Attendance or Tradition:Who Is Interested in Church Music Today

Religious practices in general,but primarily Christian ones,are undergoing major changes in the modern world,which is rapidly changing day by day.One of the most revealing manifestations of these changes is liturgical music,which has always been considered“traditional”,whereas the boundaries of the tradition have been subject to sharp disputes between those responsible for the church ritual and its accessories.The palette of the musical environment of modern church in terms of attendance and congregational acceptability in its sustainable development is addressed in the article based on recent research,in particular,several related studies by A.Rosenblatt,who over the past two decades has explored different aspects of church music heard in the field and presented in various hymnal books.Summary of this review allows us to consider a tangle of reasons to the preference for this or that musical style,which often completely excludes purely musical tastes and preferences.

Semiautomated Class Attendance Monitoring Using Smartphone Technology

Class attendance is important.Class attendance recording is often done using“roll-call”or signing attendance registers.These are time consuming,easy to cheat,and it is difficult to draw any information from them.There are other,expensive alternatives to automate attendance recording with varying accuracy.This study experimented with a smartphone camera and different combinations of face detection and recognition algorithms to determine if it can be used to record attendance successfully,while keeping the solution cost-effective.The effect of different class sizes was also investigated.The research was done within a pragmatism philosophy,using a prototype in a field experiment.The algorithms that were used are Viola–Jones(Haar features),deep neural network and histogram of oriented gradients for detection,and eigenfaces,fisherfaces,and local binary pattern histogram for recognition.The best combination was Viola–Jones combined with fisherfaces,with a mean accuracy of 54%for a class of 10 students and 34.5%for a class of 22 students.The best all over performance on a single class photo was 70%(class size 10).As is,this prototype is not accurate enough to use,but with a few adjustments,it may become a cheap,easy-to-implement solution to the attendance recording problem.

Research on Promote the Attendance of Senior Students in English Class

In traditional English class of China, the relationship between teacher and students is one-way communication. As a result, positive attendance in senior English class is not common. It is important to develop students' automatic learning and cooperation learning abilities. However, the particularities of senior students in psychology and the background of college entrance examination block the way of traditional teaching reform. From these aspects, this thesis comes up with corresponding advices to promote the attendance of senior English class.

The Effect of Attendance Patterns on the Lek Mating System in the Omei Treefrog(Rhacophorus omeimontis)

Attendance patterns are a key factor affecting sexual selection and mating systems in lekbreeding species.However,there are few systematic studies on attendance patterns in lek-breeding anurans.In this study,we monitored a population of Omei treefrogs(Rhacophorus omeimontis) for four consecutive years to reveal in detail the effects of attendance patterns on mating systems.We found that(1) female nightly attendance was affected by male nightly attendance,and operational sex ratios(determined by male and female nightly attendance) ultimately determined the extent of female polyandry;(2) males surviving more than one breeding season maintained high chorus attendance and mating success,suggesting that male chorus attendance is a good predictor of male genetic quality;(3) the distributions of male mating success were not significantly different from a Poisson distribution,indicating a random mating pattern;and male mating success was not related to body size(size-assortative mating was not evident) but was significantly correlated with chorus attendance.Since the chorus attendance is a predictor of male genetic quality,females performing random mating were more likely to mate with more frequently present males and could therefore gain indirect benefits from mating with higher-than-average quality males,thereby producing good offspring without incurring the significant costs involved in prolonged searching for,and assessing males.Our systematic survey on the relationship between attendance patterns and the lek mating system in R.omeimontis could help us better understand in-depth anuran lek mating systems.

Poor Schedule Management Leads to Discontinuity of Medical Attendance among Patients Infected with HIV

Dropout from medical attendance is a well-recognized issue among patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We interviewed 23 HIV-positive patients and used text mining methods to analyse the risk factors for dropout. Fifteen patients continued medical attendance and eight patients dropped out of medical attendance. Categories were extracted from the interview data of the patients who continued medical attendance (i.e., the continuity group) and the patients who dropped out of medical care (i.e., the discontinuity group). Categories of the continuity group included needing to take a day off for medical attendance, scheduling each appointment, writing down medical appointments, being grateful for the medical care, and 12 additional categories. Categories of discontinuity group included forgetting the dates of medical appointments, not needing to get a day off for medical attendance, allowing aid for medical care to expire, and 10 additional categories. The discontinuity group had poorer schedule management than the continuity group, which caused them to forget their next medical appointments and delay the renewal of aid for medical care. Thus, medical staff may be able to prevent dropouts by ensuring that patients record the dates of their medical appointments.

Attendance and Utilization of Antenatal Care (ANC) Services: Multi-Center Study in Upcountry Areas of Uganda

Introduction: Globally every year 529,000 maternal deaths occur, 99% of this in developing coun-tries. Uganda has high maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality ratios, typical of many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent findings reveal maternal mortality ratio of 435:100,000 live births and neonatal mortality rate of 29 deaths per 1000 live births in Uganda;these still remain a challenge. Women in rural areas of Uganda are two times less likely to attend ANC than the urban women. Most women in Uganda have registered late ANC attendance, averagely at 5.5 months of pregnancy and do not complete the required four visits. The inadequate utilization of ANC is greatly contributing to persisting high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality in Uganda. This study was set to identify the factors associated with late booking and inadequate utilization of Antenatal Care services in upcountry areas of Uganda. Method: Cross-sectional study design with mixed methods of interviewer administered questionnaires, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Data was entered using Epidata and analyzed using Stata into frequency tables using actual tallies and percentages. Ethical approval was sought from SOM-REC MakCHS under approval number “#REC REF 2012-117” before conducting the study. Results: A total of four hundred one were enrolled with the majority being in the age group 20 - 24 years (mean age, 25.87 ± 6.26). Health workers played a great role (72.04%), followed by the media (15.46%) and friends (12.50%) in creating awareness about ANC. A significant number of respondents went to TBAs with reasons such as “near and accessible”, “my husband decided”, and “they are the only people I know”. 37.63% of the respondents considered getting an antenatal Card as an importance of ANC. 71 (19.67%) respondents gave a wrong opinion (late) on booking time with reasons like demands at work, no problems during pregnancy, advised by friends, just to get a card, long distance and others didn’t know. Almost half of the respondents never knew the recommended number of visits. Religion, occupation, level of education, and parity were found to influence place of ANC attendance, number of ANC visits and booking time. Husbands were necessary to provide financial support, accompany their wives ANC clinic, and ensure that they complete the visits. But their response was poor due to: fear of routine investigations and constrained economically. Conclusion: The study findings show the actual rural setting of ANC services attendance and utilization. Much sensitization has to be done specifically in these rural areas to empower pregnant women and their husbands as to improve ANC attendance and utilization.

Summary Report of the Sample Survey on School Attendance in Project Counties of Guizhou

In ordcr to asscss the school attendance status of children aged 7-14 to determine the causes of non-at-tendance,and to formulate appropriate policics for the implementation of the ninc-ycar compulsory cduca-tion programme,a sample survcy on school--agc:children was carried out in Jianhc,Lcishan and Taijang,Guizhou Province in October 1993.

Attendance to Non-communicable Disease Screening Services and Its Associated Factors among Rural Adults in Dimbulagala,Sri Lanka

Background:Non-Communicable Disease(NCD)incidence continues to increase globally causing high morbidity and mortality.Despite being a major health problem in Sri Lanka,low attendance is reported in free government NCD screening services(i.e.,Healthy life style center(HLC)and the Well Women Clinic(WWC)).This community based study aims to assess the attendance in NCD screening services,and its associated factors among 35 to 65 year adults in Dimbulagala Medical Officer of Health(MOH)area in Sri Lanka.Methods:The community based cross sectional study interviewed resident adults of the Dimbulagala MOH area in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka during August 2016.The sample of residents(n=575)were selected from 30 housing clusters representing the study setting and an interviewer administered questionnaire was used among residents of both genders to ascertain the data on attendance and factors associated with attendance to NCD screening clinics.Results:Five hundred and thirty-seven(n=537)questionnaires were successfully administered with a response rate of 93%.The mean age of the study population was 46.5(Standard Deviation(SD)=8.75)years.Majority(83.2%)of the study population had scored more than the middle value(i.e.,20)of the knowledge score and only 37.8% individuals have ever attended an NCD screening clinic.The“gender”and“awareness on HLC/WWC”are the most important factors determining the attendance to a screening clinic.Conclusions and recommendations:There is a gap between the respondents’NCD screening knowledge and attendance to NCD screening services.Main factors associated with attending NCD screening clinics were gender of the study participants and their awareness of HLC or WWC.

Research on the Data Mining Technology in College Students'Attendance System Based on the Big Data Architecture

With the development and improvement of the information technologies,the increasing of the upper application systems and the rapid expansion of the data accumulated in the campus information environment,a typical campus big data environment has initially been formed.Because of the characteristics of the higher education,students'mobility is great and their learning environment is uncertain,so that the students'attendance mostly used the manual naming.The student attendance system based on the big data architecture is relying on the campus network,and adopting the appropriate sensors.Through the data mining technology,combined with the campus One Card solution,we can realize the management of the attendance without naming in class.It can not only strengthen the management of the students,but can also improve the management levels of the colleges and universities.

IoTSAMS: A Novel Framework for Internet of Things (IoT) Based Smart Attendance Management System

Automated attendance management system will reduce complexity by eliminating plenty of manual processes involved in attendance system and calculating hours attended. This paper presents a simple technique of taking student attendance in the form of an Internet of Things (IoT) based system that records the attendance using fingerprint-based system and stores them securely in a database. We use NodeMCUV3, RFID Module and Fingerprint sensor module in our system. The fingerprint module is responsible for authentication of the students. RFID Module is used to scan the RFID tag and sends data to the central server. By using this information, the system will generate an attendance report which can be accessed for further use.

The Possibility of Using RFID System to Automate and Integrate the Attendance of Professors and Students in the Classroom

One of the most important goals followed in most systems is to increase efficiency, reduce errors and enhance ease of data entry tasks such as better services in organizations. Therefore, the use of intelligent tools is of the most important requirements for a management system in order to collect complete and accurate data and create complete information. In management, use of new technologies is recommended to have smart systems and reduce human errors. This study aimed to investigate “professors and students attendance system using RFID” and research population consists of professors and students. Findings show that, as attendance checking system in universities and schools is done through the class list and checking attendance of students needs to spend time and energy so it leads to a waste of valuable time and energy of professors to teach. Therefore, it is essential to use efficient and modern systems, because with the design and implementation of RFID attendance system and replacing the traditional system, time and energy waste could be avoided and attendance system could be promoted to an intelligent and integrated one. The designed system includes a number of hours of presence and absence, delays and rush to pay the salaries of professors at the University with its automatic identification through radio frequency. This system aims to create changes in this area and it is economic in whole.

Summer 2016 editions of Texworld USA and Apparelsourcing USA maintain strong visitor attendance

On Tuesday,July 12th,2016,the Summer 2016 edition of Texworld USA opened its doors and show floor for business to exhibitors and visitors alike.Continuing through Thursday,July 14th and once again taking place at the Javits Convention Center in New York City,the historic 21st edition of Texworld USA presented an assortment of international suppliers from around the globe who showcased textiles,trims and accessories in 16 product categories.

Costs of Attendance

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Costs of Attendance

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Daily testing for contacts of individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection and attendance and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in English secondary schools and colleges:an open-label,cluster-randomised trial

Background:School-based COVID-19 contacts in England have been asked to self-isolate at home,missing key educational opportunities.We trialled daily testing of contacts as an alternative to assess whether this resulted in similar control of transmission,while allowing more school attendance.

智能汽车变道盲区影像对驾驶员认知负荷与安全性的影响

智能汽车变道盲区影像在为驾驶员提供更多环境信息的同时也可能增加驾驶员的认知负荷。针对这一问题,提出改进AttenD算法,建立认知负荷与驾驶员注视点分布的关系模型,对3种智能汽车品牌车辆开展实车路测实验,分析多种外部条件下驾驶员与不同变道盲区影像交互过程中注视特征、驾驶行为特征以及认知负荷的差异。结果表明,增大盲区影像面积、提高盲区影像面积占中控屏面积的比例、减少扫视路径冗余能降低变道过程中的认知负荷。

Smart Attendance System Based on Frequency Distribution Algorithm with Passive RFID Tags

Staff attendance information has always been an important part of corporate management.However,some opportunistic employees may consign others to punch their time cards,which hampers the authenticity of attendance and effectiveness of record keeping.Hence,it is necessary to develop an innovative anti-cheating system for office attendance.Radio-Frequency IDentification(RFID)offers new solutions to solve such problems because of its strong anti-interference capability and non-intrusiveness.In this paper,we present a smart attendance system that extracts distinguishable phase characteristics of individuals to enable recognition of various targets.A frequency distribution histogram is extracted as a fingerprint for recognition and the K-means clustering method is utilized for more fine-grained recognition of targets with similar features.Compared with traditional attendance mechanisms,RFID-based attendance systems are based on living biological characteristics,which greatly reduces the possibility of false records.To evaluate the performance of our system,we conducted extensive experiments.The results of which demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of our system with an average accuracy of 92%.Moreover,the system evaluation shows that our design is robust against differences in the clothing worn and time of day,which further verifies the successful performance of our system.

Assessment of Breast Cancer Prevention Practices among Women Attending Primary Health Care in Abha City, Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, with breast cancer being the most common (2.26 million new cases and 685,000 deaths). In Saudi Arabia, breast cancer ranked the first among females in 2014, accounting for 15.9% of all cancers reported among Saudi nationals and 28.7% of all cancers reported among females of all ages. Early detection of breast cancer could decrease the risks, have a better prognosis, and have better outcomes/more successful treatments. Prevalence of breast cancer reached more than 25% of all diagnosed cancer in the kingdom among women. Aim: This study aims to assess the knowledge and performance of women attending primary care centers about breast self-examination and mammogram screening for prevention and early detection of breast cancer in Abha city primary healthcare centers, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Research Method: cross sectional design was conducted by using questionnaire, which was distributed to primary care center nurses. The collected data was statistically analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences, version 25. Results: The study found that participants had poor awareness and knowledge about breast self-examination, risk factors for breast cancer, and trends and practices in early diagnosis of breast cancer. Conclusion and Recommendations: It recommends increasing awareness campaigns and providing educational programs to improve knowledge and practices.

External regulation, independent director attendance,and governance effects

In this study we examine how the regulation of director attendance disciplines directors’behavior,and consider the governance effect of such regulations.This examination exploits the differences between the requirements for director attendance at board meetings enacted by the Shanghai Stock Exchange(SHSE)and by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange(SZSE).Using a difference-indifferences model with a sample of A-share listed firms from 2006 to 2017,we document that the rate of meeting attendance by independent directors who serve with firms listed on the SHSE(SHIDs)has increased significantly since the exchange’s enforcement of the regulation on attendance.This positive effect has been more pronounced for independent directors with legal backgrounds.Further investigations find that the regulation of attendance plays a corporate governance role through the mechanism of enhanced monitoring.The attendance regulation increases the SHIDs likelihood of casting dissenting votes,and it leads to both better accounting performance and higher firm value.In addition,SHIDs are more likely to depart from firms listed on the SHSE,and to transfer their directorships to firms listed on the SZSE,which has a less constraining attendance requirement.Our findings provide evidence of how external regulation shapes director attendance and voting behavior in emerging markets.