scholarly journals ACADEMIC YOUTH’S HEALTH BEHAVIOR

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 55-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Radzimińska ◽  
Magdalena Weber-Rajek ◽  
Ewelina Lulińska-Kuklik ◽  
Urszula Kaźmierczak ◽  
Waldemar Moska
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Selection Of

Introduction: A very important role in the protection of human health is their life style, their habits and patterns of conduct. Early adulthood is the best period to achieve long-term benefits from a selection of healthy living. However, the results of studies on health-related behavior of youth in Poland and in the world are not satisfactory. The purpose of the study: The purpose of the research was to assess the health behaviors of students of higher education in Bydgoszcz. Material: The study involved 272 students (124 women and 148 men) Bydgoszcz higher education students in the following fields of study: physiotherapy, nutrition, logistics and national security. The Inventory of Health-Related Behavior by Zygfryd Juczyński has been used in the research. The statistical analysis was performed using the package PQ Stat 1.6.2. Results: Throughout the treatment group an average level of health-related behavior has been shown. The results of the different categories of health-related behavior were lower than the results of the standardization groups. A higher level of health behavior has been shown in a group of medical students compared to non-medical students. The results for women were higher than men's results. Conclusions: The results of personal research and the research findings of other authors demonstrate that there is a need for implementation of programs of health promotion and health education in all fields of study.

scholarly journals Argument for Tenure in the American Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
Majed s Allehaibi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Social Sanctions ◽  
Research Findings

The article presents the arguments concerning tenure in academic institutions. Proponents of tenure argue that it protects professors from social sanctions such as criticism by political or religious powers outside campus that may disagree with the professor’s research findings and thus might pressure the institution to fire him or her. Opponents of tenure argue that the security that comes with tenure allows professors to become incompetent and slothful. After assessing the advantages and disadvantages of tenure, this article concludes that tenure could be an incentive attracting competent faculty members and allowing them to embark on long-term, risky research projects.

scholarly journals The Usefulness Metrics of The Most Popular eReader Used by Higher Education Students

10.28945/2173 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Puspita Sari ◽  
Elicia Lanham ◽  
Lei Pan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Apple Ipad ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Evaluation Metric ◽  
Written Materials ◽  
Selection Of

[The final form of this paper was published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology.] In the digital technology era, mobile devices have an important rule to deploy a copy of data and information through the network. An electronic reader (eReader) allows readers to read written materials in an electronic manner that is available in many models. The objective of this study is to evaluate the usage of eReader by higher education students. We firstly identified the most frequently used eReader by surveying higher education students. The survey results showed that Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle, and Samsung Tablet are the most popular eReader devices used by higher education students. We presented these results, and then we analyzed the surveyed results in detail in order to develop an evaluation metric of the eReader in a mobile platform that clearly allows the selection of the most suitable eReader for higher education students. The main contribution of this paper is the development of a set of criteria that can be used by students in the selection of an eReader that matches their specific needs and requirements.

scholarly journals Diagnosing the formation of an environment-oriented component of competencies in higher education

2021 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 01014
Author(s):  
Olga Ponomariova ◽  
Olga Vasina ◽  
Sergey Shurygin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
State University ◽  
Military Academy ◽  
The Military ◽  
Selection Of

The article examines the diagnostic tools for evaluating the formation of an environment-oriented component of competencies in students within the system of higher education. The authors present the set of diagnostic tools following their long-term work on identifying the experience of emotional and values-based attitude to nature as the most difficult element of the environment-oriented component of competencies to assess. The article substantiates the selection of diagnostic tools taking into account available environmental knowledge, skills, abilities and behavioural stereotypes of students. It focuses on determining the level of adapted social experience combining the experience of environment-oriented cognitive activity, environment-oriented work methods, environment-oriented creative activity, emotional and values-based attitude. The use of diagnostic tools is illustrated by experimental work within the educational process at A.V. Khrulev Penza Branch of the Military Academy of Logistics and Penza State University.

scholarly journals The Usefulness Metrics of The Most Popular eReader Used by Higher Education Students

10.28945/2224 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 203-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Puspita Sari ◽  
Elicia Lanham ◽  
Lei Pan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Mobile Platform ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Apple Ipad ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Evaluation Metric ◽  
Written Materials ◽  
Selection Of

In the digital technology era, mobile devices have an important rule to deploy a copy of data and information through the network. An electronic reader (eReader) allows readers to read written materials in an electronic manner that is available in many models. The objective of this study is to evaluate the usage of eReader by higher education students. We firstly identified the most frequently used eReader by surveying higher education students. The survey results showed that Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle, and Samsung Tablet are the most popular eReader devices used by higher education students. We presented these results, and then we analyzed the surveyed results in detail in order to develop an evaluation metric of the eReader in a mobile platform that clearly allows the selection of the most suitable eReader for higher education students. The main contribution of this paper is the development of a set of criteria that can be used by students in the selection of an eReader that matches their specific needs and requirements.

scholarly journals The Impact Of A Demand-Driven Higher Education Policy In Australia

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Stokes ◽  
Sarah Wright
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Government Subsidies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Education Courses

In 2012, the Australian government introduced a demand-driven entitlement system for domestic higher education students in which recognised higher education providers are free to enrol as many eligible students as they wish in eligible higher education courses and receive corresponding government subsidies for those students. This paper examines the impact that already has occurred as a result of this decision and the likely long-term effects that this will have on higher education in Australia.

scholarly journals Prevalence of self-medication and its pattern in medical students: a cross sectional study from Karnataka

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 384
Author(s):  
Shrinivas R. Raikar ◽  
Pradeep Javedar ◽  
Anant A. Takalkar
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Inflammatory Drugs ◽  
Selection Of

Background: Self-medication is becoming a common type of self-care behavior among the population of many countries. Obtaining and consuming drugs without the advice of physician either for diagnosis, prescription or surveillance is called self-medication. The objectives of the study were to study prevalence and existing pattern of self-medication and its determinants among the medical students.Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted involving 200 medical students by systemic random sampling method using pretested semi-structured proforma. Analysis was done using SPSS and results were presented. Chi square and odds ratio (OR) was used as statistical tool.Results: Out of 200 students, 66.5% students were from 22-24 years of age group (mean age 20.2±1.4 years, p<0.05). Prevalence of self-medication was 93%, of which 53.8% were girls and 46.2% were boys (p>0.05). Majority of the students (95.2%) were self-medicating with allopathy drugs. 51.6% responded that they were getting quick relief with self-medication. 82% were aware about the possible adverse effects (OR 0.5, p>0.05). Self-medication was practiced by 78% students for upper respiratory tract infection, headache (70%), fever (67.7%) and gastrointestinal upset (36%). Majority (83%) students consumed paracetamol tablet for various health related reasons followed by cough syrups (55.3%), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (54.3%), antibiotics (23.1%).Conclusions: Prevalence of self-medication was high in spite of awareness of possible adverse effects amongst students. Also, the knowledge of selection of appropriate drug for self-medication was observed to be poor.

Cyberchondria in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 ◽  
pp. 173-194
Author(s):  
Nataša Jokić-Begić ◽  
Branka Bagarić
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Options ◽  
Health Anxiety ◽  
Online Searching ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Potential Risk Factors ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Pathological Anxiety

The appearance of a new and unknown disease, COVID-19, provides a fertile ground for the rise of cyberchondria, an excessive online searching about coronavirus transmission, COVID-19 symptoms, and its long-term health-related effects, which is followed by more anxiety. The purpose of this chapter is to review and discuss new findings on cyberchondria in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This chapter presents research findings on aspects of the pandemic which may give rise to cyberchondria, potential risk factors for cyberchondria during the pandemic, the role of cyberchondria in the development of pathological anxiety in the pandemic period with an emphasis on health anxiety and OCD, and possible impacts of seasonality of the pandemic on cyberchondria. Finally, this chapter discusses possible treatment options for cyberchondria in the time of the pandemic.

Academic Work and Life of Public Administration Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Slovenia

2022 ◽  
pp. 178-193
Author(s):  
Aleksander Aristovnik ◽  
Damijana Keržič ◽  
Eva Murko ◽  
Dejan Ravšelj ◽  
Nina Tomaževič ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Online Lectures ◽  
Work And Life ◽  
Administration Students

The COVID-19 pandemic has radically transformed the lives of people, including higher education students. Thus, the main aim of the chapter is to present the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on academic work and life of public administration students in Slovenia compared with their counterparts from other fields of study. The analysis is based on 1,049 Slovenian respondents, covering 211 students from public administration and 838 students from other fields of study. The results show that at the time of the lockdown public administration students were the most satisfied with real-time online lectures, followed by asynchronous forms of lectures. Compared with the students from other fields of study, they were in general more satisfied with provided course assignments and feedback on performance but less satisfied with lecturers' response, openness, and information. They also found it more difficult to focus, adapt, and achieve better performance in the online environment and were in general less confident in computer skills compared to their counterparts from other fields of study.

Effects of fuelwood harvesting on biodiversity — a review focused on the situation in Europe1This article is one of a selection of papers from the International Symposium on Dynamics and Ecological Services of Deadwood in Forest Ecosystems.

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 1421-1432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Bouget ◽  
Aurore Lassauce ◽  
Mats Jonsell
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Landscape Scale ◽  
Peak Oil ◽  
Forest Ownership ◽  
Forest Practices ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Whole Tree Harvesting ◽  
Selection Of

A continually increasing demand for energy and concerns about climate change, greenhouse gas emissions and peak oil have prompted countries to develop policies that promote renewable energy including forest-based bioenergy. In Europe, fuelwood-driven changes in forestry are likely to impact habitat conditions for forest biodiversity. We conducted a systematic literature overview based on 88 papers to synthesize research findings and gaps in knowledge. At the stand scale, but also on a landscape scale, deadwood availability and profile are altered by several practices: whole-tree harvesting and postharvest recovery of logging residues and stumps, for instance. Large-scale fuelwood removal may, on a landscape scale, jeopardize the amounts and diversity of substrate that saproxylic organisms require as food and habitat. Besides, bioenergy-related forest practices also affect nonsaproxylic biodiversity through physical (e.g., soil compaction and disturbance) and chemical changes in soil properties associated with fuelwood removal and increased machine traffic. Moreover, the extended density of internal edges threatens interior forest species populations. Important effects differ substantially between boreal and nemoral forests because of contrasts in management systems, structure of forest ownership, and ecological properties. Developing relevant operational guidelines to partially mitigate ecological damage on biodiversity should be based on our compiled cautionary statements but require further large-scale and long-term research.

scholarly journals Social Movements and the National Question in Quebec: The Institutional Legacy of a Cleavage

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 658-675
Author(s):  
Pascale Dufour ◽  
Jean-Vincent Bergeron-Gaudin ◽  
Luc Chicoine
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Social Protest ◽  
General Level ◽  
The Political ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
National Question ◽  
Two Sectors ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractBy taking a historical perspective on the higher education and the housing sectors in Quebec, we demonstrate how the political cleavage around the national question has had long-term effects on the dynamic of contention in these two sectors. At a general level, the presence of this cleavage has favoured the adoption of institutional arrangements related to funding that have allowed the reproduction of social protest over time. Nevertheless, the institutional arrangements vary from one sector to another: in the case of higher education, Bill 32, adopted in 1983, facilitated the division of the student movement into two branches and, to some extent, its dynamism; in the case of housing, the AccèsLogis program and the contribution au secteur, implemented in 1997, ensured the selection of claims for social housing and favoured the grouping that leads this issue. In both cases, the national question is at the heart of the process that led to the adoption of these policies.

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