335 research outputs found
Does self-compassion relate to the fear of the future during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic? A cross-cultural study
No full textThe coronavirus pandemic has a high impact on mental health, as for example, anxiety. It was the main goal of this study to investigate if rumination and worry mediate the possible relation of self-compassion and fear of the future in females and males of three European and three Middle Eastern countries during the coronavirus pandemic. 2765 men and women participated and answered questions regarding their fear of the future on the one hand and completed the reflection-rumination questionnaire, the Penn-state worry questionnaire, and the self-compassion scale. The results of a mediation analysis demonstrated a relation between self-compassion and fear of the future, which was mediated by worry but not by rumination, independent of gender and country. Furthermore, the fear of the future variable was predicted by different factors in each country. The only clear difference between the participants of the European and the Middle Eastern countries was that women show more fear of the future only in the European countries but not in the Middle Eastern countries. However, there were also differences between the three European and the three Middle Eastern countries. The results indicate that in general, psychological consequences of the coronavirus pandemic should be investigated for each country separately. It does not to seem possible to infer results from one country to another country even on the same continent
Caffeine Consumption among Zayed University Students in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: A Cross-Sectional Study
No full textBackground: Over the past decade, the global caffeine consumption rate has increased dramatically. Coffee and tea are among the common sources, but energy drinks are becoming an important contributor to total caffeine consumption. Recommendations for daily caffeine intake is not being followed due to the perceived benefits of caffeine which include mood improvement, concentration, social factors, and energy boosting. This study was important to add to the limited data about caffeine consumption in the Gulf region and mainly in the UAE.Objectives: The objectives were to determine the prevalence of caffeinated beverage consumption among university students and perceived benefits in addition to the estimation of daily caffeine consumption (mg/day).Design: Data was collected through a self-reported questionnaire from a total of 175 participants (129 females and 46 males) who were conveniently selected from different settings at Zayed University - Dubai. Usual Caffeine intake was calculated from all caffeine containing beverages. Results: Eighty-six percent of the 175 participants, both males and females, at Zayed University-Dubai consumed caffeinated beverages with an average intake of 249.7±235.9 mg. The intake among the 150 caffeine consumers varied from 4.2 mg/day to 932.2 mg/day. Average intake of caffeine was not significantly different between genders (P=0.125). Thirty-five percent of the population consumed more than 400 mg/day of caffeine, with no statistical difference between males and females (P=0.202). Coffee was the most commonly consumed drink among both genders, followed by tea. Most perceived benefits of caffeine consumption were not significantly different except for the relationship between caffeine and improved exercise performance (P=0.018) and caffeine in relation to weight loss (P=0.001) among males.Conclusion: The prevalence of caffeine consumption at Zayed University was high among both males and females. Further research is necessary to estimate the total caffeine intake from all dietary sources, mainly the cultural foods and beverages, and to determine the relationship between accessibility to caffeine containing beverages and caffeine consumption among University student.</jats:p
Implicit and explicit predictors of smoking cessation behavior
No full textThe current study drew on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to model self-change behavior in a sample of self-defined smokers over a 6 month follow-up period. The study tested the validity of the TPB model and the validity of the Expanded Model which proposed the addition of Impulsivity and Implicit Smoking Self-Identity as predictors of smoking outcome. The sample was recruited via an online advertisement and consisted of current smokers over18 years of age reporting no terminal illness. The baseline sample consisted of 81female and 49 male participants and the follow-up sample consisted of 28 female and 14 male participants. The study was administered online. Data consisted of demographic variables, dependence severity, and perceived stress. The TPB model variables were Smoking Attitude, as measured by Semantic Differential scales, Social Norm and Intent to Quit, measured using item ratings, and Self-Efficacy. Smoking outcome was measured as time to first quit attempt, number of quit attempts in the last 6 months, and longest period of abstinence in the last 6 months (dichotomized into high and low abstinence groups because of severe skew). A linear regression was run to test the first step of the TPB, predicting Intent to Quit from Personal Attitude, Social Norm, and Self-Efficacy. The current study found support for the first step of the TPB model- Personal Attitude and Social Norm predicted Intent to Quit. A series of regressions were performed to test the second step of the model, predicting Smoking Outcome from Intent to Quit, Self-Efficacy, Impulsivity, and Smoking Self-Concept. Partial support was found for the second step of the model, with Intent to Quit and Impulsivity predicting smoking outcome. Smoking Self-Concept was found to be predictive at a trend. Self-efficacy was not found to be predictive of either Intent to Quit or smoking outcome. An attrition analysis was performed to investigate predictors of study participation at follow-up. Support for the construct validity of the Smoking Self-Identity IAT was found; it was uncorrelated with Explicit Attitude and Social Desirability Bias and negatively correlated with smoking outcome. Limitations of the sample and implications for future research are discussed.Ph.D.Includes abstractVitaIncludes bibliographical referencesby Zayed Al-Otaib
Between Management and Leadership—A Comparative Study with Reference to (Sheikh Zayed AL Nahyan and Nelson Mandela)
No full textIn this paper, I am reflecting on Abraham Zaleznik’s paper “managers and leaders: are they different?” He was a prominent Harvard business school professor who attacked management style for depending only on rationality and achieving goals. He believed that managers and leaders are totally different persons. He described managers as inscrutable, detached and manipulative. Plus, while managers are interested in control and how things are done, leaders are more concerned with ideas and innovation. I try to probe into various questions related to both management and leadership to approach a clearer opinion for these inquires: do managers and leaders really have completely different personalities? Or are they both competing for the same target of getting work done through people? Is management upgradable with more knowledge and hard work? Are leaders more empathetic than managers? What makes managers inscrutable and manipulative? Is this innate or acquired? In which way leaders are different? Seems a huge task but I will tackle this issue by conducting a comparative study among two prominent figures as Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan and Nelson Mandela. I will trace some points of similarities and differentiations based on the timeless lessons from their life stories that will endure for years to come. Both were gifted visionary individuals who exercised full range of cognitive, emotional and behavioral abilities to bring about profound change in their countries
Collection assessment for a Middle Eastern, English curriculum university library
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Purpose
Library collections at Middle Eastern universities have usually prioritized teaching over research resources. Zayed University is transitioning toward research, but research-centric collection assessments are rarely applied in the region. The purpose of this paper is to present on the successes and limitations of using citation analysis to assess the relevance of the Zayed University Library collection to its shifted focus.
Design/methodology/approach
Recent Scopus-listed publications were sorted by the colleges of the Zayed University affiliated author, and citations listed in the publications were ranked as present or absent in the library collection.
Findings
The resultant table provides an unambiguous evaluation of the extent to which the library collection has met the needs of recently successful published academics across disciplines. Pitfalls include the limitations of the Scopus database in representing all disciplines.
Originality/value
Outcomes of the assessment enable the Library to develop collection strategies for continuous improvement and effectively support the campus researchers.
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PENGARUH DAYA TARIK DAN HASIL REVIEW MELALUI MEDIA SOSIAL TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN MASYARAKAT BERKUNJUNG KE MASJID RAYA SYEIKH ZAYED SURAKARTA
No full textAbstrak: Perkembangan tren pariwisata halal dari tahun ke tahun menjadikan daya tarik tersendiri bagi umat muslim. Indonesia dengan peringkat ke-1 pada tahun 2023 dalam pariwisata halal semakin dapat melebarkan sayapnya untuk meningkatkan potensi dari pariwisata halal yang salah satunya ialah masjid. Tujuan penelitian ini guna mengetahui adakah pengaruh daya tarik dan hasil review melalui media sosial terhadap keputusan masyarakat untuk berkunjung di Masjid Raya Syeikh Zayed Banjarsari Surakarta. Metode yang digunakan oleh penulis yaitu kuantitatif dengan analisis regresi linear berganda berupa alat SPSS versi 25 dan teknik sampling berupa purposive sampling. Penelitian ini menggunakan data primer yang diperoleh dari hasil penyebaran kuesioner dan sekunder yang merujuk pada literatur-literatur yang relevan. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara simultan daya tarik dan hasil review berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap keputusan masyarakat berkunjung ke Masjid Raya Syeikh Zayed. Sedangkan secara parsial, variabel daya tarik memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap keputusan masyarakat untuk berkunjung ke Masjid Raya Syeikh Zayed. Berbeda dengan hasil review tidak berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap keputusan masyarakat berkunjung ke Masjid Raya Syeikh Zayed.
Kata kunci: Review Melalui Social Media; Daya Tarik; Hasil Review; Keputusan Berkunjung; Pariwisata Halal
Abstract: The development of halal tourism trends from year to year makes it a special attraction for Muslims. Indonesia, which ranks 1st in 2023 in halal tourism, can increasingly spread its wings to increase the potential for halal tourism, one of which is mosques. The aim of this research is to find out whether there is an influence of attractiveness and the results of reviews via social media on people's decisions to visit the Grand Mosque of Sheikh Zayed Banjarsari Surakarta. The method used by the author is quantitative with multiple linear regression analysis in the form of SPSS version 25 tools and a sampling technique in the form of purposive sampling. This research uses primary data obtained from the results of distributing questionnaires and secondary data which refers to relevant literature. The results of the research show that simultaneously the attraction and the results of the review have a significant influence on people's decisions to visit the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Meanwhile, partially the attractiveness variable has a significant influence on people's decisions to visit the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. In contrast to the results of the review, it does not significantly influence people's decisions to visit the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
Keywords: Review Via Social Media; Attractiveness; Review Results; Decision to Visit; Halal Touris
Predictors of academic performance for finance students
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Purpose
The study uses data drawn from a senior finance major cohort of 78 female undergraduates at Zayed University (ZU)-UAE to investigate factors, which increase the likelihood of achieving better academic performance in an Islamic finance course based on information about socioeconomic background of female students. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
Design/methodology/approach
The research was conducted based on a survey designed to collect one-time individual data. Even though gender is considered as a variable affecting students’ performance as documented in the literature, it shall not be addressed in this study as the sample of our survey is limited to the female gender only. Whereas the population under investigation is a cohort of undergraduate female students enrolled at a finance course: Islamic finance and banking (BUS426) at one of the national universities in the UAE. ZU was established in 1998 by the federal government of the United Arab Emirates to educate UAE national women, in 2008 ZU started to accept male students in a separated campus building. The university is organized academically into six colleges: Arts and Sciences, Business Sciences, Communication and Media Sciences, Education, Information Technology, and University College. The primary language of instruction is English, though graduates are expected to be fully fluent in both English and Arabic (Zayed University, 2016). BUS426 is one of the major courses offered to students majoring in finance. The course is taught in English and requires mathematical skills on basic levels, but is mostly dependent on logical and critical thinking skills.
Findings
The study found that among the socioeconomic variables tested that being married, having a highly educated mother and having high pre-entry qualifications were significant variables as they increase the likelihood of an “A grade” performance.
Originality/value
The extent to which socioeconomic factors and lifestyle could contribute to student performance outcomes in an Arab culture setting is not clear due to the scarcity of research on this particular topic; hence the study attempts to fill this gap.
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Motives of college students for choice of traditional food in the UAE
No full textPurpose: This study investigates the motives influencing the consumption of traditional Emirati foods among female students at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted with 150 female students. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire that included demographic information, traditional food habits, and factors affecting food choices, measured by the Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) by Steptoe and Pollard (1995). Findings: The results showed significant positive associations between sensory appeal and favorable attitudes toward traditional foods, with familiarity and mood also positively influencing attitudes and consumption. In contrast, weight control, health concerns, price, and convenience were negatively associated with attitudes toward traditional food. No significant relationship was found between ethical concerns and traditional food attitudes. Originality/value: The study addresses a knowledge gap by examining traditional food choices among Emiratis during a period of changing dietary habits. Limited research has explored the motivations underlying these choices in the UAE. This study provides insights into the factors driving traditional food consumption among young Emirati women
Multilingual dataset of COVID tweets for relation-level metaphor analysis TCMeta 1.0
No full textTCMeta is a dataset of noun phrase constructions from COVID-related tweets, annotated for relation-level metaphor.
It contains 2,138 Slovene and 2,221 English instances in tab-separated tabular format .tsv, where each line presents a unique phrase under consideration, extracted from a COVID-related tweet. The primary annotations include the COVID metaphor label (whether the phrase expresses a metaphor relating to COVID), but also additional ones for idioms, metaphors not relating to COVID, or metaphors not evident on the relation-level.
The complete user tweet could not be published due to the ToS of the then Twitter platform. We recommend retrieving the text of the tweets via their IDs using the Hydrator tool [https://github.com/docnow/hydrator] or similar.
The dataset is further described in:
Brglez, M., Zayed, O. & Buitelaar, P. TCMeta: a multilingual dataset of COVID tweets for relation-level metaphor analysis. Lang Resources & Evaluation 59, 437–475 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10579-024-09725-z.
@article{brglez2025tcmeta,
title={{TCMeta}: a multilingual dataset of {COVID} tweets for relation-level metaphor analysis},
author={Brglez, Mojca and Zayed, Omnia and Buitelaar, Paul},
journal={Language Resources and Evaluation},
pages={437--475},
volume={59},
year={2025},
publisher={Springer},
doi = {10.1007/s10579-024-09725-z}
Measuring the Accessibility of Arab Markets
No full textMarket access matters. This paper uses a method suggested by Hugo et al. (2006) to determine and rank a sample of Arab countries in terms of their market access. The paper suggests that market access is comprised of three components: public institutions, regulatory environment, and network industries. The paper finds that most Arab countries perform better than the world median in terms of market access, except for Morocco and Algeria. The paper demonstrates how these two countries and other Arab countries can improve their market access, either by improving their network industries, their public institutions, or their regulatory environment. Corresponding Author, Zayed University, Economic & Policy Research Unit, P.O. Box 19282, Dubai, UAE, Phone: +971 4 402 1465, Fax: +971 4 402 1002, E-mail: [email protected] Zayed University, Economic & Policy Research Unit, P.O. Box 19282, Dubai, UAE, Phone: +971 4 402 1470, Fax: +971 4 402 1002, E-mail: [email protected]
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