Spreading of Persian Gulf water in the northwestern Arabian sea during the month of January

The presence of different water masses in the North Arabian Sea continues to remain of interest to scientists and researchers. Focus on these water masses is due to the unique monsoonal reversal features of the Arabian Sea. The encroachment of Persian Gulf water into the Arabian Sea has been acknowledged and traced. This paper presents the results of an investigation on the spreading patterns of Persian Gulf water in the northwestern Arabian Sea. The study incorporated two different techniques: the core-layer method and the constant sigma-theta surface method on data collected during the North Arabian Sea Environment and Ecosystem Research (NASEER) programme. Horizontal curves of temperature and salinity plotted by both methods show that the Persian Gulf water reduces in concentration as it moves from west to east, whereas the major direction of flow is along the coast of Oman. The results of the study indicate that features of the Persian Gulf water in the northwestern Arabian Sea are so pronounced that either of the method can be used to study and identify the water mass fairly well

Training and development: Its effects on job performance in the selected companies of UAE

Abstract. One can think that businesses were running without any training in ancient times. Technically, this is not the case. Whether formal or informal, training has always been there in business to carry on its processes. Gradually, it has acquired the shape that can be said a formal one. Firms have started realizing that training and development is a major source of gaining competitive advantage. Most human resource management researchers are of the view that Training and development has got that important role through which organizations can maximize their performances by maximizing performances of their employees. Training and development programs are always there in some way or shape. It may be general or specific. It may be formal or informal and it may be provided by some neutral source or by employers. There is a list of training methods which are in practice in corporate world. For the sake of simplicity, some of them were taken in this study –namely- on-the-job training; mentorship and coaching; vestibule training; instructor-led classroom training; case studies and systematic job rotations and transfers. Another aspect of this study is employee performance. Firm’s performance depends on its employees’ performance. Employee performance has many facets. It may be financial and non financial. It may be quantifiable and qualitative. Furthermore, employee performance contains a number of components in it. In this study, three qualitative components are considered -employee job commitment; employee work knowledge and employee job satisfaction- thinking that these are the main sources of employee performance enhancement.Keywords. Training and development, On-the-job training, Mentorship, Simulator training, Instructor-led classroom training, Case studies, Systematic job rotations and transfers, Employee performance, Job commitment, Job satisfaction, Work knowledge, UAE.JEL. M53, J28

Emotional Intelligence, Learning Styles and Academic Achievement of Adolescent Students of 10th Grade

Interest in emotional intelligence has bloomed over the last few years. That it has become a standard concept in general and applied psychology, as well as in applied business settings, is indubitable. New research in the 90s confirmed that there is an emotional brain: a place called the limbic system where our emotions originate. It is separated from the rational brain (the neocortex) but the two are connected and develop together. This means that our power to reason and our feelings are intended to be used together. Because of the brain’s design, all information goes into our emotional center first and then to our thinking center. Emotions come before thought and behaviour. What scientists discovered is that we need our emotions; our feelings fire up the motor in us that drives energy and creativity. If we block or ignore emotions in the workplace, we stifle motivation. As a result of these findings, it has become important to understand what we are feeling, what others are feeling, how to manage our own feelings and how to manage relationships with others. This is the core of Emotional Intelligence: a term used to describe the complex ability to regulate our impulses, empathise with others and be resilient in the face of difficulties. Therefore, emotional intelligence is a product of the amount of communication between the rational and emotional centers of the brain. This article will examine the history, data and components of Emotional Intelligence. Emotional intelligence is a dynamic construction influenced by diverse biological, psychological, and social factors. A good deal of research has been conducted on emotional intelligence and it was found to be appearing as an important factor in the prediction of personal, academic and career success.Studies on emotional intelligence with respect to various psycho-social co-relations have been found in a variety of fields. Empirical studies investigating the relationship of emotional intelligence with numerous psychological and psychosocial factors were reported by several researchers and simultaneously revealing the significance of emotional intelligence and its beneficial aspects with remarkable contribution in the field of interpersonal relationships, success in work and personal life, health psychology, managing occupational stress, academic field, improving personality, enhancing performance and many more positive behaviour pattern. Emotional Intelligence is as important as intellectual quotient when hiring workers in contemporary organizations. Since deficiencies in interpersonal skills abound in the work environment high levels of emotional intelligence are needed to perform adequately. Leaders need to inculcate emotional intelligence skills into their leadership repertoire in order to lead effectively and successfully. Viewing college students as the future workforce, the impetus of the study was to determine whether a correlation exists in use of emotional intelligence between gender and age among Bermudian and Trinidadian college students. In contemporary organizations, the epitome of leadership is leaders’ ability to discern, adapt, sense, and internalize the underpinnings of environmental culture. The aforementioned qualities are facets of emotional intelligence. The literature underscores the importance of emotional intelligence in cultivating successful leaders and workers in the workplace. The mind is uniquely and authentically crafted. Human attributes are designed individually and collectively to encompass divergent degrees of learning and processing information. The ideology of learning styles was adapted to incorporate multiple ways of people respond, to think, see, hear, touch, rationalize, and formulate knowledge or learning (Dunn & Dunn, 1993). Learning styles have gained prime importance in our society. For many years, research has paved a path on the subject of learning styles by experts, educators, psychologists, sociologists, universities, public schools,private schools, doctors, and lawyers (Bloom, 1956; Dunn & Dunn, 1993; Gregorc, 1982a; Jung, 1971; Kolb, 1985; Schmeck, 1988). By using evidence from learning styles research, learner`s needs are being met, there is an abundance of literature on this subject readily available, educators are better trained, and numerous strategies and techniques are incorporated in classroom instruction

Investigation of concrete floor vibration using heel-drop, test

In recent years, there is an increased in floor vibration problems of structures like residential and commercial building. Vibration is defined as a serviceability issue related to the comfort of the occupant or damage equipment. Human activities are the main source of vibration in the building and it could affect the human comfort and annoyance of residents in the building when the vibration exceed the recommend level. A new building, Madrasah Tahfiz located at Yong Peng have vibration problem when load subjected on the first floor of the building. However, the limitation of vibration occurs on building is unknown. Therefore, testing is needed to determine the vibration behaviour (frequency, damping ratio and mode shape) of the building. Heel-drop with pace 2Hz was used in field measurement to obtain the vibration response. Since, the heel-drop test results would vary in light of person performance, test are carried out three time to reduce uncertainty. Natural frequency from Frequency Response Function analysis (FRF) is 17.4Hz, 16.8, 17.4Hz respectively for each test

Comparison on Cloud Image Classification for Thrash Collecting LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Robot

The world today faces the biggestwaste management crisis due to rapid economicgrowth, congestion, urban planning issues,devastating negative symptoms and politicalaffairs. In addressing this waste managementproblem, many methods of solving wastemanagement have proven not to be as planned.In this high technology era, the innovation ofhumanoid robots is found to be helpful to supportthe everyday human life. The industry is gearingtowards automation to increase productivity at thesame time will improved quality of life to localcommunities. Therefore, in this paper ThrashCollecting Robot (TCR) is proposed to helpprovide automatic control in thrash collection. TheTCR, built on the LEGO Mindstorm EV3 robot, candistinguish between static and dynamic barriers,and can move according to the programming thathas been created. TCRs are basically composedof sensors designed according to differentrequirements in order to detect dynamic barriers.TCR is one type of Cloud Robot that implementsimage processing techniques to identify the typeof waste that has been collected. The concept ofimage processing built in TCR by using CloudRepresentational State Transfer (REST API).This concept has been applied by Google CloudAPI and Sighthound. This cloud services usedmachine vision techniques to identify and classifythe type of thrash images; whether it is plastic,metal or paper. Experiment results show thatSightHound gives accurate result compared toGoogle Cloud in classifying thrash types

Modeling User Search Behavior for Masquerade Detection

Masquerade attacks are a common security problem that is a consequence of identity theft. This paper extends prior work by modeling user search behavior to detect deviations indicating a masquerade attack. We hypothesize that each individual user knows their own file system well enough to search in a limited, targeted and unique fashion in order to find information germane to their current task. Masqueraders, on the other hand, will likely not know the file system and layout of another user's desktop, and would likely search more extensively and broadly in a manner that is different than the victim user being impersonated. We identify actions linked to search and information access activities, and use them to build user models. The experimental results show that modeling search behavior reliably detects all masqueraders with a very low false positive rate of 1.1%, far better than prior published results. The limited set of features used for search behavior modeling also results in large performance gains over the same modeling techniques that use larger sets of features

Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Children of Rural Areas of The Gambia, 2008–2015

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is a substantial cause of childhood disease and death, but few studies have described its epidemiology in developing countries. Using a population-based surveillance system for pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis, we estimated S. aureus bacteremia incidence and the case-fatality ratio in children <5 years of age in 2 regions in the eastern part of The Gambia during 2008–2015. Among 33,060 children with suspected pneumonia, sepsis, or meningitis, we performed blood culture for 27,851; of 1,130 patients with bacteremia, 198 (17.5%) were positive for S. aureus. S. aureus bacteremia incidence was 78 (95% CI 67–91) cases/100,000 person-years in children <5 years of age and 2,080 (95% CI 1,621–2,627) cases/100,000 person-years in neonates. Incidence did not change after introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. The case-fatality ratio was 14.1% (95% CI 9.6%–19.8%). Interventions are needed to reduce the S. aureus bacteremia burden in The Gambia, particularly among neonates

Genomic analysis of two phlebotomine sand fly vectors of Leishmania from the New and Old World.

Phlebotomine sand flies are of global significance as important vectors of human disease, transmitting bacterial, viral, and protozoan pathogens, including the kinetoplastid parasites of the genus Leishmania, the causative agents of devastating diseases collectively termed leishmaniasis. More than 40 pathogenic Leishmania species are transmitted to humans by approximately 35 sand fly species in 98 countries with hundreds of millions of people at risk around the world. No approved efficacious vaccine exists for leishmaniasis and available therapeutic drugs are either toxic and/or expensive, or the parasites are becoming resistant to the more recently developed drugs. Therefore, sand fly and/or reservoir control are currently the most effective strategies to break transmission. To better understand the biology of sand flies, including the mechanisms involved in their vectorial capacity, insecticide resistance, and population structures we sequenced the genomes of two geographically widespread and important sand fly vector species: Phlebotomus papatasi, a vector of Leishmania parasites that cause cutaneous leishmaniasis, (distributed in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa) and Lutzomyia longipalpis, a vector of Leishmania parasites that cause visceral leishmaniasis (distributed across Central and South America). We categorized and curated genes involved in processes important to their roles as disease vectors, including chemosensation, blood feeding, circadian rhythm, immunity, and detoxification, as well as mobile genetic elements. We also defined gene orthology and observed micro-synteny among the genomes. Finally, we present the genetic diversity and population structure of these species in their respective geographical areas. These genomes will be a foundation on which to base future efforts to prevent vector-borne transmission of Leishmania parasites

Anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2018

Anemia is a globally widespread condition in women and is associated with reduced economic productivity and increased mortality worldwide. Here we map annual 2000–2018 geospatial estimates of anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age (15–49 years) across 82 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), stratify anemia by severity and aggregate results to policy-relevant administrative and national levels. Additionally, we provide subnational disparity analyses to provide a comprehensive overview of anemia prevalence inequalities within these countries and predict progress toward the World Health Organization’s Global Nutrition Target (WHO GNT) to reduce anemia by half by 2030. Our results demonstrate widespread moderate improvements in overall anemia prevalence but identify only three LMICs with a high probability of achieving the WHO GNT by 2030 at a national scale, and no LMIC is expected to achieve the target in all their subnational administrative units. Our maps show where large within-country disparities occur, as well as areas likely to fall short of the WHO GNT, offering precision public health tools so that adequate resource allocation and subsequent interventions can be targeted to the most vulnerable populations.Peer reviewe