scholarly journals Interaction Effects of Religiosity Level on the Relationship between Religion and Willingness to Donate Organs

Religions ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Sung Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Interaction Effects ◽  
The Body ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Willingness To Donate ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to investigate the interaction effect of religiosity level on the relationship between religion and willingness to donate organs. Prior studies have suggested that a high level of religiosity indicates a high level of willingness to donate organs. However, these previous works ignore the interaction effect of the level of religiosity and the doctrinal characteristics of each religion regarding one’s own body preservation. Organ donation is an act of transplanting part of one’s own body after death to another person and is influenced by the viewpoint of the post-mortem world and the attitude toward the preservation of the body. Therefore, this study analyzes the effects of religious characteristics and belief levels on the relationship between religion and organ donation. Results show that Christianity, such as Catholicism and Protestantism, positively affects the willingness to donate organs as compared with Buddhism. Religiosity level also exerts an interaction effect that strengthens the relationship between Christianity and willingness to donate organs.

scholarly journals Features of the relationship between cardiointervalographic indices and constitutional characteristics in highly skilled mesomorphic somatotype wrestlers

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-50
Author(s):  
A.V. Syvak ◽  
L.A. Sarafyniuk ◽  
P.V. Sarafyniuk ◽  
L.I. Pilhanchuk ◽  
N.O. Sorokina
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Heart Rhythm ◽  
Component Composition ◽  
The Body ◽  
External Structure ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

Mechanisms of regulation of cardiac rhythm have many individual features, which are conditioned by age, sex, training of the organism, strength and nature of external influence, constitutional features of the organism. The purpose of the work is to determine the relationship between cardiointervalographic indices and parameters of the external structure of the body in highly skilled wrestlers of the mesomorphic somatotype. The study involved 24 wrestlers between the ages of 17 and 21 with a high level of sportsmanship and more than 3 years of experience. All of the wrestlers were of medium weight and engaged in free and Greco-Roman wrestling. We conducted a study of heart rate variability on the cardiac computer diagnostic complex “OPTW” following the recommendations of the European and North American Cardiac Association (1996). The indices of vegetative homeostasis according to Bayevsky, variational heart rate, statistical and spectral cardiointervalographic indicators were determined. Anthropometry was performed according to the method of V.V. Bunak (1941), somatotypological study – by the calculated modification of the Heath-Carter method (1990), determination of the component composition of body weight by the method of Matejko (1992). In the package “STATISTICA 5.5” correlation analysis was performed using the nonparametric Spearman statistical method. It was found that in the wrestlers of the mesomorphic somatotype, the variations of the pulsometry had the highest number and strength of reliable correlations with constitutional parameters, most of which were inverse of the mean force. All statistical indicators of heart rate variability with indicators of the external structure of the body had only inverse significant correlations. The least significant correlations were found for spectral indices and parameters of vegetative homeostasis. According to the results of the correlation analysis in the wrestlers of the mesomorphic somatotype, we can assume that with the increase of total, longitudinal, circumferential, transverse body sizes and muscle and bone mass, the variability of the heart rhythm of the sympathetic department of the autonomic nervous system will be more pronounced.

scholarly journals Role of Principal in Promoting Teachers Unity: Evaluation in Malaysian Secondary Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bity Salwana Alias ◽  
Zaida Nor Zainuddin ◽  
Mohd Radzi Ishak ◽  
Azlin Norhaini Mansor
Keyword(s):  
Racial Differences ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
The Body ◽  
Principal's Role ◽  
Role Of Principal ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

The inability of teachers to accept cultural, linguistic, and religious differences caused by racial differences can have a negative impact on unity. The literature suggests that principals can play a role in addressing this issue. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the principal’s role in promoting teachers’ unity and to determine the relationship between the principal’s role and teachers’ unity. This study is a survey design and a quantitative method was used to collect data from 578 teachers in a population of 236,748 teachers in secondary school. The data collected was analyzed descriptively to produce mean value and standard deviation, therefore the level of principals’ role in promoting unity and the level of teachers’ unity can be interpreted. Inference analysis by Pearson correlation was done to determine r-value, therefore the hypotheses on the relationship between the two variables were tested. Overall, principals’ role attained a high level in promoting unity with a mean score of 3.85, whereas the teachers’ unity level was also at a high level with a mean score of 4.37. The result also shows that there was a positive relationship between the two variables but at a weak level with r = 0.20. This paper contributes to the body of knowledge that principals’ role in promoting unity has had an impact on the teachers’ unity level. This finding also shows that the Malaysian Education System Aspiration focusing on promoting unity is relevant and should be continuously implemented. Apart from having theories implication, the findings bear positive input for principals’ training, and also provide input for the teaching fraternity to be more respectful towards each other’s differences, thereby avoiding racism and discrimination amongst them.

scholarly journals Can Pets Replace Children? The Interaction Effect of Pet Attachment and Subjective Socioeconomic Status on Fertility Intention

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8610
Author(s):  
Zhen Guo ◽  
Xiaoxing Ren ◽  
Jinzhe Zhao ◽  
Liying Jiao ◽  
Yan Xu
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Fertility Intention ◽  
Pet Attachment ◽  
Subjective Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Opt Out ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Subjective Ses

A growing number of young people tend to regard their pets as their surrogate children, yet research examining the relationship between pet attachment and fertility intention remains scarce. Moreover, individuals’ fertility intention is affected by economic resources. Therefore, we conducted two studies to examine the interaction effect of pet attachment and subjective socioeconomic status (SES) on childbearing-aged individuals’ fertility intention. In Study 1, we utilized questionnaires to measure Chinese pet owners’ pet attachment, subjective SES, and fertility intention. In Study 2, participants’ pet attachment was experimentally manipulated by reading articles about the benefits of petkeeping. The results of the two studies consistently demonstrated that the effect of pet attachment on fertility intention was moderated by subjective SES. Specifically, pet attachment was negatively associated with fertility intention when individuals had a high level of subjective SES, whereas this effect disappeared when individuals had low subjective SES. These findings suggest an explanation for why individuals with high subjective SES delay or even opt out of childbearing. The limitations and implications of the current study are discussed.

What matters in the relationship between mentoring and job-related stress? The moderating effects of protégés’ traditionality and trust in mentor

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 608-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Qian ◽  
XiaoSong Lin ◽  
Zhuo R Han ◽  
Zhen X Chen ◽  
Jay M Hays
Keyword(s):  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Large Company ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
High Level ◽  
Job Related Stress ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
What Matters

AbstractMentoring received by protégés has been shown to play an important role in relieving protégés’ job-related stress. However, literature on the relationship between mentoring and job-related stress has yielded mixed and inconclusive results. Our research seeks to reconcile the conflicting implications by examining protégés’ individual traditionality and trust in mentor as moderators on the relationship between mentoring and job-related stress. We tested the hypotheses with data from a sample of 210 protégés from a large company in China. Results of our two-way and three-way interaction effect tests revealed that: (1) traditionality moderated the negative relationship between mentoring and job-related stress in such a way that the relationship was stronger for protégés with higher rather than lower traditionality; (2) the influence that mentoring had on job-related stress was strongest for protégés with both high traditionality and a high level of trust in mentor.

scholarly journals The Significance of Differences in Melanocortin 3 Levels and their Relationship with Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Body Mass Index

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (A) ◽  
pp. 583-588
Author(s):  
Andi Tenriola ◽  
Najdah Hidayah ◽  
Subair Subair ◽  
Muhammad Nasrum Massi ◽  
Irda Handayani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Energy Homeostasis ◽  
The Body ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Household Contacts ◽  
Overweight Group ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

BACKGROUND: Melanocortin 3 Receptors (MC3R) levels plays a role in many biological systems, including energy homeostasis and regulation of fat metabolism. However, very few have researched the relationship between MC3R and tuberculosis (TB) and body mass index. AIM: This study explores the differences in serum MC3R levels in active TB, household contacts, and control groups, as well as at different body mass index status. This study tries to find out the relationship between MC3R and other variables. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Blood samples were taken from 53 active TB patients, 49 household contacts, and 30 healthy people as controls. The 132 samples were subjected to IGRA and ELISA examinations to determine differences in MC3R levels in all groups. RESULTS: The highest mean of MC3R levels were found in the active TB group at 1.259.55 (p = 0.028) and had a positive correlation with a value of p = 0.008. In the sex group, men had the highest levels (p = 0.551). In the 30–49 year age group, the median value increased significantly in the three groups (p = 0.028), and there was a correlation between MC3R and the 17–29 year age group, although the correlation was negative (p = 0.021), in the 30–49 year age group with a positive correlation (p = 0.050). The mean MC3R value increased significantly in the overweight group in the three groups (p = 0.006) but did not significantly correlate. CONCLUSION: The high level of MC3R in TB patients is related to its role as a defence against microbes that enter the body through the immune process to prevent further infection and inflammation. Meanwhile, high levels of MC3R in excess Body mass index were associated with the function of MC3R as an inhibitor of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons to release α-MSH.

Moderating Role of Religiosity and the Determinants to Attitude, Willingness to Donate and Willingness to Communicate Posthumous Organ Donation Decisions among University Students in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
pp. 003022282110451
Author(s):  
Sonia Umair ◽  
Jo-Ann Ho ◽  
Serene Siew Imm Ng ◽  
Norazlyn Kamal Basha
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Donor Card ◽  
Willingness To Donate ◽  
Posthumous Organ Donation ◽  
The Relationship

Organ transplantation is considered an alternative treatment to save lives or to improve the quality of life and is a successful method for the treatment of patients with end-stage organ diseases. The main objective of the current study was to explore the determinants of the attitudes and willingness to communicate the posthumous organ donation decisions to the families. Questionnaires were used to test the hypothesized relationships. The results confirmed altruism, knowledge, empathy, and self-identity as the antecedents to attitude. We also found perceived behavioral control, moral norms, and attitude as significant antecedents to the willingness to donate organs after death. The results of the study also indicated that those who were willing to sign the donor card were also willing to communicate their decision to their families. Religiosity moderated the relationship between willingness to donate and signing the donor card, and it strengthened the relationship. The findings of this study would provide insight into the factors which can influence posthumous organ donation among university students in Pakistan.

scholarly journals The Interaction Effect of Information Systems of Shipping and Logistics Firms and Managers’ Support for Blockchain Technology on Cooperation with Shippers for Sustainable Value Creation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4493
Author(s):  
Hee-sung Bae
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
High Level ◽  
Logistics Process ◽  
The Relationship

Firms apply new technology to value creation. In particular, blockchain technology increases transparency and stability of shipping and logistics firms and this is connected with a high level of collaboration with shippers. In this regard, the objective of this study is to verify the interaction effect of information systems of shipping and logistics firms and managers’ support for blockchain technology on cooperation with shippers. To achieve the objective, this study identified variables based on prior research and analyzed the data collected by a survey. The results are as follows. First, information systems as a resource of shipping and logistics firms have a positive effect on cooperation with shippers. To enhance the strategic resource, they increase cooperation with shippers based on learning and logistics process improvement. Therefore, the relationship between the information systems and cooperation with shippers can be explained as a resource-based view. Second, there is the interaction effect of the information systems and managers’ support for blockchain technology on the cooperation and this can be explained as a resource-based view. Information systems are resources of shipping and logistics firms, and managers should encourage and reward staff for using new technology such as blockchains, followed by a high level of cooperation with shippers.

scholarly journals Genetic parameters of body conformation and performance traits of Wielkopolski horses registered in the successive volumes of the Herdbook

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kaproń ◽  
E. Czerniak ◽  
M. Łukaszewicz ◽  
A. Danielewicz
Keyword(s):  
Performance Test ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Body Conformation ◽  
Performance Traits ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The One ◽  
Structure Indices ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. The study covered 11 376 horses registered in the six successive volumes of the Wielkopolski Herdbook. The level of variability in the body conformation indices and in the performance value indices was analysed. The genetic basis parameters for the body conformation and performance traits of the Wielkopolski horses were assessed. A high level of heritability was identified for the wither height (h2 = 0.566) and cannon circumference (h2 = 0.418), with an average heritability level of the other analysed characteristics (ranging from h2 = 0.205 – for the stallion performance test results to h2 = 0.350 – in the case of chest circumference). On the other hand, genetic correlation between the analysed indices produced the highest values for the relationship between wither height and cannon (rG = 0.636) and chest (rG = 0.551) circumference, as well as for the interrelation between the above dimensions and the following body structure indices: »boniness« (rG = 0.690) and »bulkiness« (rG = 0.541). Considering the extensive scope of the study – and the fact that the breed population was registered in the Wielkopolski Herdbook – the authors suggested the advisability of using the results of the present study for the modification of breeding programs with a view to improve the breed in question, both its principal population and the one included in the program of gene-pool protection.

scholarly journals Morfometrik Genus Terebellobranchia sp. (Kelas : Polychaeta, Famili: Terebellidae) di Daerah Intertidal Pulau Lemukutan, Kabupaten Bengkayang

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heru Winarko Junardi, Tri Rima Setyawati
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Body Size ◽  
The Body ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
High Level ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Number Of Segments ◽  
Digital Caliper

Terebellobranchia sp. is a member of the Terebellidae family, which is known to have a high level of morphological variation. The aims of research was to know morphometric variations and the relationship of body size and uncini of Terebellobranchia sp. in Lemukutan Island. The measurements body and uncini were carried out on complete specimens with digital caliper, while uncini measuring under a microscope with eyepiece micrometer. Data analysis with t test in 64 individuals. The Terebellobranchia sp. found in station 2 had a significantly different size with Terebellobranchia sp. in other stations. The body length of Terebellobranchia sp. shows a strong correlation with the width, number of segments and body weight, meanwhile the width of the segment strongly correlated with size of uncini.

scholarly journals Prevalence and Predictors of Willingness and Attitudes towards Organ Donation among Medical and Non-Medical University Students in Karachi

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Common Source ◽  
Organ Transplants ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Willingness To Donate

Background: Even though organ transplants save thousands of lives globally, there exists a wide mismatch between an increasing demand for organ transplants and limited number of organ donors. The aim of the study was to assess the reasons and inspect differences between donors and non-donors in both students of medical and non-medical universities. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted over a period of 6 months (May 2018-March 2021). Sample of 400 participants enrolled from three medical colleges, two business/social sciences institutions and one engineering university of Karachi. Categorical variables were compared using the Chi-squared test. Continuous variables were compared using a student t-test. Variables with a univariate p-value ≤ 0.10 were included in multiple logistic regression models. Adjusted odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval were reported. Results: With a very high response rate 383(96%) for knowledge about organ donation, a subdued response 201(52.3%) for willingness to donate. Most common source of knowledge regarding organ donation was social media 249(65%), followed by university 207(54%), family/friends 184(48%) and television 172(45%). Multiple logistic regression model identified being comfortable discussing organ donation as a positive predictor of willingness to donate (OR: 2.71, p=0.005), and the belief that organ donation disfigures the body as a negative predictor (OR: 0.40, p<0.001). Conclusion: Attitude towards organ donation was not up to the mark among the participants (201/383=52.3%). Better knowledge may ultimately yield into the act of donation. Valuable measures should be taken to teach young people with significant information with the contribution of social media, institutions and families. Keywords: Organ Donation; Donor Card; Organ Transplants; Ethics.

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