444 research outputs found
Foster care in Egypt: A study of policies, laws, and practice.
Foster care in Egypt is regulated by Ministry of Social Solidarity according to detailed procedures of the child law no 126 for the year 1996 and its amendments of the year 2008. The system combines features of western foster care as well as adoption with the guidelines of Islamic Kafalah system. Children who are deprived from parental care for any reason are eligible to enter the foster care system. This qualitative study analyses the child law against the UN guidelines on alternative care to identify legislative and procedural gaps. It also analyses the current field practices of how placement of children with foster families take place against what is actually mentioned in the child law to identify challenges and opportunities for the enhancement of the service. The study has shown significant discrepancies between practice and national and international legislation
SOCIOCULTURAL AND ACADEMIC ACCULTURATION CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED BY SAUDI FEMALE STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
Coming from a completely different culture, Saudi female students encounter a number of challenges adapting to the American culture. These acculturation challenges may affect their academic, social, and life experiences in the United States. The purpose of this study was to explore the acculturation challenges encountered by Saudi female students in the United States and their strategies to cope with their challenges. The study also aimed to investigate the roles of participants demographic variables and the historical changes in Saudi Arabia on their experiences in the United States. To achieve these objectives, a mixed methods research was adopted implementing an online survey and semi-structured interviews. Data were collected from 100 Saudi female students living and studying in different parts of the United States.Results showed that social challenges were the most difficult acculturation challenge encountered by Saudi female students in the United States, followed by cultural challenges and familial obligations. Discrimination challenges, on the other hand, appeared to be the least challenging issue facing Saudi female students in the United States. Coping with their different challenges, Saudi female students adopted a variety of strategies that helped them adjust to their new environment. Exploring the role of Saudi female students demographic variables on their acculturation challenges in the United States, participants demographic variables of age, living in big city or small town, previous overseas experiences, educational level, English skills self-rating, and marital status seemed to significantly influence Saudi female students experiences in the United States. However, there was no significant relationship between participants acculturation challenges and their regions of origins in Saudi Arabia, regions of residence in the United States, length of residence in the United States, and children. For the effect of the recent changes in Saudi Arabia on Saudi female students experiences in the United States and the way they perceive themselves, a number of positive aspects and effects were highlighted by the participants such as the empowerment of Saudi women, gaining more freedom, receiving equal job opportunities, and becoming stronger, more confident, more independent, and more excited to work hard and go back to Saudi Arabia
Study on Effect of Functional Competency on Performance of Indian Manufacturing Sector
India is one of the fastest emerging global
manufacturing hub with a large number of firms shifting
their manufacturing base to the country due to cheap
labor and good supplier(s) base. Over the years, India has
the largest number of companies, outside of Japan, that
have been recognized for excellence in quality. As many
as 21 companies have received the Deming Excellence
awards; 153 companies have achieved Total Productive
Maintenance (TPM) Excellence Award for their total
productivity management practices by the Japan Institute
of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) committee (Source: IBEF,
2010). Here in this research article author(s) conducted an
empirical survey among Indian manufacturing firms to
understand how manufacturing competency effect the
firm performance. It has been observed that
manufacturing competency has negative impact on firm
performance which is contradicting with the so far
empirical studies conducted in European, Japanese and
American countries. Here in this study authors provides
in depth analysis to explain this negative impact and how
this can lead to positive impact
Measuring indian patients' satisfaction : a case of private hospitals
Exposure to global markets and competitors has placed increasing demands on all sectors of the Indian market. Introducing consumer choice was one of the key motivations underpinning the various healthcare utility privatization of the Indian Hospitals in 1980s, along with enhancing the quality of service provided to consumers. Customer satisfaction is becoming increasingly important for organizational survival, let alone prosperity. This paper aims to study the effect of service facilities provided to patients in private hospitals of India. Suitable satisfaction drivers are identified from the literature and talks with experts. A new customer satisfaction index is discussed. This index is based on American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI}. The concept is developed specially for the private hospitals operating in New Delhi and NCR market of India. A survey was carried out and 180 responses were collected. Application of factor analysis for satisfaction drivers shows that these variables are well represented by four dimensions, viz. information, process, service and expectation.
From the point of view of the user, an advantage of the new customer satisfaction index, which can be named the Patients Satisfaction Index (PSI}, is that the values of the coefficients of the satisfaction drivers give clear hints on potential improvements for researchers and practitioner
Seasonal dynamics of heavy metal uptake in some aquatic plants of the Tigris River
This work aimed to study the accumulation of heavy metals Cadmium, Lead, Chromium, and Nickel in different aquatic plants along the Tigris River. The research focused on the seasonal variations in heavy metal uptake by Phragmites australis, Typha domingensis, Persicaria salicifolia, Azolla filiculoides, and Ceratophyllum demersum. Samples were collected from three distinct locations along the river, each characterized by varied environmental conditions. Using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry, the quantified metal concentrations were measured, revealing significant differences across seasons and locations. The study provides crucial insights into the dynamics of heavy metal accumulation in riverine ecosystems, underscoring the role of environmental factors and plant species in metal uptake
The Relationship between social adjustment and scholastic achievement (A field study of a sample of children in the child-friendly space In Jermana)
The current research aims to identify the relationship between social adjustment of children and their degree of achievement. The impact of the sex variable is known in a segment of children whose families were displaced during the period of the Syrian crisis from the Damascus countryside to the city of Jaramana.
The descriptive analytical approach was used in the field study and sample survey, which consisted of 100 child-friendly children and children in the city of Jaramana. The research tool consisted of a questionnaire to measure the social compatibility and educational achievement of children.,
The research has reached a number of results, the most important of which are:
-There is no significant correlation between the social adjustment of the sample and the academic achievement.
-There was a statistically significant correlation between the social adjustment of female sample members and the academic achievement.
-There was no statistically significant correlation between social adjustment of male sample members and academic achievement.
[1] المساحة الصديقة للطفل بمدينة جرمانا: أحد مشاريع هيئة مار افرام السرياني البطريريكي للتنمية بدمش
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Factors and Impacts of Low Utilization of Internet: The Case of Arab Countries
The Arab countries are greatly behind in terms of their levels of Internet usage. The Arab countries are under pressures to adopt and promote digital transformation. Data in Arab countries are hard to get, resulting in paucity of understanding the factors that affect the use of Internet in Arab countries. This paper combines research from academic and major international organizational literature to examine and synthesize the current use of Internet in Arab Countries. The obstacles and the factors that affect the use and growth of Internet are language, government policies, culture, cost and technology. They are discussed with their impacts
Distributed Resource Allocation for D2D Multicast in Underlay Cellular Networks
We address the problem of distributed resource allocation for multicast
communication in device-to-device (D2D) enabled underlay cellular networks. The
optimal resource allocation is crucial for maximizing the performance of such
networks, which are limited by the severe co-channel interference between
cellular users (CU) and D2D multicast groups. However, finding such optimal
allocation for networks with large number of CUs and D2D users is challenging.
Therefore, we propose a pragmatic scheme that allocates resources
distributively, reducing signaling overhead and improving network scalability.
Numerical simulations establish the efficacy of the proposed solution in
improving the overall system throughout, compared to various existing schemes
Eco-Friendly Pretreatment of Cellulosic Fabrics with Chitosan and Its Influence on Dyeing Efficiency
Energy Management in Wireless Sensor Networks for Internet of Things Applications
Internet of things (IoT) aims to develop a smart world based on sensing environment. The energy management of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is a big challenge in IoT since sensor nodes have limited energy and they need to have long life for collecting data and information. The aim of this paper is to propose an efficient energy routing algorithm in WSN and infrastructure based on construction an adaptive energy map of sensor nodes. The results show improvement in overall system performance and lifetime of WSN compared to traditional scenario
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