THE STATUS OF PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR SPORT TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN SOC TRANG PROVINCE, VIETNAM

The method of sociological investigation is used in the article to survey students' opinions at colleges in Soc Trang province and provided information on the status of participation in extracurricular sports of students at colleges in Soc Trang province by gender, ethnicity and purpose.  Article visualizations

THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS AT VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HO CHI MINH CITY

The purpose of the study was to have a comprehensive understanding of the existing conditions assured to give physical education (PE) programs to students at Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM). Through document synthesis, interviews, and statistical processing, the article gained a general evaluation of the current PE conditions according to the following aspects: facilities, administration, and curriculums. In terms of facilities, the total space for sports activities at VNUHCM is measured at 25,454m2, besides, the ratio of sports field area per student is 0.44m2/student. This indicates that VNUHCM’s students do not have enough space for their sports practice as standard. In terms of faculty, teachers at VNUHCM Sports Center are comprised 67.6% male, 88.2% at the age of thirty to fifty, and 100% holding postgraduate qualifications. In addition, 79.4% of the staff at the VNUHCM Sports Center graduated with PE specialized degrees, and 64.7% of them have less than five years of seniority. However, 68.8% of those who are currently delivering PE courses at this Center are visiting teachers. The statistic number reveals that the ratio of students per teacher at VNUHCM is 814.75 students/teacher, which reveals that the number of PE lecturers has not met the standard, and they have been in charge of a large teaching volume. In terms of curriculums, PE programs are conducted with 06 credits in total (90 periods), divided into 02 modules with 3 credits per each (45 periods). Students are allowed to choose their favorite PE content among 10 sports courses including football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, tennis, badminton, martial arts, aerobics, swimming, and chess. The results indicate that VNUHCM’s students actively participate in sports training and competitions to advance their physical fitness.  Article visualizations

Randomised primary health center based interventions to improve the diagnosis and treatment of undifferentiated fever and dengue in Vietnam

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Fever is a common reason for attending primary health facilities in Vietnam. Response of health care providers to patients with fever commonly consists of making a presumptive diagnosis and proposing corresponding treatment. In Vietnam, where malaria was brought under control, viral infections, notably dengue, are the main causes of undifferentiated fever but they are often misdiagnosed and inappropriately treated with antibiotics.</p> <p>This study investigate if educating primary health center (PHC) staff or introducing rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) improve diagnostic resolution and accuracy for acute undifferentiated fever (AUF) and reduce prescription of antibiotics and costs for patients.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>In a PHC randomized intervention study in southern Vietnam, the presumptive diagnoses for AUF patients were recorded and confirmed by serology on paired (acute and convalescence) sera. After one year, PHCs were randomized to four intervention arms: training on infectious diseases (A), the provision of RDTs (B), the combination (AB) and control (C). The intervention lasted from 2002 until 2006.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The frequency of the non-etiologic diagnosis "undifferentiated fever" decreased in group AB, and - with some delay- also in group B. The diagnosis "dengue" increased in group AB, but only temporarily, although dengue was the most common cause of fever. A correct diagnosis for dengue initially increased in groups AB and B but only for AB this was sustained. Antibiotics prescriptions increased in group C. During intervention it initially declined in AB with a tendency to increase afterwards; in B it gradually declined. There was a substantial increase of patients' costs in B.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The introduction of RDTs for infectious diseases such as dengue, through free market principles, does improve the quality of the diagnosis and decreases the prescription of antibiotics at the PHC level. However, the effect is more sustainable in combination with training; without it RDTs lead to an excess of costs.</p

Enzyme-linked immunoassay for dengue virus IgM and IgG antibodies in serum and filter paper blood

BACKGROUND: The reproducibilty of dengue IgM and IgG ELISA was studied in serum and filter paper blood spots from Vietnamese febrile patients. METHODS: 781 pairs of acute (t0) and convalescent sera, obtained after three weeks (t3) and 161 corresponding pairs of filter paper blood spots were tested with ELISA for dengue IgG and IgM. 74 serum pairs were tested again in another laboratory with similar methods, after a mean of 252 days. RESULTS: Cases were classified as no dengue (10 %), past dengue (55%) acute primary (7%) or secondary (28%) dengue. Significant differences between the two laboratories' results were found leading to different diagnostic classification (kappa 0.46, p < 0.001). Filter paper results correlated poorly to serum values, being more variable and lower with a mean (95% CI) difference of 0.82 (0.36 to 1.28) for IgMt3, 0.94 (0.51 to 1.37) for IgGt0 and 0.26 (-0.20 to 0.71) for IgGt3. This also led to differences in diagnostic classification (kappa value 0.44, p < 0.001) The duration of storage of frozen serum and dried filter papers, sealed in nylon bags in an air-conditioned room, had no significant effect on the ELISA results. CONCLUSION: Dengue virus IgG antibodies in serum and filter papers was not affected by duration of storage, but was subject to inter-laboratory variability. Dengue virus IgM antibodies measured in serum reconstituted from blood spots on filter papers were lower than in serum, in particular in the acute phase of disease. Therefore this method limits its value for diagnostic confirmation of individual patients with dengue virus infections. However the detection of dengue virus IgG antibodies eluted from filter paper can be used for sero-prevalence cross sectional studies

Social representations and resident attitudes: A multiple-mixed-method approach

Resident attitudes towards tourism are well researched, but related approaches vary. Social Representations (SR), a set of ideas, values, knowledge and explanations forming the social reality of a community, are one of the most misunderstood concepts in regard. This study demonstrates a practical way to identify, characterize and understand SR through a proposed multiple-mixed-method approach, taking the case of Vietnamese residents’' attitude towards Chinese inbound tourism in Vietnam. Cluster analysis, member-checking interviews and expert interviews are combined for this purpose. Findings show that attitude clusters within the study population are heavily intertwined with relevant SR of Chinese tourism from China. The method offered permits a contextual understanding of SR, providing a better comprehension of historical and socio-political factors for resident studies. It is thus hoped that the proposed method opens the door for a better understanding of the social psychology of residents, but also of other stakeholders and groups of interest

Hệ thống đánh giá kết quả thực hiện công việc của nhân viên Vietinbank Bình Dương

Nghiên cứu này nhằm phân tích hệ thống đánh giá kết quả thực hiện của nhân viên Vietinbank Bình Dương, bằng việc khảo sát 60 nhân viên tại Chi nhánh. Phương pháp phân tích thống kê, đối chiếu so sánh được sử dụng. Kết quả cho thấy mặc dù đã có nhiều tiến bộ, vẫn còn một số vấn đề trong hệ thống đánh giá kết quả thực hiện của nhân viên Vietinbank Bình Dương. Từ đó, nghiên cứu đề xuất mức độ ưu tiên giải quyết các vấn đề còn tồn tại và các giải pháp đến Ban lãnh đạo nhằm hoàn thiện công tác đánh giá kết quả thực hiện công việc của nhân viên Vietinbank Bình Dương

Consumer behavior in Groupon business in Vietnam

This research aims to identify the factors that influence online shopping behavior of consumer in “Groupon” business in Vietnam. The findings provide information to determine the importance level of each selected factors and find out the most important factor among these proposed factors. Multiple Linear Regression and One-Way ANOVA method are used. The findings indicate three factors that have impacts on online shopping in Groupon business: Perceived benefit in Price, Trust and Convenience. The research results also pointed out there are no differences in attitude toward online shopping in Groupon business between gender, education and age group

Developing dimensions to Measure the Quality of Construction Project Management Service

In construction industry today, the consultancy companies need to improve service quality- an important part of consultancy service in order to enhance the customer’s loyalty, boosting the business for future projects and word of mouth reputation. The question is whether the dimensions applied to measure the quality of the generic services can be applied to the professional services such as the construction project management service? If yes, how to do so? This research is based on the literature review, especially Parasuraman et al (1985, 1988), Hoxley (2004), Murugavarothayan et al (2000) and Ong (2007); and the qualitative method to suggest possible set of dimensions to measure the service quality of the construction project management

Quan hệ giữa sự hài lòng và truyền miệng tại các trung tâm Anh ngữ ở TP.HCM

Nghiên cứu này xem xét mối quan hệ của sự hài lòng và truyền miệng các trung tâm Anh ngữ tại TPHCM thông qua khảo sát 200 học viên. Nghiên cứu sử dụng hệ số tin cậy Cronbach’s Alpha và phân tích nhân tố khám phá, phân tích nhân tố khẳng định, phương trình cấu trúc tuyến tính bằng chương trình AMOS. Kết quả cho thấy truyền miệng khen ngợi và hành vi truyền miệng chịu ảnh hưởng mạnh bởi yếu tố cam kết tình cảm. Sự hài lòng chịu tác động mạnh từ chất lượng dịch vụ chức năng hơn là chất lượng dịch vụ kỹ thuật; tiếp đó sự hài lòng sẽ tác động trực tiếp và tích cực đến cam kết tình cảm và cam kết hy sinh cao, giúp cho trung tâm ngoại ngữ tạo được hình ảnh tốt đẹp trong cảm nhận của học viên; dẫn đến hành vi truyền miệng và truyền miệng khen ngợi của học viên

Các yếu tố ảnh hưởng đến sự sáng tạo trong công việc của nhân viên UFM

Nghiên cứu phân tích các yếu tố ảnh hưởng đến sự sáng tạo của nhân viên trong công việc tại trường Đại học Tài chính – Marketing, bằng việc khảo sát 250 nhân viên. Phương pháp phân tích Cronbach’s Alpha, phân tích EFA cùng với phân tích hồi quy bội được sử dụng với phương tiện SPSS. Kết quả cho thấy mức độ tác động đến sự sáng tạo của nhân viên- giảm dần theo thứ tự- là Phong cách tư duy; Tự chủ trong sáng tạo; Động lực nội tại; Tự chủ trong công việc; Sự hỗ trợ của tổ chức. Nghiên cứu đề ra một số hàm ý quản trị giúp nhà trường có chính sách quản trị nguồn nhân lực thích hợp nhất để phát huy tính sáng tạo trong công việc của nhân viên, nâng cao chất lượng công tác của nhân viên