The
purpose
of this study — is to determine how financial knowledge, attitudes and behaviours (determinants of financial literacy) influence an individual’s overall financial well-being.
The
...methodological basis
of the study was a survey of 115 respondents, for which a well-structured questionnaire was developed. Smart PLS version 3 software was used to conduct the PLS analysis. The authors applied a multivariate methodology called Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) to integrate characteristics that cannot be seen directly.
It is
concluded
that both financial attitudes and financial behaviour affect financial well-being, with financial behaviour having a greater impact on financial well-being, while financial knowledge does not. The ultimate goal of financial literacy is to increase financial well-being among the population. The results of this study can be used by policy makers, government and educational institutions who should pay more attention to improving the very determinants of financial literacy that affect financial well-being.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of using curcuminoid nanoemulsions from Curcuma xanthorrhiza rhizome extract in rats fed a high-fat diet. Thirty male Rattus norvegicus rats were ...prepared under the same conditions for 7 days and then induced by feeding egg yolks of 10 mL/kg body weight (BW) each for 14 days. They were then divided into 3 groups, namely the negative control group, the positive control group, and the experimental group. The treatment of each group was as follows: the negative control group was not given drugs, the positive control group was treated with simvastatin at a dose of 0.9 mg/kg, while the experimental group (groups 1, - 2, -3, and -4) were treated with curcuminoid nanoemulsion with doses of 3, 5, 7.5, and 10 mg/kg BW, consecutively every day for 26 days. Blood samples from each rat were taken before and after treatment, then a lipid profile analysis was carried out, which included cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglyceride levels by spectroscopic method. After 26 days of treatment, it was shown that there was an effect of giving curcuminoid nanoemulsion at a dose of 10 mg/kg BW to effectively reduce total cholesterol levels by 11.2%, triglyceride levels by 14.9%, LDL levels by 21.5% in rat blood serum. The results showed that curcuminoid nanoemulsion from C. xanthorrhiza rhizome extract has the potential to be developed as an antihypercholesterol drug.
This paper introduces a bio-inspired metaheuristic optimization algorithm named Tunicate Swarm Algorithm (TSA). The proposed algorithm imitates jet propulsion and swarm behaviors of tunicates during ...the navigation and foraging process. The performance of TSA is evaluated on seventy-four benchmark test problems employing sensitivity, convergence and scalability analysis along with ANOVA test. The efficacy of this algorithm is further compared with several well-regarded metaheuristic approaches based on the generated optimal solutions. In addition, we also executed the proposed algorithm on six constrained and one unconstrained engineering design problems to further verify its robustness. The simulation results demonstrate that TSA generates better optimal solutions in comparison to other competitive algorithms and is capable of solving real case studies having unknown search spaces.
Note that the source codes of the proposed TSA algorithm are available at
A
bstract
We measure the branching fractions and
CP
asymmetries for the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decays
D
0
→
π
+
π
−
η
,
D
0
→
K
+
K
−
η
, and
D
0
→
ϕη
, using 980 fb
−
1
of data from the Belle ...experiment at the KEKB
e
+
e
−
collider. We obtain
B
D
0
→
π
+
π
−
η
=
1.22
±
0.02
stat
±
0.02
syst
±
0.03
B
ref
×
10
−
3
,
B
D
0
→
K
+
K
−
η
=
1.80
−
0.06
+
0.07
stat
±
0.04
syst
±
0.05
B
ref
×
10
−
4
,
B
D
0
→
ϕη
=
1.84
±
0.09
stat
±
0.06
syst
±
0.05
B
ref
×
10
−
4
,
where the third uncertainty (
B
ref
) is from the uncertainty in the branching fraction of the reference mode
D
0
→
K
−
π
+
η
. The color-suppressed decay
D
0
→
ϕη
is observed for the first time, with very high significance. The results for the
CP
asymmetries are
A
CP
D
0
π
+
π
−
η
=
0.9
±
1.2
stat
±
0.5
syst
%
,
A
CP
D
0
→
K
+
K
−
η
=
−
1.4
±
3.3
stat
±
1.1
syst
%
,
ACP
D
0
→
ϕη
=
−
1.9
±
4.4
stat
±
0.6
syst
%
.
The results for
D
0
→
π
+
π
−
η
are a significant improvement over previous results. The branching fraction and
A
CP
results for
D
0
→
K
+
K
−
η
, and the
ACP
result for
D
0
→
ϕη
, are the first such measurements. No evidence for
CP
violation is found in any of these decays.
The objectives of the study were to study the incidence of various degrees of severity of thrombocytopenia in septic shock, the risk factors for its development and the correlation with clinical ...outcome. Complete blood counts, chemistry panel, arterial lactate, serum cortisol, APACHE II score, logistic organ dysfunction score and SOFA score were determined in 69 septic shock patients within 24 hours of admission or onset of septic shock. We followed the patients until they died or for six months to determine the mortality rate. The incidence of thrombocytopenia in our study group was 55%. Patients with thrombocytopenia had significantly higher serum creatinine, SOFA score, vasopressor requirement, lower PaO2/FiO2 ratio and higher mortality than those without thrombocytopenia (P < 0.05). Higher SOFA score, low P(a)O2/FiO2 ratio and high vasopressor dose were independent risk factors for development of thrombocytopenia. The presence of thrombocytopenia had significant correlation with SOFA score (P = 0.008). On receiver-operator characteristic curve analysis, platelet count was found to be predictive of increased mortality (area under curve = 0.56). Thrombocytopenic patients had 1.4 times the risk of mortality and lower survival probability at six months (log rank test P = 0.03). In conclusion, thrombocytopenia is common in septic shock and is associated with worse clinical outcome. Higher SOFA score, low P(a)Os/FiO2 ratio and high vasopressor dose are independent risk factors for development of thrombocytopenia in septic shock.
The routing algorithms of DTN have the inbuilt storage management scheme such as Hop based TTL (Spray and Wait) or passive cure (Potential-based Entropy Adaptive Routing PEAR). There has been a ...significant amount of work in the past regarding buffer management policies. In this paper, we have proposed a new message deletion policy for multi-copy routing schemes. In this scheme, message delivery information is communicated to the other nodes in the network for removing useless bundles from the network, which prevents the nodes from the buffer overflow problem and avoid transfer of useless message replicas thus relaxing the resources of the nodes. We evaluate our proposed method by simulating network, on four major DTNs routing algorithms: Epidemic, Spray and Wait, ProPHET and MaxProp. The simulation results clearly show significant improvement in the value of delivery probability and the overhead ratio for an Epidemic, Spray and Wait, and Prophet routing protocols.
Cloud computing has developed in popularity as a large-scale computing paradigm that offers a range of computing resources as a service through the internet on a pay-as-you-go basis. The expansion in ...demand and commercial availability of cloud services brings new challenges to cloud services selection. Several research studies have been conducted to develop enhanced methodologies to assist service consumers in selecting appropriate services. In this paper, 105 primary studies published during January, 2011 to May, 2022 has been selected using a multi-stage scrutinizing approach. The selected preliminary studies were further classified based on various variables to answer the research questions stated for this work. A systematic review of existing cloud service selection approaches is performed, which are analyzed along eight dimensions: decision-making methods, context, purposes, cloud service performance parameters, simulation/language tools, domain, datasets, and experiment/validation methods. After a thorough review and comparison of these approaches across the above-mentioned dimensions, several open research issues in the current literature have been identified. The contribution of this research is fourfold: focusing on state-of-the-art cloud services selection approaches, highlighting the benefits and drawbacks of various cloud services selection methodologies and their future directions, offering a taxonomy based on a thorough literature study, and identifying nine critical challenges in cloud services selection that require further investigation. This systematic review study is anticipated to benefit both academics and business experts.
With advancement in artificial intelligence (AI), Deep learning models are used to imitate the actions of human beings. These activities of personage are controlled by their brain and similar to ...that, machines are capable of data processing, decision making, speech recognition and language translations just like human beings. One of the applications of deep learning includes Autonomous Vehicles design i.e., driver less cars. To implement this, we need an automatic traffic sign recognition (TSR) model. These models are designed with the use of convolutional neural networks (CNN). The main task of this model isto extract the various features of the different traffic sign images and classify according to unique categories. This paper includes a comprehensive review of various models that can be used for classifying traffic signs. Researchers have applied various CNN models to predict the class of traffic sign and these are proven to be better than machine learning algorithms. CNN works asa feed forward neural network which has been stimulated from animal visual cortex.
A
bstract
Using a data sample of 980 fb
−
1
collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy
e
+
e
−
collider, we study the processes of
Ξ
c
0
→
Λ
K
¯
∗
0
,
Ξ
c
0
→
Σ
0
K
¯
∗
0
, and
Ξ
...c
0
→
Σ
+
K
∗
−
for the first time. The relative branching ratios to the normalization mode of
Ξ
c
0
→
Ξ
−
π
+
are measured to be
B
Ξ
c
0
→
Λ
K
¯
∗
0
/
B
Ξ
c
0
→
Ξ
−
π
+
=
0.18
±
0.02
stat
.
±
0.01
syst
.
,
B
Ξ
c
0
→
Σ
0
K
¯
∗
0
/
B
Ξ
c
0
→
Ξ
−
π
+
=
0.69
±
0.03
stat
.
±
0.03
syst
.
,
B
Ξ
c
0
→
Σ
+
K
∗
−
/
B
Ξ
c
0
→
Ξ
−
π
+
=
0.34
±
0.06
stat
.
±
0.02
syst
.
,
where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. We obtain
B
Ξ
c
0
→
Λ
K
¯
∗
0
=
3.3
±
0.3
stat
.
±
0.2
syst
.
±
1.0
ref
.
×
10
−
3
,
B
Ξ
c
0
→
Σ
0
K
¯
∗
0
=
12.4
±
0.5
stat
.
±
0.5
syst
.
±
3.6
ref
.
×
10
−
3
,
B
Ξ
c
0
→
Σ
+
K
∗
0
=
6.1
±
1.0
stat
.
±
0.4
syst
.
±
1.8
ref
.
×
10
−
3
,
where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and from
B
Ξ
c
0
→
Ξ
−
π
+
, respectively. The asymmetry parameters
α
Ξ
c
0
→
Λ
K
¯
∗
0
and
α
Ξ
c
0
→
Σ
+
K
∗
−
are 0
.
15 ± 0
.
22(stat
.
) ± 0
.
04(syst
.
) and
−
0
.
52 ± 0
.
30(stat
.
) ± 0
.
02(syst
.
), respectively, where the uncertainties are statistical followed by systematic.
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