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Combining Sanitary Inspection and Water Quality Data in Western Uganda: Lessons Learned from a Field Trial of Original and Revised Sanitary Inspection Forms

Risk assessment for drinking water systems combines sanitary inspections (SI) and water quality testing and is critical for effectively managing the safety of these systems. SI forms consist of question sets relating to the presence of potential sources and pathways of contamination specific to different types of water points, piped distribution systems, and household collection and storage practices. As part of the revision to the Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality (GDWQ), the World Health Organization (WHO) is updating the suite of SI forms to reflect and include the most recent technical and scientific information available. This paper reports the results from a field pilot of a selection of published and revised SI forms and water quality testing in the municipality of Bushenyi-Ishaka, Uganda. We collected data from 45 springs, 61 taps from piped distribution systems, and 129 household storage containers filled with water from those springs and taps. The median total risk scores, according to the revised forms, for spring, tap, and household practices were 36, 53, and 33%, respectively, with higher percentages indicating greater risk. The median Escherichia coli concentrations of spring, tap, and household storage systems were 17, <1, and 7 CFU/100 mL, respectively. We found that increased questioning in the revised SI forms do not necessarily translate to a higher total risk. There is potential for misinterpretation of terminology in the revised SI forms and occasional redundancy of concepts. For the revised SI form for springs, we suggest specific text changes to reduce potential bias. We recommend that users of SI forms receive training in their use and be familiar with their locale. Furthermore, the revised SI forms may need to be adapted in accordance with the local context.
Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in Banking Sector during COVID-19 – An Empirical Analysis of Sri Lanka

The study is an out breaking study in the context of COVID-19; since this examined the gap between customer perception and service quality of banking sector of Sri Lankan during the COVID-19. As community spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) proliferates, alternatives to in-person banking and physical exchanges are looking more and more attractive. Further; the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised people to use contactless payment and avoid handling banknotes as much as possible, since the coronavirus may continue to live on banknotes for days, accelerating spread of the disease(World Health Organization, 2020). The study employed the SERVQUAL model (Parasuraman et al. 1985),which is used to measure customer satisfaction, and the effect of these dimensions (tangibles, responsiveness, empathy, assurance and reliability, access) on customer satisfaction was measured. For each dimension how the banks had ensured the quality during the pandemic was identified using primary and secondary sources and its relationship to the customer satisfaction was empirically tested.
An Evaluation of the Green Performance of Chinese New Energy Enterprises From the Perspective of Social Responsibility

To evaluate the green performance of Chinese new energy enterprises, a performance evaluation system entailing four dimensions of social responsibility, management of liabilities, market-related responsibility, safety, and environmental responsibility was constructed. This system was subsequently applied to analyze and assess the green performances of 18 energy enterprises in China with their social responsibility. Results show that the green performances of most of the energy enterprises with social responsibility are hierarchically based. Specific countermeasures were proposed for promoting the health of energy enterprises and their sustainable development. These measures to be implemented by energy enterprises include establishing and perfecting systems for managing liabilities, sustaining the market, strengthening responsibility for security, and making diligent efforts to fulfil their environmental responsibilities.
Effect OF Underwater Exercises ON Treating Postmenopausal Fibromyalgia Symptoms

Our investigation was aim to study effect of underwater exercises on relieving the symptoms of fibromyalgia during postmenopausal life. Sixty women complaining from the symptoms of postmenopausal fibromyalgia were randomly selected according to American College of Rheumatology criteria from the physical therapy clinic in Horus University in Egypt to share in this study, their age ranged between 50-60 years old with at least 3-4 years post menopause. Their body mass index did not exceed 30 km/m. A rheumatologist diagnoses all women as having fibromyalgia symptoms. Women were divided to 2 equal groups, (A) treated by Hydrotherapy in form of underwater exercises for four limbs and trunk while group (B) received land exercises for the four limbs and 2 times/ week for 8 weeks. Each session took about 30 minutes as the following: 5 minutes warming up, 20 minutes aerobics, strengthening and flexibility exercises for the upper and lower limbs, and trunk using the bodyweight and the resistance bands at different degrees of resistance as the patient's ability permitted and 5 minutes of cooling down. Women in the usual care group received general physical activity guidelines. Exercise interventions had aerobics, muscular strengthens and flexibility. Weight and height scale was used to assess BMI, VAS was used to assess pain, and FIQ using for assessment the fibromyalgia-depending on symptom for both groups A and B before and after treatment. Results of the study found that, BMI, VAS and FIQ showed no significant differences between both groups A and B before treatment. After treatment, VAS in (A) showed decreasing in mean when comparing to its corresponding values(B), Also the value of FIQ in group A showed a statistically significant decrease when comparing to its corresponding values(B). It can be concluded that underwater exercises are very effective in treating fibromyalgia postmenopausal symptoms.
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING OF IMMIGRANTS IN ADULT EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY IN SWEDEN

Adult education has been criticized for its lack of focus on sociocultural aspects of individual learners, largely ignoring the importance of cultural identity to the learning process. The paper’s aim is to investigate culturally responsive teaching of immigrants in adult education, theoretically and empirically underpinning the implementation of a case study for the elaboration of implications on culturally responsive teaching of immigrants in adult education. Research methods include theoretical and empirical methods. Theoretical methods imply analysis of theoretical sources and theoretical modelling. The empirical study was based on a case study. The sample was composed of 20 adult learners and three teachers of Swedish in May 2019 and February 2020. The case study was implemented at Folkuniversitetet, Kristianstad, Sweden. The theoretical findings allow defining religion and human comfort conditions such as thermal comfort as the dimensions of cultural norms and values to be addressed by culturally responsive teaching of immigrants. The findings of the empirical study allow drawing the conclusion on the necessity of a personalised approach to an adult learner in culturally responsive teaching of immigrants. The novelty of the present work is revealed in the implications on culturally responsive teaching of immigrants. Further research is proposed.
Synthetic Wavelength Holography: Snapshot Non-Line-of-Sight Imaging with High-Resolution and Wide Field of View

The presence of a scattering medium in the imaging path between an object and an observer is known to severely limit the visual acuity of the imaging system. We present an approach to circumvent the deleterious effects of scattering, by exploiting spectral correlations in scattered wavefronts. Our Synthetic Wavelength Holography (SWH) method is able to recover a holographic representation of hidden targets with high resolution over a wide field of view. The complete object field is recorded in a snapshot-fashion, by monitoring the scattered light return in a small probe area. This unique combination of attributes opens up a plethora of new Non-Line-of-Sight imaging applications ranging from medical imaging and forensics, to early-warning navigation systems and reconnaissance. Adapting the findings of this work to other wave phenomena will help unlock a wider gamut of applications beyond those envisioned in this paper.
Sustainable demand chain toward prosperity of NPD projects: a systematic review

Manufacturing organisations are currently experiencing a tight competition with their global rivals through new product offerings. With the viewpoint of rapid developing sustainable practices, this research pursues to investigate the impact of sustainable practices within demand-driven distribution networks towards effective planning for product development purposes. Utilising the systematic review method of the literature, different angles of this emerging perspective will be clarified. In the first step, the authors identify new product development (NPD) approaches as well as identification of traditional supply chain and demand chain approaches followed by scrutinising the current world literature and a critical review as inputs of research findings. The systematic literature is guided by five key steps recommended by previous studies. This is conducted comprising of 75 scientific journal and conference papers from the year 2000 to 2020 towards analysis and discussions. The proposed conceptual framework provides with six propositions to be further measured, tested and validated. This research highlights the need for both academia and industries to combine the demand chain rising theories with a sustainable supply chain to act as inputs towards increasing the success rate of NPD projects.
Soil Solarization to Eradicate Soilborne Phytophthora spp. in Container Nurseries with Surface Gravel1

To describe the effect of soil solarization in the presence of a gravel layer on the soil surface of container nurseries, we investigated belowground temperatures and soil water potential during solarization with different thicknesses of a surface gravel layer (2.5 cm, 7.5 cm, or no gravel) (1 in, 3 in, or no gravel) in relation to survival of soilborne Phytophthora spp. inoculum. In field trials conducted for 4 weeks with Phytophthora ramorum Werres and Phytophthora pini Leonian in San Rafael, California and with P. pini in Corvallis, Oregon, infested rhododendron leaf inoculum was placed on the surface, and at 5 cm (2 in) and 15 cm (6 in) below the surface. In solarized plots with thicker layers of gravel, inoculum buried in the soil layer was killed in shorter treatment periods by higher elevated temperatures. Inoculum at the surface and within the gravel layer was also killed, but showed greater tolerance to heat under the lower water potential conditions as compared to the soil layer. P. pini has a significantly longer survival in heat than P. ramorum, allowing it to serve as a conservative surrogate for P. ramorum in testing solarization outside the quarantine facility. This study demonstrates how presence of a gravel layer influences soil solarization effectiveness in reducing Phytophthora inoculum survival. Index words: Phytophthora ramorum, Phytophthora pini, soil disinfestation, disease management, soil temperature, soil water potential, ornamentals. Species used in this study: Phytophthora ramorum Werres, de Cock & Man in't Veld, Phytophthora pini Leonian.
Fabrication using x‐ray nanolithography and measurement of Coulomb blockade in a variable‐sized quantum dot

We report on the fabrication and measurement of a novel type of quantum dot device in which the shape and size of the dot can be controlled. The device consists of four uniformly spaced quantum point contacts which can be biased to produce quantum dots ranging in size from 600 nm to below 200 nm. The capacitances of the gates controlling the dot are small. Measurements were made at a temperature of 0.3 K for three different dot sizes. Devices were fabricated in three lithography steps, with x‐ray nanolithography used to define the final gate layer. The device exhibits conductance maxima whose spacing depends on which quantum point contacts are used to define the quantum dot.
MOLECULAR-BEAM INFRARED-INFRARED DOUBLE-RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY STUDY OF THE VIBRATIONAL DYNAMICS OF THE ACETYLENIC C-H STRETCH OF PROPARGYL AMINE

The acetylenic C–H stretch spectrum of propargyl amine near 3330 cm−1 has been measured at 0.0002 cm−1 (6 MHz) resolution with a tunable color-center laser in an electric-resonance optothermal spectrometer. The spectrum has been fully assigned through IR–IR double resonance measurements employing a tunable, microwave sideband-CO2 laser. The 10 μm spectrum of propargyl amine displays splittings in the two nuclear spin symmetry states arising from amino-proton interchange, allowing double-resonance assignment of the –NH2 group resultant proton nuclear spin quantum number in the highly fragmented 3 μm spectrum. The experimental state density is consistent with a (2J+1) increase that is expected if all near-resonant states are coupled. From this J-dependent growth in the state density we determine the density of states at J=0 to be 22 states/cm−1. This value is in reasonable agreement with the direct state count result of 16 states/cm−1. The unperturbed transition frequencies for the two different nuclear spi.
Examine Employees Creativity in the Bank: A case of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Woldia Branches

The study aims to examine employees’ creativity in the bank a case of commercial bank of Ethiopia Woldia Branches. The researcher used a cross-sectional design and followed a mixed research approach. This study census method has been utilized to participate in respondents from four branches, that on duty 182 employees in commercial bank of Ethiopia. The collected data were analyzed by using multiple regression methods method after proving the quality of the data. The study finding revealed that autonomy, supervisors’ support and role ambiguity significantly affects the creativity of employees in the workplace. The remaining variables self-efficacy and job complexity have no statistically significant effect on employees’ creativity in the bank.
Listening to stories of study: identity and the awarding gap experienced by Ethnic Minority students in the context of distance education

ABSTRACT The disproportionately low degrees awarded to Ethnic Minority students are stark, representing an enduring challenge across the entire higher education sector including distance education. This paper reports on a study conducted in a distance learning university in the UK which employed a mixed-methods approach to explore the experiences of Ethnic Minority students. The paper draws on the concept of ‘over-efforting’ and research undertaken by Stevenson into personal educational histories. The methodology included quantitative analysis to provide a broad context with additional qualitative analysis of three case studies to provide rich, deep data. In combination, these data enable the authors to explore the significance of personal educational histories to understand the individual experiences of three students within the context of broader quantitative patterns. The paper offers some insights into these experiences in order to raise important questions about the impact of identities and personal educational histories on participating in tuition within the context of distance education.
Mercurian sphalerite from Akoluk deposit (Ordu, NE Turkey): Hg as a cathodoluminescence activator

Abstract A recent investigation of sphalerite from Akoluk deposit, Ordu, NE Turkey, revealed the possible presence of a new activator element in the sphalerite structure. The sample was studied under a reflected light microscope coupled with a cold-stage cathodoluminescence (CL) system which revealed a unique banding in the sphalerite. The same sample was subsequently examined using the back-scattered electron and luminescence modes in an electron microscope, the results of which were later confirmed in terms of chemical composition by electron probe microanalyses (EPMA). Detailed evaluation of the EPMA data indicated the presence of a new CL activator element in the sphalerite structure. The data also indicate that Hg2+ in the sphalerite crystal structure substitutes for Zn in a simple manner and for Cd and Cu in a coupled manner. Spectral analysis indicated a bright yellow and orange-red blend (more like brown) CL colour with λmax centred at 580 nm, probably due to Cd and Mn ions, and relatively broad emission bands ranging from 525 to 690 nm with λmax centred at 580 and 700, due probably to Cu, Cd and Hg. This study reports that Hg in the sphalerite crystal lattice behaves as an activator and/or co-activator element resulting in emissions of CL colours that range from yellow with purple shades to shades of brown, based on their varying contents.
Heterogeneous inter-Clue designing of POI Popularity Analysis with discrepancy Tourism Data

The prevalence of Predicting Point of Interest (POI) has been extremely important to location-based applications, such as reviews on POIs. Many current approaches are rarely able to achieve adequate efficiency due to the shortage of POI knowledge. This tendentious restricts the advice to famous locations and lacks equally important qualities in unlikely attractions. This paper introduces a novel method to forecasting the performance of POIs, dubbed Hierarchical Multi-Clue Fusion (HMCF). In general, to address sparsity issues, it is proposed that POIs be defined in a simple way usage different method of User-Generated Content (UGC) By different origin. And there is construct a hierarchically powerful POI modeling framework that concurrently injects semantonal Awareness and multiple layer representation regulation of POIs. Users are building a multi-view POI database for assessment by compiling both text and visual information from four conventional tourism channels from many separate provinces in China during 2006 to 2017. Extensive experimental findings indicate that the new technique will substantially improve the output of forecasting the success of attractions relative to a variety of reference methodologies.
Identifying the genetic basis and molecular mechanisms underlying phenotypic correlation between complex human traits using a gene-based approach

Phenotypic correlations between complex human traits have long been observed based on epidemiological studies. However, the genetic basis and underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. The recent accumulation of GWAS data has made it possible to analyze the genetic similarity between human traits through comparative analysis. Here we developed a gene-based approach to measure genetic similarity between a pair of traits and to delineate the shared genes/pathways, through three steps: 1) translating SNP-phenotype association profile to genephenotype association profile by integrating GWAS with eQTL data; 2) measuring the similarity between a pair of traits by a normalized distance between the two gene-phenotype association profiles; 3) delineating genes/pathways supporting the similarity. Application of this approach to a set of GWAS data covering 59 human traits detected significant similarity between many known and unexpected pairs of traits; a significant fraction of them are not detectable by SNP based similarity measures. Examples include Height and Schizophrenia, Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease, and Rheumatoid Arthritis and Crohn’s disease. Functional analysis revealed specific genes/pathways shared by these pairs. For example, Height and Schizophrenia are co-associated with genes involved in neural development, skeletal muscle regeneration, protein synthesis, magnesium homeostasis, and immune response, suggesting growth and development as a common theme underlying both traits. Our approach can detect yet unknown relationships between complex traits and generate mechanistic hypotheses, and has the potential to improve diagnosis and treatment by transferring knowledge from one disease to another.
Ammonia Volatilization from Dairy Manure under Anaerobic and Aerated Conditions at Different Temperature

NH3 volatilization is the predominant pathway of manure nitrogen loss in the period of treatment or storage prior to land application, and NH3 that enters the atmosphere can adversely impact the environment. Therefore quantifying NH3 volatilization is necessary for management of manure nutrient and protection of the environment. Due to the high variability and complexity of the process, appropriate dynamic mathematical models, calibrated using measured data, are considered effective tools in quantifying the dynamic process of NH3 volatilization. An experiment was conducted for determining NH3 volatilization kinetics from dairy manure under different conditions. Fresh dairy manure was treated under anaerobic and aerated conditions at 5, 20 and 30 °C, each with three replicates. The experimental period lasted 60 days. Total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), total ammoniacal nitrogen (TAN) and nitrate-N were measured in samples. Sampling frequency varied gradually from daily to once every five days. pH of the manure was measured and dissolved oxygen of liquid manure was monitored during the experimental period. The results showed that pH varied greatly with range from 1.0 to 2.0 units. Aeration increased pH significantly as a result of accelerating CO2 release. The effect of aeration on NH3 volatilization depended on temperature: at 20 oC aeration increased NH3 volatilization by 90 mg N/L compared to anaerobic condition, while it did not affect NH3 volatilization significantly at 5 and 30 oC. The mechanic model, developed by combining different components from different models and calibrated with the measured data, was able to simulate NH3 volatilization with average error less than 7.0%. The information can be used for simulation and controlling NH3 volatilization from animal manure during storage period.