First Impressions, Cultural Assimilation, and Hireability in Job Interviews: Examining Body Language and Facial Expressions\u27 Impact on Employer\u27s Perceptions of Applicants

The purpose of this study was to discover what nonverbal facial behaviors are important in an interview setting. This was done by conducting interviews with eight current employers as well as four college age persons who have recently interviewed for a job. As a result, the data suggests that the two main facial behaviors sought by employers in the interview of the applicant were smiling and eye contact. Other nonverbal communication behaviors were analyzed as well. These findings will allow people to be better prepared and be more conscious of what they are displaying in the interview setting in the terms of nonverbal facial cues when interviewing for a future career

WORK MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE OF ADMINISTRATORS IN SEDLECTED PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES OF HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM

This article discusses the determination of the work motivation of administrators in selected private universities of Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. It stresses the profile of the administrators, the impact of work motivation, the administrators’ perception of work motivation and performance, and the problems faced by the administrators. The findings of the study consist of personal professional profile of the administrators, the administrators’ perception of work motivation and performance, the impact of work motivation, the influence of work motivation on the profile of the administrators, the influence of the level of work motivation on the impact, and common problems encountered by the administrators. Based on the research findings and conclusions, some recommendations are forwarded.  Article visualizations

Assessment of the results of clinical pharmacists’ interventions on the use of antibiotics at a medical center in Vietnam between 2021 and 2022

Context: The rational use of antibiotics is a priority when antibiotic resistance has become severe. Clinical pharmacists’ interventions can help increase the rate of rational antibiotic use. Aims: To determine the effect of clinical pharmacists’ interventions on the use of antibiotics and factors related to inappropriate antibiotic use in inpatients at the Department of Surgery, Gia Rai Town Medical Center, Vietnam. Methods: An interventional and cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from January 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, at the Department of Surgery, Gia Rai Town Medical Center, Vietnam. Results: There were 710 patients (355 patients in pre-intervention and 355 patients in post-intervention) included in this study. The group of antibiotics used the most was beta-lactam (pre- and post-intervention rates were 60.2% and 61.0%, respectively). The parenteral route was the most commonly used (63.9% in pre-intervention and 60.7% in post-intervention). The rationality of the indication increased after the intervention (from 85.7% to 96.2%); the rationality of the dose increased after the intervention (from 90.5% to 95.2%); the rationality of the number of times of use increased after the intervention (from 90.4% to 98.4%); the rationality of the time increased after the intervention (from 94.8% to 95.1%); the general rationality increased after the intervention (from 66.5% to 85.6%). Infections were associated with inappropriate antibiotic use (p<0.05). Conclusions: Effective clinical pharmacists’ interventions helped raise the rate of rational use of antibiotics. Besides, inappropriate antibiotic use was found to be associated with infections, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions in this field

OPTIMIZING THE PRODUCTION OF A FUNCTIONAL TYPE A RECOMBINANT ENDOCHITINASE FROM Trichoderma asperellum IN Escherichia coli

Chitinases from the genus Trichoderma fungi are mainly responsible for their anti-fungal activities, which allow them to become the most widely used fungal biocontrol. Therefore, several Trichoderma chitinases have been cloned and expressed to facilitate their production and applications. A previous study of the same authors has characterized an endochitinase from a relatively novel Trichoderma spp., Trichoderma asperellum. To produce this enzyme more economically and efficiently, we reported the synthesis and expression of its synthetic encoding gene in the Escherichia coli M15 strain and established the optimal conditions for preparative scale production of the enzyme in its functional form. By lowering the induction temperatures, we observed substantial improvement in the expression levels of the active enzyme.&nbsp; At 30 oC and 0.5 mM IPTG induction, 1 L of cells yielded approximately 80 - 100 mg of soluble protein, accounting for about 9-11 % of total soluble protein. This figure may be an underestimation of the actual yield, as deduced from the SDS-PAGE data. The recombinant enzyme can be retrieved by simple repeated freezing and thawing cycles and purified to near homogeneity using Ni-NTA chromatography. The purified enzyme showed in vitro colloidal chitin hydrolysis activity. These results could be scaled up to produce soluble 42 kDa chitinase in E. coli. The study demonstrated an economical method to produce chitinases for various agricultural and environmental applications

Incommensurate antiferromagnetic order in weakly frustrated two-dimensional van der Waals insulator CrPSe3_3

Although the magnetic order is suppressed by a strong magnetic frustration, it is maintained but appears in complex order forms such as a cycloid or spin density wave in weakly frustrated systems. Herein, we report a weakly magnetic-frustrated two-dimensional van der Waals material CrPSe$_3$. Polycrystalline CrPSe$_3$ was synthesized at an optimized temperature of 700$^\circ$C to avoid the formation of any secondary phases (e.g., Cr$_2$Se$_3$). The antiferromagnetic transition appeared at $T_N\sim 126$ K with a large Curie-Weiss temperature $T_{\rm CW} \sim -371$ via magnetic susceptibility measurements, indicating weak frustration in CrPSe$_3$ with a frustration factor $f (|T_{\rm CW}|/T_N) \sim 3$. Evidently, the formation of long-range incommensurate spin-density wave antiferromagnetic order with the propagation vector $k = (0, 0.04, 0)$ was revealed by neutron diffraction measurements at low temperatures (below 120K). The monoclinic crystal structure of C2/m symmetry is preserved over the studied temperature range down to 20K, as confirmed by Raman spectroscopy measurements. Our findings on the spin density wave antiferromagnetic order in two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials, not previously observed in the MPX$_3$ family, are expected to enrich the physics of magnetism at the 2D limit, thereby opening opportunities for their practical applications in spintronics and quantum devices.Comment: 23 pages, 4 figures, 2 table

H'mong mustard seed production calendar

H’mong mustard seed production calendars for awareness creation and capacity building activities in vegetable and seed production and storage among ethnic minority vegetable farming households in Northern Vietnam. Particularly designed with and for the H’Mong and Dao people in Lao Cai province and Thai people in Son La province in English and Vietnamese

French bean seed production calendar

French bean seed production calendars for awareness creation and capacity building activities in vegetable and seed production and storage among ethnic minority vegetable farming households in Northern Vietnam. Particularly designed with and for the H’Mong and Dao people in Lao Cai province and Thai people in Son La province in English and Vietnamese

Dosimetric and radiobiological comparison between conventional and hypofractionated breast treatment plans using the Halcyon system

PurposeThe objective of this research is to compare the efficacy of conventional and hypofractionated radiotherapy treatment plans for breast cancer patients, with a specific focus on the unique features of the Halcyon system.Methods and materialsThe study collected and analyzed dose volume histogram (DVH) data for two groups of treatment plans implemented using the Halcyon system. The first group consisted of 19 patients who received conventional fractionated (CF) treatment with a total dose of 50 Gy in 25 fractions, while the second group comprised 9 patients who received hypofractionated (HF) treatment with a total dose of 42.56 Gy in 16 fractions. The DVH data was used to calculate various parameters, including tumor control probability (TCP), normal tissue complication probability (NTCP), and equivalent uniform dose (EUD), using radiobiological models.ResultsThe results indicated that the CF plan resulted in higher TCP but lower NTCP for the lungs compared to the HF plan. The EUD for the HF plan was approximately 49 Gy (114% of its total dose) while that for the CF plan was around 53 Gy (107% of its total dose).ConclusionsThe analysis suggests that while the CF plan is better at controlling tumors, it is not as effective as the HF plan in minimizing side effects. Additionally, it is suggested that there may be an optimal configuration for the HF plan that can provide the same or higher EUD than the CF plan