scholarly journals Bulgarian students’ impulsivity differentiated by gender, age, and some scientific areas

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanislava Stoyanova ◽  
Vaitsa Giannouli
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Test System ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Main Effects

Impulsivity is opposed to reflexivity as a cognitive style. This study investigated the frequency distribution of impulsivity in Bulgarian students, as well as some socio-demographic (gender, age, and some scientific areas – social sciences and humanities, as well as sport) differences in impulsivity. Impulsivity opposed to Reflexivity was assessed by means of a sub-scale of the computerized test method Attitude towards Work from Vienna Test System among 141 Bulgarian students. The results revealed slightly more frequent impulsivity than reflexivity in Bulgarian students, but not any gender, age or scientific areas main effects on impulsivity/reflexivity, only their interaction effect, such that younger male students in sport were more impulsive than older male students in sport. A minor trend was found reflexivity to increase with longer sports practice. These findings may indicate the quality of taken decisions in youth.

scholarly journals The Biological Safety of Condom Material Can Be Determined Using anIn VitroCell Culture System

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Motsoane ◽  
E. Pretorius ◽  
M. J. Bester ◽  
P. J. Becker
Keyword(s):  
Test System ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Biological Safety ◽  
Latex Gloves ◽  
Short Term Exposure ◽  
Medical Materials ◽  
Hiv Aids

Latex products have long been recognized as a cause of latex protein allergy. The increased usage of latex gloves, with the consequent increased occurrence of latex allergies appears to have escalated with increasing awareness of the transmission of HIV–AIDS and other infections. The use of condoms as a means to prevent the transmission of STD's (sexually transmitted diseases) and HIV–AIDS has been widely promoted. Although extensive testing is done to evaluate the physical quality of condoms, no information is available regarding the biological safety of condoms. This study was undertaken to determine the effects of short‐term exposure to physiological levels of condom surface material on cell viability (MTT assay) and cell growth (crystal violet assay). A direct contact cell culture testing method (FDA test method F813‐83 used to evaluate the cytotoxic potential of medical materials and devices) was used. The modified test method was found to be a sensitive test system for the evaluation of the biological safety of condoms. This study reveals the importance of evaluating the biological safety of all condoms that are commercially available, because of the potential health risk that may be associated with prolonged use of certain types of condoms.

scholarly journals Solutions to scholarly publishing in social sciences and humanities

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (X1) ◽  
pp. 91-103
Author(s):  
Phuong Dzung Pho ◽  
Phuong Thi Minh Tran
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
National University ◽  
The University ◽  
Quality Of Research

Publishing scientific research is very important in contributing to the knowledge of a discipline and in sharing experience among scientists. However, there are few studies to find solutions to improve the quantity and quality of research publications, especially those in the fields of social sciences and humanities. This case study aims at finding the difficulties that lecturers from different faculties and departments of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City have encountered in publishing their research. Based on the survey data, the study suggests practical solutions to enhance Vietnamese researchers’ national and international publications in order to meet integration challenges.

scholarly journals Quality of Educational Service at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of a Public University

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. e5293
Author(s):  
Lidia Luz Cruz Neyra ◽  
Elías Saturnino Toledo Espinoza ◽  
Arturo Jaime Mendonza Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Public University ◽  
Educational Service ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Weak Association ◽  
National University ◽  
Student Expectation

The quality of the educational service is one of the factors that is present as the objective of every university institution and, therefore, the quality of training of professionals in Peru, both in its face-to-face and remote modality. The objective of the research was to determine the association of expectation and perception of the quality of educational service provided by the National University of Education. The selected exhibition consisted of 189 students from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. They responded to the survey based on the SERVQUAL model that measures the expectation of students of a university of excellence and the perception of educational service that is offered by the institution. The association between the two variables was evaluated through Spearman's Rho correlation. The results demonstrate a weak association of student expectation and perception variables at a significance level of 0.05. Likewise, these results are extended to the security dimension, in contrast to the other dimensions such as tangibility, responsiveness, empathy and reliability. This means that the gaps (P-E) that are the differences between perception (P) and Expectations (E) suggest that improvement plans must be implemented to obtain the quality of educational service that students demand.

scholarly journals Meningkatkan Pemahaman Konsep Peserta Didik dalam Pembelajaran IPS (Materi Sejarah) Melalui Media Power Point di SMP Negeri 16 Kota Bogor

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunarti Sukriyatun
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
High School ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Power Point ◽  
Media Power ◽  
Quality Learning

The purpose of this research is to know the improvement of quality learning process and learning outcomes of Social Sciences in class 7.6 through media Power Ponit. The population of this research is the grade seventh of  Yunior High School are consisted 36 students, there are 17 female and 19 male students. The implementation of this research at mid semester in 2010/2011. The result of this research showed in the first cycle get the value 73,89 or completeness study of 97,22% while in the second cycle get the value 80,83 or completeness study of 100%, it means that the research is successfully. Meanwhile, the assessment of quality in learning on the first cycle is 77,50% and the second cycle is 99,17%. In the other hand, the observation result of students behavior are showed an increasing with the value of the first cycle  is 69,44% and in the second cycle is get the value 100%. Based on the result of this research above, it can be conclude that the implementation of Media Power Point can improve the result in cognitive learning of Social Sciences. In addition it can improve the quality of learning and participation with students’ behavior. Keywords: Results of learning, Media Power Point

scholarly journals Alkisti Efthymiou in Conversation with Athena Athanasiou: Spectral Publics and Antifascist Eventualities

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 102-113
Author(s):  
Alkisti Efthymiou ◽  
Athena Athanasiou
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Political Agency ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities

This text is a conversation between Athena Athanasiou and Alkisti Efthymiou, drawing from Athena Athanasiou’s new book, Agonistic Mourning: Political Dissidence and the Women in Black (Edinburgh University Press, 2017). The conversation discusses the critical potency of collective subjectivities such as the Women in Black and expands on issues that include political agency, vulnerability in resistance, spacing appearance, performing public mourning, or the traveling of social movements, associating them with contemporary feminist and antifascist urgencies. Central to the text is the concept of non-sovereign agonism, a form of political agency that addresses (or takes into account) the dispossessed quality of subjectivity and pays attention to the relationality through which we are constituted as subjects. Author(s): Alkisti Efthymiou and Athena Athanasiou Title (English): Alkisti Efthymiou in Conversation with Athena Athanasiou: Spectral Publics and Antifascist Eventualities Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 16, No. 1-2 (Summer - Winter 2019) Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities - Skopje Page Range: 102-113 Page Count: 12 Citation (English): Alkisti Efthymiou and Athena Athanasiou, “Alkisti Efthymiou in Conversation with Athena Athanasiou: Spectral Publics and Antifascist Eventualities,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 16, No. 1-2 (Summer - Winter 2019): 102-113.

scholarly journals أهمية الدراسات البينيَّة بالنهوض الأكاديمي في دراسة الفن وفق التفكير المقاصدي

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (96) ◽  
pp. 125-98
Author(s):  
رائد جميل عكاشة
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Knowledge Structure ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Semantic Fields ◽  
Program Of Study ◽  
Art Program ◽  
Integrative Studies ◽  
The One

تحاول الدراسة بناء تصور حول برنامج للفنون بناءً على مقاصد الشريعة، وأهمية الدراسات البينية والتكاملية في تحقيق توازن بين البنية المعرفية الإسلامية الممثلة في الأصول التأسيسية (القرآن الكريم والسنة النبوية) والتراث الحضاري من جهة، وعلوم العصر من جهة أخرى. لقد غدت التكاملية إطاراً مرجعياً ومعياراً لفهم العلاقات بين العلوم، وإعادة تنظيمها، واكتشاف أواصر القربى بينها، لا سيما بين تلك العلوم ذات الحقول الدلالية المشتركة كما في العلوم الاجتماعية والعلوم الإنسانية. ومنهجية التفكير المقاصدي مهمة في نقل التفكير من صفة الجزئية إلى صفة الكلية، حتى يستوعب الظاهرة بصورة أكثر شمولية. إن التوازن المشار إليه يفيد في تحديد نوعية الخطاب الفني المناسب للمرحلة، ويعمل على تأسيس البرنامج التعليمي للفن بناء على التصوّر المعرفي والوظيفة الحضارية للفن أولاً (المعرفة)، وليس على تركيبته وبُعده الفني والجمالي (العلم)، وسيُفعّل فكرة البدائل الحضارية التي هي جزء أصيل من التفكير المقاصدي. This study attempts to develop a conception of art program of study based on the purposes of the Shari'a (maqasid), and the importance of interdisciplinary and integrative studies to achieve a balance between the Islamic knowledge structure in the founding sources (Quran and Sunnah) on the one hand, and the cultural heritage and contemporary knowledge in the other. Integration has become a frame of reference and a criterion for understanding, reconstructing and reconciling knowledge, especially knowledge with common semantic fields, such as social sciences and humanities. The approach of maqasidi thinking is important in moving from partial thinking to a wider space of global thinking in order to comprehend the phenomenon in a more comprehensive way. The balance referred to is useful in determining the quality of an appropriate artistic discourse. It helps to establish an educational art program based on the cognitive perception and cultural function of art; i.e., knowledge, not on its composition and its artistic aesthetic dimension (science). It will also activate the idea of cultural alternatives, as an integral part of the maqasidi thinking.

On the Relationship between Impulsivity / Reflectivity Cognitive Style and Performance on TMU English Exam

2004 ◽  
Vol 143-144 ◽  
pp. 61-88
Author(s):  
Gholam Reza Kiany ◽  
Esmaeel Ali Salimi
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Test Bias ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Ability Test ◽  
Language Tests ◽  
Potential Sources ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Gender

Abstract Performance on language tests varies as a function of various factors. These factors, according to Bachman (1990) include: communicative language ability, test method facets, personal attributes that are not related to the ability we want to measure, and random factors which are unpredictable and temporary. Since the purpose of language tests is to measure language ability, a fundamental concern in the development and use of language tests is to identify potential sources of error and test bias in a given measure of language ability and to minimize the effects of these factors, hence to maximize the reliability and the validity of the tests. This study with 1984 male and female PhD candidates with an age range of 21-51 who took the Tarbiat Modarres University (TMU) TOEFL-like English Examination as a prerequisite for their admission for PhD programs attempted to identify one of the potential sources of test bias called impulsivity / reflectivity (Imp/Ref) cognitive style. The purpose of the present study was two fold: On the one hand, the present research attempted to investigate the relationships and interaction between impulsivity/reflectivity, age, sex and performance on TMU English Exam. This, on the other hand, required restandardization of Persian Impulsiveness Questionnaire in Iran. To achieve this purpose of the study, having gone through the restandardization procedures, the data obtained from 1822 subjects regarding impulsivity/reflectivity were factor-analyzed through Principal Axis Factoring (PAF) and Maximum Likelihood (ML) in order to check the construct validity of the test. To achieve the main objective of the research, the subjects were classified into three groups of high, medium and low impulsives to see if this cognitive style has any relationship with Ph.D. candidates’ performance on TMU English Exam. Moreover, the role of gender and age in the subjects’ performance and the interaction effect of impulsivity, age and sex on their performance were taken into consideration. The results revealed that both impulsivity and gender are significant factors in the subjects’ performance. The overall main effect of age and the interaction effect were found to be non significant.

Factors affecting the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities student’s satisfaction on Can Tho University quality of training services

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-135
Author(s):  
Thao Tang Dinh Ngoc ◽  
Tron Nguyen Van ◽  
Phat Vo Tan ◽  
Thanh Nguyen Duong
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
Quota Sampling ◽  
Humanities Students ◽  
Training Services

The study was conducted to find out the satisfaction level of students of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities with the quality of training services of Can Tho University. Research data were collected from 240 students who have been studying at School of Social Sciences and Humanities by the quota sampling method from course of 41 to 44, studying at the school with the majors of Literature, Vietnam studies, Information Studies and Sociology. The EFA exploratory factor analysis method and linear regression are used to identify groups of factors that affect the satisfaction of the Social Sciences and Humanities students with the quality of CTU's training services. The research results showed that there are four groups that affect student satisfaction, which are the educational environment, training programs, pedagogical skills and administrative procedures. In general, the students of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities are satisfied with the quality of training services at CTU.

scholarly journals Establishing criteria for evaluating lecturers’ competences: solutions for improving quality of lecturers at University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU -HCM

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Bui Ha Phuong
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
University Education ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
National University ◽  
The University

In the higher education environment, lecturers play an extremely important role in higher education of universities. Assessing the higher education quality based on many standards such as the training program, the facilities, the teaching staff, the supporting staff to the learners, the measures of quality improvement, ... In which, improving the qualified lecturers who meet the training needs and implementing the strategic goals of each university is as one of the requirements important. Assessing lecturers' competences is considered one of the mandatory requirements for measuring the quality of university education. The assessment of lecturers' competences is based on a variety of criteria, in which the competences of teaching, scientific research and community service are considered the core competences of the lecturer. The paper presents the necessity of proposing criteria for assessing lecturers' competences. Besides, the paper also analyzes some of the basic criteria for assessing lecturers' competences. Then, some solutions are proposed to apply these criteria in assessing the competences of lecturers at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University-Hochiminh.

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