Glycated Hemoglobin (Hb A1c) is now used largely for DM control. Hb A1c is influenced by many risk factors; these include BMI, physical activity, age, ethnicity, diet and smoking. The determinants of Hb A1cvalues in Sudanese have not been studied despite their utmost value in DM control. The objective of this study is to evaluate age, gender and body mass index as determinants of glycated hemoglobin in non-diabetic Sudanese population. A cross sectional study was conducted during 2016-2018 in Sudan covering Khartoum state, Northern state, Gezira state, Red Sea state and North Darfur state, on adults of ages between 20-60 years and not known to be diabetic or suffering from any chronic illness.1097 participants were assessed by a questionnaire covering age, gender and other demographic and social characteristics. BMI was calculated after measuring weight and height by standard scales. A sample of 5 ml venous blood was taken for FBG to exclude DM and measurement of Hb A1c using a modified ELISA reader known as Cobas Integra 800 (Roch) machine. Correlations between the variables were estimated and P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. There is a positive correlation between HbA1c and gender; female subjects had higher values than male subjects. The mean of HbA1c in females was 4.6 ±0.9 % which was more than the mean in males 4.5 ±1.0 % with significant p value of 0.03. There are slight differences in HbA1c levels between the age groups, the oldest (more than 50 years) having the lowest values (4.4%) and those with group of age between 35-50 years have the highest value (4.7%). HbA1c levels were found to be higher (4.8%) in those having BMI more than 30. There was no significant correlation between HbA1 c; age, weight and BMI (r =.009, .010, =-.032) and the p values were 0.7, 0.7 , 0.33.respectively . There was intermediate correlation between HbA1c and Height (r) =0.13 with significant p value of 0.00. This study showed significant higher HbA1c levels in females compared to males. Age and BMI have no significant effect on the HbA1c levels in Sudanese population but there was a significant correlation with height.

According to (Bayt.com, 2015); the largest recruitment site in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), A percentage of (14%) of Jordanian employees are very satisfied with their work, (25%) are somewhat satisfied, and (33%) are a bit dissatisfied, while (28%) are very dissatisfied with their work. Meanwhile, because the economic status in Jordan is critical, and the cost of living is very high, decision makers and managers of Jordanian organisations have to pay their full attention in making their employees their most valuable asset. While they have to focus on developing workers’ diverse skills and realise these skills by enrolling employees in training courses that meet their interests and needs. In addition, In Jordan, HRM has not received big attention yet. To address some of the common practices occurs by HR department in organisations of Jordan. (Bhatia 2016) mentioned that no opportunity is given to an employee to express his / her development needs. Unplanned employee development exists because training manager nominates employees with no formal procedure to fillin training requirements and analytical skills and capabilities gaps. All this leads to, money and efforts waste. This article explains the use of exploratory factor analysis in extracting factors of Human Resource Management Constructs (Motivation, Training and Development, Working Conditions, Performance Appraisal) and the factors of Job Satisfaction Construct. The quantitative study collected information on the participants’ perceptions towards multimodal forms in digital contents as well as uncover their opinions on why they want to access and use digital content.

This socio-anthropological descriptive type of study was conducted to explore the level of depression and to find out the various socio-economic, academic factors which act as barriers to study among university students of Bangladesh. The aim of this study is to estimate depression among university students of Bangladesh using statistical method. This research conducted among University students.Thesample size was 600, randomly selected from three Universities in capital city Dhaka. The depression of male students is more than female students. But it is a notable that, the female are more worried about their future carrier life than male students.

Abstract: All over the world particularly in the developing nations including Nigeria more than half of the population are suffering from a situation in which one problem causes another, this problems include ignorance, poverty, malnutrition, disease and early death. Approximately, one third of a life is spent as a result of a struggle for food. A conservative estimate places the daily toll from kwashiorkor at 10,000. A figure indicates that between 800 million and one billion persons suffer from some degree of Protein-Energy Malnutrition (PEM) alone. The resultant effect of protein deficiency kwashiorkor which leads illness, stunted growth, among others. Kwashiorkor and its effect could be mitigated in West African and Nigeria through insect’s consumption. Insects are the most successful, biologically, of all the groups of arthropods, and they abound in great numbers in Nigeria because of the large forest and grass land areas, fresh water and wide coastal regions which supports the existence of insects. Insects supply high quality protein which are requiring in children nutrition and they are abundant, cheap, easy to harvest, and are available throughout the year. Therefore, this paper, after reviewing the availability and the nutritional values inherent in insects, recommend that insects be produced and consumed to ameliorate the deleterious consequences of kwashiorkor in Nigeria, and indeed in the developing nations.

Abstract: The prime aim of the investigation was to compare Mental Toughness of Physical Education Teacher Trainees and Assam Police Trainees (AP). To obtain the data researchers selected total sixty four (64) subjects ,thirty two (n1=32) male Physical education Teacher trainees from Centre for Studies in Physical Education and sports, Dibrugarh University and thirty two (n2=32) male Assam Police trainees from 2nd Assam Police Battalion Camp, Makum, Tinsukia, Assam, India between the 19-22 years age. The study was delimited to assessment of Mental Toughness by using questionnaire mental toughness by Dr. Alan Goldberg (1998). The Independent t-test was applied to assess the differences between the groups. The level of significance was set at 0.05 of confidence. Results revealed statistically significant differences between the two groups of overall mental toughness (t0.05 (62) = 7.55 > 1.67) and also significant difference was found sub-variable i.e. Motivation (6.26>1.67), ability to handle the pressure (33>1.67), concentration (8.44>1.67), confidence (8.05>1.67) and Rebound ability (3.28>1.67).

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of Plyometric and weight training on selected physiological variable of football players. Total Sixty (60) male football players were selected as subject randomly who participated in the national level competition from Manipur University, Canchipur. They were divided into three equal groups and designated as experimental group (I), experimental group (II) and control group (III). Plyometric training was given to experimental group (I), Weight training was given to experimental group (II) and even though, the control group was allowed to attain their daily physical activity programme, they were not allowed to participate in the experimental treatment. The groups were administered initial tests on physiological variable. After the initial test, the Plyometric and Weight training were administered to the two experimental groups, where no special training was administered to the control group. The training was administered for the period of twelve (12) weeks, four (4) days in a week in progressive manner. To find out the significance of difference between pre and post –test means‘t’ test was employed. The level of significant was set at 0.05 levels. To find out the significance of mean difference among pre – test, post- test and adjusted means and analysis of variance techniques were employed.

This paper unfolds male stereotypical authoritative nature under the lens of reader response theory by Rosenblatt i.e. reader and text in The Bull and She Devil. This paper argues that a text has different meanings to different readers. Therefore, the theme of jealousy and anger is due to male authoritative nature and feelings of comparison in the selected short story. Based on the idea of transaction among the reader, text, author and social context by Rosenblatt, this paper highlights that the husband is a merciless creature toward his wife, relatives and the bull. As anger is due to male stereotypical authoritative nature, it causes jealousy and the end of his life. Ironically, he blames the destructive influence of his wife instead blaming his own negative approach.

Ministry of Education is determined to improve access, equity, quality, and relevance of education through better management of service delivery to all learners. Achievement in this sector will, therefore, enhance economic growth, create more employment, and guarantee sustainable development for the Kenyan people. The country therefore, has no choice but must make massive investment in science, mathematics and technology education, particularly in women; if at all the set targets will be to achieve the goals well articulated in Vision 2030.The purpose of the study was to determine the rate of flow of men and women in selected science and technology programmes in Kenyan universities is the same and to investigate alternative strategic to enhance survival rate of flow of men and women in selected science and technology programmes in Kenyan universities is the same. The theory used in this study was Liberal feminism. It is rooted in the tradition of 16th- and 17thcentury liberal philosophy, which focused on the ideals of equality and liberty. The research design used in this study is ex post facto. The study was carried out in 3 Kenyan public and 3 private universities. The data of the study was collected using questionnaires and focus group discussion. The obtained data was analyzed using Wilcoxon Mann–Whitney Test. This test is a non-parametric analog to the independent t-test and is used when one does not assume that the dependent variable is a normally distributed interval variable (one can only assume that the variable has at least ordinal. The findings indicate that lack of adequate qualified personnel remain the number one factor that hinders the full rolling out of SMT programmes besides the expensive equipment in both public and private universities. It is recommend that girls are equally good in terms of performance at the university level means gender gap can be crossed in STs related professions. A lot then needs to be done from early childhood education, through primary to secondary school level to significantly improve the number of girls transiting to university.

As the quest to counteract the undesirable effects of electric load which create power factors less than unity increases, a novel mid-point converter system is presented. This is a phase-controlled ac to dc converter where the conducting and switching method is on one-to-one basis, unlike the full-bridge converter whose switching goes in pairs. Using the fourier series, the generalized power factor of this system of converter was calculated. From this general power factors, the power factor of the mid-point converter with any number of phases and pulse numbers can be calculated.

Human resources are an asset and function as capital in business organizations, improving employee performance is an important thing for companies to be more developed. This study aims to analyze the factors of motivation to work performance on work performance of operational workers at CV. Tri Marina Jaya Surabaya. The method in this research is quantitative; the research sample is the operational of ticketing company in CV. Tri Marina Jaya Surabaya as many as 25 people. The result of research of motivation factors together has a significant influence to the work performance of operational workers in CV. Tri Marina Jaya Surabaya, and physiological needs have a dominant influence on work performance.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology can be used in blood bank for managing blood donation process, for storing and identifying blood bag after donation and also for distributing blood product to the patients. Standard 13.56 MHz RFID tag has been accepted by International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) for using in Blood Bank.13.56 MHz RFID tag can carry ISBT 128 data structure. Different types of RFID tag can be used in Blood bank for blood donation process. This research article presents the way for using RFID technology to make easier the blood donation process, blood bag storing process and also blood distribution process. RFID wristband tag can be used to recognize the blood donor properly and RFID passive label is useful for identifying, storing and issuing the blood bag for transfusion. Use of RFID technology in blood bank will reduce many issues and make easier the process of blood donation. This research will also demonstrate the benefits of using RFID tag instead of Barcode Labels on the Blood Bag. This research was done for presenting the efficient way of using RFID technology in Blood banks in Saudi Arabia.

Primary immune thrombocytopenia (IT) is one of the common causes of thrombocytopenia in otherwise asymptomatic adults. Though most of the patients with IT are asymptomatic the presentation can be varied from mild petechiae to severe hemorrhage such as intracranial haemorrhage. Subconjunctival haemorrhage is an extremely rare presentation of IT. We report a 15 year old previously healthy boy presented with bilateral subconjunctival haemorrhage which was ultimately diagnosed as immune thrombocytopenia which was resistant to Steroid as well as IV Immunoglobulin therapy and managed with Rituximab successfully.

The key issues of implementing internet marketing are revealed. Specified for one of the varieties of online marketing– conversion marketing. The general principles for determining the model of Internet marketing conversion are revealed. The basis of formalization of the general model of Internet marketing is offered. The main tasks of the solution of key tasks of the conversion Internet marketing are outlined.

The study investigated the extent of fulfillment of employment responsibilities between the management and employees of PHCN, areas of employment responsibilities, with a view to ascertaining how this influenced the job performance of employees of PHCN, Ibadan Zone. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. A total of 40 management staff and 240 employees were selected using simple random sampling technique. Data for the study were collected using two instruments namely “Employment Responsibilities Inventory” (ERI), and Employees’ Job Performance Scale” (EJPS). The reliability of the instruments was confirmed with the Cronbach Alpha and Split-half results yielded ERI = 0.82 and 0.76 and EJPS = 0.88 and 0.83 respectively. The data collected were analysed using simple percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test statistical analysis. The results showed that provision of safe working environment (X=3,12, S.D = 0.69) and pay increase to maintain standards of living (X=2.99, S.D. = 0.77) were the major responsibilities required by the employees from their management. It was showed that 61.3% of the employees reported that their management rarely discharged their employment responsibilities to the workers. Also, it was revealed that there was a significant effect of employment responsibilities on employees’ job performance (t-test = 128.9, p < 0.05). It thus concluded that poor fulfillment of employment responsibilities has greatly affected the productivity of employees of PHCN, Ibadan Zone.

Over the past two decades in Qatar, designers and planners focused on design merits of high-rise buildings and the impact on the skyline and the city image, discarding the integration of the buildings with the ground level. This research study investigates the sustainability and livability of the public realm within high-rise districts, focusing on the business district of West Bay, Doha, State of Qatar, as a case study. In West Bay, tall buildings have security gates and parking spaces on the ground level that weaken the livability and vitality of the street. Therefore, to enhance livability, the built environment should provide a vibrant social urban ground level. Insufficient parking spaces along with the lack of public transportation choices frustrate people and intensify the traffic congestion in West Bay. The lack of services and amenities within the residential towers accompanied with poor pedestrian circulation make it hard to perform everyday activities. The spatial segregation in West Bay translates into a distinct functional spatialisation. Also, most buildings in West Bay are single-use occupancy, with clusters of retail, services and catering activities, their spatialisation does not provide for an overlap of movement between the working occupants and the recreational ones. The research study aims to study the relationship between built environment and livability on the street level of the existing spatial environments on the micro urban scale of West Bay. Therefore, this research project aims to fill the gap in the literature regarding design-based research that provides solutions to existing limitations in the physical environment. The strategy includes a summary of the literature, site analyses and resultant design vision for a sustainable livable development concept for the study area, the business district of West Bay