The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Job Performance among Clinical Nurses

Nurses are among the most important human resources of hospitals. Nurses’ performance is affected by several factors including their spiritual intelligence. Spirituality can lead to higher commitment, productivity, and quality improvement in health services. This study aimed to determine the relationship between spiritual intelligence and job performance among nurses in southeast of Iran in 2017. In this cross-sectional study, 204 nurses working in teaching hospitals of Zabol city were assessed. The nurses were randomly selected by cluster sampling. The demographic characteristics were obtained by a checklist. The Job performance Scale and Spiritual Intelligence Scale were further used to assess the intended outcomes. The data was analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multinomial regression. The multinomial regression in Enter mode demonstrated that spiritual intelligence (r=0.14), being married (r=2.17), and educational level (r=3.41) directly and significantly affected nurses’ job performance. On the other hand, higher age (r=-0.24) negatively influenced nurses’ job performance. Considering the impact of spiritual intelligence on the job performance among nurses, it is necessary to implement practical measures to upgrade spirituality in nurses

The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Job Performance among Clinical Nurses

Nurses are among the most important human resources of hospitals. Nurses’ performance is affected by several factors including their spiritual intelligence. Spirituality can lead to higher commitment, productivity, and quality improvement in health services. This study aimed to determine the relationship between spiritual intelligence and job performance among nurses in southeast of Iran in 2017. In this cross-sectional study, 204 nurses working in teaching hospitals of Zabol city were assessed. The nurses were randomly selected by cluster sampling. The demographic characteristics were obtained by a checklist. The Job performance Scale and Spiritual Intelligence Scale were further used to assess the intended outcomes. The data was analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multinomial regression. The multinomial regression in Enter mode demonstrated that spiritual intelligence (r=0.14), being married (r=2.17), and educational level (r=3.41) directly and significantly affected nurses’ job performance. On the other hand, higher age (r=-0.24) negatively influenced nurses’ job performance. Considering the impact of spiritual intelligence on the job performance among nurses, it is necessary to implement practical measures to upgrade spirituality in nurses

Introduction and review of Toshihiko Izutsu’s meted in his book “Ethico-religious concepts in the Qurān”

One of the important scientist of the Quran’s Semantics is Toshihiko Izutsu and the books of this era is “Ethics-religious concepts in the Quran”; this book consists of three parts: One preface, eleven chapter and one conclusion. This study Describesandanalyzesthe book of Izutsu. According this book, Ethics-religious concepts of Quran, are in two categories: The first category are Moralencountersthat Quran Confirms, corrects or opposite with them; e.g.Pessimisticpictureof Terrestrial life, Tribal and Ethnic solidarity and oldvirtuesof Arabs. The second category are the main conceptsof ethics that each of them included most ofthe Moralwords which include: ‘atheism’, ‘dissemblance’, ‘Faith’, ‘Goodness’ and ‘vice’. The authorin this book FocusonQuran.So that, “Quranitself says and itselfinterpretitsconcepts”. Therefore, focused on the relationships between words too much, and each of the conceptsExplainedAccording to the antonyms and synonyms words. His methods in this book have several characteristics: elucidationdifferent views, presentationof new theories, many references to the Quran verses, avoid of precipitant and Attention to various aspects, belief in the integrity and morality of Quran topics, Belief in moral relativism, following of logical courseinpresentations,Belief inlinguisticrelativity and Textorientation. The advantagesamong this work are: “suitableCategories”, “Trying toextractwords meanings of Qur’an itself” and “Useofdifferent sources for the Writingbook”.But the shortcomings of this book are: There are errors in the booke.g.Wronginthe verses of Quran mentioned, not referred to the Shi'ite sources in the examples, Lack of attention to various aspectsand Multiplemeaningsof words.Withall,Impartially, Izutsupresented Ethics-religious concepts in the Quran and successful in this sense. Because if Considered his theory whiteout exaggerate and grandiosity, Opens the path to a comprehensive investigation in the field of Quran’ssemantics

Runs of homozygosity and cross-generational inbreeding of Iranian fat-tailed sheep

The Lori-Bakhtiari fat-tailed sheep is one of the most important heavyweight native breeds of Iran. The breed is robust and well-adapted to semi-arid regions and an important resource for smallholder farms. An established nucleus-based breeding scheme is used to improve their production traits but there is an indication of inbreeding depression and loss of genetic diversity due to selection. Here, we estimated the inbreeding levels and the distribution of runs of homozygosity (ROH) islands in 122 multi-generational female Lori-Bakhtiari from different half-sib families selected from a breeding station that were genotyped on the 50k array. A total of 2404 ROH islands were identified. On average, there were 19.70 ± 1.4 ROH per individual ranging between 6 and 41. The mean length of the ROH was 4.1 ± 0.14 Mb. There were 1999 short ROH of length 1-6 Mb and another 300 in the 6-12 Mb range. Additionally long ROH indicative of inbreeding were found in the ranges of 12-24 Mb (95) and 24-48 Mb (10). The average inbreeding coefficient (FROH) was 0.031 ± 0.003 with estimates varying from 0.006 to 0.083. Across generations, FROH increased from 0.019 ± 0.012 to 0.036 ± 0.007. Signatures of selection were identified on chromosomes 2, 6, and 10, encompassing 55 genes and 23 QTL associated with production traits. Inbreeding coefficients are currently within acceptable levels but across generations, inbreeding is increasing due to selection. The breeding program needs to actively monitor future inbreeding rates and ensure that the breed maintains or improves on its current levels of environmental adaptation