GSSRR.ORG: International Journals: Publishing Research Papers in all Fields
Not a member yet
4182 research outputs found
Sort by
Joint Regression and Association Modelling of Child Comorbidities in Uganda
Get PDFThough morbidity in children living in low-income countries is commonly characterized by more than one health condition, studies to determine the determinants of child morbidity usually study one of the illnesses or a combination of the illnesses, but independently, thus ignoring possible dependencies. In many such cases a multivariate regression approach would be appropriate. Thus, in this paper, we specifically aimed at comorbidity among under-five children using joint response model that accommodates the interdependence between three illnesses (Diarrhoea, Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) and fever) in assessing their risk factors. We considered child illness as a trivariate binary outcome (Y1, Y2, Y3) and carried out a trivariate copula regression model to jointly model Diarrhoea, ARI and fever. Older ages(3&4 years) mother having primary or higher education and not being in the poorest quintile are associated with reduced prevalence of ARI; while cooking with wood/straw and other fuels, rather than charcoal, is associated with increased prevalence of ARI. Being aged 1,2 or 4 years, higher level of education for the mother, urban residence, and not being in the poorest quintile are associated with reduced prevalence of fever; while, surprisingly having an improved source of drinking water is associated with increased prevalence of fever. Being 2 years or older , being in the three upper quintiles of household wealth and using charcoal for cooking are associated with reduced prevalence of diarrhea. Male children have higher prevalence of diarrhea. The three illnesses are strongly correlated with each other even after accounting for covariates at marginal level.This study has illustrated an easily applicable technique to joint modelling of common childhood illnesses which allows exploration of the correlations between them. We strongly recommend the use of this method for correlated outcomes, whatever the type of variable
Analysis of Factors Affecting Selection Decisions of Private Universities in Bali Through Brand Image Mediation Variables
Get PDFThe increasing number of universities has caused intense competition to attract prospective students. The level of competition in looking for students is getting higher every day. Various ways have been done, such as showing off the potential and advantages of higher education. Purchasing decisions are very important things to consider because purchasing decisions are things that are used by companies to create marketing strategies that will be carried out. Purchasing decisions in the context of education, especially universities, are the same as decisions of new students in choosing universities. Therefore, this aspect is important to note. This study aims to determine the factors that affecting the selection decision consisting of promotion, academic culture, cost, and brand image. This research is an associative study with data collection techniques using a survey method which is analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Respondents in this study were 200 new students from STIKOM Bali, STIKI, STMIK Primakara, STD Bali, STMIK Badung Bali, and STMIK Denpasar. The research results show that promotion, academic culture, and costs have a significant effect on brand image. Promotion and brand image have a significant effect on selection decisions, but costs and academic culture do not have a significant effect on selection decisions. Promotion and academic culture have a significant effect on selection decisions through brand image, but costs do not have a significant effect on selection decisions through brand image
Population Growth and Unemployment in Zanzibar
Get PDFThe study aims to determine the effect of population growth and unemployment status in Zanzibar from 1990 to 2020. Descriptive analysis was used to investigate the normality of variables used and VECM estimation was used to estimate the results. In long run, the findings from this study revealed that, population growth contribute positively to increase the unemployment problem by 5.2 percent, however, the GDP per capita and inflation shown to reduce unemployment problem by 0.3 and 0.7 percent respectively. For the case of short run, population growth, Inflation and GDP per capita found to have positive contribution to increase the unemployment problem in Zanzibar by 0.55, 0.01, and 0.22 percent respectively. The findings also confirm the presence of unidirectional Granger causality from population growth to unemployment. Therefore, the study concludes that, population growth is among the factor that increase the unemployment rate in Zanzibar. Based on the study results, it is recommended that, Government should emphasize family planning and human capital investment, since it leads to generate the healthier and skilled labours who can compete in labour market and easily employed
The Costumer Care Affects Costumer Retention Through Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction
Get PDFThis study aims to: 1) examine the effect of customer care on service quality at a four-star hotel in Makassar; 2) see the effect of customer care on customer satisfaction; 3) see the effect of customer care on customer retention; 4) see the effect of customer care on customer retention through service quality: 5) see the effect of customer care on customer retention through customer satisfaction; 6) Service quality affects customer satisfaction; 7) Service quality has an effect on customer retention; 8) Service quality has an effect on customer retention through customer satisfaction and 9) Customer satisfaction has an effect on customer retention
The Structure Theorems for Infinite Abelian Groups
Get PDFThis paper, examines one of the most fundamental and interesting algebraic structures, infinite abelian groups, from the perspective of group theory The Theory of abelian groups is generally simpler than that of their non-abelian counterparts and finite abelian groups are very well understood. Then would like to state whether the theory of Structure for infinite abelian group of additive rational number is finitely generated or a divisible abelian group and also show examples of each classification. Thus, classify groups by stating whether elements are finite or infinite and categories them as infinite abelian Groups. Moreover, an application to homology group and rotation in two dimensions is presented, as a demonstration of the structure of infinite abelian groups utility
Analysis of the Impact of the Cohesion Policy on the Competitiveness of SMEs in Romania Benefiting from Production/Services Financing
Get PDFThis paper aims to analyze the impact of all structural instruments related to EU Cohesion Policy in regards to the SMEs there are in Romania, respectively on active SMEs in the fields of production and services. The analysis of the evaluations carried out at the level of the programs through which the Cohesion Policy is implemented covered the period of time between 2007-2020 and was carried out in the form of a meta-evaluation of the impact on the private beneficiaries of SMEs in the fields of production and services. The purpose is to establish the extent to which the competitiveness of SMEs is influenced by the access to finance through the Cohesion Policy instruments
How Has E-Health Entrepreneurship Discourse Evolved During Covid-19? A Scientometric Analysis
Get PDFCovid-19 outbreak highlighted the need for treating non-Covid-19 patients remotely, where possible, in order to save their lives, and to avoid overload of healthcare systems and workers. However, it also highlighted the unpreparedness of most countries in the world to face such a paradigmatic shift from in-presence health to e-health. In most cases, this was due to the scarce investments on technological development and business development, low amount of innovative start ups launched, and a lack of entrepreneurial spirit in the sector of e-health solutions. This clearly makes it very relevant to understand the ongoing discourse on e-health entrepreneurship dynamics in literature, and to capitalize, where possible, such an understanding, and also to identify research gaps and new trends that pave the way for future directions of research. This study is based on a scientometric analysis conducted by means of the Biblioshiny app on an initial et of 198 publications in the field at hand extracted from Scopus in the subject areas of Engineering; Social Sciences; Business, Management and Accounting; Decision Sciences
The Effect of the Shift System on the Physiological Response of Blood Pressure and Pulse Frequency on Nusa Cendana University\u27s Campus Security Unit Officers
Get PDFBackground: Changes in daily activity schedules, such as work shifts, disrupt the circadian rhythm, resulting in physiological effects such as sleep disruptions, fatigue, hypertension, cardiovascular issues, and diabetes.The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of the shift system on physiological responses such as blood pressure and pulse frequency.Methods and Design: This study employs a quasi-experimental design. This study was done at the Nusa Cendana University\u27s Campus Security Unit Office, with a sample size of 90 people.Total sampling was utilized, and the Kruskal Wallis test was performed to analyze the data. Results: The bivariate analysis indicated a significant value in the physiological response to blood pressure between the morning shift (p=0.000), night shift (p=0.000), and holiday shift (p=1,000), as well as in the physiological response to pulse frequency between the morning shift (p=0.829), night shift (p=0,548), and holiday shift (p=0,692).Conclusion: There is a significant effect of blood pressure on the morning and night shifts, but there is no effect on holiday rotation. The shift system has no effect on pulse frequency in the morning shift, night shift, or holiday rotation
Abundant Exact Soliton Solutions to the Space-Time Fractional Phi-Four Effective Model for Quantum Effects Through the Modern Scheme
Get PDFThe space-time fractional Phi-four (PF) equation is measured as a particular case of the familiar Klein-Fock-Gordon (KFG) model and plentiful quantum effects can be investigated through the PF model’s solutions. In this article, the auxiliary equation method (AEM) is employed to attain the traveling wave solutions and in this purpose, the complex wave transformation and Maple software are utilized. The constructed wave solutions are the form likely, hyperbolic, exponential, rational, and trigonometric functions as well as their integration. The physical significance of the obtained solutions for the specific values of the integrated parameters in the course of representing graphs and understood the physical phenomena. It is shown that the AEM is powerful, effective and simple and provide more general traveling wave solutions to the NLEEs
Asymptomatic Malaria Prevalence and Health Facility Influence on the Attitude of Facility Users in Malaria Meso-Endemic Districts in Ghana
Get PDFAsymptomatic adults are a regular pool for malaria transmission because of their roles as parasite reservoirs of infection. This study aimed to assess activities at various healthcare facilities that could influence the health seeking attitudes of facility users and to determine malaria infection status of ‘healthy’ adults who accompanied ill relations to selected health facilities. The descriptive, cross-sectional study employed cluster-probability sampling technique to recruit 849 participants from seven districts in malaria meso-endemic forest zone of Ghana. Questionnaires were administered and capillary blood samples were taken for malaria diagnostic tests. While 51.6% had their expectations fully met, 48.4% were dissatisfied because of delays, poor attitude of healthcare staff and hidden charges. Asymptomatic malaria prevalence was 13.1% (111 out of 849). Facility-related challenges can impede access and affect the health-seeking behaviour of potential clients to a health facility. Client satisfaction may not only be limited to clinical effectiveness, so healthcare facilities should consider socio-psychological acceptability and perceptions as well as proactive screening to reduce the menace of malaria infection reservoir