scholarly journals The Moral Competence of Spanish Councilors

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 5350
Author(s):  
Pedro Herrero García ◽  
Miguel Ángel Carbonero ◽  
Luis Jorge Martín Antón
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Moral Competence ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Competence Test ◽  
University Training ◽  
First Time ◽  
Estimation Parameters

The citizenship’s distrust of politicians clashes with the absence of research of politicians’ moral competence, which is a challenge to positive psychology. The objective of this work, approved by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, is to measure, for the first time, the moral competence of Spanish councilors and to explore its relationship with different independent variables. A sample of 625 councilors from all the territories of the country completed a questionnaire that includes the Moral Competence Test Moral Competence Test. Estimation parameters and hypothesis contrast methods were used for the statistical analysis of the obtained data. The results indicate that most of the Spanish councilors in the sample have low moral competence, which does not depend on any of the variables contemplated in the study. Councilors with high moral competence represent only 3.7%, with a profile corresponding more closely to that of people under 45 years of age, with university training, professionally linked to the private services sector, and dedicated exclusively to politics in a Town Hall.

The Effect of Invertebrate Infestation on Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Nests on Kazanlı Beach, Mersın, Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 245-256
Author(s):  
Cemil Aymak ◽  
Aşkın Hasan Uçar ◽  
Yusuf Katılmış ◽  
Eyup Başkale ◽  
Serap Ergene
Keyword(s):  
Green Turtle ◽  
Hatching Success ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Faunal Composition ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Invertebrate Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nesting Season

In this study invertebrate infestation in green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests were recorded for the first time for Kazanlı beach, Mersin, Turkey. For this aim, in 2006 nesting season, 294 natural intact green turtle nests were sampled to examine their contents and invertebrate infestation was found in 76 (25.85% of the total sampling green turtle nests). These infested nests were examined in terms of the invertebrate faunal composition. The specimens found in the green sea turtle nests were identified to order, family or genus levels and they were represented in 5 orders. These invertebrate groups are Elater sp. larvae (Elateridae; Coleoptera), Pimelia sp. larvae (Tenebrionidae; Coleoptera), Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta), Cyrptostigmata (Acari), Oniscidae (Isopoda), Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Elater sp. was the most common invertebrate group in the green turtle nests. According to student t test, we found statistically significant differences between 7 independent variables and invertebrate species presence. Furthermore, logistic regression analysis explained that there is a negative relationship between hatching success rate and invertebrate species presence.

PENGARUH PELATIHAN DAN MOTIVASI KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN PT. BAKRIE PIPE INDUSTRIES BEKASI

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Imam Wibowo, M.Si ◽  
Rusma Patriansyah
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Operating Division ◽  
Independent Variable

The purpose of this research is to know the information about relationship between independent variables which are training (X1) and motivation (X2) with dependent variable which is employee performance (Y) of PT. Bakrie Pipe Industries Bekasi, both simultaneously and partially. Data collected from 78 employee of PT. Bakrie Pipe Industries Operating Division randomly using Slovin formula. Then all data was analyzed by using regression and statistical analysis using F-statistic to know the influence of independent variable simultaneously and t-statistic to know the influence of independent variable partially with using SPSS Ver. 22 software. The results of this research shown that: 1). Simultaneously, training and motivation have positive influence and significant to employee performance of PT. Bakrie Pipe Industries Bekasi. 2). Partially, training has positive influence and significant to employee performance of PT. Bakrie Pipe Industries Bekasi. 3). Partially, motivation has positive influence and significant to employee performance of PT. Bakrie Pipe Industries Bekasi.

Civil engineers’ personal values/demographics linkage in project team building

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1337-1349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atilla Damci ◽  
David Arditi ◽  
Gul Polat
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Personal Values ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Team Leaders ◽  
Content Type ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Civil Engineers

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between civil engineers’ demographics (e.g. age, marital status, education, work experience) and their personal values. The objective was to predict civil engineers’ personal values based on their demographics. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey was administered to civil engineers to collect data on their demographics and their personal values. Statistical analysis was performed to verify whether a significant statistical relationship exists between civil engineers’ demographics and their personal values. Findings The most important and the least important personal values were identified for civil engineers. Statistical analysis indicated that civil engineers’ values do vary based on their demographics. Research limitations/implications The results of this study cannot be generalized, because individuals’ personal values and demographics are, by definition, local. Location and culture may affect the personal values of civil engineers. Practical implications Team leaders normally have access to information about the demographics of the engineers they employ; based on the results of this study, they should be able to predict their personal values, and to make more informed decisions when appointing them to particular positions on project teams. Originality/value The research presented in this paper, establishes for the first time, that a linkage exists between civil engineers’ personal values and their demographics, and makes it easier for team leaders to make assignment decisions.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Demographical Characteristic and Central Obesity with Hypertension

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Desy Amanda ◽  
Santi Martini
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Central Obesity ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Obesity Status ◽  
Observational Study Design ◽  
The Relationship

Background: The prevalence of hypertension in Indonesia was 25,80% in 2013 found in people aged above 18 years old. One of the risk factors is obesity. Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the demographical characteristic and central obesity with the risk of hypertension in the health center of Sidoarjo. Methods: This analytical observational study design was cross sectional. There were 50 respondents selected through accidental sampling. The independent variables of this study were respondents’ characteristic and central obesity status. However, the dependent variable was hypertension. Overall, respondents were divided into two groups based on sex (female and male) and age (> 59 years old and ≤ 59 years old). Data were analyzed with chi-square statistical analysis. Results: Respondents with central obesity had a higher risk to get hypertension, with majority male respondents aged above 59 years old. Conclusion: There was a correlation between age and hypertension (p = 0,01), sex and hypertension (p = 0,04), also between central obesity status and hypertension (p = 0,01). 

scholarly journals Tactical Competition Model Application in Restaurant Services Industry at Different Lifecycle Stages of Organization

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Rimma R. Akhmedova ◽  
◽  
Mikhail V. Lednev ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Model Application ◽  
Development Tactics ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Competitive Activity ◽  
Competitive Actions ◽  
First Time

In this article, for the first time, the distribution of well-known strategies and tactics of competitive actions by stages of the lifecycle according to the model of D. Miller and P. Friesen is carried out, which allows to provide a more accurate description of the competitive activity of an organization at different stages of its development. Tactics and strategy are closely related, and there is a need for their gradation in the context of the characteristics of the stages of the organization’s life cycle. This study is especially relevant in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic, where tactical models of competition play a special role in accordance with the selected strategies in the field of restaurant services. During the analysis of the activities of restaurant service establishments at different stages of the life cycle, certain patterns in the competitive actions of the organization were identified, which can be compared with the strategies and tactics of competition. The criteria for determining the stage of development of the organization, which determine the conduct of competitive processes, are given. Each stage of the organization’s life cycle is characterized: birth, development, maturity, flourishing, decline on the example of the restaurant services sector. It shows how organizations apply different strategies and tactics of competitive actions within each stage of the life cycle, as well as during the transition from one stage to another. The use of this article can help restaurant businesses by applying the developed matrix of tactical models of competition at various stages of the organization’s life cycle within the framework of a competitive strategy in the practical activities of the organization. Thus, the result of successful implementation of the strategy and tactical models is an increase in the number of potential guests, including permanent ones, and an increase in investment, production, sales and other opportunities.

Microarray analysis of the transcriptome of the subfornical organ in the rat: regulation by fluid and food deprivation

2008 ◽  
Vol 295 (6) ◽  
pp. R1914-R1920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Hindmarch ◽  
Mark Fry ◽  
Song T. Yao ◽  
Pauline M. Smith ◽  
David Murphy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Food Deprivation ◽  
Subfornical Organ ◽  
Microarray Technology ◽  
Type B ◽  
Bdnf Expression ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Calcium Sensing ◽  
First Time

We have employed microarray technology using Affymetrix 230 2.0 genome chips to initially catalog the transcriptome of the subfornical organ (SFO) under control conditions and to also evaluate the changes (common and differential) in gene expression induced by the challenges of fluid and food deprivation. We have identified a total of 17,293 genes tagged as present in one of our three experimental conditions, transcripts, which were then used as the basis for further filtering and statistical analysis. In total, the expression of 46 genes was changed in the SFO following dehydration compared with control animals (22 upregulated and 24 downregulated), with the largest change being the greater than fivefold increase in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression, while significant changes in the expression of the calcium-sensing (upregulated) and apelin (downregulated) receptors were also reported. In contrast, food deprivation caused greater than twofold changes in a total of 687 transcripts (222 upregulated and 465 downregulated), including significant reductions in vasopressin, oxytocin, promelanin concentrating hormone, cocaine amphetamine-related transcript (CART), and the endothelin type B receptor, as well as increases in the expression of the GABAB receptor. Of these regulated transcripts, we identified 37 that are commonly regulated by fasting and dehydration, nine that were uniquely regulated by dehydration, and 650 that are uniquely regulated by fasting. We also found five transcripts that were differentially regulated by fasting and dehydration including BDNF and CART. In these studies we have for the first time described the transcriptome of the rat SFO and have in addition identified genes, the expression of which is significantly modified by either water or food deprivation.

Kriminalpräventive Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung von Fehlverhalten im Gesundheitswesen

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelika Reinelt-Broll
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
White Collar Crime ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The Public ◽  
Control Units ◽  
First Time

This study deals for the first time with evaluation questions in connection with the activities of the control units in accordance with § 197a SGB V, because the phenomenon of Healthcare-fraud as well as the demand for evidence-based crime prevention is increasingly becoming part of the public discourse. On the basis of a statistical analysis of activity reports from three reporting periods and a written questionnaire, the study shows the necessity of the activities of the control units regarding the fight against white-collar crime in the health sector and at the same time describes various factors increasing their effectiveness on an organisational and procedural level.

scholarly journals Mendel’s pea crosses: varieties, traits and statistics

Hereditas ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 156 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. H. Noel Ellis ◽  
Julie M. I. Hofer ◽  
Martin T. Swain ◽  
Peter J. van Dijk
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Normal Distribution ◽  
Standard Normal Distribution ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Crossing Experiments ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
F2 Population ◽  
A Value ◽  
Segregation Ratios ◽  
Standard Normal

Abstract A controversy arose over Mendel’s pea crossing experiments after the statistician R.A. Fisher proposed how these may have been performed and criticised Mendel’s interpretation of his data. Here we re-examine Mendel’s experiments and investigate Fisher’s statistical criticisms of bias. We describe pea varieties available in Mendel’s time and show that these could readily provide all the material Mendel needed for his experiments; the characters he chose to follow were clearly described in catalogues at the time. The combination of character states available in these varieties, together with Eichling’s report of crosses Mendel performed, suggest that two of his F3 progeny test experiments may have involved the same F2 population, and therefore that these data should not be treated as independent variables in statistical analysis of Mendel’s data. A comprehensive re-examination of Mendel’s segregation ratios does not support previous suggestions that they differ remarkably from expectation. The χ2 values for his segregation ratios sum to a value close to the expectation and there is no deficiency of extreme segregation ratios. Overall the χ values for Mendel’s segregation ratios deviate slightly from the standard normal distribution; this is probably because of the variance associated with phenotypic rather than genotypic ratios and because Mendel excluded some data sets with small numbers of progeny, where he noted the ratios “deviate not insignificantly” from expectation.

INTRA- AND EXTRA-ORGANISATIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF INNOVATION PROCESSES — THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR UNDER THE CRISIS IN PORTUGAL

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (06) ◽  
pp. 1650056 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA FERREIRA ◽  
ANA LÚCIA TEIXEIRA
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Technology Sector ◽  
Top Managers ◽  
Technology Services ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Perceptions And Expectations ◽  
First Time

This paper characterises the joint impacts of intra- and extra-organisational contexts on innovation development during the socio-economic crisis in Portugal. The characterisation of these contexts in 309 firms of the Information and Communication Technology services sector allowed for the identification of two profiles via a cluster analysis. These were mostly discriminated by financial resources and clients and not by science and technology activities. Subsequently, these profiles were related to innovation, top managers’ perceptions and expectations for the future. The data shows that under favourable contexts, innovation increases, the firm is perceived to drive innovation and confidence in the companies’ future emerges. In more unfavourable scenarios, innovation is compromised, the environment is perceived to block innovation and confidence is halted. This paper establishes companies’ profiles for the first time in Portugal and suggests that intra- and extra-organisational contexts have to be jointly tackled to foster present innovation and promote future activities.

scholarly journals The Nurse in the University: A History of University Education for South African Nurses: A Case Study of the University of the Witwatersrand

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Simonne Horwitz
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
South African ◽  
Nursing Program ◽  
University Education ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
University Training ◽  
First Time

This paper charts the history and debates surrounding the introduction of academic, university-based training of nurses in South Africa. This was a process that was drawn out over five decades, beginning in the late 1930s. For nurses, university training was an important part of a process of professionalization; however, for other members of the medical community, nursing was seen as being linked to women's service work. Using the case-study of the University of the Witwatersrand, one of South Africa's premier universities and the place in the country to offer a university-based nursing program, we argue that an historical understanding of the ways in which nursing education was integrated into the university system tells us a great deal about the professionalization of nursing. This paper also recognises, for the first time, the pioneers of this important process.

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