Archives-March 2020

Most of the research on human resource development has focused on education and health industries by employing the individual development plan. The aim of this study is to explain the process of human resource development in project-oriented organizations using individual development plan, for better understanding and identify factors affecting it. For this purpose, using data theorizing method, data from open and deep interviews with 12 employees of human resource division of Power Installation Company were collected and analyzed. The selection of these people was based on sampling. The results show that individual, team and organizational factors like expansionism, competition for progress, performance feedback and obligation to develop leads individuals and organizations to strive for the development of individual competencies. An individual development plan is an efficient tool in coordinating these efforts, which pursue desired outcomes, such as enhancing the capability of hiring and improving individual and organizational performance, or undesirable, such as the emergence of the conflicts of justice.

This study investigates the design of the structural model of human resource management in the yeast industry of country. The population of this study is all the employees of the state (1145 people) which 288 people were selected using the probable sampling method of class and using the Cochran formula for samples. Data were collected with the help of questionnaire and their analysis was carried out by conducting structural equation test and factor analysis in Amos software. The results show that there is positive and meaningful relation between human resource management systems, job satisfaction and organizational loyalty. Job satisfaction also plays an intermediary factor between human resource management and organizational loyalty. Therefore, managers are offered to pay attention to the effective role of human capital in advancing organizational excellence in the design of their strategic goals, and to engage employees in the different decision-making to be consistent with the desire to participate in organizational activities and loyalty.

The main purpose of this descriptive-survey study is, the identification of factors affecting the empowerment of human resources in media organizations and public relations in order to identify the factors that prevent adequate human resources in producing products according to their demand and their satisfaction. The population of this study is the experts of the ministry of communication and information technology in Iran and broadcasting organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In this study, in order to refine the components to identify the dimensions of each element, the Delphi technique was applied in three steps. Convergent validity and discriminant validity were used to determine validity of the model from formal and content validity and its reliability was calculated based on the analysis of principal components, Cronbach's alpha, ? Dillon Goldstein, and stability of reagents. The findings show a significant relation between the strategic component with the individual component, the strategic component with the organizational component, the economic component with the individual component, the organizational component with the human resource empowerment component and ultimately individual component with the human resource empowerment component. The model investigated 98.6 percent of the variance of human resource empowerment, 99.9 percent of the variance of the individual component and 96.4 percent of the variance of organizational component.

Anomalous coronary arteries are rare but potentially life-threatening abnormalities of coronary circulation. Most variations are benign; however, some may lead to a myocardial ischemia and/or a sudden cardiac arrest. The coronary angiography is the standard reference investigation with an excellent spatial and temporal resolution. However, the determination of the origin and pathological course of the coronary arteriesis sometimes difficult with the coronary angiography because it is a bidimensional exam; hence the importance of complementing it with a coronary scan. The coronary scan is the most widely used technology for specifying the anomalous course and the interactions with the large vessels. We report the case of an elderly woman who had a coronary angiography, followed by a coronary multi-detectors can for chest pain. The coronary angiography showed an anomalous origin whitout specifying the course and the interacts with the large mediastinal vessels. The multi-detectors can improved the diagnostic accuracy, especially in the visualisation of some pathological courses at risk of sudden death. Our case defend the complementarity of the coronary angiography and the multi-detector scan in the exploration of the coronary congenital anomalies. The coronary angiography is used in emergency situations, whereas the scanis deployed as part as the exhaustive assessment of a suspected anomaly after a cardiac catheterization.

Visceral leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease due essentially, at the level of the Mediterranean, to infection by leishmania infantum. Usually rare in adults, its prevalence has recently increased, including in immunocompetent person, with an annual number of new cases between 1.5 and 2 millions. The visceral form can be a diagnostic challenge because of the great variability of its clinical presentations. We describe the very atypical case of a rare form of visceral leishmaniasis (VL).

The leaf epidermis and midrib of Vernonia amygdalina, V. cinerea, V. perrottetii and V. adoensis were studied following standard proceedures and features were observed with the aid of compound microscope. To the authors’ knowledge, the leaf and midrib anatomical features of V. adoensis and V. perrottetii are being comprehensively and adequately documented for the first time. The results obtained revealed that the four species were hypoamphistomatic with anomocytic type of stomata. Stomata Index (%) was higher at the lower epidermis than the upper epidermis with V. amygdalina having 35.00 as the highest and V. perrottetii having 31.00 as the lowest. Similarly, the highest width (µm) of stomata was found in the upper epidermis of V. adoensis having an average of 73.22 ± 21.77 while the lowest was 22.46 ± 2.47 as found in the lower epidermis of V. adoensis. Highest stomata length (µm) of 81.46 ± 22.38 was also recorded in upper leaf epidermis of V. adoensis while lowest length of 30.43 ± 4.26 was recorded in its lower epidermis. In the four species, epidermal cells were predominantly irregular in shapes with predominantly sinuous anticlinal and periclinal walls. In another vein, the midribs were oblong in outline consisting of collateral and open bundles arranged in ring-like pattern except in V. perrottetii in which the bundles were concentric, amphicribral, collateral and close. Based on the overwhelming similarities that existed among the four taxa, it was established that there exist interspecies relationship among them. In conclusion, it was opined that the minor and discontinuous differences in the anatomical features of the four species are insufficient to adjudge their rearrangement and repositioning to separate genus and that their present taxonomic status are unbiased and warranted.

This paper evaluates the benefits of operating an electric distribution network in a security-constrained optimal power flow (SCOPF) in order to mitigate against possible blackout in an N-1 contingency. A 16-bus UKGDS network was used for the analysis. An SCOPF was performed on the network by introducing N-1 line contingency to the network and this resulted to constraints violations. The infeasibility in the solution occurred due to the radial nature of the network. The operation of SCOPF is realized in a mesh network system, which was done by connecting branches between bus 5-7 and bus 12-16 to the network. The system was simulated to operate in SCOPF and N-1 line contingency was inserted to the network to test for constraint violation/ feasibility of the system. This resulted in feasible solution in all the line contingencies with no constraint violation.

Biomass is currently considered as an emerging technology to develop ecological sources of energy. Several studies have shown that and it is feasible to use biomass in concrete production. This paper presents results about the characterisation of the biomass rice husk ash (RHA) derived from combustion of an agricultural solid residue rice husk. The implementation of biomass in concrete will indirectly advance the renewable energy production and the economic development by decreasing CO2 emission from cement industry and saving energy as well. The results also indicate that up to 20% of RHA incorporation could be advantageously blended with cement without adversely affecting the strength properties of concrete.

This paper examines the traceability of irrigation water sources and its distribution in a spatial context for some selected vegetable production hotspots at the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis in Ghana. The need for such a study had been a global call by food safety organizations, local consumers, commercial buyers, and suppliers of vegetable crops. The objectives were, therefore, to conduct preliminary spatial traceability on sources and distribution of water for Irrigation. GPS receiver and complimentary Satellite imagery (orthophotos) served as primary data to delineate spatial attributes. The study revealed that human-generated wastewater from homes/settlements was identified as the major source of water used for irrigation to augment rain-fed Agriculture for the all the three (3) study areas. The proximity of other landuse such as industries; whose effluents were discharged from their premises joined the same receiving open drain as that of the human generated wastewater. Thus, the study identified interconnectedness to the main drainage systems from which vegetable crops were irrigated with in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of Ghana. The study concludes that adopting GIS techniques in irrigation scoping studies of major or minor scales could enhance and inform decision making for improving Agriculture infrastructure access in Ghana

Various diseases of the oral cavity can be diagnosed from the oral fluids. Such diagnosis can be imagined because our medical field has progressed in many ways. One of the major progress can be visualized in the area of detection of diseases using saliva. The important diagnostic materials present in saliva such as salivary biomarkers, not only guide in the detection of oral diseases but can be used to evaluate the systemic diseases. This article is a review of the earlier studies which discusses about the different kind of biomarkers present in saliva and their role in diagnosing various diseases and conditions. Therefore, saliva is the promising aid in the diagnosis of chronic periodontal disease1