Evaluation and nonsurgical management of rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy.

Rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy is a common finding that accounts for about 7% of patients with shoulder pain. There are numerous theories on the pathogenesis of rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy. The diagnosis is confirmed with radiography, MRI or ultrasound. There are numerous conservative treatment options available and most patients can be managed successfully without surgical intervention. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and multiple modalities are often used to manage pain and inflammation; physical therapy can help improve scapular mechanics and decrease dynamic impingement; ultrasound-guided needle aspiration and lavage techniques can provide long-term improvement in pain and function in these patients

Effect of Job Competency, Job Satisfaction and Work Environment on Employee Work Achievement at Pt Bank Papua Sorong

This study aims to determine the effect of work competence, job satisfaction and work environment on employee performance at PT Bank Papua Sorong. The research method used is associative with a quantitative approach. The population used in this study were all employees of PT Bank Papua Sorong as many as 66 people. The sampling technique used purposive sampling method with certain criteria, in order to obtain 30 people. The results of the study show that work competence, job satisfaction, and work environment together affect the work performance of employees at PT Bank Papua Sorong. Job satisfaction has no effect on work performance, while work competence and work environment affect employee performance at PT Bank Papua Sorong

Exploring the Cosmic Evolution of Habitability with Galaxy Merger Trees

We combine inferred galaxy properties from a semi-analytic galaxy evolution model incorporating dark matter halo merger trees with new estimates of supernova and gamma ray burst rates as a function of metallicity from stellar population synthesis models incorporating binary interactions. We use these to explore the stellar mass fraction of galaxies irradiated by energetic astrophysical transients and its evolution over cosmic time, and thus the fraction which is potentially habitable by life like our own. We find that 18 per cent of the stellar mass in the Universe is likely to have been irradiated within the last 260 Myr, with GRBs dominating that fraction. We do not see a strong dependence of irradiated stellar mass fraction on stellar mass or richness of the galaxy environment. We consider a representative merger tree as a Local Group analogue, and find that there are galaxies at all masses which have retained a high habitable fraction (>40 per cent) over the last 6 Gyr, but also that there are galaxies at all masses where the merger history and associated star formation have rendered galaxies effectively uninhabitable. This illustrates the need to consider detailed merger trees when evaluating the cosmic evolution of habitability.Comment: 11 page, 10 figures. MNRAS accepted 13th Dec 2017. Updated to match accepted version, with additional discussion of metallicity effect

The Strategic Role of Human Resources and Empowerment through the Commitment of the Government in Alleviating Poverty on Fishermen Society Coastal of South Minahasa District Indonesia

The strategic role of human resources is challenging changes came fast and widespread problem. The government's commitment is needed to support the fishermen seashores especially those that are in the South Minahasa District. This study aims to analyze the strategic role of Human Resources to Government Commitment , Empowerment to Commitment and Strategic Human Resources to Empowerment and Government Commitment in alleviating Poverty. Research conducted at the Fishermen Society Coastal South Minahasa regency. The population in the implementation of the research is Fisherman working on the coast numbered around 250 fishermen. This research was taken precision sampling 5% to maintain a representative of the study sample. Sample of 153 people. The analysis techniques used in the study using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results of this study indicate that the strategic human resources positive and significant effect on the commitment of the command for 0.714. Empowerment positive and significant impact on the government's commitment for 0.873 as well positioned for empowerment human resources positive and significant effect of 0.34. The government's commitment to alleviate poverty in coastal communities should be carried out by providing a wide range of access to the right information, there needs to be accountability and the involvement of coastal fishermen in decision-making

Voice symptoms in teachers during distance teaching : a survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland

Purpose Due to the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19), teachers during the pandemic have had to adapt to online teaching at short notice. This study aims to investigate the voice symptoms and their environmental risk factors as well as the work ability associated with distance teaching and to compare these with symptoms in previous contact teaching. Methods We conducted a survey of 121 primary and secondary school teachers across Finland. The survey was advertised online through social media and the replies collected from voluntarily participating teachers. Results During distance teaching vocal symptoms appeared less often than in school with 71% teachers experiencing them in regular teaching and 44% in distance teaching, VHI result decreased from 7.88 in school teaching to 4.58 in distance teaching. Acoustic conditions were reported to be more suitable in distance teaching with 73% of teachers finding them adequate during distance teaching in comparison to 46% for those in regular teaching. Background noise was the most disturbing factor for a teacher's voice in the classroom and in distance teaching and this was even more conspicuous in the classroom. Also, subjectively experienced poor indoor air quality at school influenced the voice negatively. Further, voice problems were associated with increased subjective stress levels and reduced ability to work. Conclusion Distance teaching has affected teachers' voices in a positive way compared with regular teaching. This difference is likely to be due to better acoustics and indoor air quality in distance teaching conditions.Peer reviewe

Binary Population and Spectral Synthesis Version 2.1: construction, observational verification and new results

The Binary Population and Spectral Synthesis (BPASS) suite of binary stellar evolution models and synthetic stellar populations provides a framework for the physically motivated analysis of both the integrated light from distant stellar populations and the detailed properties of those nearby. We present a new version 2.1 data release of these models, detailing the methodology by which BPASS incorporates binary mass transfer and its effect on stellar evolution pathways, as well as the construction of simple stellar populations. We demonstrate key tests of the latest BPASS model suite demonstrating its ability to reproduce the colours and derived properties of resolved stellar populations, including well- constrained eclipsing binaries. We consider observational constraints on the ratio of massive star types and the distribution of stellar remnant masses. We describe the identification of supernova progenitors in our models, and demonstrate a good agreement to the properties of observed progenitors. We also test our models against photometric and spectroscopic observations of unresolved stellar populations, both in the local and distant Universe, finding that binary models provide a self-consistent explanation for observed galaxy properties across a broad redshift range. Finally, we carefully describe the limitations of our models, and areas where we expect to see significant improvement in future versions.Comment: 69 pages, 45 figures. Accepted for publication in PASA. Accompanied by a full, documented data release at http://bpass.auckland.ac.nz and http://warwick.ac.uk/bpas

Pengaruh Kompensasi dan Lingkungan Kerja terhadap Kinerja Pegawai melalui Motivasi Kerja pada Balai Pendidikan dan Pelatihan Keagamaan Manado

Kinerja pegawai merupakan bagian terpenting dalam upaya untuk mencapai tujuan organisasi. Untuk itu perlu diupayakan agar supaya kinerja pegawai meningkat, hal ini dapat dilakukan dengan berbagai cara antara lain melalui kompensasi, lingkungan kerja, dan motivasi kerja. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh kompensasi, lingkungan kerja, dan motivasi terhadap kinerja pegawai, untuk mengetahui pengaruh kompensasi dan lingkungan kerja terhadap kinerja melalui motivasi kerja pegawai Balai Pendidikan dan Pelatihan Keagamaan Manado. Metode penelitian menggunakan analisis jalur, merupakan teknik statistik yang digunakan untuk menguji hubungan kausal yaitu hubungan antara kompensasi, lingkungan kerja, motivasi dan kinerja pegawai Balai Pendidikan dan Pelatihan Keagamaan Manado. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan kompensasi memberi pengaruh langsung kepada kinerja, lingkungan kerja memberi pengaruh langsung kepada kinerja, motivasi memberi pengaruh langsung kepada kinerja, kompensasi memberi pengaruh tidak langsung kepada kinerja melalui motivasi, dan lingkungan kerja memberi pengaruh tidak langsung kepada kinerja melalui motivasi. Sebaiknya kompensasi diberikan lebih merata terutama dalam pelibatan pada setiap kegiatan-kegiatan kediklatan. Lingkungan kerja yang kondusif dimana fasilitas-fasilitas ada dan dukungan dari teman sejawat dalam pelaksanaan tugas. Motivasi kerja yang baik dimana setiap pegawai dilibatkan dalam pelaksanaan pekerjaan dan atasan memberikan arahan dan instruksi. Kata kunci : kompensasi, lingkungan kerja, motivasi kerja, kinerj