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Investigating The Influence Of Financial Reward On Lagos State University Staff Turnover Intention
Authors: Olawale Rasheed , Olanrewaju Ibrahim
Published: May 2016

This study investigated the nature of relationship between turnover intention and financial rewards.Turnover intention can be linked to a situation where motivators are not put in place to get the best out of workers.Simple random sampling techniques was used to select 400 staff (male, n=250, female, n=150) of Lagos State University. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from the participants using Pay Satisfaction Scale (PSS) adapted from the Spector’s Job Satisfaction Scale and the Turnover Intention Scale (TIS) from Mobley, Horner, and Hollingsworth (1978).Pearson’s Product Moment correlation coefficient was used to analyze the data gotten from the participants. One hypothesis was tested and it was found that there is a significant positive relationship between turnover intention and financial rewards.This study recommends that pay satisfaction of workers should be an uttermost concern for the university management so as to reduce staff turnover intentions.
Emotional Intelligence Skills and Self-efficacy Levels: Physical Education Teachers' Perspective
Authors: AL-Adwan Fatima Eid Zaid , Al – Khayat Majed Mohammad
Published: May 2016

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence skills and self-efficacy levels among physical education teachers from the teachers' own perspective. The researchers developed two scales that measure the emotional intelligence skills; and another one to measure self-efficacy levels for physical education teachers. These two scales were applied on (70) teachers from public and private schools of the Salt Directorate of Education in Jordan. The results show a strong relationship between the emotional intelligence skills and self-efficacy levels among physical education teachers. Therefore, the results also showed that the physical education teachers have high levels of emotional intelligence skills and self-efficacy levels. Also, the results show the presence of statistically significant differences between teachers in the emotional intelligence skills for the benefit of male teachers, and between public and private schools for public schools. The researchers have recommended that it is necessary to teach some training programs about emotional intelligence to physical education teachers in both public and private schools and universities.
A Study Of The Economies Of Poland And Romania During Communism Period (1945- 1989)
Authors: Ivanov Laurentiu
Published: May 2016

The present economic crisis has highlighted a country in transition to a market economy, which has not experienced economic recession: Poland. The Polish experience cannot be overlooked because the country‘s positive economic evolution was completely different from the evolution of the largest European economies, many of them facing distressful situations for long periods of time. The question to be addressed in this paper is „Could the present economic realities be partially influenced by the historical evolution of a country?“ In an attempt to provide an answer to this question, the present paper will highlight the social and economic developments in Romania and Poland in relation to developed countries for the period 1945-1989 and will conduct a comparative analysis between the two countries. The conclusions of the present study will be the starting point in a comparative analysis of the two countries in the post-communist period.
Violence against Teachers in Jordanian Schools
Authors: Alzyoud Mohammad Sayel , Al-Ali Ali Salem , Tareef Atif O. Bin
Published: May 2016

This aim of this study is to examine the reasons for violence against teachers in Jordan from the perspective of high school students. The study followed a qualitative research approach by interviewing (50) students from grade twelve. Students were recruited in this study via the convenience sampling approach. The study revealed that teachers, school administration, school environment, media, and family conditions, were the major causes of student’s violence against teachers. Teachers who experienced violence from students are the cause of this violence due to their actions and practices. Teachers are often exhausted, dispassionate, and overloaded with teaching and administrative duties. As a result, these duties sometimes hinder them not to communicate with students nicely or help students in solving their problems. Other times, students are violent against teachers because some teachers have low academic and educational performances. They are unable to offer counselling and psychological support to students from certain backgrounds. Subsequently, some students lack proper morals and discipline. School administrators are to be held responsible for the violence against teachers because they are unable to meet the students’ needs.
The Ford Foundation And Development Of Western Education In Nigeria: A Historical Evaluation
Authors: Oladele Adeoti Ezekiel
Published: May 2016

The Post World War II years witnessed increasing involvement of international Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the social and economic transfiguration of the Third World nations. Nigeria as a developing economy did attract the attention of the Ford Foundation to the development of her social sector particularly. The paper examined the Ford Foundation engagements in all facets of the Nigerian educational system, namely, primary, secondary and tertiary levels. The resultant findings revealed that despite its constraints, the huge investments of the Ford Foundation in the areas of comprehensive high school education, teaching and research as well as information and communication technology, no doubt, helped in identifying and nurturing the potentials of Nigerian students for academic, technical or general education. The paper concluded that the involvement of the Ford Foundation in Nigerian educational development helped, in no small way, in re-directing the course of Nigeria’s educational system. It recommended that Nigeria government should redouble its efforts towards providing an enabling environment that will attract more credible NGOs like Ford Foundation and encourage them to play effective role not only within the educational sector but also in other key sectors such as agriculture, health, science and technology to assist the country achieve the much touted Millennium Development Goals.
Impact of Industrialization in Nigeria
Authors: Isiksal Aliya Z. , Chimezie Odoh John
Published: May 2016

The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between GDP, agriculture (AR), industry (ID) and services sector (SV) in Nigeria. The Johansen co-integration testing approach demonstrates a significant long-run relationship between these three variables. The results reveal that agriculture, industry and services have a significant positive relationship with GDP. The Causality results demonstrate a bidirectional causal relationship between GDP, AR, ID and SV. It is suggested therefore that it is important to develop the agricultural sector to provide the needed support to the industrial and services sectors. Such a strategy can be expected to encourage the development and economic growth of a developing country.
Labor Productivity And Real Wages In Macedonia: An Overview Before And After The Global Economic Crisis
Authors: Trpeski Predrag , Eftimov Ljupcho , Cvetanoska Marijana
Published: May 2016

The aim of the paper is to examine the relationship between the labor productivity and real net wages in Macedonia at the level of the whole economy, and in the sectors of industry and agriculture, both, in the period 2006-2015, i.e. shortly before the commencement and after the Great financial and economic crisis. The paper starts from the assumption that greater labor productivity causes changes in real net wages which are in the same direction. Studies that are previously made show that there is an expressed quantitative relationship between the labor productivity and real net wages in Macedonia in the period 1995-2003. But results obtained in this paper show that the Great financial and economic crisis has influence on this relations. Thus, quantitative relationship between labor productivity and real net wages in the analyzed period is very low, and even that their relationships are with the opposite sign. This leads to the conclusion that during and the period after the crisis, changes in labor productivity did not have an impact on the real net wages in Macedonia, or they had a little impact, and in some cases the impact is in the opposite direction. Taking into consideration that in the period during and after crisis are recorded small but permanent increasing of the wages in the country, it is obvious that such increase is not due to changes in labor productivity but more to other factors.
Patterns and Predictors of Children’s Gender-Typed Preferences of Toys
Authors: Shojaee Mahnaz , Cui Ying , Shahidi Mehrdad
Published: May 2016

Focusing on social learning and cognitive developmental theories, this study pursued whether children have gender-typed preferences of toys, and also to what extent the variability of children’s preferences of toys can be determine by age, gender and social and economic status (SES). 256 children aged between 4 and 10 years old with the age mean 7.23 were selected randomly. Results revealed that children had clear gender-typed recognition and preferences for some toys. This preference was independent of biological gender factor. This study also revealed some dramatic changes in children’s responses; that is, through growing up, children gradually prefer some toys as neutral not gender-related toys. This dramatic change was different for each toy.
Marginalized Minority Groups In Europe In The Context Of The Clash Of Civilisations: The Case Of Muslims
Authors: Yardim Muserref , Tecim Erhan
Published: May 2016

One of the most important issues faced by the European civilization is immigrants. These immigrants are not considered to be European, can be marginalized due to national-ethnic-religious reasons, and defined in the invisible European 'other'. This attitude is not rational at all for the European civilization and it is on the agenda of many European countries on the verge of the 21st Century. With political decisions taken and practices put into effect, the existing distinction is being clarified and efforts are exerted to make the increasing contrast extant. It has become quite a common situation for many European countries that individuals, especially politicians, coming to the agenda with clearly Eurocentric rhetorics, increase their popularity and serve to exclusionary rhetorics along with such popularity. The social category which is the basic object of such an action again becomes the emigrating citizens of Muslim countries which were included in the colonization movements a few centuries before as well as the people of Muslim countries who were invited to European countries by the latter due to the labour needs. In addition to passing of at least 70 years since they were recruited as labour force, the third and fourth generation Muslims have preferred to remain as citizens in several European countries. It should be emphasized that social and political issues started at this point. It is a pleasing and rational development for harmony and coexistence that those people who were once regarded as religious minorities or Muslim minorities are beginning to have a voice. Yet, it needs emphasizing that this situation is unacceptable in most cases, national policies complicate harmonization rather than facilitating, and a considerable part of the European countries subject them to otherisation due to their different ethnic and religious identity, and most importantly they are not accepted in European countries.
The Impact of Customer Relationship Management on Tourist Satisfaction in Movenpick Resort and Residences in Aqaba, Jordan
Authors: Al-Laymoun Mohammad Ragab Khashman
Published: May 2016

This study aims at investigating the impact of customer relationship management on tourist satisfaction in Movenpick Resort and Residences in Aqaba, Jordan. In this research, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used for data entry as well as for examining the data. Data preparation was the initial step. It aimed to convert raw data into a more structured format that is more appropriate for analysis. The results show that there is a significant relationship between Marketing activities and tourist satisfaction about the service provided in Movenpick Resort and Residences in Aqaba, Jordan.
Dynamiques Sociales Et Gestion Fonciere En Zone Cotonniere Du Mali
Authors: Coulibaly Baba , Traoré Souleymane Sidi , Diakité Cheick Hamalla , Ballo Abdou , Traoré Alou , Diawara Moriké , Dembélé Sidi
Published: May 2016

In Mali the management of rural area in the cotton belt has become more complex. It presents social, economic, ecological and cultural issues. Indeed, the increasing numbers of actors due to migration and population growth, as well as the emergence of new agricultural systems have created new dynamics in terms of companies and natural resources management. This work aimed at analysing the functioning of territories and actors through their social organisation and resource management strategies in the villages of Nafègué, Benguéné and Ziguéna. The methodology used was based on direct observation and qualitative surveys with several categories of actors identified using a diagnostic tools. The results show that the management of associations and cooperatives is identical in all the three villages. They are in principle independent from each other and have a freedom of action. However, there are mutual aid relations between the different associations. At village scale, land management follows similar principles. The land is under the responsibility of the village head, but there are often land owners. Nowadays, because of land pressure resulting from population growth and agricultural activities, land issue has become one of the biggest concern land access rules more complex. These facts require new collective processes for natural resource management.
Modeling Musical Capabilities – Guitar Playing
Authors: Stanescu Dan Florin
Published: May 2016

While it is possible for one to detect a person’s dexterity upon an instrument visually, auditorily and sometimes even kinaesthetically, it is the hypothesis here that there are other sets of skills which are just as important to musical capability as the manual technique applied when playing the instrument. Modeling is a process whereby an observer gathers information about the activity of a system with the aim of constructing a generalised description (a model) of how that system works. The purpose of this study is to identify strategies and patterns in how musicians organized their experience of the world around them and then acted in that world so that we may gain some new insights on how they operate. In order to get relevant data, direct observation and interview were employed. For this purpose three exemplar were selected. With each of them an in-depth interview was conducted (videotaped). All the components of the schema were elicited, using an interview schedule (Darlington & Scott, 2002, 141), which followed Dilts logical level model (Dilts, 1998). At the end of the interview each exemplar was asked to perform a piece of music for a live observation of exemplar achieving their results (Frost, 2011).
Metodología Para La Evaluación De Los Modelos De Gestión De Empendimientos Turisticos: Su Aplicación En El Cantón Puerto Francisco De Orellana – Ecuador
Authors: Vásconez Rita Sulema Lara , Quinchuela Flor , Muñoz Eduardo
Published: May 2016

The present investigation is carried out in the nature of an evaluation of the impact of models of management, taking them as the central point of reference to communal tourism, with emphasis on developing a simple direct methodology, which is permitted within the limits of the information gathered and available, to construct something consistent with the inherent concerns and the impacts on the model of management of communal tourism in the county of Puerto Francisco de Orellana. Furthermore, in addition there is a “ranking” among the businesses based on the studied dimensions and the information about the businesses: Napo Wild life Center, San Warmi, Association Pusarra, and the Community Shuar Atahualpa and the studied dimensions in each case, that is: associativity, appropriateness of actions, structures of the costs of the businesses, and finally, environmental effects in order to know if these contribute to determining if the initiatives of communal tourism determine the level of improvement of the conditions of the life of their founders.
Isolated Small Bowel Transplantation in Turkey: A Single Center Experience Running Title: Isolated Small Bowel Transplantation in Turkey
Authors: Sert Ismail , Kebabci Eyup , Tugmen Cem , Baran Masallah , Dogan Sait Murat , Kılınc Selcuk , Kose Isıl , Gunturk Sanem , Soyoz Mustafa , Olmez Mustafa , Karaca Cezmi
Published: May 2016

Background SBTx has become a feasible therapeutic option for patients with irreversible intestinal failure. Increase in the number and in the improvement of the patient and graft survival in SBTx has a slow course when compared to other solid organ transplantation. Aim The aim of this study is to analyze 25 isolated SBTx performed since 2003 at a single center. It also aims to compare the patient and graft survivals rate during the early (before 2010) and late (after 2010) period. Materials and Methods Medical charts of 24 patients were analyzed retrospectively. To compare the center’s experience during a twelve year period, the results were divided into two groups (before (n:7) and after 2010 (n:18)). At the appropriate time, data were reported as mean± standard deviation, median, and range. Kaplan Meier method was used for the survival analysis of the graft and the patients. Results Median age of the patients was 39 (min 6 months, max: 56 yr). Six of them were in the pediatric age group. Compared to before 2010, graft survival rates increased from 28.1% to 53.8% in 3 months, from 28.6% to 35.9% in 6 months, and from 14.3% to 29.9% in one year after 2010. At the same period, patient survival rate increased from 57.1% to 72.2% in 3 months, from 28.6% to 38.9% in 6 months, and from 14.3% to 33.3% in one year. In the pediatric age group, patient and graft survival rates were 85.7% in 3 months, 71.4% in 6 months, and 71.4 % in 1 year. Conclusion SBTx is an effective treatment choice for selected patients with intestinal failure. Although patient and graft survival rates were improved after 2010 in our center, it was inferior. Patient and graft survival rates in pediatric SBTx are favourable and promising.
Depistage Des Lesions Du Col Uterin Au Chu Tokoin De Lome : Resultats D’une Serie De 512 Cas.
Authors: Darre Tchin , Aboubakari Abdoul-Samadou , James Yaovi Edem , Folligan Koué , N’bortche Bingo , Amegbor Koffi , Akpadza Koffi , Napo-Koura Gado
Published: May 2016

Purpose: Cervical cancer remains a real public health problem in Togo. This study was undertaken to sensitize women and to determine the prevalence of precancerous and canrous lesions of the cervix in the Togolese woman. Material and methods: This is a retrospective descriptive study of the results of a consecutive series of Pap smears performed in the Laboratory of Pathological Anatomy and Cytology CHU Tokoin Lome 2011-2013. Results: Epidemiological, 512 FCV were interpretable. The average age of women was 37.6 years, extreme 19 and 87 years. By occupation, we noted a predominance of unemployed women (351cas, 68,6%), followed by women traders (103 cases, 20,1%) . The distribution by marital status was possible to observe a predominance of married women (234 cases, 45, 7 %). In terms of reproductive history, we found a mean gravidity and parity respectively 3, 5 and 2. We noted 22 women living with HIV, 77.2% were infected with HIV1. Cytopathological, 512 smears selected, we observed 44 abnormal smears (8,6%). It was indeterminate lesions ASCUS / ASCUS (8 cases), endocervical hyperplasia (3 cases), low-grade lesions (17 cases), high-grade lesions (10 cases) and invasive carcinoma (6 cases). Conclusion: The detection rate of cervical cancer is low among the Togolese woman. The health professionals should take the habit of asking the FCV any woman having a consultation.
The Effect of Dried Blood Rumen Content Mixture (D BRCM) on Carcass Characteristics of SASSO C44 Broiler Chicks
Authors: Yitbarek Melkamu Bezabih , Tamir Berhan , Mengistu Ashenafi
Published: May 2016

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of dried bloodrumen content mixture (DBRCM) on carcass characteristics of broiler chicks to replace soybean meal (SBM). A total of 225 unsexed day old broiler chicks (SASSO C44) were randomly distributed to five dietary treatment groups in a completely randomized design. Each treatment was replicated thrice with 15 birds per replicate. The experimental diets were formulated to contain 100%SBM+0%DBRCM (T1), 80%SBM+20% DBRCM (T2),60%SBM+ 40% DBRCM (T3), 40%SBM+60% DBRCM(T4) and 20%SBM+80% DBRCM (T5) in 56 days of age. At the end of the experiment, two male and two female birds per replicate were used to determine carcass characteristics. The result revealed that the edible carcass yield ranged from 977.9-1159.3g. The dressing percentage based on the edible carcass weight was 63.9 % (T1), 66.6 % (T2), 65.4 (T3), 64.2% (T4) and 63.1% (T5). There was no a significant difference (P>0.05) in both edible carcass yield and its dressing percentage. The commercial carcass weight was 937.4g (T1), 984.7g (T2), 962.0g (T3), 925.0g (T4) and 833.1g (T5) and the dressing percentage was 54.9%, 56.6%, 55.3%, 53.7% and 53.7% for T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5, respectively. Significant difference (P>0.05) was not observed in commercial carcass yield and its dressing percentage among the treatment groups. There was no a statistical marked difference (P>0.05) in total nonedible offal and edible offal. Females had more (P<0.05) breast meat than that of males. The abdominal fat and abdominal fat percentage were not significantly influenced (P>0.05) by a diet containing DBRCM. However, abdominal fat and its fat percentage were higher (P<0.05) in females than males. Based on this result, it could be concluded that DBRCM can replace soybean meal up to 80% substitution level without any adverse effect on carcass characteristics.
"Human" and "Divine" Lives in Book X of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Authors: Konrádová Veronika
Published: May 2016

The paper analyses the dual form of striving for a good life underlying Aristotle's distinction between “human” and “divine” lives. The paper explores this theme with regard to the close connection between ethics and politics inherent in Aristotle's analyses, focusing primarily on the specific relationship between politics and philosophy outlined in this connection in Book X of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. The distinction between political and philosophical life is interpreted not as a definition of two different life contents we are to choose from, but as a definition of two attitudes or perspectives our lives can be approached from – either from the perspective of a variety of different types of actions performed in the social space, or with regard to the unifying element binding our life together reflexively in a coherent whole. Taking into account the relevant principles of Aristotelian anthropology, the paper demonstrates that philosophical contemplation thus conceived is already grounded in political life and it does not stand against it as an option of some “other” life released from socio-political ties. The proposed interpretation makes it possible to alleviate the tension in Aristotle's concept of political and philosophical life and thereby support a more coherent reading of the conclusion of the Nicomachean Ethics.
Zum Problem der Bürgerbestimmung in der aristotelischen Politik
Authors: Jinek Jakub
Published: May 2016

Der Artikel wendet sich gegen die übliche Deutung der These von Aristoteles, der Bürgerbegriff richtet sich immer nach der Polis-Verfassung. Aristoteles proklamiert mit dieser Äußerung keinen bloß deskriptiven Gesetzpositivismus oder Verfassungsrelativismus. Er möchte damit eher seine Vorstellung des guten Polis-Lebens in den Vordergrund rücken, das aus einer Varietät der Lebensorientierungen besteht und das – insofern es allgemein wünschenswert ist – für alle Poleis normativ ist. Nur unter solchen Umständen kann die Verfassung als „das Eidos der Polis“ bezeichnet werden, an dem sich der Polites-Begriff orientieren soll. Der Bürger wird dadurch relativ breit aufgefasst und die gesamte Argumentation gleicht somit einem Plädoyer für die Volksverfassung (Politeia). Auf der anderen Seite stellt die Bürger-Definition eine wahrhaft aristotelische begriffliche Einschränkung, die ermöglicht, die Tugend des guten Mannes gegenüber der gemäßigten Normativität der bürgerlichen Tugend abzustufen und dadurch die guten Verfassungen auch gegeneinander zu differenzieren.
È ancora praticabile il metodo di Jaeger?
Authors: Bertelli Lucio
Published: May 2016

Werner Jaeger rivendicò a se stesso la scoperta di un’“evoluzione organica” all’interno delle opere di Aristotele, pubblicando i risultati delle sue ricerche in una celebre monografia del 1923. Il confronto tra le recensioni e gli studi che seguirono su questo libro epocale dimostra la non totale originalità delle posizioni di Jaeger e soprattutto la discutibilità di alcuni dei suoi principi di base.
Las lesiones de tronco de coronaria izquierda: ¿Cirugía o intervencionismo?.
Authors: ASTE SALAZAR Hernán
Published: May 2016

In recent years there has been some improvement in surgical and interventional techniques that have modified the classical indications making them more risky. Left main coronary stenoses are even more dreadful lesions, and the results of percutaneous management are odd with varying mortality (10-12% on average), and high morbidity. Moreover we have small number of cases in the literature. Comparing these results with surgery, we find the later to be safer with mortality under 4%, low morbidity and a long term experience in the management of this pathology. Results, moreover, tend to favor surgery in the coronary restenosis in spite of the use of stents. ( Rev Med Hered 2003; 14: 204-206).
Daniel Carrión: Mito y realidad.
Authors: PAMO REYNA Oscar
Published: May 2016

Daniel Carrión, a ciento dieciocho años de su muerte es, probablemente por siempre, el personaje más importante de la Medicina Peruana y con alcance universal. Mucho se ha dicho y se ha escrito sobre su vida y la importancia de su legado. Podemos distinguir dos corrientes entre los que han investigado y escrito sobre Carrión. La gran mayoría de los historiadores de la medicina nacional ha ensalzado a Carrión empleando adjetivos superlativos como mártir, héroe, protocientífico, positivista, entre otros. Uno de los más importantes representantes lo fue el doctor Carlos Lanfranco La Hoz y ahora lo es el doctor Gustavo Delgado Matallana que recientemente publicó una enjundiosa recopilación sobre Carrión.
Lematización para palabras médicas complejas: Implementación de un algoritmo en LISP.
Authors: PEINADO RODRIGUEZ Jesús
Published: May 2016

The automated retrieval of files depends critically on the ability to generate precise signs concepts. Stemming is a technique very useful but medical terms are very complex terms which need special attention. Our main was to develop a modular algorithm for complex medical terms in order to follow a new space of research on Information retrieval. The algorithm was developed using LISP, a programming language, and exhaustive controlled list of rules. As a result, we found good precision with less recall when we asked for concepts saving signs concepts for each medical term. (Rev Hed Hered 2003; 14:224-229).
Complicaciones tardías en diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en el Hospital II Essalud - Cañete.
Authors: UNTIVEROS MAYORGA Charlton Fernando , NUÑEZ CHAVEZ Olga , TAPIA ZEGARRA Lenibet Miriam , TAPIA ZEGARRA Gino Guillermo
Published: May 2016

Objetivo: Determinar las características clínicas y las complicaciones tardías en los pacientes con diabetes tipo 2 atendidos en los consultorios de medicina general y del Programa de Diabetes del Hospital II EsSALUD-Cañete. Material y Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo de serie de casos en el que se evaluaron 94 pacientes con diabetes tipo 2 elegidos aleatoriamente durante su control ambulatorio, realizándose una entrevista y evaluación clínica durante los meses de junio y julio del 2001. Resultados: La población de pacientes estudiada tuvo una edad promedio de 64.56 + 11.61. Cincuenta y tres pacientes eran mujeres (56.4%). El 68.1% de los pacientes recibían hipoglicemiantes orales y el 11.7% requerían del uso de insulina. Los transtornos lipídicos predominantes fueron la elevación del LDL-Colesterol y disminución del HDL-Colesterol. La retinopatía diabética (88.9%) e hipertensión arterial (61.3%) fueron las complicaciones más frecuentes. Vasculopatía periférica, neuropatía periférica y neuropatía autonómica fueron otras complicaciones crónicas frecuentes halladas en la población de estudio. Conclusiones: Las complicaciones cardiovasculares (micro y macrovasculares) en la población de pacientes con diabetes tipo 2 atendidos ambulatoriamente en el Hospital II EsSALUD-Cañete fueron las más frecuentes.
Absentismo laboral de origen médico en el Hospital Toquepala en el 2001.
Authors: GOMERO CUADRA Raul , LLAP YESAN Carlos
Published: May 2016

La principal causa de absentismo en el trabajo, es la incapacidad derivada de enfermedades, incluyendo a los accidentes de trabajo y particulares, las cuales pueden constituir hasta las tres cuartas partes del absentismo en la industria. Objetivo: Analizar las causas de absentismo laboral de origen médico en una empresa minera. Material y Métodos: Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo, que consistió en la revisión de los descansos médicos en el año 2001, realizados en el Hospital de Toquepala SPCC, localizado a 3,600 msnm. Se revisaron 541 descansos médicos, que basan sus diagnósticos en el sistema de Clasificación Internacional de Enfermedades de la Organización Mundial para la Salud (CIE – 10). Para las definiciones de los indicadores se siguieron las recomendaciones del Comité Permanente y la Asociación Internacional para la Medicina del Trabajo. Resultados: Las causas médicas de absentismo laboral fueron, por enfermedad común 445 (82.26%), accidentes 89 (16.45%) y maternidad 7 (1.29%). Entre las causas de enfermedades comunes tenemos que los descansos médicos por procesos infecciosos fueron 158 (29.20%), siendo de origen respiratorio 88 (16.27%), digestivo 50 (9.24%) y dermatológicas 20 (3.67%); y las causas no infecciosas 287 (53%). Los índices en nuestra población fueron: Indice de Frecuencia de 0.45; Indice de gravedad de 5.41, y duración media de ausencias de 11.81. Sin embargo, la literatura actual establece que una mejor evaluación de los índices debe ser hecha en base al número hombre-horas trabajada, de éste modo nuestros índices fueron: Indice de Frecuencia de 0.16 y el Indice de Severidad de 1.87. Conclusiones: Concluimos que nuestra empresa presenta bajos índices de absentabilidad laboral de causa médica, pero que debe intensificarse los programas de salud para la prevención de enfermedades infecciosas.
Prevalencia de disfonía en profesores del distrito de Pampas - Tayacaja- Huancavelica.
Authors: SALAS SANCHEZ Willy Alfredo , CENTENO HUAMAN Jorge , LANDA CONTRERAS Ernesto , AMAYA CHUNGA José Manuel , BENITES GALVEZ Maria del Rosario
Published: May 2016

Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de disfonía en la población de profesores de educación primaria y secundaria en el distrito de Pampas-Tayacaja-Huancavelica. Materiales y métodos: Se realizó un estudio prospectivo descriptivo de corte transversal en los profesores del distrito de Pampas; utilizando como instrumento de estudio una entrevista tipo cuestionario dirigida por los investigadores durante los meses de junio, julio y agosto del 2003. Resultados: Se entrevistó a 75 profesores. La edad promedio fue: 36.8 años. Treintados (42.5%) fueron mujeres y 43 (57.5%) hombres. La prevalencia de disfonía acumulada durante el tiempo que vienen trabajando como docente fue: 44%. El 68% de los entrevistados indicaron no haber recibido capacitación para el adecuado uso de su voz. El 74.7% dicta clases por más de 15 horas por semana. 53.3% indicó estar expuesto al polvo proveniente de la tiza. 37.3% mencionó que el ruido ambiental dificulta la comunicación durante el dictado de clases. Conclusión: La prevalencia de disfonía en la población de profesores es alta al compararlo con otros estudios. Asimismo es alta la frecuencia de factores de riesgo para el desarrollo de disfonía en la población estudiada.
Creencias irracionales y conductas parentales en madres víctimas de violencia infligida por la pareja
Authors: Aguinaga Álvarez Adolfo
Published: May 2016

El objetivo del estudio fue establecer las diferencias en las creencias irracionales y las conductas parentales entre un grupo de madres de familia víctimas de violencia infligida por la pareja y un grupo de madres de familia que no se encontraron en esta condición. El propósito fue contribuir a establecer parámetros referenciales sobre la relación madre-hijo en el contexto de la violencia familiar. La investigación fue descriptiva con un diseño comparativo. Se determinó la muestra mediante un muestreo no probabilístico de tipo intencional, y estuvo conformada por dos grupos: Un primer grupo de 100 madres que reportaron ser víctimas de violencia infligida por la pareja y ellas recibieron evaluación psicológica en el Instituto de Medicina Legal de Lima Norte, y un segundo grupo de 92 madres que no fueron víctimas de violencia. La recolección de la información se hizo mediante dos inventarios: El Inventario de Conducta Racional De Shorkey & Whiteman (1977) y el Inventario de Conducta Parental de Lovejoy (1999). Los estadísticos utilizados fueron la media aritmética, la U de Mann-Whitney, prueba de rangos con signos en pares de Wilcoxon y el coeficiente de correlación de Pearson. Entre los principales resultados se encontró que existen diferencias significativas en las creencias irracionales, siendo las madres maltratadas las que presentaron puntuación más elevada en los factores frustración, necesidad de aprobación, sentimiento de culpa, inercia y evasión, ideas de infortunio y confianza en el control de las emociones. También se encontraron diferencias significativas en las conductas parentales, las madres maltratadas reportaron menor tendencia a presentar conductas hostil/coercitiva y mayor tendencia a presentar conductas de apoyo/compromiso hacia sus hijos. Las implicancias de los hallazgos son discutidas en función a los objetivos, estudios previos y la realidad psicosocial de nuestro país.
Efectos de un programa de mejoramiento ambiental del espacio físico dirigido a estudiantes de pregrado de una facultad de una universidad privada de Lima, Perú.
Authors: Aguilar Angeletti Ana Jesús , Cuba Kikuyama Clara , Raygada Cayllahua Christian
Published: May 2016

En el escenario de intereses y prioridades para el Mejoramiento Ambiental, cada país confronta una situación específica y diferente a los demás, a pesar de tal heterogeneidad siempre es posible identificar algún polígono de elementos del comportamiento humano en las esferas de causas, consecuencias y también soluciones a este espacio de acción. En esta prioridad, la Universidad debe formar profesionales responsables de promover y/o enriquecer elComportamiento Ecológico Responsable mediante la investigación, la docencia y el servicio, lo que implica poner en valor su aporte para ofrecer espacio y dedicación conducente a promover hábitos que favorecen la ecología. El objetivo Nº 7 del Desarrollo del Milenio -al año 2015- que plantea “Garantizar la Sostenibilidad del Medio Ambiente”, se relaciona con la variable comportamental de los ciudadanos y demanda mayor esfuerzo para cambiar hábitosdesfavorables al ambiente. El Comportamiento Ecológico Responsable es el conjunto de acciones que protegen y conservan el ambiente para obtener su mejor calidad y garantizar su sostenibilidad. Para valorarlo, utilizamos mecanismos psicológicos diferentes y específicos para cada uno de ellos, lo que explica su heterogeneidad, tanto a nivel cognitivo como conductual. Diversas dimensiones definen una acción ambiental: directa-indirecta, individualcolectiva, preventiva-correctora, y, calidad ambiental-recursos naturales. Para tales propósitos, se planificó la intervención con metodología educativa y el diseño de investigación con mediciones antes-después, útiles para una estadística descriptivo-correlacional. Se logró con éxito el objetivo de la investigación: probar los efectos de un Programa de Mejoramiento Ambiental del espacio físico en una Universidad de Lima, Perú, dirigido a estudiantesdel pregrado de una Facultad. La versión final del Programa servirá de instrumento a seguir utilizándolo en nuevos grupos de características similares al investigado.
Mood is the main philosophy behind Literature
Authors: Tiwari Dr. Vineeta
Published: May 2016

The question that always struck my mind that - What pressure, influence, reason, key is behind the literary creativity? Is it simple literary skill a person has? Is it a gift from God? or Is it a situational enforcement that vibrate that gift or skill and finally envisages as form of creation. Then what type of situational enforcement it can be? Answer came – as this activity is totally associated with imagination, perception, vision so that it can be said that brain is the main central point that activate the situation. And if it is brain, then no wonder that mood must be the main catalyst in the whole process. As mood is not a stationery object, it always swings from one state to another state, it can be said that this mood is the main philosophy behind any literary creation.
Microbial contamination and environmental factors of drinking water source for households with children under five years old in two South China ethnic groups
Authors: Long Wen Fang , Lloyd Spencer , Zhang Fan , Li Qiao , Huang HaiRong , Yi Cong
Published: May 2016

The article aimed to find the causes of microbial contamination of drinking water source, by exploring the influencing factors of water on the incidence of diarrhea in children. Random stratified-cluster sampling was used to study Li and Han communities of rural Lingshui County with regard to water quality and environmental sanitation. Water samples were evaluated for microbial contamination using National Standard of the People's Republic of China and World Health Organization drinking water standards. Data were compared between ethnic groups. Li communities had more contamination than Han. The correlation between the frequency of diarrhea among children and the presence of microorganisms in the water was positive, for both total coliforms and Escherichia coli (E. coli). Regression analysis showed the substandard risk factors of total coliforms for source water were type of water supply (OR = 3.508) and garbage disposal methods (OR = 2.430). For E. coli, risk factors included the source of water supply (OR = 2.417); depth of wells (OR = 0.536) and distance of wells from the cesspit (OR = 0.723). The content of bacterium in drinking water source was high in the rural county. Water from open wells had higher contamination rates than water from centralized systems and tube-well sources. Improvement of water supply and environmental hygiene would decrease diarrheal diseases among children under five.
Optimization of cyanide extraction from wastewater using emulsion liquid membrane system by response surface methodology
Authors: Xue Juan Qin , Liu Ni Na , Li Guo Ping , Dang Long Tao
Published: May 2016

To solve the disposal problem of cyanide wastewater, removal of cyanide from wastewater using a water-in-oil emulsion type of emulsion liquid membrane (ELM) was studied in this work. Specifically, the effects of surfactant Span-80, carrier trioctylamine (TOA), stripping agent NaOH solution and the emulsion-to-external-phase-volume ratio on removal of cyanide were investigated. Removal of total cyanide was determined using the silver nitrate titration method. Regression analysis and optimization of the conditions were conducted using the Design-Expert software and response surface methodology (RSM). The actual cyanide removals and the removals predicted using RSM analysis were in close agreement, and the optimal conditions were determined to be as follows: the volume fraction of Span-80, 4% (v/v); the volume fraction of TOA, 4% (v/v); the concentration of NaOH, 1% (w/v); and the emulsion-to-external-phase volume ratio, 1:7. Under the optimum conditions, the removal of total cyanide was 95.07%, and the RSM predicted removal was 94.90%, with a small exception. The treatment of cyanide wastewater using an ELM is an effective technique for application in industry.
Mindfulness Based Programs Implemented with At-Risk Adolescents
Authors: Rawlett Kristen , Scrandis Debra
Published: May 2016

Objective:

This review examines studies on mindfulness based programs used with adolescents at-risk for poor future outcomes such as not graduating from high school and living in poverty.

Method:

The keywords used include mindfulness, at-risk and adolescents in each database to search CINAHL (10 items: 2 book reviews, 3 Dissertations, and 5 research articles), Medline EBSCO (15 research articles), and PubMed (10 research articles). Only primary research articles published between 2009- 2015 in English on mindfulness and at-risk adolescents were included for the most current evidence.

Results:

Few studies (n= 11) were found that investigate mindfulness in at-risk adolescents. These studies used various mindfulness programs (n = 7) making it difficult to generalize findings for practice. Only three studies were randomized control trials focusing mostly on male students with low socioeconomic status and existing mental health diagnoses.

Conclusion:

There is a relationship between health behaviors and academic achievement. Future research studies on mindfulness based interventions need to expand to its effects on academic achievement in those youth at-risk to decrease problematic behaviors and improve their ability to be successful adults.
Should Implications for Tourism Influence the Planning Stage of a New HSR Network? The Experience of Spain
Authors: Guirao Begoña , Campa Juan L.
Published: May 2016

Transportation and tourism are two closely linked economic activities and the scientific common view is that promoting transportation infrastructure may contribute to the development of tourism industry. But in the case of the building of new High-Speed Rail (HSR) lines, their extremely high construction costs require empirical evidence (at least at the planning stage) that certain economic activities, like tourism, are reinforced.

The aim of this paper is to assess empirically the effects of HSR on tourism in Spain, using a ranking model of city pairs, in order to establish a better way of allocating financial resources for public investments. There is practically no literature on empirical methodologies to assess the effects of new HSR on tourism and the current literature on tourism demand is dominated by econometric models using a single-equation time-series based approach, where the reduction of the travel cost generated by transport infrastructure can be considered. In this paper, the new proposed methodology is tested by application to 1,176 city pairs in Spain, a country with over 20 years of operating experience and the longest HSR network in Europe, where tourism represents more than 10% of the GDP. Results clearly show that the implementation of a tourism variable in the model offers a more effective approach for determining the implications of tourism on HSR demand and should be taken into account by policymakers in the HSR planning process. Finally, studies at local level demonstrate that future research is needed to complement this planning stage methodology.
Mixed High-Speed, Conventional and Metro Central Rail Stations as Places to Work: The Case Study of Naples
Authors: Pagliara Francesca , Delaplace Marie , Cavuoto Riccardo
Published: May 2016

According to the innovation in services theory any substitution or addition of characteristics to a service is considered as incremental innovation with the objective of improving the final client’s utility. Moreover by service relationship, it is meant the establishment of relationships between the client and the provider with the objective of producing the final product. In the light of this theory stations are here conceived as a set of services and the added characteristics as temporary offices designed inside and around High Speed Rail stations. Therefore, the traditional concept of a station as a node changes since stations can be also considered as workplaces. The objective of this contribution is to identify the characteristics of the clients renting temporary offices and the role of High Speed Rail and more generally transport in this respect. A survey was employed, interviewing clients renting flexible offices inside the Garibaldi station in Naples in Italy. Data were collected concerning the clients’ socioeconomic characteristics, the transport mode chosen to reach these offices and the services used.
Morphological characteristics of breast and thigh muscles of slow- and medium growing strains of chickens
Authors: Zikic Dragan , Stojanovic Slobodan , Djukic-Stojcic Mirjana , Kanacki Zdenko , Milosevic Verica , Uscebrka Gordana
Published: May 2016

Morphological characteristics of skeletal muscles of slow- and medium-growing
strains of chickens are very important for meat quality and comparison with
fast-growing strains. The aim of this paper was to evaluate morphological
parameters of breast and thigh muscles of slow- and mediumgrowing strains in
a free-range system. The slow-growing strains used in the experiment were
autochthonous breeds Sombor crested and Banat naked neck, and the
medium-growing strain was Red-bro. The tissue samples were taken from the
thigh muscle and muscles of the breast of 10 chickens of each breed. Samples
were stained with hematoxylin - eosin and enzyme succinate - dehydrogenase
(SDH). The following morphological parameters were observed: diameter of
muscle cells, nucleo-cytoplasmic ratio of muscle cells, volume density of
connective tissue within the muscle and the presence of red, white and
intermediate muscle cell types. Between strains, the type of muscle or
genotype didn?t have significant effects on diameters of muscle cells and
nucleo-cytoplasmic ratio in the muscle cells. Results indicated that genotype
had significant effect on volume density of the connective tissue in breast
muscles. Red muscle cells were, in all strains, significantly more
represented in m. biceps femoris than m. pectoralis superficialis. Genotype
had significant effect on ratio between connective tissue and muscle cells
and no significant effects on other morphological parameters.