College Seniors Research Articles

Rate of Patient Delay among Students with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in China: A Meta-Analysis

Objective: To systematically review the rate of patient delay of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients among students in China. Methods: Databases including Web of Science Core Collection, PubMed, The Cochrane Library, CBM, CNKI, VIP, and WANFANG DATA were electronically searched to collect cross-sectional studies on the incidence of delayed consultation in students with PTB in China from January 1, 2000, to November 15, 2022. Two researchers independently screened studies, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias of the included studies. Meta-analysis was then performed by Stata 16.0 software. Results: In total, 60 cross-sectional studies with 260,707 cases involving 136,701 delayed consultation PTB patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that the rate of patient delay was 46.4% (95% CI 44.3% to 48.4%) among students with PTB in China. Results of subgroup analyses showed that: 1) The rates were 46.8% and 50.4% for male and female students, respectively. 2) The rates for the East, Central and West parts of China were 42.3%, 45.6% and 50.5%, respectively. 3) The rates were increased first and then decreased during 2007 to 2020. 4) The rates of students from primary school, junior high school, senior high school and university were 50.3%, 49.8%, 40.7% and 44.9%, respectively. 5) The rates for the Han and the other nationalities were 50.3% and 53.9%, respectively. 6) The rates for local and non-local students were 47.2% and 50.5%, respectively. 7) The rates of patients detected by consultation due to symptoms, recommendation due to symptoms, referral, tracking and healthy physical examination were 50.5%, 51.6%, 46.6%, 55.6% and 16.2%, respectively. 8) The rates of patients with initial PTB and retreatment PTB were 53.1% and 59.6%, respectively. 9) The rates of patients with positive etiology, negative etiology and without etiological results were 55.9%, 47.0% and 51.6%, respectively. 10) The rates of severe and non-severe patients were 59.4% and 52.9%, respectively. Conclusion: The patient delay rate for Chinese students with PTB is generally at a high level. There are substantial differences in the patient delay rate for students with PTB among different genders, regions, study stages, nationalities, household registration types, detection methods, and treatment classifications.

Linguagem e Internacionalização no Ensino Superior Brasileiro: Da política à prática

ABSTRACT: Internationalization (in general) and Englishization (in particular) are processes currently at work in a number of Brazilian universities. This article provides an account of ethnographic research into language policy processes unfolding in one federal university. Firstly, an analysis of the university’s internationalization plan is presented. This documentary analysis is then accompanied by an interpretation of the perspectives of key social actors on how the policy has been implemented in their context. I conclude by highlighting the need for there to be wider engagement between senior management teams and university personnel on different scales relating to the development and implementation of internationalization plans.

An Analysis of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City Lecturers’ Research Competence

Improving the scientific research competence of lecturers is a critical necessity for improving the quality of the teaching staff of each higher education institution. The purpose of this study was initially to analyze the theoretical foundations of scientific research competence and the characteristics of scientific research competence among lecturers at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH, VNU-HCM). The questionnaire was used to perform this study, which included 245 lecturers from various university units, including lecturers, senior lecturers, and upper lecturers. The findings show that most lecturers at the USSH, VNU-HCM have relatively solid professional knowledge and understanding to be able to perform scientific research tasks on their own in most research activities without guidance. Most lecturers achieve the level of depth required to apply their skills in research and training tasks, as well as train others to progress from a low-to-a high-level. Meanwhile, some lecturers get to specialist level in scientific research. Similarly, only few of lecturers have self-evaluations that they are experts in scientific research. In terms of lecturers’ attitudes and awareness of research activities, most lecturers have attitudes and awareness of their scientific research activities. This study might be useful for lecturers, managers in education management, human resources management in universities in general, and lecturers in particular. The findings from this study provide the practical foundations for lecturers at the USSH, VNU-HCM, to construct a framework of scientific research competence, as well as a useful instrument in the management of teaching human resources in the university. Keywords: scientific research competence, lecturer, research competence framework, University of Social Sciences and Humanities. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55463/hkjss.issn.1021-3619.60.20

Research on the Practice of Art Education in Colleges for the Elderly under the Background of Aging Society

With the development of society, China is now showing the characteristics of an aging population. As a link to adult education, senior citizen education is the later stage of the development of lifelong education. Therefore, elderly education is an essential educational link for China to build a learning society and strengthen the cultivation of the ideological and cultural quality of the whole people. The continuous improvement of the elderly education work is of great significance to enrich the ideological and cultural life of the elderly and to realize the construction of a learning-oriented society. With the rapid development of the senior colleges in various regions of China, when they optimize and reform the senior education curriculum, they should strengthen art education in old teaching. Through the study of art, the elderly can not only experience a colorful life but also help to enrich their spiritual world, cultivate their sentiments, and be conducive to the development of physical and mental health. This paper takes the current social aging as the research background and explores the problems in the art education work of elderly universities. In addition, through continuous optimization of the teaching system and in-depth education reform, the feasibility of art education in colleges and universities for the elderly has been strengthened.

A study of the concept of global warming and climate change among the senior college students

A study of the concept of global warming and climate change among the senior college students

The Educator in the Portuguese Senior University

RESUMO Os educadores são considerados os elementos-chave no desenvolvimento de propostas educativas das Universidades Sénior em Portugal. Considerando a abordagem teórica da gerontologia educacional, a pesquisa exploratória e qualitativa identificou as principais características recomendadas para os educadores, segundo a perspectiva dos seniores, educadores e técnicos (pesquisadores e especialistas) no campo da educação de idosos. As mensagens de 265 participantes foram submetidas à análise de conteúdo e os resultados apresentaram que aspectos técnicos e, principalmente, afetivos são considerados importantes e aconselháveis para os que ensinam a seniores. Sugere-se a adoção de um modelo técnico-afetivo na condução do ensino-aprendizagem para seniores.

Mathematical Model for the Determination of Optimal Salary in Defined Benefit Pension Plan with Early Retirement, An Application of Smooth-Pasting Condition

The paper seeks to apply the mathematical model formulated by Adaji, et al (2015) to determine the optimal financial value of the retirement benefit Sf by applying Smooth Pasting condition. We examined the smooth pasting condition (tangency condition) along the optimal point at the boundary for an American put by considering the gradient, ∂V/∂S more closely and found that as long as V(S) coincides with the straight line, K-S gradient equals-1. We used Microsoft excel spread sheet facility to perform the individual computation for the last 25 years of service for University Senior Lecturers and the last 10 years of service for University Professors. The optimal salary Sf was determined by drawing a vertical line from the tangent perpendicularly to the horizontal axis (salary axis). We recommend the applictaion of this model to individuals as well as cooperate organisations so as maximise the expected retirement benefit. Early retirement alternate should be encouraged so that the teeming population of unemployed youths can take up the vacancies created as a result of early retirement.

Readiness of BCU Senior High School Students on The Implementation of Limited Face-To-Face Learning

As the COVID-19 global outbreak was wrecking havoc in December 2019, the education sector was greatly impacted. As the outbreak progressed, education shifted to distance learning, and soon after the restrictions loosened, it already transitioned to blended learning. The study aims to identify the needs of the students in preparation for face-to-face classes. A self-made questionnaire was sent via Facebook Messenger to the respondents. Of the 220 Grade 12 Baguio Central University senior high school students, 209 responded to the questionnaire which is 95% of the total population. Moreover, a focus group discussion was used to explore the meanings of survey findings that cannot be explained statistically. There were eight (8) participants from each strand having a total of 32 students. The findings of the study showed that the BCU senior high school students were moderately ready for the implementation of limited face-to-face learning. And, the challenges they have encountered are moderately serious. Based on the findings, the conclusions were drawn, that the BCU senior high school students have satisfactory preparedness for the implementation of limited face-to-face learning. And, the challenges they have encountered are manageable due to the assistance from their teachers, and as Gen Zers they are already customed to the use of technology. Therefore, it is recommended that the students are ready for full face-to-face learning.

ZMOT BRAND STORIES AS STIMULUS AND EFFECT ON PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS OF HEIs IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ERA

The current pandemic significantly prompts rising information gathering activities via the internet associated with a brand story. This phenomenon has considerable impacts in the decision-making process of high involvement services such as higher education. Since prospective students no longer have the opportunity to directly visiting the campus, their effort inclines more towards reading about life activities and experiences’ stories from those who already encounter university life. This study utilizes a qualitative approach to gain deeper insights into this relatively prevailing Covid-19 pandemic situation by conducting a netnography and in-depth interviews with current and prospective students. This study discovers that diverse online learning experiences recounted by current students during the pandemic are brand story manifestations, shown as content in social media platforms. Furthermore, the finding emphasizes the importance of the upperclassmen role to the prospective students. They can associate with the prospective students while maintaining credibility as an influencer. Inspiring experiences told in university seniors positive narratives become successful zero moments of truth (ZMOT) and enhance the desire to interact with that remarkable university brand. Conversely, unpleasant encounters would be an adverse stimulus that would dissuade further interaction between prospective students and the particular university brand, revealed either through behavior or attitude. ZMOT brand story is uncontrollable content in social media, and if HE marketers neglect them, it will obstruct the development of the university's image. HE marketers need to be alert with diverse stories derived from personal experiences of online classes during the pandemic. Cooperation with the service provider, aka faculty members, has never been more profound to ensure that the delivery of the materials is enjoyable and memorable.

ANALYZING EFFECTIVE INDICATORS OF POLITICAL MANAGEMENT OF SPACE IN TEHRAN METROPOLIS

Spatial policies can be thought of as the interrelationships between functions identities, and physical perspectives. Many experts argue that public-private participation is the key to the success of good governance in the political management of space. The present work aims at examining the effective indicators in the political management of the metropolitan area of Tehran using the fuzzy dimethyl technique, which is descriptive in terms of practical purpose and data collection, being based on the causal method. The sample size was composed of70 university professors and senior managers of political space management, leading to the identification of23factors as well. It was found that regional and spatial relations had the greatest impact on the political management of space ; the existing laws that cause the inefficiency of the political management of space had in contrast the least impact.

Students' Perceptions and Challenges in Learning Business English: Understanding Students’ Needs and Job Market Requirements

English for specific purposes (ESP) is intrinsically a student-centered subject. Learners’ perspectives are the fundamental determinants of the learning outcomes of ESP students. Research shows that the distinction between ‘General English’ and ESP is that the latter focuses on understanding the learners’ wants, needs, and necessities. To address this gap in the literature, this paper undertakes an exploratory, mixed-methods study of 120 senior, ESP Saudi Business and Management college students, with the objective of formulating strategies for improving ESP programs to enhance students’ employability. The participants’ perceptions regarding the importance of Business English in preparing them for the job market, along with a self-assessment of their language needs, were gathered via a 16-item close-ended questionnaire, followed by interviews with some students. The results indicate that senior college students are fully aware of their language needs and can make decisions regarding the particular language skills that are needed for their own success in the job market. The results also show that students hold very positive attitudes towards Business English and believe that success in the job market is dependent on proper and adequate Business English provision at college level.

Pattern of Out-of-Class Activities of Korean University Students: Latent Profile Analysis

This study examined how HIP participation patterns differ among students in different Korean universities. Moreover, this study explored whether there is an association between the likelihood of a student belonging to a specific group and their individual characteristics along with their university’s supportive campus environment. This study analyzed the data from the 2019 wave of the Korean-NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement), and the samples included 12,784 college seniors from 112 institutions. Furthermore, it employed latent profile analysis and multinomial logistic regression. As a result, this research identifies five distinctive HIP participation patterns. Family income and student-faculty interaction levels determine which group a student belongs to. For example, economically disadvantaged students tend to belong to a group with lower participation in study abroad programs. Finally, the supportive campus environment was strongly associated with being a member of actively participating groups compared to being in a less engaged group.

Onward and Upward: The Future of Nursing Education

As nurses around the globe battled COVID, one inconvenient truth became glaring: There were not enough nurses to provide care. And those shortages will only get worse. Now that we have emerged from the pandemic, nurse educators have become more important than ever. What does future curricula look like? How can technology augment training and staffing? How can we ensure the next generation of nurses is dynamic enough for whatever might come their way? Patient Safety managing editor, Caitlyn Allen, sat down with Cedar Crest College senior instructor Eileen Fruchtl to learn more.

Опросная методика «Планирование профессионального пути» как инструмент научных и прикладных исследований

The survey “Planning a professional path”, assigned to assess optants’ professional plans, is presented in the article. The projective technique can be used both in conducting scientific research aimed at developing an up-to-date professional periodization, and in a situation of professional consulting. The questionnaire allows accomplishing a range of applied tasks: identify the expected duration of optants’ professional path; forecast key events of the occupational way, that reflect optants’ career orientations; determine optants’ ideas about acquired competencies; diagnose sense-making motives at each stage of the professional way. Approbation of the questionnaire was carried out on a sample of university students (n1 = 123) and senior pupils (n2 = 84). While designing the questionnaire, the authors relied on the B.N. Ryzhov’s system periodization, the generational theory by W. Strauss and N. Howe; V.E. Orel’s ideas about the psychological mechanisms of vocational choice; a synergetic approach to research on professional self-determination by V.A. Tolochek; projective approach and biographical method, designed by A.A. Kronik. The authors disclose the procedure of conducting and the survey structure, attach the blank with instructions, indicative keys for processing respondents’ answers. The description contains the most frequent questions of optants regarding completion of the questionnaire and the answers to them, as well as an example of a qualitative analysis of the optants’ professional plan.

Trait Mindfulness and Physical Health among Chinese Middle-Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Mental Health

Few studies have focused on the specific effects of trait mindfulness on physical health status, especially from a resilient aging perspective. This study examined the mediating role of mental health in the association between trait mindfulness and physical health status among middle-older adults in urban China. The participants included 188 individuals who were recruited from a community senior university and five community senior care centers. The findings reveal: (1) trait mindfulness has a strong effect on two physical health indicators (self-rated physical health and subjective sleep quality); (2) mental health is a significant mediator in the relationship between trait mindfulness and physical health status; and (3) the mediation role of mental health is more evident in the self-rated physical health model (24.15%) than subjective sleep quality (18.10%). This study improves our knowledge of how trait mindfulness can lead to a better physical health in middle-older adults and can lead to the development of social value communication and effective prevention.

Evaluation of Technological Knowledge Transfer between Silicon Fen Firms and University of Cambridge Based on Patents Analysis

Silicon Fen (SF) is a cluster of high-tech firms located around the University of Cambridge (UoC) in the UK. This article, for the first time, investigates the technological bonds between SF firms and UoC based on patent analysis covering the period of 1999–2021. We provide a short history of SF, highlighting its early formation and growth, and the role of spin-off firms on its evolution. We employ joint patents generated by UoC and various business sectors of SF to calculate the values of technological collaboration strength (TCS). It is found that the majority of joint patents (61%) are generated by the Pharma/Biotech sector of SF with the highest value of TCS (16.45 × 10−3). Moreover, the patent’s economic values across various business disciplines in SF are calculated based on the total counts of citations. Our observations suggest that senior university academics making spin-off firms in a business cluster around their university can effectively facilitate university–firm technological collaboration. Furthermore, the relatively strong technological bond between UoC and the Pharma/Biotech sector of SF is confirmed to be influenced by the collaboration of the university with its own spin-off firms rather than large independent firms in SF. The outcomes of this research contribute to the knowledge of the collaboration between a main research university and a cluster of firms located in its geographical proximity.

“Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste”: How Consulting Firms Are Using COVID-19 as a Pretext to Transform Universities and Business School Education

During the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, major management consulting firms published numerous reports calling for “revolutionary” change in universities, including business schools. Leaders should use the crisis as an opportunity to transform their institutions into digital platform businesses, resembling Spotify or YouTube. By critically analyzing these reports this essay seeks to make three contributions. First, at the university level, I conceptualize these recommendations as an expression of extreme neoliberalism, consisting of “crisis opportunism” and “libertarian utopianism.” Second, moving to the business school level, I argue that the influence of management consultants provokes a professional paradox, especially among management educators. This has significant implications for the legitimacy of business school academics. And thirdly, I propose that the business school community is uniquely positioned (vis à vis other schools in the university) to challenge extreme neoliberalism. Three avenues of resistance are posited, focusing not only on consulting firms but their clients too - senior university executives.

Does telehealth influence the decision to transfer residents of residential aged care facilities to emergency departments? A scoping review.

Emergency Departments (ED) can be crowded places and not ideal environments for Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) residents awaiting assessment. Assessment and care planning may be made available via telehealth thereby avoiding unnecessary transfer to ED, without compromising the quality of care for the older person. Telehealth is attractive addition to improving healthcare decision-making in RACFs. The aim of this scoping review is to explore the evidence around the use of telehealth and whether it influences the decision to transfer residents of RACF to ED. All peer reviewed literature that focused on RACFs, decision-making and assessment of residents using telehealth in real time, was included. All study designs, pilot studies and some systematic reviews were considered. Databases Medline, Embase and CINAHL were used in this search in June 2022. Search terms were a combination of the population: RACF residents, decision-making and assessments using telehealth, and or transfer to the ED. The search was assisted by a senior university research academic librarian/information specialist and reviewed by senior researchers. The PRISMA-ScR guidelines were used to report this study. Of the 124 articles initially identified, 31 were eligible for inclusion for synthesis. The date range of the included studies was 2001 to 2022, with 15 published in the last five years. Critical appraisal was conducted using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. This scoping review has mapped evidence that telehealth has been widely used in multiple settings. The association between the use of telehealth with improved clinical outcomes highlights its potential utility in enhancing care delivery for an older population in RACFs. Telehealth has shown that it can improve the decision-making for residents in RACFS, but more robust research designs are needed. Using video/telehealth appears to improve RACF staff access to expert clinicians who can then assess and jointly plan care/management that can be provided in the resident's home. Knowledge and skills of RACF staff appear to be improved through joint assessment and decision-making with the use of video/telehealth access to expert clinicians.

Selling out the Public University? Administrative Sensemaking Strategies for Internationalization via Private Pathway Colleges in Canadian Higher Education

The emergence of agreements between private pathway colleges and public English-medium institutions represents a new development in internationalization that further challenges the public higher education landscape. While these institutional arrangements are controversial and often criticized, university senior administrators have been successfully able to advocate for and authorize them. This paper takes a closer look into the reasoning that administrators use in order to legitimize formal agreements with private pathway colleges in Canada. Drawing from the sensemaking literature within organizational theory, the following strategies are traced and analyzed: 1) normalization, 2) authorization, 3) rationalization, 4) moralization, and 5) narrativization. Through content analysis of 50 institutional documents, supported by nine semi-structured interviews with senior administrators representing two public universities and one private provider in Canada (Navitas), the paper demonstrates how neoliberal ideologies in internationalization are actively enacted in public spaces by administrators representing the public higher education sector.

The impact of Zoom as a learning application on student learning concentration in the COVID-19 era

The presence of COVID-19 has hampered the activities carried out by the community, one of which is in the field of education. With the entry of the era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, education must follow technological developments and take advantage of technological sophistication to facilitate the learning process. Today there are many technological innovations in the world of education, for example, in the form of applications or learning platforms that can support the learning process between educators and students. This study aims to determine the effect of the ZOOM learning application in the COVID-19 era on students' learning concentration. The study used descriptive quantitative methods with survey activities as data collection, involving students from junior high school, senior high school, vocational school, and university level as respondents. The results showed differences in students' level of concentration during distance learning and face-to-face learning. After participating in distance learning assisted by the ZOOM video conferencing application, the concentration of students decreased to focus on learning. So it can be concluded that the ZOOM application influences the concentration of student learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is hoped that increasingly advanced technological developments can help students concentrate on learning.