Reception Procedures Research Articles

The Problem of Nursing Care in Commune I of the District of Bamako

Nursing is an integral part of the health care system, providing support for people who are ill or in good health. It helps to provide comprehensive care for all users of care facilities. The overall aim is to help improve nursing practice in health care institutions. Methodology: we carried out a qualitative, quantitative and explanatory study using a field study in private and one public facilities involving 17 doctors and 25 nurses based on non-random sampling from 1er July to 31 August 2022 after obtaining informed consent. Results: The study revealed that 76% of nurses were unaware of the existence of their establishment's internal regulations and 60% were unaware of the description of their tasks in the department. Similarly, 25% of these nurses concluded that there was no reception procedure in their department. 72% of nurses stated that they did not have an identifier for their facility. While we found that only 4% of the nurses in our study had correctly defined the basis of nursing practice and the components of a nursing care plan, none of the nurses used a care plan in their department. As regards the doctor-nurse relationship within the care team, 29% of doctors treated nurses as subordinates. In conclusion, the problem of nursing care in Commune I is very real, and only strong administrative policies can improve it.

Post-Cancellation-Based LLR Refining for MIMO Multiple ARQ Systems

In multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) multiple automatic repeat request (ARQ) systems, multiple streams with independent hybrid ARQ (HARQ) processes can be simultaneously sent. Thus, the interference from other streams can affect future retransmissions of a packet as well as the current transmission, and proper management of interference at the receiver is required. Therefore, in this paper, a post-cancellation-based log-likelihood ratio (LLR) refining scheme is proposed for MIMO multiple ARQ (MMARQ) systems. In the proposed scheme, after the end of the entire conventional reception procedure for packet decoding, LLR refining is performed for the non-terminated packets that will be sent during the next transmission time interval. For LLR refining, the packet cancellation is performed to cancel only the successfully decoded packets. Thus, the LLRs of the non-terminated packets are refined without any error propagation, including the inter-transmission error propagation. Consequently, the proposed scheme can compensate for the interference problem in MMARQ systems and improve system performance. In order to utilize the error detection results of decoded codewords, the proposed scheme should be performed after the end of the entire reception procedure for packet decoding. Therefore, as the post-processing scheme, the proposed scheme can be employed to any existing LLR-level combining-based MMARQ receiver without changing the original procedure. Simulation results verify that the proposed scheme can significantly improve the error performance and throughput of MMARQ systems, especially for hard-decision interference cancellation-based receivers and high-order modulation. In addition, compared with the conventional reception procedure, the proposed scheme requires a smaller computational complexity in most of the simulated SNR region. Therefore, the proposed LLR refining scheme can be considered as an effective and practical post-processing scheme for an MMARQ receiver.

Level of Implementation of Safekeeping Practices in the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology

This study aimed to determine the level of implementation of safekeeping practices in the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Ipil District Jail and Ipil Women’s Dormitory Jail of Zamboanga Sibugay during calendar year 2018-2019. This study made use of non-experimental quantitative research design utilizing descriptive, frequency count, percentage and mean. It also utilized modified questionnaire in gathering the result. There were 127 inmates and 50 Bureau of Jail Management and Penology personnel utilized as respondents of the study. The main statistical tools used were frequency count, percentage, mean computation, t-test, analysis of variance and Pearson r Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation. The study revealed that there were more male inmates as compared to the females. Majority of the index crimes committed by the inmates were murder while on the non-index crimes, majority were charged against possession of illegal drugs. The security practices were always implemented by the two Jail under study which included the following: Commitment Order and Segregation of Prisoners or Detainees, Reception Procedures, and Disciplinary Boards and Punishable Acts of Inmates, Treatment of Inmates with Special Needs, Custody, Security and Control Emergency Plans, Movement and Transfer of Prisoners and Detainees, Rights, Privileges and Miscellaneous Provisions, and Inmates Welfare and Development Functions. There was no significant difference between the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and inmate’s ratings on the implementation of commitment order and segregation of inmates or detainees. However, there was a significant difference between the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and inmates’ rating on the rest of the safekeeping practices. Indeed, there was a significant relationship between the safekeeping practices and the level of Implementation of these practices. The researcher recommends that the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology implementation of safekeeping practices be continued and sustained.

SCUBA: An In-Device Multiplexed Protocol for Sidelink Communication on Unlicensed Bands

Device-to-device communication (D2D) is a key enabler for connecting devices together to form the Internet of Things (IoT) <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">[1]</xref> . A growing issue with IoT networks is the increasing number of IoT devices congesting the spectral resources of the cellular bands. Operating D2D in unlicensed band alleviates this issue by offloading network traffic from the licensed bands, while also reducing the associated licensing costs. To this end, we present a new low-cost radio access technology (RAT) protocol, called sidelink communications on unlicensed bands (SCUBA), which can be implemented on cellular devices such that it coexists with the legacy cellular protocol by operating as a secondary RAT in a time division multiplexed manner using the existing radio hardware. SCUBA is compatible on different types of cellular devices including the low-complexity half-duplex frequency-division duplex machine type communication (MTC) user equipments. SCUBA provides flexible sidelink (SL) latency and battery life tradeoff using a discontinuous reception procedure, which ensures that it is applicable across a wide range of use cases. We prove the effectiveness of our protocol with analyses and simulation results of the medium access control layer of SCUBA using different types of MTC traffic for both SL and the underlying cellular communication.

CONCEPTUAL PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH OF THE PROBLEMS OF ADAPTATION AND INTEGRATION OF MUSLIM FEMALE REFUGEES IN GERMANY

The article is devoted to the processes of Muslim women fleeing to Germany. In the article, the authors consider the Muslim women fleeing to Germany in conditions of increased conflict in their countries of origin as a separate type of refugees. An attempt has been made to characterize the psycho-social condition of refugee women who arrived in Germany and to determine their qualitative and quantitative characteristics. The authors paid attention to what factors affect their involvement in society. Our study has proved that refugees are a separate component of German society because they directly affect the demographic and socio-economic situation in Germany. Ensuring the stable and effective socio-economic development of Germany with the involvement of all categories of the population is directly related to the implementation of public policy. The study of the gender aspects of refugees may help to identify key issues, the solution of which will facilitate the rapid adaptation and integration of Muslim refugees in German society, and, in prospect, to actively involve them in the development of German society.The results of the study helped in the analysis of the integration and adaptation processes of Muslim refugees as a separate part of refugees. Women refugees are a more vulnerable category of refugees, so they can be easily manipulated and abused. Identifying problems during integration may help to improve mechanisms for the protection of refugees and asylum seekers.In this article, the authors focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the reception and adaptation of refugees, as well as the establishment of new rules to meet the basic needs of refugees in shelters, the lack of which is unsanitary norms and the impossibility of distancing. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the decision-making process and refugee reception procedures, so the analysis of the challenges points to weaknesses in human rights mechanisms for refugees.

Dispersed Signal Transmission and Reception Scheme for Full-Duplex Systems

A dispersed signal transmission and reception scheme is proposed to cope with self-interference (SI) and inter-user interference (IUI) in full-duplex systems. During transmission, each identical signal of each transmitter is transmitted in multiple time slots after being multiplied by the transmission coefficients corresponding to the individual time slots. During reception, each receiver multiplies the corresponding reception coefficient by the signal received in each time slot and combines all of the signals received during all of the time slots. To cope with SI and IUI, it is shown that the orthogonality conditions between the transmission and reception coefficients should be satisfied in the transmission and reception procedures. The proposed scheme can be operated without knowledge of both the channel state information and signals of the IUI, and without conventional digital SI cancellation procedures. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme has better achievable rates and bit error rates for both downlink and uplink transmissions than conventional full-duplex systems when the signal-to-noise ratios of the desired signal are low, severe interference exists, and the number of users increases.

Aggregation-Assisted Combining for MIMO Multiple ARQ Systems

This letter proposes an aggregation-assisted combining (AAC) for multiple-input multiple-output multiple automatic repeat request systems. The proposed AAC can be considered as a hybrid scheme of the symbol-level combining (SLC) and bit-level combining (BLC), which consists of the aggregation-assisted log-likelihood ratio (LLR) calculation and subsequent LLR combining stages. The aggregation-assisted LLR calculation stage is performed in a similar manner on the SLC except that the interference-to-noise reformulation is performed instead of the terminated-packet elimination; thus, the remaining interference from the terminated packets is regarded as additional noise. This additional noise can degrade the LLR quality from the aggregation-assisted LLR calculation stage. Therefore, the proposed AAC combines the currently calculated LLRs with the previously calculated LLRs similar to the BLC when the previously calculated LLRs have less LLR contaminations, i.e., they experience fewer numbers of terminated packets. The simulation results verify that the proposed AAC outperforms the BLC and even achieves a performance comparable with the SLC with simplified reception procedures.

Análise da associação do efeito da recepção com os procedimentos de jogo no voleibol de alto nível brasileiro: o caso da equipe campeã da Superliga Feminina

The present study aimed to analyze the association between effect of reception and game procedures practiced by the women’s “superliga” champion team in the side-out, as well as the behavior of the opposing central blocker, according to the performance level of the opposing team. The sample was composed of the observation of 21 games of the 2015-2016 Women’s “Superliga” champion team. Data were analyzed using the Chi-square test, SPSS software version 20.0 for Windows and significance of p≤0.05. The results showed that there was an association between performance level of the opposing team with the effect of reception (χ2=12.96 and ɸ =0,14, p=0,01), as well the effect of reception with the central blocker disposal (χ2=13.70 and ɸ =0.14, p=0.01), with the attack tempo (χ2=353.27 and ɸ =0.72, p&lt;0.001), with the attack site (χ2=91.05 and ɸ =0.36, p&lt;0.001) and the attack effect (χ2=30.11 and ɸ =0.21, p&lt;0.001) according to the performance level of the opposing team. Together, the results showed that there were differences in the game procedures according to the opposing team classification, contributing to a better understanding of the game played in high-level women’s volleyball.

Methodology for the identification of vulnerable asylum seekers.

Asylum seekers often experience situations of vulnerability, being frequently exposed to a heightened risk of harm, and thus require special care, support and protection. The categories of "vulnerable persons", identified by International Legislation, and an individual's classification as a "vulnerable asylum seeker", have important implications in the reception procedures, in the decision-making phase and in the definition of therapeutic needs and rehabilitation. The Istanbul Protocol, the first international guideline approved by the United Nations and applied in different contexts, is not applicable for the assessment of the totality of the conditions (medical and otherwise), and therefore, the identification and assessment of conditions of vulnerability is largely delegated to questionnaires administered by non-medical personnel. The proposed methodology, based on the modificatory reworking of the Guidelines of the International Academy of Legal Medicine concerning the "medicolegal ascertainment of personal injury and damage on the living person", takes into consideration all the medical issues relevant for the decision concerning the applicant, both in the reception procedures and in the outcome of the asylum application.

A welcome reception

Glenys Bridges publishes a new eBook defining dental reception skills and procedures

Introduction to QAM-FBMC: From Waveform Optimization to System Design

The asynchronous heterogeneous network scenario is becoming one of the key features for 5G mobile communications. Compared to CP-OFDM, which is 4G waveform, superior spectrum confinement as well as higher spectral efficiency has been taken into consideration for 5G waveform design. In this article, we introduce a new waveform called QAM-FBMC that provides superior spectrum confinement and higher spectral efficiency simultaneously against CP-OFDM. The article explains fundamental trade-offs in waveform design and shows how they can be optimized for QAM-FBMC. We also introduce the transmission and reception procedures for QAM-FBMC including its similarities and differences compared to well-known waveforms such as CP-OFDM and OQAM-FBMC. Performance evaluation results show where the spectral efficiency gain of QAM-FBMC over CP-OFDM comes from.

The Multiple Voices of Belonging: Migrant Identities and Community Practice in South Wales

The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) argues that inclusion begins on day one of arrival in the UK and that successful inclusion is closely related to the standard of reception procedures and people's experience (2006). However, this paper argues that inclusion for migrants within Wales is a complex mixture both of belonging and of exclusion and is at once national, local, and multiple in its formation. This paper moves beyond statistics on belonging and community by attaching a more nuanced and detailed understanding of the everyday situation of belonging and community for migrants living in Wales. By highlighting the way in which belonging is multiscalar, operating in and through the everyday, and is influenced and driven by individual circumstance and context I demonstrate the complexities of this term. This paper draws on in-depth qualitative research conducted in South Wales to outline how migrants in this context attest to and negotiate multiple senses of belonging. In telling their stories, this paper offers new directions in how we approach the nature of belonging for migrant groups by drawing on the practice and performance of everyday life.

Accounting, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Interface

This paper examines an interface between accounting system and purchasing/supply chain management. It explains how professional purchasing/supply management and accounting personnel contribute at least as much to the success of their organisation in areas such as supplier sourcing, or substitute materials, price determination, value analysis, outsourcing, make or buy analysis, invoice settlement and payment. At the most fundamental level, supply management concerns quick execution of work expeditiously, without fault in a cost effective manner. The paper details efficacy of goods inspection and reception procedure for the right quality and quantity through the association of purchasing and accounting department. The findings suggest that a cooperative relationship between purchasing and accounting/finance clearly can impact the development of a good supplier relations and cost reduction for the benefit of an organisation.

PENGARUH KUALITAS JASA PELAYANAN JASA KESEHATAN TERHADAP KEPUASAN PASIEN PADA INSTALASI RAWAT INAP BED AH UNIT PERAWATAN BEDAH I RSU. Dr. SOETOMO SURABAYA

Within providing the good service to patients (customers) it need to be noted the determinant criteria of the treatment service quality involving the doctors' treatment, the nurses' care, the administration officers' service and the room facilities. The Hospital must considers the quick and appropriate reception procedures, has a friendly attitude to the patients, be perceptive to explain the complaints of the patients and at once quickly giving the examination, medication and treatment so that the patients feel to be responded.Based on the above explanation, the writer was attracted to choose the title: The Effect of Health Service Quality to the Patients Satisfactions at the Surgical In-Patient Installation of the Surgical Treatment Unit I of the Dr. Soetomo General Hospital of Surabaya.The analysis was used was Multiple Linear Regression Coefficient, Correlation Coefficient, Multiple Determination Coefficient (RJ, F test and t test. According to the testing results using the F test it could be concluded that the doctors' treatment (XJ, the nurses' care (XJ, the administration officers' service (XJ and the room facilities (XJ variables simultaneously had the significant effect to the patients' satisfaction (Y) at the Surgical In-Patient Installation of the Surgical Treatment Unit I of the Dr. Soetomo General Hospital of Surabaya. From the results oft test it could be concluded that the doctors' treatment (XJ, the nurses' care (XJ, the administration officers' service (XJ and the room facilities (XJ partially had the significant effects to the satisfaction of the patients (Y) at the Surgical In-Patient Installation of the Surgical Treatment Unit I of the Dr. Soetomo General Hospital of Surabaya. From result of the partial correlation test it could be concluded that there was a significant relation between the doctors' treatment (XJ, the nurses' care (XJ, the administration officers' service (XJ and the room facilities (XJ partially and the satisfaction of the patients (Y) at Surgical In-Patient Installation of the Surgical Treatment Unit I of the Dr. Soetomo General Hospital of Surabaya

Substance use in remand prisoners — a consecutive case study

Abstract Objectives: To determine the prevalence of drug and alcohol use among newly remanded prisoners, assess the effectiveness of prison reception screening, and examine the clinical management of substance misusers among remand prisoners. Design: A consecutive case study of remand prisoners screened at reception for substance misuse and treatment needs and comparison of findings with those of prison reception screening and treatment provision. Setting: A large adult male remand prison (Durham). Subjects: 548 men aged 21 and over awaiting trial. Main outcome measures: Prevalence of substance misuse; treatment needs of substance misusers; effectiveness of prison reception screening for substance misuse; provision of detoxification programmes. Results: Before remand 312 (57%) men were using illicit drugs and 181 (33%) met DSM-IV drug misuse or dependence criteria; 177 (32%) men met misuse or dependence criteria for alcohol. 391 (71%) men were judged to require help directed at their drug or alcohol use and 197 (36%) were judged to require a detoxification programme. The prison reception screen identified recent illicit drug use in 131 (24%) of 536 men and problem drinking in 103 (19%). Drug use was more likely to be identified by prison screening if an inmate was using multiple substances, using opiates, or had a diagnosis of abuse or dependence. 47 (9%) of 536 inmates were prescribed treatment to ease the symptoms of substance withdrawal. Conclusions: The prevalence of substance misuse in newly remanded prisoners is high. Prison reception health screening consistently underestimates drug and alcohol use. In many cases in which substance use is identified the quantities and numbers of different substances being used are underestimated. Initial management of inmates identified by prison screening as having problems with dependence producing substances is poor. Few receive a detoxification programme, so that many are left with the option of continuing to use drugs in prison or facing untreated withdrawal. Key messages In screening for substance use in remand prisoners a positive finding must be considered the norm rather than the exception Present prison reception procedures fail to identify the extent to which substances are used and misused by people newly remanded to prison Provision of detoxification programmes for prisoners identified by reception screening as having serious drug and alcohol related problems is inadequate Prisoners who need help but think that asking for this is more likely to result in punishment than treatment are not likely be truthful about their substance use More consideration needs to be given to reducing substance misuse in prisons by improving assessment at reception and providing better treatment for misusers rather than using random urine screening to detect and punish offenders

Recorded psychiatric morbidity in a large prison for male remanded and sentenced prisoners.

The purpose of the study was to establish the proportion of remanded and convicted prisoners who were known from their records to have a psychiatric history. The inmate medical records of 834 out of 864 inmates resident on one day at HM Prison, Leeds, were studied. There was a recorded history of 23 per cent having seen a psychiatrist, 15 per cent having taken drugs and 16 per cent having a history of depression or self-harm. Out of 43 inmates interviewed, 18 admitted to failing to report such a history upon reception. There were eight former long-stay psychiatric patients, but only two of these had been in a hospital other than a special hospital or Regional Secure Unit. Out of the 36 residents of the hospital wing, 33 had psychiatric disorders and 10 were awaiting transfer to NHS or private psychiatric services. Various recommendations are made which may lead to an improvement in the medical reception procedure, more informed screening for suicide risk and mental disorder, greater understanding of the psychiatric histories of patients, an audit of prison health care and more effective planning of aftercare.

Hvad mente patienterne om psykiatrisk dsgnafdeling

Kelstrup A, Andersen J. Hvad mente patienterne om psykiatrisk dognafdeling.On the initiative of the nursing staff a patient questionnaire was carried out on a psychiatric day and night ward. The aim of the project was to procure feed-back on specific aspects of the therapeutic milieu and the daily routines of the ward. Of the 240 patients that were admitted to the ward in 1986, 113 (45%) answered an anonymous questionnaire. The results showed good satisfaction with: The contact-person arrangement of the ward; the patients' contact with the ward personnel; and the involvement of patients' relatives in the treatment. Shortcomings were the reception procedures for new patients, the weekly house meetings, patient activities, and patients' occupational possibilities. The limitations of the project are discussed, especially the consequences of patients' anonymity. It is concluded that the patients' evaluation of the psychiatric ward is meaningful; it should be inspiring to the personnel and provoke discussion c...

Developmental Differences in Concept Acquisition Strategies

KOSSAN, NANCY E. Developmental Differences in Concept Acquisition Strategies. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1981, 52, 290-298. The studies examined developmental differences in concept acquisition strategies as a function of the complexity of the internal structure of the concept to be learned. 3 types of concepts were examined: concepts defined by sufficient features, concepts which possessed necessary and sufficient features for concept membership, and concepts composed of exemplars with distinctive features. Secondand fifth-grade subjects learned the concepts in either a concept reception procedure which encouraged abstraction of common features or a paired associate procedure which fostered exemplar learning. The strategy most effective for concept learning was found to be a function of the age of the subject and the complexity of the concept. Subjects at both ages learned concepts defined by necessary and sufficient features better using a common feature abstraction strategy. For concepts defined by sufficient features, second graders were better at categorization following exemplar learning, while fifth graders were more successful using a common feature abstraction strategy. Concepts composed of exemplars with distinctive features were best learned using an exemplar strategy by subjects at both age levels. Convergent evidence was presented for the use of the common feature abstraction strategy and the exemplar strategy following the 2 training conditions.

Rule differences, practice, and verbal solutions using a reception procedure in complete learning

Rule differences in a complete learning (CL) task, using a reception procedure with neutral labels, were investigated over practice. Subjects were given 20 problems, in four blocks of five problems each. Within each block, problems representing the affirmative (Af), conjunctive (Cj), conditional (Cd), inclusive disjunctive (Id), and biconditional (Bd) rules were presented. The order of rule difficulty was found to be Af = Cj < Cd < Id < Bd. Performance improved through the third block of five problems, but there was no significant order of rule difficulty by practice interaction. The results for rule differences are inconsistent with previous research using the selection procedure. No currently available model of CL can account for differences in rule order under both selection and reception procedures. Verbal solutions were found to focus on the more homogeneous response category for the Af, Cj, and Cd rules. For the more difficult Id and Bd rules, verbal solutions focused equally frequently on the more homogeneous and the more heterogeneous response categories.

Amphetamine taking among young offenders.

This study sampled the London area remand (under 21) population to try to ascertain the current incidence of amphetamine taking, for comparison with the earlier study by Scott and Willcox (1965) on a slightly younger group. In addition to laboratory analysis of urine samples collected during reception procedure at the Remand Centre, we also assembled some psychological test data, information as to current offence, and patients' reports as to their drug-taking habits, if any.