IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Applied, Natural and Social Sciences

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Authors: Mohammed Ali Pesa & Nehad Ezz-Eldin Fekry

ABSTRACT Nowadays, nurses are valued and treated as a scarce commodity. Retention of professional nurses is a key to any organization’s success. The ability of an organization to retain nurses primarily depends on the creation of a positive work environment. The aim of the study was to identify the factors affecting nurses’ attraction and retention in selected hospitals in Egypt. A descriptive exploratory Design was utilized. Sample: five hospitals accepted to participate in the study. A convenient sample of the chief nursing executives and vice chief nursing executives (17 nurses); and a cross-sectional sample (supervisors, head nurses, charge nurses, and staff nurses) of the working nurses (598 nurses) from these hospitals with response rate of 70.2%. Tool: a self-administered structured questionnaire (91 items) was developed by the investigators after extensive review of the related literature. The results: the overall perception of the study nurses of the factors affecting nurses’ attraction and retention was 86.6%. While the highest mean per cent was found in the interdisciplinary relationships followed by the nursing image in the hospital, the lowest mean per cent was found in supportive organizational structure. The mean percent of the remaining eight dimensions could be ranked in descending order, as perceived by the study nurses. Supportive personnel policies, nursing director characteristics, nurses’ autonomy, quality of patient care, supportive administration, shared organizational values, supportive front-line managers, and professional development of nurses. Conclusion: collaborative interdisciplinary relationships, positive nursing image in the hospital, supportive personnel policies, attributes of the chief nursing officer, nurses’ autonomy, quality of patient care, supportive administration, shared organizational values, supportive front-line managers, and professional developmentprograms are essential strategies for enhancing nurses’ attraction and retention in workplace.Recommendations:Promoting a healthy work environment that support nurses’ quality of work and quality of life through staff development programs, supportive nurse managers, competitive salaries and benefits, flexible work schedules, collaborative nurse-physician relationship and ensuring safety culture.

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Authors: Lila Yakoubi , Yamina Benmalek , Souhila Berka & Tahar Benayad

ABSTRACT The bioremediation of metallic pollutants using heavy metal-resistant bacteria is a very important aspect of environmental biotechnology. This biological process leads to the removal of heavy metals from contaminated areas. The first step in bioremediation is the screening of metal-resistant bacteria. In this study, we assessed the soil contamination level of the cement plant by carrying out measurements of certain heavy metals. A total of twelve cadmium-resistant strains were selected and studied among twenty three isolated from the soil of cement plant. The strains showed great resistance to cadmium, minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) oscillate between 400 and 1800 μg.mL-1. The most resistant strain, designated YL-QS1, was selected and the sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and the phylogenetic analysis revealed that the isolate is identified as Raoultella ornithinolytica, with a MIC of 1800 μg.mL-1The objective of this study was to isolate and identify cadmium-resistant bacteria from contaminated soil, for use in bioremediation.

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Authors: UTCHAY A. OKORJI

ABSTRACT Compensation rates applied in Nigeria for compulsory acquisition of economic crops and trees are widely rejected. It has been the norm for OPTS and NTDF rates to be applied. This study practically assesses rates for some economic crops and trees, compared to the currently used rates, the productive life of the crop and trees are not taken into consideration but rather a single compensation payment. Reasonable analysis should reduce the disparity in compensation rates and expected to satisfy stakeholders, thereby reducing conflict and litigation. This student submits that frequent research on rates for all economic crops and trees at intervals not exceeding three to five years should be commissioned by the government and multinationals and the professional body empowered by law should coordinate, develop and approve such rates of compensation.

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Authors: AMEER N. ONAIZAH

ABSTRACT: The Internet of Things (IoT) is going ahead to creating direction to make seals integration of network information and physical object. As an important technique of data analysis, clustering attempts to find the underlying pattern structures embedded in unlabeled information. Unfortunately, most of current clustering techniques that could only deal with static data become infeasible to cluster a significant volume of data in the dynamic industrial applications. We propose a method which determines how many different clusters can be found in a stream based on the data distribution in healthcare application. After selecting the number of clusters, we use an online clustering mechanism to cluster the incoming data from the streams. In the proposed algorithm, two cluster operations, namely cluster creating(initialization Buckets) and cluster merging, are defined to integrate the current pattern into the previous one for the final clustering result and k-medicos is employed to modify the clustering centers according to the new arriving objects. Finally, experiments are conducted to validate the proposed scheme on two cases in terms of clustering accuracy and computational time.

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Authors: GEETIKA SHARMA

ABSTRACT Diarrhea among young children accounts for four to five million deaths annually, and is the single most important cause of death amongst them. This study was carried out with the objective of developing a range of antidiarrheal beverages for diarrhea stricken children by incorporating ripened bael fruit pulp, which is known for its individualistic functional quality; at various percentage levels and to conduct sensory and nutritional analysis of the same. The sensory evaluation results revealed that all the products were palatable, but the overall acceptability of 5% bull beverage was very good and its color and appearance was appropriate. Other beverages were moderately liked by the semi-trained panel. Beverages could be stored in refrigerator for 2 weeks. Beverages did not contain fat and negligible amount of protein was present. Ascorbic acid level in the beverage was found to be low, i.e., 0.3–1.1 mg. Therefore, these bell beverages could be considered appropriate for diarrhea stricken children in the acute phase of the disease.

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Authors: GEETIKA SHARMA

ABSTRACT Most of us underrate the value of breakfast; we may only have a glass of milk, or tea and nothing at all. It may not affect us in short run but has a greater influence in the long run. The children who inculcate the habit of skipping breakfast may develop into lethargic, irritable and obese adults. Insight into the pattern of consumption of breakfast among school going children is of great concern, for diverse reasons. This paper focused on preponderance of evidence suggesting that eating a breakfast is the key to sufficiently balanced nutrients which further has a beneficial impact on both school going children’s health and early physical development followed by cognitive competence such as high concentration and good memory span. Skipping breakfast or consuming an inadequate breakfast contributes to dietary inadequacies that are once in a while counterbalanced at other meals of the day but still unable to meet the actual nutrient requirement which it is supposed to. Along with consumption of breakfast, size and composition of breakfast has a vital role to play. Furthermore, suggestions were also prescribed to help students not to skip breakfast for that participation of parents and collaboration of school environment and teachers is must. The conclusion was derived on the basis of facts and researches reviewed and all pointed out the importance of breakfast for school going children facilitating overall health of the children and their performance in school.