The nation-building project, which depends on national unity for national development, has always been linked to the question of national identity. The questions that keep coming up are: What is national identity, and why is it such a powerful force? Is a social community of people always better off for having a concept of national identity? This study used the lens of participatory communication to examine nation-building in a development context, where local people�who are considered the nation in this study�are typically given the chance to actively participate in identifying and expressing their needs, potential, and goals. The campaign on nation-building, national unity, and social cohesion should be issue-driven and convey clear messages, according to the content analysis. In order to bring South Africans together, the campaigns should incorporate a variety of voices, including those of experts, social commentators, and the general public. The theoretical approach offers details of the communication approach as it is operationalised in its primary aspect of relationship building for nation-building and national unity in a diverse democratic country. The study came to the conclusion that the development of participatory approaches to development communication is strongly aided by a focus on participatory development concepts and community facilitation processes.
This qualitative study analyzed 14 purposely chosen reflective journals whose authors were code-named P1 to P14, to examine how reflective journaling stimulates higher-order thinking among students, explores how reflective journals can influence students\' personal and professional growth, and how feedback from students\' reflective journals can inform curriculum improvement and content delivery by the lecturer. Three major questions guided the study: How do reflective journals stimulate higher-order thinking skills? How do reflective journals influence students\' personal and professional growth? And how useful is feedback from students\' reflective journals regarding informing curriculum improvement and content delivery? The findings confirmed that reflective journaling enhances high-order thinking, contributes to personal and professional growth, and could guide curriculum development and content delivery. However, to achieve these benefits, students must be given clear instructions with appropriate prompts, as well as adequate time and space to engage in reflective writing. Based on the findings, recommendations were made, and the limitations of the study and areas for future research were also suggested.
An accurate system for diabetes prediction is proposed in this paper. The proposed system used K-nearest neighbor algorithm for eliminating the undesired data, thus reducing the processing time. However, a proposed classification approach based on Decision Tree (DT) to assign each data sample to its appropriate class. By experiments, the proposed system achieved high classification result which is 98.7% comparing to the existing system using Pima Indians Diabetes (PID) dataset.
ABSTRACT- Childhood is the first and most important stages of life and an introduction in transforming the adult human character. The psychological needs in childhood is one of the complicated needs; therefore, recognition of children in Child Psychology is an essential issue. The most natural groups that can satisfy the human needs is the family. The family’s task is to take care of the child, their education, members communicate securely with each other and contribute to the independence of children. Therefore, the mother is considered as linchpin of balance and tranquility and progress of family and community. Providing criteria and methods of design, architecture and living space that is congruent with the mother and child conditions is essential. Since with mother\'s mental health, children also can be trained and grown in a favorable Environment. The goal is to create a guideline for designing an environment that influences both mothers and their child’s. The first priority of these spaces is their connection with the urban context. Using investigative methodology, this research identified the factors that influence the architectural design for children and mothers. The results reveal that including the integration and continuity of internal and external spaces, the creation of interactions between mothers and children, and landscape design elements, improving the quality of space. Using these guidelines could help the designers obtaining new perspective during the design stage of architecture and improve the quality of the environment.
What we are facing in this paper was the study of the architecture of the second Pahlavi era from contemporary Iranian architecture, and then focusing more on the architectural works of Hushang Sihoun. The answer to this question is how did Sihoun made Western architecture with Iranian architecture to be combined and without repeating traditional Iranian architecture, creating modern works that took into account the architectural location in addition modern age. For this purpose, the features of the architecture of the second Pahlavi period were discussed, and then the study of the Athar Architecture of Sihoun has been addressed. Houshang Sihoun\'s architecture also has more of these features. Villas, public buildings and memorials created three separate opportunities for the use of three different languages.
What we are facing in this article was the study of calligraphy art, especially the Nestalıq font, in terms of its aesthetics and its alignment with the art of architecture. Since calligraphy is a full-fledged art, it is important to understand the status of calligraphy art among other arts. The research methodology of this paper was descriptive and analytical, and data were gathered in a library and documentary manner. This paper responded to the question of what features the Nastaliq font has among the arts, especially the Islamic countries, that is considered the finest arts and, in addition, what are the common features between the art of calligraphy and the art of architecture. For this purpose, firstly, the definition of calligraphy and principles of the Nastaliq font have been discussed, and then the common aspects of the Nastaliq font and architecture have been investigated.
The focus of the study is kinetic uninterruptible power supply system, as a module of an emergency power system. Research studies are based on prototype tests and measurements. Detailed analysis of power losses and system effectiveness is performed, determining shares of electrical, mechanical and aerodynamic losses. It is validated through experiments over a prototype. An innovative system management and control is developed, based on performed analysis. Power loss optimisation has direct impact on the product’s cost of ownership. Elaborated control method is based on impulse management of generator instead of continuous supported power supply.
Projects some time fail to obtain their desired outcomes and not complete according to project\nconstraints and that lead to risk. It is important to minimize the impact of risk in order to attain\nproject success. Therefore, risk, and its management is vital for project success.\nRisk management as a method to prevent the risk and make sure not to be repeated through the\nproject and that by study of the causes of each risk to be avoided in the future, also risk\nmanagement extends to the fund-raising to make up for the project for the losses that occur in order\nnot to stop working and production .\nRisk response in the projects is to rank the elements of the risk by taking an action and relevant to\nits level. it\'s very necessary that risk response has the ability to treat all the type of risk event like\nthe planned risk response, the possible risk response and the estimation of cost for the responding\nwhich is consider to be an essential.\nOne of the important techniques of risk analysis is fuzzy logic ,the originator of fuzzy logic is Lotfi\nZadeh .significant advancement was made by him in the stabilization of fuzzy logic as a scientific\ndiscipline. fuzzy logic not a unique system of knowledge instead is a variety of methodologies\nsuggesting logical consideration of knowledge that imperfectly and vaguely.\nThe methodology of the paper includes two part, questionnaire and the use of data mining\ntechniques. The questionnaire was distributed to the owners, the contractor and other parties\ninvolved in the project, 9 projects were taken and the questionnaire was distributed to 15 people\nwho work in the project. The questionnaire includes the risk generated from risk response five\nmeasurements were used which are too low, low, medium, high and too high, the risk of the project\nare shown in the table below and its distributed on the periods 2014-2016 , the program that use\nfor risk analysis is KNIME combine with WEKA\n2\nfrom the results show the WEKA node and KNIME node the following was observed The\nsensitivity by using KNIME is higher than using the WEKA The specify of using KNIME is more\nthan using WEKA . The F- mean by using KNIME is higher than using the WEKA .The Cohen\nby using KNIME is more than using the WEKA The accuracy by using KNIME is more than\nusing the WEKA
This paper applies Life Cycle Assessment methodology to aid decision\nmaking to select the preventive measure against chloride corrosion in concrete structures\nthat works best for the socio-economic context of the structure. The assumed model\ncombines the concepts of Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Social Life Cycle Analysis,\nassessing the impacts on users derived from the maintenance activities associated with\neach alternative analysed in terms of economic costs. The model has been applied to a\nprestressed concrete bridge, obtaining in the study a preventive measure that can reduce\nthe total costs incurred over the period of analysis up to 58.5% compared to the cost of\nthe current solution.
This paper presents the first measures of healthcare in NW Romania - Bihor County, in the XVIIIth century and at the beginning of the XIXth century, period called the “Age of Enlightenment”. During the Enlightenment, the Bihor County was incorporated in the Habsburg Empire, being subordinated to the normative and measures initiated by the imperial court from Vienna. With all the progress made on the healthcare line in these years, a high frequency of infectious diseases, especially in rural areas, was noticed. Numerous epidemics have been reported, which were making ravages among the population. The most devastating by their effect were plague, smallpox, cholera, and of these, the greatest suffering and human loss were caused by the plague.
In this paper, we performed a comparison based on ECG signals for participants with distinct ends of cardiopulmonary fitness at graded exercise intensities. Based on the targeted maximum hear rate, three graded upright biking exercise levels, light, moderate, and vigorous exercises, were defined for the experiment. The cardiopulmonary signals were acquired under rest condition, at three graded exercise levels, and under subsequent recovery periods. The participants were recruited from university freshmen with cardiopulmonary fitness norm at top, middle, and bottom 20% groups. Time domain and Spectral analysis were performed to study the principal components of hear rate variability (HRV) from recorded ECG signals. The time domain HRV parameters, SDNN and RMSSD, and their recovery rate, SDNNRR and RMSSDRR, did not indicate consistent support for significant differences between three groups throughout the graded exercises and their recoveries. Notably, the frequency domain measures TP, HF, nLF, nHF, and LF/HF of the spectrum analysis HRV indices all showed significant differences between the three groups. The LF power also showed a significant difference between rest and each of the exercise levels, and during the recovery period after vigorous exercise. The VLF index, however, did not seem to have a significant difference between groups except following moderate exercise (p = 0.001). A multiple-comparison test on TP indicated significant differences in most between-group comparisons (except between M and B during moderate exercise, T and M during recovery from moderate exercise, and M and B during recovery from vigorous exercise). Significant differences were found in most between-group comparisons (except between M and B at rest and during the recovery from light and medium exercise, and between T and M during the recovery from vigorous exercise).
TCSC employs fast switching ability of power electronic devices and is able to control power flow on transmission lines during various alarming stages. The aim of this work is to integrate TCSC into 500 KV Hubco-Jamshoro transmission line to investigate the operational benefits. A simulation model is developed under MATLAB/Simulink and many simulation studies are performed to verify the feasibility of the proposed model for transmission line. The core essence of this work is to improve the power transmission capabilities of 500kV transmission line by employing TCSC switching schemes, which helps to compensate the power flows when installed in transmission line and thereby increases the transmission line loadability.
A field experiment was undertaken at the Agronomic Research area of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (Pakistan) during the periods of October 15, 2011 to July 15, 2013; to evaluate the effect of cutting management, seed rates and sowing methods on seed yield of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). The treatments comprised of three last cutting dates were 19 February (C1), 5 March (C2) and 19 March (C3), three seeding rates were 10 (S1), 15 (S2) and 20 kg ha-1 (S3) and four sowing method were line sowing in 30 (R1), 45(R2), 60 cm (R3) apart rows and broadcast (R0), respectively. Alfalfa variety named “Sargodha Lucerne” was sown in 3.6 m × 5.0 m plot size by using RCBD split plot arrangement with three replications. Cutting management was placed in the main plot while seeding rates and sowing methods were placed in sub-plots. Last cutting on 19 February (C1) has a high significant effect on raceme plant-1, pods raceme-1, 1000 seed wt. and final seed yield. Seeding rate of 10 kg ha-1has significant effect on raceme m-2, pods raceme-1, seeds pod-1 and final seed yield for both years. Results were also showed that sowing method of using 60 cm (R3) has significant effects on raceme m-2, pods raceme-1, seeds pod-1, 1000 seed wt. and final seed yield in both years. It concluded that alfalfa forage crop left on 19 February with 10 kg ha-1 and 60 cm gave the higher seed yield.
Cutaneous melanoma is the most severe skin neoplasia with an increasing frequency and an increased incidence in the recent decades, particularly due to the intense exposure to sunlight. The prognosis of the patients with this condition is unfavorable, their median survival ranging between 6-8 months, with a 5-year survival rate of less than 5%. The purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics of malignant melanoma, and the role of sentinel node biopsy in the diagnosis and prognosis of the patients with cutaneous melanoma by identifying the regional metastasis. The study was conducted on a sample of 151 patients diagnosed with melanoma in different developmental stages, in the Surgical Clinics of the Clinical Emergency County Hospital Oradea and Pelican Hospital from Oradea, in collaboration with the Cancer Institute Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuţă from Cluj Napoca, for a period of 4 years, i.e. 2010-2013. Considering 151 patients, of which 62 had Breslow index between 1-4 mm, 71 patients had Breslow index ˃ 4 mm and 18 patients had Breslow index < 1 mm. 45 patients out of 62 with Breslow index between 1-4 mm had SLN positive, and it was performed the regional complete lymph node dissection. The mortality rate was 5% in the case of the patients with SLN positive. Comparing the rate of mortality considering the Breslow index, 65% of the patients with Breslow index ˃ 4 mm, died. The correct identification of the patients with negative sentinel node or positive sentinel node improves staging and can facilitate the subsequent therapeutic decision, which is useful for early identification of the micro metastases and of the patients who require regional complete lymph node dissection.