scholarly journals Kárpátaljai magyar pedagógusok és tanítványaik metanyelvi ismereteiről

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 165-173
Author(s):  
Katalin Dudics Lakatos
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
The Past ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Hungarian Language

On the metalanguage knowledge of Hungarian teachers and their students in Subcarpathia Several surveys verified it in the past years that the language dialect attitude of ethnic Hungarian students and teachers in Subcarpathia changed in a positive di-rection. Despite these developments they still could not entirely discard their nega-tive preconceptions many of them have developed against the non-standard vari-ants of the Hungarian language. In the present study I analyze the data from two questionnaire surveys I conducted in 2018 among students and teachers. From the analysis it becomes clear that the knowledge of the group about language variants is still lacking, resulting in controversies, often inconsistencies which can be ob-served in their expressions related to language dialects and the ones speaking such dialects. Keywords: language dialect knowledge, positive attitude, Hungarian students in Subcarpathia, Hungarian teachers in Subcarpathia

scholarly journals Human fascioliasis infection sources, their diversity, incidence factors, analytical methods and prevention measures

Parasitology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 145 (13) ◽  
pp. 1665-1699 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mas-Coma ◽  
M. D. Bargues ◽  
M. A. Valero
Keyword(s):  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Contaminated Water ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
The Past ◽  
Urban Markets ◽  
Human Fascioliasis ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
First Time

AbstractHuman fascioliasis infection sources are analysed for the first time in front of the new worldwide scenario of this disease. These infection sources include foods, water and combinations of both. Ingestion of freshwater wild plants is the main source, with watercress and secondarily other vegetables involved. The problem of vegetables sold in uncontrolled urban markets is discussed. Distinction between infection sources by freshwater cultivated plants, terrestrial wild plants, and terrestrial cultivated plants is made. The risks by traditional local dishes made from sylvatic plants and raw liver ingestion are considered. Drinking of contaminated water, beverages and juices, ingestion of dishes and soups and washing of vegetables, fruits, tubercles and kitchen utensils with contaminated water are increasingly involved. Three methods to assess infection sources are noted: detection of metacercariae attached to plants or floating in freshwater, anamnesis in individual patients, and questionnaire surveys in endemic areas. The infectivity of metacercariae is reviewed both under field conditions and experimentally under the effects of physicochemical agents. Individual and general preventive measures appear to be more complicated than those considered in the past. The high diversity of infection sources and their heterogeneity in different countries underlie the large epidemiological heterogeneity of human fascioliasis throughout.

scholarly journals Perception of Local Communities Towards the Conservation Terubok

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Nur Athirah Bakeri ◽  
Dayang Affizzah Awang Marikan ◽  
Amin Mahir Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Government Intervention ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
The Past ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Conservation Interventions

Terubok is one of the famous, important commercially fish in Malaysia and has high economic value which only can be found in Sarawak rivers. However, this species has been threatened in the past 15 years due to heavy exploitation. Hence, this study was done to examine the perceptions of local in conserving and sustaining the terubok population. An attitudinal study is increasingly being adopted as tools for evaluating public understanding, acceptance and the impact of conservation interventions. This study examines the perception and views of local community towards the dynamic resources, government intervention, unique features and livelihood sustainability which acts as a basis on conserving terubok. The findings of these studies show that almost all of the respondents show a highly positive attitude towards conserving terubok. Local community are really well aware with the importance of terubok. Hence, this study has proof that the local community has a positive attitude towards conserving terubok.

African psychology and the emergence of the Madiban tradition

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augustine Nwoye
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
New Order ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
The Past ◽  
Western Psychology ◽  
The Right ◽  
Made In

The recent welcome inclusion of the study of African psychology within the psychology degree curriculum of some forward-thinking African universities has been lauded as a great positive drive in the right direction. In the past, the practices that prevailed were those of mainstream Western psychology imported to Africa. This awkward situation originated during the period of colonialism and the emergence of missionary Christianity in Africa. This article proposes that if the current positive attitude toward African psychology is to last and bear fruit, there is a need to formally inaugurate a new order or tradition (referred to in this paper as the Madiban tradition) that would anchor and open up the study of psychology in African universities towards a new future: a future in which the progressive arm of both Western and African approaches to psychology would coexist and enjoy enduring mutual respect and equitable participatory presence in these programmes. This paper highlights the theoretical framework undergirding this vision and the challenges to be faced and new shifts to be made in implementing such a vision.

scholarly journals Diverging trends of respiratory allergies and eczema in Greek schoolchildren: Six surveys during 1991‐2018

2022 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. e17-e24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Styliani Malliori ◽  
Alexandros Ntzounas ◽  
Panagiotis Lampropoulos ◽  
Eleana Koliofoti ◽  
Kostas N. Priftis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relative Risk ◽  
Forced Expiratory Volume ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Current Asthma ◽  
The Past ◽  
Respiratory Allergies ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Background: The prevalence of childhood asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis, and eczema in the city of Patras, Greece, has been followed in four consecutive surveys since 1991. After a continuous rise in the prevalence of all three of these disorders, a plateau was reached for asthma between 2003 and 2008, whereas the prevalence of rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema continued to increase. Objective: To investigate these trends in the same population into the following decade. Methods: We repeated two methodologically identical cross-sectional parental questionnaire surveys in 2013 and 2018 among 8‐9-year-old schoolchildren (N = 2554 and N = 2648, respectively). In 2018, spirometry and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) measurements were also performed. Results: Current asthma (i.e., wheeze/asthma in the past 2 years) decreased from 6.9% in 2008 to 5.2% in 2013 and 4.3% in 2018 (p for trend < 0.001). The prevalence of lifetime (“ever had”) rhinoconjunctivitis also declined (5.1% in 2008, 4.4% in 2013, 3.0% in 2018; p for trend < 0.001), whereas that of lifetime eczema increased (10.8%, 13.6%, and 16.1%, respectively; p for trend < 0.001). The relative risk of current asthma in children with ever-had rhinoconjundtivitis was 7.73 in 2008, 6.00 in 2013, and 6.69 in 2018, whereas the relative risk in those with ever-had eczema was 5.15, 2.80, and 2.22, respectively. Among children with asthma, those with rhinoconjunctivitis had lower forced expiratory volume in the first second of expiration and higher FeNO values than those with eczema. Conclusion: The prevalence of asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis declined during the past decade in Greek schoolchildren, whereas the prevalence of eczema continued to rise. Nevertheless, the relationship between rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma remained strong, whereas the association between eczema and asthma appears to have weakened.

scholarly journals THE STUDY OF THE HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE USE IN SLOVAK SECONDARY SCHOOLS

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-417
Author(s):  
Angelika Gál
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Linguistic Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
Hungarian Language

The variety of Hungarian spoken in Slovakia is widely used in elevated functions, since it is the language of culture, and several areas of education [Lanstyák 1996; Šenkár 2019; Tóth 2019; Németh 2020; Vančo 2020] despite the fact that the curricula are based on the Hungary Hungarian standard [Kozmács-Vančo 2016]. István Lanstyák conducted a study in 2000 to explore the differences between the use of the Hungarian language in Slovakia and Hungary. The aim of the present paper is to examine how language use in Slovakia and Hungary has changed over the past two decades: it updates the previous data and investigates to what extent Hungarian language use has changed and what the reasons for these changes are. Empirical data were collected using a questionnaire. In order to provide data comparable to earlier findings, it was put together based on a previous questionnaire by István Lanstyák and Gizella Szabómihály [1997], which they compiled at the end of the 1990’s to collect the linguistic data they later analyzed in a monograph entitled A magyar nyelv Szlovákiában (‘The Hungarian language in Slovakia’) [Lanstyák 2000]. This original questionnaire was revised and updated according to the cultural and communicational changes which have taken place since then.

The evolution of urban wedding consumption in China since 1970s

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-175
Author(s):  
Guoqun Fu ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Xianzheng Fei
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Alternative Explanation ◽  
Urban Families ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The Past ◽  
Investment Theory ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the evolution of wedding-related consumption of urban families in China during the past 50 years. Design/methodology/approach This study used qualitative and quantitative approaches to collect and analyse data from 157 families in China. Data collection occurred through semi-structured interviews and questionnaire surveys. Findings The findings are as follows: average wedding expenses per family have increased, mainly as a result of the substantial growth of indirect wedding costs; the percentage of total wedding expenses represented by direct costs pertaining to the ritual is trending downwards; the percentage of total wedding expenses borne by the groom’s family is much higher than that borne by the bride’s family, and the gap is enlarging; the proportion of newlyweds living with parents was more than 50 per cent in the 1970s and 1980s, decreased to 10 per cent in the 1990s and began slightly increasing again after 2000. Research limitations/implications The authors used signal investment theory to explain the fact that the groom’s family bears more of the wedding expenses than the bride’s family does, but more evidences are needed to verify the theory. Originality/value This study contributes to the understanding of evolution of wedding consumption of urban families in China, as well as how social and economic factors influence wedding consumptions in different ages, an area with limited previous research. The authors also propose signal investment theory as an alternative explanation to current wedding consumption theories to justify the phenomenon.

scholarly journals Vreemdeling in jou eie land? Teologiese riglyne vanuit 1 Petrus, met ’n juridiese begronding

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Janse van Rensburg ◽  
Gerrit J. Pienaar
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Present Position ◽  
The South ◽  
South Africans ◽  
1 Peter ◽  
The Past ◽  
South African Constitution ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
As If

Stranger in one’s own country? Theological guidelines from 1 Peter with a juridical foundationSome South Africans, more specifically Afrikaans-speaking citizens, experience their present position as that of being foreigners in their own country. Many of the privileges they had enjoyed in the past do not exist anymore. Moreover, it seems as if Afrikaners continuously lose other privileges too. In this article an attempt is made to apply the motif of alienation in 1 Peter to the mentioned situation as well as to highlight relevant stipulations in the South African constitution. The aim with this point of departure is to equip preachers and pastors with a biblically-valid perspective on the problem experienced. Such a perspective can contribute to a more positive attitude among Afrikaner Christians experiencing this kind of alienation and thus urge them to answer to their calling in a spirit of hopefulness.

The Strategy of Nostalgic Brand – Experts’ Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Magdalena Grebosz-Krawczyk ◽  
Jean Marc Pointet
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Basic Principle ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Economic Transition ◽  
Well Being ◽  
High Tech ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
Luxury Products ◽  
International Experts

Nowadays, the customers often feel in danger in current unstable and unpredictable period of industrial, political, social and economic transition. In this environment, the weakened individuals find themselves in search of security references, identity, well-being, dream, emotion and re-enchantment, and consequently they want to return to the past and their memories, yearning for a sense of security and stability. They become nostalgic, seeking values of authenticity. On this basis, enterprises develop a strategy of nostalgic brands that appeal to the emotions, experiences and memories of the consumers. As a result, the basis of relations between the consumer and the brand is nostalgia, which is a positive attitude towards brands that are directly or indirectly related to the consumer’s past. The aim of this article is to evaluate the possibilities of implementation of the strategy of nostalgic brand. The results of own empirical research conducted in 2018 on a group of 16 international experts are presented. Both French and Polish experts positively evaluated the potential of nostalgic brands. Some differences in the opinions of the French and Polish experts are visible. The proposition of model of the nostalgic brands positioning is also presented. According to the experts, the basic principle for positioning of the nostalgic brand is having a strong brand history. Nostalgic brands are recommended for the following sectors: fashion, food, cosmetic (especially perfumes), luxury products, automotive, high-tech (music), entertainment and decorative. The results can serve as a guide for managers in implementing the strategy of nostalgic brand and can help identify the crucial elements needed for positioning of the brand based on the nostalgic feelings.

scholarly journals Root canal treatment from patients’ perspective: Knowledge, awareness and expectations

2020 ◽  
pp. 112-112
Author(s):  
Muhammad Qasim ◽  
Omair Anjum ◽  
Gotam Das ◽  
Fariha Naz ◽  
Saima Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Root Canal ◽  
Endodontic Treatment ◽  
Root Canal Treatment ◽  
Interesting Problem ◽  
Treatment Methods ◽  
The Past ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Patients Perspective

Background/Aim: Root canal treatment (RCT) is one of the most common endodontic procedures for which patients visit the dentist. Patient's knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding root canal treatment are an interesting problem in everyday dentistry. Therefore, the study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, awareness, and attitude of patients coming for endodontic treatment. Methods: Questionnaire surveys were carried out in a group of 209 patients, including queries characterizing their knowledge, awareness, and attitude towards the RCT - their experiences, expectations, potential problems, and management expenses. Results: Exploring the knowledge of individuals? concerning RCT, it was noticed that 51% of the surveyed patients in the past had experienced endodontics treatment. 52% of participants reported that they know the charges of the RCT, 50% of them said that the price was sufficient to the difficulty of the process. The study confirmed that a large number of people still prefer specialists to perform the RCT (47%). Conclusion: An enhancement of knowledge and awareness of people about the RCT has been observed, as well as a need of providing more information to patients about endodontics and benefits of saving teeth.

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