Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of preconception training on the avoidance of pregnancy.Materials and Methods: The study was conducted with pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design during home visits within the scope of the Butterfly Effect project. The population consisted of women who were aged 18�49 years and were living in villages with high fertility rates in a provincial centre in the Central Black Sea region. The sample was calculated by power analysis and included 100 women. The data were collected using a Personal Information Form and the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy (DAP) Scale. The women in houses selected through simple random method were visited. the personal information form and the DAP were applied to the women as pretest and then the preconception training was provided and the DAP was applied as posttest after this trainingFindings: The DAP total score was 29.17�13.28 before the training and 27.68�13.05 after the training. A significant difference was found between the DAP total mean scores before and after the training and age, age of the partner, duration of marriage, use of family planning, and previous pregnancy or birth. Moreover, while the presence of living children and the use of family planning were effective on the DAP before the training, the variables of the partner�s age, the use of family planning, and the number of years after which she would like to conceive a child were effective on the DAP after the preconception training. Conclusion: In the study, it was determined that the women�s desire to avoid pregnancy was moderate. The number of living children and the number of children planned for the family were significant predictors on the desire to avoid pregnancy.
This study emphasizes how ensemble approaches can improve the precision and resilience of predictive models in assessing social problems like adolescent delinquency. In order to classify adolescent delinquency, this study looks into how effective a stacked ensemble framework is. The performance of the stacked ensemble model is compared to individual classifiers using data on different risk factors linked to delinquent behavior. The evaluation metrics that are used are AUC, F-score, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). The stacked ensemble framework constantly outperforms individual classifiers, as evidenced by the high AUC scores it achieves, which range from 0.97 to 1.00 across all classes of delinquency severity. Moreover, in terms of classification accuracy and F-score, the proposed ensemble model outperforms individual classifiers, demonstrating greater discriminative power. Additionally, the stacked ensemble exhibits improved generalization and robustness, proving its effectiveness in locating underlying patterns in the data and lowering the chance of overfitting. The classification of adolescent delinquency is significantly impacted by the ensemble framework\'s superior performance, which implies that ensemble techniques like stacking can improve predictability and accuracy in identifying adolescents who are at-risk at an early stage. The results demonstrate the potential of the suggested stacked ensemble approach to enhance predictive performance and provide reliable classification across a range of delinquency severity levels, thereby validating its efficacy in classifying juvenile delinquency.
The objective of this paper was to explore the relationship among conflict management, personality types and emotions. Conflict management is one of the key behaviors of an organization. Since it is investigated that everyone has a unique personality, so possibly to handle a conflict-based situation would also differ. The other main feature identified in this study was emotions. The current study aims to identify the relationship of personality and emotions with conflict-management patterns within hoteliers in Pakistan. Thus the present study carries the selection of two independent variables personality types specifically type A and emotions in relation with conflict management being the dependant variable. The sample of research consisted of fifteen major hotels in Pakistan comprising 290 employees as total. To fulfill the research purpose, Self-report structured and referenced questionnaires were used to assess the research variables. When personality types and conflict management was assessed, significant interaction was found. Emotions were found to have both positive and negative effect on conflict management. A series of regression analyses as well as correlation analysis were carried out in the research. A range of different approaches to explore these issues such as how different personality types are related with conflict management and how emotions (either positive or negative) play their important role in handling conflicts are discussed. Furthermore, limitations and recommendations are also being discussed that influence the relationship of conflict management, personality types and emotions of hoteliers differently.
Samanian made a wasting state for governing the samanian territory and professional administrators by a mixture of official customs of samani era and Islamic regulations could set up a well official system which in a short time could reach to promotions. The aim of present study is analyzing one the most important governing systems in Iran it means Samanian era. This article is made of library system and by providing fishes from the sources.
This research highlights the significance of preventing, finding out and treating diabetes mellitus (DM) from early stages of on set. The late finding of diabetes mellitus leads to both medical and economic losses. The treatment of the complications of the diabetic disease raises the costs of the care and the losses due to patient missing from work cannot be neglected. The expenses with diabetes mellitus have constantly increased everywhere in the world. The highest costs for a diabetic patient raised to 13,243 USD/patient/year, in 2002, in the USA – the highest ever recorded costs of this disease. The estimations made by International Diabetes Federation show that, in 2012, the cost for diabetic patients care reached 471 billion USD, in the world, and 138.8 billion USD, in Europe. A study carried out in Europe in 2008, showed that hospitalization costs represent almost 60% of the total costs of diabetes mellitus treatment, outpatient care costs 18.5% and drug therapy represents 21.7%. In Romania, the treatment of diabetes mellitus is free of charge. The funds allotted by the Ministry of Health for the Diabetes Programe in the time interval 1999-2012 increased 25 times, but Romania ranks among the top ten countries with diabetes cases in Europe.
In order to better understand how to prevent enzymatic greenning, it is important to\nunderstand kinetic properties of polyphenol oxidase. vegetable markets projected for the\nfuture will not occur if enzymatic greenning is not understood and controlled. We\ninvestigated the effect of SDS on the rate of catechol oxidation by wild pears partial\npurified PPO. PPO activity increased with increasing SDS concentration. The most\neffective concentration of SDS was 0.9 and 1 mM in according to pH and type of\nsubstrate, where the measured activity was 782 and 3200 units/mg.protein at pH 5 and\n380 and 1100 unit/mg.protei.n at pH 7 for catechol and pyrogallol, respectively at 1 mM\nSDS. The activation of pears PPO increased linearly with the SDS concentration up to 1\nmM and decreased thereafter. The activity of pear PPO was also enhanced 2.6-fold by\nexposure to SDS at pH 5.0 in presence of catechol, 3.7-fold by exposure to SDS at pH\n5.0 in presence of pyrogallol, 1.7-fold by exposure to SDS at pH 7 in presence of catechol\nand 1.7-fold by exposure to SDS at pH 5 in presence of pyrogallol. SDS has activating\neffect on polyphenol oxidase in presence of both dihydroxy and trihydroxy phenols, So\nthat, this activating effect at pH 5 is more than activating effect at pH 7.
Abstract:\nThe vast and growing need of society to the building and housing has raised the necessity of using construction systems and new construction materials in order to accelerate construction operation, reduce construction cost, increase quality and also retrofitting and strengthening buildings resistant against earthquake more than before.Due to the relatively vast geographical area of the developing country of Iran, and given the rapid burgeoning population and growing requirements to mass housing production, common and traditional construction methods utilization cannot meet the housing requests. So, application of modern technologies and/or construction methods by using industrial production methods is the proper response for the challenges facing the building industry of the country. (Golabchi, Mahmoud, 2010)
Teleradiology facilitates timely interpretation of medical images for better medical care. Observations at the referral site can help the remote radiologists make a thorough analysis. Images transferred to remote sites must be accompanied with relevant patient identifiable data to resolve identity issues when similar images are to be examined by a radiologist. In this paper, we present a zero-watermarking scheme to watermark a host image, with a Health Level 7 (HL7) message encompassing patient identifiable data and clinical readings that is encoded into a binary Quick Response (QR) code. The proposed system preserves the fidelity of the cover image as the watermark is not physically embedded. Embedding and extraction are realized with a Master Share, Secret Share and a binary QR code. In the proposed system, Master Share is created out of the sign bit sequence of the Hu’s moments, computed on selected non overlapping blocks of the host image subjected to Singular Value Decomposition (SVD). Robustness to geometric and non geometric attacks is evaluated by running attacks with different parameters with a benchmarking software. The proposed system exhibits security and robustness characteristics essential to deliver teleradiology practices in compliance with legislative standards.
Removal of Al3+ and Mn2+ from solution by Trichoderma asperellum BHU216 immobilized on Irvingia gabonensis matrix in a batch system was investigated. Effect of biosorption conditions contact time, pH, bead size and spore load were studied. Equilibrium isotherms and re-usability of biosorbent were also determined. The result showed that optimum sorption of Mn2+ and Al3+ by immobilized sorbent was achieved at 7 mm bead size and 1.6 g/L spore load. Optimum pH were 5 and 6 while equilibrium was attained at 120 and 180 mins for Mn2+ and Al3+ sorption respectively. Immobilized biosorbent was used in more than 5 batch cycles with over 50% removal achieved in 3 and 5 cycles for Al3+ and Mn2+ sorption. Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) isotherm had the best-fit than both Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms for both metals (R2 0.99 and 0.97 for Mn2+ and Al3+ respectively). Manganese sorption proceeded at both surface and multi-layer levels with high sorption rates 18.88 mg/L and 19.72 mg/L, while aluminium sorption was feasible in a multi-layer process with low uptake (0.87 mg/g). This study showed that immobilized T. asperellum BHU216 can effectively act as biosorbent for Mn(II) and Al(III) sorption from solution.