Eyebrow reconstruction is very challenging especially in cases of large defects exceeding half of the eyebrow length. In such cases, hair grafting is the first choice in women, whereas hair-bearing flaps are used in male patients desiring a wider and fuller eyebrow. We report a case of a female in whom a superficial temporal artery island flap allowed one-stage eyebrow repair with a very good aesthetic outcome

Cultural artefacts refer to indigenous know-how, resources or potentials which are part of our cultural and artistic depositories used to satisfy our basic needs and wants. They protect cultural/artistic values and generate financial gains, which are all paramount for local development. Cultural artefacts therefore play an important role in local development. Nevertheless, the role, value and potentials of cultural artefacts in local development has yet been assessed, and is severely underrepresented in global development debates compared to, for instance, climate change or international terrorism. This study aims to critically assess the roles, values and potentials of cultural artefacts to local development in the city of Maroua, Far North Region of Cameroon and proposes recommendations towards achieving sustainable local development from indigenous know-how. Specifically, I conceive cultural artefacts as dual apparatus, on the one hand, positively contributing to local development, but on the other being adversely affected by a litany of problems in the very same process. To critically assess this process, data from case study, the published literature, field observations and interviews conducted among relevant actors (government ministries represented by regional delegations in the Far North Region, NGOs, CIGs, local council members, traditional authorities, quarter heads, and craftsmen and their intermediaries) as well as descriptive analyses of collected data were employed. The findings reveal that cultural artefacts in Maroua positively contribute to local development via providing a source of tourist attraction and ensuring cultural interchange between visitors and locals, employment creation and revenue generation, preservation and valorization of cultural diversity, creation of mediums of exchange/markets and emergence of cultural exhibition and animation centres. Conversely, they are being adversely affected in the very same process by the absence of handicraft school to train professional craftsmen, poor marketing/publicity system, ever increasing scarcity of raw materials, lack of access to credit facilities, absence of technical supervision and investment, problem of insecurity by Boko Haram terrorists, lack of basic facilities and amenities, and mistrust and misunderstanding amongst the craftsmen and their intermediaries. The aim of this study was to pave the way for novel approaches towards achieving sustainable local development from cultural artefacts in the current context of globalisation.

Agency banking is the business carried out by an agent on behalf of an institution as permitted by the banking act in 2010. Through agency banking, banks have been able to recruit other businesses with a nationwide footprint to offer banking services on their behalf, allowing them to have branches in areas that were not previously commercially viable. This study sought to establish the contribution of agency banking services to financial performance of commercial banks in Kisumu City; A case of Equity bank. The study was guided by the following objectives: to establish the contribution of withdrawal of cash through agents financial performance of Equity banks in Kisumu County; to analyze the contribution of deposits of cash through agents on financial performance of Equity banks in Kisumu City; to establish the contribution of fund transfers from one account to another through agents on financial performance of Equity banks in Kisumu City. The study was anchored on financial intermediation theory and it adopted a descriptive research design which involves quantitative technique. The population size was equity bank managers and banking agents in Kisumu City. Sample size was selected using cluster followed by random sampling where the 56 banking agents and 4 managers were the respondents. Data was collected using questionnaire and analyzed data using frequency distribution, percentages, and SPSS helped in multiple regressions. The study found that cash withdrawal, cash deposit and cash transfer as agency banking services contributed to banks performance and the influence was statistically positively significant on bank performance. The study recommends that more banks should implement agency banking helping them to tap into more deposits and withdrawal eventually increasing financial performance. Bank management should initiate training sessions for their agents to equip them with financial skills needed to run the agents effectively. Security enhances operations of agents; the study recommends that the government of Kenya should thus improve security to enhance operation of the agents‟ bank.

Labor union is one apex body of labor which is established with the purpose of advocacy and bargaining for the rights and benefit of labor. Union itself is power which can discuss with government and non-government organization for the betterment of labor. The labor union advocates on the different types of needs and right of labor, but the study has explore the role of labor union in promotion of physical facilities for workers of manufacturing industries of Bara and Parsa district of Nepal. In total 385 workers were selected randomly for the structured questionnaire survey. The statistical analysis of eight indicators measured in the field to know the status of physical facilities shows that in total only 39.68% workers agreed that labor union had played the effective role to manage the physical facilities for labor union which is not satisfactory result on the basis of objective of labor union. So, the role of labor union should be more effective and need to develop the new strategy of their action.

The purpose of the study is to identify the characteristics of the Zimbabwean tour operators with a view of ascertaining how these characteristics impacted on their adoption of information communication technologies. Quantitative method was used to gather data for the study utilizing self administered structured questionnaires. The study showed that the majority of the tour operators were small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) most of whom were family owned. It was concluded that the size and ownership characteristics of the tour operators precluded them from prioritizing adoption of information communication technologies. The study recommended that tour operators need to be empowered through ICT awareness training programmes.

This research aims to determine the impact of visionary leadership, learning organization, and innovative behavior on the performance of Functional Officers of Customs and Excise Inspectors at Tanjung Priok Customs and Excise Main Service Office. The research was conducted at Tanjung Priok Customs and Excise Service Office using the number of samples of 78 Functional Officers of Customs and Excise Inspectors. The sample was selected using simple random sampling technique. Data collection was done by using questionnaire and data analysis using path analysis. The results showed that 1) visionary leadership, learning organization and innovative behavior have a direct and positive impact on performance, 2) visionary leadership, and learning organization have a direct and positive impact on innovative behavior and 3) visionary leadership have a direct and positive impact on learning organization. The conclusion of this research is to improve the performance of Functional Officer of Customs and Excise Inspectors at Tanjung Priok Customs and Excise Main Service Office, it is necessary to increase the aspect of visionary leadership from Head of Main Service Office, learning organization at Main Service Office and innovative behavior at Functional Officers of Customs and Excise Inspectors.

The practice of Islamic credit cards today is still controversial among Muslim scholars particularly concerning to its contracts and as well as its efficiency to attain Maslahah. The Islamic credit card is very important and some studies have done on it. Conversely, studying about the contrast of the various product of Islamic credit cards practiced in Malaysia, although in the recent year is still limited. Consequently, this paper would like to undertake this concern by comparing the various products of Islamic Credit Cards in Malaysia. Islamic credit card known as Credit Card-i is such of the alternate banking products instigated through Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), also Islamic financial institutions in Malaysia to exchange the conventional credit card. This article aims on evaluating the bay‟ al-„Inah, Tawarruq as well as Ujrah development while practiced over Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) as well as Islamic Financial Institutions in Malaysia with Shariah compliance perceptions. The method used is explanative along with positive absorbed criticism which aims next to well the offered structure.

The government work report is a kind of style with Chinese characters of language expression. Therefore, when translating it, the translator must first understand the source language’s expression and analyze the discourse in order to make effective language conversion. Cohesion is one of the important methods of discourse analysis. In this paper, the author, taking 2017 government work report as an example, analyzes the application of discourse cohesion in government work report, emphasizing the importance of cultivating the ability of intralingual understanding and the awareness of cohesion in the process of Chinese to English Translation.

Vinculin is one the most common proteins that have been studied commonly in recent years. Vinculin has anti-tumor effect and loss of vinculin causes development of many cancer types. Because of this Vinculin is a marker and it shoulde be evaluated for invitro and clinical studies. LC/MS based proteomics is the main tool to analyze hundreds of proteins in very short time because it offers high sensitivity and accuracy. Today nano LC is the min tool for LC/MS proteomics researches but UPLC/MS based systems have been developed and offered more robust and easy way for proteomics. In this study we used normal flow UPLC/Q-TOF method to analyze caco-2 colon cancer cell line. One of our targets for this study was to identify Vinculin as a cancer marker. We digested proteins from caco-2 cells and analyzed with UPLC/MS. Recorded MS/MS data was used with Maxquant bioinformatic system. We identified 5 unique peptides that belonged to Vinculin. We used 20 ppm mass tolerance for amino acid sequence matching with uniprot human database. We made three raplicate to observe identification reprocubility. Also We used label free quantification method and calculated vinculin intensity

Medical devices can be categorized into two categories which is invasive and non-invasive method. Invasive method needs medical device to be inserted into patient body regarding to check or do the treatment on the patients. However, the non-invasive method is a way to check the health condition from the outside of the body. A common non-invasive medical device is Heart rate monitor. The function of the Heart rate monitor is determining heart rate (i.e.) beats per minute. The main aim of this work is to develop a portable device which helps to record heart rate of a person. The heart rate also referred as pulse rate, has been recognized as a vital parameter since beginning of medicine, and is directly related to person’s cardiovascular health. Heart rate or pulse recording is the most important vital parameter which helps the individual as well as doctor to spot out developing health problems. Using Heart Rate Monitor (HRM) is a more accurate way to monitor heart rate than manually taking your pulse at carotid of radial pulse. A HRM detects the electronic signal of heart and automatically computes the heart rate in BPM. Infrared light emitting diode (LED) is used to transmit the light and phototransistor works as a receiver. The Infrared (IR) sensors used uses the principle reflectance plethysmography (PPG) to sense the pulse signal from finger tip. The sensor output is read from the Arduino board, computes the BPM and display the instantaneous heart rate on LCD display module. Based on the above principle, a portable heart rate device using Arduino microcontroller is developed.

Tumors of the central nervous system represent a heterogeneous group of tumors with a varied histopathologic spectrum and a variable frequency. In this study, we retrospectively analysed the epidemiological and the histopathological data of central nervous system tumors collected in our department. This study includes 657 central nervous system tumors histologically diagnosed from 2004 to 2016. It concerns all CNS tumors according to the WHO classification. The characteristics of patients, including age, sex, location, and histologic diagnosis were analyzed. Tumors were equally seen in males and females (sex-ratio=0.99:1). The mean age at the time of diagnosis was 38 years. 24% were children and teenagers. The commonest location was intracranial (92.3%). The primary tumors accounted for 92.8% of CNS tumors. Tumors were benign in 53.5% and malignant in 46.5% of cases. The most common histologic type is astrocytic tumors (30%), followed by meningeal tumors (26.7%). In adults, the three commonest categories were meningothelial tumors, astrocytic tumors and oligodendroglial tumors. For children and teenagers, astrocytic tumors were the most prevalent, followed by embryonal tumors and ependymal tumors. There was a male predominance for astrocytic, ependymal and oligodendroglial tumors and medulloblastomas. In contrast, meningiomas and schwannomas were more frequent in female. The most frequent intracranial tumors were astrocytic tumors, meningeal tumors and embryonal tumors. In spinal cord, meningeal tumors, schwannoma and ependymal tumors were the most prevalent. In the absence of a national register of CNS tumors in Morocco, we performed this study which may reflect epidemiological and histopathological characteristics of these tumors in our region. Globally, our results were in accordance with those of other studies around the world. However, we noted a higher proportion of tumors in children and teenagers

The present study was carried out to evaluate the preliminary phytochemical screening and in vitro antidiabetic activity of Plumeria acuminata leaves. The leaves of Plumeria acuminata was extracted with different solvents and phytochemical investigations were done for all extracts using standard procedures. In vitro anti-diabetic activity of ethyl acetate extract of Plumeria acuminata (MEPA) was evaluated using α-amylase inhibition assay. The percentage inhibition increased in a dose dependent manner. In this study we investigated the better in vitro anti-diabetic potential of the Plumeria acuminata

This research aims to investigate the influence of discipline, motivation, and job satisfaction on the organizational commitment in Yayasan Pendidikan Islam Nurul Hikmah. This population in this study there are 63 people who directly into the sample. The method used in this study is a descriptive method of problem solving by describing the object of research at the moment on facts, then analysis using tools Satistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) version 24.0. The research showed that the variables of discipline, motivation, and job satisfaction positive effect on the organizational commitment in Yayasan Pendidikan Islam Nurul Hikmah. Thus the three variables of discipline, motivation, and job satisfaction simultaneously (together) proved to be a positive effect and significant on the organizational commitment in Yayasan Pendidikan Islam Nurul Hikmah.

Ministry of energy and petroleum in Kenya has a vital role in supporting the Kenya government‟s development agenda. Despite having records management systems in place, service delivery at the ministry of energy and petroleum has been poor and inefficient. This state has been brought about by inadequate records management systems. Badly managed records adversely affect development agenda. Development projects are often difficult to implement and sustain effectively and efficiently in the absence of well managed records. The aim of the study was to investigate the application of records management best practices to service delivery at the ministry of energy and petroleum, Kenya and to suggest strategies for improvement.

Obesity is becoming a major worldwide health problem associated with a number of diseases. Serotonin (5-HT) is a biogenic neurotransmitter with a well-defined network in the central and peripheral nervous system and plays an important role in the regulation of feeding behavior. Studies revealed that high levels of serotonin are associated with reduced energy intake and its level and function is dependent on the availability of its precursor, tryptophan. Several synthetic serotonin agonists are available in the market to reduce body weight but many of these synthetic drugs were found to have certain side effects. Therefore, there is a great need to search for more economical natural serotonin agonists. Ginseng is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb known for many of its beneficial effects. Present work was designed to evaluate the effect of three week’s oral administration of aqueous extract of herbal tea, made from a Chinese herb Ginseng and Malva Verticillata (GMV) on overweight Albino Wistar rats. We found inverse relationship between body weight and serotonin level in whole brain and also found increased levels of tryptophan and serotonin metabolite 5-hydroxyindoleacetic Acid (5-HIAA) in both plasma and whole brain of test animals.