The impact of parental influence on the reading habits of Gen-Y adults: a generalised linear model analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Harpaljit Kaur ◽  
R. Ratneswary V. Rasiah ◽  
Shalini Nagaratnam
Keyword(s):  
Linear Model ◽  
Parental Influence ◽  
Model Analysis ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Gen Y ◽  
The Impact

Impact of organizational decentralization degree on job satisfaction and job performance: a hierarchical linear model analysis for construction projects

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Sun ◽  
Cynthia Changxin Wang ◽  
Zhiling Yang ◽  
Tianshu Yu ◽  
Jintao Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Linear Model ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Model ◽  
Model Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Large Complex ◽  
The Impact

PurposeModern construction projects are increasingly complex and rely heavily on multi-discipline collaboration, and this leads to a more and more decentralized project-based structure widely adopted in the construction industry. While job satisfaction (JS) and job performance (JP) have been heavily studied previously, few considered the impact of organizational structure and none investigated the relationship between the organizational decentralization degree with JS and JP. This research aims to fill this research gap and investigate the impacts of organizational decentralization degree on JS and JP and facilitate a better project management practice for large-scale construction projects.Design/methodology/approachThis research firstly establishes four hypotheses based on the literature review on general project-based organizations, then the hypotheses are tested by a survey covering 25 large complex construction projects in China. A hierarchical linear model analysis was carried out to analyze the survey data and to study the relationships between organizational decentralization degree, job satisfaction and job performance.FindingsAnalysis results show that projects' employees' JS and JP are positively correlated with the construction project organizations' decentralization degree, respectively. The decentralization degree has a higher impact on JS than on JP. Employees' JP is positively correlated with their JS, and a higher decentralization degree leads to a more significant positive impact that JS puts on JP.Originality/valueThe findings are new evidence of how construction organization structure and its decentralization degree can affect project employees' JS and JP. This research provides valuable guidance for the industry's management practice and is particularly important for large, complex and highly decentralized construction projects.

Selection of models to describe the temperature-dependent development of Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and its application to predict the species voltinism under future climate conditions

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Hevellyn Talissa dos Santos ◽  
Cesar Augusto Marchioro
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Linear Model ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Dependent Development ◽  
Degree Day ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The small tomato borer, Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée, 1854) is a multivoltine pest of tomato and other cultivated solanaceous plants. The knowledge on how N. elegantalis respond to temperature may help in the development of pest management strategies, and in the understanding of the effects of climate change on its voltinism. In this context, this study aimed to select models to describe the temperature-dependent development rate of N. elegantalis and apply the best models to evaluate the impacts of climate change on pest voltinism. Voltinism was estimated with the best fit non-linear model and the degree-day approach using future climate change scenarios representing intermediary and high greenhouse gas emission rates. Two out of the six models assessed showed a good fit to the observed data and accurately estimated the thermal thresholds of N. elegantalis. The degree-day and the non-linear model estimated more generations in the warmer regions and fewer generations in the colder areas, but differences of up to 41% between models were recorded mainly in the warmer regions. In general, both models predicted an increase in the voltinism of N. elegantalis in most of the study area, and this increase was more pronounced in the scenarios with high emission of greenhouse gases. The mathematical model (74.8%) and the location (9.8%) were the factors that mostly contributed to the observed variation in pest voltinism. Our findings highlight the impact of climate change on the voltinism of N. elegantalis and indicate that an increase in its population growth is expected in most regions of the study area.

The New Statistics with R

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Hector
Keyword(s):  
Linear Model ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Model Analysis ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Information Criteria ◽  
Reproducible Research ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
R Programming

Statistics is a fundamental component of the scientific toolbox, but learning the basics of this area of mathematics is one of the most challenging parts of a research training. This book gives an up-to-date introduction to the classical techniques and modern extensions of linear-model analysis—one of the most useful approaches in the analysis of scientific data in the life and environmental sciences. The book emphasizes an estimation-based approach that takes account of recent criticisms of overuse of probability values and introduces the alternative approach using information criteria. The book is based on the use of the open-source R programming language for statistics and graphics, which is rapidly becoming the lingua franca in many areas of science. This second edition adds new chapters, including one discussing some of the complexities of linear-model analysis and another introducing reproducible research documents using the R Markdown package. Statistics is introduced through worked analyses performed in R using interesting data sets from ecology, evolutionary biology, and environmental science. The data sets and R scripts are available as supporting material.

The Min-Max Load Criteria as a Measure of Machining Fixture Performance

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 500-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. C. DeMeter
Keyword(s):  
Convex Hull ◽  
Linear Model ◽  
Model Validation ◽  
Contact Region ◽  
Extreme Points ◽  
Simulation Experiments ◽  
Machining Operations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
External Loads ◽  
The Continuum

Spherical-tipped locators and clamps are often used for the restraint of castings during machining. For structurally rigid castings, contact region deformation and micro-slippage are the predominant modes of workpiece displacement. In turn contact region deformation and micro-slippage are heavily influenced by contact region loading. This paper presents a linear model for predicting the impact of locator and clamp placement on workpiece displacement throughout a series of machining operations. It illustrates how the continuum of external loads exerted on a workpiece during machining can be bounded within a convex hull, and how the extreme points of this hull are used within the model. Finally it describes the simulation experiments which were used for model validation.

scholarly journals The Impact of Print vs. Digital Resources on Moroccan University Students’ Reading Habits, Uses, and Preferences

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 02001
Author(s):  
Maryem Larhmaid
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Reading Practices ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Reading Behaviors ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Information Consumers ◽  
The Impact

The widespread use of digital resources, the Internet and the development of technology have brought several significant changes in reading practices, preferences and use among information consumers. Readers of the 21st century have many options for reading thanks to the rapid growth of electronic-based reading materials, instead of printed ones, such as online newspapers, electronic books, digital encyclopedias, and online academic journals, as well as the expansion of e-book readers. All of these have contributed to changing readers’ reading strategies, reading preferences, and attitudes toward the act of reading. In the field of academia, for instance, there has been a tremendous shift from paper-based reading to screen-based reading. Given the fact that digital devices have become pervasive, and that reading has recently become a digital activity, this article proposes the need to investigate the impact of print vs. digital reading materials on Moroccan undergraduate students’ reading behaviors, preferences and use.

scholarly journals DAMPAK PENDAMPINGAN DALAM MENGERJAKAN PR DAN KEBIASAAN ORANGTUA MEMBACA TERHADAP CAPAIAN AKADEMIK ANAK DALAM TIMSS 2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Suci Paramitha Liestari ◽  
Safari Safari
Keyword(s):  
Reading Habits ◽  
Student Education ◽  
Science Scores ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Timss 2015 ◽  
Mathematics And Science ◽  
Primary Educators

The success of student education cannot be separated from the schools, teachers, students and parents. Parents play an important role because they are the first and primary educators of their children. This study aims to assess the impact of parents’ support in helping their children to do their homework and parents' reading habits on mathematics and science scores in TIMSS 2015. By using quantitative descriptive and inferential methods, the analysis shows that parents who spend more time helping and checking their children homework, have children who achieve higher scores on mathematics and science. If they read more than 10 hours in 1 week, their kids scores on TIMSS 2015 significantly. Only 6,4% of parents whose reading habits more than 10 hours in 1 week.

scholarly journals Influence of Weekday of Admission and Level of Distress on Length of Hospital Stay in Patients With Low Back Pain: A Retrospective Cohort Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuel Brunner ◽  
André Meichtry ◽  
Davy Vancampfort ◽  
Reinhard Imoberdorf ◽  
David Gisi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Linear Model ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Interdisciplinary Management ◽  
Prolonged Length ◽  
The Impact

Abstract BackgroundLow back pain (LBP) is often a complex problem requiring interdisciplinary management to address patients’ multidimensional needs. The inpatient care for patients with LBP in primary care hospitals is a challenge. In this setting, interdisciplinary LBP management is often unavailable during the weekend. Delays in therapeutic procedures may result in prolonged length of hospital stay (LoS). The impact of delays on LoS might be strongest in patients reporting high levels of psychological distress. Therefore, this study investigates which influence the weekday of admission and distress have on LoS of inpatients with LBP.MethodsRetrospective cohort study conducted between 1 February 2019 and 31 January 2020. ANOVA was used to test the hypothesized difference in mean effects of the weekday of admission on LoS. Further, a linear model was fitted for LoS with distress, categorical weekday of admission (Friday/Saturday vs. Sunday-Thursday), and their interactions.ResultsWe identified 173 patients with LBP. Mean LoS was 7.8 days (SD=5.59). Patients admitted on Friday (mean LoS=10.3) and Saturday (LoS=10.6) had longer stays but not those admitted on Sunday (LoS=7.1). Analysis of the weekday effect (Friday/Saturday vs. Sunday-Thursday) showed that admission on Friday or Saturday was associated with significant increase in LoS compared to admission on other weekdays (t=3.43, p=<0.001). 101 patients (58%) returned questionnaires, and complete data on distress was available from 86 patients (49%). According to a linear model for LoS, the effect of distress on LoS was significantly modified (t=2.51, p=0.014) by dichotomic weekdays of admission (Friday/Saturday vs. Sunday-Thursday).ConclusionsPatients with LBP are hospitalized significantly longer if they have to wait more than two days for interdisciplinary LBP management. This particularly affects patients reporting high distress. Our study provides a platform to further explore whether interdisciplinary LBP management addressing patients’ multidimensional needs reduces LoS in primary care hospitals.

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