Model Development of Nursing Student Loyalty in Politeknik of Health

Introduction: Loyalty of nursing student is an important factor that nursing education should pay attention in order to compete with other nursing educations; involved by perceived value, expectation, and quality assurance in nursing higher education. The purpose of this study was to develop a loyalty model of nursing student in nursing higher education. Methods: This study was an explanatory research with cross sectional approach. Population were nursing student in Poltekkes Banjarmasin, with 112 samples which is selected by proportional random sampling. Data was collected by giving questionnaire and analyzed by partial least square. Result: Result of this study indicates that was an effect of costumer expectation on quality assurance in nursing higher education, there was effect of costumer expectation on perceived value in nursing student, there was an effect of customer expectation on student satisfaction (4) there was effect of quality assurance in nursing higher education, there wasn't any affect of quality assurance in nursing higher education on student satisfaction, there was effect of perceived value in nursing student on student satisfaction, there was effect of student satisfaction on student loyalty. Discussion: Overall result of this research were, student loyalty in nursing higher education developed by student satisfaction. Student satisfaction formed by perceived value. Perceived value developed from two aspects quality assurance, and student expectation, quality assurance of higher education wasn't directly effect to student sasfaction. However, indirectly effect through student perceived value. Student satisfaction in nursing higher education was stronger effect than any other variable in this loyalty model. Loyalty model in this research can be use for improvement student loyalty on health education that focused on improvement student satisfaction without deny the other aspect. Further research is needed to analyze word of mouth effect on student loyalty

Education of women with disabilities in Pakistan: Enhanced agency, unfulfilled aspirations

This paper examines the extent to which the capability approach captures the complexity of the lives of young women with disabilities in Pakistan, particularly in relation to their education. Focusing on their educational experiences and outcomes, we examine the ways in which education shaped what these young women were able to achieve – what they wanted to do and be. In undertaking this research, we adopted a collaborative, qualitative approach involving in-depth interviews with six young women with disabilities. All these women were interesting and exemplary cases, given their very high levels of education. Our findings suggest that the capability approach provides a framework that is able to capture the educational experiences–outcomes journey of the young women. However, also interesting to note is how the expansion of their capabilities is bounded, primarily because their freedoms are intrinsically linked to their sociocultural positioning and largely negative perceptions of disability in the wider society.This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2015.104396

Innate Immune Cells to the Help

A study by Halim and Steer (2014) in this issue of Immunity shows that innate lymphoid cells type 2 (ILC2s) are crucial for inducing adaptive T helper 2 immunity by providing interleukin-13. Another study by van Dyken et al. (2014) shows that ILC2s control eosinophilia and alternative activation of macrophages

BIM-based surface-specific solar simulation of buildings

Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy is rapidly growing as an attractive alternative to fossil fuels. PV panels can harvest the solar power and turn it into a clean source of electricity. Traditionally, PV panels are only used on the rooftops of buildings. However, with the emergence of building-integrated solar panels in recent years, other surfaces on the building façade can be considered for the installation of PV panels. Given that different panels have different cost and performance profiles, it is of a cardinal importance to properly design the PV panels on the building facades to ensure a maximum benefit-cost ratio. Existing simulation and optimization methods do not discriminate between different types of surfaces of the building and treat the building envelope as a set of polygons. This can result in under- or over- design since there is a strong relationship between the type of the surfaces and the type of PV panels that can be attached to them or integrated with them. The advent of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in recent years has provided a rich platform for object-based evaluation and analysis of buildings. Nonetheless, currently, BIM is not used for a detailed and surface-specific simulation of building surfaces. In this research, a BIM-based method is developed for a detailed simulation of a building envelope using its surface properties. A prototype is developed using Dynamo visual programming platform to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method, and a case study is presented for a building in Montreal, Canada. In the light of the result of the case study, it can be concluded that the proposed method is promising in terms of providing the input for a comprehensive planning of the solar panel layout

Mapping of land-cover from remotely sensed images in the valley of Oued Righ (Algerian southeast)

The aim of this work is to analyze the evolution of arid areas by remote sensing and to assess the extent of landscape changes over time. The study consists of a multitemporal analysis of LANDSAT TM and ETM + satellite images from 1987, 2000 and 2009 covering the Oued Righ valley in south-eastern Algeria.Numerous colored compositions carried out, allowed us a very good visual characterization of the surface states. Supervised classification charts, carried at the second step, are of good quality as indicated by the precision indices and Kappa indices from the various confusion matrices.The change maps obtained by diachronic analysis of the classifications carried out show a clear modification of the natural landscape with a significant increase in the surface of the water, the number of the population and a reduction of the palm groves.Keywords: Remote sensing; Change mapping; land cover; multitemporal analysis; Northern Sahar

Cellular networks controlling Th2 polarization in allergy and immunity

In contrast to the development of Th1 (type 1 T helper cells), Th17 and Treg (regulatory T cells), little is known of the mechanisms governing Th2 development, which is important for immunity to helminths and for us to understand the pathogenesis of allergy. A picture is emerging in which mucosal epithelial cells instruct dendritic cells to promote Th2 responses in the absence of IL-12 (interleukin 12) production and provide instruction through thymic stromal lymphopoieitin (TSLP) or granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF). At the same time, allergens, helminths and chemical adjuvants elicit the response of innate immune cells like basophils, which provide more polarizing cytokines and IL-4 and reinforce Th2 immunity. This unique communication between cells will only be fully appreciated if we study Th2 immunity in vivo and in a tissue-specific context, and can only be fully understood if we compare several models of Th2 immune response induction

Single instillation of mitomycin C reduces 1st year recurrence following transurethral resection of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

Objective: To study the impact of single instillation of 40 mg Mitomycin C (MMC-40) within first hour of transurethral resection (TUR), on first year recurrence of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Methods: In this study of two groups of patients with similar demographics and tumour profile were compared to assess first year tumour recurrence pattern. Group A received MMC-40 within 30 minutes of TUR. Group B patients only had TUR of bladder tumour. Patients\u27 charts were reviewed for demographic profile, preoperative diagnosis and imaging used, cytological work up, tumour profile both during cystoscopy and imaging used, patients records were also reviewed for all subsequent check cystoscopies for recurrence. Any adjuvant treatments like intravesical chemo/immunotherapy etc. were also noted. The results were analysed using a commercially available statistical package, SPSS. The level of significance was \u3c or = 0.05.Results: There were 29 and 46 patients in group A and B respectively. The demographic profile in terms of age, gender distribution, tumour characteristics (size, site, multiplicity) and pathological evaluation including, tumour grade and presence of carcinoma in situ were similar (p \u3c 0.4 and p \u3c 0.5) respectively. The first year recurrence rate in group A was 15% whereas it was 37.4% in group B (p \u3c 0.04).Conclusions: The first year recurrence rate is significantly decreased if MMC-40 is instilled following TUR. MMC-40 is safe and cost effective. Most low grade, low volume tumours would not require any further treatment if MMC-40 is given immediately following TUR

MoS2/MoO3 Heterojunction: Dual Role of the Type II set-up and Band Gap Modulation of MoS2 upon Lithium-Ion Intercalation

In recent times photorechargeable metal ion batteries have garnered significant attention but the atomistic details of the mechanism of the charging process is still unknown. MoS2/MoOy, a type II semiconductor heterostructure, has been shown to function as photocathode where during discharge the lithium ion (Li-ion) intercalation happens mostly in MoS2 layers. Photoexposure leads to exciton formation and the type II set-up is supposed to generate spatially separated and longer-lived charge carriers. The Li intercalated MoS2 is known to undergo a phase transition from the semiconducting (2H) to a metallic (1T') phase. Hence, the proposal of exciton formation and its separation in LixMoS2 during photocharging needs closer inspection. In this study, with the help of density functional theory (DFT) based studies that is aptly supported by experimental data, it is shown that LixMoS2/MoO3 forms a type II heterostructure where the underlying band gap of LixMoS2 is exposed due to dispersion of electron density onto MoO3 upto a certain value of x. Further studies show that the type II arrangement is lost prior to the phase transition. In order to investigate the electronic structure and the phase transition upon lithiation in the explicit heterostructure, we introduced two unconventional computational schemes. The presence of the band gap and the ensuing type II arrangement in LixMoS2/MoO3 upto a certain concentration of the intercalated Li-ion justifies the possibility of the photocharging process. We believe that the general concepts explored in this study will be important in the rational design of type II heterostructures that can behave as photo-cathode materials in Li-ion batteries