Style Factors Research Articles

Sub-fertility and life style factors which affecting sub-fertility among women in Regional Director of Health Service area, Colombo

Sub-fertility and life style factors which affecting sub-fertility among women in Regional Director of Health Service area, Colombo

Pengaruh Gaya Komunikasi dan Gaya Kepemimpinan dalam Membangun Loyalitas Karyawan

The aim of this research is to analyze communication style and leadership style factors in building employee loyalty at Raja Mart in Bireuen Regency. This research approach is descriptive qualitative research. As informants are the owner/leader and several employees of Raja Mart, Bireuen. Data collection uses interview techniques or direct structured interviews. The data analysis technique uses a descriptive analysis model. The research results show that: 1) communication style has a significant influence on employee loyalty 2) leadership style has a significant influence on employee loyalty 3) employee loyalty is jointly influenced by the way leadership and communication are enforced.

Preferences for AI Explanations Based on Cognitive Style and Socio-Cultural Factors

Designing AI systems with the capacity to explain their behaviour is paramount to enable human oversight, facilitate trust, promote acceptance of technology and, ultimately, empower users and improve their experience. There are, however, several challenges to explainable AI, one of which is the generation and selection of explanations from the causal history of a given event. Causal attribution, among other cognitive processes, has been found to be influenced by socio-cultural factors, which suggests that there could be systematic differences in preferences for AI explanations between communities of users according to their cognitive style and socio-cultural characteristics. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between preferences in the explanations provided by belief-desire-intention AI agents, cognitive style (holistic vs analytical), and socio-cultural factors, such as gender, education, social class, and political and religious beliefs. We found a relationship between explanation preference, cognitive style and various socio-cultural characteristics. Holistic cognitive style is associated with preference for goal explanations while analytic cognitive style is associated with preference for belief explanations. Socio-cultural variables that affect explanation preference are gender, religious beliefs, educational attainment, some fields of education, and political party affiliation.

Consumer Perception Regarding Demand of Branded Shoes

The current study deals with the objective “How to Consumer Preception Regarding Demand of Branded Shoes”. In this study we observed that how to consumer perception impact on demand for branded products like shoes. in this study also to know how culture, income, social status, life style, Peer pressure and other factors impact on the demand of branded shoes. In the modern era technology is growing fastly. They directly affect on our thinking process and they result represent our demand is also change as per time to time. We can say that our perception related to product change very soon. In this study we discuss only some points. The information of the study could be further used by the researchers and practitioners for conducting future studies in the similar area.

IJCM_182A: Behavioural risk factors among under graduate medical students in North Kerala

Background: The World Health Organisation highlights that 60% of the morbidity and mortality from non communicable diseases are linked to lifestyle behavioural patterns .Primary risk factors include high fat and low fibre diet, lack of exercise, prolonged screen time, insufficient sleep, and the adoption of new habit and addictions. Since medical students are particularly prone to these risk factors, it is crucial to evaluate their lifestyle behaviours, recognising their role as future healthcare providers Objectives: 1. To assess anthropometric risk factors among the study population. 2. To assess the behavioural risk factors among the study population. Methodology: A cross sectional study was undertaken involving 150 undergraduate medical students in a private medical student in a private medical college. Data was collected through self administered questionnaire containing demographic details of the students, life style factors like diet, physical activity, screen time, habits and addictions. Data collected was entered into excel and analysed using SPSS 25. Results: Mean age of the study population was 22.3 (±1.5) years. Majority of the study participants were females (72.2%). Out of150 participants, 94.4% adhere to a non-vegetarian diet in which 15% reported daily consumption of soft drinks and 29% consume junk food daily. The participants who were overweight was found to be 33.4% in which 38.8% of the subjects are physically inactive and 22.2% reported inadequate sleep. Around 60 % of the participants use mobile phone most of the time. Conclusion: Behavioural risk factors such as unhealthy diet, inadequate sleep pattern, physical inactivity were prevalent among the undergraduate medical students.

IJCM_397A: A Cross-Sectional Study on Dietary Intake In Relation To Sleep Quality Among Undergraduate Engineering Students

Background: Sleep is an important resting state and essential part of life that could have effect on many aspects of life. Life style factors such as physical activity and consumption of certain foods have effect on quality and quantity of sleep. In this context, there were very few studies done in comparing dietary intake & sleep pattern. So, the present study is planned to be conducted among undergraduate engineering students. Objective: 1. To assess the dietary intake and sleep patterns among undergraduate students. 2. To determine the relationship between dietary intake and sleep quality. Methodology: A Cross-sectional analytical study was done among the undergraduate students of a government engineering college in November 2023. Students (n=200) were randomly selected and data was collected using pre-tested, semi structured questionnaire to assess the dietary intake and Pittsburgh sleep quality index questionnaire (PSQI) to assess sleep quality. Results: The mean age of the study population was 20.2 ± 1.6 years and 54.5% were female. Sleep quality was fairly good among 58%, good in 29%,fairly bad in 11.5%,and very bad in 1.5%. Participants skipping breakfast, lunch and dinner more than three times a week was reported to be 21%,10%, and 16.5% respectively. Conclusion: The quality and quantity of sleep can be influenced by the eating habits. Specific awareness regarding sleep and food intake should be created among the students, as in the long run NCD s can be prevented and to form a healthy nation.

Combined effects of psychological and life style factors on pain intensity and/or disability in patients with chronic low back pain: A cross-sectional study

IntroductionChronic Lower Back Pain (CLBP) is a frequently encountered health issue in primary care settings, leading to global disability and imposing a considerable economic burden.ObjectivesThis study aimed to: (1) compare socio-demographic, health, lifestyle (sleep, physical activity) and psychological factors (depression, anxiety) between people with and without CLBP; and (2) quantify the correlations between these psychological and lifestyle factors, and clinical outcomes (intensity of CLBP and CLBP-related disability) in people with CLBP after considering other confounders.MethodsA cross-sectional study was undertaken at the neurosurgery and orthopedic outpatient department of Heraklion University Hospital between 2019-2021. Two hundred fifty three volunteers with CLBP and 116 without CLBP provided sociodemographic information, daily habits, medical history, subjective sleep/ sleep complaints, low back pain intensity and disability using a10-point numeric Visual Analogue Scale pain rating scale and Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale, as well as questions assessing impact of pain on mobility, self-care, routine activities and psychological status, respectively. Participants also completed the Zung Self-Rating Scale (SDS) for self-assessment of depression and Self-rating anxiety scale (SAS). Associations among CLBP, demographics, psychosocial or sleep disorders parameters and clinical outcomes were analyzed using multivariate models.ResultsPeople with CLBP exhibited a substantially greater prevalence of depressive, insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) symptoms than controls (p < 0.05). CLBP diagnosis was independently correlated with female gender, older age, as well as worse physical and mental health outcomes measured by (i) higher level of sleep symptoms such as sleepiness, OSA and insomnia symptoms and (ii) higher prevalence of physician-diagnosed depression, and moderate to severe depressive symptoms. The level of functional disability for CBLP patients (based on Quebec score) was independently associated with age, physician diagnosed depression, lower educational status, moderate to severe depressive symptoms and OSA symptoms. The combination of moderate to severe depressive symptoms with OSA or insomnia symptoms was the most important predictive factor for functional disability for CBLP patients (OR 13.686, 95% CI 4.581-40.885; p<0.001).ConclusionsDepressive symptoms and subjective sleep disorders appear to relate to greater CLBP-intensity and/or CLBP-related disability in people with CLBP. To achieve the desired outcomes when treating patients with chronic CLBP, it is essential to employ a holistic approach, involving assessment and management of their psychological comorbidities, and sleep issues, that may improve quality of life in these patients.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared

Enhancing Work Performance: The Role of Communication and Leadership Styles

Effective communication styles are essential to encourage understanding of expectations, effective workforce management, and organisational growth to stimulate employee work performance. This study explores the complex relationships between leadership styles, work performance, and communication styles. Employee commitment is found to have implications for organisational commitment aspects like responsibility, loyalty, and trust. Effective interpersonal and leadership communication encompasses relationships beyond and within the workplace. This study uses a questionnaire-based survey to investigate how leadership styles mediate the relationship between the factors of communication styles and job performance in Malaysian organisations. The perceptions of communication style, the mediating effect of leadership styles, and the relationship between communication style and job performance are investigated using quantitative data analysis using descriptive, inferential, and correlation tests to perform mediation analysis. The findings indicate the need for communication-focused training and engagement programmes and the significance of assertive communication styles for improved work performance. The study also establishes the critical need for leaders to comprehend the needs, motivations, and efficiency drivers of each team member. The study offers directions for future research, including larger geographic coverage, more communication variables, mixed-method techniques, and the investigation of other indirect effects. The study's conclusions give leaders practical advice on how to improve organisational communication for improved work performance and encourage employee trust and commitment. Keywords: Communication styles, leadership styles, performance, assertive communication, organisational communication.

梆子腔音乐风格背景下的剧种渊源关系考

The origin and circulation of Clapper Opera have different opinions, and most of the previous literature has ignored the role of music in the process of the spread of Clapper Opera. This paper proposes: The formation of Banqiang marks the formation of the Clapper Opera, and explores the relationship between similarities and differences by using the existing musical style factors of the Clapper opera, including dialects and Taoism, plate, singing melody, scale mode and accompaniment forms, and finds out the origin relationship between the Clapper Opera operas under the background of musical styles, thus adding new clues to the transmission of the Clapper Opera. It provides the basis for the spread and evolution of the Clapper Operas.

Learning Style Preferences of Undergraduate Female Students in Public Colleges

The purpose of this quantitative study was to assess the learning styles and preferences of undergraduate students at female colleges. A sample of 252 female undergraduate students enrolled in B. Ed programs were selected as sample. An adapted questionnaire based on VARK theory was used comprising three factors (visual, auditory, and kinesthetic) of learning styles. The instrument consisted of 24 items based on 5-point Likert scale. Chronbach’s alpha reliability statistic was 0.85. The collected data was analyzed by using SPSS. The results revealed that visual learning style is a more prevalent learning style among female students. The results also revealed that there is no difference in students' learning styles and time spent on study. It is recommended that students have diverse learning preferences and styles. The teachers may design instructional activities and materials that accommodate various modalities such as visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning.

The Influence of Work Motivation, Leadership Style, and Supervision on the Performance of Goods and Services Procurement Bureaucrats in the North Sulawesi Central Bureau of Statistics Work Unit

The main objective of this study was to determine whether work motivation, leadership style, and supervision factors affect the performance of Goods and Services Procurement Bureaucrats in the Work Unit of the Central Bureau of Statistics in North Sulawesi. The problem encountered is that PBJ bureaucrats in the BPS work unit in North Sulawesi still violate the rules in terms of document fulfillment. The results of the research obtained there is a significant relationship between work motivation and employee performance in PBJ bureaucrats in BPS work units in North Sulawesi, there is a significant relationship between leadership style and employee performance in PBJ bureaucrats in BPS work units in North Sulawesi, and there is a significant relationship between supervision and employee performance in PBJ bureaucrats in BPS work units in North Sulawesi. Work motivation (X1), leadership style (X2), and supervision (X3) together contribute to the performance (Y) of PBJ bureaucrats in the BPS work unit in North Sulawesi. So it is concluded that work motivation, leadership style, and supervision affect the performance of Goods and Services Procurement Bureaucrats in the BPS work unit in North Sulawesi.

Elevating teachers’ performance through locus of control, leadership style, environmental factors, and work motivation

The roles of teachers as educators are to impart knowledge and skills to students, as well as develop their mental character. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the influence of locus of control, leadership style, environmental factors, and work motivation on teachers’ performance in guiding students toward a higher level of education. A sample size of 720 high school teachers was used to explore the perceptions of locus of control, leadership style, environmental factors, and work motivation on performance. Furthermore, the data were analyzed using the Smart-Partial Least Square software. The results showed a direct effect of locus of control, leadership style, and environmental factors on work motivation. Moreover, there was an effect of locus of control, environmental factors, and work motivation on teachers’ performance. These results highlight the necessity for qualified teachers, which the government of Indonesia needs to fulfill in order to achieve a better education across the country.

Few-Shot Font Generation With Weakly Supervised Localized Representations.

Automatic few-shot font generation aims to solve a well-defined, real-world problem because manual font designs are expensive and sensitive to the expertise of designers. Existing methods learn to disentangle style and content elements by developing a universal style representation for each font style. However, this approach limits the model in representing diverse local styles because it is unsuitable for complicated letter systems. For example, Chinese characters consist of a varying number of components (often called "radical") with a highly complex structure. In this paper, we propose a novel font generation method that learns localized styles, namely component-wise style representations, instead of universal styles. The proposed style representations enable synthesizing complex local details in text designs. However, learning component-wise styles solely from a few reference glyphs is infeasible when a target script has a large number of components, for example, over 200 for Chinese. To reduce the number of required reference glyphs, we represent component-wise styles by a product of component and style factors inspired by low-rank matrix factorization. Owing to the combination of strong representation and a compact factorization strategy, our method shows remarkably better few-shot font generation results (with only eight reference glyphs) than other state-of-the-art methods. Moreover, strong locality supervision was not utilized, such as the location of each component, skeleton, or strokes. The source code is available at https://github.com/clovaai/lffont.

Corner Kick Characteristics: A Case Study of the 2020/21 Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL) Premiership Season

ABSTRACT In the 2020/21 NIFL Premiership regular season, 12% (70) of goals scored came from corner kicks. However, the effectiveness of corner kicks at a club level ranged from 5% to 17.5%. Thus, individual coaches ability to create effective strategies to impact corner kick outcomes justifies investigation. The aim of this study was to describe how corner kicks were taken across the 2020/21 (NIFL) Premiership season, and to assess the effectiveness of offensive and defensive corner kick strategies. From 195 matches, 1988 corner kicks from video recordings were analysed, examining 18 corner kick outcome variables. Results were recorded using a hand notation observation instrument and data analysed through Microsoft Excel v16.59 and IBM SPSS v27. 70 goals were scored (3.5% of corners taken), accounting for 12% of goals scored (581). Defending team quality (p = 0.034), venue (p = 0.005), and path of ball (p = 0.002) significantly affected the likelihood of an attempt at goal. Most goals came from inswinging corners (80%) and were most likely (5.4%) to be scored when the ball was delivered into the central area of the 6-yard box (GA2). To better understand individual corner style and contextual factors, further research should focus at team level.

Analysis Of The Influence Of Compensation, Leadership Style And Organizational Culture On Employee Performance In National Banking Industry

The purpose of this study is to ascertain how organizational culture and leadership style, with pay acting as an intervening variable, affect employee performance. 100 employees were used in the saturation sampling approach to determine the study's sample. Using SPSS 26, path analysis was the data analysis method employed in this investigation. The findings demonstrated tha leadership style has a direct bearing on remuneration; and organizational culture has a direct bearing on compensation. Leadership style and corporate culture have a simultaneous impact on pay. The performance of employees is directly impacted by organizational culture. Employee performance is not directly impacted by a leader's style. Compensation directly affects how well employees perform. Employee performance is influenced by salary, leadership style, and company culture all at the same time. Compensation is determined to be a mediating variable for each of the leadership style and organizational culture factors on employee performance based on the results of the Sobel Test.

The Leader of the East Java Province Community Empowerment Agency Performance: Participatory Budgeting, Leadership Style, and Work Motivation Factors

The budget is a key element in planning and controlling. This is because the budget is a form of leadership plan that is outlined in the composition of estimated costs needed to make the plan that has been made a success. Apart from that, the budget is also a program arrangement to achieve the organization's long-term plans. Following the background and problems above, this research aims to find empirical evidence that the implementation of participatory budgeting, leadership style, and motivation influence leadership performance to achieve organizational goals. This research was conducted at one of the government agencies in Surabaya, namely the East Java Province Community Empowerment Agency (BAPEMAS), with a sample of 16 people. The sampling technique uses total sampling or census. The analysis used multiple linear regression to answer the problem formulation, research objectives, and hypotheses. The results of this research conclude that the variables participative budgeting and leadership style have a positive relationship pattern with leaders' performance. In contrast, work motivation has a negative relationship pattern with leader performance. However, all three are proven to have a viable model for influencing leadership performance. This is proven by the results of the F-test and the coefficient of determination (R2), namely the magnitude of the influence of participatory budgeting, leadership style, and work motivation on leadership performance, which is 51.9%. In comparison, the remaining 48.1% is influenced by other factors not discussed in this research. Based on the results of the F-test and the value of the coefficient of determination mentioned above, it can be concluded that the hypothesis, which states: "It is suspected that participatory budgeting, leadership style, and work motivation influence leadership performance," has been tested as true.

THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT ON INTENTION TO RECOMMEND THROUGH ONLINE ENGAGEMENT AS A MEDIATING VARIABLE ON MANDARIN LANGUAGE TEACHING CONTENT VIA INSTAGRAM FOR GENERATIONS Y AND Z IN INDONESIA

The aim of this research is to test and analyze the influence of social media content including the Language Style, Interesting Content, Useful Content and Unique Image Content Characteristic factors on Online Engagement as a mediator which then influences the Intention to Recommend factor after previously being influenced by Emotional Response of Language as a mediator to users of Mandarin language teaching content via Instagram XYZ to generations Y and Z in Indonesia. Testing of this research model, which was modified from previous research, was carried out quantitatively with survey data. Data was obtained from generations Y and Z in Indonesia who are followers of Instagram XYZ. This research method is a quantitative survey, with cross sectional data. Respondent data was taken using purposive sampling with a questionnaire distributed online. 178 samples were obtained that met the requirements for analysis using PLS-SEM. The research results show that the four social media content variables have a strong influence on Online Engagement activities, while the two strongest variables are Unique Image Content Characteristic and Useful Content. Then the Online Engagement factor which is moderated by the Emotional Response of Language factor is able to influence the Intention to Recommend of generations Y and Z in Indonesia.

A case control study of risk factors in chronic urticaria

Urticaria presents as erythematous, often pruritic, raised transient wheals. The aetiology of Chronic Urticaria (CU) is not well understood. Autoimmunity, chronic infections, allergens and metabolic syndrome are some known implicated factors. But the role of life style factors like diet, smoking, alcohol, occupation, family history etc is relatively unknown. This study aims to uncover the role of these modifiable factors in causation of CU.Data from 20 individuals with chronic urticaria (duration <1 year) and 20 age and sex matched Controls (healthy/patients without chronic urticaria) was collected using questionnaires to assess lifestyle and risk factors like diet, alcohol consumption, smoking, medications, stress, sleep etc in the implication of CU.Our study revealed notable if not significant associations. Out of these, 6 cases (30%) had a family history of CU, while 10 cases (50%) had a prior history of acute urticaria episodes. Additionally, 6 cases (30%) reported food allergies, and 10 cases (50%) had a documented medical history. Furthermore, 7 cases (35%) reported insect bites as a factor, while 1 case (5%) was linked to H. Pylori infections. Notably, 12 cases (60%) showed a lower consumption of fruits, while 9 cases (45%) exhibited a relatively higher intake of foods containing dyes and additives. These findings collectively suggest some potential connections in the development of CU.This study underscores the intricate connections between risk factors, lifestyle choices, and CU. Differences in sleep quality, food allergies, dietary habits, and seafood consumption provide potential insights into associations. This investigation may contribute to improved CU management approaches.

Kepemimpinan Dan Perilaku Organisasi Pendidikan Islam Yang Efektif

This research aims to provide an understanding of the main tasks of leadership and organizational behavior in the context of Islamic education, as well as the criteria for effective leadership and organizational behavior. The method used in this research is library research, by collecting data from various relevant sources. The results of this research conclude that understanding the main tasks and functions of leadership and organizational behavior, as well as the criteria for effective leadership and organizational behavior, is important for leaders and managers of Islamic educational institutions. This understanding helps leaders understand their duties and responsibilities in leading the organization to achieve the desired Islamic education goals. To achieve effective leadership and organizational behavior, several criteria such as a clear vision and mission, the ability to motivate and lead a team, as well as integrity and good morals are very important. Apart from that, factors such as organizational culture, leadership style, and internal and external factors also influence leadership and organizational behavior in Islamic educational institutions. Understanding and implementing these criteria can make a significant contribution to the development and improvement of the effectiveness of Islamic educational institutions.

A Study on the Influencing Factors of High School Students Coping Styles: The Mechanisms of Parental Parenting Styles, Emotional Regulation Self-Efficacy, and Emotional Intelligence

This study delves into the influencing factors of high school students’ coping strategies, focusing on the mechanisms of parental upbringing, emotional regulation self-efficacy, and emotional intelligence. Firstly, this study reveals their diversity and complexity through an in-depth analysis of the basic manifestations and characteristics of high school students’ coping styles. Secondly, the study focused on the presentation of emotions in the coping process and explored the impact of emotional intelligence on coping strategies. Furthermore, this study analyzed from the perspective of causal analysis how factors such as parental parenting styles and emotional regulation self-efficacy affect high school students’ coping strategies. Finally, this study proposes a path selection for optimizing high school students’ coping strategies. It aims to provide a theoretical basis and practical guidance for improving their mental health and coping abilities.