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Qualité des eaux pluviales stockées dans les citernes pour la consommation dans la commune de Toffo : cas de l’arrondissement de Damè
Authors: Edia Flavien DOVONOU , .B. Mathieu HOUNSOU , W. Gédéon SAMBIENOU , Constant ADANDEDJAN , Farida HOUESSOUGA , Daouda MAMA
Published: January 2021

Objectifs : Le but visé par cette recherche est d’apprécier la qualité des eaux de pluie stockées dans les citernes à Damè afin de prévenir les pathologies sur les populations. Méthodologie et Résultats : Les enquêtes menées auprès des ménages ont été complétées par une campagne d’analyse. Vingt (20) citernes ont été ciblées et ont permis de d’apprécier la qualité bactériologique et physico-chimique des eaux stockées au vu des usages effectifs qui en sont faits. Les enquêtes menées auprès des ménages ont montré un manque d’hygiène aux alentours des citernes. Sur un total de 20 échantillons d’eau analysés, un seul échantillon est exempt de toute contamination. Conclusion et application : La consommation de ces eaux expose donc les usagers aux maladies hydriques tels que les gastro-entérites et bien d’autres pathologies. Toutefois, au regard de la difficulté d’accès de ces zones aux sources d’eau potable et grâce à l’état non trouble de ces eaux, ces dernières peuvent être consommées après un traitement préalable au chlore. Mots clés : Citerne, physico-chimique, bactériologie, risque sanitaire, Toffo Physico-chemical and bacteriological characterization of Rain water stored in tanks for consumption in the community of Toffo: case of the borough of Damè ABSTRACT Objectives: The aim of this research is to assess the quality of the rainwater stored in the cisterns in Damè in order to prevent pathologies on the populations. Methodology and Results: In addition to household surveys, a water sampling campaign was conducted. Twenty (20) tanks were analyzed to assess the bacteriological and physicochemical quality of the stored water used by the households for their various needs. Household surveys showed a lack of hygiene around the reservoirs. Out of a total of 20 samples analyzed, only one sample is free of contamination. Dovonou et al., J. Appl. Biosci. 2020 Qualité des eaux pluviales stockées dans les citernes pour la consommation dans la commune de Toffo : cas de l’arrondissement de Damè 15872 Conclusion: The consumption of these waters therefore exposes users to water-borne diseases such as gastroenteritis and many other pathologies. However, in view of the difficulties to access safe drinking water in these areas, water stored in these tanks are not turbid and could f these waters, consumed after treatment. We strongly advise a preliminary treatment with chlorine of the waters before their uses. Key words: Tank, physico-chemical, bacteriology, health risk, Toffo.
Microstructural and optical properties of stress-free GaN films on graphene prepared by PECVD
Authors: Xu Liyue , Xu Yu , Luo Anlin , Zhou Hao , Cao Bing , Wang Chinhua , Xu Ke
Published: January 2021

The van der Waals epitaxy (vdWE) of three-dimensional (3D) semiconductors on 2D materials has broad prospects for integrating the unique advantages of both. In this study, multilayer graphene (MLG) was synthesized by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) on sapphire and then flat GaN thin films were obtained through metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) assisted by the sputtering of an AlN buffer layer. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed the existence of low-angle grain boundaries and mainly mixed dislocations at the interface of the epitaxial GaN. As the thickness of the GaN film increased, the number of low-angle grain boundaries dropped by an order of magnitude over the initial 1–3 μm. Spectral lines typical of a stress-free GaN film were seen in the low-temperature photoluminescence (PL) measurements, and the TEM analysis corresponded well with the luminescent peaks. These detailed characterizations offer an avenue for a better understanding of the growth behavior of GaN films grown on graphene and furthermore, for obtaining high-quality GaN.
Crédito bancario al sector privado y crecimiento económico en México: un análisis con datos panel por entidad federativa 2005-2018
Authors: Torre Cepeda Leonardo E. , Flores Segovia Miguel A.
Published: January 2021

El trabajo investiga el efecto del crédito bancario a empresas en el sector privado en los sectores agropecuario, industrial y de servicios sobre el crecimiento del PIB per cápita en México empleando un panel de datos por entidad federativa para el periodo 2005-2018. La estimación controla por variables relacionadas con infraestructura, gasto público, exportaciones, inflación, capital humano, una variable categórica que captura la crisis financiera global de 2008-2009, e introduce un rezago de la variable dependiente para dar cuenta de su posible persistencia. Utilizando el Método Generalizado de Momentos a fin de controlar por posibles efectos endógenos entre las variables, se obtiene que un incremento de 10% en el crédito bancario como porcentaje del PIB eleva el crecimiento del PIB per cápita entre 0.61 y 0.81 puntos porcentuales. Estos resultados destacan la relevancia de medidas que promueven el sano desarrollo del sistema financiero en México.
Leveraging Natural Language Processing to Understand Public Outlook Towards the Influenza Vaccination
Authors: Agarwal Ankita , Romine William , Banerjee Tanvi
Published: January 2021

Understanding public outlook in healthcare management is important in the study of the various diseases. With respect to vaccinations, which play a major role in combating vaccine-preventable diseases, the study on their acceptance or rejection by the public becomes useful. In particular to the

influenza vaccine, studies on the public opinion and views is ongoing. Social media platforms like Twitter help us to leverage thoughts and attitudes related to the flu vaccine. The data set used for our analysis contained tweets related to vaccines which were collected using vaccine-related keywords over a period of twelve months from February, 2018 to January, 2019. Out of these tweets, we filtered out the tweets specific to the flu vaccine and generated our corpus for further study. By using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), we identified eighteen topics comprising six major themes which best represented our corpus. In this paper, we discuss these six themes and subsequently analyze the trend observed in these themes over a period of twelve months. The themes identified covered various aspects related to the flu vaccine. Among the six major themes, four showed a distinctive temporal trend with respect to the annual flu season.
Madrasah Nizamiyah: Telaah Historis Sebagai Lembaga Pendidikan dan Perang Politik-Ideologi
Authors: Ifendi Mahfud
Published: January 2021

As we know, Nidhamiyah madrasas have played an important role in the history of Islamic civilization to sustain the pace of development of Islamic education. This article aims to describe the history of the establishment of the Nidhamiyah madrasah as an educational institution and the chaotic establishment of this madrasa because it has rubbed off against political-ideological elements. This type of research is a qualitative research. In accordance with the object of the study of this article, this type of research is included in the category of library research. The result in this article is that the Nidhomiyah madrasa was founded in 447 H / 1055 M under the leadership of Tughril Bek from the Snowq dynasty. However, the main figure in the establishment of this madrasa was its vizier named Nizam al-Mulk. As an educational institution, of course this madrasah is the same as other madrasas in terms of management, educators, students, and learning methods. However, in terms of curriculum, this madrasah is a bit different because it contains Ashariyah theology material which is the main objective to defend the Sunni ideology of the Shia-Mu'tazilah ideology. After all, apart from having a role as an educational institution, this Nidhamiyah madrasah cannot be separated from the realm of the politics-ideology that underlies its birth.
Gaul Ala Rasul: Interpretasi di Masyarakat
Authors: Sulthani Dinil Abrar
Published: January 2021

This article was written to explain slang for the younger generation connected with the example of the Prophet. In the perception of some people, slang has a bad connotation. This is because some of the younger generations carry out activities that are contrary to local religious and legal values. The conditions of the times have an influence on the development of the personality of the younger generation, including in their attitude and actions to be superior. This thought paper aims to discuss the activities of the younger generation, such as challenges, problems, and their potential. The writing of thoughts is described using the literature study method with a qualitative descriptive analysis approach. The results of the study show that 1) The younger generation can maximize their potential by interacting like the Prophet's example, 2) Interacting politely with their friends, and 3) The younger generation can be role models for the community. The conclusion is that the younger generation get along in the best way. In imitating the Prophet, the younger generation needs to do: 1) Starting from themselves to worship and preach, 2) Reminding and motivating each other, and 3) Doing activities as a form of love for Allah SWT.
Efektivitas Pembelajaran Berbasis Riset pada Mata Kuliah Hikmat al-Tasyri
Authors: Arumawan Muhammad Muhsin , Yasri Hayyun Lathifaty
Published: January 2021

Research-based learning is a learning approach that can stimulate critical thinking skills and improve learning outcomes. In line with this, this study aims to determine the effectiveness of research-based learning in the Hikmatu-t-Tasyri 'lecture. This research was conducted using qualitative methods with a period of 6 months. The data collection techniques used were observation, distributing questionnaires and using supporting documentation. The collected data is then processed through data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of research-based learning in the Hikmatu-t-Tasyri 'course is proven to be good. This is evidenced by the results of distributing questionnaires regarding student assessments of the effectiveness of research-based learning with the 5 indicators mentioned above which obtained an average result in the Good category.
INVENTARISASI NASKAH DAN ANALISIS PENOKOHAN NASKAH HIKAYAT AMIR HAMZAH
Authors: Hariyanto Prima
Published: January 2021

Indonesia has many manuscripts that cannot stand the time and are susceptible to temperature changes, making it easy to be damaged or rotten. These are the reasons why it is necessary to arrange an arbitration and research upon these texts. One of the manuscripts that exist in the archipelago treasury is Hikayat Amir Hamzah, which contains a nuanced of the Islamic religion. This manuscript consists of the story of the heroism of Amir Hamzah who often fought to defend Islam. This paper aims to inventory the manuscripts so that the number of these manuscripts is acknowledged, presented the text editing, and the analysis of the characterization of Amir Hamzah. The method used in this research is descriptive method and literature review. The research steps undertaken include data searching, data outsourcing, and data analysis. There are sixteen manuscripts of ofHikayat Amir Hamzah. This does not include the texts that have not been recorded and listed in the catalog. There are many events related to Islamic values in this text, in the form of teaching and example given, such as the advice that reminds us to be sincere, not to betray, arrogant, ripple, and forget the greatness of Allah.
NOVEL “ORANG-ORANG PROYEK”: SEJARAH ORDE BARU
Authors: Rauf Ramis
Published: January 2021

This study wants to reveal the truth procedures in Ahmad Tohari's novel Orang-Orang Proyek, as a part of an event and a factor in the presence of a new subject. This research would answer the problem: how was the subjectification of Ahmad Tohari in Orang-Orang Proyek novel as truth procedures? This study used the set theory by Alain Badiou. The set theory explained that within a set there were members of "Existing" or Being and events as "Plural" members.  The results proved that the subjectivity between Tohari and New Order events produced literary works: Orang-Orang Proyek. This happened because there was a positive relationship between the author and the event as well as on the naming of the event. Not only as of the subject but also do a fidelity to what he believed to be a truth. The truth procedures or the void—originating from the New Order event—was in the history of the making of a bridge in a village in Java island, Indonesia during the New Order period that filled with corruption, collusion, and nepotism. Tohari then embodied it in his novel. By the presences of the novel, we could know the category of Tohari's presentation as a new subject such as faithful, reactive, and obscure.
MENYOAL ALAM, MENJELMA PEREMPUAN: KARNAVAL KULTURAL CERITA RAKYAT MORONENE
Authors: Nasiru La Ode Gusman
Published: January 2021

This research focuses on the characters in the three stories of the Moronene people, entitled: Tina Lungo (TIL); Unsono Nee Taubonto (UNT); and Duu-dunno Rema Yi Kotu'a (DRK). Using the theory of ecofeminism, this research examines the position of men and women in the Moronene ethnic communal and the extent to which the Moronene community applies their appreciation of nature. The work concept uses a qualitative descriptive analysis method. The analysis was carried out after describing the data that had been identified through the reading process. As the result, men are deliberately described with an image that is giddy, poor, and full of anger. Unlike the case with women, who can fully appreciate their oneness with nature, they are endowed with features that nurture, care for, love. In conclusion, humans need to go hand in hand with nature to create world civilization. The three stories are worth giving to children in the concept of fairy tales and bedtime. This is important so that they have ecological and gender awareness so that one day they become human beings who carry the mission of peace for the entire universe.
DEVELOPMENT OF STRENGTH ABILITIES OF CHILDREN AGED 14-16 YEARS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY BY MEANS OF ADAPTIVE SPORTS
Authors:   Russian State Social University, Astakhov D.A. , Kartashev V.P.
Published: January 2021

This article deals with the problem of developing the power abilities of children aged 14–16 years with cerebral palsy (CP). The reasons for lagging behind the norm of power indicators are investigated. To solve this problem, we studied the dynamics of the development of power abilities of children with cerebral palsy in the annual cycle. Means and methods of adaptive sports included an integrated approach, both in the development and correction of strength abilities.
PROMOTION OF SPORTS AND HEALTH TOURISM OF THE OMSK REGION IN SOCIAL MEDIA
Authors:   Siberian State University of Physical Culture and Sports, Bazhenova K.V. , Malygina M.V.
Published: January 2021

The article presents the results of a study on the role of social networks in the development of sports and health tourism in the Omsk region. The study showed the importance of developing a PR strategy in social media for organizations offering a tourism product. Practical recommendations have been developed for promoting sports and health tourism in social networks.
RELEVANCE OF THE INTRODUCTION OF FITNESS-AEROBICS IN THE TRAINING PROCESS OF YOUNG FOOTBALL PLAYERS
Authors:   Nizhnevartovsk State University, Kirillova K.A. , Pashchenko A.Y. , Zhalbe M.G. , Volkov L.A.
Published: January 2021

The direction of fitness aerobics contributes to the harmonious development of the child, the improvement of physical, intellectual, mental, as well as spiritual and moral qualities. When training movements, young players acquire the knowledge necessary for their conscious motor activity, gain experience in their implementation, including creative. In the process of learning motor actions in young athletes developed the need to improve their own nature, they create the prerequisites for the implementation of their own individuality. Mastering a variety of fitness aerobics complexes, engaged in the opportunity to improve, as well as they have formed a deeper interest and love to practice in the football section.
RESEARCH OF Al AND Mg MATRİX HYBRİD LAMİNATED COMPOSİTE MATERİALS
Authors: Babanli Mustafa , Tanriverdiyev Yusif
Published: January 2021

The main purpose of this research is to select suitable matrices and fillers for the preparation of composites that meet modern requirements to meet the needs of a rapidly growing industry. Studies in various databases have shown that metal-matrix hybrid laminated composite materials, mainly aluminum and magnesium alloy plates, are used as matrix materials, while carbon-based nanomaterials are used as fillers.
Keywords: composition, matrix, aluminum, magnesium.
CYCLIC TORSION WITH INTERNAL PRESSURE OF PRE-STRETCHED THIN-WALLED CYLINDERS
Authors: Gulgazli Alasgar , Ahmadov Ali Hikmat
Published: January 2021

The article considers the following two tasks. 1) Strength calculations are carried out for a long thin-walled cylinder, the ends of which are not closed during reloading. At the first loading, the thin-walled cylinder is stretched by a longitudinal force leading to longitudinal plastic deformations. When reloaded, the cylinder twists and at the same time uniform pressure acts from the inside. It is noted that, in particular, the shaft of wind generators is subjected to such loading. It is proved that the equation of the yield curve in the plane of the normal and tangential stresses of the stress space is an ellipse, whose semi axes are a function of the mechanical characteristics of the material and the residual stresses after the first loading. 2) We consider cyclic twisting with internal pressure of pre-stretched thin-walled cylinders. The yield surface equation is obtained for a thin-walled cylinder under repeated loading τ + p. which stretched upon first loading.
It is proved that the yield surface equations also yield the fatigue surface equations if the yield stress σ_(T.) is replaced by the fatigue stress σ_(0.)
Expressions are found for the number of cycles required for fatigue failure under an asymmetric loading cycle under repeated loading.
It is proved that in order to increase the number of cycles required for fatigue fracture, during the first loading, when the material is strengthened due to plastic deformation, and with repeated cyclic loading, the same stress components must take place. It is proved that if during repeated loading the end of the loading path is inside the endurance surface, then the number of cycles required for fatigue failure in an asymmetric loading cycle tends to infinity.
Keywords: Initial loading, reloading, cyclic loading, strength, fatigue failure, plastic deformation, residual stress, yield surface.
METHODOLOGICAL EURO-ORIENTATIONS FOR EVALUATION OF ECOSYSTEM ASSETS OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES RELATED TO WATER RESOURCES
Authors: Kolmakova Valentyna
Published: January 2021

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the theoretical and methodological approach to determining the key characteristics of the assessment of ecosystem assets of territorial communities related to water. The study considers the theoretical and methodological principles of assessing ecosystem assets for sustainable development of local communities. The initial methodological approaches of the accumulated world experience on the assessment of ecosystem services and ecosystem assets of local level territories in the context of three components (ecological, economic and social) in the context of water-related ecosystems are specified. An algorithm for estimating ecosystem assets is proposed. The key guidelines for assessing the ecosystem assets of territorial spatial entities based on European experience are revealed. The list of scientific recommendations for the assessment of water-related ecosystem assets to enhance the capacity of local communities and preserve and restore ecosystems is substantiated.
The novelty of the study lies in the proposals for the implementation in Ukrainian practice of general approaches to the methodology of assessment of ecosystem assets and services, according to the recommendations of the international project of the European Commission “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity” (TEEB). The key Euro-benchmarks proposed by the author for the assessment of water-related ecosystem assets will help increase the investment attractiveness of spatial territorial formations and create preconditions for the development of a new economy on an ecosystem basis. Further research has prospects in the following areas: formation of a comprehensive strategic approach to the introduction of ecosystem asset valuation at the local level; development and introduction of effective methodological approaches to the assessment of ecosystem assets for the formation of investment attractiveness of the territory through the use of local natural resources, including water, as ecosystem assets of sustainable spatial development.
ELECTRONIC EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS ON THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITALIZATION OF THE LEARNING PROCESS
Authors:   Laboratory of innovative didactic technologies (LIDT) School-studio V.F. Shatalov, Kamaleeva A.R. , Slepushkin V.V.
Published: January 2021

The article points out the importance of electronic books for digital izing education. It touches upon a brief story of appearance and development of electronic books, the experience of their implementation in schools in South Korea, Finland, the United States of America, and the Russian Federation. During COVID-19 pandemic online format of education has become universal at schools and revealed new contradictions and problems. Also, it highlights the main advantages of electronic books (multimedia possibilities, relevance, individual approach, wide use of media materials etc.) and the main disadvantages (compatibility with different operating systems, mechanical fragility, the price of a device). The Author talks about the plot, structure and level of complexity and different versions of a textbook). The article demonstrates the key phases of the creation process and distinctive features of Shatalov school’s electronic books and, their conformity to requirements of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. The focus of this earticle is that the content of electronic books corresponds to learning how people absorb information, the laws of natural perception of information and a student’s cognitive abilities. The article justifies the idea that text in an electronic book should be brief, easy to read, should actively use bearing summaries and bearing signals. The article analyzes methods of variable repetition of educational data in an electronical textbook and self-assessment. It demonstrates its multimedia possibilities in full, widgets from iBooks Author and methods of its implementation to electronic books. The conclusion of the article demonstrates that an e-bookalong with a special software is a key element of an informational and education alenvironment. The use of electronic books is one of the ways to shape students’cognitive activities and digital hygiene. The Author arrives to the conclusion that a rational combination and complex application of printed and electronic books in school education is necessary
ASSESSMENT OF THE FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF TRANSPORT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Authors:   Samara State Transport University, Polovinkina A.Y. , Ovchinnikova L.P. ,   Samara State Technical University, Mikhelkevich V.N.
Published: January 2021

The article contains the results of scientific research on solving modern problems of teaching students in a transport University by developing their creative abilities. Through the use of a personal-oriented approach in the educational process, the future specialist has the opportunity to make the right choice and develop abilities in different types of engineering activities: design, research, production and technological, and organizational and managerial. It is shown by practical consideration how to upgrade a certain set of competencies that are necessary for future professional activity, develop those personal qualities that will contribute to further self-improvement in accordance with the chosen type of engineering activity in the process of mastering academic disciplines with the use of personality-oriented technologies. Using a personalityoriented approach, the psychophysiological properties of the person are taken into account: the type of thinking, the type of memory, the level of memorization; emotional and volitional qualities: temperament, emotionality, will, stress resistance; characterological properties of the person: leadership, self-esteem, level of claims, adaptive mobility. The importance of professional inclinations is shown: in project work – reproducing memory, spatial imagination; in research activities–abstract thinking, facilitating memory; in production and technological activities, and in organizational and administrative activities – communication, leadership, adaptive mobility, strong will, tolerance. In order to determine the levels of students 'professional competencies, the authors developed a set of control tests that allow to identify and evaluate students' knowledge that are necessary for the successful implementation of all four types of engineering activities, as well as the student's acquired skills to perform professional functions in the corresponding types of engineering activities. The effectiveness of the personal-oriented approach is proved by comparing the levels of formation of mandatory and personal-oriented professional competencies.
Las emociones positivas y su relación con el rendimiento académico en la materia de métodos de investigación
Authors: Vives Iglesias Annia E. , Alemany Naveiras Miguel A. , Hernández Rodríguez Elvis , Cahuich Cahuich Tomás F. , Hernández Vives Amelia E.
Published: January 2021

Las emociones positivas modelan la percepción de la realidad. En ambientes escolares universitarios, es necesario que exista un clima de positividad que facilite el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, lo cual se puede lograr a través de actividades que generen ese tipo de emociones. Se realizó un estudio cuasi-experimental, comparativo, longitudinal y prospectivo con dos grupos de estudiantes de primer año de la licenciatura en Teología en la materia de Métodos de Investigación. En el grupo experimental se realizaron actividades planificadas que generaran emociones positivas durante los primeros cinco a siete minutos de clase, comprobando la influencia de un clima de positividad sobre el desempeño en la asignatura. Se utilizó otro grupo control para comparación, donde no se hizo intervención alguna. Ambos grupos tuvieron una composición demográfica similar. Al someter los resultados a análisis estadísticos, el grupo experimental obtuvo mejores calificaciones en los productos de aprendizaje y en la nota final de la materia. Se propone incentivar el uso de las herramientas que la psicología positiva ofrece en función de la educación integral, al reproducir este tipo de intervenciones generadoras de emociones positivas en contextos educativos más amplios. Los beneficios serán más abarcantes que un mejor rendimiento académico, pues el aumento del bienestar subjetivo se incrementa proporcionalmente a este tipo de actividades.
Knowledge Sharing: A Key Role in the Knowledge Management Process
Authors: Samuel Ajiri Peter , Odor Hillary O
Published: January 2021

Knowledge is and has remained a core competence of all thriving organizations and so, the management of knowledge will remain a key competitive strategy for any organization that wants to remain innovative, sustainable and profitable in this dynamic world of business volatility. The difference between one organization and another, in term of performance and skill utilization has been linked not only to the quality of their knowledge repositories, but also to how knowledge is shared among organizational members. This paper reviewed some extant literature and discovered that the most important of all knowledge management processes lies in knowledge sharing. Rather than keeping our stock of both tacit and explicit knowledge to ourselves, we should endeavor to share knowledge because our stock of knowledge does not deplete when we share it. Rather, knowledge sharing reinforces our knowledge base and makes knowledge to stick and become more permanent. As a matter of fact, the tacit knowledge which resides in the knower goes with the holder when he or she dies. This paper also supports the formulation of a conceptual framework that will establish a link between knowledge management and the organizational learning process.
A Study on the Effect of Credence to Truthful Leader on Commitment
Authors: Gündüz Ertan
Published: January 2021

The main object of this paper is to shed light on the credence to truthful leader affecting commitment of followers. If exists the credence to a truthful leader might have side effects such as success in the life philosophy, radiation of happiness and commitment to organizations. The desired outcome should serve for all. The aim of this study is to measure the commitment level affected by credence to a truthful leader. To serve this aim a survey has been conducted throughout all the workers of the industry leading textile retail dealer firm of Turkey in 2016 which is believed to have a truthful leader. A multiple regression analysis had been executed to measure the relation from the predictors of credence to leader to the dimensions of commitment. It was assumed to be three kinds of commitment: affective, continuity, and normative. Credence to a truthful leader had affected commitments mostly by the predicting conditions of the leader: a. being honest and fair, b. creating a positive work environment, c. self-confidence, d. sharing information, e. delegation and heeding the followers, e. not creating tension, and f. trust worthiness. The results reported in the article were generally consistent with the prior studies. To conclude it is safe to say that solidarity can only be achieved through credence to a common dream. If the project to give life to that dream was well designed, it would be possible to have power to created corporate spill over’s. The study was one of the attempts to make happy both the organizations and individuals working within. Project managers are apt to be truthful leaders because they need commitment but have little fixed ideas to offer in return.
Use of Expert Systems to identify the right strategy to be used in organizations
Authors: Ghosh Arunava
Published: January 2021

Expert systems are computer systems that help the computers to make decisions based on a pre-requisite knowledge database. For a competitive advantage, marketing plays an important role. Environment changes needs to be monitored and necessary changes are to be made in an organization. An efficient knowledge management system is required to acquire, store and retrieve the knowledge when needed (Moradi et al., 2013). When these systems acquire knowledge from several sources rather than from a single source, such systems are knowledge-based systems (Luconi et al., 1986).
Determinants of Academic Staff Turnover Intention in case of Bonga University
Authors: Getnet Biniam , Shibiru Amanuel
Published: January 2021

In Academic Staff retention is one of the challenges facing several University in both the developed and developing countries of the world. The purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of Academic Staff Turnover Intention in case of Bonga University. The study measured determinants and its relation with Turnover intention in the Bonga University. The sample consisted of 157 respondents’ selected based on random sampling procedure. Primary data were collected by using 5-point Likert scale questionnaire. The result of the study showed that determinants; External factors have strong influence on Academic Staff Turnover Intention and weak impact with personal and Internal factors to Turnover Intention at Bonga University. The correlation results indicate that there is a positive correlation between the determinants and Turnover Intention. The results of the regression test showed that External factors have significant on Turnover intention. Thus, the determinants affect turnover intention that have not improve in order to maximizing academic programs and working conditions, working with city administration in order to facilitate better living and recreation centres, solving house problem staff and facilitating good education for children. The prevalence of academic staff intending to leave was found to be moderate and as a result, Before the intention is going to high rate take action in order to fill gaps of external factors the result presented and there should be staff retention mechanisms in place to improve the work environment and remuneration methods to retain senior and skilled academicians. Generally, based on the above findings the researchers were forward the possible recommendation and future research direction.
Improvement of the Production Quality of the Textile Industries in Madagascar by the Knowledge Engineering
Authors: Rakotozandry Andriamananarivo Ignace , Bernard Prosper , sica michel , Razaivaovololoniaina Diamondra
Published: January 2021

The textile industry in Madagascar has a very important weight for the Malagasy economic situation. It is the sector that contributes the most to job creation as well as to export. There are two main categories of factories: free zone companies that are moving towards export and small and medium-sized units who produce for local consumption. The lack of technical competence of the majority of the employees constitutes a common block for the two factories category. The failure is related to the low employee’s education level. This gap questions the competitiveness of textile enterprises in Madagascar at national and global level. Moreover, quality is one of the critical success factors that must be mastered by textile companies to be able to dominate the world of competition. This paper suggests a managerial strategy, the Knowledge management, as lever of quality production improvement. It has as objective the capitalization, enhancement and improvement of the company's knowledge while placing at the center the human resources. These are the sources of knowledge and the challenge is to formalize and share expert is know-how. Nonaka’s model has been exploited to achieve knowledge transfer. MASK method is used to rationalize Nonaka's knowledge management cycle. It is recommended that textile companies in Madagascar integrate knowledge management into their management system in order to optimize production quality, productivity and stimulate innovation.
Analysis of the Relationship between Credit Risk and Bank Performance of Some Commercial Banks in Ghana
Authors: Acquah Joseph , Arthur Yusif , Owusu Damianus Kofi
Published: January 2021

This study analysed the relationship between credit risk and bank financial performance of selected commercial banks in Ghana for the period 2010 - 2014, using the banks respective financial statements. The study employed the quantitative research approach. The sample was Ghana Commercial Bank Limited, Zenith Bank Limited, UT Bank and Ecobank Plc. These four banks were selected using stratified random sampling technique. The data were primarily secondary and quantitative in nature. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. When the banks were compared, Ghana Commercial Bank Limited was found to be more liquid than Zenith Bank Limited. That of Zenith bank was also higher than UT bank and Ecobank Plc .However, profitability indicators showed that Zenith Bank Limited and Ecobank Plc utilised its assets better than Ghana Commercial Bank Limited and UT bank resulting in the two banks higher scores over the period. The findings show further that Ghana Commercial Bank Limited showed higher ratios for investment in the future while Zenith Bank Limited showed higher ratios of higher dividend immediately. However, Zenith Bank Limited capital adequacy level was far higher than the legal requirement of Banking sector while its counterparts fell slightly below it in terms of average. Based on the main findings and conclusions, it is recommended that Ghana Commercial Bank Limited should find a means of reducing its expenditure, introducing prudent assets management, should be cautious when assisting government in time of economic difficulty, and operate as an independent entity.
Rwanda: Lessons from Applied Intergovernmental Fiscal Equalization Formula
Authors: Shirima Ludovick Leon
Published: January 2021

It is a well-known fact that budgetary allocations need to be based on a just formula for balanced service delivery in the modern world. This paper describes the intergovernmental formula designed for Rwanda in 2003 to allocate grants from the central to local governments (LGs). First, the previous criterion, the Local Authority Budget Support Fund, was reviewed. This was followed by a literature review and field visits. Finally, the specifications of the mathematical model are described, followed by the proxy selection, data analysis, econometric evaluation, and estimations used in the study.
In 2003, data analysis revealed that LGs had low fiscal capacities and ubiquitous fiscal needs. These were proxied by mean own source revenues and expenditure needs, respectively, in the proposed formula. The difference between the two was taken as the mean fiscal gap.
This formula corrected the inherent weaknesses in the previous transfer system. It proposed weighting parameters to determine subnational transfer entitlements. Additionally, it constructed and applied welfare poverty and fiscal gap indices that captured the behavior of LGs in terms of wellbeing, fiscal needs, and revenue capacity for the first time in Rwanda.
The study recommendations were entirely adopted by the government. The formula was used to allocate unconditional grants from the central government to LGs to improve service delivery and reduce poverty. The study also highlights that any successful transfer formula design depends on how the following are determined—the transfer pool, weights, proposed variables, and proxy indices—and how they enter the model.
Post- Crisis Leadership: How Leaders can Embrace Chaos
Authors: Robinson Dr. Denean
Published: January 2021

Post-crisis leadership is a proactive approach where leaders must survey the internal and external environments to garner the trend of consumers buying behaviors. During this time, data analytics, re-energizing of sales and selecting a leadership style is crucial in beating your industry competitors. By reading this article, it will give leaders a new look on how to create marketing, and employee development strategies in defining their organizations. Strategic and tactical planning are key concepts needed to create internal activities for immediate implementation. Employees and leaders must work together to create a win-win situation for the consumer during these unprecedented times.
This article will discuss several main theories. Those theories include: Customer Relationship Management, Four Functions of Management and Servant Leadership. In a post-crisis pandemic, leaders must learn how to plan, organize, lead and control. The planning phase leads managers to develop an overall strategy by selecting goals, allocating resources and determining success rates of the plans to improve the overall strategy of the organization. During the second phase, organizing determines the organizational structure for executing the plans, assigns authorities, defines resource allocations and details how well tasks will be organized. In the third phase, leading will identify those who will head the plan and manage all tasks during implementation. Controlling is the last phase where continuous monitoring occurs surrounding goals completions and interventions.
Customer Relationship Management and Servant Leadership focus on strengthening relationships with your customers to determine what are the next steps in satisfying their buying behaviors. Leaders have to help customers get as much value from the product or service as they can. Organizations have to develop a meaningful partnership so the customer can generate revenue.
Finally, leaders have to be proactive, develop long-term relationship bonding, demonstrate product/service value, and generate revenue.
Touch Probe Method of Orthopedic Implant Identification
Authors: John Joby V , Manikandan
Published: January 2021

Orthopedic implants are a type of joint implant such as knee and hip implant to replace the severely injured or diseased joints for people who suffer from joint problems and bring those people back to a normal life. The total number of knee and hip replacement surgeries per year in US keeps increasing in the recent years and will hit 3.48 million in 20 years. However, once the implant replacement surgery is finished, doctors and surgeons have difficulty to observe and obtain the detailed information of the implant.
Existing methods for implant identification suffer from several drawbacks. First, the information is not stored on the implant but somewhere else, which can raise the risk of data loss or counterfeiting. Second, most hospitals use paper based archives to keep the patient history whose management is a huge cost. Third, it takes much time to search for the implant and patient information, which does not only increase the risk of mistakes but also increases the cost. Aiming at providing an efficient and accurate way for orthopedic implant identification to reduce time and cost, a method of using radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, a wire- less radio frequency communication technology, for orthopedic implant identification has been proposed.
Improved Single Haze Removal using Weighted Filter and Gaussian-Laplacian
Authors: Bhadoria Ajeeta Singh , Thakre Vandana Vikas
Published: January 2021

Generally computer applications use digital images. Digital image plays a vital role in the analysis and explanation of data, which is in the digital form. Images and videos of outside scenes are generally affected by the bad weather environment such as haze, fog, mist etc. It will result in bad visibility of the scene caused by the lack of quality. This paper exhibits a study about various image defogging techniques to eject the haze from the fog images caught in true world to recuperate a fast and enhanced nature of fog free images. In this paper, we propose a simple but effective the weighted median (WM) filter was first presented as an overview of the standard median filter, where a nonnegative integer weight is assigned to each position in the filter window image .Gaussian and laplacian pyramids are applying Gaussian and laplacian filter in an image in cascade order with different kernel sizes of gaussian and laplacian filter .The dark channel prior is a type of statistics of the haze-free outdoor images. It is based on a key observation - most local patches in haze-free outdoor images contain some pixels which have very low intensities in at least one-color channel. Using this prior with the haze imaging model, we can directly estimate the thickness of the haze and recover a high-quality haze-free image. Results on a variety of outdoor haze images demonstrate the power of the proposed prior. Moreover, a high-quality depth map can also be obtained as a by-product of haze removal and Calculate the PSNR and MSE of three sample images.
Evaluation of Primary Central Incisors Requiring Restoration and Pulpectomy in 2 to 6 Year Old Children-An Observational Study
Authors: Pavithiraa Sankar, Vignesh Ravindran
Published: January 2021

One of the first teeth to get affected by early childhood caries are the primary central incisors therebyesthetics is a main concern in restorations related to primary anterior teeth. In this study the severity ofcarious lesions are identified by the type of treatment performed. It is a retrospective study analyzing theneed for a restoration as compared to a pulp therapy in primary central teeth. This is a private hospital basedretrospective study. This is a hospital based retrospective study. All data of the patients visiting SaveethaDental College and hospitals from June 2019 to March 2020 located in Chennai were retrieved manually.Children who were diagnosed with early childhood caries between 2-6 years who had caries in at least oneof the primary central incisors (51, 61 ,71, 82) indicated for restorations or pulpectomy were included. Atotal of 832 teeth were treated out of which 476 were of males (57.21%) and 356 were of females (43.89%).The highest number of treatment procedures was done in 3-4 year olds – 244 procedures (58.53%). The mostcommonly treated tooth was primary maxillary left central incisor – 389 procedures (45.67%). Only 31.25%of the teeth underwent pulpectomy procedures. We can conclude restorations were performed in 3-4 year oldcommon among male children in the primary maxillary left central incisor when compared to pulpectomy.
Recurrence Rate of Surgical Resection with Reconstruction of Plate Osteosynthesis in the Ameloblastoma Treatment
Authors: Suha Mohammad Sami
Published: January 2021

This study was conducted to treat patients with primary ameloblastoma and solid/multicystic ameloblastomahistopathologically. Twenty-seven patients with primary ameloblastoma were treated in the period between2008 and 2019 in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and these patients ranged from 16y to 58 y old and the average age was 37 y. The number of males reached 16 individuals and the numberof females 11 individuals. Twenty-two patients with solid/multicystic ameloblastoma histopathologicallywere treated for partial jaw excision along with the restoration of bone plate osteosynthesis and 2 cm wasused to remove a surgical free margin with bone correction, and three patients with bone metastasis weretreated with excision, and the marginal jaw was removed with a 1 cm free margin with a reconstructivebone structure. Patients with unicystic ameloblastoma were treated through partial removal of the lower jawwith bone structure with titanium, and 1.5 cm was used as a free margin useful for bone health. There are3 patients out of twenty-two infected primary solid/multicystic ameloblastoma were present with cases ofrepeated visualization of radiation are sick after 7 y of surgery and during routine follow-up, one patient wasoffered during the 6 y after the operation.
Sleep Patterns in Overweight/Obese Adults in Baghdad City
Authors: Maha Sabah Ahmed Al-Jumaili
Published: January 2021

Background: Abnormal sleep patterns are health challenge facing the Iraqi community and related tomodernized behavioral changes.Aim of Study: To identify the prevalence of abnormal sleep patterns among overweight/obese adults inBaghdad city.Patients and Method: A descriptive cross sectional survey carried out in two Nutrition Clinics in Baghdad.During six months including 250 overweight/obese adults. The short sleep duration was defined as <7 hours/day and late sleep onset was defined as sleeping at 11 o’clock pm and later.Results: Mean sleep duration was (7.23 hours). Sleep onset was in 66.8% of participants. Mean body massindex (BMI) was significantly higher in participants with short sleep duration (p<0.001). Short sleep durationwas associated with younger age, male gender and negative medical history, while significant risk factors forlate sleep onset are younger age, students and smoking.Conclusions: The prevalence of abnormal sleep patterns among overweight/obese was high. There is astrong link between short sleep duration and higher BMI.