Multipurposed Intelligent ID Card for Social Distancing & Safety Emergency alert systems

This proposed invention is related with multipurpose device which is intelligent id card provided to the employee will help track and trace by connecting to the respective corporate server network. This server acts as a central intelligence and provides a dashboard that will help set up and get data and insights. These constantly monitor the smart cards and transmit their position to the central system. Many important multi-tasking tasks can be performed using this smart ID card which has the ability to provide real-time location information and also automatically identify if the person is where they should be. Accidents, such as a person walking into a danger zone, can be easily reported. In the event of a fire, you can quickly find the total people count along with the latest positions. The crowding of places such as offices, shops, workplaces, bathrooms, canteens, etc. it can be reported in real-time in order to avoid any infections. The temperature measurement alone is useless if the readings are not associated with the employee and are recorded to analyses trends. The proposed ID card will keep track of the number of times the employee has washed their hands. If not, a social notification will be raised. With real-time monitoring, you can easily provide daily attendance data to HR for payroll calculation and contract work invoice review. The employee's Bluetooth tag will help track time spent within the authorized area and will sound an alarm if the person enters a danger zone, all in real-time. The employee tag will allow the employee to send an SOS signal in case of any danger or panic situation. It will not be necessary to keep an attendance register. The tag will automatically record the time of entry and exit. A body sensor attached to the ID card will detect if the card is moved away from the body and kept aside. Hence, there is no possibility of cheating. The battery inside the card would last 5 to 10 years. IP 65, therefore resistant to water and rain. No maintenance is required. Keywords: Covid-19 study, Safety Device, Health Tracking, Social distancing, smart id.

Between Justice and Regularity in Distance Education Homeschooling and Community Partnerships Solutions in the Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

In Saudi Arabia, education has been transformed in light of the Corona pandemic into distance education through digital platforms, and the state has secured a good technical infrastructure for this. And it became the compulsory educational style for all groups of students with a large number of different requirements and mandatory daily attendance. The research team noticed the inability of some groups of students to keep pace with the requirements of distance education, which reduces the opportunities for justice in education for students, especially at the primary level. Accordingly, the research team used the qualitative method between analyzing UNESCO documents on education fairness and applying the interview tool to seventeen interviews of primary school leaders who were randomly selected (one school from each school district). A full year of learning about each other under the pandemic. The study found that not all students were able to obtain the same educational opportunities, and they were classified according to two categories: The first category is students who suffer from difficulty accessing the Internet, or their parents' ignorance of technology, or their poor social level, which hinders them from securing educational supplies. distance. As for the second category, they are outstanding students with special social conditions between the separation of parents or orphans and others, so that the student can master learning at home, but he cannot attend daily on the platform or follow up on the submission of mandatory distance education requirements. The research team suggested adopting home education at the primary level for those who wish to it, and providing community partnership as solutions to achieve justice in education for all groups of students at the primary level.

'Bearly' Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities

In natural environments, bear behavior follows seasonal patterns but the zoo environment differs from the natural environment in several ways, including the presence of zoo visitors. Although typically difficult to disentangle, we were able to tease apart the effects of seasonal changes and visitor density on the visibility and behavior of 10 bears representing five species housed at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo due to the disruption caused by COVID-19. We conducted a longitudinal bear behavior monitoring project from June, 2017-November, 2020. Bears were more visible in the spring and in the presence of visitors, locomoted more and were less inactive when large crowds were present, foraged and locomoted more when it was earlier in the day, and locomoted more at higher temperatures. There were limited differences in bear visibility to observers between 2020 (when the zoo was temporarily closed to visitors) and the previous three years. There were no differences in rates of stereotypy or social behavior across seasons, crowds, or daily attendance categories. Based on these limited differences, neither season nor visitor density seemed to have an apparent effect on bear behavior or welfare.

“It’s like ‘liquid handcuffs”: The effects of take-home dosing policies on Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) patients’ lives

Background Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) is widely recognized as one of the most effective ways of reducing risk of overdose, arrest, and transmission of blood-borne viruses like HIV and HCV among people that use opioids. Yet, MMT’s use of restrictive take-home dose policies that force most patients to attend their clinic on a daily, or near-daily, basis may be unpopular with many patients and lead to low rates of treatment uptake and retention. In response, this article examines how clinics’ take-home dosing policies have affected patients’ experiences of treatment and lives in general. Methods This article is based on semi-structured, qualitative interviews with a variety of stakeholders in MMT. Interviews explored: reasons for engaging with, or not engaging with MMT; how MMT is conceptualized by patients and treatment providers (e.g., as harm reduction or route to abstinence and/or recovery); experiences with MMT; perception of barriers to MMT (e.g., organizational/regulatory, social) and how MMT might be improved to support peoples’ substance use treatment needs and goals. Results Nearly all of the patients with past or present MMT use were highly critical of the limited access to take-home doses and consequent need for daily or near daily clinic attendance. Participants described how the use of restrictive take-home dose policies negatively impacted their ability to meet day-to-day responsibilities and also cited the need for daily attendance as a reason for quitting or avoiding OAT. Responses also demonstrate how such policies contribute to an environment of cruelty and stigma within many clinics that exposes this already-stigmatized population to additional trauma. Conclusions Take-home dose policies in MMT are not working for a substantial number of patients and are reasonably seen by participants as degrading and dehumanizing. Revision of MMT regulations and policies regarding take home doses are essential to improve patient satisfaction and the quality and effectiveness of MMT as a key evidence-based treatment and harm reduction strategy.

Smart Attendance Management System using Face Recognition

Machine learning is a method of data analysis that automates analytical model building. It is a branch of artificial intelligence based on the idea that systems can learn from data, identify patterns and make decisions with minimal human intervention. In human interactions, the face is the most important factor as it contains important information about a person or individual. All humans have the ability to recognise individuals from their faces. Now following system is based on face recognition to maintain the attendance record of students. The daily attendance of students is recorded subject wise which is stored already by the administrator. As the time for corresponding subject arrives the system automatically starts taking snaps and then apply face detection and recognition technique to the given image and the recognize students are marked as present and their attendance update with corresponding time and subject id. We have used deep learning techniques to develop this system, histogram of oriented gradient method is used to detect faces in images and deep learning method is used to compute and compare facial feature of students to recognize them.

Implementasi Microsoft Power BI Dalam Memantau Kehadiran dan Transportasi Pegawai

Absensi karyawan merupakan suatu hal yang penting dalam operasional kantor. Absensi secara tidak langsung dapat menggambarkan pola kerja dari karyawan yang terdapat di suatu perusahaan. Absensi juga dapat memengaruhi hal-hal lain, salah satunya adalah keproduktivitasan karyawan. Jika tingkat produktivitas karyawan dalam suatu perusahaan relatif tinggi, maka karyawan mampu memenuhi target yang telah ditentukan oleh perusahaan. Dengan informasi dari data-data tersebut akan diperoleh data yang besar dan belum di proses. Agar data tersebut dapat diolah menjadi informasi yang bernilai, dibutuhkan sebuah bisnis intelligence (BI) software yang dapat memvisualisasikan data-data tersebut sehingga dapat menampilkan informasi mengenai data kehadiran dan data transportasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan dashboard yang menggambarkan mengenai data kehadiran sehingga perusahaan mengetahui trend dari kehadiran mengenai jam kehadiran hingga status kehadiran karyawan dan data transportasi dari pengeluaran tiap jenis kendaraan hingga tiap kode perjalanan yang nantinya akan mempermudah perusahaan dalam memantau. Penelitian ini dilakukan menggunakan BI software, yaitu Microsoft Power BI untuk dapat memvisualisasikan mengenai data yang didapat dan Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio untuk membuat gudang data. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah dashboard daily attendance dengan grafik Clock In memperlihatkan presensi terbanyak pada pukul 10.00 dan grafik Clock Out memperlihatkan presensi terbanyak pada pukul 18.00. Lalu, dashboard trip dengan informasi total tarif terbesar berdasarkan kode perjalanan adalah “19AC0113” dengan total melebihi Rp. 9.000.000,00 dari karyawan PT. ATG dan dashboard trip information memperlihatkan penggunaan transportasi terjadi pada tiga kota, yaitu Jakarta, Bandung, dan Surabaya dengan total tarif terbesar terdapat di Jakarta sebesar Rp. 99.552.000.

Implementing a crèche-based community drowning programme in rural Bangladesh: a process evaluation

BackgroundLiving and environmental conditions in rural Bangladesh expose children to drowning. The Anchal programme protects children through crèche-based supervision in an enclosed space run by locally recruited carers. It is unclear under what conditions the programme best operates to maximise protection. We conducted a process evaluation of Anchal to determine enabling factors and challenges to implementation.MethodsQuantitative programme data were analysed to calculate metrics including child participation and fidelity of implementation to defined processes. Qualitative data collection with programme participants and implementers provided insights into barriers and enablers of implementation. Analysis was guided by the UK Medical Research Council’s process evaluation framework.ResultsAnchal operated 400 centres with an average of 22.2 children enrolled, as per target. However, daily attendance averaged lower than the 80% target. Children aged 1–2 years old, who are most at risk of drowning, were least likely to enrol and attend regularly due to low engagement with activities and parental concerns for safety. Greater distances and lower educational attainment in some regions reduced attendance and increased carer attrition.ConclusionsThe Anchal programme met most programme delivery targets. However, programme success could be improved through increasing supervision, providing communication training for implementing staff, designing programmes for children aged 1–2 years old, encouraging community ownership and providing child pick-up services. These contextual solutions can be adapted to similar programmes operating through grassroots-level engagement and recruitment of community health workers, to maximise their effectiveness and sustainability.

School absenteeism is linked to household food insecurity in school catchment areas in Southern Nevada

Objectives: Food security and school attendance are both important for health, well-being and academic performance of children and adolescents. However, their intersection remains underexamined, especially in the USA. The current study considered the association between elementary school-level absenteeism and household food insecurity. Design: The current study linked school-level absenteeism and household food insecurity rates using geographic information system mapping and applied the tobit regression model to examine their association. Setting: The Clark County, Nevada, public school district – the fifth largest in the USA and in a state with disproportionate food insecurity and chronic school absenteeism rates. Participants: Data consisted of school-level absenteeism rates from 185 elementary schools and census tract-level household food insecurity rates. Results: Average daily attendance rates were lower for schools with catchment areas that had higher average household food insecurity (FI), decreasing by −0·0232 % per 1 % increase in FI rate (P-value = 0·022). They were also significantly associated with most absenteeism risk factors. Average daily attendance rate was negatively associated with Free and Reduced Lunch eligibility percentage (−0·010 per 1 % increase in FI, P-value < 0·001) and Individualized Education Program participation percentage (−0·039 % per 1 % increase in FI, P-value = 0·033), but positively associated with parent–teacher conference participation rate (0·006 % per 1 % increase in FI, P-value = 0·025) and white student percentage (0·011 % per 1 % increase in FI, P-value = 0·022). Conclusions: The current study suggests a link between household food insecurity and elementary school-level absenteeism. Understanding this link is important for policy and practice because schools are frequent settings for food insecurity mitigation interventions.

Comparison of Attendance of Patients Pre-lockdown and during Lockdown in Gynaecology and Antenatal Outpatient Department in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Nadia, West Bengal, India

Introduction: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought about a paramount change in the life. This has lead to a reduction in the number of routine patients visiting the Outpatient Department (OPD) of various hospitals and this department was no exception. Aim: To compare the attendance of patient in Antenatal Care (ANC) and Gynaecology Out Patient Department (GOPD) between pre-lockdown and lockdown period due to COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted among patients attending the OPD in ANC and Gynaecology for 70 days lockdown from 23rd March to 31st May and 70 days immediate pre-lockdown period from 12th January to 22nd March 2020. Daily attendance was noted and types of patient attending in different sub clinics in Gynaecology OPD compared. Enrolment of new ANC patient and old booked cases was compared during both periods. Descriptive statistics were used and displayed as percentages. Results: There was a significant reduction in number of patients attending OPD in lockdown period. There was a total of 6088 (87.3%) reduction in number of patients in Gynaecology OPD and 2235 (69.6%) reduction of patients in ANC OPD which was found to be significant with p-value <0.001. Reduction of patient in lockdown days among new ANC was 574 while it was 1661 in case of old patients. The different sub clinics of GOPD like infertility (704), endocrine (1450), uro-gynaecology (656), STD/PID (732), postpartum (597), cancer detection (316), abortion and medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) (330), others (1303) also witnessed a diminution of attendance. Conclusion: COVID-19 caused a significant decrease in footfall of patients in outpatient department due to lockdown, though the percentage of types of patient attending Gynaecology OPD was almost same.

Adaptability of COVID-19 Safety Guidelines in Building Construction Sites in Anambra State, Nigeria

Aim: The study evaluates how COVID-19 safety rules were applied in construction sites in Anambra state, Nigeria. Study Design: The study being a survey research was effected through literature review, a well-structured questionnaire and interview. Place and Duration of the Study: The study was conducted in Anambra State, Nigeria for a period of 6 months. Methodology: Being a survey research, questionnaire containing information relating to COVID-19 guidelines were randomly administered to selected construction practitioners in Anambra State, Nigeria. Accordingly, a total of 84 questionnaires were administered while 81 copies were completed, returned and found useful. This corresponds to a response rate of 96%. The data were analyzed using Relative importance index and ranked appropriately. Results: The study found out that maintaining stay at home policy if one is sick (0.827), use of face covering/face mask (0.793), placing wash stations or hand sanitizers in multiple locations at construction sites (0.714), maintaining a daily attendance log for all staff and visitors (0.689) and use of provision of personal protective equipment (0.679) are the commonly used covid-19 safety guideline in the study area. The study also, observed that greater percent of the COVID-19 safety guidelines are rarely applied in the study area. Conclusion: The study concluded by recommending that construction sites in the study area should integrate the recommended safety guidelines in its daily operations and/or activities despite the fact that such practices may attract extra cost and disrupt site activities were contacts are necessary as well as take more time to adjust to the new normal in construction.