The Effects of Long-term Mask Wearing on Aesthetic Behavior: Focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-35
Author(s):  
Min-Jeong Kim ◽  
Chae-Mok Yu
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Skin Problem ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Aesthetic Attitude ◽  
Persistence Behavior

This study attempted to examine self-skin recognition and aesthetic behavior as well as providing basic data needed to develop strategies in preparation for the post-COVID-19 era in the beauty industry. For this, an online survey was performed among a total of 150 adult men and women aged 20 or older who have worn a mask regularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the results of the survey revealed the following: First, mask-wearing intention had a positive influence on mask-wearing experiences. Second, in self-skin recognition, mask-wearing revealed a significant effect on the recognition of causes of skin problems, but no significant influence was found in recognition of skin problem symptoms. Third, mask-wearing had a statistically significant effect on hygienic attitudes, but no significant influence on skin problem-solving attitudes or makeup application attitudes. Fourth, mask-wearing had a statistically significant effect on care-persistence behavior, but no significant influence on skin aesthetic consumption. Fifth, according to the analysis of differences in mask-wearing intention and experiences, self-skin recognition, aesthetic attitude, and aesthetic behavioral intention by gender, a statistically significant difference was found among all items. In terms of post-COVID-19 strategies in the beauty industry, this study suggests a necessity of promoting online education and consultation based on skin knowledge, introducing and improving service providers’ competencies, establishing hygienic environments, and developing new programs, which are difficult to implement at home.

scholarly journals Expectations Regarding Dental Practice: A Cross-Sectional Survey of European Dental Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (19) ◽  
pp. 7296
Author(s):  
Thomas Gerhard Wolf ◽  
Ralf Friedrich Wagner ◽  
Oliver Zeyer ◽  
Duygu Ilhan ◽  
Tin Crnić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Private Equity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Future Career ◽  
Significant Difference

Obtaining information on expectations among dental students regarding their career planning was the main purpose of this observational online survey. The questionnaire was designed with 18 items in five different languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Data were collected on nationality, age, sex, country of residence, university attended, semester, expected year of graduation and expectations about future career. More than 3000 participants (n = 3851, 2863 females 74.34% and 988 males 25.66% with a sex ratio of 0.35) participated in the survey. Almost one-third (31.29%) of the participants plan to start their own practice at least three years after vocational training, a quarter (25.76%) after three, and only 12.59% after one year. A positive influence of the family in the decision to start a practice was observed in 50.07% of the sample with a statistically significant difference regarding sex (p < 0.01). Almost one-third of the participants did not wish to work in an institution run by private equity or insurance companies, while 21.79% would work in that environment (p < 0.01). European dental students desire mainly to become self-employed and start their own practice. New professional practices also offer them options for their future career that they have not yet decided on or thought about.

scholarly journals A SERVQUAL ASSESSMENT OF INTERNET SERVICE QUALITY IN BHUTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phurba Sonam Waiba ◽  
Aita Raj Limboo ◽  
Jigme Sherub
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference

Internet and telecommunication is nowadays one of the core necessities and is in fact required in every aspect of our daily lives. Bhutan introduced the internet and television in 1999. Internet and telecommunication has taken its roots in Bhutan and in every nook and cranny of the country. Given its importance, it is important to time to time assess its quality in the country for learning and development purposes. The study is based on quantitative analysis, using the SERVQUAL instrument. The data was collected through randomly distributed questionnaires through convenience sampling method via google form survey. Sample size of 384 was determined using an online survey monkey tool. The data for this study was analyzed using excel through paired two sample t-test to compare means and to see the significant difference between expectation and perception of the services of each dimension item of all the five dimensions at hypothesized mean difference of zero, alpha value of 0.05. The average gap score is at -0.6 which means that the expectations have not been met and quality of internet service is unsatisfactory. Interesting to note that TANGIBILITY, EMPATHY and RELIABILITY aspects require immediate attention. Generally, the difference between the two means is statistically significant, and therefore there is a statistical significant difference between perceived and expected internet service quality. The study therefore, recommends the (internet service providers) ISPs to consider improvements and rethinking developments on the dimensions discussed in the paper.

scholarly journals Food Values, Satisfaction, and Loyalty: Some Evidence in Grocery Retailing Acquired during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3908
Author(s):  
Ana Isabel Muro-Rodríguez ◽  
Israel Roberto Pérez-Jiménez ◽  
Andrea Esteban-Dorado ◽  
María Pilar Martínez-Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Grocery Store ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
The Public ◽  
Grocery Retailing ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Financial Benefits

Recent evidence illuminates the importance of relatively new concepts in grocery retailing, such as the concept of food values. The present work aims at analyzing the influence of: (i) food values on key non-financial results, particularly satisfaction and loyalty; and (ii) satisfaction on loyalty. The paper makes a further delineation for both satisfaction and loyalty (i.e., with the product and with the grocery store), as well as considers the potential implications derived from the COVID-19 pandemic. With these objectives in mind, the paper distributed an online survey to the residents of Toledo (Spain) during April and May 2020 (a period characterized by a national lockdown, where grocery stores and essential business were open to the public). This effort produced 303 valid questionnaires and the resulting data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics alongside linear parametric regressions. The findings show how food values have a positive and significant influence on both types of satisfaction and loyalty; there is also a significant and positive influence of both types of satisfaction on both types of loyalty. Moreover, the results corroborate previous works about the most influential food values. These findings highlight the importance of considering food values in grocery retailing in order to achieve key non-financial benefits. The paper ends with a discussion of several interesting managerial guidelines, particularly in light of situations like the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals American Privacy Perceptions in the COVID Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilda Hadan ◽  
Laura Calloway ◽  
Shakthidhar Gopavaram ◽  
Shrirang Mare ◽  
L. Jean Camp
Keyword(s):  
Private Information ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Comfort Level ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Privacy Preference ◽  
Significant Difference

The on-going COVID-19 pandemic has brought surveillance and privacy concerns to the forefront, given that contact tracing has been seen as a very effective tool to prevent the spread of infectious disease and that public authorities and government officials hope to use it to contain the spread of COVID-19. On the other hand, the rejection of contact tracing tools has also been widely reported, partly due to privacy concerns. We conducted an online survey to identify participants’ privacy concerns and their risk perceptions during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. Our results contradict media claims that people are more willing to share their private information in a public health crisis. We identified a significant difference depending on the information recipient, the type of device, the intended purpose, and thus concretize the claims rather than suggesting a fundamental difference. We note that participants’ privacy preferences are largely impacted by their perceived autonomy and the perceived severity of consequences related to privacy risks. Contrarily, even during an on-going COVID-19 pandemic, health risk perceptions had limited influence on participants’ privacy preference, given only the perceived newness of the risk could weakly increase their comfort level. Finally, our results show that participants’ computer expertise has a positive influence on their privacy preference while their knowledge to security make them less comfortable with sharing.

scholarly journals PENINGKATAN KINERJA GURU MELALUI SUPERVISI PENGAWAS SATUAN PENDIDIKAN DAN KEPEMIMPINAN KEPALA SEKOLAH (STUDI KASUS PADA SMA MA’ARIF NU 5 PURBOLINGGO KABUPATEN LAMPUNG TIMUR)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Dwi Rohmadi Mustofa ◽  
Ide Lia Marzuki ◽  
Ihsan Mustofa
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine; (1) positive influence and significant correlation between the regulatory supervision of the educational unit on teacher performance of the SMA Maarif NU 5 Purbolinggo, East Lampung regency; (2) positive influence and significant correlation between school leadership on teacher performance; (3) positive and significant influence between the regulatory supervision of the education unit and school leadership together on teacher performance. Population or census, the permanent teachers in high school Maarif NU 5 Purbolinggo totaling 36 people. Primary data was collected by a questionnaire instrument. Data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively with the correlation formula, linear regression and multiple linear regression. The results showed; (1) a significant difference supervisors supervising teacher education unit on the performance of the SMA Maarif NU 5 Purbolinggo, East Lampung regency; (2) there is a significant impact of school leadership on teacher performance; (3) there is a significant influence supervision unit superintendent of education and school leadership together on teacher performance. Abstrak Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui; (1) Pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan antara supervisi pengawas satuan pendidikan terhadap kinerja guru pada SMA Ma’arif NU 5 Purbolinggo, Kabupaten Lampung Timur; (2) Pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan antara kepemimpinan kepala sekolah terhadap kinerja guru; (3) Pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan antara supervisi pengawas satuan pendidikan dan kepemimpinan kepala sekolah secara bersama-sama terhadap kinerja guru. Populasi penelitian terhadap guru tetap di SMA Ma’arif NU 5 Purbolinggo berjumlah 36 orang. Data primer dikumpulkan dengan instrumen kuesioner. Data dianalisis secara kualitatif dan kuantitatif dengan rumus korelasi, regresi linier, dan regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan; (1) terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan supervisi pengawas satuan pendidikan terhadap kinerja guru pada SMA Ma’arif NU 5 Purbolinggo, Kabupaten Lampung Timur; (2) terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan kepemimpinan kepala sekolah terhadap kinerja guru; (3) terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan supervisi pengawas satuan pendidikan dan kepemimpinan kepala sekolah secara bersama-sama terhadap kinerja guru. Kata kunci: supervisi pengawas, kepemimpinan, kinerja guru, SMA Ma’arif NU

Real Ear Sound Pressure Levels Developed by Three Portable Stereo System Earphones

1992 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 52-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail L. MacLean ◽  
Andrew Stuart ◽  
Robert Stenstrom
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Sound Pressure ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Test System ◽  
Output Frequency ◽  
Frequency Effects ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Frequency Responses ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Sound Pressure Levels

Differences in real ear sound pressure levels (SPLs) with three portable stereo system (PSS) earphones (supraaural [Sony Model MDR-44], semiaural [Sony Model MDR-A15L], and insert [Sony Model MDR-E225]) were investigated. Twelve adult men served as subjects. Frequency response, high frequency average (HFA) output, peak output, peak output frequency, and overall RMS output for each PSS earphone were obtained with a probe tube microphone system (Fonix 6500 Hearing Aid Test System). Results indicated a significant difference in mean RMS outputs with nonsignificant differences in mean HFA outputs, peak outputs, and peak output frequencies among PSS earphones. Differences in mean overall RMS outputs were attributed to differences in low-frequency effects that were observed among the frequency responses of the three PSS earphones. It is suggested that one cannot assume equivalent real ear SPLs, with equivalent inputs, among different styles of PSS earphones.

Speech-Language Pathologists' Perceptions of School-Based Services for Children With Hearing Loss

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 469-478
Author(s):  
Sarah Allen ◽  
Robert Mayo
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
School Based ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
Perceptions Of School

Purpose School-aged children with hearing loss are best served by a multidisciplinary team of professionals. The purpose of this research was to assess school-based speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) perceptions of their access to, involvement of, and working relationships with educational audiologists in their current work setting. Method An online survey was developed and distributed to school-based SLPs in North Carolina. Results A significant difference in access to and involvement of educational audiologists across the state was found. Conclusions This research contributes to professional knowledge by providing information about current perceptions in the field about interprofessional practice in a school-based setting. Overall, SLPs reported positive feelings about their working relationship with educational audiologists and feel the workload is distributed fairly.

Does Diversity in The Boardroom Add Value to a Firm?

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Board Composition ◽  
Board Diversity

This study examines whether board diversity affects firm performance. We investigate this study using panel data of a sample of S&P 500 firms during a 12 year period. After controlling for industry, firm size, and other board composition variables, we find that all three board diversity variables of interest – gender, ethnicity, and age have a significant influence on firm performance. While ethnicity and age have a positive influence on firm performance, it was found that gender has a negative influence. Implications for future research are discussed.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS: THE FREQUENCY AND VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO ONLINE INSTRUCTORS

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Heather Herman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Faculty Development ◽  
Online Instruction ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Online Instructors ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
Printed Materials

Online education is no longer a peripheral phenomenon in higher education: over one-third of faculty have taught or developed an online course. As institutions of higher education expand their online education offerings, administrators need to recognize that supporting faculty through the use of incentives and through effective faculty development programs for online instruction is important to the improvement of the quality of educational programs. This quantitative study used an online survey to investigate the types and frequency of faculty development programs for online instruction at institutions with an established teaching and learning development unit (TLDU). The average TLDU offered about fifteen different types of faculty development programs, the most common being websites, technical services, printed materials, and consultation with instructional design experts.

Income or Culture? Examining the Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing in an International Sample

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddharth Garg
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Regression Coefficient ◽  
Marginal Utility ◽  
Economic Class ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World ◽  
Diminishing Marginal Utility ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: The aim of this paper was to examine the relationship between income, subjective wellbeing, and culture among people from a higher socio-economic class across the world. Rationale: Ed Diener proposed the law of diminishing marginal utility as an explanation for differences in subjective wellbeing among different income groups across different countries (Diener, Ng, &amp; Tov, Balance in life and declining marginal utility of diverse resources, 2009). Thus, people with higher incomes would experience less subjective wellbeing due to income, and culture should emerge as a significant predictor. Method: Data from this study came from another study (https://siddharthgargblog.wordpress.com/2019/07/14/love-for-money/). I used an online survey to collect data on annual income in US dollars, subjective wellbeing (WHO-5), and country of residence (Indicator of Culture). 96 responses (Indians = 24, Foreigners = 72) were entered in IBM SPSS and a regression analysis was conducted. The raw dataset used in this study can be found at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.8869040.v1Results: ANOVA showed a significant difference (p &lt; 0.05) between Indians and foreigners on levels of subjective wellbeing. Linear regression shows the regression coefficient of culture to be significant (Beta = -.254, p = .014) but the regression coefficient of income was not found to be significant. The overall model was found to explain 8.2% of the variance in wellbeing.Conclusion: The sample of this study is too small to make any kind of generalization; it does lend a little bit of support to the idea of diminishing marginal utility of income on subjective wellbeing and provides a rationale for further research.

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