34 research outputs found
FACTORS AFFECTING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY OF AYA BANK MOBILE BANKING, MYANMAR (Myo Win Yee, 2019)
Get PDFThis research aims to identify influencing factors on customer satisfaction and analyze the effect of customer satisfaction on customer loyalty of AYA Bank Mobile Banking products. This study is conducted on 100 customers out of total 200,000 active users from Myanmar. From the findings of the study, it is evident that service quality and technology factor have significantly positive effect on customer satisfaction of mobile banking service of AYA Bank. Findings also show that customer satisfaction is positively significant to customer loyalty. This study recommends that AYA Bank need to improve information quality of Mobile Banking Application while need to maintain existing service quality and enhance system technology as per customer requirement. Therefore, bank is not only able to retain existing customers but also to capture new customers. Bank also needs to do proper customer segment to identify satisfy customer and offer other product (e.g., home loan) to convert them as loyal customer
The Effect of Food Delivery Applications Attributes on Consumer Perceived Value and Attitude in Yangon(Nay Win Yee Myo, 2022)
Get PDFThe purposes of this study are to explore the influence of food delivery
applications attributes on consumer perceived value, to examine the effect of consumer
perceived value on consumer attitude, and to investigate the effect of consumer attitude
on consumer re-use intention on food delivery services in Yangon. To achieve these
objectives, both primary and secondary data are used. Descriptive and analytical methods
are applied in this study. There are eight food delivery service providers in Yangon. This
study chooses four food delivery services which have largest number of riders among
eight food delivery services operated in Yangon. Systemic random sampling method is
applied to select every 5th customers who are ordering food through the food delivery
services. Seven day survey is conducted to collect the primary data. Total 296
respondents are participated in this study. This study found that the food delivery
applications attributes such as convenience, ease of use, trustworthiness, price, time
saving orientation and various food choices have positively influenced on consumer
perceived value. Furthermore, there has positive effect of consumer perceived value on
consumer attitude, and the consumer attitude has positively influenced on re-use intention
towards food delivery services. Based on the results, the study recommends that food
delivery service providers should focus and enhance these attributes to increase consumer
perceived value and benefit to consumer attitude that will enhance to re-use intention
Geographical Study on Tradition and Culture of Pa-O Nationality in Hopone Township, Shan State
Get PDFHopone Township situated in Taunggyi District in Southern Shan State. It is located between
North Latitude 20º 32' 21'' and 21º 27' 53’’ and between the East Longitude 97º 03' 15'' and 97º
27' 43’’. It is lying on 3541 feet above sea level. The research studies physical factors, social
factors, economic factors and especially cultural and traditional of Pa-O nationality in Hopone
Township. Analysis and assessment on these factors has provided with local need for local
people. The research has been done by means of field observation, literature review,
geographic method, and logical ways and systematic studied from geographical point of view
Design and Simulation of Fog Computing Model for Smart Farming
No full textSmart farming is an innovation in the agricultural sector that can improve the performance of the agricultural industry with more automated and datadriven farming methods that connect with the IoT devices in the farming area. The fast spread of connectivity has given rise to IoT-based agricultural management solutions. Most of the existing farming systems, which are designed using the traditional cloud computing architecture, are unable to handle massive volumes of data produced by the connected IoT devices and may have high latency upon heavy traffic. Consequently, it is preferable to bring the data processing closer to the source of its production in order to minimize the latency and network usage in assisting real-time decisions based on the data generated. This shows the deployment of application modules is important for the efficient utilization of network resources. For this reason, fog computing model has been proposed in this paper to solve such deployment issues. The architecture is to be designed for smart farming, and simulated using iFogSim, which enable to evaluate the usage of bandwidth and computing resources as well as latency. The performance results obtained by the proposed fog computing approach are to be compared to those of cloud-only implementations in order to give recommendations for practical use
Development of Polyelectrolyte Chitosan-gelatin Hydrogels for Skin Bioprinting
No full textAbstractBioprinting is an emerging technology that offers the unique ability to deposit and pattern different cells and matrix materials to fabricate three-dimensional (3-D) tissue constructs. Markedly, bioprinting demonstrated great potential for skin tissue engineering ranging from the development of 3-D skin tissue models to in-situ bioprinting of skin directly over the wound site. Nevertheless, one of the major challenges that impede the progress in this field is the limited choices of printable biomaterials. In this paper, we report the development of printable polyelectrolyte chitosan-gelatin hydrogel for potential applications in tissue engineering of skin. The oppositely charged functional groups from chitosan and gelatin respectively first interacted at a specific pH range to form a polyelectrolyte complex, followed by further pH-dependent crosslinking. The pH-crosslinked polyelectrolyte chitosan-gelatin hydrogel was then evaluated in terms of its rheological behavior, biocompatibility, printability and lastly material stability under physiological conditions. The polyelectrolyte chitosan-gelatin hydrogel remained in a robust gel-state over the temperature range of 20-40 oC and facilitated cellular attachment and proliferation. Furthermore, it demonstrated good printability and the multi-layered hydrogel construct was mechanically stable after subjecting it to physiological conditions for 7 days
Erythrocyte Antioxidant Enzymes Activities and Plasma Carbonyl Protein Levels in Smokers
No full textSmoking has been implicated in the pathogenesis of ischemic heart disease, chronic obstructive lung diseases and cancer.</p
Biochemical and biological characterization of the venoms of Naja kaouthia and Naja mandalayensis from Myanmar and neutralization effects of BPI cobra antivenom
No full textSnakebite is a neglected public health issue, with many scientific and medical issues to be solved. Cobras are among the most common venomous snakes in Myanmar and are responsible for a considerable number of severe snakebite envenoming. There are three species of cobra (Naja kaouthia, Naja mandalayensis and Ophiophagus hannah) in Myanmar. The study aims to characterize the N. kaouthia and N. mandalayensis venoms and to investigate the efficacy of anti-cobra antivenom (BPI) against the two venoms. Protein components and fibrinogenolytic activity were determined by SDS-PAGE. Enzymatic activities for PLA2, protease and acetylcholinesterase were determined by spectrophotometric method. Anticoagulant activity was determined by recalcification time of citrated human plasma. Myotoxicity, necrotizing activity, median lethal dose (LD50) and median effective dose (ED50) were determined by WHO recommended methods. The SDS-PAGE displayed the proteins and enzymes containing in two venoms were different. N. kaouthia venom exhibited more in PLA2, acetylcholinesterase, anticoagulant, fibrinogenolytic and necrotizing activities than N. mandalayensis venom. N. mandalayensis venom had more protease activity and myotoxicity than N. kaouthia venom. The median lethal dose (LD50) of N. kaouthia and N. mandalayensis venom was 4.33 μg/mouse and 5.04 μg/mouse respectively. Both venoms induced fibrinogen Aα chain degradation in 30 min (N. kaouthia) and in 6 h (N. mandalayensis). The same median effective dose (ED50) (19.56 μg/mouse) showed that anti-NK antivenom can neutralize against lethal effect of N. mandalayensis venom. It can also neutralize the protease activity, anticoagulant activity and fibrinogenolytic activity of both venoms. Immunodiffusion and immunoblotting studies showed that the antivenom recognized its homologous venom (N. kaouthia) and cross-reacted against the heterologous venom (N. mandalayensis). The anti-NK antivenom is suitable to use for N. mandalayensis bite if monospecific antivenom is not available
In vitro characterization of adipocyte plasma membrane-associated protein from poultry red mites, Dermanyssus gallinae, as a vaccine antigen for chickens
Get PDFThe poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae; PRM) is a blood-sucking ectoparasite of chickens that is a threat to poultry farming worldwide and significantly reduces productivity in the egg-laying industry. Chemical acaricides that are widely used in poultry farms for the prevention of PRMs are frequently ineffective due to the emergence of acaricide-resistant PRMs. Therefore, alternative control methods are needed, and vaccination is a promising strategy for controlling PRMs. A novel adipocyte-plasma membrane-associated protein-like molecule (Dg-APMAP) is highly expressed in blood-fed PRMs according to a previous RNA sequencing analysis. Here, we attempted to identify the full sequence of DgAPMAP, study its expression in different life stages of PRMs, and evaluate its potential as a vaccine antigen. Dg-APMAP mRNA was expressed in the midgut and ovaries, and in all life stages regardless of feeding states. Importantly, in vitro feeding of PRMs with plasma derived from chickens immunized with the recombinant protein of the extracellular region of Dg-APMAP significantly reduced their survival rate in nymphs and adults, which require blood meals. Our data suggest that the host immune responses induced by vaccination with Dg-APMAP could be an effective strategy to reduce the suffering caused by PRMs in the poultry industry. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Long-term outcomes of second-line antiretroviral treatment in an adult and adolescent cohort in Myanmar.
Get PDFBACKGROUND: Myanmar has a high burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and second-line antiretroviral treatment (ART) has been available since 2008 in the public health sector. However, there have been no published data about the outcomes of such patients until now. OBJECTIVE: To assess the treatment and programmatic outcomes and factors associated with unfavorable outcomes (treatment failure, death and loss to follow-up from care) among people living with HIV (aged ≥ 10 years) receiving protease inhibitor-based second-line ART under the Integrated HIV Care Program in Myanmar between October 2008 and June 2015. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study using routinely collected program data. RESULTS: Of 824 adults and adolescents on second-line ART, 52 patients received viral load testing and 19 patients were diagnosed with virological failure. However, their treatment was not modified. At the end of a total follow-up duration of 7 years, 88 (11%) patients died, 35 (4%) were lost to follow-up, 21 (2%) were transferred out to other health facilities and 680 (83%) were still under care. The incidence rate of unfavorable outcomes was 7.9 patients per 100 person years follow-up. Patients with a history of injecting drug use, with a history of lost to follow-up, with a higher baseline viral load and who had received didanosine and abacavir had a higher risk of unfavorable outcomes. Patients with higher baseline C4 counts, those having taken first-line ART at a private clinic, receiving ART at decentralized sites and taking zidovudine and lamivudine had a lower risk of unfavorable outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Long-term outcomes of patients on second-line ART were relatively good in this cohort. Virological failure was relatively low, possibly because of lack of viral load testing. No patient who failed on second-line ART was switched to third-line treatment. The National HIV/AIDS Program should consider making routine viral load monitoring and third-line ART drugs available after a careful cost-benefit analysis
Melioidosis in Myanmar
Get PDFSporadic cases of melioidosis have been diagnosed in Myanmar since the disease was first described in Yangon in 1911. Published and unpublished cases are summarized here, along with results from environmental and serosurveys. A total of 298 cases have been reported from seven states or regions between 1911 and 2018, with the majority of these occurring before 1949. Findings from soil surveys confirm the presence of Burkholderia pseudomallei in the environment in all three regions examined. The true epidemiology of the disease in Myanmar is unknown. Important factors contributing to the current gaps in knowledge are lack of awareness among clinicians and insufficient laboratory diagnostic capacity in many parts of the country. This is likely to have led to substantial under-reporting
