scholarly journals Actitudes sexuales en adolescentes estudiantes universitarios

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Gloria Esperanza Zambrano-Plata ◽  
Jessica Paola Toscano-Moros ◽  
Jennifer Gil-Marles
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Sexual Attitudes ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Catholic Religion ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

 Objetivo: describir las actitudes sexuales de los adolescentes matriculados en los programas presenciales diurnos de una universidad en Cúcuta, Colombia, durante el primer semestre de 2014. Materiales y Métodos: estudio de enfoque cuantitativo, descriptivo.  La muestra estuvo constituida por 375 adolescentes estudiantes universitarios. La selección de los sujetos se realizó mediante un muestreo polietápico estratificado. La información se recolectó a través del instrumento Actitudes Sexuales. Resultados: los participantes tenían en promedio 19 años, predominio de género masculino, religión católica, procedencia de familias nucleares y orientación heterosexual. Las actitudes sexuales fueron liberales en el 68% de los encuestados. Este porcentaje aumentó respecto a la actitud hacia las relaciones sexuales donde el 75% mantuvo una postura liberal, mientras que al analizar la actitud hacia las diferentes formas de practicar el sexo se encontró un 53% con actitud conservadora y este porcentaje aumento cuando se analizó la actitud hacia la libre expresión de la sexualidad con el 60% de estudiantes con postura conservadora. Respecto a la relación de algunas variables con las posturas liberales frente a la sexualidad, se encontró relación estadísticamente significativa entre esta y el ser hombre, tener edad superior o igual a 19 años, pertenecer a semestres superiores, ser agnóstico o ateo, asistir poco o nunca al templo y ser bisexual. Conclusiones: el liberalismo sexual en las actitudes de los adolescentes universitarios es más discursivo que práctico, ya que esta postura cambia de acuerdo al contexto. PALABRAS CLAVES: sexualidad, adolescente, actitud. Sexual attitudes among university students                                                                    ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the sexual attitudes of adolescents enrolled in day programs in a university in Cucuta, Colombia,  in the first half of 2014. Materials and Methods: quantitative, descriptive approach. The sample consisted of 375 adolescents university students. The selection of subjects was performed using a multistage stratified sampling. The information was collected through the Sexual Attitudes instrument. Results: participants were on average 19 years old, predominantly male genre, Catholic religion, with an origin in   nuclear families and heterosexual orientation. Liberal sexual attitudes were 68% of surveyed adolescents. This percentage increased about the attitude to face sexual relationships, where 75% maintained a liberal stance percentage, while analyzing the attitude towards different ways of practicing sex was found 53% with conservative and the percentage increased when it was analyzed the attitude to the free expression of sexuality with 60% of students with conservative stance. Regarding the relationship of some variables with liberal attitudes towards sexuality, it was found a  statistically significant relationship between this and the fact of being a man, being older than  19 years old, belonging to higher semesters, being  agnostic or atheist, going or not  to the church and being bisexual. Conclusions: the sexual liberalism in the attitudes of university adolescents is more discursive than practice, because this posture changes according to the context. KEYWORDS: adolescent, attitude, sexuality. As atitudes sexuais entre universitários RESUMO Objetivo: descrever as atitudes sexuais de adolescentes matriculados em programas de dia enfrentar uma universidade no Cúcuta, Colombia,  no primeiro semestre de 2014. Materiais e Métodos: abordagem quantitativa, descritivo. A amostra foi composta de 375 adolescentes universitarios. A seleção dos sujeitos foi realizada utilizando uma amostragem estratificada em múltiplos estágios. A informação foi recolhida através das Atitudes Sexuais de instrumentos. Resultados: os participantes tinham em média 19 anos, predominantemente do sexo masculino, religião católica, de origem das famílias nucleares e orientação heterossexual. Atitudes sexuais liberais eram 68% dos entrevistados. Este aumento em relação a atitude em relação ao sexo, onde 75% mantiveram um percentual liberal postura, ao analisar a atitude em relação a diferentes formas de praticar sexo foi encontrado 53% com conservadora e o aumento percentual quando analisados atitude para a livre expressão da sexualidade com 60% de alunos com postura conservadora. Quanto à relação de algumas variáveis com atitudes liberais em relação a sexualidade, a relação estatisticamente significativa entre este homem e ser encontrado, não inferior a 19 anos, pertencentes a semestres mais elevadas, ser agnóstico ou ateu, pouco ou participar Nunca ao templo e ser bissexual. Conclusões: o liberalismo sexual nas atitudes dos adolescentes da faculdade é mais discursiva e eu praticar esta postura, muda de acordo com o contexto. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: adolescentes, atitude, sexualidade.

Parasites and promiscuity: Acute disease salience leads to more restricted sexual attitudes

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110309
Author(s):  
James B. Moran ◽  
Nicholas Kerry ◽  
Jin X. Goh ◽  
Damian R. Murray
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Sexual Attitudes ◽  
Experimental Manipulation ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Acute Disease ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sexual Promiscuity

How does disease threat influence sexual attitudes and behaviors? Although research on the influence of disease threat on social behavior has grown considerably, the relationship between perceived disease threat and sexual attitudes remains unclear. The current preregistered study (analyzed N = 510), investigated how experimental reminders of disease threat influence attitudes and anticipated future behaviors pertaining to short-term sexual relationships, using an ecologically valid disease prime. The central preregistered prediction was that experimental manipulation of disease threat would lead to less favorable attitudes and inclinations toward sexual promiscuity. Results were consistent with this preregistered prediction, relative to both a neutral control condition and a non-disease threat condition. These experimental results were buttressed by the finding that dispositional variation in worry about disease threat predicted less favorable attitudes and inclinations toward short-term sexual relationships. This study represents the first preregistered investigation of the implications of acute disease threat for sexual attitudes.

scholarly journals Derivation and Performance of Standardized Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) Test Thresholds for the Detection and Prognosis of Liver Fibrosis

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 815-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Day ◽  
Preya Patel ◽  
Julie Parkes ◽  
William Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Liver Fibrosis ◽  
Delphi Panel ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Hazard Ratios ◽  
Test Thresholds ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract Introduction Noninvasive tests are increasingly used to assess liver fibrosis and determine prognosis but suggested test thresholds vary. We describe the selection of standardized thresholds for the Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) test for the detection of liver fibrosis and for prognostication in chronic liver disease. Methods A Delphi method was used to identify thresholds for the ELF test to predict histological liver fibrosis stages, including cirrhosis, using data derived from 921 patients in the EUROGOLF cohort. These thresholds were then used to determine the prognostic performance of ELF in a subset of 457 patients followed for a mean of 5 years. Results The Delphi panel selected sensitivity of 85% for the detection of fibrosis and >95% specificity for cirrhosis. The corresponding thresholds were 7.7, 9.8, and 11.3. Eighty-five percent of patients with mild or worse fibrosis had an ELF score ≥7.7. The sensitivity for cirrhosis of ELF ≥9.8 was 76%. ELF ≥11.3 was 97% specific for cirrhosis. ELF scores show a near-linear relationship with Ishak fibrosis stages. Relative to the <7.7 group, the hazard ratios for a liver-related outcome at 5 years were 21.00 (95% CI, 2.68–164.65) and 71.04 (95% CI, 9.4–536.7) in the 9.8 to <11.3 and ≥11.3 subgroups, respectively. Conclusion The selection of standard thresholds for detection and prognosis of liver fibrosis is described and their performance reported. These thresholds should prove useful in both interpreting and explaining test results and when considering the relationship of ELF score to Ishak stage in the context of monitoring.

scholarly journals Evaluating Kupferstein’s claims of the relationship of behavioral intervention to PTSS for individuals with autism

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Barrett Leaf ◽  
Robert K. Ross ◽  
Joseph H. Cihon ◽  
Mary Jane Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Extreme Caution ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Diagnostic Threshold ◽  
Indirect Measures ◽  
Methodological Rigor ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

Purpose Kupferstein (2018) surveyed 460 respondents and found that 46 percent of respondents met the diagnostic threshold for posttraumatic stress disorder after exposure to applied-behavior-analysis-based intervention. The purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation a critical analysis of Kupferstein (2018) including the experimental methods and discussion of the results. Design/methodology/approach The authors evaluated the Kupferstein’s methodological rigor with respect to the use of hypothesis testing, use of indirect measures, selection of respondents, ambiguity in definitions, measurement system, and framing of the experimental question when conducting the correlational analysis in addition to Kupferstein’s analysis and discussion of the results. Findings Based upon the analysis, Kupferstein’s results should be viewed with extreme caution due to several methodological and conceptual flaws including, but not limited to, leading questions used within a non-validated survey, failure to confirm diagnosis, and incomplete description of interventions. Originality/value It is the authors’ hope that this analysis provides caregivers, clinicians, and service providers with a scientific lens which will useful in viewing the limitations and methodological flaws of Kupferstein.

scholarly journals RELATIONSHIP OF SKIN MEASUREMENTS AND MILK PRODUCTION LEVELS IN CATTLE BREEDS MAINTAINED IN THE TROPICS

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-95
Author(s):  
S. F. Amakiri
Keyword(s):  
Hair Follicle ◽  
Milk Production ◽  
Skin Thickness ◽  
Production Potential ◽  
Cattle Breeds ◽  
Positive Linear Correlation ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

The relationship between mean skin thickness or hair follicle depth of the skin from the midside (12th rib) area and milk production levels of pure Friesian (Holstein)cattle breeds, their ¾ and 7/8 crosses with White Fulani zebu, and pure White Fulanis, maintained in South-Western Nigeria were studied. A strongly positive linear correlation (r = 0.9), significant at 1% level was found between skin thickness and hair follicle depth, and milk production levels in these breeds. The results indicate that for cows maintained in a hot humid tropical environment, comparative midside skin thickness and hair follicle depth could be used as indices of the milk production potential of cows. It could be a useful field tool for selection of cows for milk production when considered along with other characteristics

scholarly journals Archiving Metaxourgio

2021 ◽  
pp. 167-184
Author(s):  
Thomais Kordonouri
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
The Way

‘Archive’ is a totality of records, layers and memories that are collected. A city is the archive that consists of the conscious selection of these layers and traces of the past and the present, looking towards the future. Metaxourgio is an area in the wider historic urban area of Keramikos in Athens that includes traces of various eras, beginning in the Antiquity and continuing all the way into the 21st century. Its archaeological space ‘Demosion Sema’ is mostly concealed under the ground level, waiting to be revealed. In this proposal, Metaxourgio is redesigned in light of archiving. Significant traces of the Antiquity, other ruins and buildings are studied, selected and incorporated in the new interventions. The area becomes the ‘open archive’ that leads towards its lost identity. The proposal aims not only to intensify the relationship of architecture with archaeology, but also to imbue the area’s identity with meanings that refer to the past, present and future.

Product and Factory Modeling for Production Rate Determination

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. G. Karthik ◽  
Edward B. Magrab
Keyword(s):  
Production Rate ◽  
Lead Time ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Manufacturing Processes ◽  
Assembly Structure ◽  
Secondary Manufacturing ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Made In

Abstract An intelligent graphical user interface that captures a product’s functional and assembly structure and the factory that will make it are described. The results are then used to evaluate a factory’s production rate for the product. The program requires the product to be either a functionally uncoupled or decoupled design. The interface then: (1) implements a visualization of the functionally decomposed product structure; (2) implements an abstraction of a factory; (3) automatically generates candidate primary manufacturing processes and materials that are compatible with each other based on a very small number of attributes; (4) enables the user to make Make/Buy decisions for the components comprising the product; (5) assists the user in the selection of secondary manufacturing processes that are compatible with the primary manufacturing processes and materials for parts made in-house, and specify the vendor and the supply lead time for outsourced parts; (6) enables the specification of alternate materials and manufacturing processes; (7) implements a visual representation of the assembly structure as specified by the user; and (8) partially automates the creation of the assembly structure, and assists in the selection of assembly methods that are compatible with the materials chosen. In addition, the program assists in the design for assembly by: (1) requiring the product development team to think about the assembly process early in the design stage; (2) providing a visualization of the relationship of all components comprising the product to its other components; (3) requiring the specification of the order in which they are to be assembled; and (4) requiring the selection of assembly processes that are compatible with each other and the materials chosen. It also requires the specification of the capabilities of the factory that is going to make one or more of the components of the product, and requires that Make/Buy decisions for the parts comprising the product be made.

Information Systems for the Management of the Organizations

2018 ◽  
pp. 313-346
Author(s):  
Antonio Juan Briones Penalver
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
First Century ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Strategic Decision Making ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

This chapter investigates the main concepts and activities of information in strategic decision-making systems. Since information became the global economy value source for organizations, information assumes a key role in contributing to the development of the performance of organizations through the selection of relevant information for businesses. The relationship of the strategic management of information with business activities contributes to the process of strategic decision making for more effective and efficient decisions. The understanding of the importance of information as a strategic resource in the management of organizations is becoming more important to strategists than the formulation of strategy models of industrial society. In the twenty-first century, no manager will be able to set and implement the strategy successfully without a basic understanding of information for strategic decision making.

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