scholarly journals From Submission to Acceptance: An Assessment of the Performance of the Nigerian Journal of Animal Production.

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-171
Author(s):  
E. A. Awojobi
Keyword(s):  
Animal Production ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Breeding And Genetics ◽  
Livestock Diseases ◽  
Offer Suggestion ◽  
Wild Life

Duration of time to acceptance of articles for publication in the Nigerian Journal of Animal Production (NJAP) was examined in this study. A total of 448 articles in 12 volumes published between 1995 and 2006 were used for the study Results showed that mean number of days to acceptance was 442.76 days, with a range of 348.09 days in 2005 to 620.86 days in 2002. Articles on livestock diseases took the longest time of 522.15 days from submission to acceptance and this was significantly(P<0.05) longer than the number of days for articles in breeding and genetics (378.47days), livestock economics and extension (378.23days) and fisheries and wild life (316.55days). Based on the species of animal used for experimentation, mean number of days to acceptance was longest (P<0.05) for articles on cattle (536.04days) which was significantly higher (P<0.05) than for goat (366.25 days) and fish (295.45days). A significant (P<0.05) positive correlation (r= 0.109) was observed between days to acceptance and the distance between author and editor. This study alluded to the existence of other factors yet to be uncovered that can be militating against quick acceptance of articles in NJAP and offer suggestion for improvement.

scholarly journals Professional compatibility for a sample of the winners of Prince Fahd bin Sultan’s award and its relationship with the ambition in light of some different demographic variables: التوافق المهني لدى عينة من الفائزين بجائزة الأمير فهد بن سلطان وعلاقته بالطموح باختلاف بعض المتغيرات الديموغرافية

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
Atallah Mohammad Al-atawi
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Study Results

The current study aimed to ascertain the level of professional compatibility for a sample of the winners of Prince Fahd bin Sultan and its relationship with the ambition regarding some demographic variables. To achieve the objective of the study، a sample consisted of male and female 23 individuals of the winners of Prince Fahd bin Sultan’s award were chosen from the winners over several years. Two scales were developed; the scale of professional compatibility and the scale of ambition. Psychometric properties of both scales were verified، including validity and reliability. The study found that the level of professional compatibility and ambition of the study sample was high and that there was a positive correlation between professional compatibility and ambition. It was also found that professional compatibility and ambition had no difference in regard to gender، age، educational level، year of award، current profession and the reason behind being awarded. Depending on the study results، some recommendations were stated including the need to work on and grant a variety of different awards as well as the involvement of award winners in activities that serve the community.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF BREEDING AND GENETICS IN ANIMAL PRODUCTION IMPROVEMENT IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Genetics ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 563-575
Author(s):  
Jan Rendel
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Animal Protein ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Production Improvement ◽  
Breeding And Genetics

ABSTRACT Availability of animal protein for human consumption is very low in the developing countries mainly because of low productivity of existing livestock; ways and means to improve productivity through breeding are discussed and some basic issues requiring further research pointed out.

Career Paths and Expectations of Recent Doctoral Graduates in Student Affairs

NASPA Journal ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark F. Daddona ◽  
Diane Cooper ◽  
Merrily S. Dunn
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Current Position ◽  
Doctoral Graduates ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Development Processes

Personal issues and career development processes of individuals working in student affairs who have recently completed a doctorate were explored in this study. Results indicated that almost 70% were employed at the completion of their doctorate either by accepting a new position or remaining in their current position. New doctoral graduates obtained a position at a significantly lower level than they expected; however, a significant positive correlation between expected and actual starting salary range indicates graduates were able to accurately predict their starting salary range. Over 75% of respondents were still employed in their first post-doctoral position at the time they completed the survey. Implications for student affairs graduate programs are discussed.

Future directions.

2021 ◽  
pp. 435-447
Author(s):  
Geoff Simm ◽  
Geoff Pollott ◽  
Raphael Mrode ◽  
Ross Houston ◽  
Karen Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Animal Production ◽  
Animal Breeding ◽  
Farm Animal ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Breeding And Genetics

Abstract The purpose of this final chapter is to explore some of the key challenges facing farm animal production in general, and animal breeding and genetics in particular, and to discuss how livestock breeders might respond to ensure wide societal and animal benefits.

Comparison between clinical estimated fetal weights (CEFW) Versus Ultrasonographic estimated fetal weight (UEFW) for co-relation with actual birth weight (ABW) in 3rd Trimester of Pregnancy

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. e1-e4
Author(s):  
Rabia Razaq
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Fetal Weight ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Estimated Fetal Weight

Background: Accurate prenatal estimation of birth weight is useful in the management of labour and delivery. Objective: To determine the correlation between clinical estimated fetal weight with actual birth weight in 3rd trimester of pregnancy and to determine the correlation between Ultrasonographic fetal weight assessment with actual birth weight in 3rd trimester of pregnancy. Material & Methods: This cross sectional study with non-probability purposive sampling technique was conducted in three tertiary care hospitals of Punjab, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Allied Hospital, Faisalabad, Lady Aitcheson Hospital Lahore and Lady Willington Hospital Lahore. Informed consent was obtained from each female to use their data for research purpose. Demographic details were also noted. Then females undergo CEFW was done by using Johnson’s formula. Then ultrasonography was done on every female by experienced radiologists to get UEFW. FW measurement was done by using Shepard formula. Then females were followed-up till delivery of fetus. Actual birth weight (ABW) was noted on birth. Pearson correlation was used to measure the correlation coefficient for CEFW and UEFW with ABW. P-value≤0.05 was taken as significant. Results: In our study the mean age of the patients was 29.60±6.23 years and the mean gestational age of 33.30±2.31 weeks. The mean BMI value of the patients was 23.08±1.26 Kg/m2, the mean CEFW value 2219.60±556.41 grams while the mean UEFW value of the patients was 2227.77±521.94 grams and the mean value of ABW of the patients was 2284.00±515.29 grams. In our study the positive correlation was found between the CEFW, UEFW with ABW of the baby. Conclusion: Our study results concluded that both the clinical estimation ultrasonography estimation showed the feasible and reliable results. Both showed positive correlation with actual birth weight.

تمكين العاملين وعلاقته بتعزيز ثقافة الإنجاز: دراسة تطبيقية في بلدية دير البلح

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-160
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Method ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Relationship

الملخص : هدفت الدراسة إلى التعرف على تمكين العاملين وعلاقته بتعزيز ثقافة الإنجاز لدى العاملين في بلدية دير البلح. يتكون مجتمع الدراسة من جميع العاملين في بلدية دير البلح والبالغ عددهم (117) عاملاً، وتم اختيار عينة الدراسة من جميع العاملين باستثناء قطاع الخدمات حيث بلغ عددهم (65) عاملاً. ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة طورت استبانة لجمع البيانات، واستخدم المنهج الوصفي التحليلي للتوصل إلى نتائج الدراسة والتي كان من أهمها: وجود علاقة طردية ذات دلالة إحصائية بين تمكين العاملين وتعزيز ثقافة الانجاز لدى العاملين في بلدية دير البلح، وتوصي الباحثة بضرورة التنوع في أشكال تمكين العاملين المقدمة من قبل بلدية دير البلح (تفويض الصلاحيات، المعرفة والمعلومات، والتدريب والتطوير)، بالإضافة إلى الاهتمام بتطوير العاملين عن طريق منحهم برامج تدريبية تتميز بالحداثة وعدم التكرار. Abstract The study aimed to identify the relationship between empowerment of employees and the culture of achievement among the employees of the municipality of Deir al-Balah. The study population consisted of all the employees of the municipality of Deir al-Balah with a total number of (117) employees. The sample of the study included all the employees except those working in the service sector, with a total number of (65) employees. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire was developed to collect the data, and the descriptive analytical method was used to reach the study results. The main results indicated the existence of a significant positive correlation between the empowerment of employees and the promotion of culture of achievement among the employees of the municipality of Deir al-Balah. The researcher recommends the need for a diversity in the ways of empowerment of employees provided by the municipality of Deir al-Balah (assignments of authorities, knowledge and information, training and development) in addition to building the capacity of the employees by offering them modern training programs with no repetition.

ALTERATIONS OF SERUM CALCIUM, PHOSPHORUS, MAGNESIUM, AND COPPER IN HYPERTHYROIDISM PATIENTS: A CASE–CONTROL STUDY

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-98
Author(s):  
DIANA ATHOKPHAM ◽  
SHRABANI MOHANTY ◽  
VENKATA BHARATKUMAR PINNELLI
Keyword(s):  
Serum Calcium ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Guanidine Hydrochloride ◽  
Serum Copper ◽  
Serum Phosphorus ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Serum T3 ◽  
Calcium Phosphorus

Objective: The objective of the study was to estimate the levels of serum calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and copper in hyperthyroid cases and to correlate each of the parameter with serum T3, T4, TSH, FT3, and FT4, respectively. Methods: The study was conducted on 60 newly confirmed hyperthyroid cases based on the thyroid profile and 60 euthyroid cases were recruited as controls. Blood samples were collected from all these subjects and estimation of serum T3, T4, TSH, FT3, FT4, calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium was done by autoanalyzer method. Serum copper was measured by modified spectrophotometric micro-method using guanidine hydrochloride and bathocuproine disulfonate disodium salt. The statistical analysis was done by paired test and Pearson’s correlation. Results: Study results in hyperthyroid cases show mean serum calcium and copper levels were significantly (p<0.001) increased, serum phosphorus levels were significantly (p<0.001) decreased when compared to euthyroid. However, there was no significant change in magnesium when compared with euthyroid controls (p=0.556). We also found a significant positive correlation among serum Ca versus T3, T4, FT3, and FT4. A negative correlation with serum Ca versus TSH as observed. We also found significant positive correlation between serum phosphorus with TSH and significant negative correlation of phosphorus with T3, T4, FT3, and FT4. No suggestive significant correlation was found between serum Mg with T3, T4, TSH, FT3, and FT4 and serum copper with serum T3, T4, TSH, FT3, and FT4. Conclusion: The present study has shown that metabolism of minerals is altered in hyperthyroid cases. Impaired metabolism of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and copper can lead to various metabolic disorders. Estimation of serum calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and copper may be helpful in better management to prevent further complication and can be used as diagnostic or prognostic aid in patients with hyperthyroidism along with other biochemical parameters.

Redefining lumbar spinal stenosis as a developmental syndrome: does age matter?

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sameer Kitab ◽  
Ghaith Habboub ◽  
Salam B. Abdulkareem ◽  
Muthanna B. Alimidhatti ◽  
Edward Benzel
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Spinal Stenosis ◽  
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis ◽  
Spinal Canal ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Lumbar Intervertebral Disc ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Lumbar Segment ◽  
Lumbar Spinal

OBJECTIVEAge is commonly thought to be a risk factor in defining lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) degenerative or developmental subtypes. This article is a follow-up to a previous article (“Redefining Lumbar Spinal Stenosis as a Developmental Syndrome: An MRI-Based Multivariate Analysis of Findings in 709 Patients Throughout the 16- to 82-Year Age Spectrum”) that describes the radiological differences between developmental and degenerative types of LSS. MRI-based analysis of “degeneration” variables and spinal canal morphometric characteristics of LSS segments have been thought to correlate with age at presentation.METHODSThe authors performed a re-analysis of data from their previously reported prospective MRI-based study, stratifying data from the 709 cases into 3 age categories of equal size (instead of the original < 60 vs ≥ 60 years). Relative spinal canal dimensions, as well as radiological degenerative variables from L1 to S1, were analyzed across age groups in a multivariate mode. The total degenerative scale score (TDSS) for each lumbar segment from L1 to S1 was calculated for each patient. The relationships between age and qualitative stenosis grades, TDSS, disc degeneration, and facet degeneration were analyzed using Pearson’s product-moment correlation and multiple regression.RESULTSMultivariate analysis of TDSS and spinal canal dimensions revealed highly significant differences across the 3 age groups at L2–3 and L3–4 and a weaker, but still significant, association with changes at L5–S1. Age helped to explain only 9.6% and 12.2% of the variance in TDSS at L1–2 and L2–3, respectively, with a moderate positive correlation, and 7.8%, 1.2%, and 1.9% of the variance in TDSS at L3–4, L4–5, and L5–S1, respectively, with weak positive correlation. Age explained 24%, 26%, and 18.4% of the variance in lumbar intervertebral disc (LID) degeneration at L1–2, L2–3, and L3–4, respectively, while it explained only 6.2% and 7.2% of the variance of LID degeneration at L4–5 and L5–S1, respectively. Age explained only 2.5%, 4.0%, 1.2%, 0.8%, and 0.8% of the variance in facet degeneration at L1–2, L2–3, L3–4, L4–5, and L5–S1, respectively.CONCLUSIONSAge at presentation correlated weakly with degeneration variables and spinal canal morphometries in LSS segments. Age correlated with upper lumbar segment (L1–4) degeneration more than with lower segment (L4–S1) degeneration. The actual chronological age of the patients did not significantly correlate with the extent of degenerative pathology of the lumbar stenosis segments. These study results lend support for a developmental contribution to LSS.

scholarly journals The correlation between serum neuron-specific enolase level in adult patients of oromaxillofacial fracture with mild head injury

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ruslin ◽  
HY Yusup ◽  
MZ Arifin ◽  
N. Noormartany
Keyword(s):  
Head Injury ◽  
Maxillofacial Surgery ◽  
Neuron Specific Enolase ◽  
Clinical Pathology ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery ◽  
Mild Head Injury ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Study Results

Oromaxilofacial fracture will have associated with head injury due to its adjacent location and structure. The oromaxillofacial structure is considered to be as force silencer for trauma so that it can protect the intracranial structures. Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a specific enzyme within neuron cells and can be detected rapidly in serum. The objective of the study was to investigate the increased serum NSE level in adult patients with oromaxillofacial fracture with mild head injury; and to investigate the correlation between serum NSE level and the location of oromaxillofacial fracture (upper, middle, lower regions, or the combinations) in adult patients with mild head injury. This study used the analytical observational method with a cross-sectional design, that conducted in Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Dr Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, from August to October 2008. The serum NSE level examination was undertaken by blood sample taking then examined with electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA). The data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney test to seek the increased serum NSE level; using Kruskal-Wallis to seek the mean of increased serum NSE levels by location of oromaxillofacial fracture; and using Spearman ranked correlation test to seek the correlation between the increased serum NSE levels and location of oromaxillofacial fracture in adult patients with mild head injury. The study results indicated that there was an increased serum NSE level in adult patients with oromaxillofacial fracture with mild head injury by 13.12 ng/mL compared to adult healthy group by 7.72 ng/mL (p<0.001). By upper, middle, and lower regions of oromaxillofacial fracture, the serum NSE level of oromaxillofacial fracture at combined upper-middle-lower region was significantly the highest, i.e., 21.14 ng/mL (p=0.049). A positive correlation between the increased serum NSE level and location of oromaxillofacial fracture caused by mild head injury existed (rs=0.33, p=0.020). In conclusion, there was an increased serum NSE level in adult patients with oromaxillofacial fracture with mild head injury; and there was also a positive correlation between the increased serum NSE level and location of oromaxillofacial fracture due to mild head injury.

scholarly journals The Influence of Service Factors on Customer Satisfaction in Makeup Salons

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 840-850
Author(s):  
Hae-Yoon Kim ◽  
Sun-Hyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Basic Data ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Service Charge ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Service Factors

This study attempted to investigate the influence of makeup service factors on customer satisfaction empirically to provide basic data that would help makeup salons enhance customer satisfaction and set a proper direction for services. The results found the following: Among makeup service factors, ‘quality of cosmetics,’ ‘makeup artists’ skills,’ and ‘makeup artists’ reputation and kindness’ revealed a positive correlation with customer satisfaction with statistical significance. Also, ‘makeup artists’ reputation and kindness’ and ‘makeup artists’ skills’ positively affected customer satisfaction with statistical significance. The results confirm that ‘makeup artists’ reputation and kindness’ and ‘makeup artists’ skills’ have the greatest influence on customer satisfaction. The study results found that customer satisfaction with makeup services could be enhanced by increases in ‘reasonable service charge,’ ‘makeup artists’ skills,’ and ‘makeup artists’ reputation and kindness,’ thereby increasing revisit rates and making a significant contribution making makeup salons more competitive.

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