Good Time Research Articles

Realization of Self

Self Attainment is the biggest achievement Is the Corona pandemic over or it will continue in 2023? One of the most important questions of this digital age. The lockdown during the corona pandemic has served as a good time for introspection. The most important thing people learned as a result of quarantine is how to appreciate the small things in life and do self-realization. The magic so often lies in the small things. The mood for 2021, where the ongoing state of the Pandemic has become the new normal, is self Attainment. It is the time of reinventing, what we want to do. If Covid-19 hadn’t come? Reflecting on that does not count. What do we want to do when it is over?Change happens in the present-now. Hence do we need to learn something new, or is it enough to give loved things more time? For a long time there has been the image of the scholar who surrenders to thinking and becomes creative. Sometimes, we have to distance ourselves in order to be able to look at a problem from a different angle or to find ourselves. Even if the dictionary defines “alone” and “lonely” as synonyms, most people differentiate between being alone and loneliness. The word ‘alone’ implies a positive outcome whereas ‘lonely’, negative. Self-Attainment changes our thoughts and feelings, affecting not only our choice of profession but all areas in which we express ourself. We sometimes spend more time in planning our future courses of action rather than enjoying the present status. Hence it is imperative that we get rid of the non-meaningful things in our life and commit ourselves more to what matters most. What is more important like health, personal growth, career, finance, family, social life etc. We know ourselves as the person we aspire to be, not the person we are in the present- but it is essential to understand ourselves at a deeper level to achieve maximal potential and lead to self-improvement and increased self-esteem.

The Effectiveness of Blood Clam Shell (Anadara granosa) as an Adsorbent to Improve Peat Water Quality

Research has been carried out to determine the effectiveness of blood clam (Anadara granosa) shell adsorbents in improving the quality of peat water. Blood clam shells were mashed with variations in particle size of 8 mesh, 50 mesh and 150 mesh, then an adsorption process was carried out with a mass ratio of adsorbent and peat water of 1:10. The physical and chemical parameters tested in this study included turbidity, color, Total Dissolved Solid (TDS), and pH. Based on the test results with a contact time of 12 hours, peat water levels increased for all parameters along with increasing particle size. Meanwhile, within 7 days of contact time, the results of the peat water test experienced a decrease in levels for all parameters along with increasing particle size and was a good optimum contact time in the adsorption process. The results obtained show that for the parameters of turbidity, Total Dissolvesd Solid (TDS), and pH have met the standard set by the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia No. 32 of 2017, only the color parameter does not meet the standard in improving the quality of peat water.

Prediction of Service Level Agreement Time of Delivery of Goods and Documents at PT Pos Indonesia Using the Random Forest Method

This study aimed to predict the service level agreement travel time for goods and document shipments at PT Pos Indonesia (Persero) from the island of Java to the islands of Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua. This is very important because of the high competition between the logistics industry which is getting faster and faster. The random forest method was chosen because this method is easy to use and flexible for various kinds of data. The prediction results with Random Forest in this study have a good level of accuracy, namely 83.86% of the average 4 trials. This shows that the Random Forest method is the right choice for managing the existing data model at PT Pos Indonesia.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: Any time is a good time.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy within one week of acute cholecystitis is considered safe and advantageous. Surgery beyond first week is reserved for non-resolving attack or complications. To compare clinical outcomes of patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the first week and between two to six weeks of an attack of acute cholecystitis. In an analysis of a prospectively maintained database, all patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis were divided into two groups: group A, operated within one week; and group B, operated between two to six weeks of an attack. Main variables studied were mean operative time, conversion to open cholecystectomy, morbidity profile, and duration of hospital stay. A total of 116 patients (74 in group A and 42 in group B) were included. Mean interval between onset of symptoms & surgery was five days (range, 1-7 days) in group A and 12 days (range, 8-20 days) in group B. Operative time and incidence of subtotal cholecystectomy were higher in group B (statistically not significant). Mean postoperative stay was 2 days in group A and 3 days in group B. Laparoscopy was converted to open cholecystectomy in two patients in each group. There was no incidence of biliary injury. One patient in group B died during the postoperative period due to continued sepsis and multiorgan failure. In tertiary care setting, with adequate surgical expertise, laparoscopic cholecystectomy can be safely performed in patients with acute cholecystitis irrespective of the time of presentation.

Room temperature sensing of alcohol vapours using novel radially aligned nanorutile titania

1D nanostructures of TiO2 have been extensively researched in chemical sensing. The need for deployment of 3D nanostructures such as flower-like and urchin-like morphology for chemical sensing is very essential. This morphology provides distinctive attributes because of the properties afforded by the micrometre and nanometre building blocks within the crystal of the nanomaterial. 3D nanostructure nanorutile titania was fabricated using a facile hydrothermal method. The gas sensing performance showed that the hierarchical morphology, high surface area, high porosity and humidity played a vital role in the sensing of ethanol vapour at room temperature. The radially aligned nanorutile (RANR) TiO2 sensor showed high sensitivity with responses of 86.75% and 38.27% towards ethanol and methanol vapours, respectively. The sensor displayed good sensitivity, reproducibility, rapid response, and recovery times towards alcohol vapours.

Study on the new implementation mode of cross-docking based on blockchain technology

Cross-docking is a logistics operation in which goods are sorted and reloaded without entering a warehouse. It can significantly shorten the transportation time of goods, improve the efficiency of goods turnover, and reduce inventory backlogs and operational risks. Therefore, it has received considerable attention and has widespread applications. However, in the current operational mode of logistics centers, it is difficult to synchronize the transportation of goods from suppliers to logistics centers and the replenishment transportation from logistics centers to convenience stores, resulting in a low cross-docking utilization rate. In this study, blockchain technology was used to address the problem of low cross-docking. We proposed a new mode of cross-docking implementation to promote large–scale applications. We designed the application of smart contracts, which is the key technology of this mode. We implemented it by establishing a bilevel programming model for negotiation transactions between suppliers and convenience stores and a queuing model for cross-docking operation scheduling. Additionally, we proposed an improvement scheme for particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm of the solving model to improve computational accuracy. Finally, we used the simulation data to obtain a feasible price range of cross-docking operation in the new mode by analyzing its impact on the transaction status, utility of all participants, and status of cross-docking operations.

E2CNN: An Efficient Concatenated CNN for Classification of Surface EMG Extracted From Upper Limb

Surface electromyography is a bioelectrical indicator that emerges during muscle contraction and has been widely used in a variety of clinical applications. Several prosthetic control applications can benefit from the analysis based on the classification of surface electromyography (sEMG) signals. However, for the real-time application of upper limb prosthesis, the EMG-based systems need robust performance and rapid response behavior. In this study, we propose an efficient concatenated convolutional neural network (E2CNN) for classification of sEMG extracted from the upper limb. We have tested and validated the performance of the proposed E2CNN on two datasets: a longitudinal dataset comprising ten nondisabled (healthy) subjects and six transradial amputee subjects and spanning the data collected for a period of seven days; and the publicly available NinaPro DB1 dataset. The raw sEMG signals are converted into Log-Mel spectrograms (LMSs). This model combines the input layers with the output of each convolutional block using concatenation layers. The proposed E2CNN when applied to LMS-based images provides a good response time with high-performance accuracy of 98.31% ± 0.5% and 97.97% ± 1.41% for both nondisabled and amputee subjects. When applied to NinaPro DB1, the proposed E2CNN has attained a mean accuracy of 91.27%, an increase by 24.67% with respect to the baseline CNN model. The results show that the achieved results are comparable to those obtained using stacked sparse autoencoders (SSAEs) and other CNN models; however, E2CNN is associated with reduced training and prediction times, making it a potential candidate for real-time classification of sEMG based on LM spectrogram images.

State and growth of container cargo flow in Russian railway transport (during COVID-19 pandemic)

The COVID-19 pandemic period in rail freight transportation in Russia is marked by indicators of rapid growth of transit traffic, export and import volumes, the average speed of transportation increase and delivery speed of transit container traffic. The positive dynamics point to the necessity of continuing research in the field of improving the quality of service in this sector of the railway industry.Information materials of transport and logistics companies services were used. The methods and technologies used to improve the quality of service in railway transport were analyzed: reducing the delivery time of goods, increasing the average delivery speed of transit container traffic, identifying the most demanded nomenclature of goods, increasing the total volume of transit container traffic in Russia.Currently, according to the approved Complex Plan of Modernization and Expansion of Mainline Infrastructure, by 2024 the estimated delivery time of transit container transportation across Russia in the West-East direction should be seven days, average delivery speed of transit container traffic should reach 1319 km/day, and the volume of transit container transportation should reach the level of 1656 thousand TEU (Twenty-foot equivalent unit). In this regard, it is necessary to develop a reliable methodology for determining the perspective volumes of container transportation in regular, express and high-speed trains with the identification of the most demanded nomenclature of cargo, taking into account the speed of delivery.

Position-Selective Growth of WO3 Nanosheets for NH3 Gas Sensors

In this study, chemical vapor deposition of WO3 via graphene-catalyzed thermal transport is utilized to prepare position-selective WO3 micro/nanostructures. The effects of growth temperature and oxygen concentration on the structure, morphology, surface chemical states, and electrical properties are studied. The growth temperature and oxygen concentration are found to alter the resulting morphology and electrical properties. The combined application of high temperature and high oxygen concentration results in porous WO3 nanosheets with active surfaces. The prepared nanosheets are utilized for room-temperature NH3 gas sensing, and they exhibit good sensitivity, response time, and recovery time.

The Easybeats: From power pop to Oz rock

The Easybeats’ 1960s career is viewed as being in two halves. In the first, they played pop songs composed by Stevie Wright and George Young. The group was incredibly successful in Australia spawning the term Easyfever to describe the adulation heaped on them by mainly teenage girls. In the second half, the group go to England and Young starts writing with Harry Vanda. The group had one huge international hit ‘Friday On My Mind’ and then their popularity declines as their audience loses interest in the group’s more complex music and seemingly sophisticated lyrics. In this article I argue that the earlier songs can be read in terms of power pop avant la lettre and that a continuity can be discerned between the earlier songs and certain key later songs as Vanda and Young begin to develop a harder melodic rock sound anchored in power pop aesthetics that will be the template for AC/DC, a group that included Young’s two younger brothers, and which helped define the generic form of Oz rock. I argue for the importance of Snowy Fleet’s Merseybeat experience in the creation of the early sound, analyse the group’s appeal for teenage girls and discuss the later song ‘Good Times’ as a melodic hard rock precursor of the kind of music played by AC/DC.

Experimental Pharmacokinetics, Metabolism and Tissue Distribution Studies Fluorothiazinon, a of Novel Antivirulence Drug

We studied the pharmacokinetics, tissue availability and metabolism of fluorothiazinon, a novel antivirulence drug, in mouse blood, liver, kidneys and lungs by administering the substance intragastrically at dose of 400 mg/kg. Fluorothiazinon was established to exhibit good tissue availability and long residential time. This drug is metabolized mainly by glucuronidation.

NONLINEAR AND TIME-VARYING HETEROGENEITY OF THE SPATIAL EFFECT OF G20 COUNTRIES’ MONETARY POLICIES

This study examines how nonlinear and time-varying heterogeneity of the spatial spillover effects of price-based and quantitative monetary policy instruments affect G20 countries’ economic growth by building spatial panel smooth transition models with a trade geography weight matrix. We find spatial dependence between economic growth and monetary policy in G20 countries. Then, we use G7+Spain and BRICS to represent developed and emerging economies, respectively, and re-estimate the spatial fixed effect. G7 countries’ quantitative monetary policy is not significant, and reduced interest rates do not improve GDP; however, both increased money supply and reduced interest rates improve BRICS countries’ GDP. Furthermore, lower interest rates in G7 countries cannot improve GDP during bad times, but during good times, price-based monetary policy effectiveness is improved. Although economic conditions do not affect BRICS countries’ quantitative regulation, they do influence price-based monetary policy’s effects. Neighboring countries’ price-based regulation brings different degrees of spillovers to domestic GDP using both linear and nonlinear models.

First experimental results of the cosmic time synchronizer for a wireless, precise, and perpetual time synchronization system

In 2022, the idea of the cosmic time synchronizer (CTS) was proposed for a precise wireless synchronization of local clocks (<100ns). Because CTS does not require critical timing information traffic among CTS sensors, the technique can be considered robust against jamming and spoofing. In this work, a small-scale CTS sensor network has been developed and tested for the first time. Good time synchronization performances were obtained for a short-haul configuration (30-35ns (SD, 1 σ), over 50-60m). Based on the results of this work, CTS could be potentially conceived as a 'self-adjusting' system, offering high level continuous (perpetual) performances, to be considered either as a backup chain for GPS disciplined oscillators (GPS DO), a standalone standard for frequency and time interval measurements, or as a tool for the dissemination of reference time scales to final users, with improved characteristics in terms of robustness and reliability.

Development of a sealed MRPC with high time resolution

Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC) are used in the Solenoidal Large Intensity Device (SoLID) at Jefferson Lab (JLab) to identify kaons. SoLID requires 20 ps for the total time resolution. In this paper, a sealed MRPC (sMRPC) prototype with 4 stacks and 7 uniform gas gaps is designed to reach a good time resolution. At the same time, sMRPC can lower the airflow through the chamber to reduce the greenhouse pollution. Both analog signal discrimination & TDC electronic system and waveform sampling electronic system are used for the readout of the signal. In cosmic tests, we compared the time resolution of these electronic readout methods and measured the efficiency of the sealed MRPC. The preliminary result shows that the MRPC prototype has an efficiency higher than 95%. The sealed MRPC prototype using waveform sampling system, has a time resolution of 40 ps, while a 54 ps time resolution is obtained using analog signal discrimination & TDC electronic system.

Designing an Environmental Audit Program for Health Institutions to Confront the Epidemic

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to design a COVID-19 audit program for the Iraqi Ministry of Health and its affiliated health institutions, by emphasize the significance of environmental auditing in economic units and its role in attaining sustainable development. Theoretical framework: To achieve the goals of the unit with the greatest possible percentage of economic and environmental benefits, development, and sustainable growth environmentally and socially, rather than the current situation of unplanned and undistinguished growth, the research seeks to encourage economic units to link project development with environmental protection together with one activity. Design/methodology/approach: The study sample included workers in the health sector in the Iraqi Ministry of Health, who numbered 200 employees during the period between 2020-2021, and the study relied on the content analysis method and the checklist to test and implement the proposed program. Findings: The study find that economic units increase their interest in environmental auditing in order to protect the environment and achieve sustainable development goals, as well as reconsider current growth measures, and that all of these changes have a significant impact on environmental quality. Research, Practical &amp; Social implications: Researchers in the social, economic, and environmental fields should consider the importance of a sustainable environment by linking parameters. It is a good time to educate people about global health and a green sustainable environment. Originality/value: This is the first study to examine the relationship between environmental auditing and COVID-19 at the level of Iraq in particular and the entire world.

5613004 NEWBORN SCREENING FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN GERMANY - THE FIRST YEAR

Newborn screening is the first and most important step in secondary prevention in children with sickle cell disease. Serious complications and deaths can be almost completely prevented by ensuring the necessary preventive measures against infection (vaccinations and penicillin prophylaxis) and with the help of training measures that enable parents to recognize the symptoms of acute anemia/hemolysis in good time. In 2017, as part of a consensus conference with over 50 participants from 13 nations, the requirements that a newborn screening program for sickle cell disease should meet were defined. In Germany, we have consistently implemented these requirements. In addition, a total of five pilot studies involving almost 220,000 participants were carried out. These studies have shown that if sickle cell disease were part of newborn screening, it would probably be one of the most prevalent target diseases. On the basis of the consensus document and the epidemiological data collected for the first time, the relevant institutions and authorities could ultimately be convinced of the usefulness of the screening. The amendment to the law required for the introduction of screening came into force on September 30, 2021. Since then, all children born in Germany have also been screened for sickle cell disease as part of the national newborn screening program. Due to the federal organization of the German state, there is still no official evaluation of the screening results. However, we conducted a survey among the eleven German screening laboratories and the 47 pediatric haematology centers that will take on the long-term care of the sick children. The data indicate that in the first year, approximately 120-150 of 800,000 newborns have sickle cell disease. The German authorities have approved HPLC, capillary electrophoresis and tandem mass spectrometry as measurement methods in screening. Deviating from this, some laboratories use molecular genetic methods to screen for the HbS mutation. In the laboratories participating in our survey, 13 false-positive findings were recorded during the survey period. 4 children had thalassemia major, which is not formally a target disease but is of course definitely worth reporting. Four children were HbS heterozygous. Three children had very rare hemoglobin variants and in three children we have no feedback on the false positive finding. We assume that the heterozygotes and the rare variants were reported out of uncertainty and fall under the “starting difficulties” category. These false positives all occurred within the first few weeks of the program and could be eliminated by retraining the laboratory staff. Conclusion: Not only, but also thanks to the constant support of our European colleagues, especially in the form of the 2017 consensus paper, we have succeeded in introducing newborn screening for sickle cell disease. The first preliminary data show that sickle cell disease, with a prevalence of 1:5000 - 1:6000, will be one of the top diagnoses in screening even in Germany.

Folkloric Manifestation of Primitive Impulses: Folk Riddles

It is known that factors stemming from human nature play an active role in the emergence of riddles, which are one of the oral products. It is obvious that the riddle as a genre, which is thought to have been born and developed for purposes such as having fun, having a good time, arousing curiosity, and solving the unknown, has deep traces of the psychological structure of the human being. In this study, the effect of basic impulses on riddles is discussed with different dimensions. The research is based on document analysis and it was conducted on Turkish riddles that were established with obscene associations with a decent answer, creating a threatening perception and containing insult and cursing, and the samples belonging to the genre were analyzed from a psychoanalytic perspective. At the end of the study, some inferences were made such as the one to the effect that sexuality and aggression impulses can be satisfied without being subjected to any censorship thanks to the peculiar structure and characteristics of riddles.

Reynard's Tale: A Story of Love and Mischief by Ben Hatke (review)

Reviewed by: Reynard's Tale: A Story of Love and Mischief by Ben Hatke Kate Quealy-Gainer, Editor Hatke, Ben Reynard's Tale: A Story of Love and Mischief; written and illus. by Ben Hatke. First Second, 2023 [80p] Trade ed. ISBN 9781250857910 $22.99 Reviewed from digital galleys R* Gr. 7-10 Hatke takes a deft hand to his contribution to the stories of Reynard the Fox, the trickster at the center of a trove of medieval tales, bringing in familiars from the original sources and adding his own creations and sardonic edge. Readers first meet Reynard settling in around a campfire just as summer ends in the Borderlands, "that precarious space between civilization and the True Wild." A messenger crow and summons from the king, however, sets Reynard on the run, who first finds refuge (and wine and a good time) at the Inn at the Edge, but then flees again with the Clockwork Conjurer, facing memory stealers, Death herself, and eventually a lover he left behind. The pace is quick, the characters are memorable, and the narrative tone is a careful balance of folkloric formality with a gentle earnestness, allowing Reynard to be both tricksy and sympathetic. Hatke's signature art is all languid lines and loose angles, with crosshatching bringing textures and composition underscoring emotion: Death is elegant and looms large upon her arrival, for example, but her subsequent efforts to get Reynard into bed have a desperation as the scene homes in on the two. The target age is a bit ambiguous, as the writing itself skews young but the content older, but it would certainly make an entertaining and lovely companion to class units on medieval literature or folklore, while fans of Hatke's previous works will find his signature wit here. The final chapter sees Reynard tamed—at least temporarily—by the most unexpected of sources, a little child with a fox tail: "Love is like that, isn't it? … Always a surprise. Always a mystery." Copyright © 2023 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

“Can Men Have Hearts?”: Susa Young Gates's Divorce, 1878

“Can Men Have Hearts?”: Susa Young Gates's Divorce, 1878

Qualitative systematic review of general practitioners’ (GPs’) views and experiences of providing postnatal care

ObjectivesDevelop an understanding of the views and experiences of general practitioners (GPs) about their role in postnatal care, including barriers and facilitators to good care, and timing and content of...