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In order to investigate the decision of the airport taxi driver whether to return to carry passengers, we established a fuzzy evaluation decision model based on the analytic hierarchy process, combined with the application analysis of Shanghai Pudong Airport. Based on the selection and quantification of decision indicators, we used the AHP method to calculate the weights to eliminate indicators and optimize the indicator system. Then, a two-level fuzzy evaluation model was established, and the Bayesian discriminant verification model was more reasonable. Finally, based on the data analysis of Shanghai Pudong Airport, combined with 16 different airport decision-making situations, the model was used to obtain the no-load return trips and the membership of waiting passengers. We compared and selected the larger membership value as the decision. Besides, the dependence of the model was analyzed, and it was found that the main dependent factors for decision-making were the number of flight arrivals and the driver’s arrival time. After solving the above, we provide relevant basis for the decision of airport taxi drivers.

This paper investigated the effect of Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) volatility on Uganda’s Trade Balance for the period 1993Q4 to 2015Q4 by employing the GARCH and ARDL methodology. The ARDL results revealed a negative relationship between the trade balance and the volatility of the real effective exchange rate in the short run. The Impulse Response Function results show evidence of the J-Curve on Uganda’s Trade Balance. Also, the results on the REER indicate that the Marshal-Lerner Condition holds for Uganda’s case. The study therefore recommends that developing a well-developed hedging facility like forward markets and institutions is critical in protecting exporters against exchange rate risk in the short run by reducing volatility of the real effective exchange rate with the aim of improving Uganda’s trade balance.

Safety of injections been administered on daily basis is becoming of significant Public Health importance considering the increasing prevalence of complications and the negative impact this could have on the overall good intention of the Healthcare providers. It is on the basis of this that we assessed the level of awareness and compliance with injection safety practices among Healthcare workers in Ekiti State. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using multistage sampling technique to recruit 582 HCWs across the State. In Stage One, 2 LGAs were selected from each of the 3 senatorial districts by simple random sampling technique through balloting and in stage two, a list of all the Health Facilities (Public and Private) in the selected LGAs was compiled and all were included in the study. In Stage three, A cluster sampling method was used to select all the staff who are eligible to administer injections in the selected HFs at the time of survey. A semi-structured questionnaire and an observational checklist was used for data collection. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 21. A total of 582 HCWs were interviewed and 151 HFs were directly observed for compliance with Injection safety procedures. The mean age of the respondents was 38.2 ± 9.6 years. Females constituted about 86.8% while 83.5% were married. Majority of the respondents were CHEW, Nurses, Doctors and Health Attendants. Awareness of injection safety was generally high as about 93.6% of respondents were aware. However, only about 62.9% of them has ever had any form of training on Injection safety. Only about 3% of the respondents have not reused syringes, while only about 41% has ever used an AD syringe, among whom about 32% always use AD syringes. Safety boxes were available and used in about 93% of the HFs, however, the final method…

Parental involvement (PI) in the education of children is not a recent phenomenon. PI has become an established feature of education policies across the developed world. The study set to establish factors that may make parents choose not to participate in education process or unable to become more involved. The study was grounded in Epstein’s overlapping spheres of influence theory. A qualitative case study was employed. Purposive sampling was used to select (4) schools and (40) participants in Alefa district, Central Gondar Zone, Ethiopia. Findings revealed that the economic status and level of education of parents have a significant effect on children’s education. It also emerged that parents are more likely to be involved when teachers’ perceptions about role of parents are positive. The study established that PI is also influenced by age of children. The study recommends that parents be helped to appreciate the benefits of parental involvement in the learning of their children. Workshops should be established to develop the relationship between parents and their children.

Tea culture is a very long-standing cultural representative of China. It has a profound and extensive influence all over the world. Tea culture contains very rich philosophies and spiritual connotations, which can give people a lot of thought inspiration. The sports spirit represented by football is also a valuable asset in the process of cultural development in China. How to effectively integrate the traditional tea culture and sports spirit in our country has received great attention from people and has also become a lot of experts and scholars. Object of inquiry. This article focuses on the analysis and research of the fusion strategy between tea culture and sports spirit.

Background: Globally, iron deficiency anaemia is one of the major health problems of pregnant women. Less than one percent took iron supplements during their last pregnancy, and the major problem with iron-folate supplementation during pregnancy is non-compliance. Objective: The aim of this study is to assess prevalence of Compliance and Dosage Form Preference in Iron folic acid supplementation (IFAS) in Antenatal Care (ANC) visit others, Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted at Ayder comprehensive specialized hospital antenatal care from Oct.2018 – Feb.2019. Result: The total number of study participants was 278 and 172 (63.3 %) were in compliance with iron / folic acid supplementation. The five associated variables indicated significant association at 95% confidence interval for compliance to iron/folic acid supplementation was, age less than 28 years AOR=.044, [.015-.128] , a monthly income AOR=10.304, [3.220-32.970] family size AOR=.144 [.036-.565], four and more ANC visits AOR=4.193, [1.689-10.411, first trimesters and second trimester AOR=21.168, [6.297-71.158] and AOR=4.458, [1.592-12.485] , AOR=4.193, [1.689-10.411] all with p value < 0.05. Conclusion: In this study, compliance with prenatal iron folate supplementation remains very poor as 63.3%. Mother’s age, monthly income, number of ANC visits, family size and trimesters have been found to be significantly correlated with compliance during pregnancy with prenatal iron foliate supplementation. Therefore, during the ANC visit health workers and health extension workers must regularly advise on IFAS benefits to strengthen adherence to IFAS during current and future pregnancies. For the implementation and refinement of iron supplementation program strategies and acceptable dosage forms, more detailed and in-depth studies are recommended.

The production and productivity of field pea in Ethiopia is constrained by low-yielding po-tential of land race, susceptibility to diseases like powdery mildew and Ascochyta blight/spot as well as a biotic stresses like frost and soil acidity. The field experiment was conducted in 2018/19 main cropping season at two locations using simple lattice design to evaluate the genetic variability and performance of forty nine field pea genotypes for yield ad yield attributing traits. The combined/pooled / analysis of variance revealed highly sig-nificant (P≤0.01) to significant (P≤0.05) differences among genotypes observed for all traits under study except for number of seeds pod -1 . The seed yield ranged from 1955 to 5997 kg ha-1 with a mean of 3803 kg across the two locations. Two genotypes PDFPT-BEK and P-313-053 were relatively high yielder over the two locations. The genotypic (GCV) and phenotypic (PCV) coefficient of variation (GCV) ranged from (1.07%) to (22.40%) and (1.22%) to (28.18% for days to maturity and grain yield, respectively for combined analyses. The PCV values were relatively greater than GCV in magnitude for all traits, of which significantly higher PCV than GCV values observed for number of pods per plant, Stand count, powdery mildew and ascocayta blight, but insignificant differences be-tween PCV and GCV values observed for days to flowering, days to maturity, plant height, 1000 seed weight, and grain yield. Broad sense heritability ranged from 23.66% to 90.73 %. The genetic advance as percentage of mean (GAM) varied from 1.92% to 36.73% .Higher heritability (H2) coupled with high GAM observed for grain yield per ha and Higher herita-bility (H2) coupled with Moderate or relatively high value of GAM in plant height and seed size. Therefore, improvement of these traits could be done through selection of genotypes based on the phenotypic performance.

Field pea is an important pulse crop in Ethiopia. However, the national productivity of field pea is low and thus knowledge on the nature and magnitude of character association and identification of important character is a prerequisite for the development of high yielding field pea genotypes. Hence a total of 49 field pea genotypes were grown in 7x 7 simple lattice design at two environments during 2018/19 main cropping season to estimate the magnitude of association among characters and to study the contribution of direct and indirect effect of different characters on grain yield in field pea genotypes. Positive and significant genotypic correlation observed between grain yield with plant height (rg=0.67), seeds per pod (rg = 0.45), days to maturity (rg =0.41) and pods per plant (rg=0.33). In additions, genotypic path analysis showed that plant height (0.746) exerted the maximum positive direct effect on grain yield followed by stand count at harvest (0.443), 1000 seed weight (0.372), seeds per pod (0.214), pods per plant (0.213), and days to maturity (0.013). Finally, selection for traits such as plant height, pods per plant, seeds per pod and days to maturity could improve grain yield in field pea.

This paper studies the power generation plan when the power is cut off within a week in the factory. Considering various factors that affect the cost, it comprehensively analyzes the possibility of opening the plan and the influence of three kinds of costs on the total cost, and establishes a multi-constraint integer nonlinear optimization model. In order to minimize the total cost of a week, a minimum model of fixed cost, marginal cost and start-up cost was established, and a seven-day minimum cost scheme was obtained by means of dynamic programming.After changing the output power of the generator, the constraint conditions of the output power are adjusted based on the model of the above problems, and a new model of electricity demand and generation is obtained.In this paper, the model is extended to other problems of continuous segmentation, and the improvement can be generalized to solve such problems.

Homegardens (HGs) in South West Ethiopia are well known practices playing an important role in both biodiversity preservation and socioeconomic aspects. However, increased human population in line with scarcity of land for food production and expansion of cash crops in the area have been exerting pressures on its component diversities of which horticultural crops are the major. The aim of this study was to examine trends of horticultural crops production based on local’s point of view and measure currently existing plant diversity in HG (HG) by means of multistage sampling from a total of 133 households and 15 key informants using a semi-structured questionnaire with 9 FGD discussions. Descriptive statistics and multiple linear regressions and measures of diversity indices were used to analyze and interpret the data. The results revealed that the socioeconomic variables had significant effects on farmer’s perception of horticultural crops production trends (58% variance explained). Majority of the respondents agreed that recently progression in horticultural crops production linked with more to the increments in horticultural crops market efficiency. The study also revealed that total of 79 identified plant species that were grouped as herbs (42%) followed by trees (28%), shrubs (24%), and climber (6%). Ecological diversity indices indicated that the existing plant species in the (HGs) of the study area have moderately high biodiversity and species richness.