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The Domain of Challenges and Coping Mechanisms Amongst Caregivers of Autistic Children

Autism spectrum disorder present challenges, stress, and burdens to caregivers. In order to ensure the quality of life especially the well-being of caregivers, they need necessary supports. This study uses a qualitative method which is in-depth interviews to explore the domains of caregivers’ burden and challenges as well as their coping mechanisms. This study has been conducted among caregivers registered with NASOM Melaka. A total of 8 respondents participated in this study voluntarily, consisting of 7 women and a man. The data was collected via a series of online interviews. The analysis was conducted based on thematic analysis. Financial, emotional, physical, and social life challenges are the domains contributing to the burden of caregiving. The financial issue is reported to be the most important challenge in caregiving. This is due to the high costs involved in the management of treatment and therapy, as well as the cost of food and daily expenses. Acceptance and spiritual aspects are the positive coping mechanisms for the management and caregiving of autistic children. In conclusion, caregivers also need emotional and practical supports from family members. Government and Non-Governmental Organisations should be more attentive to the need and constraints faced by the caregivers, especially financial constraint.
Study of the mutual connections among Information communication Technologies, Organisational Learning and Business Performance*

This paper presents the results of a study (involving 220 larger Slovenian companies) which aimed to examine the influence of information and communication technologies (ICT) and organisational learning (OL) on both financial (FP) and non-financial performance (NFP). In this manner a structural equation model was conceptualised based on prior theoretical and empirical foundations. According to responses from Slovenian CEOs, the statistically significant and positive influence of ICT on FP and NFP were established. No support for the ‘ICT productivity paradox’ can be provided by our research. Future longitudinal research needs to establish whether the ICT productivity paradox is the reverse image of organisational learning. Der Aufsatz prasentiert die Ergebnisse einer Studie (von 220 groseren slowenischen Firmen), die darauf abzielt, den Einfluss von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien und organisatorischem Lernen auf den finanziellen und auch nichtfinanziellen Erfolg zu untersuchen. Somit wurde ein strukturelles Modell konzeptualisisiert, das auf fruheren theoretischen und empirischen Annahmen fundiert. Anhand von Antworten slowenischer Fuhrungskrafte wurden statistisch wichtige und positive Einflusse der Technologien auf die betreffenden Kriterien erfast. Die Technologien haben jedoch keinen statistisch wichtigen Eindruck auf den nichtfinanziellen Erfolg. Zukunftige Forschung ist notig, um darzustellen, ob das ICT Produktivitatsparadoxon das umgekehrte Abbild vom organisatorischem Lernen ist.
A FAST ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR OPTIMUM INTEGER BIT LOADING IN OFDM SYSTEMS

In this paper the problem of minimizing the total transmitting power subject to a fixedtotal bit rate in OFDM systems is considered. Upper bounds on transmitting power and bit rate ofeach subcarrier can also be taken into account. In practice, the number of bits of each subcarriershould be integer and nonnegative. In this paper an analytical optimal solution is derived for thecase of assuming the bits to be integer. Then, the solution is extended for the case of nonnegativeinteger bits and the cases in which we have constraints on the maximum power and bit rate of eachsubcarrier. In an OFDM system with N subcarriers the complexity of computing the proposedanalytical solution is O(N) which is lower than the computational complexity of existingalgorithms. In addition to the mathematical proofs, computer simulations confirm that theproposed analytical solution is optimal and faster than the existing algorithms.
Transparent conductive-polymer strain sensors for touch input sheets of flexible displays

A transparent conductive polymer-based strain-sensor array, designed especially for touch input sheets of flexible displays, was developed. A transparent conductive polymer, namely poly(3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrenesulfonate (PEDOT:PSS), was utilized owing to its strength under repeated mechanical bending. PEDOT:PSS strain sensors with a thickness of 130 nm exhibited light transmittance of 92%, which is the same as the transmittance of ITO electrodes widely used in flat panel displays. We demonstrated that the sensor array on a flexible sheet was able to sustain mechanical bending 300 times at a bending radius of 5 mm. The strain sensor shows a gauge factor of 5.2. The touch point on a flexible sheet could be detected from histograms of the outputs of the strain sensors when the sheet was pushed with an input force of 5 N. The touch input could be detected on the flexible sheet with a curved surface (radius of curvature of 20 mm). These results show that the developed transparent conductive polymer-based strain-sensor array is applicable to touch input sheets of mechanically bendable displays.
Swedish business research productivity – improvements against international trends

We use a comprehensive database of Swedish manufacturing and service firms to examine trends in aggregate and sectoral research productivity 1985-1998, defined as the ratio between patenting and R&D. Quality indices are composed of forward and backward citations, family size and opposition. In contrast to earlier studies, forward citations to have the highest weight in our indices. Sweden experienced increases in research productivity over the period 1985-1998, a period where Swedish R&D was rising fast. Overall patenting and associated quality have had strong developments as compared to US and European findings of falling research productivity.
Development of an occupant multi-body model based on Japanese male characteristics data for rear impact analysis

A human multi-body model was developed to quickly analyse vehicle occupant responses during rear collision. The outer body geometry of the human model was obtained from scan data of a Japanese male. Data were divided into 17 rigid body segments. The centre of gravity, mass and moment of inertia of each segment was determined by regression. Sixteen articulations were modelled with revolute joints. Characteristics of each joint were defined according to data of passive joint resistance and range of motion for Japanese men. The model was then validated against results of reported Japanese volunteer rear impact tests. Simulation and experimental results agreed well in terms of the rotational angle of the head and neck and the horizontal displacement of the first thoracic vertebra (T1). Hence, a reasonable occupant model can be developed by appropriately combining published data of human characteristics.
Effective management of international technology transfer projects: Insights from the Brazilian textile industry

Purpose – The Brazilian textile industry has been facing fierce competition from low-cost imports from China and other Far East countries. To maintain their competitiveness in the local market, Brazilian companies have been adopting the product differentiation strategy. By using new technologies, they are able to develop new products with better quality at lower costs. With regard to new technologies, companies in the Brazilian textile industry have been using get-some and buy-some strategy, and international technology transfer (TT) has become an important part of their business strategies. However, due to lack of planning, many projects failed to achieve the desired results. This paper aims to provide theoretical insights and practical guidance on how textile firms could use a stage-gate model to enhance the effectiveness of their TT projects. Design/methodology/approach – In order to investigate the TT practices in the Brazilian context, three issues are assessed. First, the paper evaluates the possibi.
Plum Breeding

Worldwide, plum is one of the main species, occupying an area of about 2,600,000 ha and ensuring production about 11,700,000 tons. Even though there are over 6000 plum cultivars belonging to 19–40 species, there is still the need to create new cultivars due to the demands of growers and consumers. In addition, the large plum-growing countries (Romania, Serbia, Germany, Bulgaria, etc.) have decreased production due to plum pox virus (PPV) attack. Therefore, these countries developed breeding programs with the following objectives: resistance/tolerance to PPV, productivity, fruit quality, late blooming, self-fertility, different ripening times, short growing period, spur fructification, etc. Using different breeding methods (controlled hybridization, open pollination, selection in wild population on Prunus sp., and mutagenesis), in the last years, over 450 plum cultivars were released, from which 70% represent European cultivars and 30% Japanese cultivars.
The application of a Q-sort methodology to identify and rank strategies to promote work-life balance, health and wellbeing in construction projects

Employees of the Australian contruction industry experience high levels of work-life conflict which negatively impacts on their health and wellbeing. Research is underway to identify, implement and evaluate strategies designed to promote work-life balance, health and wellbeing in the Australian construction industry. An innovative Q-sort method was used in participative workshops with construction industry employees. This method enabled: (i) the identification of strategies that workers occupying different demographic and occupational groups would find beneficial; and (ii) the ranking of those strategies that workers believed would have the most impact upon their work-life balance, health and wellbeing. The result is a list of strategies recommended for implementation. A description of the Q-sort method and the workshop results are presented. The potential for Q-sort techniques to be used by organizations to identify opportunites to improve the health and wellbeing of their workforce and prioritise the implementation of work-life strategies is discuseed.
ICT as an Enabler for Innovation Adoption

In this paper we investigate how two online services (a portal and a digital library) may influence the adoption of an innovation. It is known from prior surveys that the installation services branch of the Dutch building industry has a relatively slow adoption rate for innovations. We examine if these two online services can influence the attitude towards the adoption of innovations. From the academic literature we have derived a list of factors that influence the attitude towards adoption by individuals. We limited this project to a number of factors that are commonly referred to as technological factors. Using an online digital library and a custom-built portal, we conducted a field experiment with a post-test only control group design for one particular innovative product (a gas-analysis device); the test was performed using a survey. Our main finding is that the portal has a significant and positive effect towards the adoption of the innovation by an individual. We did not find a significant impact for the use of the digital library. On the basis of this experiment, we propose that online services that offer a high degree of interaction amongst their users are more likely to induce an increase in the willingness of an individual to adopt an innovation.
Evaluation of Short-Range Roadway Delineation

A distinction is drawn between long- and short-range delineation, the latter being provided to aid the driver in tracking the roadway at night and under poor visibility conditions. A quasi-linear describing function approach is employed to represent the driver as a sensor and controller, and it is hypothesized that reductions in the quality of the driver's visual field will be reflected by an increase in the level of the “remnant” (interpreted in part as visual observation noise). Experiments were performed on a rural road, to which a variety of delineation treatments were applied, using a vehicle that permitted the identification of driver-vehicle describing functions as subjects negotiated the test course. The results are generally supportive of the experimental hypothesis, with the describing function parameters yielding evaluations of delineation treatments that are consistent with each other and with subjective ratings of task difficulty.
Key Features of the Anatomy and Topography of the Sphenoid Sinus in Different Age Periods

For the period of 2019, magnetic resonance imaging of the head of patients aged 20–71 years was performed. The majority of males have mezocran the shape of the skull, in contrast to females. There was no universal type of pneumatization for both sexes. In young men, the sellar type prevails, but at the age of 60, this type is 2 times less common and there are no protrusions of the channels of the optic nerves and internal carotid arteries. However, only the protrusion of the internal carotid artery channel is more common in women over 60 years of age than in men. In men, there were no cases of canal protrusion, and 49% of young women had a depression in the wall of the sphenoid sinus. In men under the age of 60, the protrusion of the optic nerve channels and internal carotid arteries occurs in approximately the same way as in women over 80 years of age. Due to the variability of the anatomical configuration of the sphenoid sinuses, the impact on access to the cell through the nose can be serious. The surgeon must be aware of these results before surgery in order to reach the cell safely and effectively.
Preparation of Carbopol 934 Based Ketorolac Tromethamine Buccal Mucoadhesive Film: In Vitro, Ex Vivo, and In Vivo Assessments

The goal of present investigation was to formulate and evaluate ketorolac tromethamine (KTM) mucoadhesive buccal films. The films were prepared by solvent evaporation method using PVP K30, HPMC K4M, HPMC K15M, carbopol 934, chitosan, and sodium alginate as polymers and propylene glycol as plasticizer. The films were evaluated for thickness, weight variation, folding endurance, surface pH, swelling index, in vitro residence time, in vitro diffusion, release kinetics, ex vivo permeation, in vitro-ex vivo correlation, and in vivo pharmacological activities such as anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity. Thickness, weight, drug content, and folding endurance were found to be uniform for the films. Surface pH was 6.85 ± 0.10 , and swelling index was the highest ( 27.27 ± 0.37 ) for the best film containing carbopol 934 along with sodium alginate and PVP K 30 (formulation code F2). In vitro residence time was greater than 5 h, and in vitro % drug release was 98.71% for F2. It exhibited 55.49% of swelling inhibition at 5 h, and above 38.88% was maintained at even 8 h. The film F2 has shown maximum analgesic response of 17 sec at 5 h, and the response of 11 sec was maintained at even 8 h. The anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect of F2 was found be maximum while sustaining the effect for prolonged period when compared to free drug solution. Thus, KTM mucoadhesive buccal film containing carbopol 934, sodium alginate, and PVP K30 could be an effective alternative for conventional therapy with improved efficacy.
Using SymbalooEDU as a PLE Organizer in Higher Education

This paper presents a case study related to the use of personal learning environments (PLE) in higher education. In this study, SymbalooEDU, a self- management tool was used. This tool allows students and teachers to organize their bookmarks, RSS and widgets in a visual way, using tabs and blocks with colours and different space distribution. Although it can be used for different purposes, its use as a PLE organizer seems to be interesting. This study aims to find out whether personal learning environments powered by institutions are meaningful and useful for students and lecturers to learn; what students do with this tool at a personal and academic level and what type of elements they include; and whether this kind of tools facilitate merging formal and informal learning. The data were gathered through questionnaires, interviews and observation, and results and conclusions are drawn up from these data.
Evaluasi Mutu Kukis yang Disubstitusi Tepung Sukun (Artocarpus Communis) Berbasis Minyak Sawit Merah (Msm), Tepung Tempe dan Tepung Udang Rebon (Acetes Erythraeus)

The main material in making cookies is wheat flour and it also can be substituted by the using of sukun flour. The purpose of changing that flour is for getting the cookies whit the good content of nutrient and indirectly it also can decrease the depended of wheat flour which is import product and the content of gluten that has negative effect for the autism children. The purpose of this research is to learn about the formulation of making cookies that the main maetial is sukun flour based red palm oil, tempe flour, and shrimp flour rebon and to know about the receptive of panelist toward the cookies that is produced. This research is held experimentally by using Complete Randomized Design (CRD) consisting of four treatments and four replications. The treatmen that is hoal are SKA (wheat flour 100%, sukun flour 0%), SKB (wheat flour 66,6%, sukun flour 33,4%), SKC (wheat flour 33,4%, sukun flour 66,6%), SKD (wheat flour 0%, sukun flour 100%). Based on chemical analysis and assessment of organoleptic, the best cookies is SKD which has a moisture content (3,93%), ash content (2,34%), protein levels (10,30%), and it can be received by adult and children panelist.
Persistent frequent attenders in primary care: case-control study comparing chronic diseases of five-year and one-year frequent attenders and features of the typical five-year frequent attenders

Background Persistent frequent attenders have 10 or more face-to-face visits to a general practitioner (GP) within one year and they continue frequent visits for two years or more. It seems that GPs don´t recognize their persistent frequent attenders. These patients can cause frustration for GPs and furthermore patients don`t seem to get the needed help from GPs. We wanted to find out typical features of persistent frequent attenders and thus help GPs to recognize these patients and even to foresee which patients will most probably become persistent attenders in the future. Methods We used the data of 4,392 frequent attenders (FAs) from the primary healthcare centers of the study city in 2001-2006. The five-year FAs formed the study group. Patient record entries of them were scrutinized and the background variables recorded. The background variables were described in terms of means and standard deviations or frequencies and percentages. Chronic diagnoses in the study group were compared to those of the control group. The control group was randomly selected from the group of the one-year frequent attenders in 2001–2006. Conditional logistic regression was used to compare chronic diagnoses between groups. Results Out of 4,392 FAs in 2001- 2006 19.4% were FAs during two years and 1.1% during five years. In the study group, there were 65% women and 35% men and the gender distribution remained equal throughout the whole follow-up period. Their average age was 51.7 year. The study group had 15.3 self-initiated visits to a GP annually and had significantly more depression (p=0.004), epilepsy (p=0.035), heart failure (p=0.019), asthma (p=0.032), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, p=0.036) and back pain/lumbago (p=0.046) compared to the control group. Patients in the study group were referred to secondary care, on average, 20.1 times per person. Conclusion We found out that a typical persistent frequent attender was a woman at the age of 55 who had depression, low back pain, heart failure, asthma or COPD. When a GP notices this kind of a patient it might be wisdom to have extra effort with the patient and make a follow-up and treatment plan together.
Structural mechanism of traditional wooden frames by dynamic and static tests

This paper deals with the structural mechanism of traditional wood frames to evaluate the seismic performance of wooden buildings like Japanese temples. The outline of shaking table tests and static tests using several scale models is described and typical experimental results are discussed. From experiments, it is found that the horizontal restoring force of wooden frame without walls depends mainly on the bending moment resistance from tie beams and the restoring force due to column rocking. The equilibrium relationship between the total restoring force and all the bending moments involved is established and verified. Using this equilibrium relationship, it is possible to evaluate the restoring force due to column rocking. The restoring force due to column rocking is the major part of the total restoring force when the frame deformation is small. The bending moments from tie beams become dominant as the deformation increases. The traditional wooden frame has the large flexibility and deformability. It is essential to take advantage of the structural mechanisms found from this study in the seismic and enhancement design of traditional wooden buildings. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
KUALITAS LIMBAH CAIR DI RUMAH SAKIT UMUM DAERAH TULEHU

Rumah sakit menghasilkan berbagai macam limbah berbahaya yang perlu mendapat perhatian khusus dalam pengolahannya karena dikhawatirkan akan berdampak buruk terhadap para pekerja rumah sakit yang pada gilirannya akan menganggu kehidupan masyarakat sekitar rumah sakit. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendapatkan gambaran tentang kualitas limbah cair ditinjau dari parameter BOD, COD, pH, suhu dan MPN Coliform pada Instalasi Pengolahan Air Limbah (IPAL) rumah sakit. Jenis penelitian ini adalah observasional dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Besar sampel sebanyak 20 sampel dengan titik pengambilan pada inlet dan outlet IPAL Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Tulehu, frekuensi pengambilan dua kali selama lima hari dengan metode grab sampel, sampel diperiksa di Balai Teknik Kesehatan Lingkungan dan Pengendalian Penyakit (BTKL PP) Ambon. Hasil uji laboratorium dibandingkan dengan Keputusan Menteri Lingkungan Hidup Nomor 58/MENLH/12/1995 tentang Baku Mutu Limbah Cair Bagi Kegiatan Rumah Sakit. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pada inlet IPAL RSUD Tulehu, kadar rata-rata untuk parameter BOD55:28,042 mg/l, COD:56,428 mg/l, pH:8,10, suhu:25,92C dan MPN Coliform:4,186,028 koloni/100 ml. Outlet kadar rata-rata untuk parameter BOD :21,708 mg/l, COD:43,842 mg/l, pH:7,61, suhu:24,12C, dan MPN Coliform:507,601 koloni/100 ml. Kesimpulan dari penelitian kualitas limbah cair IPAL Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Tulehu untuk parameter fisika dan kimia memenuhi syarat, parameter bakteriologi tidak memenuhi syarat terkecuali hari keempat dan kelima setelah pengolahan telah memenuhi syarat.