Differences in Disability among Older Women and Men in Egypt and Tunisia

[Excerpt] Research on child survival and health has indicated disparities between boys and girls in selected Middle Eastern countries. Health disparities in later life are understudied in this region. In this article, we examine differences between women and men in later-life activity limitation in Egypt and Tunisia. Difficulty executing physical tasks is more common for women than for men in both study sites, although differences are smaller after adjustment for underlying illness. Differences in the difficulty of executing physical tasks also are sensitive to environmental controls in variable ways across the study sites. The findings caution against the sole use of reported disability in comparative studies of gender and agin

The Jewish Resource Specialist Program Year 3 Evaluation Findings

This report presents the final cumulative evaluation findings for the Jewish Resource Specialist Program (JRS) over the three years of the JRS pilot, including key achievements and challenges. The evaluation assesses the JRS program overall—as a model—and not individual sites.This evaluation addresses the following two distinct evaluation questions:1. How, and to what extent, are families at JRS schools increasing their engagement in Jewish life and learning within JRS schools and in the community? 2. How, and to what extent, is JRS deepening Jewish learning within the JRS school environment? This evaluation also seeks to document the growth and change of JRS across the three years, providing insights into aspects of the program best poised for replication and scale

The Influence of Work Discipline and Work Environment on the Performance of Quality Assurance Division Employees at PT Mitra Transaction Indonesia, South Jakarta

The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of work discipline and work environment on the employee performance of Quality Assurance division employees at PT Mitra Transactions Indonesia. This research was conducted for 3 (three) months, starting from October 2022 to December 2022. This research used a descriptive quantitative method. The respondents of this study were all employees of the Quality Assurance division at PT Mitra Transactions Indonesia, with a population of 53 (fifty three) employees and all of them were the sample in this study. The research instrument used a questionnaire to collect data from work discipline variables, work environment variables and employee performance variables. Data analysis techniques used validity test, reliability test, descriptive analysis, normality test, heteroscedasticity test, multicollinearity test, multiple linear regression analysis, multiple linear correlation coefficient test, partial hypothesis test t test, simultaneous hypothesis test f test, and calculation of the coefficient of determination. The results of the descriptive analysis for work discipline variables, work environment variables and employee performance variables are in the good category of the Quality Assurance division at PT Mitra Transactions Indonesia. Based on a partial analysis of work discipline variables, work environment variables have a positive and significant effect on employee performance at PT Mitra Transactions Indonesia. Simultaneously, work discipline and work environment variables have a positive and significant effect on the performance of Quality Assurance division employees at PT Mitra Transactions Indonesia. The contribution of work discipline and work environment variables to the increase in employee performance variables is 62.2%, while the remaining 37.8% is influenced by other variables not examined by the authors in this study, such as work commitment, work motivation, job satisfaction, culture organization and so on

IDENTIFIKASI MORFOLOGI CACING STH (SOIL TRANSMINTTED HELMINTH) PADA KUKU ANAK SD YAYASAN BETANIA TAHUN 2023

Soil Transmintted Helminth (STH) merupakan nematode usus yang terdiri dari ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura, Ancylostoma duodenale dan Necator americanus dengan siklus hidupnya memerlukan media tanah. Infeksi cacing STH dapat menimbulkan gizi buruk, mengganggu pertumbuhan dan imunitas anak-anak. Telur cacing masuk pada tubuh melalui kuku karena kebiasaan bermain dengan media tanah dan tidak memperhatikan kebersihan tangan sebelum dan setelah makan. Cacing ascaris lumbricoides adalah parasit yang paling dominan ditemukan karena lebih cepat berkembang biak. Morfologi telur cacing ascaris lumbricoides sangat khas dengan susunan dinding yang relative tebal dan bagian luar yang berbenjol-benjol. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengidentifikasi morfologi cacing STH pada kuku anak SD Yayasan Betania.Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada April 2023.Metode penelitian deskriptif dengan desain observasional deskriptif. Subjek penelitian berjumlah 92 responden dengan total sampling sebanyak 75 sampel. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah kuantitatif dengan analisa data univariat. Hasil penelitian dengan metode flotasi menggunakan larutan NaCl 0,9%, diperoleh 32 sampel (42,7%) positif dan 43 sampel (57,3%) negative. 24 sampel (42,7%) yang terinfeksi cacing ascaris lumbricoides, 6 sampel (18,8%) terinfeksi trichuris trichiura dan 2 sampel (6,3%) terinfeksi hookworm.  Penelitian ini sejalan dengan penelitian sebelumnya dimana dominan ditemukan telur cacing ascaris lumbricoides, dikarenakan beberapa faktor seperti iklim, sanitasi lingkungan dan kurangnya pengetahuan anak tentang kecacingan

Aktivitas Mikroorganisme Tanah Pada Tanah Bekas Kebakaran Hutan Di Kabupaten Samosir

Forest fire affect chemical, physical and biological properties of the soils. In the biological properties of the soil, forest fire also affects number of microorganisms and activity of microorganisms. The purpose of this research is calculate the value of soil microorganism with various periods of forest fires. The measure of the activities of microorganism using jar and titrimetri methods.The result of this research showed that value of respiration in unburn soil is 11,99. Value of respiration from forest fire soil in 2010 is 6,43. Value of respiration from forest fire soil in 2011 is 10,28. Value of respiration from forest fire soil in 2012 is 16,28. Value of respiration from forest fire soil in 2013 is 11,14. Value of respiration from forest fire soil in 2014 is 8,14. Activity of microorganisms is almost the same between the occurrence of fire with soil unburn