sumon mondal

The only way of freedom of speech in the Arab world is political cartoons. This issue crystalized in the Arab Spring due to the development of cyberspace and social media in the Arab world. As a result, these political cartoons became art of resistance. In this sense, the objectives of this research are: (1) to analyze political cartoons in the Arab world as a form of freedom of speech; (2) to study the evolution of political cartoons in the Arab Spring; and (3) to examine the function of social media and cyberspace as regard political cartoons. Therefore, this is a qualitative research in which a large amount of data has been analyzed in an exhaustive way. The primary source is ʿAlī Farzāt’s cartoons on the grounds that they show a clear evolution of political cartoons in the Arab world. As consequence, the conclusions of this research are: (1) political cartoons have been the only form of freedom of speech in the Arab world; (2) political cartoons are an alternative media;

Background: Snake bite can result in local as well as systemic manifestations. Major systemic complications include acute renal failure, neurological symptoms requiring ventilator support and coagulation disorders. The coagulation disorders lead to various serious systemic complications like haemorrhage, infarction and even death if the diagnosis and treatment are delayed. Objectives: To describe the clinical profile of the snake bitten patients who developed coagulopathy and the role of coagulation markers to evaluate the morbidity and mortality of the victims. Method: A cross-sectional hospital based study was done on patients aged 12 years or less having local or systemic signs of envenomation and no history of bleeding or coagulation disorders. The coagulation profile was assessed by peripheral blood sampling and urine analysis. Results: In the present study haemorrhagic manifestations seen included bleeding from injection site (46.7%), haematemesis (5%), haematuria (33.3%), bleeding gums (11.7%), epistaxis (1.7%), and haemoptysis (3.3%). Haemoglobin estimation revealed anaemia in 53.3% cases. The 20 minute whole blood clotting time (WBCT20) was positive in 86.4% of vasculotoxic snakebites and negative in all neuro-paralytic bites. Leucocytosis was observed in 60% cases with relative neutrophilia in 63.3%, thrombocytopenia was observed in 8.3%, bleeding time was prolonged in 13.3% and clotting time was prolonged in 56.7%. Conclusions: WBCT 20 is an important test to differentiate between viperine and elapine bites as it was positive in 46.7% of viperine bites and was negative in all elapine bites

Aim: Neonatal seizures are less likely to be idiopathic. Proper diagnosis of etiology can help in promptmanagement. The study was done to diagnose the preventable causes early and develop strategies for theprevention of neonatal seizures.Materials and Methods: This prospective observational study was done among neonates who developedseizures before or during the stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), irrespective of gestational ageand birth weight from June 2018 to May 2019.Results: In the study, 4.95% of the total admitted babies were with seizure out of which 66.2% were term.Most of the seizures were detected within 24 hours of birth (53.6%) in neonates of primigravida (62%) andwho are delivered normally (74.7%). Present study showed subtle seizures- 45.1%, multifocal clonic seizures- 39.4%, focal clonic seizures - 8.5% and tonic seizure - 7% of cases (n =71). Birth asphyxia (49.5%)being the most common cause followed by sepsis (29.5%) and metabolic abnormalities (25.4%)...