Knowledge For Anyone Research Articles

Assessment of Undergraduate Students’ Environmental Health Knowledge and Practices

The knowledge of anyone about the environment will be the basis in determining how he/she acts regarding environmental hazards. With environmental health been promoted, threats subsist mainly because of individual’s behavior and practices in reaction to likely health hazards. This study aims at assessing University of Abuja undergraduate students' (those living outside the school hostel) level of knowledge and associated practices of environmental health with their day-to-day activities. The data for the study was collected using 3 sections (demographic attribute, Knowledge of the Students about the Environment and Environment Practices by the Students) well-structured questionnaire. The findings shows that participants lack general knowledge concerning environmental health-related challenges. The male gender scores (M=69.91, SD=9.9) and Female (M=70.31, SD=10.3) were found not to be significant, t(238) = -0.309, p > 0.05 with their environmental health knowledge. The interconnection between environment knowledge and practices shares a positive correlation between them (r = 0.206, n = 240, p =0 .05) and statistically significant. It could be submitted that the undergraduate students in this study do not have much knowledge about the environment. Since knowledge influence an individual’s style and practice, persisting efforts and dedication in environmental health education ought to be more pronounce and reflect identified environmental health practices and ways to improve

The Family Health Strategy Influence on the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Acceptance in a Peripheral Community of the Brazilian Amazon Region.

The coverage of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine remains low worldwide. The Family Health Strategy (FHS) in Brazil has an important role in health promotion in communities. Given the FHS's close contact with assisted communities, the coverage of the HPV vaccine should be high in children. This study aims to investigate the acceptance of the HPV vaccine of parents or guardians of a peripheral community of the Brazilian Amazon region assisted by the FHS and influencing factors. A cross-sectional community-based study recruiting the residents of a subnormal agglomerate of Belém (Pará-Brazil) and covered by the FHS was conducted. Data were collected from September 30 to November 5, 2019. The questionnaire "Knowledge and Acceptability of HPV and Its Vaccine" was used. Data were analyzed through binary and multiple regression analyses. A total of 247 participants were included in this study, and 85 of which (34.4%) declared that they did not vaccinate their children. Hesitation to vaccinate was related to few years of schooling (odds ratio [OR]: 0.79, p=0.008), having sons (OR: 3.14, p=0.000), inadequate knowledge about doses of the HPV (OR: 2.44, p=0.015), and knowledge of anyone who received the HPV vaccine (OR: 7.07, p=0.000). Results suggested the low efficiency of FHS in increasing the HPV vaccination coverage in the assisted communities. A strategy involving a dialog with assisted families and continuous health education to health professionals should be implemented to combat fake news and increase HPV vaccination coverage.

A cross-sectional study on socio-ecological and socio-anthropological determinants of COVID-19 in Lusaka Province of Zambia

The COVID-19 disease constitutes a pandemic that has created an international public health emergency. Besides the significant health challenges, the impact of the COVID-19 disease has been the restriction of movements that have heavily affected the global economy. The first case of COVID-19 in Zambia was identified on March 18th, 2020. By the end of November 2020, the number of districts reporting COVID-19 infections had increased from 68 to 96, with reports of the highest transmission in the capital city, Lusaka, the Copperbelt, and Ndola districts. As COVID-19 spread across the nation of Zambia, several factors are responsible for the spread of the virus. Despite the extensive collection of research done on determinants of COVID-19 disease, the spatial distribution of the disease along socio-demographical and socio- ecological domains remains speculative and infectious diseases have been less looked into in the areas of anthropological dynamics. This study used a cross-sectional design to investigate the ecological and anthropological determinants of COVID-19 disease in four compounds in the Lusaka district of Zambia. A guided questionnaire was used to collect data from 301 participants. A descriptive analysis of all independent variables was done. Analysis for associations of dependent and independent variables and multivariate analysis of the independent variables significant at the bi-variate level was conducted to investigate the association between the dependent variable (Knowledge of anyone infected with COVID-19 virus) and the independent variables. The bi-variate analysis results showed that 14 independent variables with odds ratios greater than one were significantly associated with the spread of COVID-19. Two variables were found to be highly significant in the multivariable logistic regression analysis model. These included beliefs about COVID-19 (odds = 3.0; p = 0.003; CI 1.2-3.3), and participants area of residence (odds = 2.6; p = 0.003; CI = 1.2-5.5). Other significant multivariate variables were ecological variable; climate and anthropological variables; hand hygienic practices. The current research provides further insight into the potential role ecology and anthropology contribute to the spread of communicable diseases. The study recommends awareness of the population to enhance preparedness and response to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

„Macchiato” do ostatniej kropki

Todayʼs societies, democracies, media and journalism are undergoing a transformation hitherto unheard of in history. The key element of these changes is information and access to it, as well as processing possibilities and skills. Without understanding the process, without the ability to select information, and without critical analysis, individuals and entire societies become vulnerable to stupidity, information wars, disinformation and interference with elections.
 Politicians, especially populists but not exclusively so, saw a great opportunity in the existence of a “cloudy information space”, in the confusion of citizens deprived of their independent thinking and poorly educated. That is why politicians fight with free media and independent journalists, because this is the first line of defence against disinformation and ignorance. Freedom of media is also a barrier to the authoritarian aspirations of politicians, because of its unique attribute — the only freedom showing the state of other freedom and rights.
 The book by professor Jacek Dąbała, Media phenomena and paradoxes, published in 2020, diagnoses these problems and challenges and shows the key to media and information thinking. It is written in a minimalistic form of 200 texts, each of about 2000 characters. The short form is balanced by the multitude of topics covered, including science, politics, history, medicine, media, technologies, customs, law, religion, faith, emotions, intellect and stupidity. Dąbała scans issues in Russia, China, the United States, Germany, Poland and many others. The topics and analyses are universal and you can even risk a thesis that many of them will be timeless. It is therefore a global and universal reading which, when translated into other languages, should be recommended as essential content for journalists, politicians, students, and even more broadly — for all of us, that is, media recipients.
 The book is a subjective view of all the 200 topics through the prism of pro-democracy views and freedom — freedom understood in the broadest sense, freedom of science and speech.
 Dąbała certainly poses important questions, questioning our way of seeing the world and its presentation in the media. However, he often leaves the questions unanswered, apparently because the answer is in the method — analysis, critical thinking and seeking quality.
 The book Media phenomena and paradoxes is excellent material for conducting workshops for journalism students. Analysing problems in the book can also improve journalistic thinking. For journalists who have not lost their instincts, humility and willingness to keep going, such an exercise can be very valuable.
 This is important knowledge for anyone who wants to better understand the world, and for media people it is a must-read.

History of Image Digital Formats Using in Information Technology

An important type of digital media is images, and in this article, we are going to review how images are represented and how they can be manipulated with simple mathematics. This is useful general knowledge for anyone who has a digital camera and a computer, but for many scientists, it is an essential tool. Printed publications use different formats to specify the properties of the information published; Thus, the uses that each type of each publication have been defined. Also, the formats of the digital images have been developed for use with a certain type of images and this article presents the benefits and uses of the different digital image formats.

Perceptions of positive treatment and discrimination towards people with mental health problems: Findings from the 2017 Attitudes to Mental Illness survey

Anti-stigma programme evaluations primarily measure knowledge and attitudes, and rarely assess behaviour. This study describes perceived and self-reported avoidance, discrimination and positive treatment using data from the 2017 Attitudes to Mental Illness survey. A nationally representative quota sample of 1720 English participants were interviewed about mental health-related knowledge and attitudes, reported and intended contact with people with mental health problems, awareness of the Time to Change anti-stigma programme and knowledge of anyone with a mental health problem. Participants who knew someone were asked how they thought the person was treated in different life areas, and whether they had avoided the person, treated them unfairly or treated them more positively. 30.1% of respondents knew someone with a mental health problem. Most believed the person had been treated fairly across various life domains. 5.1% of participants reported avoiding the person, 2.1% reported unfair treatment, and 58.1% reported positive treatment. Less stigmatising attitudes were associated with reduced avoidance and discrimination. Greater knowledge and reported contact were associated with positive treatment. Anti-stigma campaigns can reduce discrimination or increase positive treatment by targeting knowledge, attitudes and awareness of people with mental health problems. Evaluations should measure discrimination and positive treatment to fully assess behavioural change.

Land Dispute Settlement Through Mediation In The Regional Land Office In Boyolali Regency

This study aims to describe the settlement of land disputes through mediation conducted in Regional Land Office of Boyolali Regency, and the obstacles encountered in settling land disputes through mediation. So, it can provide additional knowledge for anyone who reads it. The problem formulation in this research is how the role of the land office in order to settle the land dispute mediation in the Land Office of Boyolali Regency and what are the constraints of the mediation in land disputes in the Land Office of Boyolali Regency. This research is a legal juridical empirical research or legal sociology research. It it kind of research that analyzes a problem by combining secondary data (legislation) with primary data obtained in the field. The result of this research is that the role of Land Affair Office of Boyolali Regency in the effort of settling land dispute through mediation is as mediator who is responsible for assisting the parties in dispute to produce agreement received by the all parties. The parties assist to end up the dispute, then pour the result of mediation into the Minutes of Mediation. In the event of mediation, when the agreement is reached, the parties are willing to implement the mediation decision. However, if in mediation is not reached agreement, the District Office of Boyolali Regency will invites the parties to process through litigation (court). In the implementation of mediation at the Land Office of Boyolali Regency, there are obstacles, namely: (1) The absence of the parties in dispute, (2) there is no good intentions from each party in dispute, (3) Differences in ability and education among the parties, (4) The role of Land Office of Boyolali Regency is only as mediator, it cannot be as a decision maker/court.Keywords: Settlement Of Land Dispute, Mediation, Land Office.

ASPEK HUKUM DALAM PENERAPAN PRINSIP FULL DISCLOSURE DI PASAR MODAL

Public Offering, known as Initial Public Offer (IPO), as ameans of fund raising with investment model, which is used as a means of expanding the business or to strengthen the company's finances without relying on debt to other parties.On a broad scale, as in the consideration of the formation of Capital Market Law No. 8 of 1995, that capital market has a strategic position to support the achievement of the national development objectives of creating a fair and prosperous society through one of the capital market activities namely the Public Offering of shares as a source of financing business field and investment means for the community.The law has been covering and regulating all capital market activities to create legal certainty for all parties involved in the capital market, through the obligation to apply full disclousure principle for companies conducting their public offerings that have implications to the IPO’s legality. Procedures and legal aspects in the application of the full disclousure principle will be explained in this paper, and expected to be an useful knowledge for anyone who needs information about IPO.Keywords : Capital Market, Initial Public Offer (IPO), duediligent, Full disclousure.

Proving IT Works

This paper deals with the assessment of the effects of instructional technology (IT) on the foreign language curriculum. It is intended to serve two purposes. First, it offers a general background to the evaluation of IT, which is essential knowledge for anyone involved in the integration of IT into their courses. Second, it seeks to provide a clearer understanding of the evaluation parameters that need to be taken into consideration when establishing the infrastructure for the on-going assessment of IT. While giving due consideration to evaluating the effectiveness of CALL on learning outcomes, it is proposed that we need to take a broader view of the assessment of IT, one which goes beyond its defensive justification and promotion. In particular, it is argued that we need to move away from a technocentric assessment of IT to one which focuses on how IT contributes to realizing our pedagogical goals and objectives.

Evidence‐Based Interventional Pain Medicine According to Clinical Diagnoses

Unrelieved chronic pain is a worldwide epidemic. Chronic pain has been subject to multiple international initiatives through the World Health Organization. Interventional Pain Medicine, the use of minimally invasive techniques to relieve pain, is the best approach when simpler measures such as physical therapy or medications fail. However, these procedures can be associated with significant risk and expense. Establishing uniformity in diagnostic criteria and procedural performance can reduce both morbidity and unnecessary procedures, and hence healthcare expenditures. While other texts explain how to perform these procedures, little focus has been given to diagnostic considerations: if and when these procedures should be performed. Evidence-Based Interventional Pain Medicine focuses on a balance between effectiveness and safety of interventional management for specific diagnoses, across all areas of chronic pain including: Head, neck and shoulder pain. Lower back pain. Neuropathic pain syndromes. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Pain in patients with cancer. Vascular and visceral pain. Evidence-Based Interventional Pain Medicine provides essential knowledge for anyone who uses, or intends to use, interventional pain techniques.

Editor's Introduction

Editor’s Introduction William M. O’Barr Gender and Advertising too often means Women and Advertising. Much has been said about this topic, and much more remains to be said. Indeed, a forthcoming issue of this journal will be devoted to women and advertising. The current issue focuses on the other aspect of gender—masculinity—and seeks to open up discussion about it in studies of advertising and society. The three interviews published here provide insights about the study of masculinity and the concerns of advertisers about representing and targeting men. Professor Michael Kimmel of SUNY-Stony Brook almost single-handedly established the academic study of masculinity. In the interview published here, Kimmel describes the origins of his own awareness about men’s lives and talks about the political and intellectual issues behind his study of masculinity. His scholarship is essential knowledge for anyone seriously interested in masculinity in American society. Scott Cromer and Steve Jackson are, by contrast, advertising practitioners whose careers have brought them squarely into contact with the serious issues of the desires, fantasies, dreams, and goals of men. In designing advertising campaigns oriented toward men, they have necessarily had to come to terms with men’s lives as well. Their interviews provide another set of perspectives on masculinity for scholars interested in men and advertising. Copyright © 2003 The Advertising Educational Foundation, Inc

Computer and Internet Usage in Education: Theories, Practices, and Research Basics

This article covered the theories, practices, and the research basics of the computer and Internet usage in education. The article reviewed the studies of computer and Internet usage in education and the practices of computer and Internet in open and distance learning, then discussed the two participants in effective online education, ended with reviewing on the researches about the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the users. The implication of this research is that computer and Internet usage in education is making a difference in distance learning today by providing a way to deliver knowledge for anyone, anywhere, and anytime. The computer and Internet usage in education will meet the need for Just-in-Time learning and worldwide learning concept for the twenty-first century.

Supportive therapy in oncology

The current trend towards a more intensive cancer treatment is possible thanks to the availability of a really important and effective supportive care. It is our opinion that it would be essential for the junior staff in oncology, for the practitioners, but also for the knowledge of anyone contributing in different ways to give the cancer treatment, to have reference points to give also the best supportive care. With this aim we thought to start a study, in Italy, to investigate, first, which is the supportive care used in the most common acute toxicities during or immediately after cancer therapy. We decided to begin with a survey addressed to hematologists, medical oncologists, radiotherapists; 105 centers were contacted. In order to have a high number of people able to answer to different clinical questions we decided to use Internet to communicate with participating centers without moving people. The final goal of the project is to formulate guidelines in supportive care, but also to promote the use of Internet as much as possible in the medical world with the aim to make easier every kind of communication and exchange of information.

Analysis of risk to children participating in a sociometric task.

Fourth and 5th graders (N = 119) were individually interviewed regarding their reactions to completing group-administered, positive and negative peer nomination techniques. Results were consistent with previous findings of no obvious harm; but, additional, unique information regarding children's discussions was identified. For example, 7 children reported that 6 low-status peers were talked about behind their backs. However, these 7 children further reported that, to the best of their knowledge, none of the 6 low-status peers found out about the negative comments. No child reported having hurt feelings or having knowledge of anyone else having hurt feelings. Overall, 17% of the children (n = 20) reported that they were complimented by others; high-status peers were significantly more likely to be complimented. It was determined that the condition of minimal risk of harm, harm not greater than children might encounter in daily life, was not breached Directions for further research are discussed.

Agriculture for Beginners

THE question of the introduction of instruction in agriculture or any other definitely technical subject into our elementary schools is one which has been much debated recently, but the opinion of most of those who have any working knowledge of teaching is very strongly against it. Agriculture in schools is very likely to become a book subject; it is far preferable to take up some question like the growth of a plant, which admits both of simple experiment on the part of the pupil and of abundant illustration from practical life, which again supplies a basis of reasoning and knowledge for anyone who happens in later life to be concerned in the raising of crops.