Collection of Departmental Information by Utilizing Computer Technology: Evidence from Schools of Karachi

This paper is an analysis of Collection of Departmental Information (CDI) of Education Department of Karachi, but the concept of the paper is general in nature and applicable to every department of any country for the purpose of computerization of all the related records and CDI. The Paper examines the existing manually run infrastructure of CDI for onward submission to concerned departmental authorities. With the advent of information technology, the transformation and collection of information is analyzed for comparison between traditional source code and computer based working system. Trend of introducing computer in Government Departments has been examined and recorded with positive results. The Governor of Sindh seems to be very serious and has much emphasized the need of using computer technology for easy access, efficient, diligent and versatile functioning of the departments. In the light of results based on interviews, literature review and their analysis, policy implications are made for better Management of CDI for concerned authorities.Manual Information, Computer Technology, Versatile, Diligent, Acceleration, Access and Management

Export Response to the Reduction of Anti-Export Bias: Empirics from Bangladesh

The paper assesses the relationship between export growth of Bangladesh and trade liberalisation, the latter being proxied by the reduction of anti-export bias. In the empirical analysis, separate supply equations for total exports, (total) manufacturing exports, and textiles and readymade garment exports have been undertaken using quarterly time series data. The empirical results, based on vector error correction modelling (VECM), show that trade liberalisation has both long run and contemporaneous effects on total exports, manufacturing exports, and textiles and readymade garment exports supply. Besides, domestic price, export price, anti-export bias reduction, the degree of openness and production capacity all have either unidirectional or bi-directional causality between them.

Family Types, Authority Structure and Women Workers in Sindh Labor Force: Problems and Prospects

The development of a society is virtually dependent upon the quality of human resources both male and female, the changing pattern of economic and social development of world societies irrespective of their level of development, necessitates and equal advancement of both the social segments. The numerical reality that women constitute about nearly half of the total population of Sindh ideally assigns to them equal participating role in the economic life of the province. However, like other developing countries, women’s role in Sindh as an active worker-producer of goods and services has not been duly recognized by this male dominated society. With the objective of ensuring increased participation of women, clear-cut guidelines about integrating women in the development process and defining their roles are still lacking in Sindh. The present study is a step in the direction of bridging the gap of information about female labor force participation of Sindh in different, activity rates, industry group, occupation group and employment status in 1981 and 1998 population census. The most important conclusion that emerges from this study is that though percentage of women labor force in different, activities, industry group, occupation group and employment status has mostly increased in 1998 asFamily, Authority, Problems, Female, Labor Force, Sindh

Telemonitoring after discharge from hospital with heart failure: cost-effectiveness modelling of alternative service designs.

Objectives To estimate the cost-effectiveness of remote monitoring strategies versus usual care for adults recently discharged after a heart failure (HF) exacerbation. Design Decision analysis modelling of cost-effectiveness using secondary data sources. Setting Acute hospitals in the UK. Patients Patients recently discharged (within 28 days) after a HF exacerbation. Interventions Structured telephone support (STS) via human to machine (STS HM) interface, (2) STS via human to human (STS HH) contact and (3) home telemonitoring (TM), compared with (4) usual care. Main outcome measures The incremental cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained by each strategy compared to the next most effective alternative and the probability of each strategy being cost-effective at varying willingness to pay per QALY gained. Results TM was the most cost-effective strategy in the scenario using these base case costs. Compared with usual care, TM had an estimated incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER) of £11 873/QALY, whereas STS HH had an ICER of £228 035/QALY against TM. STS HM was dominated by usual care. Threshold analysis suggested that the monthly cost of TM has to be higher than £390 to have an ICER greater than £20 000/QALY against STS HH. Scenario analyses performed using higher costs of usual care, higher costs of STS HH and lower costs of TM do not substantially change the conclusions. Conclusions Cost-effectiveness analyses suggest that TM was an optimal strategy in most scenarios, but there is considerable uncertainty in relation to clear descriptions of the interventions and robust estimation of costs

Pengembangan Website JII - Analisa.Com sebagai Alat Analisis Portofolio Optimum Metode Varian Kovarian pada Pasar Modal Syariah di Indonesia

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengembangkan website JII-Analisa.com sebagai alat analisis portofolio syariah optimum metode varian kovarian. Website JII-Analisa.com dikembangkan dengan menggunakan SDLC (Sysems Development Life Cycle) yang terdiri atas 5 (lima) langkah, yaitu perencanaan rencana strategis pengembangan website, penentuan ruang lingkup pengembangan, analisis kebutuhan yang diperlukan, membuat desain dan implementasi pembuatan website serta pengujian. Secara umum terdapat 2 (dua) langkah yang dapat dilakukan untuk melakukan analisis portofolio optimum menggunakan JII.Analisa.com, yaitu pemilihan saham pembentuk portofolio menggunakan menu Analisis Saham dan perhitungan portofolio optimum. Hasil implementasi website untuk periode data 01 Januari 2014 28 Februari 2015 diperoleh proporsi untuk masing masing saham pembentuk portofolio optimum adalah KLBF.JK sebesar 35%, JSMR.JK 30%, SSMS.JK 17%, MPPA.JK 12%, PTPP.JK 5%, dan PWON.JK 0.2% dengan Return yang dihasilkan sebesar 0.21%, risiko sebesar 1.01% dan indeks sharpe 0.20655

Investigating the association between obesity and asthma in 6- to 8-year-old Saudi children:a matched case-control study

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated an association between obesity and asthma, but there remains considerable uncertainty about whether this reflects an underlying causal relationship. Aims: To investigate the association between obesity and asthma in pre-pubertal children and to investigate the roles of airway obstruction and atopy as possible causal mechanisms. Methods: We conducted an age- and sex-matched case–control study of 1,264 6- to 8-year-old schoolchildren with and without asthma recruited from 37 randomly selected schools in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and skin fold thickness of the 632 children with asthma were compared with those of the 632 control children without asthma. Associations between obesity and asthma, adjusted for other potential risk factors, were assessed separately in boys and girls using conditional logistic regression analysis. The possible mediating roles of atopy and airway obstruction were studied by investigating the impact of incorporating data on sensitisation to common aeroallergens and measurements of lung function. Results: BMI was associated with asthma in boys (odds ratio (OR)=1.14, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.08–1.20; adjusted OR=1.11, 95% CI, 1.03–1.19) and girls (OR=1.37, 95% CI, 1.26–1.50; adjusted OR=1.38, 95% CI, 1.23–1.56). Adjusting for forced expiratory volume in 1 s had a negligible impact on these associations, but these were attenuated following adjustment for allergic sensitisation, particularly in girls (girls: OR=1.25; 95% CI, 0.96–1.60; boys: OR=1.09, 95% CI, 0.99–1.19). Conclusions: BMI is associated with asthma in pre-pubertal Saudi boys and girls; this effect does not appear to be mediated through respiratory obstruction, but in girls this may at least partially be mediated through increased risk of allergic sensitisation

Tourism and Crisis: Comparing the Impacts of COVID-19 and Natural Disasters on The Hajj and Umrah Industry

This study aims to compare the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic and Natural Disasters on the Hajj and Umrah industries. This pilgrimage substantially contributes to foreign exchange earnings; therefore, the negative potential caused by disasters must be a significant concern for policymakers in this sector. In recent years, religious-based tourism, especially the hajj and umrah (the out-of-season pilgrimage to Mecca), has experienced significant rise of demand worldwide. To explore the impact of various disasters on this industry, using the purposive sampling method, semi-structured interviews were conducted with travel agents in Bandung over the course of two months. The findings from this research are that there is a sharp difference in the destructive impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic when compared to natural disasters. In both instances, the companies suffered from external and internal pressures. The internal problems are the loss of revenue while they still need to pay employee salaries, customers’ demands for refunds, and the uncertainty whether they could re-open their business. Meanwhile, externally, they have been faced with strict regulations on health protocols, the weakening global economy, increased operational costs, and ever-changing policies made by the governments of Indonesia and Saudi Arabia

PELATIHAN WEBSITE SEBAGAI MEDIA PROMOSI PRODUK KEPADA WIRAUSAHA LDII KABUPATEN SUMENEP

Para Pelaku bisnis online menjadi semakin diminati banyak kalangan, bahkan hampir semua masyarakat yang tidak memiliki toko secara umum juga melakukan penjualan online, Hal tersebut karena dianggap mudah dan praktis. Perkembangan tersebut juga harus diikuti para pemuda LDII di era digital. Para Pemuda LDII merupakan pemuda yang aktif dalam melakukan binsis dan usaha bertujuan untuk mensejahterakan para anggota khususnya dan masyarakat sumenep pada umumnya yang menikmati fasilitas tersebut. Diusianya yang masih dini tersebut masi belum memanfaatkan penjualan di dunia online karena keterbatasan sumber daya manusia, hal tersebut telah diupayakan mendapatkan solusi dengan adanya pelatihan dan pengabdian dari Universitas Wiraraja dan mahasiswa bisnis digital. Para pemuda LDII yang minim pengetahuan dan masih belum memiliki pengetahuan membuat website untuk mengatasi hal tersebut maka diperlukan adanya pelatihan dan pendampingan terkait tentang menjadi seorang digital marketer. Program pengabdian ini diharapkan dapat menjadi langkah awal memulai usaha online dengan mereka dituntut memiliki keahlian membuat website personal.&nbsp

Mechanisms controlling anaemia in Trypanosoma congolense infected mice.

Trypanosoma congolense are extracellular protozoan parasites of the blood stream of artiodactyls and are one of the main constraints on cattle production in Africa. In cattle, anaemia is the key feature of disease and persists after parasitaemia has declined to low or undetectable levels, but treatment to clear the parasites usually resolves the anaemia. The progress of anaemia after Trypanosoma congolense infection was followed in three mouse strains. Anaemia developed rapidly in all three strains until the peak of the first wave of parasitaemia. This was followed by a second phase, characterized by slower progress to severe anaemia in C57BL/6, by slow recovery in surviving A/J and a rapid recovery in BALB/c. There was no association between parasitaemia and severity of anaemia. Furthermore, functional T lymphocytes are not required for the induction of anaemia, since suppression of T cell activity with Cyclosporin A had neither an effect on the course of infection nor on anaemia. Expression of genes involved in erythropoiesis and iron metabolism was followed in spleen, liver and kidney tissues in the three strains of mice using microarrays. There was no evidence for a response to erythropoietin, consistent with anaemia of chronic disease, which is erythropoietin insensitive. However, the expression of transcription factors and genes involved in erythropoiesis and haemolysis did correlate with the expression of the inflammatory cytokines Il6 and Ifng. The innate immune response appears to be the major contributor to the inflammation associated with anaemia since suppression of T cells with CsA had no observable effect. Several transcription factors regulating haematopoiesis, Tal1, Gata1, Zfpm1 and Klf1 were expressed at consistently lower levels in C57BL/6 mice suggesting that these mice have a lower haematopoietic capacity and therefore less ability to recover from haemolysis induced anaemia after infection

Performance Analysis Of Routing Metrics For Multi Radio Multi Channel In Wireless Mesh Networks

Wireless mesh is a collection of wireless devices that can communicate with peers in single or multiple hops. Mesh networks are self-configuring systems where each Access Point (AP) can relay messages on behalf of others, thus increasing the range, utilizing Multiple Radios over mesh routers increases capacity and available bandwidth. Efficient utilization of Multiple Radios is assured through proper channel assignment and routing schemas. Routing metrics are used for selection of routes obtained by routing protocols. Routing metrics provide measurable values that can be used to judge how useful a route will be, quantitative value assigned by routing metrics indicate the specific characteristics of the route