ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Sept. 30, 2018
Factors and Demographic Variables Influencing Team Climate Inventory: Applied in Primary Health Care in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Musrrat Parveen
Page no 1085-1095 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.9.13
This research paper aims to identify the highest factor influencing the team
climate inventory and explore how demographic variables (individual‘s gender, age,
working experience, and Professional role which includes (Nurse, General Practitioner,
Specialist Nurse, Health visitor, Hospital Manger and other allied health professionals),
were significantly influencing the factors of team climate inventory. And secondly,
want to investigate whether Team climate is superior in smaller teams than in bigger
teams. The TCI is based on a four-factor theory of team climate for innovation. The
sample would consist of a random sample of 250 health care employees including
doctors, nurses, Specialist Nurses (SN), Hospital manager (HM), General Practitioner
(GP), pharmacists and allied health personnel working in primary health care setting in
Saudi Arabia. To assess the reliability of the TCI in healthcare teams, we calculated the
internal homogeneity by calculating Cronbach‘s alpha coefficients for the scales
emerging from the factor analyses.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Sept. 30, 2018
Exploitation of Outsourcing Labor (Case Study of Labor in Industrial Forest Plantation, Riau Province, Indonesia)
Efentinus Ndruru, Rizabuana Ismail, Zulkifli
Page no 1142-1148 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.9.15
Criticim Republic of Indonesia Law Number 13 of 2003 concerning
Manpower is often the spotlight of labor activists. The "outsourcing" employment
contract system for plantation workers is seen as a practice of fragmentation,
degradative, discriminatory and exploitative effects on workers. Researchers on Nias
migrant workers in Pelalawan Riau HTI plantations are interpretations of the meaning
of the assumption of labor exploitation with a qualitative method approach. Results of
research on Nias migrant workers in HTI found that the application of the outsourcing
system is one form of labor exploitation. The level of education and openness to initial
information when in the recruitment process does not work properly. Workers are
"locked up" by agents through power structures that influence each other in dominant
and subordinate power. Model debt and payroll system it does not bring prosperity,
instead, workers are trapped in a cycle of poverty and exploitative. The head of the
group (kepala rombongan) (KR) as a “wild agent" and the contractor of the company
providing labor actually became an exploitative agent. The dream of workers getting
social security, THR, and welfare is gone when they see the situation they are treated
like a slave. Finally, Nias migrant workers can only come out if they struggle through
resistance and are assisted by "hands" of observers engaged in the struggle for labor
advocacy.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Sept. 30, 2018
Study of Contact of TB and Measles in Malnourished Children at a Tertiary Care Centre
Pawan Kumar Sharma, Harimohan Ujjainiya, Rajesh Gaur
Page no 538-540 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i09.006
The important role of malnutrition in child death is that most nutritional deficiencies, including vitamin A and Zinc, impair immune function and other host defenses leading to a cycle of longer lasting and more severe infection and even worsening nutritional status. Thus inadequate intake, infection and poor nutritional status are intimately linked. Aim is to study the contact of TB and measles in malnourished children. Information was collected from interview with the parents and examination of under five years children was entered in a predesigned and pretested proforma of the study. History of contact of tuberculosis was present in 9.2% children. While measles in malnourished children is 31.1%, which has significance, precipitate of severe grade of malnutrition as compared to no history of measles
REVIEW ARTICLE | Sept. 30, 2018
The Role of Zakat in Poverty Alleviation with particular Reference to Sokoto State Zakat and Endowment (Waqf) Commission
Muntaka Yahaya Aminu
Page no 1133-1141 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.9.14
Islam is a comprehensive system of life. It was built upon fire pillars viz.
monotheism, Salat, zakat, fasting and pilgrimage. Zakat as one of these five pillars of
Islam has a special consideration through which if a Muslim (to whom it was
prescribed) fails to establish becomes incomplete Muslim. It is obligatory upon those
who are wealthy to take out some specific portion of their wealth to those who are
poor. This system has many advantages among various Muslim communities. It will
instill the attitude of love, intimacy and affection between a rich and a poor, and more
importantly, zakat often help towards the alleviation of poverty in the society. For this,
Islam put the responsibility of collecting the zakat on a government from the wealthy
people and to distribute it to those who are needy. As such many Muslim states in
Nigeria today have established Zakat and Endowment Institutions / Organizations to
carry out this task. Sokoto state is one of these states where zakat Committee was
upgraded to Zakat Commission in December 2016. The activities of the Commission
contributed immensely towards the alleviation of poverty in the state. Thus, this paper
aims to examine to what extent the Sokoto State Zakat Commission contributed in the
eradication of poverty in Nigeria and Sokoto state in particular.
REVIEW ARTICLE | Sept. 30, 2018
Metabolic Syndrome in Normal and Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: A Comparative Study of Lucknow
Sandeep Chowdhary, Saroj Kumari
Page no 528-533 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i09.004
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have higher HOMA-IR index compared to otherwise healthy metabolic syndrome controls. The aim of this work was to compare the biochemical profile, symptoms and signs of Metabolic Syndrome (MS), between chronic kidney disease patients and non-chronic kidney disease metabolic syndrome subjects, using the World Health Organization criteria. it is a case-control study. Among the CKD patients, 20 patients fulfilling the criteria for metabolic syndrome were included in the study and compared with the age, sex matched otherwise healthy metabolic syndrome subjects. Individuals aged >18 yrs and above were included in the study. Fasting glucose, anthropometric measurements, lipid estimations, and biochemical parameters were done in all the participants, who fulfilled the WHO criteria of metabolic syndrome. All the cases belonged to stages 3 & 4 of CKD. Presence of symptoms among cases were due to their CKD condition, waist hip ratio (W/H) ratio is significantly higher in cases than controls (P<0.05). Both systolic as well as diastolic blood pressure is higher in cases (M 142±19.6, F141 ± 11.3).There was significant difference in the HDL and LDL level among cases and controls HDL level being higher in females among cases(F 46.5±8.31) , whereas LDL level was higher in females among controls (F111.3±55.9). Fasting insulin level was significantly lower among cases in both females and males (Case; M 42.6±8.3, F32.04+14.4; Controls; M56.5±6.6, F 57.5±9.4) similarly HOMA-IR values were significantly lower in cases than controls (Case M7.9±0.86, F7.4±3.7, Controls M13.4±3.5 F12.1±3.4).None of the comparative studies, between CKD and otherwise healthy metabolic syndrome cases have reported higher HOMA-IR levels in controls than CKD patients. HSCrp level was higher in cases than controls (case M 9.3±9.6 F5.9±7.2; Controls M2.5±3.2, F1.9±2.4). Sodium and Potassium levels were significantly higher in cases than controls. Calcium levels were higher in controls than cases, alkaline phosphatase is significantly higher in cases than controls. Though both the cases and controls, are insulin resistant, there is significant difference between HOMA –IR index among cases and controls, HOMA-IR value is higher among controls than CKD patients.
SAUDI J. ECON. FIN. | Sept. 30, 2018
Did The Indonesian Stock Exchange Efficient? (Testing Lq 45 Period 2017 with Weak Form)
Hakiman Thamrin
Page no 204-207 |
10.36348/sjef
Investors can choose to invest in the real investment sector or in the financial
sector. The decision to choose the investment sector is mainly determined by the amount
of return (return) generated and the risk (risk) that will be received by investors due to the
investment. Theoretically the risks and returns received from an investment will go hand
in hand. The higher the rewards expected to be received, the greater the risk that investors
will receive. Fama (1970) classified information into three types, namely; (i) oast price
change (past price changes), (ii) public information (publicly available information) and
(iii) public and private information (good information available to the public and not).
The efficient market hypothesis has been widely tested and, with the data in a wide
variety of markets and variety result. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, we seem to
be entering a stage where widely scattered and as yet incohesive evidence is arising which
seems to be inconsistent with the theory. Daily observations are taken for the period
January 2017 to December 2017 on LQ-45 at IDX. Autocorrelation, Ljung-Box Qstatistic Test, to test the hypothesis that the stock market follows a random walk. Daily
returns are not normally distributed, because they are negatively skewed and leptokurtic.
In aggregate we concluded that the daily prices do not follows random walks in LQ-45
IDX. The investors can take the stream of benefits through arbitrage process from
profitable opportunities across these markets.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Sept. 30, 2018
Evaluation of the quality of oral pediatric antimalarials used for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Douala, Coastal Region (Cameroon)
Dibong Siegfried Didier, Etame Loe Gisèle, Nya Linda, Tankeu Séverin Elisée, Okalla Ebongue Cécile, Yinyang Jacques, Nda Meffo Jean Pierre, Boudjeka Vanessa, Ngene Jean Pierre, Ngoule Charles Christian, Kidik Pouka Cathérine
Page no 521-527 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i09.003
The study conducted was to evaluate the quality of oral pediatric antimalarials drugs found in the formal and informal sectors of the city of Douala: particular case of syrups and suspensions of quinine and some powders for oral suspension of artemether-luméfantrine. An analytical study was made on 100 samples selected at random sanitary formations, whole salers distributors and markets of illicit distribution found in the various districts of the city of Douala at which the takings were made. The labeling, the visual aspect, the pharmaco-technical parameters (pH, density, volume) and physic chemical parameters (identification, dosage and stability of actives ingredients) of the different samples were estimated. The results of the analyzes showed an global rate of non-compliance of 77%, the informal sector was the most represented with 92% of its samples non-compliant as compared to 62% in the formal sector. The pharmaco-technical non-compliance concerns the pH with 30%, then the density with 46.7% and the volume 46.7%. The physico-chemical non-compliance concerns the identification of the active substance with 2% and the dosage of active substances with 77%. As regard the stability of the reconstituted suspensions, the pH was stable during 14 days after the reconstitution whereas 22.7% of samples saw their concentration of artemether reduce more than 10% and 41.4% of samples for the lumefantrine. In view of all this, the WHO recommends instead the use of dispersible compressed forms for the treatment of simple malaria in children
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Sept. 30, 2018
Factors Influencing Adherence to Infection Control Measures Among Health Professionals
Dr. Diana Lobo, Dr. Larissa Martha Sams, Mrs. Shalini Lidwin Fernandes
Page no 259-267 |
10.21276/sjnhc
Health care professionals whose duty it is to protect patients from acquiring
infections while hospitalised or while in a health care set up. By maintaining an infection
free environment, the patient’s recovery will be promoted and high-quality nursing care
will be delivered. The main purpose of this study was to identify the factors responsible
for compliance of infection control measures among health professionals.A quantitative
descriptive study was conducted at A.J. Institute of Medical sciences and research center
hospital, Mangaluru. Data was collected from a total of 80 staff nurses and 70 other health
professionals using the Self-developed validated self administered assessment tool.
According to this study all, the participants reported that availability of infection control
measures were adequate and reported adequate provision of protective materials.
REVIEW ARTICLE | Sept. 30, 2018
Neoliberalism and Higher Education and Its Influence on Education Policy Making
Garainesu Shoko
Page no 1047-1049 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.9.6
The ascendancy of neoliberalism and the associated discourses of „new public
management‟, during the 1980s and 1990s has produced a fundamental shift in the way
universities and other institutions of higher education have defined and justified their
institutional existence. The traditional professional culture of open intellectual enquiry
and debate has been replaced with a institutional stress on performativity, as evidenced
by the emergence of an emphasis on measured outputs: on strategic planning,
performance indicators, quality assurance measures and academic audits. This paper
traces the links between neoliberalism and globalization on the one hand, and
neoliberalism and the knowledge economy on the other. It maintains that in a global
neoliberal environment, the role of higher education for the economy is seen by
governments as having greater importance to the extent that higher education has
become the new star ship in the policy fleet for governments around the world.
Universities are seen as a key driver in the knowledge economy and as a consequence
higher education institutions have been encouraged to develop links with industry and
business in a series of new venture partnerships. The recognition of economic
importance of higher education and the necessity for economic viability has seen
initiatives to promote greater entrepreneurial skills as well as the development of new
performative measures to enhance output and to establish and achieve targets.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Sept. 30, 2018
Bureaucratic Elite Contestation Based on Local Identity to Improve Regional Resources (Study after Nias Regency Expansion)
Anugerah Tatema Harefa, Tadjuddin Noer Effendi, Suharko
Page no 1110-1120 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.9.11
Although it has been composed of 5 (five) new autonomous regions, but to
build the Nias Islands must be done integratively because it is in one region and
supported by the similarity of identity, that is a unity as Nias ethnicity. But the fact is
showing that the bureaucracy elites are difficult to cooperate, trying to build their own
identity based on their territory. The focus of this research is to find out why
bureacucracy elites are doing contestation after the teritorial split, what local identities
are used and how local identities are used. To explain the phenomenon as the locus of
this research, the theoretical concept politics of identity from Giddens were using to
explore why the local elite was using politic of identity to control local resources, what
interests are behind them all? Under such identity conditions, bureaucracy elites
construct an identity for the interests of the elite and put more emphasis on the power
aspect to gain political and economic resources. Methodologically, this research is a
qualitative research with descriptive approach, so the description of the phenomena
seen in Nias Island can be interpreted and better understood. The results of this study
showing that, the hidden agenda of the contestation among the bureaucracy elite in the
Nias Islands basically is to set up a new power in the new territory. Local identity that
is carried out is the result of reconstruction of the elite as as flexible identity of the
ethnic community of Nias.
CASE REPORT | Sept. 30, 2018
An Uncommon Case of Pregnancy in a Woman with Bladder Exstrophy
H. Zniber, N. Gribi, B. El Bakkali, A. Grine, R. Bzikha, B. Rhrab, A. Kharbach, A. Lakhdar, N. Zeraidi, A. Baydada
Page no 57-59 |
10.36348/sijog.2018.v01i03.004
Abstract: Bladder exstrophy is an anterior midline defect. Women with bladder extrophy are fertile and able to have children without this disease. However, Patients undertaking pregnancy after surgical repair of such an anomaly are rare. Pregnancy is often complicated. We report in this work the case of a 24-year-old pregnant patient, operated at birth for bladder extrophy, presenting at 28 weeks of amenorrhea for premature rupture of membranes with uterine prolapse.
REVIEW ARTICLE | Sept. 30, 2018
Between Humanity and “Apeity”: Examination of Anthropocentrism, Anthropomorphism, and Freedom in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and Ape Saga
Donovan A. McFarlane
Page no 1089-1095 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.9.8
This is an analysis, commentary, and critique of the “Planet of the Apes”
saga, with major focus on the 2011 film, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”. The author
examines the film from the perspective of an extended and continuing, overarching
theme characterizing earlier films of the same: “Planet of the Apes” (1963), and “Planet
of the Apes” (2001). The issue of freedom and anthropocentric values defining things
human are examined in the face of what emerges as a merger or transformation of this
“humanity” to, and with apes, and thus, the creation of what the author describes as
“Apeity” in the film. The author examines what can be viewed as a bi-directional
“violation” of both Humanity and “Apeity” and describes this “violation” in terms of
its meaning to the concept of Humanity using various characters from these films and
explores the “apish” and “human” values and behaviors inherent in concepts of culture
– social psychological and sociological. The author evokes themes of anthropocentrism
and anthropomorphism in exploration of values, freedom, identity, and conflicts as
depicted in the ape saga. The author briefly examines the continuation of the social
humanism and conflicts in the 2014 film “The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” into the
third presentation, “War of the Planet of the Apes” (2017). These ideas are presented in
relation to ideals of femininity and masculinity, individualism and collectivism relative
to definition of Humanity. Finally, the author reconciles this treatment of the film with
concurrent practices regarding human values and treatment of non-human creatures and
the ideas of human fate and future.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Sept. 30, 2018
To Correlate the Cardiac Complications in Children with Congenital Heart Defects having ECG and Clinico-Radiological findings
Saurabh Agrawal, Mangilal Barman
Page no 541-543 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i09.007
This prospective observational study was conducted in the Department of Pediatrics, Amaltas Institute of Medical Sciences, Dewas between March 2016 to August 2017. Patients were classified on the basis of detailed history, clinical examination, ECG record, chest x-ray, Weight-for-Height, age of diagnosis, follow up and other relevant investigations pertaining to the case. The correlation among the clinical examination, ECG & chest x-ray findings were studied. The predictive values of development of complications during the follow-up period by these 3 parameters were observed. Sex distribution, age of diagnosis, clinical examination, ECG, chest x-ray, weight for height, types of VSDs and development of complication on follow up of these patients were analyzed and classified accordingly. The complications of VSD are biventricular hypertrophy, congestive cardiac failure, Pulmonary hypertension, Eisenmenger Syndrome, aortic insufficiency, infective endocarditis& heart block (rare). In our study group 24/56 (42.8%) patients presented with biventricular hypertrophy & all of them were large sized VSDs. Out of25 large sized VSDs, 20 (35.7%) patients had congestive cardiac failure. 35 out of56 had pulmonary hypertension (62.5%), as evident by ECG (P pulmonale in lead II), clinical examination (palpable P2 & loud P2 on auscultation) & chest x-ray (enlarged Pulmonary Artery segment). 1 Patient out of 56 developed Eisenmenger Syndrome (1.7%). 1 Patient out of 56 developed infective endocarditis (1.7%). Prospective Observational Study. A detailed clinical history, clinic-radiological profile and ECG are very helpful in assessing severity and development of complications. Early diagnosis is required to aid the physician in referral of the patient to a specialized center for early surgery. Early diagnosis, proper referral as discussed above & management will help in preventing the associated complications, thereby reducing the mortality and morbidity in these children and improve their quality of life
REVIEW ARTICLE | Sept. 30, 2018
Reader, Text, Jealousy and Anger: Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah’s The Bull and the She Devil
Farah Qamar
Page no 74-76 |
10.36348/sijll.2018
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.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Sept. 30, 2018
The Construction of Identity in the Moon and Sixpence
Lei Guo, Shanyu Sun
Page no 82-84 |
10.36348/sijll.2018
The Moon and Sixpence is told in a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. In this novel, Strickland tried to search for his identity that he had lost in the past years. He deconstructed his former identity and constructed his new identity. Strickland searched for this identity through several steps: First, to get rid of the bondage of family. Second, don’t care what others think about him. Third, to accept a support. Finally, died but fulfilling his construction of identity.