scholarly journals An investigation of ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes and antipathy towards environment in athletes

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 3405
Author(s):  
Beyza Merve Akgül ◽  
Cenk Birinci ◽  
Şenol Göral ◽  
Suat Karaküçük
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Income Levels ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Sport Type ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Indoor Sports ◽  
Sports Type

The aim of this study is to examine the ecocentric, anthropocentric and antipathetic attitudes towards the environment regarding with different variables. Study group is composed of 413 athletes randomly selected from directly nature sports and also sports that is not related to nature. To collect data, ecocentric, anthropocentric and antipathetic attitudes towards the protection of the environment scale is used. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics of the athletes’ attitudes towards environment were calculated. For other variables’ comparison, independent t-test and ANOVA were applied. As a result; amongst athletes’ the ecocentric attitudes’ mean was found the highest. Athletes’ ecocentric attitude values vary only. According to their educational level; anthropocentric attitude values vary according to their sport type and educational level; antipathetic attitudes towards the protection of the environment vary according to sex, sports type, educational level, perceived income level and also the living environment. s conclusion; athletes with university and higher educational levels have higher ecocentric scores than athletes with high school and lower education levels; athletes from nature sports and athletes with high school and lower educational levels have higher anthropocentric scores than athletes from indoor sports and athletes with university and higher educational levels; finally, men participants than women participant, athletes from nature sports than athletes from indoor sports, athletes with high school and lower educational levels than athletes with university and higher educational levels, participants with high and low perceived income levels than participants with average perceived income levels, participants living in country side than participants living in cities have higher antipathetic attitude scores towards the protection of the environment.

scholarly journals Effect of Educational Level on Oral Health in Peritoneal and Hemodialysis Patients

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulsen Bayraktar ◽  
Idil Kurtulus ◽  
Rumeyza Kazancioglu ◽  
Isil Bayramgurler ◽  
Serdar Cintan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
School Level ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Dmft Index ◽  
Higher Educational

Background. In previous studies, the oral and dental health statuses were compared in hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients without taking into account the effect of educational levels on oral health. Hence we aimed to make a comparison of these parameters based upon the subjects educational levels.Patients and Methods. 76 PD (33 males, 43 females-mean age:44±12years) and 100 HD (56 males, 44 females-mean age:46±14years) patients were included. The number of decayed, missing and filled teeth were detected, DMFT index was calculated and plaque index (PI) values were assessed.Results. Significantly higher numbers of filled teeth (P<.001) and lower PI values (P<.01) in the PD group were detected with higher educational levels, whereas no significance was detected in the HD group. Higher DMFT index values were assessed in the lower educated and high school levels in PD than HD patients (P<.05). Higher numbers of filled teeth (P<.05) were detected in the secondary school level in PD patients. This difference was even more significant in the high school level (P<.001).Conclusion. We assume that PD patients, who were found to be in a higher educational level, are more caring for their oral health as compared to HD patients.

scholarly journals Parental educational level and childhood wheezing and asthma: A prospective cohort study from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. e0250255
Author(s):  
Yasuaki Saijo ◽  
Eiji Yoshioka ◽  
Yukihiro Sato ◽  
Toshinobu Miyamoto ◽  
Hiroshi Azuma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Prospective Cohort Study ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Prospective Cohort ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Lower Educational Level ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Higher Educational

Background The influence of mothers’ and fathers’ educational levels in separate evaluations of asthma has not been fully investigated. This study aims to examine the associations of the mother’s and fathers’ educational levels with childhood wheeze and asthma adjusting for crude and pre-and post-natal modifiable risk factors. Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study using data from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study, which recruited pregnant women from 2011 to 2014. The mother’s and father’s educational levels were surveyed by a questionnaire during the pregnancy, and childhood wheezing and doctor-diagnosed asthma were estimated using a 3-year questionnaire. Multilevel logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the association between the mother’s and father’s educational levels and childhood wheezing and asthma, adjusted for pre-and post-natal factors. Results A total of 69,607 pairs of parents and their single infants were analyzed. We found 17.3% of children had wheezing and 7.7% had asthma. In crude analyses, lower educational level of parents was associated with an increased risk of childhood wheezing and asthma. After full adjustment, a lower educational level of mothers was associated with an increased risk of childhood asthma (junior high school (reference: high school); odds ratio (OR): 1.17, 95% CI, 1.01–1.36), and higher educational level, especially the mother’s, was associated with an increased risk of childhood wheezing (technical junior college, technical/vocational college, or associate degree (ECD3); OR: 1.12, 95% CI, 1.06–1.18, bachelor’s degree, or postgraduate degree; OR: 1.10, 95% CI, 1.03–1.18), and asthma (ECD3; OR: 1.13, 95% CI, 1.04–1.21). Conclusions Parents’ lower educational level was a crude risk factor for childhood wheezing and asthma. However, an increased risk of wheezing due to mothers’ higher educational level was found after adjusting for pre-and post-natal factors.

Relationship between hemodialysis patients’ educational level and arteriovenous fistula patency

Vascular ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 604-608
Author(s):  
Atıf Yolgösteren
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Arteriovenous Fistula ◽  
Vascular Access ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Hemodialysis Patients ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
School Graduate ◽  
Dialysis Unit ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Significant Difference

Objectives Vascular access is a lifeline for the patients who are in need of long-term hemodialysis. Native arteriovenous fistula is the most intensively preferred vascular access method owing to its longevity and convenience of use. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to determine whether there might be a relationship between hemodialysis patients’ educational levels and arteriovenous fistula patency. Methods A total of 349 patients who were attending in a chronic hemodialysis program between June 2018 and September 2018 at Bursa Uludağ University, Faculty of Medicine Dialysis Unit and in a private dialysis center in İstanbul were included in this study. The patients were grouped into two: those who have had arteriovenous fistula primary failure at least once and those who have never had arteriovenous fistula primary failure. Educational levels of the patients were classified according to Turkish National Education system (illiterate, primary school graduate, secondary school graduate, high school graduate, and university graduate). Mann–Whitney U and Chi-square tests were performed for statistical analyses. Risk factors were determined by applying backward binary logistic regression analysis. Results A total of 349 patients, 161 (46.1%) females and 188 (53.9%) males, were examined retrospectively. The median age of the patients was 64 years (range: 18–90 years). Educational level comparison revealed statistically significant difference in terms of fistula patency ( p = 0.016). In particular, fistula patency was significantly lower in illiterate, primary, secondary, and high school graduates in comparison with university graduates ( p = 0.001, p = 0.015, p = 0.003, and p = 0.018, respectively). When each group of educational level was analyzed separately in terms of fistula patency, it was observed that the higher the educational level was, the lower arteriovenous fistula primary failure rates were. Conclusions In this study, we observed a lower rate of fistula patency in patients with a low level of education. Hence, we are of the opinion that the trainings delivered on arteriovenous fistula care in dialysis centers are required to be shaped in accordance with educational levels of patients.

scholarly journals Biliteracy: A Systematic Literature Review about Strategies to Teach and Learn Two Languages

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1307 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Ducuara ◽  
Hugo A. Rozo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject

This article describes the qualitative research findings with the objective of identifying the strategies implemented in the different educational levels (preschool, primary, high school, and, higher education) in order to develop biliteracy. A systematic literature review was carried out, by means of a search strategy rigorously defined. It aims to describe and evaluate the strategies used. The sample consisted of 122 publications, produced between 2007 and 2017. The results obtained allowed to identify the advances in terms of strategies regarding biliteracy in preschool, primary, high school and university, also it showed that some strategies are used in more than one educational level. Besides, some proposals are mentioned, to modify the institution curriculum. In addition, some advantages and disadvantages are established regarding the implementation of the strategies used to work on biliteracy in the target levels. Based on this, the state of the subject is discussed, and a projection is also generated regarding the needs of the field.

Grammatical Metaphor in English Textbook of Junior High School

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Purnama Rika Perdana ◽  
Amrin Saragih ◽  
Sumarsih Sumarsih
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Scientific Writing ◽  
High School English ◽  
Qualitative Design ◽  
Grammatical Metaphor ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
The Way

This study investigates grammatical metaphor in the English textbook of Junior High School. The objectives of the study are to identify what grammatical metaphor are used in Junior High School English textbook, to describe the way those grammatical metaphor are used, and to explain the reason why the English textbook of Junior High School uses those grammatical metaphors. The research was conducted by applying descriptive qualitative design. The data for this study were texts taken from an English textbook for Junior High School. The data were collected by selecting the texts based on their subjects, then retyping the passage of the text, editing the passage by breaking down the clauses into a data, and printing out the data. The findings of the study show that there are five grammatical metaphors used in the English textbook, namely the realization of epithet = thing, event = thing, event = epithet, head = modifier, and manner = epithet. It is found that the reason why the English textbook uses the grammatical metaphors is in order to make the information compact or denser which directs the students to a scientific writing model mostly applied in their higher educational level. Keywords: grammatical metaphor, English textbook, Junior High School

Online Resources for Distinguishing Butterflies from Moths & Other Such Common Animal Comparisons

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-337
Author(s):  
William D. Stansfield
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Biology Students ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Online Sources

When biology students are in the field or in the laboratory observing common animals or pictures thereof, we would like them to be able to identify some of the differences between, say, a frog and a toad, or a hare and a rabbit. These differences may be anatomical, physiological, behavioral, reproductive, or developmental. This article suggests a way for students at the high school or higher educational levels to learn how to use the Internet to distinguish between some common or well-known animal pairs (such as butterflies and moths). A starter list of online sources of information is provided for distinguishing between 16 such animal pairs.

scholarly journals Parental education and educational aspirations of children: Cases of Serbia and Slovenia

Sociologija ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-350
Author(s):  
Mladen Radulovic ◽  
Sabina Autor ◽  
Dragana Gundogan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Educational Expectations ◽  
Educational Choices ◽  
School Students ◽  
Subjective Expectations ◽  
Higher Educational

The paper is focused on the asumption from contemporary studies showing that students whose parents have lower levels of education are underrepresented in student populations in Serbia and Slovenia, as well as Bourdieu?s claims that in capitalist societies subjective expectations are affiliated with objective chances. We investigated if educational expectations are in correlation with parental education in this post socialist countries. Bearing in mind different paths of post socialist transformations in these two examined countries, we also tested if this correlation of parental education and educational expectations is different in two countries, or this correlation is stronger in slovenian society. In order to achieve this, we conducted survey among final year high school students in Serbia (n=1973) and Slovenia (n=867). Results are showing that in both, Serbia and Slovenia, higher educational level of parent is correlated with higher educational aspirations of child, as well as with their previous educational choices (type of high school attended). Also, it is remarked that the correlation is stronger in Slovenia, which can be explained by different dynamics of post socialist transformation.

scholarly journals Anatomic and neuropsychological findings in low-educated cognitively intact elderly from a Brazilian cohort

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 378-385
Author(s):  
Maria Paula Foss ◽  
Paula Rejane Beserra Diniz ◽  
Daiane Leite da Roza ◽  
Tamar Gefen ◽  
Amanda Cook Maher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Cognitive Reserve ◽  
Verbal Learning ◽  
Structural Mri ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Education Group ◽  
Higher Educational

ABSTRACT In elderly individuals, low educational level may represent a risk factor for the development of dementia and a proxy of cognitive reserve. Objective: This study examined the cognitive and neuroanatomic correlates of high versus low educational levels in cognitively healthy community-dwelling older adults in Brazil. Methods: Fifty-three older adults (mean age: 68±5.3 years) were divided into a “low education” group [LE; 1-4 years of education (N=33)] and “high education” group [HE; >11 years of education (N=20)]. Both groups completed a comprehensive neuropsychological battery and underwent in vivo structural MRI close to the time of testing. Results: Higher educational level increased the chance of having better scores on neuropsychological tests, including verbal and visual delayed recall of information, verbal learning, category fluency, global cognition, and vocabulary. Better scores on these tests were observed in the HE group relative to the LE group. Despite this, there were no group differences between MRI measures. Conclusion: Older adults with higher educational levels showed better scores on neuropsychological measures of cognition, highlighting the need for education-adjusted norms in developing countries. Given the absence of differences in structural anatomy between the groups, these findings appear to be best explained by theories of cognitive reserve.

Effect of Visual Feedback on the Static and Kinematic Characteristics of Handwriting

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 5-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Pertsinakis
Keyword(s):  
Visual Feedback ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Movement Analysis ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Software Module ◽  
Medium Education ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Pen Tablet ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Document Examiners

Research on visual feedback has not produced consistent results to show how visual feedback or the lack, thereof, influences individual handwriting characteristics. A two-pronged approach was designed to investigate the degree of this influence. For this purpose, samples of signatures as well as cursive and block text, written with and without visual feedback, were collected from 40 volunteers and imported into a PC via a pen tablet, using an electronic inking pen. The data was analyzed in a handwriting movement analysis software module specially designed for this research that was added to the software MovAlyzeR by Neuroscript LLC. Two forensic document examiners (FDEs) independently analyzed samples from the two groups (samples executed with normal visual feedback versus the group of samples executed without visual feedback). They found no fundamental differences between these two groups. Their analyses also demonstrated that a large number of similarities existed in the general design of the allographs (alternative forms of a letter or other grapheme) and in the pictorial aspects, regardless of the complexity of the samples. In the cursive and block handwriting, four main qualitative characteristics were linked to the absence of visual feedback: change of overall size, non-uniformity of left margins, change of baseline alignment, and inclusion of extra trajectories. The statistical analysis verified the above findings. The comparative analysis also suggests that gender, educational level (above high school) and handedness create an insignificant influence on the individual characteristics of writing produced with and without visual feedback. The only notable exception is the relationship between signature duration and educational level. The volunteers with a medium education level showed a significant increase in duration while signing their names without visual feedback in comparison to those with higher education levels. The combination of the above findings suggests that handwriting is not fundamentally influenced by visual feedback.  Purchase Article - $10

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