In this correlational study, 54 MA students were selected out of 68 initial participants majoring in TEFL at Khatam ol-Anbia University, Tehran, Iran. The homogeneity of participants was calculated through administration The Cambridge Proficiency Test. Then, participants took a motivation test. After that, a topic was given to them to write an essay. All important parts of essay including thesis statement, body paragraphs, conclusion, outlining, and coherence was already taught to the participants. In addition, they were asked to read their own writing and score based on Writing Scoring Rubric modified. In order to avoid subjective rating and ensure the intra- rater reliability of the assessment, these writing samples were scored twice based on the same scale that the students utilized in self-assessment. The results revealed that there was not statistically significant relationship between motivation and students` self-assessment. Moreover, the relationship between self-assessment and teacher’s rating of students` writing ability was statistically significant. The findings have some implications for language teaching and assessment.

This is a theoretical paper with a charge to examine the scope and character of gender equality in the education systems of Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan through a review of cross-national literature using feminist lens to interpret their connotations. While Uganda and South Sudan have invariably sought to enact affirmative action geared at achieving increased access for girl children, Rwanda has by and large focused on shifting from affirmative action to more holistic genderresponsive strategies in its crusade. This, perhaps, is the most convincing notion of salience among the three East African countries; confirming that formal opportunities for equal treatment of girl children ensure neither a shared starting point nor equal outcomes because of different cross-national milieus of change. In Uganda, the flagship of government initiative is the 1997 UPE which has since its launch spurred a big rise in the number of school girls across the country. The extension of the free education policy to 12 years represents Rwanda‟s best bid to attain gender equality; while the Go to School Initiative is South Sudan‟s rarest case of success in promoting access and participation but remains largely embryonic and sporadic. Cultural thinking, economic insecurity and social disadvantage immensely affect the way poor and rural households decide about investing in their girl children‟s education. There is need, therefore, to emphasize the intrinsic developmental value of education over and above the compulsion for productivity and employability. It is audaciously mistaken to establish that gender inequality could be altered by education or within the education system without restructuring sexual division of labour in the home and the market at large. To achieve gender equality in their education systems, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan must decode the cultural capital of their social classes and use that knowledge to empower women and girl children at the family and community levels while schools offer prospect. If these initiatives could be further institutionalised, resourced, and embedded in durable policy visions, it is possible for schools to become standard for broader societal transformation.

It is not hard to find plenty of children’s poetry in ancient China, exhibiting children’s creative contents and literary skills. Taking examples mainly from Fifty Selected Children's Poetry in Ancient China: English Translation and Appreciation, this paper applied the Three-Level Criteria of poetry translation by Dr. Wang Feng to analyze several English translations of children’s object-chanting poetry in ancient China. In children’s object-chanting poetry translation, at the macro-level, the criterion is Harmony; at the middle level, the theory of “resemblance in style, sense and poetic realm”; at the micro-level, the criteria of Eight Beauties, centered on the beauty of emotions and images. Based on these analyses, this paper aims to test the validity of the "Three-Level Criteria of poetry translation" and hopes to guide and promote the theoretical and practical studies on the English translation of children’s poetry in ancient China from a new perspective.

In vitro embryogenesis and plant regeneration were studied in date palm cultivar, Khalas using three osmotic agents (PEG, Mannitol, and Glucose) and NaCl for five different time periods ranging from 1 to 24 hrs. The highest frequency of somatic embryogenesis was recorded in the medium containing 15% PEG in the MS-culture medium. Similarly, the highest number of plantlets was also obtained on the regenerating medium containing PEG under elevated treatment time periods. Mannitol and glucose showed almost the same response at all treatment levels producing on an average 2 to 3 embryos per culture but did not had any positive effect on plant regeneration. Of all the osmtic agents, PEG proved to be better in producing more callus fresh and dry weights followed by mannitol indicating that at this stage these osmotica worked as non-metabolic osmotic agents. The use of NaCl as an osmotic agent produced the most adverse effects on callus fresh weight and embryogenesis, with no embryos formation at 12 and 24 h treatments. These studies revealed that elevated levels of PEG showed stimulating effects and helped in the production of more callus mass, somatic embryos and plantlets formation compared to other osmotic agents used.

Clear cell sarcoma of tendon and aponeuroses is extremely rare tumour, arises in deeper soft tissues, bound to tendons or aponeuroses. Despite histological similarity with cutaneous melanoma, it is distinct from it clinically, genetically. It is mainly seen between the ages 20 to 40 yrs and rarely occurs in children. Here we report a case of clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue arising in the left foot of a 12 year old child

Over the past two decades in Qatar, designers and planners focused on design merits of high-rise buildings and the impact on the skyline and the city image, discarding the integration of the buildings with the ground level. This research study investigates the sustainability and livability of the public realm within high-rise districts, focusing on the business district of West Bay, Doha, State of Qatar, as a case study. In West Bay, tall buildings have security gates and parking spaces on the ground level that weaken the livability and vitality of the street. Therefore, to enhance livability, the built environment should provide a vibrant social urban ground level. Insufficient parking spaces along with the lack of public transportation choices frustrate people and intensify the traffic congestion in West Bay. The lack of services and amenities within the residential towers accompanied with poor pedestrian circulation make it hard to perform everyday activities. The spatial segregation in West Bay translates into a distinct functional spatialisation. Also, most buildings in West Bay are single-use occupancy, with clusters of retail, services and catering activities, their spatialisation does not provide for an overlap of movement between the working occupants and the recreational ones. The research study aims to study the relationship between built environment and livability on the street level of the existing spatial environments on the micro urban scale of West Bay. Therefore, this research project aims to fill the gap in the literature regarding design-based research that provides solutions to existing limitations in the physical environment. The strategy includes a summary of the literature, site analyses and resultant design vision for a sustainable livable development concept for the study area, the business district of West Bay

The main purpose of this study is to explore the mediating role of occupational health & safety standard relationship between organizational innovation and business performance. Secondly, in order to get achieve this core objective of predictor direct and indirect relationship estimate on business performance. Methodology in this study was constructed mainly on the basis of quantitative method, where quantitative research estimated of essential to recover the knowledge base and measurement of vital aspects regarding the characteristics of management tools into test the hypotheses. This study has conducted been by stratified random sampling in which data were collected from Bangladesh ready-made garment factories. Data has been collected by survey questionnaire instrument. The data used that obtained from primary sources of survey questionnaire method. There are three hypotheses have been developed through literature review that tested using through correlation and liner regression analysis executed by SPSS 20.v software. Findings-while execution of survey data the mediating impact of occupational health & safety standard, it was found that statistically significant and positive impacts on the relationship between organizational innovation and business performance improved. Both predictors are highly correlation of each other with business performance to the significant and positive relationships. Recommendations- Further studies including with other standards can combine together to test and verifying the structural equation model concerning of measurement model and structural model fits.

Transfusion of Fresh frozen plasma is relatively common in neonatal intensive care units. Most common indications for transfusion being neonatal sepsis, deranged coagulation profile or co existence of both these conditions. However a universal protocol for FFP transfusion in neonates is lacking, leading to injudicious administration of FFP to neonates in many hospitals and thus exposing them to untoward risks of transfusion. This is our attempt towards analyzing the use of FFP in our neonatal intensive care unit and our compliance with the established guidelines (AIIMS protocol for FFP transfusion in neonates). Data was collected retrospectively of all the neonates who received FFP transfusions in our hospital from January 2014 to December 2017 and relevant analysis was performed. Most of the neonatal transfusions (93%) at our hospital during the study period were compliant with AIIMS guidelines. Most common indication for transfusion was bleeding manifestations followed by sepsis and deranged coagulation profile. However on analysis of pre and post transfusion coagulation parameters in these babies, no statistically significant improvement was seen. FFP was often used in accordance with the published guidelines in our study. However evidence based uniform guidelines need to be established and implemented to increase the benefit and minimise the risk associated with transfusion, especially in newborns.

Ankle fractures are the most common type of fractures treated by orthopedic surgeons in daily practice. Most of these fractures are complex type and difficult to manage. If not treated properly, may produce significant long-term disability and complications like pain, instability and early degenerative arthritis. Good functional results are obtained by surgical management of bimalleolar ankle fractures. Early weight bearing, and mobilization is achieved in these patients. This study was conducted at Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar from January 2016 to December 2017. 40 adult patients with bimalleolar fractures of ankle who underwent open reduction and internal fixation were included in this study. Follow up was done at regular intervals of 6 weeks for minimum of 6 months. Baird and Jackson’s ankle scoring system of subjective, objective and radiographic criteria was used for the study. 24(60%) cases of medial malleolar fractures were fixed with malleolar screws, followed by cancellous screw in 4(10%) cases, tension band wiring in 10(25%) cases and K-wire in 2(5%) cases. 28(70%) cases of lateral malleolus were fixed with plate (24 with one-third tubular plate, 2 with 3.5mm DCP and 2 with 3.5mm recon plate) followed by malleolar screw in 4(10%) cases, Rush nail in 5(12.5%) cases and K wire/TBW in 3(7.5%) cases. Average time to union in our study was 10.4 weeks. However, most (80%) of the cases (80%) united by 8-12 weeks. Excellent results were achieved in 23(57.5%) cases, good results in 10(25%) cases, fair in 5(12.5%) cases and poor in 2(5%) cases. Open reduction and stable internal fixation of unstable bimalleolar ankle fractures restore the articular congruity of the ankle joint. Operative results in our study were satisfactory in 82.5% cases, with good to excellent functional outcome. Functional results were much better in younger age groups and men. Early weight bearing, and mobilization is achieved in these patients

Prostate gland of male reproductive system is about the size of walnut and surrounds the urethra. With increasing life expectancy, increasing awareness and better health services, lesions of prostate has become a common specimen received for diagnostic of both benign and malignant lesions which may have a very similar presentation but their management and prognosis is quite different. Most important investigation is the biopsy of the prostate. A histopathological study of features of the lesion gives best diagnosis. Our objective of study is to evaluate the spectrum and correlation of prostatic lesions with presenting complaints of the patient. It was a combined cross-sectional study conducted in Pathology Departments of both Bhaskar Medical College and Satya Diagnostic Centre, Himayath Nagar during the period from November 2015 to October 2017.

University academic society should be made aware that implementation of good governance does not only pose an obligation, but rather a necessity. Along with the increasingly fierce competitive situation, a University must consistently apply good university governance as a system attached to the university dynamics. Implementation of good governance values at universities can be integrated into a higher education culture. This research for the first year aims to identify the concept of the implementation of good governance at private universities in the city of Medan. This research is expected to increase efficiency, transparency, and consistency within private universities in Medan. In order to measure the implementation of the concept of Good Governance at the Private Universities in The city of Medan, the parameters of the aspects of transparency, participation, legal sovereignty or compliance with regulations, accountability, and effectiveness were used. The results of this study revealed that Good Governance has been implemented in Private University in The city of Medan and the aspects of transparency, participation, law supremacy or regulatory compliance, accountability, and effectiveness have well been implemented.

Endoscopy with endoscopic biopsy is currently the major method of diagnosis of gastrointestinal (GI) neoplasms. A total of 60 endoscopic biopsy specimens from upper and lower gastrointestinal tract were studied in the laboratory from November 2013 to October 2014 in the department of pathology, Acharya Shree Chander College of Medical Sciences and Hospital (ASCOMS), Jammu. Of these gastrointestinal biopsies 25 (41.66%) were from upper gastrointestinal tract and 35 (58.33%) were from the lower gastrointestinal tract. Among these upper and lower GI biopsies a total of 35 (58.33%) suspected neoplastic lesions were included in the present study. The biopsies that were included in the study comprised of 6 (10%) esophageal biopsies, 12 (20 %) gastric biopsies, 3 (5%) from GEJ, 4 (6.66%) from duodenum, 2(3.33%) from pyloro-duodenum, 1 (1.66%) from jejunum, 2 (3.33%) from ileum, 14 (23.24%) from colon, 12 (20%) from rectum, 4 (15%) from anus. There are only few studies on histopathological spectrum on GI endoscopic biopsies in Jammu region. ASCOMS is a tertiary care hospital where patients come from all over Jammu region. Analysis of biopsied material therefore can provide a fairly good estimate of spectrum of various gastrointestinal lesions (neoplastic/non-neoplastic/pre-neoplastic) in Jammu region as well as comparison of our results with similar studies in other institutions.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic systemic autoimmune disease with variable multisystem involvement and heterogeneous clinical features. Haematological abnormalities were common findings in patients with SLE. Sometimes, haematological abnormalities can be caused by the pathophysiology of SLE itself, but at other times the anaemia may not be directly related to the SLE. This retrospective study included patients who were diagnosed according to the American college of rheumatology criteria and treated for SLE from April 2015 to March 2018 at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria. The Demographic and haematological parameters at diagnosis were recorded. A total of 26 SLE patients were seen. All the cases were females and the mean age was 33.3± 8.9 years. Twenty-two (84.6%) had haematological abnormalities. Anaemia was present in 20 (76.9%) patients with a mean hemoglobin value of 8.6 mg/dl at the time of first presentation. Leukopenia was seen in 6 (23.1%), lymphopenia in 17 (65.4%), thrombocytopenia in 8 (30.8%) and 2 (7.7%) patients presented with anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome. The most common hematological abnormality among our patients was anemia which has a multifactorial aetiology. Lymphopenia was far more common than leucopenia.

Visceral Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne parasitic infection caused by a parasite of the genus Leishmania. This disease, which is more frequent between children than adults, knew during these last few years in Morocco a significant surge especially in the region of Fez. The direct examination, based on the detection of the parasite or its nucleic acid, is undoubtedly the key to a definite diagnosis, along with serological techniques that were proven to be efficient and could also aid the diagnosis. This study highlights the benefit of rK39 rapid tests in visceral Leishmaniasis diagnosis through the retrospective of 75 patients suspected to have Visceral Leishmaniasis. We shall also compare our results with those of other authors in different countries.

Thyroid Dysfunction (TD) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM) are often found associated in the same patient and TD may affect the metabolic control of DM. TD is more prevalent in diabetics than in general population. The current study investigates the prevalence of TD in patients with DM, and explores its correlation with age, sex, type and duration of DM, and glycemic control (HbA1c levels). This was an observational, cross-sectional study of 212 patients with DM. All patients had undergone routine clinical and laboratory evaluations as per the standard clinical care. Medical data was collected and analyzed using Epi Info V3.5.4. Among the 212 DM patients evaluated, the overall prevalence of TD was 24.52%. The overall prevalence of TD was less in type-2 DM (T2DM; 24.46%) as compared to type-1 DM (T1DM; 37.5%); and slightly more in females (31.94%) as compared to males (28.65%). The prevalence of TD was high in the middle age (41-60 years) group (52.17%) as compared to other age groups. Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) was the most common type of TD (11.79%) with maximum prevalence (50%) in T2DM. Patients with DM reported a high prevalence rate of 24.52% for TD. Patients between 41-60 years of age had higher prevalence of TD. Prevalence was slightly more in more in females as compared to males. Our data suggests for screening of DM patients for risk of TD that might be helpful in secondary and primary prevention and possible better metabolic control