Organizational, Technical and Behavioral Factors Associated with Malaria Routine Data Reporting among Health Workers in Selected Health Facilities in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya

Purpose: Malaria remains to be among the primary causes of sickness, infirmity and cases of deaths and has continued to negatively affect health and socio-economic progress in the country. Rapid reporting of malaria cases could avert prospective epidemics which would lead to a high proportion of sickness and deaths. The study, therefore, sought to assess the determinants of malaria routine data reporting among health workers in selected health facilities in Trans-Nzoia County. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the organizational, technical, and behavioral aspects that influence the reporting of malaria routine data among health workers. The sample size was 123 health facilities that were selected randomly based on their strata. Research tools that were utilized were structured questionnaires, focused group discussion, and key informant interview guide. Chi-square (χ2) was used to test the hypothesis with a p ≤ 0.05 being considered significant. Findings: The findings on socio-demographic characteristics indicated that majority of the research participants were females 76(62.6%), had college education 85(69.1%) and 81 (65.9%) had worked in the health facility for 5 to 10 years. Most 76(61.8%) of the health facilities were Level 3 (Health Centres). There was significant relationship between level of health facility and malaria routine data reporting at (χ2 =9.999, df=3, p-value = 0.019). Other organizational factors that had significant association with malaria routine data reporting (p< 0.001) include inadequate budget, low staffing, poor ICT infrastructure and complex data management procedures. In terms of technical aspects, limited training on technologies had significant relationship with malaria routine data reporting (p< 0.001). Regarding behavioral aspects, identified factors include lack of incentives and inadequate resources. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The outcomes of the study provide proof for support, tactical organization, and collaboration in the health sector in Trans-Nzoia County as well as to the other developmental agencies working in the field of malaria control. The study recommends that the county government of Trans-Nzoia should provide adequate funds and ICT infrastructure to boost malaria routine data reporting. The county department of health with support from the national government through Division of National Malaria Program (DNMP )should consistently conduct in-service training, support supervision and data quality audits.

The Rise of Sustainable Consumerism: Evidence from the Egyptian Generation Z

Sustainable consumerism is a topic that is still being explored and developed across nations and countries. A new generation of consumers and the world’s future leaders—Generation Z—have already begun to change the marketing and consumer landscape and have accelerated the means to achieve sustainable development. Meanwhile, the Egyptian Generation Z remains unexplored and ambiguous. The purpose of this article is to gain an understanding of the behavioral aspects of the Egyptian Generation Z, their consumerism, ecological consciousness, and corporate expectations. This exploratory research adopted qualitative methods using in-depth semi-structured interviews with a selected sample of participants representing the Egyptian Generation Z. The findings reveal an infantile but informed and reactive market of consumers whose acts of marketing and branding decisions contribute to reaching corporate sustainability, despite the fact they are viewed as nescient in the broader global community. This research provides the first evidence on the Egyptian Generation Z and their behavior towards sustainable consumerism in a new context of developing countries.

Customer Segmentation Using Machine Learning

Nowadays Customer segmentation became very popular method for dividing company’s customers for retaining customers and making profit out of them, in the following study customers of different of organizations are classified on the basis of their behavioral characteristics such as spending and income, by taking behavioral aspects into consideration makes these methods an efficient one as compares to others. For this classification a machine algorithm named as k-means clustering algorithm is used and based on the behavioral characteristic’s customers are classified. Formed clusters help the company to target individual customer and advertise the content to them through marketing campaign and social media sites which they are really interested in.

Insights into Organizational Security Readiness: Lessons Learned from Cyber-Attack Case Studies

This paper focuses on understanding the characteristics of multiple types of cyber-attacks through a comprehensive evaluation of case studies of real-world cyber-attacks. For each type of attack, we identify and link the attack type to the characteristics of that attack and the factors leading up to the attack, as observed from the review of case studies for that type of attack. We explored both the quantitative and qualitative characteristics for the types of attacks, including the type of industry, the financial intensity of the attack, non-financial intensity impacts, the number of impacted customers, and the impact on users’ trust and loyalty. In addition, we investigated the key factors leading up to an attack, including the human behavioral aspects; the organizational–cultural factors at play; the security policies adapted; the technology adoption and investment by the business; the training and awareness of all stakeholders, including users, customers and employees; and the investments in cybersecurity. In our study, we also analyzed how these factors are related to each other by evaluating the co-occurrence and linkage of factors to form graphs of connected frequent rules seen across the case studies. This study aims to help organizations take a proactive approach to the study of relevant cyber threats and aims to educate organizations to become more knowledgeable through lessons learned from other organizations experiencing cyber-attacks. Our findings indicate that the human behavioral aspects leading up to attacks are the weakest link in the successful prevention of cyber threats. We focus on human factors and discuss mitigation strategies.

INTERAKSI YESUS DENGAN PETRUS DALAM INJIL MATIUS 16:21-28 SEBAGAI MODEL PENANGANAN MASALAH KEJIWAAN

The author argues that the Pentecostal ministry that is in contact with the handling of psychiatric problems (PMK) can use the story of Jesus' interaction with Peter in Matthew 16: 21-28 as his foundation. Indeed, the story was not originally intended to talk about PMK at all, but when read using Christian psychological theory, it will be able to emerge from the basic principles of PMK. Jesus' interaction with Peter in Matthew 16: 21-28 also displays cognitive-behavioral aspects. Matthew expertly narrated the way Jesus used to give Peter a kind of therapy. Matthew records this event more fully than Mark and Luke. It is the completeness of these records that makes Matthew's writing suitable for use as a PMK model. For this purpose, a study of parallelism, background searches and culture will be used to discover Matthew's unique presentation compared to the other two Gospels. Next, Matthew's presentation of Peter's words and actions to Jesus and Jesus' response to those words and actions will be analyzed using cognitive behavioral therapy. In the end, the results of this study will be viewed from the Pentecostal side as a PMK model. === Penulis berargumen bahwa pelayanan Pentakosta yang bersentuhan dengan penanganan masalah kejiwaan (PMK) dapat menggunakan kisah interaksi Yesus dengan Petrus dalam Matius 16:21-28 sebagai dasar pijakannya. Memang kisah itu pada mulanya tidak dimaksudkan sama sekali untuk berbicara tentang PMK, tetapi ketika dibaca dengan menggunakan teori psikologi Kristen, maka dari dalamnya akan dapat dimunculkan prinsip-prinsip dasar PMK. Interaksi Yesus dengan Petrus dalam Matius 16:21-28 juga menampilkan aspek cognitive-behavioural. Dengan piawai Matius menarasikan cara yang digunakan Yesus untuk memberikan semacam terapi kepada Petrus. Matius mencatat peristiwa ini dengan lebih lengkap dibandingkan dengan catatan Markus dan Lukas. Kelengkapan catatan inilah yang membuat Tulisan Matius cocok digunakan sebagai model PMK. Untuk tujuan ini, telaah paralelisme, penelusuran latar belakang dan budaya akan digunakan untuk menemukan keunikan presentasi Matius dibandingkan kedua Injil yang lain. Berikutnya, presentasi Matius tentang perkataan dan tindakan Petrus kepada Yesus dan tanggapan Yesus terhadap perkataan dan tindakan itu akan dianalisa dengan menggunakan terapi cognitive behavioral. Pada akhirnya, hasil telaah ini akan dilihat dari sisi Pentakosta sebagai sebuah model PMK.

New Species of Entypus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) and notes on the natural history of some Atlantic Forest spider wasps

We describe the new species Entypus renata, sp. nov., from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and report on its host. We also provide the first host records for Ageniella (Priophanes) erythroptera (Banks), Entypus bituberculatus (Guérin-Méneville) and an undetermined species of Poecilopompilus Ashmead. In addition, we report behavioral aspects for these species, including a new ethological sequence for Poecilopompilus.