Time Management Problems Research Articles

Estimation of the Time Needed to Deliver the 2020 USPSTF Preventive Care Recommendations in Primary Care.

Objectives. To reexamine the time required to provide the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)-recommended preventive services to a nationally representative adult patient panel of 2500.Methods. We determined the required time for a single physician to deliver the USPSTF preventive services by multiplying the eligible population, annual frequency, and patient-contact time required for each recommendation, all calculated by using data from the recommendations themselves and literature. We modeled a representative panel of 2500 adults based on the 2010 US Census Bureau data.Results. To deliver the USPSTF recommended preventive services across a 2500 adult patient panel would require 8.6 hours per working day, accounting for 131% of available physician time. Compared with 2003, there are fewer recommendations in 2020, but they require 1.2 more physician patient-contact hours per working day.Conclusions. The time required to deliver recommended preventive care places unrealistic expectations on already overwhelmed providers and leaves patients at risk. This is a systems problem, not a time-management problem. The USPSTF provides a set of recommendations with strong evidence of positive impact. It is imperative that our health care system is designed to deliver.

Dwell Time Allocation Algorithm for Multiple Target Tracking in LPI Radar Network Based on Cooperative Game.

To solve the problem of dwell time management for multiple target tracking in Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) radar network, a Nash bargaining solution (NBS) dwell time allocation algorithm based on cooperative game theory is proposed. This algorithm can achieve the desired low interception performance by optimizing the allocation of the dwell time of each radar under the constraints of the given target detection performance, minimizing the total dwell time of radar network. By introducing two variables, dwell time and target allocation indicators, we decompose the dwell time and target allocation into two subproblems. Firstly, combining the Lagrange relaxation algorithm with the Newton iteration method, we derive the iterative formula for the dwell time of each radar. The dwell time allocation of the radars corresponding to each target is obtained. Secondly, we use the fixed Hungarian algorithm to determine the target allocation scheme based on the dwell time allocation results. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can effectively reduce the total dwell time of the radar network, and hence, improve the LPI performance.

Administrative Strategies For Effective Teaching In Basic Education In The Era Of Frozen Moment In Rivers State, Nigeria

The study explored administrative strategies for effective teaching in basic schools in the era of frozen moment in Rivers State, Nigeria. Three research questions were answered while three hypotheses were tested. The study adopted an analytic survey research design with a population of 247 headteachers in 247 public basic schools in Rivers State. The sample size is 172 headteachers representing 70% of the population of the headteachers. The sample size was arrived at using proportionate stratified random sampling technique. An instrument titled Administrative Strategies for Effective Teaching Scale (ASETS) was used for data collection. Face and content validities were ensured by experts in Educational Management as well as Test and Measurement in the University of Port Harcourt. The internal consistency reliability coefficient of 0.83 was computed for ASETS through Cronbach alpha statistical method. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while z-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that the headteachers can use reward management system as well as online supervision of their teachers’ academic preparation progress to enhance their teaching effectiveness. It was also found that the headteachers have the problem of time management and financial incapacity to carry out online administrative functions. It was recommended among others that the headteachers and local and state governments should assist the teachers in procuring electronic gadgets by giving them soft loans. The headteachers should cultivate the attitude of making use of online platform to disseminate information to the teachers for teaching effectiveness.

CHALLENGES FACED BY SCHOOLS STUDENTS: SOME CONCERNS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OF ASIA (INDIA, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN ETC.)

The purpose of this paper is to point out the key challenges faced by school students. In line with this aim the researcher has done a thematic research methodology, through personal experiences from childhood, working as a school advisor and reviewing literatures to collect detailed information concerning school student’s challenges. After finding the valid sources the researcher has found that the most worrying challenges are sexual abuses by elder students and gangsters, conflict on the way of school, long distance to get to the school, gender discrimination between boys and girls in the families, bombing and attacks on schools, poverty, bulling and teasing, Case of (Afghanistan). Furthermore, overcrowded classrooms, poor equipment’s and lack of experienced teachers regarding recognition of the specific talents of different students and failing them in exams are another challenges on the way of school students. Moreover, illiteracy of parents and lack of help regarding their homework’s, family conflicts and it is effects on the child are part of difficulties faced by school students. Also, climate change, cultural differences, loneliness and communication problems are another uphill’s for migrant students in international schools in a foreign country, case of foregone students in (India). Likewise, lack of school opportunity, misguidance some of students with encouraging them to join to insurgent groups, and discrimination against illegal migrant families, case of 300 million Afghanistanian illegal migrants in Iran and Pakistan with no educational opportunities. In addition, physical punishment, religious discrimination and lack of free of thought against students of minorities are some big barriers on the way of studying in schools, case of (Iran). Finding also showed that smart phones and computers cause some of the students to waste their study time on playing games and face time management problem. Finally, carrying on offensive guns and using drags by some students which effects other students psychologically and increase the possibility of violence are the most serious challenges faced by school students. However, as it is such an international problem, for solution, the five multilateral institutions which are the key international stakeholders in the EFA movement: UNESCO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and the World Bank, should take action against the above mentioned challenges. In the Indian context too similar challenges are daunting the Indian education sector. This paper attempts to highlight such challenges and ways of managing them from the perspective of the above mentioned key international stakeholders.

Mental health and cultural and linguistic diversity as challenges in school? An interview study on the implications for students and teachers.

Mental health and cultural and linguistic diversity in classrooms are part of students' lives. Both factors can lower the achievements of students and classrooms and pose a challenge for teachers. Yet, little is known about the effects on other areas of school life besides achievements. Also, the consequences for classmates and teachers as well as possible resources are mostly disregarded. Semi-structured interviews were held to investigate the diverse effects of mental health issues and cultural and linguistic diversity on students, classmates and teachers. In total 20 interviews were conducted, seven with teachers, seven with external professionals and six with students. Recordings were transcribed and analysed using qualitative text analysis. Results show that especially externalizing symptoms of mental health issues are a burden to classmates and teachers. Teachers face time management problems and emotional stress. Linguistic diversity constitutes a serious challenge at school for students, classmates and teachers. Yet, cultural and linguistic diversity also imports several resources like fostering openness and integration. Future research should expand this research to older children and investigate the specific needs of teachers.

Time management as an important component of successful business activities

The article examines the main aspects of using time management in enterprise's business practices to effectively use work and personal time. Defined the basic principles of time management and main problems of inefficient use of working time. Suggested the basic techniques of time management as practical tools for improving efficiency time.

Optoelectronic Hybrid Network Architecture and Its Performance Analysis

Optoelectrical hybrid network technology is introduced into a network based on pure electrical packet switching, which increases network capacity and reduces power consumption. However, the problems of long configuration time and complex management of optical circuit switches affect the performance of hybrid optoelectrical networks. A new type of hybrid optoelectronic network architecture (HOEP) cooperated by Ethernet packet switching network and optical wavelength routing network was designed in the study. The optical routing network transmitted and received optical signals by using a circular array waveguide grating router, and transmitted the optical signal carrying data to the target port based on the characteristics of wavelength cyclic routing. The entire process only needed to modulate the data signal, and did not need to configure the optical wavelength routing network. At the same time, in order to further improve the resource utilization of optical nodes, a kind of intelligent node dynamic reconstruction (RC) algorithm was designed. Combining with network link utilization, cache occupancy, and network load value, this method could dynamically adjust the usage distribution of optical nodes for reconstruction. During the experiment, the RC algorithm was applied to the HOEP network architecture. Compared with other typical network architectures, the HOEP network proposed in the study can effectively reduce the network cost, power consumption, and improve network throughput. Moreover, the introduction of RC algorithm and network equipment can make the cost remain within the controllable range, while it can further increase the network throughput and reduce the power consumption of the HOEP network, thereby meeting the dynamic demand for network bandwidth with larger data traffic.

Leisure and Procrastination, a Quest for Autonomy in Free Time Investments: Task Avoidance or Accomplishment?

The purpose of the research was to analyze procrastination – a problem of time management that negatively affects the autonomy of people – in relation to leisure as a domain of everyday life. Specifically, the dynamics between leisure (activities and time invested – weekly frequency and duration of activity) and procrastination factors were studied. A sample of 185 university students (118 men and 67 women: Mage = 20.77 years, SDage = 2.53) answered a procrastination scale – validated for the Spanish population – which refers to four factors of procrastination (dilatory behaviors, indecision, lack of punctuality, and lack of planning) and an adaptation of the Time Budget (TB) (a table where the participants were asked to specify “the three activities that you prefer to do when you are not studying or doing a paid job”). Results show that leisure activities are associated with factors of procrastination. As a matter of fact, the different factors of procrastination were related to specific types of leisure activities, depending on the weekly frequency of the activity or its duration. In this sense, there are cases in which the greater frequency of leisure activities (hobbies and computing, social life and entertainment) seems to contain – control, inhibit – procrastination (specifically, affecting its component of indecision) variations in the weekly frequency and duration of certain type of activities result in higher or lower scores on certain factors of procrastination. In sum, the time invested in leisure can protect from or inhibit delaying tasks – which implies enhancing the autonomy of people – a deduction that opens up new lines of research to identify optimal time investments for coping with procrastination.

Digitalization for Human Resource Management

Behaviours, sometimes different expectations as well as mastery and use of IT are new data to be integrated within the framework of an effective human resources policy. In the absence of real intergenerational management that promotes synergy and the emergence of collective intelligence, individual employees develop withdrawal strategies and anticipate their exclusion, which leads them to self-stigmatize. The objective of intergenerational management is to establish a working climate that promotes communication between generations and their well-being. It makes it possible to organize interactions between generations in work situations and define a common operating language so that profiles of the same age and different ages can lead to the implementation of a joint project. In other words, the usefulness of intergenerational management is to reduce tensions and conflicts beyond stereotypes. The article deals with the issue of intergenerational management to understand the sources of disputes between the different generations within Moroccan companies in the banking sector. The main objective of the research is twofold, firstly to determine the source of the intergenerational conflict by referring to a set of theoretical and empirical studies. The latter shows that the conflict between the different generations is closely linked to the systems of human resource management. On the other hand, bringing concrete leads to companies to understand the problem of intergenerational and to adapt their management methods according to the expectations of the different socio-professional categories. To respond to this problem in the Moroccan context, a qualitative empirical study was conducted with managers from three generations: baby boomers, generation X and generation Y and working in four banks. The empirical research has made it possible to understand the expectations of different ages and shows that beyond the intrinsic characteristics of individuals at work, expectations converge, and the organization of action is likely to be the primary source of intergenerational conflicts. Also, the digitization and use of the computer tool by different generations do not present an obstacle to intergenerational cooperation. The present study provided answers to the defined problem. It also made it possible to identify other variables capable of explaining the intergenerational conflict other than those identified in the literature review. It is more particularly the problem of time management and the lack of support systems. As a research perspective, the results of this study will be useful for testing these hypotheses and confirming them, considering the specificities of Moroccan business. Keywords collective intelligence, digitalization, expectation, human resource management, individual competence, intergenerational conflict.

Використання студентами методів тайм-менеджменту під час самостійного навчання в університеті

The concept of time management and its importance for students during independent study at the university is considered in the article. The existing methods of time management are analyzed and their essence is revealed. Each student can develop their own method of time management based on general rules and principles, taking into account their style and rhythm of life, priorities, personal qualities, strengths and weaknesses. The analysis of use of methods of time management by students is made. Practical recommendations for improving the efficiency of time management methods are offered. Time management is aimed at organizing their own and working time. The student at the university must be aware of the correct distribution of time in accordance with personal interests and interests of work.During self-study, you need to use the time with the maximum number of tasks, divided into intermediate tasks with small breaks, which will not lead to fatigue and overload. To do this, you need to have time for rest and healthy sleep. The effective implementation of the methods of "time management" depends on a person's consciousness and his desire to work rationally for himself. To solve the problems of time management among students, you can build a wheel of life, which will help determine the main priorities of life, optimize the use of time and direct it to productive self-study. With the help of the life wheel of balance, you can look at your life from the side and find out what is missing and what is in excess. It will help to understand and solve some problems.Periodic performance of self-audit and analysis of the managerial personality improves the rational use of time and its allocation for self-study

Student Perceptions of Growth-Facilitating and Growth-Constraining Factors of Practice Placements: A Comparison between Japanese and United Kingdom Occupational Therapy Students.

This study compared growth-facilitating and growth-constraining experiences of practice placements as perceived by occupational therapy students from Japan and the United Kingdom (UK). Fifteen students from Japan and 14 from the UK used a nominal group technique (NGT) to rank, individually and in groups, their subjective learning experiences during practice placements. Qualitative analysis and simple tabulation based on ranking of items obtained in the NGT were performed. Five item categories were identified from both Japanese and UK students: self-reflection, the role of supervisor, sense of responsibility, clinical knowledge and skills, and time management. Results showed that all students perceived opportunities for self-reflection and feedback from supervisors as growth facilitating and students' passive attitudes towards requirements of practice placements as growth constraining. Country-specific differences between students were observed in clinical knowledge and skills, sense of responsibility, and time management. Japanese students perceived that preparatory study led to successfully treating clients during placement, and they tended to commit to placement assignments at the expense of time outside. UK students valued working independently with a sense of responsibility but considered time-management problems within their placement hours as growth constraining. These differences can be explained by different social norms and expectations of students from Japan and the UK.

Ethics of time management in the conditions of modern domestic health care system

The health care system in the present conditions of its reform, the interaction of science, education and practice of medicine, business, public authorities, requires effective management. This is due to the development of the current stage of time management, one of the most important tasks is the desire to improve their own efficiency, rapid achievement of their objectives, provide career growth. However, due to inattention to the best historical traditions of Russian medicine and medical education a trend of depreciation of the spiritual component of healing is revealed. In this regard, it is necessary to understand the ethical problems of time management. The solution of these problems requires the revival of the moral and ethical traditions of domestic healing, the restoration of the humanization of the profession. Approaches to this are seen in changing the organization and content of higher medical education.

The Use of the Instagram Platform and Text Messengers in the Context of Contemporary Education

Our research is aimed at the identifying the particularities of teaching foreign languages by means of interactive applications such as Instagram and text messengers (specifically Whatsapp). In this article we distinguished the main advantages of the present applications: spatial intelligence, inclusiveness and the element of permanent presence in the learning process, the possibility of transferring a part of classroom teaching into online space, the motivation of the profile, the linguistic means used for encouraging individuals to be more active and keen while learning foreign languages. Moreover, we pointed out the problems of time-management and time refocusing in the learning process. Despite the fact that there are many obvious advantages of the Instagram and text messengers we have identified the obstacles, which can influence the quality of the learning process. Particularly, we highlighted the problem of assessment and the monitoring of the material and the professionalism of the teacher who is running the Instagram profile.

Internet of things (IoT) based traffic management & routing solution for parking space

<span lang="EN-MY">The idea of Internet of Things (IoT) based traffic management & routing solution for parking space is due to the vehicle parking has become major issue in urban areas. The growing number of vehicles has contributed to the traffic problem and vehicle parking issue nowadays. The main purpose of this project is to assist the user to locate the vacant parking space, which help to reduce time and fuel consumption on searching the parking space. This proposed system was used online system via website application, which assist people to find the available parking slot. In fact, the system counted the capacity of the available parking space and notified the user through the website application. Frankly, the system was equipped with an ultrasonic sensor, which acts as the detector that sent data to the microcontroller in order to update into UBIDOTS cloud server for data logger purposes. This system could lessen or solve the time management problem at the parking area, which user could save their time by checking the available parking slots in advance through the website application.</span>

Time Management as a Pedagogical Technology of PhD Students’ Effective Self-Management

The article reveals the importance of the time management problem and substantiates the expediency of its research. It describes peculiarities of time management as a pedagogical technology concentrating on its principles; analysis of technology genesis was carried out in the works by foreign and domestic scientists from different fields of science. Five groups of problems solved with the help of this technology were identified. It was found out that time management within our research meets the requirements of a pedagogical technology effectively facilitating PhD students’ self-management. It was proved that it combines features of professional management technology as well as effective self-management. The research analyzed the influence of training sessions (36 hours) devoted to the development of time management skills (professional and personal) at the level of postgraduate students’ time management competence formation. There was ground to conclude that the conducted training sessions had a positive effect on the increase in all the indicators peculiar to the mentioned competence confirming the efficiency of time management technology in the process of PhD students’ self-management.

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This paper gives a report of the effect of social media on undergraduate students’ achievement and interest in chemistry in the north-central geo-political zone of Nigeria. The research design adopted was a cross-sectional survey. The population of this study comprised all undergraduate chemistry students from the universities in the north-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. 240 undergraduate chemistry students constituted the sample for the study and 80 students each were randomly selected from all the four levels of the three sampled Universities namely; Nasarawa State University Keffi, University of Abuja, and Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi. Structured questionnaire tagged: Effect of social media on achievement and interest in chemistry (ESMAIC) was the only instrument used for data collection. The questionnaire used was validated by experts and pilot tested to establish a reliability coefficient of 0.88. The finding of this study reveals that 60.8% of the respondents engage on social media mainly for educational related purposes while 52.9% of them agreed that social media has helped in increasing their grade point average (GPA). The interest of 67.5% respondents was boosted when employing social media for learning, and Facebook is most frequently used among the network sites by students. Addiction, distraction, poor time management and health problems are some of the disadvantages of continuous engagement with social media. Results also show that many students did not agree that social media is not an effective tool for studying and some are still hesitant on adopting modern technology while some are not very proficient on its usage. It is therefore recommended that students should be educated on how to maximize the potential of the different social network sites for their academic benefits among others. Key words: Social media, interest, achievement, undergraduate chemistry students.

Identification of Adjustment Issues among Adolescent Girls Studying in Pre-university

Background: Life of adolescent girl is characterized by continual changes, both internal (e.g. physiological, anatomical, and psychological changes) and external (e.g. changes in school, peers, and parenting practices) and therefore this stage is considered to be a very critical transitional stage in a girl’s life with acute crises in which her future is at stake. This study was thus conducted to identify multi-dimensional adjustment issues faced by adolescent girls. Methodology : Total 336 Pre-university girls between the age of 15 to 19 years were selected through purposive sampling from various Girl’s colleges of Mysuru. Results: The results revealed that general personal problems were more apparent in adolescent girls. It was found that 40.77% adolescent girls had problems in concentration, 33% girls had problems of forgetfulness, 32.5 % of girls had problems of anxiety, tension & worries and 23% of girls had reported mood fluctuations. Problems related to academic, society, family, infrastructure and interpersonal relations were also seen, but they were not very high. Thirteen percent of girls had reported the problem of time management and 9% of girls had reported problems related to the infrastructure of the college hostel. Conclusion: The results thus reflect the need to cater to the needs of adolescent girls which are going through excessive biological, social and psychological issues. Keywords: Personal issues, academic problems, adolescent girl

Assessing the Psychometric Properties of the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) Among Lebanese College Students.

Internet addiction is an emergent problem; yet, both a strong conception of the factors precipitating challenging activities and a gold standard tool for evaluating symptoms are deficient. The aim of this study was to carry out a psychometric analysis using the most commonly employed screening tool, the young Internet Addiction Test (IAT), comprising a sample of Lebanese University medical students. Two hundred and fifty-six undergraduate medical students from a university in Beirut, Lebanon were included in our IAT. Exploratory factor analysis was employed, and four factors were extracted. These four factors were named as Lack of Control, Social Withdrawal and Emotional Conflict, Time Management Problems, and Concealing Problematic Behavior. Furthermore, the selected factors explained 56.5% of the total variance. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the internal reliability of the scale was found to be 0.91. For each subscale, the internal consistency score was approximated and detected as 0.76, 0.74, 0.69, and 0.63 for the first through fourth factor, respectively. Item total correlations were calculated and had a value range from 0.37 to 0.63 for the 20 items. IAT is a proper tool for evaluating internet addiction in Lebanese college students.

Obstacles to Self-actualization of College Students-The Case of Gazi Faculty of Education

The purpose of this study is to determine the obstacles to self-actualization of the college students. A large qualitative data was collected. The study group consists of a total of 748 students with 599 female and 149 male students studying in Gazi Faculty of Education. The study group was determined through convenience sampling, which is one of the purposeful sampling methods. Content analysis was used for the analysis of the data. Inter-coder reliability coefficient was calculated, experts were consulted and conformability strategy was used so as to ensure trustworthiness of the study. In consideration with the findings, the college students stated that the obstacles to self-actualization were personal obstacles which include neurotic tendencies, lack of confidence, time management problems, lack of motivation, procrastination, lack of self-expression and stress. Students stated negative impact of the other people, problems related to socialization, social rules, lack of social support and obstacles against females as social obstacles; inability of the education system in revealing the individual skills, time spent in the school, exams, homework and negative teacher attitudes as obstacles in regard to education; and negative parent attitudes as parental obstacles. While small portion of the students stated that they had no obstacles to self-actualization, majority of them stated that they had no sufficient economic support in self-actualization. When the findings are analyzed, it can be said that the college students have obstacles in regard to belonging, being loved, and overcoming unconditional acceptance culture. The acquired findings were interpreted in accordance with the humanistic approach and the Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

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The study aims to assess the prevalence and associated factors of stress among Ambo University students. Institute based cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 343 undergraduate students at Ambo University. Data were collected using the Student-life Stress Inventory. Descriptive statistics, independent t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson correlation coefficient were utilized to analyze the collected data using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 20. The general life time prevalence of stress was 24.5%. More specifically, fear of academic failure, fear of family disappointment, lack of motivation and interpersonal relationship problem were highly reported symptom of stress students. Likewise, academic overload, projects or assignments timings, political situation of country, financial strain, high family expectations, study skill problem, being alone, procrastination, living away from home, difficulty reading materials, language barrier, acculturation, relationship with opposite sex, lack of entertainment in the University, lack of family support, inability to socialize with peers, adjustment with roommate, family problems, time management problem, and lack of personal interest in their department were frequently reported causes of stress in the University respectively. In this study, the independent t-test result shows that there was a statistically significant mean difference in experiencing stress across students’ sex and residential area. Besides, ANOVA result revealed that year of study, students’ perceived social support and perceived parenting style of the respondents had a significant effect on stress. However, statistical significant mean differences were not observed in experiencing stress across respondents’ monthly family income. Also, a statistically significant negative and moderate relationship was reported between stress and academic achievement. Nearly one fourth of students were suffering from measureable stress. Therefore, Ambo University management shall strengthen the academic counseling and preventive mental health services for the students so as to provide a conducive learning environment. Key words: Stress, undergraduate, students, Ambo University.