An Appraisal of Behavioural and Non-Behavioural Factors Influencing the Male Infertility: Narrative Approach

Male infertility implies a man can't begin a pregnancy with his female accomplice. Male infertility can have many causes. You may not make sufficient sperm or sound sperm. You might have a hereditary issue like cystic fibrosis. You might have a blockage in your genital plot. According to the latest WHO statistics, approximately 50– 80 million people worldwide suffer from infertility, and male factors are responsible for approximately 20– 30% of all infertility cases. The diagnosis of infertility in men is mainly based on semen analysis. the incidence of male infertility has increased worldwide. Infertility is characterized as the failure of couples to have a child following one year of customary unprotected intercourse, influencing 10 to 15% of couples. It is necessary to study the factors that influence male infertility in each area/region for better management. This paper represents various factors based on behavioral and non-behavioral conditions prompting for male infertility augmentation rapidly.

Nutritional assessment of servicemen in relation to area of duty and feeding habits: a Pakistani prospective

Abstract The present study was carried out to determine incidence of overweight and obesity in Pakistani servicemen with reference to their area of duty, feeding habits and also to identify risk factors. Accordingly, 2,501 servicemen selected from all over Pakistan using multiple stage stratified sampling protocol. Nutrition assessment performed using body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHR) and dietary assessment using food frequency questionnaire. Collected data was analyzed using the SPSS version 25. Regression was used to find risk factors of obesity and WHR. Results indicated that about 1/4th of servicemen were smokers. Approximately, 1/5th of them were overweight and about one quarter were eating fruits and vegetables for 3 days/ week and 4 days/week, respectively. Only 1/3rd of them were physically active for at least 40 minutes per day. Age and fruits intake were significantly predicting BMI with a direct relation and vegetable intake was negatively correlated to BMI of the servicemen. Age and rank were significant predictors of WHR while, physical activity was negatively correlated to WHR. It is concluded and suggested from our study that there is a need to modify eating patterns and habits as well as improving physical activity on daily basis for healthy and long life of the servicemen.

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Application and analysis of ethnic medicines in "Three Minorities" in Inner Mongolia / 中国中药杂志

This paper investigates and counts the ethnic medicines of the Ewenki,Daur and Oroqen ethnic groups,which are known as the " Three Minorities" in Inner Mongolia. Through the methods of literature collection,interview investigation,and resource investigation,different ethnic medicines were collected on the main diseases,drug varieties,drug-injection sites,and drug administration methods. Through data statistics and SPSS analysis,the similarities and individual differences between the three ethnic groups were clarified. The results indicated the predicament of the current national medicine,which is helpful for the protection and inheritance of ethnic medicine.

Occurrence of II and V staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec types among coagulase-negative staphylococci from Northeastern part of India

Introduction: Coagulase Negative Staphylococci, the most commonly isolated pathogen are becoming emerging threats to the community as well as to the nosocomial environment. The present study underscores the distribution of Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types among Methicillin resistant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci from the environmental origin. Methods and Materials: Environmental and food sample (n = 460) from different location of northeastern region of India were collected for a period of one year and were phenotypically and genotypically screened using cefoxitin disc and PCR techniques for mecA and mecC gene detection. All the MR-CoNS isolates possessing mecA gene were subjected to 16srDNA sequencing for species identification. SCCmec typing was determined by evaluating using primer sets from type I to type V. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed for all the isolates. Statistical analysis with chi-square test using SPSS-21 statistical software. Results: Methicillin resistance shown by one hundred forty three isolates were carried out for molecular analysis, among them 53.84% serves as mecA carrier. Distribution of Staphylococcus haemolyticus was more frequent and was found that SCCmec types II and V were predominant among the study isolates. Linezolid was the drug of choice for the CoNS isolates. Statistical analysis showed an insignificant result for the tested antibiotics and SCCmec types. Conclusion: This study therefore interprets the relative importance of SCCmec types among MR-CoNS isolates.

Estatística descritiva: perguntas que você sempre quis fazer, mas nunca teve coragem / Descriptive statistics: questions you have always wanted to ask, but never had the courage to

A revista do HCPA (Clinical & Biomedical Research) está reabrindo a seção de Bioestatística com o intuito de apresentar artigos explicativos, conceituais ou tutoriais, de modo a elucidar os leitores sobre os mais diversos temas estatísticos. Neste contexto, este artigo será o primeiro de uma série que tem como objetivo responder algumas das questões mais levantadas por pesquisadores da área da saúde. Começando pela Estatística Descritiva, alguns conceitos são esclarecidos e diversas referências são indicadas para o estudo do tema e para análises em SPSS ou R-project. (AU)

The HCPA journal (Clinical & Biomedical Research) is reopening its Biostatistics section with the aim of presenting readers with explanatory, conceptual or tutorial articles on a wide range of statistical topics. In this context, this is the first in a series of articles seeking to answer some of the questions raised by health researchers. Starting with descriptive statistics, some concepts are introduced and several references are indicated for those interested in studying the topic and performing analyses in SPSS or R-project. (AU)

Clinical Significance of Serum Biomarker S100B to Predict Outcome After Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults

Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common cause of death and disability, worldwide. Early recognition of patients with brain cellular damage allows for early rehabilitation and patient outcome improvement. Serum protein S-100B determinations have been widely suggested the most promising biomarker for TBI. It has been proposed that this marker is useful in a Neurointensive Care Unit (NICU) as a monitoring parameter. The main objective of this study is to assess the value of including acute S100B levels in standard clinical data as an early screening tool for brain death after severe TBI. Material and methods In this prospective study, the clinical conditions of patients with mild to moderate TBI were assessed and patient serum S100B levels measured within 24h of injury were eligible for inclusion in the study using by electro chemi luminescence (ECL). Patients were admitted to The Govt. Trauma Centre, P.B.M. Hospital, Bikaner in NICU and followed up one month later and evaluated for level of consciousness, presence or absence of post-traumatic headache, and daily activity performance (using the Barthel scale). Student's t-test and the chi-square test were used for the data analysis, which was performed using SPSS software. Result and discussion The mean serum S100B value was significantly lower for patients with minor TBI than for patients with moderate TBI (20.4 ± 12.6 ng/dl and 124.0 ± 235.0 ng/dl, respectively). Patients with normal CT scans also had statistically significantly lower serum S100B levels than patients with abnormal CT findings. The mean S100B value was statistically significantly higher for patients with suspected diffused axonal injury (596.18 ± 502.1 ng/dl) than for patients with other abnormal CT findings (p=0.000): 20.97 ± 19.9 ng/dl in patients with normal CT results; 39.56 ± 21.7 ng/dl in patients with skull bone fracture; 50.38 ± 22.9 ng/dl in patients with intracranial haemorrhage; and 70.23 ± 31.3 ng/dl in patients with fracture plus intracranial haemorrhage. Conclusion Serum S100B levels increase in patients with minor to moderate TBIs, especially in those with diffused axonal injury. However, serum S100B values cannot accurately predict one-month neuropsychological outcomes and performance.

Visualization Study on Hot Spots of Research on Siraitiae Fructus in Recent Ten Years Based on Double Clustering Analysis / 中国中医药信息杂志

Objective To use double clustering analysis and visualization method to analyze the research on Siraitiae Fructus in recent ten years; To know the hot spots and trend of research. Methods Relevant research about Siraitiae Fructus in CNKI from January of 2007 to December of 2016 was retrieved by computers, and the retrieval time was February 20th, 2017. BICOMB, NetDraw, gCLUTO and SPSS19.0 software were used to conduct double clustering analysis and visualization analysis for included articles. Keywords were analyzed, and social network graph, visualization matrix, peak image and multidimensional scaling analysis map were drawn. Correlation among high-frequency key words were analyzed. Results Totally 723 articles were included, among which 70 articles were issued during 2012–2016; 76 key words were obtained by key word co-occurrence network map, among which mogroside, MOG, extraction process, tissue culture, cultivation technology, varieties, growth and development were in the core position; visualization and the peak image showed that the topics in this research field could be divided into 6 categories; research hotspot dynamic evolution showed that Siraitiae Fructus flower, beverage, total flavonoids, gene expression, gene cloning, enzyme, apoptosis, and Siraitiae Fructus seed oil would be the hot spots of further study. Conclusion This study reveals that the research on Siraitiae Fructus in the recent ten years are becoming mature, and expand to deep level.

Visualization Study on Hot Spots of Research on Siraitiae Fructus in Recent Ten Years Based on Double Clustering Analysis / 中国中医药信息杂志

Objective To use double clustering analysis and visualization method to analyze the research on Siraitiae Fructus in recent ten years; To know the hot spots and trend of research. Methods Relevant research about Siraitiae Fructus in CNKI from January of 2007 to December of 2016 was retrieved by computers, and the retrieval time was February 20th, 2017. BICOMB, NetDraw, gCLUTO and SPSS19.0 software were used to conduct double clustering analysis and visualization analysis for included articles. Keywords were analyzed, and social network graph, visualization matrix, peak image and multidimensional scaling analysis map were drawn. Correlation among high-frequency key words were analyzed. Results Totally 723 articles were included, among which 70 articles were issued during 2012–2016; 76 key words were obtained by key word co-occurrence network map, among which mogroside, MOG, extraction process, tissue culture, cultivation technology, varieties, growth and development were in the core position; visualization and the peak image showed that the topics in this research field could be divided into 6 categories; research hotspot dynamic evolution showed that Siraitiae Fructus flower, beverage, total flavonoids, gene expression, gene cloning, enzyme, apoptosis, and Siraitiae Fructus seed oil would be the hot spots of further study. Conclusion This study reveals that the research on Siraitiae Fructus in the recent ten years are becoming mature, and expand to deep level.

Application of propensity score matching method in the medical scientific research and operation of SPSS / 中华医学科研管理杂志

Objective To explore the application of Propensity Score Matching Methods in medical scientific research,and demonstrate the operation process of SPSS.Methods This article summarized and discussed the principle and application of PSM through the literature,a real example was adopted to introduce the operation procedures of SPSS.Results We can use PSM process to control confounding factors between the retrospective study groups effectively through SPSS.Conclusions PSM is an efficient tool to conduct retrospective study.It can provide necessary help for clinical data mining.

Tilt of IOLs and change of axial length in patients of posterior capsular opacification after Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

AIM: To study the tilt of the intraocular lens (IOL) after Nd:YAG capsulotomy (YAG) and variation of the axial length (AL) in patients with posterior capsular opacification (PCO).METHODS: The study involved 18 eyes of 14 patients with PCO after uncomplicated phacoemulsification surgery and IOL implantation.All patients had taken examinations,including testing best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) by using standard logarithmic visual acuity chart,images of ocular anterior segment and AL by OCT.After the examinations,YAG was operated upon all patients.Each eye received one drop of Diclofenac Sodium Eye Drops immediately after YAG,and patients had taken examinations listed above again.One week later,BCVA and OCT were tested as well.Data (BCVA,tilt of IOLs,and AL) were recorded and analyzed statistically by SPSS.RESULTS: Mean patient age was 73.93±6.94y,including 5 males and 9 females,8 left eyes and 10 right eyes,altogether 14 patients with 18 eyes.In this study,tilt of IOLs was defined as the angle of anterior surface of IOL and pupil plane (briefly called Tilt,unit:°).Before YAG,mean Tilt was 2.896±2.286°,mean AL was 23.56±0.55mm.1h after YAG,mean Tilt was 4.702±2.991°,mean AL was 23.40±0.59mm,and BCVA enhanced 3.72±1.74 lines.1wk after YAG,9 patients with 12 eyes were involved in the study.The mean Tilt of these 12 eyes was 3.175±1.791° 1h after YAG and 3.434±1.835° 1wk after YAG.There were significant differences between Tilt before YAG and Tilt 1h after YAG.There were no significant differences between AL before YAG and AL 1h after YAG.There were no significant differences between Tilt 1h after YAG and Tilt 1wk after YAG.The lines of enhancement of BCVA 1h after YAG was correlated to differences between Tilt before YAG and Tilt 1h after YAG,of which the correlation coefficient was-0.523.CONCLUSION: IOLs of patients with PCO tilted after YAG,while AL rarely changed.After YAG,the less IOLs tilted,the more BCVA enhanced.

Fast construction of child growth curve by SPSS software / 第二军医大学学报

Objective To establish a method for fast construction of child growth curve by SPSS software. Methods The data of 17 721 children from Shanghai were extracted from the data base of a cross-sectional survey of children aged 0-7 years old in nine regions of China in 2005. Then SPSS software was used to calculate the mean, standard deviation, the 3rd percentile (P3), 10th percentile (P10), 50th percentile (P50), 90th percentile (P90) and 97th percentile (P97) of the boys- age specific body mass. The curve estimation function was used to select the appropriate fitting model and to draw the body mass centile curve. The property of curves was modified in order to achieve the best effect. The template invocation function was used to overlap the curves. Results Smooth and consistent growth curve of P3, P10, P50, P90 and P97 for children in Shanghai were constructed through data calculation, curve estimation, curve fitting, template invocation and curve overlapping by SPSS software. Conclusion SPSS software can be used for fast construction of children7 s growth curves, and it has the advantages of convenient operation and good practicability, which makes it worthy of popularization.

Correlation between co-authorship network parameters and bibliometric assessment parameters / 中华医学图书情报杂志

Articles, reviews and proceeding papers published from 2012 to 2015 in medical, chemical and physical journals with the highest IF were retrieved from 2014 JCR and analyzed using the BICOMB software to generate the co-occurrence matrix of authors and plot the map of co-authorship network in medical, chemical and physical fields using the UCINET software.The correlation between the parameters for assessing the importance of co-au-thorship network nodes ( degree centrality, betweenness centrality, closeness centrality, eigenvector centrality) and biblimetric parameters of authors ( number of published papers, frequency of cited papers) was analyzed using the SPSS, which showed that degree centrality, betweenness centrality, and eigenvector centrality were positively corre-lated with the number of published papers and the frequency of cited papers whereas betweenness centrality was negatively correlated the number of published papers and the frequency of cited papers.Betweenness centrality was more significantly correlated with the number of published papers whereas degree centrality was more significantly correlated with the frequency of cited papers.

A retrospective study of forensic patients referred by the judicial courts of Cebu province & its component cities to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center- Psychiatry Department for Psychiatric Evaluation from 1999-2003

OBJECTIVES: This study will describe the demographic and clinical profile of forensic patients referred to VSMMC. It will describe the association between the ff: patients' mental disorder, their criminal offenses and the courts' decisions.METHODOLOGY: This is a retrospective study of all forensic patients referred by the Judicial Courts for psychiatric evaluation from 1999-2003 to the VSMMC and whose residential address was in Cebu Province and its component cities. Data was obtained from the hospital's Outpatient Department records and from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology after securing permission to review their files. Data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software i.e. frequency, percentage, correlation coefficient and chi square test for independence.RESULTS: Sixty-eight patients were included in the study. Majority of patients belonged to the age range of 20-39 years old (72.05%), mostly male (91.2%), single (67.65%), Roman Catholic (98.5%), from rural areas (83.8%) who reached either elementary (36.8%) or secondary (41.2%) levels but remained unemployed (77.9%). Majority (89.7%) of patients were diagnosed to have a psychotic disorder such as: Substance Induced Psychosis (41.2%), Schizophrenia (22.1%), Bipolar I (22.1%) and Brief Psychotic (4.4%). About a third of the cases (39.7%) were dismissed since these were less serious crimes such as illegal possession of methamphetamine HCl, theft, shoplifting and oral defamation; while 22.1% were convicted with serious crimes like murder, rape, homicide, and robbery. The correlation between patients' mental disorder and criminal offense committed was 24.496, while the correlation between the mental disorder and the judicial courts' decision was 21.937, both of which were statistically significant.CONCLUSION: The mental disorder of the offenders had an influence on the type of crime committed and on the judicial courts.

Epidata and SPSS software in dealing with multiple choice entry and statistical analysis methods in the study / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To explore how to use Epidata and SPSS software in process of coding,entry and statistical analysis of multiple choice conveniently and quickly.Methods On the basis of the hospital demands for nursing graduates behavior questionnaire,Epidata and SPSS software was adopted to realize information coding,entry and statistical analysis of multiple choice,directional selection problem,sort multiple-choice questions.Results Through examples show,a combination of the two software carried on reasonable coding,entry and processing in the three different types of multiple-choice questions,involved in the hospital demands for nursing graduates behavior questionnaire,and gave registration interface of Epidata software,multiple choice encoding and SPSS data analysis process.Conclusions The combination of the two kinds of software can greatly improve the speed of data entry,especially when the data sample is large.

Study on Compatibility Rules of Yin-Chen-Hao Decoction in Jaundice Treatment / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

Based on clues from the China CNKI database, 52 articles on Y in-Chen-Hao (YCH) decoction in the treatment of jaundice were screened. All modified YCH decoctions were taken. The ExcellPivotTable report and SPSS 19.0 factor analysis were used in the study of compatibility rules of YCH decoctions in the treatment of jaun-dice. The results showed that the prescription was mainly composed of heat-clearing drugs, water-dampness remov-ing drugs, drastic purgative drugs, which were combined with blood-activation and stasis-removing, qi-regulating drugs.

Research on the teaching design of elective course of SPSS and statistical data processing / 中华医学教育探索杂志

We mainly introduce the design of teaching objectives,teaching content,teaching strategies and teaching effect evaluation for the elective course of SPSS and statistical data processing and summarize and reflect on the implementation after teaching combined with the practical teaching of medical statistics.

Calculando o tamanho de efeito no SPSS / Calculating the Effect Size in SPSS

O tamanho de efeito é uma estatística descritiva que serve como complemento aoteste de significância estatística. Cada vez mais esse tipo de abordagem vem sendoestimulada, em alguns casos até exigida, pelas publicações da área científica.Foram escolhidas algumas medidas de tamanho de efeito para uma explicaçãomais detalhada: o tamanho de efeito de d de Cohen, g de Hedges, D de Glass paracomparação das médias de dois grupos e o f2 de Cohen utilizado na análise demedidas correlacionadas. Esses tamanhos de efeito foram calculados em exemplosobtidos a partir de simulação usando o SPSS v.18.0.0.

Effect size is a descriptive statistic that complements the statistical significancetest. The use of this type of approach has been increasingly stimulated, or evenrequired, in scientific publications. We selected some measures of effect size inorder to provide a more detailed explanation: the effect size of Cohen’s d, Hedges’g, Δ of Glass for comparison of the means of two groups, and Cohen’s f² was used inthe analysis of correlated measures. These effect sizes were calculated in samplesobtained from simulation using the SPSS v.18.

Uso do modelo de equações de estimativas generalizadas na análise dedados longitudinais / Use of the generalized estimating equation model in longitudinal data analysis

Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar o método de Equações de EstimativasGeneralizadas (GEE) para a análise de dados longitudinais, considerada, emmuitas ocasiões da área médica, melhor que a análise de variâncias para medidasrepetidas. Para um melhor entendimento, apresentamos um exemplo no programaSPSS, versão 18.0.0, mostrando como esta pode ser realizada e interpretada.

The objective of the present manuscript was to describe the method of Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) for longitudinal data analysis, which is considered to be better than the analysis of variance for repeated measures in many medical situations. For a better understanding, we present an example using the SPSS, version 18.0.0, and showing how GEE can be performed and interpreted.

Brief analysis of educational reform in medicine mathematical statistic curriculum / 中华医学教育探索杂志

There has been existing problems such as teaching method and test pattern in construction of medicine mathematical statistic curriculum in the medicine colleges. In combination with the teaching practice and the theory pondered,the article has elaborated several views to medicine mathematical statistic educational reform.

SPSS programs for blind review in drug clinical trials / 中国临床药理学与治疗学

This article discusses SYNTAX EDITOR'S actual application of SPSS (11.5) FOR WINDOWS for blind review in drug clinical trials with examples. The results show that applying SPSS software can deal with blind review easily, and produce corresponding report, get fast and exact result.