319 research outputs found
Level of Self-Consciousness and Social Interaction Anxiety among Adolescents of Educational and Non- coeducational Schools of Lahore
Get PDFThe study aims at identifying a one-to-one correspondence among self-consciousness and social interaction anxiety between students. Furthermore, the differences between coeducational and non-coeducational schools were also studied. Correlation research design and purposive sampling strategy was used to collect the data. A total sample of N= 200 participants were selected out of which 100 students were enrolled in coeducational, boys and girls, each (n= 50) and 100 participants who were enrolled in non-coeducational schools, boys and girls, each (n= 50) with ages ranging between 14-19 years old. The scales used in the research were The Self-Consciousness Revised Scale (Scheier & Carver, 1985) and Social Interaction Anxiousness Scale (Leary, 1983). Results suggested strong correlation among self-consciousness both in public and private, as well as in social anxiety and social interaction anxiety. Moreover, no differences were found in relation to the self-consciousness and social interaction anxiety between the students enrolled both within coeducational and non-coeducational schools
ڈاكٹر ریاض مجید كی پنجابی نعت گوئی
No full textRiaz Majeed is a renowned contemporary poet, author, researcher, critic and an active literary personality. He has mastery of ghazel, poem, Naat, Manqabat and other literary genres of both Urdu and Punjabi languages. He regularly composes glorifying verses showing esteemed reverence for the Holy Prophet (PBUH). A number of his books on Naat have been published so far. The article deals with the Punjabi Naat writing of Dr. Riaz Majeed
Vernacular Imperialism, Vedic Nationalism: Listening for Disparate Accents in the Linguistic Survey of India Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson?s Linguistic Survey of India. By Javed Majeed. London: Routledge, 2018.266 pages. ISBN 9781138320086.?115 (hbk).:Listening for Disparate Accents in the Linguistic Survey of India
Get PDFThis is a review essay focussed on two books by Javed Majeed, 'Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India' and 'Nation and Region in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India' (Routledge, 2019).© 2019, The Author. The attached document (embargoed until 16/04/2021) is an author produced version of a paper published in INTERVENTIONS: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self- archiving policy. The final published version (version of record) is available online at the link. Some minor differences between this version and the final published version may remain. We suggest you refer to the final published version should you wish to cite from it
Business process improvement using multi-objective optimisation
Get PDFBusiness process redesign and improvement has become an increasingly attractive subject in the wider area of business process intelligence. Although there have been many attempts to establish a business process redesign framework, there is little work on the actual optimisation of business processes with given objectives. Furthermore, most of the attempts to optimise a business process are manual and do not involve a formal automated methodology. This paper proposes a process improvement approach for automated multi-objective optimisation of business processes. The proposed framework uses a generic business process model that is formally defined. The formal definition of business processes is necessary to ensure that the optimisation will take place in a clearly defined, repeatable and verifiable way. Multi-objectivity is expressed in terms of process cost and duration as two key objectives for any business process. The business process model is programmed and incorporated into a software optimisation platform where a selection of multi-objective optimisation algorithms can be applied to a business process design. This paper outlines a case study of business process design that is optimised by the state-of-the-art multi-objective optimisation algorithm NSGA2. The results indicate that, although business process optimisation is a highly constrained problem with fragmented search space, a number of alternative optimised business processes that meet the optimisation criteria can be produced. The paper also provides directions for future research in this area
Assessment of Nurses' Knowledge toward Urinary Incontinence in Al-Hilla City
No full textPurpose: to assess nurses' knowledge toward urinary incontinence, to find out the association between nurses' knowledge and demographic characteristics.
Methods: A descriptive quantitative study design has been dependent in the conducted data at the city of Hilla/Babil Health Directorate/ Imam Al-Sadiq hospital, Al-Hilla teaching hospital, and Merjan teaching hospital during the period December 19th, 2021 to March, 1st 2022. A non-probability (purposive) sample of (60) nurses those who were working in the medical ward, surgical ward and dialysis unit. The main tool used to nurses’ knowledge assessment and data collection was needs questionnaire, and it is consist of two parts: Part 1 included socio-demographic data and Part 2 include (43) items related to nurses' knowledge. The validity of study tool is determined by a panel of (14) experts and reliability of the questionnaire is determined through the use of test and re-test.
Results: revealed that majority of nurses had moderate knowledge regarding urinary incontinence. There was non-significant association between the nurses’ knowledge toward urinary incontinence and their age, gender, educational level, workplace, years of services, training courses.
Conclusion: The most of the nurses whose took part in this study had insufficient information about urine incontinence.Corresponding Author
Dergham Majeed Hameed: Department of adult nursing, College of nursing, Al- Muthanna University, Iraq
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Initiating a Flourishing City: Creating a safe environment for young urban families in M4H, Rotterdam
No full textAccording to Dutch Deputy Prime Minister, Kajsa Ollongren, the Netherlands is faced with a massive task of creating one million homes before 2030. Big cities are characterized by the steady sub-urbanization of young middle-class families. Households often leave the city as soon as they want to have children, or shortly after their child is born. In the Netherlands this steady trend of out-migration has occurred since the 1960s, and will certainly continue in the 21st century (Wouden, 2001). CBS Netherlands reported in 2018 that, in the case of the four largest cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Den-Haag), some 30% to 40% of families with young children leave the city within four years of the birth of their first child (CBS, 2018). The reason these families leave the city is because the available housing is either too expensive or doesn’t meet their needs. Therefore, they are forced to move to the suburbs, leaving behind their job, family and friends in the city. Meanwhile, the city loses this middle class workers and the social cohesion that families provide. Living in a city like Rotterdam is beneficial for the development of the child since cities offer children exposure and better opportunities to experience public spaces (museum, cinema, etc.) and interact with a diverse range of people. Living in a city is beneficial for parents since they can live near their work, family, social life. Reasons why young families are leaving the city is because their housing needs are not met. By translating the needs of children (space to play, learn and living) and parents (work, leisure, peace of mind and living) into a design proposal, families will stay in the city.Architecture, Urbanism and Building Science
Psychological flexibility, cognitive emotion regulation and mental health outcomes among patients with asthma in Pakistan
No full textBackground/Objective Adults with asthma who experience difficulties in emotion regulation are prone to developing psychopathological symptoms that may affect their self-management activities and symptom control. The current research investigated the role of psychological flexibility and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in relation to mental health outcomes (psychological distress and quality of life) among patients with asthma in Pakistan. Method A sample of 200 adults, diagnosed with asthma (32% men, 68% women; Mage = 42.32, SDage = 16.99), completed the acceptance and action questionnaire (AAQ-II) cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (CERQ), depression, anxiety, stress scale-21 (DASS-21), asthma-related quality of life questionnaire (AQLQ) and a self-structured demographic sheet. Results Results of Pearson product moment correlation showed that most of the adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (positive refocusing, refocus on planning, and positive reappraisal) were positively correlated with psychological flexibility and quality of life, whereas negatively correlated with psychological distress. All the maladaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation had a significant inverse relationship with psychological flexibility and quality of life, while positively correlated with psychological distress. Results of serial mediation analysis through PROCESS MACRO showed that catastrophising and anxiety fully mediated the relationship between psychological flexibility and asthma-related quality of life. Conclusion Evidence-based interventions should focus on developing psychological flexibility and identifying maladaptive patterns of cognitive emotion regulation strategies for improved mental health and quality of life outcomes for adults with asthma
Achieving an optimum slowing-down energy distribution functions and corresponding reaction rates for the (D+3He and T+3He) fusion reactions
No full textDietary polyphenols mediated regulation of oxidative stress and chromatin remodeling in inflammation
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