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The Covid-19 pandemic occurred at a time of major revolution in the geosciences – the era of digital geology. Digital talking rock app software shared with the wider audience through online and offiine platforms are a cornerstone of this digital geological revolution. Teaching geology with digital tools and app advances students' learning experience by providing access to highquality, enhancing visualization and improving data integration. Similarly, active use of talking rock app to integrate new field observations as well as laboratory will facilitate more effective fieldwork, qualitative and quantitative research. Talking rock app allow us to bring geoscientists to the digitally, which is particularly important in view of the Covid19 pandemic that restricts travel and thus direct access to rock museum. Talking rock is an android app that gives information about rock specimen about their physical properties. In this app, rock itself gives information to user after scanning the QR code or by selecting the number that is assigns to each rock specimen its looks like rock is talking with us. Arock gives information like its Common name, chemical composition, hardness, state, luster and its occurrence. This is currently working in English languages. Information of 40 species of rock specimen which is present in Rock Museum of Geology Department of G. S. Tompe Arts, Commerce & Science College, Chadur Bazar stored in this app. It was first time launched in this college at 4th Sept. 2021. (This is first type of Interactive app from India). This app is work online and offiine also. It was published in Google Play store on 3rd Sept. 2021 and it is registered for copyright in 2020.
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Objective: Two types of symbols have been established as industry standards in terms of two-dimensional (2D) symbols with prescription information: one for objects to be printed on prescriptions and the other for electronic versions of medication diaries. However, no studies have investigated the system for using 2D symbols in pharmacies and hospitals/clinics as well as the quality of the information actually stored in these 2D symbols. Therefore, we conducted a survey to clarify the current status and problems pertaining to prescription information sharing via 2D symbols.Methods: We distributed questionnaires to community pharmacies through the Fukui Pharmaceutical Association and asked them to cooperate with us during the survey. The list of items in the survey included the installation status of devices necessary for reading 2D symbols at each pharmacy, receipt computer in use, and status of the support issued by hospitals/clinics for reading 2D symbols. At the same time, we received 2D symbols created by community pharmacies and conducted reading tests to examine issues related to the collection of prescription information via 2D symbols at medical institutions.Results: The response rate for the survey was 21.8%. Among the 57 stores that responded to the survey, 26 (45.6%) answered that they could read prescription symbols, and 22 of them had actually used the system till date. In addition, 38 community pharmacies were able to provide the 2D symbols for medication diaries. Of the 30 provided symbols for medication diaries, 16 (53.3%) could be read as Japanese data by the barcode reader used.Conclusions: It has become clear that the 2D symbols with stored prescription information are not being completely utilized at present, as both community pharmacies and hospitals/clinics face several issues such as hardware maintenance, software updates, and time and effort required for the usage.
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Introduction: Medical school museums are a permanent educational resource that provides access at the individual’s convenience. Many factors contributed to the decline of museum use: the high maintenance costs and the large amount of floor space. So, the objective of the present study was to assess the effect of “upgraded museum” settings on medical student’s satisfaction, knowledge, attitude and skills and to compare with traditional teaching settings. Material and Methods: All the 148 students were taught breast and thyroid topics during lecture hours. Pre-test was conducted for whole batch before the tutorials, using 50 multiple choice questions. For tutorials, students were divided into two groups (A and B) of 74 and 74 respectively. Group A (control group) were subjected to the traditional museum setting tutorials of having question / answer session and clarifying student doubts. Group B (experimental group) were exposed to innovative teaching &Learning aids like QR code generation and pasting it on museum specimens and corresponding slides and reading them by using smart phone applications. At the end of the two tutorial topics, all students (both control group and experimental group) were subjected to an examination having 50 multiple choice questions. Results: Group wise analysis of motivational levels based on Post-test Score (Experimental Group vs. Control Group) (Both topics). The significant t-value in the post tests indicates that the motivational levels of the Experiment group are much more than the control group of II year MBBS students. Conclusion: Innovative teaching &Learning methods at museum contribute to the improvement of skills; they provide a means for fun in the course, enrich the educational environment, encourage active participation and contribute to the reinforcement of knowledge gained in the course.
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Objective: Xueteng-related herbs include Spatholobi Caulis (Jixueteng in Chinese), Sargentodoxae Caulis (Daxueteng in Chinese), Kadsurae Caulis (Dianjixueteng in Chinese), and other medicinal plant stems that release reddish-brown juices after being cut. However, similarity in phonetic spelling and sound leads to their misuse in clinic or commercial circulation. Accurate labeling is imperative as well as effective for species identification. Methods: In this study, the ITS2 sequences of 76 samples of Xueteng-related herbs were obtained and analyzed to identify them. And then they were converted into QR codes using the open source PHP QR code. Also, a DNA barcode reference library was established according to these sequences and was used to authenticate the 25 samples of Xueteng-related herbs collected from the market. Results: The lengths of the ITS2 sequences of different Xueteng-related herbs ranged from 207 to 235 bp and the GC contents were 57.5%−71.0%. Jixueteng, Daxueteng, and Dianjixueteng were clustered into three clades respectively in the neighbor-joining (NJ) phylogenetic tree, and the efficiency of the BLAST method was 100%. The ITS2 sequences of different Xueteng-related herbs were presented vividly and specifically in QR code. Twenty-two of all 25 commercial samples were consistent with the original labels, whereas three samples marked “Dianjixueteng” were authenticated as “Jixueteng”. Conclusion: QR code labeling system based on DNA barcode is an effective labeling system of Xueteng-related herbs for their circulation regulation.
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Identifying unknown or missing people by using denture marking is a successful method of identification in forensic investigation. It is also useful for patients residing in hospitals and community homes where dentures could be misplaced, particularly during cleaning by personnel where there is a chance of loss or mix-up. The importance of placing identification marks on dentures has long been acknowledged by the dental profession,although no standard method has been developed. Majority of surface marking and inclusion methods are expensive,time consuming,and do not permit incorporation of large amount of information. This article presents a new and easy technique for incorporating large amount of information into the denture by using QR code. It also explains about the importance of keeping medical information into the denture other than mere forensic investigation.
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El Código QR es un código bidimensional, fácilmente identificable por los tres cuadros ubicados en las esquinas superiores e inferior izquierda. Puede contener información de caracteres alfanuméricos, símbolos, Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, códigos binarios y códigos de control. Es omnidireccional y su lectura puede realizarse desde un dispositivo móvil. Se realizó una revisión de artículos de las bases Scielo y Pubmed con el objetivo de indagar acerca de las aplicaciones de estos códigos en las ciencias de la salud y proponer algunas de estas para el Sistema Nacional de Salud cubano, cuya introducción ha sido paulatina, principalmente en la práctica y en la educación médica. Sin embargo, la diseminación y el uso es aún incipiente y existen muchas oportunidades. Un sistema de identificación nacional en salud permitiría una autentificación más fácil, rápida y efectiva, con un ahorro sustancial de recursos. Las empresas farmacéuticas podrían emplear un sistema similar, en este caso con informaciones de medicamentos. A pesar de sus limitaciones, son diversas las aplicaciones que poseen estos códigos en los servicios de salud. Esto, unido a la expansión tecnológica que vive hoy Cuba, permitirá en un futuro mediato la generalización y la difusión de estas tecnologías en beneficio de la sociedad.
The QR code is a two-dimensional code easily identifiable by the three boxes located in the top corners and the bottom left corner. It may contain information in alphanumeric characters, symbols, Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, binary codes and control codes. It is omnidirectional and may be read from a mobile device. A review was conducted of papers from the databases Scielo and Pubmed about the uses of these codes in health sciences so as to propose some of those to the Cuban National Health System, where their introduction has been gradual, mainly in medical practice and education. However, their spread and use is still incipient and many opportunities still lie ahead. A national identification system for the health sector would allow easy, fast, effective authentication with substantial resource savings. Pharmaceutical enterprises could use a similar system, in their case with information about drugs. Despite their limitations, these codes may be used for a variety of purposes in health services. This possibility, combined with the current technological expansion experienced by Cuba, will permit generalization and dissemination of these technologies in the near future for the benefit of society.
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The paper analyzes problems existed in health certificate issuing management among employees in the service industries in Xi'an and points out the necessity of using informatization means to assist health certificate data management.It proposes the scheme of u-sing the management system based on two-dimensional code technology to manage health certificate information and makes detailed de-scription of design and realization of the system.