Brazilian’s views of theistic evolutionism

Objective: To analyze demographic and socio-economic determinants of neonatal mortality Introduction: Evidence suggests that it is challenging to reduce the infant and under-five mortality without specific focus on neonatal mortality, given that about 43% of under-five deaths and 60% of infant deaths are attributed to neonatal mortality. Hence, key to achieving MDG-4 is the reduction of the global total of 3.82 million neonatal deaths per year, especially the 3 million who pass away in the first week of life (early neonatal period). Socio-economic and demographic variables are generally viewed as important determinants to a range of health outcomes, including neonatal mortality. The current study collected and analyzed the socio-demographic determinants of Qatar's Neonatal Mortality during 2011 about which little is known in the published literature. Methods: A Prospective National Epidemiologic Study was carried out to assess the association between fourteen demographic and socioeconomic variables and neonatal mortality. Data was collected from the 2011 National cohort of 20,583 live births and 102 neonatal deaths and entered in Qatar National Perinatal Registry (Q-Peri-Reg). One fetal variable (gender), three maternal variables (level of education, occupation, age), three paternal variables (level of education, occupation, age), and seven household (family) variables (nationality, consanguinity, family income, house ownership, type of housing, family type, domestic help) were analyzed in a univariate regression model. Results: Less than secondary level of maternal education was associated with two-fold increase in neonatal mortality (OR 2.08, 95% CI 1.23-3.53, p=0.009). The association between the rest of the thirteen variables and neonatal mortality was non-significant. Conclusions: Higher level of maternal education, as compared to lower level of maternal education, is significantly associated with reduced neonatal mortality. Keywords: neonatal mortality, demographic, socio-economic variables, maternal, paternal, household, family

The study analyzed the demographic and socio-economic determinants of neonatal mortality. The variables included one fetal variable (gender), three maternal variables (level of education, occupation, age), three paternal variables (level of education, occupation, age), and seven household (family) variables (nationality, consanguinity, family income, house ownership, type of housing, family type, domestic help). One calendar year data (January to December 2011) was extracted from Qatar's National Perinatal Registry and analyzed using a univariate regression model. Qatar had a total of 20,583 live births and 102 neonatal deaths during 2011 (NMR 4.95/1000). Less than secondary school maternal education level, as compared to secondary school or above maternal education level, was the only variable significantly associated with neonatal mortality (OR 2.08, 95% CI 1.23 - 3.53, p=0.009). The association between the remaining thirteen variables and neonatal mortality was non-significant. Priority investment to raise female literacy above secondary school level may significantly improve neonatal survival.

This study aims to know the factors that determine the interest in circular migration of the population to the city of Sumbawa. These factors include age, income, occupation, education level, marital status and land ownership. Type of this study was associative. The type of data used in this study was quantitative data. The data used in this study were primary that obtained directly from its source through questionnaires and secondary data were collected through documentation. Data analysis were used multiple linear regression analysis techniques, t and F statistical tests and the coefficient of determination (R2). To do data analysis was done through application of SPSS version 16.0 for windows application. The results showed that income and occupation variables had a significant effect on interest in circular migration of the population to the city of Sumbawa, while the variables of age, education level, marital status and land ownership had no effect on circular migration interest of the population to the city of Sumbawa. Simultaneously, the variables of age, income, occupation, education level, marital status and land ownership have a significant effect on the interest in circular migration of the population to the city of Sumbawa. The ability of the variables of age, income, occupation, education level, marital status and land ownership to influencing the variation of changes the interest in circular migration of the population to the city of Sumbawa was 95.9%, while the remaining of 4.1% was influenced by other variables outside the model research.

This study aims to determine the influence of digital marketing, level of education, financial literacy and sustainable business on the performance MSMEs in kendal district. The population of this research is MSMEs stakeholders in the Kendal Regency. The method used is simple random sampling there were as many as 63 respondents.. A Likert scale will be used to disseminate the questionnaire for this descriptive quantitative method type. The results of the study partially the digital marketing variable has no effect on the performance MSMEs, because the value of t count is smaller than t table (0.308 < 1.999) with a significance of (0.759 > 0.05).The study partially level of education variable has no effect on the performance MSMEs because the value of t count is smaller than t table (-0.838 < 1.999) with a significance of (0.405 > 0.05). According to the study's findings, the variable of financial literacy has a positive and significant impact on the performance of MSMEs because the value of t count is greater than t table (2.754 > 1.999) with a significance of (0.008 < 0.05).The study partially the business sustainability variable has a positive and significant effect on the performance MSMEs because the value of t count is greater than t table (2.967 > 1.999) with a significance of (0.004 < 0.05. The results showed that simultaneously the digital marketing, level of education, financial literacy and business sustainability variable has a significant effect on the performance MSMEs becouse the calculated Fvalue is greater than Ftable(23.195 > 2.53)with a significance of (0.000 < 0.05).Adjusted R Square value is 0.589 with means the variables of digital marketing, level of education, financial literacy and business sustainability effect the performance MSMEs in kendal district of 58.9% While 41.1% of the total was affected by factors not included in this study.

The objective of this study were to examine the influence of demography and financial literacy on personal financial management practice. Demographics in this study were devided into dimensions of gender, education level, age, number of dependents and salary class. While financial literacy was devided into financial Knowledge dimension, financial behavior and financial attitude. The amount of samples used were 375 teachers with Cluster Proportional Random Sampling. Logistic Regression with SPSS 19 and Minitab 16 used as technique of analysis. The analysis showed that gender, education level, age, number of dependents, salary class, financial knowledge, financial behavior, and financial attitudes together had a significant effect on personal financial management practices. Mean while, partially only the variables of age, number of dependents, salary class, financial knowledge (financial knowledge), and financial behavior have a significant effect on personal financial management practices. Meanwhile, the variables of gender, education level, and financial attitude partially have no significant effect on the personal financial management practice of PNS teachers in Kuningan Regency. The magnitude of the contribution or the influence of the variables of gender, education level, age, and salary group, financial knowledge, financial behavior, and financial attitude personal financial management practice is 42.1%, the rest the remaining 57.9% is the contribution of the variables outside the model. Keywords : gender, education level, age, numbers of dependent, salary class, financial knowledge, financial behaviour, financial attitude, personal financial management practice.

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between teachers' creative thinking dispositions and school climate. In addition, whether teachers' creative thinking dispositions and perceptions of school climate differ according to gender, professional seniority, type of education and school level were discussed. In the study, relational survey model was preferred among quantitative research methods. The population of the study consists of 3350 public teachers working in public schools of different types and levels in Gaziosmanpaşa district of Istanbul province in the 2018-2019 academic year. The sample of the study, on the other hand, consisted of 720 teachers determined by the cluster sampling method. "Marmara Creative Thinking Disposition Scale" (MYDEÖ) and "School Organizational Climate Scale" (SOCS) were used to collect the data. Independent groups t-test, one-way analysis of variance (Anova), correlation and simple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. As a result of the analysis, the creative thinking dispositions of the teachers were found at a high level. Significant differences were found between the groups in the levels of teachers' creative thinking dispositions according to gender and professional seniority variables, and no significant difference was found between the groups according to the variables of education level and school level. Significant differences were found between the groups in terms of teachers' perceptions of school climate according to the variables of gender, seniority, and school level. According to the educational level variable, a significant difference was found only in one sub-dimension of the school climate. However, a significant relationship was found between teachers' creative thinking dispositions and school climate. In addition, it was found that school climate predicts teachers' creative thinking dispositions significantly.

Hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis and surveillance: Socioeconomic factors don’t seem to matter, unless you are an immigrant

User perspective is an approach in which lexicography is studied from the users' perspectives. The study of dictionary users improve the quality of dictionaries. This paper aims at studying general English-Kurdish dictionaries, available in print, offline and online formats, in terms of meeting the needs of users and their level of satisfaction. This study has adopted the survey methodology and an online questionnaire is adminsterd as a quantitative method of data collection. Different users of bilingual dictionaries were asked to participate in this survey, and to achieve this goal, a number of users filled in the forms. The data was analysed through SPSS 2022 program. The research population consists of speakers of Central Kurdish in the three provinces of Erbil, Sulemani and Halabja. They are classified according to the variables of gender and level of education. The main objectives of this study are to identify the users' cross-reference needs, and other needs due to which users refer to dictionaries, as well as the relation between these needs and the variables of sex and education level. The main findings are as in the following: the users' choice of dictionary format is not different based on the variables of gender and level of education. The primary reason for users to employ dictionaries is for receptive purposes (reading and understanding), with productive purposes (speaking and writing) being a secondary consideration.

In this study, which is in a descriptive research design, it is aimed to determine the perceptions of teachers and administrators working at primary schools about the educational unions according to various variables. The population of this study consists of primary school teachers and administrators working at Malatya downtown at 2007-2008 academic years. The sample of this study consists of 323 teachers and 43 administrators working at 24 primary schools that were selected randomly from the population. In comparisons, (unrelated) t test, variants analysis, Krusskall-Wallis H test and Mann-Whitney U test have been utilized for independent samples. The results of this study showed that there were meaningful differences between the views of trade union member and nonunion at all items. While there were meaningful differences between the views of teachers according to the variables of gender, branc, seniority, and education level, there were not meaningful differences between the views of teachers only according to the variable of type of task.Democracy requires participation, consensus, equalitarianism and pluralism (Özdemir, 1987). Trade unionism is a complementary element of democracy and also an integral part of democracy. Free and independent trade unions are supportive parts of democracy (Tortop, 2005: 142). In our country, teachers have a special place among civil servants. With teachers’ large share in the total number of civil servants, teacher unions’ will possibly be more and more important. Although teacher unions suffer from the lack of experience in this country, they are expected to make serious contributions to education life. For this reason, it is important to put forward teachers’ views on trade unionism. The purpose of this paper is to determine the perceptions of teachers and administrators working at primary schools about the educational unions according to various variables. In this study, a survey based descriptive design was used. After the related literature was examined, the theoretical framework was constructed and the questionnaire was drafted. The instrument used for data collection in this study was originally developed by the researcher. Before this draft was administered, the opinions of specialists, administrators and teachers were taken about the content and the language of this questionnaire and the necessary improvements were made. According to the results, Cronbach Alpha Coefficient was 0,8564 for the overall questionnaire. This study was carried out in Malatya city centre (total 3508 administrators and teachers who work at 163 primary schools) in 2007-2008 academic year. Using stratified sampling method, 43 administrators and 323 teachers working at 24 schools were selected randomly. A total of 366 questionnaires were validated and evaluated. The questionnaire that has 24 items was administered to these administrators and teachers. Data were analyzed by SPSS program. In comparisons, T-test and Mann-Whitney U test (for the variables of gender, branch, type of task and being a member of the union), One Way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis tests (for seniority and education level) were utilized to analyze the data. The results of this study showed that there were meaningful differences between the views of the trade union members and the ones that have no membership. While there were meaningful differences between the views of participants according to the variables of gender, branch, seniority and education level, there were not meaningful differences between the views of participants only according to the variable of type of task. According to the T-Test results (which has been made between males: N=238 and females: N=128), there were meaningful differences between the views of the men and women trade union members at the first item. At the first item, the ideas of women were more negative than the ideas of men. According to the T-Test results (which has been made between class teachers: N=219 and branch teachers: N=147), there were meaningful differences between the views of participants. At the items of 5 and 21, branch teachers have more positive opinions than class teachers. According to the One-Way ANOVA results (which has been made between the education levels of associate degree: N=77, undergraduate: N=274 and graduate: N=15), there were meaningful differences among groups at the item of 22. Scheffe test showed that there was a significant difference between the opinions of participants in the groups of associate degree and undergraduate at the item of 22. According to the results of Kruskall Wallis test, there were meaningful differences among education level groups at the items of 2 and 5. Kruskall Wallis test showed that there was a significant difference between the opinions of participants in the groups of associate degree and undergraduate at the items of 2 and 5. Kruskall Wallis test showed that there was a significant difference between the opinions of participants in the groups of associate degree and graduate at the item of 5. Participants were divided into three tenure groups: (1) 1-10 year, N= 119; (2) 11-20 year, N=153; (3) 21 year and above, N: 94. According to the One-Way ANOVA results, there were meaningful differences among tenure groups at the item of 5. At this item, less tenured participants had more positive opinions about educational unions. Scheffe test showed that there was a significant difference between the opinions of participants in the tenure groups of 1-10 year and 20 year and above at the item of 22. According to the results of Kruskall Wallis test, there were meaningful differences among tenure groups at the items of 6 and 22. Kruskall Wallis test showed that there was a significant difference between the opinions of participants in the tenure groups of 1-10 year and 20 year and above at the items of 6 and 22. Kruskall Wallis test showed that there was a significant difference between the opinions of participants in the tenure groups of 11-20 year and 20 year and above at the item of 6. T test and Mann Whitney U test showed that there were meaningful differences between the views of the trade union members and the ones that have no membership at all items except for the item of 23. The results of this study showed that most of the educational staff viewed trade unionism in this country as insufficient. Both the members of the unions and the ones that have no membership shared this view. There were meaningful differences between the views of the trade union members and the ones that have no membership, as it was found similarly at Gemici’s (2008) research. As Yıldırım’s (2007) and Aldatmaz’s (2002) researches revealed, the results of this study showed that they want a legislative regulations that facilitate striking and collective bargaining. The results of this study also showed that women do not give much importance to unionization as it was found similarly by Boyacı (1994), Çınar (2008) and Aldatmaz (2002). Results imply that trade unions are not independent in their relationships with political entities.

The current study aimed at investigating the barriers to employing persons with mental disabilities Learnable from the perspectives of the students of special education at Al-Quds Open University in Nablus Branch in addition to examining the role o of gender, educational level and residence on the students' perspectives. The sample of the study consisted of 68 male and female students. To achieve the study objectives, the researcher constructed a questionnaire which was administered on the sample after being validated .Results revealed that the order of barriers to employing persons with mental disabilities was the following: Family barriers (68.67 %), barriers related to Vocational Rehabilitation Programs( 65.20 %), media barriers (63.07 %), barriers related to the community and environment (55.47 %) whereas the total degree of the barriers scored( 63.10 %). Furthermore, the results indicated that there were no statistically significant differences between the students’ perspectives due to the variables of gender, educational level and residence. The results were analyzed and discussed according to the literature review so as to offer some valuable recommendations. The current study aimed at investigating the barriers to employing persons with mental disabilities Learnable from the perspectives of the students of special education at Al-Quds Open University in Nablus Branch in addition to examining the role of gender, educational level and residence on the students' perspectives. The sample of the study consisted of 68 male and female students. To achieve the study objectives, the researcher constructed a questionnaire which was administered on the sample after being validated. Results revealed that the order of barriers to employing persons with mental disabilities was the following: Family barriers (68.67 %), barriers related to Vocational Rehabilitation Programs( 65.20 %), media barriers (63.07 %), barriers related to the community and environment (55.47 %) whereas the total degree of the barriers scored( 63.10 %). Furthermore, the results indicated that there were no statistically significant differences between the students’ perspectives due to the variables of gender, educational level, and residence. The results were analyzed and discussed according to the literature review so as to offer some valuable recommendations. Citation: Dwekat, prepare a program in the Islamic culture based on self-regulated learning for Developing some religious concepts and tourism attitudes of Faculty of Tourism and Hotels Students. SVU-Journal of abstract 2019, Vol.1: pp7(retrieved from the Journal of Educational Sciences; 2018, No.34; pp161) Copyright: The SVU- Scientific research Centre (SVU-SRC). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author and source are created.

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى التعرف على مستوى كل من الالتزام الصحي والمرونة المعرفية لدى عينة الراشدين وكبار السن من أفراد المجتمع الكويتي، والكشف عن الفروق في مستوى كل من الالتزام الصحي والمرونة المعرفية وفقاً لمتغيرات (الجنس- الجنسية- العمر- المستوى التعليمي)، وكذلك التعرف على العلاقة بين الالتزام الصحي وبين المرونة المعرفية. ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة، قام الباحثان بإعداد أداتين: مقياس الالتزام الصحي، ومقياس المرونة المعرفية، واستخراج دلالات صدقهما وثباتهما. تكونت العينة من (198) فرداً من المجتمع الكويتي. أظهرت نتائج الدراسة إن مستوى الالتزام الصحي لدى أفراد المجتمع الكويتي مرتفع، ولا توجد فروق إحصائية ذات دلالة معنوية في مستوى الالتزام الصحي وفقاً لمتغيرات الجنس، والجنسية، والمستوى التعليمي، بينما توجد فروق إحصائية ذات دلالة معنوية في مستوى الالتزام الصحي وفقاً لمتغير العمر ولصالح الفئة العمرية (40-50) سنة. كما أشارت النتائج بإن مستوى المرونة المعرفية لدى أفراد المجتمع الكويتي مرتفعة، وتوجد فروق إحصائية ذات دلالة معنوية في مستوى المرونة المعرفية، وفقاً لمتغير الجنس ولصالح الإناث، ووفقاً لمتغير العمر ولصالح الفئة العمرية (40-49) سنة، بينما لا توجد فروق إحصائية ذات دلالة معنوية في مستوى المرونة المعرفية وفقاً لمتغيري الجنسية والمستوى التعليمي. وأشارت النتائج أيضًا إلى وجود علاقة ارتباط عالية وموجبة بين الالتزام الصحي وبين المرونة المعرفية.

Book Review: II. Historical-Theological Studies: Creation and the Flood: An Alternative to Flood Geology and Theistic Evolution

Noncognitive correlates of education

Introduction: Domestic violence is based on phenomena that establish a relationship of subordination, whose behaviors are related to physical, psychological and sexual damage, through the actual or symbolic use of force, with the aim of dominating the will, mind and body of the victim. Objective: To determine the sociodemographic factors associated with women victims of domestic violence in Peru during the year 2021. Materials and Methods: This is an observational, retrospective, analytical and cross-sectional study, developed through the ENDES 2021 secondary databases, using information from 21,557 women. Said information was analyzed using the SPSS vers.27 statistical software and prevalence ratios were used through the Poisson regression model with robust variance. Results: A prevalence of 47.7% for psychological violence was determined. The multivariate analysis identified that the variables associated with psychological violence were the level of primary education (APR: 1.10) and the metropolitan Lima region (APR :1.14). Regarding sexual violence, the poor wealth level (APR: 2.35) was the associated variable, and for physical violence, the age of 20 to 29 years (APR: 1.21), poor wealth level (APR: 1.495) and the coastal region (APR: 0.79). Conclusions: Factors associated with psychological violence were identified as the level of education and the natural region, marital status was a protective factor against sexual violence, and the variables of age and wealth level were associated with physical violence.

Introduction Until the early 1800s, both common and highly educated persons in the Western world believed that all living things were deliberately created according to the general outline found in Genesis (Numbers, Creationism 5; Darwinism Comes 24-48). Jared Diamond argues that often overlooked by both sides in this bitter struggle, forgotten by all but few specialists, is creation science's venerable history, which may offer valuable lessons for our time. From the rise of modern biology in the 1600s until Darwin's day, almost all scientists believed that species were created by God, in part because of the scientists' intellectual heritage, in part because the evidence for different view was still weak. (83) Until the middle of the 1800s, many scientists were active supporters of the various forms of creationism. The term creationism, as used in this article, is the belief that the basic forms of life were intelligently designed by being transcendent to humans (Johnson, Darwin on Trial 3-4). Diamond notes that one of the first of many creation scientists was Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680), described as a German Jesuit who wrote some thirty learned books about everything from hieroglyphs to magnets. Like his contemporaries, he regarded Genesis not as metaphor but as fact. Kircher was sure that science could only strengthen the faithful in their beliefs by making clear the ways in which the Lord worked his miracles (83). Beginning primarily with the works of certain prominent philosophers in the late 1700s, the dominant scientific view of scientists on origins slowly changed. As Desmond King-Hele concluded in Erasmus Darwin, After 1794, statements of the principle of natural selection and theories of evolution came fairly thick and fast (75). A crucial event that propelled this change was the publication of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species in 1859. Darwin argued that all present and past forms of life evolved over long periods of time without creator's intervention (Pennock 69-70, 312, 334). The Origin took the world by storm, and since then, creationism rapidly lost ground, especially among scientists (Numbers, Creationism 164). By the late 190Os, most prominent scientists embraced some form of biological evolution - first theistic evolution, and later, with few exceptions, naturalism or atheistic evolution (Larson and Witham 313). As Steven Weinberg notes in Dreams of Final Theory, most scientists today do not give any credence to the creation worldview. Only five percent (about 10,000) of all working scientists accept the view that God created the first humans less than 10,000 years ago (Witham 33). Conversely, among conservative Christians, Jews, and Muslims, creationism has remained strong (Morris, The Long War 231; Overman 1-46). Studies consistently find that over half of all persons in America accept strict creationism, and most of the rest accept some form of progressive creationism or theistic evolution (Gallup and Poling 137-38; Bergman, Public Opinions 42-44). About twenty percent of high school teachers hold the creationist worldview, and the number of college professors who accept the creationist label is estimated to be between ten and twenty percent (Bergman, The Attitude 118-23. See also Shankar; Affannato; Buckner; Elgin; Brown; and Clark). Henry Morris notes that one can now find nucleus of genuine creationists on almost every college and university faculty in the country. They tend to be quiet about it or, if vocal, usually [are] persecuted for it, but they are there! Such condition would have been unheard of 40 years ago, when I was almost alone as creationist faculty member in the secular university world, so far as I could determine. (Morris, History of 258) Nineteenth-century ministers often criticized evolution from the pulpit, but relatively few scientists became actively involved in the anti-Darwin movement until the early 1920s. …