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Knowledge and Practice of Needle Stick and Sharp Injuries Prevention Among Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Hospital in Enugu State Nigeria

Occupational health hazard still remains a burden resulting in such conditions as pneumoconiosis, silicosis and blood-borne infections of which human immunodeficiency infection is inclusive. Needle sticks and other sharps-related injuries which expose workers to blood borne pathogens continue to be a significant hazard for hospital employees. This study examined knowledge and practice of Needle stick and sharp injuries prevention among health care workers. This is to determine the factors that affect the preventive practices of health care workers regarding needle stick and sharps injuries. The study design was a descriptive cross-sectional study design and 272 health care workers (133 males and 139 females) took part in the study. The knowledge of Needle stick and sharp injuries scale developed by the researcher was used to elicit responses from the participants. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to analyze the demographic variables and the data obtained from the participants. The study population was recruited from a selected tertiary hospital in Enugu state using stratified sampling method and the study was conducted in the year 2015. The result of the study showed that age, years of practice and experience of Needle stick and sharps injuries significantly affected the preventive practices against injuries among health care workers. The ages of the participants range from 21-58 years with the mean and standard deviation as 37.7 and 8.0 respectively. These findings from this study imply that younger health care workers are more likely to have needle stick and sharp injuries than the older ones. Also, people who have spent more years in practice are likely to record more injuries. Finally, the study result implies that people who have had Needle sticks and sharps injuries are more likely to take precautions and measures to avoid its occurrence in the future. Employers of health care workers should ensure that the younger staff are properly trained in the safe use and disposal of needles, the training should be on-going at short intervals to make up for the greater years of practice their older counterparts have over them; they should also modify work practices that can result in injuries; safety awareness should be promoted in the work environment and most importantly, procedures for reporting and timely follow up of all Needlestick and sharp related injuries should be established and encouraged. 2 Nkechi Kemmy Uwakwe et al.: Knowledge and Practice of Needle Stick and Sharp Injuries Prevention Among Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Hospital in Enugu State Nigeria
ION Calibrating AdaBoost for phoneme classification

Phoneme classification is a classification sub-task of automatic speech recognition (ASR),which is essential in order to achieve good speech recognition accuracy. However, unlike most classification tasks, besides finding the correct class, providing good posterior scores is also an important requirement of it. Partly because of this, formerlyGaussianMixtureModels,while recently Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are used in this task, while other common machine learning methods like Support Vector Machines and AdaBoost.MH are applied only rarely. In a previous study, we showed that AdaBoost.MH can match the performance of ANNs in terms of classification accuracy, but lags behind it when utilizing its output in the speech recognition process. This is in part due to the imprecise posterior scores that AdaBoost.MH produces, which is a well-known weakness of this method. To improve the quality of posterior scores produced, it is common to perform some kind of posterior calibration. In this study, we test several posterior calibration techniques in order to improve the overall performance of AdaBoost.MH. We found that posterior calibration is a good way to improve ASR accuracy, especially when we integrate the speech recognition process into the calibration workflow.
Multiple Integrated Navigation Sensors for Improved Occupancy Grid Fastslam

An autonomous vehicle must accurately observe its location within the environment to interact with objects and accomplish its mission. When its environment is unknown, the vehicle must construct a map detailing its surroundings while using it to maintain an accurate location. Such a vehicle is faced with the circularly defined Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) problem. However difficult, SLAM is a critical component of autonomous vehicle exploration with applications to search and rescue. To current knowledge, this research presents the first SLAM solution to integrate stereo cameras, inertial measurements, and vehicle odometry into a Multiple Integrated Navigation Sensor (MINS) path. The implementation combines the MINS path with LIDAR to observe and map the environment using the FastSLAM algorithm. In real-world tests, a mobile ground vehicle equipped with these sensors completed a 140 meter loop around indoor hallways. This SLAM solution produces a path that closes the loop and remains within 1 meter of truth, reducing the error 92% from an image-inertial navigation system and 79% from odometry FastSLAM.
AGRO-MORPHOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF SOME EXOTIC COMMON BEAN ( PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L . ) GENOTYPES UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS OF ISLAMABAD , PAKISTAN

Thirteen exotic and local genotypes of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) were evaluated for various agronomic and morphological characters under rainfed conditions of Islamabad, Pakistan during February-May, 2010. Significant differences were found among genotypes for grain yield plant, 100-seeds weight, seeds pod and pods plant. Local Kashmir excelled all genotypes in grain yield (24.5 g plant) while minimum yield (1 g plant) was also produced by indigenous cultivar Local Balakot. Exotic cultivars differ significantly for grain yield with maximum 11.4 g plant for Ducato and minimum 1.2 g plant in case of Varigated and 2a-(GB 44004.1-1999). Non significant differences among genotypes were observed for days to maturity. The correlation coefficients illustrate the positive and significant association of grain yield with flowering duration, number of pods, and number of seeds plant, therefore, these traits should be considered for genetic improvement through selection. Cluster analysis based on different agro-morphic parameters revealed important classification regarding genetic diversity for studied traits among genotype. Local Kashmir and Ducato were proved best among indigenous and exotic genotypes, respectively. The genotypes with high grain yield, biological yield and 100-seed weight were grouped into same clusters and these genotypes could prove useful resources for common bean genetic improvement program through hybridization and as direct introduction after further evaluation in different agroecological zones of the country especially in the mountainous areas.
Karlskrona Sweden VIRTUAL VPN IN THE CLOUD Design and Modeling of an IPSec VPN in Virtualized Environment

Context: Cloud computing offers enterprises a method to access computing resources on-demand. This allows enterprises to save on capital expenses related to periodic hardware upgrades, maintenance and energy costs. However data traversing in cloud, leads to data breaching and data loss by third party intruders affecting the managing and reliability of sensitive information. A virtual private network, VPN, is a typical way of interconnecting networks over a public network infrastructure securing data transferred across the private subnets. The goal of this project is to provide VPN as a service using virtualized VPN software, essentially making the VPN yet another building block for a service in the cloud. Objectives: The objective of this thesis involves the modeling of an open source IPSec based VPN solution on a Linux Platform and estimating its performance efficiency for implementing VPNaaS prototype. Also resource allocation and management metrics are evaluated to determine the rate and reliability of launching VMs. An extensive literature review has been carried out depicting the various VPN implementations and various security enhancing key distribution mechanisms. Methods: Configuration and modeling of an IPSec VPN solution on a Linux environment has been accomplished by proper experimental set-up in the FIWARE federated cloud where performance metrics on throughput, jitter and packet loss were measured and analyzed. Overheads concerning various encryption algorithms have been studied and resulted. Results: AES128-MD5 outperforms all the other algorithmic combinations, owing to its advanced functionality and software compatibility. TCP and UDP analysis show comparative analysis between tunnel and non-tunneled traffic. VM resource allocation, failure ratio and service operational times were also measured to evaluate factors like speed and reliability of VPN services. Conclusion: Introducing VPN prototype to the cloud can enable cloud users to remain interconnected across multiple geographical locations simultaneously enhancing data integrity and confidentiality. Thorough literature review conducted on various VPN architectures, key distribution mechanisms will supplement future researchers to select accurately depending on pre-requisites. There is also a lot of scope for future work, including various caching algorithms for overhead reduction enhancing performance efficiency.
SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF STEEL FRAMES WITH POSTTENSIONED CCOPAPER TITLE LINE 1-TENSIONED CONNECTIONS

The aim of this paper is to study the seismic performance of self-centering moment resisting frames for better understanding the advantages of this type of structure. Alternatively, the paper compares the seismic performance of traditional structures with rigid connections with an equivalent structure but with post-tensioned connections. For this aim, thirty long duration ground motion records obtained from the soft soil of Mexico City are used. Non-linear time history analyses are developed for both types of structural systems to obtain the maximum and residual interstory drifts, where the maximum drift is the main parameter used in the seismic design codes to evaluate the seismic performance of structures. It is concluded that the structural response of steel buildings with post-tensioned connections subjected to strong ground motions is reduced compared with the seismic response of building with rigid connections. Moreover, residual drift demands are reduced considerably for the system with post-tensioned connecction.
P 11 . 3 NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE 24 APRIL , 2002 STORM MERGER BETWEEN A LEFT MOVING STORM AND SUPERCELL

There has long been a suspected association between tornadogenesis and storm merging. While the presence of nearby cells can enhance or detract from storm intensity and longevity (see P11.4), the relationship between merging and tornadogenesis is of particular concern for warning meteorologists, considering the short time period possible between merging and touchdown (Lee et al. 2006). This study addresses one such event, through numerical simulations and observations.
An asymptotic analysis of Gibbs-type priors

The Dirichlet process, introduced by T. Ferguson in 1973, is the most famous and successful example of discrete nonparametric prior in Bayesian statistics. Among many desirable features, such process is posterior consistent, that is the posterior distribution accumulates, as the sample size grows to infinity, to a mass point at the “true” distribution, say P0, that has generated the data, whatever such distribution is. Here the asymptotic problem is set in a frequentist sense, namely the data are assumed to be identically and independently distributed (i.i.d.) from the “true” probability distribution P0. It is of interest to investigate whether this property of posterior consistency can be extended to a more general class of random probability measures, to be used as priors in a Bayesian framework. A natural extension of the Dirichlet process is given by the class of Gibbstype priors; they are random probability measures which are almost surely discrete and with a convenient predictive structure. In this thesis, after a preliminary introduction to the Bayesian nonparametric framework and some standard results, we analyze the main features of Gibbs-type priors and focus on posterior consistency for some notable examples in this class. We provide an algorithmic framework to test the consistency of random measures in this class with respect to an underlying base distribution P0 by means of Monte Carlo simulations. Collegio Carlo Alberto (July 2016)
Translating English Medical Terms into Indonesian : A Study of Phonological Translation and Spelling Adjustment

This study investigates phonological translation and spelling adjustment as linguistic phenomena in the translation of English medical terms into Indonesian. It aims at identifying the phonological translation and describing spelling adjustment taking place in English-Indonesian medical terms translation. Here, phonological adaptation is specifically discussed to demonstrate the translation of the English terms that are, then, adopted into the Indonesian language through the adjustment of pronunciation. The adjustment can be clearly seen through the comparison of the phonemic transcription of each term. Meanwhile, spelling adjustment presents the adaptation of writing system in accordance with the phonological translation. In Indonesian, the spelling system of the foreign adopted terms is standardized in the Indonesian guidance of term formation. The data are taken from the translation of six selected articles from a medical textbook, General Ophthalmology (2008) that is translated into Oftalmologi Umum (2013). The results demonstrate that phonological translation does occur in the process of translating the English medical terms into Indonesian and the spelling adjustment includes the writing of affix, vowel, vowel combination, vowel-consonant combination as well as consonant combination.
A Hybrid Model for Data Prediction in Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks

Data prediction is proposed in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to extend system lifetime by avoiding transmissions of redundant messages. Existing prediction-based approaches can be classified into two types. One focuses on historical data reconstruction and proposes backward models, which incur uncontrollable delay. The other focuses on the future data prediction and proposes forward models, which require additional transmissions. This letter proposes a hybrid model with the capabilities of both historical data reconstruction and future data prediction to avoid additional transmission and control delay. Two algorithms are proposed to implement this model in real-world WSNs. One is a stagewise algorithm for sensor nodes to build optimal models. The other is for the sink to reconstruct and predict sensed values. Two WSN applications are simulated based on three real data sets to evaluate the performances of the hybrid model. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed approach has high performance in terms of energy efficiency with controllable delay.
Students Attitudes toward English Conversation Class in the Ways They are Mara

English conversation is one of the crucial lessons for senior high school students in order to face the globalization. Many students considered English conversation as a controversial lesson through their positive and negative attitudes toward it. This study aimed to reveal the realization of students’ attitudes toward English conversations class in the ways they are. This was a qualitative study conducted at the twelfth grade of senior high school students. The subjects of this study were 20 students at the age of 16-17 years old. Data were collected by doing observations, and interviews. The data were analyzed using Interactive Models. The result showed that students tended to have the positive language attitudes toward English conversations class in various ways. It was found that there were many factors influencing their attitudes i.e. awareness of language use, language loyalty, language pride and lack of knowledge. It was concluded that the realization of students attitudes toward English conversation were various. Keywords—language, attitudes, conversations
- 1-Assessing Bankruptcy Probability with Alternative Structural Models and an Enhanced Empirical Model

The purpose of this paper is to examine the ability of two structural credit risk models to forecast firms’ bankruptcy; Leland (1994) and Leland and Toft (1996). These models have received much less attention by researchers in the literature of corporate credit risk modeling relative to others and their empirical assessment in this study show that they can be a powerful alternative option for those concerned to forecast bankruptcy. Furthermore, when we extend the empirical accounting-based measure of bankruptcy, Zscore (Altman, 1968), by incorporating bankruptcy probabilities produced by our structural models as additional explanatory variables, its performance improves significantly. These two models which we call market-based Z-scores yield the most powerful models at in-sample and out-of-sample forecasts amongst several alternative specifications. JEL classification codes: C52, G13, G33
Productive and reproductive performance of Black Bengal Goat under farming condition in Bangladesh

The study was undertaken to evaluate the productive and reproductive performances of Black Bengal Goat (BBG) under farming condition. Data were collected from Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) goat research farm during 2006 to June 2013. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 17.0 statistical computerprogram. The mean of birth weight of kid irrespective ofsex was 1.31 kg. Live weights at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months were 5.65, 9.63, 14.20 and 17.70 kg, respectively. Weaning weight was heavier in second generation (G2) (5.34 kg) followed by 5.15 kg in first generation (G1), 4.87 kg in third generation (G3) and 4.17 kg in foundation stock (G0) with an overall mean of 4.88 kg. Body weight gain at 0-3 month, 3-6 month, 6-9 month, and 9-12 month ages were 66.34±1.69 g/d, 41.54±2.02 g/d, 49.97±3.10 g/d and 39.28±4.35 g/d, respectively. Body weight gain from 0-12 month age was 56.31±1.40 g/d. Average daily milk yield, lactation length and total milk per lactation were 287.7 ml/d, 61.5 days and 19129.40 ml, respectively. Average age and weight at puberty were 182.7±7.25 days and 9.81±0.34 kg, respectively. Age and weight at 1st service were 187.56±8.33 days and 9.91±0.39 kg, respectively. Number of services per conception was 1.37±0.03. Average litter size, gestation length, post partum heat period, days open and kidding interval were 1.75±0.03, 142.45±0.31 days, 33.39±1.82 days, 46.62±2.86 days and 188.01±2.14 days, respectively. The results indicate that despite of having promising prolificacy and breeding and reproductive efficiency of BBG, still there need to be improved for birth weight, weight gain and milk yield of dam. Asian Australas. J. Biosci. Biotechnol. 2016, 1 (2), 235-245
A Method of Estimation of the Cell Doubling Time on Basis of the Cell Culture Monitoring Data

Investigation with time-lapse microscopy of the clonal growth of stem cells provides to the analysis of image sequences, which document development of a single clone in constant time increments. The cell doubling time (T2) determines the dynamics of the cell culture development as average time taken for a cell to complete the cell cycle and is typically estimated with cytometric measurements within several days. However our monitoring of the cell culture lasts shorter, so the dependence of T2 from measurements available from image sequences has been found and applied to the collected data. The results are compared with the cell doubling time estimated and published for the cell line by the lab, in which it has been established.
Full Scale Dynamic Testing of Large Area Suspended Ceiling System

A series of experiments to investigate the seismic behavior of large area suspended ceiling systems were performed using a tandem of shake tables at UB-SEESL in USA. For the full scale dynamic testing, a new test frame providing a continuous ceiling area of 6.1 m × 16.3 m (100 m) was constructed on the shake tables and was equipped with an open loop compensation procedure for the frame corrections. Fifteen test configurations were selected in order to determine the effects or efficiency of ceilings parameters. Based on the test data and the failure mechanisms observed, fragility curves are developed. Simplified analytical models are developed to represent the mechanics of the tested systems. The paper presents the experimental study, the unique control systems, the basic lessons learned from the experiments, and the development of simple computational tools to predict the design forces required for achieving a safe ceiling construction within the expected seismic ranges.
Education and Employment Among Young Arab Israelis

Recent years have seen a significant improvement in the level of education of Arab Israelis at all schooling levels. This chapter focuses on the changes that have taken place at the high school level (the bagrut certificate) and in higher education (the psychometric exam and academic studies) and presents a status report on the education and employment of young Arab Israelis, distinguishing between the various population groups. Arab Israeli women in all groups have greatly improved their level of education. They are qualifying for bagrut certificates at higher rates than previously, both in relation to Jewish women and in relation to Arab Israeli men, and many of them study in science tracks. The share of Arab Israeli women pursuing higher education has also significantly increased, especially among Druze and Bedouin women, who in the past were less likely to attend college. After controlling for socioeconomic characteristics, Arab Israeli women were found to be more successful than expected given their background. At the same time, a very large number of Arab Israeli women continue to study education and pursue employment in this field, even though the labor market is saturated and it is difficult for graduates to find full-time work. In order to balance the market, there is a need to direct female students toward other fields, to increase the supply of jobs, and to create support mechanisms for women who work in fields that are not considered classic “women’s work. ” In contrast, less improvement has been seen among Arab Israeli men. The share of young men qualifying for a bagrut certificate has risen, but less than among Jews, and thus the gap has grown to the advantage of Jewish men. At older ages, the situation becomes worse, and there has been almost * The Taub Center gratefully acknowledges The Diane P. and Guilford Glazer Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles for its generous support of this project. Hadas Fuchs, Researcher, Taub Center. The author thanks Prof. Avi Weiss and Dr. Naomi Friedman-Sokuler for their helpful comments, as well as David Gordon and Ita First from the Central Bureau of Statistics for their help in making the data available. 3