Microscopic observations of needle and soft-tissue simulant interactions

Currently, physicians have no means of correctly estimating the needle tip location during percutaneous needle insertion. A model of needle-tissue interaction that predicts the needle tip location would assist physicians in pre-operative planning and hence improve needle targeting accuracy. This study is aimed to investigate the interactions of bevel-tipped needles and soft tissue in situ, using agarose gel as a soft-tissue simulant. An experimental setup is designed to record the needle-gel interaction forces and torques during needle insertion. Gel rupture during needle insertion is observed using a Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope and recorded in time series and three-dimensional images (Figure). Experimental results show the possibility of observing in situ gel rupture during needle insertion and relating them to the needle-gel interaction forces and torques. Moreover, it is seen that the maximum force along the insertion axis, |Fz max|, is proportional to bevel angle and inversely proportional to insertion speed. The maximum resultant torque, ||Tr max||, is found to be inversely proportional to bevel angle and proportional to insertion speed. However, the influence of the increase in insertion speed in |Fz max| and ||Tr max|| diminishes as insertion speed increases. These results concur with observations noted in gel rupture images

Factors That Influence Muslim Consumers Preference Towards Islamic Banking Products Or Facilities - Theory Of Reasoned Action

The purpose of this study is to identify the determinants of Muslim consumers’ intention whether to engage in Islamic banking facilities or not to engage. Ajzen and Fishbein’s (1980) Theory of Reasoned Action was used as a basis for this study. The theory posits that the immediate determinant of behavior is intention. Intention is determined by the weighted attitude toward the behavior and the weighted subjective norm. The variables under studied in this research were actual behavior, intention, attitude toward the behavior, subjective norm, and the external variables i.e. knowledge and religiosity. Combination of beliefs, evaluations, and motivation to comply determined attitude and subjective norm towards behavior

OBE course analysis and learning reflections / Arnida Jahya...[et al.]

This paper aims to share the findings of outcome-based education (OBE) analysis done on Human Resource Development (HRM549) course from the Faculty of Business Management that was conducted in one of the public universities. Generally, the curriculum documentation of an academic program includes written program educational objectives (PEOs) at the program level together with the course information for all courses in the program. Course information is a document that provides the details of the course outcomes, teaching methodology, assessment, details of students learning time (SLT), program outcomes-course outcomes (POs-COs) matrix, taxonomy and soft skills matrix that serve as an official guideline to a lecturer to conduct the course, deliver the learning activities and assessment of the students. This OBE course analysis was done as a part of an assignment for the Certificate of Education program conducted by Institute of Leadership and Quality Management (ILQAM) in 2014. Findings of the analysis on this HRM549 course showed that there were several items were not mapped to the course learning outcomes. Henceforth, it was recommended that the lecturer should identify the key important elements in the course analysis that will guide them to map the course learning outcomes with program educational objectives. In conclusion, doing OBE course analysis provides an insight of how the curriculum of a course is being designed (or formulated) using OBE approach

Optimalisering av driften ved Saulekilen Renseanlegg i Arendal kommune med hensyn på kjemisk felling og slamavvanning

The wastewater contains a lot of nutrients that can be harmful to nature, such as phosphorus. Therefore, to avoid negative consequences caused by these nutrients, it is desirable to minimize them before discharge. The chemical purification step consists of several processes, chemical precipitation, coagulation, flocculation, and separation. The main goal of these processes is to form large enough flocks of the precipitated particles so that they become large enough to be able to separate it from the wastewater by separation methods. The separated particles are passed on in the form of sludge where it is treated and thickened and centrifuged to dewater it. Arendal municipality doses based on the dosing table to reach a precipitation pH of 5,9 and in winter the plant struggles to thicken the sludge. This master thesis is about optimizing the operation of the Saulekilen treatment plant in Arendal municipality, about chemical precipitation and sludge dewatering. It also investigates whether the plant’s dosing table corresponds with results from the laboratory and which precipitation pH gives better results about phosphorus concentration in the outlet. Moreover, it explains the relationship between incoming wastewater and phosphorus concentration in the inlet and outlet, by analyzing the operation data. And whether road salt has any effect on the sludge’s drainage properties. Through analyzing the results from the laboratory, it shows that Arendal municipality overdoses chemicals to reach a precipitation pH of 5,9 when the water volume is above 60 l/s. Examination of Arendal municipality’s plant data shows that the larger the amount of water that enters, the lower the phosphorus concentration in the wastewater. The same applies to outlets. The sludge tests show that adding saline solution destroys the polymer bonds, makes the sludge more liquid and decreases the dewatering effect

Automated construction noise prediction by considering the variability of noise sources and outdoor sound propagation

Noise has become a serious concern due to increase of construction development. Continuous exposures to excessive noise result in physical, physiological and psychological effects. To reduce these effects, the prediction of noise from construction in the early planning stage is suggested. In Malaysia, the prediction is based on the BS5228: Part 1: 2009 procedure. However, the equivalent noise level (LAeq) prediction from BS5228 was claimed to be inaccurate, and previous research suggested that the primary solution is to predict noise using stochastic approach. Nonetheless, the predictions of noise using stochastic approach were not carried out in a detail manner and not all factors that may affect the noise were considered. Therefore, this study further investigates the accuracy of the noise prediction by using BS5228 procedure, followed by improving the method of noise prediction using stochastic approach and develops an automated model for noise prediction. Among considered factors include the variability of position and height of the sources, as well as receiver and variability of outdoor sound propagation. The automated model was designed using MATLAB’s Graphical User Interface (GUI) and produced equivalent continuous sound level, LAeq, standard deviation and other parameters of noise levels such as L10, L90 and Lmax. The accuracy between measured and predicted noise levels was measured using statistical tests in SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) software and also using MAPE (Mean Absolute Percentage Error) method. The result of t-test showed significant difference between LAeq obtained from measurement and BS 5228 procedure. Meanwhile, the comparison of LAeq between measurement and simulation was insignificant throughout t-test and overall, the results from MAPE method were also in the acceptable range. As a conclusion, noise prediction using Monte Carlo approach can be used as the alternative way in predicting noise from construction

VALENTINE DAY TIDAK HARUS MENUJU PERZINAHAN

Valentine's Day or what is known as Valentine's Day is very popular among young people and is the most eagerly awaited moment on February 14th. Valentine's Day is often celebrated every year so that it becomes a culture and a trend. Valentine's Day is synonymous with flowers, chocolates, dolls, and some people even celebrate this day with sex parties. This culture is practiced by young people from various countries and including Indonesia, which increasingly refers to the damage to Indonesian culture and morals. Therefore this research was carried out to make people aware of deviations from Valentine's Day and the negative impact on Indonesian culture and provide enlightenment from the aspects of religion, society, government and in the eyes of education. In analyzing this case the writer uses descriptive qualitative research methods. The results of this study regarding the thoughts and views of cultural agencies regarding acts of deviation from Valentine's Day celebrations

At Least Curry Puff / Mohamad Azim Jahya

I have chosen to run a small food business which is my brand name is At Least Curry Puff. My main business activity is selling frozen curry puff which is been produce by me and also contributed by my mother and my neighbours. I am offer two types of curry puff filling which is potato and sardines. The production process is located at my family home and the food ingredient are been bought from the shop near my house. I have chosen this type of business as my educational purposes for the subject of Principle of Entrepreneurship (ENT530) because I am interested in food business and at the same time curry puff is my favourite snack food. I want to share to people my lovely mother and my neighbours curry puff recipes through this business. This individual assignment instructs the student to implement social media which is Facebook to run the business. This is the new challenge but also it is interesting in today’s business. I am also registered my business at Go-Ecommerce which is under the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). With this registration, I can key-in my business revenue, gross profit, loss, and other information and data which is it is make me easily track my business flow. This is good initiative that produce my MDEC in order to help the businesses improvement of quality and to be more efficient and effective. There are certain difficulties in order for me to run this business because I am the first timer to run a business and also lack of experience in selling and promoting skill of the product. Another barrier for me is the Movement Control Order (MCO) that instructed by government which is affect my business. The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) during this MCO is restrict us from go outside from the house not more than 10KM have affecting my product delivery process since I am using Cash on Delivery (COD) method which delivered by myself to customer by using my own motorcycle. Last but not least, even this is for educational purposes only, I am felt very exciting to run this business after this because I take this subject as my adding value to find my skill and knowledge of selling, promoting, and manage the business

Asuhan Keperawatan Komprehensif pada Tn. A.D Dengan Pneumonia Di Ruang Cendana Rumah Sakit Bhayangkara Drs. Titus Ully Kupang

Pneumonia adalah salah satu penyakit infeksi saluran pernapasan akut (ISNBA) dengan gejala batuk dan disertai dengan sesak napas yang disebabkan agen infeksius seperti virus, bakteri, mycroplasma (fungil), dan aspirasi substansi asing, berupa radang paru-paru yang disertai eksudasi dan konsolidasi. Tujuan penulisan adalah penulis mampu menerapkan asuhan keperawatan pada pasien dengan Pneumonia. Metode penulisan dengan pengumpulan data meliputi wawancara, pemeriksaan fisik dan studi dokumentasi. Selanjutnya Klien dirawat selama tiga hari perawatan. Hasil pengkajian Tn. A.D, masuk rumah sakit tanggal 14 Juli 2019 dengan alasan demam naik turun, makan menurun. Saat dilakukan pemeriksaan fisik didapatkan masalah klien merasa pernapasan tidak bernapas dengan leluasa akibat dari klien merasa semacam penumpukan cairan dalam jalan napas, dan napsu makan klien angat menurun serta lemas. Diagnosa yang di angkat Ketidakefektifan jalan napas berhubungan dengan penumpukan cairan serta pemenuhan nutrisi kurang dari kebutuhan tubuh berhubungan dengan intake yang tidak adekuat. Maka dibuatlah suatu perencanaan keperawatan agar dapat mengatasi masalah yang dihadapi Tn. A. D, seperti Mengajarkan pasien batuk efektif dan napas dalam. Dan mengkaji pola makan klien serta menimbang berat badan klien. Evaluasi pada Tn. A.D, untuk diagnosa pertama dan kedua dengan menggunakan metode subyektif, obyektif, assesment, planing (SOAP)

Construct Validity of Adaptive Performance: A Case of Malaysian Lecturers

The virtual mode of the classroom that changes from the traditional education model poses challenges among the educators especially the inability to cope with the adaption of educational technologies. Online literacy is the basic skill to exercise an outstanding performance during changing environments. However, the conceptualization of adaptive performance seeks further exploration mainly because the past studies focus on the specific context. This study aims to present the validity and reliability of the adaptive performance construct related to online teaching platforms among Malaysian public university lecturers. The questionnaire was designed using Google Form and the adopted questionnaire was emailed to lecturers of Malaysian Research Universities (henceforth, RUs) via their institution’s email address. The data were then analyzed using the SmartPLS software through the measurement model analysis. The analysis involved a second-order approach where the outer loading values, the convergent validity of Average Variance Extracted (henceforth, AVE), and reliability analysis of the adaptive performance construct. The findings suggest that the validity and reliability of the construct were established for the context of the study. The Cronbach Alpha and composite reliability values scored above the threshold values. This study confirmed the adaptive performance instrument among the lecturers in Malaysia and can provide insight for future research. The limitation includes the sample of the study that was rather homogenous which it only focused on lecturers from Malaysian RUs