Different Kinds Of Issues Research Articles

Biomechanical investigation of optimal bed height for egressing and ingressing hospital beds

Aims and objectivesTo determine what bed heights are optimal for egress and ingress to the bed, based on quantitative measures and subjective perception. BackgroundMany patient falls are related to the patient's interaction with the hospital bed. Beds with lower heights were introduced to reduce the impact of injury due to patient falls. However, low-height beds imposed different kinds of issues during ingress/egress without assistance, such as greater forces and increased inertia required to overcome the center of mass being below the knees. DesignA cross-sectional controlled laboratory study with 24 healthy adults was conducted to assess the biomechanical parameters at different bed heights. MethodologyThe bed height ranged from 43 cm to 86 cm, in 2.54 cm increments (completed in random order). Two force plates measured ground reaction force and center of pressure. Perception of stability and difficulty were collected from the subject after each trial. Documentation of hand-support of subject was also recorded for each trial. A two-factor Analysis of Variance was conducted to determine the significance between ingress/egress and bed height with post hoc Tukey test to determine source for significance. ResultsBed Height emerged as a significant factor in determining the ability to ingress/egress from a hospital bed. The results indicated that for medium bed heights (51–66 cm), ingress/egress were less difficult (1–2, on a scale of 10), more stable (approximately 9/10), and had less vertical ground reaction forces (<1000 N). ConclusionThe ingress/egress was found to be best executed at medium heights (51–66 cm) as participants performed better biomechanically and were more stable than lower or higher heights. Relevance to clinical practiceThe results conclude that hospitals should endorse policies to keep the bed heights between 51 and 66 cm for ingress and egress. Patient or public contributionNo Patient or Public Contribution.

Portrayal of Transgender on Facebook and Audience Behavior: A Case Study of Julie Khan

This study examines the portrayal of transgender on Facebook by The centrum Media (TCM) Originals that had made a series namely Naked Truth in which they had featured Julie Khan (Transgender). Various national and international studies have been reviewed in this research. Agenda setting theory has been applied in this study. Content analysis has been selected with a systematic random sampling technique. Two units are segmented in this study for analysis. One was the dialogues of Julie Khan, and the second one was Audience comments on the videos of Julie khan, which TCM uploaded on the platform of Facebook. Season 01 has been selected as the population of the study. In these videos, Julie Khan highlighted different kind of issues in Pakistan. The conclusion was in favor of Julie Khan. People highly encouraged the videos and issues discussed by Julie Khan in the series Naked Truth.

Changes in the attitude of teachers during COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic poses different kind of issues at global level. Peoples in different fields adopted the culture of work from home. The education sector also adopted learning and teaching from home, virtual classroom and e-learning. The attitude of teachers prior to corona virus and post COVID-19 are extremely diverse. Earlier it was traditional face to face mode and later on shifted to online mode of teaching learning. This unexpected shift in the mode of delivering instruction result into attitudinal change in teachers and learners and increases stress on teachers due to unavailability of infrastructural support at home. Self developed questionnaire is used to collect data regarding changes in attitude of teachers. The study is conducted on 75 teachers but only 35 responded to the questionnaire. The attitude of teachers towards motivating students, providing sound atmosphere, teachers preparedness, teachers attitude towards management influence, financial crisis are observed through the study. The result shows that teachers had positive attitude towards all the parameters except unemployment, financial crisis and management pressure. Key words: attitude, teachers, COVID-19.

Suitable Site Selection of Water ATMs (Basis of Interior/Exterior Conditions) Using Graph Theory

Maintenance performs a vital role in assuring safety operation, enhancing the quality and accumulating the durability of the system. In this paper a method has been evolved to solve the different kinds of issues like new software installation, upgradation of current software, fixing of required equipment, raw water supply problem etc. To continue the service of water ATMs we cannot start maintenance of all the water ATMs together in any particular site, so authors require a proper network planning. Authors have a developed an algorithm to select the best site for fixing of Water ATMs. So individual can use this algorithm and find out the best sites for setting up of Water ATMs such that maximum numbers of persons gain the advantage of Water ATMs. In addition authors have planned an IoT enable Water ATMs. The IoT enabled technology put in the various function of Water ATMs, safeguarding the quality of water.

Global fashion retailers\u2019 responses to external and internal crises during the COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the media reported different kinds of issues that global fashion retailers face. They had to unexpectedly dismiss garment workers and employees internally, while they had to perform CSR practices for their suffering communities externally. The purpose of this study is to investigate how global fashion retailers responded to these external and internal crises during the pandemic through a case study. Based on corporate social responsibility (CSR) contribution types and the Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT), various secondary sources which are related to three selected global fashion retailers’ (Zara, H&M, and Uniqlo) responses to external and internal crises during the pandemic are analyzed. The findings indicate that global fashion retailers showed some different approaches in their responses to external and internal crises during the pandemic. Externally, all of them practiced CSR by providing monetary and in-kind contributions to the society. However, toward the internal issues related to their factory workers and employees, some of them denied or diminished the problems that had been raised, while all of them attempted to make a deal with the parties who had been affected. The results of this study propose an agenda to discuss global fashion retailers’ responsibilities during the pandemic, as well as to inform fashion retailers of how leading retailers have responded to the crises.

ГЕНДЕРНАЯ СТРАТЕГИЯ И ЖЕНСКАЯ АКТИВНОСТЬ НА СЕВЕРНОМ КАВКАЗЕ

The paper presents the results of the sociological study conducted in the republics of the North Caucasus. The sociological research focuses on the issue of the gender strategy of civil society structures (women’s organizations and women’s activism) and its reflection in view of the local population and women activists. The research aims to determine the gender strategy of the region through the analysis of women’s activity, to identify its directions and the most common issues and questions that women’s activists and organizations solve. Women’s organizations in the region are heterogeneous, have different agendas and focus on solving different kinds of issues. Among the organizations one can distinguish formal organizations created “from upstairs”, unified by common priorities; organizations that solve a number of tasks related to their local communities or group interests; independent women’s initiatives that respond to the needs of society and its challenges. The main results of the study show that the gender strategy in the region is formed primarily by religious structures, and is built on patriarchal attitudes. The largest women’s organizations do not influence the gender strategy, and, moreover, their activities are almost invisible at the moment. At the same time, individual initiatives are emerging, which are currently not strong enough and not consolidated, but at the same time, raise important issues for women and defend their interests.

Http://habibiaislamicus.com/index.php/hirj/article/view/124

Shaykh Ghulam Rasool Saeedi was a prominent Scholars of the contemporary era. His tafseer Tibyan ul Quran is very famous for his comprehensiveness and due to discussion on modern issues and challanges. He has done rectifications and criticism in his Tafseer on other scholars in so many issues with arguments, one of them is Imam Fakhr Uddin Razi a famous scholar of 6th century AH. The Shaykh Ghulam Rasool Saeedi rectified and criticize the Imam Razi in different kind of issues, so we had discuss it from surah Al-Anfal only because we can not discuss it more than one surah in this article. Furthremore Rectification is a terminology of Islamic Studies which mean corrections of mistakes, completion of deficiency and clearification of ambiguity which is a special Quality of Islam. In addition the Rectifications of Honourable Muslim Scholars on each other is a source for the innocency of the Ummah, and we can find its examples in the era of Sahahaba (RA) and Tabieen and later, One thing which is unforgettable is that, that these Scholars has maintained respect of each other personalities and opinions, further more they were impartial in their research as well as tolerant and courteous while dealing with these issues even having different school of thoughts etc.

Http://habibiaislamicus.com/index.php/hirj/article/view/124

Shaykh Ghulam Rasool Saeedi was a prominent Scholars of the contemporary era. His tafseer Tibyan ul Quran is very famous for his comprehensiveness and due to discussion on modern issues and challanges. He has done rectifications and criticism in his Tafseer on other scholars in so many issues with arguments, one of them is Imam Fakhr Uddin Razi a famous scholar of 6th century AH. The Shaykh Ghulam Rasool Saeedi rectified and criticize the Imam Razi in different kind of issues, so we had discuss it from surah Al-Anfal only because we can not discuss it more than one surah in this article. Furthremore Rectification is a terminology of Islamic Studies which mean corrections of mistakes, completion of deficiency and clearification of ambiguity which is a special Quality of Islam. In addition the Rectifications of Honourable Muslim Scholars on each other is a source for the innocency of the Ummah, and we can find its examples in the era of Sahahaba (RA) and Tabieen and later, One thing which is unforgettable is that, that these Scholars has maintained respect of each other personalities and opinions, further more thay were impartial in their research as well as tolerant and courteous while dealing with these issues even having different school of thoughts etc.

What is wrong between ecological science and policy?

Ecological research is highlighting different kinds of issues concerning biodiversity conservation policies. Based on a historical study on protected areas, we suggest that these issues are not caused by a lack of knowledge or technical tools but rather by a misuse of ecological knowledge during the implementation of policy instruments in part driven by a lack of understanding of the mechanisms underlying the policymaking process. We believe that determining the conditions under which ecological science can enlighten policy decisions is now necessary to address current biodiversity conservation issues. This can only be achieved through the promotion of interdisciplinary research.

Investigating the criticality of user‐reported issues through their relations with app rating

AbstractApp quality impacts user experience and satisfaction. As a consequence, both app ratings and user feedback reported in app reviews are directly influenced by the user‐perceived app quality. Through an empirical study involving 210,517 reviews related to 317 Android apps, in this paper, we experiment with the combined usage of app rating and user reviews analysis (i) to investigate the most important factors influencing the perceived app quality, (ii) focusing on the topics discussed in user review that most relate with app rating. Besides, we investigate whether specific code quality metrics could be monitored to prevent the rising of negative user feedback (i.e., types of user review comments), connected with low ratings. Our study demonstrates that user comments reporting bugs are negatively correlated with the rating, while reviews reportingfeature requests do not. Interestingly, depending on the app category, we observed that different kinds of issues have rather different relationships with the rating and the user‐perceived quality of the app. In particular, we observe that for specific app categories (e.g., communication), some code quality factors have significant relationships with the raising of certain types of feedback, which, in turn, are negatively connected with app ratings.

Old Tasks and New Urgency

Old Tasks and New Urgency

BAT algorithm used for load balancing purpose in cloud computing: an overview

Cloud computing is modern technology that has led to significant change in different fields of life by providing different kinds of servicer like hardware and software on user demands based on pay and gain rule. Due to the rapid growth of cloud computing it faces different kinds of issues, and resource allocation is one of them. For the improvement of resource allocation system in cloud computing different kinds of technique are used, and load balancing technique is one of them. In this paper we discuss resource allocation system in virtual machines (VM) because when a user sends data in VM then a situation may occur that some VM are overloaded and some become underloaded, which may lead to failure of system or request delay. For improvement of this situation different researchers used different algorithms in load balancing technique for cloud computing. This paper only focuses on BAT algorithms which are used for load balancing technique in improved resource allocation system for VM and also defines those rules which are used for improvement in load balancing technique in cloud data centre.

Quantifying geographical variation in acceptability judgments in regional American English dialect syntax

AbstractThe acceptability of many syntactic constructions varies across speakers. In some, but not all cases, such interspeaker variation is due to speakers coming from different dialect regions. However, since neither dialect regions nor acceptability judgments are discrete, it is not always straightforward to determine when variation in a construction’s acceptability is geographically constrained. In this paper, I present one method of making this determination using the Gi* statistic. I apply it to a variety of syntactic constructions, including presentative datives,so don’t I,be done my homework, intensifiers likewickedandhella, anddo-support withhave yet tosentences. Each shows a different geolinguistic profile, revealing different kinds of issues that quantitative analysis can shed light on. The results show fine-grained geolinguistic differences in syntactic acceptability judgments, demonstrating that the Gi* statistic can be fruitfully applied to further our understanding of geographically-based variation in acceptability judgments.

Nonblocking Supervisory Control of State-Tree Structures With Conditional-Preemption Matrices

State-tree structure (STS) is a powerful tool for the modeling and control of large-scale discrete-event systems (DES) whose structure is organized in a top–down hierarchy. The notorious state-explosion problem can be managed effectively in the framework of STS. Priority is an important concept and exists in a wide range of DES, such as manufacturing systems, traffic systems, and logistic (service) systems. In this article, a conditional-preemption matrix is used to describe the preemption relations among events, which can represent the priority intuitively. In order to augment STS with priority, we propose a novel STS framework: STS with conditional-preemption matrices (STSM), which aims to solve different kinds of issues related to priority. The optimal nonblocking supervisory control is deployed in the framework of STSM. Symbolic synthesis algorithms are implemented and integrated in a software tool, STSLib, which exploits binary decision diagrams as a basis for efficient computation. The developed approach is demonstrated by (a) manufacturing systems using automatic guided vehicles and (b) real-time systems.

The middle-out approach: assessing models of legal governance in data protection, artificial intelligence, and the Web of Data

ABSTRACTAll models of legal governance and most regulatory options have to do with ‘top-down’ solutions as an essential ingredient of the approach. Such models may include ‘bottom-up’ forms of self-regulation, such as in forms of ex post regulation, or unenforced self-regulation. This paper focuses on what lies in between such top-down and bottom-up approaches, namely, the middle-out interface of the analysis. Within the EU legal framework, this middle-out layer is mainly associated with forms of co-regulation, as defined by Recital 44 of the 2010 AVMS Directive and Article 5(2) of the GDPR. However, there are also additional models on how we should grasp the middle-out layer of legal regulation, as shown by the debates on the governance of AI and the Web of Data. For example, the debates on issues such as monitored self-regulation, coordination mechanisms for good AI governance, and ‘wind-rose’ models for the Web of Data make it clear that co-regulation is not the only alternative to both bottom-up and top-down approaches. From a methodological viewpoint, the middle-out approach sheds light on three different kinds of issues that regard (i) how to strike a balance between multiple regulatory systems; (ii) how to align primary and secondary rules of the law; and (iii) how to properly coordinate bottom-up and top-down policy choices. The increasing complexity of technological regulation recommends new models of governance that revolve around this middle-out analytical ground.

Context of production engineering in management model of Value Stream Flow according to manufacturing industry

Abstract The popularity of visual management in the lean concept is caused by the possibility to apply it in solving different kind of issues related to reduce waste or process planning. The adaptations of VSM is focused on stream flow, identifying waiting and productive times in accordance to material and information flow. In this paper five basic areas of value stream flow management have been presented and characterized. Discussion under the 5 areas on the VSM process included identifying the dominant stream in the area and the range of factors affecting the flow of the stream. Based on an observation of processes in the manufacturing industry and a literature review, the graphic model of mutual cooperation between value stream areas (1-5) has been presented.

Tribes Lobbying Congress: Who Wins and Why - Draft Report Presented at the 13th Annual Indigenous Law Conference Michigan State University

Indian nations lose in the United States Supreme Court over 75% of the time. As a result, many lawyers and advocates in Indian country have encouraged Indian nations to pursue legislation rather than litigate problems plaguing Indian country. Yet scholars, community leaders, and activists know very little about Indian nations in the political process. Historical records indicate that Indian nations have long petitioned Congress, but the empirical research on legislative advocacy by Indians remains limited. How frequently do Indians lobby Congress? How do they lobby? How successful are their lobbying efforts? How can tribes use legislative advocacy to change the law? Knowing the answers to these questions is essential to any tribal leader, in-house counsel, or advocate because sometimes Indian nations have to look to Congress to solve a problem or issue. Answering these questions will help Indian nations craft successful legislative strategies and become more informed consumers of lobbying services. This draft report is an initial attempt to answer some of these questions. It presents preliminary findings on when, why, and the extent to which the 566 Indian nations in the United States engaged in legislative advocacy on different kinds of issues from 1978 through 2012.

Efficiency in the Delivery of Multi-story Timber Buildings

The construction of wooden multi-story buildings was boosted by changes in building regulations in 2011, which allowed the use of wood in up to 8-story buildings. Thus far more than 50 wooden multi-story buildings have been built in Finland. The public sector has an important role in promoting wood-based multi-story building. Despite of intensive development, the experiences in wood-based multi-story building in Finland are still limited. Building processes may still suffer from some lacks in efficiency in terms of process management and use of resources. It may be possible to address different kinds of issues which would be able to make the process more effective and lean. The objectives of the research were 1) to find inefficiencies in multi-story timber building projects, 2) to address reason and causes for the lacks of efficiency, and 3) to make suggestions that might help to improve the lean nature of the process.The premise of this research was that some of the following reasons may cause ineffectiveness in the delivery of wood based multi-story building projects: lacks in development and standardization of structural systems, lacks in the availability of BIM software for wood buildings, specific additional building requirements set for timber buildings, inexperience of different actors with regard to multi-story timber building and current project delivery and procurement methods.The approach was to study recent literature, select two significant on-going cases which represent different structural systems, interview the representatives over the whole value chain and study the results against our hypothesis and make conclusions.

Dorothy Project: Implementation of a New “Urban Logistics Cluster” in the Region of Valencia

In July 2013 started the DOROTHY Project (“Development Of RegiOnal clusTers for researcH and implementation environmental friendlY urban logistics”), a part of the Seventh Framework Programme of the EU (www.clusterdorothy.com). This project is focused on urban logistics and its ending, June 30th 2016, practically coincides with the celebration of the Transports Engineering Congress CIT 2016.One of the main objectives of the Dorothy project is the implementation of clusters, at a regional level, that can address many different kinds of issues related to urban logistics. One of these clusters has been implemented in the region of Valencia.The creation and implementation of a new cluster focused on a topic like urban logistics, without funding for initial dynamism, is a complex process that requires many different steps and negotiations. At least this has been the case of the creation of the cluster in Valencia.We understand that explaining this process in detail may be of interest for future cluster implementations related to urban logistics or to any other different aspects of transport. This paper compiles all the different actions that have been necessary to implement a new cluster.

Land Reforms and Record Management in Tribal Areas: Pertaining Issues and Prospects

Land policy has long been the subject of animated debate both in India and around the world. Though much have been discussed on land policy and administration, the concurrent debate on land administration and management in India has invited wide attention of policy makers, administrators, researchers and academia, particularly during the era of liberalization and globalization. While it is well known fact that the land is the pre-requisite resource for survival of living-beings, the development of society is nevertheless based on the basic ingredient as land. Therefore, land administration undoubtedly the most crucial aspects of any administrative mechanism. . Going back to the land policy and administration during king dynasties and British administration in India it can safely be stated that the origin of land administration was the basis of collecting land revenues which was primary income source for the state and the rulers. However, this concept may vary in present land administration but the basis of economic generation stands upon land and effective land administration. In addition, the livelihood mechanism of millions of people surrounding directly on their landholding depends on the proper administration of land. Having said this, it is the primary duty of any government under state or the nation to design a strategy for better administration while providing adequate security to the weaker sections mainly in tribal and rural belts in India.Over the years, the tribals are considered as the most vulnerable communities and facing different kind of issues with regard to land resources. Numerous instances of land alienation in tribal areas due to development of industries in the region, illegal transfer of land to non-tribals, and other forms of litigations are taking place. But the question arises why despite of government policies on land reforms with special reference to scheduled areas land alienation act have become failure‘ Where is gap in our protective measures‘ Have we really tried to understand and take initiative actions on the basic issues pertaining to land‘ These are some of the questions need to be answered and debated. In view of above, the paper is an attempt to understand the issues from socio-economic and policy dimensions of land management issues in the tribal regions. Further, there is an effort in the paper to focus on the general scenario of land record management, related issues and initiatives required in tribal region.