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Aim: To investigate the correlation between organizational agility and nurses' readiness for change. Background: The paradigm of agility in a healthcare organization is a novel concept that embodies the most advantageous organizational status. However, assessing the effects of organizational agility on nurses' readiness for change has not been previously studied. Methods: This cross‐sectional study was conducted on 270 nurses working in a university hospital in Egypt. The study took place between January ‐ March 2022, and participation was voluntary. Data were collected using the organizational agility scale and individual readiness for change scales. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and structured equation modeling (SEM). Results: The results indicated that nurses in the hospital exhibited a moderate level of agility. Nurses' readiness for change is high. The SEM showed that organizational agility accounted for 64% of the variance in nurses' readiness for change. Conclusions: Organizational agility is a significant predictor of nurses' readiness for change. Implications for nursing policymaking: As a means of ensuring that nurses are prepared for changes, nursing institutions should foster agility by instilling a vision for the future, enhancing staff capabilities, encouraging teamwork and open communication, and implementing total quality management, strategic planning, advanced nursing practice, participatory management, shared decision‐making, and policy development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Night temperature plays a key role in the growth and development of rice plants, specifically the flowering and grain filling stages. An increase in night temperature more than the normal range is regarded as high night temperature (HNT). The HNT results in reduced yield; largely the action mechanism of HNT induced rice grain yield loss remains unknown. The present study provides a comprehensive and holistic analysis of HNT induced impact on several morphological, physiological and anatomical factors which individually or in combination may be linked with yield loss. Normal night temperature (AMB) and + 2° C and + 5° C increase (referred to as HNTs) from ambient temperature was imposed on seven rice varieties viz. Ronga Ahu, Haringa, Inglonkiri, Dishang, Maibee, and Banglami over 2 years in bioreactor facilities. The Nagina-22 (N-22), a drought tolerant variety was used as a reference line. Based on grain yield and grain filling percentage, Maibee was highly sensitive; while Bangalami was the most tolerant to HNT. Key parameters of reproductive growth were reduced by HNT among all the varieties, with Bangalami and Maibee proving tolerant and sensitive to HNT. Among the physiological attributes viz. Fv/Fm, NPQ, qP, Pn, gs, iCO2, ETR, and Φ yield showed deviation from normal values under HNT, which led to a reduction in carboxylation efficiency and carbohydrate synthesis in all the varieties. Leaf anatomical features negatively impacted by HNT included the size of the stomatal pore, xylem, and phloem profiles. The SPAD showed a linear correlation with a reduction in leaf chlorophyll, and leaf and grain nitrogen content under HNT. Structured equation modeling (SEM) estimated the contribution of all the morphological and physiological variables toward grain yield loss under HNT. Among the 27 variables, mainly carboxylation efficiency (CO_S), quantum yield (QY_S), dark respiration (RES_S), Fv/Fm (FVFM_S), and non-photochemical and photochemical quenching (NPQ/PQ_S), chlorophyll stability (CS_S) were able to explain variance in grain yield loss under HNT in Bangalami, Maibee, and N-22. The findings of the present study provided a novel insight into the HNT action mechanism responsible for a reduction in growth, development, and yield in rice. Furthermore, SEM indicates important attributes which were crucial for HNT induced yield loss in rice varieties under study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Covid-19 pandemic has severely wide spread worldwide. Online purchases were increasing rapidly due to the pandemic. Customers were afraid to shop in physical stores and preferred shopping online to avoid people. Many companies were closing and moving to digitalization. The rise of social media has become such an important reference to customers in order to making purchasing decisions wisely The goal of this study is to explore the factors influencing customers’ decision to Electronic purchase (E-Purchase) from social media during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study uses unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2 (UTAUT2) model. Accordingly, a questionnaire was conducted to analyze the factors with number of responses equals 551, six hypotheses were tested using Structured Equation Modeling (SEM). Results showed that Perceived Benefit, Perceived Expectancy, Social Influence, Perceived Security have positive significant impact on the E-purchase decision. Effort Expectancy, Hedonic Motivation have positive impact on E-purchase Decision but insignificantly.

Learning through the use of digital media has grown at a rapid pace in the recent years, therefore, use of media has been adopted in many learning programs. The success, however, of these e-learning programs shows varied results. This is because most of these systems have been developed keeping in view the latest technologies rather than educational principles and learners' perspective. Education is a service; however, very little research addresses issue of quality of service in educational environment. Therefore, it is important to design a system for e-learning which encompasses the aspects of overall quality perception leading to user satisfaction. In our paper, we have used ELearning Quality model (Uppal, Ali, & Gulliver, 2017), which has been developed to assess perception of holistic service quality. Language has been used as a moderator since in any educational environment learning content is the key, and the language in which this content is delivered is vital. We believe that availability of educational material in local language has significant impact on overall satisfaction of the learner since it reduces the cognitive load of learner. Through Structured Equation Modeling, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is conducted to investigate the reliability and validity of the measurement model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the current educational environment, it is both timely and appropriate to investigate if there is a difference in learning online compared to learning in person. Moreover, it is important to understand the effect such differences have on students taking in-person classes when compared to those who choose to take asynchronous online classes when in-person class alternatives are available. Our analysis of data collected from students in each type of course at three time periods reveals significant differences in the students' technical efficacy, level of frustration, and locus of control, among others, which help to explain, (in this case, explain better than their GPA) their performance in each course format. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Learning through the use of digital media has grown at a rapid pace in the recent years, therefore, use of media has been adopted in many learning programs. The success, however, of these e-learning programs shows varied results. This is because most of these systems have been developed keeping in view the latest technologies rather than educational principles and learners’ perspective. Education is a service; however, very little research addresses issue of quality of service in educational environment. Therefore, it is important to design a system for e-learning which encompasses the aspects of overall quality perception leading to user satisfaction. In our paper, we have used E-Learning Quality model (Uppal, Ali, & Gulliver, 2017), which has been developed to assess perception of holistic service quality. Language has been used as a moderator since in any educational environment learning content is the key, and the language in which this content is delivered is vital. We believe that availability of educational material in local language has significant impact on overall satisfaction of the learner since it reduces the cognitive load of learner. Through Structured Equation Modeling, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is conducted to investigate the reliability and validity of the measurement model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stigmatizing attitudes have been found among psychology students in many studies, and they are becoming more common with time. This study examines whether participation in clinical psychology lessons reduces levels of stigmatization in a population of psychology students and whether it leads to any change in stigmatization. The study is a pre/post evaluation of the effectiveness of clinical psychology lessons (63 hours of lectures) as a tool to fight stigma. The presence of stigmatizing attitudes was detected using the Italian version of the Attribution Questionnaire-27 (AQ-27-I). Stigmatization was described before and after the lessons with structured equation modeling (SEM). Of a total of 387 students contacted, 302 (78.04%) agreed to be involved in the study, but only 266 (68.73%) completed the questionnaires at both t0 and t1. A statistically significant reduction was seen in all six scales and the total score on the AQ-27-I. The models defined by the SEM (pre- and post-intervention) showed excellent model fit indices and described different dynamics of the phenomenon of stigma. A cycle of clinical psychology lessons can be a useful tool for reducing stigmatizing attitudes in a population of students seeking a psychology degree. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What Is Already Known About This Topic?: Previous research has primarily examined the issue of hepatitis B vaccine hesitancy in migrant workers and other adult populations. However, there is a lack of studies that have specifically investigated the prevalence of hepatitis B vaccine hesitancy among university students., What Is Added by This Report?: In this study, 19.84% of students expressed hesitancy towards receiving the hepatitis B immunization. A negative correlation was observed between hepatitis B vaccine hesitancy and knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to hepatitis B. Conversely, a positive relationship was identified between hepatitis B-related knowledge and attitudes and practices., What Are the Implications for Public Health Practice?: This study examines the factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy towards hepatitis B at a medical university in China. The results have significant implications for developing strategies to improve hepatitis B vaccination rates., Competing Interests: No conflicts of interest., (Copyright and License information: Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2024.)

Purpose – The impact of volatility crush can be devastating to an option buyer and results in a substantial capital loss, even with a directionally correct strategy. As a result, most volatility plays are for option sellers, but the profit they can achieve is limited and the sellers carry unlimited risk. This paper aims to demonstrate the dynamics of implied volatility (IV) as being influenced by effects of persistence, leverage, market sentiment and liquidity. From the exploratory factor analysis (EFA), they extract four constructs and the results from the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) indicated a good model fit for the constructs. Design/methodology/approach – This section describes the methodology used for conducting the study. This includes the study area, study approach, sources of data, sampling technique and the method of data analysis. Findings – Although there is extensive literature on methods for estimating IV dynamics during earnings announcement, few researchers have looked at the impact of expected market maker move, IV differential and IV Rank on the IV path after the earnings announcement. One reason for this research gap is because of the recent introduction of weekly options for equities by the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) back in late 2010. Even then, the CBOE only released weekly options four individual equities – Bank of America (BAC.N), Apple (AAPL.O), Citigroup (C.N) and US-listed shares of BP (BP.L) (BP.N). The introduction of weekly options provided more trading flexibility and precision timing from shorter durations. This automatically expanded expiration choices, which in turned offered greater access and flexibility from the perspective of trading volatility during earnings announcement. This study has demonstrated the impact of including market sentiment and liquidity into the forecasting model for IV during earnings. This understanding in turn helps traders to formulate strategies that can circumvent the undefined risk associated with trading options strategies such as writing strangles. Research limitations/implications – The first limitation of the study is that the firms included in the study are relatively large, and the results of the study can therefore not be generalized to medium sized and small firms. The second limitation lies in the current sample size, which in many cases was not enough to be able to draw reliable conclusions on. Scaling the sample size up is only a function of time and effort. This is easily overcome and should not be a limitation in the future. The third limitation concerns the measurement of the variables. Under the assumption of a normal distribution of returns (i.e. stock prices follow a random walk process), which means that the distribution of returns is symmetrical, one can estimate the probabilities of potential gains or losses associated with each amount. This means the standard deviation of securities returns, which is called historical volatility and is usually calculated as a moving average, can be used as a risk indicator. The prices used for the calculations are usually the closing prices, but Parkinson (1980) suggests that the day’s high and low prices would provide a better estimate of real volatility. One can also refine the analysis with high-frequency data. Such data enable the avoidance of the bias stemming from the use of closing (or opening) prices, but they have only been available for a relatively short time. The length of the observation period is another topic that is still under debate. There are no criteria that enable one to conclude that volatility calculated in relation to mean returns over 20 trading days (or one month) and then annualized is any more or less representative than volatility calculated over 130 trading days (or six months) and then annualized, or even than volatility measured directly over 260 trading days (one year). Nonetheless, the guidelines adopted in this study represent the best practices of researchers thus far. Practical implications – This study has indicated that an earnings announcement can provide a volatility mispricing opportunity to allow an investor to profit from a sudden, sharp drop in IV. More specifically, the methodology developed by Tan and Bing is now well supported both empirically and theoretically in terms of qualifying opportunities that can be profitable because of the volatility crush. Conventionally, the option strategy of shorting strangles carries unlimited theoretical risk; however, the methodology has demonstrated that this risk can be substantially reduced if followed judiciously. This profitable strategy relies on a set of qualifying parameters including liquidity, premium collection, volatility differential, expected market move and market sentiment. Building upon this framework, the understanding of the effects of persistence and leverage resulted in further reducing the risk associated with trading options during earnings announcements. As a guideline, the sentiment and liquidity variables help to qualify a trade and the effects of persistence and leverage help to close the qualified trade. Social implications – The authors find a positive association between the effects of market sentiment, liquidity, persistence and leverage in the dynamics of IV during earnings announcement. These findings substantiate further the four factors that influence IV dynamics during earnings announcement and conclude that just looking at persistence and leverage alone will not generate profitable trading opportunities. Originality/value – The impact of volatility crush can be devastating to the option buyer with substantial capital loss, even for a directionally correct strategy. As a result, most volatility plays are for option sellers; however, the profit is limited and the sellers carry unlimited risk. The authors demonstrate the dynamics of IV as being influenced by effects of persistence, leverage, market sentiment and liquidity. From the EFA, they extracted four constructs and the results from the CFA indicated a good model fit for the constructs. Using EFA, CFA and Bayesian analysis, how this model can help investors formulate the right strategy to achieve the best risk/reward mix is demonstrated. Using Bayesian estimation and IV differential to proxy for differences of opinion about term structures in option pricing, the authors find a positive association among the effects of market sentiment, liquidity, persistence and leverage in the dynamics of IV during earnings announcement.

The objectives of this study were (1) to evaluate the long-term effects of a lifestyle physical activity intervention (n = 60) and a structured exercise intervention (n = 60) on physical self-perceptions and self-esteem in older adults compared with a control group (n = 66), and (2) to test the longitudinal fit of the exercise and self-esteem model (EXSEM). Immediately after the 11-month interventions, the lifestyle group showed significant improvements in self-perceived physical condition, sport competence, body attractiveness, and physical self-worth. In the structured group, significant effects were found on physical condition and sport competence. One year later, the lifestyle program had significant effects on body attractiveness and global self-esteem, while the structured group showed significant improvements in physical condition, sport competence, and body attractiveness. Path analyses revealed a good fit for the EXSEM across the 2-year period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Exposure to parental abuse and lack of parental affection during childhood are risk factors for adulthood psychopathology. Tendency to engage in positive reappraisal may be a plausible mechanism underlying this relationship. The current study examined if positive reappraisal coping mediated the relationship between maternal/paternal abuse/affection and adulthood generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms. Participant data (N = 3294) from the Midlife Development in the United States study was collected in three waves, spaced nine years apart. Longitudinal structural equation mediation modeling examined whether positive reappraisal coping at Time 2 mediated the relationship between maternal/paternal abuse/affection at Time 1 and GAD symptoms at Time 3, controlling for GAD symptoms at Time 1. Positive reappraisal coping mediated maternal/paternal childhood abuse – GAD symptom severity and maternal/paternal childhood affection – GAD severity relations. Maternal and paternal abuse was associated with lower positive reappraisal tendencies, predicting increased GAD symptom severity. Conversely, higher maternal/paternal affection was associated with increased positive reappraisal, predicting lower GAD severity. Incremental prediction revealed that childhood abuse to GAD severity via positive reappraisal path was significant for maternal but not paternal abuse, whereas affection from both parents remained significant. Positive reappraisal coping may be a possible mechanism linking childhood experiences to adulthood GAD severity. • Positive reappraisal coping may link parental abuse/affection to adulthood GAD. • Maternal/paternal abuse predicted decreased positive reappraisal coping. • Maternal/paternal affection predicted increased positive reappraisal coping. • Positive reappraisal coping inversely predicted GAD symptoms in adulthood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: positive and negative raising practices are associated to severe child behavioral problems. Objective: to identify the raising practices that predict children behavioral moderated problems. Method: we worked with 508 parents, which mean years old was 35.6. We used the Raising Practices Inventory, the Parenting Questionnaire-Alabama, the Children Manegement Skills one and the Child Behavior Inventory. We used descriptive and multiple lineal regression analysis. Throughouth an structured equation modeling, we obtained a data adjustment with a χ2 (1310) = 1879.18; p = 0.000, CFI = 0.872, RMSEA = 0.048, CI of 0.043, a 0.053 and a SRMR = 0.076. The characteristical behaviors of hiperactivity had a highest mean (M=40.6 DE= 21.9), followed by the opositional and defiant (M=40.5 DE= 22.4), innatentional (M=37.9 DE= 23.2) and aggresive and disruptional ones (M=21.3 DE= 20.1). The inconsistent discipline did predict oppositional and defiant behaviors (r2 = 0.785); lack of monitoring and supervision did predict disruption and aggression (r2 = 0.723); physical punishment did predict hiperactivity (r2 = 0.590); and material gains delivering (r2 = -0.174) and inconsistent discipline (r2 = 0.560) did predict inattentional behaviors. Conclusion and discussion: negative raising practices such as physical punishment, inconsistent discipline, delivery of material gains to improve children interaction, and poor monitoring and supervision, did predict moderate ocurrence of hiperactivity, oppositional, defiant, inattentional, disruptional and aggressive behaviors, respectivily. Behavioral parent training should consider positive raising practices to reduce children moderated behavioral problems.----------------------- Introducción: las prácticas positivas y negativas de crianza se asocian con problemas severos de conducta infantil. Objetivo: identificar las prácticas de crianza que predicen problemas moderados de conducta en niños. Método: participaron 508 padres, de 35.6 años de edad en promedio. Se utilizaron el Inventario de Prácticas de Crianza, el Cuestionario de Parentalidad de Alabama, el de Habilidades de Manejo Infantil y el Inventario de Conducta Infantil. Además, se usaron análisis descriptivos y de regresión lineal múltiple. A través del modelamiento de ecuaciones estructurales, se obtuvo un ajuste de los datos con una χ2 (1310) = 1879.18; p = 0.000, cfi = 0.872, rmsea = 0.048, ic de 0.043 a 0.053 y un srmr = 0.076. Las conductas características de la hiperactividad tuvieron el mayor promedio (m = 40.6, de = 21.9), seguidas por las de oposición y desafío (m = 40.5 de = 22.4), la inatención (m = 37.9, de = 23.2) y la disrupción/agresión (m = 21.3, de = 20.1). El factor oposición y desafío estuvo predicho por el factor de disciplina inconsistente (r2 = 0.785), la disrupción/agresión por la falta de monitoreo y supervisión (r2 = 0.723) y la hiperactividad por el castigo corporal (r2 = 0.590), en tanto que la inatención estuvo predicha inversamente por las ganancias materiales entregadas por los padres (r2 = -0.175) y directamente por la disciplina inconsistente (r2 =0.560). Discusión y conclusione. las prácticas negativas de crianza como el uso del castigo corporal, la disciplina inconsistente, la entrega de ganancias materiales para mejorar la interacción con los hijos y el pobre monitoreo y supervisión predijeron de manera confiable la ocurrencia moderada de las conductas de hiperactividad, oposición, desafío, inatención, disrupción y agresión, respectivamente. El entrenamiento conductual a padres deberá incorporar prácticas positivas de crianza para la reducción de problemas moderados de conducta infantil.

Firms in the supply chain have increasingly realized the importance of organizational learning to the basic survival and further development, but organizational learning faces internal and external complex environments. This study explores internal learning and external learning from supply chain internal complexity, upstream complexity and downstream complexity, and examines the impact of organizational learning on operational competency. Based on data collected from 317 high performance manufacturing (HPM) firms in ten countries, we propose and examine the model of "complexity - organizational learning-operational competency" by using the structured equation modeling method. The result shows that upstream complexity is negatively related uo both internal and external learning, and downstream complexity is negatively related to internal learning, while internal complexity has no significant impact on internal and external learning. Internal learning significantly improves delivery, innovation, customer service, while external learning significantly improves quality and customer service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BACKGROUND: Work and family are the two most important domains in a person's life. Lack of balance between work and family can lead to adverse consequences such as psychological distress; however, the effect of work-family conflict on psychological distress might be mediated by job and family dissatisfaction. OBJECTIVES: This study examines a model of the four dimensions of work-family conflict and their consequences on psychological distress. In particular, we test whether job and family satisfaction mediate the effect of the four dimensions of work-family conflict on psychological distress. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 567 Malaysian women who are working in the public services. RESULTS: Structural Equation Modeling confirmed the mediating role of family satisfaction in the effect of strain-based work interference into family and time-based family interference into work on psychological distress. In addition, our results revealed a significant path that links job to family satisfaction. Moreover, time-based work interference into family and strain-based family interference into work significantly and negatively affect job satisfaction, which in turn influence family satisfaction and eventually affect psychological distress. CONCLUSION: The results of our study show that organizations need to develop and adapt family friendly policies to mitigate level of employees' work-family conflict. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The vast majority of retail customers use electronic channels (e-channels) to search for product information, but do not complete the purchasing process online. This research investigates the role of information quality in transitioning retail consumers to complete the purchasing process online, thereby replacing physical channels with online channels. This research makes three contributions: 1) it highlights the importance of information quality and its influence on a consumer's choice to use e-channels to purchase online; 2) it supports the premise that high-quality information can convert experience attributes into search attributes; and 3) it identifies four antecedents that increase perceived information quality: higher telepresence, screening capability, channel trustworthiness, and lower cognitive overhead. Data from 309 consumers were analyzed using structural equation modeling and regression. Implications and future research avenues are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Virtual stores are Internet-based innovations that influence the dynamics of consumer choice making. Utilizing the attitude-to-behavior theory, theory of reasoned action, technology acceptance model, functional theory of attitude, causal theory of action, and prior literature, we develop and empirically evaluate a model that describes consumer purchase decisions in a virtual store. We test the model using data collected from validated survey instruments for each of the constructs utilizing the structured equation modeling technique. The model helps in the design of virtual stores by describing how individuals who visit such stores can be induced to purchase from virtual stores. It describes that perceived usefulness, perceived behavioral control, and perceived peer influence impact attitude toward purchasing from a virtual store. Attitude toward purchasing from a virtual store, in turn, influences the actual purchasing from a virtual store. We discuss the implications for the design of virtual stores that lead to purchase decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: E-learning, one of the tools emerged from information technology, has been integrated in many university programs. There are several factors that need to be considered while developing or implementing university curriculums that offer e-learning based courses. This paper is intended to specify e-learning critical success factors (CSFs) as perceived by university students. The published e-learning critical success factors were surveyed and grouped into 4 categories namely, instructor, student, information technology, and university support. Each category included several measures. The categorization was tested by surveying 538 university students. The results revealed 8 categories of e-learning CSFs, each included several critical e-learning acceptance and success measures. The level of criticality of each measure was represented by its validity coefficient. Confirmatory factor modeling approach was used to assess the criticality of the measures included in each CSF category. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Background: Many factors may play a role in the severity and progression of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) since pathophysiology is multifactorial. Data regarding the progression of GERD are controversial: some reports of increased esophageal acid exposure (EAE) and mucosal damage were considered as evidence for a stable disease course, while others interprete these findings as disease progression. The aim of this study is to analyze a large patient-population with persisting symptoms indicative of GERD under protonpumpinhibitor-therapy and identify components characterizing disease severity and progression., Methods: Patients with symptoms indicative of GERD were included in the study in a tertiary referral center (Frankfurt, Germany). All selected patients were under long-term protonpumpinhibitor-therapy with persistant symptoms. All patients underwent investigations to collect data on their physical status, EAE, severity of esophagitis, anatomical changes, and esophageal functional defects as well as their relation to the duration of the disease. Incidence over time was plotted as survival curves and tested with Log-rank tests for the four main disease markers. Multivariate modeling with COX-regression model was used to estimate the general impact of the four main disease markers on the time course of the disease. In order to elucidate possible causal relationships over time, a path analysis (structural equation model) was calculated., Results: From the database with 1480 data sets, 972 patients were evaluated (542 males, 430 females). The mean age was 50.5 years (range18-89). The mean body mass index was 27.2(19-48). The mean time between the onset of symptoms and the diagnostic investigations was 8.2 years (1-50). A longer disease history for GERD was significantly associated with a higher risk for LES-incompetence. The mean duration from symptom onset to the time of clinical investigation was 9 years for patients with LES-incompetence (n = 563), compared to a mean of 6 years for those with mechanically intact LES (n = 95). A longer period from symptom onset to diagnostics was significantly associated with higher acid exposure. The pathway analysis was significant for the following model: 'history' (P < 0.001➔LES-incompetence & Hiatal Hernia➔(p < 0,001)➔pH-score (P < 0.001).Conclusion: LES-incompetence, the functional deterioration of the LES, and the anatomical alteration at the esophagogastric junction (Hiatal Hernia) as well as an increased EAE were associated with a long history of suffering from GERD. Path modeling suggests a causal sequence overtime of the main disease-parameters, tentatively allowing for a prediction of the course of the disease., (© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)

Educational data mining provides various advantages to the education systems in many ways. It enhances the teaching process, the learning process, the scholastic performance of students, career selection, employability, and more. The differences in attitude of students' behavior lead to difference in their academic performance. The article covers the non-intellectual parameters of students to enhance their academic performance. The study tests the relationship between psychometric constructs of students and their academic correlate. The models for enhancing intellectual performance which involves various non-intellectual parameters are analyzed using structural equation modeling. It is observed that the values of the models were retrieved near to fit values. The results entail that the models will be beneficial for students in improving their academic performance by revising their psychological parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Work and family are the two most important domains in a person's life. Lack of balance between work and family can lead to adverse consequences such as psychological distress; however, the effect of work-family conflict on psychological distress might be mediated by job and family dissatisfaction., Objectives: This study examines a model of the four dimensions of work-family conflict and their consequences on psychological distress. In particular, we test whether job and family satisfaction mediate the effect of the four dimensions of work-family conflict on psychological distress., Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 567 Malaysian women who are working in the public services., Results: Structural Equation Modeling confirmed the mediating role of family satisfaction in the effect of strain-based work interference into family and time-based family interference into work on psychological distress. In addition, our results revealed a significant path that links job to family satisfaction. Moreover, time-based work interference into family and strain-based family interference into work significantly and negatively affect job satisfaction, which in turn influence family satisfaction and eventually affect psychological distress., Conclusion: The results of our study show that organizations need to develop and adapt family friendly policies to mitigate level of employees' work-family conflict.

Background: This study aimed to clarify how community mental healthcare systems can be improved., Methods: We included 79 schizophrenic patients, aged 20 to 80 years, residing in the Tokyo metropolitan area who regularly visited rehabilitation facilities offering assistance to psychiatric patients and were receiving treatment on an outpatient basis. No subjects had severe cognitive disorders or were taking medication with side effects that could prevent the completion of questionnaires. Questionnaires included items related to quality of life, self-efficacy, self-esteem, psychosis based on the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale, health locus of control, and socio-demographic factors. We performed multiple linear regression analysis with quality of life as the dependent variable and, based on covariance structural analysis, evaluated the goodness of fit of the resulting structural equations models., Results: Self-efficacy, self-esteem, and degree of psychosis significantly impacted quality of life. Marital status, age, and types of medications also influenced quality of life. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed psychiatric symptoms (Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale-32 [daily living and role functioning] (Beta = -0.537, p < 0.001) and self-efficacy (Beta = 0.249, p < 0.05) to be predictors of total quality of life score. Based on covariance structural analysis, the resulting model was found to exhibit reasonable goodness of fit., Conclusions: Self-efficacy had an especially strong and direct impact on QOL. Therefore, it is important to provide more positive feedback to patients, provide social skills training based on cognitive behavioral therapy, and engage patients in role playing to improve self-efficacy and self-concept.