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Determinants of low birth weight ( LBW ) of newborns : Empirical evidence from a PHC of Kherva village Dr .

Purpose: The objective of this paper is to examine the key determinants that can affect the birth weight of newborns and to investigate the prevalence of LBW in the context of north Gujarat. Design/Methodology/Approach:To collect primary data, case-control study was conducted at primary health centerof Kherva village, north Gujarat using a questionnaire survey. Through convenience sampling, data were collected from 400 single birth mothers delivered during the study period.For examining the key factors affecting the birth weight of newborns and low birth weight (LBW), logistic regression analysis was applied. Findings:The results prove that the prevalence of LBW was 35 percent in a PHC of Kherva village, north Gujarat. Based on chi-square test, the findings confirmed that the risk factors, maternal age, monthly income, maternal education, paternal education, maternal occupation, paternal occupation and maternal height were found to be significant and also have an association with the birth weight of a newborn.In addition to this, the outcomes of binary logistic regression analysis showed that the significant demographic factors associated with low-birth-weight (LBW) were maternal age (24-28 years), family’s monthly income(5,000 10,000), maternal occupation (labour), paternal occupation (labour), paternal occupation(businessman) and paternal education (graduate). Research limitations: As this study focuses only in north Gujarat region, the generalizability of the findings of this study is limited. Originality/Value:Since the problem of low-birth-weight (LBW) is multi-dimensional, this study offers some of the important implications that can be helpful to doctors, govt. , mothers and research scholars. It provides handful information to the doctors who actually deal with the mothers’ delivery case and pregnancy matter. The study offers useful insights to the govt. in formulating the strategies in order to reduce the prevalence of low-birth weight.Moreover, it contributes to the existing literature on emerging low-birth weight in the context of north Gujarat, which is largely under-researched.
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In this paper, we develop a new model of a static game of incomplete information with a large number of players. The model has two key distinguishing features. First, the strategies are subject to threshold effects, and can be interpreted as dependent censored random variables. Second, in contrast to most of the existing literature, our inferential theory relies on a large number of players, rather than a large number of independent repetitions of the same game. We establish existence and uniqueness of the pure strategy equilibrium, and prove that the censored equilibrium strategies satisfy a near-epoch dependence property. We then show that the normal maximum likelihood and least squares estimators of this censored model are consistent and asymptotically normal. Our model can be useful in a wide variety of settings, including investment, R&D, labor supply, and social interaction applications.
The Moderating Effects Of Psychological Capital On Workplace Bullying And Burnout In The Philippine National Police

This descriptive-correlational research probed the moderating effects of Psychological Capital (PsyCap) on workplace bullying and burnout of Philippine National Police (PNP) uniformed personnel (N=447) of the National Capital Region (NCR) using convenience sampling technique. The survey instruments were composed of self-made socio-demographic profile, Psychological Capital Questionnaire24 (PCQ-24), Negative Acts Questionnaire Revised (NAQ-R), and Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI). The findings of the study indicated that most of the participants were male, 22 to 37 years old, married, college graduate, Police Officer 1 (PO1), 1 year and 1 month to 5 years in service, and from Southern Police District. Mean scores of the participants indicate high level of PsyCap, and very low level of workplace bullying and low level of burnout. Also, it was found out that PsyCap was negatively correlated with workplace bullying and burnout, while the latter variables maintained their positive correlations. Moreover, among the dimensions of PsyCap, hope and resilience moderates the relationship between the specific form of bullying and burnout.
An InGaAs Pi-N Photodiode Model : Description and Implementations in the Analysis of the 1 . 55 μ m Lightwave System

Using a detailed model of the InGaAs P-i-N photodiode that includes effects caused by the change of bias voltage and effects of the RC parasitic constant, authors describe the implementation of the pulse response of the P-i-N photodiode in the lightwave system model obtaining greater accuracy in comparison to an ideal square-law detector or to the simplified one-pole P-i-N photodiode model. Developed method has been used for the evaluation of the 10 Gb/s 1.55 μm IM/DD (Intensity Modulation/Direct Detection) digital optical system performance with InGaAs P-i-N photodiode as an optical receiver. The authors also propose the correction factor, the photodiode bandwidth penalty, in the total optical system penalty that describes the influence of the P-i-N photodiode properties on the optical system performance. Keywords— Lightwave system, linear response, optical communication, P-i-N photodiode, system penalty.
Chondrosarcoma of thalamus : report of a pediatric case with review of literature

This study aimed to report unusual location and imaging findings of an intracranial chondrosarcoma in a 7-year-old child. Chondrosarcoma is a malignant tumor arising from the chondrocytes that remain at the synchondroses of basilar skull bones. It is difficult to differentiate chondrosarcoma from chordoma because they are similar in appearance. The prognosis and survival rate of patients depend on the pathological type and degree of resection of tumors. In this study, the patient was in a comatose state on admission. The computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the head revealed a mass lesion extending from the left thalamus to the left cerebellar peduncle, and the imaging findings looked like a granulomatous sphere from fungal infection. The mass lesion was completely resected, and chondrosarcoma was diagnosed after pathological examinations. This tumor was present in an unusual location, compared with most chondrosarcoma cases, with atypical imaging findings, hindering the diagnosis of this intracranial chondrosarcoma case on admission. Also, this study reviewed the incidence of intracranial chondrosarcoma in children since 1963 and analyzed the treatment modalities related to the prognosis. The study showed that the prognosis and survival rate of patients with chondrosarcoma depended on the pathological type and treatment modalities.
Biosorption of Molasses Pigments by Sludge Agriculture Residues and Fungal 1

Free and viable cells of Phanerochaete chrysosporium effectively decolorize heat sterilized molasses waste water with 62.956 % when supplemented with (% w/v): glucose,1; peptone,1.25; K H2PO4, 0.25,and MgSO4 . 7H20, 0.125, pH 5 after 8 days of incubation at 30C and 200 rpm.0. 5% (w/v) chemically untreated wood chips,corn cob shred and sugarcane bagasse were also effective in molasses waste water color removal.Molasses waste water showed decreased COD and BOD when treated with Phanreovhaete chrysosporium under optimum conditions.
Estimating Ideal Points at the Supreme Court Using Agenda-Setting Votes

This article develops a new method for estimating the ideological preferences of Supreme Court justices based on their agenda-setting votes. While careful attention to agenda-setting is important in its own right, ideological measures from these votes have much to recommend them in general. Compared to the more familiar votes on case dispositions, there are far more agenda-setting votes on a far more stable set of issues. The estimated model takes into account case importance, justices’ individual preferences over docket size, and their ideological leanings. The method successfully predicts votes and returns new useful measures for scholars of the Court. ∗Department of Politics, Princeton University 130 Corwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544-1012 E-mail: bbj@princeton.edu. Thanks to Chris Achen, Deborah Beim, Charles Cameron, Brandice Canes-Wrone, John Kastellec, John Londregan, Nolan McCarty, Kelly Rader, Marc Ratkovic, Sepehr Shahshahani, and Keith Whittington for helpful comments and sound advice. I thank the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton for financial support and Julie Nelson and Rebecca Voth for research assistance.
LANDMARK-BASED MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS FOR SELECTED SPECIES OF INDIAN MAJOR CARP ( CATLA CATLA , HAM . 1822 )

In present study morphological differences or body shape variations (BSV) of Indian major carp Catla catla (Hamilton 1822) were studied on the landmark basis of truss morphometric network (TMN) from three different waterbodies. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed using landmarks of TMN to describe the shape of catla that shows the heterogeneous population in the waterbodies studied. On the basis of ‘truss network’ and application of ANOVA on variables of body sizes and shapes it was observed that C. catla from Mahi bajaj sagar was different from Aasan pond but much close to Surwania dam. The principal component analysis (PCA) of body shape variables provided two important findings (1) all the truss landmarks contributed significantly to the body shape of the fish unlike size variables in which few specific characteristics related to head and body depth and (2) Populations of C. catla appear different from each other as order of loading factor to different components in case of same species from different waterbodies. It is, thus, concluded that all the landmarks of ‘truss measurements’ contribute significantly to the body shape of the fish. These all analysis supports that ‘Truss network’ is an effective tool to describe the body shape and quantify the intra species variability of carps. Key Word: Catla Catla, Truss Network, Multivariate Analysis, Geometric Morphometrix
Impacts of Housing and Community Environments on Children ’ s Independent Mobility : A Systematic Literature Review

Rationale: Homes and communities are the most important spaces where people live, work, and recreate on a daily basis. They are especially impactful for children, who have limited mobility and rely more on their immediate surroundings. Limited studies have linked housing and community environments with children’s independent mobility (CIM), implying potential influences on child development. But recent decades have witnessed a steep decline in CIM, while it is unclear what the specific environmental barriers are and how design can help. Objectives: This systematic review examines the literature about environmental correlates of CIM and discusses its implication for future design. Methods: Based on an online search via multiple databases, this study identified and reviewed 42 articles about environmental correlates of CIM and relevant theories. Study characteristics and findings about the environment—CIM associations were reviewed and summarized to inform the development of a conceptual framework and design suggestions. Results: CIM is related to not only parents’ and child’s individual factors (e.g., age, gender, and socioeconomic status) but also environmental and social factors. Environmental correlates include community walkability, aesthetics, and safety; home type and location; and community-home relationships. Social factors include neighbourhood deprivation, social cohesion, and parenting social norms. Design suggestions include providing abundant destinations within walking/cycling distance, improving traffic safety, and creating child-friendly spaces for disadvantaged children. Conclusion and Discussion: This study identified environmental correlates of CIM and proposed design suggestions for promoting CIM. Further studies are needed in more countries and should build on a socio-ecological framework addressing multi-level factors.
INFLUENCE OF COMPLEX TRAINING ON EXPLOSIVE POWER OF KNEE EXTENSOR MUSCLES OF BASKETBALL JUNIORS

The aim of this paper is to establish the effects of an experimental treatment, so called Russian complex on explosive leg power of the basketball players belonging to the experimental group. Explosive leg power was measured on the sample consisting of 40 basketball players from the Serbian league: 20 basketball players from the experimental group and 20 from the control group, all aged between 16 and 18. The experimental group was the subject of the experimental treatment, so called Russian complex, which included gym exercises and took place twice a week during the period of ten weeks. The results of the univariate analysis of covariance indicated that the experimental programme led to a statistically significant improvement of all three motor variables used for the evaluation of explosive leg power (Sargent Jump Test, Standing Triple Jump and Standing Jump) in the experimental group of examinees, in comparison to the control group.
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF ICE RIDGE LOADS ON STRUCTURES

Experiments to investigate the loads from ridge keels on structures have been performed at Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt (HSVA) in Germany in scale 1:20. Four ice ridges were built and tests were performed with ice temperature and interaction speed as variables. The structures included two 0.7 m by 0.7 m underwater cubes and one 62°-sloped cone with a water line diameter of 0.6 m. The results indicate that colder ridges exerted higher loads on the structures for slow interaction speeds, but this effect disappears at higher speed. The horizontal loads on the sub sea structures reached a steady state and correlated to the keel profiles. Side tests comprised of seven punch tests, retaining wall tests, oedometer tests and two piling tests were also performed to characterize the mechanical properties of the rubble. A wedge extrusion was observed in the retaining wall test and the time series showed that the plate load seemed to be correlated to the penetration speed. The oedometer test showed the typical behaviour of a loose soil and the compaction behaviour was characterized.
Running head: VALENT SECONDARY TASKS WORKING MEMORY Effects of Valent Image-Based Secondary Tasks on Verbal Working Memory

Two experiments examined if exposure to emotionally valent image-based secondary tasks introduced at different points of a free recall working memory (WM) task impair memory performance. Images from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS: Lang, Bradley, & Cuthbert, 2008) varied in the degree of negative or positive valance (mild, moderate, strong) and were positioned at low, moderate, and high WM load points with participants rating them based upon perceived valence. As predicted, and based on previous research and theory, the higher the degree of negative (Experiment 1) and positive (Experiment 2) valence and the higher the WM load when a secondary task was introduced, the greater the impairment to recall. Secondary task images with strong negative valance were more disruptive than negative images with lower valence at moderate and high WM load task points involving encoding and/or rehearsal of primary task words (Experiment 1). This was not the case for secondary tasks involving positive images (Experiment 2), although participant valence ratings for positive IAPS images classified as moderate and strong were in fact very similar. Implications are discussed in relation to research and theory on task interruption, task distraction and literature concerning the effects of emotive stimuli on cognition.
SPECIES DIVERSITY , CHANGE IN FOREST COVER AND AREA OF THE SUNDARBANS , BANGLADESH A

The phytosociological analysis, species diversity and types, fidelity, presence, constancy, Sørensen similarity index and changes in forest cover, land and water areas since 1972 were analyzed. Forty six species were recorded both in quadrats and growing outside which belong to 26 families and 41 genera, 19 were distinguished as true mangrove species and the rest were mangrove associates. Leguminosae and Rhizophoraceae were the dominant families represented by 5 spp. each. Three species were found to be invasive, namely Blumea lacera (Burm. F.) DC. , Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. , Wedelia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr. The maximum importance value index was found in Heritiera fomes Buch. -Ham (48.08). The overall species diversity (H) of SMF was found 3.81, species richness (d) was 9.10 and evenness (e) was 0.47. The forest area was 385,237 ha in 2015. The satellite images showed that the forest and water area of SMF decreased gradually till 2015 in comparison to 1972. The bare land of Sundarbans showed a significantly increasing trend till 2015 since 1972. Introduction In the estuary of the River Ganges, in south-west coastal areas of Bangladesh and some part of West Bengal, the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest (SMF) exists. The Sundarbans originally extended about 40 thousand sq. km and forest clearing was initiated by the Turkish Sultans as early as the 13th century for agricultural purposes (Eaton 1991). The forest area reduced to about 20 thousand sq. km when the British started colonizing the subcontinent in 1793, but the agricultural invasion continued and the forest area reduced by a further 20% by the 1930s (Blasco 1977). The British Government declared the SMF as a reserve forest under the Forest Act 1927 to halt further encroachment. The Sundarbans is now restricted to around 10 thousand sq. km, stretching between the Baleshwar River, Bangladesh (about 60%) and the Hooghly River, India (about 40%). Due to climate change, sea level rise and other anthropogenic factors the destruction has been aggravated and the area of the SMF drastically reduced over the last few centuries. Therefore, the present research work was undertaken to analyse the current state of the structure, composition, pattern of distribution and the diversity of the mangrove species in the three ecological zones of all four Ranges of SMF and to estimate the changes in forest covers and land area by using satellite images. Materials and Methods Ecological exploration to the SMF of Bangladesh was carried out from 6 to 10 April, 2015. The study was conducted in Chandpai, Sarankhola, Satkhira and Khulna Ranges. Fourteen quadrats were taken in the three ecological zones namely, oligohaline, mesohaline and polyhaline of the SMF (Nazrul-Islam 2003). Details of the sampling stations along with the corresponding co-ordinates Author for correspondence: . Deputy Chief Conservator of Forest, Bangladesh Forest Department, Agargaon, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO), Agargaon, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
A TEST FOR SEPARABILITY IN COVARIANCE OPERATORS OF RANDOM SURFACES BY PRAMITA BAGCHI

The assumption of separability is a simplifying and very popular assumption in the analysis of spatio-temporal or hypersurface data structures. It is often made in situations where the covariance structure cannot be easily estimated, for example because of a small sample size or because of computational storage problems. In this paper we propose a new and very simple test to validate this assumption. Our approach is based on a measure of separability which is zero in the case of separability and positive otherwise. We derive the asymptotic distribution of a corresponding estimate under the null hypothesis and the alternative and develop an asymptotic and a bootstrap test, which are very easy to implement. In particular, our approach does neither require projections on subspaces generated by the eigenfunctions of the covariance operator nor distributional assumptions as recently used by [1] and [3] to construct tests for separability. We investigate the finite sample performance by means of a simulation study and also provide a comparison with the currently available methodology. Finally, the new procedure is illustrated analyzing a data example.
Ownership , Institutions , and Capital Structure : Evidence from Chinese Firms

We employ a new firm-level data set to study the capital structure and debt maturity choices of Chinese firms. We show that ownership and governance structures exert strong influences on individual firms’ financing decisions. Specifically, leverage increases with state and private ownership, and decreases with foreign ownership. State ownership is associated with firms’ increased access to long-term debt. The disparities in regional institutional development matter. Firms in regions with more competitive banking sectors and better legal environments have lower total debt relative to assets. Large and fast-growing regional economies are associated with more, often shortterm, borrowing by local firms; and large economies increase local firms’ access to long-term debt. The combination of ownership and institutional factors explains up to seven percent of the total variation in firms’ leverage decisions, while the firm characteristics alone explain no more than thirteen percent of the variation. Ownership structures and institutional environments affect large and small firms differently, and our evidence suggests that small firms are more likely to be squeezed out of the long-term loan market.
A Comparison of the Maximum Entropy Principle Across Biological Spatial Scales

Despite their differences, biological systems at different spatial scales tend to exhibit common organizational patterns. Unfortunately, these commonalities are often hard to grasp due to the highly specialized nature of modern science and the parcelled terminology employed by various scientific sub-disciplines. To explore these common organizational features, this paper provides a comparative study of diverse applications of the maximum entropy principle, which has found many uses at different biological spatial scales ranging from amino acids up to societies. By presenting these studies under a common approach and language, this paper aims to establish a unified view over these seemingly highly heterogeneous scenarios.
Global Real Rates : A Secular Approach by Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

This paper asks two very important and related questions: Why do real risk free rates decline and how long they will stay low? Differently than the existing literature on the topic, the authors adopt a present value approach to decompose fluctuations in global consumptionto-wealth ratio over long periods of time. This decomposition involves three components: risk free rate, risk premia, and consumption growth. The authors write down a model to analyze role of shocks on each of these components to discover the underlying deep causes of fluctuations in consumption-to-wealth ratio. They undertake such an exercise since consumption-to-wealth ratio predicts risk free rates. Their main results are as follows:
An empirical investigation of organizations’ switching intention to cloud enterprise resource planning: a cost-benefit perspective

Although cloud computing has a number of benefits, privacy risks play a critical role in organizations’ decisions to switch to cloud services. However, few studies on cloud adoption have investigated effects of both benefits and costs on switching intention. Based on cost-benefit analysis and technology acceptance model, this study develops a research model to investigate how benefits (perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use) and costs (perceived risk and privacy concerns) influence organizations’ switching intention to cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The model also accounts for trust and perceived control in the context of cloud computing. Perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and privacy concerns significantly affect switching intention. Trust can enhance perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use and reduce perceived risk. Perceived control can also reduce perceived risk and privacy concerns. The findings are useful to understand switching issues from traditional ERP to cloud ERP for both researchers and practitioners.