003751   AL-SHALABI L (Arab Open Univ, Al-Ardia- 92400, Email: lshalabi@aou.edu.kw) : A data mining model for students’ choice of college major based on rough set theory. J Comput Sci 2019, 15(8), 1150-60.

Literature is focusing on identifying factors that influence students’ initial choice of major and few have studied students’ involvements after registration in a selected major and this study is one of the few. This study aims to determine the important factors that influence high school students’ choice of major based on data mining techniques. A questionnaire was designed to collect data from students in different universities in Kuwait and in different faculties such as science, literature, medicine and engineering. Rough set theory for feature selection was used to highlight and explain the significant factors related to students’ skills and preferences awareness as well as their experience reflection that are responsible for the development of their satisfaction with the choice of their university majors. The findings of the study revealed that the calculated reducts have a significant influence on the students’ choice of the university and collage major. This research contributes to literature by identifying the relationship between the conditional factors of the reduct (also known as the independent variables) and the classification attribute (also known as the dependent variable). The results of the study give valuable information to the high school students so they know the best majors which suite their skills, preference and experiences. This research also help students not to continually change their major because of the wrong choice of major they made which accordingly lead them to dissatisfaction of their major.

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003752   IDREES A M, SEDDAWY A I E, MOAAZ M E (Fayoum Univ, Fayoum, Egypt, Email: ami04@fayoum.edu.eg) : A proposed mining based business continuity information system for educational institutes. J Comput Sci 2019, 15(8), 1133-49.

It has become an essential element for all organizations to be engaged in a more deliberate transform for prevention, protection, preparedness, mitigation and reaction to Business Continuity Management (BCM) and recovery. It is becoming risky for the organization to reply of disaster plan which targets to minimize the causes of the disruption. An organization should take a proactive approach to reduce the likelihood as well as the probability of the disruptions. It involves the development of advanced measures and actions that enable the organization to take action in such a way that the critical and essential functions of business could continue according to the predefined level of change and disruption. Recovering from disruptions is a challenge; it relies on an emergency response plan or uses disaster management strategies that were previously used. BCM is considered mandatory to provide a systematic approach towards crisis response in order to increase organizational resilience capability. It is necessarily required by the organization to protect its reputation, brand, value adding activities and stakeholders’ interests. This paper proposes an intelligent framework that applies the business continuity management process on an educational institute which reveals the stakeholder awareness of the business continuity level in their organization. In order to successfully formulate the proposed framework, the research went through a set of phases. The research presented the whole process phases for developing the proposed framework which is based on applying the suitable technique in each phase to guarantee a suitable performance with ensuring the results’ validity. The research used 93% confidence, Z = 1.98 with error margin E = 0.03 for sampling selection and the determined association were 94% confidence for 93 rules. Finally, the research discussed the recommendations for successful crisis management process with the support of intelligent techniques.

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003754   NAZIEF B A A, YUDATAMA U, HIDAYANTO A N (Computer Science Dep, Indonesia Univ, Jakarta, Indonesia, Email: uky.yudatama@ui.ac.id) : Important factors in information technology governance awareness: An empirical survey of the expert's opinion in Indonesia. J Comput Sci 2019, 15(8), 1065-73.

Information Technology Governance (IT Governance) implementation does not always experience success in an organization. This article has provided data by conducting a survey to experts, in this case, the IT Governance Expert in Indonesia to be asked for their opinions regarding the successful implementation of IT Governance in supporting the organization's routine activities. This research report is presented precisely and concisely by displaying tables and pie diagrams so that it is easy to understand. Responses obtained from IT Governance Expert perceptions, that awareness is an important factor that can determine success in the implementation of IT Governance. We found as many as 15 factors in IT Governance awareness. In addition, a very significant part of the result findings of this research is awareness to understanding IT Governance well, awareness in involving stakeholders and awareness in changing organizational culture. Therefore, it needs to have serious attention from all parties involved so that later organizational performance can be increased in the future in accordance with expectations.

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003758   YUDATAMA U, HIDAYANTO A N, NAZIEF B A A (Indonesia Univ, Jakarta, Indonesia, Email: uky.yudatama@ui.ac.id) : Analysis of benefits and barriers as a critical success factor in it governance implementation by using interpretive structural model. J Comput Sci 2019, 15(7), 983-94.

This study aims to identify and analyze the key sub-factors of benefits and barriers as critical success factors for the implementation of IT Governance. The hope of the research is that the results of this identification and analysis can provide a high value of benefits in order to stakeholders in implementing IT Governance. In addition, it is expected to also give a real contribution to the development of theory or concept in the field of IT Governance especially related to critical success factor. The method used in this research is the interpretive structural model, where this method is very suitable to find the key sub-factor with a well-structured hierarchy structure. The first step of this research begins with a literature review, survey and interviews by involving three experts in the field of IT Governance and then the information is processed according to the rules. The final result shows that sub-factors improve customer service and overall responsiveness is a key sub-factor in benefit factors, whereas the lack of financial and human support becomes a key sub-factor in barriers. These results are empirical because depending on the data obtained through expert interviews involved, therefore the quality and capacity of experts greatly affect the results obtained. This study demonstrates how benefits and constraints as a critical success factor in the application of IT Governance are interrelated. The interpretive structural model provides an understanding of how various benefits and barriers interact with each other. This is important because policymakers typically focus on one or two sub-factors only.

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003755   SAIKIA P, THAKURIA B (Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Dep, Gauhati Medical Coll and Hospital, Guwahati - 781 032, Assam, Email: saikia.priyam80@gmail. com) : Retraction of papers authored by Yuhji Saitoh – Beyond the Fujii phenomenon. Indian J Anaesth 2019, 63(7), 571-84.

Various aspects of retracted articles authored by Yoshitaka Fujii and their retraction notices have been examined. Yuhji Saitoh has coauthored many articles with Yoshitaka Fujii which were subsequently retracted. Japanese Society of Anesthesiology (JSA) recommends retraction of various articles by Yuhji Saitoh, but various attributes of those and their retraction notices have not been examined. A list of retracted articles was retrieved from PubMed, Retraction Watch Database and relevant journals. Their retraction notices were obtained from the journal’s webpage. Predefined characteristics of the retracted articles and their retraction notices were evaluated against those proposed by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Fifteen such articles were retracted. Two of them were not identified as retracted in the journal webpage. Half of the papers mentioned by JSA are yet to be retracted. Among those retracted, only 13.3 % retraction notices were in line with the guidelines published by the COPE. Two retracted articles are yet to be flagged as retracted in PubMed. The median (interquartile range) time required for retraction from the date of declaration of being eligible for retraction is 14 (3) months. Data were analysed with Microsoft Excel™ (2007). Even after more than 1 year of recommendation, many articles containing evidence of scientific misconduct are yet to be retracted. Among those retracted, the relevant authority failed to follow the prevalent and well-regarded standards of ethics in scholarly publication.

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003756   SINGH K, RAO J, AFSHEEN T, TIWARI B (Prosthodontics Dep, King George’s Medical Univ, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Email: drjit123@rediffmail.com) : Survival rate of dental implant placement by conventional or flapless surgery in controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: A systematic review. Indian J Dent Res 2019, 30(4), 600-11.

Dental implant may serve as a choice of treatment for replacement of missing tooth in diabetic patients with their well‑controlled glycemic index. To minimize postoperative complications, dental surgical procedures comprises mainly two types, namely conventional and flapless surgery. The aim of this review is to find the survival rate of the dental implant when placed with either of the technique, that is, conventional or flapless in patients with controlled Type 2 diabetes mellitus from published studies. A total of 14 studies were included from PubMed database related to the survival rate of dental implant placement by conventional or flapless surgery among patients with controlled diabetes mellitus. The cumulative mean of dental implant survival rate by conventional and flapless techniques calculated from included studies is 94.2 % and 92.3 %, respectively. The survival rate of dental implant placement by conventional and flapless techniques is similar. As few studies on flapless technique are available, therefore researchers in future should explore its advantages and disadvantages.

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003757   SYED S, CARVALHO K M, SPADIGAM A, DHUPAR A (Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Dep, Goa Dental Coll and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, Email: karlamariac@gmail.com) : Clinico-pathological correlations of odontogenic tumors: Some critical observations based on a 20 year institutional study and a comprehensive review of literature. Indian J Dent Res 2019, 30(4), 516-20.

Odontogenic tumors (OTs) represent a rare subset of pathologies of the oral and maxillofacial region. The classification of OTs has undergone several changes over the years due to a lack of uniform international identification criteria. The histomorphological similarity and the many variations in behavioral patterns elaborated by these lesions warrant research. Using the update from the fourth edition of the World Health Organisation Classification of Head and Neck Tumors (2017), this dental institution carried out an epidemiological study on OTs in the state of Goa (India) and compared the data obtained with similar studies on OTs done within India. The clinical and pathological data of OTs from August 1996 to December 2016 was retrieved from the oral and maxillofacial pathology department archives, belonging to the lone dental college and hospital in the state of Goa, India. Demographic data such as frequency, age, gender, and site along with pathological subtype was analysed. Descriptive analysis (i.e. frequency of age, gender, and location), Chi‑Square Test and Fischer Exact test. The relative frequency of OTs was 2.61 % of all oral biopsied specimens. The most common OT encountered was ameloblastoma (57.9 %). The posterior aspect of the mandible was the most favored site (77.2 %). The frequency of OTs decreased after the fourth decade. An overall marginal male predilection (55 %) was seen. This study contributes to the establishment of a comprehensive loco‑regional epidemiological database on OTs in India, aiding research on their aetio‑pathogenesis and diagnosis.

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002508   KHAN M (Computer Science Dep, Paktia Univ Gardez, Paktia, Afghanistan) : Impact of information and communication technology on higher education in Afghanistan. Int J Multidiscip Res Dev 2019, 6(6), 91-4.

Our beloved country Afghanistan is suffering since last three decades through home war, politician, economic and educational difficulties which has mainly affected the educational systems and keep us away in term of development of ICT in higher education in Afghanistan. According to MoHE (2010) it is stated that, since last decade we have great ICT achievements in higher education, the internal donor and government of Afghanistan have special consideration in ICT sector in higher education to bring many changes in educational system as well as the quality of teaching and learning in higher education in Afghanistan. This paper is prepared on the impact of information and communication technology on higher education in Afghanistan. Information and communication technology is dramatically expanding all over the world. This has significance result to education sector and extension of educational opportunities, for the people all over the world. As well as I will look for the impact of ICT on higher education and how ICT plays a typical role on higher education in Afghanistan. ICT is the only source which improves the exchange of electronic communication and help to dynamic the education institution system, which will help in fast transaction of information, document delivery, document process and hindering corruption in higher education. The use of ICT is the need to bring changes in higher education system. With the existence of security threats and ongoing war in Afghanistan which has hinderd the development of information and communication technology. However, ministry of higher education has made good achievements. Almost from one and half decade MoHE in Afghanistan and all relevant higher education universities most of the educational, administrative and communication activities were performed manually through paper work. But recently ministry of higher education is trying to adopt ICT in education, which has brought many changes in ministry of higher education.

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002505   BHATT M, DHAKAR R (Human Development and Family Studies Dep, Maharana Pratap Univ of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan) : Purpose of online social networking: Introvert and extrovert adolescent boys. Int J Multidiscip Res Dev 2019, 6(6), 30-3.

The present study was undertaken to explore and compare the purpose of online social networking of 60 extrovert and introvert adolescent boys. Introversion-Extroversion inventory was utilized for sample selection. An inventory on online social networking was developed and utilized to assess the purpose of online social networking of extrovert and introvert adolescent boys. Percentage, mean percentage and t-test were computed for analysis of data. The results of the study revealed that purpose of online social networking in majority of extrovert and introvert boys was almost similar with little difference in few cases. It was observed that there was significant difference between introvert and extrovert boys with respect to purpose of online social networking.

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002501   AHMED I I (Jigawa State Institute of Information Technology, Kazaure, Jigawa, Email: ibrahimiatofarya@gmail.com) : Attitude of academic librarians toward resource sharing activities in the Federal University libraries in Nigeria. Int J Inf Process Commun 2019, 7(1), 72-82.

The study investigated the attitude of academic librarians towards resource sharing activities among federal university libraries in Nigeria. Cross sectional survey design was used for the study. This study was carried out in academic libraries of the Forty (40) federal universities in Nigeria. Considering the complexity of the study’s population, the federal universities were divided into strata according to six (6) geopolitical zones and stratified sampling technique was applied and 50 % of the federal universities were selected from each stratum as sample. This gave a total population of eighteen (18) federal universities and these eighteen (18) federal universities(secondary population) have the total of four hundred and eighty (480) academic librarians which serve as a subject/primary population of the study. The instrument used for the data collection was questionnaire in which four hundred and eighty (480) copies of questionnaire were administered and four hundred and thirty three (433) were successfully completed, returned and used for the study. To determine the validity of the instrument, a draft copy of the questionnaire was given to an expert for scrutiny. To ensure reliability, the researcher administered the questionnaire with the help of staff in each of the institution libraries giving no room for fake collation. The data collected were coded into Microsoft excel, Statistical Packages of Social Science (SPSS) and descriptive statistics was also used in analyzing the data collected from the respondents. The findings revealed that the academic librarians are literates in using computers, their attitude towards resource sharing activities were positive. The following recommendations was made for the study, there is a need for training and retraining among the academic librarians, the librarians should embraces and practices other types of resource sharing activities other than interlibrary loan, gift and exchange, the academic librarians need to emulate positive maintenance culture for effective resource sharing activities among others.

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002507   KERZENDORF W E (New York Univ, 726 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, USA, Email: wkerzendorf@gmail.com) : Knowledge discovery through text-based similarity searches for astronomy literature. J Astrophys Astr 2019, 40(3), 23.

The increase in the number of researchers coupled with the ease of publishing and distribution of scientific papers (due to technological advancements) has resulted in a dramatic increase in astronomy literature. This has likely led to the predicament that the body of the literature is too large for traditional human consumption and that related and crucial knowledge is not discovered by researchers. In addition to the increased production of astronomical literature, recent decades have also brought several advancements in computational linguistics. Especially, the machine-aided processing of literature dissemination might make it possible to convert this stream of papers into a coherent knowledge set. In this paper, we present the application of computational linguistics techniques to astronomy literature. In particular, we developed a tool that will find similar articles purely based on text content from an input paper. We find that our technique performs robustly in comparison with other tools recommending articles given a reference paper (known as recommender system). Our novel tool shows great power in combining computational linguistics with astronomy literature and suggests that additional research in this endeavor will likely produce even better tools that will help researchers cope with vast amounts of knowledge being produced.

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002510   MOHAMMADI H (Computer Science Dep, Paktia Univ, Paktia, Afghanistan) : Comparative analysis and practices in e-government infrastructure at ICT in developing countries. Int J Multidiscip Res Dev 2019, 6(6), 45-50.

The selection of E-Government and viable use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can possibly yield noteworthy advantages in the developing nations. This study researches procedures to propel the utilization of ICT in public Sector area in developing nations, with the point of enhancing administrations services and results for government and its people. A multi-tier framework for investigation was developed. A meta-analysis of this data was collected in India and Afghanistan, Estonia, South Africa and investigation of E-Government availability was performed, focusing on basically on the nations which are developing that have significantly enhanced through their relative positions. As a rule, the new findings and discoveries bolster the multi-level approach. At the national level, a low level of economical and improvement, infrastructures which are poor and political distress are inhibitors of open area ICT progress. At a root degree, access by people and associations to ICT instruments and IT-connected system of education is the most fundamental for E-Government to be attainable. A few methodologies were seen to be connected to advance with E-Government over various countries which are in the developing stage, including administration vision and ability to start change inside the administration division, an incremental, regulated way to deal with improvement, and affectability to nearby and social needs.

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001248   DESHPANDE A N, PRADHAN H C, SIKDAR M, DESHPANDE N, JAIN A, SHAH Y (Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry Dep, K.M. Shah Dental Coll and Hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat) : Awareness amongst dental school evaluators regarding on-screen evaluation: An questionnaire survey. J Adv Med Dent Sci Res 2019, 7(3), 16-20.

The Web-based evaluation is an effective solution for mass educational evaluation. Advances in computer technology continue to make a difference for evaluators. It is the system where the answer sheets are scanned and PDF is created, which is then uploaded in the software for evaluation. It is a cross-sectional questionnaire study. This study was conducted to determine the acceptance towards On-screen evaluation system and the problems faced during it by dental educators. The questionnaire was formulated as google form and was circulated through email to various dental educators all over India. They were asked to fill this form online. Data collected was analysed using descriptive analysis. Total of 125 dental evaluators responded to the survey, wherein 41 evaluators had a chance to do OSE. Out of which 87.8 % mentioned that results were more accurate 36.6 % complained about strain to eyes and 5 % about neck strain, 63.4 % stated that evaluation was done at evaluation centres provided by universities. A secure on-screen evaluation system in medical sciences is must in today’s digital society and the upgradation in the universities is of utmost important.

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001249   GUPTA S, KATAYANI, SACHAN P, KUNWAR N (ECM Dep, C.S.A.U.A & T, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh - 208 020) : Benefits and risks of social networking sites use in adolescents. J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2019, 8(2), 1780-3.

Social networking has encouraged new ways to communicate and share information. Social networking websites are being used regularly by millions of people. Although the features of social networking sites differ, they all allow users to provide information about them and offer some type of communication mechanism (forums, chat rooms, email, and instant messenger) that enables them to connect with other users. About 70 percent of teens who are sexually solicited online are girls. Teens should be cautious in posting suggestive photos online and talking to strangers in chat rooms. Younger boys are more likely to participate than younger girls (46 % vs. 44 %) but older girls are far more likely to participate than older boys (70 % vs. 57 %). Older boys are twice as likely to use the sites to flirt and slightly more likely to use the sites to meet new people than girls of their age. Older girls are far more likely to use these sites to communicate with friends they see in person than younger people or boys of their age.

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000004   SHEKHAWAT K S, CHAUHAN A (Oral Biology Dep, Manipal Univ, Manipal - 576 104, Email: drarunima@rediffmail.com) : Altmetrics: A new paradigm for scholarly communication. Indian J Dent Res 2019, 30(1), 125-6.

Counting citations have been the usual norm to determine the impact of any research and/or scholar. However, with majority of the scholarly activities happening on the World Wide Web, traditional counting of citations is now being termed “slower.” The recent explosion of online data storage for many articles may serve as a pool which uses social media sites to navigate. Altmetrics has been proposed as the new entity which aims to change the focus of the scholarly reward system to value and encourage web‑native scholarship. This paper makes an attempt to understand altmetrics.

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000005   TIWARI S (Computer Science & Engineering Dep, Priyadarshini Bhagwati Coll of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharastra, Email: shruti.tiwari08@gmail.com) : Register police complaint via android application. Int J Info Computing Sci 2019, 6(2), 10-4.

We can see that technology is implemented in almost every aspect of our lives and business function. The use of technology is increasing day by day, we all depend on technology, and we use various technologies to accomplish specific tasks in our lives. There is technology in business, in education, in socializing and maintaining human relations, in purchasing, in agriculture, in banking, communication, and almost every part of our lives. The major part of our society that remains void of use of technology is Indian Police Department. The Indian Police Department carries out their routine chores manually. The traditional “pen and paper” method is primary method of carrying out the proceedings. These practices were comfortable when population was far less, and crime rates were minimal. But now with rapid development of big cities and towns, the graph of crimes is also on the increase. It has become difficult task to manage the complaints and related documents, manually. Digitalization in Police department is very important. The traditional method is to be replaced with online process of registering complaint. The police officer would register complaint online through application, send complainants data to the Police department on their web portal, and in this way entire interaction occurs online. This PCR system would speed up processing of complaint and save time, energy.

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000003   SHARMA P (Computer Science Dep, Punjab Univ, Chandigarh, Punjab, Email: poojasharma8aug@gmail.com) : Review on cloud computing. Int J Info Computing Sci 2019, 6(1), 166-9.

Cloud Computing Technology is an emerging technology used in IT Industries. Cloud computing which depends on Internet has the most dominant architecture of computation. It reckons in of a compilation of integrated and networked hardware, software and internet infrastructure. It has different profits on grid computing and other computing. In this paper, I have given a brief of assessment of cloud computing by checking on in excess of 20 articles on cloud computing. The result of this survey signalizes the essence of the IT businesses when the cloud computing.

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000001   ANIYATH A (Computer Science Dep, Kuwait Coll of Science and Technology, Doha road, Kuwait) : A survey on fake news detection by the data mining perspective. Int J Info Computing Sci 2019, 6(1), 9-28.

Social media for news consumption is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, its low cost, easy access, and rapid dissemination of information lead people to seek out and consume news from social media. On the other hand, it enables the wide spread of “fake news”, i.e., low quality news with intentionally false information. The extensive spread of fake news has the potential for extremely negative impacts on individuals and society. Therefore, fake news detection on social media has recently become an emerging research that is attracting tremendous attention. Fake news detection on social media presents unique characteristics and challenges that make existing detection algorithms from traditional news media ineffective or not applicable. First, fake news is intentionally written to mislead readers to believe false information, which makes it difficult and nontrivial to detect based on news content; therefore, we need to include auxiliary information, such as user social engagements on social media, to help make a determination. Second, exploiting this auxiliary information is challenging in and of itself as users’ social engagements with fake news produce data that is big, incomplete, unstructured, and noisy. Because the issue of fake news detection on social media is both challenging and relevant, this survey is conducted to further facilitate research on the problem. The survey introduces the challenges of automatic fake news detection. A work is focused on analyzing the fake news detection that is happened on social networks by various data mining techniques.

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000002   SAMANCI Y, SAMANCI B, SAHIN E (Neuroscience Dep, Istanbul Univ, Istanbul, Turkey, Email: mysamanci@ hotmail.com) : Bibliometric analysis of the top‑cited articles on idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Neurol India 2019, 67(1), 78-84.

To identify and characterize the top‑cited articles on idiopathic intracranial hypertension. We used “Web of Science database” to identify the top‑cited articles published between the years of 1975‑2017. The articles were evaluated using citation count and other factors that have an effect on the citation count. The search yielded a total of 2,141 articles and the most frequently cited articles received between 58‑476 citations. Most articles were published between the years 1990‑1999. The most popular study design involved natural history studies. USA ranked first in productivity with 72 articles and the leading institution was University of Iowa. The journal “Neurology” published the greatest number of articles. In assessing the specialties, neurology contributed to 32 % of top 100 articles. There was no correlation between the citation count and number of references, years since publication, number of authors, authors’ H‑index, and number of institutions that had collaborated. There were positive correlations between the citation count and journal impact factor, Scimago journal rank and journal source‑normalized impact per paper values. While descriptive keywords were more frequent between 1980s and 1990s, keywords describing surgical management options such as “nerve sheath decompression” and “cerebrospinal‑fluid diversion” were top‑listed keywords after the year 2000. Our study can help researchers identify the most significant and impactful articles on idiopathic intracranial hypertension, as well as to provide insight into the most noteworthy scientific trends and to visualize future research needs of the topic.

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026181   GEGUZYTE R, VAISVILAITE B, VEBERIENE R, BASEVICIENE N (Dental and Oral Pathology Dep, Lithuanian Univ of Health Sciences, Kaunas- 501 08, Lithuania) : The treatment of vital teeth affected by endo-periopathology with intra-bony defects involving the apex: A literature review. J Cont Med A Dent 2018, 6(2), 4-9.

The aim of this article is to investigate scientific literature with cases of vital teeth with radiographically visible intra-bony defects involving the apex and to evaluate current treatment options. This was a literature review of MEDLINE and Cochrane with no time restrictions. Two reviewers performed the data extraction independently using data collection forms. Four clinical case-control studies were found eligible and were included in the literature review. There are three possible treatment options according to the analyzed studies: periodontal treatment after root canal treatment; periodontal treatment only; and extraction and tooth replacement with implant, tooth-supported bridges, or Maryland bridges. The outcomes in all published cases showed a significant improvement in the most parameters regardless of the chosen treatment method. The absence of an accurate method to define pulp vitality complicates treatment selection. Further clinical studies are required to investigate treatment options for vital teeth affected by endo-perio pathology with intrabony defects involving the apex.

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001250   JAISHANKAR S, KUMAR S K (Library and Information Science Dep, Alagappa Univ, Tamil Nadu- 630 003) : Assessment and evaluation of Indian university website and its library web pages. J Adv Lib Inf Sci 2019, 8(2), 57-64.

The purpose of this paper is to state the growth scenario of Indian university websites and its library webpages. The growth scenario is stated is assed and evaluated based on different categories of universities, and state wise classification. The total of 822 universities is divided in to four groups(Central university, State University, Deemed-to-beUniversity, Private University) each group is separately searched in various web browsers like Google Chromeand Mozilla Firefox for the availability of Web portal home page and its subsequent library web pages. The study tries to find out the web links of home pages and library webpages of central, deemed, private and state universities, and make a web directory on universities and its libraries.

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001251   RAGHAVENDRA R, BAGALKOTI V T (National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore– 560 017, Email: raghuchand@nal.res.in) : Information seeking pattern at CMR university library: A user study. J Adv Lib Inf Sci 2019, 8(2), 65-70.

The present study explores a qualitative assessment of information need and information seeking pattern of CMR University. This article shows the different factors influence in information needs of users of CMR University. The study deals many aspects namely, purpose of visit to the library, adequacy of collection, methodology adopted by the users to locate the required information, online databases which they used frequently, users’ satisfaction with the library services and working hours of the library, and the obstacles while seeking their required information in the CMR University. Finally highlights the findings and suggestions and concludes urging to improve the library and information services in the library and information centre (LIC) under study.

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001247   CHAKRABORTY S, MANDAL S, BANERJEE S (Medical Records Dep, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata- 700 026, Email: sanmoy30@gmail.com) : Data management of medical records: A case study of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute. J Adv Lib Inf Sci 2019, 8(2), 52-6.

Data Management of Medical records is a comprehensive collection of information resources for lifecycle needs. This work on electronic medical records in a clinical domain has been carried out throughout the world in various ways. The general aim of this study are enhanced public service and cut down on time lags due to want of physical documents and work as disaster recovery system and avoid tampering of documents ensuring security confidentiality, and to find out the challenges faced by Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute health records personnel in record keeping and service delivery. This study design will focus on health record keeping and management specifically in matters dealing with medical care and hospital management at Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute.

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001252   SURWADE Y P, PATIL H J, SURWADE P T (Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada Univ, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Email: yogeshps85@gmail.com) : Use of internet by the UG students of KNP College of Veterinary Science, Shirwal. J Adv Lib Inf Sci 2019, 8(2), 46-51.

Though technology is a very important, useful and indispensable part of the life, effective and appropriate usage of it still needs to be improved in education. The Internet is becoming more widely used by academic institutions to support the teaching, learning and research activities of the user. The main aim of this study is to examine the impact of Internet on the UG students of KNP college of Veterinary science. The present study demonstrates and elaborates the various aspects of internet use, such as frequency of Internet use, place of access, purposes for Internet access, motivating factors to access Internet and most preferred search engines.

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002504   BASKARAN C (Alagappa Univ, Karaikudi- 630 003) : Disseminating scholarly information access through social networks (SNs) and media by the social science research scholars in selected state universities of Tamil Nadu. J Adv Lib Inf Sci 2019, 8(3), 124-31.

The study analysed that scholarly information accessed through Social Networks (SNs) and Medias among the respondents in the selected State Universities in Tamilnadu. The study has explored that majority 73 (32.0 %) of the respondents recorded from Alagappa University, whereas 44 (19.3 %) of them male and 29 (12.7 %) of them female. The study disclosures that more respondents 54 (18.8 %) of respondents in the age group between 26-35 in Alagappa University. It is witnessed that out of 228 respondents were responded from four Universities, among them major portion 146 (64.0 %) of respondents are Unmarried when compared to (36.0 %) of them Married category. Further, the study reported that majority of 63 (27.6 %) specified “Aware” and Usage of Whatsapp, 53 (23.2 %) You Tube, 47 (20.6 %) Google +, 46 (20.2 %) Face Book, 23 (10.1 %) Tumbler/Messenger, 21 (9.2 %) Twitter, 18 (7.9 %), Others and 17 (7.5 %) Instagram-functions appropriate to their parent institutions.

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002511   PADMA P, RAMASAMY K, ROSE L S (Library and Information Science Dep, Madurai Kamaraj Univ, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Email: upswins@gmail.com) : Reading habits of secondary and higher secondary students of Madurai: A ‘Class of Study’ based evaluation. J Adv Lib Inf Sci 2019, 8(3), 115-23.

The present study aims at examining the general reading habits of students in terms of their class of study i.e. secondary Vs higher secondary level. The study reveals that :a majority of 49 (49.0 %) of IX standard respondents preferred to read non-fiction ; The large number of 41 (41.0 %) XI standard respondents preferred to read non-fiction; Both IX and XI standard students mostly preferred to read science fiction and comedy fiction; Both IX and XI standard students mostly preferred to read essays ; a majority of 56 (56.0 %) class IX students and the large number of class XI 67 (67.0 %)students read 1-2 hours per week for reading.

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002512   SHYLENDRA KUMAR B, KISHORE KUMAR S (JSS Coll of Pharmacy, Ooty- 643 001, Email: shylendrakumar29@gmail.com) : Use of electronic information resources by staff of JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty: A study. J Adv Lib Inf Sci 2019, 8(3), 111-4.

The study aimed at finding the use of electronic information resources by the Pharmacists of JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty, India. The study determines the level of understanding and usefulness of e-Resources. The electronic resources are slowly replacing with print media. For the study, the sample selected was 60 Pharmacists from the various departments of Pharmaceutical science and the response rate was 85 percent. The aim of this study was examine the level of satisfaction with information accessed by the all Pharmacists. The data was collected through structured questionnaires and analysed with SPSS Software and Microsoft excel sheet with a simple percentage technique.

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002509   LATHA V R, PADMA P (Rajapalayam Rajus’ Coll, Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, Email: latha1410@yahoo.in) : Reading habits among Gen Z : From teachers point of view. J Adv Lib Inf Sci 2019, 8(3), 105-10.

The present study aims at eliciting the comments and opinions of 116 teachers who are working in both CBSE and matriculation schools of Virudhunagar District on the reading habits of Google era school students. A well-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the school teachers handling Classes IX and XI in 11 matriculation and 6 CBSE schools. Out of 170 questionnaires distributed, 116 duly filled were returned in complete form. The study reveals that : A majority of the respondents are female, working in matriculation schools, handling non-language subjects and hailed from semi urban areas ; 40.5 % of the Teachers felt that 80 % of students had good reading habits; 87.9 % of teachers agreed that students with good reading habits are able to score better in Languages.

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002502   AMUDHA G, LOGANAYAKI R (VHNSN Coll, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu) : Authorship and collaboration trends of materials science. J Adv Lib Inf Sci 2019, 8(3), 101-4.

The aim of this study is to analyze the authorship and collaboration trends in the research field of Materials Science based on the SCOPUS database for the period of 15 years from 2003 to 2018. Results show that multi authored papers (91 %) predominate single authored papers (9 %). The degree of collaboration in the field of Material Science is 0.63. This study supports the fact that scientific research is collaboration in nature.

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002503   ARUMUGAM J, BALASUBRAMANI R (PSG Coll of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Email: jacs1986tvl@gmail.com) : A study on significance of electronic resources among the engineering college students in Coimbatore District. J Adv Lib Inf Sci 2019, 8(3), 97-100.

Information is an essential commodity to the user community to enrich their knowledge in multifaceted level. Especially engineering colleges are playing a vital role in satisfying the various purposes such as research, teaching and learning. A study of the use of electronic resources by the student and research scholars of engineering colleges in Coimbatore district was undertaken. A questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The responses on satisfaction and awareness of various electronic resources gathered and analyzed using the simple percentage analysis. The data has been extracted from various types of user group and studied the significance of electronic resources in academic environment.

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002506   DAGNAW G A, TSIGIE S E (Gondar Univ, Gondar, Ethiopia, Email: gizeinstra@gmail.com) : Function of cloud computing in digital library perspective: In case of Ethiopia higher education institution. J Adv Lib Inf Sci 2019, 8(3), 86-93.

The digital libraries have to face with some technique and service problems along with many advantages relative to the traditional libraries, and all these produce the practical needs of cloud computing. Cloud computing has influenced information resources, information users, information personnel and information facilities of digital libraries with its unique advantages and then promoted the development of digital libraries. Developed country like Ethiopia Libraries may soon be building and managing their own data centers. Different models show that libraries maintain more control over the applications and data stores that contain sensitive, private information about patrons.

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026180   SEN B K (Bibliometrics expert committee, Alakhnanda, New Delhi, Email: bksen1938@gmail.com) : Bibliography of Indian bibliometric publications (1958 -1994). Ann Libr Inf Stud 2018, 65(2), 128-38.

Provides a bibliography of publications on bibliometrics and related subjects published in India as well as generated from India and published abroad during 1958 to 1994.

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029919   MAMATHA S D, KANYAKUMARI D H (Physiology Dep, JSS Medical Coll, Karnataka, Email: drpachumamtha@gmail.com) : Objective structured practical examination/objective structured clinical examination as assessment tool: Faculty perception. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2018, 8(11), 1577-80.

Competence will be acquired in medical education if there is a regular periodic assessment. Traditional practical assessment is subjective, and due to the lack of objective practical assessment, the competency in skill acquisition will be compromised. Implementation of objective structured practical examination (OSPE)/objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) will be a reliable tool for the effective assessment of all domains. The aim and objectives of this study were to explore the perception of faculty on OSPE/OSCE conducted in physiology. The aim of the study was to obtain the faculty feedback on OSPE/OSCE. This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study survey questionnaire and in-depth interview. A total of 50 medical faculties teaching in medical colleges of different universities in South India were participated in the study. To all faculties included in the study, the questionnaire was mailed and interview was conducted by telephoning. The results were then analyzed. The results indicated the acceptance of OSPE/ OSCE by more than 85 % of faculties as a good assessment tool which favors better skill acquisition, critical thinking, and learning objective. However, more than 60 % of faculties felt that OSPE/OSCE was taxing mentally and physically and it required additional faculty to conduct the examinations. OSPE/OSCE helps a student in better acquisition of knowledge and skill as it is a better tool of assessment and also helps in teaching modifications.

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029920   MYTHILI BAI K, MADHAVRAO C (Pharmacology Dep, Azeezia Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kerala, Email: madhavchavan78@gmail.com) : Teaching and learning educational tool preferences among 1^st year dental students in physiology: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2018, 8(11), 1561-5.

Evaluation is an important process in teaching and learning strategies, which includes description, collection, and analysis of available tools for their effective outcome. Hence, it is important to understand and adopt the most preferred teaching and learning educational tool to deliver the knowledge efficiently and clearly to the target audience. This study aims to collect and describe the feedback on teaching and learning educational tool preferences among the 1st year dental students in physiology. An observational cross-sectional study was done at a Southern single teaching tertiary care dental institution using prevalidated structured questionnaire on the 1st year dental students. The study proposal was approved by the Institutional Review Board and national as well as international guidelines on bioethics were followed throughout the study period. A total of 57 completed and returned questionnaire forms were taken for final data analysis and represented in descriptive statistics. It was revealed that majority of study participants opined as “teaching and learning physiology by powerpoint slide and blackboard presentation” were the very good tools on five-point Likert scale (15.79 %). It was also seen that majority of study participants would like to learn physiology through weekly class tests in the form of multiple choice questions (MCQs) (50.88 %), case study (56.14 %), small group discussions (36.84 %), and in more relevance to both clinical and experimental aspects (71.93 %). The study also showed that the most interesting topic in physiology was gastrointestinal system and most difficult topic to understand was cardiovascular system. The 1^st year dental students prefer to learn physiology by powerpoint and blackboard presentations, case study, and small group discussions, weekly class tests in MCQs format and more relevance to clinical as well as experimental aspects, as the most effective teaching and learning educational tools.

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029921   SUBHASH S, DELINDA LINU SWORNILA D, THOMAS P, ASWATHY L, ANUSHA MERLINE J, PRASANNA KUMARI L, VARSHA D (Physiology Dep, Dr. Somervell Memorial CSI Medical Coll, Kerala, Email: sayamsubhash@yahoo.com) : Comparison of powerpoint with animation enhanced traditional demonstration and traditional practical demonstration in physiology among first year undergraduate medical students. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2018, 8(11), 1481-4.

Effective teaching learning activity in physiology practical classes increases learning in cognitive and psychomotor domains with an aim to generate a competent medical graduate. Currently, multimedia teaching tools are being widely used and proven to be effective in enhancing the academic performances in theoretical teaching. Our study was aimed to assess the effectiveness of multimedia in practical classes. The objective of this study is to compare cognitive scores, psychomotor scores, and student’s level of satisfaction and acceptance while undergoing powerpoint (PPT) with animation enhanced traditional demonstration and traditional practical demonstration of hematology practical sessions. A prospective cohort study was conducted in 96 1st year MBBS students, attending physiology practical classes, after obtaining permission from the institutional ethical committee. Traditional demonstration (Group A) and PPT with traditional demonstration (Group B) were given in two practical sessions. Immediate, short-term, and long-term theory retention capacity (cognitive scores) was assessed using pre- and posttest scores. Psychomotor scores were assessed using objective structured practical examination (OSPE) scores. Student’s feedback was taken. Both groups showed an equal increase in their immediate retention capacity. However, Group B showed an insignificant marginal increase in short- and long-term retention capacity. There was a significant increase in short-term psychomotor scores to that of immediate OSPE scores in both groups. However, Group B showed high significant retention capacity (P = 0.007). Student’s feedback revealed traditional method promoted better understanding, whereas PPT with animation gave better clarity, evoked interest, and allowed better 3D view and apparatus identification. PPT with animation can be used as an adjunct to the traditional hands-on demonstrations to strengthen teaching learning activity in physiology practical classes.

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028671   ARADYA A, SOWMYA S, DHAKSHAINI M R, RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY K N, CHOWDHARY R (Prosthodontics Dep, JSS Dental Hospital Coll, Karnataka, Email: dranupamavenu@gmail.com) : Exploring the prosthodontic publications and authorship characteristics from Indian institutions in four major international prosthodontic journals- A comparative analysis of ten-year period. J Evolution Med Dent Sci 2018, 7(44), 4740-5.

Over the past decade, several studies have evaluated the quantity and quality of biomedical research publications produced around the world. Specific bibliometric analyses have been conducted on published research in several biomedical fields. However, there has been limited application of the technique to assess trends in global oral health research. Global trends in prosthodontics research activity have not been evaluated. The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in the amount, the research type of articles reported by authors from Indian institutions (Indian articles) over 10-year time span and to analyse the types of articles and authorship characteristics of Indian authors among four prosthodontics journals published in 2006 and 2015. This descriptive study articles published in the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry (JPD), International Journal of Prosthodontics (IJP), Journal of Prosthodontics (JP) and Gerodontology in 2006 and 2015 were reviewed. Abstracts, Letters to the Editor and Book Reviews were not included in the investigation. The authorship characteristics included number of authors, educational qualification, academic ranks of first and last author and their geographic origin to be included. For each article, number of authors, degrees of all authors, academic ranks of first and last authors and geographic origin were recorded. Descriptive analyses was used as appropriate. A total of 464 articles met the inclusion criteria from the 4 selected journals for the years studied. A total of 2 articles for the year 2006 and 17 articles for the year 2015 were published by Indian authors. It was found that 0.75 % and 3.6 % belonged to Indian institutes among the total publications in the year 2006 and 2015, respectively. Publications tripled in ten years from 2006 to 2015. However, in the International Journal of Prosthodontics in both years studied, no publications written by Indian authors was found. Across all 3 journals, the mean number of authors per article increased significantly from 2006 to 2015. The mean number of authors per article increased steadily from few states of India. A steady increase of authors with higher degrees was observed. There was a significant increase in the proportion of senior-ranking faculty as last author over time. The contributions from Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra increased over time. The number of articles by Indians increased in 2015 compared to 2006. Among them, rate of original research and case reports increased in the same period, while technical reports and reviews decreased. The number of authors per article, the number of authors with higher educational degrees and the percentage of senior-ranked faculty as last authors steadily increased in the prosthodontic literature from 2006 to 2015.

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027425   PAVAN KUMAR M R, PRABHU J (School of Computer Science & Engineering, Vellor, Tamilnadu, Email: marabattinasivapavan@gmail.com) : Role of sentiment classification in sentiment analysis: A survey. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2018, 65(3), 196-209.

Through a survey of literature, the role of sentiment classification in sentiment analysis has been reviewed. The review identifies the research challenges involved in tackling sentiment classification. A total of 68 articles during 2015 – 2017 have been reviewed on six dimensions viz., sentiment classification, feature extraction, cross-lingual sentiment classification, cross-domain sentiment classification, lexica and corpora creation and multi-label sentiment classification. This study discusses the prominence and effects of sentiment classification in sentiment evaluation and a lot of further research needs to be done for productive results.

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027421   ALAHAKOON C N K, SOMARATNE S (Botany Dep, Open Univ Of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Email: kumaria@pdn.ac.lk) : Development of a conceptual model of ICT self-efficacy and the use of electronic information resources. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2018, 65(3), 187-95.

The purpose of the study was to identify the ICT self-efficacy (ICTSE) of users, factors affecting ICTSE, and the EIR usage of undergraduates based on the four sources in relation to the self-efficacy theory. The Survey research design was used in carrying out this research. A structured questionnaire was validated through experts and piloted among the final year undergraduates studying Humanities and Social Sciences of four state universities in Sri Lanka. The structural equation modelling was performed using partial least square. The model revealed that ICTSE has a direct, negative, and significant relationship with ICT anxiety and that ICT training also has a direct, negative, and significant relationship with EIR. The model explained that there is a 27 % of variance in the EIR use variable. The management of the library may deem it a worthy investment to instil adequate self-efficacy in users and encourage them to engage in more self-reliant search practices and decrease their dependence on staff. The finalized scales provide a potential tool applicable to different domains and disciplines to yield more common managerial implications in relation to training, teaching, and learning along with can be used as a tool when policy-level decision are made about the behavioral changes among university users on EIR usage in the current ICT domains within the university library systems.

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027431   YUSUF F O, AINA L O (Covenant Univ, Nigeria, Email: felicia.yusuf@covenantuniversity.edu.ng) : Demographic factors as correlates of doctoral degree completion in Nigeria library schools. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2018, 65(3), 177-86.

A review of literature revealed that doctoral students in Nigeria library schools do not complete their studies at the university recommended time frame. This study therefore examined demographic factors as determinants of doctoral degree completion in Nigeria library schools. The objectives were to find out the average time-to-completion of doctoral degree in Nigeria library schools; ascertain the importance of demographic factors such as gender, age, job designation, work status and marital status to time to completion of doctoral studies in Nigeria library schools; find out if mode of study affects time-to-completion of doctoral studies in Nigeria library schools.The study adopted descriptive research of the survey type. From 26 library schools in Nigeria, 11 were purposively selected. The population comprised 235 doctoral degree holders. Total enumeration of the 235 doctoral degree holders was used. A self-constructed questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data and out of the 235 copies administered, only 183, representing 77.9 % were returned and found usable for this study. The only hypothesis in the study was tested using Spearman Rank Order Correlation. This was tested at 0.05 level of significance. Results showed a relationship between demographic factors and time-to-completion, while it takes an average of 5.7 years to complete doctoral degree in Nigeria library schools irrespective of mode of study.

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027428   TYAGI U, YANTHAN Z, KUMAR V, TYAGI A K (Delhi Univ, Delhi-110 007, Email: tyagiuma@yahoo.com) : ICT competency framework for LIS professionals in India: A modular quotient. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2018, 65(3), 170-6.

The study aims to develop a quotient towards a methodology wherein standards of web-based ICT competency framework for LIS professionals in India can be codified in a broad-based model. This in turn could result in evaluating the current skill-sets and identify ICT requirements for future development in LIS areas. This is also an attempt to design a web-based platform for LIS professionals in ICT competencies in India. The modular web-based framework could be used in the national programme for continuing education of librarians as a tool to adapt curricula to the expectations of professionals in university libraries; foster career-long education and lifelong learning of librarians; support assessment according to the professional development plan and to enhance ICT competencies of university personnel.

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027427   SHARMA J G (Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Email: jagdish1@hotmail.com) : Journal articles based on the dissertations submitted in oncology discipline: A comparative study of India and China. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2018, 65(3), 160-9.

The study attempts to analyse the conversion pattern of Indian and Chinese oncology dissertations into journal articles. Data were gathered from Web-OPACs of leading national institutes and repositories belonging to both countries and also from the ProQuest database. It is found that compared to India, China has a higher conversion ratio of dissertations into journal articles. It is also observed that Indian authors prefer to contribute articles in Indian journals and Chinese authors publish more in PMC (PubMed Central) based open access journals.

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027429   VIMAL KUMAR V, ABDUL MAJEED K C A (Mahatma Gandhi Library Univ, Kerala - 686 560, Email: vimal0212@gmail.com) : E-resources sharing through linux based virtual private network (VPN): A case study. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2018, 65(3), 156-9.

Mahatma Gandhi University Central Library has established an SSH-based VPN (Virtual Private Network) service to share e-resources with off-campus libraries. The VPN service ensures seamless access to e-resources to the academic community at off-campus departments and Study Centre libraries. Extension of e-resources access to off-campus has increased the usage of electronic resources subscribed by the university. The article presents the first-hand experience of establishing Open Source based VPN service in a university environment.

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027422   CHAKRABORTY S, CHAUDHURI S K (Library and Information Science Dep, Calcutta Univ, Kolkata- 700 073, Email: sarthakchakraborty2012@gmail.com) : Integrating diverse knowledge bases for empowering local farmers in India. Ann Libr Inf Stud 2018, 65(3), 147-55.

The dissemination of agricultural information process to the farmers of Baruipur, a community development block in West Bengal, India is studied. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect qualitative and quantitative data from 129 farmers and two government officials. The study reveals that among the available wide range of information sources and learning forms, farmers primarily value local knowledge as it is mainly experience-driven, practical and can be shared or transmitted informally among the farmers. But, informal local knowledge gradually gets influenced by extraneous factors, constructing an alternative pathway that resist the flow of information from reaching to the grass-root level. Limitation of genuine and accurate agricultural information impeded the empowerment of farmers at the micro level which demands for a superior integration among diverse knowledge systems with informal local knowledge. Here, the study identifies a more practical approach for knowledge integration, aiming to secure local preference, dynamisms and internal cohesiveness among participants from different domain. Further, this paper forwards a participatory approach based informal communication model, facilitating two ways communication for better and effective flow of need based, value added, accurate information towards holistic empowerment of the farmers at the ground level.

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027424   INDU M, KANDHOL S, CHERIAN L M (Oral Pathology Dep, Govt Dental College Kottayam, Kerala, Email: indumohan2011@gmail.com) : Digital learning: Whatsapp as a teaching aid in oral pathology for undergraduates. Indian J Dent Sci 2018, 10(3), 160-3.

Influence of social media such as WhatsApp is tremendously increased among students. The query aroused was whether such a familiar platform could be used as a learning tool. The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of WhatsApp as an educational tool in a complex subject such as oral pathology among undergraduate students. Third‑year students of Government Dental College, Alappuzha, were selected as the study population and were divided into Group A and Group B by a simple random sampling. Histopathology slides were discussed conventionally with both Group A and Group B. Furthermore, labeled histopathological images were discussed only for Group A students, in a WhatsApp group named “GDC ALLEPPEY OPATH.” To assess the effectiveness of a new method, a questionnaire was given to both groups and the results were statistically analyzed using Mann–Whitney U‑test. An additional opinion poll was carried out with Group A to identify students’ perspective toward the novel learning tool. Pair‑wise comparison of the mean scores of Group A and Group B showed a statistically significant higher mean score for Group A (P = 0.005). There was a significant improvement in the mean score of Group A in their ability to comprehend individual histopathologic features compared to that of Group B (P = 0.008). WhatsApp can prove to be highly advantageous and enhance learning in undergraduate students when used in supplementation to the conventional learning methods.

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027426   RAO M V V, MAULIK M, GUPTA J, PANCHAL Y, JUNEJA A, ADHIKARI T, PANDEY A (ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi - 110 029, Email: dr_vishnurao@ yahoo.com) : Clinical Trials Registry - India: An overview and new developments. Indian J Pharmacol 2018, 50(4), 208-11.

The Clinical Trials Registry – India (CTRI), launched over 10 years ago, is a free, searchable online platform for registration of clinical trials being conducted in India and as well as countries which do not have a Primary Registry of their own. The objective of the present article is to appraise the current status and the new developments of CTRI, which registers all types of clinical studies, including postgraduate theses. The CTRI which was until now allowing both prospective and retrospective registration is moving towards only prospective trial registration. From April 1, 2018, only those trials where the first patient enrollment has not yet commenced will be registered. Further, the CTRI is in the process of implementing structured summary results disclosure of all interventional clinical trials in the near future.

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027430   WAJEKAR A S, SALGAONKAR S V, CHINCHOLI I H, SHETTY A N (Anaesthesia Dep, KEM Hospital, Maharashtra, Email: swetavs@gmail.com) : Impact of basic medical writing workshop on case report writing by post-graduate anaesthesia trainees: A pilot study. Indian J Anaesth 2018, 62(7), 502-8.

Research is an integral component of medical education and practice. However, the art of medical writing remains neglected. Case report writing marks foray into the world of publications and presentations. We assessed and compared the impact of basic medical writing workshop about case report writing and their perception levels of confidence in these skills, among post-graduate anaesthesia students. A needs assessment for medical writing skills was performed among all anaesthesia residents. A total of 20 students were enrolled in this study. The pre-workshop assignment consisted of writing one case report per participant within 30 days, followed by students’ confidence assessment in these skills. A workshop on basic medical writing including analytical writing, scientific writing and plagiarism were conducted. Post-workshop a similar assignment was provided, followed by students’ confidence assessment. Moderate‑to‑high need for help was felt by 92.63% for analytical skills, 100% for scientific skills and writing without plagiarism, 95.78% for overall writing skills. For case report writing, the analytical and scientific writing significantly improved after the workshop (P = 0.01 and P = 0.016, respectively). There was a significant improvement in the students’ confidence levels post‑workshop in their analytical writing skills, avoiding plagiarism and overall writing capabilities (P = 0.02, P = 0.016 and P = 0.002, respectively). Writing skills of participants and their confidence in these skills improved post-workshop.

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027423   GADDE P, PENMETSA G S, RAYALLA K (Public Health Dentistry Dep, Vishnu Dental Coll, West Godavari - 534 202, Email: gaddephd6@gmail.com) : Do dental research journals publish only positive results? A retrospective assessment of publication bias. J Indian Soc Periodontol 2018, 22(4), 294-7.

The study aimed to determine the presence of publication bias in the top five dental journals with high impact factor published during 2007–2016. The journals included are Journal of Clinical Periodontology, Dental Materials, Clinical Oral Implant Research (COIR), Journal of Endodontics, and Journal of Dental Research (JDR). The content of these journals was hand searched by two authors for scouring the proportion of positive or negative results. Articles showing two outcomes (primary and secondary) were registered depending on the primary result. The present study revealed higher percentage of statistically significant results in the published dental literature. Of five journals, JDR has shown fewer tendencies toward publication of nonsignificant results, whereas COIR has evidenced the highest publication of nonsignificant results. The journals with higher impact factor showed significantly different acceptance rate for research with positive results. However, year‑wise publication (2007–2016) did not depict any significant difference. In dental research journals, articles with positive results are finding a better way in getting published compared to articles with negative results.

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026179   SONAL SINGH S, SINDHAV B, EESLEY D, BHOWMICK B (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur- 721 302, Email: sona.singh610@gmail.com) : Investigating the role of ICT intervention in grassroots innovation using structural equation modelling approach. Sadhana 2018, 43(7), 103.

Research on information communication technologies (ICT) for entrepreneurship development is burgeoning, yet our understanding of the use of ICT in support of grassroots innovation remains unclear. This paper examines the moderating role of the use of ICT on the relationship between grassroots innovation (GRI) and entrepreneurial success (ES). The study involved 400 grassroots entrepreneurs selected from three states in India, and the moderating effect of the use of ICT was analysed using moderated structural equation modelling. The results revealed that the use of ICT partially moderates the relationship between the new learning practices and economic benefits. It also partially moderates the relationship between local solution and economic benefits, but it fully moderates the relationship between networking capabilities and economic benefits, where the relationship is stronger when the use of ICT is high. Furthermore, the study found that the use of ICT does not moderate the relationship between new learning practice and non-economic benefits, relationship between local solution and non-economic benefits and relationship between networking capabilities and non-economic benefits.

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026178   AL-IMAM A (Anatomy and Cellular Biology Dep, Baghdad Univ, Iraq, Email: tesla1452@gmail.com) : The digital epidemiology of dysencephalia splanchnocystica, AKA Meckel-Gruber syndrome: Retrospective analysis and geographic mapping via google trends. Asian J Med Sci 2018, 9(5), 81-6.

Genetic diseases are diverse and many of which have debilitating consequences affecting the individual, the society, and the economy. Trends databases, including Google Trends database, can be used to estimate the digital epidemiology of these diseases. Digital Epidemiology is valuable when it comes to conditions of low prevalence as in the case of ciliopathies including that of Meckel–Gruber Syndrome. To assess the digital epidemiology and the geographic mapping of Meckel- Gruber syndrome via a trends database of the surface web. Google Trends database will be usedfor geographic mapping and retrospective analysis of interest of users of the Surface Web. The aim is to infer and predict the digital epidemiology of Meckel–Gruber Syndrome. A retrospective analysis is conducted as far as the trends database permits (2004-2017). The trends database was explored using the thematic expression of keywords specific to Meckel–Gruber Syndrome including its synonyms. Subsequently, descriptive and inferential statistics were carried out to estimate the digital epidemiology as well as the geographic mapping. The aim was to conclude the existence of any significant change in web users’ interest and the variation of that interest versus geography (country) and chronology (time). Concerning geographic mapping, signals of web users were found to be originating from the United States (68.49 %) and Finland (31.51 %). Globally, the average value of the relative interest of surface web users in Meckel–Gruber Syndrome was 34.10 (+/- 14.59). There was an overall decline in web users’ attention towards the condition for the period 2004−2010 versus 2011−2017 (20.06 vs 4.88, p-value<0.001) and for period 2004-2006 versus 2007-2009 (29.14 vs 14.19, p=0.001). Digital epidemiological analysis has been proven feasible with good accuracy via Googles Trends. In the case of Dysencephalia Splanchnocystica, the geographic mapping of the surface web has been limited to the developed world. Prospectively, Google Trends can be integrated into a predictive early warning system to anticipate any change in the interest of the users of the Indexed Web in a particular disease including genetic ones.

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026177   LYENGAR M M (Community Medicine Dep, DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala - 673 577, Email: madhusudan_kims12@rediffmail.com) : Selection of good medical journals for publication - an innovative approach. Indian J Comm Health 2018, 30(2), 166-9.

The Medical Council of India came out with the criteria of research publications for the promotions for the first time in 2009. Though this was done with the intention of promoting and encouraging research among faculties of Medical Colleges, this has given rise to the genesis as well as mushrooming of predatory journals. Hence MCI has been making attempts to refine the criteria of publications and make the criteria more stringent. The last such attempt was in its PG committee meeting in January 2018 where it decided to constitute a committee of experts in each subject to draw a list of standard journals in their respective subjects so that publications only in these journals would be considered for future promotions. In this context, this article makes an attempt to assist researchers and regulatory bodies in assessing the quality of journals by means of a score-sheet.

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