ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Stone Material ◽  
Geochemical Analyses ◽  
Geochemical Studies ◽  
The Impact

In order that the impact on the environment and human beings can be assessed, it may prove necessary for geochemical research work to entail determinations of concentrations of trace elements in building materials, and it is also likely that this will be a time-consuming and financially-demanding business. Additionally, once basic research has been carried out to determine the mineral composition and structural and textural features, it will then be important to determine concentrations of elements that affect the surrounding natural environment and the health of human beings. This paper thus describes mineralogical and geochemical analyses performed on the stone material that opoka rocks represent. Mineralogical studies have shown that the studied opoka rocks most often have cryptocrystalline silica dispersed among carbonate components. The texture of the rock is slightly porous. Silica in the form of type opal A and CT (cristobalite–tridymite) is the main mineral component of the opoka rocks. Carbonate minerals represented by calcite were an important component in the opoka rocks. Earlier geochemical studies focused on the concentration of Sr and Ba. However, the determination of the leachability of these elements as a function of time is a novelty in this study. Trace elements leached from the material matrix were made subject to determinations. The MATLAB program was used to assess leachability in the cases of both strontium and barium, by reference to the Mamdani–Assilian fuzzy algorithm. The presented work has thus sought to experiment with the use of statistical methods to monitor the effectiveness of geochemical processes taking place over time.

Piezoelectric β-polymorph formation of new textiles by surface modification with coating process based on interfacial interaction on the conformational variation of poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) chains

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 31301
Author(s):  
Nabil Chakhchaoui ◽  
Rida Farhan ◽  
Meriem Boutaldat ◽  
Marwane Rouway ◽  
Adil Eddiai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Interfacial Interaction ◽  
Tetraethyl Orthosilicate ◽  
Poly Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Carbon Nanofillers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Advanced Applications

Novel textiles have received a lot of attention from researchers in the last decade due to some of their unique features. The introduction of intelligent materials into textile structures offers an opportunity to develop multifunctional textiles, such as sensing, reacting, conducting electricity and performing energy conversion operations. In this research work nanocomposite-based highly piezoelectric and electroactive β-phase new textile has been developed using the pad-dry-cure method. The deposition of poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) − carbon nanofillers (CNF) − tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), Si(OCH2CH3)4 was acquired on a treated textile substrate using coating technique followed by evaporation to transform the passive (non-functional) textile into a dynamic textile with an enhanced piezoelectric β-phase. The aim of the study is the investigation of the impact the coating of textile via piezoelectric nanocomposites based PVDF-CNF (by optimizing piezoelectric crystalline phase). The chemical composition of CT/PVDF-CNC-TEOS textile was detected by qualitative elemental analysis (SEM/EDX). The added of 0.5% of CNF during the process provides material textiles with a piezoelectric β-phase of up to 50% has been measured by FTIR experiments. These results indicated that CNF has high efficiency in transforming the phase α introduced in the unloaded PVDF, to the β-phase in the case of nanocomposites. Consequently, this fabricated new textile exhibits glorious piezoelectric β-phase even with relatively low coating content of PVDF-CNF-TEOS. The study demonstrates that the pad-dry-cure method can potentially be used for the development of piezoelectric nanocomposite-coated wearable new textiles for sensors and energy harvesting applications. We believe that our study may inspire the research area for future advanced applications.

Microstructural and Mechanical Behaviour Evaluation of Mg-Al-Zn Alloy Friction Stir Welded Joint

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 8150-8159
Author(s):  
Kulwant Singh ◽  
Gurbhinder Singh ◽  
Harmeet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Friction Stir Welding ◽  
Magnesium Alloys ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Fuel Efficiency ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Grain Structure ◽  
Tensile Fracture ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
The Impact

The weight reduction concept is most effective to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from vehicles, which also improves fuel efficiency. Amongst lightweight materials, magnesium alloys are attractive to the automotive sector as a structural material. Welding feasibility of magnesium alloys acts as an influential role in its usage for lightweight prospects. Friction stir welding (FSW) is an appropriate technique as compared to other welding techniques to join magnesium alloys. Field of friction stir welding is emerging in the current scenario. The friction stir welding technique has been selected to weld AZ91 magnesium alloys in the current research work. The microstructure and mechanical characteristics of the produced FSW butt joints have been investigated. Further, the influence of post welding heat treatment (at 260 °C for 1 h) on these properties has also been examined. Post welding heat treatment (PWHT) resulted in the improvement of the grain structure of weld zones which affected the mechanical performance of the joints. After heat treatment, the tensile strength and elongation of the joint increased by 12.6 % and 31.9 % respectively. It is proven that after PWHT, the microhardness of the stir zone reduced and a comparatively smoothened microhardness profile of the FSW joint obtained. No considerable variation in the location of the tensile fracture was witnessed after PWHT. The results show that the impact toughness of the weld joints further decreases after post welding heat treatment.

Impacto de la comunicación de la responsabilidad social universitaria en la selección de universidad y efecto mediador de la reputación

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Erazo-Coronado ◽  
Sergio Llano-Arristizábal ◽  
Miguel Garcés-Prettel ◽  
Ana-María Erazo-Coronado
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
University Selection ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Institutional Websites

The emerging concept of university social responsibility (USR) consists in the fulfillment of the mission of the university in terms of ethical standards, community support, respect for human beings, and respect for the environment. Thus, universities must not only provide professional training but also instill ethical principles in students to allow them to behave as good citizens and help solve community problems. On the other hand, competition for students requires efficient management of university reputation and communication with their stakeholders, to demonstrate the accomplishment of the university’s mission and attract potential students. The objective of this paper is thus to explain the causal relationship between communication about university social responsibility (USR) activities through institutional websites and university selection, as well as the role of reputation. Research work was carried out based on an explanatory cross-sectional design, with a sample of 356 subjects from a population of 11th-grade students from public and private schools in the City of Barranquilla (Colombia). The results revealed that USR communication through institutional websites has a significant influence on university selection, not only directly but also indirectly, through reputation as a mediating variable. These findings contribute at a theoretical level by providing empirical evidence to understand and explain the analyzed topic. Furthermore, the results provide useful information to evaluate USR disclosure and implement strategies to make progress on USR issues. Resumen El naciente concepto de responsabilidad social universitaria (RSU) consiste en el cumplimiento de la misión de la universidad dentro de unos estándares éticos, de apoyo a la comunidad, respeto al ser humano y al medio ambiente. Así, pues, la universidad no sólo debe impartir formación profesional, sino inculcar a sus estudiantes principios éticos que les permitan comportarse como buenos ciudadanos y contribuir a la solución de los problemas de la comunidad. Por otra parte, la competencia entre universidades exige una gestión eficiente de su reputación y de la comunicación con sus distintos stakeholders, para demostrar a la sociedad el cumplimiento de su misión social, y para atraer estudiantes potenciales hacia la institución. Por lo tanto, este artículo tiene como objetivo explicar la relación de causalidad entre la comunicación de las prácticas de RSU en los sitios web institucionales y la selección de universidad, y el papel mediador de la reputación en esta relación. Para lograrlo, se llevó a cabo una investigación cuantitativa de nivel explicativo experimental y diseño transversal, con una muestra conformada por 356 sujetos, de una población de estudiantes de grado 11º de colegios públicos y privados de la ciudad de Barranquilla (Colombia). Los resultados revelan que la comunicación de las prácticas de RSU en los sitios web institucionales ejerce una influencia significativa directa en la intención de selección de universidad, e indirecta, a través de la reputación como variable mediadora. La evidencia empírica aportada representa un avance teórico en la comprensión y explicación del fenómeno estudiado, e igualmente servirá para que las universidades evalúen si están comunicando adecuadamente su responsabilidad social y adopten estrategias para avanzar en este aspecto.

Smart Education Using the Social network Site Facebook a solution for Interactions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
shariq aziz butt
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Social Network Site ◽  
Network Site ◽  
The Social ◽  
Smart Education

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