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Eurasia Research Quarterly Newsletter HBSRA (July 2019 - September 2019)

Updated: Oct 22, 2019

HBSRA – Healthcare & Biological Sciences Research Association

Dear HBSRA Members,

Greetings and sincere thanks for your patronage and support. HBSRA has now grown to 6942 followers and members from 56 countries.



We are glad to present you our latest edition of the newsletter. The newsletter showcases the associations of current and upcoming endeavors.

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Eurasia Research International Conference began with opening remarks by Honourable Keynote speaker highlighting the main context on Health Issues. The main aim of this conference was:

The main aim of this conference was:

  • Advancement of academic knowledge through encouraging research activities.

  • To create a global community of scholars

  • Promotion of innovative thinking and ideas on a global platform

  • Making knowledge accessible to one and all using technology and ideas

  • Contributing to making the world a better place to live


Our worthy Keynote speakers open up the conference enlightening participants with their speech. Here is our list of keynote speakers who participated in our conference.


Made Indra Wijaya, PhD (Medical Science) Candidate, Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences (CUCMS), Malaysia

Ágnes Csiszárik-Kocsir Habil, Associate Professor, Director of the Institute, University of Óbuda - Károly Keleti Faculty of Economics, Institute of Economic and Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Dr. Yang Lee, Senior Scientist at Haskins Lab, Yale University, United States, Distinguish Professor at GNU South Korea

Dr Vigneswari Sevakumaran, Senior Lecturer School of Fundamental Science (PPSA), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia

Yulia Kryvenko, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey

Cecília Calado, Professor, The Lisbon High Engineering Institute (ISEL- Instituto Superior De Engenharia De Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Dr. Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Research Associate, Home Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Kwassui Women’s University, Japan

Eurasia Research makes continuous efforts in transforming the lives of people around the world through education, application of research & innovative ideas. In order to Promote Young Researchers, Eurasia Research International conferences, Provides Young Research Scholarship in the form of a full Registration fee waiver to participate in such events. This gives immense encouragement to the researchers who have brilliant ideas to exhibit their research work on the International platform. Eurasia Research aims for promoting research and talent of scholars by giving the scholarship to 5 selected applicants for each conference. Eurasia Research makes continuous efforts in transforming the lives of people around the world through education, application of research & innovative ideas. In order to Promote Young Researchers, Eurasia Research International conferences, Provides Young Research Scholarship in the form of a full Registration fee waiver to participate in such events. This gives immense encouragement to the researchers who have brilliant ideas to exhibit their research work on the International platform. Eurasia Research aims for promoting research and talent of scholars by giving the scholarship to 5 selected applicants for each conference.


Name of Person Attending: Pius Sindiyo Marthin

Affiliation: Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science, Dept. of Statistics, 06800, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey

Abstract: In this manuscript, we compare the effectiveness of gamma and inverse Gaussian distributions for frailty term in modeling survival data for heterogeneous populations. Different baseline hazards were considered including exponential, Weibull and Gompertz. We derived the closed-form expressions for unconditional hazard and survival functions under each baseline distribution for both gamma and inverse Gaussian frailty models. We applied both graphical and simulation approach to compare the models based on unconditional hazards and survival functions. General overview from the graphical approach indicates that gamma distribution under the Gompertz and Weibull baseline hazards is better compared to inverse Gaussian in modeling survival data for heterogeneous populations. Results from simulation also show the superiority of gamma distribution in modeling survivals for heterogeneous population especially when the sample size is small. For large samples, inverse Gaussian is more efficient compared to a gamma distribution. In most cases when exponential baseline hazard is used, results appeared to be poor compared to when Weibull or Gompertz baseline hazards were used for both gamma and inverse Gaussian frailty models.

Keywords: Frailty, Conditional hazards, Bootstrap resampling technique, Laplace transform.


In each, Eurasia International Conference, Best Paper Award is given to Best Researches. In the Teaching and Education Research Association (TERA), the Best paper award is given to the participants with the best scholarly paper submitted and presented at the conference.


Name of Person Attending: Akemi Marui

Affiliation: School of Nursing, Dokkyo Medical University, MIbu, Japan

Paper Title: Association between alcohol consumption and health-related characteristics in seniors.

Abstract: Alcohol consumption patterns in the senior population might vary in different generations and cultures. Generally, daily consumption of alcohol intake increases health risk, falls, interaction with medication, and morbidity. At the same time, adequate alcohol consumption has a positive health effect. According to the National Health and Nutrition survey in 2017, 30.4% of men and 5.2% of female over 60 are reported to have daily alcohol habit that is quite a large number in men. As we are expecting to live in a more aging society, health-related intervention with regards to alcohol consumption might necessary to avoid premature long-term care and mortality but there is little evidence between daily alcohol habits and health-related characteristics. The purpose of this study examines the daily alcohol consumption rates and their relation to health and social related characteristics.

Methods

A cross-sectional study of community-dwelling older people was recruited in a town of Tochigi prefecture Japan in 2015. 1062 volunteers aged over 60 were completed a questionnaire and 995 without missing data were included in the analysis. Self-reported demographic information, alcohol taking habit, health conditions, and psychosocial functioning were corrected. A chi-square test is used to see the difference among age groups and daily alcohol consumption with health-related factors.

Results

The average age of the sample was 71.7 years (60-98). 40.6% of men and 7.7% of women aged 60 and over were taking alcohol daily. The percentage of daily drinkers was different among age groups. Among daily alcohol consumers, 89% (p = 0.017) reported having a good subjective health. It seems to have a more active lifestyle and good sleep quality among daily drinkers. 52% of those reported to have hypertension.

Discussion

This is the first survey to examine daily alcohol consumption and health-related factors. However, the amount and what kind of liquor were not evaluated. In future research should consider including harmful revel of alcohol intake which may differ individuals.

Keywords: Alcohol consumption, seniors, health

Name of Person Attending: Mazen Saleh

Affiliation: Department of Biology, Laurentian University, Canada

Paper Title: Antimicrobial activity of Frankincense resin from Boswellia sacraPls Note: This is a corrected abstract previously submitted. Disregard previous version

Abstract: With the increasing burden of antimicrobial resistance, continued exploration of new sources of antimicrobials must be supported. This work describes the antimicrobial properties of extracts of frankincense from the Boswellia sacra tree. Frankincense was extracted using two solvent methods: 0.05:60:40 TFA:acetonitrile: methanol and 2:1 methanol: chloroform. Volatile components were extracted using the same buffers. These extracts were fractionated using reversed-phase HPLC using a C18 column and the resulting fractions were tested against organisms that are Gram-positive (Clostridium difficile, Staphylococcus epidermidis), Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) and fungus (Candida albicans). Although the aqueous extractions generally showed no significant results, there was significant inhibition observed by both the raw and smoke organic extractions. Fractions 4 and 5 of the organic smoke extraction, in particular, showed a significant zone of inhibition for each of the microbes tested. These results suggest that frankincense is a viable source of new antimicrobials and further testing should be expanded to identify the specific components particularly active against Clostridium difficile and Candida albicans.

Keywords: Frankincense, Boswellia sacra, Clostridium difficile, Candida albicans, antimicrobial


Name of Person Attending: Pius Sindiyo Marthin

Affiliation: Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science, Dept. of Statistics, 06800, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey

Paper Title: A Comparative Study with Bootstrap Re-Sampling Techniques to Uncover Behavior of Unconditional Hazards and Survival Functions for Gamma and Inverse Gaussian Frailty Models

Abstract: In this manuscript, we compare the effectiveness of gamma and inverse Gaussian distributions for frailty term in modeling survival data for heterogeneous populations. Different baseline hazards were considered including exponential, Weibull and Gompertz. We derived the closed-form expressions for unconditional hazard and survival functions under each baseline distribution for both gamma and inverse Gaussian frailty models. We applied both graphical and simulation approach to compare the models based on unconditional hazards and survival functions. General overview from the graphical approach indicates that gamma distribution under the Gompertz and Weibull baseline hazards is better compared to inverse Gaussian in modeling survival data for heterogeneous populations. Results from simulation also show the superiority of gamma distribution in modeling survivals for heterogeneous population especially when the sample size is small. For large samples, inverse Gaussian is more efficient compared to a gamma distribution. In most cases when exponential baseline hazard is used, results appeared to be poor compared to when Weibull or Gompertz baseline hazards were used for both gamma and inverse Gaussian frailty models.

Keywords: Frailty, Conditional hazards, Bootstrap resampling technique, Laplace transform.


Name of Person Attending: Pan Zhang

Affiliation: Tianjin Yinghua Cambridge International School, Tianjin, China

Paper Title: How can we use neurotransmitters in emotion and reward systems to study depression?

Abstract: Major depressive disorder is caused by social, psychological, and biological factors. Many hypotheses are associated with biological factors involved in the etiology of depression such as genes and neurotransmitters. Three neurotransmitters are involved with major depression disorder: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine. Based on the function of these neurotransmitters, antidepressant drugs have been developed to treat depression. Although helpful, antidepressant drugs have other negative health outcomes on users such as side effects. Research on antidepressants has led to the development of new drugs such as nasal spray and skin patch which has shown to improve the health of patients. Furthermore, other non-medical factors such as social engagement and physical activity are also involved in treating depression.


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