scholarly journals The impact of cash management on profitability and sustainability of small retail businesses in the Tongaat area, KwaZulu-Natal

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Avika Mungal
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cash Management ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Successful Business ◽  
Management Advice ◽  
The Impact

Small businesses are vital for employment and job creation in South Africa. The implementation of sound cash management practices is essential to ensure to profitability and sustainability of any successful business. The commonly used expression, “Cash is king” cannot be contested as its validity was more prevalent in this research study. The aim of the study was to identify the current cash management practices of small retail businesses in the Tongaat area and identify the impact of such practices on their profitability and sustainability. This descriptive, cross sectional study, using a quantitative research paradigm and a non-probability sampling method targeted a sample of 69 businesses in the chosen area. The sample structure consisted of small retail businesses in the Tongaat area of KwaZulu-Natal. There was a significant relationship between drawing budgets and sustainability. This finding suggests that the more often the business draws up cash budgets, the more viable and sustainable the business is. 78.3% of the respondents acknowledged the importance of keeping records in the business, however, only 29.9% drew up cash budgets. The findings of this study could be useful to potential, emerging and established owners of all types of businesses since effective and efficient cash management is an integral component of any successful business. There should be more emphasis placed on the impact of how proper cash management practices can affect profitability and sustainability of a small retail business. A recommendation that adds value to the study was to engage the final-year, National Diploma: Cost and Management Accounting students in an integrated project, where they can provide cash management advice to these businesses. This will enhance the small businesses’ knowledge of cash management and encourage implementation of these procedures to assist in increasing profitability and sustainability in their business.

scholarly journals Influence of workshop attendance on management of pediatric fecal incontinence in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taiwo Akeem Lawal
Keyword(s):  
Fecal Incontinence ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Postgraduate Training ◽  
Surgical Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
And Training

Abstract Background The care of children with fecal incontinence is suboptimal with inadequate support and training opportunities. The postgraduate training of pediatric surgeons on the management of fecal incontinence is inadequate since each training center is not likely to see enough number of cases yearly. Supplemental training through workshops on fecal incontinence may help to bridge the gap. The aim of this cross sectional study was to evaluate the impact of previous attendance of a workshop on fecal incontinence management practices among pediatric surgeons. Results A total of 41 respondents participated. Eleven (26.8%) respondents had attended a workshop in the past and seven (17.1%) had done a Malone antegrade continent enema (MACE) on patients. A higher proportion of respondents who had practiced for over 15 years had attended a workshop on fecal incontinence compared to those who had not attended one (90.9% vs. 33.3%, p = 0.001). The proportion of respondents who had attended a workshop on fecal incontinence and had performed a MACE (18.2%) was higher than the proportion of those who had not attended a workshop and had performed a similar procedure on patients (3.3%), p = 0.047. Conclusions One quarter of pediatric surgeons in the country surveyed had attended a workshop on fecal incontinence. Prior attendance of a workshop on fecal incontinence is significantly related to experience and significantly influenced the performance of a MACE procedure. Supplementation of the training of pediatric surgeons through workshops on fecal incontinence will help to improve capacity in pediatric colorectal surgical care.

scholarly journals The Perceptions of Small Businesses in the Implementation of Cash Management Techniques

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-83
Author(s):  
Avika Mungal
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Cash Management ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Cash Inflow ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the perceptions of small business owners on the implementation of cash management techniques in their businesses. This paper also highlights the importance of managing cash inflow and outflow in the business and examines the impact on business profitability and sustainability. The study focused on small businesses in the Tongaat area, South Africa. This research was quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional in nature. The instrument used to extract the relevant data from respondents was a Likert type questionnaire. The findings of this research identified the perceptions of small business cash management techniques. A short course on cash management could be offered by the Durban University of Technology to small business owners and managers to enhance their basic cash management knowledge in the implementation of cash management techniques.

scholarly journals Labour Induction with Misoprostol in German Obstetric Clinics: What Are the Facts on Such Use?

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (08) ◽  
pp. 955-965
Author(s):  
Sven Kehl ◽  
Christel Weiss ◽  
Werner Rath ◽  
Michael Schneider ◽  
Florian Stumpfe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostaglandin E2 ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Labour Induction ◽  
Induction Agent ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Media ◽  
Level I ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Subject While the synthetic prostaglandin E1 analogue misoprostol is the most effect labour induction agent, its use is off-label for the most part. For this reason, and in view of its potential adverse effects and varying approaches to its administration, the drug has recently once again become a focus of critical attention. The objective of this survey was thus to establish a record of labour induction with misoprostol in German clinics and determine the impact of the negative reporting on everyday obstetric practice. Material and Methods In this cross-sectional study, 635 obstetrics and gynaecology departments in Germany were requested by email to participate in our survey in February/March 2020. Online responses to 19 questions were requested regarding the clinic, use of misoprostol before and after the critical reporting, use of misoprostol (sourcing, method of administration, dosage, monitoring) and other labour induction methods. Results A total of 262 (41.3%) of the clinics solicited for the survey completed the questionnaire. There were no differences regarding the care level (Perinatal Centre Level I, Perinatal Centre Level II, Clinic with Perinatal Focus or Obstetric/Private Clinic; p = 0.2104) or birth counts (p = 0.1845). In most cases, misoprostol was prepared in the clinicʼs own pharmacy (54%) or imported from another country (46%) and administered orally in tablet form (95%). Misoprostol dosage levels varied (25 µg [48%], 50 µg [83%], 75 µg [6%], 100 µg [47%] and > 100 µg [5%]). Most of the clinics used premanufactured tablets/capsules (59%), although Cytotec tablets were also divided (35%) or dissolved in water (5%). Misoprostol administration intervals were mainly every 4 hours (64%) or every 6 hours (30%). CTG checks were run in most cases before and after administration of a dose of misoprostol (78% and 76%) and before and after administration of a dose of prostaglandin E2 (both 88%). Presence of contractions led to no misoprostol (59%) or no prostaglandin E2 (64%) being administered in most cases. The critical reporting resulted in discontinuation of use of misoprostol in 17% of the clinics – mainly smaller obstetric/private clinics with fewer than 1000 births. Labour cocktails were used mainly in obstetric and private clinics (61%). Conclusion Misoprostol is an established agent for labour induction in German clinics. The dosing schemes used vary. Improvements of currently common management practices are required, especially in the area of labour induction (CTG checks before and after administration of labour-inducing medication, no administration of prostaglandin if contractions are ongoing). The discussion of use of misoprostol in the media resulted in stoppage of its use mainly in smaller clinics.

HUBUNGAN TINGKAT KEKEBALAN STRES DENGAN MEKANISME KOPING PADA LANSIA DI PANTI WREDHA SEHATI WANEA DAN PANTI WREDHA SENJA CERAH KOTA MANADO

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Novita Sarah M Umanailo ◽  
B.H. Ralph Kairupan ◽  
Hendro J. Bidjuni
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Coping Mechanism ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Impact

Abstract:  The cause of stress for elderly more often happen because they were at the nursing home while they still have a family, they feel abandoned, unneeded anymore, isolated, and lost contact with loved ones. To reduce the impact of stress they feel, the elderly should have some means to enhance stress immunity the right way. The elderly that had stress usually used coping strategy to face the problem they’d cause or feel. Objective : the purpose of this study is to find out the connection between the stress immunity level with the coping mechanism on the elderly that lived in Senja Cerah nursing home and Sehati nursing home in Manado City. The method : this study used quantitative research design with cross sectional study for the layout, it used Brieff COPE and Smith & Miller questionnaire. The study process was carried for 2 weeks and assisted by the nursing home staff for the data gathering process with use of Total Sampling technique. The total of Respondent for this study are 61 Respondents. The results of this study showed that most of the respondents had adaptive coping mechanism and immune to stress in 32 respondents (82,1%). With the result of Spearman’s rank correlation test, 0,000 < α = 0,05 was obtained and the correlation coefficient value of 0,705, meaning there is significant connection between Stress Immunity Level with the Coping Mechanism on the Elderly.Keywords: Stress Immunity, Coping Mechanism, Elderly.               Abstrak : Penyebab stres pada lansia sering kali karena ketika mereka berada di panti wredha sementara masih mempunyai keluarga, mereka merasa terbuang, tidak dibutuhkan lagi, terisolasi, dan kehilangan orang-orang yang dicintai. Untuk mengurangi dampak stres yang dirasakan, hendaknya setiap lansia mempunyai upaya-upaya peningkatan kebebalan stres yang tepat. Lansia yang mengalami stress biasanya menggunakan strategi koping untuk menghadapi masalah yang ditimbulkan atau yang dialaminya. Tujuan: tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan antara tingkat kekebalan stress dengan mekanisme koping pada lansia yang tinggal di panti wredha senja cerah dan panti wredha sehati Kota Manado.Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian kuantitatif, dengan rancangan cross sectional study, menggunakan kuisioner Brieff COPE dan Smith&Miller. Proses penelitian dilakukan selama 2 minggu dan dibantu oleh pihak panti wredha untuk proses pengambilan data, dengan teknik Total Sampling. Total Responden dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 61 responden. Hasil : Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sebagian besar responden memiliki mekanisme koping adaptif dan kebal terhadap stres  sebanyak 32 responden (82,1%). Dengan hasil uji korelasi rank spearman, diperoleh sebesar 0,000 < α = 0,05 dan nilai koefisien korelasi 0,705, artinya terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara Kekebalan Stress dengan Mekanisme Koping pada Lansia.Kata kunci : Kekebalan Stres, Mekanisme Koping, Lansia

Being a woman, being a soldier, being a mother: a qualitative analysis of perceptions of pregnancy on working lives of women in the Spanish Armed Forces

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjmilitary-2020-001722
Author(s):  
Sheima Hossain-López ◽  
D Ruiz-Berdún
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Interpretative Approach ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionThirty-two years after Spain first allowed women to join the armed forces, 12% of active troops are women, although there are no data on how many of them are mothers. There is a lack of research related to the impact of motherhood on their careers and the challenges they face as well. Previous quantitative research, within North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces, has focused on the increased vulnerability and reduced performance of women returning to service after childbirth. However, no study to date has examined the narratives of these women.MethodsA qualitative, cross-sectional study was carried out by means of individual interviews which were subsequently analysed employing the interpretative approach of hermeneutic phenomenology. All the interviews were conducted by videoconference, being recorded for subsequent transcription and analysis with MAXQDA v.2018.ResultsServicewoman reported experiencing fear of informing their command chain of their pregnancy. Many women described feelings of constantly having to prove their worth, and thus perceived the physical restrictions associated with pregnancy and/or postpartum as a threat to their previous achievements. This sometimes led to behaviours that posed a risk to the health of mothers and babies, or eventually resulted in both acute and chronic conditions.ConclusionsSome restrictions put in place to protect them during their pregnancies become a source of additional anxiety. Returning to active service, we found that women’s desire to fulfil their duties can cause long-term damage to their physical and psychological health. The attitudes servicewomen perceive towards pregnant women and mothers seems to exert a strong influence on the risks they are willing to assume. Understanding and addressing the needs of servicewomen after childbirth, either now, as active members of the Armed Forces, or in the foreseeable future, as veterans, is crucial to both military and civilian healthcare providers.

scholarly journals Impact of Cash Management on Profitability in Small Manufacturing Organization

Pravaha ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-58
Author(s):  
Dhruba Lal Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Cash Management ◽  
Sample Structure ◽  
Employment Generation ◽  
Manufacturing Organization ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

Small businesses are vital for economic development and employment generation. The implementation of sound cash management practices is essential to ensure the profitability. The aim of the study was to identify the impact of cash management on profitability. This study was adopted correlation research design. Purposive sampling method was adopted while undertaking research. 80 samples were considered while collecting data. The sample structure consisted of small and medium manufacturing businesses in the Kirtipur Municipality. Owners of such enterprises were taken as sample because they can better understand the cash management. Data were collected using five point Likert Scale Questionnaires. Data were analyzed using mean, correlation and regression models. Study found that Cash management has an insignificant but positive effect on profitability. It clarifies that conversion cycle, cash flow and inventory manage positively effects to the profitability but the effect is nominal.

Multidisciplinary team decision is rare and decreasing in percutaneous vascular interventions despite positive impact on in-hospital outcomes

VASA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian-Alexander Behrendt ◽  
Tilo Kölbel ◽  
Thea Schwaneberg ◽  
Holger Diener ◽  
Ralf Hohnhold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multidisciplinary Team ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Invasive Treatment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hospital Outcomes ◽  
Vascular Intervention ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Team Decision ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Background: Worldwide prevalence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) is increasing and peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) has become the primary invasive treatment. There is evidence that multidisciplinary team decision-making (MTD) has an impact on in-hospital outcomes. This study aims to depict practice patterns and time changes regarding MTD of different medical specialties. Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study design. 20,748 invasive, percutaneous PVI of PAD conducted in the metropolitan area of Hamburg (Germany) were consecutively collected between January 2004 and December 2014. Results: MTD prior to PVI was associated with lower odds of early unsuccessful termination of the procedures (Odds Ratio 0.662, p < 0.001). The proportion of MTD decreased over the study period (30.9 % until 2009 vs. 16.6 % from 2010, p < 0.001) while rates of critical limb-threatening ischemia (34.5 % vs. 42.1 %), patients´ age (70 vs. 72 years), PVI below-the-knee (BTK) (13.2 % vs. 22.4 %), and rates of severe TASC C/D lesions BTK (43.2 % vs. 54.2 %) increased (all p < 0.001). Utilization of MTD was different between medical specialties with lowest frequency in procedures performed by internists when compared to other medical specialties (7.1 % vs. 25.7 %, p < 0.001). Conclusions: MTD prior to PVI is associated with technical success of the procedure. Nonetheless, rates of MTD prior to PVI are decreasing during the study period. Future studies should address the impact of multidisciplinary vascular teams on long-term outcomes.

The impact of the use of a footrest on the quality of chest compressions. A prospective, randomized, cross-sectional study

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolanta Majer ◽  
Sandra Pyda ◽  
Jerzy Robert Ladny ◽  
Antonio Rodriguez-Nunez ◽  
Lukasz Szarpak
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Chest Compressions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Impact

Correlation of Altmetric Attention Scores with Citations in Major Pharmacy Journals (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave L Dixon ◽  
William L Baker
Keyword(s):  
Citation Count ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Article Type ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND The impact and quality of a faculty members publications is a key factor in promotion and tenure decisions and career advancement. Traditional measures, including citation counts and journal impact factor, have notable limitations. Since 2010, alternative metrics have been proposed as another means of assessing the impact and quality of scholarly work. The Altmetric Attention Score is an objective score frequently used to determine the immediate reach of a published work across the web, including news outlets, blogs, social media, and more. Several studies evaluating the correlation between the Altmetric Attention Score and number of citations have found mixed results and may be discipline-specific. OBJECTIVE To determine the correlation between higher Altmetric Attention Scores and citation count for journal articles published in major pharmacy journals. METHODS This cross-sectional study evaluated articles from major pharmacy journals ranked in the top 10% according to the Altmetric Attention Score. Sources of attention that determined the Altmetric Attention Score were obtained, as well each articles open access status, article type, study design, and topic. Correlation between journal characteristics, including the Altmetric Attention Score and number of citations, was assessed using the Spearman’s correlation test. A Kruskal-Wallis 1-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare the Altmetric Attention Scores between journals. RESULTS Six major pharmacy journals were identified. A total of 1,376 articles were published in 2017 and 137 of these represented the top 10% with the highest Altmetric Attention Scores. The median Altmetric Attention Score was 19 (IQR 15-28). Twitter and Mendeley were the most common sources of attention. Over half (56.2%) of the articles were original investigations and 49.8% were either cross-sectional, qualitative, or cohort studies. No significant correlation was found between the Altmetric Attention Score and citation count (rs=0.07, P = 0.485). Mendeley was the only attention source that correlated with the number of citations (rs=0.486, P<0.001). The median Altmetric Attention Score varied widely between each journal (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS The overall median Altmetric Attention score of 19 suggests articles published in major pharmacy journals are near the top 5% of all scientific output. However, we found no correlation between the Altmetric Attention Score and number of citations for articles published in major pharmacy journals in the year 2017.

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