Internet Usage in an Emerging Economy: The Role of Skills, Support, and Attitudes

The Internet has revolutionized the business environment, enabling the conception of the e-economy. Irrespective of the technology divide between developed and developing countries, it is imperative for multinational corporations, their affiliates, and local businesses operating in these economies to use the Internet to sustain their competitive edge in a global market. Hence, this paper provides theoretical insights into Internet usage progression in an emerging economy. Furthermore, the paper examines empirical factors that influence Internet usage in an organizational context. Data gathered from 224 employees who had access to the Internet at work in 33 organizations in Nigeria were used to examine the relationships between Internet skills, management support, and Internet usage. We also investigated the moderating effects of attitudes on the skills, support, and Internet usage relationships. The correlation and regression results provide strong support for the hypothesized relationships. The findings reveal that Internet skills (general and advanced) and management support contribute to Internet usage in organizations in the emerging economy. Some moderating effects of attitudes were also found. Implications and directions for future studies are discussed

Keeping pace : understanding youth engagement in rural America through family structure lenses

With rapid shifts in the family economy, various family structures have continually emerged. Understanding the impact these changes have on youth engagement is foundational to developing interventions that will encourage participation in community life. Factors including rural-urban migration, the great recession, lower fertility rates, marrying at older ages and influx of women into professional employment have contributed to the emergence of new and more complex family types such as single parent and blended families. Youth growing up in these evolving settings (changing family structures) are vested with uncommon challenges. With less than 46% of children born into intact families, understanding the impact these challenges have on the ability of youth to stay engaged in family and community life is foundational to the building of appropriate interventions. Poverty, low educational attainment and lack of employment opportunities, increase the likelihood of breakdown and inadvertently disturb the emotional equilibrium of the home environment. These factors increase the likelihood of breakdown within resource-limited rural communities placing them at a disadvantage compared to families resident in urban areas

Breast Cancer a Multifaceted Phenomenon in Older Women in Nigeria

The paper takes a look at Breast Cancer a Multifaceted Phenomenon in Older Women. The risk factors, screening, therapy and diagnosis, some forms of modern treatment were mentioned and described, their effects on victims enumerated and possible remedies spelt out for the management, reduction or eradication of the disease

ADOLESCENTS AND TEACHERS CLASSROOM INTERACTIONS

The task of this paper is to x-rayed adolescents and Teacher Classroom interactions. The researcher tried to define adolescence, adolescent, and teacher, the concept of reward and punishment as a tool to effective adolescents and teacher classroom interactions was discussed. The researcher also reviewed an article titled “Teacher-Student interactions”. The key to quality classrooms, and finally, some educational implications were highlighted and conclusions were made.  Article visualizations

An Overview of Resilience and Academic Achievement of Adolescents in Nigeria

This paper looks at resilience and academic achievement of adolescents in Nigeria, The paper discusses the concept of resilience, which is a kind of bounce back from risks or traumatic situations, and academic achievement defined as academic success. The work is situated on Richardson Glenn's Three Waves Meta Theory of Resiliency. The first wave discusses the identification of resiliency characteristics. The second wave centres on the processes needed to acquire the characteristics while the third wave discusses the enactment of the processes to explore the characteristics. This work also looks at the risks factors that make students give up easily such as religious crises, terrorism and socio- economic background of the family. The paper also looks at how resilience could be fostered through two main protective factors, the internal and the external factors. The internal factors focus on the individual's assets within him- self-efficacy and locus of control. The external factors are environmental factors which include the family, the school and the community. Based on the issues raised in this paper, recommendations are made

The Relationship Between HIV/AIDS Awareness and Adolescents’ Sexual Behaviour in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

The relationship between HIV/AIDs awareness and adolescents’ sexual behaviour in Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The participants for the study were 120 adolescents. Two questions and two hypotheses formulated. The study was a survey. The device used for data collection was a self made questionnaire that had face and content validity and the reliability coefficient of .89 was obtained for Cronbach alpha while .74 was obtained for split half (Spearman Brown). The analysis of data was done using percentages, mean scores and (ANOVA) results from data analysis showed that the awareness rate of HIV/AIDs is high and that there is a strong relationship between adolescents HIV/AIDs awareness and thier sexual behaviour. The paper concluded with the some recommendations. Keywords: Relationship, Hiv/Aids awareness, adolescents’ sexual behaviour

Adolescent and Teachers Classroom Interactions

The task of this paper is to x-rayed adolescents and Teacher Classroom interactions. The researcher tried to define adolescence, adolescent, and teacher. The concept of reward and punishment as a tool to effective adolescents and teacher classroom interactions was discussed. The researcher also reviewed an article titled ‘‘Teacher-Student interactions: The key to quality classroomsâ€. And finally, some educational implications were highlighted. Keywords: Adolescents, Teachers, Classroom Interactions

Participant perspectives on the effects of an african american faith-based health promotion educational intervention: a qualitative study

Background In the USA, African Americans (AAs) experience a greater burden of mortality and morbidity from chronic health conditions including obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Faith-based programs are a culturally sensitive approach that potentially can address the burden of chronic health conditions in the AA community. Objective The primary objective was to assess (i) the perceptions of participants of Live Well by Faith (LWBF)—a government supported faith-based program to promote healthy living across several AA churches—on the efectiveness of the program in promoting overall wellness among AAs. A secondary objective was to explore the role of the church as an intervention unit for health promotion among AAs. Methods Guided by the socio-ecological model, data were collected through 21 in-depth interviews (71% women) with six AA church leaders, 10 LWBF lifestyle coaches, and fve LWBF program participants. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed by three of the researchers. Findings Several themes emerged suggesting there was an efect of the program at multiple levels: the intrapersonal, interpersonal, organizational, and community levels. Most participants reported increased awareness about chronic health conditions, better social supports to facilitate behavior change, and creation of health networks within the community. Conclusion Our study suggests that one approach to address multilevel factors in a culturally sensitive manner could include developing government-community partnership to co-create intervention

R-spondin1 regulates muscle progenitor cell differentiation and fusion through dual regulation of canonical and non-canonical Wnt signaling pathways

Orchestration of numerous molecular pathways is required to deliver stem cells mediated tissue regeneration. As such, mechanisms controlling one aspect of regeneration are often antagonistic to others. Much attention has focused on Wntmediated signalings as this family is involved in many important steps in mammalian regeneration. In many cell types, the R-spondin (Rspo) family of secreted proteins acts as potent activators of the canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Here, we identify Rspo1 as a mediator of skeletal muscle tissue repair. First, we show that Rspo1-null muscles do not display any abnormalities at the basal level. However deletion of Rspo1 results in global alteration of muscle regeneration kinetics following acute injury. We found that muscle progenitor cells lacking Rspo1 show delayed differentiation. Transcriptome analysis demonstrated that Rspo1 is required for the activation of Wnt/β-catenin target genes in muscle cells. Furthermore, muscle cells lacking Rspo1 have a fusion phenotype leading to larger myotubes containing supernumerary nuclei both in vitro and in vivo. We found the increase in muscle fusion was dependent on downregulation of Wnt/β-catenin and up-regulation of non-canonical Wnt7a/Fzd7/Rac1 signaling. We conclude that reciprocal control of canonical and non-canonical Wnt signaling pathways by Rspo1 in muscle stem cell progeny is a key step ensuring normal tissue architecture restoration following acute damage