bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The relapse of coronary artery disease in patients with diabetes mellitus at Dr. Ramelan Navy Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia
Authors: Winoto Priyo Mukti Pribadi , Ahsan Ahsan , Nasution Tina Handayani
Published: October 2019

The patients with coronary artery disease are susceptible to experience the relapse so that the control towards the risk factors of coronary artery disease is needed such as a history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, suffering from diabetes mellitus, medication adherence, and history of obesity. This study aimed at knowing the relationship between the risk factor of diabetes mellitus and the relapse of coronary artery disease. This study was an analytical observation by using retrospective cohort. The total respondent was 189 people taken by using purposive sampling technique. The finding showed that nearly all patients (82.5%) did not suffer from diabetes mellitus, and most of them (72.5%) experienced the relapse of CAD. The result of the chi-square analysis showed that the p-value of 0.009 < α = 0.05, indicating a significant relationship between Diabetes Mellitus and the relapse of coronary artery disease. The patient with diabetes mellitus has a higher risk of experiencing the relapse of CAD. The nurse should concern and control the risk factors of coronary artery disease that affects the relapse.
Energy intake, body image, physical activity and nutritional status of teenagers
Authors: Dewi Ratna Candra , Wirjatmadi Bambang
Published: October 2019

The physical appearance of an individual is important for teenagers. An assessment known as “body image,” is a feeling of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the state of the body and its appearance. The study aimed to analyze body image, energy adequacy, physical activity, and nutritional status. A total of 95 students of Sport Science at the State University of Surabaya were examined in this research using observational analytic and a cross sectional study design. Anthropometric measurements include evaluating body weight and height, examining the consumption pattern data using the 2x24 hour recall method and food frequency questionnaire. Furthermore, it analyzes the physical activity using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire method, and determines body image using questionnaires. Energy adequacy is calculated by comparing the average energy consumption with Recommended Dietary Allowances, while the nutritional status is measured using the Body Mass Index. Similarly, the relationships between variables were analyzed using the Spearman Rank Correlation Test. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between energy intake, adequacy, body image, and nutritional status.
The relationship between the choice of place of delivery and childbirth labor with the incidence of infant mortality in Sorawolio community health center working area of Baubau City, Indonesia
Authors: Andriani Rininta , Risma Risma
Published: October 2019

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) describes the success of the health sector and also directly relates to an average of population life expectancy in an area. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between place of delivery, childbirth labor with the incidence of infant mortality in the Community Health facility. This was an observational analytical research with a cross sectional study design. The population include 190 mothers who had given birth in 2017 in the Health facility, of which 60 people were selected using stratified random sampling technique. Data was collected through primary information requisition by using questionnaires and secondary data was collected from the Community Health Center and the Health Office of Baubau City. The data was analyzed using the chisquare test. The results indicated that there was a significant relationship between the place of delivery (p value = 0.004, p<0.005) and childbirth labor (p value = 0.006, p<0.005) with the incidence of infant mortality in the Community Health Facility.
Analysis of the iron profile and the incidence of iron deficiency anemia in the third-trimester pregnant women in the coendemic areas of Bengkulu City, Indonesia
Authors: Zulkarnain Mohammad , Muliani Rizka , Sitorus Rico Januar , Nurlaili Nurlaili
Published: October 2019

Pregnant women are at risk for iron deficiency anemia especially pregnant women in malaria-endemic areas. This study aimed to analyze the profile of iron in the third trimester pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia in co-endemic area of Bengkulu city. This study was cross-sectional study with a total sample of 66 pregnant women who met the inclusion criteria. Examination profile of iron in pregnant women is done by taking blood specimen through the vena cubity. Profile iron includes examination sTfR levels, hepcidin, transferrin were examined by ELISA. Determination of iron deficiency anemia is based on the results of Hb, serum iron and TIBC. The results showed 39.4% of pregnant women experience iron deficiency anemia. There is an average difference between hepcidin levels with the incidence of iron deficiency anemia (p-value 0.031). Based on binary logistic regression analysis profile iron with irondeficiency anemia in pregnant women, hepcidin levels are predictors factors on the incidence of iron deficiency anemia (p-value 0.000, 95% CI .296-.709).
The influence of knowledge and attitude of female adolescents on Fe tablet consumption at Public Senior High School 1 of Gorontalo City, Indonesia
Authors: Muhammad Zuriati , Sumarmi Sri
Published: October 2019

Female undergo menstruation, pregnancy and breastfeeding, which bring about the need to consume blood cell tablet in order to provide extra iron and further replace lost blood, as a preparation through adolescence. Furthermore, females tend to suffer from anemia, exhibit retarded learning, working competence, quality of human resources and overall wellbeing of their offspring hence the promotion of nutritional status and health is essential (Warsiti, 2013). This study therefore aims to investigate the effect of knowledge and attitudes of female adolescents on the consumption of Fe tablet at Public Senior High School 1 of Gorontalo, applying a quantitative approach with cross-sectional method. With a sample of 72 students, the study involved the use of a questionnaire to obtain data, which were analyzed using the Fisher Ex cact (X2) test at the significance level of 95% (α=0.05). The analysis results revealed no influence of knowledge, toward the behavior of consuming Fe tablet with p-value = 0.355. Furthermore, there was a correlation between attitudes and consumption behavior, with p-value = 0.003 among young women in Public Senior High School.
The knowledge of a mother determines nutritional status of her children: A study at Kirana Posyandu (pre- and post-natal health care unit) of Surabaya City, Indonesia in 2017
Authors: Daluas Ade Ayu Mitra Ramadita , Windijarto Windijarto , Uktutias Sendy Ayu Mitra
Published: October 2019

Lack of nutrition during childhood has a profound impact on health including cognitive development. One of all factors that related to nutritional status is knowledge mother’s factor. This study aims to identify the correlation between mothers’ knowledge about nutrition and their toddlers’ nutritional status (weight/age). The samples of this study are 37 mothers with toddler. This study showed a correlation between mothers’ knowledge about nutrition and their toddlers’ nutritional status (weight/age) at Kirana Posyandu at Pegirian Health Care Center of Surabaya City. Thus, in order to increase mothers’ knowledge about nutrition, health cadres should optimized health services with regards the steps in caring postnatal children. Health care professionals can provide counseling about the importance of toddler’s nutrition.
Why does de-radicalization seem a utopia? Evaluation on “Children of the Country” program
Authors: Algristian Hafid , Choiriya Dian Dakwatul , Abdillah Diaz Syafrie , Ulya Athiyatul , Sodali Hafizh Auliyan , Muhammad Akbar Reza , Handayani Handayani
Published: October 2019

Children and adolescents are groups that are vulnerable to the radicalism influence. Curiosity and trial-error behaviour make them tend to do risk-taking behaviours. If it is not accompanied by good self-control ability, it will encourage them to do actions without thinking about the impact of these actions (impulsivity). If it is not accompanied by empathy, then it tends to be behaviour that opposes and disrupts the interests of others (aggressive behaviour). This study aimed to assess the “Children of the Country” program as an effort to de-radicalize children and adolescents. Quasi experimental study was used on 30 children and adolescents in a shelter of street children in Surabaya with a pretest/ post-test design. In order to measure the outcome of the program, a Radical Personality Test (RPT) was developed using big five personality construct. The increase of nationalism and positive behaviour score is not much to compensate the increase of negative radicalism score. This evaluation brings awareness to form a novel de-radicalization strategy for children and adolescents in the future.
Community behavior in control of rats in Leptospirosis transmission areas in Pacitan Regency, Indonesia
Authors: Yudhastuti Ririh , Pawitra Aditya Sukma , Lusno M. Farid D.
Published: October 2019

Based on basic health research data at the end of March 2017, 23 patients were reported with positive Leptopsirosis with at least 8 deaths in Pacitan district, East Java. Leptospirosis is spread in 5 sub-districts in Pacitan Regency, namely Ngadirojo, Tulakan, Kebon Agung, Arjosari and Punung. The purpose of the study was to determine the factors that influence the control behavior of mice in the area at risk of transmission of leptospirosis. Explanatory study with survey research methods was used in this study. 92 families affected by leptospirosis were recruited through simple random sampling. The results showed that the role of health workers who are active in eradicating rats has 5.3 times the possibility of good behavior in eradicating rats when compared with the role of health workers who are less active. It can be concluded that knowledge, attitudes, information availability, and the role of health workers influence the control behavior of mice in areas at risk of leptospirosis transmission in the community.
Family functioning and satisfaction: A comparative study between hookah users and non-users
Authors: Roman Nicolette , Rich Edna , Davids Charl , Benjamin Fatiema , Taylor Matthew
Published: October 2019

Background: Although there has been an exponential growth in hookah use on a global scale, research within the context of South Africa is very limited. While hookah use is known internationally to be a health and addiction risk, the focus is on university students and not on families.Aim: This study aims to compare the family functioning and family satisfaction among hookah users and non-users.Setting: This study was conducted in low or middle-high class socio-economic status areas of Cape Town, South Africa.Methods: A quantitative method was employed to test for significant differences with a sample of 1193 participants, in which each participant represented a family. An independent t-test was used to test for significant differences between hookah users and non-users.Results: One-third (34%) of the participants indicated that they smoked hookah pipe, with the general age of onset being 16.5 years. In trying to understand the family context, it was found that 28% of hookah users indicated that the hookah pipe was used as a means of socialising with others in the family, and 24% of parents indicated that they were more accepting of family members smoking the hookah pipe. Findings also suggest that families of hookah users have less cohesion, expressiveness and family satisfaction, and more conflict and permissiveness than families of non-users.Conclusion: This study provides and extends knowledge regarding the family in hookah pipe use. This information could assist in reducing hookah pipe use, and building healthier and more resilient communities by formulating prevention and intervention strategies to reduce hookah use.
Entrepreneurial alertness and self-efficacy: A focus on social values and innovation performance
Authors: Urban Boris
Published: October 2019

Orientation: It is widely accepted that the entrepreneurial process has attitudinal and behavioural components, with recent studies indicating that social values (SV) interact with entrepreneurial beliefs and competencies to significantly influence the innovation performance (INNP) of enterprises.Research purpose: By relying on the prescripts of social cognitive theory (SCT), this study empirically investigated to what extent SV moderate the relationship between entrepreneurial alertness (EA) and self-efficacy to influence higher levels of INNP.Motivation for the study: Studies indicate there has been a marked decrease in entrepreneurs who believe they offer innovative products, which is of great concern given that the levels of innovation are important for African enterprises.Research approach, design and method: This cross-sectional study was based on primary survey data (n = 175 enterprises). Instruments were scrutinised for validity and reliability and hypotheses tested using regression analysis.Main findings: Results showed that EA and entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) explained a significant amount of variance in INNP. In addition, SV positively moderated the relationship between these behavioural variables and INNP.Practical and managerial implications: It is important to have evidence-based policies that explain entrepreneurial behaviour and INNP of enterprises in African countries eager to move up the value chain to the next phase of economic development.Contribution or value-add: This article contributes to the understanding of how SV, in an under-researched emerging market context, interact with entrepreneurial behaviour regarding alertness and self-efficacy to increase the levels of INNP.
Reducing our dependence on null hypothesis testing: A key to enhance the reproducibility and credibility of our science
Authors: Murphy Kevin R.
Published: October 2019

Problemification: Over-reliance on null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) is one of the most important causes of the emerging crisis over the credibility and reproducibility of our science.Implications: Most studies in the behavioural and social sciences have low levels of statistical power. Because ‘significant’ results are often required, but often difficult to produce, the temptation to engage in questionable research practices that will produce these results is immense.Purpose: Methodologists have been trying for decades to convince researchers, reviewers and editors that significance tests are neither informative nor useful. A recent set of articles published in top journals and endorsed by hundreds of scientists around the world seem to provide a fresh impetus for overturning the practice of using NHST as the primary, and sometimes sole basis for evaluating research results.Recommendations: Authors, reviewers and journal editors are asked to change long-engrained habits and realise that ‘statistically significant’ says more about the design of one’s study than about the importance of one’s results. They are urged to embrace the ATOM principle in evaluating research results, that is, accept that there will always be uncertainty, and be thoughtful, open and modest in evaluating what the data mean.
Review of Immunogenomics and the Role of Tumor Mutational Burden as a Biomarker for Immunotherapy Response
Authors: Ros Javier , Baraibar Iosune , Vivancos Ana , Rodon Jordi
Published: October 2019

Immune checkpoint inhibitors benefit a proportion of patients with cancer, but not all patients nor all histologies will respond to immunotherapy. Therefore, predictive biomarkers are needed. In this review, we outline the ways that lead to hypermutated tumors as well as the potential predictive role of tumor mutational burden (TMB). Findings in selected cancer types suggest that TMB may predict clinical response to immunotherapy, and recently even a prognostic role has been suggested for TMB. An association between high mutational load and clinical benefit was observed in various tumor types; however, it is unclear whether TMB is a strong predictive marker of clinical benefit across all cancers. For that reason, there are still several questions regarding the role of TMB as an immunotherapy biomarker, such as the best measurement technique, the most adequate cutoff, or even whether TMB will be useful for any kind of cancer. We have performed an extensive bibliography research using PubMed with keys words: immunotherapy, tumor mutational load, TMB, immunotherapy biomarkers, and immunotherapy response. In conclusion, TMB has been demonstrated to be a useful biomarker for immunotherapy selection across some cancer types; however, further validation studies are required.
Mind the gap: the consideration of financial technologies and blockchain in the reform of the Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation
Authors: Chambers Lucy M.R.
Published: October 2019

This article seeks to draw attention to two areas of technological innovation relevant to the digital economy that the European Commission (‘Commission’) seems so far to have missed in its evaluation of the effectiveness of and reforms required to the Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation (‘VBER’) and the associated Guidelines: fintech and blockchain technologies. In particular, this article seeks to demonstrate that vertical agreements can produce novel solutions in certain fintech markets, whilst also creating potential novel issues around exclusion, bundling and market power when used in the context of blockchain technologies. It is hoped that the results of the public consultation will bring some of these issues to the Commission's attention, because without taking these issues into consideration the Commission risks missing the opportunity to make ex ante changes to the VBER to ensure that it is ready for potential future innovations in the digital economy.
Vertical restraints, the single market imperative and UK competition policy after Brexit
Authors: Todd Patrick F.
Published: October 2019

After Brexit, the United Kingdom is unlikely to continue pursuing integration with other Member States of the European Union, including through competition policy. As a result, the time is ripe to reconsider the role of the single market imperative in competition law, in particular in relation to vertical restraints where the goal of market integration plays a pivotal role. This article shows that recent European vertical restraints decisions and case law, in particular concerning territorial and online restraints, have been motivated in whole or in part by the single market imperative (SMI). It then examines how the law in the UK might follow a different path post-Brexit, taking the Ping case as an example. However, a similar change is not likely to be forthcoming in relation to the law governing pricing restraints, which are not obviously linked to the SMI and which have been the subject of much enforcement in the UK both before and during the UK's membership of the EU.
Effect of operating parameters on dye wastewater treatment using Prosopis cineraria and kinetic modeling
Authors: Natarajan Rajamohan , Manivasagan Rajasimman
Published: October 2019

Textile dye effluent treatment was investigated using a novel biosorbent synthesized from Prosopis cineraria. The influence of operating variables, namely initial COD of the effluent (352-1,303 mg/L) and adsorbent dosage (0.25-4.0 g/L) on the removal efficiency was studied. The results of the biosorption experiments indicated that the equilibrium COD removal efficiency attained was 68% and COD uptake achieved was 90.52 mg/g at an optimal sorbent dose (2.0 g/L). Pseudo second order model fitted well to the experimental data and the rate constant was estimated as 0.098 x 10-5 g /(mg min) .Chemisorption was identified as the removal mechanism involved. Power function model represented the kinetic data in selected range of COD and kinetic constants were estimated. XRF analysis of the biosorbent confirmed the presence of potassium oxide and calcium oxide as the two major components.
Fabrication of functionalized halloysite nanotube blended ultrafiltration membranes for high flux and fouling resistance
Authors: Park Shinyun , Yang Eunmok , Park Hosik , Choi Heechul
Published: October 2019

Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) were functionalized using 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) and incorporated into polyethersulfone (PES) membranes to improve the hydrophilicity of the membranes as well as the interfacial interaction between HNTs and the polymer matrix. The intrinsic properties, permeability, and selectivity of the prepared membranes were analyzed to evaluate the membrane performance. In addition, humic acid (HA) fouling experiments were conducted to measure the antifouling properties of the fabricated membranes. As HNTs and functionalized HNTs (f-HNTs) contents are increased, hydrophilicity and mechanical strength were enhanced, and membranes with f-HNTs showed further improved performance. The pure water flux of membranes with 2% HNTs and f-HNT was 7.5 times higher than that of a pristine PES membrane without a trade-off relation between the water flux and HA rejection. The membranes with f-HNTs showed the highest antifouling properties compared to membranes with HNTs because enhanced hydrophilicity played a key role in preventing accumulation of HA.
Desarrollo y aplicación de curvas de daño y estanqueidad para la estimación del impacto económico de las inundaciones en zonas urbanas españolas
Authors: Martínez-Gomariz E. , Guerrero-Hidalga M. , Russo B. , Yubero D. , Gómez M. , Castán S.
Published: October 2019

Para la estimación de daños por inundaciones pluviales en zonas urbanas, un elemento ampliamente utilizado son las llamadas curvas de daños, que no son más que la relación de los daños producidos en un tipo de propiedad para un cierto nivel de agua. En este estudio se presenta el desarrollo llevado a cabo para obtener curvas de daños asociadas a 14 tipos de propiedades para la ciudad de Barcelona. Se propone también un modelo conceptual para transferir el calado en las calles al calado en el interior de las propiedades. Las curvas desarrolladas, han sido trasladadas a la ciudad de Badalona y se han estimado los daños de dos eventos reales de inundación para ambas ciudades. Los resultados obtenidos han sido aceptables, de acuerdo con la validación realizada a partir de los datos de indemnizaciones facilitados por el consorcio de compensación de seguros (CCS).
A Grammar of Muqarnas: Drawings of the Alhambra by Jones and Goury (1834-1845)
Authors: Gámiz Gordo Antonio , Ferrer Pérez-Blanco Ignacio
Published: October 2019

The muqarnas of the Nasrid Alhambra stand out as one of the most singular architectural episodes of Medieval Islamic art due to their sophisticated three-dimensional construction, whose layout remains little known. In 1834 and 1837, the architects Owen Jones and Jules Goury visited the monument in Granada and accomplished surprising drawings thereof, later published towards 1842-1845 as chromolithograph prints, which represented its architecture, ornaments, and muqarnas in a systematic way for the first time. In order to value their pioneering drawings, the historical data is briefly reviewed and several previous drawings of the Alhambra are cited. After consideration of a few questions regarding the process of data collection in Granada, a comparative analysis is presented of a cornice, a capital, an arch and a pendentive, with photos and computer-aided drawings. Thus, the principles or elementary grammar of muqarnas groupings described by these architects are highlighted, as well as the precision of their images, which resulted crucial to integrate and disseminate the architectural legacy of the Alhambra in the contemporary Western culture.
Of Victorians and Vegetarians
Authors: Gregory James
Published: October 2019

Nineteenth-century Britain was one of the birthplaces of modern vegetarianism in the west, and was to become a reform movement attracting thousands of people. From the Vegetarian Society's foundation in 1847, men, women and their families abandoned conventional diet for reasons as varied as self-advancement, personal thrift, dissatisfaction with medical orthodoxy and repugnance for animal cruelty. They joined in the pursuit of a perfect society in which food reform combined with causes such as socialism and land reform, stimulated by the concern that carnivorism was in league with alcoholism and bellicosity. James Gregory provides a rich exploration of the movement, with its often colourful and sometimes eccentric leaders and grass-roots supporters. He explores the rich culture of branch associations, competing national societies, proliferating restaurants and food stores and experiments in vegetarian farms and colonies. “Of Victorians and Vegetarians” examines the wider significance of Victorian vegetarians, embracing concerns about gender and class, national identity, race and empire and religious authority.

Vegetarianism embodied the Victorians' complicated response to modernity in its hostility to aspects of the industrial world's exploitation of technology, rejecting entrepreneurial attempts to create the foods and substitute artefacts of the future. Hostile, like the associated anti-vivisectionists and anti-vaccinationists, to a new ‘priesthood’ of scientists, vegetarians defended themselves through the new sciences of nutrition and chemistry. “Of Victorians and Vegetarians” uncovers who the vegetarians were, how they attempted to convert their fellow Britons (and the world beyond) to their ‘bloodless diet’ and the response of contemporaries in a variety of media and genres. Through a close study of the vegetarian periodicals and organisational archives, extensive biographical research and a broader examination of texts relating to food, dietary reform and allied reform movements, James Gregory provides us with the first fascinating foray into the impact of vegetarianism on the Victorians, the history of animal welfare, reform movements and food history.
Reconstructing Clitic Doubling
Authors: Angelopoulos Nikos
Published: October 2019

This paper systematically investigates reconstruction properties of Greek clitic doubled objects, motivates an analysis, and shows how this new evidence distinguishes between the numerous existing analyses of Clitic Doubling (CD). It is shown that CD-ed objects are externally merged in argument positions, not adjunct (pace Philippaki-Warburton et al. 2004) and that they must undergo XP/Xmax movement, by contrast to non CD-ed objects, into the middle field between vP and TP, like A-scrambling (Sportiche 1996). Alternative analyses where the doubled object undergoes X0/Xmin movement (Alexiadou & Anagnostopoulou 1997; Preminger 2019 i.a.) or feature movement (Anagnostopoulou 2003; Marchis & Alexiadou 2013) are shown to be unable to capture this data. Furthermore, the paper argues that CD-ed XPs undergo movement into the middle field in order to license a syntactic feature that relates to their interpretive properties. It also considers the interpretive properties of clitics, and shows that they are expletive determiners lacking semantic import. Lastly, it suggests that clitics can only be present if certain locality conditions are satisfied.
The ongoing dispersion of the Eucalyptus bronze bug (Thaumastocoris peregrinus) in Spain
Authors: Machado Dayanna do Nascimento , Costa Ervandil Corrêa , Perini Clérison Régis , Ugalde Gustavo Andrade , Saldanha Mateus Alves , Leitão João Vitor , Colpo Tiago Lovato , Arnemann Jonas André , Rivera Adolfo Cordero
Published: October 2019

Aim of study: Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Carpintero & Dellapé, 2006) is notable for its dispersion potential, and for its damage to a wide range of hosts of the genus Eucalyptus. The intense movement of people and cargo between continents contributes to the success of its geographical distribution on the globe and hinders the adoption of preventive measures. The celerity and precision in the identification of T. peregrinus, as well as its invasion and dispersion routes are fundamental for the implementation of measures to prevent new invasions.Area of Study: Park of Retiro in the community of Madrid, Spain, where T. peregrinus is present.Material and methods: We analyzed a fragment of COI mtDNA gene in T. peregrinus specimens, using samples collected at a public park in Madrid urban area, to study the possible pathways of incursion of this insect in Spain. The goal was achieved using molecular tools, with PCR amplification of partial mtDNA COI and sequencing the fragment, which is used as a barcode of life for identification at species level. Species identity was confirmed using the database in GenBank.Results: The results confirms that the specimens found in Madrid are T. peregrinus, and all are from the same maternal lineage.Research highlights: We present the first molecular information of T. peregrinus population present in Spain, and suggest and discuss possible routes of incursion of this pest.Keywords: Invasive pest;DNA Barcoding;Invasion Routes; Forest Entomology.
Fatigue as a primary and secondary factor in relation to shift-rotating and patient safety in nurses
Authors: Abdulah Deldar Morad , Perot Karwan Ali , Holroyd Eleanor
Published: October 2019

Objective: The role of nurses’ shift-rotations in predicting adverse patient events has received little attention. The effect of fatigue on patient safety as a primary factor and the impact of shift-working on fatigue as a secondary factor in hospital-based nurses was investigated in the present study.Methods: In this cross-sectional study set in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2018, 71 nurses (Range: 20-44 years) were recruited purposively who worked in rotating shifts, in four multi-specialty hospitals.Results: The mean age of the nurses was 30.24 years (SD: 4.81; range: 20-44 years). The majority of nurses worked in the public sector (63.4%). The nurses worked in morning shift (26.8%) and shift-rotations (39.4%) for between 7.75 and 9.13 hours. In addition, 59.4% and 18.3% of nurses reported that they injured “sometimes” and “frequently” (respectively) patients in their care either directly or indirectly. Similarly, 19.7% of them reported that these were medication errors “sometimes” and “frequently.” Patient information was recorded incompletely or incorrectly sometimes by 18.3% and frequently by 35.2%. Also, 36.6% and 31.0% of them reported that they delayed care to patients frequently and sometimes, respectively. The mean values of physical and psychological fatigue were 8.77 of 21 and 3.42 of 12, respectively. The physical and psychological fatigue were escalated in case of lower total psychological well-being (p = .009 and p = .018, respectively). The study showed that single-shift working is a predictor of delayed patients care; 95.3% vs. 60.7%; p < .001).Conclusions: Hospital administrators must be aware that nurses are not able to work effectively on short roosters or extended shifts. Protocols for better nurse health surveillance and social support in respect to 24 hours shift work must be prioritized in order to avoid mental and physical significant impairment on nurses and adverse outcomes for their clients.
The Influence of Talent Management on Performance of Employee in Public Sector Institutions of the UAE
Authors: Kaleem Mahmoud
Published: October 2019

Talent management is the discipline of using strategic human capital planning to improve the value of business and induce it for enterprises organizations to achieve their objectives. It refers the organization’s ability to recruit, reward, organize, and retain most talented employees available in job market. In the modern era it has become very important and necessary skill for the workforce to acquire the one’s good skills, cognitive abilities, knowledge, and potential to do well for the business strategy to function more appropriately. Talent management is the training strategy for the employees that are set within an organization platform. The organizations where the most productive employees can pick and choose the tasks according to their will and capability are found more beneficial and productive for the organizations. In the adverse economic circumstances, companies are trying to cut their expenses so the talent management system is the means to optimize the performance of each employee.

The basic aim of this study is to explore the influences of talent management strategiesto determine the employees’ performancein selected public sector organizations of UAE. The core function of this study examines, how talent management practicescan enhance the employee’s satisfaction and productive performance, instead of being process of hiring, reinforcing and evaluating the aptitude. Efforts have been made to retain, attract, develop, and reward employees. This study puts forward valid descriptive hypothesesdata, based on a survey collected through the employees of the nationalorganizationsofthe UAE. A pre-plannedsurvey has been used on a sample of more than two hundred (200) employees working in different organizations for the collection of primary data. This research work is steered by the following explorative questions:At what level does talent acquisition affectsthe performance of employee, at what level of extensive, does the impact of talent development affects the employee performance, to what extent does the talent retention enhance the performance of the employees, to what extent does the talent management enhance the performance of the employees.

The stratified methodology for data collection is adoptedfor the selection the sample size of 200plaintiffs. A well-organized structuredand to the pointquestionnaire is utilized for the collection of raw data. The collected raw data is analyzed for both of inferential (correlation analysis) and descriptive (percentages and frequencies) statistics. Tables and figures are used to represent the data. The finding indicates that talent management practices have direct impact on employee’s motivation, creativity, satisfaction and employee competency. The study recommends that there should be healthy and stress free working environment, career progression opportunity, regular training, welcome employees’ innovative idea and transparent proper promotion policy for the management of talent in the organization.
Enfocant el disseny de projectes per fomentar una activitat científica escolar a secundària a través de l’ABP
Authors: Pérez Torres Miquel
Published: October 2019

Donada la importància actual de l’ús de projectes escolars per l’ensenyament de Ciències, en aquest article es vol reflexionar sobre les implicacions que té el seu disseny per fomentar unes pràctiques que siguin científiques. A partir d’una revisió bibliogràfica es presenten i discuteixen 3 enfocaments actuals d’Aprenentatge Basat en Projectes (ABP) en l’educació científica a través dels diferents elements que caracteritzen aquesta metodologia.
#WhiteMirrorProject, cap a la reflexió activa sobre el desenvolupament sostenible
Authors: Domènech-Amador Núria , Martínez Gargallo Marc
Published: October 2019

El #WhiteMirrorProject, és un projecte per a reflexionar sobre el desenvolupament sostenible i tecnològic. L’alumnat comença analitzant diversos aspectes relacionats amb el medi ambient i la tecnologia. A partir d'aquesta anàlisi, fa una predicció de com aquests elements afectaran a la societat en el futur. Com a producte final d'aquest procés, l’alumnat grava un vídeo que reflecteix l'escenari de futur que ha imaginat, seguint el format de les sèries de televisió. El projecte s’ha realitzat en el marc de la matèria de Ciències per al Món Contemporani, de 1r de Batxillerat.
Zakres zastosowania i normowania przepisów regulujących sankcję podatkową w formie podwyższonej stawki ryczałtu od przychodu niezewidencjonowanego
Authors: Rycielski Radosław
Published: October 2019

Artykuł dotyczy zasad stosowania podwyższonej stawki podatkowej (tzw. ryczałtu sankcyjnego) w zryczałtowanym podatku dochodowym od niektórych przychodów osiąganych przez osoby fizyczne, w tym przede wszystkim problemu rzetelności ewidencji prowadzonej przez podatnika. Analizie poddano wpływ tej kwestii na określanie przez organy podatkowe (a następnie stanowiska sądów administracyjnych) stawki ryczałtu sankcyjnego oraz charakter decyzji ustalającej ten rodzaj sankcji podatkowej, jak też problematykę zaległości podatkowej związanej z zastosowaniem sankcji. Rozważono ponadto istotę stosowania ryczałtu sankcyjnego na tle ogólnych zasad odpowiedzialności podatkowej.
Sagprosatekst, interaktion og involvering. Neksusanalyse som metodisk perspektiv på praksisforståelse i et sygeplejefagligt læringsfelt
Authors: Kjær Malene
Published: October 2019

Artiklen handler om, hvordan man kan bruge det etnografiske rammeværktøj, neksusanalyse til at forstå og analysere en given praksis med henblik på forandring. Artiklen tager sit afsæt i et forskningsprojekt, der undersøgte sygeplejestuderendes integration i klinisk praksis og afdækkede, hvorledes deres socialiseringsproces og identitetsdannelse mod at forstå sig selv som sygeplejersker fandt sted over tid i en lang række af komplekse situationer. Formålet med artiklen er at vise, hvorledes neksusanalyse kan åbne for en triangulering af metoder – herunder observationer, videoobservation, skriftlige interviews, tekstanalyse og workhops. Data i artiklen udgøres af et stort korpus, der rækker fra både webtekster, politiske dokumenter og udskrevne interviews til videooptagelser af interaktion i klinisk praksis. Artiklen viser fund, hvor en triangulering af metoder og data gennem neksusanalyse har givet nuancerede indblik i de sygeplejestuderendes socialiseringsproces.
Efficiency of banks in Malaysia: A super efficiency approach
Authors: Kasim Maznah Mat , Ramli Razamin , Baten Md. Azizul , Jamil Jastini Mohd , Taleb Mushtaq
Published: October 2019

The stability of the economic system of a country very much depends on its banking industry. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been applied widely for measuring efficiency of banks. Limited studies, however, have employed the radial and non-radial DEA models to evaluate efficiency of banks without considering the ranking of the fully efficient banks since those banks have the same efficiency score. Considering the weakness of the radial and non-radial DEA, this paper aims to calculate the banks efficiency of nine commercial banks in Malaysia from 2004 to 2013 by adopting the two-stage of super efficiency slack-based measure (SE-SBM) model. This model can discriminate between the efficient banks and recalculate their efficiency scores. Then, the selected banks were able to be ranked according to their final efficiency scores. Moreover, comparative analyses of the efficiency of the banks and the year-wise efficiency of the selected banks were also conducted. The methodology consists of two stages.  In the first stage the SBM model is run to classify efficient and inefficient banks. In the second stage the super efficiency model is run to rank the efficient banks obtained from the first stage by calculating their super efficiency scores. Our empirical results show that: (1) the efficiency status of the banks fluctuated over the examined period, the high number of the efficient banks is achieved in the years 2006 and 2008, while the year 2012 has the lowest number of the efficient banks. (2) the ranking of the banks fluctuated in the studied period. (3) most of the banks are inefficient in terms of their average efficiency scores. This paper has two limitations. First, the paper did not integrate undesirable output, despite it deals with non-interest income. Second, performance evaluation of Malaysian commercial banks was only compared among the Malaysian banks.
Investment Environment Problems Analysis and Evaluation: An Ex Post Empirical Analysis and Performance Implications
Authors: Djakovic Vladimir Djuro , Andjelic Goran B. , Petkovic Aleksandar D.
Published: October 2019

The research subject is the investment environment problems analysis and evaluation of the developing countries, namely, the Republic of Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Hungary. The analysis was carried out by testing and implementation of the Value-at-Risk models, i.e, the historical simulation (HS VaR), the delta-normal VaR (D VaR) and the extreme value theory model (EVT), with the confidence level of 95% for 100, 200 and 300 days, in the period from 2012 to 2016. The basic hypothesis of the research is that there is a relation between the successful application of the historical simulation (HS VaR), the delta-normal VaR (D VaR) and the extreme value theory model (EVT) and the conditions and opportunities of the investment environment of the developing countries. The research results provide a concrete knowledge of the conditions and circumstances of the investment environment in the observed markets, with a simultaneous performance assessment of the tested VaR models.
Acceptance of Intelligent Ticketing Systems in Developing Countries
Authors: Shafique Muhammad Noman , Raudeliūnienė Jurgita , Davidaviciene Vida , Penčik Jan
Published: October 2019

Information communication technologies bring the revolution into all business sectors, and transportation sector is not an exception. Ticketing system has changed from traditional to intelligent, which provides information and service to the consumer. In developed countries such systems are implemented and operate successfully, while in the developing countries electronic ticketing and other similar innovative solutions face specific challenges. These challenges are related to information era and changes in consumer behaviour, caused by the development of information and communication technologies. In these new conditions the motives of consumers to choose electronic ticketing has become an extremely important factor of success. Lack of integrity of consumer behaviour and technology acceptance (electronic ticketing in particular) was identified in previous scientific research, especially taking into consideration recent conditions of developing countries. The aim of this article is to evaluate the consumers’ behaviour and acceptance of intelligent systems, such as electronic ticketing, in order to identify factors, influencing and encouraging the customers to use electronic ticketing systems. In this study extended technology acceptance model with trust element was used to measure the consumer behaviour. The sample for this research has been taken from China and Pakistan populations and consists of 432 participants from both countries.
The effect of worker remittances on economic growth: An ARDL approach
Authors: Khan Muhammad Kamran , Teng Jian-Zhou , Khan Muhammad Imran
Published: October 2019

Worker remittances are the main source of financial flow to any economy.  This study intended to scrutinize the effect of remittance inflow on Pakistan’s economy over the period 1976- 2016 by employing autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) technique; because this method has been recently developed and has different advantages as compared to time series methods. ARDL method was applied to scrutinize the long run and the short run effect of worker remittances on Pakistan’s economy. This study concluded that Pakistan’s economy is positively affected by remittance inflow, foreign direct investment and the gross domestic saving in the long run, while Pakistan’s economy negatively affected by inflation and consumption in the long run. Remittances received from immigrant support economic growth in Pakistan because remittances inflow is mostly utilized for investment purpose. To further improve the economic development of Pakistan’s economy, it is suggested that policy maker in Pakistan encourage and motivate migrants to send remittances through proper channels to Pakistan, so that these inflows of remittances be used in such profitable investments that help to improve economic growth.
BRAND RECOGNITION OF THE TEX MEX PRODUCTS IN LATVIA
Authors: Brence Ieva , Bogomazovs Juris
Published: October 2019

The foundation of successful business relies on recognition and positive experience among customers. The article examines theory of the brand and how well it is recognized in the Latvian spice market, focusing on the Tex Mex production. The research in this field is important as the Latvian spice market is still growing and many different brands are offered by various manufacturers therefore the competition is tough and it is important to strengthen the market space of Tex Mex spices. Moreover, there is an increase in the European spice market, therefore the research results are important for the European spice market in general. The purpose is to examine theoretical aspects of the brand and to evaluate the Tex Mex products’ brand recognition in Latvia. The research novelty lays in the fact that a survey of 1011 Latvian residents is used, by analyzing their habits in Latvian spice market and, expecially the Tex Mex products. The paper contains following research methods: theory analyses; document analyses and analysis of a survey involving A 1011 Latvian residents - 454 females and 557 males, age group 15-74. The key results of the research: compared to the previous year, customers' attitude to the products of the brand Santa Maria Tex Mex has increased and currently Santa Maria is the market leader in Latvian Tex Mex products. At the same time more than half of Latvia’s people have never purchased Tex Mex products.To promote the visibility of the Tex Mex products, product tastings should be chosen as they provide further information to consumers.
Use of Social Network Sites Depending on the Country of Origin of the Social Network Site User
Authors: Sander Tom , Sloka Biruta
Published: October 2019

Recent technological developments have determined that Social network sites (SNSs) are also marketplaces to exchange information between members e.g. to inform individuals about new products or to cooperate with each other. Such aspects of SNSs use are under the academic researchers’ interest worldwide. The strategy to create a market in SNSs for different countries can be successful if companies have a deep understanding of SNSs. That needs the investigation if mechanism in SNSs and the use of SNSs is similar world-wide. The aim of the research is to investigate how people use SNSs and to analyze reasons to use SNSs, as well as analyze differences of SNSs use depending upon the respondent’s country of origin. The tasks are to investigate similarities or differences in use of SNS in different countries and compare results of SNS use in Germany (GER), Latvia (LV), United Kingdom (UK) and Hungary (HU). The research methods applied are as follows: 1) theoretical studies in scientific publications and 2) analysis of survey level data on SNS use in Germany, United Kingdom, Latvia and Hungary. The data is analyzed with main indicators of descriptive statistics, Spearman correlation coefficient and partial least square calculations with WarpPLS to investigate difference between the countries. The intensity of use of SNSs is a kind of investment in SNSs e.g. time to share information. That can be defined as social capital. The main result of the current research is that the local conditions influence the global tool SNSs.