A web application to optimization of transport in military operations

Transport is an operation necessary to carry out any logistical mission, especially in times of war, peace or natural disasters. The distribution of the necessary demanded resources is done from a military unit, to the different locations or military bases. However, operational efficiency depends on the planners. In more than 60% of trips, shipping and return isn’t efficient, even between the same units. The cause is the non-consolidation of trips and the lack of return load, coming from perimeter units. Planning is done without consolidating trips and in many cases on demand. It’s presented a web application, a parametric framework to any geographical area, given the integration with applications such as Google Maps®. Computational times are reasonable, given a to hardiness to the problem. The software architecture is scalable and extensible, complying with software quality practices present in ISO 25000

Health related quality of life of obese adolescents in Kuwait

Obesity impairs health related quality of life (HRQL) in adolescents, but most evidence in this area has mostly come from western societies. We wanted to test the hypothesis that obesity impairs HRQL in Kuwaiti adolescents, and to test for differences in HRQL assessed by self-report and parent-proxy report. In 500 Kuwaiti 10-14 year olds HRQL was assessed using the Peds QL (TM) with both adolescent self-reports (n = 500) and parent-proxy reports (n = 374). Obesity was not significantly associated with HRQL in regression analysis. In a paired comparison of 98 pairs of obese adolescents vs. 98 healthy weight peers, impairment of HRQL reached significance only for physical score (95% CI = -1.5, -9.4), not for psychosocial score or total score. In a paired comparison of parent-proxy vs. self-reports for the obese adolescents, total score (95% CI = -4.9, -10.9), physical score (95% CI = -3.2, -11.0), and psychosocial score (95% CI = -4.2, -10.8) were all significantly lower in the parent reports. Obesity is not associated with marked impairment of HRQL in adolescents in Kuwait, in contrast to studies in western societies. This may reflect cultural differences in attitudes towards obesity

Adult Self-Esteem and Family Relationships : A Literature Review

We conducted a literature review to examine the effects of self-esteem in the family context, selecting 40 studies exploring the associations between self-esteem, coparental relationship, parent-child relationship, and global family functioning. The research focused primarily on self-esteem and the parent-child relationship. The evidence indicates that parents with high self-esteem experience enhanced satisfaction with their children and exhibit more positive interactions with them. It was also found that parents’ high self-esteem is associated with less physical abuse and child neglect. Studies focusing on coparenting and family functioning are still rare, and more evidence is needed to establish robust conclusions

Is self-esteem a resource for the parental couple? A longitudinal study on the quality of the romantic and coparental relationships

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Importance of self-esteem for the parental couple: Testing for actor and partner effects

Objective: This study investigated the actor and partner effects of self-esteem on the quality of the parental couple relationships: the romantic relationship and the coparental relationship. The mediating role of romantic quality also was considered. Background: Previous findings suggest that self-esteem affects the quality of the romantic relationship. Yet few studies have focused on self-esteem in the parental couple or explored self-esteem related to the coparental relationship, both of which play a significant role in the nature of the family unit. Method: Using data from two independent samples (including 2,549 couples), actor–partner interdependence models were tested to analyze the effects of self-esteem on both relationships of the parental couple. Results: Parents with high self-esteem reported higher romantic quality, as did their partner. Self-esteem also showed actor and partner effects on negative coparenting. Accordingly, parents with high self-esteem reported fewer conflicts about the child and fewer undermining behaviors. In contrast, the link between self-esteem and positive coparenting received little support. However, when mothers had high self-esteem, they engaged more frequently in positive coparental behaviors, such as including the father. Finally, romantic relationship quality mediated the actor and partner effects of self-esteem on negative coparenting. Conclusion: Having high self-esteem appears to be a couple resource with beneficial effects for both parents. Implications: Improving parents’ self-esteem could be an important gateway for enhancing the functioning of families with romantic and coparental difficulties

Coparenting interventions and shared physical custody: Insights and challenges

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