Articles


Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Benign Lymphoepithelial Cyst

Basudewa I Made

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Science and Technology, , 14 April 2022

Benign lymphoepithelial cyst (BLEC) or better known as cystic lymphoid hyperplasia is a lesion of the bilateral parotid glands and upper cervical lymph nodes, painless and enlarges slowly. BLEC is defined as a single or multiple cysts in the lymph nodes of the parotid gland. The typical clinical sign that is often found is bilateral painless enlargement of the parotid, enlarged gradually with diffuse cervical lymphadenopathy. The diagnosis of HIV-associated BLEC can be formed from blood tests with HIV immunoserology and anatomical pathology in patients with asymptomatic enlargement of the parotid gland. In this case, we reported a 54-year-old male patient with HIV infection will be discussed and diagnosed with HIV-associated BLEC through an anatomical pathology biopsy examination.

Threats of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software Engineers: A Grounded Theory Approach

Mekonnen Wagaw, Author

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Science and Technology, , 14 April 2022

Globalization and the expanded nature of business operations are driving organizations to use enterprise resource planning software. Since home-grown enterprise resource planning software are developed to fit organizations’ requirements and procedures, organizations are better in accepting these systems than commercial enterprise resource planning packages. However, home-grown enterprise resource planning software engineers, especially in the context of developing countries, have been facing threats from organizations, customers and managers. This study aimed at identifying the determinants and threats of home-grown enterprise resource planning software engineers by using grounded theory. In this study, grounded theory appaoch was used in the collection, analysis and interpretation of the home-grown enterprise resource planning software engineers in Ethiopia. Having inductively analysed the data gathered by using semi-structured interview and field observation, six themes of determinants and threats, namely requirement dynamics, resistance to change, mismanagement, conflict of interest, poor planning, and licensure gaps, were emerged. A total of nineteen subcategories were also found from those critical threats. Those emerged determinants and threats of enterprise resource planning software could be used by software engineering and research practices. The findings can be applicable to other developing countries having similar contextual characteristics with Ethiopia.