Adequate Criteria Research Articles

Inclusivity of Persons With Disabilities in the Work Sector During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on all levels of society, including people with disabilities, who in the pre-pandemic period faced obstacles in various sectors of life that affected efforts to fulfill basic living needs due to difficulties in accessing employment.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to identify various factors and causal interaction patterns that affect the inclusiveness of workers with disabilities in pandemic situations, a dynamic system is needed to capture causal interaction patterns related to the inclusiveness of workers with disabilities in pandemic situations.MethodThis study used a causal loop diagram approach, which is part of a dynamic system that begins with determining the interaction of causal variables. The process of identifying and extracting data was carried out through a literature review and in-depth interviews with informants who met the principles of appropriateness and adequacy criteria.ResultThe interaction pattern between the factors that influence the inclusiveness of disabled workers was depicted in three causal loop diagrams covering three major domains, namely social, educational, and economic aspects. The three causal loop diagrams showed an increasingly dynamic interaction pattern during the COVID-19 pandemic, considering that workers with disabilities have greater vulnerability, which impacts their level of acceptance and inclusiveness at work.RecommendationThere needs to be a specific policy to expand the acceptance of workers with disabilities by strengthening cross-sectoral collaboration and company commitments. The existence of a policy that prioritizes education, increases the budget, and procures adequate infrastructure for people with disabilities is a government commitment that is demanded to be fulfilled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Influence of precision livestock farming on the environmental performance of intensive dairy goat farms

The implementation of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) concepts has been pointed out as an indirect strategy that could potentially help mitigating the environmental impacts of livestock production systems. To date, few studies have focused on analyzing specifically the relationship among PLF adoption and environmental performance, so sustainability benefits have not yet been quantified for many technologies. Moreover, studies evaluating the environmental impact of dairy production have traditionally focused on cattle, and when exploring sheep or goats, they have often involved extensive, low-productive systems, providing an incomplete picture of the sector. In this study we apply life cycle assessment (LCA) to analyze the environmental impact associated to intensive dairy goat production, and to explore the influence of adopting a smart-farming PLF platform on the environmental performance of a group of dairy goat farms in Spain. The PLF-platform relies on systematic on-farm monitoring of individual animal data, coupled with big data processing and interpretation, which supports farmers to take adequate -and timely-farm management decisions. In order to capture its influence, two different periods were analyzed in five selected farms: a baseline year just before innovation was implemented (2014) and four years after (2018), when most of the effect of improved management was reflected. Results after the PLF-platform implementation showed significant reductions (−11%) in greenhouse gas emissions and similar trends in other impact categories (9–16% reductions). The PLF platform provided a precise monitoring of the productivity, genetic merit and physiological state of each animal, allowing adequate criteria for a number of decision-making processes, such as selecting animals for breeding, replacement or culling. This optimization led to an increase in the genetic selection progress, ultimately reflected on milk productivity. Moreover, a reduction of unproductive periods such as first partum age or dry period length was often achieved. As a result of this general improvement, the efficiency of resource usage in relation to milk (and meat) production was increased, with positive effect on the environmental performance. Production of 1 kg of fat and protein corrected milk (FPCM) resulted in 1.53–1.71 kg CO2 eq. Results in other impacts categories were also in a similar range than previously reported values for highly productive dairy systems, including dairy cattle, which stresses the important role that small ruminant farming can play on environmentally sustainable livestock production, particularly in the Mediterranean context.

A macroeconomic disaster risk analysis: The case study of Chile

From a macroeconomic perspective, the occurrence of disasters, especially high-impact events, can lead to financial stress in a country due to the sudden high demand for resources to restore affected exposed assets. Disaster risk is a sovereign risk and implies a non-explicit contingent liability that, in many cases, has a major impact on fiscal sustainability. Two risk composite indicators have been used to measure the impact that potential disasters can mean for a country: (i) The Disaster Deficit Index (DDI), which measures a country's financial capacity to cover the economic losses generated after the occurrence of high-impact events; and (ii) A complementary index (DDI′), which indicates the fraction that the expected annual loss would represent to the annual surplus of a country. This paper describes the overall macroeconomic impact of disasters and presents DDI results for Chile, which allows national-level decision-makers to understand the economic implications of disasters for the country and the need to consider this kind of information in the long-term policies. Results of the DDI for Chile illustrate that extreme disasters would imply the need for a significant amount of budgetary resources from the government. Estimated losses would be double the available budget resources and the financing of the recovery could mean restrictions to invest in other ongoing social and development needs of the country. This macroeconomic risk in Chile may be hedged by strategically setting up a risk financial structure based on adequate loss estimation criteria, using different available alternatives such as public and private assets insurance, disasters' reserves, contingency credits contracts, and investing in prevention and mitigation to reduce potential economic losses.

Remote sensing devices as key methods in the advanced turfgrass phenotyping under different water regimes

Turfgrass phenotyping is a potential tool in different grass program breeding. The traditional methods for turfgrass drought phenotyping in field are time-consuming and labor-intensive. However, remote sensing techniques emerge as effective, rapid and easy approaches to optimize turfgrass selection under water stress. Remote sensing approaches are considerate as important strategies to select species of turfgrass tolerable to drought allowing green space sustainability and environment protection in regions with water limitation. Here we evaluated differences between six mixtures of C3-C4 turfgrass grown under two water regimes (limited and high irrigation). The performance of turf species was achieved using the green area (GA) vegetation index calculated from RGB (red green, blue) images obtained by ground camera and drone imagery, the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), the plant canopy temperature (CT) and soil moisture content (SM). Both vegetation (GA and NDVI) and water status (CT and SM) indices presented a significant difference in turfgrass growth under the two water regimes. Differences among turfgrass species were detected under limited and high irrigation using the vegetation indices. Both NDVI and GA allowed clear separation between drought-tolerant and susceptible turfgrass, as well as the identification of the mixtures with a rapid green regeneration after a period of limited irrigation. Moreover, the canopy temperature also discriminated between turfgrass species but only under limited irrigation, while soil moisture values did not differentiate between species. Furthermore, the regression and conceptual model using remote sensing parameters revealed the most adequate criteria to detect turfgrass variability under each growing condition. This study also highlights the usefulness of green area vegetation index derived from drone imagery. GA obtained by drone images in this study explained turfgrass variability better than that derived from ground RGB images or the NDVI.

What if some patients are more \u201cimportant\u201d than others? A possible framework for Covid-19 and other emergency care situations

BackgroundThe Covid-19 pandemic caused situations where, in some hospitals, there were more patients in need of urgent treatment in intensive care units (ICU) than were available. In particular, there were not sufficient ventilators or critical care resources for all patients in danger of dying from respiratory failure or other organ failures.DiscussionAs the “first come, first served” criterion was not considered adequate, more nuanced and fairer clinical criteria were proposed to assess whom to treat first. One type of patients that has not been considered in the literature so far is that of “important patients”, individuals that many people might consider worthy of priority treatment for the contribution they made or might make to society as a whole.SummaryIn this article, we discuss the moral insights behind the possible treatment of “important patients” and suggest a supererogatory solution of voluntary renunciation/withdrawal. Details of the proposal are explained, and potential objections are addressed.

The Impact of Criteria and Flexibility in Nepal’s Rebel-Military Integration Program

The integration of rebel combatants into regular forces is often a political negation for power. Several examples from the past show how such pursuits have brought about mutinies and communal violence and pushed the countries back to instability. Current literatures do not provide success stories from which crucial elements of rebel-military programs can be extracted for implementation in future programs. The thesis statement presented by the study is that conflicting parties need to invent options for mutual gain, which can be achieved using flexibility and standard criteria when all other means to achieve an agreement fail. In this regard, Nepal’s rebel-military integration process presents a unique case where former Maoist militias were integrated into the Nepali Army as individuals and after fulfilling the toned-down institutional criteria requirements. Using a qualitative design, the study of the rebel-military integration program in Nepal identified the areas within the program that adopted adequate flexibility and criteria fulfillment, and explored how those potentially led to the successful integration of ex-Maoist combatants into the Nepali Army. In order to analyze this information, secondary data such as the Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2007, the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA), 2006, integration program documents, journal and news articles, and organizational reports were reviewed. For the cross-validation of information, Key Personnel Interviews were conducted with program executives and Nepali Army representative, and Focus Group Discussions were conducted with regular as well
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 The data analysis involved a qualitative exploratory approach in order to analyze the causal variables as discussed in the preceding research design section. The different sources of data allowed data-triangulation in order to better explore which elements of the program applied criteria and flexibility and to what degree, as well as how they impacted the integration process. The details are discussed in the subsequent sections-

Selection criteria for tomato lines with defined growth habit

Introduction: The selection of genotypes with determinate growth habit in tomato should contemplate adequate selection criteria to increase the efficiency of the breeding program. Objective: The objective of this work was to estimate selection criteria for “chonto” type tomato lines with determined growth habit. Materials and methods: This work was carried out at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Palmira Campus), in 2016, with seven lines with determinate growth habit and a control with indeterminate growth. Heritability in a broad sense (h2 g), coefficient of environmental variation, coefficient of genetic variation, selection efficiency and genetic gain were determined in parameters of morphological, phonological, fruit quality, fruit shape and production, using the RELM/BLUP procedure of the SELEGEN software. Results: There were three ranges of h2 g, the first with values of h2 g greater than 0.76, the second between 0.53 and 0.38, and the third with a value less than 0.38. The highest values of h2 g were for final plant height with 0.92, plant height at harvest with 0.88, yield per plant with 0.83, days to flowering with 0.83, number of fruits per plant with 0.82, and days to harvest with 0.82. For genetic gain it was found that the control had the highest values for final plant height, plant height at harvest, internode length, days to harvest, harvest duration, soluble solids content, number of fruits per plant, fruit weight and yield per plant; however, in some parameters such as height and phenology for selection by determined growth habit, the lowest values were better. Conclusion: There was evidence of genetic parameters that could be considered as selection criteria for “chonto” type tomato lines with determinate growth habit.

Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Hepatic Steatosis Index for the assessment of liver steatosis in HCV patients.

Liver steatosis in patients with chronic infection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is important from multiple standpoints: faster disease progression, more frequent hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis development or worse therapy response. Liver biopsy as diagnostic method, is in recent years more and more challenged due to its well-known flaws. Hepatic steatosis index (HSI) and triglyceride-glucose (TyG) Index, are surrogate scores developed in the first place for noninvasive assessment of steatosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, their use in the context of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) virus infection is still unclear. Aim of our study was to assess the accuracy of both HSI and TyG index in patients with CHC. The cohort included 814 patients with CHC infection in whom liver biopsy was performed. After implementing strict criteria for sample adequacy and necessary data, 424 patients were finally enrolled in our study. Histological findings were used as a reference point, and surrogate scores HSI and TyG index were expressed through receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves in order to assess their ability in determining patients without (<5%) or with steatosis (>5%), but also to address their ability in assessing between different degrees of steatosis. The average age of study population was 37.09 years and the majority of patients were men (67%). Liver steatosis was detected in approximately half of the liver biopsy samples (50.4%). About 5% of them had severe steatosis. The area under the ROC curve values for HSI and TyG index when detecting liver steatosis were 0.76 and 0.629, respectively. Similar values were obtained comparing between absence of steatosis and mild steatosis (5-30%). Non-invasive surrogate scores HSI and TyG index in CHC patients, have good performance to detect the presence of steatosis. In this context, these tools are cheap, widely available and could be valuable asset in liver steatosis assessment outside liver biopsy.

Social policy of the state and the role of state programs in solving the problems of social protection of the population

Introduction. In a market economy, the process of state development is often accompanied by a drop in the standard of living of the population, a deterioration in the demographic situation in the country, a reduction in the average life expectancy of people, which makes it necessary to improve the effectiveness of the social protection system of citizens. When developing a social policy, the question of social priorities arises as one of the most important, that is, such social tasks that are currently the most urgent and urgent for society, require priority solutions, such as social protection of the working and non-working population, pension provision, social support for low-income segments of the population and the unemployed, etc. Materials and methods. During the preparation of the article the authors used conference materials, as well as in the review of sources – modern foreign periodicals. Results. The world practice of social insurance shows that the greatest social effect is achieved with the three-channel formation of insurance funds at the expense of contributions of employees, employers and the state. This method of financing ensures joint responsibility of the participants for the prevention and compensation of risks, joint management and control of the funds. In case of compulsory social insurance, the distribution is considered the most reasonable, when the biggest part of financing falls on the employer – 50%, 20-40% – on the state and 10-30% – on the employee. Conclusion. Based on the analysis of international experience, we can conclude that the most effective and comprehensive social protection systems usually include the following main elements: state benefits, compulsory social insurance, funded pensions, social assistance. Since the success of fundamental and profound social reforms depends on the public recognition of their justice, the social policy pursued by the state should be based on modern and adequate social indicators and criteria that are adequate to the new economic principles. The latter determine the threshold values of indicators of social activity and social security. Crossing these borders is unacceptable, as it is fraught with negative social consequences that make further progress in the economic reform of society impossible.

The Adapted DUKE-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire in a Community Sample of Portuguese Parents

Purpose: Social support measures have generated empirical evidence of helping relationships and their role in family functioning and well-being. Social support networks affect parental practices and the ways in which families overcome stressful life events. Thus, it is important to gather knowledge about the different forms of support that families can benefit from. The aim of this study was to translate, adapt, and validate the Portuguese version of the Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire (FSSQ), a three dimension measure (confidant support, affective support, and instrumental support), Method: 1058 Portuguese parents participated in the study. They were mostly married/cohabiting and employed mothers. The Portuguese version of the FSSQ contained 13 items distributed into 3 subdimensions. The data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and the study of Pearson correlations. Results: The FSSQ original three-factor structure was supported by confirmatory factor analysis and the instrument showed good internal consistency. Confidant support and Instrumental support were negatively associated with Permissive parenting and Affective support was negatively associated with Authoritative parenting and Permissive parenting. All three dimensions showed low and positive correlations with Authoritarian parenting. Discussion: The Portuguese version of the FSSQ met adequate psychometric criteria and can be confidently used in family assessments of social support, whenever a brief, self-administered questionnaire would be useful for community services providers

Randomized Single-Center Study of Effectiveness and Safety of a Resorbable Lysine-Based Urethane Adhesive for a Drain-Free Closure of the Abdominal Donor Site in a DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction Procedure

Objective The hypothesis of this parallel group randomized trial testifies if TissuGlu is a safe and an effective alternative to the conventional drainage placement in regard to post-operative fluid management in the abdominal donor site for autologous (DIEP flap) breast reconstruction with a higher postoperative patient quality of life. Patients and methods Data was collected for 58 women who required to be at min.18 years old with a BMI < 30 and not taking any SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors).Exclusion criteria: Discharge with indwelling suction drains at the abdominal site or signs of wound infection during hospital stay.The patients were randomized into a study group (donor site closure with application of surgical adhesive without drains) and a control group (donor site closure with drains) using a randomly sorted sealed envelope system.Th e primary outcome was defined as the number of post-operative seroma formations.The secondary endpoint was the evaluation of patient satisfaction with both methods. Results 58 patients underwent a DIEP reconstruction (29 in the control- and 29 in the study group).Both groups were homogenous. Rate of seroma was 17%(5/29) in the study group and 10%(3/29) in the control group which showed no statistical significance (p-value = 0.71).Smoking and previous abdominal surgery turned out to be a risk factor for seroma formation in the study group.Overall satisfaction was evaluated with a questionnaire and was higher in the study group. Conclusion The abdominal closure with the surgical adhesive seems to be a safe procedure that contributes to patient satisfaction and increases the independence upon discharge in patients with adequate inclusion criteria.

Adaptation and validation of the Digital Health Literacy Instrument for Portuguese university students.

Health literacy is an important skill to deal with information and positively influences individual and community health. Information concerning health is available from a plethora of online resources. The concept of digital health literacy has gained prominence with the pandemic. The absence of valid tools to analyse digital literacy levels are scant. This study aims to translate, adapt and validate the Portuguese version of the Digital Health Literacy Instrument (DHLI) as used in the global COVID-HL Network. Participants were mostly students from social sciences, psychology, education and health sciences. The Portuguese version of the DHLI contained five dimensions each consisting of three items. An online survey with university students (n=1815, 75.1% female, average age: 24.15years) was administered to test the validity of the Portuguese version of the DHLI. Data were analysed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Pearson correlations were also studied. Two items revealed symmetry and kurtosis problems. We chose to eliminate them from the analysis. Different exploratory factor analysis attempts were made, obtaining two possible models to be tested in the confirmatory factor analysis: a three-factor model and a four-factor model. A four-factor structure of the instrument (information searching, adding self-generated content, evaluating reliability, determining relevance) was supported by confirmatory factor analysis and had good internal consistency. The Portuguese version of the Digital Health Literacy Instrument met adequate psychometric criteria. Therefore, it can be confidently used in Portuguese students' assessment of digital health literacy. Representative studies are needed to shed light on different target groups and their COVID-19-related DHLI.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Brazilian adults in the last 10\xa0years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BackgroundA cluster of interconnected cardiometabolic risk factors characterizes metabolic Syndrome (MS). The prevalence of MS is increasing worldwide, but there is not a meta-analysis of this prevalence in the Brazilian population. We aimed to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among adult general population in Brazil through a meta‑analysis study.MethodsOriginal research studies were searched at PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and SciELO databases, from 2011 to 2021. We used the Joanna Briggs Institute tool to assess the quality of included studies. The random effect model was used to estimate the pooled prevalence of MS. Subgroup and meta-regression analysis were conducted for explored heterogeneity and used the Funnel Plot and Egger’s test to assess publication bias. The study was performed based on the criteria of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA).ResultsThe search in electronic databases identified 1598 records. From this total, 26 studies were eligible to be included in the final analysis. The overall pooled prevalence among the general population of Brazil was 33% with high heterogeneity observed. By gender, the prevalences were 26% in males and 38% in females. By criteria that was used to define MS, the prevalence were 31% in NCEP ATP III, 25% in JIS, 37% in IDF/NHLBI/AHA/WHF/IAS/IASO and 33% in IDF criteria. The prevalence in different habitat was 34% in urban, 15% in rural, 28% in quilombola and 37% in indigenous. In different regions was 37% in the South, 30% in Southeast, 38% in North, 31% in Northeast and 39% in Midwest. The pooled prevalence of MS with age was < 45 years: 43% and ≥ 45 years: 42% and the prevalence based on year of study implementation was 31% in 2015–2019, 35% in 2010–2014 and 28% in 2005–2009. There were no statistically significant differences between subgroups. Most of the studies showed high quality assessment criteria’s except adequate sample size criteria and many studies participants were not sampled in an appropriate way.ConclusionsOur review indicates a high prevalence of MS in the healthy Brazilian adult population, when compared to others countries and with a world estimate.

Demystifying External Self-Determination and Remedial Secession in International Law

Abstract This article proposes remedial secession as an international legal solution conducive to the protection of the rights of the Kashmiri people. The triggering event for such a proposal is the unilateral abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution (which guaranteed Kashmir its semi-autonomous status within India) by the Government of India together with the subsequent human rights abuses in the region. External self-determination and remedial secession are not clearly recognised in the existing corpus of international law. This article aims to demystify external self-determination in international law and presents a normative argument in favour of recognising remedial secession in international law, albeit as a remedy of last resort, using Kashmir as a case study for its application. It is proposed that international law borrow from conflict-oriented approaches in political philosophy to garner adequate criteria in order to foreground, legitimise and properly delineate the contours of the proposed right to remedial secession. This article thus also presents possible means of effecting the proposed right to remedial secession, analyses their theoretical justifications and, through application in the context of Kashmir, discusses their practical value.

Emotional processing difficulties scale-revised: preliminary psychometric study

ABSTRACT Emotional Processing Difficulties are a core construct from Emotion-Focused Therapy and a clinical target for differentiated psychotherapeutic tasks. The identification of these emotional difficulties is largely based on observation and clinical judgment. This study describes the first psychometric analysis of the Emotional Processing Difficulties Scale-Revised (EPDS-R). Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), reliability, and validity procedures were conducted in a sample of 260 participants. EPDS-R matched adequate EFA criteria (KMO = .89; Bartlett’s sphericity test p < .001), suggesting a five-dimensional structure. Cronbach Alphas ranged from .87 to .70. Convergent validity was found between EPDS-R and difficulties in emotional regulation (DERS), and concurrent validity was found in two sub-samples based on > 1.7 clinical criteria from the Brief Symptom Index (BSI). According to this preliminary psychometric study, EPDS-R may be a valid tool to assess emotional processing difficulties in the general population.

Detection of NTRK fusions in glioblastoma: fluorescent in situ hybridisation is more useful than pan-TRK immunohistochemistry as a screening tool prior to RNA sequencing.

Glioblastomas are frequent malignant brain tumours with a very poor prognosis and a need for new and efficient therapeutic strategies. With the approval of anti-TRK targeted therapies to treat patients with advanced NTRK-rearranged cancers, independent of the type of cancer, potential new treatment opportunities are available for the 0.5-5% of patients with NTRK-rearranged glioblastomas. Identification of these rare NTRK-rearranged glioblastomas requires efficient diagnostic tools and strategies which are evaluated in this study. We compared the results of NTRK1, NTRK2 and NTRK3 fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) assays to those of pan-TRK immunohistochemistry (IHC) using two EPR17341 and A7H6R clones in a set of 196 patients with glioblastomas. Cases with at least 15% of positive nuclei using FISH analyses were further analysed using RNA sequencing. Above the 15% threshold, seven positive glioblastomas (3.57%) were identified by FISH assays (4 NTRK1, 3 NTRK2, no NTRK3). NTRK rearrangements were confirmed by RNA sequencing analyses in four cases [1 LMNA-NTRK1, 1 PRKAR2A-NTRK2, 1 SPECC1L-NTRK2 and 1 NACC2-NTRK2 fusions, i.e., 4/196 (2%) of NTRK-rearranged tumours in our series] but no rearrangement was detected in three samples with less than 30% of positive tumour nuclei as determined by NTRK1 FISH. Pan-TRK immunostaining showed major discrepancies when using either the EPR17341 or the A7H6R clones for the following criteria: main intensity, H-Score based scoring and homogeneity/heterogeneity of staining (Kappa values <0.2). This led to defining adequate criteria to identify NTRK-rearranged gliomas exhibiting strong and diffuse immunostaining contrasting to the variable and heterogeneous staining in non-NTRK-rearranged gliomas (p<0.0001). As assessing NTRK rearrangements has become crucial for glioma therapy, FISH seems to be a valuable tool to maximise access to TRK testing in patients with glioblastomas. In contrast to other cancers, pan-TRK IHC appears of limited interest in this field because there is no 'on/off' IHC positivity criterion to distinguish between NTRK-rearranged and non-NTRK-rearranged gliomas. RNA sequencing analyses are necessary in FISH positive cases with less than 30% positive nuclei, to avoid false positivity when scoring is close to the detection threshold.

A bioanalytical screening method for Enterococcus faecalis RNPP-type quorum sensing peptides in murine feces.

Background: Bacteria coordinate their behavior as a group via communication with their peers, known as 'quorum sensing'. Enterococcus faecalis employs quorum sensing via RNPP-peptides which were not yet reported to be present in mammalian biofluids. Results: Solid phase extraction of murine feces was performed, followed by ultra high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC-MS/MS) in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode (in total <90min/sample) for the nine known RNPP peptides. Limits of detection ranged between 0.045 and 52nM. Adequate identification criteria allowed detection of RNPP quorum sensing peptides in 2/20 wild-type murine feces samples (i.e., cAM373 and cOB1). Conclusion: A fit-for-purpose UHPLC-MS/MS method detected these RNPP peptides in wild-type murine feces samples.

Parameter identification for mathematical model of vane air motor

The article deals with the solution to identifying the mathematical model parameters of a vane air motor, which are quite difficult to determine experimentally in a really working device. Such as: effective cross-sectional areas of leaks through gaps, friction coefficients of vanes on stator and rotor slots, heat exchange parameters of the working fluid with the chambers walls and some others. The solution was based on the parameter space research method implemented in the MOVI (Multicriteria Optimization and Vector Identification) software package. The adequacy criteria were compiled as the difference between the experimental and calculated values of the shaft power, compressed air consumption and exhaust temperature. Finding the only Pareto-optimal vector of identifiable parameters gives the desired solution. The found values of the required parameters have physically justified and allow us to simulate the operation of the air motor with acceptable accuracy. The results obtained show the promise of this approach to solving the problem of identifying the pneumatic drives parameters.

Ergonomics of anatomical bra models for breastfeeding: a contribution of nursing.

to analyze the ergonomics of two models of breastfeeding bras. descriptive study carried out with 152 infants in a Brazilian university hospital. The prototypes were separated into two groups (A and B). To compare the two bra models, the Odds Ratio (OR) was used as a measure of the strength of the association. In subjective perceptions, the Modified Borg Scale, and the chi-square test of independence (χ2) were used. To compare the two prototypes, the Z test and logistic regression analysis were performed. A significance level of 5% was considered. the bra in group B was more suitable for ergonomics of physical and psycho-aesthetic comfort than the bra in group A (p < 0.0001), according to the logistic regression tests. modeling B was ergonomically adequate, with usability and evaluation criteria centered on breastfeeding women.

THE EFFECT OF APPLYING THE CAPITAL ADEQUACY STANDARD According to basel iii requirements on the earning quality in Iraqi private banks

This research aims to assess the earning quality after applying capital adequacy according to Basel III decisions in Iraqi private banks, and for the purpose of achieving the objectives of the research, the researcher measured the capital adequacy criterion according to Basel III decisions in the earning quality in Iraqi private banks in terms of earning management (using a model Jones 1991 modified) and in terms of the practice of accounting conservatism) using the market-to-book value model by (Jain &amp; Rezaea 2004). The researcher reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which is that the capital adequacy standard according to Basel III decisions does not affect the earning quality in terms of the practice of profit management in private Iraqi banks. The Iraqi private, the researcher also presented a set of recommendations, the most important of which is that the Iraqi private banks should take into consideration when practicing a conservative accounting policy when forming allocations and reserves, profits and their quality because this is reflected in the decisions of investors and users of financial statements and reports.