Archives-May 2016

The Healthcare industry is generally “information rich”, but unfortunately not all the data are mined which is required for discovering hidden patterns & effective decision making. We are evaluating the performance of Simple K-Means algorithm Clustering using the mode of classes to clusters evaluation with the prediction attribute nom. The performance of these techniques is compared, based on accuracy. As per our results accuracy of Simple K-Means Clustering, Sequential Minimal Optimization and Sequential Minimal Optimization via Simple K-Means Clustering are 80.85%, 83.82% and 96.69% respectively. In our studies 10-fold cross validation method was used to measure the unbiased estimate of prediction model. The model uses medical terms such as sex, blood pressure, cholesterol like 13 attributes to predict the likelihood of patient getting a Heart disease. Until now, 13 attributes are used for prediction. Our analysis shows that classification model SVM via Simple K-Means Clustering predicts cardiovascular disease with least error rate and highest accuracy of 96.69%.

The neurosarcoïdosis, is a rare granulomatosis, which causes serious neurological troubles. Until today, there is no consensus about its diagnosis. The stereotaxic biopsy appears to be the gold standard, for histological and definitivel diagnostic of this pathology. Our goal is to show through a case report the importance of the STB, in definitive diagnostic of cerebral granulomatosis; The case is about a young adult, who had clinical neurological disorders, going through an experimental therapeutic, and shows complications, and the STB corrects the diagnosis, so that without this gesture, the patient should have died.

In this paper fuzzy soft mapping, fuzzy soft continuity on family of soft sets are introduced. Equivalent conditions related these concepts are proved. The famous Urysohn lemma and Tietze Extension theorem are established in fuzzy soft setting.

In this paper, we establish some expectation identities satisfied by single and product moments of Generalized Order Statistics from Left Truncated Logistic Distribution. These identities are independent of left truncation point and therefore also applicable to Logistic as well as for half Logistic distributions studied in Balakrishnan (1985) and Saran and Pandey (2012) . A particular case of these results verify the corresponding results of Saran and Pandey (2004).

The general objective of this study was to investigate the effect of diversification of the financial performance in Somalia with specific focus of the industrial small businesses in bakara market. This study investigated to ascertain how liquidity, risk diversification and mergers and acquisition affects financial performance of an organization in small businesses bakara market in Mogadishu. The study employed a survey research design in data collection.This research employed quantitative data collection method whereby data was gathered by the use of closed ended questionnaires which were self-administered. Factor analysis was used to assess the validity and Cronbach alpha to assess reliability of the questionnaire. Multiple regression analysis (standard and step wise) were conducted to determine the effects between the effect of diversification determinants and financial performance. Results confirm the varying importance of diversification determinants in the small businesses processing in Bakara market Mogadishu-Somalia. In general, the results reveal that risk diversification and marchers acquisition have significant and positive effects on financial performance, liquidity and risk diversification have insignificant effects on financial performance in the small businesses in bakara market Mogadishu-Somalia. The study recommends that to improve financial performance in the small businesses in bakar market Mogadishu-Somalia, managers of the small businesses in bakara market Mogadishu-somalia should nurture and develop market Competition and financial performance. Based on the findings of the study, it is essential to give recommendations in order to gather more gains from diversification. It is recommended that; 4 Management should in still discipline upon itself by ensuring good financial performance, promote technological progress and increase it?s paid up capital regardless of the statutory requirements so that the continued existence of the firm is not jeopardized after undergoing diversification. Management should not only undertake diversification in order to improve operation and sustain failing businesses but also improve their competitiveness and financial performance. Management should come up with a sound strategy towards liquidity and risk diversification management so as to avert the problem of mismatching investments and also the quality of liquidity should be enhanced. Management should put into consideration the degree of transferability and marketability of liquidity invested in so that these assets can provide liquidity to the firm with ease.

Business practices in Somalia have gone through many innovations. One of the most dynamic of these innovations has been mobile money. Different telecom companies provide different brands of mobile money. However, amongst EVC plus offered by Hormuud telecom is the most popular mobile money that people depend on their daily transactions in south and central Somalia. However, without effective functioning of central bank, limited education of business owners, unfavorable domestic environment, lack of business information; wide spread of mobile money adaptation by SMEs is likely to affect their financial performance. However the study sought to investigate the effects of mobile transfer on the financial performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Mogadishu, Somalia. More specifically, the study sought to achieve the following objectives; to assess the extent to which mobile money transaction cost, number of mobile money transactions, financial literacy and mobile money transfer regulations affect the financial performance of SMEs in Mogadishu, Somalia. The study adopted a descriptive survey method which was conducted through administration of questionnaires. Data was collected from a sample of 146 SMEs in Bakara market using purposive sampling technique. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were then used to analyze data with the help of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 21.0.The results of this study revealed that there was a relationship between mobile money transfer and financial performance of small and medium enterprises. On the basis of the findings of this study, it was concluded that mobile money transfer had positive effect on financial performance of small and medium enterprises. The study found that mobile money transaction costs, financial literacy and mobile transfer regulation, affected financial performance of small and medium enterprises. It was recommended that due to the effect of financial literacy and mobile transfer regulation, managers should ensure they build capacity in terms of financial knowledge and also liaise with the regulator on the various regulations to be adopted. It is suggested that the Central Bank of Somalia needs to come up with a complex regulatory framework on how mobile platforms can transact effectively in the financial system. The Central Bank of Somalia needs to build capacity amongst its employees so as to be prepared for mobile innovations especially where money transfers are involved.

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among leadership styles and employee performance in higher education. The study was examining the impact of transformational, transactional and Laissez-Faire leadership styles on employee performance. The study was conducted through descriptive a cross – sectional study involving a self administered questionnaire was used as the measuring instrument. The study population comprised all staff in University of Somalia Registration with 310 numbers. Slovin’s formula or method was used to determine the sample size and the sample number was calculated 76 one. Stratified sampling was used in this research.the data was collected and then analyses was used SPSS. And presented in tables, charts and pie charts. The results showed that transformational leadership style, transactional leadership style and lazier-faire leadership styles all have positive but weak impact on employee performance in Universities in Somalia. Recommendations based on these research findings are intended to aid University of Somalia to improve its employee’s performance by training managers and leaders to use styles of leadership. Leadership training program is more important than ever. And also, as the study found that there is a positive relationship between the three styles and employee performance in UNISO, and that indicates there may exist other variables which influence employee performance, so the researcher recommends that UNISO should launch another research to find those other variables.

An ideal business needs sufficient resources to keep it going and ensures that such resources are maximally utilized to enhance its performance and overall profitability. Cash is the most liquid of assets and it represents the lifeblood for growth and investment and it is essential to survive because of its effects on a firm’s performance and risk reduction, and consequently its value (Smith, 1980). This study seeks to investigate the effect of cash flow management on the financial performance of SME’s in Mogadishu –Somalia. I want to understand the effect of cash flow management on financial performance and also My Objectives cash planning and cash controlling and liquidity management. The methodology will center on the research techniques adopted and used for this study with the aim of achieving the research objectives. A research design is clear as and generally plan for research undertaking. Research design provides the join that holds the research project together. Descriptive research design was adopted in this study. The research population is 360 individuals were Owners/managers of selected small and medium enterprises in Mogadishu-Somalia. There are many sectors of small and medium enterprises as, service sector, cosmetics, trade sector. The sampling Technique is descriptive to the strategies and researcher use to select respondents from target population. The respondents will be categorized into different where each group will have homogenous characteristics such as; owners/managers and employees. Since in most SMEs owners and managers can‘t be separated, one was selected from each business and my sample was 78. The instrument is a survey, questionnaire or tool designed to measure the variable(s), characteristic(s), or information of interest, often a behavioral or psychological characteristic. Research instruments can be helpful tools to your research study,. Because the information needed can be easily and quickly gathered from the respondents, and also it can target respondents in widely dispersed locations, in questionnaire development. Linear Regression analysis is used in this study to figure out the extent that independent variable (cash control, cash planning and liquidity management ) can influence the dependent variable (Financial Performance of SME’s ), while all other factors are constant. The table below shows regression analysis of variables cash flow management and business performance. Multiple regression analysis was performed to assess the relationship between the dependent Variable (Financial Performance of Small media enterprise) and the independent variables (Cash flow management) and to test the research. The regression results presented in above table indicate that cash control, cash planning and liquidity management were significant at 5 percent level. The coefficient of cash control showed 0.232 with a p-value 0.020, which is less than 5%, the coefficient of cash planning was 0.313, with a p-value of 0.003, which is less than 0.05. And the liquidity management was -0.065, with a p-value of 0.602 which is greater than 0.05 so that indicates there was statistically positive relationship between cash control and cash planning on financial performance of small Media Enterprise in Mogadishu and while the remaining variable was negative relationship between Liquidity management on financial performance of SME’s and statistical is insignificant.

Dystopia is a totalitarian or a degraded society. The dystopian society is characterized by human misery and oppression. The people of this society lives in constant fear and unhappiness. Dystopian writings become popular in the twentienth century which witnessed various kinds of deprivation and sufferings. Dystopian narratives traditionally achieve their power by reflecting the dominant cultural anxieties of the era in which they were written. This research paper has taken up The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood to examine the various dystopian aspects presented in it. The Heart Goes Last, written as the US economy slowly recovers from a recession, is a cautionary tale about our desire for security. The various dehumanizing and unpleasant pictures presented by Margaret Atwood is carefully analysed. The grave situation is can happen to any society and it foreshadows the inescapable future to come.

This part of the book is the summary that highlightsin briefly the overall five chapters of the book. Most previous researchers have concentrated on examining, investigating and describing the behavior of Business Enterprises in practicing financial management.Although they provided much descriptive and empirical evidence on financial management practices, it appears that there are still some gaps in the literature which need to be addressed.Previous researchers focus on investigating and describing financial management practices, but there has been little research examining the effect of financial management practices on business profitability. to achieve this objective this book focused on four variablesby targeting selected SMEs in Mogadishu. These four variablesare; to investigate the effects of working capital management on profitability, to investigate the effects of financial planning management on profitability, to investigate the effects of financial literacy on profitability and to investigate the effects of resource allocation on profitability of small businesses in Mogadishu Somalia. The target population of this study was150 SMEs operating in Mogadishu, howlwdag district in bakaro market. Stratified random sampling technique was used since the population consists of managers, owners and employees. The sample size of this study contained 109 of the owners, managers and employees of SMEs. This study used a questionnaire to collect data.Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.0, which is a software tool for data analysis.Data collected was purely quantitative and it was analyzed using descriptive analysis. Regression analysis was used to come up with the model. The study used a multiple regression equation. Implementing efficiently and effectively financial management practices through employing financial manager practitioners or training and developing the old ones bring SMEs to be profitable.Most problem faced SMEs was they lack enough financial management practices that could made possible all the financial transactions, investments and financing decisions to line in order to reach financial objectives of the business. The finding of the study reveals that only few owners and managers have proper financial management practices and able their business to be profitable. The study findings established that there was a positive relationship (R= 0.991) between the variables. The study also revealed that 98.2% of profitability in the SMEs could be explained by the variables under study. The recommending SMEs’ owners/managers should employ financial management practices to increase profitability of their business.