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A brief overview of methods for synthetic data for official statistics

The access of quality data is valuable, and there is an increased attention to sharing data within the public sector and to other actors. Synthesising the data can be a way that satisfies both the requirements of preserving information value and privacy, which is necessary to enable efficient and safe data sharing. We give a summary of important references, relevant for Statistics Norway and other national statistics institutes, for generating synthetic data for (essentially) statistical purposes.
Risk factors of post operative pyrexia in infants and children at Assuit University Children Hospital

Post operative pyrexia is one of the most common problems seen in the post operative ward. Aims: to identify risk factors of post operative pyrexia in infants and children at Assuit University Children Hospital. Subjects and Method: Descriptive research design was used. The present study was conducted in the pediatric surgical unit at Assuit University Children Hospital. The sample included two groups. Group I pyrexia group 212 children with pyrexia, group II non pyrexia group 76 of children who have no pyrexia. One tool was used to collect the required data Results: blood transfusion was given to approximately half of group I compared to only (6.6%) of group II. More than two fifths of children had signs of wound infection, urinary catheterizations respectively in group I compared to13.2% children in group II respectively. The majority of children received intravenous fluid after operation in group I compared to (14.6%) of children group II. Conclusion: Risk factors of post operative pyrexia are wound infection, respiratory problem, urinary tract infection, blood transfusion, drains and catheters, medications and intravenous line infection. Recommendations: Increasing mother's and nurses awareness related to risk factors of post operative pyrexia, health education about importance of hand washing before and after wound dressing and giving medication.
EFFICACY OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM ON ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENT AND SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT SCORE AMONG HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS

Background: Malnutrition is mostly common worldwide among hemodialysis patients which increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Aim of the study: To evaluate efficacy of nutritional support educational program on anthropometric measurement and subjective global assessment score among hemodialysis patients. Methods: With in this study Quasi‒ experimental research design was utilized. A purposive sample of 100 adult patients of both sexes diagnosed with chronic renal failure and on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), the tool used for data, collection included nutritional assessment sheet, and nutritional formula. Results: the study sample consists of certain hundred hemodialysis patients who met the inclusion criteria and agreed to take part into the study; Their main age was between 30 to ≥ 60 years old . The sample consisted of 49) male and 51) female. In regards renal failure causes identified by the participants, the majority had hypertension (83%), 36% of patients had diabetes and 55 % of the sample had virus C infections. Almost all the participants (92.5%) had a three times frequency of hemodialysis per week 48%on dialysis more than 5years . 39 % of study sample were considered mildly to moderately malnourished according to subjective global assessment score . Nutrition support educational program resulted in improvements in subjective global assessment score , anthropometric measurements and nutritional knowledge of the patients. Conclusion: Planned dietary education or counseling for hemodialysis patients performs a main function withinthe preservation concerning scientific outcome and the universal health regarding aff ected person . Recommendation: Continuous education and training are required for all hemodialysis patients about nutrition.
Factors Affecting Unemployment Duration of the Science and Arts Stream University Graduates in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has a significant youth unemployment problem. In the recent years, a more serious problem is graduate unemployment. Therefore, Sri Lanka needs to develop appropriate policies to decrease the duration of unemployment. In this regard, research is required to determine the factors that affect unemployment duration of graduates in order to provide the policy makers with solid foundations for their decision-making processes. Globally several studies have investigated unemployment duration of graduates. Up to date, no study has been done in Sri Lanka that thoroughly investigates the unemployment duration of graduates in Sri Lanka. Thus, the main aim of this research is to identify the factors that affect the duration of unemployment in the Science and Arts stream graduates in Sri Lanka. A survival analysis was conducted to determine how the considered factors affect the duration of unemployment among the Science stream graduates. Due to the nature of the information gathered in relation to the unemployment duration of the Arts stream graduates, an ordinal logistic regression was applied to identify the significant variables of unemployment duration of the Arts stream graduates among the variables considered. The findings of this study show that the Semi Parametric Cox Proportional model is appropriate to determine the relationship between graduates' time taken to obtain the first job and explanatory variables. According to the analysis, the gender, the type of the degree, the job category (private or government sector jobs) and the results of the GCE Advanced Level General English subject have a significant impact on unemployment duration of Science stream graduates. For the Arts stream graduates, the family income, the professional courses followed by graduates during their academic years at the university and the participation in extra-curricular activities while in the university were found to be significant.
Risk of cerebrovascular stroke with primary percutaneous coronary intervention using thrombus aspiration device in STEMI with high thrombus burden lesions: A single center experience

Methods: One hundred patients were divided into two groups: Group 1: Aspiration catheter was used in 46 patients with high thrombus burden, Group 2: 54 Patients with low thrombus burden, was managed with slandered PCI and thrombus aspiration as bailout only. Group A: patients who developed cerebrovascular stroke, Group B: who didn’t develop cerebrovascular stroke. Procedural complications and MACE data were obtained and follow up for stroke incidence for 30 days.
Determination of the Undrained Shear Strength of Sensitive Clay Using Some Laboratory Soil Data

The undrained shear strength is a paramount parameter in determining the consistency and the ultimate bearing capacity of a clay layer. This resistance can be determined by in-situ tests, such as the field vane test or by laboratory tests, including the portable vane test, the triaxial, the simple compression test, and the consistency penetrometer test (i.e. the Swedish cone). However, the field vane test and the Swedish cone are the most commonly test used by geotechnical experts. In this paper, relationships between the field undrained shear strength of sensitive clay and some laboratory soil properties were developed. The soil properties consisted of the percentage of fine particles (less than 2 μm), the moisture content and the Atterberg limits. Furthermore, a correlation was proposed associating between the undrained shear strength of sensitive clay as obtained by the field vane test and the laboratory cone penetration test (Swedish cone). In addition, some applications of the proposed correlation on some geotechnical problems were included, such as the determination of the consistency and the bearing capacity of a clay layer. Comparison of the results of the developed correlations with the experimental results of the present investigation and the results reported in the literature show acceptable agreement.
GENETIC DIVERSITY AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WATERMELON MOSAIC VIRUS ISOLATES FROM IRAN

During 2017-2018 growing season, some fields of cucurbits in Iran (North and northeast) were surveyed for the presence of Watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) and other common cucurbit viruses. RNA extractions from symptomatic leaf samples were tested by RT-PCR using two degenerate primer pairs (CIF/Rev and NIb2F/3R) targeting the two separated partial regions of the Potyvirus genome (CI and NIb respectively); only 5 out of 10 samples were confirmed to be infected with WMV. To verify molecular variability, 5 WMV isolates were cloned and then sequenced. Comparison of the partial CI and NIb genes sequences showed 94.55-99.14% nucleotide identity among isolates, whereas the amino acid identity was 98.71100% respectively, suggesting selection for amino acid conservation. Phylogenetic tree based on CI revealed the separation of WMV isolates into two major divergent evolutionary lineages. Phylogenetic analyses grouped Iranian WMV isolates together with isolates from France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, South Korea, and the US in group I. Analysis of the NIb partial sequence showed nucleotide and amino acid identity from 94.83 to 100% and 97.25 to 100% respectively. Phylogenetic analysis based on NIb placed all the studied isolates in one group where most of the world WMV isolates were exist. Biological results showed Iranian WMV isolates infect C. melo, C. lanatus, C. moschata and C. sativus causing mild mosaic symptoms on the leaves. Whereas, C. pepo plant demonstrated mild to severe mosaic and malformation symptoms on the leaves.
Correlation of Hand Grip, Gait Speed, Physical Activity with Frailty Index in Geriatric Population

The Geriatric syndrome includes a series of representation which may be related to ageing such as delirium, falls, incontinence and frailty. Frailty is a common clinical syndrome in geriatric population that supports the weight of enhancing the risk of poor health outcomes, including the falls incident, disability, hospitalization and mortality. This study aims to find out the Correlation of Hand Grip, Gait Speed and Physical Activity with Frailty Index in Geriatric Population. It is an observational study done with convenient sampling with 40 participants of both the sexes were selected based on the selection criteria. The frailty of participants was assessed by a questionnaire which contains 41 components known as “Frailty Index”. An administered interviewer reported that. Hand-Held Dynamometer measured hand Grip. A 10-meter walk test assessed gait speed. The Physical Activity Scale assessed physical activity for The Elderly (PASE). The results showed that PASE Score, for the age group between 60-69 years people have high PASE score 100.9 than the age group of peoples 70-79 years, 80-89 years and 90-97 years with a score of 71.49, 36.17, 6.5 respectively. There is a negative correlation of frailty index with hand grip (r = -0.314), gait speed (r = -0.313) and Physical activity. The study concluded that there was a negative correlation of handgrip, gait speed and physical activity with frailty index in the geriatric population.
Investigation On The Potential Of In Vitro Gas Production Technique For Assessing The Nutritive Value Of Feeds Consumed By Asian Elephants

The intricacies in the digestion and metabolism of nutrients are less understood and it is very difficult to assess the nutritive value of feed offered to elephants in wild as well as in captivity. Elephant being a hind gut fermenter, a novel technique was adopted to investigating the potentiality of using In vitro gas production technique (IVGPT) to study the digestibility of organic matter and metabolizable energy content in the feed fed to elephants under captivity using elephant dung as inoculum. IVGPT was carried out as per standard method suggested by Menke et al., 1979. The gas production of samples was recorded after 24, 48 and 72 hours of fermentation. In vitro organic matter digestibility and metabolizable energy obtained was higher for concentrates and lower for roughages. In vitro organic matter digestibility and metabolizable energy respectively of grass, palm leaves, straw, jack leaves, plantain stem, maize and ragi were 25.74, 28.60, 14.72, 27.95, 30.54, 67.87 and 55.37 per cent, respectively and 3.75, 4.15, 2.08, 4.06, 4.52, 10.26 and 8.35 MJ/kg DM respectively. Further studies are necessary to evaluate the efficiency of utilizing elephant dung as source of inoculum to predict nutritive value of feeds fed to elephants.
The Influence of Role Models on Entrepreneurial Intention: Does Individual Innovativeness Matter?

This study aims to explore the relationship between entrepreneurial role models (ERM) and entrepreneurship education (EE) on individual entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and its consequences for entrepreneurial intention (EI). Data is obtained through a survey method on 255 management and business university students who had completed the entrepreneurship education program. To evaluate the research model, the data is processed using PLS-SEM. The results of this study indicate that the existence of entrepreneurial role models and entrepreneurial education programs for students affects the components of individual entrepreneurial orientation, namely individual innovativeness, individual proactiveness, and individual risk-taker. However, ERMs do not have a direct effect on EI. The main finding of this research appears on the influence of individual EO on EI, which indicates that only individual innovativeness impacts entrepreneurial intention. Meanwhile, personal proactiveness and risk-takers are proven to have no impact on EI. This study succeeded in filling the research gap, namely, examining the influence of ERMs on each of the components forming an individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO) and its EI. This research model also provides a comprehensive research model on the influence of pre-entrepreneurial exposure on IEO and its
Federated f -Di ↵ erential Privacy

Federated learning (FL) is a training paradigm where the clients collaboratively learn models by repeatedly sharing information without compromising much on the privacy of their local sensitive data. In this paper, we introduce federated f -di ↵ erential privacy , a new notion speciﬁcally tailored to the federated setting, based on the framework of Gaussian di ↵ erential privacy. Federated f -di ↵ erential privacy operates on record level : it provides the privacy guarantee on each individual record of one client’s data against adversaries. We then propose a generic private federated learning framework PriFedSync that accommodates a large family of state-of-the-art FL algorithms, which provably achieves federated f -di ↵ erential privacy. Finally, we empirically demonstrate the trade-o ↵ between privacy guarantee and prediction performance for models trained by PriFedSync in computer vision tasks.
Revisiting Multidimensional Adaptive Indexing [Experiment & Analysis]

Modern applications require managing large data in main memory. Adaptive indexing allows for building an index incrementally in response to queries, rather than upfront; in its default form, it treats each attribute independently. However, several data exploration tasks involve multidimensional range queries. Two recent proposals, CKD and QUASII , address the need for multidimensional (especially spatial) adaptive indexing. Both adaptively build an augmented KD-Tree. Still, no previous work has compared these two methods to each other. We conduct the first experimental comparison of CKD and QUASII . Further, we propose a lightweight variant of CKD , the Lazy CKD , which performs data-driven along with query-driven actions for the sake of robustness, and a set of hybrid strategies that combine good convergence and low initialization cost. Our study on synthetic and real data and workloads shows that the enhanced variants of CKD have an advantage in terms of speed of convergence, yet QUASII may eventually achieve lower response times.
Drivers and Barriers of Implementing Sustainability Curricula in Higher Education - Assumptions and Evidence

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) depends, in part, on the sustainability competencies of professionals in various fields, and thus, on the implementation of sustainability curricula in higher education. While many universities now offer sustainability curricula, and many more aspire to, there is a lack of evidence on what supports or hinders such implementation. This article presents a meta-study on 133 case studies from universities around the world and synthesizes the main drivers and barriers, identifies information gaps, and tests prominent assumptions on implementing sustainability curricula in higher education. The findings confirm that such implementation is associated with strong leadership by the university; incentives and support through professional development; concurrent implementation of sustainability in research, campus operations, and outreach; formal involvement of internal and external stakeholders as well as sustainability champions, among others. Common research protocols for case studies are needed to yield comparable data on these influencing variables and to enhance reliability of cross-case comparisons. Most sustainability programs could utilize the findings for informing their implementation processes.
The influence of particle size and density of pelleted samples of forest fuel on thermokinetic characteristics of pyrolysis and oxidation

This paper presents the results of experimental studies of thermokinetic characteristics of pyrolysis and oxidation of pine needles, taking into account the influence of particle size and density of forest fuel in pelleted samples. The sample densities range within 206–955 kgm (i.e. from typical sample densities to average ones for pressed pelleted samples), and the component particle sizes amount to 60–140 μm. The range of studied temperatures is 20–1000 С. The particle size and density of the material are found to be important parameters that significantly affect the kinetics of pyrolysis. According to the results of measurements, the activation energy of needles pyrolysis is within the range of 22.8–113.8 kJmol, and that of oxidation corresponds to 134.7–211 kJmol. Three intervals with significantly different values of activation energy and pre-exponential factor are distinguished in the studied temperature range. Approximation expressions are formulated for the activation energies of pyrolysis and oxidation as functions of forest fuel particle sizes, sample density and temperature.
Leadership Competencies, Workplace Civility Climate, and Mental Well-being in El- Azazi Hospital for Mental Health, Egypt

Background: In light of the coronavirus pandemic, a team leader’s ability to attain and maintain healthy workplaces is crucial. Nurse leaders should aim to mitigate workplace anxieties by promoting team cohesiveness, mutual support, and the wellbeing of members. Aim: This study was conducted at the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic to assess the effect of leadership competencies on workplace civility climate and mental well-being at an Egyptian hospital for mental health. Design: Descriptive correlation design was used. Tools: Measures used were leadership competencies, workplace civility climate, and the Warwick- Edinburgh mental wellbeing scale. Results: more than half of the sample were satisfied with leaders’ competencies, three quarter of them rated the workplace environment as respectful, and more than three quarter of them reported moderate or good mental wellbeing. Statistically significant correlations were found between leadership competencies and both workplace civility climate and mental well-being. Conclusion: leaders at El Azazi Hospital were assessed as proficient and providing a positive civility climate, but were not sensitive to the mental wellbeing of staff. Recommendation: Future research to investigate what specific factors affect mental well-being among psychiatric nurses rather than leadership competencies is recommended.
Healthcare Workers Hospitalized with COVID-19: Outcomes from the Burden of COVID-19 study at the University of Louisville Center of Excellence for Research in Infectious Diseases [CERID]

Introduction: On March 6, 2020, the current ongoing pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) also known as COVID-19 reached the commonwealth of Kentucky. Within days the first cases of infection and hospitalization were identified among healthcare workers (HCW) in Kentucky, other states in the U.S., and around the world. There is little information available regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the HCW population within this area. The objective of this study is to describe the baseline characteristics of hospitalized HCWs infected with COVID-19. Methods: Data collection was performed as part of a retrospective study of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in any of nine acute care hospitals in Louisville. COVID-19 infection was confirmed using Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). Descriptive statistics were performed on clinical and epidemiological characteristics of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who had indicated healthcare as their occupation. Results: Of the 700 adults hospitalized with COVID-19 from March 7 through July 1, 2020, 23 were HCWs. The mean age was 51 years and 78% were female. The majority of hospitalized HCWs had comorbidities including obesity (70%), hypertension (57%), hyperlipidemia (35%) and diabetes (26%). Common symptoms reported were fever (70%), dyspnea (78%), cough (78%) and fatigue (57%). Nine HCWs (39%) were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and 6 (26%) developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Two (9%) patients developed a new, serious arrhythmia, two sustained cardiac arrest (9%), and two (9%) died in-hospital. Conclusions: Older adult HCWs with underlying health conditions such as obesity and hypertension were more likely to be hospitalized and have severe in-hospital complications. One HCW death due to COVID-19 was identified in this small population. These findings can help to identify and strengthen approaches to protect HCWs from SARS-CoV-2 infection and from long term effects of COVID-19.
EVALUATION OF WARFARIN KNOWLEDGE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN OUTPATIENT CARDIOVASCULAR CLINICS AT SPECIALIZED MEDICAL HOSPITAL

Atrial fibrillation is a major risk factor of stroke. Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF), most commonly with warfarin, requires maintenance of a narrow therapeutic target (INR 2.0 to 3.0). To ensure safe and effective use, it is vital that patients have a sound understanding of warfarin. Therefore, the aim of the study was to determine AF patient’s knowledge about using warfarin. Methods descriptive correlational cross sectional research design was conducted in the cardiovascular outpatient clinics of Specialized Medical Hospital at Mansoura University. Sociodemographic data sheet & Warfarin knowledge questionnaire was designed after an extensive literature review. It contains 24 questions related to warfarin use and international normalized ratio (INR) test. Convenient sample of this study composed of 104 adult patients of both sexes who met inclusion criteria and faceto-face interviews using standard questionnaires were administered to determine the demographic characteristics, medical history and the patient’s knowledge of warfarin therapy. Results the result revealed that Patients’ warfarin knowledge was poor, with an overall score of 9.9±6.32 (range 0-24). Knowledge deficits were greater in female subjects, older subjects, subjects with less formal education, subjects live in rural, subjects don’t work and subjects with long duration of warfarin use. Conclusion There is an increasing need to introduce effective education programs to current patients in order to enhance and update their knowledge with regard to warfarin therapy and INR test.