Integrating Knowledge Management and Human Resource Development: A Knowledge Based HRD Process model

The human resource management field is known for its information and knowledge intensive nature, yet it could be easily suggested that the most dominant work has focused upon the human resource management as a systematic way of accumulating and processing of information related to people in the organization. The focus of the past development remained mostly on information processing, and more recently on explicit knowledge; however, using a knowledge management perspective could provide more fruitful and comprehensive source of knowledge based human resource development approach. A profound role of tacit knowledge in the development of individuals and particularly communities of practices could emerge as an alternative source of practice based HRD. The “knowledge lens” conceptual approach is used to enrich the human resource development field in order to integrate and bring commonalities in the fields of HRM and KM. Focusing on the core beliefs in the two fields through a synthesis literature review, a four phased knowledge oriented HRD conceptual framework is developed that presents an attempt to extended general HRD process model by integrating knowledge management at various stages of HRD. Important research prepositions driven out of the framework and corresponding 10 research questions are formulated for future multidisciplinary research efforts

Modélisation dynamique inverse de tissus - Apprentissage profond à l'aide de simulations basées sur la physique

Inverse problems arise in various physical domains and solving them from real-world visual observations poses a significant challenge due to the high dimensional nature of the data. Furthermore gathering enough observations that a data driven model can accurately capture the complete distribution of a physical phenomenon is often intractable. In this work we use deep learning to solve inverse problems by applying two basic principles. Deep learning models can be trained using synthetic data generated from physics based simulations. And the employed simulator itself needs to be verified for physical accuracy thus allowing the model to learn the exact physical phenomenon that is desired.To validate the simulator, we introduce rich and compact physical protocols, originally proposed in soft matter physics literature to measure physical parameters. These protocols can be easily replicated in a simulator to test the physical correctness of the model, and the validity of the simulator.We solve the inverse measurement problem of estimating contact friction in soft-bodies which otherwise requires a specialized physics bench and entails tedious acquisition protocols. This makes the prospect of a purely non-invasive, video-based measurement technique particularly attractive. Previous works have shown that such a video-based estimation is feasible for material parameters using deep learning, but this has never been applied to the friction estimation problem which results in even more subtle visual variations. Since acquiring a large dataset for this problem is impractical, we generate it using a frictional contact simulator. As the simulator has been calibrated and verified using controlled experiments, the results are not only visually plausible, but physically-correct enough to match observations made at the macroscopic scale. We propose to our knowledge the first non-invasive measurement network and adjoining synthetic training dataset for estimating cloth friction at contact, for both cloth-hard body and cloth-cloth contacts. We also acquire an extensive dataset of real world experiments for testing. Both the training and test datasets have been made freely available to the community.We also utilize the same protocol for solving the inverse measurement problem of estimating the deformed curvature of a suspended Kirchhoff rod. In order to do such estimation on physical rods, we utilize a deep learning model to visually predict a curvature field from a suspended rod. As creating a dataset from physical rods (even if synthetically constructed), that faithfully covers a representative manifold of deformed curvatures is intractable, we rely on generating such a dataset from a verified simulator. Our work shows a promising way forward for utilizing deep learning models as part of an inversion measurement pipeline.Des problèmes inverses surviennent dans divers domaines physiques et les résoudre à partir d'observations visuelles du monde réel pose un défi important en raison de la nature hautement dimensionnelle des données. De plus, rassembler suffisamment d'observations pour qu'un modèle basé sur les données puisse capturer avec précision la distribution complète d'un phénomène physique est souvent insoluble. Dans ce travail, nous utilisons l'apprentissage profond pour résoudre des problèmes inverses en appliquant deux principes de base. Les modèles d'apprentissage profond peuvent être entraînés à l'aide de données synthétiques générées à partir de simulations basées sur la physique. Et la précision physique du simulateur employé, lui-même, doit être vérifiée, permettant ainsi au modèle d'apprendre le phénomène physique exact souhaité.Afin de valider le simulateur, nous introduisons des protocoles physiques riches et compacts, proposés à l'origine dans la littérature de physique de la matière molle pour mesurer des paramètres physiques. Ces protocoles peuvent être facilement répliqués dans un simulateur pour tester l'exactitude physique du modèle et la validité du simulateur.Nous résolvons le problème de mesure inverse de l'estimation du frottement de contact dans les corps mous qui nécessite sinon un banc de physique spécialisé et un protocole d'acquisition fastidieux. Cela rend la perspective d'une technique de mesure purement non invasive basée sur la vidéo particulièrement attrayante. Des travaux antérieurs ont montré qu'une telle estimation basée sur la vidéo est réalisable pour les paramètres de matériaux en utilisant l'apprentissage profond, mais cela n'a jamais été appliqué au problème d'estimation de la friction qui entraîne des variations visuelles encore plus subtiles. Étant donné qu'il n'est pas pratique d'acquérir un grand ensemble de données pour ce problème, nous le générons à l'aide d'un simulateur de contact frictionnel. Comme le simulateur a été calibré et vérifié à l'aide d'expériences contrôlées, les résultats sont non seulement visuellement plausibles, mais suffisamment corrects physiquement pour correspondre aux observations faites à l'échelle macroscopique. Nous proposons à notre connaissance le premier réseau de mesure non invasif et un jeu de données d'entraînement synthétique adjacent pour estimer le frottement du tissu au contact, à la fois pour les contacts tissu-corps dur et tissu-tissu. Nous acquérons également un vaste ensemble de données d'expériences du monde réel pour les tests. Les ensembles de données de formation et de test ont été mis gratuitement à la disposition de la communauté.Nous utilisons également le même protocole pour résoudre le problème de mesure inverse de l'estimation de la courbure déformée d'une tige de Kirchhoff suspendue. Afin de faire une telle estimation sur des tiges physiques, nous utilisons un modèle d'apprentissage profond pour prédire visuellement un champ de courbure à partir d'une tige suspendue. Comme la création d'un ensemble de données à partir de tiges physiques (même si elles sont synthétiquement construites), qui couvre fidèlement une variété représentative de courbures déformées est insoluble, nous comptons sur la génération d'un tel ensemble de données à partir d'un simulateur vérifié. Notre travail montre une voie prometteuse pour l'utilisation de modèles d'apprentissage profond dans le cadre d'un pipeline de mesure d'inversion

The Factors Influencing Job Commitment of Teaching Staff in University of Sargodha: Mediating Role of Transformational Leadership

The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors which leads to enhanced job commitment firstly through the proposal and then empirical validation of the theoretical framework. The proposed model has four main dimensions which consists of personality traits, job characteristics, transformational leadership and job commitment. This is a quantitative research using a survey questionnaire as a data collecting instrument. Data is collected from University of Sargodha, University Medical College, Sargodha  and University college of agriculture, Sargodha located in Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan (n=110) were analyzed using the simple linear regression model. The results reveal that personal traits and Job characters have significant positive effect on Job Commitment and also both factors are significantly and indirectly influencing Job commitment via Transformational Leadership hence proving the mediation effect. The overall proposed model is indicating that how different intrinsic and extrinsic factors can influence the perception of Leadership which plays a vital role in influencing teaching staff emotionally. This aspect of study is rarely exposed and explored and also the findings are useful for management/heads to set leadership styles in a much bigger context

Caractérisation et rôle de l’empan visuo-attentionnel chez les lecteurs arabophones adultes et enfants (experts et dyslexiques développementales)

AbstractThe aim of this doctoral research was to study the visual-attention (VA) span abilities of Arabic-readers. Previous studies showed that VA span modulates letter string visual processing and plays an important role in expert reading, as modeled in the multitrace memory model (Ans, Carbonnel and Valdois, 1998). The VA span was previously described as a key component of reading acquisition; a reduction in VA span was found to characterize a subgroup of children with developmental dyslexia. Longitudinal and training studies suggest this relation may be causal. However, all previous studies on VA span have been limited to the European languages. Our purpose in this doctoral research was to assess the relevance of the VA span in a language of very different structure, the Arabic language. Two main questions were addressed. In Study 1, we explored potential modulations of VA span skills depending on the language characteristics; this study was conducted on expert readers. Study 2 was designed to investigate the role of VA span in reading acquisition in Arabic children. In Study 1, we compared the VA span performance of skilled readers from three different languages (French, Spanish and Arabic). We show that VA span abilities are reduced in Arabic as compared to French or Spanish. Differences in the size of VA span do not relate to language transparency but may depend on orthographic processing constraints (parallel processing of the word letter string for French and Spanish but privileged processing of the morphological root for Arabic). Study 2 was carried out on Arabic-speaking children, good and poor readers, from 4th and 5th grade. They were administered tests of reading, phonological awareness and VA span. Results show that VA span abilities contribute to explain performance in word and text reading whatever the script (vowelized or not) regardless of the child phonological abilities. As in European languages, a subgroup of poor readers shows an isolated VA span disorder. However, the proportion of children with a VA span disorder (isolated or not) is much higher than in previous studies on European languages. The current findings should allow designing new diagnostic tools and remediation programs for Arabic children with learning disorders. They also have potential implications for the teaching methods of reading in Arabic.RésuméL’objectif général de cette thèse était d’étudier les capacités d’empan visuo-attentionnel (VA) des lecteurs arabophones. Les recherches ont montré que l’empan VA module le traitement visuel des séquences de lettres et joue à ce titre un rôle important en lecture experte, tel que modélisé dans le cadre du modèle multitraces de lecture experte (Ans, Carbonnel et Valdois, 1998). Il a également été montré que l'empan VA joue un rôle dans l’acquisition de la lecture et qu’une réduction de l’empan VA explique certaines formes de dyslexies développementales. Néanmoins, les études menées jusqu’ici se sont limitées aux langues européennes. Il s’agissait donc d’évaluer la pertinence du concept d’empan VA dans une langue de structure très différente, comme l’arabe. Deux questions principales ont été abordées : la première (Etude 1) portait sur une éventuelle modulation des capacités d’empan VA selon la langue ; elle a été menée chez des lecteurs experts. La seconde (Etude 2) visait à évaluer l’implication de l’empan VA dans les troubles de l’apprentissage de la lecture. Dans l’étude 1, nous avons comparé les performances d’empan VA chez des adultes de langue française, espagnole et arabe. Nous montrons notamment que les capacités d’empan VA sont plus limitées chez les arabophones que chez les français ou les hispanophones. La taille de l’empan VA n’est pas modulée par la transparence de la langue mais pourrait varier selon les contraintes de traitement des mots (traitement parallèle pour le français et l’espagnol mais traitement privilégié de la racine morphologique pour l’arabe). L’étude 2 a porté sur des enfants arabophones de 4ème et 5ème année, bons et mauvais lecteurs, qui ont été soumis à des épreuves de lecture, de conscience phonologique et d’empan VA. Nous montrons que les capacités d’empan VA contribuent à expliquer les performances en lecture de mots et de texte, voyellé et non voyellé, indépendamment des capacités phonologiques des enfants. Comme dans les langues européennes, un sous-groupe d’enfants mauvais lecteurs présente un trouble isolé de l’empan VA. Par contre, la proportion d’enfants présentant un trouble de l’empan VA, isolé ou pas, est beaucoup plus importante que dans les études précédentes portant sur les langues européennes. Ces résultats devraient conduire à proposer de nouveaux outils de diagnostic et de remédiation des troubles d'apprentissage de la lecture chez les lecteurs arabophones. Ils ont également des implications potentielles sur les méthodes d’enseignement de la lecture en langue arabe

Organizational Resilience: A Dynamic Capability of Complex Systems

In recent years, the concept of organizational resilience has largely attracted the interest of academicians and practitioners alike. A fair number of researches have been conducted on developing the concept of organizational resilience. However, there seems to be a lack of consensus over its conceptualization mainly because the concept itself is prodigious and is used in a variety of disciplines. Furthermore, research within the domain of organizational resilience has been outcome oriented; however, questions addressing the drivers of resilience are yet to be answered. On the other hand, research within the domain of dynamic capabilities view have long been criticized as tautological, resistant to operationalization, and lacking the unification of thought. However, there exists a sufficient degree of conceptual similitude between the two concepts, mainly due to their epistemological similarities grounded within the theoretical assumptions of chaotic systems, environmental dynamism, and systems thinking. Incorporating both perspectives in parallel for understanding the theoretical connections can lead to clarifications at an ontological level. Therefore, this paper attempts to propose a holistic model of organizational resilience by incorporating a lens metaphor of dynamic capabilities view. This paper is divided into four sections. The first section of this paper lays down the multidisciplinary discourses within the realm of organizational resilience. The second section highlights the management discourse about the conceptualization of organizational resilience. The third section of this paper uses a lens metaphor of dynamic capabilities view in an attempt to add depth to the concept of organizational resilience. The fourth and the final section attempts to propose the drivers of organizational resilience from a strategic viewpoint

Autoclaved tumor bone for reconstruction: An alternative in developing countries

The options for reconstruction after excision of skeletal tumors include reimplanting the autoclaved tumor-bearing bone. We asked whether such bone will survive and unite with normal bone and whether the local tumor recurrence rate increases after its use. We ascertained the functional outcome (Musculoskeletal Tumor Society score) and complications in 19 patients. After wide excision, the bony segment was autoclaved at 120 degrees for 10 minutes and reimplanted at the original defect with intramedullary nails and compression plates. Twelve of our 19 patients were available for followup. The autoclaved segment united with the normal bone in 11 of the 12 patients. No patients had fracture or resorption of the autoclaved segment. Two patients had local tumor recurrence in nearby soft tissues, apparently unrelated to the autoclaved bone. The mean functional score was 70%. Complications included fatigue failure of the nail in one patient, superficial infection in three patients, and deep infection in two patients. Reconstruction with autoclaved tumor-bearing bone is a simple and effective tool in limb salvage. This technique is a cost-effective alternative for developing countries circumventing complications of prosthetic and allograft reconstruction

Elucidating the Impact of behavioral biases in Pakistan Stock Market: Moderating Impact of Financial Literacy

The current study focuses on some of the most commonly relied upon biases in decision making. The study aimed at understanding the influence of herding, overconfidence, anchoring, and loss aversion on the decision-making style of investor besides it also investigates the role of financial literacy, since the traditional paradigm of finance is of the view that the knowledge of finance is directly associated with the degree of irrational outcomes. To explore this linkage data from investors trading at Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad is gathered. Structural equation modeling is used for establishing the proposed associations. The results revealed that behavioral biases significantly impact the decision-making of investors.  The results of moderation analysis presented that financial literacy plays a major role in de-biasing decision making. These findings can be extremely useful for investors, policymakers, and investment professionals. Not only to make optimal decision-making but also by providing a deeper understanding of the daily life stock market behavior

THE RANDOMIZED POTENTIAL RESEARCH OF BIS DIRECTED LOW-FLOW SEVOFLURANE ANESTHESIA; AIR HARMLESS AS COMPARED TO NITROUS OXIDE

Objective: This potential randomized BIS measured research remained led to liken little-stream anesthesia procedures through or else deprived of nitrous oxide (N2O) by means of remifentanil also sevoflurane, through deference to ventilation limitations also sevoflurane ingesting. Methodology: Fifty-one, ASA I/II women youthful than 66-year-old, reserved for gynecological medicinal technique suffering right around three hours under customary anesthesia have been chosen. Our Research was conducted at Lahore General Hospital, Lahore Pakistan at April 2016 to August 2017. Electrocardiogram (ECG), beat oximetry, non-prominent vein weight, train-of-four (TOF) and bispectrality record (BIS) had been checked. Anesthesia used to be hurried through inj propofol 3 mg/kg with expansions of 12 mg until BIS used to be underneath sixty-five and rocuronium 0.7 mg/kg. Patients have been randomized to one of 3 social affairs, 17 sufferers in each, to get either N2O (Group-N) or sans n2o anesthesia (Groups R1 nd R2). All affiliations got bolus remifentanil 0.6 μl/kg and after that blends at 0.3 μl/kg/min (Set-R I), or else 0.06 μl/kg/min (Set-R 2) as help. Anesthesia was once stayed aware of sevoflurane in O2 + N2O or air. Signs exhibiting acceptable significance of anesthesia at some point or another of preservation time of anesthesia were HR, vein blood strain and BIS. The purpose behind existing was to get a BIS charge some place in the scope of 45 and sixty-five and hemodynamic parameters inside 22% of benchmark regards. Opiate implantations were consistent as sevoflurane vaporizer dial setting was once adjusted in ± 0.6% volumes to keep up this goal. Systolic, diastolic and prescribe vein loads, HR, SpO2, the animated and passed gas deficient weight estimations of O2, sevoflurane, N2O, and CO2, BIS regards sevoflurane vaporizer dial settings, and recovery models have been recorded. Evaluating factors had been at each and every 6 min at some stage in therapeutic technique. An irrelevant impelled oxygen care (FiO2) of 0.4 used to be kept up. Usage and costs for sevoflurane have been resolved. Results: Measurement data, time of cautious movement and anesthesia were near between the social affairs. An epic decrease was once observed in FiO2 with the guide of period in altogether social affairs. For entirely annual periods FiO2 was once quantifiably extended in Set-N. The refinement between passed on O2 also FiO2 remained most negligible in Set-N. The qualification among animated and passed portions of sevoflurane (Fiserv and Festive) diminished by strategy for time in the long run of the low stream time span. It used to be lower in Group-N than in remifentanil social occasions. Complete sevoflurane use used to be noticeably higher in Group-R 2 than Group-N anyway there was at one time no sweeping complexity in sevoflurane use and charges per affected individual each minute between social affairs. Recovery events had been associated between the social occasions. Conclusions: We contemplated that danger of hypoxia and shaky pain-relieving use did never again contrast with or then again other than N2O in remifentanil-sevoflurane, low buoy anesthesia. Checking FiO2 is fundamental in both air/ O2 and N2O/O2 mixes. Both are secure to oversee with the exception of if FiO2 is lower than 35%. BIS-guided sevoflurane with its low dissolvability incorporate successfully modifies right away to variable pain-relieving significance goes over the range of low-stream anesthesia. Key words: Anesthesia, Locked Circuit, Anesthesia, Rebreathing, Nitrous oxide, Consciousness Monitors, Bispectrality Catalogue Monitor

Reasons for Admission and Outcome to an Acute Palliative Care Unit in Patients with Advanced Malignancy in a Cancer Hospital

Introduction: The alleviation of suffering is a primary goal of palliative care team for patients with terminal cancer. In some cases, patients experience symptoms requiring inpatient care. The purpose of this investigation was to assess the clinical presentation and outcomes of hospitalization in patients that were admitted to the acute palliative care service. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective descriptive study looking at admissions to an acute palliative care unit in a single center over a 24-month period. Medical records of all patients, admitted in palliative care unit from 1st January 2013 till 31st December 2014, were reviewed for reason of admission and outcome. Results: A total of 226 patients were identified and included in the present investigation. Among these 55.5 % (125) were females. The median age of the cohort was 48 (15 - 86) years. The most common reasons for admission were alteration in consciousness (19.5 %), respiratory tract infection (18 %), diarrhea and/or vomiting (14.2 %) and respiratory distress (not related to infection) (13.4 %). The median duration of hospital stay was 4 (0-27) days. Majority of the patients were discharged home (65.1 %). However, a significant portion (33.1 %) of the patients did not survive the hospitalization. Following discharge from the hospital, at 4-weeks follow-up the survival rate was 38.7 %. This dropped to 21.7 % at 8-weeks. Conclusion: Patients with advanced disease have a multitude of reasons to seek acute inpatient care. Majority of the patients were discharged following care. However, the survival rate of patients following discharge was low