Syllabification nature in Bedouin-North Yemeni Arabic dialects (Bed-NYAD)

This study is concerned with discussing the syllable structure or the syllable nature of the bedouin or nomadic north Yemeni Arabic dialect spoken mainly in five governorates namely, Aljawf, Tihamah, Amran, Sa’adah and Ma’rib, in Yemen referred to in the study as Bed-NYAD. The main goal of this paper is to show how many syllables are there in such dialects of the Yemeni Arabic and how they differ from those NYAD. Data collection was achieved with the help of a digital recorder. Many speakers of Bed-NYAD have been recorded for the sake of proving our claim that Bed-NYAD have different syllable nature from those other Yemeni dialects of Arabic. The finding of the study revealed that Bed-NYAD have five main types CV, CV:, CVC, CVCC and CV:C while NYAD have only three types of syllables CV, CVV, CVC and the semisyllable C.

MARKETING PRACTICES AND THE DARK SIDE OF INEQUITY: A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN AFRICAN PRIVATE COMPANIES

Business ethics is capital for both customer satisfaction and growth in a world where competition is a distinctive constituent for companies’ unrelenting existence. The purpose of this research is to examine how ethical and fair practices affect customer satisfaction of companies in very low income countries. The research is centered on a constructivist design model with a qualitative approach that is inspired by the researcher’s experience of the context. Data collection is implemented in two (2) private companies, using a digital recorder and some semi-structured interviews. One company in the field of professional training, and one in the field of IT and printing. The data is transcribed by hand, and then a content analysis is made. The results show that equity has some effects on customer satisfaction, and thus on the overall growth of companies. The recommendation is that companies in the context should offer nondiscriminatory products and reasonable services to upturn customer satisfaction. Keywords: Business ethics, Equity, Customer satisfaction, Marketing, Burkina Faso.

Vocalizations and song flight of Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris

Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris is an unobtrusive bird with a relatively low reporting rate of ~10% in the second South African Bird Atlas Project (SABAP2). Little is known about the species’ vocalizations and song flight, and published descriptions are vague or confus-ing. Here I provide a detailed description of vocalizations and song flights as recorded between 2012 and 2019 in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Vocalizations were recorded using a digital recorder for calls in flight and occasionally on the ground, or were obtained from a video camera placed near the nest to record vocalizations that would be impossible to record from a distance. Twelve categories of vocalizations were identified, eight of them described here for the first time. The majority of the eight newly described vocalizations were obtained from video footage. A more detailed description of the song flight is also provided and should clarify some of the confusing descriptions provided in the literature. Knowledge of the flight song of Pink-billed Lark is valuable to locate and identify the species and will be an asset for moni-toring programmes and SABAP2.

Dependable Algorithm for Visualizing Snoring Duration through Acoustic Analysis

Background: Snoring is a nuisance for the bed partners of people who snore and is also associated with chronic diseases. Estimating the snoring duration from a whole-night-sleep period is challenging. The authors present a dependable algorithm for visualizing snoring durations through acoustic analysis. Method: Both instruments (Sony digital recorder and smartphone’s SnoreClock app) were placed within 30 cm from the examinee’s head during the sleep period. Subsequently, spectrograms were plotted based on audio files recorded from Sony recorders. The authors developed an algorithm to validate snoring durations through visualization of typical snoring segments. Results: In total, 37 snoring recordings obtained from six individuals were analyzed. The mean age of the participants was 44.6 ± 9.9 years. A 3-s segment demonstrated the typical dominant frequency bands and amplitude waves of two snores. Every recorded file was tailored to a regular 600-s segment and plotted. Visualization revealed that the typical features of the clustered snores in the amplitude domains were near-isometric spikes (most had an ascending–descending trend). The recorded snores exhibited one or more visibly fixed frequency bands. Intervals were noted between the snoring clusters and were incorporated into the whole-night snoring calculation. The correlative coefficients of snoring rates of digitally recorded files examined by Examiners A and B were higher (0.865, p < 0.001) than those with SnoreClock app (0.757, p < 0.001; 0.787, p < 0.001, respectively). Conclusion: A dependable algorithm with high reproducibility was developed for visualizing snoring durations.

Preoperative nursing consultation and self-care of cancer patients with respiratory ostomy

Objective: to demonstrate the influence of the preoperative nursing consultation in the practice of self-care performed by patients with respiratory ostomy at the A.C. Camargo Cancer Center and to describe what are the self-care practices performed and their limiting factors. Method: qualitative, exploratory study, carried out with 7 patients aged 18 years or older, who underwent preoperative nursing consultation, who underwent surgery with the manufacture of a respiratory ostomy and were able to establish verbal communication. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and a digital recorder and submitted to content analysis. Results: male participants predominated, aged 56 years or over and completed high school. Two analytical categories were identified: “Repercussions of the actions promoted by the preoperative nursing consultation”; and “Obstacles in the search for autonomy in the care of the tracheostomy cannula”. Conclusion: nursing consultation is an important instrument to guide, form bonds and clarify doubts about care with ostomy and respiratory devices, and nursing actions can limit and even prevent the patients from developing their self-care, making it necessary that the therapeutic nursing project is planned to aggregate the patient in this process.

CV co-occurrence and articulatory control in three Brazilian children from 0:06 to 1:07

Many studies in language acquisition have addressed consonant/vowel co-occurrence, henceforth CV. Traditional views focus on the upper vocal tract, while a recent one stresses the importance of its lower end. None has nevertheless attempted to understand how these two tracts interact and cooperate in early vocalization. The role of the ambient language in this interaction is also understudied. The aim of this paper is to integrate such apparently contradictory views by observing activity in the entire vocal tract during the emergence of CV combinations in three Brazilian children interacting with their parents between the ages of 0:06 and 1:07. We have used a mixed longitudinal and cross-sectional method, whereby one child was followed longitudinally while the other two were observed at later, complementary stages. Data were collected using a digital recorder, transcribed with the aid of acoustic analysis, and later processed with a syllable counter. Our results uncovered the following trends: biomechanical constraints interact with ambient language inluences; control over articulations is diferent for vowels and consonants; infants tend to have a favorite babbling vowel; the lower vocal tract remains active past 12 months; and not all children acquire articulatory control in the same way. Overall, they do not support any speciic view, but, rather, call for the integration of several separate strands in the literature.

Exploring of Nurses’ Needs of New Design Intravenous System Device to Support Nursing Care Effectively

Fluid control is important to support the success of therapy in the hospital. The existing features of the device currently do not fully support to ease the work of nurses. It is necessary to explore deeply the nurse’s need for the features of a new device intravenous system. The purpose of this study was to explore the nurse’s need for new design intravenous system devices to support nursing care effectively This was a qualitative study with thematic analysis methods. The participants were 20 nurses in Gotong Royong Hospital Surabaya taken by purposive sampling method. Data were collected by an in-depth interview. The instrument consists of structured questions. The interviews were recorded by a digital recorder. Ethical requirements are completed before data collection. This study found 4 themes consist of the economical price, multi-automatically system, flexible design, and simplicity. The nurse’s needs for a new design intravenous system device was designed more economical than today’s sophisticated device, and have more complete of automatic system, flexible and easy to use. These features match the needs expected by nurses and further assist in carrying out the nursing care process effectively and efficiently.

DETERMINANTS OF CHAMPIONSHIP ATTRACTIVENESS OF POPULAR EVENTS IN BURKINA FASO: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF BIOTOPE, BIOCENOSIS, AND MEDIA ON THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the attractiveness of the popular events in Burkina Faso such as the national championship of football. In the West African context in general, and particularly in Burkina Faso, there are some challenges in the national Championship of football and this study concern is to bring out some solutions to the football issues in the Burkinabe context. There are two (2) approaches in this study. The first approach is a qualitative one. The second approach is a quantitative one. Qualitative data is collected by the mean of a digital recorder through semi-structured interviews and transcribed by hand. Quantitative data is collected by the means of a questionnaire and data is analyzed using Sphinx IQ2. The results show that the Burkinabe national championship attractiveness is strongly related to the biocenosis attractiveness, the biotope attractiveness, the media choice and the media impact.

Dependable Algorithm for Visualizing Snoring Duration Through Acoustic Analysis

Background: Snoring is a nuisance for the bed partners of people who snore and is also associated with chronic diseases. Estimating the snoring duration from a whole-night-sleep period is challenging. We present a dependable algorithm for visualizing snoring durations through acoustic analysis.Method: Both instruments (Sony digital recorder and smartphone’s SnoreClock app) were placed within 30 cm from the examinee’s head during the sleep period. Subsequently, spectrograms were plotted based on audio files recorded from Sony recorders. We developed an algorithm to validate snoring durations through visualization of typical snoring segments.Results: In total, 37 snoring recordings obtained from six individuals were analyzed. The mean age of the participants was 44.6 ± 9.9 years. A 3-s segment demonstrated the typical dominant frequency bands and amplitude waves of two snores. Every recorded file was tailored to a regular 600-s segment and plotted. Visualization revealed that the typical features of the clustered snores in the amplitude domains were near-isometric spikes (most had an ascending–descending trend). The recorded snores exhibited one or more visibly fixed frequency bands. Intervals were noted between the snoring clusters and were incorporated into the whole-night snoring calculation. The correlative coefficients of snoring rates of digitally recorded files examined by Examiners A and B were higher (0.865, p < 0.001) than those with SnoreClock app (0.757, p < 0.001; 0.787, p < 0.001, respectively).Conclusion: A dependable algorithm with high reproducibility was developed for visualizing snoring durations.

Percepções sobre o autismo sob a ótica das mães

Introdução: O transtorno do espectro autista é classificado como um distúrbio agressivo do desenvolvimento. Este compromete todo o desenvolvimento neurológico, e se caracteriza pelo desequilíbrio comportamental exposto pela inaptidãona inclusão social. Objetivo: Analisar as percepções e experiências emocionais de mães com filhos diagnosticados comtranstornos do espectro autista. Metodologia: Estudo de caráter qualitativo, que teve como público alvo mães de filhoscom diagnóstico de transtorno do espectro autista, participantes das APAEs. Foi realizada uma entrevista semi-estruturadagravada por gravador digital, e posteriormente transcrita. Resultados: Notoriamente as mães possuem dificuldades paracompreender e se adaptar a realidade do filho diagnosticado de autismo. Criam expectativas e perspectivas quanto aofuturo dos filhos almejando que estes desenvolvam prioritariamente a independência. Considerações Finais: Obtivemos apossibilidade de compreender melhor as expectativas e as dificuldades das mães das crianças com diagnóstico de TEA. Foiencontrado idade média para o diagnóstico de espectro autista do filho entre 3 anos e 4 meses. A descoberta do diagnóstico do TEA causou importantes sentimentos prejudiciais e de não aceitação à essas mães. Surgem sentimentos negativos,afetando assim a saúde mental dessas mães e familiares.Palavras-chave: Autismo; Psicodinâmica; Percepção. ABSTRACTIntroduction: Autism spectrum disorder is classified as an aggressive developmental disorder. This compromises the entireneurological development and is characterized by the behavioral imbalance exposed by the inaptitude in social inclusion.Objective: To analyze the perceptions and emotional experiences of mothers with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. Methodology: This was a qualitative study that had the target audience of mothers of children diagnosedwith autism spectrum disorder, who participated in APAEs. A semi-structured interview was recorded by digital recorder,and later transcribed. Results: Notoriously, mothers have difficulties in understanding and adapting the reality of a childdiagnosed with autism. They create expectations and perspectives on the future of children, aiming for them to developindependence first. Final Considerations: We obtained the possibility to better understand the expectations and difficultiesof the mothers of children diagnosed with ASD. We found a mean age for the diagnosis of autistic spectrum of the childbetween 3 years and 4 months. The discovery of the diagnosis of ASD has caused important feelings of detriment and non-acceptance to these mothers. Negative feelings arise, thus affecting the mental health of these mothers and their families.Keywords: Autism; Psychodynamics; Perception.