Training needs assessment in Malaysia: Exercise held at Kuala Lampur and Kota Bharu from 13th October 1989

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Impact of Human Resource Accounting on Bursary Staff Effectiveness: Implication for Measurement and Evaluation of Human Capital in Federal Universities, Nigeria

This study investigated human resource accounting and bursary staff effectiveness   and its implication for measurement and evaluation of human capital in Federal Universities.   The study area was South-Eastern part of Nigeria, and a field survey method which involved the use of a questionnaire and interview was the method employed for data collection. A questionnaire that had a split-half reliability index of 0.75 and titled: Questionnaire for Evaluating Human Resource accounting in Offices (QEHRAO) was the instrument used for data collection. From the results of data analysis at 95% confidence interval, it was revealed that there exist a strong positive correlation between the five areas of human resource accounting and bursary staff effectiveness. 98.43% of the respondents opined that with an effective application of human resource accounting measures; management of public institutions will see its human resource as assets being maximized for greater productivity and excellence in service delivery. Keywords: Evaluating Human Resource Accounting, Bursary   Staff Effectiveness, Human Capital Implication for Measurement of Human Capital 

Appraising the State of Maintenance and Management of Available Secondary School Facilities on Students’ Academic Performance in Cross River State, Nigeria

The study appraised the maintenance and management of available secondary school facilities in Cross River State. The Government of Cross River State has increased the funding of affordable and qualitative education by about 12.96% in 2012 to 16.83% in its annual budget for 2013 in order to guarantee adequate provision, maintenance, and management of school facilities in her secondary schools, and other institutions of learning so as to foster quality learning, and enhanced student’s academic performance. This study sampled 235 stakeholders in Calabar South and North in the state secondary school education, and found that 87.10% of the respondent agreed that there exist a correlation between provision, maintenance and management of school facilities, and students’ academic performance. Thus, the study recommended among other things; a sustained increase in annual budgets to ensure adequate and continuous maintenance as well as management of school facilities. Keywords: Appraising, Maintenance and management, School facilities, Students’ performanc

Crystallization of jarosite in the presence of amino acids

Jarosite was formed in the presence of five amino acids at two pHs, namely 1.75 and 2.9, to determine what impact amino acids have on its formation. It was found that at the lower pH glycine was the most potent in terms of morphological and yield impacts. XRD analysis showed that incorporation of the amino acid occurs at this low pH for glycine and proline. Dynamic light scattering studies showed that glycine impacts significantly on the jarosite nucleation rate while proline and alanine do not. At the higher pH all of the amino acids had much less impact on morphology or yield. At pH 3 the solids were found to be a 3-phase system consisting of goethite, schwertmannite and jarosite. In this case, alanine appeared to stabilise the presence of schwertmannite more than the other amino acids

Qualidade de vida do doente após acidente vascular cerebral

Contextualização: Em Portugal, o AVC constitui a principal causa de incapacidade de longa duração e de diminuição da qualidade de vida. A reabilitação funcional do doente é um dos requisitos básicos no tratamento pós-AVC. Neste contexto, o objetivo do presente estudo pretendeu analisar o modo como determinadas variáveis de contexto sociodemográfico, familiar e clínico estão associadas à qualidade de vida destes doentes. Métodos: Realizou-se um estudo transversal, descritivo correlacional, de natureza quantitativa, no qual participaram 75 doentes, maioritariamente do sexo masculino (53,33%), com uma média de idades de 68 anos. Para a mensuração das variáveis utilizaram-se instrumentos de medida, de reconhecida fiabilidade, aferidos e validados para a população portuguesa: Escala de Apgar Familiar, Escala de Barthel e Questionário de avaliação da qualidade de vida (PSN). Foi também utilizada uma ficha sociodemográfica e clínica. Resultados: Analisando as dimensões da qualidade de vida constatamos que os doentes do sexo feminino apresentam scores superiores em todas as dimensões, existindo diferenças estatísticas significativas apenas para o Isolamento Social. Os participantes solteiros revelaram valores médios mais elevados, resultando em diferenças estatisticamente significativas para o Isolamento Social. Os participantes total e severamente dependentes foram os que revelaram médias mais elevadas na maioria das dimensões, com diferenças estatisticamente significativas em todas as dimensões, exceto na Dor. As variáveis idade, influência da residência, habilitações literárias, situação laboral, condições habitacionais, tipo de AVC, tempo de internamento, local da lesão, influência do programa de reabilitação e funcionalidade familiar não revelaram um efeito significativo sobre a qualidade de vida. Conclusão: As evidências encontradas neste estudo fornecem indicadores para uma melhor intervenção junto dos doentes com AVC, de forma a melhorar a sua adaptação e bem-estar, e da sua família, contribuindo para a sua qualidade de vida. Por outro lado, sensibilizou-nos para a importância em ajustar os cuidados específicos de reabilitação às expetativas e necessidades desses indivíduos. Palavras-chave: Acidente Vascular Cerebral, Qualidade de Vida, Reabilitação Funcional.Abstract Background: In Portugal, cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is the leading cause of long-term disability and diminished quality of life. The functional rehabilitation of the patient is one of the basic requirements in the treatment post-CVA. In this context, the objective of the present study is to examine how certain circumstantial, sociodemographic, familiar and clinical variables, the family functionality and functional independence are associated with the quality of life of these patients. Methods: it was made a cross-sectional, descriptive correlacional, quantitative study, in which participated 75 patients, mostly male (53,33%), with a mean age of 68 years old. For the measurement of the variables, were used measuring instruments of acknowledged reliability, measured and validated to the portuguese population: the Familiar Apgar Scale, the Barthel Scale and the Quality of Life Assessment Questionnaire. It was also used a sociodemographic and clinical data sheet. Results: Analyzing the dimensions of quality of life it was found that female patients have higher scores in all dimensions, and there are significant statistical differences only to Social Isolation. Unmarried participants showed higher average values, resulting in significant statistically differences to Social Isolation. The total and severely dependents participants were those who revealed higher average values in most dimensions, with differing slightly significant statistics, very significant and extremely significant in most dimensions, except in Pain. The variables age, influence of residence, qualifications, employment, housing conditions, type of cerebrovascular accident, time of hospitalization, location of the lesion, influence of rehabilitation programme and family functionality did not show a significant effect on the quality of life. Conclusion: The evidence found in this study provide indicators for a better assistance to patients with cerebrovascular accident, in order to improve their well-being and adjustment, and of his family, contributing to their quality of life. On the other hand, moved us to the importance in adjusting the specific rehabilitation cares of these patients’ expectations and needs. Keywords: Cerebrovascular Accident, Quality of Life, Functional Rehabilitation

AGN counts at 15um. XMM observations of the ELAIS-S1-5 sample

Context: The counts of galaxies and AGN in the mid infra-red (MIR) bands are important instruments for studying their cosmological evolution. However, the classic spectral line ratios techniques can become misleading when trying to properly separate AGN from starbursts or even from apparently normal galaxies. Aims: We use X-ray band observations to discriminate AGN activity in previously classified MIR-selected starburst galaxies and to derive updated AGN1 and (Compton thin) AGN2 counts at 15 um. Methods: XMM observations of the ELAIS-S1 15um sample down to flux limits ~2x10^-15 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (2-10 keV band) were used. We classified as AGN all those MIR sources with a unabsorbed 2-10 keV X-ray luminosity higher that ~10^42 erg/s. Results: We find that at least about 13(+/-6) per cent of the previously classified starburst galaxies harbor an AGN. According to these figures, we provide an updated estimate of the counts of AGN1 and (Compton thin) AGN2 at 15 um. It turns out that at least 24% of the extragalactic sources brighter than 0.6 my at 15 um are AGN (~13% contribution to the extragalactic background produced at fluxes brighter than 0.6 mJy).Comment: Accepted for publication on A&

Avaliação dos conceitos de quantidade e intensidade de mineralização de nitrogenio para trinta solos do Rio Grande do Sul.

Visando testar aplicabilidade do modelo de mineralizacao de N, sugerido por Stanford & Smith, a alguns solos brasileiros, foram utilizados os dados de incubacao por trinta semanas obtidos por Pottker & Tedescoem trinta solos do Rio Grande do Sul. O modelo matematico utilizado parte da premissa de que apenas uma fracao do N total do solo e potencialmente mineralizavel e que esse fenomeno segue uma cinetica de primeira ordem, ou seja: dN/dt=-kN, onde N = N0 e k para os grandes grupos de solos estudados foram avaliados, sendo tecidas consideracoes sobre ambos os fatores. O modelo de mineralizacao ajustou-se perfeitamente aos solos estudados (r2 >0,99). Mesmo dentro dos grandes grupos de solos, a variacao dos valores de N0 e k e grande. A meia-vida da mineralizacao de N a 24 0c foi de 11,6 semanas. Para estimar N0 por meio de regressoes, e vantajoso trabalhar com os grandes grupos de solos isoladamente

The tetrazolium test for soybean seeds.

History. Principles of the test. Equipment and supplies. Seed evaluation. Diagnosis of the causes of soybean seed deterioration. Identification of levels of viability. Class 1 (very high vigor). Class 2 (high vigor). Class 3 (medium vigor). Class 4 (low vigor). Class 5 (very low vigor). Class 6 (non-viable). Class 7 (non-viable). Class 8 (dead seed). Recording and interpreting the results. Precision and accuracy of results. Advantages and limitations of the test. When the test should be applied.bitstream/item/67888/1/Documentos-115.pd

Optical archival spectra of blazar candidates of uncertain type in the 3rd^{rd} Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog

Despite the fact that blazars constitute the rarest class among active galactic nuclei (AGNs) they are the largest known population of associated $\gamma$-ray sources. Many of the $\gamma$-ray objects listed in the Fermi-Large Area Telescope Third Source catalog (3FGL) are classified as blazar candidates of uncertain type (BCUs), either because they show multifrequency behaviour similar to blazars but lacking optical spectra in the literature, or because the quality of such spectra is too low to confirm their nature. Here we select, out of 585 BCUs in the 3FGL, 42 BCUs which we identify as probable blazars by their WISE infrared colors and which also have optical spectra that are available in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and/or Six-Degree Field Galaxy Survey Database (6dFGS). We confirm the blazar nature of all of the sources. We furthermore conclude that 28 of them are BL Lacs, 8 are radio-loud quasars with flat radio spectrum and 6 are BL Lac whose emission is dominated by their host galaxy