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- Exploring weight management beliefs during the menopausal transition: A qualitative comparative study based on Health Belief ModelPublication . Leitão, Mafalda; Faustino R. Pérez‐López; Marôco, João; Pimenta, FilipaObjectives: While most women experience weight gain during the menopausal transition, a subset successfully maintains a healthy weight. This study explores the determinants influencing different weight experiences during the menopausal transition, using the Health Belief Model (HBM). Qualitative design. individual interviews with 62 Portuguese post‐menopausal women were performed. Among them, 31 women maintained a normal weight from pre‐menopause to post‐menopause, with a variation not exceeding 5% of pre‐menopausal weight, while another 31 women transitioned from normal weight in pre‐menopause to overweight or obesity in post‐menopause, with an increase above 7% of pre‐menopausal weight. Deductive‐dominant content analysis and multiple correspondence analysis were performed. Prominent differences exist between the Unhealthy Weight Gain Group (UWG‐G) and the Healthy Weight Maintenance Group (HWM‐G). The UWG‐G lacks perceived susceptibility in pre‐menopause and perceives obesity as stigmatizing. They prioritize immediate changes as benefits, while the HWM‐G focuses on self‐concept. Both groups face barriers like food cravings and weight loss challenges in middle‐aged. For cues to action, the UWG‐G emphasizes social support and self‐care resources, while the HWM‐G emphasizes age progression and healthy behaviour adherence. The HWM‐G presents higher self‐efficacy. This study confirms the suitability of the HBM in understanding weight management beliefs among post‐menopausal women, highlighting differences between women who maintain a healthy weight and those who experience weight gain during this life phase. This facilitates identifying key determinants (perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to action and self‐efficacy) crucial for future interventions in weight management. Health Belief Model, Menopausal transition, Obesity, Post-menopausal women, Weight gain, Weight management
- Neuro - Optometric investigations in managerial decisionsPublication . Satpathy, Jyoti; Okeyo, Washington; Misra, Lipsa; Das, Adyasha; Rodríguez, Alfredo Steve Sherrington; Moreira, Ana; Arce, Arlen Lopez; Mallik, Banitamani; Laza, SebastianPaper presents an inter – disciplinary approach towards human decision-making mosaic via optometric injections. Study incorporates entrepreneurial brain practices as wedded to neurosciences. If disordered embroidery VUCA (Vulnerability, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) has given foundation to disordered embroidery BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, and Incomprehensible), disordered embroidery RUPT (Rapid, Unpredictable, Paradoxical, and Tangled) and disordered embroidery TUNA (Turbulent, Uncertain, Novel and Ambiguous), it is tractable that time is fitting for anatomical ‘steal a look’ into entrepreneurial choice behaviour. Study opines that inter-sections between Biology and Management are far-reaching and hold immense potential for advancing managerial practices. By recognizing and integrating biological underpinnings of human behaviour, decision making, leadership, and adaptability, managers can devise informed and effective strategies. As fields of Biology and management continue to evolve, interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to unlock full spectrum of cause-and-effect connections between these domains. Aim has been to decipher decision making via optometric estimates. Eye tracking methodology is adopted. Kowlers eye tracking model has been examined. Deductions are eye movements in human decision behaviour making is moderately driven by stimulus properties that bias information uptake in favor of visually salient stimuli. Eye movements do (not) have causal effect on preference formation. However, through properties inherent to visual system, such as stimulus-driven attention, eye movements do lead to down-stream effects on human decision behaviour making.