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A 46‐year‐old woman underwent pericardiocentesis and pericardial window for recurrent pericardial effusion. She presented 17 months later with signs and symptoms consistent with constrictive pericarditis. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed an infiltrative mass surrounding the pericardium. A transcutaneous core needle biopsy of the pericardium confirmed the diagnosis of pericardial mesothelioma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to population crisis and use of increasing number of artificial and un-natural components in our daily lives as well as in industry might result in toxic waste discharged leading to poor water quality. This in turn destroys lives and might end up in our rivers, therefore leading to monitoring water quality in the 21st century becoming more difficult. As per UN Sustainable Developments Goals (SDG) 6.3, the 2030 agenda includes a dedicated goal on water and sanitation that sets out to ensure availability for safe and clean drinking water for everyone and appropriate methods to improve water quality. It is shown in the paper to what measures and steps can be taken in order to avoid unhealthy water for drinking and domestic use. Further, an attempt has been made to present a summary of the ambient water quality of Gulistan e Johar, Karachi. Monitoring water quality aims to gather quantitative data on the physical, chemical and biological properties of water by statistical sampling. An evaluation and analyzation of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) water with World Health Organization (WHO) standards is shown to conclude if it is safe for drinking purposes and consumption. This paper possesses water treatment methods along with its research problem. It further aims to review and propose for implementation of water quality objectives to ensure safe and clean drinking water. In the last section, a recommendation has been given to KW&SB for what steps should be taken to make the water safe for drinking purpose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper studies the effects of minimum wages in Indonesia around the time of birth on child height-for-age Z scores (HAZ) up to five years of age. Using variations in annual fluctuations in real minimum wages in different Indonesian provinces, it finds that children exposed to increases in minimum wages in their birth years have higher HAZ in the first five years of their lives. The estimated impacts are based on difference-in-differences models with biological-mother fixed effects and year-of-birth fixed effects and are robust to inclusion of multiple time-varying factors. The impacts are prominent particularly among male children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A 16‐year‐old male with past medical history of congenital atrial septal defect surgical repair, presented with recurrent pericarditis secondary to post‐cardiotomy injury syndrome (PCIS), After failing medical therapy, he ultimately underwent pericardiectomy for symptom resolution, PCIS is underdiagnosed in children and should be considered in patients with recurrent chest, pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study aims to empirically examine the dynamic relationship between GDP, stock prices, FDI and domestic credit to the private sector for China by using the ARDL approach for the period 1999Q1:2015Q1. The study confirmed the long-run cointegration among the variables. The empirical results revealed that stock prices and the associated regressors are in a long-term equilibrium relationship; stock prices converge to the long-run equilibrium position by 18.6% speed of adjustment via channel of GDP, stock price, FDI, and domestic credit to the private sector. The findings of the study further revealed that FDI has a positive impact on stock prices in the long-run, while financial development has a negative effect. The robustness of the ARDL bounds test of cointegration was examined by using Johansen and Juselius’s (1990) maximum likelihood cointegration approach. Finally, the results of Granger causality under the framework of VECM showed a unidirectional short-run Granger causality that runs from stock prices to economic growth and from economic growth to FDI, specifying the absence of the FDI-led growth hypothesis. Likewise, a bi-directional causality has been found between financial development and stock prices.

This study aims at studying the time levels in the novel "A Candle Not Extinguished" by Dr. Mahmful al-Zah5r. The researcher started with a preface, then he focused on the concept of time. In addition, the researcher tackled the time levels and divided them into three as follows: First, the level of order: I. Retrieval: Retrieval by the character Retrieval by the monologue Retrieval by the objective narrator 2. Preemption: The expected preemption, The unexpected preemption Second, the level of period: I . The adjustment technique: Deletion: The limited deletion The unlimited deletion. Conclusion 2. The slowdown technique: The scene The descriptive pause. Third, the level of rhythm: I. Talking one time about what happened once. 2. Talking too many times about what happened once. 3. Talking one time about what happened too many times. The conclusion: based on the nature of the study, the researcher followed the analytical descriptive approach.

Income distribution models can be useful for describing the economic properties of a population. In this study, three-part composite Pareto models are fitted to the income distribution in Malaysia for the years 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, and 2016. The three-part composite Pareto models divide the population into three parts, each following a different distribution model. The lower part follows the inverse Pareto distribution, the upper part follows the Pareto distribution, and the middle part follows another unspecified distribution model. For application in income data, the use of Gaussian mixture distribution is proposed for the middle part, making the inverse Pareto–Gaussian mixture-Pareto distribution model semi-parametric. From the model, it is found that the levels of income inequality in the lower and upper income groups decrease over the period of study. Additionally, the proportion of data following the inverse Pareto distribution in the model is highly correlated with the official absolute poverty incidence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and Purpose: In recent years, studies and interest in human behaviour in relation to the halal industry have been growing. The process of understanding the reasons for planning behaviour intention is not an easy path. Intentions are provoked by an individual's attitude which effect on how individuals making per purchase decision (Blackwell, Miniard, & Engel, 2001; Viksne, Salkovska, Gaitniece, & Puke, 2016). Human beings are complex and this complexity helps in having contradictions in an individual's attitude. Theory Planned Behavior (TPB) was created based on the theory of social psychology, and congruity theory was used as a theoretical framework for creating the current conceptual model. The main objective of the study is to examine the relationship between Spiritual intelligence (SQ), Spiritual Congruence (SC) and Accounting Literacy (AL) towards attitude and intention to purchase Halal product among the Generation Alpha. Methodology: To provide insight from this generation, the current study conducted a survey within the students of Faculty Economics and Muamalat, USIM for five programs offered. The survey reached 181 respondents, those who had experience in consuming halal products. The research instrument which consists of 31 scale items were utilized using a Likert scale and were then administered via questionnaire administered approach of using SPSS. Findings: Based on the finding it indicates that only SQ and SC have positive and significant relationship towards attitude which is represented by 0.006 for SQ and 0.022 for SC. However, AL does not reflect significant relationship with attitude. Contributions: The implication of the finding indicates that the education structure which embedded the Islamic elements could influence the attitude of the students towards Halal products. The finding could be the interest of the authorities and bodies related to Halal industry to create awareness among Alpha generation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study aims to empirically examine the dynamic relationship between GDP, stock prices, FDI and domestic credit to the private sector for China by using the ARDL approach for the period 1999Q1:2015Q1. The study confirmed the long-run cointegration among the variables. The empirical results revealed that stock prices and the associated regressors are in a long-term equilibrium relationship; stock prices converge to the long-run equilibrium position by 18.6% speed of adjustment via channel of GDP, stock price, FDI, and domestic credit to the private sector. The findings of the study further revealed that FDI has a positive impact on stock prices in the long-run, while financial development has a negative effect. The robustness of the ARDL bounds test of cointegration was examined by using Johansen and Juselius's (1990) maximum likelihood cointegration approach. Finally, the results of Granger causality under the framework of VECM showed a unidirectional short-run Granger causality that runs from stock prices to economic growth and from economic growth to FDI, specifying the absence of the FDI-led growth hypothesis. Likewise, a bi-directional causality has been found between financial development and stock prices. Keywords: Stock price, ARDL, Cointegration, Granger causality. JEL Classifications: C22, G10, B26