scholarly journals Relationships of Creative Personality Traits and Spatial Abilities to Shaping Creativity and Floriculture Material Shaping Skills

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 670-677
Author(s):  
Hui-Shan Chan ◽  
Hui-Ying Chu ◽  
Mei-Fang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Spatial Abilities ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Leaf Material ◽  
Creative Personality ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Linear Leaf ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Materials Used

In floriculture design, “shaping” is the use of floral materials as media for expressing ideas. Common floriculture techniques include tying, pasting, winding, connecting, overlapping, and weaving. Shaping is also a key factor in the appeal of the final product. Therefore, this study recruited 149 university students to explore how their floriculture material-shaping skills are affected by factors such as creative personality traits, spatial abilities, and shaping creativity. Students were allowed to use three different leaf materials in their floriculture works: planar leaf, linear leaf, and amorphous leaf materials. Representative planar, linear, and amorphous floriculture materials used in the current study were yellow palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens), veitch’s screw pine (Pandanus baptistii), and tree fern (Asparagus virgatus), respectively. The average score for creativity in shaping floriculture material was (±sd) 3.26 ± 0.84 (range, 1.33–4.67). Comparisons of the three leaf materials showed that the score for shaping creativity was highest for the planar leaf material (3.70 ± 1.23), followed by the amorphous leaf material (3.18 ± 0.99) and the linear leaf material (2.91 ± 0.94). The chi-square test results indicated that creative personality traits affected the number of shaping skills used, and that spatial abilities and floriculture material-shaping creativity further enhanced skills in floriculture material-shaping. Suggestions for floriculture educators and practitioners are provided accordingly.

scholarly journals Are countries’ self-reported assessments of their capacity for infectious disease control reliable? Associations among countries’ self-reported International Health Regulation 2005 capacity assessments and infectious disease control outcomes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng-Jen Tsai ◽  
Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
International Health ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Average Score ◽  
International Health Regulation ◽  
Infectious Disease Control ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Chi Square Test

Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate associations among countries’ self-reported International Health Regulation 2005 (IHR 2005) capacity assessments and infectious disease control outcomes. Methods Countries’ self-reported assessments implemented by percentages as IHR Monitoring Tools (IHRMT) in 2016 and 2017 were used to represent national capacity regarding infectious disease control. WHO Disease Outbreak News and matched diseases reports on ProMED-mail were collected in 2016 to represent disease control outcomes of countries. Disease control outcomes were divided in good, normal and bad groups based on the development of outbreaks listed in the reports. The Human Development Index (HDI), density of physicians and nurses, health expenditure, number of arrivals of international tourists were also collected for control. Chi-square test and logistic regression were applied for analysis. Results A total of 907 cases occurred in 92 countries. For all diseases, cases occurring in high international travel volume countries presented twice the risk of having a bad disease control outcomes than cases occurring in low international travel volume countries (OR = 2.19 for IHR 2016, OR =2.97 for IHR 2017). Cases occurring in low IHR average score countries had significant higher risk (OR = 7.83 for IHR 2016 and OR = 2.23 for IHR 2017) of having a bad disease control outcomes than countries with high IHR average scores. For only human diseases, cases occurring in high international travel volume countries presented twice the risk of having a bad disease control outcomes than cases occurring in low international travel volume countries for IHR 2017 (OR =2.79). Cases occurring in low IHR average score countries had significant higher risk (OR = 11.16 for IHR 2016 and OR = 3.45 for IHR 2017) of having a bad disease control outcomes than countries with high IHR average scores. The HDI, health workforce density and total health expenditure were all positively associated with disease control outcomes. Conclusions Countries’ self-reported infectious disease control capacities positively correlated with their disease control outcomes. While the self-reported IHR scores were accountable to some degree, this approach was useful for understanding global capacity in infectious disease control and in allocating resources for future preparedness.

scholarly journals Are countries’ self-reported assessments of their capacity for infectious disease control reliable? Associations among countries’ self-reported International Health Regulation 2005 capacity assessments and infectious disease control outcomes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
feng-jen Tsai ◽  
Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
International Health ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Average Score ◽  
International Health Regulation ◽  
Infectious Disease Control ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Chi Square Test

Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate associations among countries’ self-reported International Health Regulation 2005 (IHR 2005) capacity assessments and infectious disease control outcomes. Methods Countries’ self-reported assessments implemented by percentages as IHR Monitoring Tools (IHRMT) in 2016 and 2017 were used to represent national capacity regarding infectious disease control. WHO Disease Outbreak News and matched diseases reports on ProMED-mail were collected in 2016 to represent disease control outcomes of countries. Disease control outcomes were divided in good, normal and bad groups based on the development of outbreaks listed in the reports. The Human Development Index (HDI), density of physicians and nurses, health expenditure, number of arrivals of international tourists were also collected for control. Chi-square test and logistic regression were applied for analysis. Results A total of 907 cases occurred in 92 countries. For all diseases, cases occurring in high international travel volume countries presented twice the risk of having a bad disease control outcomes than cases occurring in low international travel volume countries (OR = 2.19 for IHR 2016, OR =2.97 for IHR 2017). Cases occurring in low IHR average score countries had significant higher risk (OR = 7.83 for IHR 2016 and OR = 2.23 for IHR 2017) of having a bad disease control outcomes than countries with high IHR average scores. For only human diseases, cases occurring in high international travel volume countries presented twice the risk of having a bad disease control outcomes than cases occurring in low international travel volume countries for IHR 2017 (OR =2.79). Cases occurring in low IHR average score countries had significant higher risk (OR = 11.16 for IHR 2016 and OR = 3.45 for IHR 2017) of having a bad disease control outcomes than countries with high IHR average scores. The HDI, health workforce density and total health expenditure were all positively associated with disease control outcomes. Conclusions Countries’ self-reported infectious disease control capacities positively correlated with their disease control outcomes. While the self-reported IHR scores were accountable to some degree, this approach was useful for understanding global capacity in infectious disease control and in allocating resources for future preparedness.

scholarly journals Leucocyte profile and offspring production of guinea pig (Cavia cobaya) given Anredera cordifolia leaf extract

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
D. Wijayanti ◽  
E. T. Setiatin ◽  
E. Kurnianto
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Leaf Extract ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Offspring Production ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Given ◽  
Head Level

The objective of this study was to determine leucocyte and offspring production of guinea pig (Cavia cobaya) giving Anredera cordifolia leaf extract. Materials used were female 16 heads of guinea pig with body weight of 425g. The treatments were an extract of A. cordifolia leaf at doses of 0, 10, 50 and 90 mg/head, designated as T0, T1, T2 and T3, respectively. A. cordifolia leaf extract was administered orally from 10 days prepartum to 10 days postpartum. Blood was taken at 10 days prepartum and 10 days postpartum. Total birth of the offspring was observed. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance and if there was effect of treatment, then continued with Duncan multiple range test and Chi-Square test for fetal production between the given A. cordifolia leaf extract and control. The result showed that there was no significant difference for 10 days prepartum after addition of A cordifolia leaf extract treatment. The postpartum treated showed a total 50 mg/head level increaed for monocytes than that of level 0, 10 and 90 mg/head. Ten days postpartum treatment showed the total increase for leucocyte and monocytes total were 50 and 90 mg/head, respectively compared to 10 mg/head level. Total lymphocyte of 90 mg/head increased compared to level 10 and 50 mg/head. The highest total neutrophil as found at level of 50 mg/head which increased compared to the level of 0 and 10 mg/head. ProvisioningA. cordifolialeaf extract at doses level of 50 and 90 mg/head could increase litter size (P<0.05; χ2=9.267) and decreased offspring mortality (P<0.05; χ2=6.4). In conclusion, by giving 50 mg/head A. cordifolia leaf extract could increase leucocyte profile and offspring production of guinea pig. 

scholarly journals SIBLING RIVALRY DENGAN BOUNDING ATTACHMENT PADA IBU NIFAS

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Nor Asiyah ◽  
Anny Rosiana Mashitoh ◽  
Dwi Kristiani
Keyword(s):  
Sibling Rivalry ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
P Value ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Parental Treatment ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Postpartum Mothers

Abstrak Latar Belakang: Dalam proses Bounding Attachment ada beberapa faktor yang mempengaruhi, diantaranya Sibling Rivalry atau Perilaku anak ataupun bayi dengan keluarga yang dapat tumbuh dari diri anak itu sendiri dan orang tua dalam mendidik. perlakuan orang tua terhadap anak merupakan faktor kunci yang menentukan seberapa besar persaingan yang terjadi antara saudara kandung. Respon anak pertama terhadap adik bayinya dapat mempengaruhi proses bounding attachment, bayi akan merasa terganggu dengan cara menangis. Jika terjadi berulang-ulang, maka tujuan bounding attachment yang mengharapkan bayi dapat mengadakan eksplorasi menjadi terbatas, sehingga  menumbuhkan sikap sosial berkurang, dan menumbuhkan perilaku meniru sikap kakaknya. Faktor yang paling dominan terjadinya sibling rivalry pada anak yaitu sikap orang tua. Orang tua membagi perhatian dengan orang lain, mengidolakan anak tertentu, perasaan kesal, dan membanding-bandingkan anak dapat memicu terjadinya sibling rivalry. perlakuan orang tua yang adil dapat menjalin Kedekatan  emosi orang tua dengan anak  sehingga akan slalu memiliki ikatan batin (kasih sayang) yang kuat. Tujuan: Diketahuinya Hubungan Sibling Rivalry dengan Bounding Attachment pada Ibu Nifas di Desa Bae Kudus. Metode: Jenis penelitian analitik korelasi dengan pendekatan cross sectional, dengan popuasi 52 responden. Dengan accidental sampling sebesar 46 responden. Pengambilan sampel dengan cara purposive sampling menggunakan kriterian inklusi dan eksklusi dengan alat uji menggunakan chi square (X2) dengan menggunakan  dan 95% confidence  intervel (CI). Hasil: Hasil uji chi square Sibling Rivalry Dengan Bounding, Sibling Rivalry Dengan Bounding Attachment diperoleh nilai p value sebesar= 0,027. Kesimpulan: Ada Hubungan Sibling Rivalry Dengan Bounding Attachment Pada Ibu nifas di Desa Bae Kudus. Kata kunci : Sibling Rivalry, bounding attachment Abstract Background: In the Bounding Attachment process, there are several factors influencing the process including Rivalry Sibling or the behavior of child or baby with family that can grow from the child himself and the parents in giving education. Parental treatment to children is a key factor that determines the competition occuredamong the siblings. The first child's response to youger sister (baby) can affect the process of bounding attachment in the way that the baby will be disturbed by crying. If it happens repeatedly,  the goal of bounding attachments that the baby will carry out exploration becomes limited, therefore it will reduce social attitudes and imitate his brother's attitude.The most dominant factor in sibling rivalry is the attitude of parents. This means that parents share attention with others, idolize certain children, feel upset with certain children, and compare children so that it may trigger sibling rivalry. Fair parental treatment will create close emotional betweenparents and children so that they will always have a strong inner bond (love). Objective: this study is to know the relationship between Sibling Rivalry and Bounding Attachment in Postpartum Mothers in Bae of Kudus. Method: This study used analytical correlation research with cross sectional approach. The population were 52 respondents. Taken accidental sampling, the samples were 46 respondents. Sampling was done by purposive sampling using inclusion and exclusion criteria of chi square (X2) test using 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: The results of chi square test of Sibling Rivalry With Bounding, Sibling Rivalry with Bounding Attachment obtained p value of = 0.027. Conclusion: There is relationship between Sibling Rivalry and Postpartum Bounding Attachment in Bae Kudus Keywords: Sibling Rivalry, bounding attachment

scholarly journals Current Trends in Practice of Residents in the Saudi Board of Endodontics Program

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 619-624
Author(s):  
Mothanna K. AlRahabi ◽  
Ayman M. AlKady
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Root Canal ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Western Area ◽  
Working Length ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Level Of Significance

Abstract Objectives The purpose of the current study was to collect information about some techniques and armamentarium currently used by the Saudi Board of Endodontics residents in relation to the technical steps of root canal therapy. Materials and Methods A web-based survey was sent to the Saudi Board of Endodontics residents, based in the western area of Saudi Arabia. The survey assessed controversial concepts, and collected information regarding new instruments and materials, used in the technical steps of nonsurgical root canal treatment. A one-sample chi-square test, with a 95% level of significance, was applied to determine whether there were significant differences between respondents’ answers. Results A total of 45 out of 50 residents (90%) responded to the questionnaire. The majority of Saudi Board residents of Endodontics, who participated in this survey, used the mean of working length (ML) measured by periapical X-Ray and apex locator in the presence of a radiographic lesion (63.3%), and maintained apical patency in all cases (80.0%). ProTaper Universal (40%) and ProTaper Next (41.2%) were the most common NiTi rotary systems used for root canal instrumentation. Thirty percent of respondents used adjunct device with irrigation, and 80% advocated smear layer removal. Zinc oxide–eugenol-based sealers were the most common used sealers (70%), and most residents (86.6%) did not advocate sealer extrusion. Conclusions This study revealed that residents of the Saudi Board of Endodontics program adopt new endodontic technologies. There is, however, a need for more investigations regarding this objective, including responses from all residents in Saudi Arabia.

scholarly journals Exploring the Affective Level in Adolescents in Relation to Advertising with a Selected Emotional Appeal

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 8287
Author(s):  
David Vrtana ◽  
Anna Krizanova ◽  
Eva Skorvagova ◽  
Katarina Valaskova
Keyword(s):  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Variable Region ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Emotional Appeal ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Chi Square Test

The correlation and perception of advertising on adolescents have been shown to be a key factor in the survival of subjective emotional states. In this research, we map the affective level in relation to emotions in the context of assessing the marketing advertisement “Man on the Moon” by John Lewis company. We assess how an emotional appeal affects adolescents in various areas of the Slovak Republic, following several crucial demographic features of respondents. We examined the affective level by means of a psychodiagnostic tool in the form of a standardized tool of the scale of subjective emotional habitual well-being. To measure the emotional component of subjective well-being, we used descriptive words that expressed experienced emotions and feelings. From the collected data, we determined the frequency of positive and negative mood and verified the dependence between the variable region and emotion. We used Pearson’s chi-square test. When evaluating the data, we found dependencies between the categorical variable region and emotion. We did not find a relationship between the variable gender and emotion. The geographical division within the national market has an impact on the experience of positive and negative emotions when looking at advertising with an emotional appeal to the story.

scholarly journals RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRAMING BIAS AND BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS OF INDIVIDUAL INVESTERS

2021 ◽  
pp. 665-676
Author(s):  
Abhishek Sachan ◽  
Pawan K. Chugan
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Portfolio Managers ◽  
Qualitative Nature ◽  
The Relationship

Returns depend upon decisions of investors, but investors biases challenge the ability to take rational decisions. Study of biases and their relationships with personality traits helps to understand how biases originate, the way in which they possibly effect investors, and which personality types could be more susceptible to them. There are evidences that biases have relationships with personality traits of investors and this study focuses on one such relationship between framing bias and personality traits. Given the qualitative nature of variables under study, the relationship was established by statistically significant coefficients of logistic regression equation, where bias-variable was dependent and big five personality traits were independent. The score of personality trait, which had significant relationship, was cross tabulated with bias variable, the chi square test indicated a statistically significant relationship. The results lead to conclusion that an investor with higher score of agreeableness has higher probability of having framing bias. It is also discussed that an agreeable person may demonstrate irrationality discussed in prospect theory, more as compared to others, as the framing effects were measured using gain and loss frames. Since the study deals with frames of communication, it indicates towards the effects of personality traits on communication between portfolio manager and clients. The study contributes for portfolio managers that an agreeable client may not actually agree for rational decision if the communication is not in right frame.

scholarly journals Benefit’s Portfolio in a Company in Connection to the Generation of Managerial Applicants

2021 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 01014
Author(s):  
Kateřina Jančíková ◽  
František Milichovský
Keyword(s):  
Specific Group ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
High Ranking ◽  
Personal Management ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Managerial Position ◽  
Executive Managers ◽  
A Company ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The topic of remuneration of executive managers (included CEO) is considered such a key factor of personal management (PM). The issue of remuneration of high-ranking managers is a key area of personnel management and corporate governance. This is still a much-discussed topic, which seeks to answer the most important question: How to set management rules in companies so that all stakeholders behave effectively? It is high-ranking managers who are a specific group in which the creation of a remuneration contract must ensure the optimal connection of their performance with measurable indicators of the company. The consequences of their decisions can be clear for up to several years, so setting optimal benchmarks is more than important. The main aim of the research paper was to find a dependence between the type of respondent generation and the sought-after benefits in the managerial position. The hypothesis was defined as follows: the type of respondent generation influences the choice of benefit. IBM SPSS Statistics 25 was used to process and evaluate the data obtained from the structured questionnaire survey. The mathematical-statistical methods used to verify the dependence between selected variables were used the Chi-square test of independence of two variables.

scholarly journals Are countries’ self-reported assessments of their capacity for infectious disease control reliable? Associations among countries’ self-reported International Health Regulation 2005 capacity assessments and infectious disease control outcomes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
feng-jen Tsai ◽  
Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
International Health ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Average Score ◽  
International Health Regulation ◽  
Infectious Disease Control ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Chi Square Test

Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate associations among countries’ self-reported International Health Regulation 2005 (IHR 2005) capacity assessments and infectious disease control outcomes. Methods Countries’ self-reported assessments implemented by percentages as IHR Monitoring Tools (IHRMT) in 2016 and 2017 were used to represent national capacity regarding infectious disease control. WHO Disease Outbreak News and matched diseases reports on ProMED-mail were collected in 2016 to represent disease control outcomes of countries. Disease control outcomes were divided in good, normal and bad groups based on the development of outbreaks listed in the reports. The Human Development Index (HDI), density of physicians and nurses, health expenditure, number of arrivals of international tourists were also collected for control. Chi-square test and logistic regression were applied for analysis. Results A total of 907 cases occurred in 92 countries. For all diseases, cases occurring in high international travel volume countries presented twice the risk of having a bad disease control outcomes than cases occurring in low international travel volume countries (OR = 2.19 for IHR 2016, OR =2.97 for IHR 2017). Cases occurring in low IHR average score countries had significant higher risk (OR = 7.83 for IHR 2016 and OR = 2.23 for IHR 2017) of having a bad disease control outcomes than countries with high IHR average scores. For only human diseases, cases occurring in high international travel volume countries presented twice the risk of having a bad disease control outcomes than cases occurring in low international travel volume countries for IHR 2017 (OR =2.79). Cases occurring in low IHR average score countries had significant higher risk (OR = 11.16 for IHR 2016 and OR = 3.45 for IHR 2017) of having a bad disease control outcomes than countries with high IHR average scores. The HDI, health workforce density and total health expenditure were all positively associated with disease control outcomes. Conclusions Countries’ self-reported infectious disease control capacities positively correlated with their disease control outcomes. While the self-reported IHR scores were accountable to some degree, this approach was useful for understanding global capacity in infectious disease control and in allocating resources for future preparedness.

scholarly journals Knowledge about dentin hypersensitivity: A questionnaire-based survey among dental students and young dentists

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-183
Author(s):  
Emilia Bologa ◽  
◽  
Simona Stoleriu ◽  
Angela Cristina Ghiorghe ◽  
Galina Pancu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Predisposing Factors ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Dentin Hypersensitivity ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Treatment Measures ◽  
Chi Square Test

Introduction Continued education is a fundamental characteristic of one’s working life, especially in the medical field. Keeping up to date should be a mandatory element of dental practice. Dentin hypersensitivity (DH) has been a long-term significant challenge for practitioners due to the uncertainties around its diagnosis and treatment. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge of senior dental students and young doctors with respect to this dental pathology. Methodology A total of 632 self-administered questionnaire were distributed to dental students and doctors for data collection. The 10 questions investigated the knowledge about the description of pain in DH, triggering and predisposing factors, treatment strategies, preventive and treatment measures, remineralization products, etiological factors of dental wear, and main characteristics of DH. The data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0. Standard descriptive statistics were computed and analytical statistical analysis was performed using Pearson’s chi-square test. Results The response rate for dental students was 87.87% and 10.2% for young doctors. Most respondents revealed a good level of knowledge regarding pain characterization, triggering factors, and predisposing factors of dentin hypersensitivity, and a satisfactory level for the disease management strategies. The average score of the questionnaire recorded at group level was 42.253. Conclusion Young dentists had better knowledge of DH compared to 6th-year dental students. The information obtained from this study revealed that there is a need to provide better theoretical but also clinical teaching opportunities to students, as well as continued educational programs to young doctors.

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