RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPONENTS OF HEAD NURSES MANAGEMENT CAPACITY AND INFLUENCING FACTORS: A CASE STUDY IN VIETNAM

The study is based on Chase 1994's approach to management capacity of head nurses and uses linear regression analysis to determine the relationship between the components of head nurses' management capacity with other influencing factors. The results show that factors such as age, seniority of management, degrees, seniority of work, and management degrees explain 39.1% of the change in professional capacity and 56% of the change in professional competence explaining 52% of the change in thinking ability, explaining 33% of the change in leadership skills and explaining 34% of the change in management skills of financial management. The relationship between management seniority and professional skills is statistically significant and negatively correlated. The relationship between qualifications, working seniority and human resource management skills is statistically significant and positively correlated. The relationship between qualifications, management degrees and thinking skills of head nurses is statistically significant and positively correlated. In addition, the research results also show that the relationship between the influencing factors and the components of the management capacity of head nurses is not statistically significant

Applying Conflict Management Styles to Resolve Task Conflict and Enhance Team Innovation

Task conflicts among group members have a significant impact on team creativity, so it is critical to identify which conflict resolution styles should be used. This paper aims to examine how various conflict management styles influence team creativity via task conflict. The empirical research was conducted using the Structural Equation Model (SEM) for a sample of 257 employees working for Vietnamese organizations. The results show that dominating style increases task conflict while combining and obliging styles reduce it. To take advantage of the creativity-related benefits associated with task conflict, team leaders should develop an open atmosphere that encourages participants' integrating styles, rather than dominating styles. The negative influence of obliging style reflects Vietnamese culture's high collectivism. The study provides various approaches for task conflict management and also highlights the role of controlling task conflicts in enhancing team innovation. It implies that employees will be able to work better as a team in practice if conflict management strategies are used in a flexible manner. It helps them to build a good connection and successfully implement new ideas. Further research should extend the conclusion of this analysis in various contexts to generalize the findings. Doi: 10.28991/esj-2021-01303 Full Text: PD

Technical efficiency of smallholder banana production: a case study in Viet Nam

Bananas are considered one of the leading trading crops due to their high demand all over the globe. Since the increasing demand leads to the expansion of global import, the existing literature is in dire need of updating, especially from the producing economies that fall in the category of developing nations. The study, thus, intends to estimate the critical efficiency of said area. Along with it, the study aims to determine the elements of banana production in the context of Vietnam using a stochastic frontier approach and technical efficiency technique. The sample of the study is the province of Vietnam named Hung Yen, and it made sure to collect the data from 160 farmers in 2022. Results of the study reveal that the farmers' technical efficiency fluctuates between the range of 89.68- 97.81%. However, the average technical efficiency of banana farmers was reported to be 95.92%. From the result, it is gauged that factors such as potassium, manure, distance, capital, and training showed positive signs at a 0.01 significance level. Also, the education and area coefficient show a positive sign at a 0.05 significance level. Finally, distance and district variables, which were the dummy variable, show a negative sign at 0.01 and 0.05 significance levels, respectively.Hoang Van Hung (Hung Yen University of Technology and Education (UTEHY)), Nguyen Van Huong (Hung Yen University of Technology and Education (UTEHY)), Le Thi Thuong (Hung Yen University of Technology and Education (UTEHY)), Thai Thi Kim Oanh (Vinh University (VU)), Nguyen Van Chuong (University of Financial – Business Administration (UFBA)), Nguyen Cong Tiep (Viet Nam National University of Agriculture (VNUA)), Thai Van Ha (Ha Noi University of Business and Technology (HUBT)), Nguyen Thi Luong (Can Tho University (CTU))Includes bibliographical references

Safety and efficacy of fluoxetine on functional outcome after acute stroke (AFFINITY): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Background Trials of fluoxetine for recovery after stroke report conflicting results. The Assessment oF FluoxetINe In sTroke recoverY (AFFINITY) trial aimed to show if daily oral fluoxetine for 6 months after stroke improves functional outcome in an ethnically diverse population. Methods AFFINITY was a randomised, parallel-group, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial done in 43 hospital stroke units in Australia (n=29), New Zealand (four), and Vietnam (ten). Eligible patients were adults (aged ≥18 years) with a clinical diagnosis of acute stroke in the previous 2–15 days, brain imaging consistent with ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke, and a persisting neurological deficit that produced a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of 1 or more. Patients were randomly assigned 1:1 via a web-based system using a minimisation algorithm to once daily, oral fluoxetine 20 mg capsules or matching placebo for 6 months. Patients, carers, investigators, and outcome assessors were masked to the treatment allocation. The primary outcome was functional status, measured by the mRS, at 6 months. The primary analysis was an ordinal logistic regression of the mRS at 6 months, adjusted for minimisation variables. Primary and safety analyses were done according to the patient's treatment allocation. The trial is registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN12611000774921. Findings Between Jan 11, 2013, and June 30, 2019, 1280 patients were recruited in Australia (n=532), New Zealand (n=42), and Vietnam (n=706), of whom 642 were randomly assigned to fluoxetine and 638 were randomly assigned to placebo. Mean duration of trial treatment was 167 days (SD 48·1). At 6 months, mRS data were available in 624 (97%) patients in the fluoxetine group and 632 (99%) in the placebo group. The distribution of mRS categories was similar in the fluoxetine and placebo groups (adjusted common odds ratio 0·94, 95% CI 0·76–1·15; p=0·53). Compared with patients in the placebo group, patients in the fluoxetine group had more falls (20 [3%] vs seven [1%]; p=0·018), bone fractures (19 [3%] vs six [1%]; p=0·014), and epileptic seizures (ten [2%] vs two [<1%]; p=0·038) at 6 months. Interpretation Oral fluoxetine 20 mg daily for 6 months after acute stroke did not improve functional outcome and increased the risk of falls, bone fractures, and epileptic seizures. These results do not support the use of fluoxetine to improve functional outcome after stroke

Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

Summary Background Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. Methods For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Collaboration. We applied a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate trends from 1985 to 2019 in mean height and mean BMI in 1-year age groups for ages 5–19 years. The model allowed for non-linear changes over time in mean height and mean BMI and for non-linear changes with age of children and adolescents, including periods of rapid growth during adolescence. Findings We pooled data from 2181 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in 65 million participants in 200 countries and territories. In 2019, we estimated a difference of 20 cm or higher in mean height of 19-year-old adolescents between countries with the tallest populations (the Netherlands, Montenegro, Estonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina for boys; and the Netherlands, Montenegro, Denmark, and Iceland for girls) and those with the shortest populations (Timor-Leste, Laos, Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea for boys; and Guatemala, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Timor-Leste for girls). In the same year, the difference between the highest mean BMI (in Pacific island countries, Kuwait, Bahrain, The Bahamas, Chile, the USA, and New Zealand for both boys and girls and in South Africa for girls) and lowest mean BMI (in India, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, Ethiopia, and Chad for boys and girls; and in Japan and Romania for girls) was approximately 9–10 kg/m2. In some countries, children aged 5 years started with healthier height or BMI than the global median and, in some cases, as healthy as the best performing countries, but they became progressively less healthy compared with their comparators as they grew older by not growing as tall (eg, boys in Austria and Barbados, and girls in Belgium and Puerto Rico) or gaining too much weight for their height (eg, girls and boys in Kuwait, Bahrain, Fiji, Jamaica, and Mexico; and girls in South Africa and New Zealand). In other countries, growing children overtook the height of their comparators (eg, Latvia, Czech Republic, Morocco, and Iran) or curbed their weight gain (eg, Italy, France, and Croatia) in late childhood and adolescence. When changes in both height and BMI were considered, girls in South Korea, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and some central Asian countries (eg, Armenia and Azerbaijan), and boys in central and western Europe (eg, Portugal, Denmark, Poland, and Montenegro) had the healthiest changes in anthropometric status over the past 3·5 decades because, compared with children and adolescents in other countries, they had a much larger gain in height than they did in BMI. The unhealthiest changes—gaining too little height, too much weight for their height compared with children in other countries, or both—occurred in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, New Zealand, and the USA for boys and girls; in Malaysia and some Pacific island nations for boys; and in Mexico for girls. Interpretation The height and BMI trajectories over age and time of school-aged children and adolescents are highly variable across countries, which indicates heterogeneous nutritional quality and lifelong health advantages and risks

Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)

From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated how much change in mean body mass index (BMI) explains changes in the prevalence of underweight, obesity, and severe obesity in different regions using data from 2896 population-based studies with 187 million participants. Changes in the prevalence of underweight and total obesity, and to a lesser extent severe obesity, are largely driven by shifts in the distribution of BMI, with smaller contributions from changes in the shape of the distribution. In East and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, the underweight tail of the BMI distribution was left behind as the distribution shifted. There is a need for policies that address all forms of malnutrition by making healthy foods accessible and affordable, while restricting unhealthy foods through fiscal and regulatory restrictions

Przemysł 4.0, lean management i wsparcie organizacyjne : przypadek operacji łańcucha dostaw

Currently, Industry 4.0 is considered as the essential improvement of business processes that could improve the lean management along with high organizational support and effective supply chain practices. Thus, the aim linked with the current article is to examine the role of Industry 4.0 in the business processes and its impact on lean management. The purpose also includes the investigation of mediation impact of supply chain operations reference model (SCORM) among the nexus of the role of Industry 4.0 in business process and lean management along with the examination of moderating role of organizational support among the nexus of SCORM and lean management. The researchers and questionnaires have selected the quantitative method of data collection have been used to gather the data from the respondents, while smart-PLS has been executed for analysis purpose. The results revealed that positive association had been found among the nexus of the role of Industry 4.0 in the business processes and lean management. The results also exposed that SCORM is positively mediating among the nexus of the role of Industry 4.0 in the business processes and lean management while organizational support positive moderated among the nexus of SCORM and lean management. These findings provided the guidelines to the policymakers that they should enhance their focus on the implementation of Industry 4.0 in the organization that could lead the organization towards success.Obecnie Przemysł 4.0 uważany jest za zasadnicze usprawnienie procesów biznesowych, które mogłoby usprawnić szczupłe zarządzanie przy jednoczesnym wysokim wsparciu organizacyjnym i efektywnych praktykach łańcucha dostaw. Zatem celem związanym z niniejszym artykułem jest zbadanie roli Przemysłu 4.0 w procesach biznesowych i jego wpływu na lean management. Celem jest również zbadanie wpływu mediacyjnego modelu referencyjnego operacji łańcucha dostaw (SCORM) na splot roli Przemysłu 4.0 w procesach biznesowych i szczupłym zarządzaniu, wraz z badaniem moderującej roli wsparcia organizacyjnego w powiązaniu SCORM i lean zarządzanie. Badacze i kwestionariusze wybrali ilościową metodę zbierania danych, która została wykorzystana do zebrania danych od respondentów, natomiast smart-PLS został wykonany do analizy. Wyniki ujawniły, że pozytywny związek został znaleziony wśród splotu roli Przemysłu 4.0 w procesach biznesowych i szczupłym zarządzaniu. Wyniki pokazały również, że SCORM pozytywnie pośredniczy w powiązaniu roli Przemysłu 4.0 w procesach biznesowych i szczupłym zarządzaniu, podczas gdy wsparcie organizacyjne jest moderowane pozytywnie wśród powiązań SCORM i lean management. Ustalenia te dostarczyły wskazówek dla decydentów, że powinni oni skupić się na wdrażaniu Przemysłu 4.0 w organizacji, która może poprowadzić organizację do sukcesu

Vietnam, the big market and cross bridges of illegal wildlife trade in Asia : causes and solutions

The results of this study provide data on the logistics, scope, routes, channels, seasons, and the economy of illegal wildlife trade in the country and across Vietnam. It investigates the main reasons for the continued illegal wildlife trade and highlights the key failures in Vietnam and other concerned countries undertaking efforts to prevent and control it. This study identifies the most important wildlife trade routes in, and through Vietnam. The study points out eight (8) causes of illegal wildlife trade, suggesting some economic regulation measures as well asten (10) specific and actionable policy recommendations. The report recommends that the government strengthen the capacity of responsible institutions to combat illegal trade practices. It also emphasizes the need to use education to discourage the people of Vietnam fromconsuming illegal wildlife products. The report concludes that given the unprecedented scale of the problem, there is a need for strong institutional commitment and political will at all levels of government within Vietname as well as effective international cooperation among Asian countries in order to have a significant impact on controlling illegal wildlife trade in and through Vietnam.Nguyen Van Song (Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), Trauquy, Gialam, Hanoi, Vietnam), Vu Ngoc Huyen* (Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), Trauquy, Gialam, Hanoi, Vietnam), Dinh Van Tien (Ha Noi University of Business and Technology (HUBT), Vinh Tuy, Hai Ba Trung, Ha Noi, Vietnam), Thai Van Ha (Ha Noi University of Business and Technology (HUBT), Vinh Tuy, Hai Ba Trung, Ha Noi, Vietnam), Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong (Vinh Universitty, Vinh City, Vietnam), Thai Thi Kim Oanh (Vinh Universitty, Vinh City, Vietnam), Vuong Thi Khanh Huyen (Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), Trauquy, Gialam, Hanoi, Vietnam), Nguyen Thi Thuy (Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), Trauquy, Gialam, Hanoi, Vietnam)Includes bibliographical reference

Zarządzanie i wydajność operacji: mediacyjna rola praktyk zarządzania zielonym łańcuchem dostaw w MNC

Recently, operational and supply chain management practices are considered the foremost solution for high operational performance and gain recent researchers' intentions. Thus, the present study aims to examine the role of operational management practices such as extensive training, teamwork, total quality management and just-in-time on the multinational organization's operational performance in Vietnam. The goals also include the examination of the mediating impact of green practices of supply chain among the nexus of operational management practices and operational performance of the multinational organization in Vietnam. The operational and supply chain managers of the multinational organization in Vietnam are the respondents of the study that have been selected by using purposive sampling. The questionnaires have been sued for the data collection, and smart-PLS has been executed for analysis. The results revealed that all the operational management practices have a positive and significant association with multinational organizations’ operational performance in Vietnam. The findings also exposed that the supply chain's green practices are positively mediating among the nexus of operational management practices and operational performance of the multinational organization in Vietnam. These outcomes are suitable for the regulators to develop the policies related to the operational and supply chain practices that could increase organizational performance.Ostatnio praktyki zarządzania operacyjnego i zarządzania łańcuchem dostaw są uważane za najważniejsze rozwiązanie zapewniające wysoką wydajność operacyjną i zyskują najnowsze zamierzenia badaczy. W związku z tym niniejsze badanie ma na celu zbadanie roli praktyk zarządzania operacyjnego, takich jak szeroko zakrojone szkolenia, praca zespołowa, kompleksowe zarządzanie jakością i „just in time” na wyniki operacyjne organizacji wielonarodowej w Wietnamie. Cele obejmują również zbadanie pośredniczącego wpływu ekologicznych praktyk w łańcuchu dostaw w powiązaniu praktyk zarządzania operacyjnego i wyników operacyjnych wielonarodowej organizacji w Wietnamie. Kierownicy operacyjni i łańcucha dostaw międzynarodowej organizacji w Wietnamie są respondentami badania, którzy zostali wybrani na podstawie celowego pobierania próbek. Kwestionariusze zostały pozwane w celu zebrania danych, a smart-PLS został wykonany do analizy. Wyniki ujawniły, że wszystkie praktyki zarządzania operacyjnego mają pozytywny i znaczący związek z wynikami operacyjnymi organizacji międzynarodowych w Wietnamie. Ustalenia ujawniły również, że zielone praktyki łańcucha dostaw pozytywnie pośredniczą w powiązaniu praktyk zarządzania operacyjnego i wyników operacyjnych wielonarodowej organizacji w Wietnamie. Wyniki te są odpowiednie dla organów regulacyjnych do opracowania polityk związanych z praktykami operacyjnymi i praktykami łańcucha dostaw, które mogą zwiększyć wydajność organizacji

CÁC NHÂN TỐ ẢNH HƯỞNG ĐẾN LỰA CHỌN ÁP DỤNG GIỐNG LÚA CHỊU HẠN TRONG BỐI CẢNH KHAN HIẾM NƯỚC: MỘT NGHIÊN CỨU SO SÁNH CHO NÔNG HỘ Ở TỈNH THỪA THIÊN HUẾ VÀ AN GIANG

This study analyzes the factors affecting the selection of drought-tolerant rice varieties and their impact on the income of farmers. Based on a survey sample of 120 rice-growing households in the two study areas, we used Probit and linear regression models to estimate the factors affecting the choice of farmers. The results show that the factors that have an impact on the probability of using drought-tolerant rice varieties include the age of the household head, the number of family members, the monthly income of the household, the number of production crops in a year, and the total land area. The study also shows that the group of households applying drought-resistant rice varieties have higher income and selling prices than the group of households that do not, through the results of the t-test. From our findings, we highly recommend the adoption of drought-resitant rice varieties to mitigate the adverse impact of the increasing threats associated with climate change in general and water scarcity in particular.Nghiên cứu này phân tích các nhân tố ảnh hưởng đến lựa chọn áp dụng giống lúa chịu hạn và tác động đến thu nhập của hộ nông dân. Dựa vào mẫu điều tra 120 hộ trồng lúa ở hai địa bàn nghiên cứu, chúng tôi đã sử dụng mô hình hồi quy Probit và hồi quy tuyến tính để ước lượng các nhân tố tác động đến sự lựa chọn của nông hộ. Kết quả chỉ ra rằng các nhân tố có tác động đến xác xuất sử dụng giống lúa chịu hạn bao gồm tuổi chủ hộ, số thành viên trong gia đình, thu nhập hàng tháng của hộ, số vụ sản xuất trong một năm, và tổng diện tích đất. Kết quả cũng chỉ ra nhóm hộ áp dụng giống lúa chịu hạn có thu nhập và giá bán cao hơn so với nhóm hộ không áp dụng, thông qua kết quả kiểm định t-test. Từ kết quả nghiên cứu, chúng tôi khuyến nghị mở rộng áp dụng giống lúa chịu hạn nhằm giảm thiểu tác động tiêu cực của biến đổi khí hậu nói chung và sự khan hiếm nguồn nước trong sản xuất nói riêng đang có xu hướng gia tăng trong thời gian gần đây