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Elite Athletes’ In-event Competitive Anxiety Responses and Psychological Skills Usage under Differing Conditions

Even though the assessment of competitive anxiety responses (intensity, interpretation, and frequency) using the time-to-event paradigm has gained much attention, literature on the account of these same experiences inevent and their corresponding psychological skills adopted under differing conditions is limited. This is a follow up investigation to establish the extent to which associated anxiety responses are stable or dynamic and whether this pattern could be related to reported psychological skills under low or high stressful conditions across gender. Twenty-three high level (N = 13 males and 10 females) Ghanaian Table Tennis players provided data through completion of modified versions of Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2, incorporated with directional and frequency of intrusion scales and the Test of Performance Strategies inventory during breaks within competitive fixtures.

Source: UCC
Elite Student-Athletes' Perceptions of Coaches’ Behavior during the 23rd World Universiade Games in Kazan, Russia

Despite the fact that behavior of coaches is critical towards optimal development and performance of athletes, there still remains a dearth of empirical evidence involving self-perceptions of competitive athletes at elite level. The purpose of the present study was to examine thletes’ perceptions related patterns and gender differences specific to oaching behaviors during competition. Consequently, the eadership Scale for Sports was administered to 201 conveniently sampled elite student-athletes during the 23rd World Universiade Games at Kazan, Russia. Results show that a considerable number of sampled athletes perceived their coaches not to have provided the needed social support and positive feedback during competition. However, majority of these athletes felt they were involved democratically across the competition period. Additionally, while male athletes perceived their coaches to have given appreciable training and instruction, were more democratic, socially supportive, and provided positive feedback, female athletes perceived their coaches to be autocratic. A greater need for social support and positive feedback are required from coaches to help athletes deal with the stressors of elite competition. Similarly, the gender differences in the athletes’ perceptions suggest a more idiosyncratic approach and flexibility toward coaching at high performance level if desired outcomes are to be accomplished

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(Elohim Attem) in Psalm 82:6 of the Masoretic text and the translation of Moy! Anyame in the Asante Twi Bible.

This thesis analyses אֱלֹהִים אַ תם (ELOHIM ATTEM) IN PSALM 82:6 OF THE MASORETIC TEXT AND THE TRANSLATION OF MOY! ANYAME IN THE ASANTE TWI BIBLE. Misinterpretation of biblical texts can lead to incorrect applications and misconceptions. This study examines Psalm 82 of the Masoretic text and Asante Twi translations using form-critical methods and decolonization-critical approaches, emphasizing the importance of considering source and receptor languages and language groups' worldviews in Bible translation. The study highlighted the following findings: Decolonization theory, or the postcolonial critical hermeneutic, as a corrective, dialogic, and liberating hermeneutic to analyse translations and revisions of the Bible that have emerged from a colonial past where bias and misunderstanding of the culture and language have compromised the translation work that was done; the relevance dynamic of translation; theology of that translation; reflection on translation as contextualization, incarnation, and appropriation of the Biblical message in the ‘culture’ of a specific ethnic group; the term anyame coined to define the religion of the Akan people as polytheism, which includes the Asante; and the missiological significance of this rendering and its implications. The thesis recommends that the Asante Twi Bible needs a re-reading of Psalm 82 to provide an appropriate rendering of Elohim for Asante Twi readers.

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Embedded metal mask enhanced evanescent near field optical lithography

Simulation of evanescent optical lithography using an embedded metal mask (EMM) shows that resolution and throughput are significantly enhanced over conventional ENFOL, due to coupling between surface plasmons and cavity mode excitations. The key role played by surface plasmon polaritons and the effects of wave vector matching between the incoming photon and the EMM mask grating are clear from the simulation. In particular a double peaked resonant intensity distribution is revealed for the first time within the dielectric filled mask cavity, for the shorter wavelengths only. This effect is highly conducive to efficient sub wavelength lithography and has not been discovered by previous simulations. The EMM–ENFOL process has considerable potential for cheap, high throughput nanolithography with resolution well below diffraction limits

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Embryonic germ cells from mice and rats exhibit properties consistent with a generic pluripotent ground state

Mouse and rat embryonic stem cells can be sustained in defined medium by dual inhibition (2i) of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (Erk1/2) cascade and of glycogen synthase kinase 3. The inhibitors suppress differentiation and enable self-renewal of pluripotent cells that are ex vivo counterparts of naïve epiblast cells in the mature blastocyst. Pluripotent stem cell lines can also be derived from unipotent primordial germ cells via a poorly understood process of epigenetic reprogramming. These are termed embryonic germ (EG) cells to denote their distinct origin. Here we investigate whether EG cell self-renewal and derivation are supported by 2i. We report that mouse EG cells can be established with high efficiency using 2i in combination with the cytokine leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF). Furthermore, addition of fibroblast growth factor or stem cell factor is unnecessary using 2i-LIF. The derived EG cells contribute extensively to healthy chimaeric mice, including to the germline. Using the same conditions, we describe the first derivations of EG cells from the rat. Rat EG cells express a similar marker profile to rat and mouse ES cells. They have a diploid karyotype, can be clonally expanded and genetically manipulated, and are competent for multilineage colonisation of chimaeras. These findings lend support to the postulate of a conserved molecular ground state in pluripotent rodent cells. Future research will determine the extent to which this is maintained in other mammals and whether, in some species, primordial germ cells might be a more tractable source than epiblast for the capture of naïve pluripotent stem cells.

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Emergency Preparedness in Trauma Management in Central Region

Globally, road accidents claim the lives of over 1.3 million people annually; low- and middle-income countries account for 93% of these deaths. This puts the health of the world at grave risk. Assessing Ghana's Central Region's trauma management emergency readiness is the primary objective of this study. Data for the study were obtained by a cross-sectional questionnaire using a quantitative research approach. A census-style technique was used to include all 65 nurses who worked in the emergency departments of three public health institutions in the Central Region that were carefully selected. A systematic questionnaire comprising checklists, true/false questions, and multiple-choice questions (MCQs) was used to gather data. Ethics council permission was obtained, guaranteeing voluntary and private participation. Chi-square, binary logistic regression, and descriptive approaches were used to examine the data. According to the results, all three hospitals showed a moderate level of readiness for the treatment of trauma patients. Unique protocols and policies tailored to each facility were observed, influenced by organizational structures and resource availability. In conclusion, the study revealed a significant association observed between respondents' sex (male or female) and their knowledge of resuscitation. There was a significantly higher probability of female healthcare staff possessing sufficient knowledge regarding resuscitation. The study also revealed deficiencies in the CPR proficiency of the emergency department nurses, which should serve to guard against complacency and ensure that their knowledge remains up to date throughout their careers. It recommends frequent refresher courses and opportunities for practical instruction.

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Emergency Thyroidectomy in a Patient with Severe Upper Airway Obstruction Caused b Goiter: Case for Regional Anesthesia

A case of severe airway obstruction caused by a giant malignant goiter is presented. The patient had emergency thyroidectomy under regional anesthesia (bilateral superficial cervical plexus block). The procedure was well tolerated and the intraoperative course was unevenfful. The anesthetic challenges are discussed and a case is made for regional anesthesia as a safe and reliable anesthetic option for thyroidectomy in this situation.

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Emerging Culture And Tutor Job Satisfaction In Public Colleges Of Education In Ghana

This study investigated the relationship between the emerging culture and job satisfaction of tutors in public CoEs in Ghana, and analysed the combination of culture traits that enhance tutor job satisfaction in these colleges. Guided by the positivists‟ paradigm, this study adopted the quantitative approach to conducting research and relied on the descriptive correlational survey design. All tutors of the forty-six public Colleges of Education (CoEs) in Ghana formed the target population for this study. However, eligible respondents for this study involved all full-time academic staff who had been at post in their respective public CoEs for at least two academic years. In all, this study sampled 750 eligible tutors using proportional stratified sampling. The use of a structured questionnaire assisted in obtaining quantitative data. Analysis of pre-test data obtained from three randomly selected public CoEs in Ghana involving sixty-five (65) respondents generated a reliability coefficient of .948 for forty-eight college culture items, and a coefficient of .940 for thirty items for tutor job satisfaction. For the main study, the analysis of the data involved responses from 714 respondents, and the use of descriptive statistics (percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, Stepwise Regression, and Analysis of Variance) assisted in analysing the data. One significant finding from this study was that all the four culture traits (involvement, consistency, adaptability, and mission) outlined in this study usually prevailed in public CoEs in Ghana even though mission culture trait was dominant. Generally, the tutors in public CoEs in Ghana had a strong job satisfaction, and experienced a very high level of job satisfaction. Additionally, there was a strong statistically significant positive relationship between overall emerging college culture and overall tutor job satisfaction. Furthermore, a combination of involvement, mission, consistency, and adaptability culture traits yielded 48.5% of variance in tutor job satisfaction and this was statistically significant. More so, there was no statistically significant differences in the overall emerging college culture based on the mentoring university. However, there were statistically significant differences in consistency culture trait and mission culture trait in terms of the mentoring university, even though the significant differences were small for both culture traits. The conclusion from these findings is that college culture guides and provides a framework and foundation, both in the form of philosophies and passion on one hand, and the factors that direct tutor job satisfaction to enable them accomplish tasks on the other hand to achieve the desired quality teacher education in public CoEs in Ghana. Among the recommendations is that management of public CoEs should willfully build a positive college culture that integrates mission, involvement, consistency, and adaptability culture traits to enhance tutor job satisfaction.

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Emerging Issues Of Staff Qualification In Takoradi Technical University’s Transition From Polytechnic

The purpose of this study was to explore the emerging issues of staff qualification in Takoradi Technical University’s transition from Polytechnic. A descriptive survey design was employed for the study. The population of the study comprised senior and junior staff at Takoradi Technical University. A sample of 231 were selected via a stratified and simple random sampling techniques for the study. Data were collected with questionnaires (Staff Qualification Questionnaire [SQQ]). Frequencies, percentages, means, and independent samples t-test were used to analyse the data. The study showed that staff qualification characteristics after transition from Takoradi Polytechnic to Takoradi Technical University are important. The emerging staff characteristics include supporting lifelong learning and utilising various programmes, early career, evolving position, further learning, and vocation change, flat and vertical professional movement and portability. The study also revealed that three categories of skills-set (communication, technical, and conceptual) are essential for current and potential staff. The study further revealed that Takoradi Technical University is confronted with recruitment challenges such as limited financial resources to expand services, inadequate staff development programmes, and political influences with regard to staff qualifications. Furthermore, the study revealed that gender is not a significant determinant of the use of certificates to employ staff at Takoradi Technical University. From the results obtained, it is recommended among others that human resource management (HRM) of technical universities should design effective, efficient and transparent skills-set toolkit and development programmes to facilitate staff’s competency.

Source: UCC
Emotional Intelligence and Employee Performance at The University of Cape Coast

The aim of the research was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and University of Cape Coast staff performance. The following study goals were established in order to fulfil the primary goal: to evaluate senior staff members' emotional intelligence, their performance, and the impact of emotional intelligence on senior staff members' performance at the University of Cape Coast. This study used an explanatory research design and a quantitative methodology. 313 staff members were chosen at random to make up the sample. A questionnaire was used to collect primary data. The analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics, including regression analysis, mean, and standard deviation. According to the study, staff members show self-awareness by being able to identify and comprehend their own feelings as well as those of others, and by learning how to communicate them appropriately. Once more, it was discovered that staff members exhibit both excellent service delivery and a readiness to pick up new abilities. Lastly, the study discovered a favourable correlation between senior staff performance at the University of Cape Coast and emotional intelligence. It can be concluded once more that these indicators can forecast positive changes in employees' performance. Since emotional intelligence becomes more crucial the more one interacts with academics and non-academicians at the university, the study focuses on employees. Also, though staff showed empathy it was found they take less interest in others' concerns. It is therefore recommended that management educate staff on helping others to show citizenship behaviour

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Emotional Intelligence and Nurses‟ Job Performance at The Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana

ABSTRACT The general objective of the study was to examine the emotional intelligence and performance of nurses at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. The study was guided by four objectives and four hypothesis that assessed how emotional intelligence‟s dimensions of self-awareness, social awareness, self management and relationship management affected performance. Mayer and Salovey‟s (1990) ability theory and Goleman‟s (1996) Mixed Competency theory underpinned the theoretical basis for the study, allowing for the review of concepts and empirical literature on emotional intelligence and job performance. An explanatory research design was adopted in the study. The study sampled 267 out of 799 nurses from the hospital using a purposive sampling technique after applying the Yamane sample determination formula. Structured Questionnaires were used as an instrument for data collection. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the demographics data collected. However, the research hypotheses were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. The findings revealed that nurses‟ self-awareness and relationship management positively influence their job performance. However, their social awareness and self management skills do not significantly affect their performance. The study, therefore, concluded that self-awareness and relationship management are the two significant predictors of nurses‟ job performance at the CCTH. It was suggested that the Management of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital must consider implementing training and development programs aimed at raising the emotional intelligence of nurses within the facility

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Emotional Intelligence and Performance of Nurses at The Mercy Women’s Catholic Hospital, Mankessim

The study examined the relationship between emotional intelligence and performance of nurses at the Mercy Women’s Catholic Hospital, Ghana. The objectives were, to: examine the influence of self-awareness on nurses’ job performance; analyse the influence of emotional regulation on nurses’ job performance; examine the influence of self-motivation on nurses’ job performance; examine the influence of social awareness on nurses’ job performance; and analyse the influence of social skills on nurses’ job performance. The study adopted the quantitative approach and correlational research design. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from a sample of 138 nurses in the hospital with the aid of simple random sampling technique. The data were then processed using the IBM SPSS Statistics (version 26) and analysed using partial least square structural equation modeling SMARTPLS version 4. The study found that self-awareness, emotional regulation, self-motivation and social awareness had significant positive influence on nurses’ performance. The study also however, found that social skills had no significant positive influence on nurses’ performance at the hospital. The study recommended that management of the hospital and other healthcare stakeholders such as the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service should emphasize developing emotional intelligence traits among nurses to run the hospitals. This can be done through seminars, conferences, curriculum, meetings, and training workshops towards improving emotional intelligence traits.

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Emotional Intelligence, Academic Self-Efficacy And Locus Of Control As Predictors Of Academic Achievement Of Students In Colleges Of Education In Ghana

Factors influencing students academic success on a global scale have been examined in studies. Some of the studies looked at emotional intelligence, locus of control and academic self-efficacy as against academic achievement but as separate entities. Thus, this study examined academic self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, and locus of control as forecasters of academic achievement of students in Colleges of Education in Ghana. The research was guided by two questions and seven hypotheses. The work used the crosssectional survey plan with the quantitative concept. Multi-techniques (purposive, proportionate, and table of random numbers) were used to pick out a sample of 500 answerers. The academic self-efficacy scale, emotional intelligence questionnaire and locus of control scale were adapted to collect data for the study. Mean and standard deviations, structural equation model, independent sample t-test and moderation analysis were used to analyse the information. The collection of the study revealed higher levels of academic self-efficacy and emotional intelligence of students in Colleges of Education in Ghana. The findings implied that despite emotional intelligence having favorable association with academic achievement, overall academic selfefficacy, emotional intelligence and locus of control were not found to be predictors of the academic achievement of educatees in Colleges of Education in Ghana. With reference to this, the study recommended that the school management and the tutors in the Colleges of Education should put in a mechanism to foster the emotional intelligence of the students since emotional intelligence had an affirmative relationship with educational achievement.

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Emotional intelligence, employee engagement and employee performance of nurses in the cape coast teaching hospital

The study examined the role of work engagement in the relationship between emotional intelligence and nurses’ performance in the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana. The objectives were, to: examine the influence of emotional intelligence on nurses’ job performance; analyse the influence of emotional intelligence on work engagement; analyse the influence of work engagement on nurses’ performance; and assess the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between emotional intelligence and nurses’ performance. The study adopted the quantitative approach and correlational research design. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from a sample of 240 nurses in the hospital with the aid of simple random sampling technique. The data were then processed using the IBM SPSS Statistics (version 26) and analysed using partial least square structural equation modeling SMARTPLS version 4. The study found that emotional intelligence has a significant positive influence on nurses’ performance and employee engagement. The study also found that employee engagement has a significant positive influence on nurses’ performance at the hospital. The findings further showed that nurses engagement mediates the relationship between emotional intelligence and performance. The study recommended that management of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital and other healthcare stakeholder such as the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service should emphasise developing emotional intelligence traits among nurses to run public hospitals. This can be done through seminars, conferences, curriculum, meetings, and training workshops towards improving emotional intelligence traits.

Source: UCC
Emotional Labor and Job Satisfaction: Does Social Support Matter?

For the purpose of withstanding the fierce competition in the banking sector, various banks in Ghana requires employees to display emotions whenever dealing with customers. However, these emotions come with their own consequences. The question is could social support provided by these banks serve as a way to mitigate the negative outcomes of such behaviors and increase employee job satisfaction? This paper, therefore, examined the moderating role of social support in the effect of emotional labor on employee job satisfaction in the banking sector. Data were collected from 140 bank employees. The analytical tool used was Structural Equation Modeling.

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