Fight Sitting with Movement

Today, Americans spend an average of 13 hours per day sitting. Sitting for as little as two continuous hours increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, back and neck pain, and other orthopedic problems. This project contains 8 YouTube videos presented in an engaging, educational and detailed manner to show individuals what they can do to combat prolonged sitting. The videos focus on moving the body’s joints through their normal ranges of motion & improving an individual’s NEAT (non exercise activity thermogenesis)https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/fmclerk/1455/thumbnail.jp

Contributing Factors and Consequences of Corporate Governance in Small Pakistani Listed Companies

In this research, the contributing factors of corporate governance practices and their consequences are examined in the context of small Pakistani companies traded on Karachi Stock Exchange before the year 2006. The researcher develops an entirely new database in order to facilitate the construction of an index to determine the corporate governance practices of all 312 companies included in the sample and to evaluate their performances. The study notes that a number of organizational characteristics, such as the nature of auditor, market value of equity, leverage, ownership structure of the company, and composition and size of the boards, are closely associated with effective corporate governance practices. Furthermore, the study provides substantiation that effectual adherence to corporate governance regulations not only enhances the organizational performance, but also improves the quality of reported earnings. In the light of the achieved findings, the study concludes that despite the fact that abidance of governance regulations and practices is likely to enhance the organizational performance, small companies that have constrained resources may choose not to follow or implement them. Therefore, the shareholders and management of these companies are required to take more notice of the pluses and minuses of abiding by the governance systems Keywords: Corporate governance, small Pakistani listed companies, accruals quality, Karachi Stock Exchange, company performance, Securities and Exchange Commission Pakistan

Role of work-family conflict in job burnout: support from the banking sector of Pakistan

The main aim of this study is to determine the relationship between work-family conflict (WFC) and job burnout experienced by an employee. This study follows a cross-sectional and quantitative approach. Self-administered, ordinal scale based questionnaires are used as an instrument to collect the responses from 200 respondents, working in the head offices of two private banks in Islamabad, Pakistan. Kendall tau-b rank correlation coefficient, linear regression and one-way ANOVA are employed for testing conceptual and mathematical model. The results of statistical analysis shows that both the domains of work-family conflict i.e. family interference with work and work interference with family, significantly and positively influence the job burnout of employees. Organizations must take an initiative to resolve the work-family conflict so that the employees devote their full capacity to work and also be able to meet their family requirements easily

Employee Silence as a Determinant of Organizational Commitment: Evidence from the Higher Education Sector of Pakistan

The constructs of employee silence and organizational commitment have been researched very well individually, however very few studies examine how they both are related with each other.  The purpose of this research is to empirically determine how the silence of an employee impacts his/her commitment to the organization. To achieve this purpose, data is collected from one-twenty-four people working in the higher education institutions of the capital region of Pakistan. Data is then subjected to various kinds of statistical tests to ensure the achievement of reliable results. The results revealed that employee silence is negatively associated with and a statistically significant predictor of organizational commitment. Keywords: Employee silence, organizational commitment, acquiescent silence, quiescent silence, pro-social silenc

Identifying the Factors Influencing Organizational Health: A Study of Pakistani Medical Colleges

Organizational health, particularly, organizational health of educational institutions, is an under-researched area in Pakistan. Despite of compelling evidence that organizational health has serious, positive consequences on the wellbeing, development, and performance of the employees, as well as the organization, very little research has been conducted on this construct. Using a descriptive and quantitative research approach, the present study intends to determine the key factors that influence the organizational health of Pakistani medical colleges (OHPMC). A questionnaire for determining the factors influencing OHPMC has been specifically designed keeping in view the contextual requirements. Two hundred faculty members from four medical colleges in Rawalpindi are selected as the sample subjects. Statistical tool and techniques such as, descriptive analysis, scale reliability analysis, factor analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis are conducted on the collected data. The results achieved through all these analysis will help the academicians and practitioners to recognize the factors that influence the OHPMC and take necessary measures to enhance them. Keywords: Organizational health, Pakistani medical colleges, communication, rewards, administration, infrastructur

Examining the Role of Knowledge Sharing in Promoting Innovation in the Service Sector of Pakistan

The present research paper aims to conduct an in-depth investigation to determine how knowledge sharing influences experimental innovation, exploitative innovation, and also their concurrent form, i.e. ambidextrous innovation. To achieve this aim successfully, the principles of causal research positivist paradigm is followed. Data is gathered from 192 lower and middle managers in different private organizations in the service sector of Pakistan and is analyzed through the techniques of inferential statistics, such as, regression, correlation and factor analysis. The main findings of the present study reveal that there is a significant positive influence of knowledge gathering on exploitative, experimental and ambidextrous innovation. While, there is a significant positive impact of knowledge contribution from inside the department on the ambidextrous and exploitative innovation. In contrast, there is no statistically significant impact of knowledge contribution from outside the department on any of the three strategies of innovation. The study hopes to draw the attention of the academicians and practitioners towards the significant role of knowledge sharing on the dimensions of innovation. Keywords: knowledge, knowledge sharing, knowledge creation, exploitative innovation, experimental innovation, ambidexterity innovatio

Activity of Indoleamine 2, 3 Dioxygenase (IDO) in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Pakistan

To assess the activity of Indoleamine 2, 3 Dioxygenase (IDO) in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in PakistanMethods: In this prospective study, activity and expression of IDO , was assessed in sera of diabetics and healthy controls (n=28). Colorimetric Assay was performed to analyze IDO activity in samples.Results: A significant difference was observed between the means of control and diabetic patients with a p-value of 0.0001.Conclusion: IDO concentrations were significantly higher in the serum of samples of diabetes mellitus patients as compared to contro

Transportation Barriers to Healthcare in Adults 65+ in the Greater Burlington Area

Introduction. Missed appointments often lead to poorer health care outcomes for patients and pose a major economic burden on medical centers. Transportation is an obstacle to accessing medical care for elderly patients in Vermont and results in delayed medical appointments. Methods. We surveyed senior citizens in Chittenden county to determine both the type of transportation barriers and medical care missed due to the lack of transpor- tation. An original survey assessing the impact of transportation to health care was distributed in person and through an online platform. Participants were asked to identify the following in the past year: how often transportation was an issue for healthcare, specific barriers to transportation, and which specific health care appointments were missed due to lack of transportation. Ninety-six surveys out of a total of 251 collected were included in the analysis. Respondents were grouped into either having high transportation barriers, n=43, (always, often, sometimes had issues in the past year), or low transportation barriers, n=53, (rarely had issues). Results. The high barriers group reported more missed appointments, with eye appointments being the most frequent, and depended more on other modes of trans- portation. The low barriers group was able to drive themselves to their appointments more often. Conclusion. The results suggest a trend between barriers to transportation and a lack of access to healthcare appointments. Although more than half of the survey respondents indicated that they do not currently experience transportation barriers, many expressed concern about the transportation difficulties they could encounter in the future.https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/comphp_gallery/1263/thumbnail.jp