INFLUENCE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS ON THE GROWTH OF MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES OWNED BY WOMEN IN MERU COUNTY, KENYA

This study was aimed at establishing the influence of entrepreneurial skills on the growth of women owned micro and small enterprises in Meru town. The target population consisted of all women owned micro and small enterprises in Meru town. These enterprises can be classified into four types namely, trade, service, manufacturing and processing. This data was obtained from the business registration register. The study used descriptive statistics and used self- administered questionnaires to collect data. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statictics using SPSS version 22. The study found that entrepreneurial skills such as marketing skills, financial management skills, human management skills, organizing skills among others had very strong influence on the growth of MSEs owned by women. The multiple regression analysis showed that entrepreneurial skills has a strength of 0.829 and a correlation of correlation of 0.696.The study recommended that all means to be used to ensure women entrepreneurs have the necessary enterprise running skills such as marketing skills, financial management organizing skills human resource management skills

Exploring Relationships between Psychological Capital and Perceived Stress among Newly Graduated Nurses

Stress among the newly graduated nurses has been linked to physical and emotional distress, high turnover rates, and the quality of patient care. Psychological capital is a positive state of mind that consists of four components (hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism). Higher levels of psychological capital have been linked to improvements in the work environment and the psychological and emotional state of nurses. Despite the extensive work of researchers exploring psychological capital among nurses, its relationship to stress among new graduate nurses has not been well studied. The purpose of this quantitative, correlational study was to explore the relationship between the components of psychological capital (efficacy, optimism, hope, resilience) and the perceived level of stress among newly graduated nurses with a maximum of one year of practice. The job-demand resource model was used to frame this study. Perceived stress was measured using the Nursing Stress Scale, and psychological capital was measured using the PsyCap scale. Spearman’s rho and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data. A total of 144 new graduate nurses participated in the study. There was a moderate negative association between efficacy, hope, and resilience components of psychological capital and stress (p \u3c .001); however, the only significant predictor of a reduction in stress was hope (p \u3c .001). The study contributes to positive social change by providing organizations with an understanding of psychological capital and how it mitigates perceived stress among new graduate nurses; this information can be used to develop programs that ultimately result in reduced stress and turnover

Exploring Relationships between Psychological Capital and Perceived Stress among Newly Graduated Nurses

Stress among the newly graduated nurses has been linked to physical and emotional distress, high turnover rates, and the quality of patient care. Psychological capital is a positive state of mind that consists of four components (hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism). Higher levels of psychological capital have been linked to improvements in the work environment and the psychological and emotional state of nurses. Despite the extensive work of researchers exploring psychological capital among nurses, its relationship to stress among new graduate nurses has not been well studied. The purpose of this quantitative, correlational study was to explore the relationship between the components of psychological capital (efficacy, optimism, hope, resilience) and the perceived level of stress among newly graduated nurses with a maximum of one year of practice. The job-demand resource model was used to frame this study. Perceived stress was measured using the Nursing Stress Scale, and psychological capital was measured using the PsyCap scale. Spearman’s rho and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data. A total of 144 new graduate nurses participated in the study. There was a moderate negative association between efficacy, hope, and resilience components of psychological capital and stress (p \u3c .001); however, the only significant predictor of a reduction in stress was hope (p \u3c .001). The study contributes to positive social change by providing organizations with an understanding of psychological capital and how it mitigates perceived stress among new graduate nurses; this information can be used to develop programs that ultimately result in reduced stress and turnover

Theory of planned behaviour-based interventions in chronic diseases among low health-literacy population:protocol for a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Health behaviour can change outcomes in both healthy and unhealthy populations and are particularly useful in promoting compliance to treatment and maintaining fidelity to care seeking and follow-up options in chronic diseases. Interventions to change health behaviour based on psychological theory are more often successful than those without any underlying theory. The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) is one such psychological theory which had been found to predict human behaviour with respect to disease prevention and when applied to interventions can change the outcomes of diseases. Most of the research evidence of TPB-based interventions have been from developed world. Evidence is required whether TPB-based interventions can be applied and works in low-resource, low health-literacy settings of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). METHODS: The protocol has been developed as per PRISMA-P guidelines and incorporates PICO (population, intervention, comparison, outcomes) framework for describing the methodology. Population above 18 years of age and having any chronic disease (as defined for this systematic review) will be selected, while any health or educational intervention based on constructs of TPB will be included. Comparison will be with non-TPB-based interventions or treatment as usual without any intervention, and the primary outcome will be the behaviour change effected by the TPB-based intervention. Intervention studies will be considered, and relevant databases like MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Library and ProQuest will be explored. Data extraction will done in a standardised form, and risk-of-bias assessment will be done using the Cochrane Collaboration’s tools for such assessment. Narrative synthesis of the selected studies will be done to draw the conclusions, and meta-analysis will be done to calculate the effect estimates with I-squared statistics to describe the heterogeneity. DISCUSSION: This systematic review will provide new evidence on fidelity and effectiveness of the TPB-based interventions among chronic disease patients from low health literacy, resource-poor background. It will inform of how to plan and use such interventions to change health behaviour in chronic disease patients, particularly in LMIC settings. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42018104890. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13643-022-02006-2

INFLUENCE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS ON THE GROWTH OF MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES OWNED BY WOMEN IN MERU COUNTY, KENYA

This study was aimed at establishing the influence of entrepreneurial skills on the growth of women owned micro and small enterprises in Meru town. The target population consisted of all women owned micro and small enterprises in Meru town. These enterprises can be classified into four types namely, trade, service, manufacturing and processing. This data was obtained from the business registration register. The study used descriptive statistics and used self- administered questionnaires to collect data. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statictics using SPSS version 22. The study found that entrepreneurial skills such as marketing skills, financial management skills, human management skills, organizing skills among others had very strong influence on the growth of MSEs owned by women. The multiple regression analysis showed that entrepreneurial skills has a strength of 0.829 and a correlation of correlation of 0.696.The study recommended that all means to be used to ensure women entrepreneurs have the necessary enterprise running skills such as marketing skills, financial management organizing skills human resource management skills.   Article visualizations

Functional Link Between Mitochondria and Rnr3, the Minor Catalytic Subunit of Yeast Ribonucleotide Reductase

International audienceRibonucleotide reductase (RNR) is an essential holoenzyme required for de novo synthesis of dNTPs. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome encodes for two catalytic subunits, Rnr1 and Rnr3. While Rnr1 is required for DNA replication and DNA damage repair, the function(s) of Rnr3 is unknown. Here, we show that carbon source, an essential nutrient, impacts Rnr1 and Rnr3 abundance: Non-fermentable carbon sources or limiting concentrations of glucose down regulate Rnr1 and induce Rnr3 expression. Oppositely, abundant glucose induces Rnr1 expression and down regulates Rnr3. The carbon source dependent regulation of Rnr3 is mediated by Mec1, the budding yeast ATM/ATR checkpoint response kinase. Unexpectedly, this regulation is independent of all currently known components of the Mec1 DNA damage response network, including Rad53, Dun1, and Tel1, implicating a novel Mec1 signalling axis. rnr3Δ leads to growth defects under respiratory conditions and rescues temperature sensitivity conferred by the absence of Tom6, a component of the mitochondrial TOM (translocase of outer membrane) complex responsible for mitochondrial protein import. Together, these results unveil involvement of Rnr3 in mitochondrial functions and Mec1 in mediating the carbon source dependent regulation of Rnr3

Estrutura delta para sistemas de irrigação PV

Este artigo apresenta um novo tipo de estrutura estática chamada delta, ΔS(60). Esta estrutura foi desenvolvida com o objetivo de obter perfis constantes de irradiância diária, extremamente importante nalgumas aplicações fotovoltaicas (como por exemplo, em sistemas de irrigação). Uma comparação do desempenho desta estrutura é feita com duas representativas do estado de arte atual: uma estrutura estática orientada ao Equador, S(25),e uma estrutura com seguidor de eixo horizontal, 1xh. É possível concluir que a hipótese de utilizar a ΔS(60) é particularmente interessante em sistemas de irrigação PV – a potência pico necessária com a ΔS(60) é menor que com a S(25), sendo a diferença ainda maior se consideramos o período de rega de maio a setembro