Frequency Of Use Research Articles

Sleep Hygiene Intervention Improves Sleep Time and Duration in High School Students

Abstract Objective To evaluate the effects of a sleep hygiene education program for adolescents to address excessive daytime sleepiness, insomnia, and sleep-related behaviors. Materials and Methods The participants were 98 high school students from the 11th and 12th grades. A day-long health promotion action was conducted at their school science fair to disseminate relevant information about sleep disorders. Social status and sleep perception and habits were evaluated through the following validated questionnaires: the Brazilian Economic Classification Criteria, a questionnaire on sleep habits for adolescents, the Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale, the Insomnia Severity Index, and the Sleep Time-Related Information and Communication Technology questionnaire. The questionnaires were administered before the fair and 12 months after participation, and the results before and after the intervention were compared by means of the Student t-test and the Fisher exact test. For the correlations involving the results, the Pearson correlation was used with the level of significance of p < 0.05. Results A qualitative reduction in poor bedtime habits was observed after the intervention, such as watching television and leaving a cell phone on with sound. A higher frequency of use of electronic devices can affect school performance and contribute to later bedtime on weekends (p < 0.001). Excessive daytime sleepiness was correlated with the excessive use of electronic devices (p = 0.017). Conclusion Some habits changed after the awareness intervention. There was an impact of the use of electronic devices on academic performance, on the regularity of bedtimes, and on excessive daytime sleepiness. We emphasize the importance of health education programs with sustainable actions following actual changes in behavior.

Risk perception and use of personal care products by race and ethnicity among a diverse population

Personal care products can contain phthalates, parabens and other endocrine-disrupting chemicals. However, information on perception of risks from personal care product use and how use varies by race and ethnicity is limited. We evaluated differences in personal care product use and risk perception in a diverse sample of participants recruited from a US college campus and online. A self-administered questionnaire captured information on sociodemographic factors, personal care product use trends and perception of risk associated with them. Pearson’s chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests were used to determine differences in personal care product use and risk perception by race and ethnicity. Ordered logistic regressions were performed to measure associations between personal care product use frequency across racial/ethnic categories. Participant (n = 770) mean age was 22.8 years [standard deviation ± 6.0]. Daily use of make-up (eye = 29.3%; other = 38.0%; all = 33.7%) and skincare products (55%) was most frequently reported among Middle Eastern and North African participants. Non-Hispanic Black participants reported the highest daily use of hairstyling products (52%) and lotion (78%). Daily make-up use was more frequently reported among females (41%) than males (24.6%). Levels of agreement were similar across racial and ethnic groups, that personal care product manufacturers should be required to list all ingredients (≥87%). There were significant associations between the frequency of use of some personal care products and racial/ethnic categories when the use frequencies of participants from other racial/ethnic categories were compared to the use frequency of non-Hispanic White participants. There were significant differences in daily use frequency, levels of trust, perception of safety and health risks associated with personal care products by race and ethnicity, underscoring that there may be different sources of exposure to chemicals in personal care products by race and ethnicity.

Technology use and integration in state-funded primary schools: a structural equation model

ABSTRACT This research explored the factors that influence technology use and integration in primary schools and how these factors interact with each other. A large-scale survey was conducted. The participants were 534 teachers in state-funded primary schools in Greece. The most important factors for technology use were found to be the availability of equipment and the performance and effort expectancy, whilst the most significant factors predicting technology integration were the frequency of use of equipment, teachers’ knowledge and the school culture. This study recommends more funding for school technological equipment and more opportunities for teachers’ professional development.

Assessment of pain control in advanced cancer patients admitted to a palliative care unit

Introduction: Pain in people with cancer is prevalent and should have an individualized therapeutic plan. Objectives: To evaluate pain control in advanced cancer patients in a hospital palliative care unit. Methods: This is a cohort study, with prospective design, and quantitative approach, including advanced cancer patients admitted to a palliative care unit between June 2021 and February 2022 reporting pain. Data was collected from medical records and the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) was used to assess pain on the first (D1), third (D3) and seventh (D7) day of hospitalization. Results: One hundred and four patients participated in the study. The most prevalent tumors were of the gastrointestinal tract (n=23; 22%), cervix (n=21; 20%) and breast (n=17; 16%). Abdomen was the most reported site of pain (n=34; 33%), with 50% classified as nociceptive pain, 39% neuropathic pain, and 11% mixed. On D1, 43% reported severe pain, 31% moderate, and 12% mild pain. There was an evolutionary drop in the percentage of severe pain (BPI3 70% to 37.1%; BPI4 12.6% to 5.4%; BPI5 42.5% to 13.5%; and BPI9 67.8% to 21.6%) according to the answers to all BPI questions during the period. On D1, D3 and D7, the average equipotent doses of oral morphine were 116 mg, 133 mg and 154 mg and the frequency of use of adjuvant use was 60%, 75%, and 69%, respectively. Conclusions: Pain was properly controlled and was related to the increased use of adjuvants, both for general and neuropathic pain. It was possible to observe that the use of adjuvants was related to better pain control.

The contribution of cannabis use to the increased psychosis risk among minority ethnic groups in Europe.

We examined whether cannabis use contributes to the increased risk of psychotic disorder for non-western minorities in Europe. We used data from the EU-GEI study (collected at sites in Spain, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands) on 825 first-episode patients and 1026 controls. We estimated the odds ratio (OR) of psychotic disorder for several groups of migrants compared with the local reference population, without and with adjustment for measures of cannabis use. The OR of psychotic disorder for non-western minorities, adjusted for age, sex, and recruitment area, was 1.80 (95% CI 1.39-2.33). Further adjustment of this OR for frequency of cannabis use had a minimal effect: OR = 1.81 (95% CI 1.38-2.37). The same applied to adjustment for frequency of use of high-potency cannabis. Likewise, adjustments of ORs for most sub-groups of non-western countries had a minimal effect. There were two exceptions. For the Black Caribbean group in London, after adjustment for frequency of use of high-potency cannabis the OR decreased from 2.45 (95% CI 1.25-4.79) to 1.61 (95% CI 0.74-3.51). Similarly, the OR for Surinamese and Dutch Antillean individuals in Amsterdam decreased after adjustment for daily use: from 2.57 (95% CI 1.07-6.15) to 1.67 (95% CI 0.62-4.53). The contribution of cannabis use to the excess risk of psychotic disorder for non-western minorities was small. However, some evidence of an effect was found for people of Black Caribbean heritage in London and for those of Surinamese and Dutch Antillean heritage in Amsterdam.

Parameterization of manipulative media discourse: possibilities and problems of automatic diagnosis

Abstract The issue of quantitative measurement and automatic processing is a significant problem in determining the markers of the manipulative potential of media texts, since linguistic indicators are the basis of machine parameterization. The purpose of the research is to analyse the possibilities of the main language parameters of the manipulativeness of media discourse, which can be identified using machine learning. To achieve the research goals, the following methods were used: system, content analysis, computer modelling, and comparative. The results of the article determined that such language indicators as use of the subjunctive mood of verbs, capital letters, high frequency of use of the ‘not’ particle, punctuation marks, questions, or exclamations of a rhetorical nature, use of quotation marks for the purpose of irony, double negative sentences, use of the word ‘no’, and verbal structures calling to action act as computer classification parameters. In order to cover the above purpose, PYTHON software was implemented that allowed texts to be analysed and visualized in algorithmic and lexical-vocabulary ways. In addition, it was determined that by integrating the PYTHON tool, it became possible to use language transformation markers that formed linguistic patterns in the analysed text. The list of parameters for diagnosing manipulative texts is non-exhaustive, which emphasizes the possibility of machine measurement of the manipulative component of mass media discourse.

La gramaticalización de los futuros y condicionales en el navarroaragonés de los siglos xiii y xiv

Abstract This paper aims to partially verify the hypothesis following which the grammaticalisation of the Ibero-Romance future and conditional tenses unfolded earlier in the (north-)eastern peninsular varieties before spreading to the central and western part of the Iberian territory through language and dialect contact. For this purpose, we will contrastively examine the distribution of futures and conditionals in Navarro-Aragonese and Castilian for the 13th and 14th century, more specifically the variation between the so-called synthetic verb forms with postverbal object pronouns and the analytic forms with mesoclitic pronouns, including the morpho-syntactic factors that favour the use of the former. It is shown that Navarro-Aragonese seems to exhibit a higher frequency of use of the synthetic forms with postverbal pronouns, especially with syncopated verbs, conditionals and a following non-finite verb form.

The Impact of Recreational Cannabis Markets on Cannabis Use Among Adolescents and Adults: A Synthetic Control Analysis

Objective: To assess the longer-term impacts of recreational cannabis markets on cannabis use among adolescents and adults across five U.S. states. Method: Drawing on state-level data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, this study uses a novel method of causal inference called the synthetic control method with staggered treatment adoption to estimate the pooled effect of recreational markets on prevalence and initiation of use in Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Nevada. Three separate models were used for those 12-17, 18-25, and 26 and older. Pre-treatment state-level characteristics and trends in cannabis use were used to generate synthetic control weights. Confidence intervals were constructed using a leave-one-out jackknifing method. Results: Synthetic controls and treated states were similar in terms of sociodemographic characteristics, prevalence of other drug use, and trends in cannabis use prior to the implementation of recreational markets. The study results revealed moderate increases in prevalence and initiation of use among adolescents aged 12-17 (11% and 13%, respectively), and large increases in prevalence and initiation of use among young adults aged 18-25 (17% and 33%, respectively) and older adults aged 26 and older (33% and 82%, respectively) 2-4 years after dispensaries became operational. Conclusions: The findings of this study suggest recreational cannabis markets have increased prevalence and initiation of cannabis use among adolescents and adults. These increases may lead to adverse health outcomes depending on factors such as frequency of use and characteristics of users.

ANALYSIS OF PERCEPTION AND THE LEVEL OF USE OF IMPROVED PROCESSING AND STORAGE FACILITIES AMONG RURAL WOMEN IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.

This research was carried out to assess the perception and the level of use of improved processing and storage facilities among rural women in Kwara State. Specifically, the study described socio-economic characteristics of rural women, assessed the frequency of use and ascertained perception of women on the use of improved processing and storage facilities. A three stage sampling procedure was used to select 160 rural women from who data was collected using structured interview schedule. Data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, mean and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). Findings revealed that 60.6% were aged above 50years, 79.4% were married, 48.8% had no formal education while 62.5% were non-member of cooperative society. PPMC analysis between socio-economic characteristics and the use of improved processing/storage facilities among rural women indicated that level of formal education (p=0.002, r=0.240) and membership of agricultural society (p=003, r=0.237) showed positive significant relationship while age (p=0.000, r=-0.299) and marital status (p=0.000, r=-0.308) showed negative significant relationship at p<0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that women in the study area were low users of improved processing and storage facilities despite having favourable perception towards using them. It was therefore recommended that extension service should engage in training women and dissemination of affordable processing and storage technologies to the rural communities.

Birth Simulation and Birth Environment Experiences of Midwifery Students: A Semi-Experimental Study

Today, the frequency of use of simulation applications in the skill development part of midwifery education is increasing.This study was aimed to examine the effect of birth simulation used in normal birth training of midwifery students on satisfaction and self-confidence after training and birth environment experience. The semi-experimental type study was conducted in the midwifery department of a foundation university in Istanbul Turkey. This study was conducted with 54 students. The students were evaluated twice after a 15-minute simulation training after the theoretical training and a total of six days of birth environment experience two days a week. The data of the study, “Data Collection Form” and “Student Satisfaction and Confidence in Learning Scale (SCLS) were used. While the mean SCLS score was 54.57±6.10 after the students' theoretical training on normal birth and simulation application, it was determined that the SCLS average was 57.98±7.86 after the birth environment experience. According to the multiple regression analysis, it was found that the SCLS scores of the students who took the normal birth course with theoretical, simulation and birth environment experience were 0.52% higher than those who took the theoretical and simulation courses (p

Extent of use of digital technologies for records and information management in selected hospitals in Southwestern Nigeria

This cross-sectional survey aimed to identify the extent of the use of digital technologies in dental hospitals for records and information management. Questionnaire were administered to dental practitioners across six purposely selected dental Hospitals in Southwestern Nigeria. Amongst the 210 copies of questionnaire administered, 162 were completed, retrieved, and fit for the analysis, which resulted in a response rate of 77.1%. The extent of use of digital technologies for information management in the selected hospitals was measured by the period of purchase; number owned; frequency of use; current state of the technology; and the level of automation at the selected hospitals. Based on the period of purchase, most of the respondents (82.1%) have been using digital technologies for below 5 years. As regards the number of digital technologies owned; analysis showed that most (91.3%) of the hospitals have less than or equal to three digital technologies in use for information management. The frequency of use shows that majority (45.7% and 21.6% respectively) of the respondents never and rarely uses digital technologies for information management. However, a further investigation into the current state of the technologies owned showed that most of the respondents (65.4%) of the respondents have non-functional technologies. Furthermore, a 0% value was recorded on the question about the present level of automation of the selected hospitals. This showed that none of the hospitals have fully automated their information management processes. Finally, 80.2% of the respondents agreed that information management processes in their hospitals are totally paper-based.

Hybrid Machine Learning Approach for predicting E-wallet Adoption among Higher Education Students in Malaysia

In today’s digitised world, e-wallets have been sprouting thick and fast in Malaysia as they contribute significantly to expediting onlinetransactions. The E-wallet system is not only a mechanism for businesses to acquire profit but is also one of the most secure paymentoptions for customers, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the adoption of e-wallets among higher education students remains unfavourable, eliciting only minimal response. This study aims to analyse higher education students’ adoption of e-wallets using a hybrid machine learning method, combining clustering and decision trees. This approach provides deep insights into user behaviour, improving prediction accuracy and enabling personalised strategies for enhanced user experiences. It profiles and classifies students based on demographics and traits such as age, year of study, gender, frequency of use, future use intention, lifestyle compatibility, perceived trust, risk perception, convenience, and security factors. The analysis reveals the segmentation of the dataset into four distinct clusters, each characterised by shared attributes. These clusters are subsequently labelled descriptively and incorporated into the dataset. The dataset, now enriched with cluster information, serves as the foundation for constructing a decision tree model. The outcome of the decision tree indicates that Cluster 2 and Cluster 3 are hesitant towards e-payment. In contrast, Cluster 1 and Cluster 4 are more receptive despite security concerns, as e-wallets offer convenience despite lacking full trust, with security being a prominent concern amidst rising cyber threats. This study helps the Malaysian government and service providers promote cashless transactions and shape students’ financial independence based on their traits.

LANGUAGE CONCEPTS «DAY» AND «NIGHT» IN THE POETIC WORLD OF F.I. TYUTCHEV (THE EXPERIENCE OF CORPUS RESEARCH)

The present study is devoted to the interpretation of linguistic concepts “Day” and “Night” in the artistic texts of the classic of Russian poetry F.I. Tyutchev. The research is carried out in an interdisciplinary aspect based on the linguistic understanding of the concept and the interpretation of this concept in the literary study of the poetic text. In addition, the research uses corpus linguistics methods and corpus technologies for the analysis of a work of art. The relevance of the topic selection is due to the increasing interest of scientists in corpus studies of literary text. The research has a scientific novelty, which is justified by the insufficient development of algorithms for corpus research of poetic text, especially in terms of identifying concepts and their interpretation. The paper comprehensively reveals the theoretical foundations of the study of concepts in various aspects: linguistic, literary, corpus. The works of Kazakhstani scientists on the concepts on the basis of which the theoretical basis of the study is being built are reflected. The structure of the concept, its types and relationship with the author's idea are revealed. In the practical part, the interpretation of the concepts “Day” and “Night” in the lyrics of F.I. Tyutchev is presented, a corpus study is conducted to identify the frequency of use of a particular concept, the relationship of the concept with the thematic focus of the poem and its ideological content, interesting observations and conclusions are made. In addition to the theoretical substantiation of the problem of interpretation of artistic concepts in a poetic text, the paper presents an algorithm for the study of the concepts “Day” and “Night” in F.I. Tyutchev's poems, based on work with the RNC (Russian National Corpus).

ГОТОВНОСТЬ ВРАЧЕЙ-СТОМАТОЛОГОВ К ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЮ НАВИГАЦИОННЫХ ХИРУРГИЧЕСКИХ ШАБЛОНОВ ПРИ ПЛАНИРОВАНИИ ДЕНТАЛЬНОЙ ИМПЛАНТАЦИИ

Dental implantation surgery is becoming an increasingly demanded dental procedure. Along with the growing number of installed dental implants, the number of complications inevitably increases, including those associated with planning errors in both the surgical intervention itself and subsequent orthopedic treatment. Despite the wide awareness among practicing dentists about the possibilities of navigational surgery, its prevalence remains insufficient. This paper analyzes the frequency of use and reasons for refusal to use navigational surgical templates among dental surgeons and orthopedists from different regions of Russia working in both public and private healthcare systems.

The Influence of Learning Strategy on the English Oral Proficiency of English Majors under the Background of Media Convergence

With the gradual development of information and media technologies, more and more tools are available in the process of language learning. In this context, the impact of the use of learning strategies on the spoken English proficiency of English majors has received widespread attention. In this study, the use of metacognitive, cognitive, and social-emotional strategies on the learning strategies of oral English was studied through questionnaires and oral English proficiency tests. The results show that the frequency of use of different learning strategies is significantly positively correlated with the oral English level of English majors in the context of media integration, that is, the use of learning strategies has a positive effect on the improvement of English-speaking level of English majors.

An Exploratory Analysis of Linking Adverbials in Research Articles Across Different Disciplines

Writing empirical research papers that comply with disciplinary conventions is a goal that many students, especially at the tertiary level, aspire to achieve. While playing a crucial role in constructing coherent texts, linking adverbials are typically depicted as a static collection of interchangeable elements lacking inherent meaning, and often receiving minimal consideration for their discipline-specific functions. Most of the previous studies on linking adverbials have focused on the frequency of use across different proficiency levels; there has been little corpus-based research on how these connectives function across different disciplines. This paper examines the potential variations in the use of linking adverbials in Nursing and Applied Linguistics empirical research articles. Using AntConc software, a corpus of eighty research articles, 40 articles in Nursing and another 40 in Applied Linguistics, were compared in terms of their frequency use, function, and placement preferences of linking adverbials. Findings revealed that the two corpora differ considerably in frequency, semantic function, and, to a lesser extent, the placement of linking adverbials in each discipline. Such variations are attributed mainly to the way linking adverbials are used to present and strengthen authors' arguments in each discipline.

Substance use among young people during the COVID-19 pandemic

The article discusses issues reflecting the use of psychoactive substances among young people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adolescence is an important stage of development, during which the foundation is often laid for future patterns of substance use. Both the amount and frequency of use during this period are closely related to the risk of excessive use and substance abuse in adulthood. The use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in youth worsens psychological and neurocognitive development and increases the risk of academic failure, chronic and mental illnesses. Thus, the prevention of substance use among young people remains an important public health priority worldwide. Effective strategies should include educational campaigns, psychological support, and access to quality medical care. In addition, it is also necessary to provide youth with opportunities for an active lifestyle so that they can find alternative ways to relax and overcome stress. The support and care provided by parents, family and friends, as well as the structure, supervision and support provided by teachers and school staff, also play an important role.

French Fox News? Audience-level metrics for the comparative study of news audience hyperpartisanship

ABSTRACT French news channel CNEWS is regularly compared to Fox News due to presumed ties with the far right, and for promoting conspiracy theories and partisan propaganda. Using data from the ReCitCom project, I propose simple metrics for quantifying the partisanship of news audiences cross-nationally and identifying channels like Fox News in other media systems. I apply them to France and find that CNEWS has the most ideologically radical news audience within the French media ecosystem, and that the pattern is more pronounced with higher frequency of use. Comparatively, I show that the Fox News and CNEWS audiences have an equivalent ideological lean that justifies the comparison between the two outlets at the audience level. The two audiences are also disproportionately receptive to far-right candidates compared to other news audiences and their respective national samples.

Pornography Use and Sexual Coercion: Examining the Importance of Frequency, Type, and Other Factors.

Research on pornography use and sexual coercion has provided some evidence that there is an association between these two behaviors. One area in this body of research where there is a need for improvement is the operationalization of pornography use. In particular, a need for researchers to capture all relevant aspects of pornography use that are associated with sexual coercion. These aspects include frequency of use, type of pornography used, investment in use, sexual scripts adopted from pornography, compulsive use, and first exposure. The current study aims to examine which of these aspects of pornography use are significantly associated with sexual coercion. A sample of 365 college males was surveyed on their pornography use, engagement in sexually coercive behaviors, and other relevant variables. Results show that sexual scripts and investment in pornography use are significantly related to self-reported sexual coercion. These findings indicate that the frequency with which someone views pornography may not be driving the relationship between pornography use and sexual coercion and that an individual's monetary investment in their pornography use habit, as well as their adoption of sexual scripts from pornography, may be what is driving this relationship. In addition, these findings have implications for the aspects of pornography use that researchers should focus on when examining the relationship between pornography use and sexual coercion.

Generative AI in Academic Research: A Descriptive Study on Awareness, Gender Usage, and Views among Pre-Service Teachers

This study investigated the engagement of Pre-Service Teachers (PSTs) with Generative AI (GAI) tools in their research projects, focusing on their awareness, source of awareness, usage pattern based on gender, and views of GAI tools in academic research. We adopted a descriptive survey method to collect data from one hundred and four PSTs across five institutions in Ghana using a five-point Likert-type survey instrument, which included an open-ended question. The quantitative data were analyzed using means, frequencies, percentages, standard deviations, and an independent samples t-test. The findings revealed that PSTs are familiar with GAI tools, especially ChatGPT and Google Bard. They learned about these tools through personal searches, recommendations from friends, and social media platforms. The PSTs used these tools in writing all chapters of their research projects, with the Introduction Chapter being the most common area of application, followed by the Discussion and Findings Chapter, the Literature Review Chapter, Methodology, and Summary and Conclusion. We also identified a significant gender disparity in the use of GAI tools, with male PSTs exhibiting a higher frequency of use compared to their female counterparts. Nonetheless, both genders expressed a positive attitude towards GAI tools in academic research, noting among other benefits that these tools provided them with confidence and independence in their research writing. However, they also recognized inaccuracies in the information provided by GAI tools, which led to skepticism about relying solely on these tools for their research projects. Consequently, they expressed a preference for support from their research supervisors, highlighting the importance of a balanced approach that combines the use of GAI tools with human supervision in academic research. While we recommend the integrating of GAI tools in teacher education programs, we strongly suggest that such integration should be complemented with comprehensive guidance on how these tools can be effectively used by PSTs to conduct original and advanced research.