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The model of the webinar system for distance learning of a foreign language in a non-linguistic university
Authors: Matveeva Natalia Viktorovna 
Published: October 2023

The subject of this study is the process of distance learning of a foreign language in a non-linguistic university. The object of the study is a system of webinars conducted during distance learning of a foreign language. The author examines in detail the structure of training webinars of various types, offers his classification of distance learning and a model of a system of distance learning of a foreign language for students of economics of a transport university, which includes an ordered system of webinars of various types. Particular attention is paid to such issues as: raising students' awareness of the structure of the discipline course and the requirements, insufficient attention to which causes students anxiety in the difficult process of distance learning. The theoretical significance lies in the creation of a classification of webinars and the development of a model of a webinar system in distance learning of a foreign language in vezu. The practical significance lies in the possibility of using the proposed or modified model of the webinar system in different learning environments and at different levels of education. After conducting an experimental training, the following conclusions were made. The introduction of an ordered model of the webinar system increases students' awareness, reduces anxiety, especially in the process of forming speaking and listening skills, improves the equipment of the educational process, as webinar recordings become more structured, orderly, and, consequently, more watchable. The educational process in the discipline "Foreign language" becomes more structured and understandable for students.
Proposição de melhorias no modelo de admissão de servidores de uma instituição de ciência e tecnologia em saúde: o caso Fiocruz
Authors: Cavalcante Fernando Victor , Dos Santos André Luiz Trajano , Comes Monique Brandão 
Published: October 2023

A gestão por processos viabiliza a reestruturação de rotinas com o objetivo de torná-las mais eficientes perante as necessidades e exigências dos clientes. Desta forma, o presente estudo visa aplicar a gestão por processos para efetuar o diagnóstico do processo de admissão de servidores da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) e, então, propor melhorias para o incremento dos níveis de qualidade da prestação deste serviço. Como delineamento da pesquisa adotou-se o estudo de caso único (YIN, 2015), por meio de uma abordagem qualitativa, valendo-se do levantamento documental e da observação participante como fontes de evidências. No desenvolvimento foram levantadas e descritas as principais atividades envolvidas no processo de admissão, sendo o processo descrito e diagramado no formato “as is” pela notação Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN). Em seguida foi efetuada a análise crítica pela Metodologia de Análise e Solução de Problemas (MASP), de modo a possibilitar a identificação e priorização de problemas, bem como de suas causas e soluções aplicáveis. Por fim, o processo foi redesenhado no formato “to be”, considerando as melhorias propostas. Conclusivamente, entende-se que o resultado da análise pode fornecer subsídios para o aprimoramento da gestão da investidura em cargos da Fiocruz e, consequentemente, para a redução de inconsistências e aumento da satisfação dos servidores ingressantes.
Investigation of the Earth’s Albedo Using Meteorological Parameters over Maiduguri, Nigeria
Authors: Akpootu D. O. , Argungu G. M. , Umar M. , Iliyasu M. I. , Yusuf A. , Muhammad N. , Sidi S. A. , Sani M. Y. , Ibrahim M. , Abdullahi Z. , Aruna S. 
Published: October 2023

The present study estimate and investigate the variation of albedo for Maiduguri situated in the Sahelian region of Nigeria, using meteorological data of global solar radiation obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) extending for a period between 1984 to 2021. Investigation was carried out on the variation of albedo with surface temperature, maximum wavelength, clearness index, global solar radiation, relative humidity and mean temperature. The study found that the estimated surface albedo exhibited a direct opposite relationship with the clearness index, an inverse relationship with the emitting Earth’s surface temperature and a direct relationship with the wavelength for the location. The highest value of 0.5125 and lowest value of 0.3344 were found in August and November respectively. The emitting Earth surface temperature ranged between 232.8674 K in August and 251.7177 K in November. This is in agreement with the standard emitting Earth surface temperature (255.0000 K). The values of the maximum emitting wavelength were found to be > 4 indicating longwave radiation which is within the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The results from this study will be useful for the design of solar energy collectors and researches on atmospheric radiative transfer.
Monitoring and Control System for Precision Agriculture Using Wireless Sensor Network
Authors: Kousar Sabiha , Shahid Sidra , Sanaullah  , Ullah Asad , Tabsum Adnan Ghafoor , Tubassam Misbah 
Published: October 2023

Agriculture is an essential part of the Pakistani economy, and it is embedded into the country’s antiquated financial framework. Intelligent systems can be developed through the usage of IoT-based technology. In hydroponics farming, precision is a challenge, particularly for some sensitive plants like bok choy and lettuce. These plants need a certain amount of fertilizer and water each time in order to grow as well as possible. The Internet of Things (IoT) enables routine monitoring of every element of a person's life. A remedy might be to periodically evaluate the plants' nutrient and water requirements. In this study, monitoring and control systems for hydroponic precision agriculture are developed using IoT and fuzzy logic. Fuzzy logic is utilized to control how much food and water the plants receive, and IoT is used to make it feasible to periodically assess the nutritional and water needs of plants.
Assessing the Factors Contributing to Police Officers Turnover in Tanzania: Experience from Police Force Iringa Municipality
Authors: Lupondo Luhekelo David , Kipilimba Theobald , Ng’elenge Haji 
Published: October 2023

The focus of this study was to assess the factors contributing to police officer turnover in Tanzania, particularly at the Iringa police force. The study's specific objectives were to examine the contribution of monetary incentives, working conditions, and career advancement opportunities on police officer turnover in Iringa Police Force. The study utilized a descriptive and cross-sectional, research design was applied at a 95% level of confidence.
Both Open-ended types of questionnaires and closed-ended types were used, as well as an interview guide for the key informants to get primary data and secondary data that were obtained through documentation or documentary review. The study used both qualitative and quantitative where qualitative data were analyzed by using interpretations and explanations while quantitative data involved the use of software suggested for analysis called Statistical Package for Social Sciences and the findings were tabulated and figured for presentation. Based on the findings, the regression analysis output confirmed that there is a significant positive relationship between inadequate monetary incentives and police officer turnover as the p-value is 0.022.
Furthermore, the regression analysis output confirmed that there is a significant positive relationship between poor working conditions and police officer turnover as the p-value is 0.025, which is less than 0.05, likewise inadequate career advancement opportunities were also significant with a p-value of 0.028. The study recommends the provision of fringe benefits and a review of salary is done from time to time as these were found to be the main problems which facilitate turnover intention, also management was asked to provide enough working tools and attractive offices to their officers, as the majority of officers complain on them. Furthermore, management should set enough budget for training and learning sessions and scholarships to be provided for officers who wish to go further studies. The researcher suggested that similar studies be carried out in other regions to determine the impact of these factors in influencing employee turnover especially those in military forces.
Blood Transfusion Request and Utilization: The Trend in a Tertiary Health Care Centre in North Central Nigeria
Authors: Jatau E. D.  , Ma’an V. T.  , Ofakunrin A. O. D.  , Ntuhun B. D.  , Damulak O. D.  
Published: October 2023

Background: An effective blood transfusion service is anchored on an adequate supply of safe blood and its components as well as its accessibility and appropriate clinical use. There is a contrast in blood supplies and utilization between the high, middle and low-income countries necessitating the formulation of appropriate modalities to ensure judicious use of blood while minimizing wastage.
Aims: This study was aimed at assessing the blood transfusion request trend in our institution and its utilization with the intent of curtailing the wastage of safe blood for transfusion.
Study Design: It is a retrospective study.
Place and Duration of Study: Jos University Teaching Hospital Blood Bank from January 2022 to December 2022.
Methodology: Appropriately filled blood transfusion request forms of the Jos University Teaching Hospital compared with the blood bank In-house records from January 2022 to December 2022 were reviewed. Request dates, requesting Department, Unit or Specialty, indications for request, Number of units requested, and number eventually utilized were used to determine blood transfusion indices which are indicative of efficient and significant blood use.
Results: Eight thousand, five hundred forty-eight (8,548) blood transfusion request forms from the blood bank and patients' folders were reviewed and compared with the Blood Bank's in-house records. Requests for blood transfusion for over 460 indications were received from twenty-six (26) departments and units. There was a general Crossmatch: Transfusion ratio (C: T) of 1.7 with a transfusion index (TI) of 1.2 and transfusion probability (TP) of 48.0%.
Conclusion: Transfusion requests were characterized by low utilization across departments and units. This calls for the establishment of a transfusion protocol for the determination of blood volume required for every indication so that this limited commodity will be made available and accessible when needed.
Water Quality Assessment on Physicochemical and Biological Parameters of Selected Lentic Ecosystem in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria
Authors: Mbachu Frank C. , Nwaogazie Ify L. , Amah Victor 
Published: October 2023

The aim of this study is to determine the suitability of the ponds in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria for domestic use. A cross-sectional study was carried out for the study. Composite sampling method was used, where three water samples were collected randomly from each station to ensure that the samples were representative of the entire station. Samples were collected during the rainy season, given that the ponds always dry up during the dry season. Physicochemical and microbial analyses were carried out on water samples of selected lentic aquatic ecosystems in randomly identified ponds in five communities of Aboh Mbaise. These ponds are used by the residents of these villages for various domestic and anthropogenic activities. Statistical analyses include: descriptive statistics, Analysis of Variance, Parallel coordinate plot, Pearson correlation, Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering (AHC) and Water Quality Index (WQI) were carried out. Results indicate that pond water within the study area did not fall within the bracket of good water quality, as per the WQI range of 0 to 50, thereby affirming the poor quality of water. The WQI for the five ponds ranges from 1338.71 - 3322.81. There is a direct correlation between the presence of Total Bacterial Counts from Shigella and Salmonella counts and the presence of fecal contamination from both human and animal wastes. Given the poor quality of the pond water, it is unhealthy for the inhabitants in the study area to use pond water for food preparation and other household tasks, except if it is treated.
Dissemination of Multidrug-Resistant, Extensively Drug Resistant and Pandrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates among In-Patients and Out-Patients in a Multi-Profile Health Care Settings
Authors: John-Onwe Beatrice Ngozi , Aniokete Ugonna Cassandra , Ibiam Francis Amadi , Peter Ikemesit Udeme , Iroha Chidinma Stacy , Iroha Ifeanyichukwu Romanus 
Published: October 2023

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most life-threatening pathogens, especially in healthcare settings, and a main contributor to multi-drug resistance (MDR), extensive-drug resistance (XDR), and pan-drug resistant (PDR) phenotypes. However, there is limited data on the degree of resistance of these isolates in this region. This study seeks to determine the distribution of MDR, XDR, and PDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from different patient groups. A total of five hundred (500) non-duplicated strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa of human clinical samples were collected from the Microbiology Laboratory Unit of Alex Ekwueme Teaching Hospital Abakaliki. The isolates were identified and re-characterized by standard microbiology techniques. MDR, XDR, and PDR were determined using the Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion method, and the results were analyzed using the Clinical Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI) zone diameter breakpoints. The result shows that the overall resistant phenotype was MDR 50. 7%, XDR 20.5%, and PDR 9.6% while in samples from in-patients and out-patients, resistant phenotype proportions were MDR 43.2%, XDR 32.4%, PDR 10.1% and MDR 61.2%, XDR 29.7%, and PDR 18.5% respectively. Worrisomely, only a few tested antimicrobial agents (Amikacin, cefepime) were active against the test organism, presenting a limited therapeutic option. It is therefore imperative to establish strong regulative measures and guidelines that would help in curtailing the increasing dissemination of these superbugs in healthcare institutions in Nigeria.
Response of Various Organic Manures and its Combinations on Growth, Flowering and Cormels of Gladiolus
Authors: Thakur Shivani , Yadav Kulveer Singh 
Published: October 2023

A field experiment was conducted at Agriculture Farm School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh (Punjab) during November-April (2022-23) to study the response of various organic manure and its combination on growth, flowering and corm attributes of gladiolus cultivar Punjab Dawn. The experiment consisted of ten treatments by combining cow dung, cow urine, milk, curd, ghee, jiggery, flour, soil, water, pulse flour, mustard oil and honey at different amount s along with control and replicated thrice. Treatment T7 recorded with minimum days to sprouting (17.44 days), tallest plant height (88.97 cm), maximum leaf length (38.16 cm), wider leaf breadth (2.80 cm), minimum days to complete sprouting (8.00 days), minimum days to spike emergence (99.55 days) and lesser days to the first colour shown (103.11 days) whereas, more number of leaves/plant (10.11), a greater weight of individual cormel (0.45 g) , the weight of cormels/corm (3.04 g) and greater cormel diameter (0.51 cm) were measured with treatment T5 and maximum rachis length (37.96 cm), longer duration of flowering (6.14 days) and more number of cormels/corm (8.51), were resulted by treatment T2, T6 and T3, respectively.
The Effect of Price, Service Quality, Product Quality on Customer Satisfaction at PT. Dynamic Buah Nusantara
Authors: Ilyas Gunawan Bata , Ginting Yanti Mayasari , Mustafa Heriyanti 
Published: October 2023

This study aims to determine the effect of price, service, and product quality on customer satisfaction. Price and product quality can affect customer satisfaction. Consumer satisfaction is judged by the company providing a fair price and entering according to their needs. If the price of an item is expensive, consumers feel that the item is not mandatory to buy, and they become burdened with the cost. Apart from price, product quality also affects customer satisfaction. Because if the price is high, it turns out that the quality of the product provided is damaged or not in accordance with the actual goods, then this becomes a negative value for the company, and consumer confidence decreases. The population in this study are consumers who shop at PT Nusantara Fruit Dynamics. The sampling technique used was accidental sampling method with a sample of 150 respondents. Data analysis using SPSS software. The results of this study indicate that price, product quality, and service quality have a significant effect on customer satisfaction.
Dimension of Psycho-social Distress and Associated-complications in Type 2 Diabetes Population
Authors: Joseph Amala , Thomas Aiswarya , Josey Jilbi , Jacob Rosmin 
Published: October 2023

Aim: This study analyzes the psycho-social challenges and problems experienced by individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, utilizing the diabetes distress scale (DDS). Moreover, this research offers patients recommendations and guidance to enhance their overall well-being and health-related quality of life.
Methodology: Six months of prospective observational study in five departments of a tertiary care hospital was conducted. During the investigation period, 205 patients' diabetes conditions were analyzed and assessed through direct patient interviews, and the results were analyzed using a chi-square test.
Results: According to statistical analysis, it has been determined that neuropathy (χ2 =7.225, p=0.027), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) (χ2=6.375, p=0.041), diabetes foot (χ2 =8.416, p=0.015), and retinopathy (χ2=6.189, p=0.045) are the primary emotional-related issues. Additionally, in regimen-related risk, diabetes foot complications (χ2 =16.354, p<0.001) exhibit a high significance level, along with others.
Conclusions: The study facilitated the assessment and examination of diabetes patients' emotional, dietary, medical, and social suffering. Diabetes neuropathy, retinopathy, foot ulcer, CAD, and poor healing were the higher perplexities discovered by the investigation.
Generative Artificial Intelligence for Chest Radiograph Interpretation in the Emergency Department
Authors: Huang Jonathan , Neill Luke , Wittbrodt Matthew , Melnick David , Klug Matthew , Thompson Michael , Bailitz John , Loftus Timothy , Malik Sanjeev , Phull Amit , Weston Victoria , Heller J. Alex , Etemadi Mozziyar 
Published: October 2023

ImportanceMultimodal generative artificial intelligence (AI) methodologies have the potential to optimize emergency department care by producing draft radiology reports from input images.ObjectiveTo evaluate the accuracy and quality of AI–generated chest radiograph interpretations in the emergency department setting.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis was a retrospective diagnostic study of 500 randomly sampled emergency department encounters at a tertiary care institution including chest radiographs interpreted by both a teleradiology service and on-site attending radiologist from January 2022 to January 2023. An AI interpretation was generated for each radiograph. The 3 radiograph interpretations were each rated in duplicate by 6 emergency department physicians using a 5-point Likert scale.Main Outcomes and MeasuresThe primary outcome was any difference in Likert scores between radiologist, AI, and teleradiology reports, using a cumulative link mixed model. Secondary analyses compared the probability of each report type containing no clinically significant discrepancy with further stratification by finding presence, using a logistic mixed-effects model. Physician comments on discrepancies were recorded.ResultsA total of 500 ED studies were included from 500 unique patients with a mean (SD) age of 53.3 (21.6) years; 282 patients (56.4%) were female. There was a significant association of report type with ratings, with post hoc tests revealing significantly greater scores for AI (mean [SE] score, 3.22 [0.34]; P &amp;lt; .001) and radiologist (mean [SE] score, 3.34 [0.34]; P &amp;lt; .001) reports compared with teleradiology (mean [SE] score, 2.74 [0.34]) reports. AI and radiologist reports were not significantly different. On secondary analysis, there was no difference in the probability of no clinically significant discrepancy between the 3 report types. Further stratification of reports by presence of cardiomegaly, pulmonary edema, pleural effusion, infiltrate, pneumothorax, and support devices also yielded no difference in the probability of containing no clinically significant discrepancy between the report types.Conclusions and RelevanceIn a representative sample of emergency department chest radiographs, results suggest that the generative AI model produced reports of similar clinical accuracy and textual quality to radiologist reports while providing higher textual quality than teleradiologist reports. Implementation of the model in the clinical workflow could enable timely alerts to life-threatening pathology while aiding imaging interpretation and documentation.
Adolescent Total and Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Villas-Boas Sofia B. , Kaplan Scott , White Justin S. , Hsia Renee Y. 
Published: October 2023

ImportancePrevious research has assessed changes in pediatric and adolescent health care utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, less is known regarding how the pandemic affected adolescents’ use of emergency care, specifically for mental health (MH).ObjectiveTo determine how adolescents (ages 12-17 years), compared with other age groups, sought help in emergency departments (EDs) in general and for MH conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design and SettingIn this cross-sectional study, National Syndromic Surveillance Program data and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mental Health, version 1, query were used to track patterns in weekly adolescent ED visits by region across the 10 US Department of Health and Human Services regions from January 2019 through December 2021. Data analysis was performed in April and May 2023.Main Outcomes and MeasuresTotal ED visits, MH-related ED visits, and the proportion of total ED visits that were MH related by week-region.ResultsBoth weekly regional ED visits and MH-related ED visits dropped after the onset of the pandemic. Because total ED visits dropped more than MH-related ED visits, the proportion of MH-related ED visits increased for the adolescent group. Total ED visits only returned to prepandemic weekly levels (2019: mean [range], 7358 [715-25 908] visits) in the middle of 2021 (overall in 2021: mean [range], 6210 [623-25 777] visits). Mental health–related visits also dropped in 2020 but rebounded to prepandemic weekly levels (2019: mean [range], 634 [56-1703] visits) by the end of 2020 (mean [range], 533 [39-1800] visits).Conclusions and RelevanceThis cross-sectional study suggests that families’ perceptions of the need for emergent MH care were reduced during the pandemic by less than their perception of the need for emergency care overall. Emergency departments should be equipped to provide critical care specifically for adolescents facing MH emergencies.