Djendjen River is one of the largest rivers in the region of Jijel (Algeria). Human activities such as urban discharges, industrial, agricultural, and livestock have significant effects on the quality of water. The present study attempts to evaluate the quality of water along the banks of the Djendjen River at different sampling sites, using physico-chemical and bacteriological methods. The col...

OBJECTIVE The prospective pre-post control study was designed to evaluate the effect of introducing balance-focused interactive virtual-reality games to community-dwelling older women to improve their agility, balance and functional mobility. METHOD The study was set in a senior citizens' club in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The participants were 36 community-dwelling older women. Particip...

Objective: To evaluate the effects of fixed orthodontic treatment on gingival health. Materials and methods: In the present study 30 orthodontic patients under fixed mechanotherapy mean aged 19.82 years were selected. The selection criteria were: Treatment that consisted of full-mouth fixed orthodontic appliances. Exclusion criteria included patients with systemic disease, are on antibiotics or...

In this paper, two new versions of modified active disturbance rejection control (MADRC) are proposed to stabilize a nonlinear quadruple tank system and the water levels lower tanks in presence exogenous disturbances, parameter uncertainties, parallel varying input set-points. The first scheme is configured from combination tracking differentiator (TD), super twisting sliding mode (STC-SM), ext...

The massive amount of plastic waste in our natural environment is a global concern. In this study, recycling to partially replace sand concrete investigated. performance Resin8, unique combination all types plastics and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) concrete, has also been Replacement contents 5%, 10%, 15% for by volume were performed. mixes incorporating recycled tested against reference mi...

Topical protoporphyrin (PpIX)-induced photodynamic therapy (PDT) relies on the penetration of the prodrug into the skin lesion and subsequent accumulation of the photosensitizer. Methyl aminolevulinate (MAL)-PDT is an established treatment for thinner and superficial non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) but for the treatment of the thicker nodular basal cell carcinoma (nBCC) enhanced penetration o...

Djendjen River is one of the largest rivers in the region of Jijel (Algeria). Human activities such as urban discharges, industrial, agricultural, and livestock have significant effects on the quality of water. The present study attempts to evaluate the quality of water along the banks of the Djendjen River at different sampling sites, using physico-chemical and bacteriological methods. The col...

INTRODUCTION The emergency telephone number 9-1-1 serves as a lifeline to the public during emergencies, and first responders rely on information gathered by 9-1-1 telecommunicators who speak with callers. Timely, accurate information from the telecommunicators is essential for providing appropriate care on scene. Language barriers can hamper these efforts and result in less efficient informati...