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Rethinking Nurses’ Continuous Professional Development in the Era of COVID 19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence from Kenya

Background: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered a global emergency in all social realms, including but not restricted to the economy, health, and education. The health sector requires all healthcare professionals to be well-equipped with the latest advances in knowledge and research through Continuing Professional Development (CPD). These educational endeavors have been severely affected and potentially compromised since they heavily rely on learning through face-to-face interactive activities. Although it is mandatory for nurses in Kenya to participate in continuing professional development programmes the evidence on the effect of their continuing professional development programmes remains unclear. Besides the CPD requirement in Kenya, there is no clear evidence that the nurses and midwives have an enabling environment to accomplish these requirements. Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine utilization of Continuous Professional Development on nurses’ performance of in Narok County amid the Covid-19 pandemic in Kenya. Methodology: A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in Narok County Health facilities. A mixed method approach, which provided for triangulation that sought convergence and corroboration of the results from questionnaire, was adopted. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 40 respondents for the study. Data was checked for completeness and consistency and then entered into SPSS version 26.0 for analysis. Descriptive statistics used included frequencies, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Findings: Results of the study established that majority (58.6%) of the nurses often participated in formal CPD activities like conferences workshops and seminars (M = 4.27, SD = 0.933). It was also established by the study that that continuing professional development had improved their skills and competencies (M =4.03, SD =1.097); had improved their techniques in nursing care (M = 4.02, SD = 0.891) and had .
The Mediating Role of Customer Satisfaction in the relationship between Service Quality and Customer Loyalty

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between service quality, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty in the context of the life insurance business. The Theory of Planned Behaviour was used in constructing the framework which measured service quality. The questionnaire survey method was used to obtain data related to the perception of life insurance policy holders towards their current insurance company. The analysis of 150 life insurance policy holders using multiple regression and SOBEL test showed that customer satisfaction plays a mediating role in the relationship between service quality and customer loyalty. In other words, the effect of mediation is present where service quality gives a positive impact on customer satisfaction, which subsequently gives a positive impact on customer loyalty. Further analysis also revealed that among the five dimensions in the SERVQUAL model, reliability played the most important role in determining customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. The outcome drawn from the current study offers insights for the insurance industry to focus on the dimensions that play a significant role in retaining and capturing more loyal customers. This will assist businesses in gaining profitability and sustainability.
Differences in Online Students Compared to In-Person Students in Accounting Classes

In the current educational environment, it is both timely and appropriate to investigate if there is a difference in learning online compared to learning in person. Moreover, it is important to understand the effect such differences have on students taking in-person classes when compared to those who choose to take asynchronous online classes when in-person class alternatives are available. Our analysis of data collected from students in each type of course at three time periods reveals significant differences in the students technical efficacy, level of frustration, and locus of control, among others, which help to explain, (in this case, explain better than their GPA) their performance in each course format.
Patterns of Admission and Clinical Outcomes among Patients admitted into the Intensive Care Unit at Babcock University Teaching Hospital: A 5- Year Review

Introduction: The intensive care unit (ICU) is a health care delivery service for patients who are in critical condition with potentially recoverable diseases. This study was aimed to determine the admission patterns, clinical outcomes among patients admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: A retrospective review of all patients admitted into the ICU at Babcock University Teaching Hospital (BUTH) from 2016 to 2021. Data was collected from individual patient case notes and the ICU admission and discharge registers. Results: A total of 137 patients were included in this study, consisting of 78 (57.4%) males and 58 (42.6%) females. Ages ranged from 4 to 90 years with a mean age of 47.60 ± 19.52 years. The most common cases admitted were general surgery patients of which there were 58 (42.6%). Neurological cases were however the major causes of death (6.6%), followed by sepsis (4.4%) and respiratory diseases (4.4%). The overall mortality rate of the ICU was 27.2%. Deceased patients spent longer days in ICU (5.73 days) as compared to patients who were discharged. Conclusions: The overall mortality was considerably high and general surgery and neurological cases were the most common causes of admission in ICU and mortality respectively.
The New Zealand storm-petrel ( Pealeornis maoriana Mathews, 1932): first live capture and species assessment of an enigmatic seabird

The New Zealand storm-petrel Pealeornis maoriana Mathews, 1932 was described from 3 specimens collected in the 19 th century. Since 1952 it has most commonly been considered a subspecies of Wilson’s storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus exhibiting the ventrally streaked “ Pealea ” phenomenon. There had been no recorded sightings of the New Zealand storm-petrel in over 170 years before Jan 2003. Since then, observations off northern New Zealand of storm petrels believed to be this taxon have been made regularly during the austral summer. From observations and photographs, these birds appeared more similar to the New Zealand storm-petrel than to other storm petrel species occurring in the region. However, confirmation of their identity was not possible without capture. In Nov 2005 one was captured off Little Barrier Is, and 3 more were caught elsewhere in the Hauraki Gulf in Jan 2006. Analyses of detailed descriptions, photographs, and morphometric data of these birds provide conclusive evidence that they represent an extant population of the New Zealand storm-petrel. Our analyses of these data and comparison with the New Zealand storm-petrel museum specimens and 17 other Southern Hemisphere storm petrel taxa (subfamily Oceanitinae), lead us to conclude that this species is distinct.
Variational inference of ice shelf rheology with physics-informed machine learning

Abstract Floating ice shelves that fringe the coast of Antarctica resist the flow of grounded ice into the ocean. One of the key factors governing the amount of flow resistance an ice shelf provides is the rigidity (related to viscosity) of the ice that constitutes it. Ice rigidity is highly heterogeneous and must be calibrated from spatially continuous surface observations assimilated into an ice-flow model. Realistic uncertainties in calibrated rigidity values are needed to quantify uncertainties in ice sheet and sea-level forecasts. Here, we present a physics-informed machine learning framework for inferring the full probability distribution of rigidity values for a given ice shelf, conditioned on ice surface velocity and thickness fields derived from remote-sensing data. We employ variational inference to jointly train neural networks and a variational Gaussian Process to reconstruct surface observations, rigidity values and uncertainties. Applying the framework to synthetic and large ice shelves in Antarctica demonstrates that rigidity is well-constrained where ice deformation is measurable within the noise level of the observations. Further reduction in uncertainties can be achieved by complementing variational inference with conventional inversion methods. Our results demonstrate a path forward for continuously updated calibrations of ice flow parameters from remote-sensing observations.
Factors that Determine Academic Staff Retention and Commitment in Private Tertiary Institutions in Botswana: Empirical Review

Employee retention posits one of the greatest challenges in many organisations, let alone, academic institutions world-wide, in contemporary times. There is a growing global interest in matters of recruitment and staff retention in higher education institutions and Botswana is no exemption. Invariably all tertiary institutions in Africa are confronted with the tremendous challenge of identifying, recruiting and retaining high caliber staff, particularly lecturers. These trends have engendered a more strategic approach to human resource management across the higher education sector, (Kubler and DeLuca (2006: 9). This study found that there is a dearth of research that focuses on academic staff retention in private tertiary education institutions in Botswana, let alone methodological framework that provides for framework to conduct such research. This study therefore reviews content and process theories of motivation alongside job satisfaction, organisational commitment and employee engagement theories as possible avenues towards a framework for understanding what motivates academic staff let alone how to actually motivate them in practice. The study conducted an empirical review of literature and applicability of the theories. Eventually this study made a conclusion that a combination of both intrinsic and extrinsic factors was critical to staff motivation, hence providing a hypothetical conceptual model.
Female Judges and In-group Bias in Labor Courts

Does judge gender inﬂuence the outcome of sentences in labor courts? We address this question using data on judges, defendants (ﬁrms), and plaintiffs (workers) from labor court cases of São Paulo state, Brazil, spanning from 2006 to 2015. Exploiting the random assignment of judges to cases, we document that female judges are more likely to rule in favor of companies than male judges, and that this gap is larger when the plaintiff is female. JEL
How do work characteristics affect job performance? An investigation in Vietnam

Abstract This study aims to examine how work characteristics influence employee performance through the mediating role of job-based psychological ownership in a developing country. The research employed 432 Vietnamese employees from 10 manufactories located in three regions of Vietnam: The North, the Middle and the South of Vietnam. The results reveal that job-based psychological ownership mediates four relationships between task identity, task significance, autonomy, feedback, and in-role performance. Unexpectedly, skill variety, the remaining work characteristic considered here, does not impact job-based psychological ownership, meaning that here the mediating role of job-based psychological ownership does not exist. This paper concludes with discussions and recommendations for Vietnamese businesses.
Review of Particle Physics: Particle data group

This biennial Review summarizes much of particle physics. Using data from previous editions, plus 2658 new measurements from 644 papers, we list, evaluate, and average measured properties of gauge bosons, leptons, quarks, mesons, and baryons. We summarize searches for hypothetical particles such as Higgs bosons, heavy neutrinos, and supersymmetric particles. All the particle properties and search limits are listed in Summary Tables. We also give numerous tables, figures, formulae, and reviews of topics such as the Standard Model, particle detectors, probability, and statistics. Among the 112 reviews are many that are new or heavily revised including those on Heavy-Quark and Soft-Collinear Effective Theory, Neutrino Cross Section Measurements, Monte Carlo Event Generators, Lattice QCD, Heavy Quarkonium Spectroscopy, Top Quark, Dark Matter, V-cb & V-ub, Quantum Chromodynamics, High-Energy Collider Parameters, Astrophysical Constants, Cosmological Parameters, and Dark Matter. A booklet is available containing the Summary Tables and abbreviated versions of some of the other sections of this full Review. All tables, listings, and reviews (and errata) are also available on the Particle Data Group website: http://pdg.lbl. gov.
The Perception of the Self from Viewpoints of the Informal Caregivers of Individuals with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Qualitative Study

Background: Difficult life experiences in adulthood, such as caregiving of an individual with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI), constitute a challenge to the self and identity. Objectives: This study aimed to explore self-perception from the viewpoints of informal caregivers of individuals with TSCI. Methods: Twelve informal caregivers of individuals with TSCI participated in this qualitative study. The researchers purposively selected the participants and conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews for data collection. They recorded the interviews and transcribed them verbatim. The researchers analyzed the data according to the qualitative content analysis method. Results: The findings included “the self-being” as the main category and “self-essence” and “self-possession” as higher-level subcategories and their 25 related lower-level subcategories. Conclusions: The participants might perceive themselves as an eternal and granted “self-essence” or may perceive it as perishable and unstable “self-possessions. ” Depending on self-perception, self-confidence and self-worth were maintained under any circumstances or fluctuated according to defects or lack of self-possessions.
Improving the efficacy of potato clonal micropropagation by inoculation with the rhizosphere bacteria Azospirillum baldaniorum Sp245 and Ochrobactrum cytisi IPA7.2

Sustainable development of agriculture depends on the provision of quality seeds to the market. Inoculation with plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria in in vitro culture can be used to improve the growth eff icacy and performance of microplants. We examined the effect of in vitro inoculation of microplants of the cultivars Nevsky and Kondor with the strains Azospirillum baldaniorum Sp245 and Ochrobactrum cytisi IPA7.2 separately and in combination. We examined the morphological variables of plant growth in in vitro culture and under ex vitro adaptation conditions; we also investigated the growth and performance of the plants in the greenhouse. The dependence of the inoculation eff icacy on potato genotype, growth stage, and inoculum composition was ascertained throughout the experiment. In vitro, A. baldaniorum Sp245 alone and in combination with O. cytisi IPA7.2 promoted the formation of roots on the microplants of both cultivars and the growth of Nevsky shoots. During plant growth ex vitro, all growth variables of the Nevsky microplants were promoted by O. cytisi IPA7.2 alone and in combination with A. baldaniorum Sp245. In both cultivars grown in the greenhouse, shoot growth was promoted in most inoculation treatments. The survival ability of the Nevsky microplants in the greenhouse increased 1.7-fold under the effect of simultaneous inoculation. Inoculation of microplants with a combination of A. baldaniorum Sp245 and O. cytisi IPA7.2 increased the number of Nevsky minitubers 1.5-fold and the number of Kondor minitubers 3.5-fold. Inoculation with the tested strains can be used to promote the growth of microplants and increase the yield of minitubers in potato seed breeding for the production of healthy planting material.
Application of the international system for reporting serous fluid cytopathology on reporting various body fluids; experience of a tertiary care hospital

Objectives: Cytological examination of effusion sample is a preliminary and minimally invasive method for the diagnosis of body fluids. Recently, the International System For Reporting Serous Fluid Cytopathology (ISRSFC) and the Indian Academy of Cytologist (IAC) have published guidelines for reporting effusion cytology and calculating the risks of malignancy (ROMs) for each defined category. We report our 2 years of experience in reclassifying and assessing the feasibility of applying ISRFSC and IAC categories to effusion fluid and to provide an estimate of the risk of malignancy for each diagnostic category. Material and Methods: Cytological reports of patients from January 2019 to December 2020 were retrieved and reclassified into a five-tiered classification scheme as per ISRSFC guidelines. Cellblock and immunohistochemistry were performed in selected cases. Clinico radiological and histopathological information were obtained and correlated with the cytological findings wherever available. Results: In the study, 652 cases were included during the 2 years. Out of these, 328 (50.3%) were women and 314 (47.3%) were men. Patient’s ages ranged between 2 92 years with a mean age of 47.4 years. There were 366 (56.1%) cases of ascitic fluid followed by 262 (40.1%) cases of pleural fluid and 24 (3.8%) cases of pericardial fluid in the analysis. Of all the cases, 13 (2%) were non-diagnostic (ND), 464 (71.6%) were negative for malignant (NFM) cells, 16 (2.4%) were atypia of uncertain significance, 31 (4.7%) were suspicious of malignancy, and 125 (19.3%) were malignant. Cellblock was prepared in 65 cases. Lung cancer followed by breast cancer was the most common malignancies involving the pleural effusion and ovarian cancer was the most common cause of peritoneal effusion. ROM for each diagnostic category was 23% for ND, 25% for NFM, 56% for the atypical category, 80.6% in suspicious, and 90% were for positive for malignancy category. Conclusion: The use of a five-tiered system as per the ISRFC and IAC guidelines are feasible for the standardized reporting of effusion samples, thus avoiding subjective variation of reporting.
T-EAP: Trainable Energy-Aware Pruning for NVM-based Computing-in-Memory Architecture

While convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are desired for outstanding performance in many applications, the energy consumption for inference becomes enormous. Computing-in-memory architecture based on embedded nonvolatile memory (NVM-CIM) has emerged to improve CNNs' energy efficiency. Recently, NVM crossbar-aware pruning has been extensively studied. However, directly incorporating energy estimation during sparse learning has not been well explored. In this paper, for the first time, we propose T-EAP, a trainable energy-aware pruning method to close the gap between pruning policy and energy optimization for NVM-CIM. Specifically, T-EAP improves the energy-accuracy trade-off by removing redundant weight groups that consume significant energy. Moreover, the trainable thresholds enable end-to-end sparse learning without a laborious train-prune-retrain process. Experimental results based on NeuroSim, which is a circuit-level simulator for CIM systems, show that compared with prior work, T-EAP maintains the accuracy while reducing energy consumption by up to 26.5% and 22.7% for VGG-8 and ResNet-20, respectively. We also provide a layer-wise analysis for energy savings to validate the effectiveness of T-EAP.
Teachers' Experiences and Reflection on Social Networking Site: Application of Facebook on Students' Learning

This paper explores the effect of the use of the social networking site 'Facebook' on students’ learning in public secondary schools in Nepal. It also examines the use of Facebook in teaching and learning to improve students’ academic performance. A mixed-method (QUAN-qual) research design with an opinionnaire survey tool was used to collect the quantitative data, whereas a semi-structured in-depth interview was used to collect qualitative data. One thousand teachers were selected randomly using the Raosoft sample size calculator with a 95% confidence level. The data from both these sources were analysed using SPSS software version 20 and thematically as well as verbatim methods. The study found that 69% of teachers used Facebook for other purposes than teaching and learning in public secondary schools. Also, 86% of teachers use Facebook during school hours which positively affects students’ academic performance. Based on this study, it is recommended that the use of Facebook need to be done only for academic purposes during school hours in the public secondary schools in Nepal.
Spatio-and temporal patterns of Jurassic–Early Cretaceous volcanism in the Great Xing’an range, NE China: constraints on the geodynamic evolution

ABSTRACT Tracing coupled ocean closure and intra-continental orogenic processes using tectonomagmatic thermal events is important for performing plate reconstructions. In this study, we collected geochronological data obtained from Jurassic–Early Cretaceous volcanic sequences in the Great Xing apos; an Range (GXR) and compared and merged the data to obtain a better understanding of the timing of volcanism in the GXR. Jurassic–Early Cretaceous volcanism, which is mainly represented by the Tamulangou, Manketouebo, and Manitu formations, are ubiquitous in the GXR and do not contain a magmatic hiatus. Thus, ‘diachronous’ volcanism did not occur in the GXR. The volcanic sequences in these formations are also slightly ambiguous and therefore cannot be used to determine the timing of volcanism. However, absolute ages and rock assemblages can provide better constraints on this timing. Combined with data from Jurassic–Early Cretaceous tectonomagmatic thermal events in Mongolia, Siberia, and NE China, we re-evaluated the influences of the Jurassic–Early Cretaceous closure of the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean (MOO), as well as the subduction and rollback of the Izanagi Plate, at different times in the GXR. The GXR likely underwent flat-slab subduction during the Late Jurassic–early Cretaceous as the MOO closed in an irregular ‘scissor-like’ fashion (i.e. not in a progressive west to east manner). Large-scale lithospheric delamination likely led to a large pulse of magmatism and mineralisation in the GXR during the late Early Cretaceous.
Assessment of Antibiotic Use in ICU Patients with Pneumonia Using ATC/DDD as a Quantitative Analysis Method

Background: Pneumonia is an infection of the lung tissue which is mainly caused by bacteria. High utilization and inappropriate use of antibiotics increase resistant bacteria, morbidity, mortality, and treatment cost. Quantitative evaluation becomes one of the indicators to assess the use of antibiotics which is one indicator of the quality of the antimicrobial resistance control program. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the use of antibiotics an effort to increase the rationality of the use of antibiotics. Methods: This study was a retrospective observational study with a sampling method of time-limited sampling in Universitas Airlangga hospital from January until December 2019. Quantitatively using Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC)/Defined Daily Dose (DDD). Result: The samples obtained were 68 severe pneumonia patients who met the inclusion criteria. From the result of the study, there were 13 types of antibiotics used for pneumonia therapy, and the three most used were Levofloxacin, Ceftriaxone, and Meropenem, with a total of all antibiotics 73.64 DDD/100 patients-days. Most useful is parenteral Levofloxacin at 21.92 DDD/100 patient-days, Ceftriaxone at 20.45 DDD/100 patient-days and Meropenem at 14.29 DDD/100 patient-days. Conclusion: The DDD value indicates high antibiotic usage, but high antibiotic use does not imply unreasonable drug use, so we must undertake a qualitative review of antibiotic use.