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It Offshoring And E_Business Adoption In Iraq: Study From Smes Perspective
Authors: Et. al. Abdulniser Khald Hamzah, 
Published: April 2021

The aims of this research were to investigate the factors that influence the IT offshoring approach among the Iraqian SMEs and whether this approach can be considered for the SMEs e_business implementation. SMEs face many issues such as technological, business, economic and cultural nature, while trying to be in an advantage edge or survive at least. Business offshoring is one of the approaches common especially in IT development to assist the enterprises to automate and streamline the business processes. This research applied the quantitative and qualitative approaches when collecting data from the Iraqiann SMEs. SPSS software was used to analyse the collected data.
Dense Feature Based Face Recognition from Surveillance Video using Convolutional Neural Network
Authors: Et. al. K. Suma, 
Published: April 2021

Face Recognition is a field of identifying the person from the facial features and has wide application range in security, human computer interactions, finance etc. In recent years, many researchers have developed different algorithms to identify the Faces from various illumination variations and Pose variation, but these two problems remain unsolved in Face Recognition (FR) field.
The Local Binary Pattern (LBP) has already proved its robustness in illumination variation. This paper proposes a four-patch Local Binary Pattern based FR utilizing Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for identifying the Facial images from various illumination conditions and Pose variation.
Regulation of Lifelong in Education and İts Economic, Social Benefits
Authors: Et al. Allahyar Muradov 
Published: April 2021

Sustainability in education is important in ensuring knowledge-based and innovation-driven development and human capital reproduction. Sustainability is particular important for the prevention of some economic and social problems that may arise in the future and raising the competitiveness of the country. Sustainability - the prevention as some of economic and social problems that may arise in the future is of particular importance in raising the country's competitiveness.
The aim of the research is to estimate the economic-social benefits of regulation of sustainability in education and to give the suggestions in the direction of the improvement of the effectiveness of the regulation.
The impact of continuity in education on the formation and development of human capital, knowledge-based society building, labour intelligence, competitiveness and the improvement of welfare are assessed cross-country in the article. In particular, in recent years, researches and politicians have analysed the ‘4th industry’ revolution (‘Industry 4.0’) ‘the benefits and losses in the medium and long-term perspective and its interaction with the sustainability of education. Here are two issues: 1) socioeconomic disadvantages of ensuring sustainability in education, 2) socioeconomic advantages of ensuring sustainability in education. Firstly, it is analysed the impacts of increased unemployment, reduction of employment income, declining social security and welfare that will be resulted as problems on economic development. Secondly, it is analysed (ensuring in sustainability condition) the distinguished factors of rapid technological innovation, labour productivity, repatriation of human capital, raising competitiveness on the international level, innovation-based development, economic benefits of knowledge and skills.
Design Thinking for Sustainable Development
Authors: Zeltina Mara 
Published: April 2021

The complexity of environmental and sustainability challenges has created an ongoing need for innovative and integrated approaches to address them. Design disciplines have a long history. The method “design thinking”, originally applied in architecture, engineering and business, has led to new and creative problem solving, thus creating much potential for use in sustainable development planning. While principles of good design are well established, there has been limited integration of design thinking with environmental science, sustainable development planning and education.
This research was focused on how a sustainability approach can be merged with design thinking to develop socially responsible and environmentally sustainable products and services. The case study has been carried out in the master’s study course Sustainable Development Planning. Some of basic principles and stages of design thinking, such as empathy, creativity, collaboration, responsibility and interdisciplinary approach have been tested by using students project work evaluation regarding certain criteria and survey after the study course.
The first results of approbated design thinking principles and methods, significant advantages and disadvantages and the perspective of using this method have been analysed and discussed. As the result from this study proposals for the improvement of the content of this study course and related study courses (a study course on sustainable development issues is compulsory in all undergraduate study programs in Latvia) and for the specification of test tasks have been developed, considering also future needs to provide the study course remotely.
Serum apolipoprotein B increased among tuberculosis patients compared to healthy subjects
Authors: Ihim Augustine Chinedu , Meludu Samuel Chukwuemeka , Onyenekwe Charles Chinedum , Anyabolu Arthur Ebelenna , Akujiobi Comfort N 
Published: April 2021

BackgroundThe burden of tuberculosis (TB) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is enormous worldwide. Public health programs have been challenged with the overlapping of TB and CVD epidemics.Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is also a main driver of atherogenesis, suggesting a potential pathogenic role of tuberculosis in cardiovascular disease. The objective of this study was to compare the serum levels of apolipoprotein B (apo B), apolipoprotein B48 (apo B48) and apolipoprotein B100 (apo B100) between patients with tuberculosis and healthy subjects. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 251 subjects consisting of 120 treatment naïve active TB patients [26 HIV co infected (TB+HIV+) and 82 TB+), 12 malaria parasite co-infected (TB+MP+)], 26 latent TB infected (LTB) and 105 healthy controls. Their body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection was determined by Ziehl-Nelseen (ZN) sputum smear microscopy and confirmed positive using GeneXpert. Latent TB was determined by Mantoux test, MP was evaluated by microscopy while HIV by immunochromatographic techniques using serial algorithm. Apolipoproteins were determined using spectrophotometry. A one-way ANOVA test and LSD’s post hoc multiple comparisons were used for statistical analyses. ResultsSignificantly lower mean levels of BMI were observed in LTB, TB+, TB+HIV+ and TB+MP+ compared with the controls (p<0.005). The mean serum levels of apo B, apo B48 and B100 were significantly higher in LTB, TB+, HIV+TB+ and TB+MP+ compared with apparently healthy controls (p<0.05). Conclusion Elevated levels of apolipoproteins among infected TB individuals might predispose them to cardiovascular disease.
An appraisal of flexibility and agility in Indian Basketball, Volleyball and Handball players and its comparison among them
Authors: K Prafull , S D Vandana , Singhal Anish , John Nitin , John Jyoti 
Published: April 2021

Swiftness of ball games is one of the biggest reasons for its popularity. All ball games are very versatile and are played very recently in India. Thus, current study is undertaken to identify lacunae in technical skills of Indian Players and compare the skill related fitness. The study was carried out in ninety Male Indian players. Basketball players (n=30), volleyball players (n=30) and handball players (n=30) aged between 16 to 25yrs after obtaining institutional ethics committee clearance. Flexibility was assessed using Modified Sit and Reach test and Goniometry. Agility was assessed using burpee’s squat test, shuttle run and quadrant Jump test using standardized procedure recommended by established literature. Data was analyzed using SPSS v20.0. Our study revealed that, there is a statistically significant difference of mean values among all parameters (p&#60;0.0001) except modified sit and reach test (p=0.06). Further analysis revealed that all groups shows statistically significant difference (p&#60;0.05) except between HBP and BBP (p&#62;0.05) for shoulder flexion, shoulder extension, knee flexion, knee extension and quadrant jump, between HBP and VBP for burpee’s squat test, shuttle run and quadrant jump (p&#62;0.05).Our also revealed that shoulder flexibility was significantly more in Volleyball players while knee flexibility was significantly higher in Basketball players. Handball players had intermediate values of flexibility. Agility was significant higher in Basketball players, intermediate Handball player while least in Volleyball players. However, these players lag far behind when compared with international players and standards.
Memória formativa de uma professora do ensino superior: narrativas de vivências na Ilha de Fernando de Noronha
Authors: Aguiar Ana Lúcia Oliveira , Fernandes Stenio Brito , Lima José Evangelista de 
Published: April 2021

Este trabalho ergue-se da memória formativa das vivências de uma professora do ensino superior, tendo como lócus a cartografia do corpo na Ilha de Fernando de Noronha. Reúne um conjunto de reflexões do olhar de hoje, sobre o ontem, do ontem sobre o hoje, a partir da memória saudade/agradecimento, de uma mulher filha de pescador, a partir do que foi deixado de encantamento e cravado no sentimento por (entre) lugares e sujeitos na construção de teias de significados (auto)formativos. Objetiva exercitar a memória lembrança formativa tendo como foco histórias de mulheres do mar como uma das dimensões de pesquisa do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação, Memória, (Auto)Biografia e Inclusão (GEPEMABI), da Faculdade de Educação de uma universidade do estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Utiliza as narrativas (auto)biográficas como caminho aquecedor da memória lembrança, exercitada em sessões reflexivas. Resulta em aprendizado formativo com um forte teor de significados de vida e releitura de mundo o que favoreceu ao pouso da alma acalmado pelo passeio macio das palavras sobre um tempo, um lugar, acontecimentos de fazer e sentir de volta à Ilha. Ouvir, contar, narrar através de reflexões do olhar do ontem sobre o hoje e do hoje sobre o ontem e saborear as narrativas de uma mulher sobre o seu passado na referida Ilha teceu uma experiência de formação (auto)biográfica, andou pelo implícito nas palavras e mergulhou nas (auto)biografias, como perspectiva de uma teia de significados tecida pela memória lembrança de uma história de vida.
ANTECEDENT OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION WITH IMPACT OF LOGISTICS SERVICE QUALITY, E-PAYMENT THROUGH MODERATING ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Authors: Ahmad Khan Shahzad , Husain Ammar , Haider Ali , Hassan Zia Mubashar 
Published: April 2021

Purpose: Customer Satisfaction is the top priority in all business sectors, so the effect of different variables was evaluated on customer satisfaction which is taken as the dependent. Independent variable is e-Payment, Logistic Service Quality, and e-Traceability. Moderating Role was studied of the Use of ICT (Information and Communication Technology).
Methodology: This research was carried out on the logistic companies of major cities of Pakistan, including Islamabad, Peshawar, Lahore, and Karachi. The data was cross-sectional in nature and with the involvement of different geographical locations, data collection took a longer time. 400 questionnaires were distributed among the workers of logistic firms in the above-mentioned big cities of Pakistan. Only 298 responses were acquired out of which 258 were workable. Data were analyzed using SPSS-23.
Main Findings: Findings reveal that the moderating role of ICT is insignificant on the relationship between e-Payment and Customer Satisfaction and the use of ICT enhances the Service Quality of Logistics and Customer Satisfaction. The beneficiary of the current research would be the logistics firms of Pakistan as it encompasses different aspects influencing logistic customer satisfaction. Logistic service quality is directly linked to the customer, so the current study can benefit the logistic firm in how to retain customers and ultimately how to increase profitability.
Implications/Applications: Current research also describes the utilization of Information and Communication Technology so organizations can design their system according to the modern framework of technology.
Novelty/Originality of this study: This research study is based on different logistic services of major cities of Pakistan. The direct impact of independent variables on a dependent variable will be studied along with the moderating effect of Use of ICT on the direct relationships. The practice of logistic services has been changed due to the emergence of the concept of service quality and relationship marketing. Traditionally, logistics has been thought to be a bridge between production and consumption.
Discapacidad y Sociología: una realidad en construcción
Authors: Ortega Camarero Maria Teresa 
Published: April 2021

<p>La manera en la que han ido evolucionando las sociedades tiene mucho que ver en la forma en la que se ha entendido a la discapacidad, como resultado del cambio social. Conocer las formas en las que las diferentes sociedades han explicado y tratado a la discapacidad, resulta fundamental para comprender el momento actual y, de esta manera poder acertar con las políticas y los planes de intervención adecuados para la inclusión de las personas con discapacidad.</p><p>Hoy la discapacidad supone uno de los factores de diversidad de más volumen y heterogéneo y desde luego contribuye al enriquecimiento de las sociedades. Es necesario analizarlo y comprenderlo desde esta perspectiva de diversidad.</p>La Sociología más cualitativa no ha encontrado en la discapacidad un ámbito de trabajo excesivamente prolífico a diferencia de otros campos como el feminismo o de otros contextos como en la sociología anglosajona. La evolución de modelos, desde una concepción trágica por tener una discapacidad hasta la perspectiva de los derechos a la que hoy asistimos debe ser objeto de análisis de los sociólogos, no tanto por contar como se ha producido esa evolución, sino también por la posibilidad que se nos brinda de contribuir al cambio social que conduzca a que efectivamente aquello que si se ha avanzado en el plano de los Derechos y también se reivindica desde las entidades del Tercer Sector de la Discapacidad, trascienda a la vida social cotidiana de nuestros entornos más cercanos
Mechanical respiratory support for COVID-19: lessons from 2020
Authors: Mazurok V. A. 
Published: April 2021

Intensive therapy of out-of-hospital pneumonia in conditions of mass admission of patients during 2020 presented many lessons, including regarding the strategy of respiratory support, as it turned out that mechanical ventilation in passive patients with COVID-19 is almost equivalent to a death sentence. On the other hand, maintaining spontaneous breathing in dyspnea and hyperpnea conditions can cause specific self-inflicted lung injuryUnexpectedly, the good tolerability of hypoxemia by patients has led to the emergence of the terms “happy hypoxia” and “permissive hypoxemia,” reflecting the effective functioning of acute adaptation mechanisms: increasing heart productivity and oxygen utilization.A step-by-step strategy for respiratory therapy was formed: 1) oxygen therapy (low-flow, high-flow), 2) non-invasive respiratory support (NIV), 3) controlled lung ventilation. Among the most effective resources for mobilizing alveoli in patients with COVID-19 was the prone position.Compared to a tight mask, the helmet turned out to be the most effective method of conducting NIV. When using the helmet, bedsores on the face and the bridge of the nose do not develop, enteral nutrition is possible, subjective tolerability of NIV by patients is increased.Conversion to invasive mechanical ventilation is considered in case of energy inadmissibility of spontaneous breathing and development of central nervous system disorders. Breathing equipment with a wide range of ventilation modes and expert capabilities for respiratory monitoring is needed to carry out both mechanical ventilation and especially NIV.If pulmonary gas exchange is not possible, the only means of saving the patient remains extracorporeal membrane oxygenation — a method that requires huge energy costs from trained medical personnel and good technical equipment of the clinic.One of the most visible lessons presented by the pandemic of viral pneumonia is the unsuccessful attempt to speed up the training of “intensive care specialists” through on-line courses, webinars and even guide sheets.
The intergenerational transmission of loneliness between parents and their adult children
Authors: Augustijn Lara 
Published: April 2021

Objective: This study examined the relationship between loneliness in parents and in their adult children, and took into account the role of gender differences in the intergenerational transmission of loneliness.
Background: Although it is well documented that loneliness has negative effects on a person’s physical and mental health, only a relatively small number of empirical studies have investigated the intergenerational transmission of loneliness between parents and their children, including the potential long-term effects of transmission processes. Moreover, the findings of the few existing studies have been inconsistent and contradictory, particularly with regard to gender differences.
Method: The statistical analysis drew on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). Based on data from 2013 and 2017, stepwise multilevel linear regression models were estimated for 4,457 respondents between the ages of 18 and 40 and their parents.
Results: Significant associations were found between loneliness in parents and in their adult children. The analysis also revealed that the relationship between loneliness in mothers and in their children did not depend on whether mothers and children were living in the same household. However, no significant differences were found between same-sex and opposite-sex parent-child dyads.
Conclusion: This study provided moderate evidence for the intergenerational transmission of loneliness between parents and their adult children, as well as indirect evidence for the long-term effects of transmission processes between mothers and children.
Whitehead, la Mécanique Quantique et les relations esprit-matière
Authors: Lestienne Rémy 
Published: April 2021

La philosophie de la Nature et du Temps chez Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) n’a peut-être pas assez retenu l’attention des scientifiques, en particulier en France. On sait que ce mathématicien-philosophe collaborant avec Bertrand Russell pour l’écriture des Principia Mathematica (1910-1913) a insisté sur le caractère abstrait des points d’espace dans la fondation de la géométrie. A partir de 1911, il étend cette observation aux instants de temps, et développe progressivement, à partir de là, une vision de l’ontologie du monde comme une succession de « concrescences d’entités actuelles » dont chacune apporte avec elle une brique de temps finie. Ces concrescences ne sont pas sans rappeler les réductions du paquet d’ondes dans les opérations de mesure en mécanique quantique ; en fait, Whitehead a suivi de près le développement de cette théorie, comme il a suivi de près le développement de la relativité. Par ailleurs, sa philosophie de la Nature, ou comme il le dit sa philosophie de l’organisme, prévoit une solidarité globale des entités actuelles qui par certains côtés rappelle l’intrication quantique. On examine plus en profondeur cette similarité et ses limites, et aborde les relations esprit-matière chez cet auteur. Malgré ses défauts, la métaphysique de Whitehead, en en particulier la négation de l’instant a mis en lumière, à mon sens, la complexité du temps de la nature (chez Whitehead le process), bien au-delà de la variable continue t des physiciens. Une large part de cet article est basée sur mon livre Whitehead, Philosophe du Temps (auteur, 2020, à paraître).
Stochastic Differential Equations in Infinite Dimensional Hilbert Space and its Optimal Control Problem with L´evy Processes
Authors: Wang Meijiao , Shi Qiuhong , Meng Qingxin , Tang Maoning 
Published: April 2021

The paper is concerned with a class of stochastic differential equations in infinite dimensional Hilbert space with random coefficients driven by Teugel's martingales which are more general processes.
and its optimal control problem. Here Teugels martingales are a family of pairwise strongly orthonormal martingales associated with L\'{e}vy processes (see Nualart and Schoutens). There are three major ingredients. The first is to prove the existence and uniqueness of the solutions by continuous dependence theorem of solutions combining with the parameter extension method. The second is to establish the stochastic maximum principle and verification theorem for our optimal control problem by the classicconvex variation method and dual technique.The third is to represent an example of a Cauchy problem for a controlled stochastic partial differential equation driven by Teugels martingales which our theoretical results can solve.
Public Knowledge about Monogenic Diseases and Attitudes Toward Expanded Carrier Screening in China
Authors: Yang Jing , Chen Min , Wu Heli , Shen Wei , Han Jianmei , Fu Yuxia , Sun Jimei , Wu Wenyan 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
Monogenic diseases affect about 10 in 1000 live births globally and account for 20% of infant mortality and 18% of pediatric hospitalizations. Many monogenic disorders could be prevented by offering expanded carrier screening (ECS) to the general population. China is a densely populated country with 56 ethnic groups and a high incidence of congenital disabilities. Genetic variation in different ethnic groups in China has been reported. At present, the implementation of ECS in China is sporadic. There is limited data on the knowledge and acceptance of ECS in China. The purpose of our study was to assess public knowledge about monogenic diseases and attitudes toward ECS in China. Our study classified the population into the medical staff and general population to evaluate the knowledge gap and provide a reference for ECS's education programs. Using the Questionnaire Star platform, we provided the QR code of the questionnaire survey online for the general public nationwide. The respondents filled in the questionnaires through the mobile phone after scanning the WeChat QR code. We found that although the public had little knowledge about monogenic disease and ECS, most of them showed a positive attitude. Our cross-analysis showed that medical staff had more knowledge compared to the general population. Pre-test education for ECS can be carried out by medical staff who are not qualified for genetic counseling. ECS training for medical staff, especially obstetrician-gynecologist and nurse in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, can reduce the workload of genetic counseling.