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Brookes, Ken. "Euro PM2014 breaks attendance records." Metal Powder Report 69, no. 6 (November 2014): 11–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0026-0657(14)70273-5.
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Osman, Mohd Nizam, Khairul Anwar Sedek, Mushahadah Maghribi, and Nadia Hidayah Mohd Faisal. "ANotify: A Fingerprint Biometric-Based and Attendance Web-Based Management System with SMS Notification for Industrial Sector." Journal of Computing Research and Innovation 3, no. 1 (October 17, 2018): 36–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/jcrinn.v3i1.97.
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Managing people is a difficult task and maintaining the attendance record is an important factor for most of the organizations. Meanwhile, in the industrial sector, a precise attendance record system of the employees is important for companies, especially for the payroll process. There are various existing technology that has been implemented to help an industrial sector to manage their attendance records. The use of current technology such as fingerprint biometric scanner and mobile devices as a complement to the software development will benefits to the industrial sector in order to enhance their services. This paper described a fingerprint biometric-based and web-based management system integrated with short message service (SMS) notification for attendance records of the employees known ANotify. It was specifically developed for an industrial sector that uses fingerprint as biometric features for employee attendance, is able to store records of employees’ attendance in organized, systematic, and the SMS alert notification to the supervisors about the employee attendance reports. This system was developed based on System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as a methodology. A user acceptance test was conducted with thirty (30) respondents to determine the effectiveness of the system by evaluating the questionnaire which was categorized into three (3) parts included user interface satisfaction, perceived ease of use, and integration of SMS notification. Results of the system evaluation showed that the system has a positive impact and to be well accepted by users, convenient, economic and reliable method of notification for the attendance records
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B. Rivera, Ronald. "Enhanced Attendance Monitoring System using Biometric Fingerprint Recognition." International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering 9, no. 5 (January 30, 2021): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijrte.e5070.019521.
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In this study, an enhanced attendance monitoring system using biometric fingerprint recognition in tracking and monitoring employees’ attendances for Callang National High School, District 04, San Manuel, Isabela was introduced. For most organizations, handling people is a daunting job in which it is very important to maintain an accurate record of attendance. Taking and maintaining the attendance of employee manually on a regular basis is a big activity that requires time. For this reason an effective system was designed. The system was designed and developed primarily to improve the monitoring of employees attendances and leave management through the use of biometric technology. It records the data of the employees, handles leave management, tracks employee attendance and encourages participation through fingerprint recognition. The system is equipped with a dashboard monitoring system that can be viewed by school heads to track the list of employees, early birds (employees who arrived early), on-leave staff, on-official business and a statistical graph of the monthly attendance rate of employees. Moreover, the system provides an auto-generated DTR for employees which saved time compared to the manual process. The innovation greatly affects the improvement of employees’ attendance through its automated attendance monitoring, leave management and report generated by the system. The impact of EAMS to the employees was identified through first quarter attendance report of SY 2028-2019 which served as a bases of comparison with the attendance rate of SY 2019-2020 when the system was implemented. The outcome shows that through the usage of the system, employees’ attendance has improved.
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CAMERON, PETER A., JOHN COLERIDGE, and JOSEPH EPSTEIN. "Computerisation of emergency department clinical attendance records." Emergency Medicine 4, no. 4 (August 26, 2009): 215–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2026.1992.tb00348.x.
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Octaviano, Alvino, Sofa Sofiana, and Satrio Pandita Priyadi. "Perancangan Sistem Informasi Absensi Asisten Lab Berbasis Android pada Universitas Pamulang." Jurnal Teknologi Sistem Informasi dan Aplikasi 3, no. 4 (October 31, 2020): 216. http://dx.doi.org/10.32493/jtsi.v3i4.6822.
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Fingerprint recognition with distance-based optimization and pattern matching, "international conference on signal processing, communication, power, and data management systems on attendance paper makes it very difficult to log absent and absent assistants. In this case Change of attendance records to save. in a digital-based information system database. Meanwhile, fingerprint attendance methods or methods have been used on cellphones. Record attendance. Method makes applications that support digital attendance with Android. Android is an operating system application for mobile phones based on Linux. Android offers developers an open platform where they can create their own applications used by various mobile devices.
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Ram, Mangey, and Monika Manglik. "Stochastic Biometric System Modelling with Rework Strategy." International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences 1, no. 1 (June 1, 2016): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.33889/ijmems.2016.1.1-001.
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In this paper, the authors proposed the reliability mathematical modeling of a biometric system that computerizes the whole process of taking attendance and keeping its records in an academic institute. Manually taking attendance and sustaining it for a long time is very difficult as well as wastes a lot of time. For this cause, an efficient system has to be designed. This system takes attendance electronically with the help of a fingerprint scanner, and all the records are saved on a computer server. In order to mark the attendance, student or employee has to place his/her finger on the fingerprint sensor. On proof of identity student’s or employee’s record is well-run in the database, and he/she is reported through liquid-crystal display screens. Here, the authors evaluated reliability measures of the system such as availability, reliability, mean time to failure (MTTF), cost analysis and sensitivity analysis with the help of Laplace transformation, supplementary variable technique, and Markov technique.
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McDonnell, Thérèse, Emma Nicholson, Ciara Conlon, Michael Barrett, Fergal Cummins, Conor Hensey, and Eilish McAuliffe. "Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 Public Health Stages on Paediatric Emergency Attendance." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 18 (September 15, 2020): 6719. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186719.
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This study outlines the impact of COVID-19 on paediatric emergency department (ED) utilisation and assesses the extent of healthcare avoidance during each stage of the public health response strategy. Records from five EDs and one urgent care centre in Ireland, representing approximately 48% of national annual public paediatric ED attendances, are analysed to determine changes in characteristics of attendance during the three month period following the first reported COVID-19 case in Ireland, with reference to specific national public health stages. ED attendance reduced by 27–62% across all categories of diagnosis in the Delay phase and remained significantly below prior year levels as the country began Phase One of Reopening, with an incident rate ratio (IRR) of 0.58. The decrease was predominantly attributable to reduced attendance for injury and viral/viral induced conditions resulting from changed living conditions imposed by the public health response. However, attendance for complex chronic conditions also reduced and had yet to return to pre-COVID levels as reopening began. Attendances referred by general practitioners (GPs) dropped by 13 percentage points in the Delay phase and remained at that level. While changes in living conditions explain much of the decrease in overall attendance and in GP referrals, reduced attendance for complex chronic conditions may indicate avoidance behaviour and continued surveillance is necessary.
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Goodare, Julian. "The Scottish Parliamentary Records, 1560–1603." Historical Research 72, no. 179 (October 1, 1999): 244–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2281.00083.
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Abstract The records of parliament are basic sources for Scottish historians. The statutes themselves illuminate politics and government policy; the attendance lists too are useful for political history. However, the records for much of this period are incomplete, even fragmentary. This article analyses the editorial approach of the published Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, and identifies further material not found in it. Not only are there additional statutes and attendance lists, but also additional parliaments. In particular, a contemporary list of the acts of the Reformation Parliament (1560) is fully discussed and evaluated for the first time.
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S. Maquilan, Dassy Jane, and Carl Mark B. Miniano. "Influence of Attendance Policy Implementation on Faculty Absenteeism: Issues and Prospects for Policy Upgrade." International Journal of Human Resource Studies 9, no. 3 (July 3, 2019): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijhrs.v9i3.15026.
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The study investigated if faculty absenteeism is influenced by the extent of policy implementation on attendance monitoring, reporting, and usage of records. Through the use of Focus Group Discussion, it also determined the issues and prospects surrounding the policy and its implementation, in an attempt to generate inputs for upgrading the attendance policies and procedures in a technological university operating in Quezon City and Manila City in the Philippines. Respondents of the study were comprised of faculty members, attendance checkers, academic heads, and Human Resource Department staff of the said institution. The results revealed that faculty absenteeism is not influenced by the extent of implementing the policy on attendance monitoring, reporting and usage of record. The study also discovered some policy issues such as uncommitted attendance checkers, improper and inconsistent attendance remarks, lenient implementation of the attendance monitoring policy, and lack of coordination among concerned departments.
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Reilly, Johanna, Khalil Hassanally, John Budd, and Stewart Mercer. "Accident and emergency department attendance rates of people experiencing homelessness by GP registration: a retrospective analysis." BJGP Open 4, no. 5 (November 3, 2020): bjgpopen20X101089. http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20x101089.
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BackgroundPeople experiencing homelessness are known to have complex health needs and to be high users of hospital accident and emergency (A&E) departments. It is unclear whether access to a day-time specialist homeless medical practice, as opposed to routine general practice, influences A&E attendance rates.AimThis study investigated whether registration with a specialist homeless service would alter A&E attendance rates in a single geographical region in Scotland.Design & settingA health board area with a specialist service for people experiencing homelessness was selected. Data were obtained from the hospital records of 4408 A&E attendances by people experiencing homelessness at NHS Lothian (based on a broad definition of homelessness and including those in temporary accommodation) between January 2015 and July 2017.MethodThe attendances were compared between people registered with a specialist service and those registered with a mainstream GP.ResultsThe reasons for attendance and urgency of attendance were broadly similar between the two groups. Repeat attendance was similarly high in both groups. Almost 70% in both groups attended with problems deemed urgent, very urgent, or requiring immediate resuscitation. The patients registered with the specialist homeless service were more likely to be older and male; however, this did not affect the frequency of attendance.ConclusionPeople experiencing homelessness attending A&E mainly do so for urgent or very urgent problems. This was not related to the type of day-time primary care service they had access to. Strategies to reduce attendances, such as out-of-hours mobile medical units, should be explored.
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Weismuller, Penny C., Merry A. Grasska, Marilyn Alexander, Catherine G. White, and Pat Kramer. "Elementary School Nurse Interventions: Attendance and Health Outcomes." Journal of School Nursing 23, no. 2 (April 2007): 111–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10598405070230020901.
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Regular school attendance is a necessary part of the learning process; student absenteeism has a direct association with poor academic performance. School nurses can influence student attendance. This study describes the impact of school nurse interventions on student absenteeism and student health. A retrospective review of 240 randomly selected elementary student health folders and attendance records was conducted. School nurses were involved with 75% of high-absence students as compared to 66% of low-absence students; they were also more involved with students who had previously identified health conditions. There were no referrals to the school nurse for absenteeism and school nurse interventions were not targeted to attendance, despite 17% of students missing 11 or more school days. Nursing documentation was sparse and primarily task related. Few records contained entries of nursing diagnoses, interventions, or outcomes. Of the 134 interventions provided, only 56 (41.2%) had some information about the condition outcome, but it was insufficient to determine the effectiveness of nursing interventions. Furthermore, the record system did not support the collection of standard information for interventions or outcomes from which effectiveness could be determined. Recommendations include establishment of an attendance referral policy and improved documentation systems, including the use of standardized nursing language to demonstrate student outcomes.
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Magnes, Reuven Manfred. "Out-patient appointments: a necessary evil? a literature review and survey of patient attendance records." Psychiatric Bulletin 32, no. 12 (December 2008): 458–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.108.020065.
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Aims and MethodTo describe the effect of a postal reminder system on UK adult psychiatry clinic attendance. A literature review was completed and a serial cross-sectional survey of patient attendance records in an inner-city psychiatric hospital during 2006 and 2007 was undertaken.ResultsA simple postal prompt reduces non-attendance by up to 50% and data from the serial cross-sectional survey of attendance records (n=36) powered at 77% supported this finding. Postal prompts in the survey accounted for 30% improvement in the variance (r2).Clinical ImplicationsA simple postal prompt that takes less than 30 s to read, sent up to 2 weeks prior to the appointment improves attendance by up to 50% and is useful for maintaining standards of excellence.
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Omondi-Ochieng, Peter. "Profit or loss? On the determinants of net income of United States college football programs." Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting 17, no. 3 (September 2, 2019): 411–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfra-04-2018-0028.
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Purpose This study aims to predict the determinants of net income of 101 US university football programs. Design/methodology/approach Guided by stakeholder theory, financial capacity model and resource dependency theory, the dependent variable was net income (indicated as profit or loss) and independent variables were measured as the number of women and men’s team sports, average home attendances, win–loss records, conference ranking, endowment funds and age of football programs. Statistical analysis was performed using Kendell tau and binary logistic regression (BLR). Findings Net income was positively and statistically associated with home attendance, win–loss record, conference rankings and endowment funds, but not number of women’s sports, age of football program and number of men’s sports teams. The BLR indicated that home attendance was the best predictor of net income. Research limitations/implications The research was delimited to 101 Football Bowl Subdivision football programs from public universities. Practical implications The findings indicate that home attendance and conference rankings had the highest association with net income, but the former was the best predictor of net income and not football tradition nor number of sports teams. Originality/value The study was pioneering in the predictive evaluation of the possible determinants of loss or profitability in college football programs.
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Naive, Anna Fay E. "Design and implementation of faculty class attendance monitoring system using BLE beacons." Indian Journal of Science and Technology 13, no. 40 (October 31, 2020): 4234–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.17485/ijst/v13i40.1527.
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Objectives: To create a hardware and software tool that can be used for monitoring the faculty attendance and to generate customized reports. Methods/Statistical Analysis: The Bluetooth Low Level Energy (BLE) beacons would be set as stationary device that has proximity unique identifier. Once the smartphone of the faculty is within the range of the beacon, it can then record the faculty’s attendance. Calibrated beacon range makes the proposed design unique in terms of addressing common attendance tracking issues. Also, an automated attendance monitoring tailored based on the periodic report the Human Resource (HR) of the university. The researchers conducted a testing in the laboratory classrooms to check the functionality and reliability of the automated attendance monitoring. Findings: Based on the testing conducted, the system is capable to detect the faculty once he/she is inside the classroom, records his/her attendance and generates reports. The mean percentage error is 8.02% which means that the BLE beacon is acceptable in detecting the faculty’s smartphone prior entering to his/her class.
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Gomes, Clyde, Sagar Chanchal, Tanmay Desai, and Dipti Jadhav. "Class Attendance Management System using Facial Recognition." ITM Web of Conferences 32 (2020): 02001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/itmconf/20203202001.
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Attendance marking in a classroom during a lecture is not only a onerous task but also a time consuming one at that. Due to an unusually high number of students present during the lecture there will always be a probability of proxy attendance(s).Attendance marking with conventional methods has been an area of challenge. The growing need of efficient and automatic techniques of marking attendance is a growing challenge in the area of face recognition. In recent years, the problem of automatic attendance marking has been widely addressed through the use of standard biometrics like fingerprint and Radio frequency Identification tags etc., However,these techniques lack the element of reliability. In this proposed project an automated attendance marking and management system is proposed by making use of face detection and recognition algorithms. Instead of using the conventional methods, this proposed system aims to develop an automated system that records the student’s attendance by using facial recognition technology. The main objective of this work is to make the attendance marking and management system efficient, time saving, simple and easy. Here faces will be recognized using face recognition algorithms. The processed image will then be compared against the existing stored record and then attendance is marked in the database accordingly. Compared to existing system traditional attendance marking system, this system reduces the workload of people. This proposed system will be implemented with 4 phases such as Image Capturing, Segmentation of group image and Face Detection, Face comparison and Recognition, Updating of Attendance in database.
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Christina, Sherly, Enny Dwi Oktaviyani, Deddy Ronaldo, and Rosya M. Zaini. "Aplikasi Absensi Siswa Berbasiskan Android." Jurnal ELTIKOM 3, no. 1 (June 28, 2019): 36–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.31961/eltikom.v3i1.115.
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The recording of student attendance aims to monitor the student attendance quantity and educate students to be disciplined. Student attendance records that are currently done manually on the paper can be improved to increase the quality of the attendance data processing, service quality and system in the School. This study aims to build an Attendance application based on Android platform that can be used on the teacher's mobile device. Waterfall is the method which is used to develop the attendance application in this study. Then, to ensure the application performance, the attendance application will be tested by the blackbox testing method. The test results using the blackbox testing show that the features in the attendance application perform according to its purpose. This attendance application can facilitate the homeroom teacher to carry out the student attendance recording process daily and to create the student attendance data recapitulation.
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Utomo, Bayu, Achmad Teguh Wibowo, Mujib Ridwan, Muhammad Andik Izzuddin, Agustinus Bimo Gumelar, and Sirajul Arifin. "Enhanced of Attendance Records Technology used Geospatial Retrieval based on Crossing Number." International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM) 14, no. 16 (September 22, 2020): 101. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v14i16.13911.
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<span lang="EN-US">Nowadays, the fingerprint scanner widely used to records attendance. However, this technology has a weakness. Much research has done to improve the attendance system by utilizing mobile technology, like usage a fingerprint smartphone and location by GPS sensor to validate user location manually. In this research, we developed an application to enhance the records attendance system with a smartphone by crossing numbers to verify user position automatically, which implemented in a mobile app. This application using the PNPOLY method for detecting the location of the user inside of the polygon area predetermined. This method is part of the crossing number algorithm for increasing x and fixed y from point P, which x is latitude, and y is a longitude. The result of the experiment demonstrated that the percentage of successful validate user coordinate inside edges of the polygon boundary is 87%, depending on the GPS sensor embedded into a mobile device.</span>
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Mukherjee, Tathagata. "RFID based Attendance Management System." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 9, no. VI (June 10, 2021): 268–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2021.34904.
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This paper presents the Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) based attendance management system for the employees of a company, institute, or organization. This system is developed for a daily purpose attendance recording system in every organization. In every corporate organization or company, a proper attendance management system plays a vital role in managing the salaries of employees. As we are all aware that proper maintaining of attendance will help the organization to track the regularity and sincerity of employees towards their occupation. And now in this digital world maintaining attendance manually using pen and paper has become outmoded. In earlier days, when the employees gave their attendance using pen and paper then discrepancies occurred in the entries by employees and for this during the time of entry even if the employee was late they are not marked accordingly, and there led to the improper evaluation of attendance. The time comes when the management analyses the record of each employee’s attendance and there arises a big issue with date and time and that particular employee’s attendance can be analyzed over the month. To overcome these shortcomings we had developed a system that not only removes the tedious task for tracking attendance manually but also helps in maintaining a system of records that will also help the organization with the proper and appropriate evaluation of salary, regularity, and even punctuality of an employee’s attendance. The main purpose of developing RFID based attendance management system is to computerize the attendance of each employee in an organized manner. Each employee of that organization will be having their ID card and the backside of the ID card is having an RFID tag and as employee scan their id card while entering, then their necessary details will automatically get stored in the database and which can be then computed.
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Lokesh, Sahaya Jenitha, and Sivanesh. "Self Attendance using OTP in Android." International Journal on Cybernetics & Informatics 10, no. 2 (May 31, 2021): 103–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5121/ijci.2021.100212.
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A Attendance is very important for every organizations, Attendance taking has evolved with better solutions from the time it was invented, from paper based to Computer based System using so many new technologies that can make it better faster and accurate. In our proposed system we make use of Self attendance using OTP. In this system there are 3 Main users; Admin responsible to add class, subjects, teachers and students; second teacher who will take the attendance and the third Student who can mark him/her as present and see their previous attendance records. The process goes like this, the teacher select the class for attendance a OTP is generated which will last for 60 seconds, the OTP need to be entered in the Student’s app and mark him/her as present, once the OTP is expired the teacher can make the necessary changes in the attendance sheet and submit the attendance.
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Hull, Sally A., Kate Homer, Kambiz Boomla, John Robson, and Mark Ashworth. "Population and patient factors affecting emergency department attendance in London: retrospective cohort analysis of linked primary and secondary care records." British Journal of General Practice 68, no. 668 (January 15, 2018): e157-e167. http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18x694397.
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BackgroundPopulation factors, including social deprivation and morbidity, predict the use of emergency departments (EDs).AimTo link patient-level primary and secondary care data to determine whether the association between deprivation and ED attendance is explained by multimorbidity and other clinical factors in the GP record.Design and settingRetrospective cohort study based in East London.MethodPrimary care demographic, consultation, diagnostic, and clinical data were linked with ED attendance data. GP Patient Survey (GPPS) access questions were linked to practices.ResultsAdjusted multilevel analysis for adults showed a progressive rise in ED attendance with increasing numbers of long-term conditions (LTCs). Comparing two LTCs with no conditions, the odds ratio (OR) is 1.28 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.25 to 1.31); comparing four or more conditions with no conditions, the OR is 2.55 (95% CI = 2.44 to 2.66). Increasing annual GP consultations predicted ED attendance: comparing zero with more than two consultations, the OR is 2.44 (95% CI = 2.40 to 2.48). Smoking (OR 1.30, 95% CI = 1.28 to 1.32), being housebound (OR 2.01, 95% CI = 1.86 to 2.18), and age also predicted attendance. Patient-reported access scores from the GPPS were not a significant predictor. For children, younger age, male sex, white ethnicity, and higher GP consultation rates predicted attendance.ConclusionUsing patient-level data rather than practice-level data, the authors demonstrate that the burden of multimorbidity is the strongest clinical predictor of ED attendance, which is independently associated with social deprivation. Low use of the GP surgery is associated with low attendance at ED. Unlike other studies, the authors found that adult patient experience of GP access, reported at practice level, did not predict use.
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Allen, Daniel. "Small is beautiful when it comes to fostering healthy attendance records." Nursing Standard 22, no. 30 (April 2, 2008): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ns.22.30.27.s33.
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Lau, Ping-Fat. "Auditing tool for monitoring quality of accident and emergency attendance records." Journal of Emergency Nursing 22, no. 4 (August 1996): 350–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0099-1767(96)80039-0.
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Carroll, H. C. M. (Tim). "The peer relationships of primary school pupils with poor attendance records." Educational Studies 37, no. 2 (May 2011): 197–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03055698.2010.510240.
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Law, CY, TW Wong, and CC Lau. "A Study on Trauma Documentation in Accident and Emergency Attendance Records." Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine 13, no. 1 (January 2006): 31–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/102490790601300104.
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Adejumobi, O. K., M. A. Adedoyin, A. A. Adenowo, O. O. Shoewu, and A. I. O. Yussuff. "DEVELOPMENT OF A FINGERPRINT-BASED ATTENDANCE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM USING SIMPLE MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOL." Engineering and Technology Research Journal 6, no. 1 (March 24, 2021): 39–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.47545/etrj.2021.6.1.076.
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The concept of attendance monitoring has since evolved to become an integral part of every functional society. Today, in most educational institutions, students’ attendance is being taken manually by lecturers on paper-based attendance registers. However, this method is time-consuming, inaccurate and may not be available for analysis when needed because the collected data has not been stored in any database. Hence, in this paper, a fingerprintbased, wireless students’ attendance system using C# and MYSQL is developed to address the problem of truancy, human error in taking attendance and impersonation. Also, a fingerprint device with the Graphical User Interface (GUI) is modelled using C#, which was used for both enrolment and verification while MYSQL was used to model the database. The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is then used to send the PDF version of the attendance records to relevant stakeholders to ascertain the students’ levels of attendance. The developed system is simple, secure and cost-effective to implement. The developed system worked efficiently when experimented.
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Osei, Debrah Joshua, Alfred Elolo Konglo, Mohammed Issah Adinkrah, Lord Anertei Tetteh, Kojo Boakye, Abigail Mba, and Victoria Quansah. "FINGERPRINT EMPLOYEE CLOCKING SYSTEM FOR UNIVERSITIES." International Journal of Engineering Technologies and Management Research 7, no. 11 (December 4, 2020): 69–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/ijetmr.v7.i11.2020.819.
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A system that is used for time-clocking, creating an all-inclusive electronic record of the process involved in how employees logs in and out of work on working days are referred to as a clocking system. The system has an additional feature of calculating an accurate payroll system, which in turn, can lead to a precise amount the company spent on labour. In essence, an employee clocking system is a process of monitoring the attendance, presence and truancy of employees in a work environment. In this project, the University of Energy and Natural Resources was used as a case study. The existing method of recording the presence of staff to work is by a manual process where employees record their attendance on a paper. The challenge of the current employee attendance system is the difficulty in tracing old records, safekeeping, lack of confidentiality and the chances of other employees logging in for their truant colleagues. This paper sought to introduce a biometric employee clocking system to help overcome the high level of truancy in workplaces. The results of the experiment we conducted indicate a high accuracy in our system with TAR value of 99.7%. This accuracy rate is much better than the results other researchers obtained. The excellent accuracy implies that employees will have difficulty to check-in or out for their truant colleagues. The high accuracy results will help improved security of attendance, improved employee performance, ensures fast and easy retrieval of data, easy monitoring of staff, and prevent impersonation in the attendance logs.
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Mansor, Ahmad Zamri. "Managing Student's Grades and Attendance Records using Google Forms and Google Spreadsheets." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 59 (October 2012): 420–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.296.
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Christens, Brian D., Paul W. Speer, and N. Andrew Peterson. "Assessing Community Participation: Comparing Self-Reported Participation Data with Organizational Attendance Records." American Journal of Community Psychology 57, no. 3-4 (May 28, 2016): 415–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12054.
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Davis, Alice, Theresa Smith, Jenny Talbot, Chris Eldridge, and David Betts. "Predicting patient engagement in IAPT services: a statistical analysis of electronic health records." Evidence Based Mental Health 23, no. 1 (February 2020): 8–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebmental-2019-300133.
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BackgroundAcross England, 12% of all improving access to psychological therapy (IAPT) appointments are missed, and on average around 40% of first appointments are not attended, varying significantly around the country. In order to intervene effectively, it is important to target the patients who are most likely to miss their appointments.ObjectiveThis research aims to develop and test a model to predict whether an IAPT patient will attend their first appointment.MethodsData from 19 adult IAPT services were analysed in this research. A multiple logistic regression was used at an individual service level to identify which patient, appointment and referral characteristics are associated with attendance. These variables were then used in a generalised linear mixed effects model (GLMM). We allow random effects in the GLMM for variables where we observe high service to service heterogeneity in the estimated effects from service specific logistic regressions.FindingsWe find that patients who self-refer are more likely to attend their appointments with an OR of 1.04. The older a patient is, the fewer the number of previous referrals and consenting to receiving a reminder short message service are also found to increase the likelihood of attendance with ORs of 1.02, 1.10, 1.04, respectively.ConclusionsOur model is expected to help IAPT services identify which patients are not likely to attend their appointments by highlighting key characteristics that affect attendance.Clinical implicationsThis analysis will help to identify methods IAPT services could use to increase their attendance rates.
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Couch, Elyse, Christoph Mueller, Gayan Perera, Vanessa Lawrence, and Matthew Prina. "The association between an early diagnosis of dementia and secondary health service use." Age and Ageing 50, no. 4 (May 29, 2021): 1277–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab079.
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Abstract Background dementia policy suggests diagnosing dementia early can reduce the risk of potentially harmful hospital admissions or emergency department (ED) attendances; however, there is little evidence to support this. A diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) before dementia is a helpful proxy to explore early diagnosis. This study investigated the association between an early diagnosis of dementia and subsequent hospitalisations and ED attendances. Method a retrospective cohort study of electronic health care records from 15,836 patients from a large secondary care database in South London, UK. Participants were divided into two groups: those with a diagnosis of MCI before dementia, an early diagnosis, and those without. Cox regression models were used to compare the risk of hospitalisation and ED attendance after dementia diagnosis and negative binomial regression models were used to compare the average length of stay and average number of ED attendances. Results participants with an early diagnosis were more likely to attend ED after their diagnosis of dementia (HR = 1.09, CI = 1.00–1.18); however, there was no difference in the number of ED attendances (IRR = 1.04, CI = 0.95–1.13). There was no difference in the risk of hospitalisation (HR = 0.99, CI = 0.91–1.08) or length of stay between the groups (IRR = 0.97, CI = 0.85–1.12). Conclusion the findings of this study do not support the assumption that an early diagnosis reduces the risk of hospitalisation or ED attendance. The patterns of health service use in this paper could reflect help-seeking behaviour before diagnosis or levels of co-morbidity.
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Monish N, Dr. Divakar Harekal. "Biometric Based Attendance Management System using Cloud." International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication 7, no. 2 (February 28, 2019): 55–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/ijritcc.v7i2.5234.
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Biometrics is the technical term for body measurements and calculations. Biometric technology refers to identification and verification of individuals by analyzing the human body characteristics. In modern times, there has been an increase in the number of identity theft experienced on a day to day basis. Companies, Organizations and Institutions are generally concerned over the levels of employee absence in the workplace, where security is essential, access to restricted areas are controlled and monitored through a system. Most institutions find it hard to managing student’s attendance during lecture periods. Manually taking attendance by hand and preserving it over a long period adds to the difficulty and wastes a lot of time. For these reasons an effective system is proposed in this paper to solve the problem of manual attendance. Here a system would take attendance electronically with the help of a fingerprint recognition system and all records are saved in cloud or locally in the device. A staff biometric attendance would contain a system to calculate attendance of the staff and do further calculations such as monthly attendance summary and calculate wages based on attendance, etc. In addition, this system if implemented properly could increase productivity, can reduce truancy, lateness in organization and institution.
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Henry, Bill, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, HonaLee Harrington, and Phil A. Silva. "Staying in School Protects Boys with Poor Self-regulation in Childhood from Later Crime: A Longitudinal Study." International Journal of Behavioral Development 23, no. 4 (December 1999): 1049–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/016502599383667.
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Based on a theoretical model that emphasises the distinction between individual and contextual determinants of antisocial behaviour, the current study examined whether school attendance throughout adolescence acted as a protective factor for individuals at risk for criminal behaviour in early adulthood. Specifically, Lack of Control, an index of self-regulation which has previously been shown to predict later criminal behaviour, was expected to interact with early school leaving to predict self-reports and official records of criminal behaviour collected at age 21. Multivariate regression analyses revealed a significant three-way interaction between school attendance, self-regulation, and sex. Among males, after controlling for the effects of socioeconomic status and IQ, the main effects for Lack of Control and school attendance were found to be significant; additionally, the interaction between Lack of Control and school attendance was significant, indicating that the strength of the relation between Lack of Control and criminal outcomes was moderated by school attendance. The main effects for Lack of Control and school attendance were significant for females, but the interaction between Lack of Control and school attendance was not significant. The protective effect of school attendance among males could not be accounted for by differences in familial disruption or adolescent delinquency.
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Mohd Isa, Rosiatimah, and Azrul Abdullah. "Students’ attendance at management accounting classes – reasons and the effect on academic performance." Social and Management Research Journal 6, no. 1 (June 1, 2009): 87. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/smrj.v6i1.5171.
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This study explores the reasons for non-attendance and what motivates those who attend management accounting classes at undergraduate level of the accounting program and investigate the impact of attendance upon academic performance on the course. The subjects of the research were students in three undergraduate programs of Accountancy Faculty at UiTM Perlis namely Diploma in Accountancy, Diploma in Accounting and Information System and Bachelor of Accountancy who took the highest level of management accounting courses at their respective programs. The total number of students involved was 121 students. A short questionnaire and class attendance records were used for this survey. The highest mean score cited for the reasons students attending management accounting class was ‘to learn, to understand, and to increase their knowledge on the course’. Students’ preoccupation with assignments and study for other tests, and genuine health reasons were ranked highly for reasons non-attendance reasons. A clear positive relationship between attendance and academic performance was evident.
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ÖZ, Recep, and Murat Tolga KAYALAR. "A Comparative Analysis on the Effects of Formal and Distance Education Students’ Course Attendance Upon Exam Success." Journal of Education and Learning 10, no. 3 (April 30, 2021): 122. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jel.v10n3p122.
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The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of associate degree formal and distance education students course attendance upon their course achievement. The data were obtained from the institutional records of 516 students who registered in formal education programs and 510 students who registered in distance education programs of a vocational school affiliated to a state university in Eastern Anatolian Region of Turkey. It was noticed that course attendance of formal education students was higher than those who registered in the distance education programs; on the other hand, formal education students were more successful rather than distance education students in terms of midterm, final exam and grade point average. It was determined that course attendance was a significant predictor of midterm, final exam and grade point average, and the achievement scores increased as the course attendance increased, as well. Taking measures to encourage students’ attendance in courses in distance education programs and optimizing access and technical infrastructure could positively contribute upon this issue.
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Al-Attar, M. "POS1334 RHEUMATOLOGY PATIENT ATTENDANCE TO THE PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT." Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 80, Suppl 1 (May 19, 2021): 949.2–949. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.4325.
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Background:A large proportion of patients present to the paediatric emergency department (PED) with non-urgent problems [1]. With growing pressures on services, there is a need to reduce unnecessary attendances. Children with rheumatological conditions may attend PED with flares of their condition or unrelated presentations. These patients may be immunosuppressed due to steroid, disease-modifying or biologic therapy; PED attendance may therefore pose a serious infection risk.Objectives:To evaluate why children with rheumatological conditions attend the PED and whether these attendances are avoidable.Methods:This study was run in Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, a UK hospital with a PED and tertiary paediatric rheumatology services. Patients under rheumatology who attend PED are usually seen directly. A dataset of all patients referred directly to paediatric rheumatology between 01/01/19 and 31/12/19 was obtained from electronic records (n=59). The age, sex and reason for attendence were collected, as well whether they were admitted/discharged. Further data on management was collected from discharge letters for those with joint pain/swelling.Results:This cohort had 36 females and 23 males, with an average age of 11.9 years (range 1-18). 28 were discharged (47.5%) and 30 were admitted (50.8%). One patient left before being seen. The average waiting time was 3.97 hours.Table 1 summarises reasons for attendance to PED and final outcome. The most common reason for attendance was joint pain/swelling (n=14, 23.7%). Of these, nine were discharged with advice on analgesia or steroid dosing and for early review in clinic. There was no documentation on whether there had been any attempt to access the available rheumatology helpline prior to attending PED.Non-rheumatology-related reasons for attendance are also shown in Table 1, and notably include 20 patients with infections, 75% of whom were admitted to hospital. Chicken pox was the second most common reason for attendance (n=5, 8.5%); all patients attending with chicken pox or shingles (n=6) were admitted.Table 1.Reasons for attendance to PED and final outcomeReason for attendanceNumber admittedNumber dischargedJoint pain/swelling59Chicken pox50Viral URTI14Rash04Pneumonia30SLE flare30Influenza A20GPA flare20Asked to attend due to blood results from clinic20Drug reaction02Minor injury02Shingles10Oral herpes simplex11Orbital inflammation10Urinary tract infection10Dysphagia10Gastroenteritis10Cerebral infarcts10Constipation01Chest pain01Abdominal pain01Enlarged lymph node01Picking up prescription01Unresponsive episode01Conclusion:Our study shows that attendance to PED with joint pain/swelling is usually avoidable in patients known to paediatric rheumatology services. Appropriate alternative services are needed to reduce hospital attendances; nurse-led helplines are beneficial, but still face some challenges in both availability and accessibility [2]. It is also important that patients and parents are given action plans for acute flares, which would ideally involve early clinic review rather than PED attendance. Our data also showed that patients are spending a long time waiting in PED, which needs to be avoided particularly in the context of immunosuppression. This is especially poignant now in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Direct referral to rheumatology with non-rheumatological problems likely reflects a desire for specialist advice in the context of complex conditions and medications, for example with regards to infections whilst on immunosuppressive medications, or uncertainty about whether new symptoms are related to the underlying condition. Expansion of helpline services and new approaches such as remote consultations should be explored.References:[1]Poku BA et al. Reducing repeat paediatric emergency department attendance for non-urgent care: a systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions. Emerg Med J. 2019 Jul;36(7):435-442.[2]Palmer et al. Rheumatology helpline: challenges in the biologic therapy era. Br. J. Nurs. 2011 20:12, 728-732Disclosure of Interests:None declared
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Gairin, Isaura, Allan House, and David Owens. "Attendance at the accident and emergency department in the year before suicide: Retrospective study." British Journal of Psychiatry 183, no. 1 (July 2003): 28–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.183.1.28.
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BackgroundThe National Confidential Inquiry into suicides in England and Wales found that a quarter of suicides are preceded by mental health service contact in the year before death. However, visits to accident and emergency departments due to self-harm may not lead to a record of mental health service contact.AimsTo determine the proportion of suicides preceded by accident and emergency attendance in the previous year.MethodWe obtained the list of probable suicides in Leeds for a 38-month period, and examined the records from thecity's accident and emergency departments for a year before each death.ResultsEighty-five (39%) of the 219 people who later died by suicide had attended an accident and emergency department in the year before death, 15% because of non-fatal self-harm. Final visits dueto self-harm were often shortly before suicide (median 38 days), but the National Confidential Inquiry recorded about a fifth of them as‘not in contact’ with local mental health services.ConclusionsAlthough many suicides are preceded by recent attendance at accident and emergency departments due to non-fatal self-harm, local mental health service records may show no recent contact. Suicide prevention might be enhanced were accident and emergency departments and mental health services to work together more closely.
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Henny Leidiyana and Iskandar Yusuf. "Aplikasi Kehadiran Karyawan Berbasis Android Menggunakan QR Code Scanning dan Location Based Service." Journal of Informatic and Information Security 2, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 35–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.31599/jiforty.v2i1.569.
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Employee attendance is an administrative process that is carried out every day. Use of a manual system for events prone to damage or loss. Not to mention employees who forget attendance records, which will cause delays in the flow of employee attendance information. As a solution to the existing problems is by designing an application to make presence using Android-based QR Code Scanning and Location-Based Services (LBS). QR Code technology is very efficient because the code can be read in a very short time using a smartphone while the Location Based Service (LBS) is to prevent employees from making presence outside the area determined by the company. The design of this application produces a paperless system and prevents manipulation of attendance data because in this application it is implemented that one employee only asks for one device ID or smartphone IMEI
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Dicker, Bridget, Andrew Swain, Verity Frances Todd, Bronwyn Tunnage, Emma McConachy, Haydn Drake, Michelle Brett, Dan Spearing, and Graham John Howie. "Changes in demand for emergency ambulances during a nationwide lockdown that resulted in elimination of COVID-19: an observational study from New Zealand." BMJ Open 10, no. 12 (December 2020): e044726. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044726.
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ObjectiveTo examine the impact of a 5-week national lockdown on ambulance service demand during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.DesignA descriptive cross-sectional, observational study.SettingHigh-quality data from ambulance electronic clinical records, New Zealand.ParticipantsAmbulance records were obtained from 588 690 attendances during pre-lockdown (prior to 17 February 2020) and from 36 238 records during the lockdown period (23 March to 26 April 2020).Main outcome measuresAmbulance service utilisation during lockdown was compared with pre-lockdown: (a) descriptive analyses of ambulance events and proportions of event types for each period, (b) absolute rates of ambulance attendance (event types/week) for each period.ResultsDuring lockdown, ambulance patients were more likely to be attended at home and less likely to be aged between 16 and 25 years. There was a significant increase in the proportion of lower acuity patients (Status 3 and Status 4) attended (p<0.001) and a corresponding increase in patients not transported from scene (p<0.001). Road traffic crashes (p<0.001) and alcohol-related incidents (p<0.001) significantly decreased. There was a decrease in the absolute number of weekly ambulance attendances (ratio (95% CI), 0.89 (0.87 to 0.91), p<0.001), attendances to respiratory conditions (0.74 (0.61 to 0.86), p=0.01), and trauma (0.81 (0.77 to 0.85), p<0.001). However, there was a significant increase in ambulance attendances for mental health conditions (1.37 (1.22 to 1.51), p=0.005).ConclusionsDespite the relative absence of COVID-19 in the community during the 5-week nationwide lockdown, there were significant differences in ambulance utilisation during this period. The lockdown was associated with an increase in ambulance attendances for mental health conditions and is of concern. In considering future lockdowns, the potential implications on a population’s mental well-being will need to be seriously considered against the benefits of elimination of virus transmission.
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Rajulianto, Rajulianto, and Yeka Hedriyani. "PERANCANGAN APLIKASI ANDROID ABSENSI SISWA PADA SEKOLAH SMK NEGERI 5 PADANG." Voteteknika (Vocational Teknik Elektronika dan Informatika) 7, no. 4 (January 28, 2020): 225. http://dx.doi.org/10.24036/voteteknika.v7i4.106718.
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The purpose of this study was to design an application for attendance at the SMK Negeri 5 Padang school which was used as student absenteeism when the teaching and learning activities took place and to see reports of student attendance. The attendance process is carried out by utilizing a smartphone through a client-server based Android application, so that the attendance process no longer takes the timesheet on the picket table and records it on paper. The attendance application design was built using object-oriented programming methods using UML (Unified Modeling Language) modeling, among others: Context Diagrams, Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Class Diagrams. On the server side the system is built using PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) as an additional language and as an editor using SublimeText, while applications on the client side use the Java Development Kit (JDK) language and use MySQL as a database. The student absentee application at the SMK 5 Padang is produced namely, the application on the server side with a web display that is used for client management, while on the client side will produce an application used to retrieve student attendance data and view student attendance data reports Keywords: Sudent attendence, Android, Client-Server, PHP(Hypertext Preprocessor).
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Lam, SPL, H. Baros, MJ O’Grady, GE Kendall, LB Messer, and LM Slack-Smith. "Patterns of Attendance of Children Under 12 Years at School Dental Service in Western Australia." Open Dentistry Journal 6, no. 1 (April 30, 2012): 69–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874210601206010069.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the patterns of attendance at School Dental Service (SDS) and reasons for attendance (treatment or prevention) for children in the Perth Metropolitan Area, in particular investigating the first year of SDS attendance and attendance until the year the child turned 12. The first 150 SDS records located for children from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study were used for this study. Patterns of attendance of children at SDS were described, as were associated factors (enrolment, age and nature of first visit, general nature of visits and number of visits) until the end of the year that the child turned 12.The age of the child at the first SDS visit ranged from 4 years 3 months to 14 years 11 months, with a median of 5 years 1 month. First visits were primarily for an examination (98%). Children had a median of 13 visits until 12 years of age, with 10% having less than five visits and 4% having more than 25 visits.These data provide useful information regarding attendance at the SDS in Western Australia which could provide a basis for oral health promotion programs.
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Eridani, Dania, Eko Didik Widianto, Ike Pertiwi Windasari, Wildan Budi Bawono, and Nadia Febrianita Gunarto. "Internet of things based attendance system design and development in a smart classroom." Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 23, no. 3 (September 1, 2021): 1432. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v23.i3.pp1432-1439.
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Attendance records are one of the main administrative roles on campuses. Therefore, several technologies can be used on an attendance system, including barcode, radio frequency identification (RFID), fingerprint, and faceprint. The main functions of attendance systems on campuses are mainly focused on how to obtain the attendee data list, store on the database, and display the list on the information system. This research proposes an attendance system in the smart classroom which supports the system’s previous activities as well as its integration with security and classroom management. In this system, the NodeMCU which was connected to the Wi-Fi router served as the controller, while the fingerspot revo FF-153BNC functioned as the system input. In addition, the database server was used to allocate attendee and classroom management data. This system is connected with the information system and classroom display unit, and component and system testing were applied in this research. The results showed that each system unit successfully integrated and managed the attendance, security, and classroom schedule.
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Itoh, Hirotaka, Yuma Itoh, Kenji Funahashi, Daisuke Yamamoto, Shoichi Saito, Ichi Takumi, and Hiroshi Matsuo. "Forecasting Students’ Future Academic Records Using Past Attendance Recording Data and Grade Data." Procedia Computer Science 22 (2013): 921–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2013.09.175.
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Hameed, Sarmad, Syed Muhammad Taha Saquib, Moez ul Hassan, and Faraz Junejo. "Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Based Attendance & Assessment System with Wireless Database Records." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 195 (July 2015): 2889–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.06.414.
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Omondi-Ochieng, Peter. "Resource-based theory of college football team competitiveness." International Journal of Organizational Analysis 27, no. 4 (September 2, 2019): 834–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijoa-04-2018-1403.
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Purpose This paper aims to predict a college football team’s competitiveness using physical resources, human resources and organizational resources. Design/methodology/approach Guided by the resource-based theory, the study used archival data of 101 college football teams. The dependent variable was competitiveness (indicated by win-loss records), the independent variables were physical resources (operationalized as home attendance and total revenues), human resources (measured as coaches’ salary and coaches’ experience) and organizational resources (specified as conference rankings and the number of sports). Kendall Tau correlation and binary logistic regression were used to examine the associative and predictive competitive advantages. Findings The binary logistic regression model showed an overall percentage predictive correctness of 71.3%, with a Negelkerke R2 of 41.1% of the variance of all predictors – with coaches’ experience, total revenues and home attendance being the best predictors of generating competitive advantages that produced superior win-loss records. Research limitations/implications The research focused exclusively on physical, organizational and human resources as sources of competitive advantage and not physiological and/or psychological variables. Practical implications College football teams aspiring to be competitive may benefit from this study by applying a three-fold strategy of hiring well-paid high performing and experienced coaches who can increase attendance and revenues. Originality/value The study was unique in two ways – one, it made clear the positive significance of coaches’ experience as a source of competitive advantage, and second, it highlighted the catalytic effects of revenues and attendance in fueling competitiveness.
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Plumb, Andrew A., Alex Ghanouni, Sandra Rainbow, Natasha Djedovic, Sarah Marshall, Judith Stein, Stuart A. Taylor, Steve Halligan, Georgios Lyratzopoulos, and Christian von Wagner. "Patient factors associated with non-attendance at colonoscopy after a positive screening faecal occult blood test." Journal of Medical Screening 24, no. 1 (July 8, 2016): 12–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969141316645629.
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Background Screening participants with abnormal faecal occult blood test results who do not attend further testing are at high risk of colorectal cancer, yet little is known about their reasons for non-attendance. Methods We conducted a medical record review of 170 patients from two English Bowel Cancer Screening Programme centres who had abnormal guaiac faecal occult blood test screening tests between November 2011 and April 2013 but did not undergo colonoscopy. Using information from patient records, we coded and categorized reasons for non-attendance. Results Of the 170 patients, 82 were eligible for review, of whom 66 had at least one recorded reason for lack of colonoscopy follow-up. Reasons fell into seven main categories: (i) other commitments, (ii) unwillingness to have the test, (iii) a feeling that the faecal occult blood test result was a false positive, (iv) another health issue taking priority, (v) failing to complete bowel preparation, (vi) practical barriers (e.g. lack of transport), and (vii) having had or planning colonoscopy elsewhere. The most common single reasons were unwillingness to have a colonoscopy and being away. Conclusions We identify a range of apparent reasons for colonoscopy non-attendance after a positive faecal occult blood test screening. Education regarding the interpretation of guaiac faecal occult blood test findings, offer of alternative confirmatory test options, and flexibility in the timing or location of subsequent testing might decrease non-attendance of diagnostic testing following positive faecal occult blood test.
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Ang, Ian Yi Han, Sheryl Hui-Xian Ng, Nabilah Rahman, Milawaty Nurjono, Tat Yean Tham, Sue-Anne Toh, and Hwee Lin Wee. "Right-Site Care Programme with a community-based family medicine clinic in Singapore: secondary data analysis of its impact on mortality and healthcare utilisation." BMJ Open 9, no. 12 (December 2019): e030718. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030718.
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ObjectiveStable patients with chronic conditions could be appropriately cared for at family medicine clinics (FMC) and discharged from hospital specialist outpatient clinics (SOCs). The Right-Site Care Programme with Frontier FMC emphasised care organised around patients in community rather than hospital-based providers, with one identifiable primary provider. This study evaluated impact of this programme on mortality and healthcare utilisation.DesignA retrospective study without randomisation using secondary data analysis of patients enrolled in the intervention matched 1:1 with unenrolled patients as controls.SettingProgramme was supported by the Ministry of Health in Singapore, a city-state nation in Southeast Asia with 5.6 million population.ParticipantsIntervention group comprises patients enrolled from January to December 2014 (n=684) and control patients (n=684) with at least one SOC and no FMC attendance during same period.InterventionsFamily physician in Frontier FMC managed patients in consultation with relevant specialist physicians or fully managed patients independently. Care teams in SOCs and FMC used a common electronic medical records system to facilitate care coordination and conducted regular multidisciplinary case conferences.Primary outcome measuresDeidentified linked healthcare administrative data for time period of January 2011 to December 2017 were extracted. Three-year postenrolment mortality rates and utilisation frequencies and charges for SOC, public primary care centres (polyclinic), emergency department attendances and emergency, non-day surgery inpatient and all-cause admissions were compared.ResultsIntervention patients had lower mortality rate (HR=0.37, p<0.01). Among those with potential of postenrolment polyclinic attendance, intervention patients had lower frequencies (incidence rate ratio (IRR)=0.60, p<0.01) and charges (mean ratio (MR)=0.51, p<0.01). Among those with potential of postenrolment SOC attendance, intervention patients had higher frequencies (IRR=2.06, p<0.01) and charges (MR=1.86, p<0.01).ConclusionsIntervention patients had better survival, probably because their chronic conditions were better managed with close monitoring, contributing to higher total outpatient attendance frequencies and charges.
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Torres, Carlos Rocha Gomes, Ana Paula Martins Gomes, Ivan Balducci, Naiara Tiradentes, Ilana Souza Serafim dos Santos, Rafaela Andrade de Vasconcelos, Claudio Hideki Kubo, and Janete Dias Almeida. "Patient Attendance for Emergency Care in a Brazilian Dental School." World Journal of Dentistry 3, no. 1 (2012): 11–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10015-1120.
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ABSTRACT Objective The objective of this study was to analyze the profile of patients attending the Emergency Dental Clinic at São José dos Campos Dental School, UNESP-São Paulo State University, between 2006 and 2010, evaluating the gender, ethnicity, age, diagnosis and treatment performed for resolution of the cases. Materials and methods A total of 600 dental records were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Fisher and Chi-square tests at a significance level of 5%. The dental records included information on the patients’ name, gender, age, ethnicity, phone number, date of attendance, diagnosis and treatment performed. The case history addressed the chief complaint, medical and dental history of the patient. The clinical evaluation comprised tests, such as visual examination of the intraoral hard and soft tissues, tooth percussion, palpation, probing, pulp sensitivity test and radiographic examination. The diagnosis and treatment for each case were established based on the case history and clinical tests. Results There was predominance of female gender (59.17%) and patients aged 20 to 39 years (49.67%). Most procedures were performed to solve endodontic emergencies (37.5%), followed by placement of dressings (10.6%), tooth extraction (8.9%), periodontal problems (4.6%) and cementation of provisional crowns or definitive dentures (4.5%). Conclusion Dental caries and its consequences were the main factors involved in the emergency attendances. There is a constant need of health promotion, considering that the patients searched for restorative treatments without the necessary emphasis on prevention. Additional studies are needed to determine strategies for decreasing the use of emergency services for nonemergency dental problems. Clinical relevance The diagnosis and treatment of dental emergencies are challenging. If inadequately performed, they may cause difficulties or even failures in pain relief, worsening or delaying the continuation of treatment planning and accomplishment. How to cite this article Tiradentes N, dos Santos ISS, de Vasconcelos RA, Balducci I, Kubo CH, Torres CRG, Almeida JD, Gomes APM. Patient Attendance for Emergency Care in a Brazilian Dental School. World J Dent 2012;3(1):11-17. Note This study was revised and approved by Local Ethics Committee (070/2006-PH/CEP).
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Shephard, Elizabeth A., Molly AL Parkinson, and William T. Hamilton. "Recognising laryngeal cancer in primary care: a large case–control study using electronic records." British Journal of General Practice 69, no. 679 (January 28, 2019): e127-e133. http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19x700997.
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BackgroundOver 1700 people are diagnosed with laryngeal cancer annually in England. Current National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines on referral for suspected laryngeal cancer were based on clinical consensus, in the absence of primary care studies.AimTo identify and quantify the primary care features of laryngeal cancer.Design and settingMatched case–control study of patients aged ≥40 years using data from the UK’s Clinical Practice Research Datalink.MethodClinical features of laryngeal cancer with which patients had presented to their GP in the year before diagnosis were identified and their association with cancer was assessed using conditional logistic regression. Positive predictive values (PPVs) for each clinical feature were calculated for the consulting population aged >60 years.ResultsIn total, 806 patients diagnosed with laryngeal cancer between 2000 and 2009 were studied, together with 3559 age-, sex-, and practice-matched controls. Ten features were significantly associated with laryngeal cancer: hoarseness odds ratio [OR] 904 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 277 to 2945); sore throat, first attendance OR 6.2 (95% CI = 3.7 to 10); sore throat, re-attendance OR 7.7 (95% CI = 2.6 to 23); dysphagia OR 6.5 (95% CI = 2.7 to 16); otalgia OR 5.0 (95% CI = 1.9 to 13); dyspnoea, re-attendance OR 4.7 (95% CI = 1.9 to 12); mouth symptoms OR 4.7 (95% CI = 1.8 to 12); recurrent chest infection OR 4.5 (95% CI = 2.4 to 8.5); insomnia OR 2.7 (95% CI = 1.3 to 5.6); and raised inflammatory markers OR 2.5 (95% CI = 1.5 to 4.1). All P-values were <0.01. Hoarseness had the highest individual PPV of 2.7%. Symptom combinations currently not included in NICE guidance were sore throat plus either dysphagia, dyspnoea, or otalgia, for which PPVs were >5%.ConclusionThese results expand current NICE guidance by identifying new symptom combinations that are associated with laryngeal cancer; they may help GPs to select more appropriate patients for referral.
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Prasad, Vibhore. "The earlier identification of mental health problems in children and young people in primary care using their linked GP-hospital records." British Journal of General Practice 69, suppl 1 (June 2019): bjgp19X703157. http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19x703157.
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BackgroundAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 3–5% of the population of children and young people (CYP). CYP with mental health problems report long delays in the diagnosis of mental health problems. ADHD is recognised in just under 1% of children and young people in English primary care and qualitative work suggests that parents (carers) report to their GPs prior to obtaining a diagnosis of ADHD but a detailed knowledge of reasons for presenting to health care is lacking.AimTo ascertain the reasons for attendance to health care for CYP with compared to CYP without ADHD.MethodUsing the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) with linked Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data, all medical records for CYP with ADHD were extracted. Up to five CYP without ADHD were selected at random matched by age, sex, and GP practice. All GP and hospital medical records were extracted and inspected in the 2 years prior to the date of diagnosis of ADHD in the index case.ResultsThere were 8135 CYP with ADHD and 40 614 CYP without ADHD. Medical records from GP, hospital diagnosis codes, and operative procedure codes have been extracted. A description of the reasons for attendance to healthcare in the 2 years prior to diagnosis (index date) will be presented at the conference.ConclusionA detailed knowledge of reasons for attendance to healthcare for CYP with versus CYP without CYP will assist GPs, paediatrics, educationalists, and CYP’s parents (carers) may help to identify ADHD earlier than is currently possible.
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Pani, Pranab Kumar, and Pallavi Kishore. "Absenteeism and performance in a quantitative module A quantile regression analysis." Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education 8, no. 3 (July 4, 2016): 376–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jarhe-05-2014-0054.
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Purpose – There is growing evidence that learning is faster, measurably better and more productive in a classroom setting when a student attends classes regularly. Each student brings in his/her experience, skills, and unique learning styles to a class – thus a classroom environment can potentially create positive externalities through which a student can gain substantially from various strengths of his/her peers. However, students do remain absent from their classes for a variety of reasons. One of the measurable effects of regular non-attendance in a university class, where students from various cultures and regions interact, is the academic performance. The purpose of this paper is to determine if there is any potential causal link between absenteeism (attendance) and academic performance. Design/methodology/approach – Data were culled from the records of three batches of students in a British university campus in the Middle East. Quantile regression methods were used to establish the causal relationship between absenteeism and academic performance. Findings – A quantile regression analysis reveals that absenteeism has negative impact on academic performance. This also suggests that low performers are worse affected by absenteeism as compared to the high performers. Research limitations/implications – Inclusion of some other factors, such as study habits, additional hours spent on quantitative modules, student’s ethnicity background, particularly in the context of United Arab Emirates, could have emboldened the robustness of the study. Non-availability or paucity of this information, to some degree, has limited the conclusions of this study. Originality/value – Proponents of mandatory attendance argue that there is a positive correlation between attendance and performance. But, one very important issue which gets overlooked is who actually benefits more by attending classes – are the shirkers who have a poor attendance record or the ones who are more sincere, more regular, and active participants in a class? This study uses quantile regression analysis to address this issue.