PurposeThis study aims to achieve two objectives: First, to investigate the moderating influences of Coronavirus-19 (Covid-19)-related psychological distress on the process of entrepreneurial cognition; and second, to close the gap between entrepreneurial intention and behavior of higher education institutions students.Design/methodology/approachScales from previous studies have been adopted to develop a questionnaire survey. An online survey questionnaire then is carried out to collect the data; the final sample includes 405 university students. The validity and reliability of scales are tested throughout Cronbach's alpha and confirmatory factor analysis. Hypothesized correlations were then tested via structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results confirm the important roles of perceived behavioral control and entrepreneurial intention in encouraging entrepreneurial behavior, whereas attitude toward entrepreneurship is strongly and positively related to intention to engage in a business venture. Yet, subjective norms are not found to have an impact on entrepreneurial intention. Entrepreneurial attitude-intention link has been negatively moderated by Covid-19-related psychological distress. Also, Covid-19-related psychological distress can lessen the entrepreneurial intention–behavior linkage of higher education institutions students.Practical implicationsThe study provides useful recommendations for practitioners such as educators and policymakers to promote higher education institutions students' entrepreneurship, especially in the global crisis context of the spread of Covid-19.Social implicationsBeing aware of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the entrepreneurship process and translations from intention into behavior to become entrepreneurs provide useful insights to nascent entrepreneurs, community and our society to limit the negative influence of the Covid-19 pandemic and help us overcome this crisis.Originality/valueAddressing the entrepreneurial intention–behavior gap is considered as the biggest contribution of this study. Moreover, the association between perceived behavioral control and entrepreneurial behavior, overlooked by previous studies, is also tested in this study. Furthermore, the findings confirm that psychological distress caused by Covid-19 can inhibit the cognitive process of entrepreneurship.
Helicobacter pylori (HP) is a Gram-negative human pathogenic bacterium believed to be carried by an estimated 50% of the world's population. 1 Infection typically occurs in childhood and if untreated an individual will likely remain colonized for life. 2 Of those infected about 15% may go on to develop pathological symptoms, typically chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer disease (gastric and duodenal ulceration) with the potential for gastric cancer (adenocarcinoma and lymphoma). H. pylori infection is thought to be linked with more than 90% of gastric cancers and normally results if the infection is left untreated. 3 Gastric adenocarcinoma is now the 5th most common cancer and the 3rd in terms of cancer-related deaths. Unfortunately, by the time gastric cancer has developed it is nearly impossible to
Previous studies have effectively demonstrated that teaching techniques for reading comprehension are crucial to the learning process and may have an impact on students' reading comprehension. To further investigate teachers' strategies in teaching reading comprehension and how their students reacted to such strategies at Hau Giang Community College. The current study adopted a qualitative study design with observation and interviews. The study's participants were taken from five English teachers who teach in HGCC with different experiences and degrees of background knowledge and 31 students in Pharmacy A. According to this study, teachers have been using techniques including questioning, predicting, retelling, and picturing to promote reading comprehension. Additionally, it showed that the majority of the students gave enough feedback on the tactics used by their teachers. According to these findings, teachers should inform students of the instructions before they read the text and utilize tactics for teaching reading comprehension in line with each student's level of ability and personality to encourage greater engagement.
The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of E. coli carrying the gene encoding ESBLs in patients with common diseases visiting primary health care centres in 8 provinces of the Northern region (Ha Noi, Ha Nam, Hai Duong, Bac Ninh), the Central region (Thua Thien - Hue, Khanh Hoa), and the Southern region (Can Tho, Ben Tre) of Vietnam. A cross-sectional study was implemented on patients with symptoms of diarrhea, urinary tract infections, skin infections, and respiratory infections. The study used questionnaires to collect epidemiological information and samples to culture, isolate and test E. coli carrying genes encoding ESBLs by PCR technique. The results showed that the percentage of E. coli bacteria carrying genes encoding ESBLs was relatively high (57.4%), the highest rate was in E. coli bacteria on patients with diarrhea (65.4%), followed by urinary tract infections (22.1%), pneumonia (8.82%) and skin infections (3.68%). The rate of co-infection with two genes accounted for 40.9%. The TEM gene was dominant (88.2%), followed by the CTX-M gene (51%). Different types of specimens were also found to have a different rate of carrying this gene. E. coli isolated in the Southern region has a lower risk of carrying genes encoding antibiotic-resistant ESBL, only 42% of the Nothern region’s rates (RR=0.42, p<0.001). Families that used antibiotics also had a higher rate of being infected with bacteria carrying genes encoding ESBLs than families that did not use antibiotics.
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