REVIEW ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
A Preliminary Study on the Translation of Military English Science and Technology
Huang Hongxia, Wang Feng
Page no 525-528 |
10.21276/sjeat.2018.3.8.4
Features of Military English Science and Technology (MEST) have been
introduced, and accordingly its translation principles are put forward. At the same time,
difficulties in the translation of MEST are analyzed, that is, a large number of
professional terms, abbreviations and old words with new meanings making it difficult
for translators and interpreters to understand. Meanwhile, MEST are not open to the
public, which also reduces translators‘ chances to learn professional materials, resulting
in underdeveloped translation studies. To be engaged in translation and related research
on MEST, translators must have excellent English language skills, extensive scientific
knowledge and solid Chinese language skills to ensure the accuracy of information
transmission and to enhance the readability of the translation.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
Management and Employees Responsibilities as Determinants of Job Performance in Power Holding Company of Nigeria
Adeniyi Adijat Bola, Amodu Lateef Olamilekan
Page no 871-877 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.8.6
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.
REVIEW ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
Exchange Rate Volatility and Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria: An E-Garch Approach
Chinedu Miracle Nevo, Jonathan E. Ogbuabor
Page no 144-156 |
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This study seeks to examine the relationship between Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) and Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) volatility in Nigeria. Using
annual time series data from 1980 to 2016, the study adopted the Exponential GARCH
model, Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimation technique and the Error Correction
Mechanism. The major findings of the study reveal that there is a negative correlation
between Nigeria’s past and future REER, which further implies that negative shock has
less effects on exchange rate volatility when compared with a positive shock. It also
found that exchange rate has a very significant effect on FDI in Nigeria while there also
exists a long-run relationship between them. The study therefore advocates for a strong
foreign exchange policies by the CBN to attract FDI. It also suggests that CBN should be
keen on monitoring the financial news in the economy as it could heighten exchange rate
and financial market volatilities; which may not be good for the economy’s overall
growth and development in the long-run.
CASE REPORT | Aug. 30, 2018
Noe Fracture: A Case Report
Philip Mathew, Abhishek Jairaj, Shilpa PH, Rahul VC Tiwari, Salood Sadique, Heena Tiwari
Page no 448-450 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i08.004
Naso-Orbito-Ethmoidal fractures can occur in single entity or in conjunction with other craniofacial fractures. Most often they are associated with frontal Le Fort II or Le Fort III fractures. It involves nasal bones including bony septum, the frontal process of the maxilla and nasal–orbital–ethmoid complex bilaterally. Open and Closed reduction are the two ways of management which are adapted by surgeons according to the situation and severity. This article describes a case report of 21-year male patient with history of road traffic accident who is diagnosed with naso-orbito-ethmoid fracture and was treated with open reduction and internal fixation
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
Conversion Marketing as a Kind of Modern Internet Marketing
Murad Omarov, Tatyana Tikhaya
Page no 553-557 |
10.21276/sjeat.2018.3.8.7
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.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
Relationship between Serum Levels of Albumin and C - reactive protein (CRP) In Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Kirti, Sumit Kumar, Gitanjali Goyal, Cheenu Garg
Page no 34-38 |
10.36348/sijb.2018.v01i02.001
Abstract: Protein- energy malnutrition, wasting and inflammation are frequent complication among patient with Chronic kidney disease (CKD). Malnutrition is associated with cardiac co-morbidity, inflammation and poor survival in CKD patients. Serum albumin is a well-known negative acute phase protein, marker of nutrition in CKD patients. C-reactive protein (CRP), the major acute phase response (APR) protein is elevated in these patients. High CRP levels are linked to the degree of atherosclerosis in coronary, peripheral, and extracranial brain arteries. The aim of the present study was to investigate nutritional factor (albumin) and CRP levels in CKD patients. This cross –sectional study was carried out in the Department of Biochemistry in collaboration with the Department of Medicine, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College & Hospital, Faridkot .Study involved 100 pre dialysis CKD patients (age 40.5 ± 12.3 years) admitted indoor and attending outdoor .Following investigations were carried out –CRP by fluorescence immunoassay method utilizing latex particles coated with CRP monoclonal antibodies (I-chroma). Serum albumin levels on fully automated chemistry analyzer Renal function by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). The data was later statistically analyzed. The study patients included 57 males (57%) and 43 females (43%) with average age of 40.5±12.3 years. The mean GFR was 38.3 ± 16.4 ml/min/1.73m2. The mean value of CRP was 10.93 ± 1.42 mg /dl. 67% of patients had elevated CRP (> 6 mg/L) with low serum albumin levels were present with mean value (3.02 ± 0.17 gm/dL). This study showed that low albumin and high CRP levels are the main predictors for death. There was a significant difference between CRP and albumin levels in CKD patients (P<0.001). Measuring CRP as a marker of inflammation can be helpful in managing these patients and Low levels of albumin are a marker of poor nutritional status in CKD patients. Our results indicate that CRP(as marker of inflammation) and albumin(as marker of nutritional status ) were very closely related to each other ,as the levels of CRP increased the albumin goes on decreasing due to degree of inflammation , malnutrition and decreased synthesis by liver exists in pre-dialysis CKD patients.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Alumina Reinforced Eposand Composites
Obuka Nnaemeka SP, Ozioko Emeka R
Page no 558-567 |
10.21276/sjeat.2018.3.8.8
This paper investigates the mechanical properties of an aluminium oxide
reinforced Eposand composites. The matrix a brand of epoxy was obtained from Shell
Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and reinforced with particulates of alumina
in micro-scale. The resin and hardener were mixed and compounded in the ratio of 2:1
and through the application of centrifugal force was thoroughly compounded with the
fillers. Two main mechanical tests of tensile and compression where carried out to
obtain tensile, compressive, and yield strength of the composites. Four samples of 10%,
20%, 30%, and 40% by weight of alumina with five replications each were prepared and
subjected the tests in accordance with ASTM D3039 and ASTM D3401M for tensile
and compressive tests respectively. Maximum compressive strength of 133.3 MPa was
recorded for 30% of filler, while maximum tensile strength of 7.9 MPa was obtained
10% of filler. An optimal yield strength of 3.4 MPa was recorded at 20% weight of
filler. The analysis showed that the compressive strength increases with increase in
percentage weight of alumina.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
Monitoring and Evaluation: Innovation on Implementation of Projects in NonGovernmental Organizations
Dr Kennedy Ole Kerei, Beatrice Katimua K. Kerei
Page no 928-933 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.8.12
Projects remain the instruments of choice for policymakers in national and
international development. In Africa and other third world countries, development
projects play a great role in providing basic social services. The main focus of this
study was to access effects of monitoring and evaluation on successful implementation
of projects in non-governmental organizations of Kajiado County. The study covered a
population is 110 employees and used stratified random sampling where 50% of the
entire target population formed the sample size 55) of the study. Data was collected
from both primary and secondary sources using questionnaires. The findings were
presented using graphs, pie charts and table diagrams respectively depending on the
techniques. Based on the study findings, monitoring and evaluation 95% said it affects
successful implementation of projects in non-governmental organizations of Kajiado
County while 5% disagreed, on staff training 88% said it affects successful
implementation of projects in non-governmental organizations of Kajiado County
while 12% disagreed, The researcher recommends that monitoring and evaluation of
project since it is very essential in improving performance, is also very complex,
multidisciplinary and skill intensive processes. In relation to staff training the nongovernmental organizations should be able to improve the competency of personnel. It
was highly recommended that monitoring and evaluation of project since it is very
essential in improving performance, is also very complex, multidisciplinary and skill
intensive processes.
REVIEW ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
Naipaul’s Praise of the Traditional African Civilization- An Analysis of Image in In a Free State
Xia Zhou, Jing Li
Page no 961-967 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.8.10
Present studies at home and abroad on V.S. Naipaul‟s novel In a Free State
is not enough in the aspect of textual analysis. The in-depth studies in this aspect are
wanted. This thesis aims to analyze the image existing in the title novella of In A Free
State, one of the five novellas in the collection of In a Free state. By discussing the
symbolic meaning of the three images and then comparing the symbolic meanings of
these images, it can be inferred that Naipaul tends to criticize the mimic of the western
civilization but praises the traditional African civilization.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
A Clinical Study of Acute Intestinal Obstruction in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Telangana
Arun Katari
Page no 482-486 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i08.012
Acute intestinal obstruction is a common surgical emergency that a general surgeon comes across and one has to accomplish the skills of diagnosing art of Surgery and knowledge of postoperative management, which carries gratifying results. With this in mind, we in this study the tried to evaluate the symptomatology of Intestinal Obstruction to study the various causes of intestinal obstruction modalities of surgical procedures and its outcome. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of General Surgery, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar. A total of hundred patients belonging to both sex groups were included in the study. All patients were evaluated thoroughly from their history and clinical examination. Patients with signs and symptoms of acute obstruction were managed by appropriate surgical procedure after resuscitation and the diagnosis was established. The postoperative period was monitored carefully and all parameters were recorded hourly or fourth hourly basis depending upon the resuscitation and the diagnosis was established. Results: The most common involved age group was 31 - 40 having 40% of the patients followed by 14 – 50 has 38%. Adhesions are the most common cause of intestinal obstruction accounting for 36% of the cases. Malignancy of the large bowel was found to cause obstructive features with a single case being due to ascending colon growth, one case of small bowel tumor and the 7 is due to recto-sigmoid growth, 2 descending colon, thus a total of 11 cases of malignant obstruction. 39 patients who underwent surgical procedure had no complications. 25 patients had wound infection with wound gaping and had to be treated with secondary suturing. 8 patients who underwent surgery expired with an overall mortality rate of 8 %. Conclusion: Clinical radiological and operative findings put together can bring about the best and accurate diagnosis of intestinal obstruction. Intestinal obstruction with tuberculosis of the intestine is more likely to develop postoperative complications, proper anti-tubercular management is necessary to prevent mortality and morbidity.
REVIEW ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
The Effect of Financial Fragility on the Capital Allocation Efficiency of China's Real Economy
Qingqing Sun, Yanqing Jiang
Page no 187-193 |
10.36348/sjef
In this paper, based on WuZhiWen's 2002 construction method on
comprehensive index of financial fragility, respectively from the fragility of the financial
market subsystem, the fragility of the banking subsystem, the fragility of the financial
supervision subsystem and the fragility of the macro-economic environment subsystem,
to measure the degree of China's financial fragility during the period of 1997 to 2016.
Then taking the four subsystem indicators and comprehensive indicators into the
Wurgler's 2000 model of capital allocation efficiency. The result shows that, firstly,
China's financial fragility generally declined in 1997 to 2016, and the fragility of the
financial supervision subsystem was the highest. Secondly, the financial fragility has an
inhibitory effect on the capital allocation of China's real economic capital, which the
financial supervision subsystem has a particularly obvious suppression on it.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
Risk Factors of Severe Healthcare-Associated Adverse Events in a Tunisian Hospital: Results of a Case-Control Study
Nabiha Bouafia, Olfa Ezzi, Asma Ammar, Iheb Bougmiza, Fathi Bahri, Mondher Letaief, Pascal Astagneau, Mansour Njah
Page no 493-502 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i08.014
Adverse events (AE) are an ongoing challenge in healthcare. Apart from having a significant impact on patient morbidity and mortality, AE also result in increased healthcare costs due to longer hospital stays. However, little is known about AE occurrence and their risk factors in Tunisian healthcare system. To determine the incidence of severe adverse events (SAEs) and identify risk factors associated with SAE during hospitalization in a Tunisian University Hospital. A case-control study with incident cases was conducted including all patients hospitalized in the Teaching Hospital Farhat Hached within a one-month period in 13 clinical units. Medical records for caseswere selected by using stratified random sampling. The sample size was proportional to the number of admissions in each of 13 clinical departments. Controls were matched by the service and the duration of hospitalization preceding the appearance of SAE. Risk factors were collected and analyzed by conditional stepwise logistic regression. Overall, 304 controls were matched to cases, totalizing 456 patients. Multivariate conditional stepwise logistic regression analysis showed that night-time admission, hospitalization in the last six months, difficulty of communication, longer surgical operation, biopsy, presence of at least two medical devices, exposure to peripheral venous catheter, exposure to more than four medications and blood transfusion were considered as independent risk factors of SAE occurrence. Our results highlighted care-related risk factors such as catheters, blood transfusion and polymedication, which underlined the need to strengthen the care safety by focusing efforts especially in the field of hospital hygiene and infection control as well as pharmacovigilance
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
Publication Growth of Library and Information Science Research in India (2008- 2016): A Bibliometric Analysis
R. Maheswaran, V. Krishnan, S. Raja
Page no 950-960 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.8.9
Research active status of Library and Information Science (LIS) in India has
been studied using publications indexed in the Scopus database. ―Library and
Information Science‖ as a search term in the All field tag fetched 387 records and the
period of coverage from 2008 to 2016. The downloaded data were analyzed using MS
Excel and VOS Viewer software applications. The analysis revealed that there are 160
authors from among 35 countries; 112 journals; 7 types of documents; 160 institutions;
1931 times cited by local and global references. 65.37% of publications are scholarly
articles. The highest productive year is 2015 (Citation -183) and lowest is 2008 and 2009
(Citation-106 and 185). Of the 35 countries, India stands first, United State and Canada
in the second and third places respectively. ―Annals of Library and Information
Studies‖, ―DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology‖, ―Library
Philosophy and Practice‖ are the most productive journals involved in this study.
Among the 160 authors, ―Mukherjee, B.‖ has earned the highest h- index value.
―University of Delhi‖ dominates other institutions in terms of a number of records.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
An Overlooked Complication of Diabetes: Diabetic Hand Wounds
Tolga Dinç, Selami Ilgaz Kayılıoğlu, Ufuk Utku Göktuğ, İsa Sözen, Arife Polat-Düzgün, Faruk Coşkun
Page no 459-462 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i08.007
Diabetes Mellitus is the most common endocrinological condition. We can see complications as a result of the changes in microcirculation and tissue collagen structure. In our study; we aimed to discuss the clinical features and wound evaluations of the patients who applied to our clinic with diabetic hand wound, as well as their treatments and results. Patients with diabetic hand wounds who applied to our clinic between 2013-2015 were included. Demographic data, type of diabetes, characteristics of hand wounds, laboratory values, culture results, abscess involvement, treatment methods, and treatment results of the patients were obtained. Nine of the 29 patients were female and 20 were male. The mean age was 63.62 ± 14.12. 22 patients had the wound in their right hand while 7 patients had it in the left hand. While 25 patients had finger involvement, 2 had volar part involvement and 2 had wounds in the dorsal part of the hand. 19 patients were treated with debridement and 10 patients were amputated. Flaps / grafts were applied to 5 of the patients. 8 patients had high sedimentation rates. The mean C-reactive protein value was calculated as 43.94. The mean HbA1c of the patients was 8.70 ± 1.74. The wounds of all 29 patients were treated successfully. Patients should be careful while they are using hand tools, cutting nails, and should wear protective equipment. Strict blood glucose control, aggressive debridement, and antibiotics in the treatment of these wounds can reduce the risk of amputation
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Aug. 30, 2018
Determinants of Stock Returns of Telecommunications Companies Listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange
Marlina Junantri A Bowens, Endri
Page no 194-203 |
10.36348/sjef
This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of DER, ROA, EPS and MS
on stock returns on telecommunications sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock
Exchange. This study uses annual data for the observation period from 2012 to 2016. The
type of research is descriptive causality. The data used is panel data which is a
combination of annual time series data and cross section processed using panel data
regression analysis. The population is telecommunications companies listed on the
Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2012 up to 2016 a number of 5 companies. The sampling
technique used purposive sampling, found a sample of 4 companies with a 5-year
observation to obtain a total observation of 20. Data were obtained from Sahamok. Data
analysis in this study is panel data regression. The model used is Fixed Effect Model. The
results of the analysis show that the DER variable has a significant positive effect, ROA
has a significant positive effect, while EPS and MS have no significant negative effect on
stock returns, namus simultaneously to the four variables DER, ROA, EPS and MS
together can affect the stock return shown by data processing results that get R2 value of
82.44% of the telecommunications sector stock returns on the Indonesia Stock Exchange
for the period 2012-2016.