149 research outputs found
An exploratory investigation into human resource practices and employee retention outcome in the Malaysian ICT industry
No full textAuthor name as given on title page: Parveen Kaur Sukhdarshan SinghThis thesis explores the human resource practices and employee turnover problem in several local and international ICT companies in Malaysia. Human resource practices are used as an intervention to investigate the turnover problem because various strategic human resource management (strategic HRM) and IT/ICT employee management studies advocate that companies should invest in employee-friendly and advanced human resource practices that are beneficial for their employees, because employees’ positive responses will benefit the employers eventually, for example, by lowering the companies’ turnover rates. However, by adopting the constructivist paradigm, qualitative research methodology and constructivist grounded theory approach along with interviews with senior managers, Human Resource Managers and ICT employees, this thesis finds that the impact of human resource practices on employees and employers is not as straightforward as what has been claimed in the studies. This thesis discovers three types of human resource practices, i.e. Paternalistic, Formal and Informal, which affect employees and employers in four different ways ranging from mutually benefitting both parties to not benefitting both parties.
In addition to the three types of human resource practices, this thesis also discovers four types of employee outcomes and two types of employer outcomes, which when compiled together, provides an in-depth understanding of what is happening in the Malaysian ICT industry in relation to adoption of human resource practices and employee retention outcomes
Impact of Maternal Deprivation on Perceived Loneliness and Self-Confidence. And-Role of Perceived Loneliness in Leaving the Child at the Threshold of Low Self-Confidence
No full textIn the present investigation an attempt have been made to study and compare the level of perceived Loneliness and Self-Confidence among children suffering from maternal deprivation either partially or completely and to find out relationship between Perceived Loneliness and Self-confidence. Sample size for the study consisted of 100 students which included 50 maternally deprived orphans and 50 Children of working mothers in the age group (14-16) years selected purposively from various government and private (high and higher secondary) schools of district Srinagar. Perceived Loneliness scale by Dr.Praveen kumar jha and Self-Confidence Inventory by Dr. Rekha Gupta Agnihotri were employed as tools for data collection and t-test and correlation was used for data analysis. Bar diagram were used to make the results clear. The results revealed that Children of both the categories suffers from high Perceived Loneliness and possess average Self-Confidence, however on comparison no significant difference was found between the two category of children on Perceived loneliness and self-confidence, both categories display almost similar feeling of Perceived Loneliness and possess similar level of self-confidence. Also a strong correlation has been found between Perceived Loneliness and self-confidence. Keywords: Maternally deprived orphans, Children of working mothers, Perceived Loneliness and Self-confidence
Synthesis and Characterization of .ALPHA.-Bromo 5-Methyl Tetrazoles from Long Chain Fatty Alkenoates
No full textPreparation, characterization and antimicrobial activity of fatty alkenoates
No full text1273-1276Esterification of undec-10-enoic acid 1
with 1-(2'-hydroxy-4'-methoxyphenyl)-3-phenyl-prop-2-en-1-ol 2 by using N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) in the presence of 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)
pyridine (DMAP) at room temperature, affords 3'-(2''-hydroxy-4''-methoxyphenyl)-1'-phenyl-propenylundec-10-enoate 4. Under similar conditions,
compound 1 also reacts with ethylene glycolmonostearate 3 to give
the corresponding ester, 1-stearyl-2-undecenyl glycol 5. The
fatty alkenoates are characterized on the basis of the elemental analysis and
spectral data. All the prepared compounds 4 and 5 and some other
fatty alkenoates 6,7,11-13 are tested for their antimicrobial activity
Real-time air quality measurements using mobile platforms
No full textAir pollution poses a serious threat to our health and quality of life. Measuring pollution in the air we breathe and sharing the results with our peers is an important step in increasing social awareness for creating a clean environment. Usually, pollution measurements are conducted using expensive monitors at fixed locations. These measurements fail to provide accurate real-time pollution information in most of the highly polluted roads. It is desirable to have access to real time fine-grained measurements to be able to quickly analyze and identify alarming levels of pollutants. Pervasiveness of smart phones with internet connectivity and increased availability of personal air quality sensors provide a unique opportunity to develop air pollution conscious community of users for collecting and sharing real time air pollution data. In this thesis, we propose air quality monitoring through mobile sensors, which are low-power, low-cost, designed to sample air pollutants such as carbon mono-oxide, nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide, environmental temperature, humidity and air pressure and communicate via Bluetooth with a smartphone. We built an iOS mobile application that makes use of location services available on the mobile phones, to record GPS co-ordinates along with air pollution readings. We built a mobile to cloud replication model, data exchange protocol and outlier detection for anomalous sensor readings. We also employed spatial database queries to optimize location based pollution data sharing and visualization of pollution data overlays on mobile map displays. We evaluated our mobile pollution-sensing model against stationary NJ DEP monitor and studied spatial granularity of pollution data.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Parveen Sevus
Travelogue "Butterfly Rays and Tornadoes" Intellectual Review
No full textTravel is part of human nature. He wants to get acquainted with the culture and way of life of
the place where he is traveling. The First travelogue is “Ajaibat e Farang” the author of which
is Yousaf Hussain Kambal posh. After him Sir Syed Ahmed khan, Allama Shibli Noumani and
Muhammad Hussain Azad also wrote travelogues. The twinth century remained popolur
because of travel. Travelogues of Shafiq ur Rehman, Ibn e Insha and Begum Akhtar Riaz ud
Din came to light during this period. Women travelogues Sheen Farukh, Bushra Rehman and
Parveen Atif. Parveen Atif wrote two Urdu travelogues “Kiran Titli Or Bagoly” and “Taper
Wasni”.Her travelogues are beautiful gift in intellectual terms.
 
Evaluation of risk factors causing osteoporosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Patients.
No full textObjective: The main aim of study was to investigate the prevalence of risk factors and osteoporosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. Methods: This prospective cross sectional study was done in pulmonology department Nishtar Hospital Multan. Total 369 patients of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diagnosed according to Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases (GOLD) criteria were enrolled by non-probability consecutive sampling. The study was conducted from January 2016 to November 2016. Ethical approval was taken from committee of the hospital. Written permission was signed by each patient included in study. Quantitative variables like age, body mass index, FEV1, pack years smoking and vitamin D were statistically measured in mean and standard deviation. Qualitative variables like gender and area of living were statistically analyzed in percentage and frequency. ANNOVA was applied to test the significance. P value <0.05 was taken as significant. Results: Overall, 100% (n=369) patients were included, in this study; divided into two groups i.e. non-osteoporosis 60% (n=220) and osteoporosis 40% (n=149). The mean age, BMI and smoking pack-years of the non-osteoporosis patients was 67.99±4.61 years, 23.92±1.95 kg/m2 and 41.62±10.20 respectively. There were 94.1% (n=207) males and 5.9% (n=13) females. While, the mean age, BMI and smoking pack-years of the osteoporosis patients was 71.44±3.90 years, 21.91±3.26 kg/m2 and 49.05±3.00 respectively. There were 97.3% (n=145) males and 2.7% (n=4) females. Education status of the non-osteoporosis patients observed as 36.4% (n=80) illiterate and 63.6% (n=140) elementary or above, while there were 38.3% (n=57) osteoporosis patients illiterate and 61.7% (n=92) were elementary or above. Significant differences were found between age (p=0.000), BMI (p=0.000), smoking pack years (p=0.000), BMD T-score (p=0.000), Systolic BP (p=0.000), Diastolic BP (p=0.000), FVC, liters (p=0.000), FVC, predicted%, (p=0.000), FEV1, liters (p=0.000), FEV1, predicted% (p=0.000) and FEV1/FVC (p=0.000), in groups. Association was found between HTN (p=0.000) and GOLD (p=0.001) in groups. Conclusion: Study concluded that osteoporosis is hidden and common comorbidity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. Its prevalence was high among the patients. ------ were independent risk factors in developing osteoporosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. Pulmonologists should consider and properly investigate osteoporosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. Key words: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoporosis, bone mineral density DOI: 10.7176/JMPB/54-06 Publication date: April 30th 201
Comparison of the Frequency of Billiary Leakage with Clipless Versus Clipped Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Management of Cholecystitis.
No full textObjective: Compare the frequency of billiary leakage with clipless versus clipped laparoscopic cholecystectomy for management of cholecystitis. Methodology: Randomized control trail study was performed in Department of Surgery Nishtar Medical College Multan from April 2017 to September 2018. Sample size of 130 with 65 patients in two each group was calculated with power of study taken as 80%, significance level 5% and taking expected percentage of billiary leakage of 30% with clipped laparoscopic and 10% with clipless laparoscopic cholecystectomy (6). Non probability consecutive type of sampling technique was used to calculate the sample size. A predesigned Performa was used to collect all the data regarding procedure and outcomes. The data was subjected to statistical analysis using computer software SPSS version 23. Age and duration of cholecystitis were the quantitative variables of which mean and standard deviation was calculated. Frequency and percentage was calculated for qualitative variables like gender and billiary leakage. Chi square test was applied to compare the billiary leakage in both groups with P value less than 0.05 taken as significant. Results: , 100% (n=168) patients were included, in this study; divided into two equal groups, 50% (n=84) in each, clipless and clipped respectively. The main outcome variable of this study was billiary leakage. The billiary leakage was noted in 23.8% (n=20) and 44% (n=37) patients for clipless and clipped groups respectively. Significant difference was found between billiary leakage in groups (χ2=7.67, p=0.006). No significant difference was found between billiary leakage and gender (p=0.995), stratified age (p=0.325), duration of Cholelithiasis (p=0.861). Conclusion: It has been proved in our study that the biliary leakage was statistically significantly higher in the clipped LC for management of Cholecystitis. Keywords: Billiary Leakage, Clipless Laparoscopy, Clipped Laparoscopy, Cholecystectomy, Cholecystitis DOI: 10.7176/JMPB/54-05 Publication date: April 30th 201
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis and Characterization of a New Series of Hydroxy Pyrazolines.
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