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The Effect of Lean Supply Chain Practice on Supply Chain Performance in Egypt Manufacturing Industry

The general objective of this paper is to determine the impact of lean practice on supply chain (SC) performance in Egypt manufacturing industry, an empirical framework was proposed for lean supply chain (LSC) practices to encompass the five processes (plan, source, make, deliver, return) of the supply chain operations reference “SCOR model” which constitute the main processes of supply chain management (SCM). This study adopted a quantitative explanatory research design to test empirically the extent of applying lean practice in manufacturing sector in Egypt market throughout the SCOR model five processes, and to investigate the impact of applying LSC practices on the total SC performance (cost, time, quality, and flexibility). A survey questionnaire was distributed to managers from 30 manufacturing companies from different industries implementing lean practice in their operations, only 66 validated questionnaires were obtained. The results revealed. First, the identification and empirical validation of lean practice implementation degree across SCM which provides means to focus on the most popular and elementary LSC practices among different manufacturing industry sectors in Egypt. Second, the effect of LSC practices on the total SC performance, although not all aspects matter to the same extent and effect. As, the practices of 1 Received in 14/10/2019, accepeted in 26/11/2019. 2 Researcher. (Email:Hanaaabdou@hotmail.com) 3 Professor of Business Administration Dean, College of Management and Technology. (Dr.a.labib@aast.edu) 4 Assistant Professor at Marketing and international Business. (aishenoour@aast.edu) Jour al of Alexan ria University for Administrative Sciences © Volume 57 – No. 1 – January 2020 The Effect of Lean Supply Chain . Hanaa Mohamed; Prof. Dr. Ashraf Labib; Dr. Aisha Tarek 262 value stream analysis or value stream mapping (VSA or VSM), lean shop floor (LSF), customer relationship management (CRM), and information technology (IT) management have a significant positive effect on the total SC performance. While supplier relationship management (SRM) and just in time (JIT) practices have an insignificant effect on the total supply chain performance.
IMPACTS OF PRODUCTIVE SAFETY SECURITY AND ANNUAL INCOME IN SIDAMA ZONE, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

This study was conducted with the aim of identifying the impacts of the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) on household food security, asset accumulation and annual income. The intervention areas of the project are in impro project has been implemented since 2005 in Ethiopia, its impact on food security, asset accumulations, and household income have not well studied. Both primary and secondary data were collected and analyzed. The primary data was collected from 154 PSNP beneficiaries and 174 non beneficiaries. Secondary data was used from previous related literature and office reports. Descriptive statistics and econometric model of propensity score matchi collected data. The result of the descriptive statistics showed that there are significant mean differences between PSNP beneficiaries and non food shortage, educational gives priority for female headed households. Moreover, the mean difference of outcome variables for samples the households for daily caloric intake per adult equivalent (t=6.68), asset accumulations (t=7.05) and annual income (t=5.44) was statistically significant between PSNP beneficiaries and non based on the results of t beneficiary households increased the total calorie intake per adult equivalent by 738.27 Kcal which was significant at a 1% significance level. Similarly, there was a statistically significant mean difference between the beneficiaries and non annual income in birr of 29652.7 and 26732 birr respectively. that the impact results estimated by this study are inse gamma value 3.5. the implementation of the project to other food prone areas of Ethiopia.
Investigation of the effect of quercetin in an experimental oxygen-induced retinopathy model

Aim: Investigation of the effect of intraperitoneal (IP) quercetin and bevacizumab on oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) model in rats. Methods: In the study, 28 newborn rats were used. The OIR model was performed with the 50/10% oxygen technique. The study consisted of four groups as a control group (Group I) and OIR groups (Group II, III, and IV). IP injection applied to all groups on the postnatal day (PND) 14. Groups I and II were performed 0.9% NaCl, Group III was performed IP bevacizumab, and Group IV was performed IP quercetin. All animals were sacrificed on PND 18. Results: Based on the data obtained from immunohistochemical and histopathological examinations, the number of vascular endothelial cell (VEC), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) levels were significantly reduced in Group III and IV compared to Group II. VECs levels were 0±0, 32.69±5.77, 2.92±0.63, and 3.64±0.36 in Group I, Group II, Group III, and Group IV, respectively (p<0.001). Likewise, VEGF values were 0.15±0.01, 7.57±1.80, 2.45±0.45, and 2.46±0.49, respectively (p<0.001). As well as TNF-α values were 0.06±0.01, 8.22±2.24, 2.32±0.32, and 2.29±0.26 in Group I, Group II, Group III, and Group IV, respectively (p<0.001). There was no significant difference between Group III and Group IV in terms of VEC, VEGF and TNF-α values (range of p values was 0.96-1.00). Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that quercetin administration significantly reduced the VEC number and suppressed VEGF and TNF-α. Quercetin's anti-inflammatory and anti-angiogenesis effect was found to be similar to bevacizumab.
Post-use ring weight, residual drug content and drug depletion zone thickness as objective measures of user adherence to a contraceptive progesterone vaginal ring

Objectives The primary aim was to investigate post-use ring weight as a potential measure of cumulative adherence to a progesterone-releasing vaginal ring. Study design We weighed and quantified residual progesterone in 115 vaginal rings following 90-day use by participants in an acceptability trial conducted in Nigeria, Senegal and Kenya. The primary objective was to correlate residual progesterone content with post-use ring weight. Secondary objectives included correlating ring weight with putative duration of ring use, and where participants used two rings consecutively in the study, correlating residual content between these paired rings. loading. Linear regression showed strong ring use of secondary analyses involved correlation of ring and progesterone with depletion
Depression of Erythrocyte δ-Aminolaevulinic Acid Dehydratase Activity in Alcoholics

SUMMARY 1. 6-Aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) dehydratase, y-glutamyl transpeptidase (y GT) , and leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) have been measured in chronic alcoholics. 2. Within 48 h of alcohol withdrawal ALA dehydratase activity was depressed in chronic alcoholics even though the blood alcohol content was zero. A second group of chronic alcoholics studied 7 days after the cessation of alcohol consumption had normal ALA dehydratase activities. 3. ALA dehydratase activity is more reliable than measurements of yGT and LAP in monitoring alcohol habits of chronic alcoholics.
Study on Photochemical Degradation of Triazophos in Aqueous Solutions

The photochemical degradation of triazophos was studied in natural seawater(NSW),artificial seawater(ASW) and distilled water(DW) in this paper.Triazophos could be obviously degraded in three aqueous solutions under the irradiation of high-pressure mercury lamp(HPML),which showed the first-order reaction kinetic behavior,and the rate constants(k) of photochemical degradation of triazophos in natural seawater,distilled water and artificial seawater were 0.008 61,0.006 42,0.006 33 min-1,respectively.The photodegradation rates of triazophos were influenced by triazophos initial concentrations,and the rate constants of photochemical degradation of triazophos decreased with the increasing initial concentration in three aqueous solutions.In addition,the result showed that the addition of heavy metal ions such as Cu2+ and Cd2+ to the three aqueous solutions could restrain the photo-degradation rates of triazophos.The restrained degree changed with the concentrations of heavy metal ions.
What Do Patients and Caregivers Want? A Systematic Review of User Suggestions to Improve Patient Portals

Significant investments have been made in patient portals in order to provide patients with greater access to their medical records, as well as to other services such as secure electronic communication with their healthcare provider(s). Unfortunately, overall, patient adoption and use of patient portals has been lower than expected. According to the user-centered design philosophy, including end-user voices in all stages of the design process is critical to a technology's success. Thus, as a part of a larger systematic review, we examined the patient portal literature and identified 42 studies that reported patient's or their caregiver's suggestions to improve patient portals. The results suggest that patients and caregivers want patient portals to (i) support human connection (e.g., virtual patient-provider interactions), (ii) give patients more control (e.g., over their medical record) and be designedfor the variation in patient and caregiver experiences, and (iii) be innovative (e.g., provide contextualized medical advice).
Darboux Approach to M α -integration

It is known that one can develop Riemann integration theory via Darboux approach. The main idea in the Darboux approach is to define an integral using upper and lower Riemann sums. In this study we look at how -integration can be develop via Darboux approach. Here is a brief discussion of the methodology. We define an equivalence relation on the set of -divisions of , - such that for - divisions *(, -)+ and *(, -)+ we say that if and only if the intervals in are exactly the intervals in . Given a gauge on , - and a -fine division *(, -)+ of , - , we set , -* + Given a function on , - , and a -fine - division , we define the upper and lower sums (respectively) in the following manner ( and provided these values exists. We were able to show that a function on , - is ntegrable if and only if the following exists and are equal: ) In this approach we were able to prove the basic properties of the -integral. It is our next goal to extend -integration to other spaces via Darboux
Study of Socio-Economic Profile of Farmers in Different Systems of Poultry Production in Varanasi

The study was conducted to determine the socio-economic profile of the farmers, profitability and income utilization under various system of poultry production. Five villages were selected purposively having presence of good number of poultry farmers. Data were collected from the 20 respondent with the help of structured interview technique. The study area was dominated by the male farmers belonging to middle age group followed by young. Most of respondents belongs general followed by other backward class and SC category. Education statuses of most of the respondents were high and 10+2. The average sizes of family in both orgnised system and backyard were 7 and have medium family size. joint type family were mostly present in most of the farms irrespective to the poultry production system, as is the trend in the present rural social dynamics all over the country and majority of respondents were high and 10+2. In both the systems of poultry farming, respondents had animal husbandry (including poultry) and agriculture as the main occupation. Majority of the organised poultry farmers 5 to 10 years’ experience in poultry farm while unorgnised poultry farmers had more than 10 year experience.
Statistical Impact of Sample Size and Imbalance on Multivariate Analysis in silico and A Case Study in the UK Biobank

Large-scale biobank cohorts coupled with electronic health records offer unprecedented opportunities to study genotype-phenotype relationships. Genome-wide association studies uncovered disease-associated loci through univariate methods, with the focus on one trait at a time. With genetic variants being identifiedfor thousands of traits, researchers found that 90% of human genetic loci are associated with more than one trait, highlighting the ubiquity of pleiotropy. Recently, multivariate methods have been proposed to effectively identify pleiotropy. However, the statistical performance in natural biomedical data, which often have unbalanced case-control sample sizes, is largely known. In this work, we designed 21 scenarios of real-data informed simulations to thoroughly evaluate the statistical characteristics of univariate and multivariate methods. Our results can serve as a reference guide for the application of multivariate methods. We also investigated potential pleiotropy across type II diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis of arteries, depression, and atherosclerotic heart disease in the UK Biobank.
Foundations for Meaningful Consent in Canada’s Digital Health Ecosystem: Retrospective Study

Background Canadians are increasingly gaining web-based access to digital health services, and they expect to access their data from these services through a central patient access channel. Implementing data sharing between these services will require patient trust that is fostered through meaningful consent and consent management. Understanding user consent requirements and information needs is necessary for developing a trustworthy and transparent consent management system. Objective The objective of this study is to explore consent management preferences and information needs to support meaningful consent. Methods A secondary analysis of a national survey was conducted using a retrospective descriptive study design. The 2019 cross-sectional survey used a series of vignettes and consent scenarios to explore Canadians’ privacy perspectives and preferences regarding consent management. Nonparametric tests and logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify the differences and associations between various factors. Results Of the 1017 total responses, 716 (70.4%) participants self-identified as potential users. Of the potential users, almost all (672/716, 93.8%) felt that the ability to control their data was important, whereas some (385/716, 53.8%) believed that an all or none control at the data source level was adequate. Most potential users preferred new data sources to be accessible by health care providers (546/716, 76.3%) and delegated parties (389/716, 54.3%) by default. Prior digital health use was associated with greater odds of granting default access when compared with no prior use, with the greatest odds of granting default access to digital health service providers (odds ratio 2.17, 95% CI 1.36-3.46). From a list of 9 information elements found in consent forms, potential users selected an average of 5.64 (SD 2.68) and 5.54 (SD 2.85) items to feel informed in consenting to data access by care partners and commercial digital health service providers, respectively. There was no significant difference in the number of items selected between the 2 scenarios (P>.05); however, there were significant differences (P<.05) in information types that were selected between the scenarios. Conclusions A majority of survey participants reported that they would register and use a patient access channel and believed that the ability to control data access was important, especially as it pertains to access by those outside their care. These findings suggest that a broad all or none approach based on data source may be accepted; however, approximately one-fifth of potential users were unable to decide. Although vignettes were used to introduce the questions, this study showed that more context is required for potential users to make informed consent decisions. Understanding their information needs will be critical, as these needs vary with the use case, highlighting the importance of prioritizing and tailoring information to enable meaningful consent.
Molecular Identification of Leishmania Species in Patient with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area of Fars Province, Southern Iran

Corresponding Author: Nader Sharifi Zoonoses Research center, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran Email: nadersharifi81@yahoo.com Abstract: The Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) contains a range of factors, which provide different patterns of transmission that make it difficult to control. The aim of this study was to identify the different species of Leishmania in the Jahrom district of Fars province, southern Iran. This descriptive study was done on CL suspected cases who were referential to the Reference of Jahrom Health Center laboratory in 2017 from all different zones mentioned. Demographic variables (age, sex, location, number and place of wounds) was recorded by a questionnaire. The blood smears were checked for the existence of amastigotes by light microscopy. After microscopic examination smears were extract DNA and used in the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method. Totally 165 slide samples checked were found to be positive for amastigotes via microscopy and positive for leishmanial DNA in the PCR. two (1.2%) of the slide samples gave the 750-bp indicative of Leishmania tropica and 163 samples (98.8%) gave the 560-bp indicative of Leishmania major. Although the actually that both species of CL are common in Iran, but our results showed that in Jahrom district the main specie was L. major. Thus, this fact displays the importance of reservoir rodents in programs of CL control in this County.
Prediction of secondary structure population and intrinsic disorder of proteins using multitask deep learning

Recent research in predicting protein secondary structure populations (SSP) based on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) chemical shifts has helped quantitatively characterise the structural conformational properties of intrinsically disordered proteins and regions (IDP/IDR). Different from protein secondary structure (SS) prediction, the SSP prediction assumes a dynamic assignment of secondary structures that seem correlate with disordered states. In this study, we designed a single-task deep learning framework to predict IDP/IDR and SSP respectively; and multitask deep learning frameworks to allow quantitative predictions of IDP/IDR evidenced by the simultaneously predicted SSP. According to independent test results, single-task deep learning models improve the prediction performance of shallow models for SSP and IDP/IDR. Also, the prediction performance was further improved for IDP/IDR prediction when SSP prediction was simultaneously predicted in multitask models. With p53 as a use case, we demonstrate how predicted SSP is used to explain the IDP/IDR predictions for each functional region.
Risk classification in pediatrics made by nurses focusing on clinical conditions

Objective: to verify the association between the classification of risk made by the nurses and the clinical conditions presented by children and adolescents. Methods: a cross sectional study was carried out with 397 children/adolescents in the emergency room of a public secondary hospital. In the data collection, a formulary was used, containing sociodemographic and clinical data; and the Guideline for Acceptance with Risk Rating in Pediatrics. Results: there was no significant association between the socio-demographic characteristics of the children and risk classification. They were female, aged between one and five years and weight appropriate for the age group. There was a significant association (p<0.005) between risk ratings, risk discriminators (p=0.001), procedures performed (p<0.001) and patient’s destination (p=0.013). Conclusion: the association between adopted risk classification and pediatric clinical variables confirms the degree of complexity presented by children/adolescents, favoring assertive clinical evaluation by the host nurse. Descriptors: Triage; Pediatric Nursing; User Embracement; Health Promotion.
Relationship Between Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Investment: Evidence from GCC Countries

This paper examines the relationship between outward foreign direct investment and domestic investment, which is regarded with increased interest as a driver of growth in domestic markets for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies. Mean group (MG), pooled mean group (PMG) and dynamic fixed effect (DFE) approaches have been applied to measure short-run and long-run effects of domestic investment (DI) on outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) by relaxing the assumption of cross-sectional dependence (CD). This research shows that ignoring cross-sectional dependency among the countries which are parallel in economic structure may result in biased economic estimations. The findings of the dynamic fixed effect estimators show that domestic investment has negative and significant effects on FDI outflows in the long run in GCC countries. Furthermore, some of macroeconomic variables (trade and inflation) have insignificant effects on OFDI, whereas human capital has positive and significant effects on FDI outflows in the long run. The findings of this research remain important for policy makers to determine the practical efficacy of market reforms steered towards boosting domestic investment and growth. Furthermore, the policies related to the development of human capital can also take guidance from this study.
Reproductive biology of Dipterocarpus indicus Bedd.- An endangered species from Western Ghats, India

The Dipterocarpus indicus Bedd. is one among the dominant tropical evergreen tree species of the family Dipterocarpaceae, that grows upto a height of 37m or more. The tree is popularly known for timber and oleoresin and, it is one of the major habitat for the critically endangered lion-tailed macaques, among the other associated tree species such as Diospyros candolleana, Holigorna grahamii, and Parsea macrantha. The tree is endemic to Western Ghats region of India with a threat status as endangered at global level. The flowering is irregular, but mass flowering occurs once in every 4-7 years. The flower initiation was observed from last week of December 2012 and continued until first week of January 2015. The flowers are borne on conspicuous drooping axillary racemes. The flowers are hermaphrodite, actinomorphic and complete. Corolla with a twisted aestivation, showing five white petals bears a pink strip in the middle. The peak flower anthesis observed between the 08:00 to 10:00 hours. The pollen production was quantified to be 264.78±59.21 and 12420±59.21 per anther and flower respectively. Ovary is superior, syncarpous, with three locules each containing two ovules arranged in axile placentation. The observations on pollinators revealed that no biotic vectors are involved in pollination and the flowers are adopted to wind pollination mechanism. Breeding experiments revealed that the flowers are self-compatible and pollinated by means of both self and cross pollination. The manual cross pollination yielded highest fruit set (69.53±1.77%), followed by manual self-pollination (59.77±2.88%) and open pollination (56.95±2.98%). The paired t-test between manual cross and selfpollination, and open pollination with manual cross were significant (p≤0.05) revealing the importance of pollinator species in bringing out successful fruit set. The controlled experiments also revealed the absence of apomixis. The natural self-pollination and less abundance or the absence of pollinators is likely to lead to inbreeding depression and impulse it more prone towards critically endangered category.