The Effect of Recruitment and Employee Selection on Employee Placement and Its Impacts Towards Employee Performance at PT Sriwijaya Air

Sriwijaya Air realizes the importance of candidates selection of process, because this process will result in employees in accordance with the prescribed qualifying so as to achieve a performance from these new employees. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the implementation of the recruitment and placement of employees selection and its impact on the performance of employees of PT Sriwijaya Air Jakarta. The analytical method used is the method of path analysis. The results showed that recruitment and selection variables influence significantly on the placement of employees. Likewise, employee placement variable influence significantly on the performance of employees of PT Sriwijaya Air Jakarta. However, only recruitment variable that Significantly influence on employee performance. Recruitment is one - the only variable that has direct influence on employee performance. While selection and placement of employees variable do not affect the performance of employees

A prospective study of risk factor profile & incidence of deep venous thrombosis among medically-ill hospitalized patients at a tertiary care hospital in Northern India

Background & Objective: Hospitalization for medical-illness is associated with an increased risk of deep venous thrombosis (DVT). However, there are no published data from India addressing at this issue. We sought to study the risk factor profile and the incidence of DVT among hospitalized medically-ill patients, a tertiary care hospital in northern India. Methods: All adults admitted to the medical wards and intensive care unit with level 1 or 2 mobility over a period of two years (July 2006 to July 2008) at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital, New Delhi, were prospectively studied. Patients having DVT at admission or an anticipated hospital stay less than 48 h were excluded. The presence of clinical risk factors for DVT was recorded and laboratory evaluation was done for hypercoagulable state. A routine surveillance venous compression Doppler ultrasonography was performed 12 ± 8 days after hospital admission. Results: Of the 163 patients, 77 (47%) had more than one risk factor for DVT. Five (3%) patients developed DVT; none of them had symptomatic DVT. None of these patients received anticoagulation prior to the development of DVT. The mean age of those who developed DVT was 40 ± 13 (25-50) yr; two of five were male. The incidence rate of DVT was 2.7 per 1000 person-days of hospital stay [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.87 to 6.27]. None of the factors was found to be significantly associated with the risk of DVT. Interpretation & Conclusion: In our setting, although many hospitalized medically-ill patients had risk factors for DVT, the absolute risk of DVT was low compared to the western population but clearly elevated compared to non hospitalized patients. Large studies from India are required to confirm our findings

Correlated Genetic and Ecological Diversification in a Widespread Southern African Horseshoe Bat

The analysis of molecular data within a historical biogeographical framework, coupled with ecological characteristics can provide insight into the processes driving diversification. Here we assess the genetic and ecological diversity within a widespread horseshoe bat Rhinolophus clivosus sensu lato with specific emphasis on the southern African representatives which, although not currently recognized, were previously described as a separate species R. geoffroyi comprising four subspecies. Sequence divergence estimates of the mtDNA control region show that the southern African representatives of R. clivosus s.l. are as distinct from samples further north in Africa than they are from R. ferrumequinum, the sister-species to R. clivosus. Within South Africa, five genetically supported geographic groups exist and these groups are corroborated by echolocation and wing morphology data. The groups loosely correspond to the distributions of the previously defined subspecies and Maxent modelling shows a strong correlation between the detected groups and ecoregions. Based on molecular clock calibrations, it is evident that climatic cycling and related vegetation changes during the Quaternary may have facilitated diversification both genetically and ecologically

Usefulness of Anti -CCP Antibodies in Rheumatic Diseases in Indian Patients

Background: The usefulness of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP antibodies) to identify rheumatic arthritis (RA) from other rheumatic diseases presenting with joint pain is not well studied. Aims: We aimed to determine the sensitivity and specificity of anti-CCP antibodies in Indian RA patients with respect to non-RA rheumatic diseases and to study the relationship of anti-CCP antibodies and IgG, IgM and IgA rheumatoid factor in RA. Settings and Design: Case-control cross-sectional study carried out in the rheumatology division of All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: Sixty-three patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 51 patients with non-RA rheumatic diseases having joint pain were included in the study. Sera were tested for anti-CCP antibodies (IgG) and IgA, IgM, IgG rheumatoid factor, using a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Statistical Analysis: Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS statistical software version 11.5. Results: Fifty-four of 63 RA patients (85.71%) were positive for anti-CCP antibodies. In the non-RA group, anti-CCP antibody was positive in only 5 of 51 patients (9.8%). Our study found a sensitivity of 85% and a specificity of 90.19% with regard to the use of anti-CCP antibodies assay in patients with joint pain to correctly identify RA. Anti-CCP antibodies positive patients did not have more erosive disease. IgM-RF-positive patients had more erosion when compared to the IgM-RF-negative group. Thirty-two of 57 (56.1%) IgM-RF-positive patients had erosions, while no patient (0/6 patients) had erosions in the IgM-RF-negative group (P = 0.01) Conclusion: Anti-CCP antibodies have high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis of RA, in Indian patients. Anti-CCP antibodies positive patients did not have more erosive disease in our study

Unusual lung mass: Benign or Malignant?

Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of lung is a rare tumour. It is a slowly growing, indolent tumour. Average time that elapses before diagnosis is reported to be two years. We report the case of a patient who remained well inspite of harbouring primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of lung for 15 years

Wing morphology, echolocation calls, diet and emergence time of black-bearded tomb bats (Taphozous melanopogon, Emballonuridae) from southwest China

We studied the wing morphology, echolocation calls, diet and emergence time of the black-bearded tomb bat (Taphozous melanopogon) from May to October 2006 in Guangxi Province, southwest China. Taphozous melanopogon has wings with high aspect ratio, high loading and pointed wing-tip shape-characteristics associated with fast flight in open space. This species usually produces low-intensity, low frequency, and frequency-modulated (FM) calls usually containing up to four harmonics, with most energy in the second (or sometimes third) harmonic. The diet of this species consists mostly of Lepidoptera and Hemiptera. Timing of evening emergence is correlated with the time of sunset. This is the first study to describe the flight and echolocation behavior of this species in China, and opens the way for future studies of its biology